The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1845-04-02

On he evening Of tho l5sh ives At the Chap.
house and saw tho mob coms down. They all had
stones, aud there ives from % 70 ioo Of tho".
In The Amsr,csp xsrdsn at tho beginning should
think there was lrom 10 tn 20 There was good
deal of noise and ! saw some farsees hit win
stones Every foreigner was stoned mat made LIS
appearance. ,.u,au opovrs
n. Fisher affirmed had written letter detailing
the circ INSTANCES OF the row III the Enssh garden,
aud In going out several Chinese III the SQUARE
and was satisfied that mischief was al hand was
walking ia the garden, when some Chinese came IN
did not like II. thought better TO dive them ou'
at the beginning IN order 10 prevent riot some were
not disposed 10 go but 5000 after went. There was
continuous line from the gate to the flagstaff they
were Just beginning 10 enter. We took our canes
and drove them away keeping clear Of the briekbals;
saw policemen, who, instead OF acting, reasoned
with them, and then they would pass him, he suffer
log them TO go in Briokbats we're thrown al MIR.
Wetmores factory; | was very near being struck by
one The general idea was, that IL necessary TO
arm was decidedly Of opinion that II was necessa-
~ 10 arm my own actions proved A. thought We
had better get them out soon, and then get out our
selves. never saw so many gather together on any
previous occurrence OF the kind and they evidently
came FOR evil purposes. was apPreheDsive Of RIOT
II tho we're allowed 10 proceed. did not perceive
any proper effort the part Of the Chinese police TO
prevent this riot think they were grossly careless
There were no arrests, there SHOULD have been
Men with their arms full Of bricks were allowed 10
come in the police officers only talking reason, as
they call il. There we're continuous shouts, showers
of bricks, and then yes. II was the general mPres-
sioo serious riot about TO ensue, and the uni
yerssl cry was, arm, arm. IL was unsafe ior Tor
eigner TO pass through the crowd saw two nj win
stones. was standing IN front OF the American CON
sulate aud was very near being hit. armed, as did
all IA. ha lad al ma of
lowest order. ] have lived in China between h'e
RODNEY FISHER
W. A. Lawrence sworn: MY knowledge com
meuces some time after Mr.. Fisher left the garden.
The noise brought me TO the window, from the back
Of the factory, where | was readirg Al that time
there were few Chinese ia front, but disposition 10
gather at the sides. | hem coming up and gu
thering together; the gate had been shut. AT TINS
time, OF these persons directly IN front oil The
factory occupy ahead Of the rest evidently leading
This man apparently very much exasperated,
ADD cursing and stonlng all who passed. Al That
Time, one could have passed along without peril
ling his life-haying his brains Knocked out Behind
this man, there seemed others who were supplied
with bricks from the II was just before dak-
As | stood at the window, saw the gentlemen re-
turning from the river, and made signs to them, TO
warn them from those people. One gentleman, i
particularly Tecollsc did not observe what was TAX
ing place until he opened the gate OF the gar.
den and came out near this man. lie then rushed
for the gate Of Hong, in which he lives but which
had been locked by the coolie without my knowledge.
lie then made another run, and got into Russell &
Co.'S Hong. Stones were continually thrown al him,
and considered him in imminent danger. thought
II necessary TO arm and went down stairs To see IN
what condition were for resistance. 1t was about
this time, should say that saw two foreigners
struck with stones, and of them apparently very
much injured. A short time aiterward the mob re-
tired from in front Of the factories. do not know
what The cause Of their retiring. | saw a few
foreigners issue out armed supposed them To be some
who had been stoned. A snort time aier~ard, i
heard shot. should have thought II imprudent TO
have ventured cut, armed or unarmed. | have no
debut that, had the mob not been checked, attack
on the factories would have eusued. believe that
the death Of the Chinese and the consequent curios
ty among them on the subject calling them away
from Immediately before the factories, to where the
act occurred, prevented an immediate at ack. can
not say IN what manner, whether BY hire or other
wise. ! was shortly after this relieved from appre-
benslon their attention appearing diverted aud II
has hitherto always been the case that at night the
mob has separated-or rather, that, where riot has
not actually c.mmenced, they have been IN the habit
of leaving the front of the factories after dark.
w. A. LAWRENCE
S. J. Haam sworn ] was on the river on the
evening OF the 10Th, and with the rest Of the party
got in front, the place covered with brckbats,
and saw one man take up some Of them, and throw
them at tho windows OF the aotory. considered ii
necessary TO arm, having been present during the
of December Is, io42, and having the same
things going on, commencing IN The same manner
beneye that prompt action aone saved the factories
from burning. considered 1t unsafe to pass without
arms arms were our only protection. have expe-
rlenced the effects of brckbat in previous row !,
and can testify 10 its dangerous qualities.
s. J, HALLAM.
John Heard sworn | was on the river the 18th Of
June. When came in, | was told there was quar-
rel in 'front.' and on coming up saw Is or 20 foreign
ers standing there, part Of them with arms 1t was
necessary for go from the factories TO French
Hong, whele live; several accompanied me, for my
protection, as | considered it unsafe 10 go alone
There crowd of some 10 or 50 at the entrance
OF French Hong, and apprehended danger to the
party who accompanied me- -pecialy on their re-
turn, as the mob had the opportunity of seeing them
go in, and thereby of becoming exasperaed. It was
about quarter past seven when went to my Hong
JOHN HEARD.
f. A. Law sworn /: | was on the river the evening
of the 10th, and returned about six seven it
quite dark. went with Mr.. Heard to French Hong
as an escort apprehended danger to any pro-
ceeding alone on that account and Others accom-
panied him. The mob were silent as went re-
turning, they shJwered bnckbats at several struck
my Nat ana clotheS. lhere were from SO 10 lU0
Chinese. | believe the use of fire arms prevented
Them following US, and endangerng our lives. Had
these stones struck, hey could easily have killed
Stones were flying all about us in showers all the mob
apparently joining saw respectable man amongst
them. We were retreating home as fast as possible
We were opposite Mingquas, and they at French
Hong, following. did not the man Sue Aman
fall ne must have been in the front ranks to have
been killed. They were actually pursuing us. The
shot was fired after The stones were thrown.
E. A. LAW.
CONSULATE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Canton, July II, lo44.
!, Paul s. Forbes consul of the United States of
America, residing at Canton, do hereby certify
that the foregoing depos'tIoos were made and sorn
to before me- at this consulate on the day above