The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1844-06-01


bird SNAKE, wss proceeding 10 address '"'
assembly, . gree, noise ~'' made ,, Two
I,,.hmsn p,sssn,, In order to d'0"" W.
voice and proven, further progress" '"'
demonstrated with 'he'n,fsq"s'
in, them to permit the proceedings Of 'n'
meeting to 20 on pssessbly and upon '' :
failure Of the latter to do so, they were 'o'o'
b,y compelled to keep silence This occur
,e,ce produced good deal Of eSe'''me"'
which was greatly increased by tho if'"'
n .ov.,al shots from tho Ilibern'a hos
ho,.. in from, Of the mako, house, where
by several native citizens wero w0un'eo
The meeting now dispersed. The e1a'p'
,.,.d "na,iyc,, attacked the crowd Of lr'sh
men who had by this time collected 'no
compelled them, after receiving severn
shot, from them, to retreat The refugees
were pur.ucd, and tho windows DOORS Ut
oi,ure &c, cfs.veral houses into which me
re,re.,ed, broken, battered, and damaged
The Irish rallied at length and got the oe''
ter Of the "Na,ives" when the contest SUD-
,;dcd for time. The result Of the hsh'
was Two men killed, some half dozen badly
wounded, aud many others more or less In
iured. The excitement was far from beng
aIlayed, however, and during tho night the
mob broke open house held by the irish
m second s,ree,-a,,acksd Catholic Sem
mary at the corner Of second and Phenix
Streets, and were about demolishi"g and
sitting on fire the fence which surrounded
il. when they were compelled to retreat by
the discharge Of 4 volley of muske'ry into
their mids. by the Irish, from house oP
posi,s, killing severa! Of their number. The
Sheriff was on the ground during the even
ing and did VIVA, he could 10 suppress the
riotous proceedings.
On.he following morning, hand bills were
posted up in various parts Of the city, CALI
ng meeting Of the Native Americans at
} o'clock in the afternoon. The Cathol'r
Bishop Of Philadelphia, Francis Patrick
also issued 4 Circular to the Catholics o
The City and country, exhorting those VIII
had participated in the appalling scene' G
the pre- v;ous day, to humble 'hem'slve
before God, and strongly urging all to al
stain from every thing that could tend
arprava,s the existing excitement II
proposed meeting consisting Of some BOO
ner,ons. convened in the State House va
a. the appointed hour, and a series II re-
lu,ions was passed by the Native Anne
cans asserting their right to meet peac
bly without moles,ation, and condemn
r. the violence offered them by the Irish
the cay before. When they had adjourn
IN tho crowd Immediately proceeded to
!. scene Of the late riot in Kensing:on, in
o, vicinity of which large concourss Of
=. sons had already collected, evincing, h
9 ever, none other peaceable movements.
:, Scarcely had tho Native Americans
paired to the Market House and CONNER
the organization Of a second meeting, b
on an attack was made upon the Hibernia
- house by some boys, which was folowe'
md shots from it IN the direction Of the NEE
One man was killed instantly and Sc,
la wounded. The excited multitude nov
of sailed the houses whence the shots proc,
,.r and the row was renewed with the
me desperate fury. About 5 o'clock the I.
ia lives" Sc. FIRE to building near the
IA house and soon the flames communcat
the the whole row. The firing was kept U
lom the Irish, retrea,ing to another as IA
of they were driven from one house by
, Of flames. About dark Brigadier Gen.
tale waller proceeded with his brigade ,
90 scene Of the riot, and took post net
leid burning buildings. The appearance