Southern shield., 1855-08-25


 DIsINTEREsTBD TEsTIMoNY.-We learn from the Evansville Journal of the 9th, that the highly respectable and intelligent editor of that paper was in Louisville at the elections, and care fully noted the events as they occur red. We give the following extract from long editorial in the Evans vile Journal:
 Last Monday about noon, we visited the polls of four wards; all of which aCe had Iearned ct Me Courier Q0ice, were in possession of the Know-Noth- ings, and that none but Know-Noth- ings could vote there, &c. We found everything peaceable at these polls.- Foreign born citizens came up in our presence and voted, and voted a0hHe tickets openly while all the American tickets were yellow. There were a few drunken men about, but otherwise we never saw more peaceable voting During the morning there had been probably half dozen fights, but noth- ing approaching riot, nor were they on account of Sag-Nichts voting Everything promised to pass off com paratively peaceably, and good citizens were anxiously watching to quell dis turbances. When we returned, the Courier had issued an extra which was headed with the following infammatory paragraph:
 "Infamous Outrages. was anticipated, the Know-N Nothing bullies took possession of the polls early this morning, and have kept them to this hour. They have brutally knock ed down, maltreated hundreds of voters, among them many of our best citizens. Those op- posed to them are beaten and driven from the polls. Mob law is triumphant, and Louis vile is dishonored ard dis9raced."
 We have not language to express the feelings of those acquainted with the facts who read this utterly uncall- ed for, unfounded statement, and so much calculated to arouse the feelings of those opposed to the American par ty on that day. The polls were not in the possession of the Know-Nothings, and there had only been about the usual number of election fights. We mention this one object to prove that even when the election was half over, the basest arts were used by the opposite party to arouse the worst passions. But we let this pass for the present.
 About 3 o'clock there were reports of mob in the First ward, the ex- treme upper part of the city. At once with many others we went to that ward. There were assembled large number of native-born citizens, among whom were several slightly wounded. They had riddled several houses occu- pied by Germans, but, so far as we could learn, had destroyed no life, though they had badly beaten several Germans and Irish who had fired upon Americans. IHe account giUen by the L0u1SC1lIe J0urndC GgreeS 0t- most eractLy aciM Me particulars as gaEtered 6y as qtTer aS M0r0ugh aa inUestigati0n ds circumstances aCould adnait. The first attack was made at point far distant from the polls, and by Germans. They fired upon innocent persons who were offer ing them no insult, but were quietly walking or riding along the streets.- A baser outrage was never committed than this act of the Germans, utterly without provocation as it was, and com mitted upon respectable and quiet citizens who were committing no wrong and suspecting no wrong. There were five American citizens lying in a doc, tor shop at one time, severely wound ed by those cowardly miscreants, and a sixth one, an officer, waiting for his turn.
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