New-York daily tribune., 1844-05-08
ing the Con-
Aner'~ g.
.AcLE. NAV 1th. 1871.

doler then stated some Interesting O!'N"+'''' -
lnt;ng 10 the origin of this societv;
The project was first formed ana P'ese"'eu ~ "
Dutch Reformed Church for consideration III oc'o-
her. 1874 when committee was apPo'heo 10 Hs'''-
tsin the number OF Jews IN the ciiF' ,o,c
Tb;s committee reported in Nov. lo,l 1910, AT
meeting held in the Gafden-:trcet Church 'o"'
sr;,u,iou adopred and ordered 10 be printed:
Thc R,y. Mr. Frey was engGgedb BY the Soolsty 10
,,aocb in The cit, O: New York, and sent 'orin a'
| their agent. The President mentioned some o' nc
d;ficuties which the Society has had TO contend
with. ,,.I chou.
The Treasurer report vas then presented, s,'om
inc rhnt the Society has in It's funds S11-i IL
THE annual report was read by the secretary. we
can only touch II few points oi tins document,
which was altogether most interesting IL "I'uu'"
/ ,enylv 10 the removal from The eihcicht 'uhSS VI
hc society of Rev. DR.. Brownlee. ttmeniloncd 'ilG
abors of Mr. Bochan. al the west ""cir iie 'o'',
ar suxiliary Society," Rev. Mr. Frey sull aonrs Tor
rho sorciy having preached 2lJ times. MIR. James
Forester still visits and distributes tracts among the
Jews in the city l0.OOO-of every 100, dity-t"o
are Germans L. ,l,
/ ,,llnx;np gentlemen: Rev. Il. Smith, k"v. DR..
/ McCar,v, Rev DR.. Scuddcr, Rev. DIR. Dewitt.
R,or N PnIlApgLrmIA-Mg SHOT The
meeting Of the Natives in Philadelphia, referred
p by our correspondent this morning, gave rise to
some bloody work. While M Levin WAS ad-
dressing the meeting in the Washington Market
House several brick-bats were thrown from @f'h-
out followed By psto. shot, and another vollcy
ofbrick bats and stones. Immediately after some
twenty or thirty muskets were discharged, which
took effect upon the crowd, killing young man
named Shifiler. outright, and wound'ng sevcFai
more. The firing was kept up for some minutes
and some dozen persons were seriously wounccu'
HALF PAST u o'cLok We. learn this moment
that at about 10 O'Clock an attempt Was mace by
a part of the crowd 10 burn down the fence which
encIoses the Nunncry. They were fired upon by
a party of Irish and five OF them shot One Ma
! than Ramsey, a blind maker in Thlrd-street, near
Brown, was mortay wounded. J. w. Wright,
son of Mr.. Wright, oi the firm OF Wright N
! Nephew, salt merchants, who was a silent spec.
taor, was shot through the heart and fell dead
on the spot North American
LArgR.-From the Philadelphia Gazette OF yes
terdav we gather the following particulars OF the
late outrage at kensington In consequence oi
an attack upon a previous meeting OF the Native
American Party having been made IN kensinS-
ton by party of lrishmen, second meeting was
held in the same place on Monday night. Alter the or
ganZation of the meeting it was addressed by ,. Il.
Kramer Esq. and Gen. Smith Lewis {. Levin then
took the stand and was forcnd by violent storm to
relinGuish il. After which the meeting adjourned
TO the Washington st. Market, in the centre o whch
was an American flag. Previous 10 Tue "uJouih,
ment of the meeting to the Market, various citizens
had taken shelter there, who did not seem disposed
to rclinquish it 10 the new comers.
A dispute having arisen between two lrlshmen,
one Protestant and the other Catholic, the hrst
uf whom was not citizen, the whole crowd partooh
ri ttn, NM
ing attempted TO keep the peace, pistols were drawn
upon him by one OF the parties. Babe dared nm
TO fire melee ensued, during which the liibernia
| Hose Company became involved and II man named
Fisher, an ex-policeman, was fred at and wounded.
| 4 general battle cnsued, OF which tie lnshmen
had the worst and men were shot and knocked
down like dogs. The natives finally gave way for
while but rallying around their flag, succeeded III
driving their opponents from the field.
The seat of contest now changed TO Master street.
where TWO young men were shot, one OF them dying
| Immediately.
Several other persons were wounded according
10 some stories at least fifty, more or less.
The Irish women fought shoulder TO shoulder
with their husbands.
An attempt having been made 10 fire fence in
front of Catholic church, two other persons were
| killed and several wounded. One of those killed
was n person standing quietly fifty yards from the
scene of contention. AT II at night however, all
was quiet.
The subloned letter is from our regular CORES
pondcnt: , ou
| In addition TO the irghtul statements contained
| i'm the papers of this morning, | have to add the
melancholy intelligence of the death of another per-
son-a member of the Native American party. We
arc in the midst of the most fearful excitement, and
| Heaven only knows where matters will terminate.
| am not prepared 10 give detailed statement OF
all the occurrences OF last evening and today, but
refer YOU To the several accounts IN our papers.-
| The rioting is still going on, and tremendous
meeting is convened at the present moment IN the
State House Yurd, at which the greatest excitement
prevails
General Cadwallader has ordered out the First
Brigade with trO hundred and my 6aH cartridgeS
The Catholic Churches strongly fortified by men
aud firearms. The residents of kensington are re-
rnuving from the immediate scene of violence aDd
outrage, fearful OF their lives and property.
The names of those who have been sacrificed are
| George Shfler, aged l3, an apprentice TO morocco
dresser, who received heavy charge from gum
| which killed him almost Instantly.
j. w. Wright son of Archibald Wright, commits
,iou merchant, was shot through the heart and lel
| dead on the spot.
Nahum Ramsey was mortally wounded, and has
| since died
Among those who arc not expected to recover
! fiom their injuries, Henry Temple and Joseph
| Coke OF the Native American party. Or the Irish,
there are scme dozen who are badly hurt.
Several arrests have been made. John O'Connor
and Owen Daily, Two conspicuous characters, have
bee n committed 10 prs on
The meeting in the State House yard il one OF
the largest gatherings ever The large Ame
rican hag torn into pieces By the victors, has con-
spicuous Place.
The Mt veg lave offered n reward Of $1,000 for
the arrest and conviction of the murderers.
| The Bishop of Philadelphia has caused his sard
| Of caution and coincidence to be issued, but the
people are so indignant that the moment they are
| posted they tear them down
The meeting has just this moment, at half past T.
adjourned, and resolved to march in procession TO
Second and Master streets, the scene o the contest
HEAVY RoBBERY.-Thc runner of the Pailadcl-
pha Bank was robbed, while standing in front of
the Sun Bulletin this afternoon, OF $t,2OO.
NEw-YoRK LEGTsLArURE.-Thsb body ADJOURN
ed last evening. The Argus of yesterday morn
ing thus sums up the business Of the preceding
twenty four hours: