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keeping it e'ose to his head. Th hat bore evident marks of age, and was probably the one exposed to the peltin of the storm during his discomforts on the dav of his arrival. With a countenance full of truth,) that a very large majority of the entire pop sorrow, John stood close to the bed-side of his dy- .; ulation of the mm slave holding States condemn ing master. The four witnesses, to wit : Edmund all interteience with the subject of slavery, either Badger, Doctor Francis We.-t, my su, Doctor j by legislation on the part of Congress, or in Isaac Parish, and myself, were plact d in a simi- j any other manner, yet it cannot be denied that the rirrlf in full view. It wa evidentlv ao awful- i Abolitionists have formed and organized numerous y - - - - - - - - - - - - j lie rallied ! all the expiring energies of mind and lody to the last etFrt. His wnole sou! seemed concentrated in the art. His eyes flashed feeling and intelligence. Pointing towards us with his long inde.i finder, he addressed us: 44 1 confirm all the directions in my will respecting rny slaves, and ilirect tiiern to fje enforced, particularly in regard to a provision for their supjtort." Ami then raising hi arm as high as he cool I, he brought it down with his open ham! on the shoulder of his favorite John, adding these words " Especially f r this man." lit; then asked of us whether we understrtod him. At the close of this exhausting effort, I remark et! to my fellow witnesses, tliat my patient a short time before informed me, in private, that, accord ing to the laws of Virginia, a will might ma umit slaves, yet in order for their suljseq.ient supHrt, it was necessary that a declaration should be made in the presence of one or more white witnesses, who, after receiving it from the party, should re main an I never loose siht of him ut til fie was dead. I then appealed to the dying man, to know whether I had stated it correctly; he replied yes, and gracefully waving his hand as a toki of our dismission, he said "the young gentlemen will re onin with me." I took leave, with an assurance that I would return as speedily as possible, and re main with him. After an absence of terhaps an hour, or more, and about fitly minutes befi re his decease, I returned to his sick room; but now the scene was changed. Iliskeeu ftonetratiug eye had lf its expression, his powerful mind had given way. and he appeared totally incapable of giving any correct d.rections relative to his worldly concerns 7o record what now took place may not be requi red, further than to say, that almost to the last mo nieit some of his eccentricities could lie seen lin gering about him. He had entered within the dark valley of the shadow of death," ami what was now passing in his chamber was lake the dis tant voice of words which fell with confusion on the e.jr. The farther this master spirit receded from human review, the souuds lecame less dis tinct, until they were finally lost in the deep recess es of the valley, and all that was mortal of Kan dolph of Roanoke was hushed in death. 1.1 conclu sion, perhaps, it may be proper for me clearly and distinctly to state, that at the time he made the de clarations in my presence, relative to his will, he was capable of discriminating correctly between things ; and he also possessed tenacity of memory. Hence I give it as my decided belief, that he was of sou 'id desposing mind and memory. Early in the afternoon of the day on which John Randolph died, it was concluded, by the four witnesses, to commit to writing the declarations which he had made, according to their understanding of them. This I did, in a room contiguous to the one where in he died, and where his corpse was then lying; and the original pajer is now in my pons.-si n. The paper hitherto annexed, and subscribed with mv name, is a true copy of the same. JOS. PARRISII. M llllVi v.7 II l KaaraBviv " ------ - : la!lic tteutiiiieiil in Hie KtieiiSi. RKPORT A ND RESOLUTIONS Of the Committee appointed by a Public Meting ofs the citizens of Richmond, Virginia. The Committee appointed by the meeting of the citizens of the city of Richm tud, ami the Cou ity of Henrico, held on Friday the 24th day of July, Io5, to consider and rcp-.jrt what measures are proper to In: adopted in regard to the attempts ma king in i-m; of the Northern St itos, to interfere w ith the slave property of the South, have had this subject under their serious consideration, and sul mit the following Report ami Resolutions for adop tion: In common with every resjt,ctable portion of our fellow-citizens, we deeply lament that stern