New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-08-15

ana williams was slightly ipinred : Hi' N"uy'
Inc report reached the lower nar, 10 ~
.nas SIX ansrlcans had been shot and ,,sasS s.sy
lying In DR. Pyle's Office This cs,, ssa asa were
sembling of large crowd, vhieb aresas Va ss-
town The first attack made by the eyns-sa aP
on Herman named John VoQt, in n bo,.ss s'' sas
which Shots had been fred upon Arnerls. i ~. m
the corner Of Clay and Madison He was s,ss ~
stabbed and beaten. Another German. nsmsd
Jacob, who was sitting on the staizcase. vas
ragged cat, stabbed and beaten Hss recovery
ny - aotfui Every thing in the lower mart os
"a M noose Was broken to pieces ssz-s
He efowd proceeded to the corner of Mad;.
bad ~ ~, ohe,oy, where firing from the houses
- ~ ,aAsh piace, aad they rIddled tgo oroeeries.
.a,lsa. IoPemaker named Helm. who Was
hg slohg the street, was besst by the
crowd and terribly beaten "@'s' 'A~
| The crowd then ransasFad !. C..
mouse, corner Of Walnut axsi Sssssar =
y. hiszlers and two houses socs,,sss5 ~. G..
mans on the corner Of Shelby ana Ma..syy,,t
derman named John Felier was sta6saa =. - a
Times, but not dangerously injured. s''
Ihe next scene Of the riot was ON Jeffs,so7z
ssfeee, s near Beargraas creek Here marty
4 ~ gentlemen coming into the city swera f,,,y.
apon py foreigners from the bouses. and soyoe
VI mem seriously wounded. Armbruster's brew
eiy anu several houses from which the sboeu
were nred we're attacked, and the cantents de-
mo,isneo Inc brewery was afterwards 6red
ana burned down. with several otf,e en-. l,opses s
n~unnoer ~ OF ~l11eW spaaes in the other houses
we're broken. SEVERAL Germans we . verv had-
| " beaten, and an Irishnaau, nafaed - ,.;,t
murphy, was shot; he died this moruino- On
preston street, below Main, John Sutheriand
an American, was shot, but n6ts3fauvsraytafv
injured, and an IrIshman was shot 4nt beaten
All the German houses attacked were hoe
iroih which shots had been fired by the oc06s
pants ssss7z .
sWhila this xuap r.o;,,,. -, =, IL
the elty, several persons were fred rpon on she
lower part OF Main street. about 5 O. clock sWe
Americans were shot from an Irish house while
going along on Chapel street This as once
orouaht the excitement to the highest pitch.
Inc Irish row on Main street, abase Eleventh.
vas attacked andf fired, snd several persons
were killed and some burned A large humber.
asere NOunded fhe Irishmen who shot era
nam while he was taking care of Rhoades, an
" American, Who had been shot, was hung, but
VAS cut down before he died at least thirty
saots were tired from houses on Chapel street
IG IS impossible to ascertain all thet were
sounded Malyin H. SCOTT, American, had his
arm badly shattered by ball ss5tf1ss
Seven or eight houses on the North side Of
hain streeS. above Eleventh. and two oa the
south sid3sNere burned a man named Ricn-
ard biackoarnSwbo had hold OF the pipe Of the
AMerlcan Eagle Company, was shot about three
3ea0ek this morning. The houses were nearly
An oHned by Francis Quinn, who was killed.
Lafsr ct night. one of she groceries, RAM
sacked on Madison street, WAS burned down.
tand also two Irish cooper shops Oh Main street
There were everal German cooper -shfps in The
same vicinity, but Asne Of them were burned.
We are credibfy informed that the mob had
nothing to do with this ire. so
There were some waTiike demonstrations this
morning on Fifth street, near MAN, but het-
ter counsel prevailed, and the crowd finally
dispersed. s 8 ~ ss 5lss @s
We have given the above hastily, and OBJ
sained the psrticulars from sources which we
consider most reliable -r' s9''3{ a f797g ~
The coroner has held inquests on the follow
ing bodies: 49,
William Graham, an American and foundry
snan, was killed On Chapel Ieet by beng shot
m the stomach on Monday evening, and died
: 1iaineaiafeiy The shooting was done by an
freshman, who was shot and hung bus before
lie was extinct cut down He died In few
aouTs afterwards. He was buried, but the
coroner viii have bis body taken up
Theodore hhoades, an American aged thirty,
residing on Mail street, below eleven tn was1
slot and stabbed in The street in the Eighth
" ard, He leaves "a family. aq.a5
y John hudson, an American, residing on
fJreen street, Preston, was shot in the
eack Of the head in the Eighth ward
{ POWELL Rothhaupt. 4 German wagonmaker,
stabbed at Schardein's precinct Died in about
eight hours afterwards. s!aYtamity
Joseph Allisany an Irish PrQfsskafiit, W. as shot
t2n the. corner Of Market and Chapel streets.
he ana his wife secreted themselves under o
bed, but were dragged out
The body of Francis Quinn, an Iriabman. ia
deposited in the Coart-houss The Coroner has
not yet held an inquest OH it. He was shot in
The groin. .s-a4E5i=5 10
The bodies Of a man and woman burned, both
irish and residents on Main street, above
Eleventh, are also deposited in the Court house.
There Is one man dead in the hospital andtwo
IRE not expected to recover
There is also an Irishman dead in the iail.
/ German, named Jacob, corner ,of Madison
md Shelby, is not expected to recover
Ihe Coroner WAS summoned at noon to hold
10 inquest on the body of an Irishman named
a. rick Murphy, near the brewery that was
burned @ : - :. ~.
We take the following from the same paper,
If the same date s5... 5zz..=z-.s=-.
At an early hour large crowd of people,
inxious and excited, filled the grounds around
he two court houses. corner of Sixth and JEFF
erson streets, and about the jail, eager to wit
less the events Of the judicial Investigations to
AXE place.
The City Judge thought proper not to enter
lpon the Investigation of the cases, hut allowed
'ermits to be given to the wounded for the hos
'ital, and took other proper steps with the ae-
'used, so as to secure fair and dispassionate
Fial, after proper time allowed to collect the
The Mayor, whose exertions for peace have
been energetic and uDremitted caused COM
nittee, consisting of q large nuDberof orderly
and quiet citizens, to be formed, to circulate
smong the people, to calm excitement, and in
luce them to return to their homes and to their
business. The efforts of these gentlemen were
prompt, and not without snccess. They pre-
Dared the minds Of the crowd to give an atten-
i've hearing to an affecting. able aud eloquent
appeal made hy the Hon. w F. Bullock, which
rom the stand III the court house yard was fol-
owed by few feeling, soothing aad kind re-
marks from Gen4 Pitcher, who was loudly called
or. Gen. Pitcher moved, upon many second
ing voices that the people there assembled
should one and all retire to their respective
homes and business pursuits, which motion was
put and carried by acclamaton and all seemed
order and quiet in that part of the city at l0a
o'clock A. NJ, z5. -s..z-...
3 YELLOW FEvER-We are sorry to learn that
this disease has made its appearance in our
parish Miss Vinson, aged about sixteen years,
laughter Of Mr.. Stokley Vinson, of Bayou Sale,
eturued home from school, on the last trip of