We cannot close this account more fitly than by relating an anecdote of General Scott connected with it, that has never been made public. He was living at the time in Second Avenue, nearly opposite Astor Place. He was occupying the upper part of the house that evening, and his wife the lower. When the first volley over the heads of the people was fired, he hastened down, and sent off a servant to ascertain what it meant. Before the latter returned, he heard a second volley. Hurrying below, he despatched a second servant to find out what was going on, and went back to his room. A third volley smote on his ear, and deeply agitated he hurried below, and began to pace the room in an excited manner. His wife, observing how much he was moved, remarked pleasantly: "Why, General, you are frightened!" This was rather a staggerer to the old hero, and he turned and exclaimed: "Am I a man to be frightened, madam? It is _volley_ firing, madam--_volley_ firing. They are shooting down American citizens!" The old chieftain had heard that firing too often on the field of battle, to be ignorant of its meaning. He had seen ranks of living men reel and fall before it; nay, stood amid the curling smoke when his staff was swept down by his side, calm and unmoved, but here he was unmanned. Over the ploughed and blood-stained field, he had moved with nerves as steady as steel, and pulse beating evenly; but now he paced his safe and quiet room with his strong nature painfully agitated, and all because American citizens were being shot down by American citizens. The fact speaks volumes for the nobleness of his nature, and that unsullied patriotism which sheds tenfold lustre on his well-earned laurels. [Illustration: HEADQUARTERS METROPOLITAN FIRE DEPARTMENT.] [Illustration: HEADQUARTERS METROPOLITAN POLICE, 300 Mulberry Street.] CHAPTER IX. POLICE RIOT--DEAD-RABBITS' RIOT--BREAD RIOT. Creation of the Metropolitan District.--Collision between Mayor Wood's Police and the Metropolitan Police.--Seventh Regiment called out.--Dead-Rabbits' Riot.--Severe Fight between the Roach Guards and Dead Rabbits.--Police driven back.--Barricades erected.--Military called out.--Killed and Wounded.--Bread Riot.--Financial Distress.