The New York Herald Newspaper, May 12, 1849, Page 1

« manifest, @ mew aspect in the minds of many, and that it vwes looked upon by them as involving nothing ———— TERRIBLE RIOT ASTOR PLACE OPERA HOUSE. The Names of the Killed and Wounded. MEETING IN THH PARZ. THE EXCITEMENT IN THE CITY. weer Scenes and Incidents, dc. de. Se. Ap will be readily imagined, the excitement through- out the city, growing out.of the deplorable occurrences of the previous night, was-most intense throughout the whole of yesterday. Everywhere little groups of per- sons, of all classes, were observed discussing the affair, and expressing their opinions with more or less yehe- mence, A6 an ildustration of thepbsorbing interest felt in the matter, we may stato that no fewer than thirty- three thousand five hundred copies of the Herald, con- taining our full and.grephic.account of the whole me- Janeholy affair, were disposed of, and circulated all over the eity. Our telegraphic, aecounts from other cities brought intelligence that an equally intense excite- ment prevailed wherever: the»heart-rending news had been despatched. Of course, considerable diversity of opinion on all the principal features of the case pre- vailed amongst those who were engaged, in the streets and elsewhere, in conversation on the subject. It was however, that the business had assumed short of a controversy and collision between those «who have been styled the “exclusives,” or “upper tem,” and the great popular masses. Some blamed -the authorities with no little aerimony—others applauded them. It was generally. considered, however, among the mere intelligent and dispassionate classes, that proclamation should have been issued by the Mayor, warning the citizens,against participating, even in themost passive manner, in any tumultuous assem- Dlage.at the Astor Placo Theatze or.elsewherc, and that an overwhelming military force should have taken pos- session, of the ground at an carly hour, and prevented the gathering of a crowd in the ricinity of the buildiag. Throughout the day rumors were abundant that o rioteus organization of the most formidable cheracter was in progress, and that a still more bloody scene than that of the preceding night might be anticipited. It was said that fire-arms had been purchased and obtained in Jarge quantitics by persons riotously disposed, Almost all over the city the following placard had been posted in the most conspicuous places, attracting crowds of yeaders :— AMERICANS! AROvSE! THE GREAT CRISIS Decide now whether ARISTOCRATS AND FOREIGN RULE! Shall trinmph in, this AMERICA’S METROPOLIS, ‘or whether her own. whose fathers once compelled the basc-born miscreants to suee ‘cumb, shail meanly lick tho hand that strikes, and allow themselves to be deprived of the liberty of opinion —#0 dear to every truc American heart. AMERICANS! ! ome out | and dare to own yoursolyes sons of the iron hearts of 761! AMER ERICA. A still larger placard, of whieh we give a copy, was also posted, calling for a mecting in the Park:— TO THE PARK! THE CITIZENS OF NEW YORK, OPproseD TO THE DESTUCTION OF HiUMAN LIFE, ARE REQUESTED TO ASSEMBLE IN THR PARK, aT 6 0'CLOCK, THIS EVENING!! Triday, May 11, to express public opinion upon the lament iday, May 11) toe doourrence of fast night It was then apparent that an attempt was in pro gress, of some kind or another, to give an expression 0° fecling which might lead to unpleasant consequenc ‘The authorities were not inactive. A long consulta- tion was held by them in the morning. The lessee of the Astor Place theatre announced his design to close the house for the present. Orders were issued to the military to be in readiness at any moment, and the fol- lowirg proclamation was issued by the Mayor, and dispersed all over the city:— PROCLAMATION! The Mayor of tho city, while dovply doploring the loss of life whieh has resulted from the maintenanco of the law, du- ring the past night, reminds all the citizens that the peace of the eity must Le maintained. ; al citiiens to sustain the masiatracy. 1 be considerate—will be hu- calls on al mane, but they ought to be, and toust be firm. ‘He recommends ull citizens for some days to remain as quiet as possibie within their own dwellings, and to abstain from welling public assemblages,and from all acts that tend to ca- courage the riotously dispored. ‘The ofeot of crowds iv to expose the innocent to the injury arising from the measures which must be taken. ‘The peace of the city must and shall be maintained, by the whole vivil and military power of the county, Tt must always be remembered that the military is but a of wed of our own fellow portic lige of our city, com Sieizong, who have volunteered {> tnaintain the supremacy of their own laws. C. 8. WOODHULL, Mayor. ‘Mayor's Office, May 11, 1949. MR. MACREADY’S DEPARTURE PROM THE CITY. Mr. Macready left the New York Hotel, where he was living, and departed from the city, at three o'clock yesterday morning, accompanied by several of his friends. He expressed his determination to return no more for ever, His baggage was taken away yes- terday morning, at five o'clock, in charge of a friend, After the firing of the first round from the military, a friend of Mr. Macready told him that there had been bloodshed, which secmed to affect him very much. He threw up lis hands and exclaimed, “My God, has my appearance led to the sacrifice of human life! I wish 1 had adherod to my first resolution, and not yielded to the solicitation of my friends. They assured mo there would be no difficulty.” He then retired to his dressing room, and prepared to leave the theatre. After having got safely to the New York Hotel, it was dcemed prudent by hiinself and friends that he should leave the city as soon as possible, lest an attack should be made upon that house, The uniform of a soldier ‘was procured, and in that disguise he left the hotel, on horéeback, for New Rochelle, where he could wait for the first morning train for Boston. It is said that he ed through 8 portion of the crowd, on his way out Of the city, but did not excite their suspicion. He ‘was accompanied by several military officers, who acted a8 an escort and body guerd, until he was clear of the city. < PRESENTMENT OF THE GRAND JURY. . The Grand Jury of the Court of Sessions, deeming conciliatory measures called for, yesterday made the following presentment :— To the Hon, the Court of Sessions of the city and county of New York. The Grand Inquest, taking into consideration the highly excited state of the public feeling, growing out of the riot of the last twenty-four hours, would pro- sent the necessity of adopting such conciliatory m sures as may tend to allay the excitement, and recom- mend that the performance at the Opera House be #sus- ponded for the present. (Signed) JOHN CAMPBELL, Foreman, New York, May 11th, 1849, Mr. Campbell, the foreman of the Grand Jury, said to the court ;—The Grand Jury will cheerfully co-ope- vate inany measures thought necessary for the pre- servation of the peace of the city”? The Recor stated to the Grand Jury, that he would lay their communication before the Mayor. He thanked the Inquest for their proficred aid, and #0 dis- missed them, APPEARANCE OF ASTOR PLACE VICINITY YESTERDAY INCIDENTS, BTC. ‘ We visited yesterday the veene of the bloody tragedy, avd found a considerable crowd collected, or rather groups of men discussing the events of the previous night. There was evidently « strong Geling exeited, but it was not so mueh against the military whom all parties exonerate from blame, as against te committee of the Opera House, and thore who signed the requisition to Mr. Macready to appear again, in the fave of the nised opposition against him, It would seem as if Sieeready = Forrest: were now lost sight of, and “ the dad agistocracy.” ax the crowd call them, are the obnoxious party, We also heard much r sibility ajeributed to the suthorities for not pre-oecupying the ground with the miiNery, instead of coming at the eri- tical moment, when tii passions of tho mattitude were roused to the bighert piu, and then forcing their way robeh them, OTe Opers Hhogwe poceentod @ mort sbat appear ea? scarcely a whole pane in the windows in front, and one of the doors was completely smashed. In the rear, in Eighth street, the windows resented the same appearance, and on that side, too, There was @ door broken, The area all round the build- ing was strewed with bricks and stones. The house of Mrs, Langdon, opposite the theatre, shews about twenty bullet marks, some of them of very large size. In two or three instances, entire bricks were actually dislodged, so great was the force of the shots, owing to the close proximity of the military. Most of these indentations, exhibiting the red brick in contrast with the dark coat of paint with which the wall was covered, were so high that they were manifestly the re- sult of the first volley, fired over the heads of the peo- le. There was one bullet mark rather low down, which lid not break the wall, but left the mark of the Wud, and appears to have glanced off at an angle.— Anether bullet penetrated the sash of one of the windows. and entered the house. There were ladies standing in those windows at the time, or immediately before. An oyster shantee, kept by a colored man, at the corner of Lafayette and Astor Place, was pierced by two bullets, one of them just entering at the upper cor- ner of the door frame, and, being turned downwards, grazed an old woman, named Sarah Sewell, in the face. It did her no injury, and she was going about during the day. The public house, No. 23 Eighth street, op- posite Lafayette place, has ten bullet marks, three of which entered the dwelling, one of them through the door, and the remaining two through the drawing- room windows, and into a closet, almost hitting children who were in bed. Mr. John Byrne, of the Nation, while standing near the door of this house, received a bullet through his overcoat, passing out under his arm-pit, without doing him the slightest injury. A bullet entered the door-post of Mr. Hill’s house, 23 Third avenue, and two or three balls passed through a tent erected for exhibitions in the piece of waste ground adjoining. It i clear, therefore, that the shots were fired in every possible direction, as indeed they were heard to whistie. In La Fayette place, some way up, two boys were killed when going home. ‘One of them resided in Third street, and the other in Thirteenth. We have ascertained that several have received slight wounds, and some are mortally wounded who have net been'as yet reported, having been taken away by their friends. ‘The scene was visited during the evening by fashionable partie: both in carriage s an‘l on foot, and the crowds increase towards nightfull, when the police proceeded to occupy the theatre. Curts were employed during the day in removing trom the opposite y the paving stones which had been used so effectively on the preceding night. ‘The gute of this yard was complete- ly demolished, and the fragments used as weapons. The yard was occupied by the mob as a kind of batte- ry, protecting them from the fire of the military, while they discharged their own missiles under cover. The lamps about the place are injured, and many of them had been extinguished during the riot. On several oe casions, the military ex and their muskets taken fram them anz broken in pieces, while a troop of cavalvy was put hors du combat, It’ has been ascer- tained that.a large number of the troops refused to obey the order to fire, and walked away—some of them going to dof their uniform, andcome back in their or- dinary clothes During the morning, several ladies made their ap- pearance at the scene of action, and inquired for friends whom they were fearful had fallen among the victima. One aged woman, with tears streaming down her palid face, sought her son ; but he was among the fallen, His body had been.conyeyed to the Seveateenth ward station house, where were congregated about a thousand persons, in the greatest possible state of excitement, The aged mother forced her way through the crowd, and discovering the lifeless body of her son, fellupon him and wept in agony. Ie had not been a participator in the fearful work, but stood a spectator when the fatal bullet deprived him of life. About half- past two o'clock, a hearse was procured, and the body removed, followed by a large crowd, many of whom swore toayenge his death, eyen at the cost of their own lives. : Up toa late hour in the afternoon, the assemblage in the vicinity of theg Astor Place Opera House was very large; but just at night the wilitary took pos- session of the ground, and driving the people back, placed a guard round the theatre. A police force was also stationed in Broadway, at the corner, of Bleecker and Ninth strects, to prevent the omnibusses and other vehicles from pasting through that part of Broad- way, Thus every precaution was taken by the author- ities to preserve order and prevent the destruction of property. But notwithstanding the impressive lessons brthe night previous, thousands and thousands of per- sons congregated in the vicinity, and stood gaping in the direction of the Opera House. Occasionally a trooper would gallop throuzh the street; and when- ever this occurred 4 terrific zroan was raised, by way of intimating that the military were unpopular just at that particular time. Two mounted men were un- horsed; one of them, it was sald. lost his seat from bad horsemanship, and the other was knocked off by some missile thrown ut him by some person in the crowd. The military force seemed to be quite adequate to the performance of the duty aseigned to them. Up toll o’olock last night, no disturbance had been created by the mob at the theatre. The soldiers were in quiet possession of the ground, and would probably yetain it for the night ‘The boys were ercating some confusion in the streets. They amused themselves by lighting bonfires, and groaning at the military when- ever they saw a person in uniforin. Two O’crock, A. M.—At this hour, the soldiery were the only persons in the streets in the neighborhood of ‘Astor Place, and were all wishing for daylight, at which time they were to be dismissed from their unpleasant duty. n accident occurred about half-past one o'clock, inside the Opera House, A member of the Union Rifle corps, named James P, Wright, had his hand badly shattered by the explosion of his powder flask, occasioned by indiecreet conduct on the part of one of his comrades. We left him in the hands of two surgeons. ‘I'wo officers belonging to the Seventh ward police, two members of the Montgomery Guarda, and a member of the City Guards, were in the house, serious ly injured, from missiles which had been hurled at their heads during the night. THE KILLED AND WOUNDED. ‘The following is a list of the killed and wounded :— KILLED, George W. Gedney, aged 30 years, broker. 