The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-05-16

the English stage The evaporation OF the mob was
cation of Macreadys, In which, though he exculpated
himself he admitted that Forrest was Missed in Eng
land, because the american Notes" of Dickens had
been quizzed in the United States The logic Of the
mob WAS II Englishmen insult an American for what
his countrymen do, we will retaate by driving Ma
cready in turn from the stage for what his countrymen
did Finally placards, pasted on the walls, calling on
Americans to put down the British Opera House,"
gave thel last impetus to the rioters.
We blame both sides in this matter We censure
than those who declared he should not The for:
had the legal right their side; but If they had
been wise, would have waived It, Every observer, who
knew how easily national preudices are aroused fore
that this squabble between the two players and
their partsans pushed to extremites would lead to
arson If no. bloodshcd. 1t exasperates to think
only stroling actorsshould have the power the one
by playing on national prejudces, the other BY in
vokng the national honor to plunge great city into
riot and blood.
After the partsans OF Macready, however insisting
their legal rights had resolved having him play
the partzans Of Forrest or of America-we care not
which-had business ut the Opera House either in
let up idol. and worship it, though its feet
of clay the rest of the community had nothing to
do but to leave them alone to enjoy themselves in their
fashion. II Union Square choose to cry up
Nacready, it was why the Bowery should
Try him down. The men who determined to have
Macrcady play imprudent foolish wanting in for
bearance but they had the law on their side; and
the moment they announced their determination
insist their rights the other party ought to have
in their prejudces, they lose our sympathes as
well as our good opinion.
[From the Baltimore Sun, May 12.]
THE RIOT IN NEW YORK.
Our columns this morning contain a relation Of
most disastrous riot in New York which to have
originated in the personalities OF Messrs Forrest and
Macready, two well known actors
Two rival actors announced to appear at different
theatres it is notorious that there is personal ami
mostly existing between them. and party Of the rude
admirers Of one OF them undertake to assume the COM
mon despotism Of the mob and to determine that the
other shall not appear 10 Inc par. 10. nc
made and under the grossest treatment the actor Is
compelled to abandon the stage.
Ifpon the following morning. an unqualified declara-
ton is ventured by an influential press that Mr. For
rest nstgated the rioters aud provided them with the
means carrying out the purpose and sort Of card
of sympathy got up the her side to rcassure Mr.
Macrcndy and to encourage him to proceed with his
engagement The assertion with regard to Mr. Forrest
IL Withdrawn US totally unfonnded. under legal ntima
ton and the aspersion entirely removed but 1t has
introduced element against the rioters developed
on the part Of friends of Mr. Macready and the mob
ever ready for display of their brute emotions recog
mise the card challenge for trial OF strength Ac
cordingy on ihur.day n,gn rs %po.U maxe
for an emeue side the police are congregated
in great force and the military no doubt In readness
other there is a grand assemblnge of the mob. col
sion ensues general riot regns for season fire arms
are used and wounds and death finish the scene 1t Is
melancholy exhibition of popular frailty, and
indca that there principles yet to be taught
and practices yet to be learned
THE NEW YORK RIOTS
The recent atrocities in New York cannot fail to
elicit from every friend Of law and order throughout
the country, the strongest and most uncluvocal
demnation Originating in personal dislike to Mr. Ma
cready and attempt drive him from the stage for
causes wholly insignificant and with which the public
had nothing to do, the outrage find shadow,
even. of paliation Mr. Macready came among US, an
actor Of high reputation in the pursuit OF his profess
son daily pursuing theirs in England
He was an Englishman, but not the less man What
matered it to the great body of the American people,
~ dislike existed between himself and equally emf
nent actor of our own land There reason why
such dislike should embro the whole community, and
be made the cause OF outrage and violence Mr. Ma
creadyfor the light of genius and talent Is confined to
no one country--had proved himself eminently de-
serving our kindness and courtesy and TOR the most
mart he has received It, II he had done Mr.. Forrest
wrong-and we will not say that he had MOTT a
matter for Mr. Forrest to settlca matter indeed he
has claimed the ability to settle and chosen his own
way and his stat Of the affair have every where
been received With the consideration due to his emf
nent talents and undoubtcd worth There was, then,
no cause for the interference Of those who may profess
TO be his friends and, view the matter may,
cannot but regard the conduct OF these rioters as
mott wnnton unprovoked, and infamous outrage, not
only upon Mr.. Macrcady but upon the whole Amcri-
can community. and our national character
The OF life by this unfortunate occurrence is
greatly to be dtpored Nineteen lives according to
our have been sacrificed and the blood
of innocent and women has crimsoned the streets
of nm otherwise peaceful city that ex-
c,tc Universal drrsion and Contempt Mr. Forrest we
are glad to learn, has been wholly disconnected with
these outrages but we cannot MS his friends but ex-
that his voice and influence were not thrown
the current Of these outrnges ere the stream
had become swollen.
THE LATE Frost AND ITS EFFEcTs.-We have
en- some pains TO collect the several items of in
tegence contained in the country papers relating to
the extent and degree of the late very severe weather.
and its efft cts upon the growing crops.
The papers Of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama,
and Louisiana represent the frost to have
been very and to have done great injury to
vegetation generally. In South Caronn and Georgia
the early wheat is totally destroyed In the Cherokee
country Of Georgia where the wheat crop lisa source OF
great profit the generally had turned black the
effect of frost; and while it admitted that the
early wheat entirely ruined it was as generally be-
eyed that the late wheat would make little more than
seed In all the Southern States the crops have
suffered severely but the injury to this rope is not
rreparablc for it may be repanted and there full
time II to mature and yield an abundant harvest.
In the upland cotton region OF South Carolina, the
generally up and it IL represented to have
completely killed with scarcity OF seed to repant
From Georgia we have similar accounts From the
central part of that State, these accounts are very
gloomy Some Of the papers state, that the crops in
the arge portion Of the State thought to b. ruined
others qualify the extent Of the destruction by
stating that the crops very materially injured;
while others are still specific. and designate
half as the quantnm Of mischief In Southwestern
Georgia. fine cotton country az there is in the
world the paper published in that section OF the state
the cot ton OF tine plantations 10 be
greatly damaged that the owners were having their
fields poughcd up for replantng. while others were
denied that fororn hope OF crop by the want OF
seed In the lower part of the State the cotton which
was up universally killed
In Alabama. nj extreme OF tne StaIc IL cst
mated that of the cotton will have to be
planted while the other fourth hardly reliable
in South ALBANIA the p nters for the most part wers
blowing up their fields for the purpose Of rcplanting
severe drought of some weeks duration was also |
operating very seriously to the injury OF agriculture
Generally.
Mississippi has also suffered extensivey; severe
storms of eet and rain, with three four successiv,
sights of hard FROST destroying In some places ALL an
others, nearly all Of the cotton above ground-th
average estimate Of what s to be repanted Is from
half to three ourths There also notice scarcitf
Of seed, which is worth dollar per bushel, with
prospect of going up to five dollars
In louisiana the destruction although very consi-
derabc is not great infer from the various no
tees of the interior press in the States farther
ORTIZ The terms used In describing the ravagcs OF
the frost are moderate aud qualified The injury
Is to be considerable and are told that
in some instances whole fields have been nearly de-
stroyed while another paper tells that the frost was
supposed at first to have killed the entire cotton crop
but upon inspection it was found that there had not
been ms much damage done "a was apprehended. But
very little cotton the front and high lands was in
iurcd while all the low and wet lands was killed
his be planted over by all who have seed, which
appears to be n very scarce article.