The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1857-11-18
The Bread Riots at the North.

New York City is ut present the theatre.
OF an excitement which has scarcely n par
aiirI IN this or any other country. Hungry
m"bs, composed Of the thousands of op.ra.
tves who have been thrown out of empIov.
parade the streets in a hostile attitude -
dread or blood is their cry and they III, eat.
rn to drag the Mayor from his Office if he
does not comply with their demands, and 10
take possession Of the sub treasury. Or
ders Rlve been issued To Gen. Scott to con.
cehiratc all available forces for the protrc
non OF Government property. A despatch
to the States dated New York llth, says ::
"Thc eXciicmrnis and disorder arising out
Of the parade, public harangucs, &c. Of the
unemployed, have grown and extended with
alarming rapidity, hut thus FAR no overt act
has been committed. Yesterday the "hun
ger mob met in the Park IN large mum
bers, and it soon became evident that there
WIS great danger Of an immediate and fear.
tai "uIbnrst Of popular commo,ion. Mayor
Wood having, in n recent manifesto. de.
clarrd their right to employment and food
and promised them work IN response to
their demand for it from the city authori.
ties, they began TO insist with violence up
on havirg il at once.
The eNc'tablr portion Of those engaged
in tins demonstration are very poor and g
n"rant men. They naturally y supposed that
the Mayor had the power To fulfil his prom.
i-e of work and. fuding it not forthcom.
ing, they Yesterday began to denounce him
in threatening terms. Ominou. suggestions
of the pr"priety Of venting their indgna.
ton by nm attack upon the City Hall were
readily caught by the mob; and a large
special force of Policemen was found neces.
sary To protect il and the Mayors office.
The City Hall gates were closed. and n
strong body of police posted sv:i!, orders 10
admit nobody until he had specially stated
the purpose for which he desired admission;
and when permitted to enter, measures wrr.
taken 10 secure every mans retirement rs
soon rs his business WAS disposed Of.
The excitement speedily eate .ded itself
through the city, and much uneasiness was
felt as q consequence. The bread riots Of
twenty years ago were not forgotten, and
their exaggerated repetition was generally
feared; for the distress among the working
classes IL even greater now than then. Tn,
asSemblage in the Park, which rapidly in.
creased IN numbers, was addressed in very
iuhammatory speeches by several men who
deserve hanging for their vicious efforts to
light the flame Of insurrection.
Ominous hints, rs to the millions Of mon.
ey boarded away in our bank vaults and IN.
sub'ire"sury, were received with decided
demonstrations ofnpproval. Threats against
the sub-treasury Of more decided charae.
ter were soon passed about in the body of
the crowd until the danger became so i'm.
miLent, that Assistant Treasurer Cisco, and
Marshal Rynders deemsd it advisable to tel.
egraph to Washington for power tu employ
Federal troops to protect the Federal prop.
peay.
It's understood here Til, morning, that
orders weIe promptly Issued by the Presi.
dent, directing the con :en;ration at New
York. of the entire force Of marines sta.
TONED at Boston, Philadelphia and Wash.
iaet"o; AlsD, that Gu~sI sooe& bas boeu