New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-06-05
.SIOT AND BLOODSHED IN BROOKLYN,
TIE MILITARY CALLED OUT.
GREAT EXCITEMENT.

tSsiSlc sSnc was crac,cd in Mse-st, between
~ .sess and the CsiAarne Ferry, last evening all ,ui
IA nsmher wcsc shot, and many were badly iojurcd
~ e,ets and sicncS
~ esase al this Yves the appearance Of procession
Al N.~NerA Native Americans aSeins, whom the IRISH
t.sea IN the Immediate noghherhVod had grndse IN
,r.0weree II the previous Sundays proceedings In"
ga, he cswsr VI all The disturbance.
A. ksA been announced ON Sunday evening o' n''
r>A. rrca,hcg u,sohei 10 ,he Primitive Me'h''"'
CNnk II riSrS appeared upon the lot On the corner
~ S.,A an, Atlantic sta =, The appointed imo and de-
K,D,ns t, .e,oon. It's name rs Joseph Folgcr' and
\, ~AA s>N,mrSnicd ard assisted IN tho cAer-
e..>a NV tho trustees and officers OF h| church,
s t,s VA. yst ~ the sennd 'erso q" 'h' heeh'h onap
A., - :, Lake This man rcccivcth sinncrs from
MA k srxee ths, Chrs, preached to MI kndso' peo-
~ n NJ sl nai6tGdcs NJ different faiths, such as were
As,,, Asr On this OCCASION. Previous to the sermon,
...,cr Vas nsic in which thc hope expressed that
- 49, ,cyc round sbou, Nigh, be made better instead
= 49,, hy coming therv. The services passed off Qui-
- NJ ..SressOn hcinS ovincod TO modest the preacher
A ssssxrh she proceedings.
~ rs.cSsOn fom New York arrived some time before
a. sssron commenced. They numbered probably about
,Aanrca o. wOr hrce abrAss. and marched and conn-
ssr-areAc vi Sud doNa Ataniie-s, awaiting The arrival
* As yVSsAcr when they oamo up aud stood until The
,,s,n " As over when they proceeded down Sm'h-s''
,,sN- she CsshSne Very in the same order ihst ihey
saRs,
r~,ra - oelck noon crowd began to assemble, and
49,, eelpcA il numbered over 5000 The Mayor, the
a., n Mike and the whole disposahle force under their
ssssrsrd we've present. By the exer;ions OF the Mayor,
Ne SIDEWALKS were KEEP; clear 81 that people could pass
r-rsaestc and not hike sSseVoss occasions be COM
Md n 80 around the distance of several blocks
as sA ii the Consequences Tie deserves great credit
~ he srs stand he took and the Promptncss eyineod in
seS;ns bis orders executed
During the afternoon there some slight disturb
.ss c the corner Of Smith and Atanc-sts, in which
r.sh<x og waite hats Knocked on, but no further
s.-.~e wns done. The offenders promptly arrested
&c Ncw-York procession on proceeding down toward
- fairy wee followed by large crowd They walked
: a, orderly and pesccsbe manner An occasional boot
a. sy erected them. and that was all until they reached
Nan sna Wsf,--sts. Here and streets leading thereto
a, iense crowd had congrcgaeG and as about half OF
=, p-ocessoa had passed Water st. general cry was
rsie lv the Irish, Hip. boys, hip "Now 60 in,'
Gene on boys" and with that came showers of stones
ss,ks sra trickbats which were leveled at the New
y,ke grand rush was now made, bat the line of the
,,,,.soa remained unbrokcn and marched to the ferry
- rs.e and entered with military precision
A. thsy we're assaulted they fred pistols at those who
sck 81 them and ii probable that about thirty shots
vs-c f-si. Severed shot; one boy who had part
o. his face taken of and who fell upon the pave
rn. apparently dead Some five or elk were shot and
ra; rsny more had their heads, arms and legs broken
viii elubs Pistols ass fred from house-ops ana
,.o,s fsl Ike hail in every direction The New-Yorkers
were within the gates and as they were beng pe'ed 'hey
f-ed number Of shots of the crowd without
One Of the ferry boats took off q load of the New
Yo-ker but the pilots Of the remaining boats seeing
hs, was going on would not enter the DOCK ou $1,000
OF during the continuance OF the riot They hnay en-
tered he alp and all those not arrested were permitted to
take their departure.
The relce had hard work They had to fight Ike Ii
rr No matter of what country and many OF them are
Ish .bev did their duty Inanfuly When one would at
tempt to ake man into custody he sure to be beaten
with clubs several badly hurt They also used
their olubs freely, and knocked down ali who resisted
them when they could do it,
The military upon the ground after The disturbance
had ceased They had been stationed at the Arnory our
ing the afternoon awaiting orders. The Mayor came win
them and az be walked down Man-st read the Riot Act
The Sheriff also appeared upon the scene OF acion ana
tie military were stationed to prevent any TURNER
outbreak The mob was cleared away and quiet was re-
stored This was about o'clock.
The Regiment on duty was the 4th, under Col JeSseC
Smith. and comprised the following Companies Franklin
Guard. Capt. Baldwin; National Guard, Capt. Sprague
Grensdiers. Capt Burnett Steuben Guard Capt. Sche2
per; Emmett Guard Capt. - Shields Guard, Capt
kcCarty; Capt Urbeens Company of Horse Guards was
also ordered out.
They were on guard during the night
The names Of some of those arrested and now IN cus'od
Are "a follows: James McDermot NJ. Mahon, John De-
voc Oliver Rice James Dougheriy, james l'rien, Ar
thur ONeal Patrick Mckinney Henry Breaslau' mos
Cain, Charles Murphy Thos. Henry Arch. Hanhn Der
nsrd Mcdonald John slade, Daniel McDermo't' mead
fractured Patrick Boyle, William McNamee' hugn
NcCloskey Francis Mack, Pat Larkins Michael Martini
Edward Lake james Canning, John Ennis, Thomas z-
GERALD Thomas Jackson james Cook, Michael fi'zsm'
mons and about twenty Others who are Locked up III 'e
cells Of the LIST and I'd District station'iiouses'
In the confusion that prevails it impossible to as
eeais # apv one. or how many were killed or wounded.
Two arc reported dead.