Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-07-14
THE ORANGE RIOTS.
VIEW. I'ORH QUIET YRsrRRDsy.
Gov. Hoffman bitterly Denounced nv
the Irish-Mayor Hall Interviewed
Col. Fisk's Statement.

Gov. Hoffman bitterly Denounced nv
the Irish-MayOr Hall interviewed
Col. fisk's Statement.
No further disturbance occurred in New York
yesterday. The rumOr prevailed in the after
noon that large body OF men were marching
down from Harlem to re-cue the rioters held by
the police, and the
SEVENTH REGIMENT WAS ORDERED OUT.
action of Governor Hoffman was bitter de-
nOunced among the Irish, some of whom asserted
that he would never live to see another Orange
ANOTHER ATTEMPT AT RIOT.
In the morning gang of quarrymen, number
ing probably fifty, turned out on LIST avenue and
startedtowards the upper part of city, with the
intention of inducing their brethren employed
on street Improvements to knock on. The latter
had, however, seen the folly of their doing so
Wednesday, and refused yoint-blank to follow
the advice of those who wished to engender an
other brOil. On the corner of 23d street and LIST
avenue, where extensive blasting operations are
,npIogress, outieS aose ntees were reported. AT
Madi on Square hundreds of laborers were at
work. All attempts 10 engage the laborers in
conversation with reference to the riot proved
futile.
RIOTERS DISCHARGED.
All the workmen employed upon the boule-
wards and parks, who left the public works in
ds3oedlence 70 positive orders, were discharged
in their stead. A part of the list regiment and
LIST cavalry were ordered to the point mentioned
but no disturbance occurred during the day.
EXAMINATION OF RIOTERS.
AT the TOombs each case was separately ex-
amined, and where the party had committed no
over act, and no weapon found upon him, he was
discharged. In all cases where weapons were
found upon their persons the party was COM
mitted for examination. Stephen Meany, one of
editors of the IL .Sh AmeTiedn, appeared for the
prisoners. He remarked that most of the men
were ignorant and poor, and that for week past
they had been melted by certain class to create
this riot, and when they got into trouble their
stances he felt it to be his duty TO offer his SER
vices. Most of the prisoners discharged were
severely reprimanded by the Justice, who
so-called leaders, who evidently cared nothing
about them, and only used them for their own
purposes.
WHO FIRED THE FIRST SHOT?
There IL much discussion among the 9th It'll .
and Gath regiments of National Guards as to
which regiment fired the first shot, and the fact
Is not settled.
The GOODNESS and discipline of the Police is a
theme of general praise, and to their exertions it
Is generally felt the saving of the lives of hun
dreds OF people is due. The police arrange
ments were admirable.
MAYOR HALL INTERVIEWED.
The Tribune Of to-day publishes an account of
an interview of its reporter with Mayor Hall, in
which the latter assumes the whole responsibility
OF kelso's order fOrbidding the parade. Ha de-
tends 1t, and argues that the event has proved
us wisdom. he refused to state whether Gov
HOFFMAN had previous knowledge of it. and looks
upon the Governors proclamation as similar to
the reversal of an inferior court by court of
appeals. The Mayor affrms that the Police
Commissioners, democrats and republicans
were in favor of KelsO's order.
The Herald publishes the following telegram
from Long Branch as the
STATEMENT OF COLONEL FIsK
Colonel James Fisk, jr., is at his room In the
Continental. He is suffering considerably, his
leg, foot and ankle being badly swollen render
ing him unable u move. He makes the follow
ing statement :-''I received an order from the
Governor to stop all Orangemen from crossing
4 II I
Opera House and heard on the trouble i nut ON
my sword and coat ard tried TO get to the regi-
ment. The fighting had commenced. I told
Colonies Scott and Clark that the only way TO
save US was to pitch into them. made nv way
to the regiment to give the order 30 fire. Braine
had already given sthe order. The crowd came
Tor me- was set upon by the NIB with stones
and brickbats end pitched into the gutter. When
got up my coat was all torn of, and found
was wounded. limpcd into house which was
broken open for hospital l there got big
overcOat and hat, blacked nv moustache and
otherwise disguised myself, and hObbled over a
fence into the street, when got a coach and
drove to the Hoffman House, followed by the
mob. l was afraid the mob would burn the Hof.:-
man House if stayed, so got coach and drove
TO Pavonia ferry, when L telegraphed for an
engine and car to meet me at Sandy Hook 7
hired tug and arrived here at 10 O'Clock had
u be carried to my roOm.'
Colonel Fisk sits in his room with his foot all
bandaged, and resting on pillow in a chair, at
tended by his sister. He expresses great sorrow
at the loss of his soldiers. He cannot probably
get out for several days.
The New York evening papers of yesterday
furnish some additional particulars Of interest
TIE FIRST REAL CONNECTION
was caused by the appearance of Mr.. John
johnson, the mounted marshal of the Orange
lodges, who rode up the avenue on a fine bay
horse, wearing his orange sash. At 9Th street
he was saluteu from all sides by the nlbst fiend-
ish yens and Oaths, and with an occasional st lne
brick, and other street refuse. The police facing
down the avenue at once charged on the crowd
and l.N~r NI,As, II, -,
came in their way, quickly cleared the sven mmo
the crowds running down both the side streets
Ike sheep; but on the police retiring the bulk of
the crowd returned to the corners OF the streets
and avenues again. A few minutes before a
I-defned ron on the drums was heard and M
came the 9Th regiment, quickly followed by the
9th and Ith-the 9th and 9Th marching directly
up the avenue, and counterms- ching so as to
bring their right on 10Th street, and formed in
column BY companies
80 THE SCENE OF CARNAGE.
Eighth avenue, at the points where the troops
nred upon the mob yesterday afternoon, was
visited to-day by thousands of persons anxious TO
on the east side of the street, from sd to 9TH
streets, bore the marks of the terrible discharge
Of musketry.
One house near the corner of 18th street and
sth avenue had all its windows shattered and the
sashes and blinds riddled with bullets. On the
base ment steps large clots Of dried blood were
visible, showing where one Of the wounded men
But very few people living in the neighborhood
Of the attack were killed. Many of the store
keepers admit that they received sufficient init
nation of the designs of the troops and hid them
selves until the strife had ceaeed. They also as
sert that the order
SHUT YOUR WINDOWS"
was given in a loud, ringing tone by many Of
ncers OF the 9Th and S4th regiments, and say
hat general obedience to this command would
have saved a great amount OF trouble.
When the troops first began to fire a dense
crowd OF people were struggling toward the CEN
ter OF the street, apparently anxious to break
up the order Of march and create a general riot
Many persons in the crowd were armed with
sticks, stones and reyolvers; and some young
row lies standing upon doOrsteps flung paving
st2p 8 at the procession when 1t passedby.
A. the opening voc,lley general panic seized
the mob, and men, women and cni.55-on strug-
gied and rushed together In an inextricab,e
mass. The scene was rendered more terrible
by the charge OF the mounted police, who bore
swiftly down upon the terror-stricken multitude
SCENE OF HORROR.
In the general rush for life which followed
many were trampled under foot, and when a
breathing space was cleared, the scene presented
was full Of horrors There was blood every
where. the sidewalks ON finnrstens in RI.