The Liberator from Boston, Massachusetts • 2

Ml iei sed I abandobed tothese human tigers would trance probably have been involved in the flames of I fr ny A VUl 1 skirts of the crowd Jbut as far as our observa Lx vuiiecieu lor me occasion Was to and cownty of obliged by law to repay all theldamanPnrArunR'U 7 vL i istm Ms to 11 I 88 believe one or two Lee res U'r delivered? from 10 200 persons congrcd tl 41 ive ate fe 1 wl iinr Ml tmssioners who forthwith' draw their Svar rant on the Treasury the amount so award Jed which warrant shall be duly paid by the 1 1 RUd il to peupie treaatne jaw under ndthrowmg thet red reflections foot let it Be a serpent that shall rise and sting upon the multitude bqlow 'imparted a remarks them to i a dow voX I forth Wrlr I t0 an entrance into the Cherry st? schtob dow vomited forth its volume and theroof rom the Philadelnhii GarittP nfrKin house to We believe that the excitement Has now sub sided and trust that the peace of the city will int ho tnrfhoi rlicfltirh! not Dass bv without TL A A dayi the Hall Vi i Sg' The Temperance Halt will not be opened for the use of Gastite ited far bd We need scarcely state that ns thn rrnw! increased the excitement waxed warmer iV The first demonstrations of attack weremade upon the windows Kvhich' thrown at front nu merous hands and from' every This movement waa followed Up by an tempt to force The doors which at first did not' succeed the however were soon' re doubled and an entrance speedily effected gTlie next step was'breaking the 'seats' galleries nn furniture inMhe interior The fragments' it is said were hastily gathered together in the: cen tre of the hall and a applied TheuJgas pipes were cut and fire to thg streams that issued forth These are the state ments oLthe night tor with the conilictmg ru mors incirculation it was impossible to Jliscoy eriny authenticated account of the more delib erate The alarm of fire was 'fs last ever in rm cxire: stones respecting me white ana colored mg the streets Ji iid ihfl t'ofthe A'ls rom the Philadelphia Inquirer of Saturday morr ing Atumult occurred last night at jlie Orphan the object of listening to lectures and fin'd ghp nf lAnnHlf 1 1 1 i miuiv viHintuceu an auaressjn ie street The Mayor of the District Air 3f the buildingor torn in pieces in the streets j'But pe the blindness of that bestial fury' whieh substitutes force for Jaw Besides pour ing bilon the flame they would extinguish and kindling zeal by persecution they' have idone nfichiefwhich recoils on their own heads The Philadelphia Ledger says: a Jaw passed at the Jatc legislature it is provided that ihc injury done to any property from the violence of mobs if to be compensated for out of the public iuni of the district so that thifesct is in effect des troying onr own property Tle cvt of hc butkliog we understand to hay a been not far short of 000 following dettej from a lady of 4hi city? dolphin has been furnhhed its for if its one of the iUsetnby who' were this city slates that de lash and Squib with a charter for outrage in pockets id not go' gingerly to work? Their' proceedings at least were open if nor fair? They broke down the doors and began the pro cess of demolition the crowd looking calmly onr Thewooden enchcsthe contenls of a hook store on the basement story and such olh hr: ignitible matter 1 ds the jplace afforded were a ru i jra a LU(lCt4CU lULElUCl till LI htJl Or gas pipes Of the building he gmtion andftthe windowsrfia ving" beenTfrevi ouyoroKen a oreeze fanned the flames which Jihese modern Sww CIt? JCaPSnndaPrOnshhd installed in their rfshee thnmlrof live Kitchens 2V Commercial Adrertisi themselves to saving surrounding nroperly nnd I 'W avJK enorts that even the roof of at Cdptjguousbuilding is 'burnt 1 11 i juiLvn juy is me jaw unaer wnicn the proprietors of Pennsylvpnia Halt claim' an ii r'vuJ vuuL'rPtrfii1 ip tram of the building and the numbed eon 7 tinuep to increase and the sensation to become Stronger untfl sun down when thousands fromvery section cfjhe city and country poured in dense masses towards the scene and by 8 5 "ei? reust have beeu a concourse of Ten Thou persons of all classes sexes ages and con dinoas Tho Mayor we are told made hi appearaace early hour and closed the door of the Hdl notwithstanding iCwas un derstnod tlfct a society $vould meet there in the wrjuie prpQtfjpi (Jiscussioq SI I 'f We believe that the excitement Has now sub sided and trust that the peace of the city will not be farther disturbed I I 'The following' notice from 'the Inquirerj of Saturday is closely connected with the subject VI llJtJ i lUlS fr To prevent misrepresentation Execut Committee of the Temperance Hall will st tbat'they have given no authority either direct ly or indirectly for the use of the saloon for nny abolition' "during the present we Ralph 8 itli called at the store nf the treasurer' and ascertained that the Hall was not'rented and then went to the Janitoyzand told him that he had engaged the Hall and the 'Hall was used oh Wednesday without any authority for an abolition meeting treasurer had no in terview with'1 Ralph zSmith and if had he would have refused the saloon for the'i meeting This morning a' crowd assembled at 'the Hall for the purpose of nttending an adjourned mejet ing and the' committee explained them that they could not use the Hall under any circurn 'J This statement is due t0 the character of the Hall and the Committee rV josm6needZ joHnt smithX Committee of theTemperance i The Inquirer sajrs r2 ttlav add that Several hundred nn'ren 1l r' uiicuiicu me i emperance Mall yesterday with the obiect Oi listmnrr tn loofnrno 1 they could not gairr admission le party 'a female com menrel V4 wt 'lOlliLl 1T1J Conrad informed her that such a proceediii" mu 1 tv 4i 1 Ii 1 1 K' 1 iruum unuuvoiiui uu pn itnrhann the public peace at the same i imp observing uHu uiHL sa ceaseu ner narfinmip ho feel it his duty to' commit her Shortly afte: Iho parly Vf mu 1 w' I following is the law under which tl dernnitj from city Act of Assembly of XSth of June of 1836'' (Section That in case any dwelling house or other building property realtor personal shall be injured ordesiroyed within Hhesai'd an4 coun tyof Ph i lidelphiar in consequence oi any mob or riot therein' at ani plorrinn nr it lahv Other time it chnll were soon thereof orhis agent to apply if the coun4 wnc rnrthoi Ha tk4 Oz tu tuv uuuu ui Muarieroessionsand if: in the city to the Court who shall thereupon i the sitreets iTins is nojustthcaiiou for inccndin nsm but it is not atall likely to true havpjooked over the Philadelphiapapers and findho aflusion io any occurtence: of a letter from a lady of this citynow in Phil I 4adelphiajYfel's PniianEiwnA rhla'y Morning May 1L1S33 Befiire you receive this letter ydn'will have heard of the notous proceedings of the pro slavery inhabitants of this city and as the reports will of course exaggerated I think you will be relieved by having true statement On Wednesday placards were posted upin the streets the attention of the public to1 the ineetinirs in ih rjw nnH iwnmirni all In the evening a mob collected around the Hall with the avo'wed intention of injuring the colored people and their friends Thursday morning nnd at ternoon the Convention of women occupied the Hall I counted 500 present'? In the afternoon those of us I who were at a private house as a business committee' Ipformclhat the Hall surrounded and if we wished to gain admittance we must adjourn immediate ly AVe knelt had sought the 'sure'reuge in time of trouble and surely the sweet calmness which took vos session oi our souls was 'tin answer to our United? prayers Together we passed through the crowd df '1 gentlemen ot property andstanding? and took our seats the I' 'S X' during the two hours in which we Were in session tne'vmmnftUwmM i vuvi wcc paiuuny urownecin tne loud shouts and curves of those who were watching for our adjournment' Every wonlan however and these were about five hundred present sat calmly andjt was unanimously resolved tomaintaiu the perilled cause to the Iasi As wc" retired the colored members of convention were protected by their white sisters and On shame to say at both were thrown a shower of etonesd One of the' Secretaries received a blow which considerably injured'her The businesskommittee met J1 pht clock I rM within'a thrown of tbe ball and before they commenced business thev xint seasonltn prayer'The supplications were earnest for threats had been uttered that the private house al which? they were assembled would be attacked Oh how pre prayerappear and how sweet to Jean upon an Almighty arm Soon several gentlemen rushed into the room and informed us that the Ball a as in and the fire rapidly spreading in our direction ye de cided to proceed with our business which we did until'' tne mob so filled the street that our friends again re quested us to disperse In the course of an hourwe were able to return to our homes' 1 have not heard what the mob did pfterwards butt it is chrtain that the ball ism ashes and all the papers inhd Anti officeburned or scattered This morning the business cotnuiiitee are to have another meeting and we shall then determine what to do The Xord is on our sidel and wef are not afraid The colored people have haved nobly I 'j Ever your affectionate daughter cracked smoked: and blazed before the progress of devouring element It was a fearful scene and we never witnessed' so vast a concourse so passive andso quietconsidering I the circumstances of the case 'The great ma jority Appeared to be merely spectators unwil ling by any movement whatever either to in crease the existing or provoke further excitement The firemen were perfectly self possessed Snd took especial pains fo protect and save the sur rounding property This was jt task bf great difficulty but one as we believe pt hey proved fully successful Torrents of water de scended $trid as fast as the strength bf one bod of men gave' way their places were instantly supplied by another? J' Wcsaw several colored nersbns in