Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-05-04

, neaoers, VINO are curious of particulars
will find many more, Of Which our limits for
bid the insertion, IN the graphic pages o
Macaulay, and in the third volume Of Mot
leys History oflthe Dutch Republic" His
i torians agree, that after this atrocious, thoual
bafled attempt to kill'him, the throne of viii
liam stood stronger than ever. A multitude
OF loyal publications Immediately swarmed
from the press, andthe cause ofthe dethroned
James, who, with his royal protector and
host, Louis XIV was held by public opinion
guilty of completely with the bloody plot, sunk,
never to rise again in England, IA remarka.
BILE little brochure, entitled ~, A1,t d Assis.
Esi'ser tesI ifoas, enseigBe par les Jesuites a
I Loufss4R ~ ct Jacques Ii,n which went I'd
tix the origin of'tke plot upon the Jesuits,
had wide circulation at the time, and is still
sought for among the curiosities of political
literature at the epoch of the English revolu.
ton. .,.... ~ l..r. :.
The attempt Of Margaret Nicholson. a poor
insane woman, upon the life of George III
IN 1855, does not come within the catarory
OF premeditated assassinations. She believed
it appears, that the crown of England VAS
hers, and declared that if she had not her
rights, the Kingdom would be deluped in
blood for thousand generations. As the
King was .alighting from his carriage, this
woman presented a paper to His Majesty, and
as he stopped to receive it, attempted to stab
him in the breast. The King, by drawing
back, happily avoided the blow, and was 'i, un,
harmed. Her insanity being evident, Marga-
ret Nicholson was very properly sent, without
punishment, to a lunatic asylum. ~
This was the last attempt to murder ,n
English sovereign of which we find traces
In the history of our own country, from the
days OF Washington until now, we recall only
one attempt to assa 1sinate the Chief Magis-
trate. 1t occurred in the second term of
General Jackson, on occasion of the funeral,
at the Capitol, of South Carolina member
lhe procession was just formed to escort the
to the Congressional buryihg- ground,
and the PRESIDENT near the head of the pro-
eesslon, had just crossed the Rotunla of the
Capitol, and was about to step out upon the
portlco suddenly, a man emerged from the
crowd, and, placing himself before the prcsi-
dent, levelled pistol at his breast The CAP
exploded with loud noise without discharg-
Ing the pistol The man instantly dropped
the weapon and raised the second pistol, con
cealed under his cloak That also missed
lire! General Jackson on apprehendng the
mans purpose, rushed upon him with his up-
lifted cane (hs nscperabe companion). Be-
ore he reached him, Lieutenant Gedney had
inocked the assassin down, andhe was secured
md placed in confinement The President
'Nercome by rage, was hurried into corriage
" his friends, and driven To tbeWhite House {
de could not be divested of the pursuasion t
hat the man was set on to attempt his de- )
truction by some of his political enemies, t
Who were at the time numerous, as well as I
litter 4H. . d. e. o T1a ... -" |
But it was shown conclusively, in the sc- /
uD, that the prisoner was lunatic. His t
anne was Lawrance, an Englishman, q pain G
hr, long out of employment, who had heard j
n all sides, that the country was ruined by p
'eneral Jackson until gradually the idea Of p
ddng the nation of hin had fxed itself ia il
is crazy brain The physicians who examin. {
d him, reported that ''hc stated the President tt
as the source of all his difficulties, and he n
as fixed in his purpose to kill him. and if G
is successor pursued the same course, to put e.
IN oat of the way also He declared that tt
punished for having done So he would be es
'enged by the powers of Europe, with whom
had long been i'll correspondence. Law IL
nee was placed in an asy ylum, and this bold ra
Id rultlcss attempt to assassinate jackson th
on ceased to be topic of'remark. st