Indiana American, Volume 3, Number 35, Brookville, Franklin County, 28 August 1835 — Page 2

OF TIII2 WEKK.

r T L VXD DISGR ACEFIT, MOBS IN BALTIMORE.

Wc lav lefore our reader the s uhjoinciTex

fiNm the IJa timore Patriot, with mict

ions of no ordinary regret. Again has Bal

:mnrp hern the sn ne of several moony am

iisgraceful mobs. The objects of their ven

.nice, were the Directors and other officer

onnected with the Bank of Md., whom to i eat censure had attached, in consequence

fits unpropitious failure. Ofthe cuipaDin iy of any of the persons concerned in the man -cement of that institution, we know but lit

!. But l-

u ted, iwl--

"cr lnipiopei iy ui iii.-j 'inn i.-lll be found for the

I proceedings we record

,.,. ., , . . were assailed we ie ' . , - -eral ofthe most dis

...... . -j citizens of Balti

' love order, the

.. . exhortations of

ctive violence .prelacy of the il authorities, the

chivilrous youth, and

... that elegant and hospi

. v should tamely have pcr-

.id.ilous oulrairesto be identi

cir personal and inunicanal fame

terating march of time, will not, for

irv lo :ililr f n rlfice from the escut-

on of Baltimore the deep disgrace which mi i'it mil 1 nnl li.ivo slanuied upon it.

It seems to us. that crime, anarchy and law

less violence are holding a jubilee. Every

mail brings to us some horrible murder, atro-

iiner riot, or signal outrage upon law and or

der. It is time for the good and virtuous to combine together, and take some active meas

ures to arrest

abominations. Societies of safety, and for

tirosprvintr the nublic peace, and sustaining

ihe supremacy of the law, shou!d everywhere

be immediately organized, vw goou men should unite boldlv denouncingevery violation

..f .rcr.M.l pJirliis mid nuhlic order. Much

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Riot in Baltimore We lament to state that a most serious disturbance of the public peace has occurred ui Baltimore. It appears lo have grown out of some affairs connected witli the Bank of Man land, which as the public is aware has suspended its payments. Early last week placards w ere posted up in various parts of the city, thrcatning personal violence upon some of those who were connected with that institution, and on Wednesday and thursday nights a considerable number of disorderly persons assembled, in front of the re id c nre of Revkrdy Joiixsox, Esq. in Monument Square, but dispersed after breaking a few panes of glass. In consequence of these

manifestations a public meeting of the citizens was called on Friday, and resolutions passed deprecating the attempts made to create disturbances. "One resolution was passed which wc cop v. Rcrohrd, That in the opinion of this meeting it would promote the peace of the city, if the present Trustees would relinquish the Trust held by them, and transfer over to the creditors of the Bank of Maryland the Books and Papers connected therewith. Notice was given in the papers that the Trustees of the Bank were willing to give up to the Committee of the creditors the Books of the institution, but that they were prevented by a decision of the Court of Chancery, which required they skould be produced in court on the 10th inst' and that they were in the hands of an officer for that purpose. A mob however seldom listens to reason, and notwithstanding the resolutions of the town meeting and other endeavors to allay the excitement, on Friday night scenes, of slil greater disorder occurred, of which we extract an account from the Baltimore Gazette, The meeting of citizens on the invitation of the Mavor,took place yesterday aAcrnoon at the appointed hour, as will be seen by the annexed accout of the proceeding. No beneficial result, however, seems to have been produced. On the contrary, the assemblage last night in Monument Square was very much larger than an any former evening this w eek, and amounted to several thousands; among whom were a great numder of people of decent appearance some certainly with such intentions as entitle them to be called good citizens, but not a few, who, far from discouraging, bv their aubible remarks, gave countenance to'the most outrageous designs of the disorderly. The Mavor was present at an early hour, with a sufficiently large force of police officers to have preserved the peace on ordinary occasions of excitement he was aided by the sheiitf of the county and several other publicspirited citizens, in his endeavors to preserve the peace and prevent the destruction of the large and elegent dwelling house occupied by Mr. B. Johnson, which, both from the acts and language, of the mob, was their determined object.3 The Mayor had taken his position in'front of the devoted object of attack, neither his office nor the personal attachment repeatedly manifested to him by so large a majority oflus fellow citizens availed to protect liim from the effects of the brutal and reckless outrage of the indiscriminate injury meditated and in part alU-cted by the most worthless part of the population, incited and encouraged by too many who had some claim to be considerable respectable. The Mayor and the respectable citizens near him, who were endeavoring to preserve the peace, was assaulted both with missiles (paring stones and brick-bats, and blows and several of them wounded or bruised ; one very decent man was struck near his temple