18 Wall street; left wife and child. Shot through the head. ‘Wm. Butler, aged 27 years, ship joiner, resided at 23 ‘Thompson street; shot in the left temple. Left a wife and child. Neil Gray Melis, liquor business, aged 30 years, rori- ded at 119 Grand ‘street; shot through the jaw and head, ‘The deceased was a nephew to ex-Alderman Gray, of the 10th ward, Left a wife and child. Thnothy Burne aged 18 years, a printer, residing at 472 Pearl street; shot through the right lung. Mathew Cuhan, aged 28, laborer, residing in Twelfth street and First avenue; shot through theneek. Sin- gle man. Owen Burns, aged about 30 years, cartman, residing at No. 81 Charles street; shot through the neck. ‘Asa F. Collins, aged 45 years, residing at 41st strect and Sdavenne, a man of some little property. Mr. Collins was descending from one of the railroad cars, at the time of the firing of the military, a distance of 150 yards from the scene of disorder, a ball from a musket struck the deceased in the neck, eausing almost instant death, ‘Thomas Bulman, aged 20 years, laborer, residing in 12th street and Ist avenue; shot in the abdomen, Sin- gle wan, George W. Taylor, 21 years, residing at No. 215 Va- rick strect, a carpenter; shot in the head. Single man. Thomas Kearnin, 23 years, a waiter; shot through the right cheek. Single man, Resided corner of 1st avenue and 13th gtrect. ‘Timothy MeGuire, aged 19 years, late resident at 107 ‘Thirteenth street, the only support of a widowed mo- ther, was standing immediately opposite the main en- trunce tothe theatre, and at the first discharge of mus- ketry received a ball which entered the abdomen on the ieft side, midway between the pelvis and the ribs, passed through the body, and cscaped almost twoinches on the right of the spine, He died in a few hours after receiving the wound. ‘A Mx. Kelly received « mortal wound, causing almost instant death. He resided at 104 Bast 13th street. g George W. Brown, aged 21 years, This young man received a musket ball through the left lung. | It ap} pears he was standing peaceably by the iron railing, on the opposite side of the street, when he reccived his death wound. He resided at No. 42 Crosby street, with his mother, and was taken ome a corpse. Henry Otten, grocer, corner of Delancey and Orchard streets, was shot through the stomach, and died in the 16th ward station house while we were there. His aged mother was present, and ber lamentations were truly heart-rending. John 8. Jones received a mortal shot, He resided at No 219 Sullivan street. Andrew McKinley, aged about 25 years; shot through the chest. He resided at No, 147 3d Avenue. George Lineoln, 80 yeurs of age. resided at No. 189 Walker street, Bull took effect in the groin, and came out of his baek. weunnen, Thomas Aylwood, aged 10 years, shot through the thigh. ‘Joreph Faton, 19 years of age, a spectator, was shot in the right leg. The ball perforated his pants, and grazed the fleshy part of the leg, just below the kneo, ‘ames McDonald, 17 years old, 134 Walker street. Bai! through the left side. Bridget Fagan, Irish, 90 years old, shot in the left leg, just below the knee, Lives in Eleventh street, be- tween Avenues 1 and 2, She was two blocks off, walk- ing with her husband on their way home, and fell into his arme, Edward McCormick, 135 First avenue, 19 years old; worked at 200 Mulberry strect, Shot through the side, John Detsel, 22 years old, of Edinburgh. Lived at widow Harrison's, opposite Washington market. Shot through the thigh, making a serious compourd fracture. ‘The rume ball went through his band. 3 George A. Curtis, printer, resides in New York, aged 22, shot through the right lung Conrad Becker, 27 Hudgon street, worked for Maho- ny & Thompron, upholsterera, Chatham strect. Ball went throvgh the right thigh, ‘Thomas Aylwood, aged 19, clerk. resides at the corner of East Brondway and Clinton street. Ball through the thigh, fracturing the bone, Stephen Ellwood, (insensible in the City Hospital.) Ball entered the left eye and lodged near the ear, George N, Kay, 28 years of age, merchant, boarded at 107 Chainbere street, Ball in the right breast, going en- tirely throngh. Henry Burguist, known a4 “Harry Blaff,” and lived ut $10 Pearl street, Ball grazed the neck, went into tl right shouldes, coming out behind the right arm, He had been deputized as special policeman for the even- ‘Irs.§Brennan, housek for Mr. Kennoehan, eor- ner of Second avenue and 9th street, whilat passing up ‘the Bowery on her way home, leaning upon the arm of a man, was struck bys ball in her left thigh. The ball passed through the fleshy part of both thighs with- ut injuring the large vessels or bones. ‘The wound is ‘not mo! . ‘Thomas B. Stone, 20 years; shot through the leg. Stephen Kehoe, 24 years; ‘shot in the eye, and the ball lodging in the back of ‘his neck. Frederick Gillespie, a boy; shot through the ‘foot, was taken to his residenco, Lorengo D. Snell, residing at 49 Bayard street. was struck with a musket ball, passing |hrough his thigh, about one inch inside of the femoral artery. Mr. Snell had been in the city but afew days, He resided in Philadelphia. Wn. C. Russell, a lawyer in Wall street, was shot through the left arm. B. M. Seixas, jr, a private citizen, was wounded, Capt. Pond, 7 regiment, had a severe flesh wound on his cheek. Capt. Peck, a militia oMcer, had been hit in the stomach with a large paving stone, before there was any firing. Quite sick. Mr, Ruckle, 4th Company, was hit hard with « brickbat. ‘The first soldier struck was Theodore W. Todd, 2d Lieutenant; and Lieut. W. H. Harrison was injured, Private John Mortimer, Orderly Sergeant Morton, Capt. Underhill, Private Isaac Devoe, 1st Company, an —— Bogart, 4th Company, were wounded—none dan- gerously. ‘Thus it will be seen by the above list, that 17 are killed, and 18 wounded; two or three of the latter, it is Delieved, will scarcely survive another day. ‘There are several yet, it is believed, wounded, who remain quictly at their residence, the whereabouts of which we have not as yet been able to ascertain, The individual shot as he was stepping from ono of the cars, was Mr, James Stewart, who was on his way to his residence, in Fifth avenue, near Eighth street. Though the ball entered his neck, he is yet alive, though little hopes ot his recovery are entertained. ARRESTS. ‘The arrests below were made by the police on Thurs- day night, and stand charged with being rioters at the Astor Place Theatre. The number ofarrests amounted to 63, They were all committed to prison for # further examination. Age. 18, Robert Howard, 141 Broome street, machinist, 15, Thomas Seaman, 21st street, butcher. 16, John Ayres, 83 Wooster street, organ builder. 20, John Stevenson, 256 Houston street, baker. 17, Walter Lawrence, Varick & Charlton streets, huckster. 18, Alfred Holden, 54th street, butcher. 22, Daniel 8. Adriance, 25 Thomas strect, machinist. 20, Wm, Aikin, 13 Mott street, cooper. 18, John Roach, 6 Catharine slip, brass finisher. 16, James Matthew, 84 Forsyth street, butcher, 19, George Douglass, 31 Chrystie street, gilder. 24, James MeLean, 142 Fulton street, printer. 16, Augustus Gore, Orange street, printer, 26, Thomas Green, 150 Hester street, with Dr. Ogden 31, John Loins Lyons, 22d street, porter, 17, Dickinson Reed, 19th street, butcher. 17, Edward Heath, 160 Reed street, sailmaker. 15, Thomas Kelly, 207 Mercer street, chair maker. 30, Wm. Holden; Sth avenue, gardener. 29, Elias Combs, 268 Grand street, dry goods, 18, George EF, Harrison, 28th 6th street, marble cutter. 18, Henry A. Ransford. 44 Division street, clerk. 16, William Parker, 44 Gouvencur street, no business. 21, William Beams, 88 11th street, piansforte maker. 28, William Sparks, GO Mott street, mason, 22, Charles Tappen, 60 Mott street, plumber. 88, George Mason, 954 Pearl atrect, baker, 21, Thomas Bennett, 107 Mulberry street, printer. 21, R. E, Dugan, corner Varick and Broome strevts, cork merchant. 18, Henry Hiffer, 833 Bowery, grocer’s clerk. 20, John Hawkins, 267 Sd street, cooper. 19, John Norris, ‘Prospect street, Brooklyn, shoe- maker, Robert Teunic,curner Bayard and Chrystie streets, cooper, Hugh McLaughlin, 476 Pearl strect, paper folder, ‘Alex, Hosack, 256 Canal street, shipping office. Robert Miller, 23 Pell street, speculator. , Edward Haggerty, 132 Bleecker atreet, sailmaker, ; John McAul h street, butcher. . John Dean, 122 Varick, no business, 7, James Cook, Exgex strect, huckster. 