Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1842-08-11

night s'During the forenoon" says me
Chronicle, "a procession ri a part OF the
cooured temperance societies paraded
through many of the streets Of the city
and county. carrying banners with vari-
Gus devices upon them, and some. IT Is
said, Of an Objectionable anl dangerous
charac ter. one of these was described to
Us rs having in bold letters upon it. the
words, Liberty CT Death" Indeed. we
are told, as it WAS the anniversary Ut
the liberation of. tire slaves in Jamaica,
to have reference to the subject Of slavery
and abolition. When the procession
reached Fourth and Plumb streets. in
the districts of Southwark, it was at
tackled by volley of stones, thrown bv
the whites. and a mischiegous boy pro-
voked fight with one Of those in the
procession. a lad Of ab1ut equal size.
which was the origin Of The whole ser,-
Gus results that followed. The black
boy was considered beaten by the white
one. at which black man struck the
white boy over the head. and ihen yen
erai fight. in which thousands took part.
ensued-and continued during the
whole day. The blacks were SERIOUSLY
beaten at the onset, but rallied and
thrashed the whites. From Fourth
and Plumb streets, the crowd Of both CO.
Iors ran to Fifth and Shipper, then up to
Sixth and South. fighting with clubs.
sticks. stones, brickbuts, and whatever
missiles they could obtain, until they
reached the corner of Sixth and Lom-
bard streets, within the precincts of the
city. Some of the blacks took refuge in
their own meeting houses in that neigh
borhood, and their procession having
been dispersed the whites went To work
and destroyed houses AID property in
Discriminatory. so that they belonged to
CIR were occupied by blacks.
During the fight we have attempted to
describe, several persons engaged i'll ii
were very seriously hurt. One white
man had his arm broken from a blow in
flicted BY huge club in the hand of a
black; another white man was stabbed
with knife or dirk in the eve; black
man, named Metcalf, had his right eye
laid open bya blow from the weapon Of
a white. am! some fifty Or twenty others
were more or less seriously inju
red. The most desperate of the blacks
was a deaf and dumb man. who did much
mischief, and seriously injured several
of the whites ere be WAS arrested by the
police.
The destruction of property was seri
Gus in mahy parts. In Lombard street
below Sixth. small court adjoining the
African Wesley Meeting House, was i'll
led with whites. who dashed bricks
through the Misunderstanding the glass.
frame. and sashes Of all IN three or four
houses. Other buildings in the same
were treated in like man-
ner.
FIRE = BURNING OF THE HALL.
Nine and Ha5f o. CT ,ck. We accom-
panied the Sheriff to the scene OF riot.
and stood at his SIZE until after the String
Of the Hall. ,lhe crowd gathered grad
ualy in the vicinity of Lombard and
Seventh streets, from five O'Clock. At
about>8 o'clock, the streets were thronsed
with spectators anticipating the burning
of the Hall. The first attack upon the
building. at about quarter past o
clock, by a few half grown lads who
threw few bricks, but were Immediate
~ dispersed by some of the officers who
accompanied The Sheriff. In abalt tive
twenty minutes afterwards, body
Of the most rui!ianly looking fell
lows'we ever saw congregate together ar
rived. and renewed the attack with
The Sheriff, attended by Judge
Todd. and a few citizens. with some
feu.' or five Sherlf's officers piac-
ed themselves in front of the Hall and
called upon tie mob to desist, which
they did for few moments.
AS soon as the throng ceased, gen
tIeman mounted lime box. in front Of
the Sheriff, and said that be wished the
TO understand that he WAS the
master builder of the Hall. ana that i:
was not intended for an abolition meet
ing house, but lnr place Of public wnr-
ship, and that Mr.. Smith. for whom he
was erecting it. had said TO him that it
was HIS iitCiitiui ~ 4flhsV nv utCFNU~
there that the Mayer disapproved Of
The mo set up heinious honting al
this annunciation; amid which Judge
Todd assembled the lime box, and en-
treated the assemblaae not to persist i'll
their violence-that they could not throw
without lnjuring some of their fellow ci'-
liens. perhaps upon the ground, and
perhaps the Sheriff the son Of Robert
Morris. who i, upon the ground, and
that their acls would be such as would
make many ofthem sorry on the NOR
row.
The Judges advice hat|.no other effect
than to provoke another ebullltion OF
wells and screams.
Tuesday. .Ragust 5rd. i
The whole district, Of that portion OF
the city and county, where the rioters
have been most active, presented sorry
sight. Houses were shattered, stones
laying about. and everything presenting
the appearance Of somp town that bad