New-York daily tribune., 1858-09-04
RAY rompKrNs A PRISONER

~n,dsrs tbs morning with iul ana la>h'.' P0'" %
~. p,ocssoiugs, as BY our reporter hiuSe'i'
Daring Thursday night, after the neeuog l." ."'
apu,poss Of masking arrangements 10 ceieola'o 'H0
Hbu,r ~ Ct the Oh sntes AID hospitals az Tue V~a'H
",ipe r,cund on Wednesday evening" ana 70 tfansa',
asucb other business msy coms before lnen'' haa
,shsp LACE, We remarked that the noisy Gre"
susnb.ed al National Hail. and numbering D''"een
two and thYee hundred penonS, were in'snt on niiS
chief TIE crowd contained some ieE men Oh resp
bic appearance but tbe msjorlty were aeoi'eoy i0HsA
a goody share Of them were GeIInins sno it'a' 'N'
,o,ns, n,e5ouinatpg. The Germans evidently came
so. .a lac, bier GARDENS sad bre 8eles the vicfiy
.ybe,s thsy are employed. Soon after the formal
.dio,uunsut Of the meeting, several roughIooklog
1sloys addressed the crowd, urging them to " make
A. pcod lob of it while Ii about, ard using in
earms,o,y language which the AUDITORY vocfer-
ous,y spp suded Tne bsnOom wss full and Eq ior
xm disoepaed with liberal hsDd. j. was evident
homthe movements Of the people that the gotd job
xu about to be done. At 9 o'clock the steamboat
bell rang sud the crOsd started of at full speed shout
pzfre bit they coon sler returned the signal being
psenstu,e. Mr. Ray ,mpkins Tom Garrett John
Z. Thompson, Henry n. Weed, Jusdcs DE Forrest,
Eu. Muller, Ben Bosm and other leaders were in
consolidation with the crowd Throughout the evening,
bur,pg hi:hsr AID thther whsperng to one, button
holrg smother and lsyif thor plans.
Just sbou. q O'Clock as toe crowd was aboa' 70
start on their errand Of destruction it was reported
that ssleanbOat had arrived with company oil ms
rpes Barnfg State property was tine fan, eVi-
IDENTIFY did rct think it worth iskng their carcaseS for
Iosdsn Arguments were too powerful Inc courage OF
the ircerdis,ies was evidently ooziog fast away We
heard a ore.legged usu named Hazlewood remark
10 ore of tie band, "Why in h-n didn't
"ycu do il two hours ego now it is too
" laie?" The other replied, "By God, guess
you're rigLt" The arrival of the marines produced
40 esut sy an effect that not few of the people went
hone, AID If nothing had been SAID we feel con-
6dsut that no further mischief would have been done.
Had the athortes in charge of the marines but held
their peace their presence inside Of tie Quarantine in
cOsuIe We uld have been suficen. 10 itself to have
aved ths vickedly inclined. But Mr.. Emanuel b.
HAT Surveyor Of the Port Mr.. Locke, the )ardiog
OAioer ard Capt. Bsnnet who Brought the marines
down n.1e their appearance In Burnss bar room and
stated that the marines positively enjoined to
nrotso tie piopeIty Of the United States ony II the
State authorities did mot choose TO tske of their
own PREMISES the United States could net help it,
This announcement was very broadly and very gsner
sIly made in manner which the lssders Of the mob
could not fail to upderstsni that they did understand
Eas evident from the fact that they Immediately sum-
moned their forces in front ef the place aud huredy
whispered their orders to their subordnates Tnis
was shortly after 10 O'clock there was no uproar, nor
any CT the usual sgos peculiar to moSs, but veybody
ssemed to 20 about their business in way which
showed thai they perfectly ierstood what they had
70 do. In few minutes various parties who had been
dispatched 10 different points returned with bundles
straw, torches, cans and jugs OF nhsmmsble hqued
As if by prec0ncert the perty Get out by twos and
ihrses tossrd the upper part Of the street lead
ing from tie Ferry, and wended our way
hither with the crowd. Alresdy parties Of men
runnirg ard out of the little bick cottages wach
the boa;nsn of the Health Office had recsrtly occu
pied. We learn that these boatmen had bsen notified
during the aerr DON that their houses wo1d be set
Ere ara Ike prudent people they gathered their houee
goods and deposited them in the street. the notice
they reosvei was 60 ample that they enabled to
save even their coal and other STOKES. Tae lower one
Of tie elk cottages was the first one fired; Mr. Tomp-
kns Aad few fsnd, opened the door and entered the
tpDt rocn. A qusntity OF straw was carried in and
set fie the doors we're then wrenched from their
tpges TIE bEnds lifted off their hooks, the wooden
pa.ings tora down and hesped upon the fire. Some
how the flames old not seem to make much headway,
aud they were occasionally Stimulated Ivy sppications
ocsnpesre come other combustole, and with care
III nuEsug tie fire got faby under way IL abou. half
an hour. The leaders then repaired 10 the late resi-
dence Of Dr. Weller the Health Officer, further down
the street. The Doctor had also been notified during
TIE sfterrocp Of the intentions Of the mob and had
removed his furniture large bunch of cotton, sstu-
rated With c.wphsne, was laid agsiOst the pllers OF
the verauSsh and set on tie; the door, which was
locked battered in and the wndoxshutters forced
cper. TIE doors and shutters of the dwelling wers
tom down and piled on the flames which soon lesped
over toe versndsh. Mr.. Toppkns aud his men then
went to the upper story and gbtsd another frc 10 the
front room, aud in about 6een minutes after the house
was one eAees Of flaIae.
Il wss generally understood that DR.. Bisseu the
resdszt ply yscisn at Quarantine, who hai also been
notified that bis house had been reo had refused to
remove Ls furniture, bu. it appears that on second
thought ke deemed it his duty to spare the S.ste fiom
any grester loss than WAS necessary. Some OF the
crowd ssd N cur hearicg as they procesded to Dr..
Bisssils resiience, and thought they were really
ssrous: Let us save this houss the Doctor is snics
Cd hlos, We won't turn him out; but by their so
ton We soon ssw that their remarks were Tonioal.
TIE door vas wi h much difficulty kicked 10 ard in
lev minutes fires were kii ded in most OF the rooms
Aesch Ct thsse houses crowd of Il eimsn, under tee
esdershp OF William Muller, who We b'lievs is 6
Constable frs poicsmsn of the to Va, entered and
boke out sashes ard windows with thsir clubs; they
sso s's!ed most energetcay in teaiing down doors
sta untsnsiog gates and putting them on the fire.
pr' B'sseA was promised fo:oe Of one hundfel po
Ieemen BY the Commissioners Of Emigration, and he |
ana Dr. Wastr hsd resolved, if they came to lead |
hen ssanst the mob If they renewed their stack; |
Dut a. they did not m.ks their sppeNAn,s Dr. Bsssl
Concluded that would be imp,uden. for him 10 resist
thei lie therefore, With his sseistspts a. soop
suS ws.S 0' destruction cOmusncsd, proceeded to
zoe nesPaa-' AKA removed the patients. As the ,i,k