20, John Faljs, 61 Hammersley street, carpenter: 19, Wm. Jones, 26 Essex street, sailmaker, 20, Jacob Day, 6th avenue, butcher. 16, George Parker, 44 Gouveneur street, no business, 19, Charles Forstnell, 22 10th strect, bookbinder, 1 vert Charles, 63 Grove strect, gunsmith, dward Z,C, Judson, 16 Abingdon place, editor, Mr. Judson was examined, and held to bail in the sun of $1,000, to an:wer the charge in court, ‘Chis he gaye and was liberated trom custody. Samucl O. Niel, William Wallace, Andrew Miirray, Charles Thomas, David Jordon, and’ Thomas Dorian: ‘These six prisoners made their escape from the station house during the night. MEETING IN THE PARK TO DELIBERATE UPON THE DEATUS OF THE NIGHT BEFORE—TREMENDOUS EX- CITEMENT. At six o'clock, the meeting which had been called, was held in the Park. An immense number.of citizens of the greatest respectability in demeanor, deportment and appearance, was assembled together long before the hour of the meeting. Great feeling prevailed, but it was tempered with a calm, orderly patience and quic- tude. Tho people seemed desirous to know and under- stand things, and in doubt as to any determinate con- clusions, The meeting being called to order; the chair was taken by W. W. Mantenstoox, Esq., who was voted in by acclamation, As soon as the chairman had taken his seat, and while he was rising to address the moct- ing. a sudden crash and noise was heard; then the high platform, which wns loaded with people, suddenly gave way, and fell to pices, We, ourselves, with the chair- man and all spon, fell with the fragments, and hap- pily were safely déposited, amid a load of broken tim- ber, upon the ground, prostrate and supine, On reco- yering our stupor from the sudden surprise and alarm, we found ourselves alive and unhurt, for which we felt grateful, but we were sorry to learn that alittle boy who was in the crowd with us, was crushed to death. We heard a cry that the boy was killed, but such was the lively interest which everybody felt in himself and the meeting, that no notice was taken of the matter, and Vag interrupted business was immediately re- sumed. ‘The Cuammman then got up upon the table, which had desecnded in position with us all, and stated the object of the meeting. Gronor A. Hatsey, Esq, and Atnent H. Waccoxen, Esq., were then unanimously appointed Secretaries of the meeting. Mr. Stranan then rose to address the multitude, which could not have been less than 20 or 25 thousand souls, Mr Srnanan then offered the following resolutions: Feirow-Citizens:—In view of the deep disgrace that has fallen upon our city, in consequence of the con- duct of some of our city rulers, last evening, the follow- ing resolutions are submitted for your consideration:— esolved, That we love the peace, are law abiding citizens, and devoted to the welfare of this, the first city of the Union, but, above all, we cannot sanction the murder of innocent men by those whose sworn dut it is to protect them in all the rights of American citi- zens, Resolyed, That we believe it to be the duty of our city authorities, ifa riot takes place, or if they have good reason to belicve that a riot, involving the de- struction of life or property, will take place, to exhaust the civil power of the county before resorting to the military, which is, in fact, the right arm of despotism, and ought tobe the last resort of Americans. And here we must condemn the Mayor of our city, for not caus- ing the Astor Place Opera House ts be closed, when he knew (ashe says) that a riot would ensue if it were opened, Resolved, That we look upon the sacrifice of human lives in the vicinity of the Astor Place Opera House, last night, as the most wanton, unprovoked, and mur- dcrous outrage ever perpetrated in the eivillzed world; and that the aiders, abettors, and instigators of that unparalleled crime, deserve, and shall receive the last- im censure and condemnation of this community. Resolved, That, in our opinion, it is the imperative duty of the Grand Jury of this county to indict the Mayor, Recorder, and the Sheriff of this city, for order- ing the military to fire on the citizens, during the dis- estrous and bloody tragedy of last night. Resolved, That we mingle our tears and lamentations with the mourning friends and relatives of the men, women, and children, who have fallen victims to the pride, tyrmmny, and iniuumanity of those, who, « dressed in a little brief authority,” have shown a higher regard for the applause of those who courted a fatal issue than for the lives of their fellow citizens, Resolved, That we will attend the funerals of our murdered fellow-citizens. Resolved, That a committee be appointed by the Chairman, to take testimony in relation to the lamenta- Die affair of last night, for the purpose of presenting it to the proper authorities, and our fellow citizens, Resolved, That we owe it to ourselves, to the high character of our city, to the genius of our institutions, to the vindication of a large body of our fellow citizens from the opprobrious and unfounded charges made against them, to prove to our and their revilers that we respect the rights of others, are neither destructives nor law breakers, and, therefore, will not counsel or countenance the destruction of life or property. Resolved, ‘That while we ate opposed to alt violence, in theatres, or elsewhere, we still inaixt that citizens have a perfect and indisputable right to express their approbation or disapprobation in all places of public amusement; and we regard the arrest and imprison- ment of persone last night, for merely expressing their he ag in the Opera House, as only #ui od in atro- city A the outrage perpetrated outelde among the oople. , ‘The reading of those ably drawn up and powerful re- solutions produced at and decided impression upon the immense mass, which listened to the reading ofthem in profound silence. At some of the most stri- king expressio uch as “ murder of innocent people,” “ jndiscreet Mayor,” &c., thero was @ loud, spontaneous burst of warm and indignant aol the Mr. Stranan having concluded the reading of these resolutions, in a full, clear and audibie voice, phy to address a fow remarke upon the subject to his fellow- 31, 18, 30, 20. MORNING EDITION----SATURDAY, MAY 12, 1849. citizens, and in his speech, while he deeply, vehe- mently and eloquently deprecated and censured tl conduct which had been pursued. earnestly advise resort to the legal tribunals. and the absence of all vi lence. He recommended the people to go home, and calmly review and consider what they heard, and, in the course of time, to act according to the dictates of a sound and temperate judgment. We have the speoch of Mr. 8. in full, but owing to the length of the others written out first, we are obliged to postpone that of Mr. S. for the present. When Mr. Strahan had concluded, loud cries were raised of “Rynders,”” “Rynders.”” Captain Ryspens, of the famous Empire Club, then mounted the table and addressed the immense assem- by before him, Fellow Citizens:—It strikes me that the first thing now in order, is to put the resolutions to the vote which you have heard read, The resolutions given above were then put to the yote by the Chairman, and adopted by acclamation. Captain Ryxpexs then proceeded as follows :— Fellow Citizens :—When I look upon this vast con- course of citizens assembled here, I am overwhelmed by ay, feelings at reflecting upon the dreadful calamity which has befallen our city. (Shouts of “ Murder, mur- der.”) Yes, fellow citizens, you may well callit murder. I do not say that it has been perpetrated from the motive and intention of killing men; I do not say that when they first ordreed sut the troops they had the intention of murder, but