Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-04-12
THE CINCINNATI RIOT.

Inc following account of the late dis.
graceful election rio. al Cincinnati is copied
from the Commercial, Of The 4lh inst. This
Is on Independent, journal, and it's account. is
believed to be impartial:
A difficulty between the Germans and X.
Ne occurred yesterday, regarding 3 can
non. we endeavored 10 procure the facts
IN the case, but cannot be positive that we
have succeeded, as the terrible excitement
prevailing throughout The city, and the
countless rumors flying. rendered it extreme
Iy hard TO attain accurate information. II
may be sufficient To say that there was q
dispute abou. piece Of sr,illery, and an i'm
mense accumulation Of feeling in The city,
which tended TO spontaneous combustion.
The rumor that caused most excitement
down town, was that the Germans bad
loaded the cannon, and proposed to use
il sgains, the Americans. Gen. Sargent,
we are told, made en- cffor, 10 ge. the can
non, into his possession, but failed, end in
The afternoon grea. crowds collected in
Vine street. Between three and four O'Clock
The street was ,hronged from The canal
bridge TO The foo, Of the hill There were
four crow DIS, each Of which mig hit have been
styled on immense mass meeting. Two Of
these were Of Americsns-one on the bridge;
the oihe, couple Of squares higher up
and the other two were Germans.
1.-The sidewalks were thronged, end thous-
ands OF women and children looked on from
the windows. The aspect Of affairs was
decidedly wsrlike. The Americans were
in stste Of excessive exci,eme nj, and SEEM
ed resolved to have the cannon at oil haz-
srds. We passed shrough the street, and
heard enough conversation to gather the pre-
vsiling sentimen, correctly. The mos, cur
rent remark was: "Let them give up the
cannon, and we will let them alone bu,
give it up they mus.r'
Dr.. Fries was passing along the street,
end pausing to make enquiries, was surroun-
ded BY multitude Of Germans, and address
sed few words TO Them in their own Ian
eusge, end also in English. As this gem
lleman's name was often used, and ,hs.
which he said has been much misrepresen-
ted, il may be well TO give his exac. words.
Speaking in English, he said
"lwsnt you ell to keep the pesce-for
Gods sake keep the peace-but if your
rights are assailed, shed the Lao. drop OF
blood in your veins sooner than submit
But if possible, for Gods sake keep the
peace"
Passing up the street we saw unmis.aka-
BILE evidence of prepsrs,ion for q desperate
contest. Pistols were being loaded public
w.. Nearly every German was armed
The handles Of pistols proIuded from
their pockets, and many had swords by their
sides.
We met party Of about dozen sturdy
fellows, carrying rifles, upon the tubes Of
which the g'istening Of percussion caps
showed that they were prepared for active
service. and 10 The rifles were ,tached sabre
bay onets-msking sl.ogether terrible yea
Pon,a' once rifle end spear. The German
women kept up q constant chatter, in which
the words "Know-N o,hing" and "Demo-
efsts," were frequently dis,inguishable.
The street, viewed from the upper por-
zion, appeared black with men as far down
as The eye could reach, and through the
dust, above the dense ,hrong of hats, the
faet Of steel was at intervals percep,ible.-
Meeting German acquaintance, he inform.
ed US ihs. the halls Of the Freemen and
Turner'S, were each filled with men armed
with rifles, who swore to defend The dlspu-
ted cannon to the las. gssp.
Returning near SHUTDOWN the stree.
was even more densely filled. The Sher-
iff with view Of removing the cause
Of difficulty, was endeavoring 10 &c, posses.
sion Of Inc gun which was the imme-
IL r.
distance was made by The German officers,
but The multitude pressed sbou. the shed
where the cannon was stationed, go that i,
was entirely impossible to &c. it away, and
the sheriff lef. the ground on receiving as.
surances from Capt. Moore and other Ger
man officers tina. the gun should no. be i'm
properly used, end should be surrendered
10 The proper authorities at any time.
Abou. This time the Germans detected in
their midst, or though. tina, they did, one Of
the PERSONS who destroyed The bsllo. box
in the Eleventh Ward; cry Of "Know-
Nothing" was raised, The individual in ques.
lion fed, and The bouders flew about in a
manner quite obnoxious to pesceably dis
posed persons. The Germans, we then
understood, were expecting q grand attack
in the evening, and making resolule pre-
pars,ions to repel it. Coming down town,
we saw, scattered profusely sbout the cor
ners Of the streets triangular bits of red
paper which were supposed by outsiders
like ourselves, to be The distress sign Of
The K. MS, calling for a meeting a, once.
These scraps Of paper, taken in connection
with other matters, seemed indicative of
war-signs !ha. blood nigh. be expected
10 flow.
Soon after dark there was an immense
gathering Of people IN fifth stree, make,
spsce. A Sigh, platform was erected, and
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