Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1844-05-31

Fl HOeFdi discount uiH be glUen 10 those
Wh0 advertise IN the geqr.
Tremendous GRi0Gs i'm PHI
ladeichia.
Great loss Of LIFE and Immepse Destruc
ton cf Property!
TUESDAY. May 7,
The Philadelphia papers Of yesterday
contain the particulars OF bloody riot
which took place in KeDsingDon District
on Monday evening. 1t appears That
on last Friday njgbI he Naive Ameri
cans Of the Third Ward held public
meeting While me proceedings were
in progress, ar attack was made upon 1t
by party Of lrjsh, who drove The Ma
live Americans from their stand. and as
is alleged, took possession Of their flag
and destroyed it The meeting was
Te-assemhIed al another place, where
stron resolutions were adopted, and it
was agreed 10 hold an adjourned meet
luS az NV NJIUpI VI WhSlUl uNu JNIOnE
streets on Monday afternoon, to express
indignation al the outrage offered on
Friday evening, aud to 'take the necos-
sary Steps 10 prevent a repetition Of II.
Accordingly, meeting Of the advocates
ol The Native American principles " as
called yesterday afternoon, at four o.
clock, TO assemble on the vacant LOT al
the corner Of Master and Second streets
but before the meeting had been we'll
organized, storm arose, and il was re-
solved to adjourn to the shelter Of The
market house near by, al the corner oI
Master and Cadwalader streets.
When the third speaker arose 10 ad
dress the meeting. a man standing al
the outside Of the crowd was heard tC
say 10 another, standing next to'him
(b0th OF whom are represented TO as as
being lrshmen, J Now e,'s make noise
so that be WON'T be heard They forth
with created noise, and were remou
siraIed with by some oi Inc bysapdeTs
who requested them to let the proceed
ings OF the meeting go on IN peace
They would not cease their ClamOr, ant
were finally compelled to do so in con
sequence Of receiving a severe fiogglng
This fight caused a little excitement
which was raised 10 an intense degree
in consequence OF several shots beinI
fred from the upper windows OF tn
IlbeGOia hose house, in Cadwalade
street, fronting the market house b
this VoIley several wounds were inAIct
ed, and The Native Amer gathered
at the meeting, becoming highly eXas
perated. and the Irisbmen having gath
cred into q mob, they made an auac
upon them
A number Of shots were fred fror
the crowd Of lrishmen, who were final
compelled 10 hy. The Native Amer
cans pursued hem, end several ol h
lugilives, finding themselves ho'Iy pres
sed, darled into houses aud up Alleys, i
order TO escape. Several houses i
which they were seen TO enter were a.
tackled, and the doors and windows @
two frame houses 90 Cadwalader stree
below Master street, and one in lh
Same street above Master street. wer
battered in with stones On Maste
street, near Germantown road, th
fronts Of two houses were also muc
battered, and the windows riddled wit
stones. On GermaulOwn road, th
dwelling house Of a widow named BfC
dy, was (orclblg broken INTO, the VIII
dows and shutters were shattered, an
the furniture broken up The GllaC
upon her house was made because On
of tho lugilives he'd been seen to run U
the alley adjoining.
The windows in the upper story O
the Hibern Ia hose house were also sha
tered, and Master street, between Ge
mantown road and Codwsader stree
was literally slrewed with broken brlcl
and stones Finally, the lrlshmen ra
lied, and beat off the Naive American
and there the contest ended for Il
time.
The worst result Of this disgracef
outrage is seen in the loss Of life, Fro
the beginning Of tho afTray the she
were frequent, and The following pc
sons were killed or wounded.
George Shaor, almost instantly HI
ed;
Joseph Cox, dangerously wounded
the gtoIn;
- Lee. wounded in the hip;
Charles VansaVOren, shot IN thru
places and dangerously wounded;
Patrick Fisher shot in Inc forehead
not dangerously wounded;
Adam Boozer shot ln the arm.
ShAer lived only few minutes. II
ball, we understand, having passed ihr
his head.
The excitement created in East ke
l.,Ion he the occurrence was lDtens