Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-08-06

IA 1870 --'''lY
fhs shoes i se5isss report Of tie ssas a. hsssd
before the Mayor zoe writer ehsuess live In the i'm
med'as neishborhesd IN WHO, these negroes we're AZ
rested, and knows fonethcg more abou. the matter
than Appssr from the saemeot Of her Of the night
watctmen who testified A. nine O'clock last pirht
the negroes sfim being as Ms. Rnds snd kne. that
wedding parry the attraction. They Old not step
single negro the way to the party aud warn i'm or
inst Il they vert ia tsers they voaid Ne srreuted
zen tbosgh Icy bat their ia tss' ps'ses Ia. they
pa possly utked out Of eight wit5 tho dossn Ct etng
as macy 80, TIE trap possbs snd then descend.
ing upoa sheul sad N lknz ht. in ystehuaa tss, ia
known cs IA re hen" Toe vs.chneu tf he asrd
hayipg Imk-d and aacild uni hey b,lsvid 'hecon-
pioy had ell assembled, Il pp,d souid 20 the stSo-
houIe and lnform,a coasas Of the isctr, aud csu'rs
bayiug reused nha. be considered sufficient psfss,
they I'll advanced togethss rpcn ,hs eteny.
Now for der macnsr Of hakiag tho arTesie. Tscy
old n0l turrouni tho house aud then inform sae wire
inmates that tbsy Wsrs abs1s 10 enter srd take The
negroes but without any prsla aeries burst, Sh ioad
SHOUTS, vol,hty iato the shsre tte SAVES weso
semsled Many Of the negroes Aiis!ske: with ter3F,
soma ju no cd Gus Of the windows and others tried IN
yariou, ways 10 sscrste themse vss The va men
yelled and, some say, cursed Mrs PsrdIescn aid he
ladies' and gentleman in she hou:e roshed o. 70
soc what on earth had happened, thinking, per-
maps, tha. tbs house. WAC fri. Ole OF tks
w4to1mea against 3 ladJ and Knocked bar dc"a.
Tae hsy fIiutcd. The uproar ireEeaed. TIE
whole neigbborhood alarmed fh, nrgrees LAD
bseone ecateged in the streets ia the glfdel AID in
.ue adj lining lots. Toe Shouts of the wllehnsu, end
the shrieks OF terrified women ios6undsd every
IA - Ion- h
50 much excited and alarmed 20 cause serious sp-
preheusons for hsr life, still the hu5buo continu ID Ia
tle C Use OF fifteen or tweaty n4rSs the wAchTlsa
having secured of the negroes, and rsed bhi
tloy d5tmed a sufi,iency of rough asd uugeaiIs-
manly language 70 Ms. Pei distOp, noysa sR
with their capayes. AZ IA, Mrs. R.nG's old NO.
man. was very feeble, and could rot keep up With
the rest We 0 man w-s detailed 10 t,w Der
specially. His Of getting her elong wss peru
liar, IL not Ingenious or humane. PAntipg the sharp
ed Of his club in her back, nearly upon her ds'
eased spne as he could lccas , he pushed her along
before him, further stimulating her movements By csi'
ing ou constantly, go long, tell you" The process
sion brought up By tho cid woman the club and tho
wa,chman, moved up IN street to Isigb, down Leigh
to b, and tsence to the station hoase. One OF tho
female cspyes bore in Der her infant, months
old which her mistress brought to her after her arrest
that the child AID mother might not DO separated du-
ring the night.
The Assem- fling together at one time OF more than
Ave laws is Unlawful and it is the watchmsns duy "
arrest lInegoes found in such assembled /: s also
BY direct implication their duty, when they see an un
law ASSEMBLY 10 process of formation 10 prevent 1t.
This this they ud bavs done and DIDN'T do last night.
of tha dutyt IN hu- tnta a uR
mses ke gang OF savsgsa. fhis they did do last
night. 1t is their duty to sop every negro they see In
the streets at night and ASCERTAIN whether they havs
papers. This they did not do list night Is Is their
duty to b, on tie al,rt and ses that peoples
houses ara MT broken into at night and rob
oe5 and Il they csr't do this, q. least to Do
awake aad answer the calls made for them when
burglars are discovered They do not prevent burglaies
and when ono Ia committed aud the occupants Of tbs
house is aroused and called for they never respond
Almost every house in The neeh5orhOod OF the tcens
Of their Lass nights exploit has been broken nso BY
night aud robbed some during the past year tho
amen have never arrested OF the burglars and
when uI two occasions blrglaries discovered la
their and the wa.chmen called for loudly md
long in IN, public streets, they never responded
Last night two hours after tLey had taken the
negroes from Ass. PsndletoLs, II thief d been
discovered in the house, Mrs. Pendlston might have
screamed for waichmsn until she hoarse bat none
| coaid have been found.
Rally go far from the breaking up Of this unlssfu'
assembly, rta,.tns any credit upon the watchmen.
IL only serve. to show how STUPID and brut, and utterly
useless they are. They Could have prevented is alto.
gether and IS they did not do that they might ba,,
by he exercise OF l!e psHs arrested moss nsgrces
tsan NY Ind, wlhCa. Any fuss cad Without ineurrs
OF jurlng isdy.