Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-08-18


nowise coanectedwith the said 70 be gggrsssing
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corner of Madison and Shelby streets was burned
On Main street lust above tn CIV oodland Garden,
a cooperng establishment, belonging to Thomas
Garrety, set on fire between - and O'Clock
/, yesterday morning, and burned to the ground Mr..
Garfety was sick IN bed at the time, and had been
confined for several days His loss though small
S5oo-leaves him and his family quite destitute
On Main street. itde further above, ana on
the opposite side Of the S rect, the cooperng spop
of Edwin Prim was burned to the. ground. Loss
about $780,
During the trouble, Monday afternoon, German
named John Eegt residing on Clay street, near MAD
-ison, was shot and killed His wife was cut across ross
the breast, and her young child injured. Ger
man named Kelser living on Marshall street. was
killed. ,-...>s.
Walter Murphy, an Irishman, was chased by
large party and shot, Monday evening, near ows-
lev. Kinnard & Co.'s pork house He died yester-
day morning having previously stated that Charles
Genet was his murderer.
George Edgerton, while conversing with some Ia
dies on Green street, received shot just below the
chin.
John Fellera German, was stabbed seven times
in the fight on the of Shelby and Marshall
streets; and Helm, German rope maker, Whhe
walking along the street, was attacked by crowd
and terribly beaten.
the occurrences in the esd of the city, as full as
could be gathered. great many, whose namesWe
could not ascertain were more or less injured.
In the fifth ward between one and two O'Clock,
Monday, dastardly attack was made On Henry M.
Smith, atworthy gentleman, who has resided IN that
ward and whose esidence is next to the engine
house where the polls were held For no offence
whatever he was grossly insulted by those who
wished create difficulty, and, without resenting
it. he was pursued in his own yard--an had 1t not
been for the efficient eXertionS OF MeSsrs. klrkpat
rick & Bacon, he would doubtless have beer muir
dered despite the fact that his fantng wife threw
herself with her children between him and his as
sailants.
Late in the afternoon in the sixth ward an Irish
man, was peaceably walking along the pavement in
front of the Court House, when ne was assaulted by
gang of men standing by. He attempted to escape
bat was pursued by some thirty men who had con-
ceaed on their persons short site ks, with one end
loaded with lead. He knocked down and
brutay beaten, and one man actually thrust large
ptchfork into his person. Fe was then taken up
and dragged to jail, the man marching along with
the pitchfork his shoulder drumming from its
prones Ayhe the victim was placed in Jail, the
attempted murderers We're permitted to go along
undisturbed in search of other subjects. 4
In the lower part Of the city, stated yesterday,
the difficulties originated near the corner OF Chapel
and Main Streets About o'clock man named
Rhoads pursued an Irishman into house on Main
street. was fired at and killed. John Hudson, resi-
ding Greene street, near the corper OF Preston
was shot in the eighth ward, about the same time.
Wm Graham a foundry lyman, while assisting Rhoads
was shot in the back of the head by Barrett, an
Irishman Barrett was Immediately seized, shot and
hung, but not dying he was taken TO jail, Where lie
expired during the night.
About o'clock the block of brick buildings on
the corner of Main and Eleventh streets were sur
rounded by very large, excited and weii-arned
mob The cannon was stationed In the street, ana
the corner building occupied grocery store by
Mr. Long an Irishman was fired. His three sons |
were in the house at the time, of whom escaped
with the assistance of c. w. Field while the other
two were consumed in the flames The fire imme--
dately extended burning the adjoining three story
brick house, occupied by d. Rordan, an Irshman, |
as a feed store.
A frame building occupied boarding house !
by Charles Ryan, next consumed. Two vacant !
houses then caught and were burned Next came !
q brick house occupied by Mckinney, German I
cigar-lnaker and sadder. Adjoining was brick
house in which Patrick Flynn lived, also tenanted !
in part by Mrs Wheeler, Mrs. McGinty and Mrs. |
Dowd. The next house occupied by Dennis !
O'Bren, Mrs Hanery, and Mrs McGrath. Farther
up the street two brick stores used by John Nc
Donald, grocer, were nearly demolished. On 18th
street, the fire destroyed two houses occupied by
Dennis Higgins, James WEIGH and Mrs. Monehan
all the above twelve houses were the property of
Patrick Quinn, brother of an Irish Catholic priest
Mr.. Q. had a room in one Of his houses he was shot
md beaten, and then burned last night On the
opposite of Main street, two houses occupied by
John Fitzgerald and Mrs. Trainer were burned.
The acts of incendiarsm that we have just record
ID, while outrageous themselves do not compare in
atrocity with the dreadful murders that were CON-
nitted at the same time Seeking to escape death
rom the flames the wretched Inhabitants reached
he street only to meet death in another form. AS
oon one appeared at door, he was fired at and p,
generally killed. number were taken off badly
vou4ded, and others shot to pieces returned to the
turning houses preferring rather to be burned than
o meet the Infatuated mob. One man, escaping in
Voman's clothes, detected and shot. Another
rho came out covered with blanket, and leaning
n the arm of his wife, torn away and deliber-
tely shot. To escape from within to the street,
Tithout being killed, almost ma tier Of impos-
bdity. How many of these miserable beings thus
aged in their own houses were burned alive, there
an be no computation. The blackened and chafred
emans of some have been discovered, while we hear
re not to be found
THE EFFEG.-Yesterday most of the business
ouses in the first ward were closed, the popuace
cling in constant fear of another outbreak. Over
ne hundred German families quilted the city, many
18th their furniture and goods. Others had the
smnants of their damaged household possessions
lken to auction stores for sale The effect Of the
,rrible riots of Monday the prosperity of Louis
lie viii be perceptible for many, many years.
POLICE CoURT.-The police court yesterday morn
lg, thronged to it's utmost capacity by per-
'ns anxious to witness the examination of the par
es arrested for engaging in the election disturban-
es.-Judge johnson, in view Of the highly excited
ate of the public mind, and in order that ample
me might be given the accused to obtain testimo-
Y, has postponed the examination until Thursday.
CARD OF BISHOP SPALDING.
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