ne cessity, and a regard for our just a id constitutional rights, and the jfaco and harmony of our country hive required of us .some public expression of our; opinions, and some decisive action on this momen tous ami delicate subject. No considerations short .f these could have induced us, in o.r primary 1 fair cituntrv with a civil and servile war, ami to co yer these prosperous States with a gloom a-id deso lation that neither patriotism nor wisdom can re move or repair. We approach, then, this delicate sihpet with every conviction of the temperance au I torlea ranee with which it should Ite treated, a id with the fixed design of doing and saying no thing but that which the exigency of the occasion thall demand. It is no longer to he disguised, (and we make the J acknowledgment with astonishment, regret, and in dignation) that systematic and persevering efforts fiave f tr some time been making in th? Northern f-ates, to produce a direct interference with the fdive prop -My of the Smth. So long, however, as these efT o-fs were confined to the pr.tceedings of a few unprincipled and reck less fanatics, sustained by some misguided, yet well designing Philanthropists, we were willing to rely s.lelv on the lilieral, intelligent, ami tenqterate of I our fellow-citizens of the North, to restrain and de stroy these irregular, unkind, and disorganizing movements. No gtod or reflecting man among us desired to add any thing to the excitement, which tii" past feeble and vicious measures of the North ern AtMlitio.iUt were so well calculated to produce, nnd none of us culd reconcile it to imit duty to ourselve, or to our beloved country, to do any act t!i. in'ght, in the least degree, alienate or tend to alienate one portion of our common country from tli - other. Actuated by thee sentiments, we, in Virgi ua, with all the other Southern States, have f.rborue noticing the associations in question; not doubting but that their future increase and danger ous tendencies would lie controlled, either by the public sentiment of the Northern people, or by the legislation of the States in which they were form ed. Recent developments have, however, shewn to our satisfaction that, to remain longer passive, or to neglect to warn the jteople of the non slave holding States against the irreparabre mischiefs this intermeddling of some of their people with this ubjec m produce to us all, would bit as wanting character to i.nng into nonce me measures, men j e w,itpf aiM orj.irtllv destructive to the 1, ippiness F ime association to tiie North have adopted, the j of tje (n,s a!1) the 'iuiproveuient of the other direct etl'-ets of uhich are, the destruction of our x0t,in? can so strongly demonstrate this truth, as excellent form of g tvernment ; tr overwoelm this.ilft ,1,.,,!,, ruble '..v.irrf,, h ..,.r i.r in frankness on our part, as it would le unjust to- wards them. Conceding it to be true, (ami we have no disposition to bring into doubt its jterfect j i societies in these Staes have raised larrre sums of I I i money to disseminate throughout tho nation, their disorganizing, seditious, and incendiary doctrines that they have established presses, and are printing, and even now distributing in our own and the South ern States the most dangerous and inflammatory publications, lor the undisguised purttose of produ cing, by fraud or by force, the immediate emancipa tion of our slaves. Numerically small as this band of desperadoes now is, they possess pecuniary resources, energy of character, and recklessness of jMirpose sufficient to do much mischief. They are beyond the reach of our laws, and with impunity throw, or attempt to throw, among us materials which are designed and well calculated to lead to insurrection, plund?.-, and murder. With such men we cannot stop to reason, or to remonstrate i to those of our Northern fellow citizens who wisely and virtuously reprobate all of these attempted outrages on the South, we may safely apjjeal in the existing emergency, that theV do, by strong, yet lawful by mild, yet consti tution means, terminate and remove all our just causes of complaint. Were these States separate and independent na tions, and such associations were tolerated by the existing governments of them, it has ever leen held among all civilized nations, that the one whose eaceaiid rep .se might lie threatened by such means, has an unquestioned right to demand the removal. If this be true, between f ireigu States, how much stronger is our claim for a like remedy upon those who belong and constitute, and as we fervently hope will ever continue to constitute, a part of the same nation, bound together