Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1855-11-21
Election Riot. In New Orleans.
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The New Orleans papers received last night
give an account OF the riots in New 0rlcan on
| the day of the secret election. As noon ap
| preached, an excitement. commenced at the 18th
precinct rs We learn, in contest for precedence
in approaching the polls, Maj. Henry Balisee one
/ of the officers of a German military company who
| assumed a championship on the Democratic side,
| ssrask one OF the Americans, and theIeupon hall
| dozenr evolrers were drawn on him. He start
ed to run and some eighteen or twenty shots were
fired at him, one bullet struck his thigh another
| his foot at bird passed across his breast Soon af
ter several fights ensued, aud among others, E. D.
| White, a city contractor, was badly beaten.
The next difficulty occurred at the twentieth
precinct A man named Antoine Fuller, a native
| of France. who had his naturalization papers in
| his hand, was stabbed in the centre Of his aldo.
| men. His friends put him in a cab and took him
| to tho Charity Hospital, but he was dead before
| he arrived there.
Towards evening, DR.. Sherror, who kept drug
| store at the corner of Creation and st. Ferdinand
streets, was fatally wounded by pistol shot at
polling booths of the 10th precinct 1t said he
went to the polls with his naturalization papers
in one haad and pistol in the other; that being
opposed by an American he fred at him and
wounded him in the arm. Americans then re-
turned fire, and the sho, proved fatal. A man
named Antoine was shot in tho legs. Several
shots were tircdat james Boyden while on horse
| back, and Freeman was stabbed or wounded in
the face.
Towards eleven o'clock party of men broke
into the 9th precinct and DESTROYED the ballot
box and contents. - rEg -.
There is said to be democratic majority of 60
or 20 in this precinct.
At midnight crowd forced its way into the
engine house where the inspectors of the 18th pre-
30, ..t.,,
ced inspectors and clerks to retire when they
stole the ballotbox, and demolished the ballots.
NEW ORLEANS, Nov t.
Sugar nominal Stock on hand 1000. Mo-
lasSes advanced and active.
While a party of workers were taking the ear
go out Of Spanish brig, on Bahama Banks, they
were fired on by Spanish launch Two of
them killed, five or six wounded, and the remain
der imprisoned.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 49,
The Secretary of the Navy withheld the in.
struction to Com. Paulding until the arrival of
the Pacific. In consequence of the receipt of
official intelligence from England that the dis.
patching of British squadrod to the West India
station has no reference to Central American
matters nor any object hostile to the United
one one vessel of the home squadron will pro-
coed to Nicaragua, and that the flagship Poto-
mac with Com. Paulding in charge of the CEN
trail interests of the United States
4 NEW YORK, Nov. 16,
A letter from Havana in the London Journal
of Commerce, states that the brig Tribune of
Bath, which recently got ashore near Cwoitas
was robbed of her whole cargo and equipments
by the piratical wrcckcrs from Nassau while the
Captain had gone to Nuvitas for assistance.
The robbery was committed with the CONN.,
vance of the mate and crew of the Tribune, who
were left in charge of the brig, and who had gone
off with the pirates. }s-t
Lockport, n Y, Nov IS.
At the American celebration in this village,
last evening, cannon was discharged premature
ly, fatally injuring l.. G. Wicks and seriously
wounding Geo. Elliott. Mr.. Wicks was terribly
mangled.
--s -.--. Utica, Nov. 16.
Geo F.'EvanS, an actor was instantly killed in
the street to-day by the falling of ladder.
Ogdensburg, Nov l6.
The mansion of the Hon. II. II. Van Rensselaer,
with its contents was destroyed by fire this A. NJ.