Daily Richmond times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1849-1850, 1849-07-28

The Wilmington On. c. Commercial published a few
days SINCE the following of letter received in that
town, dated
CHARLESTON, July IT, 1849
We all here have been and still are under much excite
ment the of which you must have seen in our papers
Saturday night about 1900 Of the citizens repaired to
The intention OF pulling ii down The Mayor and others
however succeeded in getting the at any rale to post
pone pulling down and meeting is to be held to-day
military out i'll force but they had been ordered to
protect the church, they would have refused
The Charleston Mercury Of Saturday copies the above
extract from The Commercial and accompanies il with
the following remarks
Seldom have we seen such tissue of exaggeratione
and as are contained in the oreooino
bret paragraph and the only which can be ALLEGED
Tor its author is the excitement which he acknowledges
ne was laboring under We can the Commercial "
and we beg oil 10 note the fact that fair city may be
relieved from the odium which Justly attaches to mob rule
that its correspond greatly mistaken both as to the
number assembled and their object. There were at no
lime more than three hundred present, and of these fully
three ourths however much they dsapprove of the sup
posed purposes OF the building were opposed to all mea-
spres OF violence which would compom the peace and
character OF the city, and would have resisted at every
hazarc, any attempt to perpetrate them. We also
assure Commercially that so far from the military be-
ing out IN strong force, military whatever were present.
nor was their presence necessary but had BEEN do
them but simple act Of justice in asserting that they
would, to the last extremity, have sustained the civil
horues IN MAINTAINING the supremacy OF the laws. And
hnaly, we assure the Commercial that the much
excitement of his correspondent is participated in by but
very limited portion Of community and only by
those who are very easily and very unnecessarily
alarmed"
The Mercury OF Monday contained call for public
meeting in relation to the Calvary Church matter for the
following evening. On Tuesday the meeting was held,
and the Mercury represents as having been "a yerv
large and respectable meeting of the citizens OF Charles
ION" The Mayor ofthe city called to the chair when
the following proceedings took place:
Hon L. Petigr, after some very eloquent remarks,
submitted the following preamble and resolutions:
Whereas, appears that dissatisfaction has been ex
pressed by portion OF fellow citizens in regard to the
erection and organization OF Calvary Church. and in
other respects to the of the slave population
oil our city and whereas is important that accurate and
reliable information should be obtained in relation to the
same and that aremedy if necessary be applied by the
proper authorities and by lawful measure:
Resoloed, That committee of fifty be appointed by
the char charged with the consideration of these matters
who shall report to future meeting of the citizens to be
called by the Chairman Of said committee"
After considerable discussion, the preamble and resou-
non We're adopted and motion made and carried
that the proceedings be published because the result was
considered honorable to the city,