by every tie of inte rest and affection. If the jniwer ami f tree of public opinion be not strong enough in the noti slave hold ing States to put down these mad disorganizes, then we 0 the South have every fair and reasona able claim on these States, to attain this end by the passsagc of effectual and constitutional laws. We cannot doubt, that so just an appeal will be promptly acquiesced in, nor will we auticitate or attempt to depict the consequences which might ensue from a failure or refusal to yield such acqui escence. It is entirely in the jtower of the South, by a change of policy, greatly to annoy the North em States; for, were we to piss laws to re move all our free negroes, as disfurlters of the eace from our borders, ami to send them to Ik let btose on our sister States to the North and the East of us, we might not infringe any of their laws, but we should Ik justly charged with a want of courtesy, liberality, and friendship. Rut we adopt no measure to embarrass those States, which are more fortunate in the exemption from a large colored population. It is just, however, to our brethren of the North, solemnly to warn them, that our right of property in our slaves is gua ran. teed by the Constitution, and to remind them how sacredly I hey have in all time past regarded this right, that the least attempt to impair the value of this guarantee, by endeavoring to procure the abo lition of .slavery by Congress, in either of the States, or in any of the territories where slavery now exist, or to regulate the manner in which slaves may be sold from one State into another, we shall hold to be a wanton an I obvious violation of hp ro,nnnct etween the Slates, and destructive of the whole frame of government. We cannot permit this proposition to lie discuss ed ; the converse of it is so startling and so glaringly iniquitous, that the Southern pe. .pie cannot tolerate its argument. The continuance of slavery, ts wis dom, justice, or exteiiency, are questions for our selves, and ourselves only, and the days of this Re public will have Iteen numltered, on that, when we ' snail nave conceded to any others tnau our own people thcdccisioii of these questions. We admo nish, then, our Northern toliow-citizens, that as they value the blessings bestowed by our Constitution, and the continuance of the Union, as they estimate the ftoace of our Country, as they would guard against civil commotion, war, and blotdshed, to make all within their Ivtr li?rs, and under the influ ence of their law-, desist from their mad and wick tail . .1 . I ed schemes wicked, essentially wicked and mi c1M.vi,)U s as wt. twanU the bl ack man, as towar.ls State, Mississippi, where the machinations of a few, very few banditti, have thrown that whole commu nity itito commotion, and brought 011 the heads of the white and black offenders the summary ven geance of a wronged ami enraged people. Thus, while we have Iteen but considering the necessary measures to arrest the coini ig evil, we have exhi bited, practically, its tendency and result. The as pirations of every humane man and patriot should urvy fM, that the time may be far, very far re moved, when like scenes shall Ite witnessed through our Southern country ; ami yet, as certainly as we are Itere assembled will they if the rash and wicked attempts of the aliolitiouistsure not promptly repressed. The experience, of all time past has sHown, however, that the surest ami safest means for providing a ainst such dangers us now threaten our domestic. nace, are a reliance on our own en ergies and preparations, and not to repose too much on the sense of justice of tlntse wh t, from various causes, cannot so well perceive, or guard against the impending wrong. While we therefore appeal, with entire confidence, to tlie justice of our North ern brethren, we should not neglect to adopt all efficient measures within our own territory, to pro vi de against any mischief, an I to arrest the career of these lawless intruders. Committees- of vigilance and correspondence should Ik? organized throughout tiro State, and our fellov.citiz"tis should lie invited, without delay, to hold meetings in their respective counties and corporations for this purpose. The Police should be required to exert its utmost vigi lance, to detect and bring to punishment all otlen ders against our laws, and each citizen should stand pledged to give the most prompt information of their slightest infraction. I o our own legislature we should apply f tr further legislation and action. Our la ws should be strengthened, and as the guard ians of our rights, our peace, and our happiness, the General