Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1834-10-23
FROM n.e PhiLidoip,sd 4. S Ca.etfe sT,Ae,.,h
TIE RIOT IN MOYAN.SsiNr

Hso oeen, on the previous night n
dreadful r'ot IN Moy amensing We did no,
,"e" usem Poiitic to enter into the partle,,-
isrs OF The lamentable occurrence IT..
minds OF our fellow citizen, were vet u,d.-
the excitemeot Of the election confess, -
the details oil such scene might have mr.
duced further violence. We made ,no,,,,,..
yesterday, ~ To the origin and procr.S, ,S
the disturbances, and learned that the an e.,
ing, engendered or heated by the election a..
ING the day, had been further excited b, ,o,,.
collisions which occurred after the closing Of
inc poll the Jackson men assaulted ~,
mouse mouse known as the head quarters Of ,hs
ahu party OF anti-Jaekson m.n 81.
iied iorth from this place, and, in repul,,,.
The Jackson meo, hickory stick. set up \.
sisn In small temporary shanty, va, throw,
Gown. ms retort provoked further ar.r,..
sions from the Jackson men, who proceed
to The liberty pole, in front Of the an,,-J.rI
son house, with view Of cutting IL dow,
this vas difficult task, n the lower p,,, 81
the spar was closely strapped with iron p,
tending from below the surface Of the xro,.I
to the height Of eight or ten feet Viii.
part OF the crowd we're engaged upon a..
hoe,y pole another party was industriou,i,
employed IN Pelting the house with stone.
bricks and other similar missiles.
When this attack bad been continued for
short time. and Il was evident that the b,,,hl-
ing would soon yield, and the lives Of its A..
merous inmates be Jeoparded, II not taken .,
way, some persons disc harged fire arms fro,
the house and wounded sc veraI Of the ,..,il.
ATS. We instituted an inquiry rs 10 H..
manner IN which these arms came into tL,.
house, and We learned, that AFTER the Ward
Election. week before last, the Jackson men
Aked 'hS House, and did much injury e.
'ho exterior, and its contents; and II wa re-
ported, that, on the night Of the GsneralI-
ieetion, the house was to be pulled down
Arms, therefore, were procured by II. ocer.
pant, 10 defend his property at the last e..
tremity. or the propriety Of this sol.
defence, we arc not now TO speak, we a..
giving only such information A. We ,t
gather. The crowd, thus assailed, grew De-
Perate, and rushed 10 the house, which ,tr,
soon broke open, and dragged forth d, ~.
mates. We are told that thew had. N .,.
time, man, whom they had mistaken e. d.
proprietor OF the house, and were ab..,t,
mhiet summary venge snce on him, whent.y
wero prevailed on TO release hin,
u Is SAID, that shortly after the gun, se-.
discharged from the house, several wera ....
hred at the wings, from behind a f,rrs
One Wing bad his eyes 40 much injured D, g.,
shot, that lac will probably be ea,,r,I. DE-.
Pri'ed OF the sight thereof. when the hog..
was open TO The rioters, they dragged fora
the furniture, piled IL against the liberty T.
anu set u on hire; this soon commune al, ! %
The houses IA the vicinity, and the cont.
graton became general. The 6remen We.
not allowed To act
We have given the above a. we gsth.-,l
IT, IRON several persons OF credit an, w.
supJoin the account given by the Philai,ilk,
Gazette, OF yesterday afternoon
Dreadful Riof-Destruesion of Pros.,-
fy and Loss Of Lift
Among the many 5isgrscefui scenes Of or.
rage which took place yesterday. that VIII
occurred IN the township Of Moyamensip.
a. 'a,e hour IN the evening, appears to havs
oeen Tue most serious in its conseouenc.s -
nes'ues the destruction of block OF is,
handsome aud valuable houses. the propeFt,
oil our to~nsman Mr.. Robb, IL appear, ia,
several individuals were seriously injured
perhaps oue or more killed. Tie part.ru.-,
oil tins dreadful scene Of violence, as a.r1,
we could learn from the various coutrad,r.l-
"A'e"en's made on the ground It's mora
ing, appears 9? be as follows
The Wings Of Moy amensing had ..iqrfi.--
ed their head quarters in the tavern st,.,
corner OF Christian and Ninth siss,l. oy,...
site TIE District Hall, where the clrcta.,
are hed' The Jackson men established
heau quarters Oh the opposite aide of the By
by The erection OF booth on the pater-at.
having failed IN an attempt TO procure die
use Of An untensnted house In the same rys
with the wings.
10 the course OF the evening, the Jack.er
party, being much stronger on the grogr
than their opponents, committed il /, SAID
many assaults upon Peseeable " hiE voters.
DJ breaking their lanthOrns, tearing away
their e'ee'ioneering bills, and finally IN knock
ing down and beating them. This course u
conduct appears TO have been pursued uuti
human nature could submit 10 the akrr,,a.
ting insults no longer. The wings mad. /,
ally, and IN order 10 punish the InSolencc II
the Jacksoomen, made q rush on them
them, and cut down their hickory pole Tie
ground then became quiet-the disturbance
vas considered as finally settled, and peace
was fully restored. This state OF thing,
however, continued bat q short time ito
opposing party in the interim. had been
collecting their forces from Southwark, tie
city, aud upper districts, aud suddenly srd
unexpectedly appeared on the ground .l
great numbers, aud made q desperate attack
upon the Wing Head Quarters, driving into
the houses nearly every Wing on the gToun1
They deliberately set ire to the splendid / d.
srty Pole IN front, and the watebboH ct tt,
corner, and thea the tavern and adjoinins
houses IN the row-destroyed the furpnur.
20 those which we're tenantsd-threw out The
the street. and set the mass on hrel
Still uossiished with the work Of destrnr-
ton, the mob ransscksd the lower rooms o.
the Wing tavern, thTsv out the furniture 10,
on the blazing p'ie io the street, and grossly
assaulted all upon whom they could lsy tbsr
hands The laDdiady and her shrieking chill
dren we're dfiven Shh violence into the street.
aud severely nal,rea;sd. The persons 20 tis
upper rooms, now considering that tie object
OF the mob vas 10 murder then. procured
hre arms, and from The third story wiad0us
and the roof tired into the street BIifs
cartridges, q - said, we're used II first Ds'
these were Insufficient o. Intimidats the a,ss
subsequently,, We learn. several 90 re street.
were injured by buck shot, ard u said its.
ore individual died While beng conycye3t'
The Hospital
The crowd in front Wbo stood their ground
hriniy snd replied 10 those INSIDE by tremen-
dOus vOilies Of bricks, stones. ard other
missiles, al length made . JssPsrsie rush 90.