The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-08-04
BY THE SOUTHERN MAIL.
Philadelphia.
Correspondence oithe HERALD
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more sneers at the military. This remark find 10
be incorrect, tor II you look the native ournsIs
you will that every .ffrt IL made to bring tb m
INTO contempt ~ false statements OF their conduct
aud by ludlcrous pictures reprtse ming the In apy
| hing but favorable light The native speak ara
| take up the same tone, and seem 10 be exerting
themselves 10 the utmost to get up another row.
ChhriesJ Jack, pm individual who torn he last ten
or hlteen years has been Offering himself candi-
| date Tor office 10 eveIy parry which he thought
would take hIm up. and who finding the parties
| averse To swallowing such dose OF yanity iQno-
| rance and vugarIty, volunteered on one or Two
occasions, as the peoples candidate for Congress.
yesterday came out IN letter giving his statement
ot the fist fire OF the troops on Sunday The 7th
| utimo, which you will perceive differs mate
rally from the evidence Of Col c. G. Chiids, the
| North American, and the only respectable witness
belonging 10 the Native party, who has been ex-
ahmed. will not take up the space Of the Herald
the puerllItles OF this verltabe Colonel; but will
| treat him precisely did The Hon Charles Nav
Tor, who figured SO largely in a communication 10
the public touching The conduct OF Gen'l Cadwal-
lader, and his, said MAYORS, arrest for nsubordl.
nation as a member Of the sherif's posse The
one communication is about as vcTRcious as The
other, though Mayors being written by mind of
| different order from that If the man whose
thoughts pnrports TO record, has produced some
what more effect upon the opinions Of some than
| that OF Jacks The intellectual callbro
| Of the two Charles is about equal. the pre-
ponderance being, perhaps, on the side Of Naylor
tortuotous events gave HIM some popularity.
with certain class. which has been in measure
sustained by the letter, which some one behind
| the curtain, and tor dastaidy purpose wrote for
him. Jacks lnslgnlficance, however, stands alone.
| unsustdined by the least Infusion OF genius. AL
though made the subject OF an attack, calculated 10
| raise any other man In the opinion Of his party
yet, has he sunk under the weight of egosisn and
| dulness into his natural imbecility. Nobody pays
| any attention to him or his published statement
| Jack, however, Ii strong, and much 10 the
chagnn OF the more sensible Of that party lead
| Ing Naive Having failed in convincing all other
parties OF his fitness for Congress- he now addresses
i NatiVelgm IL nrp
manufacturing great man OF him, after d fashion,
| They allow hun 10 make his own stateme nj Tor The
purpose OF using such portions as may SUIT them,
| well knowing that The vanity OF the in other
portions will stick out strong enough 10 knock any
decent man down. Thus they Kill two birds with
one stone, allowing Col Jack TO kill himself of,
TO mere relation of supposed facts tor the purpose
| oil morally killing oil the Military In The mean
time, and un that purpose is effected, he Is 10 be
| invested with politicians importance What The
| Natives are TO gain by this, uni, o enlist body
| OF men, the very cream at the commuAiy and all
| their friends, IN active hostility 10 Their party,
know not Know that the active men in Tie rank
and file OF the natives were to a great
extent the rioieIs, that large body who
| stood by and did nothing openly encouraged
them, and that all, with few exceptions, deeply
al tor men 10 hate those who shot down there per.
| sonai and political friend, otherwise should be at
loss TO account tor this apparently, insane conduct
VI their organs. Disguise as may, ii is in vain
TO deny, that the late outbreak was an attempt by
The active and I'M usive elements OF the new party,
(ano small portion OF the same to get up relig-
Gus massacre, (which would have stained the an
| mails OF The middle ages and in the attempt 10
check the same on the part OF the civil authorities
the ire OF the natives were aroused and the Issue
was then fairly and publicly made. as have before
slated, the Naive American Party against the Con-
| stltuton and the Laws OF the land.
| Father Dunn, the priest OF st. Philips Church,
| who has made himself scarce ever since the out
| break, has partly emerged from his hiding place
IL a urnl mo-
| the search OF the church tor arms, by the sheIif
| committee OF twenty, which gives the lie 10 their
published statement. His statement corresponds
with the evidence OF the sheriff and Others, and
bears within Itself internal evidence oil truth. IL
were better, however, II this man would cease 10
appear before Philadelphia community, to his
nervous indiscretion, operated upon by the silly
Tears Of his BROTHER who has made himself obnox-
ious TO the sober and rejecting of all our citizens,
may be attributed the outbreak in Southwark.
FREsEhrMENT OF THE GRAND jury The Grand
Jury made their long expected presenfment TO the
Court OF Quarter Sessions this morning. and after
the document had been atentivey examined by
the judges, Were thanked and discharged from
further attendance. The presentment attributes
the late outbreak in Southwark 10 firing upon The
meeting at kenslngon, which they say engendered
feelings In the breasts OF many which predlsrosed
| them 10 seize upon any pretext for riot and
Outrage: The aiming OF ST. Philip Ner Church
afforded this prete1t, and const queniy mob col
| lected more determined and systematic than any
| which had previously disgraced our CITY or cOun-
l r,- 1900 $500 ofoAA - sAU
military The inquest further say, that the en-
ployment of the military force to sustain the laws
Is not Jusufiabe unit, the civil force shall have been
tilcd ana found una, ailnS; that In the under
consideration, the civil power had been invoked
but lis efforts proved trultless, and that the
presence OF the military was absolutely ne.
ces5ary to preserve the public peace and
e property of the citizen on the evening Of
the 7th OF July. This being established, Of course,
their flrng upon the mob who attempted TO drive
them from the grouad is established also The in
a apy fhuf ,iphf rs ach. 10
hre upon the mob ought 10 be regulated by AN act
OF Assembly, or IN other words, riot act ought 10
be passed by the legislature, to read to mob on
the breaking out OF a riot, and the time fixed at
which the sheriff thereafter should be permitted to
fire. This would take away the Discretionary
and power 81 the sheriff, would leave the question
ottume to be defined by the law.
The condact OF The present sheriff in relation
TO the riots al hensinston and Southwark was
then taken up and the same ground as
sumed rs | disclosed in one Of my former
communications. The grand jury say that the
fault In not promptly supprt ssing these outrages
upon law, hes AT the door Of the pc. pie themselves
The sheriff did his duty; he exefied all the lowers
the law conferred upon hun; he summoned tho
posse comtaus, but few only obeyed the sum
mons and when the force raised by this me an .
was found to be misersbly insufficient, and IN lac {
IN Anticipation OF such Iesnlt, he made requis-
tons upon the military arm AS the grand fury say
the people alone were TO blame tor had they rail-
lied IN defence OF the laws as promptly as did our
armed and disciplined citizens, there would have
Deen no necessity Tor resort to The latter The
rest OF the Grand Jury's report was taken up with
the details OF plan for centralized police, which
they recommend without abrogating the present
local governments, and consolidating them into one
municipal corporation. Such plan is ali Judge.
Nothing can elect the object but consolidation Of
The local governments and the establishment by
; them Of strong, uniiornied but uGarmed police.
New TRIAL REFUSED. This morning Judge
Parsons read an opinion refusing a new trial 10
Messrs. Alexander a. Scott, proirleors and editors
Of the DAILY Chronicle" who were convicted
some two terms ago oil IA libel perpetrated the day
before the lest tall election, upon James IL Hutch.
son, the democratic candidate Tor Sheriff Of the
city and county OF Philadelphia After the opinion
had been read, Judge Campbell anncanced that the
sentence would be passed at the commencement Of