The Arkansas banner., 1849-06-05
The New Knrh ni.,

The editor of ihe Peaasylvstian, Ion, VI f. NHy. was in the city of New York on .he sv..sa ot the terrible riot. s1d n letter to his naesr the following acconut of the affair. n xin hNueS NeS ee'ved that ne attaches much blame tO ihe raAh r,, duet of the military, who fired upon ,he e,,.sV'- when there existed no real cause Ios such s..', rage; w.t.
 NEW YoKK. MsV n. ISea
 When reached here last night. f,and tss h.,,- ringing as if fos an alarm of fire. and soon anS'' stood tha' great masses Of people had ecasrrvs,s, at the AssoF Place Opera House where Mr N,atsN,P was playing, in accordance with the resnes, ,1 eEal distinguished gentlemen, and inc nlss.s '. Mayer Woodhih that he "shoald be sas,a,s.A :, Jumping into oae of the Bcoadway oma,huDes ss,. minutes found my friends and myself in inc n,s, s an excited crowd, in which could be heard ex Is,. hons o' horror and indignation evidently arising Iou something that bad JustoceuFred IIhen learned uuA gref and arrangement, that the military. wh,ch h.s been quietly ordered oas sso satSiaIn Mir MAereas . bad Bred several voiseys into the ero,rd kiIi,,, A wouading number of inoffensiye e;ttsen. stood at the corner, saw carried by TEN dead hI,.. and stil' larger number of wounded inel0dinr s poor woman, and several boys, This horrld aet must lave been the work of a fFepzied les,sr, i, coald not have been done deliberately. I h,Ii,~ allege that there was no pToyocaan eailinr for snck fatal interpretation. For the most par, inc rn,,.t was orderly and good humofed, and the vosys ae musketry were fired belote two handred of ths t.. thousand present could hear that they were .hrra, ened, oT eoaid get away from the firing. when ,h.v saw 1t resolved upon. aliege, further, sha, me whole stfair might have been prevented Evsc ,n Philadelphia, which has been remaFk able for rio,, when public places have been threatened hy an e, cited popuace, order given to close the,r as , tie case of kean and in the case of the Pennsylya- n's Hsh. We all recolleet how the Mayor of Phila deiphia closed the Chesnat street theatre few vsar ago. when riot was threatened iA eonsequeure o( .,. attempt tc play drama founded on the Msrrs, tragedy. The authorities may thus sometimes have iailed to save the property. bnt they always ayo,S exciting the people. Here frensied pu6Iie fs.ln, against Mir. Mecready was laughed at and excited oy the authorities aud fifteen of the upper crus aTistoeracy, oifensively vaunsing their adherence f.,
 law and order, called upon hum To ptVy in dsfanss ot thls feeling. n order 10 sustain the national char aeter. When the Mayer was called upon ta cIos. ina theatre, and admonished that bloodshed would fola,v unless he did what was obviously his duty. he TO fused peremp,orily, No public notice vas give, that the troops had been ordered out; to many inc hrst noce oi their presence was Le fatal fIiag ,o he eTo'ed, and to others the sign of an armed force being apon the grouad was hs buiiet thaf hurried tAem info efernify' Was there ever such ind,seYs ton as thlsl Was there ever such madness In England the military are always called out as a lasI resort; in the late Chartst disturbance there inc government was careful to make the civil power prominent. and to withhold "buckshot and hall, until all other means were Tesored to. hat in orla to gratiiy the offended pride of Rriiish actor, and To appease the nafed temper of soma of the porre- lain or better classes, the people were iaunted rdi culed, viihed, and abused and the resul, has heen that 10 graty this feeling the hear tthsones of msnv families have been made desolate aad the pron ol many household torn away. Old and youig-lhs lrisbman and the American--the woman and inc child have alike fallen victims to this shock kfnr ,n iatnation. Last evening, at the Astot House, young man while coayersing with bs companions was suddenly informed that his innocent young brother. attracted by tue common curiosity to he Astor Place excitement, had been shot tead never seen such picture of human agony ia my life
 II Is difficult to predict the consequences of this awful affair. 1 shodder as mach think upon wha, they may be, as do when reflect upon this cruel and inhuman waste of human life in the flee city Of flee country fearful responsibility rests some, where.