Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1834-08-21
I'fem tar peanspiOaHiqn, Iugast 10.
PIllBADELpillA RlOIS-oECONp
NIGHT

The riots recommended on We neslny night
with rcdoutied eetlsily md fuzzy. IN cons quence
OF the disturbances of the preceding evening, The
Cuy Police under lhr Mayor were marched jusi
after ia X 10 hn souiheln boundaries Of the cny,
and the Polioe of the districts were ais, assembled
lho r'oiers however, did not show themselves III
eny force until aboul II o'clock, when the peace
officers, wotn ont by tho lolls OF tn sAray Tues
dtv aud not ana lpalng second rot, had general
yre'lred.
Tho onsel WINS mndr 10 Seventh street between
Shipper AMI fnz@ut,r streets. Two three s,ored
buck hou cs on the west side, occupied 10y blacks,
we've FIST nesaled The windows and doors ~er
dashed 10 pieces the furnttu demolished and the
mhnbitsn's dragged from their beds and drcadfully
beaten In he morning ono OF them was ned
TO the hosprh The mob then moved on to Baker
street, wharc three frame houtes wore almost torn
to pieces, and completely rldilcd with stone. The
lutte properly Of lhe inhabitants, lends, bed
ding &c was s,Irwcd about the street ~ frua mrn
II !, no known whether The occu ants were mu h
hurt In Il lsef below Seventh street, several frame
huhdings sha,ed the same fate and IN Seventh
below Baker street, Two other houses re Ms much
injured The Flfs African Presbyterian Church
IN Seventh street, exhibits serious marks of the
fray. l he doors NE den,cd and battered,
the window sashes knocked to pieces. The rioters
tuulil IL lhp19SlDe 10 tU'ct an CNUHtc or me
ln,erio oflhe Church would have been demolished
In Shppen street below Seventh, TWO large three
sJory buol houses arc re luccd to mere wrecks
The doors anJ WIN low shutters are hanging III
fragments, and the ,ouses thoroughly gulted. A
frame house lacen, suffered as badly Tho p
nss, small from garden, and the fragments OF
the buildings al this POINT cSh,ot m lancholy IN
stances OF the fury of the rioters. A small cou /
opposite, occupio altogether by blacks, appears
To have been nm especial ohcci of attack, Upwards
of SIX houses were here ussollcd and dealt with as
violently as others. In Small street four or five
frame tenemcn,s suffered severely.
The damage above described was seen by US, in
a hasty wink over the ground yesterday but We
ac informed that !, is only par, OF the whole mis-
chief perpettatcd. The scene was mtlanchol,
example OF mob violence. The furniture o the hon
SEES wa broken into the smallest fragments no'h.
ing escaped the bedding was carried into The
| streets, ripped up with knives, and the contents
| scattered far md vile The b"dslcads chars, anc
tables were hacked 10 chips. The inhabitants who
Norc no. fortunate enough to fly at the Fl ST APP
proach of the rlolers were treated w.h brut GU
city AMI we learned that mn old lnoilcnsWe neg,
was lynn dead from the effects of the treatment he
| received III the wrecks Of hls house. Others " he
were carried 10 the hospital, It is SAID cnnot sur
we Murdar is then 10 be added TO the account o
the riots al Philadelphia.
| Between and two O'Clock the combined polio,
made an Ell ctus rush upon The mob headed, WI
| bel eve By the Mayor of he ,y and quio,ncss was
restored. Ten or fifteen prisoners were made, VIII,
were carried direct 10 prison.
| MOI house, he dwelling Of colorcd people, wa,
| spared The poor blacks afl' GIFTED al The ap-
lroachos storm, had fed their houses and ever
the city, and took rel ose by thousands IN the field.
and woods IN the neighborh hood Of the city
| The mob entered one house where man. whc
had not been awake ,cd by his frightened compan
ions, WIS found in his bed asleep, The rioters II
despite of his pi,cous entreaties for mercy, se,zc,
the poor fellow and hu,,ed HIM out of the win
dow.
| On the way down several blacks were inhuman
iy beaten aud dreadfully lacerated In one hous
there wns a corpse, which was thrown out OF tn
co!hn and another, dead infant taken on
Of The bed and cas-, on the floor, the mother being Il
The same time b'rbarously treated. The sigma
words OF the mob were Gunnee," %" Punch" am
Big Gun" Robbers were busy, during the distur
barce, IN pllla mug the houses that were attacked.
Fam the Philadelphia Inieitigeneer, Aug Is.
| Furfter pa9ticRlafs.-Scventeen Of tho rioters