Assembly should call on our sister States to remedy, by all means practicable, our just com plaints against any of their citizens. Guided by these views and sentiments, your Committee submit, j for the adoption of the meeting, the following re- j solutions : 1. Jicsolrrd, That we shall hold any attempt to impair the rights of property in our slaves, as guaranteed by the Constitution, by the abolition of slavery by Congress in any of the States, or any of the" Territories where slavery now exists, or to regulate the manner in which slaves may be soW from one Sl;ite to another, as a wanton violation of our political compact, and destructive of the whole frame of our government. J. Jlesolred, That we have a just claim on all the mm slaveholding States f tr the enactment of suitable and efficient laws, to repress and put down, by adequate penalties, all incendiary or seditious associations whtise avowed purpose is to disturb our teaco and to excite insurrection among our slaves; and we confidently rely on the wisdom and firmness of the General Assembly, by a proper appeal to these States, to procure the passage of such laws. 3. Ktsolreil, That it is necessary the existing laws of this Commonwealth for the suppression of the printing and circulating Incendiary publications, to give them more efficiency, should be amended. REPORT Of the Committer nf Tinftj-one, appointed by the citizt ns of Cfairftston. The Committee of Twentv-One. to whom was re ferred the uiifxtrtant subject on which the citizens of Charleston were lately convened, beg leave to Kr.-porl That they have had the matter referred to them un der due deliberation, an 1 recommend the adaption of the annexed Resolutions. The Committee have pur posely abstained from any laltored argument on the sul ject of Slavery, nol from any inability to sustain, on mit ral and scriptural grounds, its existence and toleration, as now established in South-Carolina, but from a deep conviction of the fixed resolution of tlie people of ihis State, to permit no discussion within her limits of Rio hts winch .-he deems inherent and inseparable from the very existence of the State; rights which ex isted before the Union was formed, and which were guaranteed to her by the Federal Constitution, when, as a Sovereign Suite, she became a tnemlser of the Con fisleracy. The Committee therefore submit the follow ing Resolutions tbr the adoption of the Citizens, without further comment: Jit soiled. That we hold it to Ite an unquestionable truth, that the subject of Slavery, as it now exists in the Slave holding St its of this Union, is, m all its bear ings, a domestic question, belonging exclusively to the citizens of these States; t;nt the people of no other ' State have any right to interfere therewith, in any man ner whatsoever and that such interference is utterly i inconsistent with the Federal compact, and cannot be I submitted to. Ri solved, Thit we rennl. with the utmost imlig- , 1 11 .1 - 1 , . 1.... nation an-1 nliliorreiice, the pro-eeilirs t taox Incen-1 di-iries in some of our sister Sutes, who, ua.ler the ' name of " Anti-Sbvory Societies," and other sjtecious j appell'itions, are n!eavounng to undermine o.ir insti- tutions, regardless of the thtal co'isequenees which must ; inevitably result from the prosecution ot v.inr m nnctus , schema wh.ch, if successful, could not fad to involve j the Southern St-ites m rum, an 1 produce the utte r de-. f.i . 1 . c ....,nr. !!.... : "tract ion of that class ot persons tor nose welfare Iney 1 Dretend to be so solicitous. ! The statements recently put forth, of the existence ', at this time, of 2 such Societies in thirteen States, nd the weekly is; ie from a single Press 111 lae City of, would deter the ill-disjtosed from making any atcmpt N-w Yorkot Pamp'.letsand Papers, with which our Pub- , t(, ,uslr0y proitertv, or other ise, by oih-ii violence, he M-.il has been htev burden- I, and wh.ch are now t,Ulurb of t((. ciy Theorosition was spreading their :!e-terioti influence throughout the , , . - . sii,nrstl.J!,.l,;.h ..a-ii.natw.h.m neeessiiv : opposed, tor reasons winch were satisfactory toa ma neeesviit v il inese trie per nnir nave orouffiu hooui mak s an earnest, and we trust it i resettle appeal to all suH, of our Kd- ; the non-Sd:ie noMing States as unv a crisis, which may prove an irresi 1 i .1... disapprove of tho. Societies and their measures, call- ing upon them bv every consideration of duty and of patriotism, to manifest that disapprobation, not merely ; .1 .1 I . I . 