Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1849-05-17
From the New York Tribune.
ANOTrE ER SHAMEFUL RIOT.

Attack on the Opera House The Military called
j oat-Fifeen persons killed and I,Uenfy-fut
i ,Uounded
! We are again called upon 10 record one o
8 the most shameful events which has ever dis
graced The history of our City. The riot o
Monday nigh, of which that of las, night was
but continuation, was harmless in comparl.
son. We give The particulars in The order o
their occurrence, and almost entirely from ouI
own personal observation.
The invitation extended TO Mr.. Macready by
a number Of our most prominent citizens, and
his acceptance thereof, called forth second
efIor, on The part of those who created the rio'
on Monday night. Early yesterday morning
placards were posted up through the City, sta
ing that The crew Of the British steamer bad
threatened violence 10 all who dared express
their opinions at the English Arsiocraic Op.
era House" and calling on all working men 10
l'' Stand by their lawful rights In conse-
quence of this and similar threats large body
of Police was ordered to attend at the Opera
| House. and in case this should no. be sufficient
10 preserve order, the Seventh Regiment, Col.
Duryea, and two troops of horse. tCapts. Var
nun and Pauerson,) of the 9Th Regiment. un-
der command. of Gen Hall. and The Huzzars al
,ached TO Gen. Morrs's Brigade, were held in
readiness. They formed in two bodies, one Of
which was stationed in the park and one al
GENRE Market.
In anticipation Of riot, the rush for tickets
was very great, and before night, none were 10
be had. For some time before the doors were
opened, people began to colIec, in Astor Place,
and the Police took their stations at the doors
and in The buildings. The crowd increased
! L.
the ground, at haf-pas. seven, the square and
street from Broadway to the Bowery were near
! ly full. There was such tremendous crush
about the doors, in spite of a notice posted up
stating that The tickets were all sold, that sew
eral Of the entrances were obliged 10 be closed.
The Police used every exertion 10 preserve
order, and succeeded in preventing all attempts
TO force an entrance. Inside, the house was
filled but not crowded, and the ampihea,re was
not more than half full. The general appear
ance of the audience was respectable and 1t
was hoped at first that there would be no serl-
Gus attempt at disturbance. We noticed, how
ever, that the windows had been carefully
boarded up and the doors barricaded-ihe OBJ
ect of which was afterwards made manifest.
The first two scenes passed over with
vociferous welcome 10 Mr.. Clarke as Malcolm.
The entrance of Mr. MACREADy, in the third
act, was the signal for perfect storm of cheers,
groans and Kisses. The whole audience rose,
and the nine-lenlhs of il who were friendly 10
Macready cheered, waving their hats and hand
kerchiefs A large body in The parque.e, with
others in the second tier and amphithealer
Kissed and groaned with equal ZEAL The tu
mutt lasted for ten or fifteen minutes, when an
attempt was made TO restore order by board
being brought upon the stage, upon which was
written "'rhe Friends of Order will remain
quiet" This siIenced all but the rioters, who
continued 10 drown all sound Of what was said
upon The Stage. Not a word of the first ac.
could be heard by any one in the house. The
Policemen present did liule Or nothing, evil
DENLY waiting orders. Finally, in the last
scene of the act, Mr. Ma,sell, Chief of Police,
made his appearance in the parquette, and, fol-
lowed by number of his aids, marched direct
ly down the aisle 10 the leader of The dstur-
bance, whom he secured after short but vio
leEt struggle. One by one the rioters were
taken and carried out, the greater part Of the
audience applauding as they disappeared
Before the second act was over, something
Of the play could be heard, and in The pauses
of the shouts and yeis, the orders Of the Chief
and his men in different parts of the house
could be heard, cs well as the wild uproar of
the mob without Mrs. Coleman Pope, as
Lady Macbeth. first procured little silence
which ended, however, Immediately on Mr..
Macready's temperance. The obnoxions
actor went through his part with perfect self
possession, and paid no regard 10 the lumuhu-
Gus sceae before him. As the parquete and
gallery were cleared of The noisles, rioters, the
crowds without grew more violent, and stones
were hurled against the windows on the As
lor-place side AS one window cracked after
ano'her, and pieces Of bricks aud paving g-s,ones
ralIed in on the terraces and lobbies, The con-
fusion increased, till the Opera House resen-
bled fortress besieged by an invading army
rather than place meant for the peaceful
amusement of civilized community Some
times heavy stones would dash in the boards
which had been nailed up as protection. and
number OF policemen were constantly occupied
in mailing up and securing The defenses. The
attack was somlimes on one side and sometimes
on the other, but seemed TO be most violent on
Eighthst where there was a continual voley
of stones and other missiles The retifn rooms
were closed, and the lobbies SO "raked" by The
mob outside, that The only safe places were
the boxes and barqueue. stone. thrown
through an upper window, Knocked off some Of
the ornaments Of the splendid chandelier
The fourth and fifth acts.were given in COM
parallse quiet, SO far as the audience were con-
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