New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-10-07
THE BALTIMORE RIOi g.
Fro~ n, Batf,ncrs Ssn. eth.


Yesterday in this city may we'll be termed day Q
riots there being kept up Throughout the wnoie =
noon series OF the most drssracetui eAhiohions OF t.
kind which have occurred IN eur midst %, ons un
= ever 'hey were eQualed rnd, ss VIII naturally be
rpnosed in these exciting political times, they az were
the result If the yiotnce of pcttcai feeiig .ncn
unfortunately possesses certain Class OF th
uitv The first outbreak occurred about : esck 10
the afternoon party of four met were standing on
the corner Of Baltimore and South streets "hen psty
of some thirty or forty persons came down
s.-cet from the UPPER section Of the cry ana a. W
apuroscbei this corner OF them herrantu loi nS
candidate which was responded by oce OF the tour
on the corner a Young man named Wright hurrahlhs
FOR another candidate. when he was strucE ol one "
the crowd with such violence in the face ihN ne wa
Frustrated which was the signal fora tree oShl IT.
suing in the discharge Of several pistols - la' a.
We could ascertain the only persons INJURED w que
Of the as-asnts whose name we did not learn; anu
man nemei Lake MeCabe. He was so severely eaten
that il vas necessary TO help him away having re-
oeived stunning blow upon his head Win us
charged pistol. causing painful wound.
The LeX collision was about hall hour thereaiss-
when crowd passed down Baltimore street and me's
general assault upoh parties happening TO be II
Centre ket place. and on some OF the houses.
Wlndoss ard doors closed. Subsequently
another onslaught Vas made and the prnciPsl point OF
attack seemed 10 be the Ninth Ward Hotel kept by
Mr. ). Ewee. Between that house and the attacking
party theie was general discharge Of muskets and
pIstols. Some of them mus; have been seriously hurt
bat We were unable 10 ascertain names. The attack
made 10y parties said 10 come from the western
part of the city We have heard of no deaths
The next point Of attack the house of u. Water
man on the corner Of Low AMI Forrest streets Known
the Empire House. Hgh-Constable Herring.
with posse of his officers, hearing the word given "a
proceed 10 this house for the attack succeeded in
reaching il by another reute before the crowd aad
tai )ned his around the building. A the meuscng
party came up he warned their against their threatened
design of destroying the building and finally succeeded
in inducn them 10 depart, sitter few bricks were
thrown M the windows.
The crowd from this passed down and through French
street and the of French and Front
brick was thrown through the window of dwelling,
when a mueket fired at them from that direction.
They then reireaed 10 lllen street bridge and made
stand and in a few moments another large crowd had
assembled on Pleasant street bridge square above
some few shots were fired by both parties from these
poirts without effect when both crowds moved around
io Holiday street between Hen and Pleasant streets
where general fight took place, when lasted some
fifteen or twenty minutes, during which bricks ana
stones were violently thrown, and great number Oh
shots fired by both crowds.
Capt Herring and a number ct his officers soon
reached the ground. and by determined course sue
ceedcd in separating the combatanis, and arrcstlng
two OF them Officer Charles DAVIS WAS considerably
injured at this point by being struck with orIcA
while endeayoring to make an arrest. Tie saw num-
Der of persons leave the ground who hal oeen
Injured by shots and bricks but was unable TO obtain
their names. 1t did not however appear that any OF
them were seriously hurt.
Officers Brown Hewitt Morgan and Davis arrested
John Miskel and John Brickley for participating IN
this riot. On the way To the staton-house Brlckey
was severely beaten by number Of persons while ia
charge of the officers his head being cut by bricks IN
some three four places. His wounds were dressed
nj the station. house by DIR. Norris. Justice Mearis
fined Miskel 81 and costs for throwing bricks, aud
committed him in default of 81 900 bail to answer tue
charge of riong Brckey was released upon security
10 keep the peace.