The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-09-14
Another Excitement at the New
York Quarantine.

| near the New York quarantine station, on Thurs.
day night, of which extract from the Express
the following particulars:
At about nine o'clock guns were fired In Tomp-
kinsvilIe first at intervals and then rapidly antil
the whole town seemed to be united Ia the celebra-
ton Of some general holiday. ROCKETS were dis.
large bonfres blazsd in the main street. At 81 Z
| O'Clock the excitement became intense. Peo-
pie closed their dwellings, aud the alarm be-
| came general and painful Arriving at the town,
| not less than three thousand people were found
congregated ogether, many OF whom we're armed
with pistols and other weapons Cheers rnng upon
the air, and universal jubilee appeared to be in
assemblage was to witness the burning in effgy of
some parties who have prominently taken side
against the Staten Islanders.
At about 10 O'Clock, amid the chee0s of the i'm
mense muItitude,a procession, headed by martial
music, started for Tompkinsville. To front Of the
procession was borne efhgy Of DR.. Thompson-
This efigy was dressed in black, with white era
vat, and was groaned all along the route pur-
sued by the crowd.
Next in order was the efizy of Jacob La For ge,
once an Assemblymau from Staten Island, and
opponent of theextreme measures resorted
to by the people Ia ridding themselves of the
quarantine buildings.
Next came an eff ~ labelled "Erastus Brooks -
The assembiage appeared to have peculiar spite
against Mr. Brooks, on account OF the various
publications In the Express, rejecting on the con-
0UCt OF tno staten lsiHuUeTss ne tiiRy WaS
rather poor imitation of "Sepoy," and presented
ludcrous appearance.
Next came an effigy of Henry j. Raymond, editor
of the Times. Dir. Ray mond was dressed mp in
suit of black, and presented ridiculous sight
All along the route lie was bespsttered with dust
and mud, and groaned. There was no inscr iption
about him of any kind.
The most ludIcrous of the effigies was one of
Mrs Uhl, proprietress of the "Staats Zeifurg."-,
Tnis lady. it appears has been "piching in" % the
Staten Islanders lately, and the Germans of that
place determined to retaiiate They procured
horrible looking false face, which represented
horrible looking old woman The was of i'm
mense size, the eyes feaIfulIy protruded. aud the
cheeks were sunken. The face placed
wooden neck two feet long. and the body was
made Of ragged clothes. The German portion IF
the population guarded this affair, and kept no
terrible bawling all around it--al along tue route
of the processiou.
The procession moved into Tompkinsvle amid
tremendous cheering. Bonfres were lighted.
Roman candles and sky rockets were displayed in
profusion, and the greatesti excitement prevail
cd.
The prospects for a row were now decidedly
good, the crowd being inflamed with liquor, aud
therefore ready 10 undertake almost anything
They rested within stones throw of the Quaran-
tine gate and groaned for those inside with great
vigor. At this juncture, Mr. Thomas Barns, pro
prietor OF the Nautilus Hall, went out among the
multitude and begged them to leave. This they at
length consented TO do, and the line of march was
taken up for StaPletOn, where it was intended
shat the efigies should be burned.
Daring the period of excitement, our reporter
visited the police inside the Quarantine. A large
reinforcement had come down from the city, and
the number of men inside was over one hundred -
These we're all armed with the Volcanic Repeat
irg Rifles and Pistols.
The men were all drawn up in line about 100
feet from the gate, and directly in trout of them
stationed the little brass howitZer containing
sIugs, and being loaded to the muzze. Fifty men
were statiohed.arOundthe wall, and everything was
prepared for an emergency. At the e.tirne the
men we're not posted as to what course the crowd
would pursue, and therefore, Segt Sam. Breyoort,
Commssaryof the force, proceeded among them
in uniform, all alone. The men looked rather saw
agely at him, but Sam. proceeded along with the
greatest cooiuess imaginable His friends feared
that an attack would be made upon him every
moment, but none was made. The police remained
stationed at the gate until the crowd set out for
Stapeton.
While the crowd was in Tompkinsville we stated
that sky rockets were discharged. The gallant
Woodruff, lieutenant commanding, mistook those
r.signal rockets agreed upon by the police and
himself and therefore discharged two in returs,
for the purpose of assuring the police that assis.
tance coming. The Lieutenant Immediately
called his men upon deck, aud selected 40 trusty,
brave looking fellows. who were armed with mus
kets aAd cutissses. Two boats were manned with
these, aud though the frigate lay over mile from
the Quarantine grounds, yet in t,Ceafy minutes
Lieutenant Woodruff had his men ashore and sta
toned with the police Had Captain Rich, of the
Marines. acted in 80 soIdier-like manner as this
er, the Thursday night, when he could have saved
property, too much honor could not have been &C.
corded him. As it 10 though, the Ii leutenant did
not have an opportunity to show his metal, yet he
proved himself to be ready for any emergency that
might occur. Thanks are also due to the officers
who ompanied him.
When the crowd arrived at Stapieton, not less
than three thousand people had gathered together
there. The cheering could be heard from that
town by the men inside of Quarantine, and the
excitement at full height The were no
speeches made-notbing at all was done but the
burning of the efigies. These ludicrous arrange.
ments were stuck up in the town square on large
poe aud set fire to one by one, until all were de-
stroyed. When that Of Dr. Thompson set up
the groans of the crowd were terrible. "We ought
to have the original of that" said one man. and
this appeared to be the sentiment of the whole
semblage. Thus the whole number were burned
up, and then the crowd dispersed. The firing of
guns and pistols continued until long past mid
night.