The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1860-12-21


them, victory consists in being able
to ride onnd their competitors horse.
The preliminaries of civilization
having been attended TO, there is a
movement on foot to erect a chapel
Tor religious services.
Outrageous Treatment of Pittsburger
in New Orleans.
We have been shown letter from
i Mr.. Harris tho Agent OF Il. A..
tahnestock ~ Co, who was rudely
expelled from New Orleans by u
mob. :or the sole offence OF being a
Northern man.
, 1t is not true, as stated in the
Chr0nilce yesterday, that Mr.. Harris
voted for Lincoln, nor did he boaet
that he had 80 voted and was glad
of it. Mr.. Harris did not vote at
all not being at home at the time OF
the election, but was Bell man
with strong Brcckinridge proclivi
ties.
The expulsion took place on the
9th ultiuno. lie had been in the
city day or two, attending to the
business of the firm, and was sitting
in his room, at the hotel, when he
was waited upon by a committee,
who compelled him to 90 down stairs,
where he met an excited crowd and
presented by the foreman of the
commni(ya8es' ny8es M"l him i'm and see il he ia
the man yon want The mob
shouted, Yes, that's him, the id
Abolitionist;' Out with him. 'D-n
him. Wen fix him. Hang him;
Lynch him. &c.
But the Spo aker, or as he proved to
be, the Chairman of the Vigilance
Committee, proceeded: Mr.. Harris
is accused OF being an Abolitionis.--
Of being the Agent OF an Abolition
house-of having said he was glad
of l.incoln's election; that he voted
Tor him and was proud OF it. He is
represented as being an unfit person
to remain in this community.
We'll examine him. IA voice
Examine, the devil; hang him."
A Mr.. Nathans was then presented
as wi ness, who stated that he met
him in Morrison's store, that he did
not deny being Black Republican,
and that he said:
Let the South secede, nobody
cares; the North can get along very
we'll without the South, and he for
one wanted to show them who will
suffer the most; and he wasn't afraid
OF the South--no indeed, not he"
Mr.. Harris denied all the alle-
cations; sent for Mr.. Morrison to
show that it WAS not tue, and made
speech to the crowd, in which he
admitted that he was in favor OF
secession, "a the quickest way of
settling the present difficulty. When
Mr.. Morrison arrived, the crowd
was 80 great that the proprietor OF
the hotel insisted that the committee
should go with Morrison and Harris
to Harris room, and report the re.
suit OF their investigation to the
crowd. This was done, and for the
rest we lcav' MIR. Harris to tell his
own story:
\ "llrre threw open for their in.
spcCtion some OF my private cores
pondence, letters OF introduction,
&c., several OF which letters being
from men well known 10 the com.
mittee, they expressed their entire
satisfaction, and in fact my position
gained tho full approval of my ac-
cuser, Mr.. Nathans. All OF Mr.
Morrison's testimony was also in my
favor. The report of the committee
was. Harris is all right Bnt that
wouldn't do. Harris must leave
town. to say the least about it--and
u m 'jority were in favor Of lynching
him under the circumstances.
was therefore told, The cars leave
in forty or torty.fve minutes; can
you get ready?' | said yes, and a,
OuCc phChcu my IuHh' N
carriage was ordered Ut an alley. in
, the rear Of the hotel. and ! smuggled
, through the back way unknown to
the crowd. When once in the car
riage, the horse galloped at top speed
to the depot, arriving just in time
; TO get aboard the cara. As the train
, moved off, felt some relief, as may
r be supposed"
!, Here it will be seen that the com.
= mittee and even Nathans, his accuser
/, were perfectly satisfied that Harri'
0 was not a,nenablo to the charges
I made against him; but the mob had
! come determined to lynch him, and
!. would not rest satisfied otherwise,
We learn that several other Pitts
= burgers have been expelled in like
i manner. ln fact, New Orlean'
seems to be given up to the dominion
u of the mob, who hunt ont every North
J. lerner who arrives, and compel hin