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waE.ld. 10 replied, "TLs rrass." 1Ir. Oh
man told Inn it eouli not La sive1 ue. and
s,ked =, them 10 80 aaay. aa;iag, wo lave no
III feelings agAiust you Anl el,oul! much
regret to DO you. An injury. Wllls.m
lalr, Tic leader, replied that they would Lave
01cw pistol 10 Gre Gu afr. G.lnaa, who with-
ercw 10 sho inside Tho 1uut tacn won't aronad
to tho nct,h end, ncAr tho raultontiAry
grounds, And commenced thro 1tus stones
and firing their EuLs through the Windows.
The iirsi act Of t!iosa within Vas to sotusu
uouueca, one Of them young man from
GeLesle County, No* York, by the mama OF
Lyman D.bop. lie MAS carried away by tho
mob, an1 Gic1 in about hall az hour. Attc1
spending some timo in drinking. tllsy re-
TUNED wl:h lAdders to fire tho roof, WHICH
they could Go without danger from within,
a. ihete we're no Wirdosa Al the sides.
Fivo OF those Inside went ont aud fired
upon those attempting 10 set fro To tho
ln'ldirE; Mr- Lore]oy was ono Of tho num-
Lcr. After driving tho inceudiaries away,
they rc:ur1c1 10 tho inside to reload thsir
at1nr. Two or thEee OF them again stepped
cut Of tho door on tho south side. Mr, Love
joy. not seelng any aasailant, stood for mo
1nent to look atound. The light OF full moon
wss resting upon him A ptls OF lumber lay
between linn and tho Eiyer. Behind tina, the
assahs!as lay concealed His stopping to look
Penetrated lis body. Threa ia tho brcast, ono
N the abdomen, and one in the left arm.
After receiving the wound, he rnn up stAirB,
exclaiming, "OL God! atu ehot, 1 au1 shot, !"
ard Immediately expired.
Ilo building VAS On fire. and those inside
offered to GlVe up the press in order to s1ve
tho other property. TIE mob asreed to tuis,
but fired on them "a tley left shs building.
Que man remained with the dead bo1y. Tie
mob went in, secured tho press, broke it IN
pieces With sledges, and lhreE it in the river.
The first press was DESTROYED on its arrival.
July y 1856; thc seconsa, August 25 1887 !:
tue third, September ~, 1887 the fourth,
November Z, 1857. aud viii, ii The assAs7inA.
ton of the editor. Rev. Elijah r. I4ovvjuy,
WHO ID juAtly el!le1 tue first American Martyr
to the freedon u the preea aud tic freedom
Of Tue elaye-
1he tody Of tie vistira lay in the storo until
the next 1nolhing. when i, WAS removed to Ills
late residence, .i.d on tho s,h, jua, IS years
fEGm the day Of his blrth, lns body was re-
turned to Ills mother earth, without any other
ceremony than prA, er A. his grave. It was
Gu one OF the Alsilcst b,ulrs In tile sonthdrn
p6rt OF tho city A few seazs later tho
grounds we're regularly laid out IL a cem.-
te1y III doing tue, his grave wAa fouud to bs
ID the ceutrc Of tho malu avenue, aud 1t WAS
reno, ell to suitable place q short distance
from tho onsintl place Of buriaL His grave
EaA without ttons to mark it, until within
t,e Or e;1 yessa young gent;enxn Of this
place, by tie uAn4e uf Thonns Dimmock,
while on visit 10 Boston, procured granite
pedestal aiAa0 inches, mud fifteen inches high,
A Wills Marhle serolf liea upon the pedestal,
With tho following inecriptioa:
k"Aeiaeet
luyEI0Y,
Jam i1Se< &epulla''
Here lies LosejoY; now spare his R1avs.
That 10 Ill; Ao date, no alinsi7n to the mluuer
O. LIS death; just that, and TO mora. II mast
strike every oue as kbciIg exceedingly chaste,
aud the thanks Ct all PATRIOTS are due to Mr.
Dmnlock for having placed il thcre-
But there sheu1I be something more. Thero
il 6rIau number of those who passed
through tho iiery conflict in which he lost his
life sill rcuaiaiug in tho city It is tbs de-
e:re OF their hearts to SEQ anitAble monu-
ncnt erectei TO his momory. They are Low
all adsaucedin years, aud, while thoy are in
ctttufoEtable circumstances, few il any CT them
Lavc acquired wealth. They will, doubtless,
soon inausurate mpSonent to erect such .
monument, and appeal to the public for aid.
no1 Ecepcak for tAon the hearty corporation
Of all who rejoice that 10 all paris Of our laad
we low, after oue-tLir1 OF century of strife,
| liasu no other than free soil, free press anu
free men.
l,nignt extend this article by showing wl,a.
WEI til. fate Of those who were engaged in
this great crime. The lender Of the Eaug Was
in tho Ohio penits1tiaty the lasa that was
Heard Of him. The man whom the criminals
themselves aSrea to Lave iecn tie murderer
Of Dir. Loyejoy, was killed in an aItny in New
Orleans, many years aGo, and MANY u1ura Of
them might be trsccd to violent or iGn0mini-
e:is ends Int must close j. G. +.
AtloS, Nov. 9, l5t0s