The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-12-08
From the Lenaon TInos, -. y.

Yesterday, as had been generally appre
hended throughout the week, Hyde Park wa:
again the rendezvous Of an immense concourst
Iof people, greater in number, perhaps than the
mob of the previous Sunday, though essential
lly Xfferent in character; but it is gratifying tc
be able to state that the day passed ogei
without the violence and outrage which re-
hected such deep disgrace on all parties con
icerned in the riot Of the preceding week and
that the measures taken BY the police to pre-,
vent the repetition ofs9eh ruffianly spectacle
and to maintain the public peace, were COM
pletely triumphant f.;Ff
Between two and O'Clock in the afternoon
the crow lbegaB to collect in the vicinity of the
clump oftrees midway between the Serpentine
and the Marble Arch their usual place Of meet
ing; but it was noticeable at first that a com
paratiyely small proportion Of them belpnsed
to the class appropriately called ''roHghs. hy
whom the public peace had been disturbed on
the ibyner occasion, the gieat. body of the as
semblage being made up Of vel dressed and
well behaved persons whose curiosity to ses
what was going on doubtless exceeded the
discretion which should have prompted them
to stay away. Before that time however, large
bodies Of the police force were in occupation
of the ground, and stationed in companies oi
about twenty men each at short intervals from
each other From twenty to thirty we'll
mounted police inspectors were also drawn np
in the immediate vicinity the patrols, pre-
senting IN the aggregate an exceedingly to--
midable army.
By and by the 'roughs' began to arrive in
greater force than they did in the first instance
and it vas not little amusing to note the
ehap-fallen ahG indier6us expression they as
sumed when, on reaching their accustomed
rallying point. they perceived the extensive
preparations that had been made for their re-
ception This<was ano degree lessened when
the police cavalry moved slowly from their
original position on the outskirts of the crowd
into its very midst, and, forming themselves
into a square with several companies of the
constables on foot stationed at that point dis
mounted and stood by their horses. Assuming
an attitude of armed neutrality, so to speak
they quietly awaited the frst attempt at a
breach of the peace. There wers at this time
no less than 700 to 800 police officers, mostly
selected for fhe occasion, posted IL companies
st all she salient points of the enclosure, be-
sides about / coo others kept in reserve at con
IYenient places in the neighborhood. :,
BY three o'clock the crowd had become very
dense. and it was difficult 70 predict what
course they would take, One thing was GER
tain-the 'troughs" were completely cove
They roamed about in little disappointed
groups. without object and without concert,
some of them, greatly disguised at the turn
which e-ents lad taken, souatted themselves
on the grass in two's and three's, and others
beguiled tie time by caressing the sleek horse
of the cavalry. The daywa exceedingly fine,
and the presence of several OF the Grenadier
Guards off duty, moving &bodt, added 3 touch
of the picturesque to the gathering:
At length an incident occurred to break the
monotony of things. An exceedingly tall man
well nigh seven feet IN height, strayed INTO
the thickast Of the crowd; accompanied by an