M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-08-23

merely give the conclusion OF this
VINO PAPER. The editor says:
The acts Of ince ndiarism that We ha We
just recorded, while Outrageous in them.
selves, do not compare in atrocity with
the dredlul murders that were commit.
ted al the same time. Seeking 10 es-
cape death from the flames, the wretch
ed Inhabitants reached the street only
10 meet death in another form. As soon
US one appeared alta door he wss fired 3
and generally killed. A number were
taken off badly wounded, and others
shUt 10 peices returned TO the burning
houses, pfeferring rather 10 be burned
thar TO meet the infuriated mob. One
mSn escaped in women's cloths, was
detected and shot. Another, who CO me
out covered with blanket. aud lean
ing upon the arm of his wife, was torn
away, and deliberately shot. To escs pc
from within TO the street without being
killed was almost a matter Of impossi
bility. How many of these miserable
people thus Gagged in their own houses.
were burned alive there can be no com.
putation. The blackened and charred
remains Of some have been discov vered,
while we hear Of wives and children
W hose husbands and fathers are not to
be found.
But we have neither The time nor the
heart now TO comment os we wish and
intended 10 do, ,on the terrible occurren.
ces Of MondOy,of the deep and jOmning
disgrace they have inflicted upon our
city, and Of the severe blow they have
given to her progress and prosperity
All these offer ample material for deep
reflection, and while we leave the rea
der TO ponder over Them. we also com
mend TO his caTful considera ton the
following remarks, which appeared in
one of our Cincinnati exchanges yes.
ielday, aud were suggested by the riot
here
"howeyer we may regret and shudder
TO hear of such outroges, they are the
sure results Of Know Nothingism. .w here.
ever It's proscripted aud unhSlowd prin,
cipIes have been urged. Without fur.
ther advices, we are confident that the
dreadful intelligence from our sister city
has been superinduced and precipitated
by this 'Dark.lantern' party, who mad.
dened by the excitement of an unex.
pected victory where they apprehenJed
defeat, gave Ivose rein TO the fierce pas
sions, and, with all brutal violence Of
DULLES, have felt themselves constitu.
led into band of fufiions, TO carry fire
and sword among the foreign. born pop.
ulatlon, drive the n their homes. Well
may it be said. 'Where'er they move in
anger; dissolution tracks their progress;
where'er they pause in amity, affliction
mourns their freindship.' The scenes
in this city few short months ago,
have been cast in the shade by the
Louisville riots. All remember the
with thrill Of hofof. What will they
not experience, " hen the record of the
dredluI scenes in our hapIess sister city
are fairly spread out before them?-
Louisville will bitterly rue the day her
citizens. turned upon themselves tol
Light The streets up with each others
houses, and deluge them with blood
NO wonder the papers have lamented a
diminished population and stagnation
OF business. Long may our own city
rest without such emeutss as she has
witnessed, and still longer from such as
we now most sorrowfully record.
This is the last of a series of outra.
geous crimes which the Know Ncthing
organization has been guilty Of since it
hrs! reared its hydra head in this coun-
Try It's the fitting sequal 10 the Poole
martyrdom, the Hiss disclosures, the
tarring and ieatheriug of Catholic priests
the burning of balol.boxes, the desc.
Grafton OF Churches, and the knocking
Gown and numbering of inoffens:vc cit
izens, all Of which acts are identified
with its history, and hove been its dis.
tlngulshlng characteristics. In Louis.
VILE, this foul and in famous conspra-
cy against civil and religious liberi
has been from the first aggressive and
rampant, aud il was easy to see that it
was destined to bear US Legitimate huils
IN blood, murder and cUnhagratiou.-
The heart sickens from the contemp pa.
tons OF such bloody scenes, which are
50 disSraceful to the country, and cal
culated 10 throw so much reproCh upon
our institutions. Itis, however,, con.
soIatory reflection TO know that these
unparalleled outrages in Louisville are
the last efforts Of dying laction-the
SPasms Ot It's last agOnIes. The great.
est excitement will be experienced all
over the country, as teegraphic wires
communicate the account of this unpre.
cedented violence, aud it will tend to
render Know Norhingism most inten
sely infamous to all orGer.loving cit.
liens.
Capt. Thomas, highly respec ctsble
ana intelligent citizen of Mudiion. de
slres US to state that before any difficult
ty had commenced, he was passing down
Market street and saw ahead OF him
three decent. genteel appearing Irish
men, who turned of at Tenth street,
Reaching Main, he observed man rush
cut aud knock one Of the lrIshmen
down, while the Others weIs, chased
across the steet into a house. and then
iireing commenced from the windows
This Capt. Thomas says, was the com.
menced of the trouble, growing out OF
an unprovoked assault upon ill Irish
man who was quietly passing along the