New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-08-19

/ Officer selected ION tAC minority parry werh boil
! ,msc.; ,loo' tfon political influence. wsNe one se
.,ctcl frCm As maoris would d. su0ltcseI' 20 snca
| % iuen.c b, paPsol absurd A. io carY wv II ia
| O~pTrfu tsiiOu.
~ n Us shown o. tie cccas,On OF tse sHN
pl e rot Tat tie noTsRee, whose uame he ,>ces
.rf.rr,l o., the MAJOR ~ tbs BoAsJ, 3, .atisg -
ne o. ihs essential quaioc atoms 81 hiet o. ~
lc,-thNO sbilst, - lead AID ~ Me rosice iorc
with ia, ehc encY oi ~hch it II csssic, IA thesss
an af. Of me-, ani ti0u - the paSilc -rsee
ls knoMn the ~, outb-- Ak % 1hss not. ~
/ Hca-ay Iska.. near The C,sst Oi Dit lsseneycrs
! administration. The mpan1s ~iia sh.ch 1ac ro'ets
wc-~ permitted 10 commit sSis OF si"scDcs. 10 "
aiIc; prcrcr,, and en- 'angcf hio m The tc>sncc -
iNc Chcl OF loec ani has Ofccrs, ~s!aoai 1hs nht
rOsi3Qr 81; sch preventative ctofis A. oodta hssr
be,n s-S y made, wSs cause ot 1he so'cefass
caiamua's oo'Tas,e
H. roa Guc.cc OF the nc enc, The roilse -
Moad.y uiclt twas currently he syeJ D, tSc Ss~fs
tasi no ele~fusi resistance Would D. offered 10 1r
>ul cUtnt execution e. th,f psn> fmhofeaeS
~ TN, circumstance mob WAS orsaIlF III To tslseh.
bum and DESTROY VIE Asot Place Opsga House whde
ocCpicd o. 40 thou,sni people 90 me folio slng
THURSDAY The business OF preparing ~ meet ih> mo
vas hfst aii hStOr, Nsyor " oothuu ~ thc iAei -
Police. who then stated tAa. The pole, oIre Wa 10
SUftriDlf old hat a. Wc.lj De ncecsSsrYto cal. Zoe
the military and notwithstanding tins opinron OF the
q lci 81 Ponce he lad not taken ,hc prceaasoa -
arrest those Mo wefc kiown 10 have pafsr'pAscdis
tie rot ot MONDAY night nor those " 10 we Ia er
headers OF the uot planned tor Thursday night, nS.
uith>aDtlIc neatly ihTce DAYS lad .aictsNuet IRON
tht commence mcat oi the outbreak Indeed sp
psAf> tina PREPARATIONS LOT was most forum laie ftN
had been going iog wceA more previous ~ the
time when, n The opinion o the Chief OF Ponce, the
military was necessary 10 preserve the peace Vet
during > lnteI' al lie had made no efforts 20 pTcvees
>uppre,, tie rio m itS nciplcai measures though
wc.-duC,Ct efforts 10 th.> eil,ct would undoubtedly
have as oided the fatal coa>c4uc nccs which cnsaed
The concuc, 81 the Chici ~ Police on that a9t
disastrous night shows his gntine>> 90 command -
great tmcrgluclts. Manor Woodruff who bad but
ust entered on he duties Of hs Office. entrusted.
was proper he should, the management al TIE Police
under genera oguers Cuurelv o. the thici OF Police.
whose onS eNrcrencc ~ Wei - ms position Justly
dcyohcd ON him that responsibility.
No,withstancirg the Ponce was insufficient. snd
he opinion that military sofCc waS uccc>ssty ~
gwen by the thiet of foce. Cshose position "a
titled ms opinion on such point 10 be received a.
final authority and though ths opinlon wa coin'ti
81 "a ~ The VI ;isicral authorizes consulted On the
occsSoa, Mayor Woodruff Was nevertheless aversr
t. such action. and oni, gave conditional order ios
tine military 20 rendezvous at certain place, thetr
10 n. called on by IN, Chi,f OF Police n on tHd h.
should md the Police Insufficient posuve ortvS
were also gwen TO the Chst of Police to pro
coed 90 DE place ~ Danger w.ta all the Pohce
force be could command or such service. and Ia uss
an h, efforts to queil The not bit IA the event of h,s
iuIcc he4ug insufficient then 60 'ni LOT the military
How ild tie Chef ot Police m.ail ths order lie
repaired 20 The Aston place ofcu Hous' with bh
cne-Quatter OF the Police whuo ~ subsequent
nights when a ugeh less force was necessary, he
ordered To the scene double The number oi men In
siead of drawing circle arou nj the house, ana
placing policemen No such points N would best ens
Die them tO STAY the progress ~ The mob. and pro
loct tac house tho Chief of Police retired within the
thcatrr with tic EItJicr pant 81 hi, ioict ieaving
outs IT, comparatively but Few ri'u, most o whom
were subsequently driven m. the moo was the
st uuulSputcd and almost und sturbrj pos>s ,Nisa
or tie outside, nd Ter an hour az more battered the
walls and window of The building without resist
ance Thus VAS fulfilled the command - cKhauN
tine entire police M lortS 10 supp.r,thrIiots. NH
wlih,tandine the Chef ot Police Gems to'hasc carly
abandoned any earnest effort To use the police IN re-
Ssiancc - the mob, ne nevertheless failed 10 tiist
,hc orlc! 10 send lorthc military wien he should hnd
the police unayallng. aud hence The ihe moo had
uniispu.,d possession of the field lot IN hour o.
