The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-05-13

there will be no further negotiations with England
upon Central American affairs till the meeting Of
the next Congress, and that then, instead OF the
reconsideration of the treaty Of Dallas and Cla-
,endoD, we may anticipate the abro CATION Of the
old Clay ton-Bulwcr treaty and all its appen-
dages
TIE MAN IN THE CLAREr CoLoRED CoAr
TURNED UP AGAN-A long time ago, when
there was whig party in this city, one of its
leaders was called 1.-THE man in the claret colored
coat" He was quite as notorious, and after the
same fashion, rs the man that smokes in the ON
uibus, the man that smote Mr. Patterson, or the
man With the carpet bag His party stood up to
be knocked down for about twenty years and
then died Of negro-phObia. In the year Of
grace 1884, when Mr.. Gideon Lee was Mayor OF
New York, the whig party was young ami lusty.
Its headquarters were at Masonic Hail. in Broad
way, over against the Hospital The charter
election in that year was unusually exciting. 1t
was in the height of the bank yfitTore, and the
opposition 10 the administration Of Jackson was
exceedingly bitter The charter election com
menced on the S.h OF April and continued dur
ing three days The democratic nominee for the
Mayoralty WIS Mr.. Cornelius w. Lawrence, then
a member of Congress and an active partisan Of
the administration The opposition, led by the
Blunts, Redwood Fisher, Silas f Burrows and
the man with the claret colored coat, mad,
vigorous attempt to defeat Mr. Lawrence. they
made grand display at Masonic Hall, aud pa
raded in the streets o miniature frigate, called
the Constitution. Well, singular to say, on the
first day OF the election there was fight at the
Sixth ward poll in Cross street, and the friends
OF the man in the claret cOlored coat were "prc-
vented from exercising the dearest privilege of a
freeman, !" o. the mao in the ciaret cOIored coat
declared voting for Mayor to be- On the next
day the urwashed we're terrified BY tie appearance
Of the Mayor, the District Attorney and the Sheriff
OF the county at the polls, and there was no dis
turbence until the wing ftigate Constitution hove
IN sight In doubling cape on the Five Points
she received shower Of stones from the demo-
cracy, when she made oil sail for Masonic Hall
Here, also on the Lost day, serious riot occur
red-nine or ten persons were wounied-thc
Mayor at the head Of tho police was defeated
and Obliged TO call out the military, when the
mob dispersed. While this was going ON in
Broadway, the man in the claret coiored coat
and some Of his friends made dctour to Elm
street and captured the State Arsenal The
beeper Of the arsensi, General Arcularius, was
enjoying an snte-prsndal promenade in White
street, and tho garrison, consisting OF Mrs.
General, surrendered ct discretion. In the report
Of Arcularius TO the Assembly we arc told that
the man in the clcret colored coat e1dcavored to
bully Mira General In order 10 obtain the key of
the place where the arms were stored, claiming
that he the man in clsret--had been seat by tue
Mayor. The man in olaret likewise snubbe5 the
Alderman OF tine Sixth, Dennis Mccarthy by
name. Not obtaining the key the rioters car
ried The place by escaiadc, and the nan with
the elaret colored coat obtained I1uaket aud
bayonet, which he Gourished under Mes Gene
rails nose in an Offensive mauner. The rioters
then formed in military order, and the man In
claret assailed the Commisary General. The
riot VAS soon over, a. the Mayor arrived with tho
news that the siege Of Masonic Hall YVES raised
and that the city was quiet. In the re-
port Of the COmmissay General, the man
in the elaret colored coat Is distinctly
pointed out as the leader OF the rioters Tha
wings appointed committee, OF which n. b.
Blunt Was chairman, TO draw up a statement Of
the facts The ground taken in this statement
was that the man in tho clsret coloYed coat and
his cosdiutors were actuated by piou: desire to
preserve the peace Of the city, and seized the
Arsenal for The purpose Of preventing the Broad
way rioters from getting it. Tbxe is no doubt,
however, about the seizure.
Those days are over but the man ia claret
still livoe Masonic Hall II no morc-the wing
party no longer exists bat the MAJ in the
ol~et colored coat, though older, Is no better.
He Is eth endeavoring 10 seize s9metaing or
other 1t Is monomanis lie haa In con-
junction with Thurlow Weed sod the relics
Of bis gay young whisS who soyed
their wild osls In '3i. ATTEMPTED 10
seize the police establishment Of this CITY.
with the plumber annexed, amounting TO a saur
million or 30 per snDum Blu. the man In cIaret
u In blue. He Is troubled There Il An absurd
matter called la~ In the way row. as Il WAS In
'3f-somc stupid constitution or other made 10
bother politicians He Il also In terrible distress
for Superintendent Of Police Nobody viii
take the office. The rotund Mstsell eyes Il
through bis epectacles and will none Of Il An
other gentleman who has been District Attorney
and Judge, one who has nervous snxi,ty 10 hold
Office, gives Il up after q severe mental STRUGGLE
Nobody will touch Il We adviua Tho ,,,.,, =, AZ.