The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-07-14

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no PM rprros - TIE s2w yoRE znaAts.
sr:-Hsving puhlihSd yesterday IN ezparse
ststt nent 0f this deplosable outrage s0m noso'
riously sr7aH organ, the Boston Bee, may asa J0d
to give at your earliest convenience tho other 81 e Of
the story as related In the following letter from
respectable citizen TO Lawrence, to, your obedient
New York July 10, 1854. - ~ A'''.''
n Bit viii be observed that my correspondent
gives exact details. proper names, &C., all which the
bee reporter carefully omitted =
write to inform you and the public through YOUR
widely circulated journal Of dsgraceful scene which
took place here Saturday night last oonooced got
their vie ogans American Patrol the Kno,c Moth
ing, the Know Somothtng, and Guard Of Ls6erty ali
published in Boston, know VI dag which was repor ed
the Irish going to raise in many places. some
place mention cd In their papers. Well that Tag
raised 10 Lawrence on saturday night The remark q
go FRI The Kno~ Nothing. tried every experiment.
here the last three weeks and thanks 70 the advice Of
our ery jealous pastor. Father ODonpe,l they failed
Saturday night about O'Clock they tried the flag ex-
pertinent hicn In part succeeded One Of their party,
b. ,he name Of Goodrich, sho hou,e Oak
street. raised the American Tag down. surmounted
.h to defend his Gag and the cross his appeal was In
vain, but the word spread from to the other over
the city that the Irish had raised their dag Oak
direction
Iinong the report false they insulted ths Irish ~
much Is they could By Words they then formed process
aion marched through several Streets firing PISTOLS
and dauning the irish Headed BY part Of the Law
brass band, they proceeded 10 Common street,
where they Joined by the balance Of the band to
gether with the Officers and men OF the Lawrence Light
Infantry who would not turn out the Fourth Of July
il the Union Guards Irish company, were allowed 20
march The Mayor and city Msr.hsl the ground
here when there three lusty groans given forthe
Mayor, whom they called tho Papist Mayor y Finding
they could not raise Aght by words they proceeded to
acs and voley Of rocks and brekbats well - pistol
shcts directed against the house OF Mr. Lawrence,
an kngiisbnsn and u Catholic, who keeps boarding
house. About this time two shots fred from
aeyway, running the back Of houses from jack
son to berry street by some Of the same party,
still higher Twenty houses occupied BY Irish, were
attacked, and the windows demolished. II dis
graceful sight TO yesterday. every pane OF glass,
and the sasbes ia many places utterly demolished
and sirspge to say, ] can hear Of no one being
seriously hurt In one house, which used to be the
Enelsh boarding house next to il, not square
of glass is injured have good reason TO believe that
two thirds Of the b, which amounted TO three four
thousand, English, Scotch and Irish Orangemen,
all but The Catholics good natives. There
numbers from the adjacent village called Suttons Mills
pected to have it again yesterday last night
they went But eternal praise 10 due the Irish for
their under such trying insults Everything
passed of quietly last night. Store keepers who
growing rich by the Irish trade foremost In the
mob and also the keepers from Sutton Mills with
Court number Of arrests said to be made Good
rich was at large esterday and had his flag flying,
minus the cross. The authorities to have done
nothing In the affair. How we to act under this
trying prosecution Forbearance truly to be
virtue at some stages. LII. G..