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Buildings Burnt During The Riot In Philadelphia

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Day
20
Month
May
Year
1844
Copyright
Public Domain
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ber of buildings, and their character,burnt during the riotin the city of Philadelphia: 2 splendid churches with sacred vessels, drapery, &c. 1 Nünneryj with furni'türe, &c. 1 fine dweiling oecupied by Rëv. Dr. Moriarty- pillaged of a váluable librar.y., furniture, &c. - all lost. 1 neat dwëlling oecupied by Rev. í)r. Lochrin- robbed of its conteïïts and burnt io the grouft'd. 2 Roman Cathalic scfroals houses,books, &c. 54 two and three story dwellings belöhging to Irish families. 61 Add to this twenfy-seven dwellings and a ntarket house consumed om and Vrë have the appalling zggregate af eighty--eight building destrorjröd.- JFVce PresSff?" Y$ U. g. Census says that in Unadilla, Sandstone, Grass Lake, &c- in al], 13 towns ii the State, there are íhirteen colorea insane pérsóñs; and the same Census declares that in aH these towna there is but one colorea person! SimiJar inaccuracies have been traced' in every State in the Union, caused" chieiïy, we suppose, by putting down figures in the wrong columns when the census was taken. The columns were very numerous, and it was easy tomake mistakes in this way.ft"?5 Gerrit Smith has resumed his public meetings on the first day of the week. They are to be continued in Madison County through the warm season. tt?3 It ís said that Mr. Secretary Spencer resigned ön account of colTisionsbetween him and the President, growiftg out of the Texas question.

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Subjects
Signal of Liberty
Old News