Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1844-05-25
LIE WIrE,s REMoNsrRANcE.


THE WIFE's REMoNsTRANcE.
M mrs. c. NJ. sAwIEn.
On, why are you sad when all others are gay
Is earth darker now than in life's early day
Il the kind hand Withdrawn that upheld us d
yore,
Or the bright, laughing sunshine around us nc
more Z
No; earth is still smiling, and nature is clad
In oil her old beanty-then why art lhon sad
True, some friends, grown faithle8s, seem cold
and estranged,
But others are left US whose love is a%ncfan.
ged;
Whose hearts, through all seasons Of good
and Of i'll,
Like the ivy, around US cling faithfully still
Let us cherish tnem deep in our hearts, and
be glad,
For oh with such blessings, how can we be
sadi
You say we are poori-ah + have not forgot
THAT to struggle with fortune is ofttimes our
But think you that We are less happy than
Who drag on mid splendor their wearisome
day?
For their wealth would not barterth bliss We
have had?
Oh no! then what need have our hearts to be
sad!
Why fear for the futurel-for nine years or
We have managed to keep the gaunt wolffrom
our door;
And why, il the days yet to come, should our
Though humble be marked by a sloomier
fate?
Let Us give God our thanks for the past, and
be glad
How much more need have others, than we,
to be sadl
! know there are seasoue when, strive as We
will,
Presentiment whispers for ever of iii;
There are dark, boding visions Of trouble and
That Turk in the heart till they madden the
brain!
Wo, wo for that bosoml it cannot be glad
o God, shield US well from such cause to be
sad!
Let Us humbly hope Oh; and i dark be our way,
Remember that night Il a'er followed BY day;
Though teupest5 and whirlwinds may fage
through the skies,
They will pass, and the sunbeams again meet
our eyes;
Let our hearts and our brows, then, in sah.
shine be clad,
For God made US not 10 be gloo y and sadf
DREADFUL RIOTS NJ PHfLA-
DELPHfA.
The City Of BrotheFly love has again been
the scene of riot and blood shed. The fol-
lowing we give from the Picayune:
Loss gfljG-Tbe Philadelphia papers of
the 18th inst. come to US filed with the pain.
full details Of a series Of disgrareful riots, ac-
companied BY bloodshed, which took place in
that city during the four previous days, but
more especially on Monday, the 9th. On
morning there was fight between
two engine companies, in which broken heads
and bloody noses were the result, but the
most serious affair was between the Native
and Irish Of Kensington.
From the different journals, we learn that
on Friday, the Sd inst, the Native Ameri-
cans Of the 3D. Ward held a public meeting.
While the proceedings were in progress, an
attack was made upon it by a party of Irish,
who drove the Native Americans from their
stand, and, as is alledged, took possession of
flag and destroyed it. The meeting
reassembled at another place, where
resolutions were adopted, and it was
agreed to hold an adjourned meeting at the
corner Of Master and Second streets on Nom
lay afternoons to express Indignation at the
Of Friday evening, and to "take the
1ecesgary Steps TO prevent a repetition of it"
Accordingly, a large meeting was held on
at the place mentioned, and after
1oiDg in. session a little while, a storm arising, /
/ moved over to the Washington Market in I
street, between Second and Third, in {
rider to get out Of the rain. While there, a /
arge body Of Irish having assembled IN the t
leighborhood, individual quarels commenced, {
the meeting was attacked. t
The scene for a time was appeling. One (
n two thousand persons were in the vicinity,
Ind most Of them in a state Of high excite I
nent. Firearms were discharged one Ma r
i've American was killed, one or two others
we're reported as dead, and several were Sc q
wounded. Stones and bricks were t
howered in abundance. The Native Aneri- $
ans separated, but shortly afterwards rallied
nd drove back the Irish, aud one Of the par D
Y was considerably hurt, and six Or seven Of /
he houses ID which thew took shelter we're
onsiderbly damaged by the breaking in Of f
heir doors and windows &c, Ia
After this, the news of the riot having pc. r
orne known in the city, and the sheriff being i
pom the ground, there was a cessation Of f
ostiiities but crowds of both parties oc- a
upied corners Of the streets, exhibiting 6
Ugh degree of excitement, while the most u
exaggerated rGmors prevailed as to the ex- a
ant Of the loss of life oceasioned by the foray, ii
ntil about 10 o'clock, when another outbreak Il
This was commenced by assailing o.
house on Second street, from which fire. il
rms had been discharged 5the doors and win W
ows were broken in, and the furniture on the Fl
,Wer floor was thrown into the street. A d
" was then raised Of "Go to the nunerY,H ii
nd the crowd proceeded to the Catholic ii
,hool- house, the fence of which was set on 81
re but the building itself was successful ST
defended by the discharge Of successive ST
of muskelry from a house opposite. a.
hicb Killed two meg and wounded some 9th. a
=. T8is-cbecked t3e assaiIants, wha then
and al II o'clock some degfse 9 BID
net was again restored. a.
This is but hasty outline. says one Of the fa
of these disgraceful proceedings, ~
hich appear to have originated altogether ha
an unwarrantable disturbance of a public ha
Getting that was assembled for the purpose in
discussing a great public question, and thus sn
,ercising one ofthe most valued rights of re
aeElbn. We hope that the aggressors, an
hoover they may be, will not escape, but eli
made to answer at the bar Of justice. wi
The worst result of this wicked contest is ar
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