Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-08-17

- r Christ. We are to remain earth but
De sa let US not r aGF tends nc sn and bloody strife
@.s3 awful ones u M. J. SPAULDINa.
.,rile, August 7, 1877
T,rrna publishes this card accompanying 1t with the
flowing with pleasure Bishop SPoudngs card to the
We We have not in aught we have written, intended
,bic. W. W. ;nputation upon him. We have not for one
make any cteI him of fnstigatng to riot and blood
nn Roye felt grateful to him for the services he rem
Id we Ia Of a wear ago in allaying public excitement
G uPWaluS his influence when property was thought
t5e Ell r from mob and we have never thought MIN
- . Than tban as the friend of law and order
tsgB5' 'n'' From the Baltimore Sun.
,,c louisville Election Riots.
before us the Louisville papers OF Thurs
We nav nav throw no additional light upon the orr
49, my otors of the riots, and, indeed, cOmmuni-
Gn o. paw facts. The Courier continues 10 declare
ae Nv oromnlv that the foreigners did not originate
no" w. The Journal solemnly declares lhey old'
tle TO", man the Americans, six OF whom, 1t Is GER
'1 mt OF IA killed, were shot oy Inc Germans anu
bq' The Courier says what we have no DOUBT IS
rue ,ifnittndes of half gown boys rendered perfect
18th with ungoverned passions and WhIsKey,
IS the streets with yels and violence. lhey were
.15 NTH clubs. pistols or shot guns and IN almost
I|s instance these precoc Gus sprgs OF WIcEeohesS
".nnmIenced the work that brought on violence.
The Democrat, Of Thursday, says
s,n,o homes were found in one of the cellars and
Generally believed that in the SIX or seven GEL
% no less than twenty or thirty were purled or
d for the bones were full, and not more than
|7,a,c known to he killed or escaped. ne peO-
'uoro all leaving that neighbOrhood who could
Taby get away. D.......
NIlr I6seph Allison said to be Irish Protestant,
.,, mot known what his politics was, was shot and
.To% He and his wife had hid themselves under
'r hit were dragged out
~, a. we went up Jefferson street yesterday, we saw
,o,,IeteIv deserted From Preston street east
~. InsineSs house was open, except here and there
wv Joor. nobody TO be seen except now and then a
'I"s soone Of greater desoaton in the midst of a
NO ctv we have never seen. The people are NOV
.rort Of the city as rapidly as they obtain con-
,.,snces we have no doubt that before this night
s!!noond Dprsons-quie citizens have left the
IN This is foolish, but we cannot blame any one
~t;I,oyjng a place where he feels himself in hourly
anger Of losing his life
Yesterday there was considerable excitement in
anne portions of the city. An lrishman named Myers
,me ont Of an alley between Fourth and Fifth, on
Market having in his hand gun. He was imme-
laply chased-dropped his gun and run. Was
,:ej to Fourth street into Mr. Fonda's grocery, but
,aUnli after be had been struck the head three
rour times with clubs He covered down behind
aecounter, but the mob searched him and found a
rsol, which they took away. He was taken to jail
course, followed by crowd, hooting and yelling,
md has since died of the injuries he received. 1t
Vas said that he had attacked and cut his
head nearly off with a hatchet-but the Ratchet
ape occurred last winter nor is there any evidence
whatever that he was the man who used the Ratchet
Mr. George Berg, who was wounded, at last &C
mnts was doing very well. He is not mortallv
Wounded MI. Hughes, an old resident and voter in
he Second ward, was accidentally shot by his own
no A house on the corner of Market and Chap
lareels was broken into and the lower room pill
agd
The most remarkable feature of the whole dis
aceu business is that arrests seem to have been
made and no investigation has been commenced to
race the riots and murders and destruction of prop
gv 10 the really guilty parties in order to bring
benz to punishment. The number killed and the
value of property destroyed do not seem yet TO have
5a.n aScertained. Two more persons have died from
The effects of their wounds; and two other burned
bodies have been dug from the ruins of the fire on
Main street The stereotyped verdict of the Coro
lps jury seems to be ''Came 10 his death from the
hands Of unknown persons"
S-The Louisville Courier of Friday has a re-
port Of the examination before Judge Johnson, O.
eVara persons charged with being concerned in the
aoS, About onehalf of them were discharged fol
want Of evidence A man named Morrissey testified
BiOIOWs
We were, after dinner, sitting in the hall of my
house | had, early in the morning, shut up The
sOre and only the hall door was open. While there
heard fuss up Jackson st shut the hall door anC
0l .he boys to go up stairs afraid of an attack
the house was left open went into the third sto
with my old mother and sisters, to get them out
harms way locked the door OF the ROOM There
we're IN the room my mother and sisters, Mr.. OHer
onand the two boys. Mr. OHeTon lives in TIM
mousse Some one came and tapped at the door told
om to go way, we didn't want any disturbance
here he went down stairs but in q few minutes
anne back again and burst in the door; Mr.. Tansey
an IN and secreted himself. Heard crowd cominG
" stairs; saw officers enter, and jumped out o
back window on roof of kitchen, TO &C to Capt. Ham
Ions TO ask him TO help me take care of my mothe
N sisters. We had not been upon the street at all
WI smut the front door down stairs, and ran up whel
'eheard the noise near Jackson street
An effort was made TO hold Morrissey to bail TO
having been seen with q sword in his hand at TIT
ne, but the Court decided that he in his own
mouse he had right to defend it against forcible in
son by a mob.