Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-06-12


deep diShOnOr that bear upon Us uiths5s 70,
reasen- We would stand up 20 the last Of o.
oiooa ara our breath % defend our city again
any unjust impulstions. But the ruth is o5su.
PAPsoie-plain IS noon day, hat scores OF N,
r. steePedin crime psfade our streets 81 broad a.,
iightI laughing al law end setting ou- tribrn.Y-
utter Sehsnee. Men whose hands are red vi(h n
blood murder, elbow Us on the street CONE
hsunt he badges Of ofice in our fssss tb,t
{ By deed sud Wsrd boast Of thsir former ross.Ii.-
sld strut proudly under the load Of infsuy ~
bear The sight Of honest men IS ofendsi 49,
q day vita asssssin5 who should have sauny an ~
S1lioEs lens ags OF have besn consigned 60 thg EEL
: e psniiOntiarY.
Nesd We reeapiplaie ths long black T-i ,
eflmes-uDpunished erimes-,hat have been osr-
Hiiitsd during ths past three or four yss,s3 Me-
Hsopea the grave 70 point 70 the Vierins Of Al
sassinaiiou Need We bid The tears ar - -
aFen q msrdersd citizens 70 start anew We,
re revive the memory Of the days when bruta
bqody terror dourished over as gt,Il -. - ~
FoliOF the honorable men 0fhirh stqndfng -
been assaulted While in ths act Of EXERCISING ~.
aga and sacred right Of suffrazs 2 Our r.Sf.--
Hoaia not thank us for drawing again in detail ri,
ianineolei oiooay record Of crime in n o. W,
shos u = tresh N their memory. We know TIA.
the fanac yells Of rascal mobs ain sba 4, 49,
ears. We know that they have not f,rgotfe, ~
murders Of s., '56 and 81. We ara 49, 49,
they Know u person, or b. name ths yiIiirss 49,
have robbed beaten, assaulted, o. murdered ~
ciiizens Of New Orleans They know By whom.
Ehe1s and ZOE what the reign o. Thug terror Vas
established They know lis origin thew knor ~
cause, they know is abstt5rs and its chief sssrs
But an Efforts 10 punish ageh crimes have hersto-
fore been thEarled. Association, cunning. frand
terror, PartisaDsh.p, private pledges or sonethip1
else has always iaterp0sed to shelter gsounrsls fo
! the asVugiug hand Of the law
How long must cur fair citv eonfipus a, ,-o.-
I under this load Of unpunishsd erimsf Ia a Pene-
'ltion ola these outrages to be Invited By rem
sai TO Puaifh well knoEn assassinsG We bavs
zEeh fsith IN reaction. The cup il 50 often fiI.s
! % the brim before i - dashed aside. There Il =
! time when forbears7ce ceases % be virtue vbs1
will hat tine come fsr tie citizens OF New lsan5
The skirts Of The metropolis Of the South aud tks
l Qreen Of the Mississippi Valley are red yifb ~
blood Of iSeir children; Wben will sbe vin5i.ats
her fair mans BY dealing just punishment q The
guilty'.
How TH- AssAssTSs WEST TO WORK.
Tbs above extracts show the state on Affairs in
years past, and ths suBjOinsd win inform the IN
prsjudieed reader nov the assassiBs went 10 work
IS IN past years, By violence aud murder to intii
date the Weak snd Ha7eTing from going to the pOIs
Il vas these deeds o. wrong and this reign Of tsror
which tae rufians inaugurstsds that forced The
organization o tie Yigilanes Committee:
ITsOu the True Delta of THURSDAY, jane al
AssAslIEs al HoRK--From the following record
IL would appear tast the work % Thugzsry sonmsu-
csd isst Dignt Aslesmb0st man, named Jno Cssev
VINO mas borne the eaaFaotef Of being incfen.
sIVs and hard-WUrking man, was murdered about T.,
o'clock last night, in the yard adjoining ths room
where be must have been asleep when ne assessin1
stole on him, dragged him out and thsa foullv stab
bed him to death. Casey lived in The rear part Of
one Of those small dwelling houses on Girod street
between Magazine snd TchOupitOulss streets
About midnight, u appears from che statements
Of the persons living in other parts OF The buiLiD
sangof i've rufians entered the place. bringing
with them light, and oil armed with bagio-kaiy
and rsvolvers. They vent through the frort part
Of the housa, iheR Eent back, remained few min
utess and then left hastily The persons who sscDsd
molestatiOn, jodgng hat mischief had been done.
went owners Casey was known to be- and found
him lying in the yard O0versl With blood and breath
ing his last He had o5iy life enough left % bov
for glass Of wafer, almost Immediately after which
ne expired. lie hsd three stab wounds in thersgOn
Of the left eye, and ghasily wound had been indie
ted in the lower part Of the back. The deceased
appeared TO be about thirty-6Ve Yeas Of age. ana
had just returned from trip 70 Mobile.
