Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-08-14

ul ict ilial II any portion ,f the penpr lrruliv en-
fc'! tn vote should huv Ia stand hor, and lo,r thri
"rnEes ior want "t time the foreign horn cltizen:
! should stand back rather than themselves. The,
thought und felt that this o,.Lt IN Inc ,,rEc,v mani
lest even !" The minds uf the iorriyntrs Tu.Ioubt
ed they pressed forward early AMI vigorously IN th,
polls, IN order to be the FIRST II possible and in this
tncy were l*ht. lIl"y had perfect right to 90, il
they chose, to the polls ut II O'Clock on Sunday n.h
and remain there until the following morning. Tie,
had right IN =" AZ what time they ueus,.d and in
wlat numbers they could. They had u right even tc
toss their friends over the heuis nj the crowd 10 In,
polls. rs we nre tnd they did in some few instances
though this was M doubt Il violation uf cnurtr,y
They had right tn vntc fast they could nruvi
dcd they used no violence in pung"r thrusti,:g back
:hcir oppnuen's from the polls, and We huye moi
heard il alleged that they did this in solitary i'll
s:aEce.
The American party voted on Monday with uu
parallelcd rapidty. They cvnced no disposition t.
consume the time unnecessarily ut the polls, so us I,
exclude those who might wish to come after them
Votes were recorded with Il speed thar would have
exhausted the whole voting strength of the lnrgc-
ward IN tho city before The hour for tho closing D
the polls All tine foreign born ci:izrns thougi
some uf them may have failed Ia obtuu murndnt'
access To the polls, would have had opportunity /,
cast their vote before gh Before ths hour of
we heard loud pipclnnaiiOns made frJR the doors %
the voting place, tu the supporters uf the nn:l-Alarr
cnn ticket that thc way WAS open for them. They
were invited Ia come up. Aiir the whole vote woulG
easily nave been cast, but tor the terrific excitement
created at distance from the polls by the shooting
upon American citizens by misguided Foreigners
from riier lurking places.
lHE RlOlS.-As we s.atel Yesterday, Tiers
were several his! fights At the polls MONDAY n"ril'
ing. Immediately after dinner matters assumed Il
ni"re violent aspect The first serious officially oc-
cufrei IN The upper part %! the city. couple Oi
gentlemen were riding along in carriage, when they
were fired al from house bv Germans lr,sh, ant
one of them wounded. The firing as repeated. FL.
W llialns, Il Waterman in the second ward, Joseph
Sewage and john Lattn, Americans, went there.
Latta had his leg shattered by misk"t bgll. SCI
wage received several buckshois nbnut his body, and
Williams YVES slightly injured.
The report reached tlI. lower part "f the city that
Fix Americans had been .hot und were lying III Dr.
Pyics office. This r1ase'l the assembling, u! large
crowd. which proceeded up town. The irrl attack
made by the crowd WIS un u German named john
NUct. III n house from which Shots had been fired
upon Americans, on the Corner of Clay aul Madison
He waI shot, stabbed and beaten. Another German
named Jacob, who was sitting on Il staircase, was
dragged out stabbed aud beaten. His recovery is
doubtful. Everything III the lower part Of the house
WAS broken To pieces.
Mr.. VIM. Richardson, teacher in one oi the pub.
lie schools was passing Shelby street, umI found Il
party OF Catholic Germans dragging out Il German
from house, the door Of which they had broken
open, and beating him cruelty Tor havn. voted the
Amcrlcln ticket. Mr.. Il. and the persons with him
attempted 10 interfere, and were fired upon and Sc
vcrcly wounded Mr.. K. then procured u hack and
placed the wounded men it. While proceeding IL
the hack 10 the surgeons, i'll passing the corner o.
Madison aud Jackson streets, the hack attacked
by number of lrlshmen, from Irish row, Oh Jack
son street. uu4bcr of shots were fired, the driver
and Il boy sitting beside him were wounded, and The
wounded III the hack were shot in several paccs
The Irish followed the hack firing at fur u whole
square Soon after this the crowd of incensed and
in!uriated Anericais went to look after the aggres
sors and the riot ersucd i'll which the brewery was
burned, several houses mObbcd, and Il number o
persons, Americans and Germans, were wounded.
Here the Journal reports many OF the outra5es
noted by the Courier, and then says the coroner hat
held iuqucsts on the following bodies:
William Graham, an American md foundry man
was killed on Chapel street by being shot IN the sto
mach on Monday evening, and died immediately
Tic shooting done by an lrishman, who was sho
and hung, but before life was extinct was cut DOWN
He died few hours afterwards He was buried, bu
! the coroner will have his body taken up.
Theodore Rhoccs IN American, aged ~, residing ot
Main street, below Eleventh, shot and stabbed
in the street in the Eighth Ward. lie leaves iam
! iy.
