New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-09-22
THE Baltimore Riots.


We published some days since, under our tele-
graphic head, a short account Of q riot which took
place in Baltimore on the evening of the l2th inst
We have since received full particulars of the affair."
and are sorry to state that it was much more serious
than we had anticipated. The Evening Patriot, of
the 18TH contains details of the fight. from which we
learn that it was one Of the most bloody and disgrace
full riots that has occurred in that city for years The
Patriot says: @
The riots took place on Light and Warren streets,
between the Rip Raps Club on one side and a party
who had congregated at the Seventeenth Ward
House, keptby James Clark, on the other ltappears
that the Wampanoag Club had been escorted home
by the Rip Raps and had passed Clark's house which
is the Democratic headquarters for that ward, when
they were fired upon from the house, and from what
has subsequently transpred we should imagine that
great preparation had been made there for some nur
derous demonstration. From what we can learn, it
appears that when the Clubs passed Clarks in the
morning a man was observed at one of the windows
with musket in his hands and in the act Of firing
into the procession, when police officer Brown ap-
preached him and said tIf you fire that gun cannot
be responsible for the safety Of tile house. for it will
be torn down. This remark had the desired effect,
| and no attack was made at the time more probably
from the fact that all the Clubs were together than
from the remark of officer Brown Between three and
four o'clock, as the Rip Raps were passing Clarh's
Alone they attacked by parties in the house with
pistols, guns rifles, BRICKS stones, etc. The sudden
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fight, which lasted upwards of an hour during which
time some twenty odd persons were wounded and one
| killed outright. ~ NJ &rE
The American of the same date says that the house
of Clark had since been broken open by order of the
authorities and searched for A large collection
of pistols, nuskets, swords, and swivel gun were
found there. Clark with number of his friends had
| been arrested.
The same paper notices two other riots that occur
red on the same night, in which firearms were used
One between two parties Of rowdes on West Lombard
street, in which child six years old was shot in The
head while standing on its fathers doorstep-ant
another between gang called tho Plug Uglies and
portion of the New Market fire company. No ont
was seriously hurt in this difficulty. -
GREAT FILLMORE AND DoNELsoN DEMONSTRATION
1NNEw YoRK.7-We learn from the New York paper
that the friends of Flmoreand Donelson had anothe
grand demonstration in that city on the evening o
| Friday, the 18th inst. The Express says: ~
The mass meeting was held in Union square, in TIL
triangular space around the new bronze statue o
4 Washington, which was densely crowded, the seen
being picturesque in the extreme. Throughout TIL
evening the different clubs ocked to the spot wit
bands playing anmatirg music, and nunlberles
torches, banners and transparences, while succeS
sion of rockets Roman candles and other fireworks
with several calcium lights, combined with the bri
liant illumination of the torches and bonfires t
brighten up the W hole square, and render plainl
visible each one in that vast sea Of upturned face
The continued firing of cannon the music of inn,
merable bands, and the cheers Occasioned by the p
triotc speeches from a half dozen stands, kept up
continuous demonstration of the widest delight. IT
speakers were Hon David Paul Brown, of Phiade
phia Hon. j. Morrison Harris of Baltimore: II. Cla
! Fneli. of Kentucky; John McChesney, the gre
f American poet, and George Copway, the celebrate
Indian chief. The procession occupied more than OF
hour in passing a given point.