The press. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1857-1880, July 15, 1863, Image 1

THE PRESS,
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MY JOHN W. FORNBt.;
4>F?I01» H©. 1H SOUTH FOURTH STKRBT.
THE DAILY'PRESS,
FirraßW Csnt3 Pbb Week, payable to the carrier.
Hailed.to Sabecribera out of the City at Sbvbn Dollam
Fsb Annuk. Thbeb Dollars and Fifty Cbntb bob Six
Months. On Dollarand Skvrnty-pivb Obntb foe
Tebbb Months , Ihy ariahljr In advance for the time or
dered.
Advertisements Inserted at the . usual rates, fitx
llaes eonstitate a eanare.
THK TRI-WEKKLY PRESS,
Mailed to aubacribers out of the City at Four Dollars
Fin Aeeuh. in advanoe.
GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS,
1 AND 3 N. SIXTH STREET,
PHILADELPHIA.
JOIN C. ARBI BOR,'
(FORKRRLT X. BURR MOORS,)
IMPORTER ANB DEALER IK
FURNISHING GOODS,
•KiNUFACrrUBEK
OF THE IMPROVED
PATTERN SHIRT,
wbappsrs.
COLLARS,
SATISFACTION GUARANTIED. mrlß-tort.
'ICTINE SHIRT MANUFACTORY.
A- Thu snbscrlhnr would invite attention to hie
, IMPROVED CUT OP SHIRTS,
’Which lie matcee a specialty In his business, also, wi-
VoYKLtFeBrFOR GENTLEMEN'S WEAN.
XW.SOOTT,
GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHING STORE,
3ta-814 CHESTNUT STREET,
JalO-tf' X Four door* belAw t.h®. Continental.
SEWING MACHINES.
gINGER & OO.’S
“LETTER A”
FAMIEY SEWING MACHINE,
'■With all the new Improvements— Hemraer, Braider,
‘Binder, Feller, Tucker, C order, Gatherer, Sea. »is the
CHEAPEST AND BEST
i-of all machines for
FAMHY SEWING
' fc . , AND
LIGHT MANUFACTURING PURPOSES.
Send for a pamphlet and a copy of “Singer & Co. ’»
Gazette. w '“ ‘
I. M. SINGER & 00,,
JelS-Sm No. RIO CHESTNUT Street, Philadelphia.
JEWING MACHINES.
THE " BLOAT” MACHINE,
WITH GLASSPRESSEE FOOT,
. NEW STYES HBMMBK, £ RAIDER.
And other valuable Improvements -
ALSO, ■ ■ ■ ■
THE TAGGA.RT & FARR MAOHINBS,
A*en«v—CHESTNUT Street. mhß.tf
CLOTHING.
JOHN KELLY, JR.,
T A I LOR*
MAS REMOVED FROM 1023 CHESTNUT STREET!
< EDWARD P. KELLY’S,
I*a South THIRD Street.
Where hs present* to former patron* and ttiephbUe
Ah* advantages of a STOCK OF GOODS, equal if not su
perior, to any in the city—the skill and taste of himself
and EDWARD P. KBLLT, the two best Tailors of the
city—at prices much lower than any oVh#rAr*t-«!a»* esta
blishment of the city. apl-tf
J£OYS\ CLOTHING.
BOYS’ 'CLOTHING.
COOPER A CONARD,
S, E. comer NINTH and MARKET.
T>LACK CABS. PANTS, $5.00.
At 704 MiRKET Street.
BLACK CASS. PANTS, $5.50, At7ol MaHKEP Street.
BLACK CASS. PANTS, *5.50, At 701 MiKKBT Street.
BLACK CASS. PANTS, *5.50, At7o4 MARKET Street.
BLACK CaSS. PANTS. *6 50, At 701 MARKET Street,
QKIQG 'A VAN GITNTEN’S, N 0.704 MARKET Street.
ORIGG A VAN GUNTEN’S, N 0.704 M iRK ET Street.
GBIGG AVAN GUNTEN’S, N 0.701 MaRKET street.
GBIGG AVAN GUNTEN’S, No. 704 MARKET Street.
GBIGG AVAN GUNTBN’S, N 0.701 MARKET Street.
inli22(im -. , ■
GAS FIAT UK US, dec.
ARCH STREET.
O. A. VANKIRK * OOJ
MinorAOTURSRB OF
CHANDELIERS
and other
GAS FIXTURES.
Alee.Preaeh Brown Pleura, and Orn»menta.Per«el»l»
tad Hlu Shads,, and a Tarlety of
FANCY GOODS;
TEOLBSAL] and retail.
Plaau tall and wantna cooda
DRUGS.
ROBERT SHOBMAKEBAOO.,
Nortbeost Corner FOURTH and BACE Stroets,
PHILADELPHIA,
WHOLESALE DRUG GISTS,
IMPORTERS AND DEALERS
FOREIGN AHD DOMESTIC
WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS,
HAmryAOTUBEKS OR
WHITE LEAD AND ZINC PAINTS, PDTTT, Ao.
AftHNia FOR TIIF. CELEBEATBP
FRENCH ZINO PAINTS.’
Dealer and consumers supplied at
VERY LOW PRICES FOR CASH.
jeSLSm
FURNITURE, dec.
CABINET FURNITURE AND BIL
v LIABD TABLES.
MOORE A CAMPION,
No. SOI South SECOND Street.
la eonneetlon with their extenalye Cabinet bneineaa, are
<kow nutnnbotmlni a aaperlor article of
BILLIARD TABLES;
tad hare now on hand a fall ,upnly, Amehed with the
MOOBB A CAMPION’S IMPROVED CUSHIONS,
Which are prononnced by all who bare need them to ba
Superior to all others.
Tor the quality and flnleb of these Tables, the rnanu
eotnrera refer to their nmnerons patrons throashoat the
nlon, who art familiar with the character of their
Work, mhß-Bpt
WATCHES AND JEWELKT,
Jk WATCHES,
"“just RECEIVED FEB STEAMER BUBOPa,
GOLD WATCHES,
LADIES' SIZES, OP NEW STYLES
BILVSR ANOBBS AND OTLINDBBS.
CULT AJTOB2B AND CTLINDEBS.
PLATED:ANCRES AND OYLINDRBB,
For Sal* it Loir Bate* to the Trade* by
B. T. PRATT,
MT CHESTNUT STREET.
ift FINE WATCH REPAIRING
mM attended to. by the most experienced workmen,
and «T«rr wateh warranted for one rear. ;,
3. O. FULLER,
Importflr'.nd 'Wholesale Dealer la
FINE WATCHES AND JEWELRY,
Vo. TU CHESTNUT Street,
(Up-stairs, opposite Hasonio Temple,)
Cm now open a
LARGS AND COMPLETE STOCK,
BMBRAOING
n HOWARD & CO. *8 FINE AMERICAN WATHBB,
CHAINS. GOLD SPECTACLES. THIMBLES,
AND
FINE'JEWELRY 0? EVERY DESCRIPTION.
aay27-tau23 1 « . •
Jss a. russell;lfine American
fAfcafand Imported WATCHES, Fine Jewelry, Silver
trad Plated Ware. Ac.
je37 . - a* North SIXTH Street
J C. FULLER’S
FINE GOLD PENS,
THE BEST PEN IN USE,
TOE BALI IV ALL SIZES. mtfS-Sa
jpiNE GILT COMBS
IV ByBBT VAEIBTT.
IMITATIONS OF PEARL AND CORAH.
J- FULLER:
No. CHESTNUT Street,
■Wffl-Sm
RINGS.
A foil auortment, all »!zea and .trie*
3.0. FULLER,
. Vo. TM CHESTNUT Street. bit93-3bi
MUSICAL BOXES.
pi SHELL AND ROSEWOOD OASES,
ft™ Ito 12 tunes, choice Opera and Am.ri.
