Washington telegraph., 1852-04-28


TIM RIoT IL Sr. Louis-L0ss Of Li6
aHa destruction Qf Propfrtg.-Ne copy
lluu The St. Louis iatslhgeaorr the fol.
loving account of the riot in St Louis on
the 9TH inst, the day of the municipal elee,
tion. of which We have already been noti'
fed by Telegraph:
As was generally expected, the ffst
ward was yesterday the scene ol the gross,
c, outrage upon the halloi.box and the
RIGHT of natiye.bon citizens. AT an early
hour in the day, il became evident that a
hfge portion uf the German 1uters in thi,
ward were determined to prevent those On,
torlaining views dissimiar to their own from
voting; aud, before noon a number o.
paaeeable, quiet citizens. who went tu thg
polls for the purpnse u dopusitihg then
votes, were driven off with sticks aud ,iones
mud prevented from exercising the eleetiy,
franchise. guaranteed To every citizen. DR.
Mitchell. highly respectable gentleman
bad every indignation east upon him, and
oaly escaped bg the mcrest chance from the
crowd that followed him. huTlng ailer hin
every imaginable missile. laici ia the day
Mr Stcilr. a respectable German resident
of the first ward, was as.ailed while passing
The polls in his buggy, aud efos,ly abused
Nh c. ". eeote, assistant eiiy engineer
was a,sliled without Gauss or prufacatiun
kuurkcd down and beaten aud the mud ani
6lih in the street haaped apoa his prosirat,
body. The Whigs. as a general thing, wer
beaten of frum lha poll. and dared no
how laess,
Ncws nf thee ontragas reaching the see
uni. ihifl. fourth aud tilh vauls abant 3 q
a,eek ia the afternoon, a haly u NATIVE
bonn. Us well as adopted citizens TO tin
number Of samp five or siN thaaand, wen
down aud cleelually cleaned out and draY,
The frs ward bullie. flum their position
Hal irm thiz time mp n he#elnsa oi III
POLE. the purity Of the ballo..laX was main
Ains1 The ah1az hezfel apoa aa,ifs
hHfn citizens, however enmssd lie cruN,
60 slch dcgrae, tint the mefe fact or n
taking the polls did not saii,iy and appeas.
them. Some seyen or eight beer aud col
f.ehauses in thn vicinity vere buiksn VI
aud the bar furniture and iSfHF1, aefo e
lafuilly demolished M. however. until
aunbcr uf Shots had beda lei nun In
window and loafz us@ the uppf,dela.
crowd in the street. The Soulam Alarke
c,lIeehouse, directly acrass the street ffdu
the polk. Ras iir.t demolished and .he 9th
eEs followed mupid .lgel s.i9a-.he Ger
mans tlur we have every reason to beliey,
them eiclA the while keeping spa rInnis.
fire. Several persons were ,lo, and slight
Is wounded among the number Mr. Jane'
Harper Captain Of the Missouri Fire Com
pauy, aud German in the cmployof Hem
bat.umhcr on Chestnut street
l.atc in tha c,oning, aud alcr the poll.
were closed. the uptown crowd started back,
and when ut the corner of Seventh street
aud Park avenue, tEo or more shot. were
Grcl from the second story window at Nei.
hrmcycr's tavern, upon the crowd, and Mr..
Jo. Stevens. q wire worker in the employ
of Mr. llol1h, on Second street, killed ont
nghi. The window and d,ors of the house
were almost instantly broken in, and the
crowd ginning access To the interior fred
the building and burned it to the ground
The body oi Mr.. Stevens was taken into a
drug store in Carondclct, where il remained
until a late hour n.' night, when dcpuia.
ton from iAe company went down and
brought il % the cngine.h0uac
At the corner Of Park and Carondelci ay.
cuuc. the crowd was again fired on aud Mr.
Edward O'llnra, member Of the Saint
Louis Grcys, dangerously wounded in the
leg Thoball p1ecd entirely through and
broke the leg Of O gentleman walking near
by, whose name We did not learn. The
house from which this shot was fred WIS
also riddlcd, and those found within rough.
Is handled. The crowd then pursued their
way up town without further molc,tation
and quietly di'per.cd.'
For some days past our town has been