with a brick-bat, and severely if not danger-' of the trustees of the Bank of Maiy land. His

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ously wounded. i early an me pains oi glass in the front w indows of Mr. Johnson's house was destroyed; and even the abjoining house, belonging to a most respectable widow lady, did not escape sharing a portion of the favors of the mob. Dm ing the continuance of the riot, w hich lasted till after ten o'clock, the Mayor several times addressed the large assemblage, of which the actual rioters formed but a small portion endeavoring, by every honorable and patriotic, motive, to induce them lo manifest their attachment to good order and the laws, by aiding him tosurpress the riot and restore peace. The were also most eloquently addressed with the same view by the distinguished 1 a wjcr, U'nlur Jones, w ho happened to be a guest at Barnum's Hotel. Finally, they were addressed after, 10 o'clock, by Mr. J. If. Thomas, who advised them to retire

dwelling was entered and cleared, and the furniture and other contents piled up in the street and burnt. In the course of the proceedings the house tcok fire inside, as R . Johnson's w as also near doing from the bonfirenear it. In both instances the engines were brought promptly to the spot and the fire put out, so that the neighboring dw ellings should not suffer. From J. B. Morris's house, they proceeded to that of the Mayor of the City, Jesse Hunt, Esq. broke it open, took out the furniture and burnt it before the door. They also destroyed the furniture of Evan T. EllicoU, and much injured his dwelling. They proceeded to the new house of Hugh McEldei l v, now finishing broke the front windows, entered the door, and began to destroy the house, when the

builder appeared, and stated that as it was not finished, the key had not been given up,

peacibly to their homes: w hich advice ap-j and that all the injury it might sustain whuld

pcared to be pretty generally assented to, w ith an avow ed determination to return to the alattack this evening, being that which has been for some days past talked of publicly as the night on which the house is in some way to be destroyed. We state it then as matter of information and notice, to such of our public authorities as are not already acquainted w ith the fact that there is a fixed determination lo attempt this night to pull down or otherw ise destroy by lawless force, and in a riotous manner, the dwelling house of Reverdy Johnson, Esq. in Monument Square in preservation of w hich house from injury, one of our most estimable and most esteemed citizens iseven more deep

ly interested than Mr. Johnson, and we fully

believe that this outrage, which would so deep

ly disgrace our citv, will be cllected, unless

our respectable citizens arouse Irom their

state of apathy, and unite w ith firmness and

energy under the direction of the legal au

thorities ofthe city to prevent it.

MOB IX BALTIMORE. From the Baltimore Patriot, Aug ust 10. Our task to-day is one of a most painful na

ture. It devolves on us to record the scenes

and outrages which have taken place in this

city since our last. In our paper of Sat.irday we gave a succinct account of all the proceed

ings in relation to the unprecedented tumults

inu outrages now going on in Baltimore,

growing out ofthe aflairs ofthe Bank of Mary-

and. W c now resume the thread of descrip

tion, and will endeavor to give a statement of

all the facts in the proceedings, so far as we

lave been able to ascertain them.

