The record-union., 1892-10-21

uSIeu all tHe inmates 10 1SaN6 III Hall an
hour under penalty of death. Then the
struction was continued for hours. All
the sacred yestments, the affairs, the hymn
books, the religious Libraries, the person
al effects Of the inmates were dragged to
the lawn, heaped up and destroyed by
hre. But the outrage did not end there.
4 year after the burning Of the convent
the anniversary WAS celebrated by the
p0pulace at bunker Hill, who gave
grand picnic, with q shooting match, an
elIgy OF the Lady Superior OF the convent
being used as Il target.
In the year 1881, owing to commercial
distress, mObs fought for bread in the
streets of New York. y year before, on
December 10, 1885, terrible fire occurred
in the vicinity of Wall and Pearl streets.
over 700 buildings We're destroyed, val
ued at S20,000,0O0. Large quantities of
merchandise on the docks ready for snip
ment were licked up by the flames. The
season following was one OF great suffer
ing. That winter there were mass meet
ings and denunciation OF the high rents.
CLIMAX OF THE BREAD RIOTS.
Affairs came to climax when it was
hinted that certain dealers had cornered
the flour market in the hope OF squeezing
the last penny out of a people already on
the verge OF starvation. y huge mob
formed near the New York City Hall. 1t
descended upon the warehouse of flour
dealer. The doors were broken in; l.
windows were smashed; the famishiI
people broke through the walls. Then
they knocked in the heads of the barrels
and rolled them into the gutter. "Old
crones darted forward like birds OF prey
says historian OF the hOnr land, filling
baskets and aprons with the iwdrilt,
which lay knee deep on the pavement,
whittier than snowflakes, made off to their
homes.n
The methods of that earliest of Aboli-
ton editors, William Lloyd Garrison,
conduced to mob violence. One of Gar
rison's schemes was to print the picture
of a slave on handkerchief, roll it in
wrapper and send it, along with intlam-
matory tracts, TO slave owners in the
South. On one occasion a mob of 5000
tore open the United States mail bags in
Charleston, seeking Garrison's tracts.
Not long after that he imported a hot
headed Englishman named Thompson TO
stir up matters by public addresses.
He spoke so well that one night Garri-
son found set up before his door gallows
in the streets of Boston, an ominous
warning of his fate. The next day a furi-
Gus mob of fully 5000 people chased the
editor through the streets. Ii e was caught
and rope put around his neck. There
were loud cries that he should be hanged.
The Mayor interceded and Garrison was
arrested as a feint to get him out Of the
hands of the mob. He passed the night
in Jail. The crowd was thirsting for his
gore. But he was spirited away and lived
TO see many another mob.
A murder was committed by mob at
Alton, ILL.,, on November I, 1857. Elijah
p. Lovejoy, Presbyterian minister, had
been driven out of st. Louis for inviting
free discussion in his paper on the slav-
nyxy 1t0attar q crossed To l,,,+
was again suppressed. Nothing daunted
Lovejoy made preparations for starting a
new paper. Presses and type were on
the way. Lovejoy was visited by dep
utation and told TO quit the town. In
stead he went to the freight-house and
tried to defend his property. He fell,
pierced by five bullets. The rioters then
press, smashed it i'll little pieces and bore
the fragments, along with the type, TO the
river.
There have been other mobs within the
memory of persons who are now only
middle-aged. including the draft rioters.
REPORT OF GENERAL SCHOFIELD.
u. S. Troops Used in Support of Civil
Authorities.
WASHINGToN, Oct 19.-"Domestic vio-
lence in some States has rendered neces-
sary the use of the military in support of
the civil authorities" says General
Schofeld in his report. "Idaho's mill
tary organization has not yet reached the
strength necessary to cope with formid-
able insurrection involving the destruc-
ton of life and property, as in the Ceur
d' Alene mining region. Wyoming also
employed national troops to prevent a
/ A5n.fl l. ~, So.
Zens. Other special services were rem
dered by troops in various parts of the
country, involving much labor, exposure
and hardship"
Regarding small arms and field artil-
lery, he says that when the troops are
furnished with magazine small arms they
Will be as well equipped as any troops in
the world, and urges that no time be lost
| in providing these arms for the regular
troops.
Continuing, the report says that a SUBJ
stantial beginning has been made in the
tortificationS and armament of sea-coasts
and the construction of the new navy
He suggests that no time be allowed to
elapse in the appropriations necessary to
continue this great work.
General Schotield renews his former
recommendation on the passage of the
three e-battalion measure pending before
| Congress. He also recommends the es-
tablishment of an artillery reserve in the
! sea-coast States.
\ considerable increase in the pay OF
| non n-commissiOned officers is urged, and
tribute is paid the Indian soldiers.
| Wiser theories of administration and
more moderate views of authority of su-
bordinates has brought about harmony
in the War Department, which was dis
| turbed and the efficiency OF the military
service impaired by the conflict of as
sumed authority between staff depart
ments and commanding officers.