BY D. A. dr. C. H. BUEHLER VOLUME XXVII The Mem Is emu o bit th 9 better For his richin l / 2 golden gains, For his Items and his palace? ' If his inmost heart is callous, Is a mut a bit the better? . And if a man's no.bit the better, Fer his coffers and his mines, , For his "purple and fine linen ," • .Forhis vineyard and his vines I .. • • Why do thousands bow the knoo And cringe in niettn servility, • If a Mated no bit the better ? Is a man a bit the worse Fur a lowly dress of rugs? Though he owns no lordly rental, he. heart is kind and gentle, Is a MUM a bit the worse ? And if a man's no bit do worse For a poor aunt lonely stand, For an ever empty pocket, And a brainy working handl - Why do thousands pass him by • With '&'cold and scornful eye, If a mates no 4t hit the worse? The Lord's Prayer. A friend tells us au anecdote of Booth, the groat tragedian, which We i do not re- collect hiving seen in print. It occurred in the palely days of his fitme, before the Sparkle of his great black eye had been • dimmed by that bane of Genius. Strong drink. 'Boat and several friends had been Invited to dine with an old gentleman in Baltimore of distinguished kindess, ur hanity, anti piety. Thu . host, though dis approving of theatres and theatre-going, bad heard so much of 139i:orb's remarkable powers. that curiosity to see the man had, °in this iustauce, overcome all 116 scruples and prejudice. After the entertaiument was over, lamps lighted, aud the company resieated in the drawing room, sonic one requemted Booth as a particular favor, aud Aauu witioli all present would deuhtless ap preeiate, to read alquil the Lord's prayer. Booth expressed his willingness to afford them this gratification, and all eyes were _lamed expectantly upon hint. Booth rose slowly and reverently from his ,chair. It was•wouderful to watch the play' ote:no- Siustkihat convulsed his countenance.— Ho became deathly pale, and his eyes, turn ed tremblingly upwards; were wet with ice& - As yet he had not spoken: The silence could be t felt. It became absolute. ly . yainful, until at last - the spell was bro.. *An as by au electric - stroke as his rich toned voice, from white lips syllabled forth, 44 0 a r Fat Ile •Wite art in - Heaven." Ste.. 'strike. pathos and fervid solemnity that thrilled all hearts. lie had finished. The silence confirmed. Not a VOiCe was heard or it muscle moved 'in his rapt audience, until fruits aut ,roo . te corner of the room a subdued sob was heard, and the eld gen • tlemun their_ hest', st e ppodi re less;,i-srf fl streaming eyes and tottering frame and seated Booth by the hand. "Sir:" said he, in broken ascents. ..you have afforded we a pleasure for which my whole future life wilt feel grateful. I ant an old man, and every day, from boyhood to the present sloe, I thought I had repeated the Lord's ''Prayer, but I have never hoard it before, setter." "Yon are right." replied Booth, "to read that prayer as it should bo read, 'has oust mite the severest study and labor for thirty years, and I am far from being yet ..satisfied with my rendering of that avonderful productiatt. Hardly one per sett nn ten thousand comprehends how touch beauty, tenderness and grandeur ow he condensed in a space. so small and - words so simple. That prayer of itself suffitiiently illustrates the truth of the Bi .ble‘.and stamps upon it the seal of Diehl- So great was the effect produced (says our informant, who was present,) that the ,conversation was sustained but a short time longer in subdued monosyllables, and almost entirely ceased ; and soon after, at an early hour, the company broke up, and retired to their several homes with sad fa- Sees and full hearts—Garage Trib. A "STAANUE" PRE&CLIER.-1-lis name eras strange. Many will think his con duct was strange also. Ho was a zealous preacher and a sweet singer. Nothing gave him 60 much plessure as to go about 'die country preaching and singing. A be tters:dant gentleman, well o ff in worldly gear, desiring to make him and his family comfortable in their declining years, gene ration presented him a title-deed for three • hundred and twenty acres of land. Strange accepted the -donation with thankfulness, Autd went ou his way, preaching and sing akke Wont., But after a few months be returned, and , requested his generous friend to take the title deed. Surprised 'at the request, the gentleman inquired— "ls there any flaw in it I" "Not the slightest." "lottot the land good 1" • <Wird rate." "Isn't it healthy •• "None more so." "Why, then, do you wish mo to take it back. it will bo.a comfortable home for ,yon whim you grow old, and something „fa your wife and children, if you should be takan away." "Why • I'll tell you. Ever since I've ''lost my enjoyment in singing. I can't ' - oilog my favorite hymn with a good con ' *Annie illy longer.' ."What is ituit - • • ' I No foot Of hind do I possess, No cottage the wilderness, b. poor wayfaring MAN I dw.ell Awhile in tents below ' • , .Or gladly wander to and fro, Till r may Colman gain. • Yonder's my hottie and portion fair, My treasure and my heart are there, ..A.nd my abiding home l' ' . lhere,' said Strange. "I'd rathor ,aing, that hymn than own America.