New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-09-18
OBITUARY.
THE HON. FREDERICK
TALLMADGE.

THE HON. FREDERICK TALLMADGE.
Few men were more widely known or more
generally respected than Frederick A Talmadee' VINO
died YESTERDAY in Lltchhed Conn., at the house OF LIS
daughter the widow OF VIM Curtis Noyes natVe OF
CONNECTICUT descended from good Revolutionary stock
he graduated from Yale College Just before the war with
Great Britau aud came NewYOrk. where he was ad
mted 10 the bar and made an honorable position IN tne
profession Patriotism then, and ever afterWsru'
passion with him. and naturally he went into the nght
with the mother country with hearty Satisfaction Like
ost OF those who soldering in those days he saw
no real aetion-Dut he commanded troop OF volunteer
cavalry on Long Island and it not his fault that his
arms hung idle during that brief struggle. In 1884, long
before the Era Of Corruption" Mr. Talmadge was
chosen Alderman for the then rural Eighth
Ward in the center Of which stood the historical mansion
Of Aaron Burr Two years afterward his constituents
made him Alderman and the next year chose him state
senator-an Office which he filled until in 1885, he was
~. wbieD elected to Congress from the With District
sghth Ninth and Fourteenth Wards by 1905 votes to
q 400 for ms Democratic opponent the aiber"Hu cee
brated Dave Frederick, the California martyr MI
Tamadge was brought more conspieuously INTO NOTICE
as Recorder Of the City in 1885, during which period
occurred the AstOrplace riots At that time the con
snlcuously inefficient Caleb g. woodruff Mayor, and
on him. as the laws stood, deyolved the response
bjljty OF preserving public order. There was feud
certain partissns OF Edwin Forrest who at that
time WAS eBdeavoring TO ride into Congress upon the
Nafiv
Vim C. hscready the English trsgedian reckless
crova-led by T. T. Judson Sed Buntine), who was Sc
retly supported by Capt Isaiah Rynders Nike walsh
Ed strabap and other disturbers OF the peace-nled
storpa6e aud assaulted the Opera House with storm
~ n,yinestones. The It'll Regiment had been called
for but when they arrived at the ground they were ruin
e.v assaed by the rioters and for some time were IN
raat disorder Prominent citizens urged the Sheriff
0Esterve 10 order the military 70 clear the streets Dut
ne had not the nerve Then they appealed 10 inc mayor
hut ne was even useless than the shern Inc e1-
terpeut meantime spreading, the police were use
Tess and the military pOwerless for want OF oroers
FINALLY Recorder Tsllnadge having proper aathorJ'
ordered the military to IRE over the heads OF inc
crowd They dId so; but, as no one was hurI'
the rioters gave yen Of defiance and again rusned
nm 20 the lines hurting all manner OF missiles upon tue
soders Who TO their credit be 1t SAID heid thef es'
with no percepbie waverng. though many OF tneii nen
aa heen taken 70 the rear, disabled by the missiles
nr,ed upon them At this uncture Recorder TailmaoSe
cave bs second order to fire low" and within three
minutes nearly 20 Of the rioters were Killed. ana ole
than 30 seriously wounded. That hre enectnany Aieu
yio,ng In ReW.YOrk for many years ana MI 1anSuSo
aways enjoyed the respect OF his feowctizens Tor
ht reasu Had the military retired, the Opera House
xgould have been demolished and scores Oh lhhocen'
,eople would have been killed; and what IS even inoe
important In city Like ours, the iaWie's e's'A' "V"