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RIOT ON THE VALLEY RAILROAD The following
particulars are given by the POttsville cOrresp0n.
dent OF the Philadelphia Sun, under the date oI
December 12-


"Our town is in state Of great excitement in
consequence of the Irish laborors on the Schuyl
kill Valley railroad having struck for higher wages
and driven those men of the line who were viii
ling to work for the wages paid by the contractors
Mr.. Smith, a contractor, IN the beginning OF last
week reduced the wages from eighty to seventy
five cents, when his men refused to work land pro-
ceedcd IN body down the line and drove the
hands of Dater, Lessig and Mills from their work


On Thursday they proceeded TO Middleport, and
broke the doors and windows OF Mr. BlusslngcTs
hotel. Yesterday morning Mr. ;. Mills, a sub-con-
tractor, and several others, put their men TO work,
and in the course of an hour about seven hundred
men came upon them, wrested their tools from
them, and swore they would kill them il they
dared work another stroke. To Mr.. Mills they
said that il he dared make his appearance again
until he paid more wages,he might prepare his cof-
I'm. They also obliged the other contractors to
flee. Mr. Hoffman, one Of the eng,neers was at
lacked, and saved himself by fight; Esquire Colo
han was caught and dreadfully mal-treated ,as
also number of other persons.


An express was sent for the sheriff, who arrived
here about o'clock in the afternoon, and in COM
pany with A. w. Craven, the chief engineer of the
road, proceeded to Port Carbon to see what they
were about On his arrival there, he discovered
that several hundreds Of the men were assembled a
few miles above and they were determined to
maintain their ground and not let the contractors
go on, with their work They had attempted TO
take the lives OF several Germans, who would not
60 with them. COL Wynkeep received orders
from the sheriff, to march four Of his companies
over to quel the mob and arrest all they could In
halt an hour four companies, the Marion Rife,
Capt. Potts; National Light Infantry, Capt Bland I;
Washington Artillery, Capt. Magic, and Washing
ton Yeagers, Capt. Dobhlnger, were on the march.


The news that they were on the march preceded
them, and when they had reached the spot the Irish
had dispersed. The companies however, proce eded
to MlddIeport and Tuscaroia, where they succet d.
ed in taking forty-two, but for want OF evidence
many OF them were discharged A number were
brought to this place, and in default OF bail CON-
mitted to jail


"P 8 have this moment seen a letter from
Mr.. Bussinger, brought here by an express, in
which he says that the Irish have surrounded his
house and threatened his life. The military will
be ordered on, tomorrow morning eary-perhaps
tonight.