New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-10-17
-rVTIL ASSAULT UPoEW7DE-AWAXgS.
any KNOCKED down AND SERIOUSLY
INJURED.
OLD MrS VIOLENTLY BIATgs.
~yoni TIE Troy Times. Ocf. II.

peseesble coaduc. Of the outr. qed party aud 'ae &c
ok,d character Of the sssauit "a without para. 81
n The history OF :ify IL y, 20 ns..
the progress Of the campaign; for Troy, ee,'i
era L misrule lie the first city in the Union ~nose nSn'
/ las been tsrlisbed with crime 20 foni Astda' S'1
| miited on Saturday evening.
sisweII Euowp. the Wide .Awakee Of the city had
| a uotical demonstration and toTchllght pfeesS"n AZ
he Nal Factory on Saturday night. There ras nor
psper.l turnout fom tie oity--not more tnsn rom
four to FIVE hundred men going DO IN IN nonos@'
beng from the Fret, Second, Third, founn, rntn,
| Eighth snd Tenth Wards under command OF msrshS
Kteler Ruuors had been current during the Jay t1st
the PROCESSION Oh i've way 10 lie attacked m Soe'e
Iyov ard if possible broken up However, the pro-
| cesfon marched 70 the Nal Factory, and were not
disturbed. Tie people Of South Troy behaved e4ceeo
irpv ard Chief Quinn policemen either returned
10 ,feir orcirary beats did something worse, Tor
| tbey were not seen Afterwards
While marching through the streets at The Factory,
the pfocefson wbe on two THREE occasions stonsd
and the guilty rerties arrested. Generally the rear OF
| tbe procession attacked; sud 1t u not eeueFed
that than dozen pereoDs were 40 anywlse en-
| gagged 10 the assaults which were mace 81 dneIeh,
| tm6F. One nan, named John Haudley, was arrested
| the act Of throwing st0pe by some OF the Tenth
Wed Club. PERSISTENT effort il being made BY some
parties 10 make il appear that this man was eroey
beaten and subjected to all manner OF hsrsh 'reatneo
This is not So He marched along the line uoti
be reached the fifth Wsrd Club, where he was ptacsd
IN tbe center Of be OF men, and properly goaroeo
| until be wss ha ded over 70 Officer Dc Nauus.
II s inst to state that Mr.. Edwin Sears aud other
leaders Of the Little Giants at the Nail Factory, en-
deavored 10 prevent the o. these outrage,
but they powerless against the denonsc spirit
and intense madness Of the villains who originated
them ind sought break no the procession. In add
ton TO the Tenth Warder, whose teeth they knocked
out Michael Hogan, who was walking 10 toe proces-
sioD wac pulled out Of line by one man. wihout tas
least pTovocation and struck severely IN the face By
ep secompce. Beside starting the blood pretty freely.
Mr.. II. was not badly hurt.
The line Of march at the Nail Factory was g loug
one and the assaults upon the procession took place At
different points at intervals of from twenty to thirty
mir uies. No general attack made tbe proceed
on, sId OILY those IN the rear subjected 20 the
| assaults.
Upon the return Of the procession from the Hs1
WORKS, the Fourth street route was taken NJ. TIE
Sixth ard Ninth Ward Climbs, whose guests the re-
raining Companies were, acted escorts 20 the pre-
oession, and marched up as far the FouFh.srelt
Bridge After they had returned and the procession
bad passed the bridge, slght attack wes made upon
! the Tenth Ward Club but il WAS soon quoted, and
the procession msTched on. Nearly all TIE Companies
were marching al this time IN two ranks showing cor
cusyeIy thai 10 attack expected, the tts men
would have been concentrated in Close columns, for
seif-pro'ecticn 1hs oJdor mantsined and every
Ward bad Iescs cd Adams street, when steae
was thrown by man who came out OF little
GROCERY the corner Of the street. Abocf hfty
or sky persons were ranged ON the west eide q
the street, the east being almost entirely clear Of
Ueopls-a croum stance which shows that the stack az
ths point was premfd tsted-the design being hat no
one Of the ASSISTANTS should be bort by stones Tying In
oproee direciiOos The thro wing the first stons
beng observed by the Wide. Awakes some Of th,m
left the line arrest him. lie retreated into The house,
when he TeturIed with ealier OF lqaor and threw
it at the Club. This deciner IL now 10 the possession
Of the Eighth Ward GLIB. Now the melee became
general. TIE Tenth Ward Club engaged with the
rowdies who began the work Of destruction with
mich effect hurting the largest kind Of psvingetones
right in the midst of the Wide-Awakee, who
blirded by the glitter of their own torches, were
unable to defend themselves with any degree OF
| success A large number Of people in the pro-
eession were Of course Knocked down, aud some ot
the atssian subec ed 70 like fate st the hands
| Of the W de-Awakes. Having no othas weapons OF
defense than their torches they used them q toe best
adyaniagei but the slaves beiog made cf sot, plas
! wood, Of eoune no reliance was 70 be placed upon
! them az " e8pons Of ofetse. One blow sufheeot
! 10 sever them. good many of the assailsnts we're
/ knocked down, simply, bat were not iujrred, aud
were able to resume the fight agsin, while hit from
stone was in nearly every case sufficient to cool tes
eIdor Of their opponents, and lay them on. pretty
efectualy. The Tenth fought desperately, but were
Of coure 0veFpO cred.