1 ..... ' oy uie expression 01 meir opinions, uui ov me most ac- tive, zealous and ft rs. venrig efforts to put down these : of taking prompt nnd decisive measures, to n vert tiie ;Ju,,y yl ue meeimg ami u wasueciueo inaia nir.n dire calamities wh ch Mich proceedings are so well cal-', Ix-r of citizens should be summoned, under the au di! ated to produce. ' thority of the Sheriff, to aid in preserving the peace, Ilstdi?d, Tint these trnepedinir have brought about I as many of them as could with convenience to lie on Associations, arvi to suppress that fanatical spirit, wnch, ; Copv jrolll tu. American of this moruinr : in pursum r an iwiginui u ;;o4id, is regaiule.- of the fa-; . ,, , , 7 , tal consequences win h are inse,wr:ible even from its I A :iin-eahly to the plan previously con- continued nnecution, among w hich, not. the leist to , -rted, squads of jtoliee officers wen? stationed 10 the be laiiienJe.!, won' 1 te THE CiliMWIN liuJTRUC- several st reef s leading to Monument Square, the re TIO.N" OF THi: UNION. J sidence of .Mr. Johns tn, for the purjM.s-of provent- ' b it. under our political system, where a ; number of Sovereign Sf it are n oted together 5v a policy, on i-Ktn.ivR ixstiittions, either by tlie con-j stitnteil authorities of tiie Fcleril or State (lovern- j meiitsor bv the people of other States, an 1 it is the j miiieruuve fiuiv 01 earn riaie 10 nreveni, iv s una- , , ' , - - . . ' ,.. - ' uie penalties uiri pru isioiis, f in ir nun ,m(us iroiu luMi.fT ir.iil.-a ,.r ...o- such ;,n,.rf:.r.M,... viti. .!. tic policy of any other State. Rfs'dfr-if, 'Hut the Post Office establishment can- written co'iip-ict 1.1 a r lateral bnion, hir siwcial pur-.i.. . i- , 1 r 1 . 1 i , ' , , ci - 1 far iHihce and lines ot guards weiepjsteil across! Htses ni!y, eac.i member of such an union has an 1111- . 1 . im I questionable riil.t to expect and re.ju.re, (what is 111- V'" streets. 1 he greatest throng was soon j deed the very bisisof such a connexion) tint no inter-i ,,, to ; at the intersection of Calvert and !5a!ti- j fereuce whitever shall take rilac.? with iier ixjmiisth: ' more streets, and Itelore nine o'clock, the horse and not, co!i:.-te.)t!y with tiie Coa-titulam of the United i verely hurt by missiles. While th-se proceedings States, and the objects of such au institution, be con-j were going on in this quarter, au attack was eom verted into an instrument tor the dissemination of in- n.oc..f nint O..VU1.- ... 1 1,,. 1.. .,r i - 'i veit.M into an instrument tor the dissemination of in- trii t,iii v litin.n nniu". tiii'i ii'ii. 11 is iij-iiii i'l i:it; 1 t. , deral Government to prov ide that it shall 1101 !e so pros tituted, which c-i:i easily be etP ct.sl by merely ma king it unla vrd to tratisjmrt, by the Public Mail." thrjug'h I the h.ii te .f any Sti'te, any stvlitious pjiprs, f rbi ! den lv the laws of sncu St ite to Ue mtroiuced or circulated therein, aria ry a.lopting the necessary regulations to effect this object. Ri sei?f d. That, in the event of no eilecf ml measures bing H!otted, either by the General or State Govern ments or by the people of the non-slave-holding States, for tlie suiipression of the great and growing evil of which we complain, it will become the solemn dutv of all those States lm ing. common interest with us on this subject, to adort the raost decisive and edicacious me:uiiir-s to pHori. r i iiemki.vi s. ResoJriJ, Tlntf, for the purjtose of making such an eirne.-t npjieal to the people of the nou-slavcholding States as may convince them of the true state of public fording anmnirst us, it would, in tlie opinion of this meet ing, be desirable to bring about a cordial co-operation among .ill the States having a common interest with u, either through a t'ovnNTio, or 111 any other way best calculated to i n!mly puhhe sentiment, so that Tin: truth mav nr. mvi)e KxtWN. that how ever we may dif fer among ourselves on other points, we are on thw: sub ject AS ONK MN IX THK FIXED AXO IT.XAI.TKR VBLK DH TfclKMIXATIO.H TO MMTAI III K Rl'JU lX, o DKKKNU Ol'K PROl'UKTY MIllNST A1.L ATTACKS BE THK COXSE- q,vr.sr.fi wht they my. Rtsotvfd, Tint we have no donht nf the right of each State to provide hy law arrainst. the introduction ir a moral prxtilrnce cilcmateij to endangor its eyistt-nce, and to give authority to their courts adequate to the suppression of the evil; and we therefore respectfully submit to the legislature ot ties State, the propriety of pissing laws Qs'ioulil tiiose now ot t.irce not be adequate to the object) commensurate triih the menus vine prac tised against as, and especially giving authority to the Judges by proper warrants, to seize and destroy, and re quiring all persons to deliver up to fie desrroved, all in cendiary pufl;eatinn.5 which