Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-11-10
DONa piSTaC.
RIOTOUS PROCEED

OF Monday and Tuesday evening in this town show
state OF feeling in the minds of portion of popula
tion which is highly TO be deprecated. We give below
The facts, as far as they have come to knowledge
On Monday evening, stated monthly meeting for
prayer tor slaves, aud for the peaceful abolition of slave
ry in the u States and through the world was held as
usual at the Howard Street yestry AT the time for com
inencng the meeting number Of persons had assembled
IN the ncghborood of the house. whose appearance and
conversation led those who held the meeting to suppose
that they came for other purposes than prayer As the
number outside continued to increase, and enquiries
were made for "Thompson it was thought best to- re-
quest the presence of the Sheriff. to aid preserving
peace. He arrived about o'clock at which time proba
bly, about hundred assembled, with the idea that
MIR. Thompson the neeting-and indications were
strong that they intended to handle him pretty roughly
had he been there--which however, not the case
IL was now nearly the time for closing the meeting and
the Sheriff felt II his duty To command the multitude out
side, which was constantly increasing, dspcrsc and
retire pcnceaby to their homes. His cndcavors dis
perse them entirely Intellectual and answered
by shouts and Kisses aniborn, which he held in his
mana, was broken, by stone thrown at il, and
stones wete also thrown against the Vestry. Several
other attemps were made to dspersc them but in vain
many of them demanding to know whether THOMPSON
was in The house. The Sheriff declared his determine
ton To protect the rights of the citizens and pcsei We the
peace OF the town, TO the extent of his power-but he
did not feel 1t TO be his duty them Thomp
son was not there means oi quoting the mob The
lanthorn was again broken, and the Sheriff and his as
sisants seized one two persons whom he supposed
oe ringeaders The cry OF ''rescuc Immediately
raised, and of great confusion ensued The Off
GER however, succeeded in conveying prisoner near
~ TO the JAIL when lie forciby rescued by the mob
and made his escape The meeting the Vestry i'm the
meantime had been dismissed and retired without fur
ther molesation.
On Tuesday evening" another disgrnceful occurrence
took place report put in circulation that Thomp
son was In North Salem at the house of of most
respected CITIZENSHIP. Thomas Spencer--and large
number of persons gathering around his house
and entering his yard, climbing his fences looking
IN at his windows, knocking at his DOORS &c. nqurng
ior thompson stones were thrown at the house, threats
were uttered, and The family thrown into the hphes
state OF alarm The rioters assured thai Thompson
was not IN the house. and had not been there for the day.
but as they would not retire, Mr. S over into town
requesting of his friends his assistance
and cndeavor dispense the assemblape Several of ou
most respectable and influential citizens immediately re-
paired to his house where they found the family in great
terror as above stated, and large number Of persons
near the house, and standing about in squads
ering threats and imprecations against Thompson &c
These gentlemen Immediately the place where
large number assembled assured that Thomp-
son was not therestated 10 them the situation the
family them of the perncious tendency of such
proeeedngs-and expressed their fixed determination
and that OF all good citizens that the laws shall be sup
ported, be the consequences what they mayand urged
them to retire peaceaby TO their homes After few
minutes they began 10 withdraw and in a short time
they had all retired and further trouble took place
1t is said that of those actively engaged in
the above outrages are known. and will probably be
brought 10 justice -Sliem Register.
ABoLIrioS--The Holsten Conference of the Metbo
dist Episcopal Church, embracing within its bounds por
tons of Tennessee, Virginia. and North Carolina al its
session which has Just been held in ABINGDON has mss
ed unanimously resolutions disapprovng the NJ The
Abolitioniss. The unanimity which has prevailed in
the Ministry of this branch of the Christian Church
them well acquainted is of the strongest evdcn es
that the South is pursuing the proper course in a sp
rted resistance to Northern interference.
Manchester Virginian
An outrage of the most extraordinary character was
committed at West Springfield Mass on the 10Th Mr.
Aaron Day two daughters, the eldest about ~ years
went to bed usual in lower in the front part of
The house. very accessible from the street The parents
slept in the back part of the house About ~ o'clock
the girls loom entered, and the eldest taken from
the bed in sound sleep She did not wake till the fell
low had carried her out of the house, when she found
herself in his arms, and raised cry of alarm He spoke
to her to be silent. But she cried murder when he
gapped her throat and nearly srangled her Mr. Day
by this time alarmed, and lis daueIi.
fer approaching him. she being about two rods distant
from the house. Mr. Day the villain 60 away and
might probably have caught him, had he not been en-
crossed with the care Of his frightened and almost
gled daughter The Secetmen Of the have offer
ed reward of $500 foi The detection of the villain
Boston Transcript
BANK RoBBER DIscovERED, AND MowEY FoUSD-
Our readers perfectly familiar with the robbery of
the Branch of the Bank Of Darien in this CITY, on or
about the 9Th of June lase discovery of the part of
the amount purloined, ($23,000) the 9Th of that
month, by negro, who found the among some
oaes OF cotton, on JOhnsons wharf,-and the suisse
quent arrest in this city the month John Fitz
gerald, suspected the robber of the Bank but dis
charged for the want of evidence to render him cupa
We gratifcd in being able to state that there
every prospect that the whole purloned will
be ultimately recovered Those vgIlant oiccsMessrs
Hays IL Huntington, of New York it seems suspected
Fitzgerald in New York of being possession of money
nun confession, which duplicates Patrick Savage of
this place, coachmaker by trade as an accomplice-
Messrs. Hays and Huntington arrived in this city on Sa
turday aud proceeded to- the spot designated by Ftzoer
aid found box containing S60351 the larger portion
OF the bills stolen 1t was slowed away in the ceiling of
the coach house of Mr. Warner, with whom we learn
MIR Savage worked as jOurneyman.
lie amount now missing Isnot only composed of Bank
Bills Of the Savannah Branch $4 074) which FITZGERALD
says he threw away when pursued by officers in Savan-
nah but also 7,3J in Gold and Silver which was Sc
cIeed, but has been removed t is supposedly from IFS
place OF dePosiie, since Fitzgerald left The city
Mr.. Savage has been committed to JAIL for further
examinations Fitzgerald states in his affidavit the
SZ3UlD found iii June, among the cotton were placed
there with his consent demand has been made
through the Governor, for tie body Of Fitzgerald at
present confined in New York--and Mossrs HAYS and
Huntington viii return to that City with liberal reward.
IN their pockets, to which their vigilance fully entities
them Savannah GeOrginn.
BALTIMORE Novenber2
ATTEMPT TO Ron MERcHASTs' BAsK-About
IL ociock on Saturday night last one of the watchmen
OF the Bank heard noise in the building which he at
fret supposed 10 proceed from the scratching Of dor
which he thought might have been inadvertently en IN
the bank He went 10 the door leading TO the Rotunds
OF the Exchange from Second when the noise be-
came more distinct aud hc was convinced that some
person was within the building. As the doors leading
70 the Rotunda all fastened the Waterman went
10 Pages Hotel aud awOke the Porter who admit.
ted him to the Rotunda aud accompanied him 10 the
door Of the Maryland Insurance Office. This Of
fec adions The Merchants Bank and is separated from
It by brick PARTITION. They found the door Of This of
fee fastened, but distinctly heard person moving with.
ln-soon after which one Of the windows, fronting on
Gay street, opened and the person eapcd for the
street fastening to the front ofthe building they found
the ToDOer who, ~ making The leap from Tie window
had iaen INTO the area leading 10 the basement and
jufed his leg much prevent his escape fie was
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