Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-06-16
The aavaszi Riot at Montreal.

4 Wehnye published several telegraphic Dispatch,
es giving brief accounts of the terrible and bloody
riot atMontreai occasional by the lecture of Ca
4 vazzi ON Catholicism. The Montreal Herald of
the 9thinst, contains the following particulars of
the riot and melancholy loss ofslifeon the preyi-
Gus evening:
| As ascertained Signor Gavazzi met numerous
audience in lions church at half past six O'Clock
p. M. yesterday. Many of our most respectable
citizens, with their families, were present. About
half past seven o'clock went to the door Of The
church, where we found Capt. Ermatinger with
strong posse of police, some twenty or thiry-six
men. =
AT this time, and. for about half an hour after,
groups of wild, ragged looking men were assem-
bled around the door of the church, and at'dffer-
ent points between the church and McGill street,
We mixed freely among those people, and CONVEX :
sed with more than one of thosew who are consider.
ed the leaders of the Irish Catholic party. We
were assured by them that they only came TO the
ground to use their influence to prevent dstur-
bance, and thatwe might rest satisfied the lecture
would pass off quietly. Szttie
We were not, however, satIfied With the aspect
OF affairs, and remained on the g1ound. at about
a .quarter of eight o. clock, a band of rufans,
learn, or although in sight, we were at too great
! a distance to see more than that q general melee
| had taken placer attacked and oyerpowered. the
pollce-captain Ermatinger, received severe
wound on the head-and proceeded to force their
way into the church, from which body of fifteen
or twenty men repulsed them-seyeral shots from
guns and pistols being fired from both sides.
/ Inc assuming party were eLtctually routed
two or three of their number were left dead or Sc
lyerely wounded on the ground, but were shortly
afterwards removed in cars by their friends. Soon
after this occurrence, a company OF the twenty
sixth Cameronians marched from Ctaig street, and
were drawn up between the engine house and that
sheet. IS
All seemed quiet and remained so until about a
quarter past eight o'clock, at about which time the
lecture was concluded, and the audience inside the
| church had began to leave for home. AT this
time the troops were marched across Craig street,
and took their position in two lines across Rade-
vonde street-one line nearly opposite Zion's
church, and the other some hundred PAGES nearer
Craig street. SO z & >. s. 5s,7ii 5,s55szz si5, =
A good dealof hooting and noise prevailed at .
this time, and on the McGill street side of Craig
street, some disturbanceSwith the lowest line of
troops occurred, end two or three shots fired.
In otte respects all seemed peaceable. s.. 5rg
We were at this time at tue corner fist. James
street and Meg ill Street, and had clear and dis
tinct view of the troops, and of the people in the
immediate vicinity. There we violence
on the part of the mob. Nothing, indeed, but the
people hurrying from the church, when, to our ut-
ter astonishment, we heard and saw the troops
tire two distinct running volieys, among those who
seemed to us peaceablei citizens.
Thinking it high time to attend 10 our own, safe
ty, we beet rapid retreat from this apparent
| of wanton and uncalled for slaughter. This, we
feel is not the time to express the indignation with
which we saw British troops deliberately shoot
| down our peaceful and unoffending fellow citi-
Gems.
! We were too far off TO speak personally Of the
conduct OF the Mayor and OF the officers by " hose
orders they were fired; but if we are correctly in
formed by those who were on the spo., there was
nothing 10 justify so rash and cowardly proceed
ing. We must not, however, pre-! judge their con-
duct on the occasion; but the blood of those who
/ fell calls loudly for prompt investigation into
| every circumstance connected with the melan-
choly aAir, and apparently, at least, wanton mss
IEacre. s5'@ - isTll7is5 - 1s5f555l
The following SO far as we have been able te as
j certain is -sEfe<
4 ~ LIST OF KILLED AND swotJSpEp. II 7
Peter Gillespie, clerk in Mr.. Johnstons store,
| shot through the head with musket ball, and
MORALLY wounded, although alive when we left
tsnce reported dead E. Crosby, clerk, relative
OF Mr. Tyre, of Tyre, Calquehon & Co., shot
| through the heart and died instantly. t
Jas. hutchinson, cousin of Mr.. Hutchinion, the
Il builder killed; Mr. Adams, son of the city coun
Icllor, shot throlg the lungs and mortality wound
ed; Mr. O'Niel, shot through he body, and ex
pected to recover; Master w allace, lad IA years
of age, severely wounded; Mr. Clark, book keeper
at w Lyman & Cos, shot through the foot with a
musket ball; Mr. Hilbert, of Long Point, also shot
through the footEwth mnsket ball; q lad, neph
ew Of Mr. Joseph Mckay, of ST. Paul street, shot
through.the heel with a musket ball; Mr.. Chin,
II man, of the National Loan Fund, wounded in the
/ side; Mr. McGrath, son of Thomas McGrath, shot
through the body and killed. iz5 81
II a Mr. Hudson. stone. cutter, was killed; beau
tful little boy five years of age was shot through
the leg and broke the bone; Mr. Stephenson, form
orally OF the post office, was severely wounded in
the shoulder; an unknown man was killed-died
Z at the house of DR. Mcdonnell.
Mr.. Sydney Jones was slightly wounded in the
hand by musket ball. A lad whose name we
could not Learn was so wounded as 10 necessitale
the amputation of one OF his legs, in the Montreal
General Hospital, and is not expected to recover.
J Many others, whose cases we could not learn,
q were more or less injured.
* LATEST PARTICULARS.
Il Ttpelre Persons Killed and Fifty Wounded -Meet-
ing of CitiSsns-1'h Mayor Denounced. Father
4 GauasSi to Lecture Again-Additional List of
i Killed and Wounded.
q A telegraphic dispatch dated Montreal, June /,
gives the following additional particulars:
Almost every hour records some new victim,
whose corpse or NAMED body has been found by
4 friends. a8
So far as we can learn, after carefulinquiry, the
number of persons shot is about fifty, and those
killed outright OF mortally wounded from ten 10
i twelve.
a large meeting of citizens was held in st.
Georges Hall at Q p. NJ, yesterday, for the pur-
pose OF considering the safety of the city. They
passed resolutions requesting Gayazzi to complete
: his course of lectures, commencing the police,
: dc. The sixth resolutions was as follows:
"ResoIred, Thatin the opinion of this meeting
the Mayor ought on all occasions to take sufficient
measures for the protection of life and property in
the city, or resign his Office into other hands; aud
having failed in this duty, Charles Wilson is not
a fit person to hold the office of Mayor, which he
q now occupies
4 = The city was in state of great excitement the
whole day yesterday. Several instances of attempts
at outrage on solitary individuals are mentioned.
The lecture was postponed last evening, and
Father Gayazz left this morning for New York, to
be gone day or two. He is to return and finish
r his course. .g3s -siV
The Mayor at an informal meeting of The City
Counselors yt s,erday denied that he had ordered
the soldiers TO fire. or that the officers had applied
TO him for orders to do Who it was W no order
ed the sold ers to fire, he could not say.
J, L. The following is a list of killed and wounded,
:, in addition to those reported yesterday, many of
been assaulted by rufians on the sreet:
Il J.sPollock, an old man, was killed by shot
!, Though the body; young man named Little,
book keeper, received two stabs inthe head with
lnE r,sfo e. a. 4. -.