Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1844-07-11

,-hs corrrsoondens of The BasImore sun, nm
s,,nasv,. t,.,g. gives an account Of another
,e,ssk Il philaselphia on SATURDAY haofalnS.
'sasn. some arms and amgzaniiiOn bad BEEN
"a !, ~ church Of 81. Ft.Aip.,s Il appears,
1 ~, these arms had been placed there ~
] aaahoFi,y Of The Goyernor.k Gen. 20 ~
! charles Naylor, and AldSrman sauaasss
q 1890 sas. i irving Is kee6 The peaeeY but
s,hout effect. The Sheriff afrlyea WIN r ssr
! II $50 s,rcng, With which be ssmposas.y
ispetsed The thfong. 10 The ssealns ING m'1
III force was largely increasss
Eysniaaily. after ineaecluAl enot's = 1s
n crowd, cannon was hted 81 ans sA.s
4 ,hS Church, but without daisg maen isiua5
rhe account continues H. :
A. this time. Thomas Grover ana Ls
]. g. Levin arrived. and theslatlsr, mount
no one Of The pieces. made az adatess 3
he crowd. al The same ting stones wels
exing against The walls ana the MinueWs
on The LETT side Of the altar;
Mr. Levin was followed BY MT. ososel
.na others. who succeeded M pacnying
the crowd so far that The u promlsssu =
snare the church il the Hieernia 4, ufeehs
We're ,aken.out Of the baild.eg. iuss was
Il last done. and the Mafkag Rsiies Sanio
Oh, guarding the iai5efnia Greens ansy
nroeeeded together up Second 81. g iar
4 q German. crowd following and caeer'
20 The rife company. but pelting the
dsrex Is As olten as theycould get a chances
i (, cer,aan street the Gfeeus rapidly re-
g. slsia5 st1vsr s~sskats
as they fed,
I The mob porsued The Greens, who scat.
tered and lied in every direction.
/ Three O'Clock A great S.afieiy Of ru-
mors are aAoal, and one kntwsh ho, what
10 believe One OF the Greens has been
carried into the Commissioners Hall,
. wounded. and some say thafhe is dad
One was caught while running up Gerfnan
street, and dreadfully beaten. Another
was caught in Small street, and il is said
ihe was killed. The mob have possession
lot a number Of muskeisI dropped Ell! the !
Greens as they aed. 0Sefok the Green's
was wouEded By a bullet ffatn his own
Imusket.
Mir Gteyer. Al the head Of a few we'll
disposed CITIZENS, took The cannon from
HE rear of The Church down ttl the wharf,
and spiked them. The Girard Bank is Oh
peaed as the head quarters, and The mill
tary are gathering 10 The State house yards
LATER.
J The papers are hlled with details CT further
raifag, which we cannot cppy, More Than
twehiy were killed and wounded.
i, T6s Philadelphia Inquirer in lis account Of
! the ri5t Of Sunday night, says
Thelheavfesl discharge Of FIRE al ms took place
atabout half past LIS when two PIECES Of artille-
5 ryi were flied in quick SUCCESSION against the
! Emfitary-snd Instantly foIo&ed by rolling
4 ERE of musketfy, evidently from large body
Eef soldiers. Again, brief pause. ensued .-on-
ly brief, however, for he.dischargfs and voeys,
both OF artillery and muskeTy, new came thick
r and fast. The scene in the ifnmes ate vicinity
o was indeed appalling wives set3asing for their
4 husbands, children for their fathelg. and alarm
ed and terrified in the extreme. Mangled and
dead bodies ever and anon bofne, Along reports
: Of tiends OF relatives killed. rushe1 of he csUwd
! from some false or real grounded:appfe ion
e all bore witness TO a fightfal DIANA that was
d in progress
4 The Philadelphia Ledseasays tsai at midnight
: on Sunday, afjefihe military had dispersed The
2 mob, they were occasionally asSailed by ran
y dom shots from behind houses a from all evs,
e y hjch lid moi do much DAMAGE sSeyeral horse.
il man, VhoEconyeyed INTEL genee Eom the scene
]. of actEon 10 Head Quarters, Weit fred at, ana
one o. two pelled BY bricks az they passed
Z Through tie streets. 81
q A Slip from The PhiladelphiaIChronieIe, gigea
+ the following particulars upto noeh of Monday :
J. The Natives fired one OF their pieces df can
10 non, loaded with sonnd shot fran d disaDce, o.
! yer the houses, with wonderful precision, into
!" Queen street, nearihe church, wheie but a few
&c minutes before military had been standing
= one injured BY This discharge
If ARvolley Of musketry was fred bk The Natives,
Ii from an open space in a wide3B alley in Third
:, street. below Queen, into the church Of ST. PHI
:. liR.de NeIi, where The Washnglop Blues were
2 stationed. The fire destroyed many ef The
paintings, which had been left undisiurbed ~
II the mob on Sunday-Tidded the fine cunains.
y windows, etc, and shattered The interior work Of
4 the building, but did no fulhet harm. The
Blues returned the{ FIRE from The church, but
without efect-the Natives had disappeared
Behjamin Hulseman, leather ldresser, in
q Queen ST. $el0W Second when retiring 10 bed a.
bout III O'Clock, placed his head out Of The dor
e mant window Of his house, fer The purpose Of
seeing hbw things were going on, when a CAMS
Ter froma field piece fred BY the military killed
9 him on the spot The disehargewas one Of linsd
e fired arthe Natives, in return frAheirs.
II The Natives possessed a. great advantage over
v the military, by their position, being dn hollow,
whilelhe latter were at the top,ofa hf-- the FIRE
from fhe Natives, (which was directed with great
J
waist up, while that from The military invariably
+ passed over the Natives,
Il All ahng Queen street, above and below tho
!, church for some distance, presents altruly war
: like appearance. Window shutters, doors fronts
Of houses, trees,tt tree boxes, awning posts lamp
I posts, water boxes, &c. are all inienied with
d bats and shot; and the pa9ements, cutters,
v slFeets, steps and door jams Stained wilh blood
: 10 some places il flowed down the gulters-ihis
, was mostly lhe blood III the military drawn by
? The Natives
- Al one time during 3fhe night, for about two
IS hours, all communication ith The Maier General
/ by hIsads suspended. Natives were stationed
10 hiding places. along the streets over which the
L aids rode and tbeF fred upon thern--tatercepted
d lhem-and thre wsones, brick bats, &ca one Of
:. them were pjuEsd, however.
Col Rleasaglon who was wounded in the SHINE
q on Sunday tight. is repofted 10 have died ahe,lt
v eleven O'Clock, to-day.
\ Ten more persons were killed or wounded a.,
Saturday night, and The riolng was scntinns5
On Monday. The Baltimore Americas Of Tnes.
I, dap says:--
e We lsafa from passenger, On r,tStosn AIS.
+ san pc placed, that when Re Jeff Pkjisdelnh;s
yesterday afternoon, at o'clock ne H. I
consented, Al The Feor.est ofihe chixens oEso0,l,-
gaIk' Y wslhdfaVs sne Military, and would do
g loThwiih.s''lf give up possession CT the Church
E}ne GIL posse Of Southwark Wig agree ID