-- truist the Lord to take care of my litre and children." .. . ' Ho' continued singing and preaching,' and ~pproebliing and singing; and the Lord did • Ski( care of him, aud' his children after him. tul office holder ohap being asked how 'ho contrived to held his plaoo •under sito• • mate administrations, replied, "that tho `y'l4llostvitiOn mast bo smart' w hick could `ikdongolofemor dap ho could," Our Sesinom We need no text. from Holy ,Writ.— Tho fall of a young men, in'this oity, from , a position in which he was respectable, and where he might have been useful to him ?elf and seeiety —his fall to the level of thieves and felon's, in a single day—is a circumstance that carries with it a lesson that all young ern who depondupon their daily toil for their daily bread, should al low to sinlt'det4 their hearts. It is a sad case — a mo an ful commentary on the tastes, passionsp3nd temptations of the times—but it is yrittlatett ; it is one of hundreds that are yearly developed aston ishing the employers and weakening con fidence in the employed. Denuiston was a fast young man, on a salary of five hundred dollars per annum in ono of the. most expensive cities - in A merica. He had a love far fast horses, a passion'for fast men, and an appetite for faster women. His uneducated sense saw in thealuremeut of dissipation, the gaudy niceties of dress, and the vain frippperies of fashion, the chief end and aim of To him theeglitter of a diamond was more attractivir than the steady glow of any manly. virtue—the smile of a wanton more °tieing than the modest blush of the Tairesf, woman. To succeed in..conquests" where success is au every day oocurrenee, to shine iu the gambling room as a cool but desperate player, to be learned in the language of the turf and the slang of bul lies, to ho distinguished for the style and cost of his garments and for the amount anti expensiveness of his jewelry, were the =objects of his ambition—the bitter aprles, fair to the eye but filled with ashes within, for which he bartered away his honor, hs reputation, his self-respect, forever. For these he has made himself a thief, and put a brand upon his brow that neither time nor tears can wash away. How much of his crime is due to bad training at home, how much to look of moral culture in later pats, how much to sudden temptation exercised upon , a weak and yielding purpOse, how much to the influence of bad companions whose language and example have debauehed his sense of right and wrong, we will not stop' to inqufro. lie is past. Our - serition is to those who are in the path in which he has trodi though they may not yet have arrived at the goal where he has brought- . up... Young men ! fast. horses and fast women are not the objectglor which good men live. The out of the garnient and the quality of the cloth are matters infi nitely beneath the mental cultivation and the moral advancement that strengthen an honest and pious purpose. The sparkle of a jewel will not blind the eyes to the un sightliness of a. soiled reputation. The nrabw.. of ,bad mola r s/mach !1.4 . ..0y-„ditis9, in borrowed - Plumes and swagger in a self satisfied air, is a pour exchange; for. the good opinion and confidence of honest cit izens. The revel at night, though the sung may be loud and the wine of the brightest, is a pitiful compensation for the loss of the serenity of mind and perfect health that temperance gives. The end of a career which vice and appetite have guided, though it may not be a prison, is always mournful to him who pursues it, when he looks back and sees what chances of happiness, wisdom and virtue he has gambled away. The error is in the false estimate placed upon the objects of life. , There is but one happiness—being good yourself; there is but one luxury—doing good unto others ! Remember Denniston.--Chicagti 'tri bune, July 2. A SUBSTITUTE FOR SILVER.7 f rA won derful discovery is announced as having been made recently by a French chemist, DEvrmE,—to wit, a now, easy and cheap method of separating aluminum, the ruetalieliase of common clay, from the other constituents. This metal rivals in beauty pure silver and surpasses it in du rability. Hitherto it has existed only in small quantities, ,and has been esteemed rather as a curiosity; the price in FlllnCe, a short time since, being about the rate of gold ! Bit by Mr. D.'s improved, method it can be now produced in masses sufficient and cheap enough to replace copper, and oven iron in many respects, and thus place the •'now silver" in such common use as to suit the means of the poorest persons. RECIPE FOR TOMATO nos.