Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-05-15
THE RICHMOND ENQUIRER.

foEu cam Non, NOR noise excep! the deadly re-
,ort Of the musSets. ,,o,ns OF
"a a G his ho,rd sound had ceased, gIoup. "
,eonle came along, hearing away me nou s,opd
he dead and dying. The excitement. VI 'n nns mi.
nss ,rrr;hle. We heard nothing ou' cue W.
,rrsal expression oi vengeance ano ao .sa, mns,
What adds 70 hi. tragic occurrence - tas ar
4 ,hr.r wbo were Killed were innocent .. en
;c,nalion in HE riot. An old man, W"n'1s
ne car, in The Bowefy, was instantly sno' hal
a l;ule how eigh, yeafs old was killed oy . 10"
=, n. corner III Lafayelie-place, ana d W." no
.;,,;n, in her own room al the coihIa y.
Rowery. was sho, in the side. o',ne " ;n,o
dies were carried into Vau1nai,c o'" t,osni,al
JoneS's Halel, and oilers TO lhe O.5 n,arr
and Ward Station House; ~ Tue ~ h.,Ii.,d "a.
we saw dead man sTe',neu -. ~ wr;,binp
BILE. and another with ball ~ M ''p
in great agony. s i ,be streets and in
CO., -, tvan,t all some Of which were ador s'ea
NJ sns.te,s calling them 10 revenge me DEAN :,
~ ,a;n The ,frcps Tor time an'icipa'e'
~. ar,,tsr .,ack in consequence OF this, bu up ~
10 hnnr II ooine 10 press all has been quie'
Eron The .Ntp York Tribune, May u
MOVEMENTS OF THE MlLilhkf'
W. have procured, from the mosl au'nen'e
son,c,s The following statement oil Inc Ih.se
manIs NJ me lroops. Tn. 7h Reg linen! oil VA
,iona Guards, and three troops OF nuis.i -
s,at,oned al Centre Mafke, AT an early houi -
ihe evening Toward 9 O'clock several iiesSen'
GERS came down from the Chief OF foi'9e, le'
oueslins their immediate presence IN hs'o5 '"s
rhey marched up Broadway, nhuer 80.
Halls command, 10 As,or Place, Unl.n "a
eensely crowded with people Ihey ~. 3 "w.
with some difficulty passed through 10 u.
crv nehrd with stones so violently that tne nien
,rs5a ordered 10 load. Fifteen hundred rounds Of
hall cartridge had been previously served ou' W
he mcn 'rhe troops were saIuled win Sroans,
misses and insults of all kinds as lhey passeu
round The square into Eighth street. lhey
cleared mat street The whole length OF inc oPeia
House. during which member oil soldiers Ne'e
knocked down by stones. One OF 'neu' ""s
struck in the back with slone anu 50 sese'e.
injured that he was carried into the mouse y
The troops then formed in two lines, ioui
deem facing toward Broadway aud The 6oWeiy
| and marching in opposite directions clearer 'ne
whole street, which they delivered 10 inc Care y
he Police. The companies in Broadway 'het
passed again into AsioJ-place, but on acco"n
/ OF the dense crowd were Obliged % nle dl"hs ~,
sidewalk When they reached tne ceh'ls =, W.
! Opera House they formed tour deep, anu iole. .
heir way about two-hirds across 'he euse'
when they we're assailed with showers oil paYlh'
stones. A very large number ol men
,,nacLed dowp and carried by the Police into In
nnsIa Hon.e and other places. The mill AIRY
wr are rold did all they could 10 alIay The eac'e
mem. buI were pressed so close that ihey cou'
| M, defend themselves Then they fell back az
ON The sidewalk, hailed and formed again !
line Gen. Hall vas struck on The right an
and in Inc back with stones, SO thai ne was
mosr disabled. Al this moment snu. nrea lioi
me cowd struck him on The cheek. zen. oai
lord was knocked down and very severely ihJu
ed. and several Of the men were slfuek on ~
head nv stones that rebounded iIom me nous
The ha yone, OF one muskel was broken on, an
The lock Of another smashed nal.
sheriff Weseryet and Recorder Iallmade
,ben gave the order 10 FIRE, but aleTWaid Teques
ed the lroops 10 wait till they had exposluia'e
with me crowd. fhey were, however, receive
win hoo,iaes and blows, and returned. Inc
der was then given second ana 'niiu t'i'e
fire, and The troops were finally ordered 10 IL
INTO The air. Many Of The balls look enect
| the blank wall Of Lapgton's Mansion, ana We
!, found 10 The street, in the morning, couip'e'e
lauened.
. The mob seemed the more exaspe!aled
mi. and RECOMMENDED the attack. The lroo
were then ordered TO FIRE as low as possible, ~
in the universal noise and lumul that pIevalie
this order was, probably, no, strictly followed.
They loaded and fired several volleys IN sncce
sion. all in the direction OF The bowery, Whi
, had the effect OF clearing The whole space, e
cent small crowd al The end OF the Ope
House. During This time General Sanford vs.
fred al three times successfully by man WI
: a revolver. We understand, also, mat Cap'a
!, Sbumvay was wounded in The leg oy ball.
There was short pause, alter which !
! sones came from tie crowd al The end Of I
: house, and that opposite across Lafayette fia'
oA up assSss e AsoI p n% H. iae
halt across The square. This was he las voll
/ fired, rs the crowd gradually dispersed Io 1
{ meantime The company OF horse-ar,iIlery, know
as YaIes's Bauery, had been ordered up, and S
veral field pieces, loaded with Canister, we
placed in front OF The house. There was no I
turn Of The mob, although bodies OF people inee
ed about The vicinity for some time.
: The whole number Of troops engaged abo
the Opera House was about 300, between 40 al
50 OF whom were injured BY The missiles throw
, BY the crowd-some OF Them severely. II
companies OF cavalry could do norhne II
! peorie surrounded Them, goaded their horse
! and Knocked some OF hem 10 the ground. Tt
number OF persons in The crowd must ha,
amounted to IL or IS 600. Tic troops RENAME
onthe ground til5 O'clock in The morning, whe
they we're ordered to relie