Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1844-05-17
SHOCKING g. DiSGRhCEFUL RIOTS
in PHiLADEE.pIIiA.

man, lives. The origin of them is thus de-
scribcd:
On Monday afternoon, May G, the Native
Americans assembled at Kcnslng'on, ON the
corner Of Master and second streets. Before
the meeting had fairly completed lis orEanza-
ton a storm arose, which induced the Assem-.
bage to adjourn to the Washington Market
House, near at hand. When The III I'd speaker,
Gewis G.. Levin, El'or of the Sur) commenced
his address. man standing at the outside the .
crowd was heard to say to another standing |
next to him, (buih OF whom arc represented to |
II. "a being lrshmen) "Now let's make
uosc, so that he wont he heard They forth |
with created noise, and werc demonstrated
with hy some OF the bycslandcrs, who requested
them to lc, the proceedings of the meeting 20
on in peace. They would not cease their
clanrr. snd were ge orally compelled 10 do So in
consequence of receiving severe iioggng.-
Tins fight caused a little excitement which
was raised to an intense degree, in consequence
of several shots being fired from The upper
windows OF the llibcrnia hose house, in Caia.
Waader street, fronting tie market house,
By this vollev several wounds were iutl c,cd.
and the Native Americans gathered at the
meeting becoming highly cxaspera'cd. and the
lrishmen having gathered into a mob. they made
nm attack upon them. \ number of shots were
fired from the crowd ot Itishnrn, hut they were
finally compelled to & &C. The Native Aner-
cans pursued them, and scvalal OF the iugltivcS,
finding themselves hotv pressed d,rted INTO
houses and up a cys, in order to escape. Sew
cral Of the houses into which they were seen
TO enter were attacked, and the dros and win
dows Of several were hl'crch win stoncs-
Finally the lrishmen rallied, and beat off the
Native Americans, and there the contest ended
for the time
u,ol; ~, ,l,a lnp pT Cr
four individuals, aud the wounding of many
more. Some Irish women engaged in the
affray.
Many Of the women who were not engarcd
with weapons, melted the men TO vigorous acton
pointing out where they couid operate with more
cff.c', clc,ring them on and ralying them to
renewal oi the conflict when ever their spirits
fell or hey were compelled 10 retreat.
During the NIGHT an attack made upon
Catholic Seminary, corner of Second and Php
nix streets : bu, was defeated by voes Of bali
and back shot from the Irish, by which several
were killed and wounded. a body of armed
lrishmen projected St. Michael's Church
1t is painful beyond measure to record as
we do, this morning, a continuation and ag-
gravalion of the bloody riots in our sister city.
The following account from the L. S. Ga
zette, gives the melancholy details in as con-
ncc,cd form as we have found them in any
of the Philadelphia papers, and they are OF
s,ovci,inp n charar,rr that we olive them at
full lenglh.-C0W g. Eng.
We have rarely if ever. seen our city more excited
than it was yrsrtrilv in Consequence Of the ourrags
comn,irteI m Kns,n,tcn on the d,y nrc,iou,: and
Mt an early hour ,r.Ia I! General CaIwallldcr is
sued orders 10 his bnIaIe Chat Of the city proper 10
Meanwhile a mec,in1 OhelI ~ resolve of one tina,
xr,. hold i'm the tss .ntlv ill ma nm the nj Ih u,r-
ylnus( was called in The STATE House ard Tor o..
clock p NJ pr.ygust n which, n ,,r..,t number nj
norso,s bnre th- rh th, streets tho American f,r
inucn nilred. accompanied hva placard benling II
roe letters The f,lI vi.r. TIN. Is the Glr hof YEA.
Thai he word; are exactly
A,3 oclnck The nicotine. in the State House Var.
was yery nrga. nm as III caI contained The n ,d
nan Thai ,h,.o who g., me- sl,,u he ,,rrp,,d far d.
fcncei some aor,ar,d win deadly wrap,ns IN,
M,vor who ,yns ,y,lLi.t r,n,I Ina y,rd o,;rtL
,r1jJr,,, The rcrson. v,b,o, be saw, armed On. -
ihe n.rs,ns inns arrested had a e,u ond nnorhor
double.bnrr,led pjs,nl.
We believe thar Mr. JR N,wbnd was called IN
nm IN prrsde Amlno Inc .oe ,k,rs were G ,ncra
~ "a H"r ~ ,0 NJ pr, , a
ed he GnIlowing rcs,lu,ions wbirh were rrad nm,
odon,ed he ,coIn,,inn.
Wb.rc,s n ar,ss nnd ,,ro,;,,s o,,r,ae has bcc
perperratrd in the District of Kcnsngron by Which
MEETING of urrican cit,zans assembled f,r The mn
,nso ~ dhar,,,n, ~, ,j'o If o,r c,,,,,r, ,,,
brokcn IN and ,hr Tvss If ci,y ma ,,,ntnnIy nm
,nnrdcronslv sacrificed Inv a ham, If rufi,rs frnr in
In the crnv.tl FIR nm rl,crs nr c,nc.alu,aut
We the Native American ciz ms of the CRY an
County of Phiadeipha, in Town Meeting assemble,
do hereby present ID o II fellow citZans of all shad,
and distinctions Of party the following res buttons.
Resolved That ii is alike the rah, and duty of =
citizens peacefully to .setnb.e FOR the pnrpos, of e,
pressing their sentiments on tho principles and actor
hy which our nation should be governed.
Re>Ived, Tia, the interference with such Assem-
hlaees by others not prruclpal ne IN them Is an II
fraction on the rights guaranteed 10 us by the Cons
tuition and Laws Of our country.
Resolved, Tina, the recent outrage IN knsngto
hy which meeting was disturbed and broken u
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