The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-11-02

wards the. streets were filed with strangers
OF the worst character. Ever since the |
publication OF the alleged Garfield letter
violent partsaus have striyen to make an
issue OF the Chinese question. Saturday
night the Democrats bad procession. car |
rying trans parencies with inscriptions
and cartoons tending 20 excite ami |
mostly against the Chinese. A con-
siderable portion became intoxicated,
and remained out all night. This noon
they made an assault upon the Chinese
houses, tearing down the houses and beat
ing and driving out the Chinese. One was
dragged from Hop Lees place with rope
about his neck aud his skull crushed in with
boots and bricks. The police were called
ont, but were unable to control the mob.
The Fire Department was ordered to throw
water on the rioters, but the mob attacked
them and badly wounded two fremen.
Many Cinnamon were iearfulIy beaten; one
was rescued by the police and taken 10 Jail,
which was Immediately surrounded by a
mob OF about 1000, who hurrahed and
yelled q" Lynch the Ieper." Special police
managed to keep back the crowd. The
other mob remained intact in the lower
part Of the city. About dark they were
entirely beyond control, and marched
from street 10 street, quitting Chi
nese houses wherever they Jaw them and
assaultDg citizens. On Lawrence street,
from an isolated tenement, Chinaman was
dragged, his ears were cut off, and he was
otherwise terribly mutilated. He was finally
rescued, IN dying condition, placed in a
carriage, and driven towards the city Jail.
At Sixteenth street an unsuccessful effort
was made to drag him from the wagon.
Several are reported killed. but the condi.
ton OF the streets is such that it is impOssi
bic at this hour TO get definite report.
Many colored men were Knocked down and
beaten. At this hour the rioters are still
on the streets in full force. Special police
have been sworn in 10 the number Of
300 There is great deal OF incen-
diarism tonight, and the Fire Department
has been called TO be ready at the slightest
warning. Reports OF pistols are heard all
over town, and the militia will be called
out. Threats have been freely made that the
| Tribune office would be sacked. but, though
the mob here has been bowling across
the street from it, no attack has been made
as vet. Citizens, irrespective Of party, are
intensely Indignant. There is dangerous
night ahead. The Chinese population here
cannot exceed one hundred and fifty, all
told, and from the beginning OF this dis
graceful riot not single incident is report
ed OF any one Of them having resisted the
onslaught.
DENVER, November 1-11:30 A. MAJ
this time every thing is quiet-the mob hay-
Ing dispersed-but a large police force is
patrolllng The streets, and the militia are
ready for action at a moments notice. All
the saloons are closed, with orders TO re-
main so until after the election. The riot
ers Quilted every house in the town, with
two or three exceptions. OBe Chinaman
was hanged over his front door and several
were badly beaten and wounded with stones
and other missiles. In nearly every instance
the police rescued the Cinnamon through
The back doors while the mob was forcing
the front doors. Four or five rioters were
slightly wounded and one seriously, he
having been shot in the right side.
THE DENVER (COLORADO) MOB CHECKED.
DENVER, November 1.-The active re-
sponse OF the citizens TO The call Of the au-
thorities has eflectualy checked the mob.
Early this morning a squad OF miscrCants
raised q disturbance near the post office,
but within ten minutes nearly 1000 cli.
Zens, all armed, were on the ground, and
all the rioters at that point were arrested
and sent to Jail. Between two hundred and
three hundred arrests have been made. The
city is now considered absolutely secure
against any revival Of mob rule. The in.
dignatiOn among all classes is intense and
earnest. Should lawlessness again show
Itself it will be checked by the sternest and
most convincing means employed in such
IemergencIes.
a Republican Yarn.
NEW ORLEANS, November IA dispatch
has been received from jackson, Miss,
signed by s. j. Estele and X. &. Kerr,
stating that they left Jackson on the Goth to
distribute Republican election tickets and
10 show that DcasOn was the proper candi.
date for Congress. On the Both they reached
Dry Grove, and on leaving for Terry they
were overtaken by mob OF nine armed
men, who stated that they had been APP
pointed 10 escort Estele and Kerr and see
that they made no Radical speeches or dis
trbuted any tickets. They were escorted
| TO a train and required to return 10 Jackson.
| 1NOte.-These parties are not known here,
and there is 10 way OF verifying the report
| tonight
a Republican SherjH's Partisan Ac-
ton NuIiiGed.
CHICAGO. November Last week Judge
Rogers DemOcrat), of the Superior Court,
issued an order empowering the sheriff to
appoint three hundred deputy sheriif- to
assist in preserving the peace at the polls
| on eIectiOn-day (O-mOrrow), upon the I'M
| der,tanding that one bali Of The number
should be selected from each party. She
| riff Hoffman (Repubican) selected the three
| hundred depBties. but confined his appoint
ments entirely to Republicans. This MORN
ipe Judge Moran (Dem0crM), Of the Supe-
riOr Court, granted IN order yacltlng Judge
RogerS's order III on the ground that the
conditions upon which 1t was granted had
not been fulfilled.
A Long Distance walker ut Govern
or's Island.
GOVERNORS ISLAND, y. Y, November |.
Captain John ID. Bursb, formerly OF The
Eighth New Jersey regiment, Company Z,
who started on the Goth OF September from
Chicago to walk to Governors Island, ar
rived this morning. lie presented an adj
dress from the Hancock veterans OF Chicago.
He was introduced TO General Hancock,
who received him with a cordial and hearty
welcome, and gave orders that he should be
well taken care Of during his temporary
stay on the island.
Revision OF the Bible.
NEW YORK, November 1.-The American
Bible Revision Committee have completed
The revision OF the English version OF the
New Testament, and transmitted the result
of their labors to England. The British
committee will meet in November for tiDal
action, and the University presses OF OXFORD
and Cambridge are expected to issue the re-
yised New Testament in February, 1881.
The Old Testament will be published TWO