Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1854-08-16
TERRIBLE EnFeTIoN RIOT Ar 81, IoU1s

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, was briefly stated by telegraph, a few days ago,
that election riot occurred in StLous
on Monday last. We yesterday received the St
Louis Democrats containing the annexed particulars
| of the bloody affair -
1t orginated about o'clock in the afternoon at
the polls OF the fifth ward, between party who CALL
ed themselves Americans and number of Irish who
had gathered around the engine house. The fight
was general one, which was followed by slight skir-
mishlng all along Third street between Vine street
and Franklin avenue, serving very much to increase
the excitement and draw together large crowd.
whenever an 1rIshman was seen on the street he
was pursued and most cruelty beaten. Finally pnr-
suit of one was made down Morgan street where
| the mob were met by number of Hibernians who
gave battle by throwing stones and firing pistols,
but the crowd OF rioters increasing they gave way
and retreated to their houses between Main and the
Levee on Morgan. Here for while, the mob was
a scene of the widest excitement The Irish fred
as many perhaps hundred pistol shots into the
crowd, who were breaking in the doors and windows
OF the houses by showers of stones from the street.
Atlas the shooting silenced, and the mob pro-
ceeded down to the levee, and along it to Locust
street, assailing every coffee house tenement sup
posed to contain foreigners with continued storm
of missiles.
After this the Irish made another stand on second
street, but were driven down past Cherry, the mob
still continuing their assault upon the houses and
windows. They then proceeded up Morgan and
Green streets, above Fourth and assaulted number
ofhouses, completely Kidding the doors and windows
with stones and brickbats. During the evening
slight assault had been made the Office of the
Anzeger Des Westerns, but the party were dispersed
without much injury. In the meantime the militia
ry and police were out in full force scattering the
excited combatants here and there, and doing much
to restore quiet to the city. About 10 o'clock at
night however, company of the rioters, number
ing perhaps 20, came marching down Third street
from the scene of assault up Morgan with stones
in hand, and shouting in the widest manner, and
upon arriving in front Of the Anzeger Office, again
commenced an assault upon the windows and doors
OF no mill
charging upon the crowd again, and dispersed the
mob. When we left the scene, quiet seemed to be
in very fair way of being restored, the military
having complete possession of the street, and SEEM
ing determined to enforce order.
1t IS utterly impossible to estimate the number of
persons wounded in the whole affair, or to say
how many have been killed We at least TWEEN
ty men lying bleeding and wounded so severely that
they perfectly insensible-ther faces cut most
horribly and skulls smashed, and some appearing
perfectly dead and then we have learned of three
men certainly killed. and of five six who
are thought to be dead at this time from wounds
ceived.
1t is a wonder to u.s. when remember .he num-
Der of shots fired and the exposed position of the
mob, that there not double the persons killed
and wounded man by the name of Shannon was
stabbed in the back of the neck from which he very
probably died last night hand from the steamer
Henry Chouteau was killed instantly, and man by
the name of Joe or Frank Freeman was shot through
the heart, and fell dead without uttering word
He was standing a lumber pile at the foot of
Morgan-street on the lcvee, with his arms folded,
watching the aray without at all participating when
he received the fatal shot from the window of house
on Battle Row.
We hear of one man being shot in the leg, ano-
Their in the hand, one in the abdomen and another
in the shoulder. We cannot pretend to give cor
rect statement either of the number killed and
wounded, the true origin and continuance of the
mob The immense excitement throughout the
whole city prevented the procurement of any relia-
BILE account of the disturbance.
The ST. Louis Intelligencer says the riot original
ed from an Irishman stabbing American at the
fifth ward polls He pursued for several squares
and arrested, and to prevent a rescue by the mob,
was Immediately conveyed to Jail. During the riot
jackson Fowler and James Russell, one a mate and
the other pilot, were shot, the former in the side
and the latter i'll the arm. Ten arrests were made.
Every Irish grocery on Morgan and Green-sts, ex-
tending west from Broadway, torn to pieces
Some fifty OF sixty houses in ALL mostly low grog
geries, were badly damaged and their contents
tirely destroyed. The entire loss is estimated at
$4,000 For three hours the mob had full sway,
having set the police at defiance. Finally, at late
hour in the morning, eight military companies being
under arms, the work of destruction stayed
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