Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-03-28
TONIGHT.


The British WhE oIh: city I" yN fSG call HALL N P sa
nor al asnsl J former strerd head quarters Of die
Seward party was announced IN me oursr ana
lanes Of Nevas, Aaron Clark, Moses H. Grnne and the
bying at Albany procure the of the odoqs Registry
Law Those who would render the rFnt o. ryer a. SUI
eordng call to be in attendance To all say CO.
The whole of this affair, emanating 1t did from
that sink of corruption, Wall street, produced dis
gust and dissatisfaction throughout the city, among
all parties and the call of the meeting being SO un-
fortunately and rdiculously wsrded as TO solicit the
attention of all parties, every naturally expected
a quarrel row. and a fight And the result proved
the correctness of the anticipation.
The wings were alarmed at the imprudence of
their preparatory steps, and endeavored to make up
for il by being very early the Hall The locofocos,
however had their advance guard there very early
also and by half past seven, the hall was crammed,
the starcases and passages crowded and about 1000
people assembled in the street. Then commenced
the row and the quarrel.
The wings attempted TO call the meeting to order,
and TO nominate chairman; the speaker was Kissed
down by the locOfocos; one OF the men that Kissed
was said to be Paulding, ex Alderman OF the 9Th
Ward; he was seized by dozen wings, rudely
handled and put out of the room. Egbert Benson
was then nominated chairman, and then the speaker
was Kissed again. At this some young whig clerks
became very violent, and like crazy fools, seized
tive or three pectable men, (whigs) by the collar
and nearly choked them 10 death they then ordered
three four men, who appeared plainly dressed,
to leave the They refused to go; the clerks
raised their canes, and struck them the first blow;
cut them the head severely, and shed the first
blood. A whole posse of wings then fought man
fully and drove half dozen locoocos down stairs.
They theu put Benson the chair, and Prescott Hall
and David Graham delivered flaming ha-
rangues scarcely word of which could be heard,
on account of the tumult outside and in.
The locofocos who were driven down stairs, then
drew up set Of resolutions, mounted chairman on
cart or tub and by the light Of talow candle, and
gas lamp the resolutions were read and passed de-
uouncing the Registry Law, and Fred Tallmadge.
A hundred cheers were then given for all parts of
the iocooco body and 100 groans for Harrison, Tall
madge and the Wings.
The mob continued to increase outside, and seve-
raj attempts were made to enter the hall In the
mean time the four five men who had their heads
cut open by the wing clerks, went away, and IN hall
an hour came back with about 900 stout straPping
men. many Of them with sticks. They marched
three and three noiscessly and orderly. The word,
Ok. was passed from mouth to mouth, cheer was
given and they rushed into the Hall and up stairs
like torrent
Then commenced the grand msite. The speeches
were cut short, some &C the wings jumped out Of the
windows some ran Of side doors, and stairs; the
rest broke up the chairs and benches, and showed
fight, and at the first onslaught the locofocos were
driven out Of the to the landing. The wings,
however, got dreadfully alarmed, and as many as
could get away did do ,o and the locofocos rushed
an carried all before, and in very short time clear
ed the room.
The excitement was most terrible; for three hours
Broadway was blocked up by thousands Of people;
great deal Of blood she'd aud fear some bones
were broken; several who jumped out Of the window
were very much hurt and some were carried home.
The meeting was broken up, ehectually, and dis
gracefully and the crowd scarcely dispersed before
midnight Before the election - over, expect
murder, bloolshed FIRE, tamult, for days and nights
together. We are only in the commencement Let
all peaccabc citizens put iron stanchions on their
lower windows.
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