The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-06-23
NEW YORK RIOTS.
THE CELEBRATEDRIoTs IN GoTHAM-rHEIR
CAUSES AID MANNER OE rERMISArInS

NEW YORK RIOTS.
THE CELEBRATEDRIors IN GoTHAM-rHEIR
CAUSES AND MANNER OF TERMINATION.
The New York Evening Post contains this
account OF celebrated riots in that CITY. as
given by Mr.. George w. Blount The
first was the flour riot " in 1856. Men
wanted employment. Provisions were dear.
Down with the rags" and 'Giye Us gold
anu sllver," were the notices on the ban
neTs OF the rioters. With a view OF cheap
ening flour the mob broke into Eli Harris
flour store, rolled the barrels out, stove in
the heads, and threw the contents into the
river. Mr.. Lawrence was then the mayor.
lie went TO the store and spoke sweetlY to
the mob. One Of them threw double hand
full into his face, and cut off his eloauence, 1
took this rioter prisoner to the city hall.
but he was let off. The riot ended thai night
The next riot was that caused by the re-
marks of DR.. Cox, who intimated that ne
should respect. Mr.. Lawrence was still
mayor. The riot lasted three nights The
rioting was all done after nightfsli. On the
the third day / offered my services to the
mayor. who turned me over 10 Justice
Lowndes. he assigned me district to pa
troll on horseback. 1 rode all night, and
reported that the riot was one OF
bad boys only. Had there been any
energy in the magyar it would have
been stopped the very first night.
THE ASToR PLACE ROT.
The next was the Astor place riot The
cause of it was the quarrel of Macready and
Forrest, the actors. This, in my opinion,
was got up by notorious politician, who
tho day before the riot went 70 Windust's
eating house with a handful to this effect:
The crews OF the British steamers will be
on hand to protect Macready this night"
! He caused the handful to be stuck up .defied
anyone TO take it down, gave his rUihans
| fl3 N numberl drinks, aud went on his
4 errand. He that night, as / understood.
did not 90 to Aston place, but rode up and
down Broadway in an omnibus. The Astor
place riot had its good and bad results.
The mayor. Mr.. Woodruff, was timid
He stayed in the New York hotel. The mob
filled Astor place. A company Of cavalry
came up, and most of the riders were thrown
off their horses by the mob. Gen. Hall, with
the It'll regiment, then came on the ground
and waited for orders from the civil author
/ tiles. The mob increased in numbers and
violence. Gen. Hall and his command
were assaulted with stones. He went into tho
theatre and said 20 Recorder Talmadge:
"Unless have orders TO fire / shall with
draw my troops" Mr.. Talmadge went out
and gave the order The soldiers at their
first fire, with mistaken idea of humanity,
fired Enthusiastically killing and wounding
innocent people passing in the BOwery.
The rioters thereupon ieered the troops, who,
seeing their mistake, then fred into the
midst OF them, which dispersed the mob i'm
mediately. II was in the thickest part OF the
mob, arrested rioter in the act of throwing
stones a. the theater. succeeded in dragging
him through the mob and was asked what
r had he done to me- / found that had
caught Tartar. ! took him to Broadway,
where he made q Jump and ran away. did
not feel that so tOndly we met. sadly we
parted bat was glad TO get rid o. him. I
then went amongst the mob and told them
they would be fired on. and advised them to
leave. The good result of this riot was
that those who make mobs get a lesson
enlargement of sviOlence. due to not
firing right into the rioters at once.
THE DRAFT RIOT.
"The last riotAthat ofJuly Is, ls6S-which
, lasted four days, should have been put down
! on the second day. I was with General
Wool on the night OF Monday, che day il be-
4 gan. ! went out to see what was doing, re-
ported to him what | saw. The next morn
9 ing met him at the Prescott house. Sol
. diers had come up from the forts in the bar
= Dor, and were taking breakfast. / told the
4 general that + thought he should declare
: martial Law and put it N force. The general
said he could not. as he had not tho means
of enforcing il. / said that the rioters did
not know of his deficiency of means; that
I they had that indefinite dread of the
: law which all law breakers have; and
E that we had all the patriotic feeling
; OF the country on our side. AS the gen
o eral would not act | went to the police head
J. quarters with that grand old soldier, GEN
d eral Harvey Brown, and did what could
Governor SeymOur's friends bad their
way for four days, he and his democratic
y associates doing their bss. To have the troops
z ! Withdrawn. AT the end OF four days steps
: were taken 10 put the riot down by force,
s which was done. Had il been done OF
Y Tuesday, many lives would have been saved
s The lesson wish 20 teach is: Never treat
u with a mob. Napoleon gave the mob, at
u Paris, sermon from the church OF St
!, Roche, OF the kind to preach to mobs.