when they gave the word, and said “fire,” then it was a murderous act, and murder was committed upon inoffensive citi- zens by the chief magistrate of the proud city of New York—a city where such a thing as a riot has scarcely ever been known before. Fellow citizens, for what— for whom was this murder committed? (I hope you will keep order, I hope you will prove by your conduct this evening, that the working men of our city are as orderly ag the aristocracy.) Why was this murder per- petrated? Was it done for the sake of justice and for the object of preserving order? (Loud crtos of ‘No, no."’) I think not. For what, then, was it done? To please the aristocracy of the city, at the expense of the lives of inoffending citizens—to please an aristocratic English- man, backed by a few sycophantic Americans. It w: more important to these aristocrats that Mr. Macrea- dy, an Irish-Englishman, should play before them, and that they should be amused by him for a short hour, than that they should prevent a riot. They preferred to run the risk of a disturbance to gratify themselves with hearing him. They would shoot down their bre- thren and fellow-citizens rather than be deprived of the pleastire of secing him perform. Think you the sun would have risen lees brilliantly the next morning if Mr, Macready had not played that evening? [ think not. Well, Macready ‘aid play, in dumb show, and the stars were there to see him, and protect him—I mean our police, who have so distinguished themselves on this occasion, Now, | want to say something in relation to the agency which I am reported to have had in this mat- ter. (Heo an interruption to the reporter took place, a crowd ofmen trying to get the resolutions from him.] I will not demy the fact that 1 wanted to see Macroad: put down, but not by violence. There were hundreds who heard me express my opinion; and I defy any one to aay that I advised any attack or assault to be made, I tried to put him down; I wanted to put him down; but I wanted to do it peaceably. I was not hostile to Mr. Macready because he was an Englishman, but be- cause he was full of his country’s prejudices, from the top of his head to his feet, if he has any. On this ac- count, I was ready to take a number of tickets, and manifest my dissatisfaction of his conduct. It has been said that money was paid to me im order to put him down, Fellow-citizens, it is a base lie. (Loud cheers.) I paid my own moncy for the tickets, and a few others paid for other tickets to be given away. If I did wrong, that was all | did, and Ido not shrink from the rexponsibility of it. Now, fellow.citizens, a regards the Mayor. I do not wish to speak unkindly of him; I will merely state the truth ; but even the truth in regard to him {s too bad to dwell upon. If | were to do s should be afraid of exciting your feelings too much, and Ido uot wish to stimulate you to any acts of violence, to tear down houses, or to wage war againet bricks and mortar. Yesterday, after reading the pro- nunciamento published in his behalf, I felt more in- clined than ever to hiss him and put himdown. They promised him that they would support him. Did they do it? Could they do it? Not a man of them was there who came uplike a man, after agrecing to sustain him. No, but they threw the responsibility upon the “stars’—not the stars of the stripes and banners— far from it—but the police. Yesterday I waited upon the Mayor; Mr. Matsell, Mr. Wiley, and others can vouch for the truth of what I say. I told him there was danger of a fearful riot; I said to him, “For God’s sake, stop the proceedings; you are bound to protect tho lives of the citizens.” I gave him my advice, and I believe the Mayor is a man of truth, and he will not deny it. A consultation was held last night again; I spoke to Alderman Kelly, of the 2d ward, and asked him if he would not go to the Mayor, and prevail upon him to put a stop to the proceedings. No, it was all in vain; they were determined to be gratified by having Mr. Macready to play for them at the bag gf the lives of their fellow citizens.— (Three groans were here called for, and gave by the immense mass with profound solemnity.) And now, fellow-citizens, I have one remark to make in rela~ tion to the public pross, (The Globe.) (Mr. R. here read a shortarticle from the above paper.) 1 called upon the responsible editor of that paper, who said he did net write it, That article was written by that pink of pro- pricty, ‘the well-known and notorlous Major Bangs. (Loud laughter.) “Mr. R. here commented upon the ar- ticle, and procecded with some cutting remarks, which, owing to the confusion around us, we were unable to catch. Mr. R. then spoke upon the conduct of the military in firing upon the people. ‘They were, he said, the slaves of her Majesty of England. They obeyed or- ders, and gallantly fired, and killed two old ladics and thirty or forty citizens. ‘That same evening, one of our public functionaries boasted, while he was regaling him- self in a tavern with his usual beverage, of the murders which had been committed. (Cries of “Three groans for Recorder Tallmadge,’ to whom it was understood that reference was made.) So I have heard, fellow-citi- zens. I do not affirm it to be #0; but I have heard it was A number of our fellow-citizens, who yesterday at this time were alive and hearty, as we are here, were murdered last night, and are now stark and stiff in death. (Loud groans.) Our Na- tional Guards did this, with General Sandford at their head, They haye not particularly distinguished them- selves upon the field of Mexico—they never drew a sword or shouldered a musket to fight for their country; but last night they shot down a couple of elderly ladies, and a number of peaceable inoffensive citizen General Sandford would make a field marshal befor whom the glory of Ney would be eclipsed. But, if was to be made one of Napoleon's marshals, it would not be because he could fight, but because of the mur- ders he could boast of having committed. I say it, fellow citizens, and I mean it—he is a coward !—for none buta coward would fire upon unarmed citizens and then boast of it. I do not want to urge you on to violence against him. The finger of scorn will for ever point at him hereafter for this exploit, which will punishment enough for him. ‘That will put him down; yes, achild might put him down, whose only bravery consists in firing upon ‘a number of unarmed citizens, and killing two old ladies. As to the civil force of New York, I do not wish to be co severe upontho Star Police asthe gentleman who has preceded ime, though, as a class, altogether, they deserve what he has said of th But | should life to know, Sf the object of their being called out was to preserve the pence, why were they not in the strect instead of being shat up in the theatre? It Is the first time one ever heard of police being shut up in a house in order to quell a riot in a rireet and put a mob down, There they drawn up insidé the house, in order to reve aristocrats of this city against the working (Loud crics of indignation) Another thing I remark, and I can prove it by good witnesses, by their tickets and pocketing the money they hav the people, the working men of the city, 2 ber, that putes. i city, therefore, 1 jure the buildin was torn down, for it, and it would Mr. Forrert- cheers for Mr, Forrest)—it at he gav> honey to pay for putting Macready down. Fellow citt- mae it innize, (Cries of It isa lie.) Twould give two hundred and fifty dollars to any one who would prove, by good witnesses, that I ever reesived one cent from Mr. Forrest, or any one, for such purpose, As 1 raid before, 1 bought twenty or thir- ty tickets, but as I had not the money at the time, | applied to a gentleman in this city for the mo- ney,’ He