Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1855-08-15
frsn tn Lsaisville Joursai
n 1isss Yesterday

n sic,enee, bioodslsed and house burning
shith recarf-d IN stsr CITY Yesterday We
raHnet now express our CREST abherf~pcs Of
ltch things nor can We find space III which to
t.y what we would wish 10 lay upon this sub
eei. a terrible resi- .oas,hiIiiy resis upos those
who have iscited the foreign population Of the
CITY % abe deeds ef violence ubieb were thu
commencement Of the fiets in The First and
Eighth wards. We are confident that these
riois we,s not oecasiened by anything thai hap
I,~,.ea az any OF the several voting pieces. The
election throughout the city, as far ~ we can
learn. had pa.s~d of with naasaai quiet. with
The ~xe, ION OF brutal outrage 10 the First
a ard, OF which We shaii speak presently. and
ON fighting at the Eighth ward polls, In
which no oH~ was much hurt.
The riots were rcrasionej by iaiiscrtn nate
aid murder as assaults committed by for ign
ers. chiefly Irish. upon ibotftnsiye CITIZENS.
peaeeabiy attending 20 their own b.siues., at
some d,sisnce from any Of The voting places. -
ssuiis strongly indicate that they were prsBed-
itaied and instiga,ed by other parties than
those s;y whom trey we're actually C mmitted
We are not now prepared 10 say that they were
the consequences only of the incendiafy APP
p<ais, for some time past, pnbl'cy made to our
foreign popniation iy .oms OF the iead-rs OF
the ANTI American party, or that they were IN :
sugated by d rect instructions Of men with
fiend,sh hearts uho control in great measure
the passions, ard are able to dictate actions to
the Germans and IRISH who made these attacks.
All The facts vii probably be ascertained jn-
dcialiy, and then The responsibility will rest
where II properly belongs Tie circums anres
as detailed 10 US, and the confessions Of some
VI the miserable wretcbes who were made the
v Gins Of thsir insane folly an! murderons
violence, show that thee assaults upon unof
Tending and innocent native-b born citizens were
pfemeditated, AMI that the blame attaches 10
Others who are as yet unnamed.
We have not now time TO give details. We
ASSERT, how ever, and are sure that it will be
proved by res. ectahle witnesses, 'hnt every &C,
Of blood shed was begun by foreigners That
in every instance where mortal violence ensued
the beginning of the riots was an unprovokeh
slaughter by foreigners of peaceabl- Americans
while qn.etv passing in the streets at dis
lance from the polls. This infuriatsd the pop
uIace, aud prompt and terrible resort t, moi
violence, by which many foreigners were killed
and much property destroyed was the conse.
quence IL the First ward about 9 O'Clock in
the morn ng, while the election was proceeding
quietly at the polls, Mr.. George Burge, re-
spectacle ahd qnet American citizen, was bru-
tally assaulted by party of freshmen on Jack.
$ N street, between Jefferson aud Greene, with
Uut udsIh, SHti any " oSoCdtfH3 It was
knocked down and horribly beaten with stones
and clubs. He attempted TO escape from The
fends by whom he was attacked, and ran into
the alley of an adjoining house, where he was
bv his blood Thirsty assailants, and
cut, and stabbed and beaten until he was sup
p ,sed 10 be dead, when one of these inhnman
brntes deliberately opened his knife and pro-
ceeded t. cut the throat Of the murdered man.
When this act of violence was made kno own. a
party Of Americans started IN pursuit Of the
mnrdereis, who were subsequently arrested and
lodged in jail by tn. Mayor and City Marshal.
LII the afternoon between thee and four o.
clock, severa! Americans were fired upon and
severely wounded while quietly riding or walk
ing bv the German brewery on Jefferson street,
near the Beargrass bridge. Among these were
some gentlemen from Jefferson county and sew
erai spectacle citizens. One gentleman who
was fired at was riding n buggy with his
wife seated by his side. About the same time a
perfect shou er Of shot and bullets were rained
upon every American passer-by from the win
dows of some houses occup ed by Germans
upon Shelby street, in the neighborhood of
Madison street.