A nan nsmei Michael zach, while passing along
the uppe- side Of Triton n-lk 10 The neipab9rhoad
OF Dryades ssIes5 vas assaulted By four Thuggsrs,
who sluDg shotled and stabbed him. The sung.
shot wound was over lie reht eye and the otnorin
the rlght side Of the back, near the nip. rs fell
probsbly considered desd by his would be asssssins
lnd remained there until found BY a furniture ear
driver q an early hQuT this morning He is not
dangerously injured.
About one o'clock last plight two Young men.
JrothCrs named Doyle, living on Del0rd street near
he lsTee, were attacked by party Of fellows who
lung shotted them, though fortunately not in =
dangerous manner. They had their Wounds dressed
u the Charity Hospital, but did not rgm4in here
they stated Of the Hospital thai gang OF eight man
tRrpd their houan and taHf
.rds also struck their father and mother
MoRE OF Ir.-Besides the murderous dcinzs On
tuesday night coffee house os the corner Of Bar.
aeks street and the leEse vas entered By gsng Of
oEdies who maniuily discharged their pistols broke
Iome OF the furniture, and, one Of them usinR a
ratchet, wounded severe a man named Rl6srt
lucas, who happened 70 be there when he brave
slloWs commenced their one sided acts Of yiolanee
lucas, we learn, had one Of bis ears ehopped Of
md vas othsrsise badly Injured. Not one q tue
IS Iilants was killed.
TIE OLD SrORT, ALAs.-Tbe near approach Of
Re municipal election, we regret to say appears to
,e the signal for murderous 0utrages and not for
ne ilrst time IN the history OF city. The fol-
owing Is q record, 50 far IS We have heard Of the
murder aud assassin-infention acts bst took rlaos
light before last.
About ten o'clock laborinR nan named Michael
lynch, while passing along Triton Walk was sssail-
d ~ four rutians Who stood At bar room. One
y LAem atrucA nm WIN q sung-shOt over the eve.
is eudeavorsd 70 eseaPs, but knife wound in The
over part Of The back brought him 10 the ground
where he lay until next morning. where he was tEksn
o The Charity Hospital
About the sane time gang entered O bar-room
It the corner Of Barracks and Lsvee Sta tired shots
)roke furniture, and badly wounded q man named
Robert Lucas, who attacked By one OF the crowd
7ith Ratchet, ald, among other injuries, had enc
4 his ears chopped OF.
at midnight q horrible murdsrWas perpetrated in
he yard Of shanty on Gsrod street, between
aud Magazine. Five fellows with
Knives and reVolyers in their hands and carrying
light, entered the place, ahd through ihs front
)Ortioa and then 70 The back pert, where they re-
naloei few minutes and hurriedy left. The per-
ons in the front room thinking injury had been
lone went to see. In the yard they found nan
.amed John Casey lying in dying condition. The
My hing he could say before he expired was 70
* Tor : glass Of water. Two or Ihres slabs were
bout the eye, end desperate one in iho lower part
4 the back. Casey WAS 3 steambost hand, and was
steemed very qaet ran.
About an hour alter the Fsrpeiralioa Of the shove
NO brothers, named Doyle, residing on Dslord
treef near The Levee, were attacked by another
,sng, who entered their houses and slug shotted
hem. No arrests have been made.-K D. Com.
3slgstfl. 2TS.
The FieayuHs True DIE, and Crescent all sgres,
n subsista1cs, Sith Tao a0oVe.
WHO CAN BEAT 1T!
w Mill for l. j. Relus and Willan 3lcCeIIaad, near
jiarsTloi tsnuesoei tht cuts twenty tJnd e Lunlrs