The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-02-16
ACCOUNT OF OUR SECOND REPORTER.

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Of conflict remained hour or % In Jersey City, h
order to obtain such stray Intelligence might "
foated thithsr from Bergen. Never there more
benighted locality for getting such Information than thai
same Jersey City. All the stores restaurants &C.,
clcsed the gas lamps refused any light and Tho idea
coming across . policeman was necessarily infAtua-
ton. Our reporter sccocted individual entering a
private dwelling and requested him 10 imparl inorma-
ton CT the Whereabouts Of police station. The indl.
vdual had 1t not in his power to reply satisfactorily,
but referred him TO Q dim light In the distance
which subsequently proved 10 be basement groggery.
Some half dozen persons theye dscusspg
Bond street murder and the Bergen rots but any par
culaTs OF the latter they seemed unable to impar On
paurg for the Sheriff he discovered that tna; official
was at the scene Of conflict and that body who knew
anything Of the fraoss out there too. Finally q
youpg gentleman present kindly offered TO escort MIN
. certain captain OF = military company who enacted
mine hest" ~ . neishboripg liquor Establishment The
captain was 10 leave for Bergen with his oe mpany
at midnight, and in consideration Of the ser
vices he might render tic State st . future
period he presumed to be cognizan Of what bsd L.
ready ranSp'red. His intelligence amounted 70 ths
ton that body knew anything at all, and reporter
then sought The police station the other side OF the
town. Nobody knew anything there, too ard he began
to understand that any Information be Obtained
ibe soene OF the riot, or OF At all.
After trying ct severa livery stables to obtain wagon
without success, he ultimately effected bis object and In
the course OF twenty minutes arrived ss Bergen. He
Immediately entered the Court House. and on entering
The staircase found the principal hall turned quad
room, and held by the Rghwood Guard under command
Of Captain HATFIELD
The sceDe was peculiar citizen soidery lying about
benches and tables eating biscuit, cleaning arms drink
ing beer, playing cards &c. though old campagners
0n NH ha wn tef IN M lhopN po~s
kindly obtained him I'D itssnce 10 the jail which adoins
the Court House The warden, Mr.. Layton accompanied
him through the cells and informed him that
Iearly hundred rioters then In dursnce there
Of whom forty five had been brought in during the
day, and more were arriving almost every minute.
Bergen jsi s not very extensive, and the scoommods
ton was rather deficient. Hishmsn, whether Cork.
onians Cornaughters, or Others placed two and
three together In CELL and there numbers lying In
the passages Nearly all Of them fghtfuly confused
about the face, and most Of them bsndaged that
their countenances we're not dbcoverable. Scarcely
dozen OF them were awake, and the sound Of painful
snoring was peculiarly strange. Tho old prisoners
wait upon these new arrivals ten ding their wounds
epd bandas!ng their limbs; q hard time they
seemed to have OF It, There d.sagreeabie foe,id
tmell arising from these dirty rioters, which made
the atmosphere we'll nigh inuupporsbie, and the shera
wa seriously thinking OF having the entire lot well
wsshed In the bath before twenty four hours passed
over.
There . fresh breok ont towards 10 p. n. last
night 81 the back Of the Five Corners but posse OF the
Bshv cod Guard made onset upon the rioters cap
tursd four OF them Patro securing the country in
all directions, and arrests hourly made Ar Sheriff
Beatty will investigate the Affair this day.
ACCOUNT OF OUR THIRD REPORTER.
About six O'Clock Saturday evening o rio, CO M.
mSnced among the bish lsbore esgased the Bergen
New jersey, tunnel which, ct one time was Ii ought
would lead to general rising OF all their oounirymen In
,hs vicinity So great were alarm panic
military from Hoboken and Jersey C,y we're called out
and not until, they arrived at the Of ~ disturbance
wAs the riot quelled. They however remained on the
sreurd until yesterday arerpoon, when they dis
r,ssed. One regiment, however, was under arms last
night, In readiness should the difficulty be renewed
There were many reports current yesterday in regard
TO the humber Of persons killed. but far could
ASCERTAIN from the Jersey City police there bu,
five or ELK wounded, including woman, ana
serously injured that he rot expected 70 recover.
Some hrty Of the rIngIesden arrested and CON-
mit'ed 70 Bergen jail, 70 await an sxamlr aron.
During the melee several shansiea we're nred ana
burned which brought out the Jersey City nremeu and
many citizens. The riot queled about half pass 10
on Saturday evening There were from five 70 s,I hun.
drsd men engaged in the disturbance ., one time
ACCOUNT BY OUR JERSEY CITY REPORTER.
A terrible riot occurred on Saturday Nternoon and
continued yesterday, among the Irish labors employed
upon the tunro which Is being constructed through
Bergen H by the Long Dock Company, for the use OF
The New York and Erie Railroad Company Several per-
engaged In the riot severely injured and some
or III, m may be fatally hurt
II tsot pace between Connaugh, men ani Munster
men, between whom the well known old Trudss"
cIiss. There have been over 400 men eueHsed upou
this work by the eoptacsor, Mr.. Mallory Of Sswburs
and 10 sooesras the work recently sdded 70 his
force. Many Of tho new men happened so be Munster
men, or "Corkouaus," - they called, who joined
he hurs'er colony, whose shautes are mostly
on one "paicb," ~ II 10 called BY them. The
Connsuth, men occupied adjacent "pstcb With
iteir shshes, and IN erecting their shsaies the Munster
ueD transstssed upon territory claimed TO be In the
CopDsusht patch" saturday happened 10 be pay day
tps vi iskey wss sbundspt Tbe1 animosti.s reached
a vnlike pcirt ard they commenced hsbunr at about
one o'otck that day The number Of the comb stan
"ere rcrts,sd unt night no, ess than four hundred
men were engaged in tie nsht Gee hsf Of the men EN-.
poyed upon this work day hands the other half
nfht hsnes. II the night hands vho we're engaged
IN the riot. The ladders at ne shas were drawn up %
hs those engaged OF work could not leave until tho bal
tie ard danger we're over
Thcse erssssd In the melee we're armed mostly with
clubs snd stones, and Of ,he took thor
shckirfs and putting stones into them ufed them with
considerable effect Soon sisr csrk ,eur ,hs shsncs
Of the Ccnnaush FIRE. Sheriff Bsasy, Of
he cy or Hudseb, In which the iurnel r,usied sent
TO itrey. CITY ior bremen. PermssoE being given By
chld Ertnter French, tour Are companies with spps-
rsrs rer,red TO the .po, with all possible speed Lber
" Ersto company No. had one hundred ard nny men
upcn ber rorcs Arre1teh Engine Company No. went
W vi crowd Of two hundred and wsstinson Engine
CompsbT No. 4, aud Drgeni Hose Company No 3
-iih n'iy scdrional men sddei 70 their strength.
The srcr,ib OF the grsmeu vas thus about
eausl TO those engaged in ,be ARRAY Arriving
At TIE spot they formtd N line. No. 2 In front
and, led by A,ss'ap, Engineer Hsybeck they rusho
With their sprsrstus, and yeniBs eercsly TO the sccne
disturbance. Tie rioters alarmed took 10 their heels
The csueb, lust In the oct OF seupr are