The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1849-10-13
Dreadful Flo. In ph'laas.phja.
EEoro the PennsYlYania Innmrn

From the pennsylvania Inonrer.
1t IS with sincere reuret that we re-
cord the ecsafenee of one of the mos.
dreadful and sa'gunary riots that has la
krn place for many year, in our city.
80 IA as we have been able to collec,
ms particulars, it appears that gang Of
men and boys, amonoting II rs said TO sew
efai hundreds and mostly armed with
guns, pistols or knives, iiovarad about St
ihafv's street, which is chiefly INHABITED
by colored people, and those not Of a de
cent and order' ~ class, gems ally sneak
ing, AZ tie same time, there were sew
eral knots or crowds OF colored men
hanging about, AID two or three coils
ions occurred.
-n's was the state OF things shortly aE
ter oc,o ck. before ten an attack was
made upoN tavern at the corner OF
Sixth and It Mary's streets, called the
California House. This place was kept
by co oF"d ran, who was reported to
b. married. 81 At auy rate living with a
woman. nr'Trr snch were really the
Gaze, o! merely .urnDF circulated to cx
cite popular indignation, i. is not in our
poWe. 10 state. At any rate the house
was soon IN HdHes, til" inmates driven
cut and fred upon, with many Other
GoloCed peraons-Nen, women and chill
eFeh-~"ho were seen flying from heir
Aooa"s IN extreme trryor-ctased bv
gangs. who pelted them with brickbaig
and fired after them Mrh guns and pisto's
Several were said 10 be wo,indpd-anl
II was stated that more han one was Kill
Aea. but tins report We could not veri.
". Ihe a5$allau.B are described as be-
ING composed Of the "KiIrrs'' and other
similar associations of disturbers OF the
public peace. Meanwhile the fire mazda
rapid Progress---but several Engine and
Hose companies were soon upon the
ground. And here truly trrghtlul
scene occurred. The firemen who went
10 the coutiagration for the purpose OF
saving property, We're fired upon, not in
solitary cases but actually in a running
lire and by volleys Of several guns and
pistols OF once the rioters being in very
s'rong force. They were also as<ajled
with showers Of brickbats and their hose
cut IN every direction. In word the
first companies that arrived Were compel
led,sas tn" only mode ofavoidlag wounds
or Death. to leave The neighborhood.
Sui the firing continued. It is imoossi-
bic to tell the number Of killed and woun
ded; but we saw either five or six car
rl"d to druggists shops Or 10 the Hospita
Oh chairs or settees We heard tina, two
were sanding on an engine, and one was
reported to be killed.
The most moderate statements that
were made at u O'Clock admitted that at
least twenty We're wounded and about
four killed. Shortly before miln,rht =
BODY OF police forced their way to the
ecene OF action, fire and bloodshed; and
while Standing in Sixth street, below
Lombard, We heard a least dozen shots
fred between st Mary's and South streets
*h'le bricks were showerrd by the riot
ers, hut az the body CT men which we
Were told Were police, was not renuIsrd
it was fair 10 presume that the rioters
had given way. Still the danrerods mrs
sles hew in showers, At this. time one or
two engines and Hose carriages-thp
Moyamensins and Hope, as we were in
formed, were eXertIng themselves to ey-
tinguish the flames. The whole scene
was fearful and mouroful. source of re-
al sorrow TO every philadcIphian. At
the corners of all the streets for MANY
squares, were groups of citizens assem-
bIed anxious for the latest INTELLIGENCE
and mourning over the insecurity Of life
and properly N that portion of our me-
tropo'ls
Barney Hmmn'wnght member Of
the Good wiz Hos. reported to have
been saoi through the heart.
Two Other lirenen dangerously wouo-
ded--one in the head and one in the side
a third wounded L. the leg.
The military were called out al mid
night, and several companies made their
appearance On The ground at one o'clocl,
this nornlng. As late as two O'Clock
fnIs morning, there was still all immense
crowd Of people. The military remain
cd on the ground