,M> Melodics. lARR a BROTHER, Importer.,
*p4 »»♦ CIBSTBUT Street, helnw Fnnrth.
Macke bel, herring, shad,
Ac., Ac. - ■ ■ ’
J. 600 bbls Mass. Vos. 1, S, and 9 Mackerel, late caught
fat fish, in assorted packages.
2,000 bbls/New Bastport, Fortune Bar, and
Herring,
2,600 boxes Lubsc, Scaled, and No. 1 Herrin*.
100 bbls. new Mesa Shad. •
200 boxes Herkimer County Cheese, Ac.
In store anil for sale bv MURPHY * KOONB.
lal4-tf Jo. 146 North WHARvAfI.,
rjARD AND FANCY JOB PRINTING.
v At *ijKawAiT*.wwwir*. ui». iqusth at!
UNDERCLOTHING, In.
G. BUSSELL,
M North BIXTH Street.
VOL. U.—NO. 295.
RET AIK DRY GOODS.
rjHEAP GOODS— *
Lawns, 12}£ cents.
Bareges, 12k£ cents.
And a Yariety.of other Goods
at Reduced prices, which, are
being sold preparatory to Receiving
The Fall Importations.
btIARPLESS BROTHERS.
CHESTNUT and EIGHTH Streets.
CBARPLESS BROTHERS OFFER
M Linen Towellings,
Linen Sheetings.
Napkins, Table Cloths.
Blankets,'Quilts.
. Piano ana Table Covers,
Furnishing Goods;
Also, Soldiers’Blankets.
jyly C HESTNUT andßT G HTH Streets.
JOHN H. STOKES, 702 ARCH St.,
V . OFFERS :
Black and White Plaid Marseilles. r
Black and White and Brown and White Linen Check,
French Nankinetts— plaid and plain.
Nankin—nice quality.
Linen Stripes, dark ground, good. *
Merino Cassimeres--excellent quality. ' -
Plain. Mixed; and Plaid Cassimeres.
Silk Mixed Clothe and Cassimeres.
Ladies’Cloaking Cloths. ' :
Double-widfch Plaid Flannels for Shirting. je27
■pANOY CASSIMERES.
-• r Summer Coatings.
Black Cloths and Cassimeres. ~
. Men’s Clotßing made to order.
COOPER & CONARD, .
Jy9 S. E. corner NINTH and MARKET Streets.
a/tantiilas.
Silk Mantles below cost,
-i ■ Silk Mantles and Waterproofs.
Summer Mantles and Shawls, cheap.
Odds-and-endS'Lace Goods,cheap.
COOPER A COfIABD,
Jy9 S. E. corner NINTH and MARKET Street#,
TYKESS STUFFS.
A/ Black Delaines, Alpacas, Bareges. Silks, &c. >
Mosambiques, Lenos. Children’s Plaids, Ac.
Drab Alpacas. Drab Delaines, Drab Mozambique*
- Closing sales Lawnß. prices low. •
DOMESTIC GOODS,
Of every kind, at lowest market prices.
COOPER A CONARD.
jy9 S. E. corner NINTH and MARKET Streets.
Dress goods at reduced
PRICES.—H. STEEL & SON. ■
No. 713 and 715 North' TENTH Street,
are now closing out the balance of their stock of
Poll de Cnevres, all Wool Delaines, Poplins,
Ohallies, Delaineß, Mozambique*, Taffete d’Stes,
French,Lawns, French, English, and American Chintzes,
Bareges, Silk Tissues.,Bilk Grenadines,
Silks, ana all kinds of-• - .
Bummer Dress Goods, at extremely low prices.
\ SUMMER SHAWLS AT REDUCED PRICES.
BARGAINS.IN BLACK SILKS.
. CHOICE STYLES PACIFIC LAWNB at 18Xo.
1 lot-2 yards square Table Cloths. Snow Drop and
Damask, all Linen, at $1.50.. je6
103& CHESTNUT STREET.
E. M. NEEDLES
OFFERS FOR SALE,
At prices generally below present cost of Impor-
WHITE GOODS, all descriptions.
EMBROIDERIES. do
LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS, do
VEILS. Ac., As.
And respectfully Invites an Inspection of Ms
• . stock.
1024 CHESTNUT STREET.
■WWIN HALL & OO:, 26 SOUTH SE
■AJ COND Street, would call the attention of the Ladies
to their atock of
Superior Black Silks. •
Wide Mantle Silks.
Black. Corded Silks.
Black Gros de Rhine
Black Silks* from $1 to $4.
N. B.—Merchants in want of Black Silks are invited
to examine our stock and prices jelfl-tf
CSOLDIERS’ SHIRTING FLANNELS.
kJ 6*4 Shirtings all wool.
• 3-4 and 6-4 Fancy Shirtings.
Soldiers’Gray Blankets.
Red, White, and Blue
De Laines for Flags;
EYRE & LANDELL,
jy4 FOURTH and ARCH Streets.
COMMISSION HOUSES,
JOHN T. BAILEY dk CO.
BAGS AND BAGGING
OT EVERT DESCRIPTION,
NO. 113 NORTH FRONT STREET,
WOOL BAGS FOB BABB.
JtfMm
PAINTINGS, ENGRAVINGS, Ac.
IMPOBTEBB AND MANUFACTURERS 01
LOOKING GLASSES.
pHALias in
OIL PAINTINGS,
; bnobavings,
. PORTRAIT,
FICTUBB, and
/ PHOTOGRAPH TBAMBS.
rPHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS.
EXTENSIVE LOOKING CLASS WABEBOOMB AND
GALLERY OF PAINTINGS,
Jal-tf «16 CHESTNUT Street. Philadelphia.
SUMMER RESORTS.
OEA BATHING.
o NATIONAL HALL,
CAPE ISLAND, CAPE MAT, N. J.
This well-known Hotel is now open for the reception
of its numerous guests. Terms $lO per week. Children
tinder 12 years ol age and servants naif price. Superior
accommodations ana ample, room for 200 persons.
je3o 42t AARON GARRETSON, Proprietor.
CONGRESS BALL,
Comer MASSACHUSETTS anAPACIFIC Avenue,
lATLANTIC CITY,
Only 175 vardsfrom beach caused by the late high tides,
will openSULY Ist,
GEORGE W. HINKLE, Proprietor.
■ Thoroughly renovated and enlarged, possessing, su
perior and ample accommodation for 400 guests, Con
frees Hall is decidedly: the largest hotel the
each, fronting 355 feet on the ocean. Immense new ad
ditions have been made to the house. A beautiful lawn
has been added, for the accommodation of the ladies.
The rooms Hare commodious and airy, famished with
spring-beds, and every necessary appurtenance.
Four superior Billiard Tables will prove a most valu
able addition for the amusement of the guests.
DAVIS’ CELEBRATED. OBCHESTBA has been en
gaged for the season.
A LIVERY-STABLE is attached to CONGEESS HALL,
where SPLENDID SADDLE-HOBSES, FOB LADIES,
may be always ha.d. ' je2o-lm
TTNITED STATES HOTEL,
AILANTIO CITY. N. J.,
Will be open for the reception of guests bn SATURDAY,
June 20th, 1863 '
Persons wishing to secure rooms will'please address
the Proprietors.
BROWN & WOELPPBB, Atlantic City.
N. B.—HaesHr’s Band is engaged for the season.
jelS-lm • _
TJEDLOE’S HOTEL, ATLANTIC CITY,
AfN- J.—At the terminna of the railroad, on the left* ;
beyond the depot. This House Is now open for Boarders
and Transient Visitors, and offers accommodations equal
to any-Hotel in Atlantic City. Charges moderate. Chil
dren’and servants, half price.
