The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-04-21


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Mon LAW IN SrEUBENViLLE.- III
cident occurred in Steubenville on
Wednesday. going to show how tar mn
brdled passion will carry men, and how
prone mobs are to mistake the facts upon
which their excitement is based.
Young man named Behrens, agent for
Professor Bernhardt. the optician who is
macticug in this city, remarked in the
hearing of some person upon the street
that we could better afford to lose half
a dozen Stantons than one Lincoln -
immediately the word was spread that
he had said that Secretary Stanton ought
to be assassinated as Lincoln nad been;
that the murder of Mr. Lincoln was right,
and all the thousand and one additions
and aggravatiols which the excited i'm
anination of the crowd could invent
Behrens was quickly surrounded seized
and roughly beaten 10y the Infatuated
populace. He managed tn slip through
their hands, leaving his coat and hat in
possession of the mob, aud iled into a
house near by He was pursued and took
refuge upon the roof of the United States
Hotel. His motions were observed by
the crowd below who were shouting,
LANG him" kill him." &c and rush
was made for the hotel ill which he had
taken refuge. Fortunately for him, Cap
tain McCracken, of the military police,
entered the house first aud, promising
Behrens protection, induced hlm to come
down from the root and 60 into II room.
He then planted himself before the door
of the room in which Bchrens was, and
demanded that the mob shonld disperse
and leave him to make Bchrens his pris.
oner The Captains tirmness probably
saved Behrens' life, and when the mob
departed Behrens was taken i'll custody.
He was accordingly brought down t"
this city yesterday morning and commit
ted TO the Athcnaeum To await cNamina
ton. An investigation of the case was
had and, nothing being found against
the prisoner he was Internationally re-
leased Ii is needless to add that he I'M
mediately left for his home in tn. East,
given Steubenvillc wide berth Oh his
way Ii is but Justice Ia Prof Bernhardt
for any opinions his agent may entertain,
and is exceedingly troubled by the Siem-
henville affair
FELL DowN-Yesterday evening a
Young horse, from Mr.. Lukes Livery
Stable, was harnessed and hitcbed i'll
buggy for the first time, and his driver
started for trial trip mp Market street.
He had not proceeded more than two or
three hundred yards from the stable
when the horse, not liking the chatter of
the wheels behind him, kicked two very
neat holes in the dashboard, in danger
Gus proximity to the drivers knees, and
fell upon his side, breaking one of the
shafts of the buggy, The horse strug-
cled for some time unable to get up, but
finally succeeded Nobody hurt.
ACADEMY OF THE NIsITATION.-On
Wednesday morning, in company with
Il few friends. we visited the new Semi
nary of the Sisters of the Visitation, which
is being rapidly. pushed to completion.
Our readers are mostly familiar with the
location of this immence bnilding 1t is
situated on beautiful eminense, be-
tween the Hempfold railroad and the
pike, and even now i'll its half finished
condition, presents certainly very at
tractive appearance. Mr.. Crawford, the
superintendent, kindly permitted MS to
enter the ediiice and inspect the work.
On entering the spacious music hall, one
of our party, who is quite avOcalist and
ofCeltic.proclivities, favored us with Tom
MOOre's beautiful song, THE Harp that
once through Tara's Hall, the Soul of
Music she'd" &c. &c. 1t was well sung,
and convinced us that the room was
we'll adapted for musical purposes.
The work is going on vigorously, and
will, in all probability, ibe completed
this coming summer, and ready for Occu-
patton i'm the fall We would like to en-
Joy the pleasure of another visit to the
Seminary, provided our Celtic friend
would be one of the party, and again