Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1834-08-25

III summoned the posse eomuatr,, and df'aed Sc
veral hundred active young men Tor the soPP'f
,lon The riots. The frs, Troop oil Cavsny W.
called out, AID several Companies OF volunteer IN
isnfsy am ,ns which were the Washington ato
IN, Isf,y.n. G,sy. proyided with bal, cart dges.
The whole strength of he CITY Police was mus
tered. AMI likewise tha, of the Southwark ana
Moy amens,ng Police. Al an early hauf IN Tn .
,rnlre the various bodies assembled the eisliP '"
sr Of the cny making the i1osptl lot the fenne]
yous and the military remaining ~ The sieih''y "
The Ial of Independence ready 10 move at ihe hf>'
darn
The crowd was immense throughout The seen
Of The nos Of the preceding evening. oh were
generally que, ard decorons ~ TIER pena''
gu. A Sigh disturbance took place eahy IN the
~. mr. ~ from, Of a three story brick house call
I'd Be,a ut Hall in seye tn near Lombard street,
IN which il wa. rcpof,rd body OF ba ks were col
lnctsd Tor defence Wa or that was h cas- or no.,
we cannot say from personul obsers ton, me hoosf
beng closed from ia, 10 edr'e, bit We nre ~
form. d that al time the muutuie 10 front "rg'
- It was valnntly took TO their heels before rush
m DE- by Nv or SIX men from an adjainIne atsy
Sd re gui peot was the prevailing sentiment, nno
II was we'll acted on This house was the objec,
of espeo al regard from the afternoon until air.
midnight strong party Of police were s:atlo"-
Ell close d. hand and the people were frequently
.xho,'ed TO retire ms cad OF belne compelled o ito
We learn at the Police office thai sevcrni
frightened negroes were al late hou1 found on the
premises
In waking through the sacked district, large
crowds were observed, who were invariabiy qui.i
enough but sbou, ten o'clock, ,@o mounted roltct
officers came ealopng Up AMI announced that me
riotrfs we're busy IN iearing down frame meeting
h use, below the Wharton market, at least n m'le
". pt1It hp
posse com,afus, accomp niedby grea coneourse
and heade1 by Col p. "A. Brow, marched to The
spot ,lho building lay level with the gre"nd no
.uek W.. ia nding but the rloier had disappear
ed sometime before. No one vas To he SEN * ep'
the rcc hbors uho stated tha the DESTRUCTION hh'
been eff cd With ,aue liberat,on and that h sc
engaged IN II, after fleeing their purpose, walked
molly s~ey News was hen received nat two
SIN ali frame tcnemen's had been torn down III
court f,nnlng iron, the low part OF Vernon street,
and the Posse directed thrr steps 10 the place, but
| arrived TOO lnte,s
On their way down Second street, the spectators
seemed TO receive a. accession in the shape OF "
number 81 rioters who hssed, derld'd and nsulttd
he civil power, aad refused TO obey the order to
liSpcrse The cavalry were greeted in the sam
style, and l. quest to dlsperSe accompanied 10y "A
res, of arrest mad no her etfecI .hln tha of pro
ducing m ,nent ,ry silence, which was changed I"
howls aud SCOTS tho moment the military moved
onward, Violence, however, was carefully alb
stained from.
About midnight the popuisce Ind generally tn
ed the s,retts were perfectly On ard compare
lively deserted, except few lingercrs about The
| front Of Ben'zr, Hail, IN the cry, mn attack on
which seemed 10 be much dcsnet and would have
taken place If tho RIOTERS VIE are are as coWatdy
as they arc cruel, could have II cted II without
danger.
| The Mayor, however, with an ample force, WIS
| ra,hcr near the gentry, and they conenled them
selves with threatening looks The Vhlor o
the ruians is only tqual to the brutal assault upon
| the deenceless and sleeping, numbering and main
ing the aged and infrm, and robblng the poor nnd
| industrious negro f his toll. won earnings. Before
two OF resolutc men, they are AS subm,s-
slve flock Of sheep.
| The nigh passed over quietly the city force
| NAMED until near dayligh, at the encampment IN
the hospital 10 and the military ard District Po-
lice at their various stations, while the Sheriff tn
Mayor and other Ulcers patroll,d from place to
place So ended he third night Of Philadelphia
riots.
A number Of arrests were made, about fifteen be
ing taken on the city side, and no doubt more IN the
dl-trlc's.
The negroes of the d voted section have nearly
n nhacdoned then dwellings nearly every att
n GU: 4n'ou"tins perhaps to Jvcr hundred
beurue the depiccaiory sign Tolt" A lag
body OF ,hcm crossed the Delaware on Thursdul
afternoon, and formed a sort II blvouac in the Fl ~
! Oilers have come into the city, and had ever,
kIodnes, extended 10 them by the public /; but hun
| ireds are kous,lcs The toorn state OF the
poor creatures is truly pitiable Their hide pto
perry Is totally lost, and many were driven frou
their dwellings, with 'neir ch,ldfen, almost wllhou
a rag OF clothing their persons lacera,ed by ia
| violence of the boodhonnds
| From The Philadelphia Ga sette Of Saturday Afr,
| nom, Aug Is.
| The quiet of the city was not disturbed las
| (FIday) evening, by renow Il Of Ii,uus proceed
ngs. Srve al hundred pe sons collected in the
c,nny OF Shlpren and Six streets, but there
utle or no dsorder.- The police and corps OF
citzrns und Col Browne, on the alert,
Many citizens Of Moyamensing which were me, IN
house the of the late riots prepared to
| all The locc in case their services were required
| VIRGINIA SPRINGS
| CorreSp ndcncc II he Baltimore Patriot.
| Ware SUi.PIUa SRptvGs Aug. 10. 1884
At the Warm Springs | found commodlous
brick house, With ample portlco, (resemblIng III