tho out 4 wa LT xMU Qb lill MS il 1 1 SP V51 tion extended no 'effort? was made to molest them 5Ve are told however that several were driven from the ground The fire raged furi ously uptil all the wood work of the bu i Id i ng was destroye dpThe roof fell in about 10 and as the flames subsided the throng gradually dispersed4 AUf 1 1 Pennsylvania Hall I was a' mass of ruins' 'the' walls' alone erect and I incident to such an occurrence became grad uuuy moresupoueaas on heard qf was one caused by an engine which running over a fireman fractured his leg HeMi ccMxjed a board Tby a number of citi ZenS "jVVe need bcarly iixlAllxat tIio condition of the residents in the immediate neighEorhobd and especially at the commencement of the oc currence was alarming and pajnfutin the ex i 8 rom the Commercial In addition I to the preceding accounts ive have reports through private that the firemen were thqmselvesindisposed to perform their duties is stated that they would not play a drop upju tiitr yuuuieu nuuiiuingv out xnaae use of vvery exertion tbprevent the extension oftheconflagration As an indication of tlie feeling that prevailed it is said that the house of a poor widow adjoin ing having been injured to the amount of some fifty dollars a collection for her benefit was set on foot and tn thn'nmnnn Tfour hundred and seventy dollars The immediate cause of this popular out? break is said jto'have been thn ridimlnne yras aHall dedicated to 'free discussion bn sub amalgamation of colors in Chesnut MMlM ftAt nfan imnnAiHI I StrPt Hlirintr firn hnnro kr aL I kl I 7 iiuviui rcuucuc) 7 xaaxuuxiuuie promenf rlL 'haidJng fals upon the city according to a law jrwhites and blacks qrm in arm throne 1 nlncpSrrTh V0 7 thc I enacted a year oftwo ago Ting the streets fS'vood vork' I it Xv Wprfln became hwiv uuie Popmace an(j fired In the courseof balfan hour from tk ku wm vvi duuiiuM iiprpccnrir i A i IS 5 1 Vk a' ociy 4 i we are neitner abnhiinniQto i i BHm abolition and that we culated to create a nnnu inr fnmt nnhnn thejr course but while we make this disclaimer result Js fearful and dbeply disgraceful to the A ivu4ayut we are no mobiles or advo rXU 'XX TAO S' iuuwtrucy JtrmuM tlerald' 1 'i 1T1 rom the SGazettft nf xHcmen were soon there in all their h'4 rom the Philadelphia Inauirar Pennsylvania Ha aPParatu? good condition and and fact by said Court the said renort and ran ABD CONLAGRATION were gathered in the neiirhborhnnd nf 7 adaPted Rmation shall be certified to the Counts Com A I 1 1 Ul ULL I 111 I 1 1 1 1 I rl 11 1 Al 1 ZV I' I 1 A I 9 rib a vtr rk Mt i rennsvivAnin Ho 4kkki pivuenv a aa Mzra wvm wa i vm mu ii ir ii ini iu i i 4 i a Mtut'Ciiiiii lXtumuIt which is said to day discussing in crotfos '1 TO 1 the Treasury 4r the amount so atvard fl 11 VA A a a 4 AL 1 A 4 A 4 lUt A I a 1 1 I I I rxi I 4 iuuul ai innP a M' utiii nntr uuiwiiiiiK cvcuiiiLr in front 01 the minwlon me uestruci ton the was cons irnnd tn ft i Hall Sixth street above Arch Hall as of provocation which led biased with uudiminished forv 1 )s well known has jtm been built and the cer violation of th laws I houses were deluged with Post in progress since KThiTon amining the wev I We have to reebrff another of those atrobitieJ tayi astV a thav about 3000 per notion hnt tho I prsentefnbw surprised to discover that scarcely aVhinHe sPnnS from lhe disposition prevailing had assembled within its walls on Wed 1 SvfAi th? masonic work and the roofs of the adjacent 'houses wa ZorohJd a paH of the community to set itself up evening to listen Jo MrGa'rrisn and fgT rJmed the base As to the 'immediate aetdn 4n prescribe lifet topics others a large portion bf thejaudieneb being is ruined by the action of je almost impossible to gj any ih'U Ifl shaI1 1x5 diPCUSSed Kpubliy and enforce itsde we learn from the National Gazette the IL Ae'necks lhe ln ordetfA number'and confinedprincinallv JL Li" an assembly 'of females from' different nans' crowa uecamevery noisy upmuu carry on the ptecesof jronJpEg to agesbe tween 17 and 21 Union' among whbmVeresome resnJrK il hn i Lizins ti ino nme tvvnAc Avr i atvut? iime as xnanv as I r'r" Tns 3000 persons were assembled and creat dld not Iearn attempt excitement prevai fedThVcolored persons in on5 Thursday 'night hot toi the Hall were let out the babk way and were 1 PeiPlses but those destroyed niiht 'bo supposed drehdfuQy ahS 'iy' 1 Thcc of tlie crowd however who were riotous Gette ofiriday erening Jy disposed werecqmparatively but few in num hp Thursday certain I per the great massi beingmere lookers on riot Wednesday 1 ifi 4 a I 'M'uauiULC thA entmwJ a a VWVIVJ fbm the Philadelphia Notion! Gatctte And arson in phil adelpbi have Received an account of a riot which JOOK place last evening outside of the large nefc building called the Pennsylvania Hall OP6116 this city for scientific and political 5 discussions and lecture's including the discus question of aboutionism As there LH is a part of the communication which is calcula r' ted to bring about a renewal of