The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-04-29

The iudces who made official inquiry
into the alleged plot were convinced
of its existence by the testimony Oh Que
woman. who said she had met three ne.
grocs going up Broadway CRYING, FIRE!
/ fret Burn, scorch. by-and-by " one
| identified no one. but her testimony was
declared convincing. The white people
attacked the negroes on all sides, ana the
outhoritles arrested them indiscriminatcly.
There were l5i negroes in prison. VI
these Il were burned at the stake, ~
hanged. . gibbeted, II transported, ana
the resi- discharged for lack OF evidence:
Among the rest, "a whites were arrested
for completely with the negroes In TINS
| Mot. and 4 Of them were executed. rms
| settled the excitement. and peace succeeded
| the alarm.
The next riot did not come until 100.
when the Colonies refused to receive Tea
from England. New York, on October
26. 1770. arose en- mGSSe, and great MOB
sonpht the docks TO prevent the East INDIA
Company landing their cargoes. Alarm
ing hand-bills were posted about the
streets. and on November 10th the Sons OF
Liberty were recognized and prepared
10 receive the tea-ships that were eX-
pected. The ships arrived at Boston
first, and the tea-party was given there
instead OF New York, as history re-
cites. when the stamp act was passed
a New York mob arose again and
declared its sympathy for Boston. A COM
mittee OF fifty-one was appointed by the
neople in one Of these popular but riotous
demonstrations on May 20, III. and its
first declaration was in favor OF. congress
OF the Colonies.
In 1916 the Sons Of Liberty and gen.
eral mob tore down the leaden statue OF
King George in Bowling Green and melted
II into bullets for the use Of the Contlnen-
tai army. With war occupying their at
/ tention, there was no necessity for riotouS
demonstrations for long time.
In April, 1884. after long term OF
peace and prosperity succeeding the sec
ond war with Great Britain, disorderiy
element developed itself in the city, and
the civil authorities found it necessary, for
the first time. to call for military aid 10
keep the peace. This trouble was easily
0uelled. Then the municipal election gave
rise TO brawls and riots, which required
the military again. Three months later,
in June, 1884, there was serious ana
bloody riot, occasiOned by hostility To the
Ianli-slavery movement. which had begun
TO gather force in the North. Meetings OF
Aboliuonists were attacked and broken up.
and the mob sacked the dwellings OF Ar
thur and Lewis Tappan, in Rose street.
NlavOr Lawrence called out the militia,
which marched and cOunterrnarched in
front of the City Hall to parade its force
before the people for their intimidation.
While this Intellectual show was in progress
word came that several churches where the
ministers were in the habit OF preaching
Abolition doctrines were about to be
DESTROYED by the rioters. The troops
were at once ordered to the rescue. The
streets were filed with crowds of angry
people, and the outlook was bad one for
the churches and their defenders. Near
Spring-Strect church the soldiers enc0un-
tered a barricadc OF carts. barrels, and
ladders chained together. The parsonage
of Rev. Dr. Cox had been attacked. When
the troops arrived at the barrlcade and A.
TEMPTED TO break through they were qssail-
ed with showers Of cObblcStOncs. n hand
| to-hand fight ensucd. but the soldiers, being
well-discipined, preserved their GOODNESS
and dispersed the mob without firing Il
shot.
In another month--July, 1S3i--a riot
broke ont among the stOne-Cltters. The
university was then building, and the con-
tractors, for econOmy'S sake, purchased
marble at the Sing Sing quarries and got
the state prisoners To cut it. The work
ingmcn were a power in that day. They
resented the first attemp, 10 Starve them or
to make convict labor their rival. Bands
para,leC the streets. bearing banners in
Scribed with inccdinaTy notices, and The
mObs even attacked the residences Of
IL 4,...x tod ono
mics of The Workingman. The mill
tia were called out dispersed the mob,
and Law on their arms in Washington
Square for four days and nights. Then
The agitation ceased and the disturbance
was qleled. The casualties were few and
none of them serious. Alter the Abolition
ist riot and the Workingmen'S outbreak,
there came M the KnOW-Nothing question
and Ms seuSeless brawlS. What was called
the Five-Points riots was the outgrOWth OF
this Know Nothing folly. This riot broke
ont on SUNDAY, june u, 1885. The trOU-
bic was occasioned 10y the fact that a
regiment OF lrishmen was about TO be
organized. TO tins the Know-Nothing iac-
ton objected. There was much talk be-
tween the parties on this subject, but no
organized attack was made on the regi-
q
might have ended in smoke but for a
uiline occurrence. This was 4 fight be-
tween two Irishmen in Chatham street. y
party OF citizens interiered, and the friends
OF the men, supposing their interference
meant a Know-Nothing attack, gave them
a VOlley of brickbats, and precipitated q
general row. The Know-Nothing party
took il up and attacked the Irishmen in
- =. lid Ynlf
of the most desperate and bloody street
ARRAYS.
MAYOR Lawrence appeared on the scene
with large force OF police, and, arreStinS
the riugleaders, dispersed the mob. The
next day, Monday, the riots broke out
again. public house in the Bowery was
sacked, and several prominent citizens
were dangerously wounded. The Mayor
and his force OF police again dispersed the
rioters. The same riots were repeated on
Tuesday and Wednesday, with the result
OF terrOrizing certain sections of the city,
and making the streets unsafe to all decent
people. The fighting stopped when the
combatants grew weary Of it and the nov
city of the quarrel had worn off. The au-
thorities were very wcak-handed iii dealing
with This disturbance throughout.
There was no great outbreak in the city
after these first ructionS of the native and
foreign elements until the spring OF 1919.
Then, on May 10th, there occurred the AS
tor Place Opera-IIouse riot, one of the
J most sanguinary OF the street rows that
have distracted and terrified the geiropo-
lis. The great tragedian, Edwin Forrest,
/, was the pet OF the people. lie had lately
returned from London, where he had been
hissed while on the stage, the English ac-
tor Macready at the same time occupying
box and seeming to enjoy his
rivals discontinue, il he did not
| encnnraQe and aid In the mnnifnstn