Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-04-04
Mob in Cincinnati.

cinnah was diegraced By a mob of
ratlieas, under circumstan noes which has
caused an alarm to the deoent inkabi-
tants, suggesting the necessity of mar
tial law in the city The mere fact of
q rabb.c Of degraded ruffans, maddened
with whisky, breaking up large audi
ance OF the best citizens, and driving
them from the Optr. House, the finest
building In the West, at the peril of
their lives, is bad enough; but the fact
which gives it prominence is, that the
mob was instisatcd by leading parti-
sans, and virtually encouraged by the
Mayor and Police of the city.
Il IS weii-known fact that the
Mayor, in addition to the madness of a
partisan, is strong sympathizer Of the
Southern traitors, with whom he has, all
his life, acted. Having control Of The
! Police, he has surrounded himself with
: gang Of the most desperate characters
Of tho city, who are the terror of the re-
spectacle inhab;tants who are taxed for
their support
The ladies Of the city, in aid Of the
nck and wounded EUnion soldiers, have
been raising, by ali legitimate means,
supPlscs for the hospitals, that the suf-
ferinss Of the patriotic volunteers might
be a!leviated to the utmost. In further
ance of this object, Wendell Philips, of
Boston, one Of the ripest scholars, and
admittedly tho 6nes. speaker in Amer
lea, was invited to deliver an address on
the night in question. the proceeds of
the sale Of tickets Of admission to go to
tho charitable use above stated.
But, before tho time arrived, it was as
! certained that mob was being or
ganized from the dregs Of the broth els,
gambling hells, and d.unkeries, with
the purpose of breaking up the meeting,
aad abusing, if not numbering, the
speaker. Of this fact the Mayor was
notified IN writing, and promised to
have sufhciest force on the ground to
prevent any disturbance. But instead
of doing so, he forbid the Police to at
tend, giving the mob to understand that
the msetius was at their mercy.
An immense audience of men and wo-
men met to hear the lecture, uncon-
scious Of tho peri! in which they we're
placed. The scene, as given 10 the city
papers, would disgrace barbarians-
! The watchless eloquence of the speaker
held the audience, and even the hired
vagabonds. in awe and attention for
nearly an hour, when the gang felt i'm
! PEELED to Gil their contract. and com
pcnced the row. Books that would
have killed instantly if they had hit
their object, together with a shower ol
rotten eggs. were hurled at the speak er,
and with deuoniac yells, and the four
! ish Of boEis-knivcs and reyolvers, q
rush was made 10 the stand. Some res.
oluae aSea hc!2 the ruGans at bay until
the terrified ladies and The speaker
made their escape, when, having sue.
ceeded in breaking up the meeting and
failing to sc; the speaker in ;heir power
the villains retired.
Some Of the citizeua hunted up sont
, Of the policemen, and requested tLelr
, to come to the Hall and qsell the mob
But they utterly refused, declaring that
the orders Of the Mayor forbidding then
to do 50, were peremptory, and they
would not disobey-
t Some good, however, viii grew es. o
this occurrence. The city lection
, comes off oa Monday next, and the is
sue is fairly and squarely made be
tween the loyal, peaeeable citizens, ane
few extreme party leaders, aided b,
the rabble Of the city. We confess VI,
are Dot very sanguine as to the result
But it will give notice to all what may
be expected in the future. Should tht
Mayor and Police, backed by the six OIL
eight thousand "doggeries" which pou,
their streams Of pollution through The
streets and alleys, succeed, the lives
and property of all other classes will bs
at their mercy, and they must buy thei,
right to live and move on the best terms
they can get; but should the citizens
ticket prevail, the order Of the city will
be preserved in obedience to law.
4 It will be remen bezed that when the
notorious traitor, Yancey, spouted trea.
son for three hours from the same stand
every aeok was occupied with police.
man, ready to arrest any citizen who
should interrupt hin in his harrangue
Democratic Caucus.