—Pour boiling water over the tomatoes in ordor to remove the skins; then 'weigh them, and place in a atone jar with the same amount of sugar as tomatoes. Let them stand two days, and then pour off the syrup and boil and skim it until no scum rises; pour this syrup over the tomatoes and let them stand two days us before; than boil and skim again ; after the third time they are fit to dry, if weather is good, if not lot them stand in the syrup until drying weather.; then plow on largo earthen dishes or platea, and put them in the sun to dry, which will take about a week; after which pack them down in small wooden boxes, with fine white sugar between each layer. few apples cut up and boiled in the re: minder of tho syrup makes a very nice r, PRESERVXNu urBEEN COLOR IN VEGE• TABLES 'WHILE COOKINO.-It 19 recom mended to add a small quartity " of soda to the water in which the ..greena, Ste., are being cooked, to preserve their beautiful green color—say an even teaspoonful', or loss to two qiiarts of inter. It appears reasonable that this result should he pro duced, since the alkali, (soda) will lieu trolls() any vegetable acid present which would redden the green color. As the soda 'would remain iu tho liquor, and this is thrown away, no harm can result from its use.--.atnerscan There is more tine Roetry, says a eon. temporary, in the following stanza, front a little poem published at the thuo, on the death of Webster, than ono often finds in "riving rhymes! Tiona' 'Moro - ambitions hands : How well ho fell asleep l• Likosorno proud river widening towards those% CAlutly, mid ruadly, sileudv and deep, • Lgh,prukeil uteruity. • GETTYSBURG, FL., FRIBA! EVENING, AilllGUSi 31,1856. Truth about' Death. The common mode of diacusting thisenb- Jew, so interesting to every one of us. is so stilted over our heads, that we 'are glad to hear Common Sense 'have his say a bout it. Thus sensibly end wisely writes some, able man in the-English Review : , elt is a great thing, unutterably awful and thrilling—when for •t he first time in Our lilies Death, the Conqueror, makes him self known to'us in all the mystery of his might and inexorableness. . . Every day the newspaper has its obituary ; you are well aware that, fifty peeple d ie minute; you have been in the habit of lo oking up at closed blinds in the street with some 'sort of awe; and hatchments in the great squares have • touched yciu„Might a a baronial ruin ; a newly made gravnitas not been without a voice and a moral ; fu nerals. have intercepted 'l'.‘yotit path in'the' thorough:fares ; • people' have died next door to you—but even death next door is death Ear off—a vague, distant terror, and not a darkly. awful presence, Stand, with sulipended respiration and fevered, temples,' stand under the very dropping of his wings. **Abe inexorable stoops to breath the last- eli II upon the forehead of some beloved4ne ; feel that the solemn shadow ' in whielf you stand is deepening and deep ening ; kneel when the silver cord is snap ped, kneel by the pale corpse in the hush of an hour ,before dawn, when no sounds, are to be heard but the sobs of passionate mourning and the ticking of a clock— and say to God the “never more” of a be: reavcd heart—the “Help Lord or 1 per ish I" of a soul that has come into the . deep waters. So stand, so kneel, so cry', unto the Lord of Life, and you will4,know I what death is, and what colestial — hope may rise at last, luminous and large, out of the blackness of horror* that word— diad ! A simple child, (says Wordsworth, ) a simple child That lightly draws it breath, And feels its life in every limb, What should it knew of death ? And it is beautifully said. But I . was long, very long, past the ago of childhood, before I . could bring myself to believe in 'ying. To this May, lean with difficulty, only, and by a direct mental effort, con- Ceive, even alone dangerously sick, as dy ing—dead ! So completely does actual, present life, even when faint and tteri keep its negation out of my si ght. Tha the beautiful wide% - lights up the eye and glows in the touch, should ever go out ! To die I , To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot I This sensible, warm motion tet_bucotne--- jiltitiiti"fi the stars to keep step along the sky.; and the south wind to ripple the rivers' and stir the leaves of the trees, and the little children to prattle and play and the mill ion-fold hum of life to wake anew every morning, and the round, impassive hea ven to be as blue as ever-0 I it is strange, and was once stranger still to me l" [lVom the National liddligeneer now best to Preserve the teeth. It is probable that no department of the healing art is subjected to more frequent abuse than that relating to the treatment of the teeth, and all intelligent persons should ken's that no practicer of that specialty can be safely trusted whose character and professions I a landing are unknown to them. I would call attention to the, subject be cause of having heard of recent abuses practised in this city. The teetlr should never be cleaned by other than mechanical means. Any chemical agent that will act upon the tartar on the teeth will act upon and destroy the enamel of the teeth also. Hence, although the teeth may be made to look very white in a minute or two by the use of acid, they soon bb. come darker than ever, to whitened . ho more, and early decay and pain are sure to follow. In cleaning the teeth by mechan ical means the only caution to be observed is that they' should not be broken nor scratched, and that the tartar should be so perloctly removed that a smooth surface shall be left, Is upon a rough surface there is sure to be a fresh accumulatiou .of tar tar. To have this done properly it is necessary to obtain the aid of,a praatised hand, appropriate instruments. 