The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1855-12-15
From the Cincinnati Times, 23d ult.
More Murderous Rioting.
Kentuckaons Baachered IN Cold Blood.-Intens
Excitement in the Third Ward


We stop the press to announce another
fearful and dreadful transaction in our city.
Unofending Americans have been again muir
dered in our streets, by blood-thirsty band
of foreigners. We had hoped that our city
would be free forever from renactment OF
the disgraceful riots of last spring, but we
have the painful duty to record today, far
more savage acts, aye! savage acts, for they
become only the brutal savages of uncivilized
lands. The particulars as near as we car
learn them are as follows:
This morning large number of Kentuck-
iaf1s of both sexes, including young, middle
aged and old, visited this city; probably for
the purpose Of spending thanksgiving Day
with relatives. They were in body-and
thereby, we presume, attracted attention
to the northern part of the Thirteenth Ward,
which was their destination, and where it
had been arranged they should spend the
day. 1t appears that some bigoted and ma
licious individuals, probably low, pot-house
politicians, who have no regard for the peace
and character of the city, instantly reported
throughout the Thirteenth Ward (which, il
is well known is inhabited principally by
Irish) that these Kentuckians were a portion
of the "Know-Nothing rowdies" who des-
troyed Quinn's Row in Louisville, and the
same report was also carried over the canal,
among the residents of the German Wards.
AS may be supposed, these reports caused
an intense excitement in those wards. At
an early hour in the forenoon, crowd COM
menced augmenting in the vicinity where
the Kentuckians had stopped. 1t was COM
posed almost exclusively of Irish and Ger
mans, many of them exposing long knives,
and others fourishing weapons equally dam
gerous. The crowd rapidly increased, and
there was perceptible excitement among
them, as if their minds were bent upon some
bloody deed, and each was anxious to be
foremost in the work.
The unarmed and defenceless Kentuckians
found themselves murderously beset by an
excited band who knew no mercy. Knives
and immense bludgeons were used most saw
agely-no regard whatever being had for sex.
Male and female were ruthlessly murdered,
side by side The screams of the unofend-
ing victims is said to have been terrible, while
the floors of the building flowed with blood!
How many were thus killed, we have been
unable to learn, but the list must be fearful
ly terrible. The excitement which followed
was intense, and is still increasing, and there
is no knowing where the carnage will end.-
We shall endeavor to have full report in
our 5 o'clock edition, this evening.
LATER.
Our reporter has just returned from the
scene of slaughter. The number murdered
is much larger than We at first supposed
The Kentuckians are all hogs, and cornfed
at that. They were attacked by the slaugh-
ter house workmen, Gall ssbloody furriners")
who had no more regard for the lady animals
than they had for the masculine porker.-
Deer Creek valley flows with blood! The
dying walls of wounded hogs are echoine
upon the hill tops in unhappy unison with
the clinking sound of butcher knives. Slaugh.
tering weather having set in, the pork sea
son has been commenced. When will the
fearful carnage end Not, we venture te
predict, until pork enough is salted to feed
half the world.