Portage Sentinel

Just Decision. -- At the recent term of the Court of Common Pleas in Darke county, Ohio, a number of individuals were indicted and found guilty of riot, for serenading a wedding party with bells, horns, firearms, &c. Judge Holt charged decidedly against the calathumpians. He said: "Some of the witnesses have spoken of a custom in that neighborhood to honor weddings with music of this kind. Such a custom is illegal; it belongs not to civilization, and should not receive the sanction of a Court and Jury sitting in a civilized community. It has been said that; "Music has charms to soothe the savage breast." "It must indeed be a savage breast that can be soothed by the hideous sounds of cow bells, horse fiddles, rams' horns, and like musical instruments rattling, ringing, and commingling together, and interspersed with the occasional expulsion of gun-powder." "Such Serenades are unlawful and riotous. Such is the law. The jury will find the defendants guilty or not guilty as they find the facts." We are not informed what punishment was inflicted upon the rioters. We hope it was a pretty round one, for we can conceive a few more outrageous practices than the one referred to.