The New York herald., 1844-07-13
Affairs In Philadelphia.
From Philadelphia Chronicle, July ~

Affairs In Philadelphia.
From Philadelphia Chronicle, July lal
| The Riots are over, SO far AS our knowledge ex-
tends. In the southern section, where the distur-
Dances occurred, all Is quiet the people have re-
sumed their buslness-the authorities have no ex-
ira power-the church remains unmolested. In
short, everything is AS it was previous 10 Friday
last, in that neighborhood,s except tie shattered
properly.
In the neighborhood of the Girard Bank the
Major Generals Head Quarters-thtre were col.
lections OF persons all day and evening, but no,
equal to preceding days The military continue
known to any but themselves. In the evening the
cavalry were Withdrawn from the front OF the
bank, and only few sentries are stationed there.
At 10 O'Clock, night, all was quiet-but few per-
sons In the streets, and no rlotOus or turbulent Ian
guage is used We believe the troubles are entire
ly over.
Shortly after the hearing and binding over, (men.
TONED yeserday:l large crowd collected - % iron,
briefly, calling upon them to disperse, and not 10
infringe the laws-not to create mobs-leave that
to the military, &c. He spoke but few minutes,
| and then retired, when the crowd dispersed.
MODE OF WARFARE BY THE MOB AT the meet
ing in Independence Hall yesterday morning, Go
vernon Porter exhibited to the citizens match, OF
"nfernal machine on small scale. such as usso
by notorious ncendiaries. II was found under tn.
caves OF the Columbia railroad bridge. across the
Schuyki at Mount Pleasant, on Wednesday by
one Of the men employed there, and brought to the
Governor by Mr., John Cash, government officer
on the road The machine consisted of bunches
Of loco foco matches, Of kind entirely new to US
tied like fish hooks a thick cord, several feel
long, so as TO communicate hre, certainly but slow
Wand thus enable an incendiary to escape long
before the fire would be known. II is presumed
the object OF the incendiary was to burn the bridge
so as to prevent troops from he country arriving in
the city-as most OF them came by the State rail
road.
The MrLITARY-Troops from the interior Of the
State, and particularly from Montgomery county,
continue to pour in, to sustain the laws, and more
are on their march. All the companies have been
reinforced and one OF the troops OF cavalry thai
arrived with thirty men, now numbers sixty-so,
with several other companies, horse and foot. The
farmers were closing in their harvests when the
orders were received. and hurried to the city with
battalion arrived, consisting OF the New Hanover
Artillery; the Goshey Hoppn Greys, Capt John
Dodd, and Sumney Town Guards, Capt John b
Apple.
Adstachment Of the second Y. 3. Artillery, com
pany K, numbering about eighty men, under the
command of Capt. Smith, and Lleuts Luther and
Chase, arrived at the u s. Arsenal Frankfort, yes.
terday, from New York.
Philips Church, Southwark, and putting il in q
proper condition for the congregation.
(From the Philadelphia Times, July l2]
What singular state Of things! All is hurry,
hustle, c0mmotion and alarm Our streets are fill
ed with groups Of animated people, conversing on
current events; while in the vicinity OF our office
the incessant parade of the troops, and the conse
quent running to and fro Of the multitude gathered
at all hours Of the day and night to witness their
appearance, numbers and evolutions, and conjec-
ture their intentions, all present apicture full q
lemn reflection. Yet everything is quiet as fay as
| the city properis concerned There is no reason
| to apprehend an outbreak here and if we except
the arrest of those. who have made it point o
glory, il s charged, to encourage the mob, and JUS
| tify il in its murderous warfare upon the con.
stituted authorities of Philadelphia, we see no
| thing going on around US that stranger nigh
not construee into the paraphernalia Of holiday
| In the "infected district" the scene alters. The
tranquility though serene is superficial. Il is no.
minally under the control Of the District Author
ties and a Peace police, but in reality under nc
control Whatever. The repose is somewhat Of tina
| species which yeasts OF prey submit to when, sat
isfed to the full with all their appetite demands
they grow temporarily sverse to violent exertion =
1t is an incontroyertble fact that the late riot
ty 1t is lndisputas.e that they collect in various
public paces-boast of their slaughter of oul
brave military defenders--of their prowess ir
tions to put down any force the Governor may sent
against themand their determination to resist any
authority but that OF "Natlve American" leaders
II cannot be denied, too, that they supported .t
| sad extent IN that district, by public opinion
that an lrshman or Catholic, there, must snbmi
to the searching of his house by self constituted
qusitors for arms-that neither if strangers, car
walk the streets excepting at the hazard OF ,
personal assaut-that no man in military uni
form can venture there, alone, but at the i'm
| minent peril Of his lite, Ia species OF gratitude
| for the gallant maintenance OF the government,
| which monarchisls call signay American D-ant
| that, while men who were wounded in open ant
armed rebellion against our laws and government
| are called "Martyrs to Llbertyv and nr wh'
were killed In the same REASONABLE position are
borne to the grave wrapped in the American Flag
which they died fighting against, the courageous
Citizens in Arms who volunteered their lives in de
te nee Of the law, held up to execra on and the
| bodies OF their deceased comrades meet with nj
| outward demonstrations Of public respect. This j,
the exact condition OF affairs, without varnsh OF
coloring Of any kind.
There is no peace yet permanently established
In the riotous district. The rebeious spirit ha.
been queted, but not crushed The disease ha.
| been palliated, but not remedled And there isbu
one course lett US TO pursue. The supremacy u
the laws must be maintained at tevery and any cost
This now seems to be, as it ought to be, public
opinion, and the tone OF the public press, we are
gratified to see, has come to this at last. Mob Law
and anarchy must not, cannot rule, under our forn
| of government. The laws must be supreme, ane
person and property secure. The present state d
| affairs must be reversed.
The compromise of Monday must be annulIed, ,o
liberty will lose its foothod Mob law must no
! receive the sanction of the popular voice. The
| rebels must yield. The insurgents must dsperse
and give up all their arms, small and large, before
peace and quiet can be permanently restored. Tc
prevent future outbreaks, il is very evident that
different settlement with the rioters IN Southwark
| and Moyamensing must take place. The mob
or the rioters, must not be allowed through the
Commissioners Of Southwark, to make terms for the
higher authorities II will not do. Property and Ter
son are not safe lnder such an arrangement, AND
the rioters know il, and already rejoice. We
hope his Excellency the Governor, will look into
IT,. The considerate forbearance yielded so far
will only breed more and dreadful disturbances
Now is the period to teasA the guilty lesson
The whole district should be invested with the
troops, and all the cannon and small arms eurren
dered, and all the fugitives from stice arrested
ARRESTS OF LEVIN AND OTHERs.-Followins
are the remarks in the Philadelphia Sun of yester
day written by its editor, Mr..Leun, after his ar
rest.
From Philadelphia Sun, July isl
LIBERTY OF SPEEcH-THE FREEDOM OF rHr
Ia I,.Ilo &c Ian