The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-03-29

Colorod Orphan Abyhum on Fifth sv.D,,
and I eaw the OroNh Of rioters as Il car.
down the Avenue after firing the asvlnn,
The rioters mart sacked the storee IN M.
row OF tensments that stood on Bnoaduas
where the BtuyveRht House later stoo1
They went 10 that particular row Of storS.
beoeuSo one OF them had been used al a
drafting ofloe.
After being sacked the buildings war.
burned and thon our guests became SlarmsI
for their own saiety. ! ran up, Broadway
% T~yenty-eighth street and mingled VIII
tho Hooters, pretending 10 be z aympathiz.,
and learned from them that their nsIt n,
ieot OF attack was 70 Be our hotel.
1T was . rough looking and disor1er,,
mob, armed with clubs, ofOwbars, old sword,
and various other weapons. founl
the leader and dlssuaded him from AttaSl'
ing the hotel, saying, In their own mama,
Of speech, Lets leave II alone. they nsv,r
hired no nlggerA.'
Il think what I Sald had some effect. IA,
they did not hurry toward the hotel ana
were not 90 savage about 10. Then I nan basi
and told Mr.. Hitchcock Of the situation
Gen. Mcclellan was not there, but ,
number Of the officers Of his stab wers
and 10 was Gen. Marcy, and when my story
was repeated 10 them Gen. Marcy and ~,
other officers formed q line on the sidcsaIS
In front OF the entrance and met the leadsy
"a the mob came down the street. on
oourse the officers we're not many compares
"a the mob, but they were armed and tbsv
were soldiers, and any a could see thai
II the mob made any dlBorderly moys
they'd have mon 10 eight.
after q paTley tho mob passed on And
before night We had brought In Carriages
from the arsenal at Seventh avenue snS
Thirty-6fth street a hundred muskets Ana
q thousand rounds Of ammunition. Aftsr
leaving US the mob went on down the ayenus
and stoned Mayor 0pdyke'S house.
The rioters did not return 10 us beoaua.
when they reached the neighborhood N
Blocker street the police we're ready FOR
them In foroo and dubbed them into hiSb,
with a vigor New Workers. who remembsr
that day will never forget"
After the war and when the Genenh M.
came fewer a. guAsts, the politicians Zen,
the hotel quite aS lively II not always a.
attractive.
Mr.. Lincoln did not stop at the hot.l
when he made his famous answer in Cooner
Union TO the Douglas speech. II had baen
Mr.. bAnooln's intention 10 60 TO the hotel
but he learned that a party Of irreoonci.
ables from the South had gathered Of Inc
hotel expecting him TO Be there and planne1
a meeting which, II was hoped, would com.
promise Lincoln. By giving the impression
that he was willing TO listen 10 q compromiss
discussion. Lincoln was warned OF this
plot and went elsewhere
Later lincoln was q guestat the hotel
and found an old Illinois friend In tba
person OF one Napoleon Baxter. At me
time postmaster Of Geneva, Ill.,, bur nov
In charge OF the neWaetand. The news.
man was called forth from behind nj,
counter and made 10 cit down with Lin.
coin and swap yarns about Illinois whils
a row Of onceseskers, ~oficeholders and
politicians cooled their heels In the Amen
Corner.
Gov. Seymour once met a number Of
labor delegates in the parlor Of the hotel
and during the interview q noted agitator
named Catee Mallory died Of what was
discovered 10 be hennorrhage Of the brain.
His sudden death gave rise 70. the report
that he had been assaulted by one Of the
Governors star, but AZ . matter OF fact the
Governor w9s unattended when be gave
the interview.
A reading Of the volumes Of s~crapbookS
which the hotel people have kept leads
10 the conclusion that during the past
Atty years almost every important person
In the United States has been q guest there
ct least once, Also nearly every such guest
is The hero Of some story connected with
his visit.
Space forbidh an attempt to list thee.
tales, but one Characteristic Of Gen. Grant
can b told In closing. The General vas
standing about half way between the deSS
and the entrance 70 the baTroom when =
minister. be knew slightly approached and
said, nodding bis had toward the bar.
General. that 10 certainly q cheerful
looking place in there
How do you KNOW asked th0 Genera.
lighting a fresh cigar.