Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-07-10
THE RLOODY RIOTS IN NEW foRh'
lErum the New York Herald Jniy u

HE Bl.OOD1 hlOlciN
from the New York Herald J"'y'l
Bloody riots have been going on III 'mis '"S m"h
the past forty eight hours; me Sir,L', ward. be-.
Saturday Afternoon in the "Bluody olH'n nnau,,D,,
twean n van,, calling themselves Tie benu y
and the Bowery boys, in Bayat" So, 49, -
berry. Firearms were freely USED anu IT, IT, ,ms
killed, and twenty five or an" ,,.rs we're also serious
NIL ava in which u number OF PERSONS 'heiuu'"e "
nolic.mau. were badly injured. Las, evening u
ii.Lt was renewed in the Sixth whrd, wnen u 'ei''ne
took place between TWO 'a'.'ons' ""a ~ =
persons were shot, T many n OF s"G did a ali they could to
srnnra,. the riots, but they were totally Insufficient
N nro,ect themselves from tns iuryoi 'nc moo7'
and had il not been for the presence W ,he unu'aiym
the very heart of the rioters tr"hShoius ="
tm - ,, :, where IN. matter would have ended. a NUN.
n W. . :" 8 H,,;ceuen were seriously injured by the riot
in Rsyard street. Among the number, Officer jenkins,
,,ho - mn, expected to recover. Coroners ierry anu
Cnnn.ry we're active oil day yesterday III ih'e'Ii."-
,ing tbr occurrence. lnquests were coihhie"ceo upon
the bodies Of the dead, 5ut ittie o' ho 'e''ih'o"y vas
elected. n., "a q, ,h. first
Enlightenment of the row from Il reliable s'rrcr:-
Abuu, half pas: one O'Clock Oh tie hlorh,hS u o".
urdsv. some men attached to Il party oil Sixth Whla
,h;.v.s mud rowdie., styling themselves the l'saa
IIahh;, marry. Will. passing through the Bowery III
iha vic;ni,y vflhe )wery theatre attacked twoo Inc
u.tronolitan policelnen-One OF whom, named aura
ham Florentine, Of the Sixth precinct, He'd Tor sale'y VI
n the bar room at No. 40 Bowery, the head quarters
of the Howery boys. The door OF inc place was lml;
,nad;a,ely closed, when the Dead Rabbiis coinmenoeI
sioninp the Window, and forcing open the door. f'nu'
inp that they could not get ut The loliceinHn W ny
honse. they turned on officer Lord, Of the oSlh "alu,
who happened to be passing at the tlihe' "nonh ''oy
chasad INTO the coffee Gud cake saloon in the Daseliienl
" ~ "a; Rnrery. They then commenced an auack
IN ,his Mace also, smashing the lamps, wihuows anu
w. .,arv,hiny ihey could get az from the side Walk ui'
I'll forcibly driven oil by the party from lHe s"oo"' u
s,ated in Alderman Francis statement.
sr,rrMrsr OF TWO GENTLEMEN WHO sA" THE
. munIr AFFAIR FROM THE PIAZZA OF MOSS no.
ahnut five o'clock we first saw a number oil men
rrnnin,, from tn. Bowery down Bayard street. we
;mm,iia,.ly closed up the place and proceeded 10 the
n;azza on I}ayard street, where We saw two parties
!, nnnnict in Bayard street. The Bowery boys were
hetweeu Elizabeth street aud the Buwery in Bayard
stra.t. and the Dead Rabbit psriy were between Eilza.
hath and Mott streets 10 Bayard. AT times The Dead
Rabbit party would drive the Bowcry boys a short
distance up, AMI then HE Bowcry boys "ould saiy
and drive the Dead Rabbits back Ia the corner OF
street. The firing of stones, brlckbais, &c.,
from the Dead Rabbits was kept up with briskhess,
a number of woinen and children being bus1iy en-
gagged in gathering and breaking up stones, DrIckoats'
&c, i'm their aprons and handkerchiets, in the streets
and cs,ryiup them to those on the hOusetops to lire
dnwn ON tins crowd. We saw Il great many persons
ON the Dead Kabbi: side shot down by the l5owery
boys, while the Bowery bSys did not seem to oe al all
injured by the firing OF t!:s Iced kabolls. Inc
Bnwery bows first took up their position It a pile OF
Lr;cl:s in Bayard, between Mott aud Elizabeth streets,
from WITCH they were driven up Bayard beyond Eli
Eabeth stree,, ster q very hard fought battle, by the
Dead Rabbits. At ti.s position they hastily erected
a barricade, behind which t"ey took shelter curing
the rcmsinder OF the fight.
srs rrMEST or tx ALDERMhN CHARLES FRANCIS, %
THE TENTH WARD
! ,ivs ST ~ Rowery. The first | noticed Of the
fgbtiug was about Z o'clock on Saturday morning,
soun after ] had retired 10 rest. was awakened ny
the boys opposite, who were singing OUT ITO ih'
boys, 10 i,l" then got up and looked oYt OF my
rindoy, when | saw Il man, whom 1 afterwards
learned belonged to the Dead Rabbit party, trying to
get i;,,o No. 40 Bowe.y, the headquarters OF the
Buwery bay:. ] then saw . man iroin inslde Tue
door of No. ~ twi.iai was closed upl open ne door
and hit this man. Tbs crowd which followed Tue
Dead Rabbi: man then comtHD7red HTlng stones
hrickbats. Sc. 4. the doors and Windows ct the place,
r,osshiuys in doors and whole sasIes Of the ~.sf0gs,
br,ui.in. derenters, lumbie:s, sc. The second stoae
fred, w.sica ss n very large one, Knocked thn inah
who had been ~i;GerGing the door of No. ~ HAT on
the sidewalk. in;uriin1y Ian ,,gstty severely. lie was
taken ND aud carried of u r. friends. This was
by n voliay Of stones iron. tita gang oil
Dead Rsbbiis thrown towards the dsori tLe I'm
dow. Of No. 10. The crowd, nttar satisfying them.
