Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-08-09
ROWS IN LOUISVILLE ON ELECTION DAY.

Yesterday was supposed to have been election day,
but as the result shows it but half an election
with a good deal of rowdyism. The democratic
voters in the First and Eighth Wards were intimi-
dated md threatened early and late and every dirty
trick was resOrted to by the Know Nothings to Sc
cure voters.
In the Eighth Ward early in the day the druggist
at the corner of Eleventh and Green was beset and
beaten most brutality, and about the same time two
or three Irisbmen were knocked down and terribly
beaten, and that, too, without committing any Of
tense. Late in the evening Squire Harm gton,
though Know Nothing, threatened by one of
his own party who drew a dirk on him. The Squire
was disposed to do his duty impartially, and that
didn't suit his party.
In the Sixth Ward, lawyer VIM. C. Price, demo-
crat, was attacked by Waterman Enlow, armed with
brass knuckles, who attacked him from behind,
while two or three others attacked him in front. He
beat them of, and knocked Enlow down, when others
interfered, and stopped the fray. Several of our
best citizens the outrageous and wanton assault
on Mr.. Price, and they distinctly saw the brass
knuckles the watchmans hand.
In the First Ward the rufhans had full sway as
usual, and many unoffending Germans were knocked
down and maltreated all over the district. In ad-
dition to this there several spirited fights in
the Ward between Democrats and Know Nothngs,
in two three Of which the plugs" came out sec
ond best
The Reporter of the Democrat was assailed in the
nately the fellow and his hackers were prevented
from using more violence by the Intervention OF
others.
Dick Richardson, a well-known Know Nothing.
was assailed in the morning in the Second Ward by
one FirTnan, a chum of his, who, with BOwie-knife
inflicted a terrible wound Dicks back, which laid
him low. This was, be believe, private fight be-
tween the two. one having threatened to whip the
other on a former occasion.
We heard Of various other scrimmages and fights
through the city, none Of which proved to be of a
serious character The party, we are informed, had
posse of rufhans imported from Cincinnati, Fourth
Ward Boys" and from COviugton.
One of the greatest outrages of the day was the
attack one Lee made on Mr.. Burns, an employee at
the Ninth street Tobacco Warehouse. Burns had
stepped across the street from the warehouse to
certain election news, when Lee came up and com
menced boastng about the number of men ne had
knocked down at the Eighth Ward polls. An alter
cation ensued between Lee and Burns, when the
former went away and soon returned with a crowd
to the warehouse, where Burns busy attending
to his own affairs, and called him to out, at
the same time denouncing him. They made at
tack on him, and Lee shot at him twice as he fed
for his life one ball taking effect in his leg He
made his escape through the cellar, else he would
have been murdered. These facts can all be proved
by good citizens. Chief of the Police, kirkpatrick,
was on the ground shortly after the occurrence and
although advised of the facts he failed arrest Lee
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