The daily union., 1855-09-16
THE LOUISVILLE VICTIMS.

is but small and the coroner can bear witness and many
hundreds OF others can bear witness that the first persons
killed in both extremtes of the city were Americans
down like dogs by -ElilabstAtoHs InisL
To which that fearless democratic paper The LouHse
Times makes the following crushing reply
The difference between the foreign and naliye-oorn c
killed only THREE to FIFTY and If the coroner could
find out all about the riots, he could no doubt Dear VII
ness that the first outrages were by know-notnngs n
the first shots by knownothngs that tho hrst Killing
by know nothngs that the only houses burned were
by know nothngs that the only infant murdered was by
know nohngs that the only women burned were py Sho"
nothngs that the only hung was by know-nothngs
and that the only persons who shot and thrown III ho
flames OF their burning dwellings by know-noth-
ings."
The same paper says in its issue of the st OF Sep
tember
MANY Incidents are related by the Irish and amongst
others that of of this infant is often spoken OF and
universally believed by them. poor Irish woman lwho
had herself like hundreds OF Others fled In terror with her
young children from her residence and for four nights had
hid with them wherever she thought there safety was
narrang several of these incidents few days since 10
Of acquaintance and che spoke of the murder OF he IN
fant AS by the Irish She Says the
child just weeks oldha its mother was yet IN ped
from its BIRTH when she driven into the street by te
flames She seized by of the mob who threatened
both herself and her child Forgeul of herself with all
mothers tenderness she begged them to spare her baD
when Of them with scong and oath put pistol 70 iIs
head and blew its brains out.
"This in substance her account of it; and, irom al
we have heard upon the subject 1T is OUR SOLEMN
CONVICTION THAT IT is TRUE
Nor much Improbable does 1t surpass so
much in enormty many other deeds of the same party on
the OCCASION that be believed On the morn
ing of the election the Journal said to its bandt Are you
ready then fire. and God have mercy your oeP They
ready, and they did re and there are many very
many others besides this wang infant upon whose souls
merciful God is petitioned to have mercy.
One instance An Irshman and his wife and child were
in their together The building was ON fire. ana the
mob raging without The danger was imminent. The
mother and child first sent out and the husband was 10
seek his opportunity AS the mother passed through
the crowd she SEIZED and her child taken from her. and
with death unless she discovered her husband
Wild with she returned the burning building leaving
child in the hands of the mob She found her husband
told him what had occurred He rushed out Of the house
his child and he approached as shot dead IN ne
presence Of his tcyc.
Another instance ID that of the burning Of and has
rife Their house in flames, but certain death was De-
fore him If he left his door, He awaited better chance
His devoted wife would leave him, and THEY We're
FOUND EACH OTHERS ARMS AND
BURNED DEATH.
This also the Journal has attempted to throw doubt
upon but there doubt OF its truth than there Is
that the sun Shines or that God governs the world.
Another the poor old who had been in the
treme lower part Of the city business He had nothing
to do with the election and knew nothing OF the lighting or
the mob until he got into its midst his way home He
placed apo to his breast declaring that he would take
the id old rascal fu and, in obedience to the
command of the Journal Of that morning. fired leaving to
God to have mercy the foe !
" Shall mention the Of old man Quinn? He had
lived here twenty-five years and had made large fortune
There not sober, peaceabe noersive man in
the city. But the command had been given. He was an
rishman and Catholic The mob fired, and another soul
sent to claim Gods mercy 1t may be necessary to
that after shooting him. he thrown into the flames
of his own burning dwelling
And the poor Irishan who dragged from his dwell
ling and despite his solemn proestaons of innocence, was
be rhot and hung 1t has since been clearly established
that he had not taken any part in the fight.
Next the of the three Longs. They were all
young men, born and raised in Lopisre They were native
Kenckians, but they also Catholics They hadearned
their trades here and working in of the oundres.
They their when the mob surrounded the house
and set it fire. One Of them shot dead, while atempt
ing call one in the crowd whom he might know,
and another fell badly wounded to the floor The third
rushed of the house the fame and in hopes OF
escaping the mob and to try bis wounded brother
lie received at the door with voey Of musket and
ol balls and fell beed ng and almost dead to the
then rescued him and took him His other
brother burned to death the burning buildings and
pe.tg Of the bodes Of either Of has brothers has been found.
has returned to to ashesand their souls to
God who gave them. Well did the fire do its work in
cealng the work Of the mob !
And as this known be the fact with regard to the
Longs why may have also happened in other
The Journal says that mo infant child injured except
American boy II currently sfaed amongst the IRISH
that a NUMBER OF CHILDREN ARE MISSING. So we
told Thursday How many has not yet been
tained and probably will be. Where they? In
thatburnt block of buildings known Quinns row there
large number Of Irish families living and the buildings
swared with children At tho time of the attack upon the
buildings all these children home In the confusion
the and alarm Of that me what became of all these
helpless children Who cared for them and them
safely the flames The fathers of of them
killed. others had escaped others had been badly wounded
attempting to while doubtless Others in the
of the and above named, met death by the
flames rather than the hands of the mob In the midst
all these wild errorsthe howngs Of the mob without the
inexorabe flames Within and the res and groans of the
wounded and dying it wonderful that there should be
number Of children missing Is it not indeed very prob
able that many helpless infants and feeble children met death
by the flames with their parents and friends Most
cerey do hope that it not the Most devouy
do hope that their guardian angels hovercd them,
them and directed their escape
nizng death of fire and fame But compelled TO
confess that there strong probabilities against our
hopes.
/" These someony ewof the horrors Of that hor-
rid night Others have already been published, which will
be remembered by the reader But, after all that
published the horrors Of that night have been told
and viii be known. We have shadow Of doubt
numbers of only children but and womsn burn
cd in those buildings whose ates viii be known until
dread day. We have heard of which
force this conviction upon If the whole truth could be
ascertaned would be all astonished the number
dred sonis y