The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-07-15
The Riots New York.

| The telegraph yesterday advised the public Of
more riots in New York. one of them terminating
fatally. The first was in the Eth Ward and took
! place Sunday evening. 4 letter says:
Captain llartt and a number of his men, who
proceeding to qucIl disturbance between two Ger
! mans, set upon by Il large crowd. Stones
were thrown upon them from the house tops and
they were shot at The police used their revUlycrs
and forced the rioters to dispersc, after arrcstnc
six of their number. all more or less wounded, Sc
veral persons seriously injured. and all the
| police wuundcd-tuur of them severely
among them officer MADDEN, whose recovery is
| doubtful. 1t il rumorcd that during the fight
| three men were killed. A German named Muller
while walking through the street with his wifi" re-
CcVed II ball through the breast. and will no doubt
| die. The cause of the riot is not clearly known
but it is believed that evil disposed persons
had induced the Germans to believe that the police
| were coming to attack them, and thus induced
| them to make forcibc resistance when Captain
Ii. and his men ntcrferred to prevent the fight be-
| tween the two Germans.
The attack on the police took place Satur-
| day night. Very little execution was done, though
| the fighting was kept up some time The Times
| says:
About II o'clock, the sentry, while at the south
east end corner of the Incosurc near the ruins of
| the building burned down by the rioters some few
weeks since observed "a body of men approaching
the grounds from the direction of the candle fac
tory, situated on the road south of Seguines Point
| They numbered about thirty. The sentry immc-
| diately hailed them and demanded to know who
| they We're. They replied 'tricuS." He next
asked them their business. and they replied that
they had come to clear the police of the place
| The sentry told them they could pass no further
! In the meantime Capt. Wallng's men prepared
for the attack. and portion of their number passed
! into the ncl"surc to resist any attack which might
be made there. The men about the hunk-house re-
turned the attack of the party occupying the cellar
| and for several minutes brisk fire kept up
| The distance between the two parties-5O0 feet
was too great TO enable either to take effective aim
| in the night time and our reporter unable to
learn positively whether any were killed or wound
| ed. None of the police, however. were wounded,
| except Mr.. Seaman But while this skirmsh was
| going on. a diversion had been made by a much
| larger party Of the assailants, numbering near a
hundred, on the west side of the ground.
The property is inclosed by close fence made of
upright boards about fifteen feet high With axes
and crowbars. they soon tore off four five of the
boards; hut anticipating movement of this kind
to capture and set fire to the three buildings within
the enclosure, Capt. WallinS ready with por-
ton OF his force within, and they had no sooner
effected an entrance than they werenet with fire
of Minnie mnskets. The fire returned and the
| fighting continued for several minutes, seeing,
however that their succession taking the place was
not probable, they retrcatcd from the breach made
and ran down the road whence they had come: they
were Joined there by III" party who had occupied
the cellar wall
At a short distance below the southsiie of the
enclosure, they halted and opened u fire upon the
clubhouse, which was within range This was re-
turned hy the police, aud was continued for ten
minutes hy both parties. when the assaants IT,
tired. The bunkhousc is a cheap structure. made
OF rough boards. for III" accumulation of the men
It's southsc often struck hv the balls from the
guns "l The attacking party, of which were au
ounce IN weight. Several bullets which had gone
through the sides ri the house. were found on the
moor after the engagement was over
LNEoF PtckErs.--Thc members of the Merchants.
Exchange. Norfolk, Va, were to hold a meeting
yesterday with reference Ia establishing line Of
packets between tina city and Lynchhure via the
James River and Kauawha Canal
Gen Mica Brook of New York, member of the
18th Congress, died on the It'll inst.
There were ia deaths in Baltimore last week q
from consumption.
There are III hotels and 203 restaurants in Phil.
adelpha. MT
Judge 7. }. Smith, formerly of New York, bur
lately of California died in New York Monday even
ing.
X. kidder Meade, OF Va, il is stated will he an
pointed minister To Brazil.
Alfred GcorSe Rolfe OF Virginia obtained a diplo-
ma from the College of Surgeons, London. on the
10th of June.
The Land sales by the Illinois Central Compapy
the first week in July amounted to sl2I. ole. Thus
far or the year 1851 the sales foot up S2T95, J52
Armies of the chinch bug. il is said, are now Ia
he seen in spottsylvania carrying devastation with
their visit
Rev. Paul Trapirr, of Charleston, :. c. preached
in Lynchburg, Va, sunday.
Jas. Cleland has been appointed superiptende,,
OF the gas works at Lynchburg
There are 80 visitors at the t:reepbri.r ,ys !
White sulphur Springs. ''
The Supreme Court of Appeals, for Western yir- |
gina, assembled in Lewisburg on the 10th inst
Henry iayy. Of Charles county. Nd, was oeci- |
dentaiN drowned At Alexandria Saturday uieIt |
ii. 81 Tonnoi ii King George eountv Y, la,
two iine horses klsl whilst standing near ,hr /
door OF his re'ldeneel by stroke Of lightning. du
ring one Of the thunder storms last week