The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1864-11-11
Attacks by Abo!ItionIgts upon a
Procession.


streets in this city, and was not molested.-
The Democrats did nothing to break the peace
The Keystone Club House was stoned but no
police protected it, and tho only arrests made
were Of uI offending Democrats. But as soon
as the Democracy began their march on Satur-
day night, new order of things prevaiIed.-
| From Thirteenth street down to Sixth, by q
pre- ARRANGED plan, squads of Abolition rioters
were posted at every advantageous point. Cir
! cumstances convince US that this was arranged
beforehand, and that roughs and bruisers were
collected, and in some cases paid to be on hand
/ for the dark and infamous work. At the I'm
! ion League House, just below Thirteenth street
! both sides Of the street were filled with Abol
! tioniSts. Policemen were scattered through the
crowd at that point but at the Commonwealth
| building, below Seventh street though u large
| crowd of Aholtionists were assembled, scarce
policeman was to be seen in the early part
of the evening. They were at the League
House to protect it; but, for the Commonwealth
/ building, they prudently stayed away for fear
/ they might have TO arrest some of their Aboli-
tion fieRds.
At little after nine the procession began to
move past the League House. AT the very
I commencement it was greeted with boots and
hows. The police made no effort to stop their
Kisses. Then stones ana mCd were thrown
The police did not stop that Stones were
thrown out Of the second story windows of the
League House, but not police man entered it
to arrest any rioter. Ore of these struck Rob
ert e Randall ESQ, who was at the head of
one of the divisions and severely injured him.
Alderman MeMullen, whilst expostuiating with
the police, and reminding them Of their duty,
and doing all he could TO maintain the peace,
was struck on the head and on lie leg, and
badly hur. Abolitionists rushed out OF the
crowd, and struck the men in the procession,
and threw sticks and stones and mud at the
Democratic banners and tran5parencIes, yet not
an arrest was made. Almost every banner was
! injured and in one ease which came under our
own observation man stood with large club
between two policemen and struck at the horse
men and the banners, yet not an effort was
made to stop him. For Willie the Democrats
10th to cause disturbance, bore it. But now
forbearance ceased to be virtue. They rush
windows oyerset the P0"0o,''~-7 -. -.
as thought the League wlndo" ',ti suu'1T'9 y,
sb,,+ and Che lights turned on. Ane ~
~, ,yere masters of that part oil the iei'' az
for the balance of the evening tue Le''o" 4'''
not nolest the processlon' !.
At the Commonwealth building oiooay
/ a.sc,n was enacted There is saloon IN th'
o a,I,ar Win two broad staircases leading d0"'
800 from .he street. The first noer mas iou
rIata GLASS windows. The second noe
- 5SofrItad with full length OIL paintings
# Tircoln and johnson. When the Process'o
ae haran to mass the building the rloIer' "el
LII Tbo house was used as rendezvous
r and the north side of the street was oGcup'e
-, t,,or, But two policemen were 10 DC see
RS ~ the neighborhood The very iIrst rahSs :
I'd ~, ocassion were greeted with boots, ana u
80. 't,..,,snarencv was received with showers
= .t1,os and mud. Every banner was struc
o,,d soiled or broken. The rioters even ''''o
F. S.o,os and 4lth into the omnibusses hltea WI
,;.,Io Girls and at the ladies who RODE III
tTro. ITntil the Fourth or htth " ard' 's''
@ ol oIonr the insults were received without p'oVO
or ;nr anv retaliation. Bat these Wafos w
,reated with voleysof stones ana SUCKS ''ito' ,'
81 tha men. and they turned on their "ss'ia'
1~o,,o then, into the building, and tor 'iuie *
them quiet, - -
Tho poEce. who kept away 50 long fs IN
''0 Abolition friends were victorious came ~ -
corcc them when defeated, and now apPsI
- rnnu the ground. They tiouHshed lllei' q
ard threatened all sorts OF thugs i"ey
not arrest q single Abolitionlst, however
iohn n~ocossjon passed on. One WARD aitet ""' ~
D or or marc.ed along, and was greeted wi'n s'G
Spe- and mud. Transparencies were oroNeh
r;otcrs became more and more aeulol,S'i,' '
They had stores of ammunlhon IN 'rS ~, o"''-
and brought it out when neeaeu,
never interfered, but some smilcd anu app.
dfOrd al when good shot was made NJ o"l"o DAMN.
Bed M Abolitionist was arrested. 90 siIl'lr7S
,as isons t;nuea until the Mcclellan Old "ua[u
aIono 1t was received with voiieys Oh o..
II halted. made a left turn, and with huI
---- r7sbed on the rioters. A second tlfn9 :, "'.
'LL' Aboltionists and policemen swept pen ins
10 the cellar, rolling over each other uow' !,
F. stars and landing on the cellar moor, eV1o :,
o,.ds nerfectly satisfied with the MCielian 0lo "
iyho ,,rocess;on moved on again, Tor the mo-
without interruption .i,o
- Rnt reinforcements of rioters ana PoHC
noo mn The wounded were carrie" o., oi
frosb SQUADS were brought forward, I,
Io,.ontL Twelfth, Thirteenth ana -FOUR
wards passed Mud and stones were g, u
is and arra;n Sill no arrests were Iade' IL
! SaIa olifonsts became worse ard wersei hp9S
Z 80 +bro,,, out of the second story VIII
,, ond tbe Fifteenth Ward had partly pass
-, . rusb was made and the line orol
,ghersy T,bo Ward halted and for moment 100
- oesa;ants. These they were, pohc
- r;N"-rs - mixed up; hard to tell who W.
: .i.,,,,;rq, missiles. At last, from up ana
~ wi acress the street. TIE Fifteenth War
tbGnts mQsraey made rosf, brot9 1nt them 70 piec
:. .-,od tbam at the mob. The police go'
aano5 some tried to get away some NJ
IN. toIs and sprung rattles and called for
'N %Sao 1ULs 17 nenncr,cy rushed in, and poured