Parties should keep their seats until the cars ar
tive in front of the Hotel. jel9-2m
T IGHT HOUSE COITA GE,
_ ATLANTIC CITY.
This well known House is now open for the reception
of guests Invalids can be accommodated with rooms
on the first floor, fronting the ocean. • Splendid drinking
water on the premises. Magnificent bathing opposite
the house. No bar. JONAH WOOTTON,
je!9-2m • Proprietor.
THE SEA-SHORE!—THE SEA-
A,SHORE!—SPLENDID SURF 1-SEA BREEZES UN
EQUALLED 1-GUNNING AND FISHING, at the SHADY
RETREAT, on the BEACH, opposite Barnegat. Cars
leave VINE-Street wharf daily at 7.50 A. M„ via Dela
ware and Raritan** Railroad.
„ The table and bar .will always be supplied with every
luxury obtainable to make the FRANKLIN HOUSE the
most popular resort on the Beach.
■ • • - ! / ' • FRANKLIN H. STOKES,
jyl-wfamlm • Proprietor.
pOTTAGB RETREAT, ATLANTIC
CITY, is now open and readv for Boarders. Afew
choice rooms can be obtained by applying soon/
. • . MRS. M. McCLEES,
. jelg-fm&wlm ~ . Proprietress.
KJUBF HOUSE, ATLANTIC CITY,
N—/ New Jersey
WILi BE OPENED ON JUNE 18th.
A good Band of Music has been engaged.
_Thoße who wish to engage Rooms will please address
H. S. BBNSON, Surf Honse Atlantic City, N. J.jeB-2m
(CHESTER COUNTY HOUSE—THIS
private Boarding House, corner of YORK and PA
CIFIC avenue, Atlantic City, convenient to the beach,
with a beautiful view /of the. Ocean, is now-open for
boarders, and will continue open all the year round.
Prices moderate.
jel9-2m . . .J. KEIM, Proprietor.
TTNITKD STATES HOTEL,
V LONG BRANCH, V. J., .
Is now open for the reception of visitors. Can he
reached by Earitan and Delaware Bay Railroad from
Street at 7.30 A. M.'
je6-2m« - B. A. SHOEMAKER
UABIISLE white sulphur
SPRINGS, CUMBERLAND COUNTS PBNNA
The Proprietor of thiß favorite and fashionable Water
ing Place takes pleasure in announcing that • '
' , ;IT IS NOW! OPEN FOR VISITORS.
His individual personal attention will be given to the
wants of his guests; and every effort will be made to
promote their comfort.
Visitors leaving Philadelphia, New York, Baltimore,
or, /Washington by the Morning Trains will reach
Carlisle at 2K o’clock P.M., when Coaches will be in
readiness to convey them to the; Springs, arriving before
tea time. A daily mail is received at 4 Carlisle -Springs’
Post Office. N. W. WOODS,
June 16th, 1863. Proprietor.
references:
HENRY VETHAKB, LL. D , Philadelphia.
DAVID FREED/Esq » Philadelphia
jel9-lm* NEAL MoBRIDE, Esq., Philadelphia.
nBESSON SPRINGS—THIS DEL
V/ LIGHTFUL SUMMER RESORT, immediately on the
line of the Central P. R, B. , located on the summit of
the Allegheny Mountains. 2,300 feet above the level of
the sea, will be open for the reception of visitors on the
10th day of June, 1863, and wlllbe kept open until the
let of October.
The water and air at this point possess superior attrac
tions. The analyses made in the laboratory of Professors
Booth, Garrett, and: Camac, bf Phila lelphia, show the
existence of valuable mineral elements, the waters of
some of the springe being of the iron or chalybeate class,
and* others containing‘saline or aperient salts: Pare
mountain water abounds; and the guests will also be
supplied with mineral waters from other springs, such as
Blue Lick, Bedford, and Saratoga Waters.
1 Ample facilities for bathing have been provided, new
plunge and douch baths erected, and Hot and Cold Baths
can at all times be obtained.
The grounds, walks, &e., have been highly Improved,
and are of a varied and picturesque character.
There 1 Is at Cresson Springs a Telegraph Office and two
daily mails from Philadelphia and Pittsburg and inter
mediate points. - , -.
Excursion Tickets can be obtained at the Office of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company, corner of ELEVENTH
and MARKET Streets. . - •
For further information apply to __
• - geo. w. mullin,
Jeo-2m Cresson Springs, Cambria Co., Fa.
40 Onn FEET SEASONED WAL
rZW9 Plank and Boards.
10.000 feet Wide Walnut for Counters, &c.
White Cedar Plank.
-Red- Cedar Posts.
Hickory, Ash, ami White Oak Plank,
• Bass Plank and Boards.
. mi OLIVER OTTINGBR, North FIFTH Street,
jyll-st* , , Between Th.9»pwu aaiSlwUr.
if* Utess.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1883.
ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.
The Cavalry Fight near. Boouslboro—Re-
turn of the Victors.
CSpecial Correspondence of the Press. ]
Boonsboro, July 11, A, DI.
I have just returned from the front. To-day, the
Army.of the Potomac is awaiting another serious
struggle, and is anxious to meet it. The cavalry
fightsof the past week have been only the forerun
ners of the great battle now impending.
Gen; Buford, with his division of cavalry, started
from Boonsboro at 5 o’clock Thursday afternoon, in
six different columns, towards Hagerstown. Col,
Gamble’s brigade and 001. Devin’s brigade marched
to the right of the road, and Gen. Merritt's brigade
to the left. They advanced but a Bhort distance
from Boonsboro, when they came on the enemy’s
pickets, who were driven back a mile and a half,
having ’lost many prisoners and killed. . The fight
was resumed at Funkstown; and , continued up to 9
o’clock, between the cavalry of both armies, when
it ceased.because of the darkness.
Early .Friday morning, Gen. Buford again pushed
forward a few hundred yards, when the rebel
batteries opened a terrific* fire. He pressed
forward a b&dy of skirmishers as quickly as
possible, with supporting columns, and they suc
ceeded in driving the batteries of the enemy to within
two miles of Hagerstown. In the charge, Captain
Lord, commanding the Ist United States Cavalry,
was very seriously wounded ; Sergeant Myers, of
the same regiment, mortally wounded. Our total
loss was not more than one hundred in killed and
wounded. General Buford, who had beea fighting
ceaselessly since the 3d of July, was relieved in the
Rftdmoon by the division of General Kilpatrick, who
followed up with spirit the advantage we had gained,
Our infantry arrived upon the field ! late in the after
noon, And the enemy retreated and joined the main
body of their army, beyond Hagerstown.
General Buford’s division returned last night to
Boonsboro, after thein glorious contest with the
enemy.. It was late in the night, yet one could
almost see, in their heroic faces and mAnly forms,
that brilliant bravery and courage to which the
annals of the war can scarcely furnish a paral
lel. Each regiment was headed by its own band,
and the streets of Boonsboro resounded with mußie,
such as we hear at triumphal processions, or read of
in the fictions of warfare. The boys were happy and
full of life. They expressed high satisfaction with
their day’s work, and appeared anxious to turn
back, and, though worn out in their o wn strength,
and;their horses fatigued, to hare another encoun
ter withthe rebels, whom they have so often put to
flight, On 'Wednesday last, a portion of Gen. Bu
ford’s cavalry, comprising 160 men, under command
of Capt. J. W. Ciaffin, of the 6th United States Ca
valry, left their camp at Boonsboro for the pur
pose of reconnoitring toward Funkstown. The
rebels charged upon them when near the toll-gate
with a regiment , of cavalry, driving Capt. Olaffia
two miles. Capt. Lord, commanding the 6th Ca
valry, was ordered to the relief, and instantly the
rebels were in their turn within half a mile
of Funkstown. The rebels .IOBt several men
in the charge, and we took seventeen pri
soners. Ourloss was only Four killed or wounded.
