Plymouth banner. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1852-1855, 1854-08-17

81, LOuiS Riot,

We condense the following accoun,
of the late riot in st. Louis from the
Inteliigencsr of the 9Th. 1t says:
About five o'clock. quarrel occurred
at or near the Fifth Ward polls. in which
an Irishman stabbed an American this
was the signal for a general attack.
Pistols were freely used. stones flew
in every direction. The drinking houses
on Morgan and Green streets and Wash.
ington avenue; and on the whole front
of the Levee, from Cherry street to be-
low Locust. were more or less injured.
In the whole block on Morgan street
between Main and the Levee, there is
not. on either side, drinking house OF
which the front is not entirely destroyed
as far as it is capable of destruction. and
in many instances, the houses are riddled
and the furniture broken TO atoms.
The crowd supplied themselves with
axes and other implements Of the sort,
from the eamboats at the wharf; and
with them beat in the shutters and
smashed the counters and every thing
that would yield to blows. On the Levee,
between Cherry and Locust, there are
only one or two houses, at most. that do
not bear disastrous marks of the conflict;
at Locust street the damages stopped.
The number reported to have been
killed was four or five. but many more
were wounded. Wounded men were
constantly borne up from the Levee to
Broadway during the time of the fight,
and such terror reigned in the neighbor-
hood that the stores on Broadway and
Fourth for some distance down were
closed. and remained closed during the
afternoon and evening.
The military was called out 10 pro-
tect the office Of the German paper which
had been attacked once or twice, and TO
disperse the mob. Eight Companies
turned out. The police force was utterly
incompetent to suppress the mob. The
Intelligeneer says;
almost entirely deserted. except for knots
of lrishmen, who certainly manifested
no riotous disposition. Whilst we were
engaged in surveying the scene of des-
truction. a shot or two fired at the dis.
lance Of square from where we stood.
sent these men flying along the levee
like frightened hares.
Ten arrests had been made at the time
the account closes. The sum of the in
jury done is thus given by the Intelli-
gencer.
On Morgan and Green street, extend
ing west from Broadway, not an Irish
grocery is left. all being torn to pieces.
and the houses more or less injured. A
frame row at the northwest corner of
Fifth end Green suffered severely, the
Notwithstanding being split and torn by
stones. and all the windows and doors
smashed in.
At late hour when it was deemed
safe for persons to pass along the rio.ous
district; we turned out for the purpose
of procuring list Of the houses anc
their location, but found such a multi
tude on all the streets named, that we
were compelled to give it up for more
seasonable hour. At a rough estimate
there is not less than fifty or sixty
houses. chiefly Irish doggeries Of the
lowest order. badly damaged. and their
contents destroyed. To estimate the
loss We are unable, BUT should guess it
not much short Of $4,000. All this,
besides the murder and manning, was
the work o. but few hours. The police
force was entirely insufficient. and for
nearly three hours the excited multitude
had full sway. After the appearance
of the military comparative order was
restored. but up to the hour of going to
press This morning. there were small
squads moving here and there. but ap.
parently without ability to do further
mischief.