About seven o'clock on Saturday night, the

Mavor, having previously called together a

considerable number of citizens, it was agreed

to station some hundreds of citizens, each pro-

lded with a stall or insignia of ofhce,to guard

every avenue leading to Reverdy Johnson's

house m Monument square. A bout ou ol this

guard were mounted on horses. Bv dark mul

titudes of people had assembled. The prin

cipal point of concentration, at this time, was

in Baltimore street at the intersection of North Calvert which leads to the Square. Here the crowd made frecquent rushes upon the guard. Brickbats and stones were showered upon the guard like hail, and ultimately by the guard returned. A number ofthe latter were severely bruscd and wounded. They however kept their posts. A large portion ofthe rioters, finding it impossible to get access to Johnson's house, started oiF to the house of John Glenn, in North Charles street, which was not guarded and commenced throw ing stones and missiles at the windows and front door. The house was of brick, strongly built, and the door w as barricaded in anticipation of an attack. For a brief space of lime the assailants were driven from their assaults upon the house, by a number of the mounted guard rushing down and tiring upon them. The assailants, however, soon renewed their attacks upon the house, and after a continued effort of near a half an hour, it was taken possession of, and all the found lu re it contained was broken up, and thrown into the street, and utterly destroyed. The work of demolition was renewed sometime during yesterday, b a number of young men and boys, who ot in and continued through the afternoon to break up the woodwork and to beat down the jams ofthe outtcr wall; a portion of the front wall of the 2d and 3d story has been throw n down, and the house exhibits the appearance of a w reck.

The. guard stationed in different parts of

the city, finding themselves so severely attacked, armed with muskets. At about one

o'clock on Sunday morning, a company of

some tw enty five or perhaps thirty armed citizens, marched against the rioters, in Charles street. They w ere received w ith a show er of stones, and in return fired into the crow d they opposed. They loaded and fired, wc understand, three several times. The police and guard also fired upon their assailants at their several stations, a number of times. It is supposed that in all there were eight or ten persons killed and dangerously wounded. A much larger number were less severely wounded. It is impossible to ascertain at this time, how many, and w ho have been killed. Some ofthe mortally wounded have since died. Last night at dark, the attack was renewed upon Reerdy Johnson's house. There was now noopposition. It is supposed that several thousand people were spectators of the scene. The house was soon entered, and its furniture, a very extensive Law Library, and all its contents were cast forth, and a bonfire made in front of the house. The w hole interior of the house was torn out and cast upon the burning pile. The marble portico in front and a great portion of the front wall were torn down by about II o'clock. Previous to this, however, an attack was made upon the house of John B. Morris, in South street, one

fall upon him, and thus complete his ruin

Upon this assurance they desisted. They were Directors, it will be remembered ofthe bank of Maryland. Thev also attacked Capt. Willie's hard-

waie store, in Franklin street, and commenc

ed destroying its contents, but desisted at the

urgent solicitation of Mr. Lynch, who assured

them that he, and not Mr. W. was the owner,

and that Cant. Willey had left town

The house of Dr. Ilinlze, was assailed ; but

his lady making her appearance and declaring

that the property was her own, she having re

ceived it from her father's estate they listen

ed to her appeal and departed without doing

any injury.

It is proper to add, in this hasty notice of

the course of events, that the reports some

what prevalent last night and this morning,

that the Mayor of the city had retired, resigned or otherw ise deserted his post, are without foundation. That officer has not been absent, but continued, and still is at his post, in the exercise of his official duties. It is also just to state that the previous excitement, received much increase from the alleged indiscreet conduct ol individuals among the number of citizens who had been authorised to arm, in support of the peace of the city on Saturday night. The demonstrations against Dr. Ilinlze and Captain Willey, are understood to have grown out of this excitement. As might be expected, the city continues in great agitation, and multitudes may be seen congregated around the despoiled house; but it is hoped that the measures now in progress by the City Council, which assembled this morning at 1 1 o'clock, by n call from the May

or, and the doings ot other citizens at their meeting at the Exchange, will in some measure allay the excitement and restore order a nd tranquility.

