Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-06-22


proposjou for fiiiing out an expedition III search
Of Sir John franklin. have reported against The
feasibility Of The enterprise on Ya.lous eionhds
because the season is 100 lar 3dvar ced Il
reach The west COAST n The continent III TIM" 10
prosecute The search according 10 The projected
plan, and because the government owns 10 YES
sells adapted 10 this peculiar description oi ser
vice. In The course Of the report lhrse of!Icrgs
stale that The fancy which, Of all the public VS.
sells, is best fitted TOR the enterprise, was expected
in The month oil April but has nol YET returned 10
port. They suggest line purchase Of Two coast
irg vessels, Of about 200 ions bunhen. 10 be sur
| taply equipped with stores and munitions nests-
sary Tor the severity Of the northern laI.des I'd
provided with lhiny.fve officers 10 racl YES,
| For this purpose, an aggregate eaPJ m'1v"l
5000 is named, as likely 10 cover II pItSi.
cal outlay Under these auspices. 'be1 .et9n
mend thai the expedition b. fIlet on! s. ~ 10
start al an early period IN The ensuing yeat"
TERRIBLE SCENES IN PHILADELPHIA
From the Philadelphia American oil Monday
we take the following connected account Of The
terrible and deadly leuds beiwee ceiIaln Of The
fremen in that city, and their villainous aldefs
and abc,ters which led to such bloody and fatal
results on Sunday last:
! The lawess spirit which has held almost coul-
pele sway in MoYamensins, Tor the last six
weeks, and which IN the Sabbath has exhibited
llse!f 10 such degree As 10 make It necessary to
close places VI public worship, in order to save
The members Of The congregation from insult aud
outrage has kept that section OF Philadelphia IN
constant slate Of alarm aud excitement since
Saturday evening; and IN Sunday the District
| witnessed terrible riot, attended with bioodshad
| and The loss u HE.
Since The last tiremen's parade, a lrui has e1-
listed between the Moyamensing aud Franklin
hose companies, two Of the most active assocla-
| lions OF niemen III ma, pat of The town. This
| leud mas grown tom bad feeling 10 open and Bit
Ter hostility and there have recently been Ire
| quent belligcrent collisions between The members
| and adheTenls of The Two companies. Among
the adherenfs OF the Moyamensing Hose are he
gang OF "Singers," that SO umbIushingly and
oullaeeously disgrace The district This gang
| are ever plotting mischief OF The worst character.
| On Saturday evening abou, len o'clock tu-
ring an alarm OF FIRE, caused by the slight burn
ing Of the root Of an old frame house in Spruce
street, below Ninth, the franklin Hose Compa.
nv was assaulted al Tenth and Shipper streets,
| where brickbals were shoWeIed and pistols fired
AT The time OF this voious affair, the wife OF the
Rev. Mr.. Montgomery, Rector Of All Saints
/ Church, and the wife also OF The Rev Mr.. Ogil.
| by, OF Ascension Church, both narrowly escaped
being Frustrated with missiles, just as they were
entering their own doors.
| A short time after this, the house OF The Frank.
| lin, in Broad street, near Filzwater was beset by
ruthans, whose intention appeared TO be 10 com
| nit violence.
| About two o'clock The carriage OF the Frank
| lin was taken out BY the members. on hearing n
alarm OF fire up town. About daybreak, as ele-
ven OF The members were returning home In
charge Of the carriage, they found themselves
waylaid, al the corner OF twelfth and South sis,
where they were fired on and assailed with mis-
siles by party Of fifty. Some Of them we're in.
jured and overpouered b. numbers, they had TO
run for their lives having their carriage in The
hands OF the assailaEs.
The carriage was taken by the captofs, who
ran 10 the immediate neishborhood OF The Moy-
amensipg Hose house, where The hose was strip
| pee of, and one section Of cut. The carriage
was then run down 10 The foot OF Washington
street, Southwark, and lumbled into The Della
ware, previous to which il was shameiully de-
faced, and lis bells broken. IL was subsequent
w recovered from The wafer by some OF The South
wark hremen, and, with lis hose, was yesterday
under protection in The yard Of The Moyamens.
ing Hall, presenting sorowtul plight.
Yesterday forenoon, printed noce, OF which
The following is copy was posted up all over
the Districi-
"NoTIcE-The nlerites Of Moyamensine
from 10 years old and upwards, are requested 10
meet this evening Tor business. The Western
Division will NEE, in the market house, in 18th
street; the Eastern Division will NEE, al 9Th and
Fitzwater street. Those having guns or pistols
will bring them along, and those NOT having these
useful weapons are requested 10 bring as mary
brckbals and stones as they can carry. The pc
lice and Wachmen will be On he ground 10 see
fair PLAY. Go il, Moya Hurra, Franklin !"
Whether this notice was serious call, ema-
palirg from the riolers themselves or waggisf
hoax, designed as hi al The dissracetui doines
in The District, and likewise q The conduct Of
It's authorities, does not appear
few minutes after noon there was an alarm
of fire. proceeding from some trivial cause il
the vicinity OF Eighth and Fitzwater Streets
, The Franklin members ran out with their new
carriage, Git was their old apparatus that wss
captured,) and q, Ninth and Fitzwaler streets
thew were met by on armed party. Filzwatel
: street, at the Southern end of Ronaldson'
E Cemetery, was instantly turned into battle
ground, and the scene that ensued was awful.
Several hundred rioters, on both sides, were
engaged in the melee, and there was mob OF {
thousand persons. PavemeDts were torn up, thu
air was black with missiles and firearms, tht
reports of which we're followed by shreks Ant
the falling Of the wounded we're discharged IL
l ouick succession. II was impossible to tell hov
: many we're injured
d A Young man, aged 81 years, an adherent o
tho Franklin, named Alexander ellis. wb'
!. ;. lived in Stewart street, aud worked IN brcl
yard, was shot dead
: A young man, residing at The corner OF Spsf
e ford and Shippen steets, named Little Hurst
8 vas shot in the eye and also in the leg.
i A lad, Is yours OF age, named VIM Lawson
was shot in the shoulder. and taken to the hospi
= tai.
A youog man named Walter Phillips. li,in
! IN Lombard street, near Schulkill 5,h, WAS sho
Q in the leg
l. A young man residing 10 Carpenter street la
. his arm broken, while trying 10 take the car
; rage Of the Franklin.
James Rodgers, shot in one OF his arms vii
pistol.
e John Rowland, living in 18th street, abov
IS Fitzwater, was shot in the arm while slandin
IS in his door; for the fight il seems, was cor
, tinued up Fitzwater street as far as this pom
10 the case Of ellis, the Coroner's Jur
rendered verdict in these words: That "Alez
e ander ellis came TO his death, while leading o
S mob, in a riot between The Franklin an
T. Moyamensing Hose Companies. by fire arms
:. according to the evidence. fired BY man name
Black, and drayman unknown"
10 Justice 10 the deceased, it should be state
y that there was no evidence whatever before II
a ;urv under oath, that ellis was leading on
y mob; although number Of persons, incIudn
o seyers1 of the police OF Moyamensiug, declare
] ,hot ha waa an active rioter, and that he hre