'Co keep the teeth clean, when once made so, a lull soft break should be applied in a rotary manner at least once a day, with water not very cold. As often as once a week pre pared chalk may be used for' a dentrifice. When more than 'this is needed it is best to obtain the assistance of •the dentist.— Chercoal, poultice atone, &c., wear' away the teeth ,too severely, and, indestructible as the 6i:it-panted is. it insinuates. itself between the gum and the.fteck of the tooth, which litter, not being, covered over with enamel, soon decays when thus.exposed. Filling and filing teeth aro operations which no oue but an educated dentist should at tempt ; nor will a prudent person ever have a tooth drawn by any oilier hand if a dentist is near. If one ,i 5 not, :then let a handy person, haring fire( cut the gum, well ,frOut the neck, embrace the moth as near the rota ',as' possible with a' pair of forceps, and extract the tooth just as he woad extracts nail from a piece ot:furni tore he would not. like . to injure, For such a class , of teeth there is a peculiar motion in drawing; but these none but a dentist will be' likely to remember. 'To relieve au aching tooth apply a drop or two of, any essential oil or laudanum,.if you can get it into the cavity, or a ,single drop of creosote, not around the tooth, but its the cavity; and having done so close up tho cavity, first with a little cotton and then with a little beeswax.' 'The repeated appended of - sdch a rem. etly will sometimes destroy, the scusatialt of the tooth, btit more powerful agents for this purpose should be applied by the dentist alone. Even these are sometimes injurious, to -the -mouth when carelessly applied. Above all, however, never trust your teeth (injury to which can , ewer : he repaired) to any person in whose *aerial integrity, and olftessioaal skill you have not entire confidence. . 14 FEARI,i0313 AND FREE." [Rim thelVelo'York 2Vibune Police Court A REMARKABLE INSTANCE OP FURRINER The ease of Timothy O'Neil occupied the attention of the court for over half an hour, owing to the 'difficulty which the court experienced in getting him to make direct responses to his questions. 'Timothy appeared in a 'grey dress-coat —diet is to say, it was high in the waist, with short and'poio ed tail, a feature of. produced...by tellers than by literary men of the present Lay. . .. Timothy's vest was red ; hitknee ! hretehes were made of corduroy..BOltivs:thetu were long claim g i stockings andr brogue'. ' . •• • The evidence we in show that Tinto thy had been fours drunk .in the street, but he was.not cote Onicative on the sub jeet. He did not I - the officer a liar of--• ter lie had heard 'li l id= give' his evidenie, nor tell the Jul/ :••he was an "owld fief." He said nediffig 'until ha was ask, ed. to take the uslial. oath. The Judge said : "Mr. O'Neil pot your hand on the . "book." Mr. &Neil complied cautitrus ly. fearing the resdltiQf . his act. . When the words - of the oath were uttered ho made the sign of . ihikeross, and after be ing requested by the Court kissed the Bible. The Clerk—What'a.yeur name ? Prisoner—The same as ins fatifer's. "What wattbis nitrite ?" "The same as Atte." "Tell me your mane or you shall be locked up." .'l. "Timothy." . '• "And what else ?" • "1 havn't any middle - rwme." . "I mean your last name." • "O'Neil." "How long have you Isienin the city." "Since I come ; to the counthry." "How long •is that?" Pat Hooligan -canftell you bettor nor I can." s' • , , 1,,,: , . "What month wits it ?" • ~..,V. Trio first Sundaynn :Lint." , .:`Where tIAY OI %- I • O4 Y t. • ' "W id Biddy and ; tt chillier," "Where d 6 they It e,?"' "'rho second Iliffir; aek room, :64 luck to the bugs that's its k-i 7 "• -' - • " • "I mean w 4 hat stre "." : : . . "Mike Hennessey' store is on the first fle9r." . ' . '.'- . ' r • - - , ...„, "Ni me whaistr "Who the divil ea hangtri' - • - the - .• : ,mtmes streets so much:l": "What was the •Str name was elianged,?! "Anthony - et ktfiey , _ name now." .• •‘-;,••'••- ',:, -- T - r• -- ...•;- _ . ......"putt.