disirrdceful acenes' we shall omit its detail giving jtsfcub stance Last evening lhe hall was crowded with? about three thousand personstohear'a lecture' Jt1 (tnPHCAn rxik it UMM 1 Of lhe audience about one half were females was promiscuously composed of 'white and black people Mr address'a nriob very noisy Maria AV Chap man of Boston then addressed themeeting for several rnmu tes one was followed by MrsJ Angelina GrimkeWeld Lucretia Mott of I vtulS CltV find AKhtt I iw aa zl Bt Asi a L1 tS 4I1A 1HAiCAr4 a a I ll 1 tlillJ 1 llCaN 44JI 1 1 1 1 1 I i various missiles at thewindows fur crowd by ahis' time' had swollen I nJury was done than breaking the jglass I mi mense magnitude and notonly Sixths street the blinds inside protected the audience At prom Arch toRace presemeda dense mass before ten thecompany retired amid I human beings butall lhe streets and alleys ad cries and groans of the mob who'blocked tip Jjacent thronged with eager andexcited the street on every side One black man was spectators 4The alarm soon spread through lheA lprocked down with a club? a few hasty particularsassed from mouth i vT ne proprietors ot the Hall have called upon moutn ana the a the city to pay the amount of damae The' among 5 I I 4 MA A MA A A A A I ttrtft ASOIVl It A A A A A a a 1k Tfe Z1 1 '7'" 1 uie uuinuSf inaii? ui6 immediate spectators pCthescene vThis Was natural tile Hal! beinrr Inrntprl in SioutragejorthepresehtPhiladelpbiahas been of the most densely populated parts of our icny wnnin a stone's throw ot Arch Street The latre and a number of frame buildings being in I the immediate neighborhood 'it was feared that I no matter how well directed the of the I firemen nor how 'Jiberalj the supplytof water I they not be able to: bound the progress of I the flames Nay more a conflict between the Lpolice and "the was apprehended and many an mother or susceptiblewife dreaded lest the night would not pass by with out the destruction of life as'wcll as property firSoqpafter nine the whole building was wrapped in flames which diffused a lurid i was an organized band prepared to break up the 1 1 uPon tbe multitude bqlow imparted a remarks 1 hln nnH oor A I 1 The follow! ng is the special charge by Judge'" Todd to the Grand Jury delivered on riday intwhich? he refers to the disgraceful committed by themqbiirPhiladelphia Gentlemen of the Grand Jury' has taken place in our city that has not only degraded and lowered but has given conclusive demonstration that the laxvs unless vindicated are na longer adequate to the protection of the 'citizen Our propeny ourreputationour liberties ami our lives sr uo ionger secure i Ve ei seem' at the mercy of a mob? That 1 haS been lhe pride of that coun 1 7 aount ofns institutions and laws I have almost idolized liuvef by the doings of the last twenty four hodrs had their fair fame tarnishedL Our instith aws bare been trampled! on and con temnedt We even lhe temple of Justice? are mere': tenants by sufferance The worst feature is that there are not anting men apparently respectable who de It se oatI 1 do not lintend to no tice the Excuses offered 1 willbnly 'say that I have thiat lconsisent law or will stand be fore thatidread tribunal where all must answer What the end bf these thin Will Akfel 1 W4 WMViiyjiM iunnTrn victim God only knows Jly object however is hot to' declaim bn this subject but to call your attention to an tL re night has occasioned? 2nd the ar beantil1 Hall now a ruin still ro Xvi ue uangerous particular ly the gable wall next Sixth 7' I have been requested by the Mdvof Mtorov finr Pfnl A Illi AV0 1 1 A A a 4 I request vou to nnH uCtl as in your opinion the situation of me saieiy oi tne citizens will require The cityof BrotheriyLove has Wen kbpt in? a preftjr considerable ferment for two or three 5 days past by the presende of thc General As sembl lof' tho Prkoh il jp vuurcu tyno natl' some tbpgh question's to settle' and especially by the sudden appearance' of Con Million qiacK andwhite assembled ifrom'narts nknotWt Then there was' the deilicati on of AgitationHa 11 in which the Convention held their sittings Such was' the occupancy of theHair An frH r4 A aaa A I vuv ua uj fviuus in ir rinfei V4K uv VIUU VC rneanitlwas occupied by the Petticoat Conven tion I andon the evenin' nrevino' tk besides ftKWLloyd Garrisonheld teryprgmtscuons assembly of 3000 persons' Now we suppose it would be highly improper torus tolexpress any 'doubt whether Isuch con duct js becoming the modesty which bught to belong to? thejfemale sexa nd 'd ich does be long to ia nr learned by experience that any even tbp slightest of theconduct bf the Aboli tiomsts? in a time oLexciteriienf against them? is tn terpreted into a'direct encouragement of the we disapprove both of the? mob andrthe causes of do not say we disapprove of the twothings equally for they do not exactly admit of comparison An open? oflhe'desceWsand proprieties of IS Hot in all resnnrt fc krl no Vef it is xm I nr? n'U at 1 OM llJUCil in IS rniet that the perpetrators esnerinllv 4f to hide their heacjswith vRahIItA 1 1 0 VT TVTnn KannuA! "fr en th 6s public promt? 