Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-08-19

lr,Ls appear TO have become almost as cOnta-
ions rs The cholera. In addition TO the recent
5e'rr,ces at CharleStown, Mass. must be added
oo,nsS of a similar character which have been
sr..Ib,,r5 during the present week, at Philadel-
"a" wbrre Disturbances Of the peace, and vio-
fPa,,ons of law OF Il most disgracetul description
- occurred In the latter instance, 1t would
IN that the rioters were guilty OF eXceSSeS
I'M mer,. wantoness-no cause having been
ION As far as we have seen, nor any object
S..n stated which would account for the dis
,nrhances. The vengeance OF the rabbe APP
mar, 10 have been directed against the blacks,
rbn we're made to suffer severely from the et-
Ecrs of their fury.
Ve.,rust that these repeated instances of law
loss violence, will have the effect TO call forth
the attention of the state governments, and the
community at large, to the exlgency OF the times.
NAYS and means must be devised TO put an end
~ mob law and mob government, or It will not
br lone before general scene OF outrage upon
the public peace, upon tie dwellings,, the pro-
usrty, and the citizens, will De displayed through
out Inc country. Ii is subject that ceGnot be
trasd with. If mobs are not suppressed, they
will destroy the peace Of the country and hazard
tho lives of the inhabitants. Such a state or
tbinrs in prospect, may not make deep I'M
nresson upon the public mind, or greatly excite
tbe public feelings. But the specimens CT mob
supremacy which have been recently expert
enced, will not soon be forgotten by those who
have been witnesses of them.
We understand that the females in the con.
vent at Charlestown, who were awakened rom
their sleep by the attacks OF the rioters upon the
building where they were, were driven in the
dead Of the night from their beds into the yard
which surrounded the convent without any
thing to cover them but their night clothes, and
no human protector to shield them from danger
and from violence. In this fOrlOrn and dis
ressing situation, they were under the necesSi-
~ of scaling a wall of twelve feet in height,
which in most extraordinary manner, they aC
complished, by helping each other to climb to
the top from whence they effected their escape,
by leaping tn the ground, which in some places
upon the outside was not less than fifteen feet.
Some of them falling among bushes had their
clothes torn from them. Some of them had
limbs broken, and all of them suffered severely
from the bruises they experienced, and the shock
which they sustained from fear, and from the
manner of their escape. All, or nearly all Of
them, lost their wardrobes, books, beds, and the
various neceSSaries which their friends had pro-
yded for them in the seminary.
After recovering from the effects Of leaping
from the wall, those who were not disabled, fled
for shelter either to their homes, in some in
stances two miles distant or to houses in the
neighborhood where they could find admittance.
OF delicate young females, many of them will
never recover from the shock which their con-
StitutiOns must have received from the events Of
that memorable night.
Such things cannot be tolerated in commu-
nifty which is prolessedly governed by laws, and
where the security OF persons and property is
the great object o. the social system We,
therefore, repeat the remark, that rayS and
means must be deriSsd 10 pat an end 10 rlCb lap
a a51r tho lou, in
istence are sufficient let them be enforced, and
let the culprits who shall be convicted of having
been actively engaged in these outra geous trans
actions, feel their heaviest penalties. A suitable
number OF examples of this sort will have a
most salutary effect; whilst every attempt to
palliate or tamper with the spirit aud mischief
will increase the evil. When mo5s make their
appearance and begin their work Of devasta-
uon, military force should be forthwith employ.
ed 10 suppress them. When the civil arm is so
fortunate as to lay hold of those who are ac.
uveiy engaged in mischief, let the penalty of
the law take its way, and be melted out to them
without mitigation 1.-THE rioters in this civ in
April last had been properly dealt with by the
tribunals Of justice, We should not have bsen
disturbed by those which have more recently
occurred amongst us. A years faithful service
IN getting out stone on BackwelPs Island win
go far towards curing mobbsh spirit not on
out in many others who may dread to meet the
reward of their own mSdeeds.
Ne1 York Daily Adr.
Terrific Combdt.-About eleven O'Clock in the
forenoon, We cast anchor in the Burchura Mud
ole, with an extensive forest on both sides;
when at about hundred yards from us, an al
igator came out of the river, to enjoy his noon
Tide sleep in the rays of the sun. After remain
ing there about an hour, apparently in sound
Sseep, We observed an immense tiger emerging
from the jungle, and bending his steps towards
.he place where the alligator lay. In size the
sger exceeded the largest We had seen, and
hls broad, round face, when turned towards us,
striped with white, his fierce ewes, with the
amazing apparent strength of his limbs, made
the stoutest heart on board tremble at the
thought OF encountering such dreadful foe.
With the most cautious pace imaginable, the
hger approached the alligator, his raised foot