The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-11-07

Prom The Philadelphia Bulletin, Nov. dl
About ha past ten O'Clock this morning Third street
below Chestnut, startled from IT, pr.pricty by the
appearance Of party of men and boys bearing banner
and carrying guns. The party Enthusiastically hi
herman and thoy the rough dresses OF laborcrs
Fiitt came fellow mounted upon huge shaggy horse
which looked az though he might have gone through al
sor Of hard service until be past doing duty
an oyster cart the very last employment Of broken down
and used w horscfcsh Like the famous steed strdder
by Petruehio when going "a ela hts -rewsh bride the
animal ~as hipI-d With an old notify saddle, the stir
rsl~ o no kindred besss possessed with the gandcrs
aud like to nose IN the clne troubled with lampiss
infected with the spayns, raied with the yclows past
cure II the hycs stark spoiled with the saggcrs bcgnawu
with the bots, swaycd IN the back and shoulder shoen
nc er legged before, and with half checked bit and
keep him from stumbling hath been often burst and
repaired with knots; one girth six times pieccd."
Immediately after the horscman came 4 man bearing a
white muslin banner stretched upon wooden frame aud
having upon II the following inscrlpton-
~ Will fRvrrcr
Upon the top of the tanner large loaf of bread WIS
stuck Seven men, each armed with old fowng piece
followed the banner, marching in single hlc.
II that the sclfstyicd Protectors of the Poor
marched up sixth street and along Chcstnn, 10 Third
Tore making their appearance IN front a the Bulletin
Office Chef Rugsics ordered Sergeant Carson anil a
party OF seven men to intercept the party and escort
them 70 the Central station Tt Protectors turned into
Walnut street from Third where they pounced upon,
and all were captured with the exception OF the solitary
horscman. who succeeded in making his escape The
reader must not understand however that the fact "
the leader being mounted enabled him 10 escape lie was
not fool enough TO acmpt getting OF with the spawned
beast he bcstrodc, so he got OF the animal and then got
on himself leaving his Buccphalus in the hands of Sergeant
Carsons party,
The Protectors" marched 10 the Central station
At Fath and Chestnut streets, followed by immense
crowd Old Woolcy sent 10 a neishboring stable;
the guns were stacked In the turnkcys room, and the
Protectors were placed in the cells of the Lookup ~
chew the cud VI reflection, and 10 think the termns
ton of their "inglorous FIRST csssy war They had
hearing before Alderman fnuc, this afterncon At
O'Clock
They gave the names of John ponFs~s John eaharer,
John Mclaughlin, John Reed wu nyland and Robert
1nylcr The prisoners stated that they BELONG In the
ncghborhood Uf Thirteenth and Federal streets Several
officers examined and testified 10 he facts of the
arrest.
rouglass, who acted spokesman Tor the party when
asked for tho for thus msbehavng himself aid he
not aware he bad misbehaved he had intention II
doing harm They had made up the demonstration among
themselves for pastme lie did not think there was any
thing IN the guns.
pusnoscd member Of the party said he thought there
was no harm IN taking gun and marching through the
streets with II.
Another Of the party had only carried the musketa
piece for who sked him 10 do so.
The Alderman read the party a lesson and sent them
hack 10 their ccffs for the present
Although the effect of this feeble nreai or Battle" de-
monstration would have been 10 create trouble by no
means certain that such the intention az the actors in
H. II was probably gotten up for "shne,r but such
shlndcs should be owned down drst for making light Of
a subject which should not be tritcd ~ aud secondly
because II permitted, they will almost nev aby lead 10
mischief