more during which time y gathered strength and
toldncss sufficient 20 lmpc Il L. mmca the military
on their arrival
The Ioronor's Jury which held an inquest over
those Who had alCu on tins occ. slpa gave sn then
verdict. (Which - ~ubloncd,l the opinion thai the
public force vs. sufficient 10 have guclled the lis
turbance.
,ur fhrir deaths i .hof ads aat the gnns b.
Hg nrsd by the military, by order OF the oN auhouue,
New York aud that the 'uihonttsNo,e lNsiinen uni~
the exsrrg circumstances IN ordering hs rarar' "a IRE
mon thc mob oad furftsr bshsfe fh iirge, Hr"'
sorf 70 or fte misfors n'0b' agie ~ " rusde
Your Commute co'n,i' WIN ms opinion ahi
believe that n The orders OF thc Mayor hal hcem
oh, I'd ana The whole atallab.. sir ngth ~ the 20
ice employed under competent leader. NE ,lam
ties Of ,hai bloody night might have been avoided
80 The nomiu,, whose name hss been present
81 io th's board hIs been guilty of neglect al duty
20 au IltatuslDi' eNtcn. The REGULATIONS ~ the
Dorarntni require that he should rsit the several
Statlou-hor,e> once 10 three months sisi report 10
their couoftou, ell Inlh,ss, sc. and al,O thal ne
should examine. quarterly. De books kept AT these
places vet u appears that there are stallion houses
which BE- has not slt,d once a N'af ih'n also mas
been great laNtS n such 70 General eniorc einen' OF
laws and ordinance a. is domanisd b' pubic con
.enionce and the preservation Of public order ~
the last two quarterly reports of The mel oi foi'e,
n Will be seen that during ne ~ months ending
March 81. lsJi ODly forty ~ complaints were male
bythc Police, for throwing garbage INTO NE streets,
while the number of anesis Tor his ohsnse does ~"
appear, although this ohonas. D. Law, ~ misde.
n6anor and iis frcque M Occurrence forms ssD'c'
of general ABSTRACTION. The total Aumber NJ ar
rest for the almost mineral violation oi corpora
ton Ordinances amounts i0lonf hundred ana niheV
one during these six months ma; rs about three pet
daV or ore arrest per week Tor sach ward. DuTins
the same period the total number of arrests lot hght
Inc ia he streets Was but Two hundred ana evenly
two thai u, less than two per lay. or aDouttfh PET
we,k The number Of arrest. Tor Aeepng disorder
Is houses was but hity-one inat Us, less tDan Two
uer week The num5os Il arrests fos gambling, but
fofty..Ix les than TWO pr woeN The number os
arrest. for ceiling query pOllfit, git 'l'''h rs
,han Two per month IN Tho hrst ~ these two Vnu.
terlv Reports. there are ref>fod ,e'en hundred ana
tiv houses selling liquor without License While nut
two arrests were made for tins o'i'nse fof ihr
second quarter eight hundred ard i0riy seven VA
licensed houses age reported, "'ale Dui one @He''
vas made .,
| d,.cuunat!ng AID lud sIOus enforcement 0i w.
ordinances Of 'hc tOrpOrtiDn' ana me pfeFa'eh. ao
! DANGEROUS oflerses Of street hgnlmg, committing
| personal violence AMI engaging II su'c'"s" -, "
| keepjug di,OrdsIly houses, " keeping OPEN uhi
| censed groggeses, the resort of prostitutes sasa
bonds and tho scs Of every d~SeT fon arc subeIes
| 10 eyis, 10 an alarming extent While th' mtefPos'
non of the Police under It's present hioi 10 ares.
he uroQIess d these growing oyils, 70. ~ W pro
| diicr tlt little effect These eglls, and sspe'iA
| .uferanrc q vast number II 10" ana dahseivp,,
! dens of noel eKIstlaR only misden stnofs, anu
no.t.nv the Iace Of the { ~ almost o'crb 1he'
ton are ur douDedly The cause 0i the hrent lPcfea'
of petty or 4.e. Of pIb,c Violence and tequent muI-
a.. f.fa. are - 2 - y
mo MN. % our CITIZENS These soc a. pcslbOnfs,
! tnese breeding. places OF every wos ard MANY,
whlch have been suffered - grow Is Sfen Floisu0,
! ~ nw Iterfhs administration Of ne present 'heI
~ Police are TIE fruitful causes o. she incfease pi
| crime o.,r that Vi population, ~fsb demans the
! tnteruo.lfion % = more active AZ ehcienl foAe'
| ..rrang e!nent .,.,,
mo Police - ;em Of Tins city. Asccd a. i should
| he uneer abler management y Undoubtedly capaDic