Among the prisoners taken was Lieutenant Ashby,
of the 7th Virginia Cavalry. The wounded from
Funkstown arrived here last night, and are being
properly taken care of. Among them are several
rebel soldiers, which the humanity of our men
prompted them to remove to a place of safety and
relief. It was an affectiog spectacle to see, as I did
to-night, a number of our own soldiers visit the
hospital, And at the request of the suffering rebels
tie up their wounds, bring them water, and soothe
their pain with all the limited means at hand.
Our cavalry, infantry, and artillery are pushing
forward to the front with the 5 greatest possible
speed, i).
Near Funkstown, July 11, 1863.
THE POTOMAC.
Yesterday we found the rebels a few miles from
Boonsboro. The river being impassable, we soon
expected to make them ours. I thought Providence
had never been bo propitious to the Army of the Po
tomac. A little superfluous rain caused irrevocable
disaster, and complete defeat to the imperial army of
the French. Might not thesame element unite .with
loyalty and justice in overwhelming, confusing, and
confounding tieason’a invading cohorts 1 The Poto
mac, wroth with the constant turmoil on her bankß,
wearied with the frequent crimsoning of her waterß,
and the splash of stark corses into her tide, raised in
fearful majesty above her banka, and loudly mur
muredruin, disaster. defeat to the already distressed
rebels. The Hoods had lifted .up their gates on high;
the victorious armies of Meade and Couch ,we;e
everywhere harassing and pursuing 1 . Whither, then,
could our foes flee, and be sale 1 - What Austerlitz
was to Waterloo, ’Gettysburg would be to the ap
proaching battle, .
LEAPING THE BARRICADE.
Beaver creek bridge, on the Hagerstown turnpike,
had been barricaded with logs, old stumps of trees,
and fence-raili, making a chevaux defrise which would
turn away oidinary cavalry. But our cavalry are
extraordinary now, and our impetuous troopers,
angry at being detained a single moment, leaped
this fearful barrier, and captured the handful of as
tonished and bewildered sharpshooters who held us
in check. T say they were astonished—yes, con
fused, confounded. One of the prisoners; after seve
ral unsuccessful articulations, managed to exclaim,
in tones of commingled wonder and admiration,
“Why, whowould ever thought your cavalry could
fight so .well? Not long ago they would only run
away from us j now they always charge Into us.”
THE SIXTH PENNSYLVANIA.
The 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry (Rush’s Lancers,)
since they abandoned their unmanageable spears,
have been rapidly winning fame with sabre and car
bine. It is the frequent remark of officers and men,
“ How thiß troop has become changed !” Instead of
adding to the pomp and pageantry of some officer’s
staff, or detracting from their own worth by being
the despised guard which drives Dnward the strag
glers of the great army, they are now enabled, by the
course they have adopted; to inflict injury upon the
enemy, and add unwonted lustre to that arm of the
service they have adopted.
SEDGWICK’S CORPS.
It was 7 o’clock A. M. when Buford’s cavalry force
attacked the enemy. The whole Army or the Po
tomac was steadily marching after the retreating
columns, while our cavalry annoyed their rear,
and the frequent discharges from the horse batteries
were constantly throwing them into confusion. The
6th Corps rhad been drawn up in line of battle as
early as 3 .o’clock in the morning, their position,
being on a high ridge, commanding the country in
front, while the dark mountains in our rear could be
dimly perceived through the mist.- As soon as the
sun began to dispel these wandering vapors, the
cannonading began to be loud and General
Sedgwick marched his men in the direction of the
conflict and formed along line of battle, about seven
miles from FuDkstown, within supporting distance
of the cavalry, who were frequently met hy infantry,
with whom they could do nothing, being in Btrong
force, •
BUFORD’S ENGAGEMENT.
About noon, General Buford was obliged to with
draw for want of ammunition, having driven the
enemy into Funkstown, sometimes causing them to
retreat on the double-quick. His lobs is very light.
Captain Smith, of the Bth New York Cavalry, was
wounded in the We inflicted considerable
damage on the enemy, and captured a large number
of prisoners. Our infantry skirmishers- now came
up, and the sharp crack of the Enfield rifle could be
heard over the report of carbines. A few rods in the
rear of our skirmishßrß, Captain Daniels, of the
Signal Corps, established a station, and began to
communicate with General Howe’s Vermont Bri
gade of the 6th Army Corps. The enemy espied our
flag, and began shelling with fearful accuracy. One
bomb knocked a man from his horse, and, not know
ing where the next might fall, I took the precaution
to dismount, In the meantime, General Howe’s
command were silently defiling through the woods,
in close column. . The rebels saw them from the tall
steeple of the Lutheran Church, in Hagerstown,
wheie I could see their flag was flying. Immedi
ately, the heavy battery they had stationed at
Funkstown opened on the troopß in the woods with
shell and grape-shot. The range was excellent, and
every shell struck the woods with accuracy and ex
ploded. In breathless suspense, I watched the place
where I knew our brave men Were concealed, and
almost expected to. see them driven back by the
storm of .grape and shell. For ten minutes the noise
of their battery was unceasing,and unintermifctent,
and every shell fell in the woods, from whence not a
muimur could be heard/save the bursting of rebel
shells. The men in those woods were heroes,'every
man of them. Soon our advance meet the enemy.
Volley after, volley, is heard. The rebelß, to save
their guns from being captured, again retreat, and
:the ioar of artillery has ceased.••
FIGHTING NEAR THE ANriETAIII.
From my commanding position on the fence, I can
seethe rebels massing troops in a wheat field, a mile
distant, and on the opposite side of Antietam creek
there, is a regiment of cavalry, two regiments of
infantry. At this time a portion of our forces are
advanced almost to Funkstown, leaving a flank of
two miles unprotected but by the Antietam. "Where
these rebels are congregating is a bridge, guarded by
a hundred men—we have no other force.here, no ar
tillery, no pickets,. It is evident they mean to cross,
attack this improvised and unprotected flank on our
left and capture our line of skirmishers oil the right,
and if possible vanquish the ; brave troops who are
marching on their battery.at Funkstown/ Our
horses were removed to wherejthey would not be so
liable to receive a stray shot, while we breathlessly
washed the rebels who were far bslow us, on the.
left. The men guarding the bridge were forced back
and the rebels began to i’emove the obstruction. If
something was not done speedily we would all
be captured or killed. Something wag done, A
battery came thundering up the hill; and in a few
.minutes the pieces were unlimbered and pointing
their dark muzzleß at the rebel flanking party. Soon
a long line of skirmishers appear, and then a brigade
of tlie Sixth Corps march Bteadily up, regardless of
the attention they receive from-the rebel battery,
Our guns began to roar, and I believe I never listened
to sweeter music. Finding us prepared to receive
them, the rebels dared not approach nearer, bub re
tired with greater alacrity than they had advanced
one half hour before. The Vermont brigade lost
foul' kUled and about ilxtjr wounded. Col, StougU
PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JULY in, 1863.
ten, of the 4th Vermont, was severely wounded in
the forehead by a minie ball, whioh passed through
the vizor of his cap, while he was bravely leading
his men. ’ ■w’'
ARE THE REBELS ESCAPING?
Up to this time, our lines had been very irregular,
but they now began to assume the bold shape anil
outline of battle. We held a high crest, which
stretched out its arms Tor miles, and overlooked the
broad valley beneath, which was surrounded and
intersected by hills of less prominence. Here, then,
was our extreme right. The left-rested on Sharps*
burg, the centre on the Williamsport road, leading
from Boonsboro. The enemy seemed to be in great
force on the right and left, where they seemed busily
engaged in entrenching themselves. • Heavy, guns
were placed in position, our reserve near, and a
large cavalry force.,held .in readiness. Every one
expected the great battle to take place on Saturday.
