Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1872-01-06

with many designs foe governing It's progress
some illusory, but we trust with others of
snluiary and wholesome reform recollec-
lion Of disappointments and failures of the old,
year usge us TO earnest effort for laying down
new track and motive power for n new liae
OF departure. This, of course, is upon tho Nv.
poihcsis thai The arranging of the time table
IS in our hands, But is /: not wise To admit
the Etct, that humanity Is marching on; here
and there, and ever and anon, we tYnp, out of
line, but the ranks are instantly ~ supplied.
o,lr places filled, and we "are soon foagoltcn."
SO bus ii been-sO will IL continue O be- II
we shall ali do our full measure of good in the
world, help TO relieve the sum OF The worlds
misery, give the divincly rnioined cup OF cold
water, or even n kind word Of encouragement
to any faltering brother, we shall have fulfill.
ed our mission and left the world brbbr by
our having lived in H. This, alits AM is the
true end and aim of living cni dying In full
recognition Of Gods omnpotent goodness. it.
will be well with us in the unfatb0ned here.
after.
To-day our paper enters upon The swoniy-
third year of its existence What mavvpleus
changes these years have wrought Shall the
next twent three years note events as Won
derf3a Who, and how many of us npa la
adUlt life will then be alive to noteP
A happy new year to all our readers
The message of Gov HAYS will find plass
in our columns next week. Rlher late tcy BE-
sure, but better so than not at alias our
readers will prsl'abfy say, as they peruse the
judiciOns, business. like document.
RIoT AT ROCHESTER, n. Y.-Thc cx-
citement Oh the 2d, ever the abuse COM
mitted by the negro Howard OH a child
ten years OF age, is very great. An i'm
mensc crowd gathered about the jail,
frantic over report that the ittle girl
had died Of her injuries. The police ore
at the Jail and the military are assem-
bling at the Arsenal. Attacks are made
by roughs aad others ON unoffendine
negroes in the streets. The sheriff and
his aids stand firm and are determined
to uphold the laws.
The police III the evening dispersed
the crowd aboUt the Jail, aud quiet pre-
vailed. Howard will be brought into
court to plead to the Indictment. Ef-
forts have been made by council 10
to have him plead guilty, but he refuses
and says he is innocent. Evidence
against him accumulates. 1t would
seem abont criminal to take him from
Jail at present.
AT midnight a mob assembled about
the Jail, yelling and shouting, and stones
were thrown at the military. The police,
who had been relieved, are again ordered
TO the Jail. About nine O'clock while
the crowd was yelling at the corner OF
Court and Exchange streets, the military
fired volley, killing two men and
Wounding one man and one boy. The
excitement was great, and people hurry
ing TO the scene of conflict. The crowd
said it was not necessary to fire, while
the military say that they were compelled
to fire to protect themselves, as they
were being pelted with stones.
An account of the daiculty is thus
given by an eye witness, policeman
Branch "Ihe squad of military were
lined across the west end of the bridge,
facing Exchange street. A man stepped
up TO policeman Branch aud said some
boys few feet OFF were picking up
stones. The officer drove them away.
AT the same instant the word forward
was given by the officer in command of
the squad, aud he pushed the policeman
aside. Tie shots were fred ut this time
The men shot bad not participated with
the mob.
The feeling against the military is in
tense The police are being drawn in
from the outer districts OF the city and
dispatched to the vicinity OF the Jail.
IL is feared that more blood will be shed
before morning The eolored people are
fleeing.
Five companies of militia guard the
Jail and streets leading thereto. It is
estimated that the crowd numbered one
thousand persons. When the firing be-
gan, order was given. to charge bayonets
awl in this movement guns we've dis.
charged. The captains Of companies
gave no orders to fire.
Things looked very threatening up 10 mid
night on Wednesday. Cannon were placed SO
as to command certain streets, and the military
force WAS strengthened and some disturbances
occurred, and the military were peled with
brick bats and when any one OF them ven.
utred rsom the ranks he was handled roughly
by the roughs. AT midnight dispatch says
all was quiet and no further disturbance an.
ticipaied.
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