The New York herald., 1864-11-07

q hh ocs, was greeted with very ssssrai oapys,e g
HANDS and other usual indications q acseptAoinsy
mingled with Few groans and Misses.
Mr. Rchie proceeded declare the meeting organxsd
conferred apon him when he vas interrupted by several
voices IN the vicinity Of the platform crying out
cheers Tor Abe Lincoln" The call was responded 20 20
boisterous manner, though clearly but by very small
portion or the large audience Before Mr. Ritohe coud
proceed with his remarks rush was dc for the plat
form. and It became apparent thai large body of bru
ser plug uglss aud other spccss of Baltimore rowdies
had gained access the hall aud teed through
the crowd for the purpose OF creating bancs ana
When the rush was made FOR the platform was nm
possible tell who rioDds of the laecng sod who
the dsturbers Many tho former attempted 10 get on
the platform to escape tho violence OF the threatened
mob the floor, wnilo tho rowdes were endeavoripg
also gam the plat orm to put the officers and spepkors
OH Ctios raised" Put the copper heads out"
"Hurrah for Old Abe, &c while chairs hurled about
pronscuously benches broken and tue fragments
used for weapons, ana general riot seemed imminent
The scene instantly became tumutuous noisy in tho
extreme. The ladies' IN the gaerios ahricRed aed
tainted: the peaeeably inclined, who wcro abic 70
do so, rushed for the doors TO gel out several
gentlemen were krocxoi down by. the rowdics
and others pressed down In the rush troddcn upon.
Calls were maio for the police, aud amidst IL all the
chairman OF tho meeting was vanly exposuating with
the disturbcru and anon calling upon the democrats 70
rally aud ejec their asaAns Rut the attack was such
complete surprise that u was utterly Impossible 70
rally any resistance aud moreover, Tor some unaccount
ab reason, not pclicem 10 be found IN the vci
nifty. II was therefore apparent that the meeting az
broken up. The aracr orton OF the audience managed
escape Oy Inc 'front.' hVNu
mob. Those upon tho PLATFORM however, iarcd worse
They henimed in and mad no way OF escape save
through tho crowd oil their assai!anIs who we're now
jumping upon the platform. shouting aud yelling. bran
dshing weapons and Knocking down whoever had the
tcmerty TO resist them Several pistols wore produced
by tho rowdies and at least pfosent conveniently
near tho head OF OF The gentlemen upon tie plat
'orm. but fortunately no shots were Dr,d
Matters had ached this crisis ard trial OF brute
strength between assaed and asaaDta seemed the only
resort when a DOOR discovered In ths wa back Of
the stage; but was fastened bench however aerv
as batteriDg RAM and opening for escape from the
mob was ELECTED The do led into narrow and dark
passage In the further end or which was window
looking alley To this esress several handred eeD,o
men rushed, and many mled out falling dstaDce Of
twelve fifteen feet to the pavement beloS Others
found rope, aud by that made their ESCAPE mcss
safely. il docs not appear that the mon pursued tie
fuetves beyond the immediate conhnos OF tbs bail,
behG apparently satisfied with brcak up the meeting,
which was doubtless preurrs1geG pln on their part
do not oarn that any lives we're lost oat era sea-
ttemen were quite seriously injured ~ the nl e;