Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1834-08-28
Philadelphia Riots. Second Wight Great
Destruction Of Property. and Loss Of one

The IMMUNITY with which the rioters perpe-
trated their ou,rages on Tuesday evening, seems
to have encouraged them to renewal Of their
dsgraceful scenes on the second night, the par
ticulars of which we subjoin from the Phila-
delphia papers
The Riots commenced on Wednesday night
with redoubled activity and fury. In consequence
OF the disturbances Of the preceding evening, the
City Police, under the Mayor, were iched
just after dark TO the southern boundaries of the
city, and the Police Of the districts were also
assembled. The rioto RS, however, did not show
themselves in any force until about II O'Clock
when the peace officers, worn out BY the fois of
the affray on Tuesday, and not anticipating a Sc
cond riot, had generally retired. The onset
was made IN Seventh street, between Shipper
and FItZw alter streets. Two three storied brick
houses on the west side, occupied by blacks,
were first assailed. The windows and doors
were dashed TO pieces, the furniture demolished
and the inhabitants dragged from their beds and
dreadfully beaten. In the morning one of them
was carried to the hospital The mob then
moved on to Baker street, where three frame
houses were almost torn TO pieces, and complete
ly riddled with stones. The little property Of
the inhabitants, bedsteads, bedding, sc. was
strewed about the streets in fragments. 1t is not
known whether the occupants were much hurt.
In Baker below Seventh street, several frame
buildings shared the same fate; and in Seventh
below Baker street, two other houses were as
much injured. The First African Presbyteriau
Church IN Seventh street, exhibits serious marks
OF the fray. The doors are dented and battered
and the window sashes knocked to pieces. The
rioters found il impossible TO effect an entrance
or the interior Of the church would have been
demolished.
In Shipper street below Seventeenth, two
large three story brick houses are reduced tc
mere wrecks. The doors and window shutter,
, are hanging in fragments, and the houses ar.
Thoroughly guttered. frame house adiacen
suffered as badly. The palngs, small from
garden, and the fragments of the buildings a
this point exhibit most melancholy instances O.
the fury of the rioters. A small court opposite
r occupied altogether by blacks, appears to have
been an especial object Of attack. Upwards OF
SIX houses were here assailed and dealt with as
Violently as the others In Small street, four or
five frame tcnements suffered severely.
Il Between one and two O'Clock the combined
police made an effectual rush upon the mob, head
ed we believe by the Mayor of the city, and
quietness was restored Ten or fifteen prisoners
were made who were carried direct TO prison.
| The property destroyed to vent the luminosity
to the negroes, all belonged To WHITE PEOPLE,
One of the brick houses in Shipper street, was
the property and sole dependence Of an old and
infirm widow. who lost all except that house by
fire last winter.
| Not house, the dwelling Of coloured people
was spared. The poor blacks, affrighted at the
approaching storm, had fled from their houses
and even the city, and took repose BY thousands
IN the fields and woods in the neighborhood of
the city.
The signal words of the mob were 'Gunnee, :"
punch" and big Gun" Robbers were busy.
during the disturbances, in pillaging the houses
that were attacked.