The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1854-09-20
General Intelligence

fear has or will result fatally Il ;s ~ which,
at the origin Of the affair, but as near as nm %
it arose out of the arrest and alleoed We can ea
meut of Mr.. Henry T. Sherman BY soma o'u.al trea
on Thursday night; On Saturday night |sat'eA1eo
hour, some of Mr.. Sherman s friends hoo. at la.
attack upon his house was medtated .ang thatsS
Tchoupitoulas street, and while tbera vt.eeded u
were attacked by some watchmcn and th1s;'aeEed
Accounts differ to who were the ,str ead,
agree that the watehmen driven off ao but
Der Of shots were fired, but nobody anro "no aaup
been seriously hurt. The next mornin rsas to Aas
ing slly report was placed upon the police boa oos
"a gang of about fifty, or sixty men ,.,,
headed by some respectable and well know .nsa AID
cans. firing at the watchmen CHASING ~ Amer
beats, springing false rattles, and tryi lsl OFT f
then, into their crowd" " attag
Yesterday considerable excitement vos 49,.
ed The affair having assumed the apnosra manifest
conflict between the natives and Irish, and ts:,a
men We're seen standing about the streat AMOS Of
ing After night, report gained circulator .onnFe
armory on the corner of St. Charles and H. Aatthe
was to be attacked by the Irish and verr stes
or four hundred men assembled in and al noo1 thee
cite square, with the avowed intention Of NV. LaaT
| the armory from attack projecting
/ ABOUT Ii o'clock number of these MOI, w..
A. procession up lchoupitoulas street, and wbsaa
st. Marys market the firing again began l he aa,
impossible for US to learn who com,nence3 oo' i
Irish occupied the market and beer garden j." Ie
cinity, from both of which places III 1hs "
hrlng was kept up. Several persons wero III a@a
| others fatally wounded Among the lattar Oaa7
named Fitzpatrick, and Waterman Monsban VA nal
~ #ounded-both expected to die. Officer n Sad'
jured. ?s''ousiy H.,
Mr.: Grlnnel, one of the firm of Leeds o.
shot IN two places while walking quietly w. u;1 Sa
'frend III Delord street, one of the Balls WIZ
IN The mouth, and seriously njuring him. Po,a a9
er Summers we hear, was shot at seyerart;rass'
was not touched. Lieut.. Hand reports Shavi0', out
ken .barrelled oshot gun from StenbaSS "a "a
Leary, eAcenlel OF police, near st. Mary's mal
ny iorder OF The mayor and carried it to the WAY
house. a4e watch.
Mr. Green, the gentleman who was valkin, m.
MT Hrinnel, was shockingly beaten by an inf n~
ted and savage mob Neither of these ean n+iuls
nag any thing to do with the riot, but were attso
Wllhout the slightest provocation >Aea
he nelghborhood in which these excuses o,,.
feu Is surrounded On all sides by the lowest and mo
hthy groggeres, which are the resorts bv dar 'uO
night Of crowds, of awless men, who 90 babtnsa1a
armed, and when their passions are inf1amed br a.
detestabe compounds they imbibe, do not ba:'; 'ae
10 use their weapons upon any one who nav bo oI
noIious to them. Vt %
he disturbances were renewed the nert MIL,
during which two men were killed and several o.:
A pr1nap
OF fhe N atIonal Guards were under arms and tbaP
tire city was In state of intense excitement
New York, SEPT. 6-Dispatches recaivoa |,
from Burlington, Vt. announce that the entra WIZ
ticket has been carried at all the late elections ba
that State-tor members of congress- for men,hnrs =.
the State Legislature, and for State officers.
