New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-06
THE nowrRY BOYS STORY.

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| frIed in msny particulars:
| On Saturday morning, about O'Clock, two police
men, one OF them named FlOren;ine, were pursued up
Bsyar6 street by large aowd OF The Mulberry street
row dica, who peied Lem with stones aud fired shots
! at them The policemen took refuge in the porter.
house No. 40 Bowsry. At that time there were only
| a few SLEEPY BOYS in tie barroom, and when the
saiau.s rushed in they began 10 break everything in
The rlace TIE boys aped ont of the back door and
through the windows for their lives aud one of the
policemen escaped TO McCuskcJ's coffee and cake
saloon near by while the other got into the street,
and ,etreated dischargng his revolver at the ruans
| a. he went. The Dead Rabbits, a. the Mulberry
street fellows ore called broke in the windows Of No.
40 with brick buts and Quilted the place. They then
went 10 the coffee and cake saloon already mentioned,
| and beat the policeman broke the mirrors and de-
stroy ed all they could out Of pure mischief, having
done which they Ietcated with three cheers for Fer.
paIdy Wud," and three groans for the Matropoli-
taps' One Of the Bowery Boys, named Bartlett who
went to induce them TO stop, was struck in the head
with big brick bat and fell senseess lie resided in
Chryste street, where he was subsequently, taken.
Soon after this squad Of policemen from the east side
of the Bowery arrived and drove them of.
About three hours subsequent to this attack, the
Rabbits came in strong ore from the lower part of the
Ward up Baysrd street. armed with stones, clubs and
pistols, and shouting "Three cheers for Fernando
Wood and groans for the Metropolitans. The
Bowery BOYS, however, met them at the top of Bay
ard street, and drove them back TO their dens
Nothing further transpired until the afternoon Of
Saturday. About O'Clock, squad of Metropolitan
Policemen were coming up Bayard street, en- their way
to their posts in the Seventh Ward, when they were
hiss ed and hoOted by the mob. few brickbats were
tblown ard the police then set upon the mob, driving
it before them. 1t is said that content with dispensing
it. they reformed Into line, and were marching of to
duty hen the Mulberry street fellows, supposng they
were retreatipg, set upon them with fresh violence,
and drove them up Bayard street and into the
Bowery. Now, the Dead Rabbits were on forbidden
ground, the Bowery Boys claiming exclusive control
ever that part of the Ward. &c. when the police
called upon all good citizens assist them in aresng
the rioters, the Boys rushed in. For a while, the
scene was as lively could be wished for. On each
side pistols we're fired and brick bats thrown inces.
sentiy.
The Nulbery-street ruffians piled carts, wagons,
barrels ard lumber into baIrcade in Mulberry street
at its junction with Bayard. The Bowery Boys fol-
lowed their example by dragging the old hose carriages
from the corporation yard and piling them up with
lun ber carts and other stuff which formed substan-
tal baicade across Bayard stree! below its junction
With Elizabeth. Thus pitted against each other the
bellgerents peIed away at one another in savage
style. In Mulberry street the Rabbits were furious
for goirg down to White street to burn the head
quarters Of the Commissioners and the Metropolitan
Stations. But a reinforcement of policemen in the
shape of q sqad of SO deferred them from
this purpose. The firing however, continued,
the shots taking effect on each side. The
men and women got on the houses and rained
brick bats down upon the Police, and fred at them
with pistols and muskets. The women came out
and filled their aprons with stones ard brckbats,
etreated to the roofs of their houses whence they
discharged them upon the Police. The Metropoitans
fought bravely, but they owe some portion OF their
success to the Bowery Boys. number of the not.
ers were arrested by the Police and lodged in the
Tombs but it did Lot seem to stop the fight. The
women Baxter street would load pistols and muskets
and send their little boys out to fire them off, knowing
| that anybody would be ashamed to shoot at them
| One old man supposed to be the person lying
dead at the Wbite-street Station, pulling
bricks from his chimney and throwing them
down, when a ball struck him and he fell from
the roof to the ground, dead. At length, to use
the classic phrase of our informants, "The Dead
Rabbits came to the conclusion that they had
rsunch full and they might as well block" They
Bowcry barrcade to ask for cessation Of hostiltes
This being agreed to, both parties withdrew and the
| Police removed the barbados. From that time
| about 7, or o'cock-the riot ceased.
THE SLAIN.
| OF the two men whose bodies brought to
White street only one was identified. This was
| man named j. j. Bernard. He was Frenchman and
had been at work since about the 9th Of June for
barber at No. 80 Whitehall street. Although his late
employer asserts that he to all appearances a
quiet and intensive person. he was nevertheless, dis
til city identified by number Of reliable witnesses as
having been one Of the rpgleaders in the riot on the
| eide Of the Fve-Fonters or the dead Rabbit
| party Officer Peter Anderson Of the Metro
| poitan force saw Bernard the top OF
bIick-pile throwing bricks at the police, and
| making himself all active leader. He threw
a brick at Anderson, which struck him in the
back and caused severe confusion; Immediately after
ward Bernard fell dead, being pierced through the
breast by bullet which instantly deprived him OF
life lie died with his hands tightly cenched, as ii ct
the fatal moment in the very act of inHcting blow.
He was man about As years Of age, and was COM
paratively stranger in the CITY, having been here
but few weeks-he resided in Bayard street and his
particpancy in tie bitterpartisan feeling which seemed
to Influence the whole Of the population Of that local.
ity, was the cause of his sudden death.
The other person whose corpse was taken to the
Metropolitan Headquarters, was apparently that OF
an Italian boy not than nineteen or twenty years
CID He has OF been identified by name, although he
i, known TO have resided in Bayard or Mulberry
street. No one has yet baea found who can positively
- ,ba. he wss in apv way ensa <ed in the rOtOus