J ust as our paper was going to press, the cit

izens assembled at the Exchange having pass

ed through the streets to the Park, with Gen. Samuel Smith, now in his 81th year, at their head, bearing the American standard. Several thousands joined them on their march,!

and all others are desired to do so. The object is to form a phalanx to maintain efficiently the peace and quiet ofthe city. DREADFUL FIRE. From the Jcto York Courier We had barely time yesterday morning, when our paper was going to press, to announce that a dreadful lire had been broken out. We now proceed to detail the circumstances attending il. Not for this twenty years has so destructive a fire occurred in this city. As stated yesterday, the fire broke out at No. 115 Fulton street, in a large five story brick building occupied by Mr. Wm. Pearson, as a printer and publisher and other tradesman amongst whom was Mr. Joseph Blanchard, a book-binder. Mr. Blanchard was in bed in the fourth story, he was seen at the window with the flames all around him soon after the alarm was given, he hesitated a moment and leaped from it into the street. Had he escaped the consequences of this desperate le.ip, he could not have survived, having been so severely injured by the fire that his skin came off in the hands of those w ho raised him from the side walk. He died soon afterwards. In the same building were sleeping two printers, David Carlisle and Daniel D. Wyatt, who have no doubt perished in the flames. A coloured man, whose name wc have not been

able to learn, was buried under the ruins of one of the fallen walls, and two members of

the fire department have been severely hurt. Having performed the painful task of recording the loss of human life which occurred, we now proceed lo detail the houses burned dow n or injured, w ith some additional particulars: ON FULTON STREET. No. 115, occupied by Eli French, publisher; Risso and Brown, lithographic printers; William J. Burrelt, druggest, loss estimated at 3,500, insurance 800, Kings-land and Babtist, printers; Wm. J, Pearson, printer; Wm. Bolton, slereotypcr; John H. Turney, printer; estimated loss .$'5,000, insurance about .$1, '200; Wm. Blanchard, bookbinder, dead. No. 113, 0. ll.B.urnham, shaw l and India rubber goods manufacturer, insured for 5,000, estimated loss much larger. A new steam engine destroyed, 137 looms, and $'30,000 w orth of machinery. No. 1 11. S. Sc C. Wool ley, tailors. No. 110. Gale, Wood & Hughes, silversmiths the upper part w as occupied by Mr. Gale and family the low er part, and a builbingon the rear, for the purpose of their business. No. 117. A. Bell fc Co. merchants. G000 insured on building, and 3000 on furuilurc. No. US. Joseph Halt, gunsmith insured. No. 130. O. R. Burnham, dwelling house,

whose factory is already mentioned the roof only injured. No. 107. John Budd, cabinet-maker insurance $"2000. No. 100. 3Irs Elizabeth Prentiss, boarding house. No. 111. Bliss, Wadsworth Ac Co. booksellers; E. French, bookseller; Pennoyer, Cooledgefc Co. Bookbinders, D. R. Ramsay; Wells, bookseller. No. 112, corner of Dutch street, Mr. Brad, ford, tailor; Frederick Columbus, hairdresser, and Daniel Mesurier as a boarding-house No. 110, accupied by Mrs. Paddock, millin

er, and Mrs. P. Nichols.nearly destroyed.

No. 121. The dwelling house ofthe Rev.

D. Brownlee cheifly injured by water. ON ANN STREET.

No. 21. A frame house. Carr's printing

ofiiceand a German boarding house.

No. 23. Patrick Quirk's porter house. No. 25. Printing office ofthe Spirit of '70.

No. 27. J. Campbell & Co.,oxtensive pa per warehouse; Nichols, book-binders; East

brook & Swett, printers; J. F. Atwill's music

printing omce.

No. 29. Mr. Curtis, baker; McElrath,

book-seller; Osburn & Buckihgham, printers,

loss S'4000. iusured 3000; P. F. Ripley ste

reotype founder, loss 5000, insured 2000;

Keely, printer of Catholic Diary ; Moore, pub

lisher of Episcopal Sermons; J. C. Miller, book-binder, no insurance ; J. D. Strong, book

binder, no insurance; Fuller s gymnasium. No. 31. J. Bishop, die sinker. IL Bish

op baker. Geo. Locke, carpenter. In the rear was a range of workshops occupied by