Today our cavalry have gone out to reconnoitre,
but thuß far have failed to 'discover the rebelß. I
conversed with an officer belonging to Kilpatrick’s
command, who rode alone in to Hagerstown, past
the Washington House, and saw no rebels. Our
outposts are not yet into Fuhkßtown. It is now
noon, and there has been no skirmishing—no can
nonading. There is & strange stillness, along our
whole iinei Does it forebode the bursting of a pent
up storm on the morrow, or havethe enemy tri
umphed over the “Loyal Potomac!” Has the
quarry escaped the hunters! I fear they are clean'
gone p that the American Waterloo will not be
fought in Maryland. '
CROSSING THE POTOMAC.
I learn from good sources that they have been
Grossing the Potomac for some time. Rafts and flat
boats were used. First the wounded and the wagons
went over; last,the dispirited and defeated army.
Of course we .will pursue them, Perhapß it was
best we did hot come up with them sooner, for they
are, no doubt; stronger than we. Our troops had
just performed a wearisome march over the moun
tains, amid a heavy rain storm, and many of them
were without shoeß. But every man seemed eager
to punißh the rebelß before they left Maryland. The
victoryat Gettysburg has had a* wonderful effect
upon the Army of the Potomao; They look upon
another defeat aB impossible, 'and regiments who
before grumbled because of the weight of forty
rounds of cartridges wanted sixty and a hundred.
Some actually smuggled more than allowed. *■
Reinforcements are being rapidly urged forward,
and when overtake-the enemy wc will not
fail to come off conquerors.'
RUMORS.
I am in the extreme front, and every day listen to
an assortment of rumors, which are gravely told
me,’with an all-important air—such, as Couoh,being
upon the rebels, Heintzelman reinforcing Meade,
General Dix on the other side of the Potomac wait
ing for the enemy to cross. Pleasonton’s cavalry,
force passed here last night, and the story of Stuart
having made another raid into Pennsylvania gained
credence, and that Pleasanton was after him. The
men all,seem to think that General Pleasanton is
especially detailed to take care of .General Stuart.
THE SITUATION,
Thatthe rebels have been holding us back with
small bodies of cavalry and sharpshooters 1b quite
clear. The line of battle formed, the rifie.pitß and
entrenches dug, were mere ruses, to set us at work,
and dißtract attention from the points where they
were crossing. Their day, of trouble is not forever
past, it is only postponed. Sunday we drove them
from Funkstown, and our forces now occupy Ha
gerstown. ..General Couch is reported to have formed
a junction with Meade'. If the rebels are still at
and above as some maintain, wc are
now on both their flanks, and in the rear.
GEN. COUCH'S ARMY.
Chambersburg, Pa., July 11,18Q3;
After, writing’you from Shippensburg I wended
my way hither by. a private carriage borrowed for
the purpose. The turnpike between the two places
was more or leas crowded with soldiers and wagons,
whilst at several points in shady groveß were seen
regiments that had halted for repose.
along the route looked well, but are actually dead
ripe and suffering for want of men and horses to
gather in the harvest. At Gelainger’s hill, near to
Green village,-where Ewell had headquarters,,
there is considerable evidence of desolation; the rc-
„ maiEß of rebel encampments are also to' be seen, with
here and there old shoes, hats, and coats, which in
dubitably indicate their, quondam Sccesli ownership.
I should havesaid from Shippensburg '
that, with very few exceptions, the inhabitants vied
with each other in their kind attentions to the
noble soldiers, aU of whom conducted themselves*
With marked propriety, except a potion of .thc'7lst
N. Y., which gave.some bad indications of original
rowdyism. Some straDge things occur in this bor
der-country in these wartimes, and not the least of
. these was the double use that was made of the hospi
tality of NeviD,Esq., by .officers of the
opposing foroes. Mr. N. (who is .a brother of the
Rev. Dr. Nevin of your in a handsome
/ country seat just adjoining the town. . When .the?;
rebel hordeß were moving down tho..valley General
Johnston and staff made this comfortable residence
their home for a day or two, and, as we have learned,
conducted themselves with much decorum, although
they received no attention than was necessary
to prevent the use of coercive measures on their
part. On last Thursday evening we had the pleasure
of meeting, at ike.same place, Major Gen. Couch and
staff, consisting of Col. Coppde and Majors McVeigh
and Burt, all of whom were treated with the most
marked cordiality, and left the impression of . brave, ,
cultivated, and courteous gentlemen. As we-sat
upon the verandah with them, in the beautiful star
light, and looked abroad upon the camp-fires of,the
several regiments that had pitched .their tents in the .
lovely surrounding valley, and listened to the thril
ling music which the bands discoursed, we could not :
feel that the magnificent scene should ever fade from
our recollection. .• - .»«.*.
' Chambersburg shows the trail of the rebel serpent
that has/so recently visited it. The destruction of
the railroad buildings and the paralysis of business
indicate that the two weeks’ rule of an insolent foe
has ? just ended*. An eminent physician has just in
. formed me that 47,000 rebel 1 soldiers Vassed through .
this plaice in two days eastward. ' Whilst they so
journed here there was a good deal of rudeness and
vulgarity exhibited by them.;* It seems that a I)r.
Tod—brother-in*law of our President—in the ab
sence of Dr. Richards, one of the leading physicians
here, entered the Doctor’s office, and even descended
to the cellar, looking around for something to appro
priate to himself; but Miss Richards, a delicate and
cultivated young lady, followed him, and drove him
from the premises by declaring that he must leave
under penalty of having his head cracked with an
axe, which she held uplifted in her hands. A little
more of this spirit, seasonably displayed by the
sterner sex here, might, we think, have prevented
much trouble, dread, *and loss, occasioned by last
year’s raid and this year’s invasion.
Last evening, I visited the hospital in the centre
of the town, and found Borne thirty wounded rebels,
brought* over irom Gettysburg, some with a bullet
through the leg, some with a bullet through their
abdomen, and some others so badly hurt as to have
required- the amputation of a limb. I conversed
freely with several of them about the folly and
wickedness of.the war upon our Government, but
they did not appear to incline to my way of think
ing. A few of them bore marks of intelligence and *
cultivation, but the mass of them are very plain
and ignorant men. This; indeed; is the character of :
nine-tenths of the rebel soldiers; they don’t seem to
know what they are fighting for. I hear from gen
tlemen who have talked with crowds of them, that
they nearly all express themselves as tired of the
war and having no disposition to engage in it again.’
The great crisis seems to be at hand. The enemy
is.fortifying itself near. Boonsboro, and our forces
are moving forward in great numbers to participate
in whats it is hoped,--will prove the final and deci-
Bive battle.; Four or five regiments of New; York
and Pennsylvania have marched through our streets,
this morning, on their way to the seat of operations,
and five or six others, I learn, are immediately' in'
their rear. Ab they pass through* the citizens feel
their hearts throbbing with ‘gratitude and pride, not
only at the contrast between these noble; well
dressed men, and the wretched specimens of-huma
nity which have for a fortnight been holding them
in durance vile, but also, for the sense of security
which they now feel, and for the brightening hope
that- these advancing masses of with
Meade’s victorious army all along the Potomac, will
givfi-the demoralized and insulated foe such a Wa:
• terlCO defeat thatno organized rebel army will there
after remain, and Secession will become small by
degrees and beautifully leas, until its lurid fires shall
be extinguished in the darkness of a midnight that
Bhall be followed with the day dawn of an honora
ble peace, a purified national integrity, and an endu
ring prosperity. God grant’that this hope may be
realized, and that right speedily!
