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below Baker street. two other hulsr. 1,
were as much injured HE Fuu :
African Presbyterisp Church an Se I
yenih street exhibits serlUus marl.. ,d =,
the frav. The dovrs are denicd aud lint +,
tered, and the window sa-he. kuu1
ed tn pieces. The riDiegs fount n mn
possible TO eject an entrance ur 1hr
interior Of the Church would haNs !
been demolished.
In Shipper street below Seventh.
two large three story brick houses are
reduced TO mere wrecks. The dDurs
and window shutters are hanging m
fragments. and the houses IRE tiurog-h-
ty Quilted. A frame house ndyarrin
suffered as badly. The paiiu.s- n
small front garden. and the f,sg,nrIft~
OF the buildings nj tins ToIiGt- eHi.ibEi
melancholy Instances Vi the iuIy al
the rioters. A small oUpif UIposr,r-
occupied altogether by blacks, HT,I,rnrs
To have been an especial oigcci al n;
tack. Upwards of six houses ~rr-
here assaulted and dealt with Ne aIalrifi-
" a. others. ia Small street. fuur ur
five frame tenemrnis .ufrrcd scycrrls
The damage above drsCrlbcd wRs
seen by rs. m n ha-ty ~aik pvrr fhr
ground yesterday; but We are iuimlm
ed that II IL Only part al the ~hobr
mischief perpctra,ed- THE srcne was
4 melancholy example at mub NIp
lenoe. The furniture d the hnuse.
vas broken into the sm-lie-t frn--
ments; nothing escaped the beddug.
was carried into the streets. Ripped zap
with knives, and the contents sratirrvru
far and wide. The bedsteAdA- r.hhirA.
and tables. were hacked 10 ciIsps. The
inhabitants Who were not tCI-fuuRte e.
nough to fiy al the first appronch NJ thr
+ rioters, were treated with brutal cruel
ty; aud we learned that IN old InuHt.n-
sISe negro was lying dead f-om the
effects al the treatment lac recerHsd.
IN the wreck Of his souse. OTHERS WIN
were carried to the huspItal, II Is said.
cannot survive. Murder II then III he
added TO the account OF the nuts m
Philadelphia.
Between one and two O clocS the
combined police made an eiiectuul IIssi
upon the mob, headed, We boIirp,. b4
E the Mayor oi the CITY. and Quiutn,,ss
was restored. Ten or fifteen 1,rlsnn,1rB
were made, vino were carried d,Tcrii to
prison.
The following particulars are frum thc afit:s-
noon papers Of the 18th
The mob assembled as befur.. an tns
Hospital tot. From theme, th,.r Jruocnd-
ed in a body To the corner uf Small and
, Sixth street. Al tins time the crowd
must have consisted of ncaTly Titih J.,sr-
, sons. generally lads from IL 10 81 Neurs
, old, with number oil msn@-llheG u,-
pcared 10 act IN accordance with Jrrt-
concerted plan generally under- nod
! The White residents In the d sstr,rr ~
tended light from their ~i,du~s. niId
/, the houses thus designated were uns-
pected.
= Not house. the dwelling Csf poiltrzeG
people. was spared. The pusE blAdk--
shr'ghted ~ the approaching STORM
. had fled their houses, and eEet. the rrw-
6 and took repos= by thousands an III.
, fields and woods IN the Dr,EhbOfbund I'D
:, the city.
: The mob entered une bnu@e MI.s-rt a
man. who had not been a~Aktfn,,d iim
his frightened companions Was 5nuud
IN his bed asleep. The ri0t,-is. 50 De-
pate Of his pIieous entreat,es lar u,-rcA-
] seized the pour fellow and huIlri inn.
: out of the window.
Soon after the mob collected u. Al.
corner of South and Seventh s,v,,1,
word was gwen 10 march down Soy
: cnih street, the police Of the lciis i,oinc
: too strong to permit any breaches ~
: the peace WIhin thoir bDumd2gis..
On tine way down s,1pcrll idac.L.
were indumanly beaten and dread, .li1
laceratcd. In one house there waa !
: corpse, which was thrown out uI fi.
colin, and another, dead iniuIr We.
. taken out OF the bed and raa un rht
/, ilOOr, the mother beng at fic same a4mt
:, baTbarously treated. The sIrfru v-r,~t
- of the mob were Gunnre. runrh
: and Big Gun. Robbcrs we've husS
during the disturbance, rn Jallasn,
: thc houses that were attacked
The Philadelphia Gaz,.ttc sags-
In the cOuT.c ,d an hour from tir
commencement af the r,ot. the lail,u.
g oi the cItv headed by ti,. Muvrs su,
NJ the watchmcn and constable .G r.'
;. district Of Moyamcnsrur nud >nutinu-l
~ assembled ucur tlie sppi and made ar
u rangcinenis tDr af,ackug tir mIA--
=, They formed an two dftIHIns tr... Bet
i, hy the Mayor o. person and tifr aaeIr
- II TIC City Watch und fhr sli,,1 il
- high ConsiahIe Bauey mud q u5sm
=. Bell and advanced from s,.lcrn' lrun.
=. so a. So surround the ruah WAi.h lt
this time numbered lrru, nr. ~ ~.
!. hundred Ier.pnF Thes ms8s tirt
rous attack Upon tbc rigi,-rr spH u' lnr
ID put thr Whale body g. firin.-ahn
.r twenty persons were curmrd aua rm
- seycd % thc p1lfrc odicc Nuns
them We learn had at1u tb,.u n~r,.
ri oi plumber Afcf sn cNuunua,tan Is
!. fore tbc Mstor they uere c,m.nliti.