Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1844-07-27

Ituob eaihofd IN The fohf nf the Cummiq.
IsinHers' Hall, whore lwo ~ three 81 Tho
T bodlfs sf tho slain wore carried, and az
Tor ma nnpfy pnflcy broke into the Hall
aud took befelfom a considerable Nun
bef Of tho muskcls which had been
brought from The church md deposited
/ there.
Threats were made against n number
lo( sold,ers who were stationed W the low
er stoty Of tho Hall aud fnplly a gath
otnp was had ut tho Hay Scales, near
tho Wharton Market, below tho South
wnfk Railroad and about y o'clock body
loft men came down Federal street, pre-
coded by four FOUNDER cannon, roughly
mounted and drawn with ropes.
The darkness favored their oporcra'
llons, and they were undisturbed until
they had fred the piece, which was hcav.
! ily loaded with fragments Of iron that
| had been hastily collected. At tho same
time, the mob fired with muskets IA tho
same direction, from such covered posi-.
tons us they could find, and the fire was
Immediately answered by a yoley from
the military, and the discharge II the
field piece. The firing on both sides was
then kept up at intervals until about 10
o'clock, when it temporarily ceased.
The mob had at that hour two pieces,
placed so as to range Queen street, and
had also Grtoen.pounder, which they
could not use because it was not mounted.
At half past one o'cc lock, meeting of
the disufleeted was held at Wharton Mar
ket without ostensibIe object.
Rumors were generally prevalent that
they intended to make another attack up
upon the military, and had entered into
an organization, made arrangements for
procuring supplies Of ammunition, &c.
Two O'CLOCK, A. NJ.
All is quiet, but it is rumored that an
other attack is TO be made upon the mill
tary at A, p. NJ.
! STILL LATER I'VE have learned from
Head Quarters that the origin of the fl
ring upon the crowd at O'Clock last eve
ming, was in consequence Of an attack
made upon the CITY Guards. Capt. Hill
was struck TO the earth, and an attempt
was made to stab him with his own sword;
while in this situation, one of his Lleuten-
ants gave the order 10 fire, whic h was
done.
The military are continually harras-
sed by the mob, and men are said TO be ~
ing in wait upon the roofs Of houses in
the vicinity of the church, ready to fire
whenever an occasion requires.
According 10 the U. S. Gazette Of Tues
day, it would seem that at early dawn on
Monday morning the mob again began TO
fill the streets adjacent to the church.
1t was apparent at an early hour that
the mob had possession Of a considerable
quantity Of arms and ammunition, and
their threats were Of the most fearful
character.
About 10 O'Clock an exceedingly large
meeting--certainly not less than FIVE or
six THOUSAND persons--was organized at
the lower end Of Wharton Market, and
resolutions were passed in favor of the
vacation Of the district by the military.
Such, says the editor of the Gazette, is a has.
ty sketch of the proceedings of the day.--Ityet
remains to speak of the killed and wounded in
the encounter on Sunday night. Queen street,
from Second to Third streets melancholy spec
tacle-the windows of the buildings shattered
by the heavy conclusions of the guns, and the
doors and shutters rdded or torn with grape
shot.
Several balls passed through Gen. Cadwaa-
ders coat, but did not IN ure him in the least,
1t is said that no less than ten bullet holes were
torn in his uniform
To the above it may be proper to add, says the
National lntelligencer of the 10th inst, that the
military were not withdrawn from tho scene of
riot until the civil authorities of the district
deemed their services no longer requsite.--With
the Committee of Twenty, which was appointed
by large meeting of the rioters, held on Mon
day evening in Wharton Market, Major Gener-
al Patterson, the Sheriff, and the Judges TO the
County Court, declined treating on any terms !
A proposition was then made by the Commits
sioners OF Southwark, backed by all the magis.
trates of the different wards, asking that the
military might be Withdrawn, and pedging
themselves to furnish a sufficient police force
that could and would hold possession of st.
Philips church.
Gov Porter, who arrived in the city in the af-
ternoon of Monday, at night issued general or
der, in which he expresses his regret at the oc.
currences; his approval Of the conduct of the
military and Sheriff; calls on the people to sup
port the laws; and orders Gen. Patterson to de.
tail as large force as may be necessary to clear
and occupy all Streets nd other places menaced
with attack, and disperse riotous assemblages in
their incipiency.
The firing continued, at intervals, from nine
O'Clock on Sunday night, until two of Monday
morning. The rioters had four pieces of cannon,
which they managed with much dexterity, and /
from which they discharged grape.shot, nails,
iron Ip scraplngs, glGss-bottles, brick-bats, &c I
ne number Of killed and woundedis stated ut
between sixty and seventy persons The Phila.
delphia Enquirer says:
The heaviest discharge of firearms took
pace about halfpast 10, when two pieces of ar.
tlliery were fired in quick succession against the
military, and instantly followed by rolling fire
o. o. musketry, evidently from large body Of sol
aieFs Again brief pause ensued--oniy brief,
hoWeNer-lor the DISCHARGES and voIlcvs both If