The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-08-14
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Rror At ST. Lours-THnEK MEN kILLED.-
Tie ST. Louis In,elligencer gives detailed accoun,
o. fatal riot In tist city on the evening of the sth
Instant originating 10 aquarrel at near the Filth
Ward poll, In which an freshman stabbed an ANA
rieau. The Inteligencer says:
Pistols were freely used-stoues few Ia everv
direction. The drinking houses on Morgan andd
Green streets and Washington avenue, and ON the
whole front OF the Levee, from Cherry street to be
low Locust, were more or less injured In the
whole bloek on Morgan street between Main and
the Levee, there IL not, on either side drinking
house OF which the front is not entirely DESTROYED
as far as is capable of destruction and In many
instances the houses are riddled and the furniture
broke 10 atoms
Joseph Arnot or Arnold Frenchman working
on the canal boat Burlington. and Just arrived from
Chicago-kiiled. He was not In the sffray, and was
shot down almost Immediately on leaving the boat
TO see what was going on.
Jackson Fowler, mate shot In the left side.
James Russell, pilot; shot in the arm
man, whose name we did not learn, received
stab In the back under the left arm, the point of
the weapon &C ing out of the left breast
Wounded men were constantly borne up from
the Levee to broadway. during the time of the fight
snd such terror reigncd In the neighborhood that
the stores Broadway and on Fourth for some
distance down, we're closed and remained closed
during the afternoon and evening
As nearly as we can learn, three men already
dead from the effects of wounds received ia the
riot and two are not expected to survive.
Al rough estimate there not less than fifty
sixty houses. chiefly Irish doggeries of the low
es. order, badly damaged and their contents de-
stroyed To estimate the loss we are unable but
should guess not much short of $50 000 All this
besides the murder and a'mng, was the work of
but few hours. The police force was entirely ia.
sufficient, and for nearly three hours the excited
multitude had full sway After the appea, ance
OF the military. comparative order was restt ID
but mp to the hour of going to press this morning.
there were small squads moving here nd there, but
appsrei y w.tho ut ability t, do further mischief
The greatest excitement prevails at the time of
writing The military, however, are under arms
and on the alert; and we anticipate no further da
mage to life or proper.
LATER.-About ten arrests have been made The
prisoners were lodged in the calaboose with the
ception of the fellow with whom the fight com
menced. He was subsequently removed TO the JAIL
rescue feared. tits said that he is an Irish
man, and that he stabbed a man in the crowd round
the polls in the 9Th Ward and then dropped his
knife and ran; and was pursued for several
squares, and finally caught.
As nearly can learn, three men are already
dead from the effects of wounds received in the riot
and two are not expected to survive
At one o'clock this morning the military had re-
tired, and even at that late hour there were small
knots of the rioters securing the northern part ofhe
city, yelling and throwing stones.
On Morgan and Green streets extending west
from Broadway not an Irish grocery is LETT all be-
ing torn to pieces and the house more or less in
jured A frame row at the corner of Filth and
Green suffered severely, the weather boarding be-
in- split and torn by stones, and all the widows and
doors smashed in.
At rough estimate there are not less than fifty
or sixty houses chi fly Irish GROCERIES OF the low
est order, badly damaged, and their contents de
stroyed