The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-07-10

vns rlnxiesder, Jona Cook, wa shot dead py
hall when entered his bowels. from 'he battery u
the Philadelphia Grsys. lie was Pt''""s "s -.
non for the third tiqe II Front snd Luce" 49,
~hen he met his death. lie was me""e' VI WY
Weccseoe Hose Company. . e,,.,L |
Another RIO eT wss lying dead Al VAC
Hall this motning, unrecogn9ed' - ,a.a
A bourne man who was IN the employ anu vs.
ed al the house Of H. Huseman ieather-aeaio. ~
"a Queen street, had his head out Oh mo sA,,' 49,
dow lust as be was going 10 bed, and was k'i'u "
grape shot Ills blood and brains were scai'eis' ."
over the roof ~
The rioters, il is thought, have concealed most OF
their killed and wounded. The Cavalry about mo
night sustained by one or two Artillery eo"Pa""
succeeded ia capturing three Of the held pieces .,
the rioters and several prisoners The guns proved
10 be generally old cannon procured from 0" oo''o
of vessels al the wharf Some were cannon aug Wy
from the wharves where they had been used ior hoa
posts. These instruments were tied WIN roPe W,
old wagons obtained from stables in the vicinity anu
the only wonder is that each gun did not EXPLODE
and Xii all who were handling IL. The most ao'et
mined parry OF the rioters seemed to be IN i""u
near Washington street In one instance 70 P'o'1"
the Cavalry from capturing their gun, they ucu
rope across the street. aud Of course the horses STUN
bling over il in the dark many fell, some OF 'he''
riders were lhrown of and injured.
Capt w. c. Patterson, win bis company oil WASH
inpon Blues, the Second State Fenclbes, and ,,'e
Cadwalader Grays defended the Church OF 81
the church all last night The church is SURROUNDED
by private alleys and these alleys were filled witI
rioters no kept up INCREASING discharge oil sihah
arms from behind fences, and from the grass, 'n'o
the windows of the church at the military. these
rioters were n, length repused. party oil them
who came up lane, through gateway from sec
ond street. were fired upon by the Blues, and seSerai
wounded. One fell but staggered of and escaped
| The balls few and around the houses SURROUND
ing the church thickly as hail. Capt Patterson
| Ieha he
| guiar bravery.
| The military acknowledge that the organization OF
the rioters and their cool, determined courage Skill
and ingenuity, surpassed belief. II was really ex-
traordlnary. Among the persons shot last night we
also learn, private Gardner and Sergeant
Jones, OF the Washington cavalry OF Holmesours'
aud Messrs. Jones, White, and Whitecar, citizens.
Elisha Jester, employed in Baldwins foundry, was
| killed. Captain Teal was killed, and Joseph McDo-
| maid shot through the heart. lad named
| Dougherty, whose mother worships ST Philips,
was also killed. A young man named Faulkner was
| wounded IN the arm by an iron slug.
Al the commencement of the conflict between the
rioters and the military in the early part oil the last
evening, Captain Hill, of the City Guards, was badly
.aured in the neck with brick, and one OF his men
was wounded in the hand. Privates Russell and
Morrison, and one or two other members OF inc
Guards, were hurt by the brickDats thrown by the
mob So was Sergeant Starr severely, and several
| pr,vates slightly, of the Cadwalader Grays.
The trees, tree-boxes, fences, windows, sPouts,
steps, signs, doors roofs, and sides Of houses IN eve
~ direction within range Of the shot fired last night
are cut rddled, and battered. Some OF the balls
passed through and through the iron hre-plugs,
| apd many houses 10 like the top OF pepPer-box-
the frightened inmates having taken refuge in the Gel
| lars. We counted upwards Of hundred holes MADE
by bullets, grape, and slugs 10 one frame house IN
Queen street. near Front. Even the ratings and the
tombstones Of the grave yards numerous ~ the VI
cinity) were shattered and defaced to a wonderful
! extent.
| From O'Clock, A. NJ till day-break this morning,
| all was still as the grave. About sunrise, people
began TO collect all the district and the excite
ment appeared to be ten times great as at any mo-
ment preceding. The very atmosphere seemed alive
| with rebellion. The most incendlay and threaten
ing expressions freely used against the Miiit,ry
! BY 10 o'clock, AN five six hundred rioters had
collected at the Wharton Market. They commenced
| organizing meeting, but word being sent them by
the Military that they would be dispersed, all pro-
ceedings suspended. The crowd increased
Between 10 and III O'Clock, A. NJ, mob Of
about fifty, principally boys, went to the grocery store
| of ID. Cavenaugh, Catholic, at the corner of Sec
ond and Washington sts-~s@, tu II was charged hao
threatening language, and demanded the surren-
der of the store to them. II gwen up and search
ed. Mr.. h. was considerably maltreated by the mob
Several other stores entered by the rioters
about this time and examined. All the morning the
| Southwark Hall was in possession Of the Natives
In the rear the rioters at III O'Clock undertook To
lynch an freshman who, said, had eXuted over
| the body of one Of the deceased OF the mob. They
beat him cruelty, when leading "Natves'
rescued him, and he brought to the Mayors
| Office.