As soon a, these occurrences were made
knoHn, it was ascertained that large bodies of
foreigners. arm d with shot guns AID rifles ~
assembled in til. neighborhood # the brew
and also on Shelby ST eet. An indiscrininUl
slaughter OF Amerin all citizens was apprehend-
ed. An immense GRO d OF excited, maddened,
infnr ated American assemb ed; they were
fired al from the windows Of the brewery and
the houses on Shelby street, and in seeking to
arrest these offenders, several men were badly
wounded and The incensed and nfuriated mob
burned the brewery and sacked the houses from
which the shots were fred.
In .he Eighth ward. the most sernuS dis'ur-
h cd ohapt Il o3clncl- in fha flor,
noon. A Mr. Rhodes, in company with two
f, lends all American citizens, was passing upon
Mnin street, near Chapel. when they were Sc,
upon by party Of ten Irishmen, who with hor-
rid oaths swore they would clean the streets of
every Ameiic lean. Fifteen shots were fired upon
them. Rhodes was killed, and both bis COM
pa"ons badly wounded, one Of them seriously.
The lrishmen then ran up Chapel street, and on
being pursued took refuge in house at the
corner OF Chapel and Market streets. whence
several shots were fred by the inmates, by
which several American citizens were wounded
and two were killed, Mr.. Graham and Mr..
Hobson. The firing from this house continued
for .one half hour. The Irish were armed to
the teeth with fire arms Of every description,
while the Americans were almost entirely un-
armed, and were obliged to go to their homes to
procure arms 10 defend themselves and their
friends from the murderous Gre of the insane
wretches who had made this attack upon them.
Between and I O'Clock sufficient force had
assembled to capture the murderer OF young
Graham an attempt was made to hang him,
but we learn that he is still living.
In the meantime fnsilade Of shot guns and
rifles was kept up against any American pass
ing by the row of houses at the corner of Elev-
enth and Main, belonging to an lrishman named
Quinn, a brother Of Father Quinn, Roman
Catholic priest. Several Americans were
wounded by shots fred from these premises,
and the attention Of the crowd was given to
them. Thew were filled with Ir.sl,men, and
with loaded arms, as the sequel proved beyond
a doubt An attempt was made to drive them
ont, and the houses were fired VIII. Their inside or
outside we do not know While burning the
frequent rep rts showed that they were we'll
provid with Fl earns, and the confessions of
a poor miserable devil who was rescued by
Capt Stone, proves that they were filled with
arms and contained Is kegs Of powder provi-
ded for the occasion. The honses are still burn
ing, as we write, and the riot is not yet subsid-
ed.
any particulars. We will attempt to do so TO.
morrow. A number Of Americans were slain
by the foreigners. and number of foreigners
met heavy retribut'o on. We do not know how
many have been killed. but have already heard
Of some twelve or fifteen in all, and some TWEEN
ty or thirty have been more OF less dangerously
WHO Is RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RIOT
This is question which must be answered.
There is terrible responsibility somewhere and
the proper parties, let them be who they may,
must bear it. One thing at least is now known.
The foreigners n this city, more especially the
Catholic Irish, from some cause and at some in
,tigation, were armed to the teeth, and used
heir arms, from houses. behind barriers, and
from their skulking places. have shot down re-
unoffending citizens as they passed
in the streets. Of the terrible, the horrible
Of these assaults we have hot III e
ieart to speak There isno language too strong
there is no. language strong enough. for its
II will be the duty, and the du :
y must be sterniy performed, of the Coroner to
thoroughly investigate the facts and when the
inquest is made we shall have never more TO say.
-lJouinal.
THE BRECKENRIDGE LETTER.
The Boston Atlas is punsent. II saws The
letter Of the Rev ]. Breckenridge of Ken,uc-
~, to Hon. Charles Sumner is really curious
pecimen Of the belligerent united with what
mariners call "bloody pol,teful." TIE rever-
md gentleman is alternately attracted by Mr..
talents and repel'ed by his treason; SO
hat hi. epistle is curious conglcmeration of
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