The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-09-19

rang man placing dirt cars On the trsck af he
tresfie work In siolafion q q thaseeen
everseer, Who he'd given sAsm posiaye dlrsesious
ust 70 place them there Sntil 81 srriv,I when
The engine came b sight, instead a sbovis. he
dit cars down the grsds out Of me way, sss men
applied the brakes and 6xed them mors secureivi 4
their poatfion. The engine and tendsr rsrs drown
down the embankmns soms 800 lest where tbev
remain. The virsfnisn says:
Tho conductor, Mr. Conner, ,was badly hurt. but
hsd suficiently recovered to be brought % lie cy
On "Wednesday, and b now doing very wei The
freman died ON wednesday; the engine b not In
jured de extest st first supposed. and can be
repaired q an expense mot exceeding ten or lfeen
hundred dollars.
PRESENTATION OF BKLI.-We fnd the follow.
ing pleasing ammo uncemcnt n tho Charlottesville
Advocate
bell Of the finest metal. weighing aifsen hun
sented to Grace Church, Walkers parish, Albe-
marie County, Virginia Il 10 tho GIN Of the Hon
David Sears, Of Boston. The arms oil Virginia and
Massachusetts embIszoned on 1t side by side with
me = PlErioHs Unnm benesth arc emblsmatic Of
the relations which all lovers of harmony ana
peace desire to see perpctuated IN our happy
Union. .eEz s Sss7 srss
THE RIOTS in NEW ORLEANS.
The New Orleans Picayune Of Monday evening.
Sept H. has the following account of The Ists rios
In that city:
We regret to state that our city has again bean
the scene of disgrsceful riot, which we fear has
or Will result fatally It Is difficult to Get a fhe
origin OF the affair, but near az we could learn
arose Of the arrest and alleged brutal treatment
OF Mr.. Henry T. Sherman by some watchmen on
Thursday night. On Saturday night at late
hour, some OF Mr. Sherman's friends, hearing that
an attack upon his house was n,edisated proceeded
up Ichoupitouias street, and while there attacked
or were attacked by some watchmen and their
friends Accounts differ as to who were the 40.
gressors. but all agree that the watchmen ver.
driven off, and number of shots were fred hut
nobody appears to have been seriously hurt. The
next morning, the following silly report was placed
upon the police books by Lieut. Webb:
"A gang of about fifty or sixty men, armed, ard
headed BY some respectable and well known Anne
ricans, firing at the watchmen, chasing them on
.ne. 1eaIs sp.ingng false rastes and trying to at
Yesterday. considerable excitement was mani.
tested, the affair having assumed the appearance of
conflict between the natives and Irish, and knots
OF men were seen standing about the streets CONVEX
sing. After night report gained circulation that
the armory, ON the corner OF St Charles and Hevia
streets, was to be attacked by the Irish and yery
soon a crowd of three or four hundred men Assem-.
bled In and about Lafayette Square, with the avow
ed intention OF protecting the armory from attack
About II o'clock number of these men marched
in procession up Tchoupitoulas street. and when
near St Marys Market the firing again began, butt
is impossible for US to learn who commenced IL
The Irish occupied the market and q beer garden
in the vicinity from both (which places a conside
rable firing was kept up. Several persons were
badly, and we fear, fatally wounded. Among the
latter was a man named Fitzpatrick, who was shot
In the head near St Mary's Market and wstchman
Monahan was badly wounded in the left side. Nei.
ther of these parties are expected to live In add
ton, Lieut. Webb reports that officer Mcmahon was
shot and slightly wounded and several others seri.
ously.
Mr.. Grinneli, one of the firm of Leeds & Co., was
shot IN two places while walking quietly with
friend In Deord street, one of the balls striking him
IN the mouth, and seriously injurng him. Recorder
Summers, we hear, was shot ct several times, but
was not touched. Lieut.. Hand reports having ta-
ken adouble barrelled gun from Stephen OLeary,
ex-Chief OF Police, near St Marys Market by order
OF the Mayor, and carried 1t to the Watch house.
Mr.: Green. the gentleman who was walking with
Mr. Grinnell was shockingy beaten by an infuria-
ted and savage mob. Neither Of these gentlemen
had anything to do with the riot but were attacked
without the slightest provocation.