The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1849-10-27

T.am 4. Fasss Egsia E5saing Baassn q, fss
.pEPEoRABLE RIOTS IN PHilADELPHiA
riot Of d most dsplorable ehaFasist pa
,.a.,,sd on tbe Southern borders Of our e''ys
which we shall proceed to describe as C'eariy
=, M circumstance will permit. q erieS
...a-n called the California House, four s'o-
rios biob, at the corner Of Sixth and ST. wary J
s,,asts. kept By mulattO man who mas
..Li,a wife. has for some time been the oDIect
Of the indignation Of the yowdles o' '"o
so,,bern districts of the county, and was a q
rav weeks since the scene Of a%rlotous alstuIs .
hanoo About 8 O'Clock last evening" Pron'-
M - ,bs TACT that the police force was en-
gagedi in keeping order about the Various eloe- ;
ion polls a gang-of rowdies with a tu'ni'u'e
car. IN which was a blazing tar barrel' ca"i0
&, saven,h street, and rushed down st. Mary
$40, which is inhabited principally BY ne
$3.50 An attack on the California House
having been EsaEsd, the tiOtdas party created
mtreh excitement, and as they passed down e.
Msyv street, stones were thrown and acouPIe
N discharges Of pistcls were ~heard-toiiowea
IL III exciting remor that's white man we
shot.
The mob being thus rendered furious, pro-
. esedga ID the G~Tontof the California Honae
aHich. with the peighbOting houses, Nas 6y
3 tbis lime we'll defended BY the blacks, nany
. of Them armed. Several sallies were made py
0 the negroes, but the assailunts finally effected
an entrance into the house about Z O'clock
The fixtures Of the bar were torn down, ana
the fire was kindled, in the inside q ne
house. The inmates were forced 70 ny, ana
The escape Of the gas from the demolished hx-
lures helping to spread the flames, the whose
Fe house was soon in blaze.
The Rre company speedily reached she VI
e cinity, but when they attempted tOfPlay upon
r. IN fans. they were driven off by the rioters
er Who pslted them with stones. Some sections
TO If hose wefe put in hands Of colored men,
M ,vho used them with some effect upon ms
ge neighboring houses. Notwithstanding ihls 'h'
ce fire spread, destroying two adjacent frame
nd dwellings, W brick dwellings, and a car
%penter shop in the rear, the tavern ,o' MT
I've McTIyaio. The Montgomery House, and a sta
ior bic belonging 70 a man named Bell
me police, in the meantime, had been Assem-
Bling in considerable force, and as early q
re- half past 8 O'Clock, had attempted to drive OF
cid tbe rioters. but were driven back by dlschar
ow sey az firearms and volleys Of stone; the pave
ave rents being torn up to furnish the latte
on missiles. 3 @" F'
.rse While the Montgomery House was burning
freely, the Hope Engine Company smaniul'!
80 took a position to play upon it; butan Ose'
nat towering mob took possession OF their aPPafa
~ tus and ran IL up St. Mary street. It was re
taken by the company, but not until Il wa
much Injured. The Goodwill Engine, tn
the Phue nix. Vigilanh and other companies, tlso dl
tyF all that was possible, but as they were aoo'
the 10 attempt to- render service,a VOlley ct n
wer arms was discharged I'D the mob, with II
most lamentable results. Chales haTme
\ of wright. Of the Goodwill, was shot thFogt
HE the head, and died almost Instantly. lie W
iced an estimable man, a paper staIner by trad
I his residing in Schuylkill Seventh street, ne
IS OF Vine. He was unmarried. -.1 ts
Viii Al II O'Clock, midnight, the State Hou
his bell struck . taps, the signal for the militia
they to be called out, and this was continued d
thin ring some time, This was understood BY
iuena mob, and before 2 O'Clock, A .M., a suspense
then, oF hostil ties was effected. Occasional repo
they Of guns and pistols were however heard III
/, and Q O'Clock, The FIRE, in. the meantime, b
y II been put out, or had burntitseIf our.
! sue A number Of the police had suffered fF
The yollevs Of stones an bricks, but, notwi
uch a standing their inferior force, they succeed
In making several arrests during the nights