my be brought into this State, caleuhted to excite domestic insurrections or to disturb tiie tranquility, happiness, and safety of the peo ple. What's in a name ? ' here was an Officer at tached to the Russian Legation pt Washington. whose name was 44 BlowmanozulT" Elow-mv- nose-olT. BALTIMORE RIOTS. From the Baltimore Gazette, of August 10. RIOTS. In every large city there is a portion of the pop ulation is fitted to be" used as instruments for perfte trating lawless outrage always ready to act whea they 1 11 ink they can do so with a prospect of im punity but seldom venturing to act, unless when they are countenanced, either directly or indirectly, by the advice and expression of opinions of a pu--ti'on of the resectable part of the community. Boston, Providence, New York, and Philadelphia have all recently been disgraced by lawless outrages, which the greater portion of the respectable citi zens in each decidedly and openly condemned which the police in each city endeavoured in vain to prevent and which, from causes connected in some measure with the supjiosed grievance impro terly attempted to Ite remedied ; in some measure with the mode of trial, which is the Ijoast of free men and perhaps from the difficulty of obtaining testimony have not in any instance been adequate ly redressed or punished. In each of those places, a portion of the citizens believed that they had a correct object in view, but amid their anxiety to correct or punish what they deemed a flagrant abuse, they appeared to forget the just and necessary rule which every good citi zen and every moral and just man is Itound at all times to respect never to attempt redress or pu nish one breach of the law by couuiiiling another. In Baltimore we are, uufortun .tlely, imitating the nutnv-es as we have, on many itccasious imitated, the praise-wort hv acts of the inhabitants of other great cities of the ii-siou, and with similar increase of energy and ef -ct we say we are, for we be lieve that the outrages in our city have not yet ter minated. A spirit of insubordination to the laws, and of distdtedience and resistanceoflawf.il autho rity has been excited and countenanced, until it has attained a degree of strength too mighty to b. quelled, or even restrained, by those who assisted to raise it, although aided bv those who, by tempori zing, have tennitted to increase it unrestrained. We stated, on Saturday, that the rioters assembled in .Monument Square the preceding evening, se parated with an avowed determination to renew their lawless proceedings on Saturday night, and expres sed our belief that they would ellect the contempla ted outrage, unless the respectable citizens should unite with firmness and energy under the direction of the lend authorities to prevent it. A number of citi ....... .1.1 ... .1... ., r mtoii, at his request, r tin purpose of cons:: img as ' 1 11 - to the course pn.fer to be pursued. I ne Mayor iia- ving the power, by law, to call on the officers coin- manduig the ti.ilitia and volunteer corps of the city to ordernutasutficieut armed force, when necessary, to supj)ivs.s insurrections it was proposed, by some nf the tll3lJlen present, that he should exercise tin! . 7 . . . , jniwer on the present occasion; and it was strong y r "-ged that it would be the most humane as well as the most efficient course, to have so large a force of j armed citizens assembled earlv in the evening, asj J 1 tr. j i.i.t as many ot them as cuulii with convenience to lie on mrseback, and each to be armed only with a short ' A nmlher ,)f iu rlfst j , . , , : , . j ,,OS watchmen, wereappomf.-d tomu.e with the regular p. nice, and all were to act under the direction "t 'he Mayor, and such ivrsoas as he should depute. 'I'l ... 1. c .1 . . . 11 - .. 1 ue resuu 01 mis arrangement win : seeri in tlie 1 accoii.it of fh- events of Saturday night, which we inir :UIV , n)tn haviinr actv-ss to it. Immediately ! after dark, the citiz;-nsv: constables joiied the regu- toot guards at that station had soni" very severe conflicts with the assailants. Several t .i ies were IU;Uje mlo ,hf. tiir.,tl r l)V ,lo lor.(tia aiM ,,e .... 