gave it me, and I gave him my note for it. On the first night I bought fifty tickets with my own mo- ney, I paid it myself, but Iwas sorry to see an assault made upon Mr. Macready. It has been said Mr, Forres gave the money. Fellow-citizens, it is « foul eatumn against a most noble and honorable citizen. A reporter of one of the papers met me and asked, * Do you know Mr. Forrest?”” I raid, “ Accidently only; I got aequaint- ed with him in a steamboat on the North River, going up and down oeeasionally.”” Then he safd to me, “* Will you go to him and ask # favor for me?” I went, and Mr. Forrest said, “Send him to me.” ‘Then I spoke to Mr. Forrest about Macready. I said, to see what he would ray, “He ought to be put down.” fo this Mr. Forrest replied and said, “ Two wrongs do not make a right.” So help me God, that was his answer. (Shouts of apprebation.) ‘Then he said, * Let the poople do as they please.” But, on the other hand, Mr. Macready sent one hundred and twelve tickets to the b'heys to support him; but one of them, Billy Sparks, sald, “I will take your tieket, but 1 will b He did'#0, and in prison for it. robbed m= op ‘They would be glad if t ity would have to Of a losing specuiatio on said that among the police. paid money, no doubt. {ext a trick in his life. ‘Then there was Bowyer, too, active among them, with his slung-shot, quite brave Inst night. in attacking the peop! Now when this meeting breaks up, 1 hope you will go home like faceable citizens, and not tear down any hou: (ie, Macready. as you all know, loft the city night. though the men who claim to be exclusives pre- tended they would sastain him; yet the little man had to run for his life in spite of their promises. (Shouts, He went upon the telegraph wires.””) His baggage fol- lowed him this evening. ere were some who were for plunging it into the river; but no—God forbid sueh things shou id be done. It is not necessary we should havea burning eity, though last night I should have been glad to have hung up & dozen like rats; but we have bad time to reflect, and the feclings of an citizens have hed time to reoever their as- ney—feclings always in favor of justice, order, aud . Now then, I you iperse quietly. and go home peaceably to yous ions, in proper time Captain Rynders having concluded, loud cries were | raised in the dense crowd for Mike Walsh, After some delay, Mr. Waten came forward, ascended the table, and addressed the meeting. He snid— | Friends and Fellow-citizens—This is the first time in the history of this city that we have been called upon to deplore a cowardly, base, and murderous attack upon the citizens. So long as the dispute between Forrest and Macready, two persons, was passive, | took no part in the matter. I did not think it becoming the dignity of an American citizen to make a dispute between two play-actors a national question. But now it has ceased to be a perso matter, and has resolved itself into a war on the booty of the public | authorities of this city against the lives of the people whom they ought to protect, Not in the whole history of the civilized world has there ever been committed | an atrocity equal to that which was perpetrated last | night. Even the Emperor of Russia, who holds the lives of the people in little better estimation than that | of dogs, has always required three rounds of blank cart- ridges to be fired by the troops before they fire with | ball upon the people. We have seen in London the spectacle of nearly two millions of people threatening to march upon London, with the undisguised purpose 6f overthrowing the government, and what happened ? Were the } nglish troops commanded to fire upon the people? Not so! Not aasolitary man was killed. The soldiers were not drawn out on the occasion, but the shopkeepers of the city alone were called out, as special constables, to put down the tumult! My friends, do you think that if this assault had been committed at the | Chatham or Bowery theatres, our citizens would have | been shot down and murdered for breaking « few panes | of glass? Thirty or forty persons have been | shot down in ‘cold blood, who were not guilty | of violating the lawa! (Loud cries of “Shame! | “Shame!”) The very fact of the commission of this outrage proves that we are the most forbearing people | upon the earth. If such a thing had occurred in | the streets would have been soon filled with bar- | #, raised against the cut-throats, with the Mayor | at their head, It is casy to preach peace when we do | not mean it, but law and or become a curse when they bring death and desolation into families, and | cause the tears of mourning relatives to be shed, calling loud for vengeance, 1, myself, was not near the Astor Place theatre last night, but 1 say that F. A. Tall- | madge, Mr. Westervelt, and Mr. Matsell, deserve hang- | ing thousand times, (Cries of “ Hang them up”— | “hang them up.) We have had a proclamation from aman, who, by a mere accident of circum. | stances, has arrived to be Mayor, and, no doubt | there ure thousands like him who are drinking the | blood of the operatives, who long for the power of an | army by which they may oppress and trample the poor man under foot. Where were these National Guards | during the late war with Mexico? Where were these | gingerbread soldiers? ‘They were drinkiag puach ut their firesides, while it was the poor man who fought the battles of the country. I do not wish to curse them, but they have been valiant enough to pour lead upon | the unarmed multitude. (Cries of * Vengeance,” “Ven- geance.”) When the Opera House was opened, it was restricted to those only who wore white kid gloves, | such was the spirit of pride ant presumption | of the nabobs of the Fifteenth ward, who, lod by the Mayor, have brought troops to fire upon the people, Who will take care of the families they have | made desolate? Will Macready, will Forrest, will Woodhull? No! Let us be dignified, but let us speak strongly and firmly. I say, so help me God, if another shot is fired by these scoundrels, [ will, with musket and bayonet in my hand — (The conclusion was lost owing to the confusion.) My heart is quite sickened at the sights I have seen—the brains of the people who have been murdered oozing out, their limbs torn and lacerated, the blood covering them as it flowed from ghostly wounds. 1 call upon the coroner of this city to cause the Jury of Inquest to find a verdict of “Guilty of Murder’? against the Mayor and Matsell, and ali whé have acted in this crime. May eternal | oblivion rest upon them—may eternal infamy fall upon the guilty, Cursed be their names now—and | may they forever be a byeword anda reproach. Now, | my boys, one word more, We owe it to ourselves, to our fellow-citizens, and to society, if ever there is a repetition of this shooting, to arm ourselves, and to call upon every man to arm ghimself, (Here the tumult became great, and the exeltement intense. Loud cries for vengeance rose from the crowd. Mr. Walsh de- scended from the table, whereupon an adjournment was moyed, upon which we came away and left the ground.] While the multitude was gathering in the Park, a number of women were observed making their way through the crowd, some Icading small children, some bearing infants in their arms, and some having two or | three youngsters in their train. In enc instance,a lady, was seen conducting two fine looking little boys, of about four and five years of age, through the crowd. A benevolent gentleman, knowing the danger of their po- sition, kindly suggested to the mother to leave the ground, as that was no place for children. She barcly | licarh him through, and then administered a sarcastic | rebuke to him for interfering. The urchins all over town were as carnest in their debates about the popu- lar