Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1834-07-26

l ~ Ga iaftniated mob, or rather
~: M have been carrying destruction
- IAem 10 every directjon, All the
folhs(s - tho Watch, and u the Military, q
;tlssy wess conducted, have nos availcd IA
seay ~ work Of desolati0O, nor sesrcsly ~
sD(aal ~ psqgssD. Probably not less than
oes Thousand troops have been on duty, in
eha5eg nsqasdroas Of cayalry,---Lut 80
general was the impression among the mob,
q de illeaality Of firing upon tl,sm without
eh0 pecscncc " tho Governor, that they
we've rather disposed 10 laugh than TO trem-
Bio Ut their sppfoach. II this impression is
erroneous, II ought 10 DO Immediately re-
moved. Affairs have come TO such . pitch,
that severe measures must be adopted, OF
our government il ut an end.
Mr.. Tappan's store was attacked n half
past nine last evening, bya number Of boys
and men, who fired volleys Of ssones and
broke the upper windows but did notaitempt
70 foscc tho doors.-The mob were SUSPECT
Gus that there were things behind the
door,. to VIII CT they did not wishto be intro
duccd. As il was, they put themselves, out
ofthe pale oflaw, and may thank better
spirit than their own that they were not
treated as they deserved.
!. On the first appearance oftlie watch they
sclttcred,N after standing about in squads
for some time, dispersed, and before ii
o'clock had oil withdrawn, to other scenes OF
action. The missiles, only in one instance,
were sufficiently powerful to break the win
dow shutters
Between ten and eleven large mob as
sembIed at Doctor Cox's church in Laight
strcetand smashed III The doors a. windows.
From the church they proceeded to Charl-
ton street where le resides, but strong
detachment of watchmen were placed in
line across the east end ofthe street g. pre-
vented all ingress to it. After remaining
some time about Charlton street, the mob
proceeded TO Spring St. and attacked Rev.
Mr.. Ludlow church, the doors g. windows
(Which they began TO batter in, when a
ssnail party OF watchmen arrived and put .
momentaTy stop to their proceedings, and
took ono OF two Of the ringleaders into cslS
tody. Their companions however soon lib
esafed them, beat OF the watchman, and
snaItreated some Of them. They then re-
coi6mancell the work ofdestruction, broke
IN d. doors, shattered the windows TO at
atosnss an1 entered the Church. In short
time hey broke up the interior oft, destroy
ing what ever they could. The Session
npsc adjoining, shared the same fate. A
S4yali party of horse now arrived, who APP
p,arcd deferred from acting, on account Of
The immense disparity Of numbers, as the
mob thtn amounted to several thousands--
I'D gstlcped of without attempting to
interfere. In order TO prevent fheirreturn,
the mob erected strong barrier, composed
Of carts and pieces Of timber, across the
street, at each side Of the church. About
half past eleven, a strong detachment OF
cavalry and infantry. arrived on the ground.
and the cavalry charged at full gaIlop against
the first barrier, which gave way, and pissed
on to the second, against which several of
their horses fell before they got through it..
They then cleared the middle OF the street,
and the infantry took possession of the
church, the interior Of which was already
nearly demolished.
Aslfthc tragedy which had Just been per-
formed, was not sufficient to satisfy the mob,
q gentleman whose name we believe is
Wood, added a farce to it By addressing the
mob in most outre style, commencing bis
discourse by saying that he was neither a
cival pos military officer, and declaring that
he would willingly cut the ears oil any man
who would propose To dnaIgamate black
man and white woman. He then went on
to show the improperly of the course winch
the mob was pursuing, and requested them
TO withdraw, saying at the same time that
the military would withdraw first lie then
turned round TO the military, and in an au-
tboritative tone desired them to face about.
The military however maintained their
ground. and the mob, after first enjoying a
hearty laugh, commenced yelling and MSS
ing in a M ST tremendous manner
a sort Of compact was then agreed on
between them and the mob, by which the
military were to leave the ground, and the
mob immediately TO dispense. The militia
~ then marched off; but the mob instead of
fulfilling their part of the agreement, re-
turned into the church, rang the bell In To-
ken0f triumph, and again began to destroy
whatever renamed undemolishcd. In a.
bout twenty minutes the military again re
turRcd ard took possession Of the church.
About MIDNIGHT the mob began 10 disperse,
but neither willingly nor in large numbers,
nor in such a manner AZ 20 do away the Inn
preston thss they might not renew the at
tack
Wills, this mob was spendlng its fury up
on the churches in Laight street and Spring
street. another mob assembled at the Afri-
can church opposite the Opera House.
They however retired after dashing a few
stones into the windows.
Between ii and l2 O'Clock, detach-
ment of the mob proceeded from the Spring
street church to Rev Mr. Lud,ow's dwell
ling house, in Thompson street. between
Pence and Houston. broke in the windows