The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-05-16
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ins seeosnl q sinl and blood shed. ~h'eh
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he disarisl0l Ksnslng'sa, % hondsy fno
Tsrsdsy q lat wssk. !.
We hare room oniy Tor . vary oriri
sslr neat Of lhis ouirsfss ansir.
Il appears that oashs Friday niehs Pre-.
sioss, he Naive Amrsirsns of ina ihird
.srd held snssling. While he pfosssc-
ina we're In progress. an attack .as made
81 pasly % lrish. ~ho drove The Ame.
riesns lsom their slsnd. ieok possession
% heir Gag and dssuoyedh. The meet
ing wss rs-ssssnblsd n smother place.
shere smong resolutions sers adopted.
and Il uss agreed 70 hold an adjourned
meeting 81 lhs corner Of Master snd See
eond street. on Monday afternoon, io.ex.
press indignation" 81 The outage Of fii-
day evening. and 70 . take lbs nsessssIy
steps 10 prevent . repetition Of it, Ae-
eordrsgly. large meeting uss held on
Monday o. me Place mentioned. and alter
being II session . lillls while. Storm
arising. IL uassd over % The Washington
Market. in Master street. between Second
end Third. In order 10 Get out oi The rain,
While there. q large body oflrish having
assembled in The nelghbOIhood. individual
qusuels eommenssd. and lhs meeting
Vas attacked.
The scene far line vas appsllins.
One or 100 thousand persons were IN the
vicinity. and most Of them in state Of
high excitement. Fire-sFms wers DIS
charged, one Ns,ise American Was killed.
one OF two Others were Ieponed % dead.
and several were severely wounded.
Stones and bricks weis showered IN sbun.
dance. The Nslise Ameneans sepaIsied,
bot shortly afterwards rallied aud drove
back The Irish. and one Of that parry Rs'
considerably hurt. and six or seven Of The
honses in which they took shelter were
considerably damaged By the breaking ia
Of their dnor. and Windows, &e.
Sheriff M'Michsel was early on the
ground, and acivs measures acre adopted
10 present farther siolencs; but the people
continued 10 sslhsr 10 erea, cro.ds.
About zen o'clock 10 The evening IN Of
tack vas made upon . dselling house OF
SECOND street above Franklin. from ~hiri
a shni had been fred during The afternoon
The doors and windows were besien 10
and The furniture destroyed. Another
house above Il shared The same fate.
cry was then raised OF - Go 10 the hume.
~" and The crowd proceeded To the Cath
ole school-house, The ienee 81 which ws.
set on Ere; bni The building itself Was sue,
cessfnliy defended by ihe discharge q
successive volleys Of muske,iy tom /
house opposite. which killed two mel
and wounded some Others. The cheek
ed the ssss,lsnis, ~ho then reueated, an,
aiwelve o'clock some degree OF quiet wsi
again restored.
The sheriff VAS on the ground during N,
evening. end before nigh,-fsll had made
call upon tie military for aid; bu, bee.us,
,hs Legislature had moi male an sppropris
ZION fnt their pay. The call wss mol CON
piled wI,h.
From the beginning OF the sffray III,
sho,s were frequent. sEd The wonder !,
that the fatal eonss qnences we're On few
Two men were killed. one mouslly
wounded. four dangerously wounded. AMI
several Others seriously.
Renewal Of the Fight.
On Tuesday morning pl.cards wer,
posted throughout The city end districts
ealing meeting uf Naive Americans
10 be held al three o'clock. 10 Indspen
dence Square. About noon . small part,
Of men and boys, Of the hard working
class. parsled the .trs.,s. bearing q la,e,
American flag and banner on which v q
inscrlbed This is the Gag that Was tram
FLED by Irish P.pi.t.;" referring 10 IN,
sel Of the Irish Catholics a, the Ameri
can meeting Of the previous day, which
they had invaded and fred upon. Thi
exhibition was nf course calculated TO in
fame the minds ri all who Eel. before dis
posed 10 sympa b re with the American
party.
Al three o'clock the meeting assembled
the speakers did their uimos, 10 sllay IN,
excite meni OF those Who CON posed Il. I
vas evident, however. IRON The first. tha
there was no disposition To listen 10 paclfi,
Suggestions, The crowd. numbering no
less certainly than three thousand, had be
toreh md determined to adjourn to III,
| place" The prs'iou. days meeting. which
resolution they carried ou,.
AT the meeting resolutions were sdop,
Ell. asserting the right and duty u all CT
rzens pescrsbly 10 assemble aud expr.
their sentiments on The principle. end az
tons by which our nation should be On
verned; their rrprobsnon Of The outrsp,
committed upon them; and their de,er mi
nation Ia resist al all nag ards every inlr,c
ton Of their righis. Among the resolo
TONS we're the following. winch will viz,
some idea OF the complesio Jon OF the quar-
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