topic of the day, as were the children of a larger growth. In fact, from the nursery to the work shop, and from the parlor to the counting room, everybody | alked about the riot at the Opera House. | THE SUPPRESSED MEETINGS AT THE WASHINGTON PARADE GROUND AND TOMPKINS SQUARE } While the proceedings were going on in the Park, we were informed that two other meetings were being | held at the same time, one in Washington Square, and the other in Tompkins. To both of those places we proceeded with as much expedition as possible, so as to | lay their proceedings before the public. On reaching there it was found that quict prevailed, and that there was neither a meeting nor the least excitement. | ‘Tompkins Square was perfectly quict, and the same | mey be said of Washington Square, although thore were several companics of military stationed thero, | which, we were informed, would take position in the immediate vicinity of the Astor Place theatre, We observed there the Union Rifles, three companies of the Washington Guards, the City Guard, and the Mont- gomery Guard, all looking very well, and ready at «| moment's noticdto do the bidding of their commanders. ‘The exercises of these companios were witnessed by two or three hundred people, who were engaged in discussing the deplorable tragedy of Thursday evening, some taking one view and some another of it, but all | agrecing that the peuce of thecity must be maintained. | In the neighborhood. of Washington Square, as well as in the vicinity of the Astor [lace theatre, at seven o'clock, there was no excitement, nor any apprehen- sion of a recurrence of trouble entertained by the inhabitants, Ladies promenadcd Broadway as usual, | and those who were not out of doors eat in their parlor windows looking at the passers by, and | observing the military; children trundled their hoops in the square, as’ on other evenings—in fine, | he would be @ dull observer, indeed, who could | not perceive that there was no thought of a riot like that which occurred on Thursday cvening; and confi- | dence in the ability of the municipal authorities to preserve the peace was depicted in cvery countenance. Leaving Washington Square, we saw a powerful force of hussars and dragoons, together with a piece of artil- lery, wending their way up Eighth strect towards Broad This force, of itself, it would be supposed, was eufficiont for almost any emergency growing out of They looked extreinely well—both and men, and as they proece towards Br tracted a good deal of a reven o'clock{ they turned into Broadway, thonee they went to the theatre in Astor I " of which they took positio upying completely the whole street, Including the sidewalk, At this time there were about fifteen hundred persons in the vicinity of the theatre, composed in a great measure of boy haif.grown men, with a sprinkling on tho sidewalks, near the Bowery, of women. There was some little groaning when they first made their appearance, but they experienced no difficulty in taking their positior One of their horses becoming restive, the dragoon wh was on his back determined upon down—while doing which, one of the threw a mirvile, inthe shape of a stick, « act was loudly applauded ; but nothing serions resul from ft. To twenty minutes past seven o'clock, was the only thing worth noting that occurred, \ INCIDENTS, ETC., ON THURSDAY NIGITT. ‘We were informed last evening, that on Thursday night the policemen who were wounded by the missiles sent from among the crowd, sought remedy for their injuries at the drug store of Mossrs, Burtnett & Powell, corner of Kighth street and ‘Third avenue, and that they were obliged to leave the store disguised, in order to erenpe the fary ofthe mob which were around the doors ef the establishment. There were two boys killed in Lafayette Place, who were going kome at the time, The persons attending the Evangelical Alliance Meeting in the Duteh Church would have been in great danger had they separated a mom: nt or two sooner, The Oyster Theatre, kept by a colored man at the corner of Lafayette and Astor Places, was pierced by two bullets, one of them going through, at the upper part of the frame, and, being turned down, wounded in the face an old woman in the house, but did not do her any serious injury. ‘The individual shot as he was stepping feom one of the car: James Stewart, who was on his » to hi in Fifth avente, near Bighth street 1 entered bis neck, he is yet alive, vy is entertained terday.} the theatre were sider Though the though little hope of his recove (From the other papers of y' Seon atter ten o'clock the doors © come 01 In Ase opened, and the audience began to come ou it. d , tor place. @ file of infantry, with dxed bayon ta, ero stationed, ft may be for securing eros, oF it mad, he to protect the building, which was " a ei rious eries of “ Tear it down ve ger. there bela damned den of the aristocracy,” &e., U Grouns for Macready !"” * Cheors for Ewin Forrest, be. ke. An orator near us eried—* Yc t goin there without kid gloves on, I paid for a teket, and they would not let me fn, because | hadn't kid gloves And a white vest, damn ‘em! Another—* Lluxuriate | fnthescene, Hurrab! I will have nothing to do with breaking windows, but I luxuriate in the scenes,” Bslekbate avd stones Began to be fired freely ut the | rhe THE NEW YORK HERALD. TWO CENTS. soldiers ; some with 60 much viol from their bayonets. The soldiers sutoceh eae commendable patience.— Express, The excitement of the crowd became intense—but there was no more mob. The orators that had this work of mischief and death, slunk away ny places, and preached upon the atrocity of killing American citizens for English actors. The window- breaking 8 saw it was no longer “fun.” There were cries of ‘ Let us have a public meeting.” That was @ true American Yankee i and sounded #0 like home—but nobody knew anybody to make a chairman of, that anybody knew. There were cries of “Let us burn down the damned there were sneering responses of the torch, yourself.” The sight of blood had peace, and re-enthroned reflection. All sorta of sto- ‘A hundred mon were killed,” im one y A poor innocent boy, twelve old?” reported wounded in another. Cries of “ Who did it?* “Let us murder the soldiers.” Counter eries, “Go ahead and do it.” “ Three cheers for F ‘4 “There soldiers are our brothers,” “Why, fia aia they fire on us?” About this time, » soldier in uni- form, with his musket, left the ranks, and walked through the mob, on his way home. The mob beset him, laughing and yelling. “Lick him? —* Take his gun,” “Serve him as he served others.” one time they would tear him to pieces—but he was ected by others, who said, “He has but done his duty—what all of us may be compelled as citizen sol- diers todo.” It was suid he had been badly hurt b: stones, and was going home. It was said again, he the ranks rather than fire on the people. was partially @ ruse, to get him through the crowd.—Ea- yess As to the performances in the theatre, the first and patna CL AG gone throaes within dumb show, the police and deputy sheriffs being engaged in making ar- Fests, &e. Part Of the third, andthe fourth, and the fifth ‘acta, were tgen heard distinctly. At the eon- clusion, Mr. Macready and Mr Clarke were called out and greeted, the former with a mixture of cheers and hisses about equally divided, and the latter with cheers rr dominating. Cheers were then called and given for ‘orrest, the American people, Tom Hyer, some French barber, and everybody and eneeyphing that could be thought of. The spectators all this time were going out, xo that when the firing commenced, the theatre was nearly empty.