Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-06-15

in quelling the recent election riots. The reader
cannot fail to observe that the Starts report of
these transactions is borne out to the letter by this
official statement:
MARINE BARRACKS,
WASHINGTON, June 2, 1857.
SIR In compliance with your order, received
about IL O'Clock on yesterday, Immediately COL
lected the available Marines at headquarters and
the Navy Yard, amounting in all to one hundred
privates. with due proportion Of non-commis-
stoned officers. This force divided into two
companies the first was commanded by Breyet
Major Zielin, the second by Captain Maddox,
with a subalterR to each company, Lieutenants
Henderson and Turner. After supplying nv COM
mand with ball cartridges, I loaded and proceed
I'd direct to the City Hall. On my arrival there
reported to the Mayor Of the city of W ashington
in obedience to an order from the Navy Depart
ment received by me, through YOU, to the effect
that was to obey such orders as the Mayor might
wish executed, with a view of clearing the polls
AT the different precincts of the municipal cleo
tion. then being held in the city of Washington
The Mayor forthwith proceeded to the first pre-
Cinct Of the Fourth Ward. accompanied by me
and my command. We soon arrived upon the
ground, and Immediately drew up my COM
mand in line In front of the precinct, which had
the effect to clear the precinct. The Mayor then
proceeded TO address the officers Of the election
and those around the precinct; but did not lis
ten to or hear his remarks. Immediately thereaf-
ter, and perhaps while the Mayor was vet delv-
eTlng his address, 4 committee, consisting of
two persons, came from the house with
Il message 10 me, to the effect that those in
a
would fire upon me IL ! did not Immediately
abandon my position in front Of the precinct
l replied then | will take your cannon, and
Straig htway proceeded with my command to the
market house.. Or arriving opposite to the can
non halted ms command, faced ii to the front
and with the first platoon Of the first company
with Major Zielen at its head, charged and took
possession OF the cannon. My purpose was to
take the cannon with little loss of life poss-
bic. Had fred before charging tbs loss Of life
would have been immense. The charge of bay
LnxIy frfa
10 disperse the rioters in every direction In
their flight, however, they did not forget to dis
charge their IevolveTs. Pistols were also freely
fired from behind the wooden enclosure at the
market house, which were returned by single
shots from the first platoon, still in charge Of the
cannon. About this time the marines in line
were fired upon by another gang of rioters from
the opposite corner of the street, dangerously
wOunding one man in the face belonging to the
hrst company, which caused the blood to spout
from his mouth and nOStTilS. This fire was re-
turned by portion Of the marines belonging to
the second company, commanded by Capt Mad
dOx. being still engaged in looking out for those
who had fed from the cannon and taken refuge
around and about the market house; but on hear
in- the report Of this fire from the second cOmpa-
nv faced about and he held several persons on the
opposite side of the street in the agonies Of DEATH
and many others to all appearance badly wounded.
1 Immediately ran down the line and ordered the
men TO cease firing, and not another shot was fired
by any one Of them. After reloading the dis
charged muskets | remained upon the ground
about thirty minutes and then, at the request of
the Mayor, marched my command to the City
Hall, where remained until the cars from Balti-
more came in in the afternoon. when 1, with nv
command, accompanied the Mayor to the railroad
depot, understanding from him that he expected
other rioters from Baltimore in the cars. In that
event the MayOr thought the depot would be the
best place to settle with them and in that opinion
4 entirely cOncurred. But none came. | remain
I'll at the depot until half-paSt O'Clock, and be-
Jag entirely satisfied that all was and would be
quiet for the night, ordered Lieutenant Hender-
son 10 the barracks IN command of the men, and
went home myself and retired to rest.
| am, very respectfully, II. B. TYLER,
Captain of Marines commanding
ARCHIBALD HENDERsON, Brevet Brigadier Gen.
eral and Commandant Of the Mari ne Corps.
The RIvER-The boys at the Long bridge
were out yesterday, fishing for sturgeon; they
took eleven-some Of them whOpping big 'uns-
which were sold at one dollar each. Mr. Chas
b. Church commenced. on Saturday last, getting
ready for the business of pile driving, which will
be entered upon to-day.
At Riley's wharf the schr Wren is receiving
soap iron, rags, old rope, and other old scraps
for the Philadelphia market.
At Magruder K Stones wharf Schr Constitu-
iOn is just in from the lower river with large
cargo OF wood for Messrs Nj. & >.
curious fight came of at the Eleventh street
wharf this morning, in which the principal ac-
TORS were long-shore fisherman, and Celtic
orange ve1deT. The fisherman wished to pur-
chase oranges, but insisted on trying them before
purchasing this the man OftrOpical fruits strong
qusnce, in which the fisherman did NOT trhip
The steamer Thomas Collyer is hauled mp at
her wharf to-day for slight repairs; she will be
On the regular trips again Tomorrow.
The Navy Yard Baptist Church Sabbath school
goes down TO the W bite House and Fort Wash
ington to-day on board the steamer George Wash
ington, Captain Corson. Her party numbers be-
tween three and four hundred persons and they
anticipate grand time.
Accounts from the lower river, brought up by
the Columbia this morning, hold out gloomy
prospects for the coming crops. In St Mary's
county, Nd, the fly, chinch- bug, and army
worm, heretofore almost unknown in that part of
the country, Is now numerous that one NAV
gather up in the fields, in few moments, bushels
Of this destroyer Equally unfavorable are the re-
ports from King and WestInOreland counties Va
some specimens Of the army worm were brough hit
Tp-the river this morning. II is the same worm
known in New England as the corn-worm, and
receives the name OF army worm in this part OF
lhr country from its habit OF moving in large
numbers, with great regularity. through the ex-
tSHsiye grain fields of the South where il is not
EASY 20 e1termindte them is done in the smaller
fields at the North by the use of wood ashes
The planters are taking into favorable considera-
ton the plan of cutting of the march of this de-
srOyeT by dividing their fields into strips of diff
ferent crops by which access to the worm could
be obtained.
At Piney Point the weather had been very warm
On Saturday last, at II IN, the mercury stood at
,, in the shade, and IT o'clock p. IN. at ST.
From Messrs. Morgan Reinhardt we have the
following arrivals at the western wharves: Sckr.
BarrOw C, Stevens master, 300 tons stone from
IeWett = island Tor MeSsES. Berry u NOLAN; Schr.
A III. TOlley, Mitchell master, $50 tons stone from
Port Deposit for T. :. Treasury Extension, and
ndgging for Parree; schr. Charles l.. Strong. -
master. from New York, cushions to Robert
Payne long boat, wood Tor Hoover.
4 COMPLICATED CASE -Yesterday number
Of persons met at the house of John Kelly. in the
Seventh Ward. and got into a warm discussion
relative TO certain laws Of Ireland and the size Of
certain States of the American Union The dis
pItants getting heated il determined to set
lie the matter by bet, and the of ten dollars
Wa accordingly staked on each side. But pre-
sently one Of the parties to tie bet Iepented and
d-HIaBded his money back, which was refused
wheIeupOn the backerdOwn, had his opponent
arrested for theft. At the trial this morning
John Newman. the accused, placed the mo-
REV in dispute in Justice Smiths hands to be
returned TO the owner. The Magistrate dis
missed Newman, there being no evidence Of theft
During the trial. IL leaked out that they had been
drinking az Kelly's. and one OF the witnesses
said he paid for the liquor. Upon this Justice
Smith lined John Kelly (the prosecutor in the
previous easel so and costs for selling liquor on
Sunday. Kelly not liking to be alone in this po-