Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1849-06-14

sway'd.
From breast. to breast, the sacred fire ran,
Full-blazins on the altar of each heart
Both sire, and son and cen the ag'd man,
But ask'd the place where he might act his part
And each from all they lov'd in haste depart
In arms, high on the field of war to stand
To WELD the sword or poise the deadly dart
Or hurl Mars thund'ring round the trembling land
And teach proud vassals how to conquer. and COM
mand. MUsA.
Burlington. June 8, lsa9.
Riot and Bloodshed in New York.
The following is the testimony of Gen. Sanford,
~ho commanded the military in the late Riot in N
York, before the Grand Jury.
ordered one regiment, consisting Of
eight companies, numbering three or four
hundred men, on parade; but as the no.
numbered only little over two hundred
at mastering. | ordered out, also, the 7th
regiment, or National Guards, as they are
known to the public. l went myself in
the evening TO the artillery drill rooms,
and informed the magistrates that would
be there to await their orders. | under
stood there was to be a large police force
at the theatre, which many of the magis-
trates thought would be sufficient to pre-
serve order without the military. The
infantry was commanded by Col. Duyrea,
who was present when | entered the drill
rooms.
In answer to the Coroner, he said
There are eight captains to that regiment;
but whether they were all present or not,
he could not tell--Capt. Shumway,
Capt. Underhill, Capt. Pond, Capt. Price,
and l do not at present recollect what 9TH
ers, were there. Weremainded there un-
til l received verbal message from the
Sheriff, who was at the theatre, the pur
port Of which was, that the mob had at
tackled the theatre, had driven in the po-
lice force, and were assailing the building.
He requested me to come up as soon as
possible. This was, as well as can re-
collect, between eight and nine o'clock in
the evening. After receiving the mes
sage, Immediately ordered the regiments
to get ready to march--to distribute their
ammunition, and move. The ammunition
consisted Of one thousand rounds Of ball
cartridge. at the same time sent orders
TO the Arsenal Yard for the horse belong
ing to this regiment, and small number
Of horse Of another regiment assembled
there, to come in front Of the drill rooms
and march with US to the ground. There
was no ammunition given TO the horse !:
they had nothing but their sabres. The
troops were put under march and moved
rapidly up Broadway to Astor Place. |
was not aware, until / got on the ground,
of the amount of the mob, and supposed
that small military force added to the
police would be sufficient TO maintain or
der. Before arriving on the ground, |
mounted and took charge OF the cavalry,
which were in advance, consisting Of
about forty horsemen, directing the infan-
try to follow close after US. l ordered
the horse to form front Of from five to
ten men on entering Astor Place. They
advanced in that order till they got nearly
opposite the centre of the Opera House.
We were assailed at this point by show
er Of stones and brickbats, by which al
most every man was more or less hurt,
and the horses rendered alinostunmanage-
able. The men pushed rapidly through
Astor Place, and were received through
out the whole distance with a shower Of
stones. The infantry followed them.
There was dense mob extending the
whole distance 10 the Bowery, and as far
as could see to the Third Avenue. The
mounted men, being cons picuous marks,
received most Of the stones and were
driven off the ground. Idismonnted, re-
turned throughth the mob, took charge Of the
infantry, who were halted in a line across
the open space beyond the theatre, with a
dense mob on both sides of them, who
were assailing them with all sorts Of OPP
probrious epi,he,s and frequent volleys OF
stones. l ordered Colonel Dnryea to
form column of divisions for the purpose
Of first clearing the ground in the rear OF
the the theatre, intending afterwards togo
to the front. The column was formed
promptly, and moved forward through the
mob until stopped by an excavation in the