The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-07-22
The Riots In Kew York.

with the details of the late riots in New
York. Mayor Wood has lived too long.
He should have died two or three years
ago when he was winning golden opinions
by his promptness in executing the laws
and was esteemed the model Mayor. Now
he is forever disgraced. The late riot
was instigated by him. That brutal and
vicious rabble inhabiting the ssFive Points
and its vicinity, called the "Dcad Rab-
bits" through his influence made an at
tack on the Metropolitan Police. The
"Bowery BOYS" pickedsinto the GDead
Rabbits and general fight ensued.-'
Streets were barrieaaed, stones, bricks,
and other missiles hurled fromsthe tops of
houses and fire arms were used quite free
ly. The riot was at last quelled by the
military, but it does not seem that per-
mancnt quiet can be enjoyed while Wood
occupies the Mayors chair. The follow
ing from the New York P;cayuae, Will
give an idea Of the pleasant state Of the
City while the riot was in progress.
Everybody knows by this time that
there has been riot in the Sixth Ward,
and that number Of persons have been
killed and otherwise injured and damaged.
Everybody does not, however, know that
Mr.. Pic. had an enterprising reporter on
the spot, but when this fact is known
everybody win understand that the said
reporter could be none other than A.
Damphool, our own particular Damphool
kept at our own expense for idiotic emer-
gencies. Yes, Damphool .as there,
mounted on q cart to see the fun, until
he was persuaded to come down by gen
tie brick which hit him, not in the hat
which he wouldn't have minded-but in
the stomarch, and shut him up like ajack
knife. But he saw the trouble, and we
viii let him describe it in his own way,
merely softening down his ferocious hope
to see ethousand dead Irishmen,' for
we have no desire to'be set down as ultra
in our positions, and we think that five
hundred Irishman might have served the
purpose, if they had been judiciously and
artistically killed, with a careful eye to
the future well-being of the city.
Mr.. Pic You're black, no,
won't sayit.
You sent me to see the row-well, /
went, and very nice time | had of it.
1t was on the Five Points; there were
two crowds, the "Dead Rabbits and the
"Bowery Bops'-well, the 'Dead Rab-
bits were not dead enough to suit the
Bowery lads, SO they went to finish them
up. The RABBITS didn't seem to like be-
ing made any deader, SO they mustered
ali their life and made quite alively scene.
Their brickbat gymnastics were very
pleasant to behold, and the ground and
lofty tumbling which they INDUCED in
as they were knocked over by the fving
missiles, or succumbed to the persuasive
influence of musket balls, was an origi-
nally lively thing, greatly to be common
ded. g ~ $50
walked along through the crowd,
when an Irshman threw stone at m e.
Twas perfectly cool, and stepped into the
doorway to make a note of it.. While
there, an infIrated Irishwoman hit me
with a club, and about dozen of her big
brothers rushed at me. was perfectly
cool, and not at all frightened, but as that
locality was rather crowded | ran into
cellar to make note. 1e 9
In little while there was alull, and |,
having finished my writing for the time
stepped out again A "Dead Rabbit"
stepped out from behind brick pile and
fired at me with pistol. Finding he had
missed me, he rushed to me and seized
me by the collar, with demoniac yell
to his crowd that he had got a '..Bowery
Boy" and was 'going to kill the scoun-
drel" He didn't say scoundrel exactly,
| but something great deal worse. 9ad1
When saw the amiable fellow was
making hurried but efficient prepera-
tons to knock my head off. with a brick,
| Immediately began profuse laudation
of the Dead Rabbits, the Mulberry street
boys, and the Five Pointers generally,
and intermingled great number of en-
phatic remarks about the eyes, and the
hearts, and the souls, of the Bowery Boys
the METROPOLITAN Police and the Black Re-
publicans. / soon convinced my friend
with the brick that | was on his side, and
as he had some urgent business to attend
to in another quarter, in the shooting and
stabbing way, he left my. His friends
gathered round me, but Was perfectly
cool, and not bit frightened, although,
as found was trespassing on their val
liable time,. / left. a. bsg6 a
Pretty soon found was approaching
crowd of the Bowery Boys, who receiy-
ed me with salute of broken bottles and
/ paving-stones. / was not at all fright
ened, and stepped into an alley-way to
make note of my pleasant reception
The alley was full of Irishwomen, who
were loading guns. One sweet Milesian
lass fred at me with d ouble-barrelled
shotgun, and /, although not at all fright
ened found that it was too noisy just there
for me to write, so / went away. Then
the Brewery Boys made rush down to
wards where l was, and pretty soon l
found that was prisoner. One of them
made playful hits at me with club, in
tending to smash my jaw, but lodged.
They accused me of being Dead Rab-
bit, but used profane language to the eff
feet that hated the whole Rabbit tribe,
and that was Bowery Boy, and moth
ing else. l couldn't make my new friends
believe that was not an Irishman and a