Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1855-06-06
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I'm Di,izcns, 10. il secret. were assl
tom ded Mt evening alta rtnior through
thcScity. Tint the TuREERs. German ~.
ISOLATION, while pcaeeably passing g, , tlo
suburbs Of our city. were assaulted ~ y |
band IL dcspcradoes, their flag seized siorl'
and an attempt made 70 take II from them,
and n tie struggle several persons were
ser;ously injured. A local paragraph
rarely alluded 10 The fact ID our paper OF
Yesterday morning, as few Of the acss
were then obtained. Since then, We have
obtained lie facts, Is iAras possible. which
mrs As follows:
The Turner'S aag had upon itmottoes
In the German language, which thc4 1Ons-
hal, in excusing no attack, says were mas
understood. Amost sorry confession ior !
Know Nothing intelligence. Why ga
the Journal not say at once. that the whole
Know. Nothing movement II Q mistake---
the result Of ignorance, prejudice and
fllsehood, put forth by such papersas it's,
oil one side of The obnoxious flag are.
PAINTED IN gilt etters, the words Frisch,
Fromm, Frelieh. .Frei, in German letters;l
on tile other side, sDureh Uebuhg EUR
Kraft: Bahnfroi:s Durch Forschung eur
/ ErkeDntuiss.' q
|. The first phase Is, rendered ID English,
'.Fresh, Pious, Joyous, Free. Thessec-
ond, Through exercise 10 strength,
"Bahnfrei. free scope, without restraint.
The last, Through Investigation V cons
/ plete knowledge
/ This flag was presented 70 the associtl-
/ tibn by three German young ladies', Misses
4 WENDELL, SCHNEIDER and ZIMMERMANN,.
| who bought the material with money sub
scribcd and paid BIZ citizens of the town,
and made tho flag themselves
+ The attemptto wrest the flag away from
1 the procession was made By the men en-
ployed atfor near tile Canal, Just as the
fproccssion was crossing the canal bridge.
! Tie flag was considerably torn III the
struggle, but was retained BY tie owners.
] The Turner's were told BY tho proprie-
1 Tor Of The grove, and by several Others,
that they were threatened Will assault, if
they passed through thcIstrcet with their
4 banner. The Turner's knew themselves
i 70 be a. pcaeeable as any portion Of our
II people, and could not believe the thfcats
h would be carried out. we understand
\ they. attempted toobtain an American
flag, however, and had hot succeeded.
i The rowdies were lying concealed under
or about the bridge, and attacked the.pro-
4 ccssion just as they entered upon it. The
assault was.commenced bythrowing stones
4, into the procession, followed BY demand
for tho flag. AT the commencement d
the affiay, the musicians and boys inIthe
procession fled, and were followed spon
after By the Turner's. Tile rowdies pur-
sued 70 Front street, still throwing stones.
j A body of Young loaars joined inspur-
suit, and were Kissed and hallowed nIby
By older men, from whom better things
! might have been expected.
The disturbances was kept up, in rather
i quiet way until evening, when ii was
, understood there waste ID bill at WIZ
, IGER's Hall. III Intervening, d man with
d mhtte ifoot, was chased BY n furious
crowd, hallooiIlge kill Che damned Dutch
t maii't--thef chase continuing from the
/, United States Hotel 10 tha Eagle Drug
Store. Tho white coat was oil lnfortsl-
mate mark. Itsfwearer was erlacly beaten,
and muchinjured. During this pursuit,
two othergentlemen met tRe crowd, who
were So unfortunate as to Have on white
coats. They soon observed indications
that they would fare roughly, and lnadeIa
rapid retreat, and succeeded in fndin.
i places Of security, with little injury be.
: sides torn clothes. II seemed as il every
German who wore q coat III the color III
those worn BY the Turner's, was d mark
for the rowdyism which bore sway III the
! south end Of town. EH Mes .IE
! Another man named Schenck was as1I
sailed on South street, and was very SCI
yerely whipped and thrown into tile gut
for dead. Hisotfence was peaceably walk
ing along the street in q white coat
!, About Q O'Clock, r. NJ, Mcssrs. Schle-
. gel, Zinimermann, and four, others, COM
1 ing up mound street, in the most peace
able manner, were met BY some sixty
rowdics, and were stoLed and cruelty
beaten The six Germans we're all hurt,
some very badly--Schlegel was wounded
j severely in the breast, and his recovery
was considered doubtful yesterday.
!. We have heard Of no arrests BY the
;. Watch, except Of several Of The assaulted
men. The police were generally scarce
where they were needed. and II BY acci.
dent they happened to be present where
J they should be, their sympathies were evil
J IDENTIFY on the side Of the real offenders
, against the peace. Several Germans were
| put into prison, but not one man who had
! been disofderly. The attack was made
in every caseyby men who professed great
love for the American flag. Iii no In
, stance was the first ,assailant arrested
One German asas jagged who had on Il
,chite coat. Another was threatened with
imprisonment for offering tcbailll.im out.
To-day, to appeasc the wratl. of rowdy.
q ism which i the governing spirit Of the
city Of Columbus, the Marshal went with
: posse 70 the house ia the Fifth Ward
!. where the Turner's practice gymnastics,
in private, and ordered down their fao
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