'and in bur church 41 ory windows a he use nit iin square were broken by acrowd of people ted ing A Ta may pe inanxtui tnat the iiffafr eudedtmlb the loss of property without the Jos of life Open incendiarism and murder gen erally hand fin but 'they hvere separated last night no thanks to the Police? which we must bo pprrn itted to say was wholly remiss in us duty xTifere was collected outside of the Lj1 afternoon ahumber of persons gradually increased as night'hp to Thc Mayor at an early hour went a Ocled Hie door to prevent takaarTfoVi as octwaVy designed to m2 evetW Nothing more (han he WW to save honor of and assert thcr majesty of the 1 iU interference walkedjin the efevSth hour to be ousted by the mob at the twelfth A fc i lol the nion among whbm Wore snmn vet vntlmrl 4 i Ti I 1 I 4 inn irtc rS i i 1 I 'iV XL IS S1 1 1 I rin fnAnniv a vwa a a a 1 I M' 4 4 will Ll 1 IJJh? i fi CtPITl rklnri a a av" i re jj a i i rr a kzzvii lii i i cav it I guishable consisted of astv 1 on the subiect bf abolition nt the' Ponk ourht 4 KV V4 LI Ut till I I Vlin I drest in white bhirfeidverjtheirciothes a band building recently'opened in wehaye fallen wn beautiful times Ar Jjound their waists and chieflyrovicled with' I bl and dandies wiib spdctadesand blackwJnhA 3 axes 'This we have frorn a nehbo lHnt lcClUrf incld near the Hall and who saw theiwhole affair bta 7y gathered around shw theifise Ives toff in 'bur "mot and particularly noted the party aboveeV and followed nodes wulking arfii Tn arm and in Sererat push'd Jto jft Jhewc mWy on hf Rrirln early hour and endeavored to prevent' the Vi'?" tbo following the mobjigain as board and when wombn IO that thn 1 fulfilment' bf the' Tfesi Ule sembled and set fire to the buildina'V Upauf wnnM poUe: 1 1V K' We ve4belnwAP amung quieuv io retire and nn if Tpststincp aaIa hiladelphiii Daoers from ivKwk A A VSLJlAV 1 lltJVUh Vl IlltlVll A 1 a fit 1 1 I VM a a a a rj I a TT'i innr inp unz Ka i 'Mt rw( uUA i i vil fltTTl i VMULO Lfll a aa a traa a a a 4 'i wuuni it uiia niriimnnnr i a a Uli wascom cu uuUS cmhuu uour or ctahBfrh parativeiy orderly without if indeedorder could PV i ulS(jrers wer guilty of conduct v5 Ra rl frA a aa a a aZ a a a1 1 DlCu eluBV ID SV tn ki I a JRnifA aC K'a a I s' a such a deedVj No quarrelsitook placeandvith ed dastardly and pusillanimous 'lastde kt heaft siH 7 describes Rnd' gree or else treacherous "'uv de heaH swkcringylolationbf lawTor whiM faction the multitude li andtheir oathH ooitrser'or at least to fc A oi'alle had gone too Tar tobesuccesTnlJv ung tnose who was toiled i as aoyi resistedWb have little to addA "more wmH rightsjbiyht'have plote wreck than" the buildingCnow IxlS prevented the cutrn esand las and mad? to sufef cottld scarcely be'concciredl l'IHs entirely kymeswhich have disgraced their cityT The ha "ot ted tbe lyalls alone stand pn bf vTen l9'le4ring to their fall the abolitibmsts to fere Uy nrbvok a rd lVnV qcat' meeting on Thurdaive? delegates to thc abolition nventiori wllh oW will unretramed We shudder jif tmein worse vuareSses Wthe wbHep Li vviUKivu VtlAUCLMVCf i CLIRl weru beating out the upper windows By this 'time A kv nuuno OUUJIUCUI UXt LLII Uliy griuuuiiv dispersed4 11 Pennsylvania Hall J1 a i 1 440 7 1 slue 'V CirCllmfttnn'A wAVk a excitement growing out of the dedtea nebnle1 brin H' 22 the euendieg pAirfjArf fAArTi uuddhv iwwuusr nere eiiner knAck ori Hmm i i mU Ue' 0 Honcho building Wiethe ftv ofUooCTiej thousand to zeeord the riolen 'cont: 1 Pbeoh deliveofS I not pass by without a still night to the tender mercies of a inobana zoMto uaaMa ieftrful Qnd thffrAfnm'urA Ra iRanlrAil Hkk it fV' rfiii U'Anlrl 1 9 shreral estraJu 'fSthe hon tdolphia papers from tvhich it will appear ing' fonh to large1 oXuods the Majror and the eMl nutlmritie" on fir Vflliog jf: aS 1 it was incumbent to nrevont a zb rratta i meet in Con 1 rf aponjio moutn ana the apprehension was Tar greater The 1 among those' who had Xot an onnortnnitv of 7 uiikw 'WiUi jwtj irusij uSw every exeruon io qis' ana punish the rioters and in the mean 4 ume naming snouia be done to excite popular sufficiently disgraced by a single riot 1r 4 4f rt lr y'n a rom the Philadelphia Gazette DESTRUCTION PENNSYLVANIA HALL most of the day yesterday large' numbers of persons were standing round the Hallandit was evident that there was a pur injury In the afternoon the'Mavor went' to some of the leading members of the ciety owning 'this building and represented tothem Xhe great danger of continuing to 5 their meetings and he especially urged upon them the propriety of not assembling that even as he had every reason to believe that there meeting and perhaps do injury to the building? I crowded as the walk must be by the com Ipanyi this could not be done without personal injuryiand loss' of life' $lt was agreed to forego the evening meeting I and the mayor toolrthe keys and went out and I fidd tnP nflTSAHSt' tRpn in tRr trnnt