—True Sun. In one corner of the street, a small dark, middle aged gentleman, with spectacles, was most earnestly ad- dressing three or four friends, who seemed amused st his energetic action, “We can’t live. sir,” said he, “under such a state of things; the mob must be put down,’ “You to —,” roared a tall, stalwart man, who overheard the former speaker, America rules England to-night, by Js.’ Conversations of this nature were carried on, the wholo length of Astor Place, in knots and groups, in tones of great exeite- ment. *Twas evident something serious was brewing. ‘The,crowd ut this time, (half-past seven o'clock) ‘might have numbered five or six hundred. At eight o'clock, it could not have been under as many thousands. The appearance ofa military manin the body of the people was the signal for tle firet outbreak of groaning, shouting and cheering. The door of the amphitheatre was closed, und a printed placard was pasted upon it, announcing that “ all tickets for that part ef the house were sold.”—Ezpress. In the greatest portion of the excitement at the theatre, a number of the mob repaired te the New York Hotel, where they supposed Mr. Macready had sought ehelter, and commenced an attack. Mr. Monnat, the proprietor, summoned his waiters, and defended the entrance with success, having reeeived a wound on thearm, which was of a trifling character The police were all nt the theatre, and had he not di fended himeelf and house as he did, the probability that he would have suffered considerable loss of pr: perty ‘THE CORONER'S INQUEST ON THE DEAD BODIES ‘TO-DAY. Dr. Walters, our very efficient Coroner, will hold in- quests this day on the bodies of those unfortuuate per- sons who lost their licvs during the disturbance at the Astor Place Opera House on Thursday evening. It ap- pears that the Coroner will hold the inquests in the court room of the General Sessions, at the Tombs. The following card has been issued Cononer’s Orrice, May 1, 1349. Persons who witnessed the wounding or death of individu during the riot at the Opera House Theatre, in Astor Plac fica A IE ba on esas to ae ke Hind Pra ice, Halls of Justice, Centro street, on Saturday, Ma; " at 11 o'clock, A. M. WM. A. WALTERS, Coroner. Very great anxiety is manifested by the public to know the result ofthe Coroner's jury in these cases, and a tremendous crowd is expected, and in order toaccom- modate them, the Coroner has choren the Court of Ses- sions Room for that purpose. We understand that a Jey, willbe sworn, and carriages provided for them, and then with the Coroner and Dr. Whittaker, the will hold the examination on the bodios, one after the other, as they have been all conyoyed to the residences of their friends. They will then return, after visiting the bodies, and tho. inquisition, will then be gone into, in order to ascertain the cause of death. aa have been served on his Honor Mayor Woodhull, the Sheriff, Recorder Tallmadge, Mr. Matsell, Chief of Po- lice, Major General Sanford, General G. P. Morris, and alarge number of others, who are to be put on the stand | and testify as to the cause of death, and by whom {t was sanctioned. We expeet to sce a large number of persons, as much excitement prevails on the part o€ the friends of the deceased parties Our Baltimore Correspondence. Bautimonr, May 10, 1840. ional Council of the Catholic Bishops of the United States—Solemn High Mass and Sermon for the Dead. ‘The business proceedings of the National Council of the Catholic Bishops of the United States are condueted under the supervision of Archbishop Eccleston, of Baltimore, in the Archiepiscopal mansion attached to the metropolitan church, (known the world over as the Baltimore Cathedral). ‘These proceedings are private, inthe Latin language, and are to be withheld from publicity till sanctioned and authorized by His Holi- ness the Pope. The religious services in the Cathedral mentioned are of the most salemn and imposing charreter. On N | the oceasion of the nips mass and sermon by Arch- bishep Kendrick, of St. Louls, on Sunday, the aumbers of the people assembled were scarcely surpassed by the crowds that thronged to the sittings of the Baltimore National Democratic Convention, which nominated Cass and Butler for the Presidency. Every evening during the week. there has been Diyine service in the Cathedral; and the germon on Monday night, by Blaop Hughes, was said to have been fully equal to the masterly discourse which he delivered in the hall of | the House of Representatives, at Washington, some two years ago, and which was fully reperted in the Herald, for the edificativn of the faithful, wad the answering of unbelievers The religious services to-day were for the repose of thesouls of tho Bishops who have died in the United : and consisted of solemn Ligh mass by all the and theologians, and a funeral discourse by the Rt, Rev. Bishop Purcell, of Ciucinnatl, ‘The organ and the chotr were silent, (he chanting the reeponeesand all the impressive ceremonials of the mass weee eon- fined to the Bishops. priests and their assistants at the alt Bishop Purcell Improved upon the following extrac from the Seriptures :— ¢ chen the Behold, Ltoll yo a mystary, t we shall wot all be twinkling ef aa oye, at U rise again re iptible, }. For this corrw morxte’ must pub 1 hath put on im tha worruption; 4, And when this 4 the th, where is thy stit he bishop adverterd distinguished proiates, Carroll , Comolly, Ena t aud others. who bave died in Hrarch in’ the Uniled States; but selecting as an r the especial object of his disoonzse, the and «stim syle claracter of the tate Bishop ston, lhe) vividly portrayed the exalted Jeceared and the good works he had left { (Le listener involuntarily to ex- lelp m> to imitate bis example!’ © Bless- al who die tn the Lord, for they reet from r wi rks do follow them.” emonials of the Apostolic ned some most exquisite "i pantominie proce Within the semi-circle of th 1 n the +ignificant emblems of the chiueh, in seulpture and in painting, the im posiag altar, its furniture, and, ranged tp front. the Archbishops, the Bi-hops and the theologians. in their splendid costumes; tor the Bishops in their mitres and their copes or huge expos, Hehly gmatrolge in purple iS aoodares silver and gold, truly presented # eplen votaele, They stood in line upon the Usreshclt of b ay eageellnnren such exhibitions of costnmes, only a tonsive eeale, must have rignalized the dedication of mon's temple, when the singers and the chaunters were attired expressly for the great occasion, ‘The services commence’ ended at one o'clock ; aud we bave sometim 0 iT tening to ® sermon of an hour's dura- weariness in Untiue four ours spont in the Cathedral to-day, os toate dt yni hops dined, yesterday, at the viearage ¥ Pe LES Che andinthe evening they were hospite. bly entertained at the elegant fmansion of Mr. Kenny dy (of the firm of Jenkins & Kenneday) at Oak Hil Nes Kennedy received the fathers of the Chureh ina manner Which was worthy of the lady and her guests, and we doubt not their visit will be remembered among the most precious recollections of her life. The Council breaks up on Sunday, and early next week the Bishops will go down to St. Mary’s to join the Thilodemie Society of the Georgetown College, in some appropriate celebration of the landing of the Cathotic pilgrim fathers of Marylany osTMASTER.—B. T. Cooke, the newly fmaster of Binghamton, called upon Jos behind Jaim— ed are th their lnbors and the Atter the ; A Spunky appointed Pe od. incumbent with a commission, duly signed scaled, from the President and P. M. ha ae locofoco refused, formally, to Wei bolas om YAlbeny Journals Bay 40. Sarah Parker, Gown 1x Nantucket.—The ship which arrived at Nantucket on Tuesday, brought on en oe ba Epo Nantucket b’hoys, aladyin by her son, one of not b’hoge ho obtained it with his own hand at the get jest year, in 25 days. 80 says the ‘New Bedford Mercury, ————,