Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1837-09-15
VOLUME III.
From our Eveaing Edition OF Yeslerday.l
Important from Bosaon.-Great Riot.-Ue"


Outrage.
Annexed will be found a highly interesting ie'ler
from Boston, giving the account of riot there among
the military This singular riot and Outrage springs
from the same spirit which set fire to the oatnoic SEM
nary in Charlestown few years ago ana came near
destroying the lives Of many young ladies' Tor which
- re oarnetra,ors were acquitted By the juries Of
that virtaous city.
he sirt which causes these acts il Boston is also
e same ignorant vulgar snatical spirit which has set
~ Maria Monk in this city and has, in every age pro-
duced wars burnngs, and massacres merely because
men differ in religious opinion from each other When
lie Catholics had the ascendancy, they monoposed all
the blood and atrocity-when the Proestans, so did
thew There is not pin TO choose between any mo-
dcn sec, Of reliso when in the ascendancy They
are al the children of hell and damnaon and deserve
70 90 there The pure spirit Of love and good will,
caught by the Son of Mary has been aduiterated for
thousand years by the barbarities ndecences, wars
ambition and corruptons Of Catholics and Protestants
alike.
The people Of Boston have disgraced themselves not
more by the burning Of the Catholic Seminary than by
,he outrases with which they continue to prosecute
particular Of people.
BosToS, Sept -, 1887
FRIEND BENNErr-The weather in city, fer a
clear. and scarcely cloud has darkeued the for
some time Such aday yesterday. 1t was pub
lie day with uswhat is termed the Review or Mus
TER At an early hour in the morning the independent
coanan;es collected on the Common, where they had
hoes lint Tor a short time when the corps called the
Guards marched pitch their tents upon
the field AT this movement, five OF the other compa-
MES took umbrage and left the parade ground One OF
tae companies went off while their musicians played
the tune of Yankee Doodle. The disaffected compa-
MES marched about the city for some time and then
went 10 fire target INDUCED IN some other amuse-
rent The parade not much disturbed, though 1t
lost some Of lis spirit by the absence of the aforesaid
companies.
twas about O'Clock when the Montgomery Guards
left the field for their armory Upon leaving they were
Kissed and severely pelted with stones &C. till they ar
rived in front of John Doggett 4 Cos. carpet ware
house While they thus stood, all still and silent
They, however, immediately went on, "double quick
til they cached their arnory. The mob, which would
exceed three thousand, began again, and continued to
pelt them with stones Goals, breaking their ranks &c
all the way to the place Of their destination AS they
were entering their place of arms, they were again
showered upon with brick bats, paving stones &c. till
they were out Of the way. poor fellow knock
ed down by large paving stone bat picked up by
ger. There are two dangerously wounded, while many
or them are sadly bruised The Mayor repaired to the
spot and requested the ctzens disperse which they
after some time did do
Thus has ended Of the most disgraceful and ne
furious riots that took place in this city, Tie rea
son OF this dastardly attack upon this company is this
they are mostly naturalzed foreigners Of Irish descent
Bet sir they are, ecery man, obliged TO do military duty
and topay taxes. There in the company forty six
who are holders OF real estate; and that number
tue to say, than any other company in this city
can produce The Guards offered resistance, but
bore the tannts and missiles like martyrs. They will
prosper for the sympathy Of the good and vruous is
their side.
A melancholy occurrence took place here yesterday
Mr. Caleb Hartshorn who kept hat at the
of Washington and State stabbed himself IN his
store about noon, three places with pen knife. lie
was carried home and pronounced BY the medical at
tendance to be ncurablc Yours, truly IL.