The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-30 00:00:00

AMERICAN NEWS.

DISGRACEFUL RIOTS AT PHILADELPIIIA'

WITH LOSS OF LIFE.

LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, 4 o'CLo_clL'
The Royal mail steam-ship, Hibernia, Cs
y
Judkins, has just arrived, having left Boston on
tn
16th, and Halifax on the 18th. She brings a heal
mail, and a large number of passengers.
over A
The dates brought by this arrival extend rht
period of fifteen days, no sailing packet having broogi_Pe
late papers since the arrival of the last steamer. I
only important intelligence in the papers j 3 the AC:
count of a dreadful riot that had taken place in f_.:11111
ladelphia between the native American and the IP%
population, originating, it is said, in some differenca
about the repeal question. Several lives are reportleie
to be lost, whilst two Catholic churches, two atil°o
school-houses, a Catholic nunnery, and pearl
dwelling-houses had been burnt down. The Vbe-en
of the authorities and the police appear to have f- in•
quite set at nought, and nothing in the wAY °
ful ^ 01
terference appears to have taken place till the l

the mob was spent.
The following accounts of these lawless proce---Ddil
are taken from the American papers, and they
therefore, be considered as not too partial to the olto
who, by-the-by, seem to have beaten the Yankeeshey.
their heart's content. When the latter found to,
could not match the Irish in fighting, in ITlalbeolic
lent and cowardly spirit, they set fire to the Cat, tbe
churches and schools, as well as the dwellings