The alarm beat for general rally but the alarm
he'd been often sounded durng the night and 70 gec
era attack been made, was supposed that the dis
turbance would soon be qGelet This was not tie
case unortur asly but the assaisnts, eatsd by par
al success rallied 10 great numbers, and hre large
volleys Of stones st the Wide-Awakee who after hight
| In from Adam street up 10 Washiogton, aud tue
Tenth being emcst alone-the First Fourth ard ttih
Wards arriving late to render anv efficient service
ard the men being more or less beaten, panic Gu
| sued at Washington street, and the procession wss
proubcuOusly broken up. Charles Phelps very re.
suecsble citizen of the Tenth Ward, sod Presdent OF
| that Club being in the rear Of the procession, wSs
knocked down three times by stones although, IN re-
tup succeeded 10 lay ing several OF his asssants low
with his staff Of oihce. Mr.. Z. If man over hi'y
wears # age Discovering a Al pursuing hin vita
Ia1ge stone which he had raised IN both hands and
all ready 20 throw il be turned upon h,n and knocked
| him down. The man fell heavily, and probably re-
ceived quietus for the night Ia minute more M.
| p was Knocked down seDseless. While living upon
the ground he was kicked aud beaten aud die not re-
cover biz again until nearly home-belrg cot
veyed thrher BY two men whom ne ara pcl know. Mr.
Thomas Brown, another AGED mao, ulS moeT o' tue
Fifth Ws1d no who il IS years old and grey headed,
WIGS as9 knocked down. and subjected 10 aonts "a "a ss
| " hoaFy-hs aded Republican, and the Ike. Tile INT
lies are not as severe AZ those OF @z. Phelps and
| tie wonder il that be war net kiei When Knocked
| down. Mr.. Brown vas picked mp by two Of his Cub
associates add csried along the re,7eat, un oe re-
covered bis senses. j. 3. Soti, Of the FIFTH Wad,
vas knocked senssess large cash Gu. ia the back CT
bis head. lie was Otherwise bruised. Duncan bises-
wco0 also knoeSed WI, and cut In he Iorene So
j. Thou peon If the ttth was struck four times WIN
| stones, but vas not badly hurt. Robert Curry ana
several other War6ers more or lees inlufe0-
Of the Tenth Ward members. scarcely any tSsafees
blow, although none except Mr.. Phspos, were easy
| injured.
Tie Third Ward baGper entirely destroyed he
| nan who carrifd Il being knocked down. Meose,
| Ne'igan OF Fourth street fathsrin-law ~ Ohes-
Keenatl came out Of his house net spec aCr OF me
affair aud was standing on the s-ps OF hs resc zee,
,ben stone thrown by an sssasnt stTcck hin . The
ontb cnt us ps ana Knocked out three Of ,i. teeth.
lie w. picked up uno l0gs, aid medical ld sC
| moped Mr. Nj il a Democrat.
| Tire rovyoea followed the retreaing w 6s-awakes
s lar as 10 the corner Of Ferry aud ia .t streets
Tbe stoairg was continued during the Shsle OF tls
trrs Women carried bfick-has out OF lbs houses n
their spBoDs and gave them TO the men. S;oues Wers
fred from the houseops upon the head Of the pzO,es-
rioI ts, ard the whole thing cond nesd ia sueL
xvsy as r. show that II signed and pisrs ,re-