The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-08-15

man rope-maker, while walking along
the street, was attacked by a crowd and
terribly beaten.
The above, we believe, comprises an
account of the occurrences in tile east
end Of the city, as full as could be gath
cred. A great many whose names We
could\not ascertain were more or less
injured.
In the Fifth Ward, between l and 2
o'clock, Monday, a ~dastardly attack was
made On Henry NJ. Smith, a worthy
gentleman who has resided in that
Ward, and whose residence is next to
the engine house where the polls were
held. For no offence, whatever, he was
grossly insulted by those who wished to
create a difficulty, and, without rcse6f.
ing 1t, he was pursued in his own Ward;
and had it not been for the efficient ex-
%ertions of Messrs. Kirkpatrick and b.
con, he would doubtless have been muir:
dered, despite the fact that his faintine
wife threw herself with her children be.
tween him and his assailant.
Late in the afternoons, in the Sixth
Ward, an 1rishman- was peacably walk
ing along the pavement in front of the
Court House, when he was ASSAULTED
by a gang of men standing by. He at
tempted to escape, but was pursued by
some thirty men who had concealed on
their persons short sticks, with one end
loaded with lead-He Lwas knocked
down and brutality beaten, and one man
actually thrust a lazge pitchfork into
his person. He was then taken up and
dragged to Jail, the man marching along
with the pitchfork on his shoulder, blood
running from its prongs. While the
victim was placed in jail, the attempt
ed murderers were permitted to go un-
disturbed in search of other subjects.
In the lower part of the city, as stated
yesterday, the difficulties originated
near the corner of Chapel and Main
streets. About five O'Clock a man
named Rhoads pushed an Irishman into
a house on Main street, was fred at
and killed. John Hudson, residing on
Green street, near the corner of Pres
ton, was shot in the Eighth Ward,
about the same time. William Graham,
a foundryman, while assisting Rhodes.
was shot. in the back of the head, by
Barrett, an ~Irishman Barrett was i'm
mediately seized shot and hung, but not
dying, be was taken to jail, where he
expired during the night.
About 8 o'clock, the block of brick
buildings on the corner of Main and
Eleventh streets, were surrounded by .
very large, excited and well-armed mob.
The cannon was stationed in the streets,
and the corner buildings, occupied as a
grocery store by Mr.. Long, an Irish
Cd III. -
the house at the time, one of whom es-
capped with the assistance of G.. w.
Field, while the other two were con-
sumed in the flames. The FIRE immedi-
ately extended, burning the adjoining
three story brick house occupied by d.
Riordan, an Irishman, as a feed store.
A frame building occupied as a board
ing house by Chas. Ryan was mex con-
sumed. Two vacant houses then caught
and were burned.
Next came a brick occupied by
Mckinney, a German cigar maker and
saddler. Adjoining was a brick in
which Patrick Flynn lived, also tenant
ed in part by Mrs. Henry, Mrs. Wheel
er, Mrs. McGinty and Mrs. Dowd. The
next house was occupied by Dennis
O'Brien, Mrs. Harvey and Mrs.
McG rath. Father up the street two
brick stores, one use1 by Jno. Melon
aid, grocer, were nearly demolished
On Eleventh street, the fire destroyed
two houses occupied By Dennis Higgins.
James Welch aud Mrs. Monohan. All
the above twelve houses were the prop
erty of Patrick Quinn, brother of an
Irish Catolic priest. Mr.. q. had a
in one of his houses, was shot and
beaten and then burned las. night, On
the opposite side of Main, two houses
occupied by Jno. Fitzgerald and Mrs.
Trainer were burned.
The acts of incendiarism that we
have just recorded, while outrageous in
themselves, DO not com pare in atrocity
with the dreadful murders that were
at the same time. Seeking
to escape death from the flames, the
wretched inhabitants reached the street
only to meet death in another form
As soon as one appeared at a door he
was fred at and generally killed. A
number were taken off badly wounded,
and others shot to pieces returned to
the burning houses, preferring rather
to be burned than to meet the lnfuria-
ted mob. One man escaped in woman's
clothes, was detected and shot. Anoth-
err, who came out covered with a blank
and leaning upon the arm of his wife,
was torn away, and deliberately shot
To escape from within to the street with
out being killed was almost a matter of
.mpossibility. How many of these mis-
people thus Gagged in their own
houses, we're burned alive there can be
no computation. The blackened and
remains Of some have been dis
while we hear of wives and
whose husbands and fathers
ire not be found.
But we have neither the time nor the
leart now to comment as We wish and
Intended to do, on the terrible occurrences
# Monday, of the deep and damning dis
race they have Inflicted upon our city,
of the severe blow they have given
her progress and prosperity. All
hese offer ample material for deep re-
and while we leave the reader
o ponder over them, we also commend
bis careful consideration the follow
ng remarks, which appeared in one of
ur Cincinnati exchanges yesterday, and
1ere suggested by the riot here: sao !
" However we may regret and, shud
.er to hear of such outrages, they are !
he sure results of Know Nothingism, !
wherever its proscriptive and unhallow-
d principles have been urged. With
further advices, we are confident
hat the dreadful intelligence from our
ister city has been s~uperinduced and J
recipitated by this " Dark-lantern
arty, who maddened by the excite
..- nnaxnactad vicknru whare I