„1N! • IsV 7 ' mean Ar ). .1- ...PARe:OrYFfe ' :. •i•fIlif1014 4 - .YSg. " Witereabetits in erth e 1.?" "Three doers frinii• the coiner." '' .VVhat corner ?" "The corner of the street." - "What street ?" "The street three doois above." "Well what is its name ?" "Bad luck to you, Why didn't ye ax me that before ?" "Well, tell me the name." "Faith and I don't knOw. myself. It's an alley." . '"Well, what's the nurtiber,of the house.' "The number on thedUor do you mane." "Certainly." ' "There isn't anny." "What is your trade ?" "Me father never 'prenticed me." "I mean what do you work at ?" "I don't do any work." "Why ?" , . "Because you've got,rne locked up in prison." "Will you . tell me what you work at when out of prison ?" "I'm a laborite man. Sir." ."At what were you employed ?" "Haird work." • • - "What kind of workr. "In the shores." (sewers)" . "You are charged with being drunk." "Dhrunk, is it. Faith, I never was more sober hi my life than lam at this minute." ' t the hottee ie on ?" tell whin they are of the blaokgulird of called before the ill it by another "That may be but here are a half-do zen men . who are ready to swear that they saw you drunk yesterday." "Ay it coines to that, can't I hring twists as many who will swear that they didn't see me dhrunk • yesterday - ' "What kind of liquor did you drink I" "Mighty bild liquor, and ye'd say the same av ye was to thry it." "Was it :vault or spirituous liguor "It was nayther ; it was whiskey." "Where did you purchase it PI "At the Dutchinates." "Where is his store V' " , On the corner." "What corner I', "Fhe corner nearest to 'where they're buildin' the 'shore." "Where is";that I" "Pliere I was a workinV! ' • The Court-:- What was doing when you found him ? Officer—He Was lying very drunk in a hole which he had been digging. Prisoner—lie 'me cowl yea wrong for wonst: I didn't dig thy howl, l dug the dirt out and left the howl. .; ••Were you ever up - ,before the Court before t 4 • nee behind wither ; when 1 want to bo again, shall to yer honor and let ye know it." "!•111 let you off this time..will you keep sober. t" • < - •'Faith I will. unties the Dutehmin kape betther liquor nor they do uow." ~Y ou way go." "Thank ye, Sir—ye re a &Homan ay there iver was wan. ' Mr. 'llipothy O'Neil left the court• . Hums. Bit's.--A word 'about beds.— We think husk beds tin. preferable to straii, or auy kind of mattrass we have yet ,tried; take the , thip,..inside busks, without slitting them Goo, tia.somoslo,nuil they retain their elastioity and durability much longer, two . very easily , kept level, and aro free from any disagreeable odor in the warmest. weather wo 11414 k. them . per-exixillent - Ohio Amer.* CIE LOUISVILLE RIOTS. Tho Maskacre of the Amorlcaur Pro-determined [Alm th.e Zotaxvilk Journiel of Aug.l4. TILE RIOTEI-CONOLUDINO TESTIMONY. —We publish today a number of affida vits of respectable citizens iu relation to the riots in the First Ward. From all the evidence that has been ad duced in relation to these riots,. evidence not based upon street rumors and irre sponsible declarations, but submtantiated by the oaths of responsible and reliable mon mid Women, who were eye•witnesses, our readers will bo convinced that all the stateinonts which wo have . hitherto - made upon this subject were literally and en tirely true. In all our representations of these lamentable tragedies we have. on deavorod to do equal justice to all eon , corned. We have carefully excluded from our columns ovary,statement Odell we were uut•satisfied ceuld be, proved to bo true. Wa have refused to publish any mere rumors of any ony description, and have required the most complete substantiation for every sentence wo have given to the public upon this Subject. In preparing the affidavits to show briw, theau riots originated and Who wore their authors, we have not had an opportunity to seek out witnesses by whom doubtlesa many facts could bo proved of oven great er importance and significance than any we have published ; wo have taken facts only as they were voluntarily furnished us by others. We have`-boon infoimed by reliable gentlemen, and, if necessary, affi davits to the fact can be produced, that, on the_Bunday evening previous to the elec tion, an .Irish servant girl in the employ meet of Yandell, begged the Doctor not to go'down town on the day of the election, telling' him that these would be danger, that, she knew more than he did, .and that she knew more than she dared to ; and also' an. Irish air/ in the em ploy of. Mr. Sintrall, on the Sunday ar ternoon previous to the election, earnestly entreated Mr. -Sim, all and his son not to go into the city on the day of the election, for*-the Irish were armed and intended to firefroM their windowi and kill the nit 'We have also been informed, that (m thifday of the election, about noon, 'MM.- meritian 'on horseback, a particular do. acription of whose person has been given, rode rapidly' froth 'house to house in the neiglitiorhood, where: the , riot in the First Word 14iti co - unoticed and urged the Ger mans that' the time had come to arm them selves and begin' the attack upon the A. We hayu no , doubt, that, when. e “AvADAALtstitowoinam reeoverei — friTtillieif — fright, seine 'start. ring revelations will be wads by them as to the origin and previous planning of these riots, both in the First and Eighth Wards. It will be observed that in both the riots in the First and Eighth Wards the attaok was made by the foreigners upon Ameri can citizens at a time when there was no sign of any disturbance whatever in the neighborhood where the riots began—that the streets were as gullet