Litchfield enquirer., 1835-08-20
MOB AT BALTIMORE.

ExtseN ef trttev e geRtismae is Es sosOa date. "BALTIMoRE, Aug. 9, 1885.
 We atS here i6 di5 midsi of one OG the most awfa scenes witnessed ia allis coua.r Osr beau.iG. city ts ia the handS Of mOb who are delnoIiSh;na houses and eaFOyag pEOprry ia al direcliODs Five spleadid houses e in rUne aud twe6ty or thirty aore ere seecsed objects of attack iO-nish, Where ahis horribIe career w end uo oae knows; bu 1t ex abi.s oae of the Aosl depIotahle sights inaginale- 1he eauss Of ihS singuinf pr6eeedia is sle iIre o b"e of the largest baakiag embellishments ia the city Gsome eighteen months ago.1 This event has prota. aiy robbed this commanily of not iess than milton a"d half or dars which iors ao grea, ex,eat h... talIea Gpoa te pooser class of cI.isens The distress occasoUed by this failure is immense, and has excited Popuar indignation o inc highest pitch. The suffer- ers have tried for long ae .o get possession of the aooks sad papers of this bank he Baak of asyland) ao ascertain the agepss of tbs calamity. and had G,e disposition oihe unds bot have been deaed the de- mand. Sas have besa instituted in vasipas ways to settle the claims Of those interested bus nc yet no re. lief has been obtained, and immediate prospect of undiscovered. violens eoniroversy has been car Fied beiweeO suntsy officers of that nsli,uton, charging each other with the guilt of this aboinable aransacion. PSbIic opinion has at last designated two members of ,le bar (Johnson and Gleaal who were directors ]" the back, the agents this srr GUS affair-and Judge Lyach's executors determined to bring them jusee. A few days since no,ice was eiyea, by placards being posted u. that they were to Ge dealt with. Las, Wednesday evening was the oc- eason ef the first demonssa,on oG violence. A crowd assem'led ia MoOumens Square ia front of ahe house of Mr. Beverly Johnson, Dne ot she gentlenea above alluded io, and gave iHdicasoas oi violence, hu, sooa dispersed without doing any injory. ThUssiay sight they assembled again, broke windows, and being addressed by the Mayor and others dispersed o" Friday evening they came again with more for. ndabte foice, proceeded wiih more yoleace, hurled stoaet against the house oi Mr J. aad finally dispers cd. Oa Sa.usday night tl.e exciteaeot rose to its fa heght. A large assemhlege ot eiiizeas convened as an early boar, armed wish bladeeoas, and posted thamselses oa the dereAs eoaers of the streets for che pasposs of pretending epsedai;oas ael ses,isg che olenders. Thsy wsseassaited by the a.ob aboos 8S'coas ws great tusy. Stones asd triekbats tell
 ike showeas sf hail upon the heads of ihoss who did a lake eafs tIeseivea. This Sk irsbis soati0sed for long iime, uo,iI ihe mob beeoninE irium- phant, when soe of the citizens resorsd 6earms. Nine" persons were shot dead, and 6feea wouaded. hy the 6ring-among whom were maay aAoAendiag c,zeDs, who were drawa inio the crowd by curiosity saconssians. ef deagera |, The aumber brased with saoaes. bricksjand other missiles werc not ess iiaa l00 or l50. The resistance made not sslicisns to psevent the destruction of one of the Rses sases ia tie city, whs a s farnIturs. Yesterday sAtaiI number daring the day ha,sering dowa tle walls of ,hs house they had desroyed, while ts reminder
 were laying ou, work for the night. and preparing so resist any attempt suppress ihem. IL understood that they, had possession of about 6ve hUotred kess, aad were well provided with ammunition. The citixens made resistance, aad fonr houses de- sroyed, ba. lives were los.. To-nieh. exexpeca sAe tug oFwar. Ahout . ahousaad citizens are under arms, dstermined so qosH the disturbance and h is also expected that the seb will be noss furious than ever. Gen. Smith, soldier of the sevolssion, asd late Senator in Congress from ihis slase, commaads abe force raised hy the cisizsns He is bold and in arepidi leader in whom a have con6deaces and is deiermncd restore order He wi he we'll sWsaain. cd, sad Ihass ihe fullest eon6denee that Foubes viii sOoa cease. The faraiure ofthe houses destroy cd en opt and baraed ia the street. There has as get heen attack made upoa any except those supposed he concerned tn the failure ofihs bank or those who oecasioneA ihe dea,s sf the aaappy vic. tins that were shot do~a. Abost twenty houses have beea dssienaiea as objects of attack to-aighs-asd it issumored that one of the banks is he demolshed but she osee of the cizess hope viii preveat aay
 such 6ecurrease. The papers will appsiss you of the rssss of our rouhles ssoa--a6d we hope the God Of peace wl lspeediy rive tbe bessiags of qsistness and ordeF.' 1
 This i1 probably ssevraied. as other aecouais do sos resesseat she nambes = greaa-psohably net to exceedtGse os six.
 We might 6ll our paper nearly win the details that .he newspapers and lsier.wrsers give ofihs Baiti- more mOb. We shall however give oaiy hrief Ae- couu, of the matter. The above aecouas brioss the
 date down u Sunday the 9h. On that sighs tSunday) she neb eolecsed ia different quasssrs of shs ciy-
 ass ps6ceead 10 Charles street. che resdsacs of Ar
 eha 0lssa ehese hosss they stripped of is farsissss esd dessreyeA The pb kept possession q the hesss iinsil iowards marniAa. when small dsischmess cG abned eisizeas made ap sasrasee sad tosk several
 assoas psisoasrs. aa while pssesedisg e the police nssse with shea. ihey ~ers sssaisd by she moh and s1 ots she sb suppossd so b kiIled. ls shs csssss sf ssaday nighs the bosses of Rvaa T. Eieoa. Joha Fp Merris asd Jesss Hsss. (the Mayor) were hrokea cVSn ard all the faraissre &e. destroyed. asaber Sskes bsidines asiacked aad more or les ia- iufea. Tue mob had isdsed ae shat iims complete peisessioR of ihe city.
 Os nIoaday large meeting of ciaiseas was held, ahnsxnAum