John Hudson, an American, residing on Greer
street near Preston shot in the back OF the heuC
in the eighth ward.
Powell Rothaupt, German wagon maker, was
stabbed at Schardcns precinct. Died IN about eight
hours afterwards. Leaves il family.
Joseph Allison an Irish Protestant, was shot oil the
corner Of Market and Chapel streets. He and bis
wife had sccreted themselves under the bed, but Were
dragged out.
The body Of Francis Quinn, all I;ishman,i is 1cpo
posted in tho Courthouse. The COromrr has not ye:
held an inquest on it. He was shot i'll the gron.
The bodies OF q man and woman burned, both Irish
and residents OH Main street. above Eleventh, are
also deposited in the Courthouse. There is one mai
dead in The Hospital and two are not expected 10 re-
cover. There il also an Irs!uun dead III the jail
4 trpn pun1sl IppOh a Madison Shell
by streets, is not expected TO The Coroner
WAS summoned at noon To hold Al inquest Oh the
body of an lrshman named Pat Murphy, near the
brewery, that was burned.
CARD OF BISHOP SPALDING.
TO THE PUBLIC.
Fellow. Citizens:- the Louisville journal Of this
morning find the following passage: ave are not
prepared To say that they tnssaults committed by TO-
relgncrsl were inStisated by direct lnsiruc-
tons OF men with ficn;sh hearts, "ho control IN n
great measure the pa.SuEs, who are able To dictate
action 10 the Germans Gnd Irish who made these at
iucks.
If-us some have understood it-;his passage WIS
mean; to refer 10 the Catholic bishop and priests of
this city, beg, respectfully, hut most distinctly aud
.aruestv To DENY the truth of the injurious inslnua-
tion conveyed by its language. have myself been,
until the last day or twn confined to my r"on for
Two weeks bv !Incss, and have the most positive
information That none rf tEa Catholic clergy of this
CITY have had any agency, direct or indirect, III
about Tie Ttccs
no one dcpIurcs more than We do. Our voice has
b..u uunr.nly for peace. We have not even in any
way interiercd in thD lag election, 3cng nv"rwhcm-
ed with lahorings duties i'll different sphere alto
rciher. vcuturc also 70 nppca! 10 tho sense o jus
fee aid fairness manifested for many years 10y the
,lj,, of the journal, and 10 ash him ~ correct this
imurC ss;n Injurious To us II Surh YVES The nuan
i'm ot the passage, which would he 10th 10 believe.
To all whom III: Influence of my voice can in any
way reach, beg 10 say thar er,rcat thcrn III the
I,,;o. III. E.,,I ~ nphx MN
from all vinlerc- 10 remain quietly al home or ut
tending to their business, 10 keep away from all ex-
cited assemblies and if they ihink itey have bcon
injured, rrurr good iur evil, aud TO pray for thode
no have wruii,cd them. ! appeal 20 them and 10
The world, whether this has not been always IL"
tenor of my instruction.. TO them, boh public aud
private, hnl also thar OF ail the Cath0!!" clergy.
have too high an opinion "f my irl!1w-lllzens ~
every class to believe tor moment That thc threats
which have been made by s'nlo Will Dr cHrf!rd OUT
crtrcat all 20 pause and Reject L" commit no Fio
lenrc which they would regret III their cooler mo
Incn.s to believe idle runnrs and to cultivate that
peuce unI love which the charactctis'ics o the
religion Of Christ. We are to rcnrau un earth but
lew years let not add n the necessary lis o NE
hose more awful ules of civil feuds and bloody strife.
NJ. j. SPALuISG.
Louisville, Aug. !, lS55.
On this The Journal REMARKS: "
we publish, with pleasure, Bishop Spoliing +
card TO the public. We have nat IN a'SHt "o n.'e
w, have no. for one moment suspected him uf istl
eating men 10 rio, and binodshed. We have lei!
grateful to him for the services he rendered up
wards Of year ago in aayinS public excitement, 10
thn c,,rnt of his influence, when our own property
was thought 10 be in danger from mob, and we have
never thought him otherwise than as the friend OF
law aud ORDER
TIE LOUISVILLE RIOTS.-It is to be feared
.hut the political presses not entirely bameless in
the matter of the recent election riots in Louisville
The New York Herald selects the subjoiued extracts
from the editorial columns of the Louisville Journal,
published OIL the morning Of the election, (which, to
saw the least" remarks the Herald, "dre rather in
Aammable and, we should think the more especially
as Il disturbance was anticipated, might have been
dispensed with" Tho following are the extracts:
zone Of the police officers informs us that ne never
before saw hall so many Irshmcn here as he sees nov"
He beholds them hourly in all over the city, an.