1 1 1 t ,1 stones and brick bats flew as thick as hail. Tin ' " -' ' te i , o i nose ttiiii w line-sen 11, as oe- scene is descrilied, by those who witne- J ing really fearful, but the police firmly maintained their hue, although several of them were very so- menced, about 0 o'clock, on the house of Mr. Glenn, i in North t.harles street. No procuuh ns having 1.. ...1 ... . .1 . .11 "V " w I" "pproacn 10 ine nouse, us vv,,,rtWS w ,,, uetii dished. A b tut rgO minutes sifter the attack bad been comme.iced on .Mr. (J's. lioiise, a temporary suspension ot violence was ef- fected by a detachment of a dozen h rsemen snt from the Square, who dashed through the assailants. As they did not, however, return o the charge, the throwing of missiles against the house was resumed in a le v minutes with renewH vigor. One of the horsemen, it is sai 1, was injured by the accidental discharge of his own pistoi, at the moment of ap proaching the scene of action. The assailants were now rapidly gaining accessions of strength, hut the strongly barricade 1 doors and windows re sisted all their efforts at effecting an entrance. It; the meantime, the iron railing at the front door was forcibly rent asunder, and with the iron bars, and afterwards with axes, a new attack was directed against the door. A!ter an incessant labor of altout 21 minutes, it was finally forced open and the as sailants poured in. The parlor and chu miter doors ' were successively battered down, and the work of 1 lest rue t it tn now assumed a new aspect. The ele gant furniture oe the di tie rent floors was precipita ted into the street, nnd what was not crushed in th fall was immediately broken by the party outside. The boose was completely sacked, from the garret to the cellar not an article was saved. The assailants kept undisputed possession of the house utitil lietween two and three o'clock on Sun day morning, when a small body of citizens, armed with muskets, marched to the spot, effected an en trance, tfk eight or nine prisoners, and cleared the house. While the detachment was on its way to tlie watchhouse with the prisoners, a violent assmdt was ma le on it in Lexington, near Charles street, with stones and brickbats, which was returned by a volley of musketry. Two of the assailants, it is said, was shot down. The different stations where ginrds were posted, to prevent access to tho Square, were all more or less frequently the scene of alarm and contention, and with the discharge of fire arms, the shouts of the multitude, and the rapid passage of the horsemen, the night had a truly tearful aspect. The wal . house on North street, the receptacle tor the pri soners, was the scene of incessant din and commo tion; during one of the latter, which occurred about two in the morning, a man was badly shot with a pistol. At day break on Sunday morning, the prisoners, 55 in number, were conveyed to jail." It is proper to add to the above account, that no other arms than the sticks were used or exhibited by the citizens stationed or otherwise acting as guards to preserve the jteace of the city, until af ter eight or ten of them had been severely wounded by stones and brick, thrown by those who were at tempting to p.ss from Baltimore street up North Calvert street to the Square in front of Johnson's house. It so happened, that the pavement in Bal timore street, near Calvert, had been raised for the purpose of rr pairing, and a pile of several thousand bricks, at the corner where a house was erecting furnished a convenient magazine of missiles, which were showeved bv the rioters with unsparing fero city on the tmarnred citizens assembled to support the laws. A bullet was also tired by one of the as saifi '(j mob, which wounded one of the civil officers. The citiiLt us, thus assailed and defenceless, sent a deputation to the Mayor and the judges, to request that they might Ik? furnished with fire arms, as the only efficient defence against the dangerous missiles with which they hail Iteen soout rageousjy attacked and to state, that unless such arms were furnished, they coul l no longer remain in so hazardous a sit uation. It was. therefore, on consultation, decided, that muskets should be furnished to them, with a strict caution that they were not to fire in any in stance unless -attacked, or the assailants should, af ter notice, continue to approaeh th entiances to the strortH 1 hey w. re directed to guard. A 1th 'Ugh the destruction of .Mr. (I: :)i-"s house was for the moment suspended, as stafv! in t Ame rican, it i.ms very soon resumed by a number of men and fitysi, who continued t ieir depredations f'l.'ou ,S the whole of Sii'iday, without any attt.:r pt L. i;-:r r ruption the furniture, linen, and articles of wea ring apparel were first broken or toin to pieces, and ihesi carried off In boy sand wom;j, write and black the liquors, of which there vv:i- s large qn;n. tity, werii i'l part drank !v the riot-v- but b fir the grejifr portion were carried 'di' in b-tflfs and other v ss Is containing them hiiij-U is of b..s, many of them of decent appearand:, were sees:, (n the SubiMth day, carrying bottles r.f stolen v.ii:e through tiie streets of our city without tn' -lestatien. The laws appeared to have ceased 1 1 operate, and the officers of Justeio to Ite paralized. During the Ui v it was reported tit i: the Mayor h:ul left the city; this report, howee,:. was incor rect it was, also, and with hotter gr uads, report ed, that a large party was organize ! to renew with increased numlvrs the riotous proceetiings which hat I so far been successful and esjieeiri'Iv to enVrt the destruction of Mr. Johnson's houv and furni ture, which they had !oeji compelled fo defer bv the n eaiures pursued bv the well disjo$ d citizens and several other persons, including the M-?vor, ;u"d the most conspicuous of the defender.