The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-08-12
FEARFUL ELECTION RIOT m ST. LOUIS.

FEARFUL ELECTION RIOT m ST. LOUIS.
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:. From the b. Louis Inisii'esno August 9.
Aon6.y lslscsien day vas . time Of unnsusl OK
The dtlaculty commenced Ia the rim vsra. ana
was occeeioned BY An Irshman ssabbing a Ineri-
can. This was the signal for . general attaok-
which was commenced upon the Irish dogeeries on
Mayor ana Green streets, and w Ashngson avenue
and on the whole front OF the LSvee from Cheyyv
street 70 below Locust street. were more or lss IN
The crowd supplied themselves with sxes and
other implements or the sort, from the stsambsass
at the wharf, and with them beat In tho shuAsers
and umaAhed the counters and that would
yield to blows. On the Levee, between Cherry ana
Locust streets, there only or two houses ct
most that do not bear disastrous marks Of the con-
dict; at Locust street the damage stopped.
We could only learn with certainty Of one deseh.
II Il rumored that there are four or i've killed. The
number Of the wounds We have no means Of est
mating. From the Spcrss rife on she spot, ana
from the fact that hundreds Of discharges we're
heard during the course OF tho row, which ragged q
good two hours In ell It's fury and has continued 1t
intervals TINS far during the night il y fair = pre-
we nave oeen able NJ to the present tina = OBJ
tain with certainty only the following nsmss -
Joseph Arlot or Arnold, Frenchmsb, working
on the canal boat Burlington just arrived nom
Chicago, killed. He was not in the anrsy ana was
shot down almost imnediately on Leaving the boat
to SEQ what was going on.
Jackson Fowler, mate, was shot in the left
side. u - at.'...s
James Russell. pilot, was shot in the arm.
A man whose name We aid not learn, received .
stab IN the back, under the left arm, the point Of
the weapon coming oos o. the LEI. breast. :,
Levee to Broadway, during the time Of the fg &,
and such terror rigned in the neig iborhood that
the stores of Broadway and ON Fourth street. for
some distance down. we're closed and remained
closed curing the afternoon and evening. ~
TIE greatest excite nent prevails at the time OF
writing. There il talk on the streets q project
to attack the College. which probably has lie origin
men. The Office Of the Ansege,, has already been
once attacked with stones, ana we write, cy0wda
are crushing down Thira street In that direction
shouting, "B9restein bernstein ~ The military,
however. are under arWs. and on the ALERT and we
anticipate no fu Their damage TO lie or property.
Eight companies Of militia are in readiness OF
which three have just passed our Office in tine order,
marching towards the point now threatened-the
tiOnal Guarde
The militia companies have formed double line
IN such manner ~ ef1ectnslly to protect tae Office
Of the dnSeiger, stretching Third, near tba
mouth Of Ohesnut aud Market streets and the alley
back Of the Anseigw ofhce, in such way as to pre-
vent all access. a 2a4sr ~
About ten arrests have been made. The prisoners
were lodged in the calaboose with the except Of
the fellow with whom the fight commenced. He
was subsequently removed to the jail, "a 8 rescue
was AIRED. IL is said that he is Irishnlan tn n
he stabbed man in the crowd round the polls in
the Fifth ward, and then dropped his knife and rar.
he was pursued for several squares, and finally
caught. IA,
AS nearly as we can learn, three men are already
desd from the effects OF wounds received in the RIO
and two are not expected TO survive.
As we write, (mionight) there are flying rumoss
Of rioters gathering Ia the DcighborhOOd Of the toll
lege, corner Of Ninth and Green. There has been
mr. c4uph md o1o fh.ro 81
riOting began, but We hope an believe that the
worst is past and that quiet is restored for tho
night
tired, and Third street in the neighborhooa OF u .
Anzsiger ofh>e was quiet, but even 81 that L.
hour there was small knots of the rioters scouyias
the northern part Of the city, yelling and throwing
out the inside Of p. BraSy's doagery, corner Of Nor
gan and Fifth streets. THIS house was mobheQ
carly In the aftei noon, but the crowd returning did
the work well, rot leaving whole door or window,
and not particle Of furniture within. This Is the
third time within q few years that houses ON that
corner have been sacked.
On Morgan and Green streets, xtending west
from Broad way, not an Irish grocery N left, Al
being torn to pieces, and tue houses more or less
injured. A frame row at tae nor invest conner Of
Fifth and Giten suffered severity the weather.
boarding being split ard torn by stones, and all tue
windows 9nd doors smashed in.
At q late hour, when it was deemed safe for r
eoDs TO pass along the riotons district we turned
out for the purpose Of procuring list Of he houses
and their location, but found such q multitude on
all the streets nspsd, that we were compelled 70
give 1t up for more seasonable hour. AZ q rough
estimate there rot less than fifty or sixty houses
chiefly Irish dOggefies OF the lowest order, badly
damaged, and their contents desroytd To estl-
mate the loss unable, but should guess /, not
much short OF $4,000. III this, besides the ,DDr-
der and naming, the work Of but a few hou =.
Tie police force was entirely insufficient, and FIR
nearly three honrs the excited multitude had ian
sway. After the ap earance OF the military com ny
rative order was rcstorei; but up TO the bouI or
going t. press this morning there were small squads
moving here and there, but apparently without
ability to do further mischief