as upon any or 'dinary occasion—that there were no crowds of persons present—that but fow Aweri cans were in the vicinity, and that the at tacks were made by Germans armed with guns and .pistols and rifles and every de scription of weapons, upon unarmed A mericans, who were quietly passing upon the streets, giving no 'provocation and ex pecting no attack. In the First ward the riots were begun between two and three, o'clock, and bad been entirely suppressed and order and, quiet had been restored, when the Irish in the Eighth commenced firing upon tho Americans. Time was no connection be tween the two riots ; they were entirely distinct and .3 °prate, occurring one and a half miles apart, at different times, and altogether unconnected with and indepen dent of any occurrences at the respective voting-places in those wards. The only coincidence about, theme was in the fact that they were begun by the use of fire-1 arms on the part of foreigners ageinst un armed • native-born citizens. Every cir cumstance that has-been made known with regard to the commencement of these riots tends to prove conclusively thit the for eigners in both the First and Eighth wards were in a state of preparation for these attacks, which must have occupied weeks to effect, while the Anuirinans were total- 1 ty unprepared for and unsuspecting of any such contingencies. In the First ward riots, there are some remarkable features deserving particular notice. There wore some twenty or twen ty-five Atherieuits shot and - wounded by German and Irish- before any violence Was offered to the foreigners. Tho German and Irish were all armed and they oem. menced the attack upon the Americans.al most simultantiouSly at the Brewery upon , Ginn street, and upon Campbell, Clay, Shelby, Hancock; Green, Marshall, and Madison streets. The• Germans were found congregated in a large body at the intersection of:Campbell and Green streets, armed to the'teeth, before 'there was the slightest indication of 'a difficulty .in that portion of the city. - When the Germans were urged by the police officers ,to go quietly home and put away their guns, their-only answer was a volley of bullets, and, ureu,when the Americans had passed the houses.of Germans without attempt ing to offer any violence whatever, the dastardly Germans opened their gates and discharged their guns at the Americans, wounding children who were following.the crowd. The Americans wore shot down, and crippled und maimed by bullets and buck-shot fired from guns in the hands of Germans and Irishmen, while :the for-, eholors, who wore in turn attacked by the Americans, -wore (with we believe only ono exception) beaten with — sticks a 4 stones. [1169:-ThelOutitti here introduces a number of affidavits, all going to show that the out. rage • perpittinted by . tho • Foreign party,was prerarrarkvid and determiued on for daya fore the ;iota oeourred—that thearmimf with zuns, pistols, knives, &c., had been going on for some time--and that during the entire day of election, peaceable American citizens in all parts of tho city, in quietly passing along the streets, were insulted, abused, and attacked, with an evident intention to provoke a riot.— We regretthat we have not room for all these *admits, which conclusively determine the origin of the difficulties and give the lie, to the misrepresentations and ,slander thq anti.] American presses. We select a few of the af fidavits, bearing more immediately upon the commencement of time difficulties in the First and Eighth Wards, which Ind. to the subso• 1 George W. Burge, being. swotn, • says that on Monday, August 0, 1855, about 0 o'clock. A. M., I was quietly walking up Main street, when at thucoruor of Han cock, • by- myself,` an Irishman threw a brick at me and thou ran out Hancock street towards Market eon followed him ; ho kept a long distance ahead of me.; when between JeffersOn and Green streets three Irishmen came out of a house and ono of them said, "there goes a watchman after one of our countrymen," and another spoke and said, "let's kill - him," and the three dame up to mo. I being totally un armed knocked the three down with my first, then almost immediately eleveu more man canto up and ono'struck mo with a brick; they.then caughtque, ono Cut me on the hand with a knife. I also heard ono of them say, "murder him, he's watchman:" They . overpowered. me, cut ting my hand and kioking me on the neck after I was down. I was senseless for three hours and was doubtless left, on the ground for dead, r was perfectly sober all the morning. , • , - ' GEOII.OE W. Bono*: Subscribed and sworn before me, August 1855, , 0. IL SanArros, N. P. Alexander C. Cross states that int Mon day, the oth inst., the day of ,eliatign in Louisville, he was at - the' Second Ward polls, when a bay, say-12 or 14 years old, at about two o'clock,',P. 1114' 'Caine to . hint . And Complained that ho 'had .been badly treated_by n large number of foreigners on drogn street, above Shelby. He-said that he had'started to water his horse, bat had been driven off by 