The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-04-18
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EXCITEMENT ABOUT NEwEPAP1R OFFICn
AND OTHER PUBLIC PLACES.
Al little After three O'Clock yesterday afternoon,
deputation @ some hundreds of citissns which continued
to swell in number paid N uninvitsd visit 10 The oo
Of the Daily Ne, Of this city, and with roans and cs
demanded that tho propretoss should show their 6oor
The excitement IN the locality asssaetsd oensdarabl
crowd, 70 that within hour there were several thou
sands Of persons In the surroundings Of the Pasl
along the railroad lines and stretching far away
into Chatham slsssAs mo dsmonstratisa IVES WI
passive ono, the crowd contenmg tsaf by Amply hoos
Ping and sroanng and otherwise svncng disapprObatoaI
Star Hpanslsi Banner evcnsaaly hoistsd from IN
top Of the NsS building and was greeted with ohser
and applause, accompanied BY the waving 4 hats and
caps The crowd, supposng that the New had done IL
duty, advanced little further down the street, end
posted itself in front Of the Dsy Book once
where they Get up . storm Of terrible hissin9
and bowling. The general audience was all
the while increasing % rapidly that the carl
and stages were completely blocked up IN ranssw Th
Day Book apparently had not federal flag u hand but
Tammany Hall being IN immediate propinquity, requis(
tion upon the Wgwam resulted in the production Of
United States flag, with the full number Of stars and th
word "Tammany emblasoned in the csntre. Not having
flag staff, the Day Book people spread the banner acros
the window, which, sasisfying the crowd, cry wa3
raised, "To the Eapress-to the Esrua"
The populacs then moved down 70 Park row, whsre
they collected in front OF the Esprs office. They herd
resumed their cries for the American flag, which, ass
some hesitation, unfursd from tho houseop, and
the crowd having cheered it to their hearts sontent
darted away for the Journal Of Commerce.
Arriving at the publication Office in Wall street. they
called for the colors Of the Journal and the Stars and
Stripes up, amid the accamAtions Of th(
vast assembage.
The Of the demonstration was highly satixsC
tory to the masses who only desired TO poe the Flag
the Union floating in triumph over the Empire City.
Returning from the Journal Of Commerce. Office, th1
crowd again visited the Office Of the Day Neps befor
which they paused and demanded, in very excited
manner that the federal flag should DO hoised No at
tenion was however, paid to this persmptory demand
An enthusiastic individual climbed up on lamp post
and from this elevated, but rsther awkward poston
harangued the increasing multitude on the duty ever
man owes to the Union, and The policy Of compslin
every man Of doubtful loyalty TO clear himself from
suspicion-syo, - the loyalty Of the Dolly Nnw wal
suspected that paper should display the Stars and Stripes
that its conductors might clear their skirx. stn th(
Ness people remained obdurate.
The crowd was stnl on the increase, and but fos thu
vigilance Of the police the whole space bounded by Tyo
row. the Hall Of Records and that part OF the Park adj
cent and the frsut Of the Meas and Soss Zsimg once
leading into Chatham street. would have been % couI
petey blocked up TO prevent the running Of the mir
and Fourth avenue and stages. By the exercise
great determination, however, fast there seemed
tendency block the streets and ncommode the side
walks, the police succeeded in eeecting Q clearance
matter OF surprise where the surplua crowd n
treated every few minutes, and by what magic was
often reinforced 20 a. 70 be swollen TO its original
mensions FISH
great many lodges were resorted 70 In order 10 ID
footing the sidewalk In front Of tS Nnu oos
Among other devices pretending read the busti
Of the latest news under the door, At length Of tn
sergeants tore down the bulletin Quite number Of per
who represented that they whed 10 purchase pa
per- and endeavored to enter the publication Office unds
that pretext real pretended prevented doing ID
might have been serious. Sometimes obstinate ind
vua would endesvor 10 resist the order Of poloe
to move on In such cases, however, there1 was N
temporixng: the cantankerous person would be SUN
maIily seized by two or three Ps, and ncontinsnt
pitched among the thcksst Of the crowd were he wou
soon lose hin individuality among the mass Of assembled
soveregns. WH'
In the midst Of the commotion, Major Han, Mayo
Woods clerk, entered the building. He was asko(
why the Nam people were % stubborn. He re
understood that 1t was intended 70 raise the nag on a.
following morning, and to keep Il Tying but that u
gentlemen who were responsible for the management
the paper would mot do in compulsion." Il did nd
appear, however, that this Fastalsn principle was
all reshed By the crowd, from which the CRY was FRI
quenty raised loud and peremptory, "Hoist the fagi
But no flag was hoisted, and matters remained in th
position TIL dark. .
THE EXCITEMENT AT MAYOR WOODS.