Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1837-02-23
From the N. Y. Courier Eng. of the 4th inst
Outrage and Riot.

The Evsning Post published on Friday and
Saturday, and the walls of The city have for
some days past been covered, with the fol-
lowing handbil:
BREAD, MEAT, RENT, FUEL!
THEIR PRICES MUST COME DOWN.
The Voice Of the People Shall be lizard, and
viii Prevail!
o. The People will meet in the Park,
RAIN or Shine, at o'clock, on MONDAY
AFTERNOONefO
To inquire into the cause Of The present un-
exampled Distress, and to devise suitable
remedy. All Friends Of lluyanty, deter-
mined to resist Monopolists and EXtorlon-
crs, are invited TO attend.
MOSES JAQuEs, DANIEL GoRHAM,
PAULLUs HEIDI, JOHN wINpT,
DAcI'L. A. RoBERTsoN, ALEX'R. MING, Jun.
WARDEN HAYWARD, ELIJAH r. CRANE.
New York, Feb. 10, 1887.
As might be expected, language 40 wei!
calculated to arouse the worst passions OF the
worst part Of the populacc of large city, oc-
casioned the asscmblage in the Park yester-
day afternoon OF great number Of people.
estimated at from 5000 to 6CO0 in number
A self constituted Committee then made iheig
appearance in front OF the City Hall, among
whom ALEX. MING, jr. appeared most conspc-
uOus. I1c uldut n Sp'eSi. tHC Sui'l top'SS W
which. as far as could be heard, were the
Currency, Banking, and finally high Rents
and high Prices. Another orator followed,
whose name we could not learn. Among
other language he used the following: "Fel-
low-citizens, Eli Hart has now in his store
fiity-lhree thousand barrels of -four. Let us
90 down pcaceably and ask him to let W.
have 1t at $40, if lie don't wen latter long
pause) 90 peaceably away" This spescls
was Tremendously checred. and several ora
tors followed. In one of the intervals, Alex
ander Ming, Jr. offered set OF rcso utions.
of which we could only gather the sense Of
one, which was to the effect, that memorial
should be sent to the Legislature to prohibit
the issue Of all notes under one hundred dol
lars. At the close of the speecblfying, some
Of the most Jealous in attendance, lifted Mr..
Ming on their shoulders and carried him to
Tammany Hall. The meeting consisted
chiefly of foreigners, s,many of whom could noi
! speak English. Certainly not one third were
! American citizens, and those chiefly appa-
| rently attracted there by curiosity.
! Having left Mr.. Ming at Tammany Hall.
largo numbers poured down Broadway, and
after making one or two d,ioms reached the
store of Mr.. Eli Hart in Washington street.
near Vcsey street. This building has three
large doors for the passage Of goods TO the
warehouse. and counting house with anoth-
or door, adjoining. The mob Ind forced o.
pen the middle store door before our report
or reached the spot. On perceivlDg thetS
roceednos The clerks IN the counting house
closed the iron shutters Of the windows. A
bout twenty five barrels Of flour were then
rolled out Of the store, their heads Knocked
in. and the contents scattered ABOUT The strt.
At this tine number Of the friends vi MI.
Hart and possee Of police officers arrived
on the spot, but they had encountered Ola
their way in Dey street a part of The mob.
who assniled them,and took away the officers
staifs, breaking them over their persons. The
, officers, Notwithstanding, succeeded III clear
ing the store Of the rioters, and appeared SUI
6ciently strong 10 prevent The entrance ~
any more through the only door open.
The mob were thus kept at bay for about
twenty minutes. during which time the May
or arrived and addressed them, demonstrating:
with them on the folly of their conduct. He
was struck several times and pelted with
-four and finally compelled to desist and re-
tire. The rioters having received q large
addition to their numbers, now seized the
store door which had been torn off its hinges
and with it battered down the remaining
doors and forced open the window shutters.
the persons inside being only able to guord
one door. A scene Of havoc and confusion
cnsued. The people scattered themselves
about the lower floor aud counting house,a
continued for one hour rolling out barrels OF
-four and carrying out bags of wheat--'he
contents of Which were thrown into the strt-
The desks papers, ond every thing in the
counting honse were thrown out Of the win
,low,snd the former broken 10 pieces by Jump
ing on them. They then proceeded up stairs
and began throwing barrels Of -four ont ri
the windows aud down the haichways An
half en hour was consumed in this way. It
was now dark and about o'clock, when =
strong body ofpolice officers arrived, and in
a few rai mites d,suersod ths vhole Having