Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1854-08-15

writing squibs for the press, instead of redressng
their wrongs in the proper manner.
From the Missouri Democrat o. the sh.
Great Mob-In.ense E1citement-Several of our Citi-
Zens killed, and Il Number Wounded!
Our city, on yesterday afternoon, and up to a
late hour last night, was the theatre of one of the
largest and most dsgraceful mobs that ever trans
pired in the Western country 1t originated about
2 O'Clock, in the afternoon at the Polls of the
Fifth ward, between party who called themselves
Americans, and a number of Irish, who had gath
cred around the Engine House.
The fight at first was general one, which was
followed by slight skirmishing all along Third
street between Vine and Franklin Avenue, serving
very much to increase the excitement and draw
together a large crowd.
Whenever an Irishman was seen on the street
he was pursued and most cruelty beaten. Finally
pursuit of one was made down Morgan street where
the mob was met by number OF Ilibern!ans who
gave battle by throwing stones and firing pistols,
but the crowd of rioters increasing they gave way
and retreated to their houses between Main and
the Levee on Morgan. Here for a while the mob
was the scene of the widest excitement. The Irish
fired as many, perhaps as hundred pistol shots
into the crowd, who were breaking in the doors
and windows of the houses by showers of stones
from the street. At last the shooting was silenced
along it to 10 ust street, assailing every coffee
house or tenement supposed to contain foreigners
with continued storm of missiles.
After this the Irish made another stand on Sec
Ond street but were driven past Cherry, the mob
still continuing its assault upon the houses and
windows.
They then proceeded up Morgan and Green streets
above Fourth, and assailcd number of houses,
completely Kidding the doors and windows with
stones and briskhats. During the evening slight
assault was made on the Office OF the Anzeicer Dcs
Westens, but the party was dispersed without
much injury. In the meantime the military and
police were out in full force, scattering the excl
ted combatants here and there, and doing much
to restore quiet to the city. About 10 O'Clock at
night, however, company of the rioters, number
ing perhaps 20, came marching down Third street
from the scene of assault, up on Morgan with
stones in hand, and shouting in the widest man
ner, and upon arriving in front of the Anzeiger
office, again commenced an assault upon the WIN
dows and doors of the house. AT this juncture
the military came charging upon the crowd again
and dispersed the mob When we left the scene
quiet seemed in very fair way of being restored
the military having complete possession OF the
street, and seeming determined to enforce order.
1t is utterly impossible to estimate the number
of persons wounded in the whole affair, or even
to say how many have been killed. We saw at
least twenty men lying bleeding, and wounded so
severely as to be perfectly dissatisfaction faces
cut most horribly and skulls mashed, and some
appearing perfectly dead: and then we have learn
ed of three men certainly killed, and of five or
six more who are thought to be dead at this time
from wounds received.
1t is a wonder to us, when we remember the ex-
posed position of the mob, that there were not
double the number of persons killed and wounded.
man by the name Of Shannon was stabbed in
the neck, from which he very probably died last
night. A hand from the steamer Henry ChOteau
was instantly killed, and man by the name of
Joe or Frank Freeman was shot through the heart,
and fell dead without uttering a word. He was
standing near a lumber pile at the foot of Morgan
street, on the levee, with his arms folded, watch
ing the ARRAY without at all participating, when
he received the fatal shot from the window of a
house on Battle Row. He has long been in the
employ of Captain Warren, of the canal boat
Burlington, as a steersman, and has been known
in New York as q canal boatman. We understand
he has brother living up the Missouri river. His
fate is a sad one. We hear of one man being
shot in the leg, another in the hand, one in the
abdomen and another in the shoulder. We can
not pretend to give correct statement either OF
| the number killed and wounded, or the true origin
| and continuance of the mob. The immense ex-
element throughout the whole city prevented the
procurement of any reliable account of the dis.
turbance.
The Democrat intimates that the riot was caus.
ed by the unwarrantable vitupcrations of Ger.
tain mammoth sheet published in that city, which
for the past two months has been exceedingly abu.
sive toward tho foreign population and the Bentor
German paper.
Up to Wednesday morning the fighting was still
goin. on. E. R. Violet, we'll known iron mer-
chant has been killed. A Lieutenant of the Po
lice and another man were shot, Fire-bells were
tolliug and much excitement prevailed. The mum
Der of persons killed is not known, but it is sup
posed to be large.
FORTY-FIvE MEN KILLED:
By the arrival of the Black Hawk last evening
we learn that just as she was leaving Dubuque a
dispatch was received at that place, announcing
the sad news of the death Of Forty-6ve foreign
ers who were killed in the riot at st. Louis. From
this we infer that the fighting is still continued
with bloody havoc.