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Square, at Faneuil Hall, and other points where there were any gatherings or probability of a riot.
The force from the forts was placed in and around Faneuil Hall, to be used as required, with two field-pieces loaded in the square.
The cavalry from Readville was posted as a support to these guns.
The lancers were at their Armory in Sudbury street, ready at any moment on call.
When the rumor of the acts of the mob became known, the streets in the vicinity of Dock Square, Faneuil Hall and Haymarket Square, were soon thronged with people, to see or hear what was going on. The police force immediately cleared the squares, and the people were directed to go to their homes.
At a late hour the police occupied Dock Square, allowing no one to pass except to go to their homes, when the entrance to Faneuil Hall Square was rigidly held under military rule.
The alarm of fire soon after one o'clock this morning was caused by an attempt to set fire to the Armory in Cooper street, during the absence of the guard.
The fire was extinguished with but little injury.
Proclamation by Mayor Lincoln.
To the Citizens of Boston:
The peace and good order of this city have been violated by an assembly of rioters and evildisposed persons, and still further violence is threatened.
I therefore deem it my duty to ask the aid of all good citizens in suppressing any tumultuous assemblages that may be gathered, and in bringing to condign punishment all violators of law and good order; and I also deem it my duty to notify and warn all persons who have been or shall be engaged in making depredations upon property, in assaulting individuals, or in any way disturbing the public peace, that full preparation has been made for any exigency their conduct shall create.
The good order and quiet of the city shall be preserved at all hazards, and those who riotously attempt them shall be brought to punishment, whatever vigor may be necessary to these ends.
That innocent parties may not suffer with the guilty, all persons whose duty does not call them into proximity are requested to keep away from them; and all parents and guardians are earnestly desired to see that the minors under their control are not in the streets after sunset. 