Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-07-26

The OUTRAGEs N THE EIGHTH Warn on
WEDNESDAY, NIGHT-After the BREAKING mn
of the Know Nothing meeting in the EIGHTH
Ward, on Wednesday night, a gang of Know
Nothing rowdies proceeded to the corner Of
Eleventh and Main streets, and stoned and /
brickbatted the houses occupied by the Irish. |
The first house attacked was that of the
widow Sweeny, on the corner of Monroe and
Eleventh With stones and missiles they
broke the windows, bursted open the doors
and smashed up her furniture. This moor
woman, who is endeavoring by keenino a
boarding house, to pay for the house and lot
in which she lives-her husband having died
before the purchase money was all paid-is
almost frantic with distress and terror
! They then assaulted with stones the adj
joining house belonging to Scullv. and after
they had demolished every thing they could
they performed the same operation ON the
house just opposite, occupied bv John Kee-
gan. They then proceeded to the houses
owned by Frank Quin, on Main lust above
Eleventh, and stoned them until all the win
dows were broken.
These parties, we understand, had given no
sort of provocatiOn to the blackguards and
rowdies who committed the outrage. But
: fired by the incendiary articles of the Louis
vile Journal and infiammatorv speeches of
Know Nothing demagogues, they deliberate
w committed these acts of infamous violence:
and although the city has marshal and nu-
merous police, no effort was made to put a
stop to the lawless proceedings and not sin
gle arrest has been made.
How long are these things to be submitted
; to =? How long are these rutfians, hired by the
r. IL. L
beat and bru;se at their pleasure unoffending
> citizens and destroy their property? Moth
, inc can be hoped for from the Know Moth
I, ing police of the city. The Journal is daily
: exciting its minions to this lawless ruffian
+ ism-and the presidents and chief member
4 CT the lodges justify or palliate the conduc
y of their BLACKBOARD breth1 this reig
i rof fnobism and bullyism to continue forever
= Do the property owners and merchants an
- mechanics of Louisville intend quietly
- permit their business and prosperity to he de
stroyed by a band of Know Nothing rowdie
4 and loafers
- These questions are worthy the refectiO
- of those of our citizens who have any intel
al est in the growth and prosperity of the cit,
a MORE OF THE OUTRAGEs on MoNDA
NIGHT.-Since writing the article IN whic
Al some account Is gwen OF the Vllialhy oil
- gang of Know Nothing rowdies on Wedne
lie day night, still further particulars have bee
furnished us. Several men, who were slttir
IN in their doors upon the street, were brutal
a. beaten with clubs and stones. Some lri:
on tenements in the alley between Eleventh al
80 Twelfth streets, were assaulted, aud pist
W. shots fired through the windows. a vOmi
los was struck in the shoulder by one of the bal
- but the wound is not considered dangerol
ho A man who was nursing sick child in
he arms, was struck in the face by sharp sto
he and severely cut How many more outrae
these villains committed has not yet been ;
sc certained. Further instances of their lawl'
.bo violence will doubtless yet come to light.
Louisville Times.