The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-07-13

ana Sixth avenues, and the streets in that vicinity
was sufficiently threatening TO excite the gravesl
| apprehensOns The solid front and formidable
bearing OF the police and military and the splendid
| tact OF their officers, were, doubtless, all that
prevented a most serious outbreak. AS they
came up toward Fifth avenue along Twenty-,hlrd
street the police the sidewalks and tner
| In the Seventh regiment completely filled up the
street, the tanks extending clear the buildings on
either side, and as they came on with the regular
sOldlerlke tramp OF veterans crowdlng the surging
mass before them, allowing not even one to escape
them, all thoughts OF mischief were swallowed up
III The one natural impulse Of selfpreservation An
immense mass, in which women and children
seemed to predominant, blocked the way in every
direction from
THE FIFTH AVENUE HOTEL;
but all were swept away from the front OF the pro-
cession 1t moved resistlessly along down the ave-
nue. TO Fourteenth street, down which 1t denled to
Fourth avenue. The crowd of persons at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel was Dense but was composed OF the
better class OF citizens, who discussed the mat
ter in every aspect, the majority cIiticlsng Order
No. 81 as infamous, and praislng Governor HOFFMAN
for the manly course he mad taken in issuing his
famous proclamation OF support for all men III the
exercise OF constitutional privileges.
legal friend, when appealed to for his opinion
resored TO MI. Lincoln's plan for solving problem
and related
STORY.
During the draft riots OF 1868 Collector Barney
found himself In the midst OF one OF the mobs, who
were pleasantly engaged In u discussion as to which
one Of the public buildings they should next Ope-
rate upon. The Collector CHANGED to meet at the
momenr a young lieutenant from Governors Island,
and discussion arose as to measures to be taken
for the general safety. Barney, "good easy man,,
expressed his desire to address the mob believing
he could exert su1cient influence TO cause them TO
diSband or at least to fOregO their purpose.
You may address them II you ike" said the
Lieutenant, but snail first speak 10 them, sir,'
''Cersuinly," said the Collector; but what Will you
say to GhemY What arguments will you nse?"
'Grape and canister, by God p said The Lieuten-
ant, with Determined Hash OF bus eyes.
0ffcer. by Tie way-'ls the way TO treat this mob
and every other. section OF howitzers, TWO squad
r0ns of cavalry and an infantry support can over
come any mob ever organlzed.n
When questioned as to tne!legality Of Order No.
81 he replied-"There Is an old maximln Blackstone
that covers the ground exactly. AS near as can
quote from memory it reads, sic Mte,e tuo non
iCpd oicinunl,' which, literally translated, Is, 80
use your own as that you shall not lnjUre your
neighbour Now, II the Mayor and superintendent
Kelso had reason to apprehend that the marching
cause a disturbance they had O right TO prohibit it,
although my opinion Is that 1t was nothing but the
most infamous cOwardice upon his part that caused
them TO issue the order"
Quite breeze of excitement was caused by the
announcement that Prince Erie--who is well known
in that lOcalty--had been wounded in the leg 80
the report ran while riding in a carriage with MIR.
Gould; and Whine II was claimed rs quite card for
choly satisfaction from the remark OF q Wall street
broker that 1.-The worst Of IL was not in com.
manu, having turned II over 10 Bralne Tor the pur
dress.u
Considerable anxiety was mani tested by this group
as to the effect upon the gold ana stock markets.
A CRAZY AMAZON
at the southwest corner o. Fourteenth street and
Filth avenue was In violent state oil excitement
IL appeared That She wa q COOK IN family residing
on riith avenue. ano her mistress having OCCASION
TO visit the kitchen began chaGing Bridget upon her
sVs Of as osne Masr Tns w sass the
Whether she struck her mistress did not appear;
but she certainly had been hammering somebody,
Having vented her spleen she danced out of doors
TO gather fresh Stock nursing her wrath until she
arrived at me corner when she burst forth into the
most VlOleEt lnvectlVe drawing upOn her knowledge
OF history slightly.
SHOW me an Orangeman and I'll show yc q
tha1e. Plat was King Henry WILL An Orange
man, the cross.born bastard ~ and the virago
tucked her sleeves up to the armpits, gave her hair
An" she broke forth again, "who was Hoffman,
the tnare sure, twas Irshmen made him what he
OTangemen walk But, ahh." vita raising OF
the cienched fist aloiu. 'lct him luke out9'
A dead horse passing by upon truck at the mo-
ment gave her a new opportunity, and, pointing to
1t, she snrleked out, There goes an Orangeman for
yees! That they were all that same way p'
number or RtpbOnmen were here assembled
VINO seemed 70 he equally wild with anger. and vows
were made ana repeated that the night ami
ing day would not be allowed to pass without q
dreadful vengeance being taken.
broker at the Fifth Avenue HOTEL who had been
present at The rioting in Eighth avenue gave u
HERALD representative q narrative OF an incident
that he vOached for. He observed man climbing
up ON an awning near Twenty -sxth street. and OBJ
served his proceedings. The fellow coolly ascended
to his perch and, the procession passing in front OF
HIM at the moment, as cooly took out his revolver
anu sent Its contents, bang bang, bang, into the
hckeSt Of the ranks lew seconds after he Tell TO
the grOund, riddled with bullets
approval n
this part OF the route was when the Ninth regiment
and police detachments 1rcm Cooper Institute
reached the corner Of Fifth avenue ana Twenty third
street, where they were enthusiastically cheered by
party OF gentlemen.
Everywhere the most hearty commentator was
bestowed upon the HERALD for its utterances and
course from the first inception OF this trouble, and
the power OF the independent press in moulding a
correct popular sentiment and fostering pure poll
teal and social freedom was generally acknOwl-
edged.
Three Irlshmen, while the procession was pass
ing down Fourteenth street, were engaged IN gar
nlShlnR up the grass patS in front OF one OF the
houses near DelmoDlcos. As the procession passed
they began jecrlng mt it, Before they were aware OF
any danger mcnao,ng them they were pounced upon
by half dozen policemen, who used their Octsfs
rather lively for a few moments and then conveyed
the men to the station house.