The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1856-12-12
AMERICAN BANNER
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FRIDAY MORNING.. Dee. s, 1855,
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friday MORNlNGs DEC, B, 1885,
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Wefead with horror oithehrutal attacks. says
the New York Express, made by the Irish Dem
ocrats upon native sAmericah citizens in the city
Of Baltimore on the day Of election. The Charles
Hartigan, who deliberately drew revolver at the
polls, and with no other provocationthan the chal-
,euging Of the vote Of d brother frhhmAny fred it
| into the crowd, is ont on $4,000 'bair 0neofths
balls in Harsigan's pistol went through the feshy
part of the hand near the thumb Of Mr. VIM.
Bright an, ,inofBensive American, and thence into
the abdomen of Mr.. Richard Pryor, one Of the
] mostaestiuaable members Of the patriotic Ashland
Club The bah eat red Mr. Pryors, abdomen
bust below the navel infictag q severe, and it is
/ feared, a fatal wound. Whilst Pryor was being
conveyed to his residence on q litter, an oatrage
was committed which oratrocity, goes Car beyond
any act Of vandalism of modern times On going
b his residence; aud Wien N the vicinity Of the
Eighth Ward polls, the party Of friends carrying
the wounded man was there attacked with bricks
and stones by lawless Democrats. who rushed upon
4 themlike so many manacs, apd 4 with great
dieniy that the sufferer was carried to the resi-
dence of his afflicted wife aDd almost .orphaLed
{ children. "a u aass sseh .sas ..,,A .s y. < d..
sdY This case however, was bat oneincident Of The
election. Says the Baltimore Patriot:
,1s A eentleman, whose veraeity cannot be doubt:
lei, informs us that duiing the mckee he saw man
yet rife out OF an Irish tavern and level it at
tparty of Americans resting it upon cart Wheel
Ebnd snapped it three times. 1t fortunately miss
: ed fire. asFsf S7s<s =
II Hepry Hand, city police officer, was shot in
the mouth eatls In the ight. James #. Ballard
clerk in one of the Courts who had retired init
an alley, at the commencement of the fray, OF
: looming out he was shot in the thigh. John An
Iderson, American, was shot in the groin. jane
gPWilson, boy IL years old, was shot ia the head
!, 4 Martin Haley received shot IA the left ear
81 Daniel white was shot in the face, legs and ca
with buck shot, but the wounds were all slight
ri Mrs Mount; while stanling in front Of her resi-
dencc; received q ball III her leg. A girl of abou
ri l2 years was shot insthe foot while entering th
4 house. a woman on Eastern Avenue, had an ey
- completely driven out Of thesocket; by bali Gre
I from the Democratic ranks A city watehmal
- who was on duty as poiicelnan was slightly wount
% cd by a pistol ball.. Stephen Wilson was sht
- through the neck. A young man, name unknown
q during the afiray, while running down High-stree
= with pistol in his hand, was serious injured b
y is premature explosion.
e Many Of those shot and killed we're quiet spe
tators., To show one of the causes Of the riot an
the same cause wculd have created a thousar
j. riots in this city on Tuesday last viz illegal
to ing, we read in the Patriot thai, - =
VIC In the second ward, a foreigner. attempted
ct vote with the papers ofanotber man; and beiI
on refused by the Judges, q furious eight ensued III
Democrats and foreigners, headtd.b by the notorio
q George KONG, drove the Americans from the po
o. and ap High street The alarm was carried
ss the fourth ward polls, and strong body OF Afne
leans started from here. 1nthe vicinity lofseil
,nt second ward polls they wcrenet and driven bac
pd Furthef renforcements were, thcp received q
tir- The war renewed, good proportion by Il
re time were provided with miiskets whist otlIe
= used pistols, aud others skirmshcd with knis
1 land c!ubss las rithetparty gained q telnpora
.islasisliage, MN would bcsrep runnin.s With ot
!, lers shooting at them; the wounded were I1ipl
= off and being carried away by their caInpahlc'
whist others begTilnmed with sinoke and p0Nd
ID, land in some cases. covered with blood still ke
imp thefght. now f1eg sisgly, and then agsln
- Fopeys' aa is3s.p sslssut fseis; sssssis
VI ~ The New 16sk Tinass which shpopsbsst1
of whole Of tbe a1e.e,nyass I@as one II The mte
lly llert ofall I've enemies tke Al
ON can party fay admits since tho eleciien, the !,
nitude Of the evils which called that party into e
Fhesams Paper expresses the cpiniop. q
'et2altheugh tllrsugb conbinations politifai eve
81 he American party was shorn OF its strength at
=, e Late eleetinn there A IN fhe he4 IA III