Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1849-05-16
lFrsn tAs Ns- Ysrt Tr,baas
Another Terrible kiel.
FIFTEEN PERSONS KILLED
TWENTY. FIVE WOUNDED.


We ere sesin called upea 10 ,.~srd on.
81 The mos sbsssful svenls ubich hs. eve,
d,sffsesd the hislofy Of ouf eiy The re,
II honasy niRht, Of which thsi Of lasi niRht
wAs bet cont austion. vss harmless N
eonPs'isea. We i've the psuiculsu In
NE order 81 their oco uFtsReS. and almost
entirely from our own peTsunsl observation
The Invitation eItenosd 70 Mr.. Mscrcsd,
BY number Of our mos, prominent citizens.
and be acceptance thereof called iouh
sooosd Effort on the part Of those who cfeai.
I'd The root on Mond.y night Early YES.
isrdsr morning Plscstds we're posted on
through the city. stating that the crew OF
The British steamer had threatened violence
10 ell who dared express their opinions At
the English Arsiocis,ic Opera House ' and
calling. on ell working men 10 stand by
iheif lAwi1l rights ln Consequence Of this
and similar threats a large body Of Police
~ss ordered To attend at The Opera House.
and 10 case this should not be sufic.ent To-
preserve order, the Seventh Regiment Col
DUryes, and two troops Of horse. (Capis
Nsrnum and Pauefson,) Of the Eighth Re.
eimeni, under C mmand Of Geo. Hall. and
the IiuEEas attached 10 Gen. Morrss bn.
ssde, wefe held IN readiness. They formed
~ ~ NkNlNat tfff Ni " hAGn " hh stationed IA
the PAX Hnd one IN Centre Market.
10 Antieips,,er Of rio, tho rush for ,ick
eta was very cteAt and before night. none
were 10 be had For some time before The
doors were opened, people bspan to collect
IN Asiof Place, and the Police took their
stations AT the doors and in The building
The crowd increased with every moment,
and whom we came upon the ground, at halt
pact seven, the square and street from Broad
way 10 the DOrery were nearly full. There
was such q Tremendous rush aboutthe dours
IN spite OF notice posted up stating that
the tickets we're all sold, that several Of the
enhances were obliged TO he closed The
Police used every eIsuion TO preserve order,
and succeeded IN preventing all attempts 10
force an entrance, Inside, the house was
hiled bvl not crow ded, and The amphiihea.
ire was no, more than ball full The rene.
raj appearance Of the audience was respect.
atle, and 1t vas hoped at frat that there
would be no serious attempt at disturbance
We noticed, however, that the windows had
been carefully BOARDED up and The doota
barrtcaded-the object Of which vas after.
wards made manifest
The hrsi two scenes passed over with a
Vocileious welcome 10 Mr.. Clarke as Nal.
colin The entrrnce OF Mr.. MscteAdy, "a The
ihird act, was the signal for a perfect storm
OF cheers, gToans and Kisses. The whole
sudie1ce rose, and the nine .tenths Oft who
we're friendly to MscTesdy cheered, waving
their hats and handkerchief. A large body
IN The psiquelte, with others IN the second
and amphithoatre hissod ana proaned with
equsl. zeal The tumuli lasted foi ten or NJ.
teen minutes, when an attempt was made to
restore oIder by board being bought upon
lhe Stage, upon which was written. The
friends Of Order will remain quiet" This
siienced oil but tie rioters, who continued
10 drown all sound OF what was said upon
The stage. Not word OF the first act could
be heard JOY any one in tho house The
Policemen present. did little or nothing, evil
IDENTITY waiting orders. Finally, in tho last
scene Of tho act, Mr.. Matsell, Chief Of Pc.
lice, made his appearance 10 the parquette,
and followed by number Of his aids, march
ed directly down the aisle to The leader OF
the disturbance, whom he Becured aher a
short but violent struggle. One by one tho
rioters were taken and carried out, the great
or part OF the audience apPlauding as they
disappeared.
Bohure the second act was over, something
OF the play could he heard, and 10 the paus.
es OF the shouts and yels, the orders Of the
Chief and his men In different parts OF the
house could be heard, as well as the wild
uprosr OF the mob without Mrs. Coleman
Pope, as Lady Macbeth, first procured lat.
tls silence, which ended, however, on Ne.
Maeresdyis re appearance The obnoxious
actor went through his part with Perlec, cell.
possession, and paid no regard to the iumult. !
oous scene before him As the parqueue
and gallery were cleared Of the noisest riot
the IA vNt thpt,F
and stones were hurled against the windows |
On tho AsloT Place side As one window
cracked after another, and pieces Of bricks |
and paving stones rstiled in on the terraces
nnd Hobbies, the confusion increased, ill the /
Opera House Tesembled a fortress beseiged /
by an Invading army rather than a place |
meant Tor the peaceful amusement OF a civil (
lzed community. Sometimes heavy stones
would dash In the boards which had been .
nailed up as protection, and a number oil po-
icemen were constantly employed In mailing
up and securing the defenses. The attack
was sometimes on one side and sometimes
on tho other but seemed 10 be most violent
on Eighth stses,, where there was a cont
anal Volley OF stones and other missiles The
retiring rooms were closed, and the lobbles
70 Faksd by the mob outside, that the only
'ale place were the boIes and psTquette A
''one. thrown through an upper window,
Knocked of some OF the ornaments Of the
'plendld chandelier
The fourth and fifth acts were given in
comparative quiet, so fat so the sudience
we're concerned, large number Of whom
assembled 10 the lobby, no egToss from the
'uilding being possible. A. these words OF
iscbeth
u ~lll not bs afraid 81 dssth and tane.
TIL BirnAm forest come 10 Da,inAno.'
In ahsmp' was made TO get up a lumull,
'0i failed. The phrase,
--- Oar castles ttrsngth
VIII laugh tisse 10 fcorn,T
vas also loudly spplauded
but IN spite Of the constant crashing and
hnmpsHg Of stones and the terrible wells Of
he crowd IA the street, the tragedy Roo truly
,Esgedy 90 May was played to an end
md tbs curtain fell MscIeady was Of course
JAILED oct and eheered, an was M Clarke
Chssrs were also given for the Police, and
Zoe msnJ other things which We Jid not hear
q the general Iumult.