Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1854-11-21
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From the Tribune of the Sth inst.

About two O'Clock yesterday afternoon a fear
full riot occurred between the special deputy sher-
ifs and Irish ut the poll of the LIST district, l4th
ward, corner of Second and N. Sixth streets, in
which pistol shots were exchanged, and clubs,
stones and other missiles were freely used. The
deputies were badly beaten, and three men are,
it is feared, injured beyond recovery. Several
fracases occurred during the forenoon between
these parties without serious results.
The riot commenced, as near as could be ascer-
tanned, in the following manner:-An lrishman
was challenged by Deputy Sheriff Silkworth, a
fight ensued, when some eight or ten deputies who
were on the opposite side of the street rushed
into the room and commenced using their clubs
freely. The lrishmen, numbering some hundreds,
tore down fences and secured clubs, stones, &C.,
and Il general fight ensued lasting over half an
hour. The news of tho riot spread like widire.
The fire alarm bells were rung, and hundreds of
the citizens gathered i'll the streets; but few were
inclined to go to the scene, where it was reported
that many persons were lying dead in the streets,
and bullets flying in every direction.
The excitement was still further increased by
seeing persons who had been injured, carried
along by their friends, some apparently dead.
a number of Irish women could be seen fur
nishing bludgeons to their friends
We have not learned of any lrshman being
seriously injured. Great excitement prevailed
amongst the Americans, and many persons were
arriving from Brooklyn and New York-many
thoroughly armed.
Respectable American citizens were not allow
ell to vote at the polls, and instances occurred
where they had their coats torn from their backs
in attempting to exercise their ri ght of suffrage.
BRIGHAM YouNG.-Ths man is queer genius.
Hear what he says of his history:
s.Thousand of dollars worth of property in
houses and lands, which the Lord gave me, are
now in the East, in the hands Of our enemies.
never said they were mine, they were the Lords,
and | was one Of mis- stewards. When | went to
Kirkland, had not Il coat in the world, for pre-
vious to this had given away every thing pos
sesSed, that might be free to go forth and pro-
claim the plan of salvation to the inhabitants Of
the earth. Neither had | Il shoe to my feet, and
| had to borrow pair OF pants, and pair OF
boots. | stayed there five years and accumulated
five ouSand dollars. How do you think | ac-
compIishcd this Why, the Lord Almighty gave
me those means. have often had that done for
me that has caused me to marvel. know as well
as know that am standing before you to-day.
that have had money put into my trunk, and In,
to my pocket without the instrumentality of man
This know to a certainty
OrrRAGEous.-The manner in which the voters
of John B. Macy's District, (Wisconsin,) have
beaten him, is absolutely outrageous. AS far as
heard from, he has not carried a county, while
Billingshurst has majority Of over sic thousand,
and the balance of the district will probably in
crease it. Considering that Macy was elected two
years ago by over 5000, think this vote should
cntitle him to new trial on the ground Of ex-
cessive punishment Chicago Journal.
BURYING THE DEAD.-A correspondent thus de-
scribes the buryng of the dead after the battle of
Alma. The Russian dead were all buried together
in pits and were carried down as they lay. Our
partiet, on the Dist and to day, buried $50 men.
The British soldiers who fell were buried in pits
in the same way. Their frelocks, and the useful
portions of their military equipment, were alone
preserved. 1t was sad sight to see the litters
borne in from al quarters hour after hour to
watch the working parties as they wandered about
the plain, turning down the blankets which had
been stretched over the wounded to behold if they
were vet alive, or were food for the worms, and
then adding many habitant to the yawning pits
which lay with Unsuitable, mouths gaping on the
hill side, or covering up the poor sufferers des-
tined to pass another night of ndescribable agony.
The thirst of the wounded seemed intolerable, and
our men-all honor to the noble fellows !went
about relieving tina wants Of the miserable ca
lures far as they could