New-York daily tribune., 1844-07-09
By This Mornings Mail.
Tbe Dreadful Events and scenes In PHI
Iadelphin.
From our regular Correspondent:

,,,opnd until 3 O'Clock this morning, 'sllmg eacs
s,,t where the fight ragged the ;h:cAest and not,
,c>f and awful was the effect OF each soiley as !.
go. ,,ursd INTO the ranks OF t!.ose who weecon.
,.,d,no 10. our Country end its laws. The l.s,
.bo, fired took place at O'clock, from the come,
or Second and Christian SIS. as party of aoouts
Jozep Natives were reueating down Moyamen.
sing Road to the Sunday Market, with an OLD
cannon which they had in charge. The dis
charge from the military was made at random,
the soldiers appearing frantic with fright. No
one. ] am happy to say, was injured BY this las:
sbo, entered the market few moments aiie,
and found about twenty Natives with Their can
non and several muskets; and at about o'clcck
they were compelled to leave, the military taking
charge.
The events of the night, you wiII find detailed
N the various papers, but rest assured not one.
h.lr is told. 1t is almost impossible to tell hog
many are dead and how many are wounded, in
tbc present state OF affairs. | saw curing the
NIGHT s.r cold and maagjed INDIES, life having
lonc since been extinct OF the wounded, c4a
only saw. nine came under my immediate notice.
The military, who shed the first crop OF blood,
have an awful responsibility resting upon them;
md fear solemn rctrbution awaits them, par.
t;cparIv the volunteers from the country. In,
,,cone ar, exospcra,ed-wrough up 10 sad ait
desperate state Of excitement. The concuct Q
Gem CadwaIader (and trust in God the repors
,,. - c,rcul,t,on are unruc) is 4 subject of I'M.
,,.r.sl condemnation There were several reports
,.s, nisht of his death, he having been singled
mt i seems. by the nfurialed popuice Ist
.,,duct If Col. Plcasantou, wno IS now anon.
,,. wounded. is also loudly ,poken OF. lh,s
.h,,rs ar, publicly and boldly charged. by has
I'D. u,,,h isiorirqt,on while IN the discharge
hoh and lemn duty. Let an investigate
nc had.
To-day all is quiet, the military having per
feet control of the greater part OF the Dsinc
Queen street beng fortified with cannon. Then
!. however, trouble ot more serious chafacte
IN embryo. It's currently rumorcd that tod.I
ib,, the native ci,izens of Southwark, kensiHe
ton. S1rlng Garden, aud the City, are abor
concentrating their forces. resolved, If posslbl,
~ beat oil and destroy The military TO night.
s also SAID they have entered Delaware az
New Jersey for the purpose OF obtaining arm
aud amunition One thing IS certain, vcrgeans
- resolved upon, and sooner or later II "
come.
Front street is filled with an excited people
The streets arc strewed with fragments of gas
sc. While large spots of blood may be seen ;
various sections of the battle. ground.
In my honest opinion-and it appears pret
general-not one drop of blood would have bet
shed had the Sheriff complied with tho reqne
of d Committee OF Natives, who waited upOnhu
at the Girayd Bank at an early hour IN the ev
ming, to keep the military from Queen street,
he was distinctly told blood would follow 4
they approach the spot, and alas, how true t
assertion!
am panied 10 say that many Of the soldie
were under the Influence of liquor throughO
The evening. One man, seated upon hon
fronting the Glfard Bank, was 50 drunk th
every body remarked it! He was from Il :
County.
The city is now under the control Of the cI'
and military power; Our streets present a W
Ike appearance, and every thing is painful
the extreme.
The Irish are united, and act very imr
IDENTIFY.
The Philadelphia Ga-ette of last eveningh
nishes few more particulars, which we publ
without attempting to correct the discrepancies
repcttions unavoidable from the confused matt
of the accounts VIC receive.
The battle between the rioters and the milib
was kept up until O'Clock this morning. 7
military suffered severely particularly the G
mantown Bues Washington Artillery Of q
mantown, lst State Fencibles, Wayne Astle
and Cadwalladef Greys.
The first four companies were stationed
THIRD and Queen streen They stood rtslt
fires up Third, and up and down Queen. !!
,wo severcst discharges were ~ Third ifoI
Christian. The rioters had cannon loaded Tl
grape, iron scrapIngs, glass boulrs, blck oal
&c. Serg. Gnier of the Germantown Blues y
-hpt dead at his cannon (; The whole of the upP
part of his face being torn off, Corporal Tfo0
man (nf the Bues,) shot in the gndn
wound mprta-and died at the Hospital r
yatc Ashwcrth had his mushet struck Oy
gfape,-wound in the leg.
About haii past zen O'Clock this mornng
irishman, who h id used threatening Language
the street, in front of st Philips Chmrch, vas
rested and 'aken To the Mayors Ohi:e. Hes
considerably wounded IN the face
We are happy To- learn 'htt Capt Sc
'irhough senously wounded, is not const'fet
he surgeon to be- in dangerous condition
all rnle'ed his back, near the shoulder o'
vb'ch has not yet been cxirarted. bat viii
soon as the operation IS deemed sa'e
Gen. CadwaIiader in Consequence of the
ess Gischarge of hls duty, whs 'gled out Hs
inject of vengeance. Ten balls passed thr"
his coat, not one OF which drew blood. H'
cape must be accounted remarkable.
Many fired on the military from the bou
intense excitement yet prevails. The notsr
mastering at the Wharton market, and sweat
vengeance.
A meeting took place at the CornmssoH
dali, at eleven o'clock, at which resolutions
aG"PJed, requesting General G. to wlthdf4s