Worcester daily spy., 1871-07-17
New York Riot Items.

Saturdays dispatches contain the following:
The department of public works has not dis
charged any men.
1t is reported that Port Warden Carey will be
arrested for instigating the mob.
Much fault is found with Judge Hogan for
releasing so many rioters on the light bail OF
$500.
The damages resulting from the firing of the
mob and the militia will fall below $4,000.
The total number of the killed thus far re-
ported is ifty-six, five additional deaths having
occurred since Thursday night.
Mayor Hall is in the receipt Of bushels of let
tiers from indignant democrats, denOuncing his
course. He received 656 on Friday.
Many Of Hoffman's portraits are being taken
down or mutilated in the Irish liquor saloons,
and some are turned bottom side up.
Gen. Varian went out of town early on Thurs
day morning. The commanding officers of the
different regiments composing his brigade, agree
that he gave them orders to return the fire from
any house along the route of the procession,
without waiting for other commands.
The police authorities are very indignant at
Captain Petty for publishing his statement re-
fiecting on the soldiers, and threaten to depOse
him. The various papers indulge in another
round of very facetious editorials at the ex-
pense of Jim Fisk.
1t now appears that under the date of August
4th, 1870 Mayor Hall sent letter to Superiu-
tendent Jourdan advising the suppression of
the proposed Orange parade of that period and
order fifty-seven has been based. The letter is
published.
The rumor was current that several mass
meetings were to be called during the ensuing
week at the instance of some prominent Irish
citizens in regard to the action of the auth0ri-
ties in the recent riot. No formal announce
ment of the intention has yet been made, and
no definite information has been obtained.
Never during the last twenty years has New
York been more free from disorder Of all kinds
| than during the last two days. The terrible
| events of last Wednesday have taught the mob
a lesson that does not seem likely to be soon for
| gotten. The circumstances and incidents of the
riot continue to be the absorbing subject of con-
versation.
A member of the Orange lodge No. %, who
was in the procession, publishes long card,
stating that poisoned sandwiches were thrown
| from windows to the men in the procession. An
order was given to the men not to touch them.
| He then gives full particulars, showing that the
troops did not fire until many bullets and other
missiles had been fired at them by the rioters.
A large number of prominent citizens are
| now busying themselves in perfechng arrange
ments for monster mass meeting, to be held at
an early date, at which the people of New York
may be enabled to give expression TO their
opinions relative to the action of the city all-
thorities in the matter of the Orange procession,
and the result of that action. The call for the
meeting will be published in due time.
Friday morning, while an officer of the 21st
precinct was patroling his post, he noticed a
bundle Of clothing lying in an ash barrel at the
corner of 2Sth street and Second avenue, and
on being opened it was found to contain black
sack coat, with bullet hole in the back, pair
of black pantaloons, white overshirt an un-
| dershirt and pair of drawers. All of these ar
/ ticles, which were of very common quality, were
saturated with blood, and have doubtless been
| discarded by some person shot during the con-
| hict at Eighth avenue and oath street on We'd
| npsdaV The DOlipe are investigating the mat
| ter.
Two of the companies of the eighty-fourth
| regiment include a large per centage of the
American Protestant association, and one at
| least of the companies in the right wing con-
| tainS an equally large proportion of Roman
Catholic Irish. These facts account for the cir
| cumstance that while the fire from the left wing
was heavy and general, many of the men on the
right waited orders to fire, and afterwards eX-
tended the butts of their muskets to the police
officers, showing caps still unexploded, in proof
that they had not fired.
Mayor Hall says that order ffty-seven was
approved by the police commissioners, and
that it was printed on Saturday for distribution
among police captains, and promulgated on
Monday night. Mayor Hall says also that he
was in favor of holding it back until Tuesday
night, but that he was overruled by vote of
the board. This seems to confirm the report
that Gov. Hoffman knew of the order, as, ac-
cording to his own confession, he was in New
York on Monday night, and was in consulta-
ton with Mayor Hall.
special meeting of Irish democrat union
was held Friday evening The action of the
authorities on Orange parade was under consid-
Grafton. A very strong feeling was manifested
on the subject, and denunciations of Gov. Hoff-
man were bitter and general. Several members
advocated passing resolutions pledging the
Irish democratic party not only to withdraw
their support from Gov. Hoffman, but TO use
their influence against him at the next election.
They openly charged him with being the enemy
Of all Irish Catholic citizens and the cause of
the riot and slaughter on Wednesday. Calmer
members counselled waiting a short time till
the public sentiment subsided, and after short
debate the meeting adjourned