It is gratifying to see how our brave fellows,'not
withstanding all the fatigiie of their long, dusty, and
-hot marches, brighten as they paßS : the banners
pendant across these** streets. The moment the
waving flag catches their eyes, off go their caps and
up go their voices in loud hurrahs for the
-national emblem. Last night : a‘ large crowd ga--
thered in front of one of the hotels to serenade Ge
neral Couch, and a portion of Mb staff that he'd just
arrived;- Eloquent addresses were made by Colonel
-Meßeynolda, of New York; and Major McVeigh, of
Pennsylvania, to whioh the orowd responded in un-.
mistakable manifestations of their manly and hope
ful patriotism; --
Colonel W. B. Thomas’regiment was one of the
number that passed through town this morning. I
was glad to hear that the rumor afloat for awhile,
that one of their companies was cut up at Hanover
. Junction, was utterly without foundation. Much
credit, I am happy to Bay, is due to Captain Shelby,
Company C, who, Beeiog a rebel force approaching fc
bridge a mile or two from the Junction, so boldly at
tacked them as to leave the impression of vastly su
perior numbers, and drove them back; thus saving
- four other companies, a little distance behind, by h!s
determined courage. •-.>
As skirmishing took place lnat night near Boons
boro, it is generally supposed that the great battle
Will come off to-day; or to-morrow. I am near
enough to hear the booming of the cannon when it
Oh, how many anxious hearts arc just now
turned to that field of coming and fierce conflict; and
how much depends on the issue of the bloody strife
that is impending! May the right hand of a just
God get us the viotory, and may our future as a
people compensate for all the toil, tears, treasure,
and blood which a wicked rebellion has made neces
sary for the conservation of our nationality! N.
'THE PATRIOT’S DUTY. —“Tliere >remains,”
said [Judge candidate for. Go
vernor of Kentucky, in a recent, speech, “hut one
course for all true, loyal, and patriotiomea' to pur
sue, and this is simply to do .all in their power to
strengthen the Governmehtin its effort to crush the
rebellion. After that is done you can set about recti
fying ..
THE RIOT IN NEW YORK.
A RECORD OF ARSON, RAPINE,
- AND MURDER.
, The following incidents and scenes of the ruffians’
saturnalia in New York are gathered from all the
accounts of yesterday. The commencement and
growth of this systematized brutal outbreak have,
to some extent, been already described. Tkefollow
ing enlarges the revelation of this appalling up
heaval of the lowest lawlessness and oiiuie of the
metropolis. The monstrous faction which has risen
against the law now assumes its proper character as
a rebel to patriotism and liberty
THE FIREMEN—UHIEB I ENGINEER DECKER.
It that as soon as this crowd had taken
up their way toward Broadway, another important
character appeared on the scene.- It was Mr. John
Decker, Chief Engineer of the Fire Department.
He had been hurriedly sent for, and he had hurriedly
come. '
He took in at a glance the situation. The de
vouring flame, unchecked and apparently unheeded,
was eating its way through the block, and driving
family after family from bed and board by its relent
less progress. His fire apparatus, of which ordinari
ly he is bo proud, stood idle; Their natural enemy,
the fire, waß-laughing at-'them, while engine, truck,
and hose carriage, -stood listless.
. Chief Decker Bald that it would be useless to set
his men at work at that instant without the consent
of the rioters; had he attempted it they would have
destroyed the whole fire apparatus in twenty mi
nutes; the universal Americans were before him; he
would make anpeech; he did make a speech ;it was
brief, necessarily, for nia neighbor’s house was burn
ing before his eyes.
D must have been hard to address those fellows as
by the light of the fire they had
themselves kindled, and which, hot as it was on this
broilingiday, was not, let us humbly hope, one-tenth
part as hot as the reception which, in another world,
surely awaits everyone who burns houses over the
heads of’widows and orphans, and then robs them
by the light of:it. r ;
However, hard as it* was, Decker swallowed the
dos'e, arid mounting a barrel, called for a moment’s
“ order,” which'was granted, while'"he spoke as fol
lows, beiDg continually interrupted by jeers and
cheers and ironical remarks. At last he made them
hear this much:. v
Fellow-Citizens : I ftand hera before you to appeal
to your coromon-eense: I will not say.a. word at present
as.tO the rights of your, cause. About the draft von,
doubtless,.feel you are right.' There is no mistake
it- is thing for a- man to have to leave his home
anli^o'soldiering if. he, did not wish to go, but I caa : t
i argue llii? question how.
'You 'probably feel that you are right in what you
-have done. Yon came here to do a certainUiing. You
havedoneit. ’Now. you ought to be .satisfied^‘All the
united States propeny If desirbyed. "and I how appeal to
7 our common sense to firemen, get to work
and save theproperty of innocent men.
> 0 lie mon whose houses are-burning how are innocent;
they have nothing to do withthe draft; they know no
rthing ofJt;_tliey arehard-working menlike yoorselvoa;
;iiow. I ask y ou, Will you let us go to work and put out
tin? fire? -
' ■ “ y es,” “ yea,” and three cheerß for John
were t.Heresponses.
Engineer Declcer then got.his engines ready, but
uefore they threw a diop of water one of their “rear
.guara ” had run round and notified the 15 Broad
way ” crowd, who came’tearing back, howling,
swearing; and v.o wingTengeance. ’
r .Ih less than a minute they cleared the streets,,
drove the firemen from their engines, stoned the po
lice out of the Btreets, and again took possession of
hose-carriageß, &c., which, however, they
did not damage.
. Half an hourlater, however, Chief Decker got his
engines at work, and succeedediii eventually saving
a part of the building on the corner of Forty* seventh
■street; the whole of the rest of the block having been
burned.
", . THE MOB ORATOR.
: The speech fdf Mr, Andrews, of Virginia, a ring
leader of the riot, is published in full by the Daiiy
tsem: . -
He commenced by saying that he wished that he
had stentorian lungs that he might make himself
heard, which, however, he had ho hope of doiag be-"
yond a very narrow space; but he wished most de
voutly that there was a reporter present who might
parry his words to the clique in Washington, who
had caused all this trouble to the country, ami es
pecially to the city of New had sent
-more men to the war, and had given more money
to sustain'"it,.than wab recorded on the history of
the] world. [Loud and continued cheering ] He
had told them lately at a meeting in the Cooper In-
that Lincoln, this Nero, this Caligula,
this despot, meant .by this conscription bill
to let Die rich man go and earn more
money 9 shoddy contracts, and have the
poor man dragged from his family and sent
to the war to fight for the negro, and not to restore
the Union. [Groans, hisses, and cries, “To hell
. with Old Abe.”] Why was this conscription now
attempted? Had they been more free with theii£
lives or their money in the Revolutionary war of
their lathers? Had they given more freely in the
WAr with Great Britain In 1812? Did men ever
fight more bravely in any battles in the world than
they fought throughout the conflict with the South?
And now the Abolition.*Administration wanted a
conscription. [Great excitement, and cries of “It
can’t, be done.”] He was not against a fair con
scription, but he was against a conscription that ex
empted the rich man; and sent the poor man to fight
end leave .his wife- and children to starve at home.
[Here the cheers, roars, and hisses became so deafen
ing that the-speaker requested that he might not be
■ interrupted, as he was well-nigh exhausted.] Resist
the di-alt, he continued.' Organize to resist it! Ap
point your leader; and, if necessary, I will become
your leader. :
THE MOB AND ITS RINGLEADERS,
success, the mob, which by-this time
-had been largely reinfore’ea,' next formed themselves
intg marauding parties, and paraded through the
neighboring streets,-looking more like/ so many in
furiated demons, the men being more or less intoxi
cated. dirty, and half-clothed. Some shouted, “Now
for the Filth-avenue Hotel—thebe’s where the Union
Leaguers meet! “Others clamored amongthemselves
for the myskets which they had taken from the sol
diers. The streets were thronged with women add
children, many of whom instigated the, men to fur
ther work of blood, 'while the, injured men left the
. crowd, ; and found seats up the street corners, at one
of Which the reporter heard the following conver
sation an intoxicated youth, who was badly
wounded in the head, and an elderly excited woman,
probably his mother:
Youth-^ 1 An’ bedad,'if it hadn’t been for this lick,
which the son of a _guv me, I’d a belabored him
’aior this. And bedad Iwudi”
'Womanrrj* iYlusshanulasha, ye betters mind yer
own business.”