tinrr I zAthat therp would be no meeting and requested ihem as good citizens to retire? The people mayorwho returned to his office placing persons to bring information of any at tempt at injury calling around him all' his dis I posable force and haying some volunteers Early in the evening notice was given that a crowd had comedpwn thestreet and was at 4 tacking themorthside of the Hall the Mayor" hastened up ifth street to Cherry withfhis and when he mct' the crowd which was dense and numerous ihe sprung his? rattle and'l his police called upon the people to the jMayor bufnotfone person appeared to give aid It was then seen that those who had assailed' bad brokenopen the doors and a s' lower a obtained entrance and were? 1 out the upper windows By this time the Mayor and his police had' attempted to ar 1 the course of destruction? but they were assailed with clubs and almost nvo vV VXiU ''14? vereiy wounded Col Watmoughthe sheriff'J? cxn8'r an the noise "bustle and (confusion A 1 I AB zl A A A A A A aiso maue an attempt to restore peace and save he building but he was attacked severely bruised' and narrowly escaped We learn that the persons inside then gather ed the benches chairs and books in a hean set "7 mnvinrmranu men iettbe Hail ineen "i gines hasted the conflagration bur tbe fire'' were not allowed to play upon the building but directed to play upon those hodses endan Rered by' the flame so that before ten the whole wood work of the entirely destroyed and shortlyz afterwards1 the crowd which consisted of many thousands bernm to iisree' tbe above statement as we gathered it at a latj hourWe have time: to indulge in any reflections upon the outrage against and the character a' 4 4 gs I Xf ArtTmmense concourse of were 4 as i by tbe con flagrat iqn and when the roof a About of exultation' was sent forthas if Liberty herself had set free and the throne oPa tyrant been prostrated A' bv stander Tn: thp zrAW(l 1 2 i I jMkinveu in our cnyt asked us what was 't he characterof the building on which th6 ven a' demoniacal mob thus been' 4 freaked and we were obliged to answer it WT 11J'Y4 a 'tecta ririt nf nn immnriil i Street 'I proper to add that the loss of the 1 ItB I a a A IA ill in trr: tt but tqe energetic pQlice oi the district dispe: 'the dfoted and thus preven ted any distUrbu I he temperance Hall wilUndt'be opened I are glad that the meeting was prqver by peaceable means The females why so forget the province of their sex' as to neram Rn rniintrir ftcenrAllrine n( 'Numerous JshouM gendyTrestrained from their 'Inrrf nn fl rAHfln 1 f2ir been jirevi hbdnd Meantime the husbands' and parents of adern should be arraveoiiin pec i'1'Ve (earn from passengers just arrived from howrin Philadelphia fins been furnished '4 1 Tit 1 'V BWA i Jn 'I a J' 5 'a 4 4 Jt jr Had'ahefire snread the' fe it i7 rr tneesuucitqp pi tne puqircauon it will bo seen that it is writ might have hinmnd TlIoh lue ucstroyecta scnqol nouse tnai the vast multitude re echned snrmniilcrl ki ir line nqmpns Convention sat all'dny on the State Hotise? bells also rangput and is1 immediately: in 'rear ofthe Veh I bbsinfefs JdS! vrath of thc mobwa provoked Jy4pec4rrg and the engines firemen poured in' with sfrcct Theatre aj and adjourned a a white and black females walking artn iti arm in L' 1 1 I I JlnrmrnehnAhnrr tkAn kuiAv aa! ikz a4 TH uieir apparatus wnicn mey speeqny4put Mhe immense Hall is its A readiness for action black bare wnll' abolitionists promenading the str 1 4 AAA 5 klrti bn ba bb ba I 1 1 I to 1 vt 4 ia 4 A4J to? 1 LCi I jk 'lion of our ritvnnnnnl ffom colored women retiring from hajwhen first attacked undef the ecort law i7th nnd belonging to the convention iawt in in is instance ere inscnbed on rotten XV nicn a nnniHnr hno Hia tm The' next essay of the dhciples 'of the I pbstniay be en a church The lemish 1 (Ullin VJ'IllIOU nine Jot I may be triedThe ball of revolution grows co7ea oys in iJtp? street fear 'We do' not" admire'Mhb lastt flhat prompts'4 rumored in' the course bf the day sbtne young ladies sit 'alongside of black apontioa meeting was to bavc bcen held but if tho the school room 7 The statute! book Has no umpirage jn this mat and a ter much less has popular violence And' we af people repaired thither about Imlf think too that never do" female graces and tal br6ke edifice and ns is supjjbs ents appearso "misplaced" so at variance with on be' aarm wns speedily given sound opinion and sure as when dis land be firemen hastened to the 'spot and sloon played on the broad arena of public disputation sueededin quenching the flames political gladiatorship 1 flNo disturbance took place ontheground trust that the bitter debasing and lbe firemen went to work with thetmos Hhe cityflias had of its loss of character I rny 'v 1101180 a lour6 its'second mite to the rnrr brick building and nearly new 'a A A TT 4 4to 44 1' to ot infamy its iterated blow at' mn stitnrinnnl Another Outrase privilege nnd civil friay flead to such arl aeY at lbe back of the "east side bf ra