Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-09-23
THE LATE RIOTS AT NEW ORLEANS.

From the accounts in the New Orleans papers of the
18th instant it appears that the disorders in that
city had their origin in very trivial incident. They
happened in the vicinity of St. Marys Market where the
population is composed chiefly of the poorer class of
Irish On the preceding Thursday ill-natured dog
had assaed and the clothes of rishman who the
next day complained to the owner Of the dog and de-
manded that he should be shot, which the refused
to do The assailed party then armed himself and shot
the dog in the owners yard Friday night The
pursued the aggressor, and meeting Waterman, asked
his aid to arrest him. which the watchnan refused The
watchmen (most or whom in New Orleans Ish) was
then denounced by the dogs owner, who was himself
arrested and imprisoned during Friday night This caused
much talk and excitement the part of the friends
of the imprisoned citizen large body of whom assembled
in the neghborhood Saturday night evidently with the
thrown amongst them and some disturbance follow
ed, during which pistols used and the watchmen
driven from their cheats" but serious damage
done. During Sunday the excitement continued,
and many of the Irish residents armed themselves for
protection account of ridiculous stories that had
been circulated of intended attack upon them by the
natives In the evening they unustfaby assaulted two
or three citizens who quietly walking the street,
and subsequently discharged their firearms at other per-
general ARRAY the consequence, in the
of which many shots we're fred Three Irishmen were
killed and five six other persons wounded before the
outbreak suppressed st late hour in the night On
Monday evening there renewal of the disturbance
large mob met in Lafayette square and proceeded to
the Irish neghborhood where another conflict ensued
The Mayor, however, had anticipated the movement
stationed there two hundred policemen, who pre-
vented any serious damage to property though it
that two three Irishmen unfortunately kill
ed The military finally called into requisiton and
the riot entirely suppressed.
THE New ORLEANS RIoTs.-The following brief account
of the urderous dongs Of party of rioters in the city
Of New Orleans during the night of Tuesday, the 18th
instant, is copied from the Delta ="
I" The city appeared quiet Tuesday night, when
our report closed that it was thought the disgraceful
disturbances which have kept in feverish state
Of excitement for some days past had finally terminated
Not however, for it appears that shortly after eleven
o'clock, while the police maintaining curious sort
of inactivity in Heva street. by order of their superors
and the military locked up in Lafayette square,
party of some fifty rowdes had formed into band and
report having been circulated among them that for two
three nights previous shots had been fred from the Ala
bama Coffee House, No. So Old Levee street. kept by
Tim Duey, this party proceeded to the house of Duey
entered and completely demolished it, breaking up the
furniture bar and fixtures and driving the inmates into
the upper portion of the house About dozen shots
fred into the house 1t is said they intended
for Duffey. .>
"one of the most melancholy circumstances of the
night wns the numbering of young lrshmau by some
unknown at the Of Annuncaon and Erato
streets James Porter, olork employed in the stave
and lumber yard of Gayno Leddo Co., shot through
the hend and instantly killed He q very peaceable
and good citizen and had not participated in any of
the disturbances" ..