The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-07-02

The dsgraccfa scenes Of Monday evening last win long
be remembered here and elsewhere of the most
founding instances fbrutal rufhansm which know
nothngism has furnished 10 an outraged country A
great city the capital Of the nation has been nsued and
dishonored in the person Of her chief magistrate The
eonseuousnesS OF the disgrace which has thus been as
tened upon the city Of Washington while Il has called
forth deep and general feeling Of indignation may yet
bring with Il its own PREPARATION. If anything more was
required Il will show that the ruanly murderous spirit
Of know-uothngism, exhibited at New Orleans, ST.
Louis Louisville, Cincinnati New York, and indeed in
every place where il has obtained foothod not rregu
lar spasmodic unprcmedated in It's action but that il
pirak,s Of the constitutional and chronic Is il not fair
to suppose that this spirit ogmaey follows the secret
banding together under the solemn adhesion Of mpious
oaths of the ignorant the designing, and the unprnci
ped2
We have tho time the space or the heart 10 20 into
te details Of which have brought SO much EN-
during shame o our city II Known that at the Sec
ond democratic ratification meeting held in this city Mayor
Magruder present with police force and that by bis
prompt and energetic he succeeded in queng sew
ealsystemae attempts to interrupt the proceedings by
rot AID disorder At the meeting Of the friends
Fillmore held Monday evening last he was also pres
ent IN MS ocal Character and equally as soicious to
protect political opponents from rudeness and interruption
he had been occasion when 1t would have been
fair to infer that his sympathes enlisted in slight
degree What took place at the Fillmore meeting is thus
briefly narrated in the local columns of the Star
''The mayor promptly on the ground at the know
nothing meeting, bis duty to preserve order and
while the exercise Of this duty he party Of
boys and boyh who gathered the steps in the
vicinity Of the speakers stands drinking whkey from bot
tie and making general disturbance being portion Of the
party of Sans followers whom MIR. Bradley had
sion to ebuke ponedy for disturbing the speakers by
their maudn rowdysm The mayor very properly attempt
ed to check the disturbance and while doing assaulted
by these rowdes who encouraged by standing by
who, cowardly to incur the odum Of the datardly
themselves cggod these boys and rowdes attack the
mayor. The chaste raying cries Of Gumba and Chunk
era meantime raised and aage crowd Of these precious
him with fists stones and slungshot, shouting hurrah for
SAM and swearing like many demons.s
The police officers and members of the Auxiliary Guard
who endeavoed to penetrate the crowd resisted by the
gang of rowdie The mayor, while endeavorng to seize
and carry away person who had struck him with stone
disabled momentay by stroke from slung shot upon
the back Of the neck.
The mayor accompanied by Of the officers made
his way with difficulty towards the guard house, and
reaching the market joined by Captain Mills whereupon
the skukng ung shot rewdies made way for him pass
"A fellow with fiddle followed the mayo scraping
away at the nsgaon of these brave Samtes whereupon
Captain Mills attempted to arrest the fiddler, but struck
the back Of the head with and the prisoner
escaped The continued follow the mayor until he
entered the Kirkwood House.