Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1855-08-18


cans, on the Corner of Clay and Madison. lie
was shot, stabbed and beaten. Another Ger
| man, named Jacob, who was sitting on the
| staircase, was dragged out stabbed and beaten.
| His recovery is doubtful. Everything in the
lower part of the house was broken to pieces.
| The crowd proceeded to the corner Of Madi-
son and Shelby. where firing from the houses
had taken place. and they rlddled two groce-
rles. A German ropemaker named Helm, who
was walking along the street, was beset by the
crowd and terribly beaten.
The crowd then ransacked German beer
house, corner of Walnut and Shelby. kept by
c. Kiszler, and two houses occupied by Ger
mans on the corner of Shelby and Marshall.
German named John Teller stabbed
seven times but not dangerously injured
The next scene of the riot was on Jefferson
street, near Beargrass creek Here party
Of gentlemen coming iuto the city were fired
upon by foreigners from the houses, and some
of them seriously wounded. Armbruster's
brewery and several houses from which the
shots were fired were attacked, and the con-
tents demolished. The brewery was after
wards fired and burned down, with several
other houses. A number of window panes in
the other houses were broken. Several Ger
mans were very badly beaten, and an Irish
man, named Patrick Murphy, was shot he
died this morning. On Preston street, below
Main, John Sutherland an American, was shot
but not dangerously injured, and an lrishman
was shot and beaten.
All the German houses attacked were those
from which shots had been fired by the occu-
pants.
While this was going on in the upper part of
the city, several persons were fired upon on the
lower part of Main street. About 5 o'clock
two Americans were shot from an Irish house
while going along on Chapel street. This at
once brought the excitement to the highest
pitch. The Irish row Main street, above
Eleventh, was attacked and fired, and several
persons were killed and some burned A large
number were wounded. The Irishmen who
shot Graham while he was taking care of
Rhodes, an American, who had been shot, was
hung. but was cut down before he died AT
least thirty shots were fired from houses on
Chapel street. 1t is impossible to ascertain all
that were wounded. Mavn HI. Scott, Ameri-
can, had his arm badly shattered by ball
Seven or eight houses on the North side of
Main street, above Eleventh, and two on the
south side, were burned. man named Rich
ard Blackburn, who had hold of the pipe of the
American Eagle Company, was shot about three
o'clock this morning. The houses were nearly
all owned by Francis QUINN who was killed.
Later at night, one of the groceries, ran
and also two Irish cooper shops on Main street.
There were several German cooper shops in the
same vicinity, but none of them were burned.
We are credby informed that the mob had
nothing to do with this fire.
There were some warlike demonstrations this
morning on Fifth street, near Main, but better
counsel prevailed, and the crowd finally dis
persed.
We have given the above hastily and OBJ
tanned the particulars from sources which we
consider most reliable.
The coroner has held inquests on the follow
ing bodies:
William Graham, an American and foundry
man, was killed on Chapel street by being shot
in the stomach on Monday evening and died
Immediately. The shooting was done by an
life was extinct cut down. He died in few
hours afterwards. He was buried, but the
coroner will have his body taken up.
Theodore Rhodes, an American, aged thirty,
residing on Main street, below Eleventh,
shot and stabbed in the street in the Eighth
Ward. He leaves family
John Hudson, an American, residing on
Green street, near Preston, shot in the
back of the head in the Eighth ward
Powell Rothhaupt, German wagonmaker,
stabbed at Schardein's precinct. Died in about
eight hours afterwards. Leaves family.
Joseph Allison, an Irish Protestant, was shot
on the corner of Market and Chapel streets
He and his wife secreted themselves under a
bed but were dragged out
The body of Francis Quinn, an 1rishman. is
deposited in the Court house. The Coroner has
not yet held an inquest on it. He was shot in
the groin.
The bodies of man and woman burned, both
Irish and residents on Main street, above
Eleventh, are also deposited in the Court house.
There is one man dead in the hospital and
two are not expected to recover.
There is also an Irishman dead in the Jail.
A German, named Jacob corner of Madison
and Shelby, is not expected to recover.
The Coroner was summoned at noon to hold
an inquest the body of an Irishman, named
Patrick Murphy, near the brewery that was
burned.
We take the following from the same paper, of
the same date:
At an early hour large crown of people,
anxious and excited, filled the ground around
the two court houses, corner of Sixth and JEFF
ferson streets, and about the jail, eager to wit
ness the events of the judicial investigations to
take place.
The City Judge thought proper not to enter
upon the investigation of the cases, but allowed
permits to be given to the wounded for the hos
pital, and took other proper steps with the ac-
cused, so as to secure fair and dispassionate
trial, after proper time allowed to collect the
testimony.
The Mayor, whose exertions for peace have
been energetic and unremitted caused COM
mittee, consisting of large number of orderly
and quiet citizens, to be formed, to circulate
among the people, to calm excitement, and in
duce them to return to their homes and to their
business. The efforts of these gentlemen were
prompt, and not without success They pre-
pared the minds of the crowd to give an atten-
tive hearing to an affecting, able and eloquent
appeal made by the Hon. W. F. Bullock, which
from the stand in the courthouse yard was fol-
lowed by few, feeling soothing and kind re-
marks from Gen. Pitcher, who was loudly called
for. Gen. Pitcher moved, upon many second
ing voices, that the people there assembled
should one and all retire to their respective
homes and business pursuits, which motion was
put and carried by reclamation; and all seemed
order and quiet in that part of the city at lOk
o'clock, A. M.
Beautiful FIGURE.-Two painters were en-
ployed to frescoe the walls of magnificent cathe-
dral; both stood on rude scaffolding constructed
for the purpose some forty feet from the floor
One of them was so silent upon his work that he
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