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Show l>J::S'l'ltuC'I'ION O.f TilE HALL. 137 \Vc may ob~crve, that if this notice had been written by a Philadelphian, he would, in all prohability, have saiU "in this city," instead of "in Phi~ lculelphia." But this is not the only evidence that the mob was managed chiefly by strangers from the South, who were for a time cnjoring the hospitality and privileges of our city. 1t was undoubtedly" a proper re~ spect for the right of property" which induced these chivalric gentlnnen to destroy our Hall, which was ow· property, honestly purchased from the original owner. Uan they say as mucli of the kind of 11 property" to which they olludc '! Jn our leller to the Mayor will be found a copy of another placard, very similar to the above. It is unnecessary to insert it here. The first indications of a disorderly spirit manifested in or about the building, were on the evening of the First day of the Dedication, Juring an address on Temperance i a pane of g!rtss was broken by a stone or other missile being thrown against one of the windows. On the morning of the 1 Gth,-the time specifieJ in the plaf:artls,-there were seen from twenty to fifty persons prowling about the doors, examining the gns~pipes, and talk~ ing in an" im:cndiary'' manner to groups which they collected around them in the street. Some of them ventured to hiss during the discussion that morning, showing that the spirit of misrule was becoming more rampant. These incendiaries, or recruits from the party, continued to hang about the Hall through the day, at times crowding into the Anti~Siavery OHice, and creating an excitement by their violent and abusive language. 'J'hc evening meeting of this Jay was the one atldressed by William J .. loyd Garrison, Angelina E. G. Weld, and others,-the audience number~ ing more than three thousand persons. In the account of the proceedings of that meeting, we have already stated that there was great Jisturbance. Many of the windows were broken, antl the congregation were annoyed by the constant yelling and hootiug of the nwb. As soon as it was ascertained that a ~eriou8 altack had commencetl, two of the Managers went to the police office. The Mayor was not there. The person in attcntlance said that four men had been sent to the Hall, which was all the disposable force they had at that time. Between 9 and 10 o'clock, on the morning of the 17th, the mob began to a~Ssemble again about the Hall. A committee of the Managers immediately wailed on the Mayor, and informed him that the mob had commenced assembling at that time, and delivered to him the following letter: Leller J>·om the j!,fanagers of the Pennsylvania Hall, to John Swift, Mayor. PHILADELPIIIA, Fifth month 17th, 1838. Estermed Friend :-Last evening, as the Female Anti~Sla\'ery Society were holding a public meeting in the Pennsylvania Hall, situate on Delaware Sixth street, between Mulberry and Sassafras slreets, whilst Angelina E. GrimiH5 \Veld, of So nth Carolina, was addressing the meeting, our house was assaulted by a ruthless mob, who broke our windows, alarmed the women, and disturbed the meeting very much, by yelling, stamping, and throwing brick-bats and other missiles through the windows. The autlience consisted of more than three thousand persons, a majority of whom were respecl:lble and intelligent women! ln our invitation to thee to attend the opening of our Hall, dated the 14th day of the Fourth month last, we mentioned that we shouiJ hold public meetings on the 14th, 15th, and 16th of this month. We now beg leave to inform thee that the Convention of American \Vomcn will meet in the Saloon of the Pennsylvania Hall, at 10 o'clock this morning, and the Free Produce Convention at 2 o'clocl>.; the Convention of American 18 |