The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-02-02

and dav n soment the excitement il Vas said that these
indy .duas had then planned an nsurrectonary move
Lent the South which was 70 have been de-
yeIoped certain day; but the whTiwlnd tney raseo
in every section Of the country rendered this mposoe
and they compelled to forego the pleasure Oh VII
Messing the diabolic effect Of their designs.
Though somewhat modified by the restrictions WIN
which public opinion had surrounded the aboitonsdsi
this state Of affairs continued through the year 1880.
The subject OF excluding from the mails the whole
series Of publications came under the cons Iteration OF
government, and the proposition Of the President An
drew jackson, regarding the propriets of passing law
for TINS purpose pelng acted upo Congress, resulted
in bin rendering it unlawful for any deputy postmaster
TO deliver to any person any pamphlet newspaper hand
bill or pictorial Representation touching the subject Of
slavery, where by the laws Of the State, Territory
district their crcul2lion prohibited This healthy
measure was defeated, however, on the final vote
THE RIOT AT ALTON, ILL.,. AND DEATH OF REV. Z. P.
LovEJOY.
The principal tislavery event Of the year 1887
riot al Alton, ILL., For long time the community OF that
town had been agitsed by the crazy efforts Of the abo
htioniss, and finally attempt being made to
ctate the Alton Observer newspaper previously edited
by the Rev. Z. p. Ioyejoy (brother of Owen Love
joy the present member Of Congress from Illinois,
journal which in his hands had become con
spcuous for the violence Of its denanciations
against the South and its institutions, terrible
riot epsued It had been announced for several days
that printing press hourly expected TO arrive, in
tended for the purpose above named This gave rise 70
an intense excitement and TO open threats that its land
IL
| II was landed, however, and placed in ware
house. under the protection OF guard OF twenty or
thirty gentlemen who had volunteered for the purpose
Almost Immediately there indications OF an attack
The press demanded by the mob who insisted that
they would not he satisfied with anything less than its
destruction. The part in the building determined il
should not be given up and during the angry alteration
which ensued shot fired from of the windows
which MORALLY wounded a man named Lyman Bishop.
The crowd then will V, but with the death OF Bishop
the excitement ,c ID to such an extent that they
shortly after appeared IN greater numbers armed with
guns and weapons Of different kinds more than ever in
tent upon carrying out their original purpose rush
made upon the warehouse with the cries OF sire the
house, 'burn them outn &c The firing soon became
fearful The building surrounded and the inmates
threatened with determination and death in the most
fightful form imaginable. Fire was applied and all
means Of escape by flight cut of. The scene now
became appalling.
About the time the fire communicated to the
building Rev. T.. p Loveioy received four balls in the
breast the door of the warehouse and fell corpse
several persons engaged in the attack also severely
wounded. The contest ragged for more than hour,
when the party in the house inmaed that they would
abandon the premises and the press if allowed to pass
out unmoested This granted, and they made their
escape, though several shots fired III the act.
large number Of persons then rushed into the building
threw the press upon the wharf, where II was broken
in pieces and thrown into the river. The fire then
exngushed and without further attempts at violence
the mob dispersed No further indications Of disorder
were manifested.
the aggressive policy Of the abotonss and though not
thoroughly cowed both principals and agents found that
the agitation Of the subject was like the handling Of
sword whose double edges cut IN both directions After
this event with the exception of the burning Of hall in
1888 in which they held their meetings, in Philadelphia
the country for number Of years became comparatively
quiet and the agitators took good not TO give
sion for further public demonstrations.