Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-08-29
FRUITS OF KNOW NoTH1Nc1o,,

FRUITS OF KNOW NOTHINGIsM
We publish below, from the Louisville IT,
further accounts of the late disgraceful riot in
isville:
@ THE LOUISVILLE RIOT.
We should have preferred refraininp from =,
publication of any further particulars of tho o me
RACES OF last Monday, until they could have hear
presented to the public in connected and antL
ticated form. But the er parte testimony wb;aI
daily being published by the mob organ Of tb; o;
compels us to pursue different course We sbo"iy,
be derelict in our duty, did permit that n,enIO
OuS sheet to continue its work of nisrepres.r,:c
and faisehood without attempting to countrrst w
base and infamous design. There will be fonnd =;
another column letter from Col. Hicks civil; IN
graphic account of the outrages in the SIKH w.
The respect which the whole community cnterI.n
for Col. Hicks because of his eminent worth I'm
the purity of his character, makes him VIM, ~nu
upon whom all parties rely with implicit cos
dence. We ask from our readers perusaI of h.;
letter. and then let them answer if the statsp,n,
made by the mob organ that there aoas no roIn
at the polls, is not as monstrous falsehood * WV
ever uttered by the father of lies himself
We feel that our readers like ourselvs are heart
lily sick ofthe disgusting details; but our invest.
cations Of yesterday and the day before. bsro
brought to light still further evidence of the btI
ity OF the Know Nothing mob, which under th.
circumstances, we feel it to be our duty to pub,b
The house Of John Chievers, Main street nn
Eleventh, was fired. His wife ran into the strrat
with her child in her arms. She Was Surrounded
by the ruffians and told that if she did not REIN
to the burning ruins and bring out her husband Ja
them to kltl, that they would kill both herself ma
her child. Frantic with despair, she permitted ono
of them to take the child and she herself r.tIrnJ
to the house and told her husband what thew s.;5
He Immediately rushed ont to rescue his infant Cr
the murderous wretches, and rddlcd with SHOT
and left for dead. He afterwards carried to tho
iDfirmary Of the Sisters of Charity, and has since
died. He had not attempted to vote and had otE.r
,O1,
particulars were detailed to us BY his wife
Martin Connolly, now lying dangerously woyrd
ed at the 1ntirmary, informs that he was at SIM
per when he discovered that the houses had been
freddie and his wife ran out. As soon as theT.
reached the street his wife began TO plead for hi.
life. A few gentlemen attempted to save him: but
of the ruifians placed pistol his left breast
and fired. He Also informs of a man named
Munroe, boarding with him, who was shot at the
same time. Connellyis peaceable and inotiensive
citizen.
Dennis Long, another of the wounded lypr at
the lnfirmary, informs US that he was reading
newspaper in the street, when George Thomuscn a
friend OF his, and Il. N, came and told him that a
crowd at the polls were meditating an attack unon
the of houses occupied by the Irish and adys-
ed him to keep in his house. He went to sleep and
was awakened by the shots. His two brothers were
in the room when he awoke. They discovered that
the house was on fire. They attempted to escape
by getting to the roof of the adjoining house
and from thence getting away. But sooner had
they reached the street than his two brothers. who
in front of him, were fired at, and fell. He
rushed on through the crowd, but was himself shot
and remained unconscious until he was carried 10
jail, His two brothers killed. He heard the
murdered Quinn tell the mob that he would give
them all the money and all the property he posses
scd if they would spare his life and the lives of his
tenants but the savages shot him before the words
scarcely out Of his mouth No otiense is al
legged against any of these
Cassidy, nephew Of Quinn's. shot as he at
tempted to escape from the flames.
George Hubert, an old German, living on the cor
ner of Ninth and Chestnut left home about o'clock
in the evening for Portland avenue, to See a COW
which he intended to buy. While passing down
Main St. he saw two crowds the corner of
Tenth and the other near the corner of Eleventh.
He was between them, heard some shots fired, look
ed and saw a man lying on the pavement; saw two
men, Americans, go up and fire two shots at the
PROSTATE body, and would have fired the Third, but
the pistol would not go off. Hubert immediately
crossed the street to- get out of the way He
followed by a man who said he wanted to Kill him
with knife. The old told him that he was
going his business that he had nothing to do
with the fighting, that there in killing
poor old The wretch's heart seemed to be
touched-he went off with the crowd down toward
Eleventh street.
The crowd, however, almost Immediately return
ed again and surrounded the old man. One of them
cried out: " Let US Kill the id old Dutch s-n
of b-h." He begged them to spare his life.
Another cried out that he would shoot him Tor the
tun of the thing, and Immediately placed pistol TO
his right breast and fired: Hubert is now lying in
a most critical condition at his residence the
ner of Ninth and Chestnut
An old German, whose name could rot ascer-
tain, living between Thirteenth and Fourteenth
streets OH Portland avenue, who has been sick for
several months, crept under the bed when he heard
the mob approaching. He was dragged out aud shot
through the heart.
The facts which have been stated in this article
caR be relied upon by our readers. They have been
gathered from the most authentic sources
We propose continuing the history of that days
outrageS until the country shall have been put IN
possession of all the facts. When that shall have
been done We have no fear Of the judgment they
will pronounce.-Louis0iLLeT Times
TRY On The Knickerbocker tells ex-
celent story Of Burchard the revvalist; not OF him
exactly, but of what happened at the close OF one
OF his meetings He i'll the habit of addressing
his congregation in this manner.
I" am going to pray, and want all that
desire to be prayed for to send up their names on
piece of paper"
On the occasion which we refer to, there was az
once sent up to the desk quite pile of little slips OF
paper, with the name whose behalf he was 10
" wrestle," he said, with the Almighty"
A pause soon ensued, when he said; "Send EN-
up! lean pray Tor five thousand just as easy as
can for dozen. Send em up. l haven't any paper;
get up and name the friend you want prayed for
At this stage Of the proceedings, man whom
we shall call Oziei Bigg-a stalwart man of SIX ana
half feet i'll his stockings, notorious unbeleVef
and confirmed wag to boot-rose in the midst Oh
the congregation, mark for all, and amid the WlhS
md becks and smiles of the auditory, said
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