Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-01-05

Africa, report that the allied fleets were
ordered into the Black Sea.
Smith O'Brien, the Irish refugee,
has escaped from Van Dieman's land.
Tremendous Riot in Cincinnati on Sun
day Nigh-AHenapt to mob Bishop
Bedini, the apostolic Nuncio- Over
.Sirty Persons arrested.
Bishop Bedini, the Apostolic Nuncio
of the Pope of Rome, oficiated in the
religious ceremonies at the Catholic
Cathedral, yesterday morning and after
noon. The most violent animosity is
entertained by the German Society of
Freemen, against this divine, and mem
bers of the association assembled, about
ten o'clock last night, to the number of
five or six hundred, at ''Freeman's
Hail." on Vine street above Twelfth;
and after organizing and choosing their
leaders, marched in a body down Vine
st, to 9th, and out 9th to Plum, being in
the vicinity of the residence of Arch
Bishop Purcell, where the Pope's Nun
clio is sojourning. as is supposed, with
the intention of mobbing the house,
and doing violenee to the Nuncio's per-
son, or at least to burn him in effigy.
An intimation of what was to be done
was received early in the evening by
Captain Luken, Chief of Police, and
after the eight O'Clock roll call he re-
quested all the police, both day and
night, to remain and await orders. Not
a man among them knew the purpose
for which they were detained, but
silently obeyed his command.
Word at length reached the Watch
House that the rioters were approaching,
and by the Captains orders the men
were all stationed in front of the Watch
House, on either pavement. As the
Freemen approached they set up dis
NAL groan accompanied with the clang
ing of most discordant music, and at
the word of command each policeman
rushed forward and grabbed his man.
The scene which followed battles
description, for few moments the malice
was general; many pistol shots were
fired and shouts and execrations filled
the air. The rioters soon fled but were
pursued by the police, and over sixty
captured and secured. Every cell in
the watch house was full of men standing
upright, many of them badly injured.
Henry Carroll, policeman of the ed
Ward, was shot through the leg. Our
Reporter could hear of no others of the
police being badly injured.
The riot was almost Immediately
quelled, and at the time of writing this
article, all was quiet, although further
violence was anticipated.
The cause of the existing animosity
against the Nuncio, is said to be in
of belief that he ostensi-
bly, favored the liberty of Italy, but
really only for the purpose of betraying
them, and that, on one occasion he
caused one of them to be fayed alive.
We understand that several infiammato-
ry articles have recently appeared in a
German paper, published in this city,
and that the following is very fair
translation of one paragraph:
eff the Hungarian butcher, Haynau,
met with so warm reception in Mon
srchial England, what shall the Pope's
Nuncio expect in Republican America"
Gin. Commercial.
The Columbian contains the following
additional particulars. We shall be
mistaken if this difficulty stops here:
Cardinal Bedini being in the city at
Archbishop Purcell's residence, pro-
cession numbering from 400 to 500,
with bands of music, transparencies,
efigies, &C., was formed and moved
down Vine to Ninth street, and thence
out Ninth to Plum street, where Capt.
Lukens, learning that they contemplated
mobbing the Cathedral, met them at
Plum street with force of one hundred
watchmen, and promptly ordered their
arrest. A shot was fired at the police,
when they rushed upon them, capturing
forty of the Turner'S and Freemen, who
were lodged in the Station House.
As near as we could learn, about
fifteen or twenty men slightly, and four
or FIVE seriously wounded. Watchman
Carroll, was the policeman wounded.
He was shot in the leg. Ninth street.
from Elm to Plum, was strewed with
hats, cloaks. canes, firearms, swords,
DC, left by the retreating party. The
afray took place at 10 O'Clock. At 1s
O'Clock all was quiet in the Station
House.