Youth—“No, if Sam. Garrigan [or Galligauz-Rep.]
had a’ dun the business browner.it wud be all
right.” •
From this it may be inferred that the Sam. Garri
gan, or Galligan, mentioned in the conversation
above, is the ringleader, of which there can be little
dotibt, as,the reporter frequently heard Garrigan’s
or.Galligan’s name oheered and called the “Bully
bpy.” Garrigan or Galligan, we .believe, iB a well
known wire-puller ot the ward, and from conversa
tions between the men, we gleaned the following,
which may betaken for what it is worth: 1. That
{ Garrigan or Galligan is the ringleader. 2. Thatthe
. mob, numbering about 500 men, assembled this morn
ing at Central Park, armed and equipped, i. e., with
clubs and sticks, and. from there proceeded to the
provost marshal’s office, where they commenced
their work of depredation.
ALDERMAN MASTERSON’S ADDRESS,
; Alderman Masterson, of the Twenty-second ward,
addreeßcd the mob. He SAid:
Gentlemenl am opposed to this draft as much
as any man in this crowd. [Cheers.] lam in favor
of burning down that building that was burned
down, [cheers,],but lamopposad to having these
poor people’s homes burned down. It will do no
good to you or to anybody else. r [Cheerß.] I there
fore ask you tostana back and let us save the build
ing. It is the property of a poor man, who cannot
get a cent of the insurance on it if it is destroyed.
SCENES BY AN EYE*WITNESS.
At 11 A. M. word reached the Park Barracks of
the disturbance, and Lieut. Reid and a detachment
ol the Invalid Corps immediately‘repaired to the
scene of the liot. They went by the" Third avenue
route, : the party occupying one car.' On the way up,
/crowdß of men, women, and children gathered at the
street comers, hißsed and jeered them, and some
even went so far as to pick up stones, which they de
fiantly threatened to throw, at the car. When near
the scene of disturbance, Lieut. Reid and command
alighted and formed in company line, in which or
der they marched up to the mob*.- Facing the
rioters, the men were ordered to fire, which
many of them did, the shots being blank cart- v ,
ridges; but the smoke had scarce cleared away
when the company (which did not number more than
fifty men, if as many;) were attacked and completely
demoralized by the mob, who were armed with clubs,
sticks, ewordB, and other implements. The soldiers
had their bayonets taken away, and they themselves
were compelled to seek refuge in the side streets,
but, in attempting to flee thither, several, it is said,
. were killed,' while those that escaped did so only to
be hunted like dogs, but in a more , inhuman and
-brutal manner. They were chased by the mob, who
divided themselves into squads, and frequently a
single soldier would be caught in a side street with
each end blocked up by the rioters. The houses and
stores were all closed, (excepting a few liquor shops,
which had their ahutters up,' but kept the back door
ropenj) no retreat was. therefore; open for him, and
;the ; poor fellow would be beaten almost to death,
'when, the mob becoming satiated and disgusted
with their foul work, he would be left sweltering in
blood, unable to help himself.
A DANCE OF FIENDS.
The rioters meantime danced with fiendish delight
? before the burning building, while the small boys
“Rocks” and “Softs” sent showers of stones
against the office, smashing in the doors and win
v dows, the fire seeming to do the work too tardily to
suit them. atmosphere and the heavy,
black clouds which lined the horizon, formed a‘
: strange, weird spectacle, which was m ade the more
complete by the demoniac yells of the mob.
SOLDIERS , MURDERED.
To resume the thread of our report, the military
being/ immediately routed, they fit a to the side
streets, where, as we have shown, they were shame
fully maltreated. After this the mob concentrated,
and returned to the fire, where they found their
fiieudß Awaiting them,' with nourishment in the
shape of liquors, which, as may be supposed, only
added fuel to'the fire already kindled; whisky, soon
Accomplished its mission 5 the men became quarrel
some, and squabbled amongst themselves. Some
boasted of what they had done, one man boasting
that hchad nearlykilled two soldiers, and wounded
manymore. Another, am obese,' small, villainous
looking Irishman, who carried the butt of a bayo
net; 2 boasted that he had “done for” a nigger.
Others, suffering from the wounds they .had re
ceived, consoled themselves by exclaiming : Never
mind, Seymour and Wood are around, and will help
us!” and “ Old Abe will pay $3OO to 'keep quiet,”
andthe like. All vehemently protested against the
“ $3OO clause,” and .were willing; to be drafted, if
the rich man would be made . to/ shoulder the mus
ket the same as they. Those'who had done the most
in routing the military, such as chasing a soldier
until he lell from sheer exhaustion, and then beat
ing him/till he. was ■’near dead, were cheered and
petted by their friends, who, both men and women,
gathered around them by dozens.
HOW SOLDIERS WERE SLAUGHTERED,
One of the guard endeavored to make his ess ape
by climbing the rocks near Forty second street. No
sooner, however, was his intention discovered,-than
another portion of the rioters “grabbed” him, and
takihg*hini to the top of the rocks stripped his uni
form off him, and after beating him! almost to a jelly,
threw him down a precipice some twenty feet high
on the hard rocks beneath; not content with this,
stones and dirt were thrown at him as he laid help
less until he w&b half buried.' /
The pursuit was kept up as far as Twentieth street,
when it was abandoned, and a majority ot; the men
escaped. One of.the soldiers was pursued up Forty
flrst street to First avenue,when a crowd of some
twenty men surrounded him, knocked him down and,
beat him until he-was insensible. A number of
women joined in, and one of them endeavored. to
stab him with a bayonet, but another, woman took
the weapon’out of her hand and cAixled it off. The
soldier was left dead oh the walk.
MASSACRE OF rOLICEMCSN.
During the row a man, said to.be an officer or a
policeman, in undress uniform, shot a horse pur
posely, it is stated, had the animat moved,
it would be ' at the lisk'-of the life of those standing
ai ound him j th'e owner-vthe hovse-wasattaohed to
a dray—endeavored' to clutch the man, who dodged
him And ran up a flight or stairs in a house hear by,
with the probable intention of getting on to the roof
to escape the mob/ who . were so infuriated at the
deed, which they, of oourK/interpretel tobe Kteta
liatory. act'On : his part; he was pursued and c&agged
down stairs-with;his skull broken, when
pitched to the mob, who, it is said, literally tore'hW
to pieces. At this point, a policeman; who had* be
come separated from his companions, who were sta
tioned on a comer near by, in attempting to res®
cue the wounde'd man, found himself
by the rioters, who commenced to pound and*
beat him Shamefully. He drew his revolver and
shot pne man. The influence of this waseleotric.
They Lrushed upon the unfortunate policeman,
whom they deprived of his arms* struok him with
their clubs, and peited him with stones. His com
panions, observing this, quickly formed iira Jine, but
.their attempts-to make a stari<|*were abortive ; over- -
power®;:.by superior numbers,Vthey werevutterly
routedfbeveral of.their numbersj)eing-bAdiy injured.