sslv.a u;,;, :-inp stones and brickbats At No. ~, and
du.n. al! the dat.s.e ;hry could, next proceeded 10
the SD. walk opposite II roff=s and cake saloon IN
;te b.sa,asnt of 70. SO Evvcsy. - which there ny
20 be g numtc: Of the Eowely Toys. Ting
place The. pT:c=eG=1 10 attack With s!0c-a ghI G:lt,-'
bats. Lat w.r. 900. rut to flight By several OF the iii
mas oi ths saloon. VIC ran out with tumblers.
giess.s. S:, with whiGi! they Al turn attacked and
pu, 10 dixi.. the party oi Dead hatSiG. The crowd
then retir-a 10 ..s sidewalk opposite Noss' actel,
corner o. Eayard stsesi aD4 the Bowery, where they
again halted aid fred STONES - i.s party Ut Bowery
b0ys, VIXEN one nf Ike leaders OF tte JsGd RGoOls
told them 10 stop firing, which tGty CID.
One OF The party, who appeared sa to a leader, tLa;o
gent back from tho corner of Bayard sifsnt to h".
~ LoY.ry again, with d very large stone, whici ne
threw tito the bHrroon, followed by q number OF his
p.r:y. Ihsy u.Ca retired again 10 the corner OF Bay.
rtree,. They lGa Eo SOONER accomplished This
than q party vi boys rls!cd cat OF the coffee and
cake saloon again, and, tosc.ha: .tili what few there
in No. ~ Bowery, probably 20. cEar seven or
eipht, MI told, cried out, "rGo at item" &c u jHeE'!"
the alarm was given !hsre were not over
sight or ten Of The Bowery party together, all tod;
bat in l.aa than i've minutcs the street appeGfed TO be
.ilel with them. They came together as II by mhSid
frol: al directions, aud soon numbered ssvernl hun.
ir.d, rsany y? them coming from tho direction
Walker Stree Altar collecting this iufce.
the B,wery party gave ciia@s T.. the Dend Rnbit par.
y, who had taken up their ~gusrters O" the corner ol
street. Tins party Seeing tie !caii;=nyrea OF
their opponents. and finding themselves greatly X g
minority, rapidly Disappeared AROUND ia. corner 9l
the Bowery, and made good their escape by seeking
in the various Residences i'll Bayard. Mott
Mulberry streets. so that the Bowery boys, alter look
iug in vain for their opponen;s around Elizabeth,
lott cuL Mulberry streets, soon returned to No. NJ
BoSsty th:Gu.h Canal street. and remained standing
around in knots CT Litiea Snd hundreds caiivasslng
the probabilities for 8nt nGatrsi . general row: lhey
all appeared, however, to be TFecy CERTAIN tnat the
Dead RABBITS had only tnEen Temporary 2..e'!er tor
the purpose of preparing u more systematic sLG &C.
attack on them at no distant hour, and nc.
held themselves III rohdinsas. After wait
for Il return Of their assailnuis, Il numbsr Of their
.k,, ~ uln 9th tIr..nIf nV,t,nf thA.u uarI In hrfnr
IL rt1Dnnoitre, bur saw or heard nothing.
About three o'clock, seeing that there was no like
o! anotter fight, The Bowery boys lett the
place and Dispersed IL varinns ways.
Shortly after half pa2t :lree O'Clock, however, the
Dead Rabbits returned With /. iurge reinforcement Of
men we'll armed with pistols, Eni2es, bricks and
stones, haliooinG, hooling. end appsrcniiJ siriving
hard 10 get up Il fight; but as there vas Az Ine
TO take hand with them, they were Obliged to
Yithout being gretiiied, further than by throw
iny i few stones II. the Sladt Theatre, No31} Bow.
cry, out of revenge. That was the last heard ui
tl.m on Saturday lGC:ning-
1t WIS reported at daylight that the Dead Rabbits
To make an iuGisarimis ale attack during the
on Saturday, on No. 80 Bowe.y and 10 destroy
building, together with all the oiIcr houses IN
tue Bowery that they could. witlIou, making en- dis
rrimiHstiuu whatever. This, gs may we'll be- sup
posed, cteeted an Immense excitement throughout
Ils Buwery. I!d the boys at once commenced pre-
themselves Tor n vigorous defence. They ne.
Iected Il place OF rendezvous in the immediate vicini-
of No. 10, collected Il large number Of pistols, re
yolYers and amnuGitioC t~oEet!l2r: which We're freely
furnished by keepers ot stores AID business mon in
the neighlborhuod. In addition to this. tie Buwery
party kept squads o. meu or scouting parties tn. uugh
the ward al day III order To watch and keep them
up with reiu.ruca 10 the movements Of the
evening. Everything, however, up to live o'clock
WAS peaccable.
THE ROW is THE EsEaIX3.
About five O'Clock word was sent 10 -. Whit
street, for a reinforcement ofErn To aid in supprrssirg
q riot in the Seventh Ward. Deputy Superintendent
who WAS then in command Of rs, White |
street, Immediately dispatched Sergeant Brewer with
Ward police. Instead. however, of going through
street. the man were led through White street
10 Orange, aud Orange 20 l5ayard street. No sooner
they entered this street when word was circula
ted among the Dead Rabbit party. who mostly con.
sresated in Elizabeth. Mott Sud Mulberry streets, in