Dispatches from Newark n J.. received bor, .
day, announce that there has been terrible o+ NV
arising out of religious differences between the n
testant and catholic Irish inhabitants. The catbg,
church is reported to have been sacked and ono
is said to have been killed 'A1'
The New Orleans postmaster gives notice bp
hereafter the california mails will be forwarded
the 9th and 23th of each month, via Havana IT.
line OF steamships between New Orleans and Asps
wall has been discontinued, congress having ner4
ted 10 pass the bill making appropriations to nav h
steamships for carrying the mail
Al election was held in Mobile, on the 4th inst
Tor Two justices of the peace and aponstable, RI
know nothlngs carried the dav, electine the tbr4
ofhcers. The Register, speaking of some dfir,
tifs at the NTH ward, says: At an early hour dif
cui'J occurred between the American and Irish Dr.
pqlaflon, IN which the former being greatly in II,
minority, We're driven from the polls Fxasperatei
AZ lis OF affairs, the Americans rallied in la
numbers and proceeded to the seat of war. Afr
ome sklrmls hing, an Irishman, who is bar keer-
..nder the amphitheare got into a fight within
American, and being pressed by numbers, fled into
j and Eslava streets. - '''''
Under the impression that the house was a rendc,
Gus OF The Irish rioters, the vast crowd poured j.
eil2Ils1lbS windows and bannisters in search G
ne iuSlSiFe, who, as was afterwards ascnrtained
al @aken refuge in the chimney! A shot was fired
the crowd by some of the inmates of the hons
ut' unfortunately the contents were received br !
male; also an inmate, who endeavored TO nrovast
attpmDt he ~, l
ad 1t not been for the fleeing of the Irish and the
APostulatlons OF the mayor, the mob enraped "A il
as might have proceeded to great extremites. and
lot all the Irish in town.
Sixty seven abolitionist emigrants, incIudin, soy
a! women and children, left Boston on the 29tb ut
hanSas' they We're escorted to the depot bya
A1d OF music and procession of their friends
The Mexican Universal is out again STRONGLY in
vof OF a great Spanish American alliance, Which,
rs Is rendered necessary by the late occurrence
GHevtown. 1t says this affair will not be the last
lt3 KIND, and that only an alliance can save all
'utl America from the greed of the American union
Il be Central Texian says that the know nothipgs
we organised at Anderson.
In formation has been received at Washington Of
e rElease of the bark Sarah Nash, which had been
Yep on the coast OF Africa, by British cruiser on
sp 4clon Of being engaged in the slave trade
1hf Cairo (Ill.) Times announces that the railroad
noK completed northward from that town sixtv
les to Big Muddy river.
lhF Covington (Ky, AJ ournal learns from good au.
orl1y that contract has been closed with respou.
'le company for Il a completion and equipmentof
l. pulsvllle and Covington railroad
Terra Gotta mandatory has been established in
which the journal says is doing verr
oo business, and now employs a considerable nun.
+ OF workmen.
La 1e advices, received at New York, state hatthe
ole ia had ceased at Barbados. Eighteen thousand
rsohs had fallen victims to it,
Wei learn from the Toronto Globe that lord Elejn.
present governor. general of Canada has been ap
lhFFd governor general of India
ZIP decimal currency law in Canada came into
ce on the LIST ult. By this law the United States
.fepcy OF dollars and cents is legalised in Canada
same as shlllings and pence.
lhomas Crofton Croker, a popular contributorto
Lighter literature of England died at his resi-
aGe, near London, on the 9Th ult
ooqts, shoes and leather, according to the Boston
peGS' nave risen considerably in value and prices
ring the last two months.
1uf ing methodist camp meeting near Blairsville,
nh9ylvanla, on the 9th ult., fight occurred be-
cen couple OF men named Smith and Brown
: bEoWn,s nose was bitten completely of, and he
n grew knife and stabbed Smith to the heart
eFeelt stated that the wheat harvest in Canada
pfen we'll secured, and that there never was
q crop IN the part of the province around Toronto
'ugh some complaints OF defe4@@ey are made in
W parts ot the eourstrs -
TX mayor Harper, of the firm of Harper d Broth.
:, has oeen rendered the nomination of mayGrOi
ork by the temperance men and know moth
s. Hels a democrat and methodist. -
Information has been received at the department "
state, w aShln gtOn, from the II S consul at Cadl