New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-09-07
AFFAIRS N MULTIPLICATION Ereitement.

AFFAIRS IN decentralization Excitement
The Tribune Of Tuesday has the following:
In the fifth ward yesterday there were con-
siderable excitement and q number of broken
heads during the election for Justice of the
Peace. 1t was believed that it grew out of
suspicion of Know Nothingism. Whether this is
true or not we cannot say positively. The re-
suit, however, was as follows: Greer "a,
McNulty 81, Reid 49, Greer, it is stated, was
conferred upon by the Know Nothings.
There was also an election for Justice Of the
Peace in the first ward, with the following re-
suit: Eastburn 115, o. W. Austin 10, w. G.
Matlock 2. The first was called the Know
Nothing candidate.
Tt is not, we suppose, fair to presume that
the successful candidates belong to the order
In the fourth ward Michael Flynn was elected
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The Register states the affair as follows:
A serious riot occurred at the fifth ward,
yesterday afternoon, which promised for g tims
to lead to deplorable results
The facts, as we have gathered them from eye
witnesses, are substantially as follows: At an
early hour, q difficulty occurred between the
American and Irish population, in which the
former, being greatly in the minority, were
driven from the polls. Exasperated at this
state of affairs, the Americans rallied in large
numbers, and proceeded to the seat of war.
After some skirmishing, an Irishman, who is q
barkeeper under the Amphitheatre, got into q
fight with an American, and being pressed by
numbers, fed into house tenanted by Span
ish family, corner Of Royal and Eslaya streets.
Under the impression that the house was
rendezvous of the Irish rioters, the vast crowd
poured in, demolishing windows and banisters,
in search of the fugitive, who, as Was after
wards ascertained, had taken refuge in the
chimney A shot was fired at the crowd by
one of the inmates of the house, but unfor-
tunately the contents were received by fe-
male, also an inmate, who endeavored to pre-
vent this suicidal attempt on the part OF her
countryman.
| Had it not been for the fleeing of the irish
| and the expostulations of the Mayor, the mob,
| enraged as it was, might have proceeded to
great extremities. zm.z vs.
As it was, it ended in far less bloodshed than
was expected, considering the weapons and mis-
| siles of every description resorted to, though
| there was enough to satisfy the most exaetlng.
The Tribune has the following additional
| items
negro man belonging to John G. MCGUIRE
was accidentally drowned by falling off the
| steamer Fremont early yesterday moring
The quietness of Hollywood, on the Eastern
Shore, was seriously disturbed on Sunday. A
man by the name of Murphy and the bar-keeper
at Freeman's had difficulty which resulted
fatally. The facts, as related to US, are these j:
The parties had quarrel, or at least some
| angry words passed between them Murphy
told the bar keeper that he would shoot him, and
started for his carpet bag, from which he took
| a pair of pistols, and upon returning with one
| in each hand, the bar-keeper raised double
barrel shot gun and fred, killing Murphy in
stantly.