poor inhabitants.
(From the Philadelphia papers.) naltiraor°
The joyful shouts of the peaceful gathering
had scarcely ceased to echo through our land, when
fair sister city of Philadelphia atose the savage cry ),°.,,tigue,
raged mob, which has enacted scenes of riot and h!'"red oia
certainly thh most appalling that have ever stattletittf
country's history, and almost without a parallel in 3'
and brutality. the at
It appears by the United States Gazette that PO
American party- held a meeting on Monday afterno°,nc,peeek,
o'clock on a vacant lot at the corner of Master and
streets, but before the meeting was organised a sterol .t the
them to take shelter in the market-house near by,
_l'o
corner of Master and Cadwallader-streets. Who Oro
the
speaker rose to address the meeting, a man standing 03105
outside of the crowd was heard to say to another, sneleg
next to him (both of whom are represented to us :odtbe
Irishmen), "Now let's make a noise, so that he"toor
heard." They forthwith created a noise, and were,tjtyed
strated with by some of the bystanders, who recta' TleY
to let the proceedings of the meeting go on in peaee'elied
would not cease their clamour, and were finally CO
do so, in consequence of readying a severe flogging' 40111
This fight caused a little excitement, which was '„,'
an intense degree, in consequence of several shots he,l'ir,e,
from the upper windows of the Hibernia hose-o°s ogi
Cadwallader-street, fronting the market-house. By this erical
several wounds were inflicted, and the native itntecyli,
gathered at the meeting, becpming highly exasPelliscie
the Irishmen having gathered into a mob, thef Ergo tin
attack upon them. A number of shots were fired to lice;
crowd of Irishmen, but they were finally compelleut of tt
The native Americans pursued them, and seve•re, heel
fugitives, finding themselves hotly pressed, darted
in
and up alleys, in order to escape. Several of the hSaelielsti
which they were seen to enter were immediately ;00 !e
and the front doors and windows of two frarae,j the sse's,
Cadwallader-street, below Master-street, and one 04-stoe'
street above Master-street, were battered in tin. .Ve'
Finally, the Irishmen rallied, and beat off the native
ricans, and there the contest ended for the time. ill `,t;
The worst result of this disgraceful contest is se tike 0;14
loss of life. From the beginning of the affray' and s'
were frequent, and one man was killed instantly' tl3°
severely wounded. t bi
The great excitement created in East Kensiner° e°
occurrence was intense. -a, 0-
Sheriff 111°Michael was early upon the grout? ece•
learn adopted active measures to prevent further vtitifl),,
FURTHER PARTICULARS—TWO MEN I'l albs
During. the evening great crowds of people were.. oruc
in the neighbourhood of the scene of violence in claeo
noon, and about ten o'clock an attack was made in 144
ling-house in Second-street, just above Franklin. , reaeo'
then raised of " Go to the nunnery," and a crovra,Pee
up Second-street to Master, at the corner of, filed eft
Roman Catholic school-house. A bonfire was hinw.,4B. t
corner of the street, and the fence of the school-11°7k, fredli
fire. About this time, when the crowd bad halte°, frog
of the school-house, a volley of musketry was fire°, oat;
house opposite, and when the crowd had parted' 1",„30
covered that several were wounded; one young Lo.,)11.
taken up dead, a bullet having pierced his left he;:i ego
above the heart. Another was shot in the upPer vr-
left lung with a bullet, and when we left was exPinitia.
were also told that two other men were seriously tro- tive`
The native Americans then retreated, and up to
o'clock (midnight) affairs remained quiet. fki„ atr°6l,er
On Tuesday the riots were renewed with terrt_,,,u 10%g,
In Kensington seven men were killed and a 11"4et-11°_,,,ee
wounded, and thirty buildings, including the rre"Abills ,7,0 r
were burnt. On the morning of Tuesday hanu.katen' •
posted about the city, calling a meeting of native viever,te
at three o'clock ; before the time of meeting' he
large crowd of persons carried an American flag tillnylet
streets, torn and defaced, having on it in large letters,,
the flag that was trampled upon by the Irish Papitllf 811;(
The speakers at the meeting at three o'clock v"-boa'
he
deavoured to quiet the excitement. An imniens! gto
men, some 3,000, adjourned from the place of inee,,100,4;
scene of the atrocities on the day previous at -0-v.„ spr
where the following barbarous scenes were enacted, ""
fat
b United States
es Gazette : • gton,,i
Most of those present moved in a body to Seaselli edeu,,ee
the corner of Second and Master-streets), and Rric- p of
organise a meeting, but they had scarcely ntute,",eureb°
flag (the same that is spoken of above) when a qf
boys made an attack upon the Hibernia hose-4usicieti';,
number of shot were then fired from houses in t' diet
towards the meeting. and the native Americantose.bo;eo
persing for a moment, rallied and attacked the u_„4
took out the carriage, ran the hose off the reel, ""
• ,Ate•
broke the apparatus up. 0'0"-
Ave ytee
The native Americans then (between four and ot tare
took possession of the market-house, and for then weal of
hours, .the shots were frequent from the houses roof a o'ol'
vicinity. Men were seen lying upon the roofs
~f coasted,
houses fronting the market ; and in every,place v,,,aec
went near the same place others were occasionally'
auTiie
