The New York herald., 1844-07-22
PHILADELPHIA a RIOTS.
THE INVESTIGATION.
From the PHILADELPHIA Inouirer July 9O1

From the Philadelphia Inquirer, July 2o.l
GEORGE CADwArLADrR, sworn i am Brigadier
General OF LIST Brigade lst Division p M. On Sa-
turday, the 6.h July, detachment OF my brigade
was ordered into service, consisting Of live compa-
oies; II was increased after they had arrived on
| the ground, by an informal order, as to include
the whole brigade except the lst City Troop
sometime near noon received the order the or
der from Major General Patterson, commanding
the lst division; when | received the order pur-
sued the usual course of directing colones TO detail
companies; within an hour after receiving the or
der Tor hive companies, received the modified or
der spoken OF, 10 order out The entire brigade
immediately issued the order calling out the whole
brigade; my brigade consists of about 500 effective
men, rank and file volunteers; the orders referred
10, had reference 10 those only directed them
20 assemble AT o'clock, at their respective regi-
mental parade grounds, and await my fulher or
ders II was near o'clock before received re-
ports that the brigade was ready; there moi
200 turned out IN pursuance of my order; dent
know the exact number; portions of all the com
comm,ssiop. SeIs out some; very iew men all the
out of town at this time, but my order this day did
| not include cavalry; after having assembled my
men. by order Of General Patterson, | marched
my troops down 10 Queen street; arrived there
about dark we were waiting orders for some
time, which delayed us, but marched as soon as
did not amount to 200 men; found great crowd
there seemed very much excited, disposed abou
the church; seemed inclined, and rather more
willing to dictate what should be done than to do
what was required Of them by the lawful autho-
| rites; the sheriff was on the ground had some
| conversation with him on his arrival. did moi
go into the church, but found men about the
| door with badges on, from which supposed
the church in charge ct the civil authorities
by direction OF the Sheriff then cleared The street
from Third 10 Second, in front Of the church. In
the execution of that duty the mob groaned, and
seemed disposed at times TO resist. ] notified per.
assembled that had been ordered to clear the
streets. ! then planted pieces of artillery at the
corners OF Second and Third strers-after return
t,uu ~ thar hurctV md hat yvas
under guard OF The civil officers with military 10 as
| sst them, wentto the corner OF Third and Queen
| streets, and gave notice to the crowd there assem-.
bled to disperse. was received with very abusive
language and groans. Crowd pretty considerable
Al that place-I asked the Sheriff divide the civil
posse on each side Of the military facing across
ry. preferred the Sheriff using his posse and sup
PORTING them with military posted other compa-
Mes at other points, facing up Third and down
| Queen. There was a large c'owd IN those places.
made these dispositions In obedience TO the She
Tiff 8 orders disperse the crowd wherever seen,
| Of which gave them notice intended TO do. IL
nding forward in front Of the line, seeing the mob
to 1u, to ress
To apprise them of my intention to Use torce IT ne
cessary. They cried out fire and be ID, and
threw shower Of stones. was at tins time IL
front of the line facing up Third street. Having
been convinced that all who were not participating
had Withdrawn from their position-they continuing
to throw stones down the street-directed Colonel
pleasanton to order platoon OF musketry to be
fired, deeming il unnecessary to lire the whole
torce, and fearing the discharge OF piece OF ar
| lery would reach persons beyond the immediate
point Of assault. gave the command "hre BY
| platoon and Col Pieasonton gave the necessary
caution to carry that into effect. II was my objec
\ in giving thus word of caution to give those an OF
| portunity 10 get away who desired TO, end many
did II VAS my design at the time to fire. The
character ut the mob there was very noicus and
| obstlnate The street was very much crowded.
They separated in the middle OF the street and went
10 the footways and continued 10 throw stonts;
relieving that had the right men in front, deter
mined to carry the order into eff Ct, with due eau
ZION, and gave every opportunity for the mob 10 go
| away il they would. At the moment the word OF
caution was repeated by the platoon officer, one OF
| the sherff's posse from hr east side tie street
advanced 10 the end of the fooway, aud exclaim.
don't ire'' | Immediately rode up to him, ard
| called on the police officers who were with him
TO seize and arrest him. believing It TO be init ndrd
10 create mu'iny IN my ranas; on asking his name,
ne stated 1t 10 he Charles Nayor, and by Language
underworld to create sympathy with the officers;
directed the police to arrest hlm; inimediatel,
stated that II important to have him arrested,
and ordered him to be confined; as these men,
ADD my being in front OF the platoon ordered to fire.
stopped the execution Of il for the moment, and
| The crowd seeing that | was determined to carr,
| the order into effect, had in measure receded,
and had ceased throwing stones, caused the exc
cuton of the order to be suspended, believing that
he proper moment had passed. THIS person was
Immediately on the right flank Of the military; the
-xcited manner, in manner calculated to have an
effect in my opinion, on my command and on the
i civil police cannot explain myself better than Il
say that would have fell myself just6able in put
Ting him to death on the spot such was his mutt
nous conduct; but no one happily Al this nome NJ
-ided with him, either in my command, or in the
civil posse My whole attention was directed 70
the civil posse, to see il any one joined in the
tiny. The order made the mob give little from
the centre Of the street, thought II unnecessary TO
repeat the order; just previous TO ordering TO fir,
| here were many attempts to push my morse back;
one man struck with tie back OF my sword across
he arm; there considerable disposition in the
mob to rescue Naylor, but the police did their
iuty; if they had shown any disposition TO mutiny,
should have fired on them; in order TO tesI
whether l was right in deeming the crisis
over-I advanced up Third street with the
city posse; | ordered the people to disperse,
and the posse to arrest all who did not, beginning
wa s me 's Ssn my co A hs 'sssss
nand. then went TO the corner oi Second and
Queen to do the same duty. there also met much
abuse, and found very large crowd-made sim.
had made at the other, and also Of the posse com
handed by George X Chds. Having placed the
military in position to cover the civil posse, and
ordered the mob to disperse, which did in man
vince them, if attacked, to use force proceeded
with the posse drawn across the street and foot
way TO make arrests. and drive the crowd away
preierring to use civil force if sufficient to militia.
Iy-holding the military in reserve to support the
civil posse. They yielded reluctantly, but only
from compulsion. Proceeding up Second from
Queen, and finding that many took refuge in stores
directed them to be closed. They rushed into
houses without leave whereverthey could find en-
trance. The order to close the stores, &c, was the
only way could see TO carry the law into effect
i This repeated frequently, riding on footways and
driving the crowd back. | ultimately succeeded,
with much difficulty, owing TO the frmness OF Mr..
Chids and his posse in getting il cleared. then
returned to Second and Qneen, and pursued the
same course on each corner, determined TO dsperse
the crowd wherever found. My command being
disposed Of in detachmcnfs in the execution Of these
duties, authorized, directed the commanding Off
GERS Of each position to their own discretion az
TO using any force that was necessary in the execu
tion of their duties, or In case OF being assaed :
As cleared them from place they shifted 10
another. II was ii o'clock before began to be
satisfied that could execute my duty without re.
sort to arms. There were ill-disposed persons ac.