The weekly American banner., 1856-01-25
PUBLISHED EyERx FRIDAY MoRsIns.
YAZoo CITY. MISS: FRIDAY. JANUARY 25 1856
From the Louisvill, Journal.

From the LousvilI, Journal.
OF The editor OF the Democrat persisted Ia |
asserting that the forei9 9ners in this city on ths
9th Of August fred upon no one until atfacke13
by him ia taeir own houses, ,thstttey fred upo !
NJ one exespt in nee sssarv selfdefehee. that
they frei upon no one not In the midst of al
mob. We challenged him to bring one parti-
Gle of evidence for the substantiation Of this
statement in its application 10 the two Ameri-
cans, Richarison and Laathead. who were tho
first persons shot. aud TO the Ameri an hoy up
on the hack bsarinz away their wonndad bodies.
who was the Il irdpersDn shot. The editor
lstres to p-oduce tFIiss particle offvidence and
fail utterly and mscrably As for Leathead
| and The boy. he produces no testimony in which
their names are mentionedor in which they arc
even referred to. He produces none in regard
/ to Richardson except simple statement, that,
at ~ o'clock. he was seen TO throw hrickbat
into the Windowof a house Mr. Riehardson,s
own affidavit explains this 2 ocl, ,ck occur
renee. He didat that hour throw a brickbat
at a German, one Of German mob that had
| just beaten an American horribly and had left
/ him on the ground for dead. But it was not
4 then or there that Richardson and Leathead and
the by, the first victim, of deadly weapons on
that day, were shot. It was two and half
hours afterwards and at different place.. N
Sag Ncht was found or could be found tostcsti-
B fy that Richardson and Lett1ead, when shotin n
the street at half past 2 O'clock in the alter
noon. were creating disturbance, that they
were in the midst ofa mob or OF any dlsorderiy
people, or that any roting was going on in their
vicinity, Or that perfect qnet was not prevailing
in the street. The proof is abundant an IN
contrldictel, that they were moiesting nohody
that no moestatlon was go ng on around them,
! thai IN y were shot down without warning tr 7n
concealed position VIII conversing with
each other. that whist their wounded forms
were beng borne oil III hack, volleys wers
:. fred from a German torAress and Afterwards
from an Irish fortress at the hackii va! the.
s. lay bl2eding whefshy they were trr;bly wound
: ed again. and that an unoifen ling AmerlcaI
hoYs who was upon the drivers seat OF then
vas snol at lle sane TIN s
=. Rr2z g 9X sFor7 fest'
!, not
: : o. worn, be cohr!fed
: ten tines repeated declarafs5ts III e1<o
tn Democrat that not an American was sho
by the foreigners except II self-defence, not a
American unless, he was in the act ofattackn
J. IN fpfeisner - thrlr houses not IN Aneslca
II uhess ne W - ~ taie midst otsa mob. hlca
ardsons Laathaad, and the boy were. Us Wsnag 81.
sa'd, the taree'iafst siios, on mat aay. Ine
: were the lrss aT INST whom weapoas Of deaf
il we're raised. Not sliafiow 81 evifenre y Adm
~ ei to show that either Laatnead or the %
give molestation or offence to aslY human BEN
lssl on that ay, nst z sladoyAof evidence to prov
r. that hlehartlson dld anythirg beEond.fhe sing
Iii actot throwing brlek5at two aud ahait hon
n pfayi susly In enottef- iocaffty Wii ~ MS oole
!. was to punish asinan WI had artied IN near
y killing an American citizen net9a saaiov