an organization of thonnir ns rfrt nut nn onrl 1 to all riots npnnU fronrl tkn )vr Hast annul Hnlr? A' HX 1 fl An Arrest individual wasfl arres about last while attempt TB i rnm fha 1 vA'ito': wrMjw evening The around the Pcnnsyknnia Hallat the time of the destruction: bf he build ing? mu st havfe comprised from twenty five to and men generally' respectable and yJfell dressed and determined almost to a man to protect from 1 interruption the immediate agents in the de struction bf the building The wholet affair took placO without unnecessary violence or" noise The firemen seemed fully to participate in the feelings of the assembled "populace and though the surrounding houses were completely protected' not a drop of' water fell upon building devoted to destruction' iT fl brom the Enquirer of Saturday morning It seems that the IVftrlr nCi actrnAf inv' Tirnzsii 1 1 XV clO YV In tnzxfl a a J' jtuiiiicu uuu Lousuinmatea in tne most de ihfr ait iHuunei me mayor was on the ground an early hour' at the' head of a party of the Po liceiHe locked the kidoorandtoolc the key of the Hall and enjoined peace and jzoed order upon the jnultitude that was' rapidly assembling' He was replied to mildly but firmly at fiistand on attempting to arrest one of the most active the crowd several of the police: officers were' knocked down and the bflqding party rescued Iu was soon apparent that lhe police 'force' wliich had been rnlbrtpzl fnr tin uv uuvaeivii vvac 1 1 UV llclll pK4 tig mere seemed to be no opposition whatever to the movements of ilitr besiegers The Mayor himself received a blow on the back' from asbludgeon or stone and was very uncere moniously hustled through the crowd Col Watmpugh the High Sheriff "was also present but his efforts to prevent the catastrophe were not a whit more successful? He arrested sev bral individuals but they were speedily tom from his grasp the persons standing by refus ing to co operateiwith' the public officer Tim Cok was also' treated with' very little ceremony and 'soon found it wholly impossible to resist thy current These eflb'rts hr preventing lhe destruction of property having beensiiccessful 1 ly resisted the or ratlfer ihe chibfactors in Jllt I yji ui mure uenoerateiv to work The doors of the Hall were forced by scant ling planks and hatchets obtained for the pur and a party "of thir'ty or for'ty men' and boys rdshed into the building Two unsuccess ful attempts were made to produce conflagration "lhe third howeverwas more effectual Thc window blinds: were torn down and broken into' fragments piled together in the centre 'of the twin aim in connection with a iportioriof the fl 1 TW IV IB 4 fr Ib a a 1 1 A i ii uuu i uui iu iiea This was further increas to the Court of Quarter' Sessionstond if Tn Th' appoint six disinterested personsrwho shall bs vue greatly excitea to? uw i aumueu ic ascertain and renort lhh SuchVcoufse on their jart was exactly cal was XXd SnCfl imeeffeTdLlhe amout faidfloss and also whether the said latecLto create a popular commotion The witho'ut lElfS i ond niultijude "I owner had any immpdiate or active participa mltas and deeply disgraceful to the linr i ito Paney on apparentlyqnwil non said mob or rifet and on such report ber i1 disturb the morernents of those who ing madeand the hA that the torhe Thad 4 port being confirmed on an examination of law fl1 I'iMtoi nm 1 IT it parties of them intermingled with and: promenaded the streets vc are ifet aston ished at the excitement producedtoi thepublid mind at this unbecoming defiahcetof the opin ion of nine tenths of the inhabitantatof PhikdL Boston Morning Post Ane i niladelphia papers contain accountiof the destruciion by fire inthal city km Wednes day evening last of a large and costly building recently erectedf by the abolitionists and called Pennsylvania It appears that a contee tion of abolitionists from several of the Nprihem and MiddleStates and composed of men and women of all colors hod assembled in PhilbdeL phia' for the purpose among other 'things of dedicating the new Hull or a day or two previous to the lion the members of the convention womin paraded the city with ostentation biting the spectacle of blacks and wen nnd arm Un arm aloo' thc mot strode orontnA citement and ill will on the part of the populace and had the effect to st irn ulate the mob to com mit the lawless ncts which ensued Whatever jhaybo the public sentiment in re A gard to the bistitpbon of slavery and however? much jt may bdpp'osed to lawless violence ibrtthe the mem of the convention' appears to ifiect disapprobation ofintelligent There is nft' i sort of propriety fin women" alMt froni State toSiftte preaching up abolition! Their duties are circiimsorihzl hv thn circle 'and they appear to the best adranfege'at 1 home or dhdef ihe protection of theirhusbands fathers or guardians when abroad' There isJ still Jess of decencj and mpdgsty iriwhile wo men perambulating public streets 'cheek 4 by jowl with' blacks or in addressing popular' meetings anywhere yen under such