St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-01-01
In outrage on Personal Liberty.

w HOlI'tu VI INllN idiSi Ntch lIlC liCl
that the Springfield Republican had been
sued Tor libel by James Fisk, Jr., and
that its chief editor, Samuel Bowle-, +
was arrested in New York on Tuesday
,,eming. al the Instance of Mr.. Fix, and
locked up in Ludlow street ill This
case Is one OF such unusual procedure
and importance, that our readers WHO do
not sec the city papers viii be Interested
in ii brief history OF 1t.
To 20 back 10 the commencement of
the trouble Sometime in uIcmlcr.
there were some eN.raordinary proceed-
irg> in Wall street, New York, culminal-
NJ IN the I>>ul"g OF unknown quantities
Of new shares OF Erie railroad stock, and
The locking Up OF money, creating great
depression IN financial cilcIes, excessive
SnIngcury IN the money market, and Il
RAPID elevation i'll prices quickly follow
irg. 1t was the greatest stroke Of bu>i-
nc-s ra-c,lity Of our times, and serious
y affected stocks an! all kinds of prop
clIy, a. we'll as private fortunes.
James Fisk. Jr, was the boasted au-
thor, head and front OF this great gam
bling operation. Immediately luliowiu"
lh!s, the Republican had little hislor,
OF tie affair under the head of The new
hero ot Wall street" in which Mr.. Flsk.
a. may be supposed, did not appear il
the most favorable light, but many aver
red ii gave him better character than he
deceived. 1t was in the main Il history
OF Mr.. Fix and lis business operations,
from the time he peddled silks and drove
a handsome iour-ln-haud about ermunt.
10 the present, when he was enabled to
take 81 much money cut OF circulation
in New York city as TO put hundreds OF
thousands OF. dollars in his own pocket in
IL few days. 50 fee was The arli-
Gle from all malice or libe.lous in
tent, that when, Immediately there
after, Mr. Fisk, sued the Republican for
hLel, layIn" his damages III 500, 900, hi.
paper treated the matter as good Joke
But ii there WAS 10 malice on the part
Of the Iibcicr, the sequel showed it Oh
the other side Mr.. BDwlcs was in New
York with an Invalid wife. IN fact he
hal been there Tor about two weeks.
when lnle on tuesday evening while ell
gaE,d IN cunvcr,auOn vita two acquaini-
auce> m thc corridors uI tie Fifth Ave
nue. hotel, lac Was rudvIy arrested 10y TWO
ulll:,Ie, and lLuIeI immediately INTO IL
carnage IN waI,Ing, and the diver benz
toad 10 drive iapdiy, lie was taken tu
i.udI"w ,lI,c, jill. With such iudecun,
haste aid ruglIah ' manner was this KID
naTPIn- accomplished, That Mr.. Bowls
hid moi even ime 10 send message 10
hi, VIE, who WAS at the ALTERNATE
House hut tie did say 10 enc of bi,
friends, a. lie WAS h,iu- Unjust into the
caIriagr. Il at Iii, was orc OF Jim FI,k's
operations. 1t wa, not long before
the jail was be.ct with some OF the
prominent men OF the city. who cnmur-
ed tur hiS release, Offering any amour, OF
bail a. security. But the .jnilOr bad b, en-
tauaht lis lesson well. and lie would moi
even let any une in to see Mr.. Bowles,
although the friends of other prisoners
were freely admitted.
Sheriff O'Brien was then sought, and
found at an entertainment given TO the
new MAJOR. Jim Fisk was also there
SO was the notorious Judge McCunn who
issued the writ. They were having a
merry lime over the new stroke of poll
cv by the .'hero" of the Erie. When
appealed TO 10 take bail and release Mr.
Bowles, Sheriff O'Brien promised to see
Fi-k's counsel, (Mr. Vanderpoel, who
gave the party but Immediately stole out
OF the house, and although sought for al
hi own house and elsewhere during the
entire night. he could not again be found
Meanwhile Mr.. Bowles remained in
iail over night, where he had the best
the institution afforded.
In line morning his friends procured TWO