Drysdale fc Grimsaw, mechanists, Wilkinson,

blacksmith,Mrs. HazeIton,school-mistress,and Mr. Loce, carpenter whose loss is estimated between 3000 and 4000. No. 32. Charles a Focke, bcok-binder. Old Countryman office, and Wm. E. Dean, printer. No. 33. Mr. Holt's paper warehouse. Copenhagen Porter office. Scott & Co. printers of the Mirror betwen 30 and 40 presses destroyed. S. T. Redfield, stereotype printer and Family Magazine loss 2000. II. & II. Griffin, book-binders. No. 24. Anderson & smith , Transcript office, Jefferson office, Morning Herald office, and a temporary Catholic Church. No. 36. Smith fc Robbcrts, Druggists. Office of the Courier des Etats Unis insured. 4000. J. II. Cotton fc Co. map establishment. No. 38. Samuel Carter, private house

no insurance.

Nos. 35, 3G, 39. Christ's Church, (Roman

Catholic,) but no longer the property of that sect. No. 40. Debblee's boarding house interior destroyed.

OJN IN ASS AW STKEET. The extensive tereotype establishment of

Messrs. Connor fc Cooke,was preserved irom

the flames, and their business will not be in

terrupted for more than a few days, lhey were morever fully insured.

No. 108. Frame building. Chinnery &

Hall, die sinkers and tool cutters.

No. 109. Frame building. J. Berauld, scgar store, and a French shoemaker, owned by Conner & Cooke. No. 110. J.fc S. Campbell, paper warehouse, loss is 150,000. No. 111. Wm. Van Norden, printer, but slightly injured. No. 114. II. Griffin, bookseller, a bindery and printing office, with steam presses. No. 11G. Frame building. II. Aubery, Brighton porter house. No. 118. James Kelley, gate and fender maker. No. 120. Joseph Eadie, porter and board ing house, partly insured. - No. 122. Mrs. Bell's boarding house, and E. Barnes and J. C. Hoj t, attornics. No. 124. E. Brown, and F. A. Talmadge, attornies; upper part a boarding house. No. 12G. J. W. Strong, slightly injured. It would be impossible to form a correststimate ofthe total amount of property destroyed; that it was enormous is however certain. Steam Engines, Steam Presses, Machinery of all descriptions, and above all, paper to a great value, fell a sacrifice. Almost all the small newspapers with the exception ofthe Sun and many ofthe periodicals were printed on this spot, and their publication is in consequence interrupted. Mechanics in

great numbers are thrown out of emply and five or six hunderd females who worked in the book-binders &c.

..Towards day light the wind freshened, which caused the flames to extend themselves

far beyond the ranges that it is probably they would otherwise have reached. The exertions of the firemen seemed holy unavailing, partly owing to the great height of the houses and the narrowness of the streets, which latter cause made it impossible to approach the fire sufficiently near, on account of the intense heat. The scene though melancholy was at times awfully imposing. The steeple of the North Dutch Church presented at the commencement of the fire a most singular spectacle from the reflection of the flames,and we noticed a French artist in the door way of a house in Fulton street, calmly taking a sketch of it and the scene before him. The church took fire but by great exertion it was put out. The follow ing account of the amount insured by the different Fire offices in the city, wc coppy from the Evening Post. Howard; $12,000 North River, 12,000 Firemen's, 20.000 City, 17,000 Washington, 30,000 Bowery; 5,000 Traders, 10,000 United States, 7,000 Franklin, 4,000 Contributionship, 10,000 Merchants, 1,500 Eagle, 10,000

Globe, 16,500 Etna, 8,000 Mutual 14,000 Guardian, 7,000 Phoenix, 10,000 Equitable, 6,000 Jefferson, 15,000

