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

AuuIph refers urewry, ADJOINING, whs fred tlree
times, but unsucccssuIIy. Charles Ilcybnrl's csah
lishsnen WAS completely riillled, and u man named
Fritz shot IN the BREAST. The confectionery of Da-
MEL Smo"k was attacked and the females driven IL
the garrett, where they nearly sufncaed by the
smoke from the burning brewery. Bakers house
next door, was stoned and otherwise injured.
In the attack on the brewery. Sadlier, the cart.
driver, was badly wounded, and his wife being driven
over the bridge, she could no; gain nny admission in.
10 the houses ol any Of her friends for fear OF lhci:
being mnbheG.
The bakery of Charles l}e"kcrs attacked and
stoned; and the windows in Chas. Drouts barber shop
broken. These houses belong to Mr.. Raymond, who
lives in the country.
| The grocery store Of Fred BurrEold wGs complete.
~ gated OF !!s concE's, his dunu1rs being fully
SlUuo. Adjoining the shoe store of Jos. Hook IVES
similarly treated These houses arc the property o,
jacob Steaier.
While the mob was at its highest pitch of excite
met. engaged in this work of destruction, the
painful Sights were Witnessed Poor women were
fleeing with their children, aud little memcntocs o!
homo That wcro brought frnm the "fatheruud;" men
were covering before The mad multitude and hiliu!
themselves wherever opportunity offered while mus
painful "f all sights the stars and stripes waved at
the head of sncril"ei"us mobiles. Visiting yesterday
the scene Of these uurages were sickened at the
ruin that had been wrought, le homes devastated
furniture broken and burned, and the poor inhubi-
tants gathered about the remnants OF their property
terrified a; every sound lest it might he the signal n
another attack. What may nave been the pr"voca.
excuse 10 pain;ion for the indiscrimiudte burning
Gnd plundcring of houses in uowise connected with
| the snd To b" ag,ressnC parties.
About II O'clock at night frame grocery on the
corner Of Madison and Shelby streets WAS buried.
On Min street just above the Woodland Garden,
cooperiug establishment, belongn. 10 Thomas
Gar,ety was set "n fire between II and | O'Clock
yesterday morning, and burned to tie ground Mr.
Garrcty was sick in bed ut the time, and hai been
confined for several days. His loss, though small
j5GO-leavcs him and his family quite destitute.
On Main street, little further above, and on
the opposite slc OF tie street, the couprring shop
of Edwin Prim WIS burned 10 the ground. Loss
about 5000.
During the trouble, Monday afternoon, German
named JOAN Nus residing Clay street, near Mai-
son, was shot anG killed. Ills wife was cut across the
breast, and her young child injured. a German
named kcl-cr, living Marshall street, was killed.
Walter Murphy, al lrlshInan, was clascd by II large
party and shot, on Monday evening, near Owsey,
kinnard & Co.'S pork house. He died yesterday
morning, having previously stated that Charles Gc-
net was his murderer
dies Oh Green street received shot just below the
chin.
John FelIcr, German, was stabbed seven times
in the tight on the Garner vi Shelby mud Marshall
street, and Helm, German rope-lnakcr, while walk
Ing uiong the street, was attacked by crowd and
terribly beaten.
The above, believe comprises an account of
the il the east end OF the city, as !ul! rs
could Le gathered. y great many, whose names we
could not ascertain, were more Or lcss injured.
| In the fifth ward, between and two O'Clock,
Monday, dnstardly attack made on Henry VI.
Smith, worthy gentleman, who has resided in that
ward, aud whose residence is next to The engine
where the polls were held. Fur no offence whatever
he grossly nsutcd by those who wished to create
difficulty and without rescntng il, he wns pursued
in his yarl-and had it not been for the c!iicent
exeriions of Mcssrs kirkpatrick Il Bacon, he would
doubtless have been murdered, despite the fact thpt
his fainIg wife thre:S herself with her children be-
tween him and his assaants
Late in the afternoon. in the sixth ward, an Irish
man was peaceably walking along the pavement Ill
front Of the Court llnuse, when he was assaulted by
gang of men standing by. FIe attempted TO escape
but was pursued by some thirty who had con.
cealed on their persons short sticks, with one end
loaded with lend. He was Knocked down and brn-
tally beaten, and one man actually thrust 4 large
pi,chfork into his person. lie was then taken up
and dragged 10 JAIL the man marching along WIN Tue
pitchiurk on his shoulder blood running from lis
prougs While the victim was placed in jail, the at-
tempted murGerers were permitted TO 20 along un-
disturbed in search Of other subjects.