'them. Mr. Edward Williams was, present at.the time 'the boy came to him, and they concluded to 'see Mr. Selvage, who was acting mut 'sheriff-at the Second .ward pblls, and get the Imen ofit of his advice Lefore they took any atop. They saw Mr: Selvage and it was agreed upon pat he should ' go along We went to the plana l pointed out to us by the boy. When we got to a point - at Green street where it is intersected ,by Campbell streei, fOur or five iteuarea 11111 I . ifit4iirar ; voting, number of loreigners, smite with'muskets, some with pistols, some with howieknives, Some with rakes, and others with scythes, which they flourished over their When we got within from 50 to 100 feet from the front of the crowd. Mr. Selvage raised his hands in a suplicating position, rand begged the crowd to desist from any I hostile action. While Selvage was thus engaged anent saw a man en time North west Corner corner of Green and Camp bell pointing a gun' toward Selvage. Ain. ant spoke loudly to Selvage. telling him to "look out." He supposed Selvage had not seen his danger. About the moment he spoke to him the Man shot, the. first gun lie •heard of being shot on that day.-. Selvage ,was shot in the facb, on the breast, and as he staggered, he turned his back on the crowd and was shot in the back, time shot taking effect almost all over,lum. He bled profusely. He states that at the time Selvage was shot Edward Williams was standing within two or three feet of him. Williams turned rapidly around With the intent, as witness supposed, to catch Selvage as he fell. 'This action tur ned Williams around from the crowd, and as lie turned another gun was shot and the contents of the gun were lodged all over his back, He then drew hie pistel, and VI/Mistime drew his pistol, and they all (Selvage - without ar nil ) started towards thetn.'. They started oil in a huriy— some up Green and some along Campbell. They '(the foreigners ) -would stop and then fire. Salvage's tor coining about the time when S. Was 5110 ti was also vroun tied by several shots. Further, he says that when approaching the crowd, of Dutch and - Irish, they saw one horse tvit gon, with two or throe men: in it quietly passing down Green street, when on get ting near, by iii the midst of the; arowd, they wine stoned and beaten by nearly all of the - Dote' crowd. After the facts above stated had trans pired,' a party-of Americans, hearing and seeing the firing, eamerunning up in pur suit, and the firing and fiighting.became general in the . neighborliood. Many shots being fired from the rigors sod windows along the streets of this neighborhood at the Americans as they ran through the streets in different parties of-foreigners. ALEXANDER U. CROSS: The foregoing statemant having been written in our presence, has also .been carefully, read to us, and we concur in the statement of 6043, having been eye-wit nessee of them. ED W., WILLIAMS, A haffic RAY, J. D. SELYAOR, Wm. E. Jones estates, that on Manday evening 18111, be and another . man were coming -down Green street in a peaces lila Lind quiet way, not even .talking loudly jl it all, whon; just as he got opposite W ray's. house. on Greet; street, near the brewery, hi (alTiant) was shot at. out of the immediate neighborhood. He knows that ho was in great danger, .for though the bdilet or shot missed him; he . distinctly heard the ea me 'whistle Close to his head. This was five or six sqnares from where any voting was had. Wit. E ions. • STATE of KETTUCKY; JefrentiOU t 0. , Set. . . • 'I certify that on this day the foregoing sta to 'meet of Alexander Gross was subscribQ by him in my presence alter having been correctly read Whim, and that be being by inn sworn, declared upon. oath that the same is truo.... 1 do further certify that the statement signed by Ed tyard Aaron Ray, and: J.l). 3olvago. sad Quit aig Wm. E. Junto Nara isti egip TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM. NUMBER 15, ed my preasence and morn to respectively being true before mu tt ,. Given tinder my hand Aug. Btb, 1855. J. 7. Doman, Examhter. 165. D. Selvage being sworn stela ; I was appointed by the Mayhr a police•inart for the Second wartpAla. ili I wiserol , o „, at the polls. While at the Second ward polls about ,2 &chick, .news, was brought that the foreigners up town were in arms. Ed: ,Williams'and Alex. Cross, night. watchmen in the Siteend ward, urged mo to go with them to stop them: I have been all season working on public con tracts on street, some 00 or 70 foreign borers; mostly Irish. Williams notc 7 9 , Cross asked me to go With' mem, !means° they believed I would have considerable' influence with .the foreigneis, went with Cross and Williams; when we reach ed the corner of Shelby ., and Green greets, we discovered a bodritlitiermans. about 75, armee with' uns congregated at 'the corner of Citniphell. and Green. bade the crowd that sccoinoanied us to' remain behind, and I would go to the Germane and talk to them. The Americans remain- ed at the corner of Shelby street'except rind Cross and myself. We wont toward Campbell street. Williams and myself were about ten feel in advance of Cross. When we Caine within some 70 feet of the Germans, 1 raised my h a nds and begged them ' ,, fer. God's sake to gui home and put away their guns. '.'"