New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-06-19
NETWORK TRIBUNE.
The Philadelnhia Rinf.


The PbVad,lphta North AHsv'cgn q yesterday
morning has the following details Of The Sunday Rio;
that city
The la~iess spirit which has he'd suos, complete
away in Moyafscnsin2 f.r the last Xix week. sn1
which the sabbath. has exhibited itsef - slcl
degree a. % make II necessary io.ose places OF pub
lie wofsnp. IN order 10 save tne mem yers ~ TOE con
rresatOn from .nsut and O1trsyc has tnat section
Of Philadelphia constant state ~ alarm ard cs-
etement since Saturday evening and yrst@rdsy ne
District witnessed terrible rot attended with 5.ood
shed and the loss II life
Since The last 4rslaen parade fead has eNistfd b.
tween the MoysnensDy and FrankIn fiDse Com ai-es
two q the most active a-sOclaJus ~ Lfs1@n in nat
part Of the town This iegd h@s grown from bad feel
Ing % open and bi-er hostility agd there have recently
been frequent bell gereu; cOisions between the mem
rers and a1hsrents o. the two companies Among tle
adherents Of tie Noyanen.ng Hose are toe gang Il
singer thai unblushinsy and Cltfa1eou-y DIE
grace the district Inis gang ever plOng mischief
Of the character.
On saturday evening. about 10 o'clock. during an
alarm II Ere caused By me slight burning d he roof
Of al old frame house IN Sprucest. oelO~ Ninth fhe
FRANKLIN Hose Company ~ss a-sai.c1 - Icnfa AID
Shipper sts where DflckDats we're sly~ered and pie
tolls fired At TIE time u this r0ous s11r the NJ
Rev. Mr. Montgomery, Rector o. AL -aints Church and
the vile ALEC Of Rev Mf Oxoy a. Ascension Church.
both narrowly escaped being prostfated Nth ni--s
just thy entering tn~lr own doors 10 Telta -
below Shipper. on their return from visit = short
time after tbs the house o. he Franklin, % Broad e.
Fiz Sster. Deset " r1iAans whose Intention
appeared 10 be " commit Fioence
About O'Clock the carriage Of the Franklin taken
oGt by the members, On hesnng he alarm of nfe up
About day break, a. eleven n the members were
returning home IN charge Of the carrase they found
Themselves wayaid az toe 81 @efih and south
where they hTed On md ass-led vita llssrs
by party Of hity. some Of them were injured. md
overpo~ered by numbers they had % for ,n-ir
lives leaving their carriage IN the hands u the ssss
ants
The carriage was taken By the csptors who ran t %
the Immediate neghDOf hood ~ The Noy amensin1 Hose
house where the hose stripped o. md section
oft cut The carriage was then ran down D. the foot
Of WashingtOn-st south ~ark and t1mbed into the
Delaware previous % which 10 snafnei1ly oei4ce9
and ts bells broken. II was subsequently recovered
from the by Of TOE Southwark .renen and,
with its hose yesterday, under protection in ne
yard Of the Moyamensing Hall presenting sorrl VIZ
plight
On Sunday morning the printed notices q Which
we published q copy yesterday morning. were posted
up all over the District
Whether this notice was serious cal Says tac
Fofh ican) cnaanstiug from the fes
wsgyish hoax, designed ~ mn ~ the di-grscefu
do8ugs ~ the Distinct and Likewise it-
authOutes does not appear.
Afew minutes after noon there an alarm Of fire
proceeding from some trivial cause 10 the vicinity o
Eighth and ffzwater sts The Franklin members
ran out with their new carriage. lt was their Oh az
psratus that capturedJ and a. Ninth and ttz~a
ter they met BY armed parry FiHwaief-
It, at the southern end OF kOnaldsous Cemetery. Wa
instantly turned INTO battle ground and the scene
that ensued awful Several hundred noters, on |
mob OF a thousand persons. Pavements were torn /
U D. the sir black with missiles and ire arms, the
reports Of which were followed by snreks and The /
falling Of the wounded discharged m quick suc
cession II impossible 10 tell how many were |
injured
A young man, sgei about q years sdherent Of
the Franklin named Alexander ellis. who lived n
stewartst and worked 10 brick yard, YVES shot dead.
young man, residing at the corner OF sparord ana
Shippen sts named Little Hurst. shot in the eyc
and also in the eg lad Is years Of age. named VII
ham Lawson was shot In the shoulder aud taken ~
the Hospital. young man named Walter PHILIPPE.
living Ia Lombardst schuykl Fifth, was shot IA
the leg young residing IN Carpenter . mai his
broken while trying u take the carriage 81 the
Franklin James Rodgers, shot IN Of his limbs with
a pistol John Rowland living m Ihirteenth 70 above
Fizwa,er shot IN the arm while standing n bis
door; for the fight, IL seems, was continued up fiz
ter-st ne far a. this point
ia the Of ellis. the COrOncrs Jury rendered
verdict in these words: " That Alexander ellis came
70 hs death while leading a mob IA riot between !
the Franklin and MOymnensing Hose Companies hy
firearms, according b. the evidence hrec by man
named Black and a dfayman unknown Ia justice o. |
the deceased IL should boz stated that there no cs
dence whatever before the Jury. under oath that Oil
lie Trading mOb. although number OF per |
cons, including several Of the Police of MDyamcuzng
declare that he was an active rOrr aud that De fired
pistol three or four times before he Was shot That
part OF the Jury. verdict that refers u his leading
mob Is rather extraordinary under the Circumstance
The Sheriff had large posse Ia readiness 10 sct a.
moments warning IN the event Of any farther demon
stratiOn OF rOtoUs nature The Mayor TOO. had The
whole Of the city police IN reserve aii the sheriff %
possession OF the Sheriff aud thM officer furnished
posse for the protection Of the property Of tie Franklin
We believe that only two arrests were made. The be-
haviOur OF some OF the Moyanensng police h. highly
censured by spectators who were lockers Warrants |
have been Tor the apprehension OF the two per
i'm phcated IN the death OF ellis.