Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-05-18
The New york Riot.
I From the Ne,u York Epen,ng Post % MY IT,

was intense |, wa. rumored that an u sdu'L ls
.an,, wonld he made 10 burn or tear down tue
Onera Honse. and 10 carry Out this shocking pul-
pose. that band OF IL le,s, as ihey are .a az
had been invited on from Philadelphia, 10 dse,s''
The alarm was increased by the following P'a,
card posted through The most Conspicuous pa''
the city:
uThe citizens of New York, opposed 10 inc
destruction OF Human Life, ale requested 70 as-
seDpIe in The Park at 6 o'cloca thiS efen.as,
Friday, Nav IL, 10 express public opin,on' upon
the lameplable occurrence OF last nign'' Ia
A croud OF about thousand people asse' H.
towards evening. To see what was 10 oe ooue'
when they were hatangued by lsaiah hynue's,
Michael Walsh aud Mr. Strahap. Inc ,et'ol VI
lLeif remarks may be easily inferred, anu Il w.
il i. OF hule consequence Meanwhile me hos'
eficlen, measures were being pefiecteu W wy
civil authorities 10 prevent any iio'ous co,uus..
General Sanford had been charged win inc
miluaIy ARRANGEMENTS and large ooay VI
troops had been called upon. The following -
nearly a complete lis; oil The corps
Four troops Of Horse AIulllery' eng Pai.
Of the First Brigade y. I. ,. Afliiely' u'ue'
command oil Col Ryder so. :,
One squadron OF Cavalry commanded oy
Colonel Pus,ley, being part OF The Fltsi Dug
ade. ,.;ae -
The Filth Regiment OF The Second Brigade u
Infantry. Col. Warner in command.
The Fourth Brigade oi Infantry, Brig. GENERA,
Even. consisting OF The Tenth Regiment, Coiohei
aalsey, Inc Eleventh Regiment, Colonel Mo1lls
the Twel,h Regiment, Col. Sic obns, ana sui y
deachmeni oil the Veteran Artillery, win '"en'
ly.iour podnd ho~ilzer. %
ia addition to these, detachment Of Y. ,. NJ.
sular Infantry had been placed IN feau'hess ..
Governors Island, and 30 disposeu 'h"' my
might appear at lew moments ho'ice.
The chei Of Police and his AIDS were ais"
prompt 10 second The efforts OF the Mayor, anu
before sunset one thousand special consIaoies naa
been sworn in, and every thing arranged ioi
ptompt and efficient action.
About halt pas! six the streets IN the Vieihiy
OF the Opera House were CLEARED by the sol''eis :,
and occupied, 81 as 10 cut Oh every avenue u
approach 10 the building. -
SIX heavy pieces oil artillery, including one -
TO- howllzel, were SO placed as 10 enfiade bfoac-
way, up and down, Eighth street, west ana east
Lafayette place, downward, and AstoT place, ahI
The open stuurd between he Bowefy and Ihird
avenue, easeTly.
Through the kindness oil one o. Inc cnlcrfs we
were permiied 10 cross the lines and observe The
preparations.
The Opera House was in possession OF the
Police. wnu werr most thoroughly AMI efficiently
organized a me entrances but one were clo-
sec; The vaults were arranged ior he reception oil
prisoners, IN. dressing rooms htled up as sufs-
cal ,spiais, and the boxes, Pafquette and Stage
thrown oper, as general camping ground ioI Tue
relieved companies Every thing valuable had
been p.cviousy removed.
In Broadway the mob were neither numerous
nor organized. In Inc Bowery, however, their
force was formidable We were ,oid that band
rom Philadelphia came on yesterday, as was
expected and among them were some ol me cit-
Gus men, whose names we have, but care not TO
publish.
The following additional particulars we IND
very correctly stated IN the Tribune:
About halt past eight The Police made charge
on the crowd where il appeared most turbulent,
and succeeded in arresling Two or three OF The
ringleaders. The troops in the square, especI-
ally Capt. NcArd'es's company OF City GUARDS,
we're exposed 10 a shower OF stones thrown oy 4
body who had taken possession OF The marble
yard on me opposite corner. "A pilva!e na-
med Stevens was hacked senselesS by heavy
stone which sirnck him on The mead.
Ooe .! the Montgomery Guard, named O'tia'-
loran. was struck in the :eil eye By stone, and
severely hrn. A nan by the name Of Coyle,
in The Montgomery Troop, Isl company, was
rus,raied from his horse by blow IN the aoio
more soldiers and policeman were brought into
he Opera House, badly injured. They were
all well cared Tor by The surgeons IN attendance
About9 o'clock barricade was maize ACROSS
Ninth s,reer, near Inc bowerv, with wagon and
some boxes in order 10 prevent the horSenien
from passing through One II The latter coming
suddenly upon II, was lhioWn from ms morse
and Injured Alter The bafrlcade vas taken, The
police stormed inc marble yard and dslodeed
the Iiu,ers, who then reieated down The Bo~e-
~. jus, previous 70 mis- however, The assault
upon the Cily Guard nat become 50 violent MAJ
lhev were ordered 70 load.
Warning was given 10 Inc mob, pu Inc stones
continued 10 fly Al las! th- Recorder proclaim
ed 10 them mat he next shower oil stones Woull
bring return OF lead. The muske,s were lev
elled and III" troops only awaited The signal &c
FIRE, when fortunately The throwing OF stones
ceased
The Police, who hat,already sixteen persons
arrested. now began systematic attack upon
the Remaining rioters and with such success
hat in few minutes upwards OF twenty-five OF
thirty more were safely deposited in The vaults
Of the Opera House. The crowd kindled bon
| fires 10 The Bowery which only served 10 render
| the dIs,urEers more CONSPICUOUS, and IN les
than halt Al hour they were nearly all either Ia
ken or scattered.
The following we believe, is a complete list o.
those who died from the WOUNDS received
Thursday evening:
VIM Butler, % Thompson ST. Thmoths
Burns, Az Pearl ST. Neil Gray Willis, IL.
| Grand S., MIR. Kelly, l04 East Thirteenth 81
orrin Burns, 81 Charles ST. Asa F Collins
Essex 81. near Houston. Mathew Cohan :
| Mathew Carhart, corner First avenue and l2tf
ST. Thomas Herman, corner First avenue anc
Thirteenth ST. George w Taylor, Is Varicl
ST. George Lincoln, City Hospital. G. :"
| Brown, ~ Crosby St. n. Often, corner Of Hes
| ter and Orchard SITS John JONES' 2l9 Sui
| Ivan SIS Andrew NJ Kinley, l47 Thirh ave
nue.. u " Ce4ucy. Frederick Gilpin, Secon,
avenue. James Mcdonald. Thomas Brennon
Mr.. McGranse, l07 East Thirteenth Street.
Total 20.
While the meeting was holding in the Park
two other meetings were going on in Tompkins
Square and in the Washington Parade Ground
but nothiDg Of moment took place.
gun was discharged at or near the lines II
Broadway, corner of sNayerly place, about hal
| past eight, and the rush of the people dowI
Broadway was felt most 10 BECKER Street, ant
| marvellous disposition 10 get around corners
| was generally manifested.
The troops retired this morning without en-
counteling any serious difficulty, and all Gauss
for alarm We hope, has entirely passed away.
| Some OF the mob N Thursday evening bort
fire arms. Two officers were shot before tn,
military hac received orders to fire.