In Ike lower part u! the city, us stated Yesterday,
the difficulties originated near the corner OF Chapel
and Main streets. Abou; ) O'Clock man named
Rhuuds pursued an Irishman into house on MIN
street, was fired at Gni Killed. John Hudson, resi-
dug Greene street. near The corner ot Preston was
shot in the eighth ward, about III. SAME time. " M
Graham, n iuundryman, while assisting Rhoads, WIS
shot IN the back ut the heal by Barrct an lrshnhn.
Barrett was Immediately seized, sho: and hung, but
not dying he was taken to Jail, where he expired du-
ring the night
| Nh. corner of Muin and Eleventh streets sur
rounded by very large, excited und wcl!.armed
mob The cannon vas stationed III the street, and
the corner building occupied rs grocery store by
| Mr. Long, an lrirh:nan fired. His three sons
were in the house at the time one of whom escaped
with the assistance OF C. W. Field, while tl!e other
! two were consumed in the flames The lire lmmcd-
utely extended, burning the adjoining three story
brick house, occupied by d. Klordan, al lrishnan
| rs feed stOrr.
A frame building occupied rs boardng-honse by
| Charles kyan, next consumed. Two vacant
houses thea caught and were buried. Next came
| brick house occupied by Mckinney, German cigar
| maker and saldler. Adjoining was brick house III
whcl, Patrick Flynn lived, also tcnnn,ed in part by
Mrs. Wheeler, Mrs McGny aud Mrs. David. Tue
next house was occupied by Dennis . Bricn, Mrs
| lIanrry, aud Mrs. McGrah. Farther up The street
two brick storcs, one used by John McDon"Ih gr"crr
were nearly demolished. On ! llh street. the fire de-
stroyed two houses occupied by Dennis Higgins,
LANES Welch and Mrs. MonOhan. All the above
twelve hnuses were the property OF Patrick Quinn
brother of MI Irish Catholic priest. Mr.. T. had a
room in one of his houses; he WINS shot and beaten.
and then burned last night On the opposite eide OF
Mnn street :wo houses occupied by John FTtz zscrad
and Mrs. Trainer were burned.
The acts of nceudinrism that we have nst record
cd while outrageous themselves do not compare IN
atroci;y with III. dreadful murders ihut commit
ted n, the same time Seeking tn escape death from
the flames, the wrcchcd inhabitants reached the
street only TO meet death in another FORM As soon
os onr appeared at n door, he fired at and gene
rn,lv killed a number were taken off badly wound
ed md others shot to pieces returned to the burning
houses prrferr!ng rather IN be burned than to meet
tho ufura.cd mob. One man, escaping III woinans
clothes. was detected and shot. Another who camr
mn, cuvcrcd with blanket, and leaning on the Erin
or his wife was torn away and deliberately shot L"
rscnpe from within to the street without being killed.,
was almost a matter OF impos'ihfy. How many oi
these miserable people thus Gagged IN their own h"i'
s,s were burned alive, there eau be no computation.
The hlackrncd aud charrci remains ot some have
brcu discovered, while VIZ hear OF wives nhd c"!l
drrn whose husbands and iuherS are not 70 Lc
found.
The ErFEcr.-Ycs.erday most OF the business
houses in the fra. ward closed, tie popuacc be-
;pr in constant fear of another outbreak. Over one
hundred Gern,aa families quilted the city, m"ny Win
their furniture goods. Others had the remnants
of their damaged household possessions tafcn 10
auction stores for sul- The effect OF the terrible
RIOTS uf Monday on the prosperity OF Lou''V'e WIZ
be perceptib!s for many, many years'
| PoIIcr CuURT.-1hr pUiice court yesterday morn
ing. thronGed to It'd utmost ehpac,tS oy p:is"'
anyous io w,n IS the examination OF the parties ar
rested for engaging in the election disturbances
Judge Johnson in view of the highly excited S'utc OF
the public mind and i'll order tina; ample time might
bo rci, the accused to ob:ain testimony nus post
| poned the examination until Thursday.
From the Louisville Journal. Know.N"hinS.l
THE FIRST BLOOD.
The ap,i.Americans may assert and protest md
swear rs strongly they will, that the tearia! rio'S
nf Wondav wer. bcruu BY the Americans, but III dis.
proot OF this tho broad papablc undenied fact stands
out thu the trst buudslied, the rst klT, The hrst
mnrdering, @ both in tho upper aud in the lower pnrts
OF the city, the work Of the oreisn born popua
| tiod. The Foreigners may have imagined that tney
did not huys far play at The polls, but they were the
FIRST to resort to assassination They may have iulsc-
~ imnrin. ,hn, IN uttuck upon themselves was con-
cnpated, but they the first to resort TO assass'-
| nation. 81, -. -.
Even by the admission of one OF the Anti-Ameri-
can organs of Yesterday, the Irish i'll the lower part
Of the cv on Monday evening, with no other provo
cation ,hsn the knocking down Of Ill lrlshnan in the
| .-.~, .,,aJ N r.neraI fir, from the windows of