-- of the lavs the preceding night, were designated as objects ef Intended vengeance on Sunday night. Li ti e after noon, the following address of the .M.iv- r, ir, a print ed ban-: bill, wus circulated through j'.-e city: .M vyok's Offick, B vi riMfiK';, A 11 g. 0 O loo more I api'ai to my bVii w citiz'-ns to stnv the prepress of vitjfee.ee, a id prevent a. repetition of the laiiiojiiab'e events of the I -.at eight. Called by wur free suiii iges to the Mayoralty of vour city, and charted by vott .:th the pn?s:i va?e i; f its ordir, I have, throughout ir.y whoi r.rficial -a-reer, ar. i opto tiie pres ot n.-oniet't, lahccd. iiix-ms-i-igly t ) proii.ete tliat ol j et, hv the F'iftC' (fF RHA -ON and Till-: 1 N Ail iVA) JlAM) ) f-.. I have deeply deplored tiie di-toward wi h wjiieli my earnest appeals have Iteen met, and a r- -1 to deadly ':ip ACAINST MV JUDi'K M?.'NT AND ADVICE has Leeu Uiifiutunately takiu. It rem li.us f r the prudent, the paeifio. the lovers of foo l order, th -.s" w-itt would riot ei;-e the pio-mu-ty of the city fo pillage, to arouse m fore it is t to late, and restore to us our recent bA&sfcd tiau tpiihty, anil its iiccompanying hnpniueis .md pr s jHTity. And in furtherance of tus mo-t valaaie end, I earnestly entreat the orderly ui.d w II ois-os.-d, except si!;!i as may le engaged in aiding the civil mitiioj ity, to rcn ain at ho:i;e. and oveveut t!ie younger nieinbei s of their ihmilies from fes.ifting to t u n ltd t nary usseinblages. " jr.SSE IIlTNT, Miyor. A formal application lUti f tee 11 n.a.le, on i-af irdav night, to the principal officer of t lie militia, then a the city, fur aid to suppress the existing rk tons in surrection, ami orders as we leam had acj-ordiugly been issuod to the officers of tho several companies and corps. It was, however, ascertained in the at teruoou that 110 efficient aid from that source couid be furnished. Tiie citizens were therefore left wholly without any legal protection or flefence from the meditated outrages, and the mob accordingly proceeded, with out interruption, to execute as many of thorn as th time of darkness would jH-rimt. The house of Mr. Johnson w:s broke open a soon as tt was dark, the furniture, beds, wearing ap parel of the family, and books to the value of at 'lea-t ten thousand dollars, broken and torn to pieces, curried out into the square in front of the house nnJ burned. The house itself was greatly injured the marble steps and pillars in front were torn down and br.-ken, a part of the front wail pulled down and its entire demolition seems to have o:i)y Iteen delayed, because of the w ant of time to effect other objects. The house of John B. Morris, in South street was broken open, his furniture taken out and burned; in doing which the window frames of the front were set on fire, which the prompt aid of a lire company extinguished. The house in which Evan T. CMicet resided, in Pratt street, -was- broken open, the furniture taken out and burned except what was pilfered by the con-rant attendants of ibe rioters. The bouse was stated to be the property of a widow lady and by a strange mixture of respect for her as disticiruisli ed from the occupant, whom they wished to injure, they refrained from destroy ing it. The li-nise of the Mayor, in Fayett street, was broken open a part of his furniture taken out and burned:, or oth erwise destroyed. The house of Captain Bent zinger, and the store of Captain Willey yvere both ojjpnad, ami their projjerty broken arid otherwise injured the sole offence was the assistance ench hail rendered the preceding evening in support of law ard order. Such is n faint ami brief outline of the p' irHp'd facts thst have occurred within the lat two days on which we have not, at present, cither time or in clination to comment.-
Western Carolinian (Salisbury, N.C.)
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Aug. 22, 1835, edition 1
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