RIOT IN PITTSBURG.
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Extract OF a letter from a gentleman in


Westmorcland county, to his friend i'll


Carlisle, dated


GREENsBURG, Oath Scrt. 1924.


"No doubt you will have heard through
the medium Of the public prints before you
receive this, of the great mob that lately
arose in Pittsburg. There are, however,
circumstances connected with it, which !
presume will not be made public, at least
in that quarter, of which, according to my
information, will give you BIRDS eye view.


"Thc object of the Mob was to tear down
the Circus, on account Of the alleged scduc-
ton of rcshectabie young lady, by Mr. Pi-
pin, the master of the Circus; who, some
time since, opened riding school in that
city, to teach young ladies', &c. to ride grace
fully. The alledged victim was one of his
pupils, who had the misfortune TO entertain
the most ,iclcnt passion for him, which She
discovered to him as follows


"Onc evening when riding ont with other
young ladies', accompanied by Mr.. pipin, she
pretended that her horse WAS frightened,
and caught Mr. Pipin by the hand for pro-
lection, but in such Il way that he understood
her at once. He afterwards received sever
al letters from her, one OF which, being first
Intercepted when to disclose
between them, which he positively denies.
The thing became known to her friends,
who sent her into the country. lis strange
that a Young girl, worth from 10 to Is thou
sand dollars, and perhaps not more than l6
wears of age, should fail in love with an oia
/ man, with Il wife and family; but so appears
this fact. Now to the mob


"Thc evening the attack was made by a
mob the circus was crowded with ladies'
and gentlemen. The mob was so large that
the building was completely suroundcd--
thcy commenced by throwing stones, and
cndca, curing to tear down the circus, and
became so outrageous, that the company
had to stop the performance, and call upon
the people within to assist them: they then
cndcavoured to appease the mob, but i'll vain.
At length, some one more eloquent than the
rest, prevailed with those turbulent beings
to desist until the ladies and the children
could get home Ten or fifteen minutes
were allowed them for that purpose. Here
then was crying, hustle, and confusion. Af-
ter the ladies' had withdrawn, hostilties re-
commended between the mob and circus men,
the latter of whom were all well armed, and
drove the mob in every direction; but they
still returned, which created a spirit of dcs-
peration in the circus men, one of whom
fired into the crowd, and killed a man,
This, for moment reused spirit OF ven
geance in the mob, some of whom proposed
arming themselves with muskets, &c. But
they soon began to think seriously of the
consequences, and dispersed. The circus
man who shot the citizen, was admitted to
bal-But the whole circus company had
to seek protection in the common Jail, for
two or three days. If this was not witch
ing the world with horscmanship, don't
| know what it was