Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1861-08-15
MOB WORK AT CONCORD, N. II.
Destruction of the Office of the Democratic
Strndard-Three Soldiers Wounded.


There has been published at Concord, n. H.,
for several years past, a weekly paper known as
the Democratic Standard 1t was for a time
the organ of Hon. Edmund Burke, since the
nomination Of Franklin Pierce a disconnected
member Of the Democratic party of the hardest
kind. 1t has of late opposed the regular nom
nations of the party, sustaining the Breckin-
ridge ticket at the late election, and opposing
the regular Democratic ticket for State officers,
and since the Inauguration of Mr.. Lincoln tax
ing strong ground in favor of the South.
1t is published by father and his three sons
of the name of Palmer, one of the sons named
John b. Palmer being the most active member
of the firm. Some time since they had trouble
with their landlord, who did not wish to have
his premises used for such purpose, but the
proprietors of the paper refused to give up the
building.
Some of the late comments upon the war
published in this paper excited the ire of men,
bers of the New Hampshire FIRST Regiment,
just returned from the South, who stated that
they had seen nothing in the Southern papers
so abusive of the North as appeared in this
publication. Some members of the regiment,
it is stated, waited upon the publishers of the
Standard, and requested them to publish rec
antaton and to refrain from printing such ar
ticles in future, to which the reply was that they
should publish what they pleased.
The result was that number of the soldiers
visited the office Thursday afternoon, at about
four o'clock, p. NJ. The publishers of the pa
per were all in the building, and after large
crowd had assembled, they came to the windows
and displayed their weapons, consisting of fire.
arms and an axe. The City Marshal expostu-
lated with the Palmers, saying that if they
would give up their weapons the city would
protect them from the mob but they refused.
The soldiers then forced their way into the
office, breaking down n door. As they entered
the Palmers fired five shots, by which two of
the soldiers were wounded. One received a
ball in one of his shoulders, and the other
had several of his fingers shot off A young
soldier named Charles Clark, sixteen years of
age, had ball pass through his cap, which came
so close to his head as to take off portion of
his hair. Several others had narrow escapes,
one or two receiving bullets in their clothes.
The soldiers then seized John Palmer, pulled
him down stairs by the hair of his head, and
butted him several times against post. He
would probably have been killed had he not
been rescued by citizens. The Palmers We're
then taken by the police to the State Prison for
protection and will probably remain their I'M
til the soldiers are paid off. The Office of the
Standard was completely Quilted by the mob,
and the printing materials thrown out of the
windows, and burnt. The building was not
much damaged.
Mr.. Butterfed of the New Hampshire Pa
| triot, Democratic paper, fearing that the SOL
diers might visit his office, procured the SER
vices of guard of soldiers, who remained there
during the night, but no disposition was mani
Tested to modest it. Only a few citizens took
part in the demonstrations at the office OF the
Standard, and there is general feeling of re-
greet at the occurrence, though great provoca-