The Sun.
London, England, 1812-10-22 00:00:00

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NAPRATIVE OF J. THOMSON,
ON.F. of ZHE-PERSON3 lI;TENDtiD TO DE NIAt•zACRkp
WITL GE!'2EA:, LINGAN AN a c)Ti-Mlis IN 1:214.!
GA.OI. 02 BALT.liAolu.., ON TUESDP:i., TS& 96zei-
O.itILY'LAST..

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On ,INl'inday, the 27th..fiily leist, I Was'
by Mr. gansou to his honsif, and in. the
about twilight, T went (-Titre, and found froll
to:20 Gentlemen in house, most of
to him: l was', told ilia, att.,l6lt up,in the tiliuse.".
Sias ;-hrcar,ened:' ;tl.;-kt night, which tifeY• had
preparations to 'reSist and de:eat. I coin V •
mii3kets, pistols, and swords in the hon,ie, for tiie
purptise of defence.—After being- there tiilt7*;"
1 tmtie:rstodd an arrant entent bad been:Made; than
in case of an attack, the dir&•tion-of
was appointed to GenerarLee:.
o'clock, a number of pcnons weft collectitttif
the front of the house; who were very aoi y, and:
began to throw stones at windows and broke!.
several of then. The house was in front corn-,
pletely closed, the door and inside window. shut-
ters being shut, till the stones • broke the, glass,
and burst open the shutters. Mr. Hanson spoke
from the second story to the mob, aril told tbc:n
if they did not desist, they wouid fire upon them,
and he warned the spectators to go away.

Gen. Lee in the house, told them not to fire un-
less it should be absolutely necessary, and the 1.
doors .were forced.—Thc mob Continued to
in-
crease and to throw stones more. violently, whieli
broke the windows of 'the first and second Stories:
General Lee directed a volley to be fired frOin the
upper story over heads of the' people in the
street to frighten them awav without , injuring'
them. This was executed, and nobody was hurt. ,
The mob hiizzaed, were still more violent, nnd
broke open the 'lower door. They were then flied
upon, and a man fell at the door upon the inside,
thereof, who was immediately taken up and re-
moved by some of the mob. This Must lia‘e bupl
penal about ten o'clock, or after: Judge 'SCOtt.
made his appear an;:e and ca:ue into'the
the door having reniaine,3. :.',pen 'alter it
broken, and rennested us to leave the house—he
m,ls told N.'e Should do no such thing, that we
could not be secure, unless authority inter=
fei;ed, that we "were la: foi;y e7..nnloyed by 'Air.
Hanson, in protertinsg him al.(1 .;ionSe agailit. •
violence, and WheneYer the mob ‘v6ul,t ;iispers'e,
or the civil . authority intdr:ere, we woul(l.:.ctire
to our homes, and not beffne, During the night:
we continued' to defe'nd ourselves; and never tired
Init after some rev.- vi:alentattuCk.. I believe
it probable .s...vrl were wenuded. The mob.dur2;
ing the night retired and. gatheied 'kind at=
teCipted 'Some fresh_ ?a ii
just about ,Or. be fore da,y,figl4, • the, mob
biought, a field,picce, Was gaited near the
liouSe; and in trout or it, but v..-as prevented ;r.pn
being disebaeged by the urriv.A. of
troop' of'. horse, some of whom were stationed
rom)d the-hQUS'e; of .tlfeM haVing
mounted, took nosses.sion'of the front floor, ;In.!
Ofthe back-yard, Hans On arid his friends oeCti-
pied the same placel Which they 11A done during
the -night ; so "things remained, :1,161. Ed and
Johnson, the Mayer, General Stricker, John
Montgomery; th'e Attorney.:general; James
houn,`:Letimel Taylor,-and several others, arrived
and proposed we should leave the hoUse. We an-.
swered, we had no objection to leave the honae,
provided the mob would retire, or we could o—,
home with safety. The Mayor said the mob COON
not be dispersed, nor would they be satisfied with-
out we went to gaol, and that we, should be pro-
tected from them in. going to gaol, and while in
it. To this proposal most of us ,expressly object-
. ed.—Gen. Leeprincipally carried on the conver-
sation on our part with the • Mayor and General
Stricker.
The Mayor, Gen. Stricker, and Attorney-Gene-
ral, severally declared and assured us, that we
should be protected; as well in going to.goal,
in it, and the :Mayor pledged,his lifeand
nour, that we should- be safe, and lie would die
with us, if we should be hurt.--Gen: Stricker ex-
pressed himself, in similar terins.—Also, Mont-
gomery, Taylor, Calhoun, and their companions
,rave us assurance of safety if we went to' gaol.—
After these-assurances, and finding the civil auL
thority would not make any exertions to disperse
the mob, we consented with the advice of 6n.e-
ral , Lee to deliver ourselves up to the civil au-
thority.
The Mayor declared his opinion that we would
not be safe in gaol without a gurd, and he ;arid
General Stricker promising there should be one.
About eight or nine o'clock on Tuesday foren6c,n,
we leftlbehouse, and Went under the care au;sl
custody of the *Maya, who preceded us, and v-ts
were placed bettken two lines'of infantry, -co:1-
sisting, as it appeared, 'of fifty 4; about '29
dragoons mounted advanced before us to the gaoi ;
General Stricker marched on loot with tiaz infni
try, and an immense concourse of people were
,in
the streets, some of whom went along, all we
were abused in the most Opprobrious languaL;7
some stones were thrOwn witn viOlence at us, one
struck Mr.- Kilgore,- and cut him badly in the
forehead, and another struck Mr. Bigelow;
nearly knocked him down. The
,distance ft'oni
Hanson's to the gaol W'aS about a mile.
At our arrival at the gaol door, and as •we en.
tered it, several of us were struck by some of
the
mob whom we found there. Being delivere;i ioy
the custody of J. Bentley, the gaoler, some tyr.!
in the forenoon, we were :put in a room in ._Le
common criminal department, where we retnair.::;
the rest of the day.
The dragoons and infantry left the gaol soon af-
ter We were placed in it, and they did not return,
ntir was there any military guard act wards. la

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