The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-06-04

washington Hiet-lncidents, &c
The Washington Star, Of Tuesday evening IN
review Of the riot Of the previous day. mention,
. number of incidents, from which we select The
following:
some si1ty or seventy yards above the Marines.
and opposite the market house, cannon was bsni
while delegation OF their number was sent to IN
FORM tho commanding ofiser That unless the Ma.
nses .0 were insantly Withdrawn the piece would be
s.ivlng this threatening message Immediately gave
he ordef 70 move towards the gun, and when the
nsot OF the line was nearly opposite it, General
1eoasisoa deioe'etely went up to tbs piece and
placed his body against the muzzls, there bv prn
venting 1t from being aimed at the Marnes lust at
the moment when IL was about to be dfscharaea -
The General was dressed in citizens dress and srmsd
with nothing more deadly than Q cotton umbrella -
He addressed the rioters, sayias, men, you had
Marines" He informed the crowd that the suns
were loaded with ball cartridge, and warned them
repeatedly to desist All the officers repeatedIy
armed the citizsns to 60 away from the spot.
The General. finding that the piece would be fred
unless captured, instantly crossed Cspt Ty-
Ter aud gave the ordsr for ten or fifteen of the Ma
rues to take It, During this time number OF pistol
shots were fred at General Henderson, sone of the
parties standing within few feet of him whom fir
ing One platoon of the Marines brought their
to the trai without cooking, and chsI ged the
piece Those in charge of the piece instsnt
ly retrested and dozen more revolvers were dis
charged at the platoon VINO laid hold OF tbs gun and
to recover the piece, when Lieut. Hsnde' up
and hauled 1t asross the street TO the rear OF the Ma
rines
msn ran up to the General within two feet of his
person, aud was out to discharge his revolver when
Marine with his musket struck his arm, causing the
weapon TO fall at the same time the Gen3al seized
the villain and marched him off to ths Mayor, into
whose hands he placed him. The pistol fhots now
rat,led around like hailstones and the Cfoers had
great difficulty In restraining their men from return
ing the FIRE. Gen. Henderson and all the officers
were constantly sdmorishing the not to fire un-
I'll the command was given. but a shot coming from
the crowd ssruck Marine in this cheek infictns a
drsadfal wouod and several more being hit with
balls and brckbats the soldiers could stand long
er; they poured in answering fire which was stop.
ped as soon a. possible BY the officers.
A large party OF the "Plugs had started yesterday
afternoon from Baltimore reinforce their friends
in this city but were notified by their compatrots
that they would be called upon to fsht Govern mont
poned their visit till more convent MT season got
out quietly at Locust Point station three mics from
Baltimore. and waksd back to that city
With the departure of our unwecomed visitors
quiet was restored and maintained throughout the
night
In the course of the day gang OF the rioters went
arms The young man refused of eour,e, and they
began to act outrageously. The lad immedst sly
took revolver and informed them that if of the
party remained two minutes longer. he would shoot
him. The rowdies took the hint and snesked out.
The National Intelligencer, of yesterday, says:
The grave events of Monday still weigh upon
the public mind of our city, and no intelligence
equals n interest recitals of circumstances concern
ing it. Every hour almost discioses some new
fact or throws some new light upon its secret
history There seems to be no reason to doubt
that the "Plug Ugly" bands were imported by pri.
or engagement from Baltimore and that their fare
between the two cities was paid by persons here;
for how could any bcdy who on scrutinizing the
materials of those bands as they patrolled our
streets for . moment suppose that they themselves
L>,ra A.
dant on the journey? 1t ia obvious that, whatever
was their will to come, they had not the means
If absolute proof of this were required it will be
found in the fact that their eating provided for
them in mass; why andfor what service to be rem.
dered it will be for their introducers to explain.
We regret to have to add to our list of dead and
wounded, whilst it is some relief to be able to
transfer names of persons reported dead on Mon.
day night who are yet living and give more or
less hope of ultimate recovery.
A young German, named Christian Lendig, die
late Monday night; another young man, of about
1S named McElfresh, is also dead; young Fentop,
about l6 years of age, expired yesterday morning;
MIR EbeneZer Hughes is not dead, and though Sc.
verely wounded, is supposed to be doing well. In
his and several of the other cases, hswever the
critical period has not yet arrived Charles Pestele
was shot in the shoulder bade-a bad wound; Ro-
bert Slatterly, shot slightly in the Leg Daniel Bid
dleman. very bad wound in the arm, got in a con.
tes. with Marine; f Bell, living on the Island,
shot by ball through the knee; young man,
named Thomas Wills, from Anne Arundel shot
by revolver near the Patent Office; Chas Wood,
wound In the neck; Morgan Fanell in the head,
badly; young man, plug Ugly" from Balti-
more, name not known; John Fouche. wounded in
the head sadder named Somers, severely; John
Cabell, calf of the leg
Several persons were injured on the Island in
the course of Monday, but none very seriously
Elsewhere in the city there was no disorder. at
least nothing at all worthy of mention.
Yagterday afternoon Coroner WOOdwa ard com
mepced taking round of inquests on the bodies
of the killed
The Union, of yesterday, alludes to the inquests
as follows:
Coroner Woodward held inquests yesterday
over the bodies of ]. Fl Alston and Christian Lin
dig, who were killed in the election riots on Nom
day. The proceedings were conducted in a loose
and informal manner, and no witnesses examined
whose testimony could satisfy public anxiety OF
curiosity. The verdict of the jury was that AL
ston and Lindig came to their death by muske,
balls, "shot from company of United States ma
rines under the commapd of Mayor Magruder, and
under the immediate control of Captain Tyler"
The American Organ, which strongly denounces
the proceedings of the authorities in the matter
says:
In the first place, there was no necessity for call
ing out the Marines at all In the second place
there was no necessity for their firing on the citi
zens Captain Tyler himself admitted this after
the bloody deed was done. 10 the third place the
Riot Act was not read at all while the law requires
II TO be read three times. Thus the whole proceed
ings were grossly In violation of law.
There is no authority in the laws of the United
States for the President or any other officer, &c
order out the United States troops to suppress
ordinary disturbances of the peace. In case Of
nsurrec,ion and in the event of the civil authori
ties becoming overpowered, the militia may be
called out But there is no authority for calling
United States troops into service until all other
means of suppressing an insurrection shall be ex-
hausted.
In the opinion of many residents of the Fourth
Ward, this whole difficulty which has resulted so
disastrously, arose chiefly from the imprudent and
disorderly conduct of Captain John II. Goddard,
who distinguishe himself at an early part OF the
day by his aggressive behavior towards members
NJ The American party Goddard was the Demo
cratic candidate for Alderman, and was defeated,
as be deserved to be.
Above ail, the conduct of the Mayor was utterly
;nexcusable His reckless disregard of law, aud
his violent and incorporate department through-
out the day, can only be accounted for on the
presumptiou that be was bereft of bis senses by
some artifice best known to himself.
As another instance of the insane conduct OF the
Mayor we will state that after the murderous out.
rage in Seventh street, and when large crowd OF
peaceable ctizess were assembled In iron. OF the
City Hall, whero was held the election OF the sec-
ond precinct of the Fourth Ward, and when the
Marines were occupying the portico OF the Hsii,