The Daily Nashville true Whig. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1851-1855, 1855-08-16

ceeded from, and found the mob had pretty well
Quilted the houses, and were on the way TO Cath
ole Church to demolish it, but were met oy the
Mayor, Barbee, Pitcher and others, who prevailed
upon them 10 desist and disperse, which they APP
pareDdy did, but we're started soon 10 Main street,
up which they proceeded to the Brewery with the
cannon to which they set fire and burnt it up. I
returned by way of the voting places OF the First
and Second Wards and found but few persons at
them, and calling for voters, SO that there was
plenty of opportunity for all to have voted; and
confident that no person, foreign or native who
wished 10 VOTE and do it peaceaby, was prevented.
Some low, Irish bulIes, who have for years ruled
the polls, were kept off, and they no doubt insti-
gated the shooting, which done some four
squares from the polls During the day two or three
persons of bad character and DULLES were handled
pretty roughly, but beyond this no disturbance at
the polls
About O'Clock, as Mr. Rhodes was passing
down Main street, lith, going TO his house
with bis carpet bag in his hand, The had not been
to the eection,) he was fired at from some houses
owned by an Irishman by the name of Quinn, and
tenanted by Irish, and Immediately killed. BE was
carried into open lot the opposite side of the
street, and as the crowd were examining him,
Mr.. Graham Ia lsborer in a foundry was shot
through the head and instantly killed. Soon third
man in the street, who was passing, Il think his
name was Hobson, all from the same buildings,
and Mr.. Harrison Bridges says there must have
been as many thirty or forty shots hfed from the
time the first man was shot until the crowd COL
lected and set FIRE to the buildings, when all that
attempted to escape were fired upon and killed,
with one or two EXCEPTIONS, who were supposed TO
be females, being dressed as such, but found out
afterwards not to be. OF the Irish, there were
eight ten killed in attempting to escape, burnt
in the buildings, that known. l saw this morn
ing the blackened remains OF two taken from the
buildings, and there may be many more. heard
acquaintance of mine who went 10 see the fire,
say he heard the report of twenty6v or thirty
guns, firing. while the buildings burning,
which proves they well armed, and to day it's
said they will probably prove there we're one hun
dred guns in the houses.
To-day things are far from being quiet one man
IAN Amercan) was said to have been shot on the
wharf and saw number of Irish attacked in the
streets by cowds of half grown boys and ruffiian
men, and beaten. The Mayor, however, was doing
all he could to send all trangressors to jail. But
men take advantage of the feeling against the Irish
and attack innocent persons, but they are men who
are ready to rob and steal when they have chance,
and the American party do all they can to stop such
lawless proceedings
The scenes of yesterday are deeply to be regret
ted by all who love order, but the American party
is not to blame-the men who have for weeks been
advising the foreign voters to arm themselves and
defend their rights, are the ones who are guilty,
and they known, at least some OF them, and
could they have been found last night of them
doubtless would have suffered; as it was, the Mayor
had hard work to save the Office of the Times and
it shows clearly that the organization af the Amer
lean party was not too soon; but even it must be
purged of its lawless members. |
We calculate here Norehead's majority will be
very large, Marshall being elected by some 1910
ar 2,4OO majority.) In Nelson presume the an
ties have been successful.
Yours truly,
THOS. QUIGLEY.