`. l said .this several times;'while my Itands were raised and I was exerting thuni to go home some one in tho crowd of Germans cried out to shoot,; Irwin was raised and I re ceived the contents in 'my fare, neck; and breast, I reeled against a fence and was' shut in, the back nod legs. Some I2or 12 guns were fired at that time.. Williams was wounded in the, head and legs during this firing. The Americans then rushed up Green. street and the general me.oo comtnesiced. I was altogether unarmed, and .1 did not sie , any firearms among tint Americana at, tilat ~This ..was the beginning of diffieullies at, that point.... ! The 60ftilInti were scattered and pareued in ever . ? directiod OvlittC hilipened alter: wards lam unable to state. • . ~7 SELvAnn. Sworn and sulmeribed to before no, a notary public, this tith pay el Aug. 1855. . L. A. Warrer.ar, , • " • , 'Notary Public. H, Richardson states on oath That on Monday, Aug. Othi(eleetion day) about .o'clock, P. AL, Lwas • quietly walking oat Shelby atieet.lust south of Madison, when , a man (not an American), from the second lot east of. Shelby street, discharged a double barreld shot gun, 'elk iug effect in my" leg and breaking the leg of Mr. Latta who was; with me. There 41-81114--Ilka-linie. o, iiitstuFliatte&-ion—lha and ed down Madison street with florae other. pereons who I did , not know ; we discov ered a large crowd of Germans and Irish, armed with double barrelled guns and re volvers, at the corner of Clay and Madis on streets, awl they commenced hung on the hack. Mr. Latta and the gentlemen with us laid down in the bottom of the hack; I being too tall to shield myself in that way got out and ran with tho hack between me and the mob, and was shot in the leg, the •sh it passing under the , horses and hack, whew we got opposite the eruivd we had to pass• between them sand a cart on the opposite stile of the sreet ; an Irishman from behind the cart, shot nie, the ball passing through the calf.of my right leg. I then found I was losing strength and opened the hack door, and threw myself in - the hack whilst the horses were running. my legs hung out, and in that codition I was Shut in the legs under the hack. I have in both legs 148 shot and one bullet wound,. and one' shot iu nty right hand. ' ' ' W. H. RIOVARDSON. Suhseribotl and sworn to, AS,iusi'e, 1855. - • • - 0. IT. ST,werrox N. P • • William Adkins states `t That on the day of'the election, about a o'clock P. M. he heard it firing trout the' direction of 'the. upper part of Madison street, near' Wen zel. 'Anima was at his residence int s 'the Corriere! Madisno Mid Jacksesistreets, and having heard the firing he drove his . IMck toward llitp,lace where it occured, tit see what waegtiing on, and not apprehending any danger to hinfself, he took oh die seat of bit , hack' with him his little boy, about five years old; anti when affiant reached the place, lie Mend that an American hail been shot in the leg 80 as M . break it, and he 'called to rifttitnt' to take hiin hack, which, lie did. A'tthe . Bahia limo Mr. Richardson, said to,be a scoot tea C her, and another got into the. hack on Mad ison near to Wenzel street, and amid started back defy/it Madison to convey the wounded man to Dr. Pyle's office for med ical treatment; and ho had nottlriveit farther than Shelby street; being about 'a' square on his' way back when froid-the ,upper corner of Shelby and Madisiin streets two shots were discharged by Du teltinim at the men in the hack, and a shot or Imo were discharged between Shelby and Clay streets:as 'MC liack Was dri yeti on' down, and . on Clay , streets several 'shots . more were discharged, eini clubs and 'moues thrown *at the hack. The Mau inside the hack were all Shot, includiug the afoiosaid brokemlegged man l and on the corner Of Hancock several guns more were thicharga ed anti Lite saute took effeet on afield, and also on hii little buy by his side. ant and his little boy are now lybag.in 'bed sick, aud,the little boy is danger:oast y ill Irom thoae stmts.' ThirtY-threS shot are to the person of affiant, anti ten in the per son of his little boy. Sixty.aeven' !diet and tine ball, were driven into the Inick. and one . hundred's hot have been sorinted In the leg of Richardson.: The Dutch, aided by their woman, were preparing Mot arms as :drilla drove . his ' herses up street, bat he did not suppose that their intended . on his rettirti to fire on hiai and Ida hack' he 'lirould not haie taken his little with hiiu on the outer seat of the hack; These 'foreigners lined Medial:tit street ell 'the way down from lirenzel to Hancock street awl were especially' cougreimed on the `corner ; of 'Shethy, - (h ay, and Halfwit I, and they trediirf the haaktiti stick a way that lop iine*ibOuasivitilieti**
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