Singular Coincia'cnce. Shortly after the Sw an 10 o'clock steamboat left the wharf at New York, on Thursday, for Philadelphia, a passenger called at the Captain's office, and stated that he had lost, he believed in one ol the w ater closets a roll of money w ith a piece of newspaper for a wrapper, containing about G00 dollars; he desired that the proprietor should ring the bell, offering a reward of 100 dollars, if the money was returned to the Cap. tain's office. Nothing, however, was heard about it until about an hour afterw flrds, w hen a gentleman handed into the office a roll of

money, ot w hich he said he had just picked up in a water closet, without examining it. The gentleman whom it was supposed to belong to, w as called to receive his money, who in great glee came running to the office and received the roll; he immediately unrolled it, and with a dejected countenance declared it was not his. What a revolution of feeling thrice disappointed having lost his money and found it as he supposed; but alas! it was but a momentary delusion, and he went awake to a double disappointment. The roll in its outward appearance was precisely like the one he had lost, and contained about 1000 dollars, all in United State's Bank notes, instead of Philadelphia money, there being but one 10 dollar note in the roll ofthe same description as his. The proprietor was again desired to ring the bell, stating a roll of money had been found, and left at the Captain's office; and requested the passengers to examine their pockets. Every man's hand was immediately on his pocket, and a gentleman called in about one minute and described his monev, and after returned suitable thanks to the finder, received his treasure. He had not missed it until notice was given by the bellman. The owner ofthe first money lost, put up advertisements on Ihc boat offering a reward of 100 tor the recovery of his money, w hich would be paid at the Captain's office to the finder, and went on to Philadelphia, with his family. On Friday morning, at the moment the boat was starting, a newspaper boy having seen the advertisement offering a reward of 100, came to the Captain's office and asked who would pay the reward? "You have the money was the quick reply; "where did

you find it?" He said he picked it up nearor

in the water closet, a moment before the boat

left the dock yesterday, and was obliged to

run to get ashore before she shoved on, or he would have reported it at the office, he hand

ed the money in, rolled up precisely as de

scribed, and received the reward due to his honesty.

Slander. It is a poor soul that cannot

bear slander. No decent man can get along without it, at least none that are actively engaged in the struggle or business of life.

Have a bad fellow in your employment and discharge him, he goes around and slanders you refuse another some very modest boon which he has asked, he goes round and slanders you let your conduct be such as to create the envy of another, he goes round and slanders you. In fine, as we said before we would not give a cent for a person that is not slandered So, now, earn a bad name fiom a bad fellow, (and you can easily do so by correct conduct,) it is the only way to prove that you are entitled to good one. "Times

Virtues of the Tomato. A medical professor in one of the colleges of the west speaks warmly in favor of the virtues of the tomato. He says of it that in all those affections of the liver, and other organs, where calomel is indicated, it is probably the most effective, and least harmful remedial agent known to the profession. That a chemical extract will probably soon be obtained from it which will altogether supersede the use of calomel in the cure of disease. That he has succesfully treated serious diarrhoea with this ararlicle alone. That when used as an article of diet, it is almost a soverign remedy for dyspepsia, or indigestion. That persons removing from the castor north, to the west or south, should by all means make use of it as an aliment, as it would, in that event, save them from the danger attendant upon those violent bilious attacks to which almost all unacclimated persons are liable. That the citizens in general should make use of it, either raw, cooked, or in form of catsup, with their daily food, as it is the most healthy article of the Materia Alimcntaria, &c.

The Dead alive. Capt. D. Hart of Statcn Island on a trip to York river in Febuary last, was blown off to sea, capsized or wreckedtaken off the wreck, carried to Havre, France, and returned home a few days since; when and where he found his disconsolate w ife in the weeds of mourning and bereavement his temporal affairs altogether settled his property and estate knocked offby the hammer, and distributed tw o weeks before his return, and on the preceeding Sunday a funeral sermon had closed the commemoration of his undoubted death.

Timeor painting houses. The Genesee Farmer says, that repeated experiments show the paint put on houses late in autumn, or in winter, will last far longer than that put on in warm weather. In cold weather the oil dries on the clapboards, and with other ingredients forms a durable body; but in hot weathther the boards absorb the oil, and what remains on the surface has but little substance.

We understand that William Boyd, charged wlih the murder of Wm. Smith, in Carlisle Ky.,and for whose apprehension 500 was

offered was arrested near Da3'ton, by n's pursuers, and brought to Cincinnati,yeslcrday, on his way back to Carlisle. Cin. Rppublica.