About fiveo'clock another attack was made uPeht out rDig
house, and a large new bell found in it was broul otter
avd
the open square and shattered to pieces. Slinrtli 06100
a frame dwelling-honse next to the hose-house vi the v
from that time up to nine o'clock in the evening..'oine o-oei
continued to spread without stay until twentY upol, yet.
were consumed, the greater part of them being ibexiod
wallader-street, and four upon the street facing ,
About seven o'clock the market-house itself caugu
lee
at Atne o'clock lay in a heap of ruins. orIIPP-eise
seven o'clock the First Brigade and Of° 00,40
the Third Brigade came on the ground, under t"iiest, PirelC
of General Cadwallader, and formed on Master-so the de
north. Cannon were stationed so as to range °.,„0:14;01,
fronting the market and on Master-street wes,.tba. '1°,140,
tachment of two companies, under command eirioed art'oroce
marched to the north end of the market, end tl9 been
across the street. The military had previously"
in like manner on Master-street. stib`j
• Coe A, ot
The Sheriff then detached a number of his 'r tueVt slied
force (which had preceded the military on the' whir:lolP
and proceeded to examine all the houses froall be P
had been fired; in one of them a man pruned '„..° Os!"
was found, and in the same room in which he write tb.
heavily loaded. He was brought out and consigne ad,
of the military. eel°
made ter's' del/
In the meantime General Cadwallader Diss (
dress to the great crowd assembled below „or
t c eirn
urging them to preserve peace, and to • the t" I
with the military. The whole affair rested nitilealeeroro
the law, and he was bound to see that the beet the gofpg.;
lawfully made. His brief address seemed to Ine 0.001
approbation, and during the entire evening the. rest
sons collected seemed disposed to let matter' ceeli
hands of the civil and military Lrce. goose se,
r•
At half-past eight members of the Carroll build .so
menced to throw water upon the burning.„,,„ no
succeeded in stopping the progress of the 7;4,4 lig;
At nine o'clock the United States engine
ground, under escort of a detachment of the Ai.ka As-der I,
Guards, and immediately went into service• sloe use fbeio
engine shortly afterwards went into servicels% Om co
escort of military, and shortly afterw and` e P4ll
Fire Department were upon the gr
then stayed, but not until a vast amount •os-i rote::
destroyed. rile to 6
The result of the few hours during vi rage ,or ~,
between the native Americans and the Irishd 004 S,,t;
seven men were killed and five mortally, au oe OPittwe
dangerously wounded, among them Was A vegeta ego
wounded by a shot fired by John
Taggart.
art, sulr,o iej
in the market-house, immediately fired at Tagytbee s.
ral shot struck him in the forehead.g rush
a house, but a number of the native America' e
Sc ftof
made him a prisoner. gelds ° .:ers
He was conducted down to Alderman B° , hire teo arlsoe
upon the oath of the spectators, committal_ of to Street
mensing prison. He left the office in cliar4.o,,er-s_rdactued
and a number of citizens, but when near co,estse
crowd took him violently out of the hands.oL orae
tied a rope round his neck, and dragged non t
A bat
along the street. ea of 1%0",
His captors then passed the rope over the end °f
post, and pulled him up for the purpose of h_efogtilienrci_rt°!e,
the beam broke and he fell to the earth ; he rice atreciati vo`r,
for some distance, and finally left lyin; in when te csae
appearance dead. He was, however, aIIIF,-,•ht. Se ot
and remained so up to ten o'clock last Di"' _reereeti s
however, survive.
then 01,
Abbo j
S. Abbott Lawrence, a nephew of the el.° aP ite
Boston, was standing on the outskirts of ,00t, :0
much Pau' alst`' it.eh a
bullet struck him and caused him
ck his 3f)
upon examination, that the ball had stru ul'
_tee
lodged against a ent which was in his Pieta blerea
torsi ;el
course was stopped. The cent was comaily
the escape of Mr. Lawrence may be cer to PTO
videntia I. mots o
Sheriff M‘Michael was unceasing in hi.e at Deno
I.l°c•hle
end to the riots. The military were callen,°"'"
in the afternoon, and they were put it.nomurot,loogik,atthe
Had they arrived on the ground at ot
asofti
destruction of life would have been prevent.
gration would not have taken
place,derstand,
A meeting of Catholics, we unn, fur the purpittier
evening at the Cathedral of St. John, the
BidTerihengßiasihido Philadelphia issued an
Bishop
gmeasures to el_a_Ystplpwerterte;astl3.seeroblege:
WbY shou •
10
and to do nothing that in any and during
anger lies calling on them to shun all public Ilacicegoalpetrbaeteverest°l
The military remained on the grO
part of the night. • wiedit'te *dos'4lit't°
ea re'
passed and the riot quelled. Most ,e ,
There is reason to believe that
earn
err- do well roil
,s 3 reit% esl
it may be the case.
ddawyelmlinorgnsi,nfrotmhe riturth;' tenaron;,
rowOnoflYfreadmnese
untenanted, just in the rear of C deurrtr„",,ed and Tit tee anted
moved, were fired, and soon
er_iia..ndoetriltrqe,,t,;o•6l.,,ri•
mediate vicinity of the late fire, were
building' trete
short time afterward, two three storY , likewise roilvi
of Jefferson and fate.Washington-stre loircikty,t
tee ,
were set on fire and shared the sam eeatholic bas loTb°
HALF-RAST Two o'
St. Michael's, on Second-street above 00t,ed., tter
CLOCK.The
south, "i" nit
fired, which, with the dwelling .raf-the4 dest'....i
and small frame dwellings on the q
priest, under the protection of the lulu"'
Master,