The Sun. — 1844-05-30 (London, England)

FURTHER EXTRACTS FROM THE AMERICAN PAPERS. RESULTS OF THE RIOTS.  After a fierce contest it is customary to view the field of battle, and after a great and disastrous riot the people are left to deplore the consequences by reflecting how much misery might have been avoided by a little discretion and a little firmness. But it has always happened that sad consequences have resulted from trifling errors. The " good people" of Philadelphia having recovered from their alarm, now venture out to see the extent of the mischief that has resulted from the late riots. The immediate and deplorable consequences of this outbreak are, the unhappy condition of the bereaved families of the murdered, and the sufferings of the wanderers in the country, afraid to return to the city—without means to advance—hungry—destitute, without shelter, sleeping on the bare earth, and without clothing. One Irish woman gave birth to a child in the woods ! We are glad to learn that relief parties have gone out in search of them. Children wandering in search of parents, wives in search of husbands, old and infirm in search of shel ter, are parts only of existing misery. The ruined district presents a most deplorable scene from the half burnt and blackened houses yet standing. Strips of the American flag are displayed in supplication for protection or truce. The amount of damage is exceedingly heavy. Mrs. Brady had a house riddled and furniture destroyed. Alderman Clark's house and furniture damaged to the amount of 1,000 dolls. He has lost papers and books valued at 2,000 or 3,000 dolls. Grocery store of Patrick Murray, and the destruction of property estimated at 4,000 dolls. John Laverty's house and furniture destroyed, valued at 2,000 dolls., all he had in the world. Bernard Sheny lost one frame and three brick houses valued at 3,000 dolls. ; he saved one bed only. Patrick M‘liee and Owen M'Cullough in house and furniture 1,000 dolls. Thomas Shenden in house and furniture 2.500 dolls. Six three-story buildings on Washington-street all destroyed with their furniture, supposed to be worth 15,000 dolls. Patrick Magee, who owned a house destroyed valued at 1,500 dolls., was sick in bed, and was rescued from the flames with great difficulty. Harmonycourt seven frame houses, all destroyed with their contents, loss 300 dolls. Hibernia Hose Company, loss 1,000 dolls ; and the market destroyed was valued at 5,000 dolls. The two frame houses, corner of Master and Cadwallader-streets, belonged to John Carroll, and also two other frames adjoining; loss 1,500 dolls. The tenants lost all they had, say about 250 dolls. In one of these houses, 700 dolls. in silver, and but little of it having been recovered, may be added to the other loss. The loss in the burning of the Catholic Church of St. Michael, the parsonage house and furniture and ornaments, and the Sisters of Charity's seminary, is estimated at not less than 75,000 dolls. Of the five frame buildings on the right of the church, which were consumed, a three and two-story frame belonged to Benjamin Hutchinson, Esq., who estimates his loss at 2,500 dolls., and the other two belonged to Mr. Francis M'Creedy, and were valued at 1,800 dolls. The loss to Mr. Joseph Corr, whose house at the corner of Phoenix and Second• streets, opposite the seminary, was sacked, is about 1,500 dolls. The loss to Mr. M'Aleer, whose two large bricks, at the corner of Second and Master-streets, were burned, is about 3,000 dolls. The tenant of one of them, name Rice, lost about 600 dolls. A frame house at the back of this, owned by John Daley, which was burned, was valued at about '4OO dolls. In estimating this destruction of property, we have not taken into account a vast amount of material in the houses occupied by workmen, nor of houses, the very sites of which have been obliterated, and we feel warranted in believing that the destruction of property amounts to much over what we have estimated. In addition to this we have to add the loss at St. Augustine's, and we find that damage has been done to the county of Philadelphia in a sum rising a quarter of a million of dollars, and this, besides the loss of life, and the deep moral stain which has been inflicted upon the commuaity.—New York Sun.