Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-09-21
From The New Orleans Creole, Of the 18th.
The New Orleans Riots.

The papers o the las, three DAYS have teemed
with the detaillof riot and bloodshed. Scenes
have occurredwhich reflect no credit upon our
city.
| The eonficI began between policeman and
private citizen, on Thursday night last and
10 this hour, i has not terminated. The most
intense antiplthies arising from nationality of
feeling, have been fomented during this strug-
gle and epersonal quarrel is now forgotten
in the create: questions involved. In short, it
| is widespread, deadly conflict between two
parties that cannot coalesce in feeling: the
native.born ON one side; and the papal Irish
on the other.
The quarrel was originally caused by the re-
| fusal of a watchman to arrest man who had
| gone to q citizens house and wantonly shot a
| dog The citizen complained ofthis treatment
on the part Of the Waterman and thereupon he,
the citizen, was himself arrested. The quarrel,
| which on Saturday, night was mere flourish of
| trumpets, was renewed on Sunday night at the
| beer garden on Annunciation street, pistols and
| knives were freely used and several persons
were wounded.
Mr.. Grinnell, of the firm of Leeds and Co.,
and Mr.. Green, were afterwards attacked, while
walking peaceably along the street, and were
badly wounded.
1t seems that there had been silly rumors
that there was an intention on the part of the
know-nothings to massacre the Catholics
| In Annunciation street man was heard at
the door OF groggery exclaim in loud voice,
"a hundred dollars for 6 know-nothing's head, y
at the same time, firing pistol into The air.
| On Monday night an immense gathering of
the people took place in Lafayette Square
their prevailing sentiment seemed to be de-
termination to assist the authorities in restoring
peace.
About 9 o'clock the MAYOR was informed
that three or four hundred Irish rioters were
assembled at the corner of st. Joseph and
Tchoupitoulas. BE went in person to recon
noitre; and soon returning, reported fayora-
by, and advised the citizens to dispense peace
ably to their homes.
Here the crowd became very bosterous; and
Mayor Lewis heard good deal of plain COM
ment upon his official course.
he started OF again to reconnoitre, and re-
ported this time three Irishmen killed. but no
Americans hurt. The conflict took place IN
front of st. Patrcks Church.
This ahray was between body of some 200
Irish and about 20 Americans; the result Of
which was, as we learn, three Irishmen killed
They were led on by DR.. Meighan, who placed
himself at their bead, with large sword, and
other weapons. He was seized BY the police
after his followers had fed, in his covert at St.
Patrick's, and was hand-cuffed and taken to
prison.
This was about midnight. Orders were now
issued to bring out part Of the military force.
and Colonel Forno paraded his battalion. They
marched up to the riotous neighborhood, about
100 strong, followed by some hundreds of c;ti
zens; and, after marching the whole length of
the unruly district, returned without encoun-
tering any of the rioters.
Thus stood the matter Yesterday morning
In the course Of the day, there was more calm
ness In discussion. There was an impression
that the rioters were cowed, il not oueled
but, at the time OF our going to press yester.
DAY evening, 1t was said that the Americans
were about to assemble in Lafayette Square.
to consider the propriety Of dismissine the
foreign police, which has proved utterly in.
competent and of putting natives in their
place.
From the Pcayune Of the 18Th
RENEWAL OF THE RIors.-We regret to state
That we were premature last night when we
stated that everything was quiet in the .c;tv
1t appears thata little before Ii o'clock AN ay.
cited mob attacked the coffee house Of T;mo.
thy Duffy, No. So New Levee street. and fred
several shots at the inmates. The latter snc.
ceeded In closing the doors and shuttino the
rioters out, who retired. About twenty min.
utes alter they returned and forced omen tbe
doors, entered the coffee house and smashed
everything in the bar. They then proceeded
to search the house, and found a man secreted
IN the back kitchen, whom they dragged ont.
Inc otnsr inmates OF the house had secreted
themselves near the roof and escaped the
search. The man who was dragged out was
manner John Kane, and only arrived here at 8
lnhf from II
came OF him is not known. As near az copI,
be ascertained, he was dragged down u I'd
street towards the Levee, the M lafayette
whether they should shoot ,; 30 disPutng
near the Alabama Exe' Am or not. When
New Levee and :, .hange, on the corner of
,uere beord Fulton streets, several shots
not :. but whether Kane was killed or
IS impossible to say. At any rate. he
! mas not been heard OF since. Alona + ~
street, from New Levee to Fulton street -
are tracks of blood, but thew cease nj he 90
ner If Kane was killed, the ouest;on arises SU
what became Of the body. The mob would
hardly take the trouble to carry Il n tho r;va-
ana throw IT in, and it is therefore boned Tho,
ne may have escaped, and may now he con.
cealed In the house Of some Of his friends
ms is especially TO be wished for. as the nm.
fortunate man was entirely innocent of all mar.
hcipation in the previous riots.
A man named Barney Boylan was shot in
the leg in this affray, but the wound is NOT 60.
r,ons. The cause alleged for the OUTRAGE i.
that on the previous night some shots wers
hired from Duffy's house. This the latter siren.
uously denies, avering that there was NO, . Gre
arm OF any description in the house except an
old rusty double barreled pistol, which he er ~
hioited to us, and which bore no appearance &c
having been used within the present centurv
We sincerely regret to state that the r;o,ers ~
this occasion boldly svowed themselves - be-
Americans. There we're not over twentv ~
thirty OF them engaged in the riot and 40 i.
iently and quickly was it done, that no NINA.
ton was received at the Square until LONG after
the rioters had dispersed. Then a port;on of
the military passed out and visited the scene
OF the disorder, but everything was Quiet and
there was nothing to call for their interrogation,
Another human life was sacrificed last NIGHT
but II was some distance from the scene oftbs
above riot, and bears more the Appearance NJ
an assassination or cold blooded murder thar
anything else. The report on the police books
this morning is that dead man was brougb,
10 the upper station watch.bouse aho,, TO