eircum stances however we would discountenance inobs and all sorts of violence preferringto leave the offenders against propriety to the grnt ification of their propen inasmuch as it is well" known' that suchexhibitiortatareycalculatcd to' rouse the angry "passidns of the mol? those who thus attempt jo browbeat public opinion should be 'discountenanced as violators of the public 'ITRn mtftyntrLxrl ictoH pcvpAV AVBQ go about the country on missions of this kina au not 'the most suitable characters to lend die fmblic opinion to any beneficial Thei operations tend io rivet more firmly the bonds of'slavery and to defer emancipation to more remote period Meantime every friend to good order will deprecate the resortto vio lence which has caused thefdestruciion of this Hall Boston Centinel and Gazette to? rom the Centintl and GazeUe? It is perfectly evident to every considerate mind that the interference of the abolitionists on thp slavery questionchas been a curse to the slaves it has been iniurv tn 'thoirnn which half acentury to coinpcannot repairnDd: the blacks are beginning to entertain the sameY opinion the 'moral sense of the community is opposed to these fantf tics and it is time they should cease to excite these bursts of th papula will' Instead of fevyipg contributions on ignd rant but well meaning people for the support of a lazy set pf tract publishers anti alma nacsand canting missionaries let them at once show their honesty by handing over their mon eyto aid the Colonization Society who have done fnore to ameliorate the condition of the slaves and to aid theto in the means of final emancipation than all theanti sia verv in the woYld? JYe condemn all mobs the pul lic should frown upon every thing of the kind and aid the authorities them rbut let the public indignation full tlnnn nll ilno 1 toViCl IT are the sole cause of all the riots burnings and murders5 which hove thus' far disgraced the country toWe cannot oh reading the accounts see that the course of the Abolitionists could 'result in people insist upon outraging all decency and the proper courtesies of fife they cannot expect any thing tlsc than to create a not Boston Courier i' 7 of Philadelphia during the latenot sfell into the samp mitnl nn nnl has characterized nearly 'all his cotemporaries in like cases: He first tnMnruJ i MCU to nl iUe niuu ironrattentizin in rh: mnHo nV reouinnir the nrrnnnnfn nf tr11 i never any true courage uPWbere want of courage ex it 'fe who endeavor to suppress it Had the Mayor gathered round him twenty res olute men und in so large a city as Phi'ladd oh la Ave siwuldu nnnA Rftt tbLaa aT Lu fiV muiuwi ui(perous might be found wdhng to maintain lhe majesty of the and sent good messengers among the upon their firstrefusrito dis perse they would have scattered like frightened rats front sinking shipAcIn this nv at Providence was dispersed and we hear no more lawless gatherings inhat place to to glorious reflectionhowe ver Ufa? the '2 to i T1 law tn 5 Mauiuyva uccasjonea pymet destruction of the building Let the proprietors! rebuild it over again as often as the sovereign mob bum ir down and if fp nq better motive than to' get rid of heavy "citizen? will rally at last in defence of the right Boston Tinies: 'fyhia have all the details concerning this shameful' affair furnished by thenPhiladelphia This '1 outrage like all others of its class deserves thee strongest reprobation without any reference whatever to 4he nonsensical and we believe fab ulous stones that are told by wajriof apology We have been surpnsed and shocked flit the general tone of the nttwsnnnpr'nrpe to at other indications of themublic dnifiion on this subjectSincc the eleva I cnnv'i i to Je son to the Presidency and the Reign of Terror rosenption and Cluband Pistol Law introduced 7 Precept and example the moral sense of the country has been tending downward'at to headlong pace ObediencR tn lrit ireservatiqn of order have lost theirformer nigl place in scale of civic virtue? and ac counts of yiflence'andr outrage hrerecerved fl fl 1 I 1 1 1 ft 1 41 I 1 ama bb a to' wwuuvm4 KWtCZi IGofand Arson1 We regret to learri by the Philadelphia papers' that mob law has' got theascendencyn that fair city an(f that a most disgraceful has been commit tedin defiancesbf alt opposition Zrdtri the piiWici authorities An elegant antUxpensjve btiildingf' erected for the discusionof ruljectto not afari' immoral riaturehns hboit JmImaI a sf CXW deepand we fgar indelible stam tbubeen? cast upon1 the character of MercaTuile Journal 18thfypifi7fmo half past 'clockf syjvania Hau is ashes L'Tlie RpnutifiiltAni pie consecrated lo' liberty has been smoking sacrifice fo Jhcdemon lit the heart city ivflnmehqgone up to tof A11 'Ggot7 1s rod an lurid light wilj ee tr Ptackfeaboflnmaiions tnrt finnit if tvRncrx Weharp no time for LetiaMTmen ee? hvitthnb frail JantuA 1 JJ i liferin aMnd tivershndAlvZd Kita7Z 4 rec war yyto ili to 4 to MW'? to to to fliS3Sito i to toto to to fay JkSmu ularsp WK 4 tototav af vir Wia 'f It ii.