The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-09-05
The syirginian'' reaches the climax Of
indignati0fih in the following paragraph:

the authorities at Washington That ia
| what we want to knoW-and know as soon
| rs possible.
The TOlefatiOn Shown by the Aboli-
tiOnists at Home.
The New York Wcrld thinks it quite
strange that, under free Government
that claims to he fighting for liberty,
paragraphs of the character Of the fol
lowing should he continually met with in
the newspapers:
The Musk ltine Qowa) Jo,trnm says there
was an exciting time at the anniversary ex-
| crciscs Of Cornell College, at Mount Vernon,
June 2GLh. 1t seems that a dozen persons
from Marion appeared in the crowd with
cOpperhead pins About two thousand per-
| sons were present, the exercises being held
in grove. On the appearance Of the secesh
emblems all business was suspended 10y the
tumnlt, and every copperhead badge was
has tily taken from its owner; and he forced
TO hurrah for the Union. A gray headed
traitor, who has been blatant for the South
ern Confederacy, declared that he would not
hurrah for the Union; but q little choking
| brought him to terms. One woman had on
breast, clothes and all, by another young
! woman. The latter had her bonnet destroy
ed in capturing the pin, and some young
| men raised eight OF ten dollars instauter to
replace the bonnet. The copperhead pins
| being ell ''cleaned out, the exercises were
resumed and passed off very satisfactorily.
The Cleveland co. Democrat gives a
description of brutal assault upon a
man named Griffis, while attending the
funeral there of Lieut.. Samuel Roland,
1l4th regiment Ohio volunteers. 1t is
one of those occurrences which will be
looked back upon "whcn this, cruel war
is over" with a feeling of doubt that such
brutality ever took place. The victim
wore ''copperhead' breastpin. The
Democrat says:
Near The close of the services, and during
prayer, two or three persons approached
him, one OF whom took hold or his coat,
opening it as TO expose the pin, and asked
him what that meant. Gritlis replied that il
| meant honesty. He was told by one of them
that he must take OFT that pin, or they would
| tear it off for him He declined TO remove
| the pin, anftold them that he did not want
a disturbance; that he did not come there
| for that purpose. They Immediately at
| tackled him, with the intention Of taking the
| pin from him. He kept backing away
| fr.m them, insisting that they should let
| him alone, aud finally told them if they
| did not he should be compelled to defend
himself, and that some of them would get
hurt. His assaiants crowded him back
| against the seats, when one of them hit him
| over the eye aud Knocked him down between
| the seats AS he fell, and before the coward
| ~ nlisereants that were attacking him sue
| ceeded i'm getting on TO him, he managed TO
| get single barreled pistol from his pocket,
| but, before he had time to useit a half dozen
or more Of his assailants were on top OF him,
stamping and pounding him, some OF them
| endeavofing to take his pistol from him, dur
| ing which time, and while some of them had
| hold of the barrel OF the pistol, il was dis
charged, wonndng three persons One man
/ was shot in the ha,id-Wound not very Sc
/ yure-another had the ends OF three fingers
shot of, and young woman, named Merrill,
| was shot in the thigh, making severe, but
| not dangerous wound. Diiiihg the time iha'
| iirillis was down, Il Miss BOlin, at whose FAITH
er's he had been at work for some time,
! forced her way as near to him rs she could,
| and begged of his cowarIly assailants not
to kill him, at the same time telling him
not to shoot. A miserable and eontempti
BILE coward by the name OF Davis, struck
her blow on the eye, bruising her conslde-
rably and which would have knocked her
down had not the dense crowd prevented
The shout was raised, xiii him - "Mnrder
him ~ "lIang himw one Of the officiating
| ministers, we are informed, joining in the
shout-not til miserable, contemplate COW
ard that struck the woman, but the young
man who was being kicked and stamped to
deatt by as many of the dirty, cowardiy dogs
as could get at him; and no doubt they
| would have succeeded had not the sheriff Of
the county and his deputy happened to be
| on the z. ound--and for no other offence than
| wearing copperhead pin; for il Is not pre-
tended by any one that the young man was
making the least disturbance, or that he irld
any conversation with bis ass:alants pre-
vious to their attack on him. The sheriff
| commanded them to desist, and called upon
| all good citizens present to assist hiin III
lquelingthe disturbance The deputy sheriff
| Mr. Belin, succeeded in getting to the young
| man, and attempted TO take him from the
mob, but failed The, sheriff and another
man forced their way through the crowd
| and finally after considerable exertion, sue
ceeded in getting the young man clear Oh th'
gy, which was standing short distance oil
| The sheriff and his deputy, with the young
man in custody, was followed by the mob
| and before reaching his buggy they all pe
1ceiyed several kicks and thumrs from th,
miscreants who were following them, threat
enipg to hang all three Of them, shouting
that they were nothing but butternnts an'
traitors. The sheriff managed TO get tn
Young man into his buggy, and brought hin
| TO the city and locked him up in the count,
iaii. On Monday some OF the persons wh'
had been engaged In the eery laudable un
dertaking of attempting to rob young mai
f of copperhead breastpin, during the fn
neral services Of one Of the neighbors
came to this city with the intention
prosecuting the young man they ha'
nearly succeeded in numbering. They GU
{ gagged lawyer, who drew up an accusation
against him for shooting with intent to Kill
and placed 1t in their hands to procure
warrant, when they proceeded TO the ono
of justiceOf the peace. But new ironbi
| then arose; none Of them were willing =
: swear to the accusation. They then callcs
! on their intended victim, who was siiii y
I | the county Jail, and proposed 10 him 10 dro
6 | the whole ulatter il he would agree to th
! proposal. Mr.. Grifi1s referred them to hi
: LAWYER, who very politely informed fhef
A thai they could proceed With their pfosect
i | tion. and that he intended 10 proceed wit
= | his. that he had not done with them yef, q
: | tf,cv would find TO their cost
. The person upon whom the aDovc moe
) Infamous aud unprovOked outrage Was con
3 | mitted II between twenty one and twent,
4 two years Of ages Of small size, and IA admi
8 ted by all 10 be . quiet, indnstrious, And =
3 spectkble young mxn, Apd bore himself ~
= | q brave man, who wAA conefl0as o. being !
8 kthe rixht, amid Al the b0N lings ond jeet11
; e m Ahot1tjon mob.