The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-05-21
OplnIens OF the Canadian Press, Of the As
tor Place Riot.

From the Quebec Chronicle, May 14J
Very wonderful it is indeed how quickly we perceive
the omngs Of others and how slowly discover
own faults, the ancients said, we carried
In satchel behind the faults OF others in another
yorI nress andsd in terms the most digniaed in Ian
guage the most prm. to the Vandalism which had
prompted and led to the destruction Of property In Mon
tres the destruction Of library OF archives and OF
public and private property worthy Of the Goths
would never, under any circumstances have been per-
petrated by enlightened and accomplished neigh
bors; and indeed had lowered uB very considerably in
the scale Of civilization The impression OF these chaste
sentiments on paper had scarcely met our view and
insulted our Understandings than we have an account
by telegraph Of riot in that very CITY, far SURPRISING
in its effects that for which have the whole been
the deepest injury but from the silly quarrel of
compshed actors-no public injury sustaned-no mis-
government-no complaint about either politics or bu
sness-no hunger; and yet u theatre Is attacked in
which there was one obn. xous person, and only one,
and he strangers an attempt made to fire the building
the windows broken, and ending with collision be-
tween bullets and brickbats until human
beings sent to their account. We should not have
alluded in this manner to deplorable an event had
not observed the pains taken by some of minis
teral contemporaries impress upon US the singular
vandalism of the PROCEEDINGS in Montreal. How it
and the boast Of q certain paper that such event
could not occur in New York. Man is everywhere the
same and mob is as insane in its passion as the indi
vidual is in his
From the Montreal Courier, May 1871
The New York papers, which arrived here yesterday
full Of the particulars Of the Opera House riot We
that under very trying and painful circumstances the
authorities both civil and military appear to have be-
hayed with great discretion and frmness The mill
tary companies not ordered to fire the rioters
until 1t evident that their intention to destroy
the Opera House. at that time crowded with persons
and until several of the officers and privates of the
troops had been severely wounded by stones and other
missiles 1t appears that twenty persons were
killed by the troops, who fired three voleys and that
amongst these, is always the case, there a
and several persons who had nothing to do with
the riot but simply looking This ought to be
caution to all persons to go home possible
when they see riot in progress pity any
who gets hurt when he is where he has business
to be besides that, every person who joins mob, be
it only from curiosity appears if he favoring the
proceedings Of that mob, and, to a certain degree,
makes it appear more formidable than it really is The
real actors in almost all riots but few in number.
About thirty three people were wounded, less
ed those of the troops by the missiles Of the
rioters.
The authorities here, who, told are wasting
the public money by organizing squad of Mounted
Police may take lesson from fact stated in all the
New York papers, and save the money and trouble
The volunteer cavalry troops employed totally
useless, the horses becoming unmanageable from the
effects of the showers of stones and the shouts of the
multitude and they speedily left the ground not ap
pearing again. Disciplined cavalry only act with
effect in such scenes these, more depending the
training of the horses than of the and unless
horses taken young and properly broken in
toned to stand all sorts of noises and sights they will
be than useless for they will only endanger the
necks Of their riders The first shower Of paving
will scatter Lafontaine's new cavalry like sheep.