Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-09-18
THE KILLED AND WOUNDED.


ORIGIN OF TIE DIFFICULTY.
TIE KILLED AND WOUNDED.
undar our tslsgrsphio head, on Friday last,
It was announced that series Of bloody riots
had taken place at New Orleans between the
Know Nothings and parties Of Irish. We
have before MS the New Orleans papers Of
Tuesday morning last, which give the partic.
ulars a. well as ths'ongip Of these bloody a.
trays. We take the following account from
the New Orleans Courier:
It appears that on Thursday last, an Irish
man whilst passing by the house Of 81. T.
Sherman, on Bartholomew street, in he First
District, was attacked by dog belonging to
the latter, and had his clothes torn BY It. Oa
| the following morning, he called on Mr.. Sher.
man, the owner of the dog, and requested that
he should be shot, which request Mr. Sherman
peremptorily refused. The Irishman then went
home, and arming himself with gun, returned
and shot the dog in Mr., Sherman's yard, after
which he made his escape. Mr.. Sherman pur-
| sued him, and on his way met q Waterman
| and asked him to search in the neigh orhood
for the individual who had shot his dog. The
Waterman observed that he did not see or hear
of any riot, and that he could not comply with
Mr.. Sherman's request, upon which the latter
made use of offensive language toward the po-
licsman, which caused him to be arrested. So
ended the dog business.
On Saturday night number of individuals,
| amounting to some fifty or sixty, and supposed
| to be particular friends of Mr. Sherman, re-
paired to the neighborhood in question, aud
! when they arrived there they sounded '' rat
tles'' as our informant say, for tho purpose
Of bringing the watchmen together. The lat
ter, however, suspecting that things were look
ing squally, did not reply to the call, and, in
place of repairing to the place of rendezvous,
concealed themselves as best they could. Sew
Ieral pistols were then discharged without in
juring any person, after which the party allu-
ded to retired. On the following day Sunday
reports were current that there had been
SERIOUS riot on the night before Some said
that there were three men killed, others that
there were ten. We have heard it said even
that there could not have been less than fifty
killed and wounded. Early in the afternoon,
however, it was ascertained with certainty tbs
no person had been either killed or wounded,
and that rumor had been, as usual, disposed to
Gle" By some parties it was stated that tho
same crowd was organising and increasing its
numbers, and making preparations to return
to the charge on Sunday night, It was said
that the quarrel NO longer existed between
Mr.. Sherman friends and the police officers
in the upper part Of the First District, but be.
tween the Nothing party and Irish in
habitants of that part Of the city. Tho latter,
1t appears, were informed of the fact, and &C.
cordingly armed themselves for the purpose of
resisting any attack that might be made on
their persons or property We unders tand
that they mustered some hundred and fifty
strong, and paraded tho streets armed for tho
most part with muskets and swords. Whilst
passing tho Beer Garden on. Annunciation
street they were fred at by some persons in tho
lgarden. The fire was returned by the party
assaulted. Unfortunately, young man whose
name We could not ascertain, whilst In the act
of leaving the garden, was shot down, whether
by tho party attacking or attacked we know
not. After this tho main body distributed it.
self into groups, and for few hours there was
number Of shots fred in the neighborhood.
In tho afray there were altogether three per-
sons killed and five or six wounded Among
the latter are MIR Grinnell, Of Leeds l. Co., q
Waterman named McMahen, . person named
Fitzpatrick, and Spaniard, whose name We
did not learn.
Considering the number of persons that were
in the neighborhood and shots fred, it is sur
prising that there were not moro persons killed
and wounded. The firing continued until a
late hour of tho night. We understand that
the Mayor was on tho ground at an early stage
the proceedings and sen. fo{ rsnforce;
Districts, as soon as he saw that the riot could
not be repressed by the force at his immediate
disposal. About o'clock on Monday morn
ing, things began to look quiet With tho OK.
ception of stray shot here and there all ap.
pearance OF riot had disappeared.
Early in the morning as soon as We stepped
into tho streets whithersoever We turned, va
were boared with the questions: CHOW many
killed" GLOW many wounded" 10, to ali
Of which We were obliged to reply 1--WE knew
nothing" We have never heard Of riot 90.
curing in large city like this whose details
| it was moro difficult to arrive ut with any de-
gree of accuracy. Each person We applied
for information gave different version of it.
and, in consequence, We were for portion of
the day laboring under the apprehension that
it was impossible to get clue to the truth.
psrusing the above, that the riot would have
stopped here, but We have been unfortunately
doomed to disappointment. About o olook
| an immense crowd assembled on LAFAYETTE
Square and in front Of the City Hall under thu
influence of great excitement Several of the
ring leaders addressed them from time to
time, employing language calculated to slim.
ulate them to acts of violence. The mob was
In consequence almost worked up to state of
frensy. About 10t O'Clock, q portion of them
proceeded towards Tchoupitoulas street, fol-
the purpose of attacking the inhabitants Of
that neighborhOod who are for tho most part
Irishmen. A short distance from tho SQUARE
We heard the report of some ton or twelve Dis.
toll shots, but owing to the noise and confusion
that prevailed, it was utterly impossible for US
to ascertain by what party they were fired
The party assembled on the Square seemed
resolved on having quarrel, and We have not
the least doubt that there was some mischief
Not having, however, the least disposition to
become tho innocent victims of their fury VIZ
kept at q prudent distance from the scene OF
action, so that We cannot state positivel,
whether any accidents occurred or not. All
We can say is that tho spirit of determination
manifested by almost every member of h.
crowd, and the ill-feeing would lead An unin
teresed observer to presume that serious rio
was about to take place. We a ope withal tina
our surmises might be only surmises
The WEALTH OF SEBAsroPoL.-The amoun
of the wealth at Sebastopol is computed to b.
f2O,000 900. The Notifications have cost no
less than f7,OO0,OOO, and the military an,
naval stores are Of prodigious value.
The SPECIE DRAIN.-The steamer Brandon
sailed from New Y ork for Liverpool on Satur
day, with 119 passengers and $4,000 i,
specie.
THH CHOLERA The cholera has made IT
appearance on several rice plantations on tn
Carolina side Of the Savannah river.