Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-08-17

teen ont l6 DAYS, and therefore will be all IN good
time, should she arrive any time to day. IL 'hs is
not here before night, shall begin TO belive that
she was detained day or two behind time. she
was to meet the British Queen when hall way over
and will, the reiore, report her progress
A Dissracefal Row, Robbery, and Unpro-
volxed Assault.
New York has again been the scene of disgrace
ful row-we cannot dignity it by the name of riot
The prime movers in il were soap locks, Hook
rowdies and round rinmers; the perpetrators were
the riacimento of all parts of creation. There was
not single householder of the CRY engaged in it,
and scarcely voter, and every decent and honest
person who saw and has heard of it, condemns it in
the aost unmeasured terms.
The occasion of the intended serenade
On Friday night to Mademoiselle Fanny Elssler
Every one knows that Mademoiseile Eissier Is
German native Of vienna On her first sojourn IN
this city, her professional career was most bril-
liant and pleasing one but no one proposed 10
ssrenade her. She went to Philadelphia and, win
that warm heartedness and hberality OF spirit Tor
which she is ingushed, she volunteered TO play
sratutously for the benefit OF young German whose
vorldiy means were none of the most prosperous.
As a grateful compliment for this generous con-
duct, her countrymen in Philadelphia got up splen-
mony in Philadelphia and all those citizens who
heard il were hgnIy delighted although it did not
emanate from them. On airing this, some of the
German musicians of New York (of whom there
great number OF high order of excellence) agreed
among themselves to prepare a serenade to Made
nosee ElssleT her return to this city, partly TO
emu.re their countrymen in Philadelphia, but prin
cipally to express their sense Of her kindness TO
their distressed countryman.
There were about 40 or 80 German musicians, who
volunteered TO assist in the serenade, and they kept
the affair as closely secret they possibly could
They were practicng for three weeks, and yet no
soul bey ond their own immediate circle knew word
about H. The serenade was to have taken place
t,st w ednesday evening that night dread
lally stormy as to prevent IT, The affair then
got wind no paper had published a word about il.
when it was to take place; but on Thursday the
"sgnaP' stated that Wednesday night had been
fixed upon, but that the rain prevented it,
Every one then went about enquiring when it
would come off. almost every one wished TO hear
good music well played. or the 5000 or 1000 who
anxiously wanted to hear the Concert probably not
three four cared any thing for Mademoisele Fan
nv Elssler 1t was enough for them to know that
some forty or fifty first rate German musicians were
about to give a vocal and instrumental Concert gra
sic, and who knew the beauty and excellence of Ger
man music, were anxious to hear it.
On Thursday evening, il was pretty well under
stood that the concert would take place Friday,
about midnight The " Herald" of Friday,
nounced this fact for the benefit OF its readers, in
three lines, without comment, as al mere matter OF
news; the "rattler' of the sane evening announced
the same fact and spplauded the intended preceed-
ing. These p,pars thus noticed the thing masked,
and without permission or consultation of the
parties concerned, as they had perfect right TO
do any piece OF news. There other publicity
given to the matter in any way, except by private
gossip, which can restrain.
On Friday, the flag end Of the old and infamous
Arm stroag gang, 1.-THE leader Of whom shot down
very properly by the Germans at Majors house,
last New Years eve,) heard that number OF Ger
mans intended to serenade q German female dancer
in front Of the American II otel that evening. This
was sufficient cue for them, and they took their
measures accordingly.
They had not forgotten, and by no means forgiven,
the old affair Of New Years Eve; and they deter
mined to revenge themselves by beating the Ger
man musicians when they were off their guard, and
by stealing their instruments and destroying them.
What inhamed the soap loci Armstrong gang still
more, was the fact that several Of the German must
clans had been in at Majors house that day or
the day before, and were supposed to be connected
IN some way other with the German corps who
fired on the mob New Years eve, in defence of
their wives and daughters.
TO make long story short, the midnight OF Friday
rolled round. About two thousand highly respecta-
BILE ladies' and gentlemen assembled TO hear the Con-
cert. An organized mob Of less than one hundred
soaplocks collected in Barclay street, opposite the
American Hotel They made a stump speech or
two and some little noise, until the musicians aud
their instruments arrived. These they surrounded
by a concert Of action, previously arranged
upon, and before the respectable persons present
could divine what was going or interfere to pre-
vent il, the sosplAek, knocked over the music
stands, aud struck several Of the musicians, with
cries Of Down with the BY Dutch" Death
20 the ID Germsns''-"Three cheers for the
murdered Armstrong"
The musicians then hed-the rowdies stole some
Of their instruments, including the harp, broke the
drum, and bass viol, and then off hard as they
could down Barclay street aud through the dark
cross streets fearful of being punished the spot
or arrested and sent to prison. A few vagabond
boys out Of mere mischief collected few fragments
of the wreck and set fire to them before the watch
done with scarcely any noise. The watch came, as
usual when all WI. over, and they thought de-
rirabIe to do something. they kicked up small
81 their own insuled several respectable citizens
and arrested two or three friends OF Mademoiselle
Elsslcr