The
were chased by
fences airqihid in
where they
Two cases of the most painful description cameun
der the reporter’s observation: A policeman, having
eluded their vigilance for several blocks, unable to
run away furtof, ; threw hiinself,Uownand begged for
mercy. But A mß':entreftties'were.unheeded : ; he was
pelted with stoneß, and beaten with clubßT-untii his
features could not be distinguished for the blood :
even thenlheir persecutions were continued, until,
abandoning himself to his fate, the policeman feigned
death : then, through the exertions of a few of the
more humane of the’rioters, he was left alone;
friends soon rushed to his aid, and conveyed him to
the station-house. Another was beaten until his
eyes were so clotted with blood that he could not
see. v
SUPERINTENDENT KENNEDY.
AlaslJor this hapless personage; for once noto
riety was knocks—celebrity meant , clubs—distinc
tion meant <l D—n the Yankee perlice son of a
(not lady) ; down with him! duck him! drown
him all of which they proceeded to do, save the
latter. This item in their promised programme was
more than they could accomplish, though the other
performances they went through with to the letter.
And this hapless individual was John A. Kennedy,
superintendent of the police force of the city of New
York. The mob nearly killed him* They meant to
kill him. They set out with a determination to kill
him. They heat him, dragged him through the
streets by his head, pitched him into a horse-pond,
rolled him in mud-gutters, dragged him through piles
of filth indescribable. All the time kicks, blows,
and cufife innumerable were bestowed by those near
est to him. Those in the background reached over
the stooping heads of their murderous colleagues in
their front, and pitched Btones, whole, bricks, quan
tities of mud, and every available harmful missile
their hands could reach, and celebrated their holi
day murder by such shouts of joy and Bavage glee as
could only be emitted from barbarous throats.
THE COLORED ORPHAN ASYLUM.
The Orphan Asylum, in Fifth avenue, near Forty-
was fired about 5 o’clock in the after
noon.; The infuriated mob, eager for any outrage,-
were turned that way by the simple suggestion that
the building was full of colored children. They
clamored around the house like demons, filling the
air with yells. * A few policemen, who attempted to
make a stand, were instantly overpowered—several
being severely or fatally injured. While this was
going on, a few of the less evil disposed gave notice
to the inmates to quit the building.
The sight of the helpless creatures stayed, for a
moment, even the insensate mob; hut the orphans
were ; no sooner out than the work of demolition
.commenced. First the main building was gutted,
and then set on fire. While it was burning, the
large; wing adjoining—used as a dormitory—was
stripped, inside and out. Several hundred iron bed
steads were carried off—such an exodus of this arti
cle was never witnessed before, perhaps. They ra
diated in every direction for half a mile.* 1
Carpets weie dragged away at length: desks,
stools, chairs, tables, books of all kinds, everything
movable, waß carried off. Even the caps and-bon
nets of the poor children were stolen. The writer
picked up fragments of testaments for a quarter of a
mile down Fifth avenue. While the rioters stripped
the building of furniture, their wives and children,
and hundreds who were too cowardly to assist the
work of demolition, carried them off. - The wing,
while jet unburniDg, swarmed with rioterß, who
seemed endowed with a demoniacal energy to rend
in pieces, rob, and destroy. ’
- Shutters and doors were torn off ahd tumbled into
the streets. These were seized and torn to pieces
almost before they touched the ground; and, with
everything else, carried off with surprising celerity.
Several persons were injured, and it is supposed some
killed, by the falling of shutters and furniture from
windows.
Another account tells us Chief Decker undertook
to remove a quantity of burning rubbish from- one
of the roomß, when a rioter.drew a revolver and ex
claimed, “If you attempt'to put out this fire I’ll
shootyou.” “ Shoot and he d-ftl;”iwas the answer,
and he proceeded with his work; Meantime, Mr.
Everett and Mr. Bates went do wn to the first floor
of the building, and found a pile of combustible ma
terial about seven feet high all in a blaze. ThB fire
men used every exertion to save the building, but
the mob had doomed it, and resistance was useless.
OUTRAGES UPON COLORED PERSONS.
Among the most cowardly.featuree of the riot, and
one which indicated its political anivius and the cun
ninglydevised cue that had been given to the rioters
by the instigators of the outbreak, was the causeless
and inhutban treatment of the negroes of the city. It
seemed to be an understood tMDg Throughout the city
that the negroes should be attacked wherever found,
whether they offered any provocation or hot. As
soon as.one of theßQ unfortunate people was spied,
whether on a cart, a railroad car, or in the street, he
was immediately set upon by a crowd of men and
boys, and unlesß some man of pluclc came to his
rescue, or he was fortunate enough to escape into a
building, be was inhumanly beaten, and, perhaps,
killed. There were probably not less than a dozen
negroes beaten to death in different parts of the city
during the day.
BLACK MEN STRIPPED, HUNG, AND BURNED.
The following accounts of the murder of colored
men we take from the World and Daily News :
An Intense excitement was created in the vicinity
of Bleecker street and Sixth avenue last evening, in
consequence of a white citizen being shott while
passing up Bleecker street. - The facts as ascertained
during the excitement are as follows: A gentleman,
whose name has not been thus far ascertained; was
going, to his home, when-he-was accosted by a
partially intoxicated negro, who was so abusive in
his language as to provoke a .quarrel. Some alter
cation ensued from this abuse, when the. negro
drew, a pistol and shot the white man, who soon
after died..
The; facta being made known to the crowd of citi
zens who had by this time assembled, they pursued
the negro, and overtook him near the old graveyard
in Carmine street. Here they beat him in a shock
ing manner, and procured a rope to hang him.
After they had succeeded in procuring the rope
they adjusted it, but before drawing him up they cut
his throat. The mob then threw the rope over a
limb of a tree and pulled him up. The negro, who
waß beaten to a state of insensibility, could offer no
resistance.'
-After hanging about half an'hour they procured
some old wood and paper and built a fire directly
underneath him, ana burned every particle of cloth
ing off him. This burning was renewed two or three
times, and as our reporter left, the crowd had in
creased to several hundreds, and every kiqd of curse
upon Ihe head of the negro before them was uttered.
The body of the negro waß cut down at half past
eleven o’clock, by the police, and taken to the Ninth
Precinct Station House.
About eight o’clock last evening four negroes were
seen runniDg down Carmine street, with a large
crowd in close pursuit. One of the negroes being
overtaken, turned and fired upon his pursuer, Bhoot
ing him with three bullets, and killing him instantly;
The negroes then separated, each taking a different
route. The pursuit of the three others was given
up, but they pursued the .first to near the corner of
Yarick street, where he was secured and very badly
beaten. His cries for mercy were perfectly awful
and,: horrifying. He was beaten till dead, and then
hung to a tree. The field was then left to a party of
boys, who amused themselves by building a fire
around and under him.
ROBBING THE STORES.
A large detachment ot rioters ran down to the en
rolment-rooms, corner of Broadway and Twenty
ninth street. The object here waß evidently
plunder. The lower, part, of this fine building
was compoaed/of stores, filled with costly goods.
carried off. A jeweller’s shop
was the object of special attentions. Gold watches,
brooches, bracelets, breast-pins, and all manner of
valuable bijouterie fie w about in the crowd, flashing
in the light. The negroes ! were forgotten in the
more congenial business- of robbery. A gentleman
stood by the writer,- and usable to contain himself,
exclaimed:
“ This is an unspeakable outrage; as an American
citizen, I am ashamed.”
The words were scarce out of his mouth before he
was prostrated by a blow from a cudgel, anu his head
split open»
As soon as the stores were stripped, the cry arose :
Burn Ilie building! Burn it! Burn it!”
Half a hundred willing hands were at work In a
moment., The house seemed to. be fired in as many
E laces at once, for it was in flames from garret to
asement in’five minutes. The flames roared in
emulation of the demons’ throats that yelled around
them. As at the Asylum, the engines were on hand,
but were forced to be idle. The firemen restrained
themselves with difficulty—unaccustomed to see the
flames rage without fighting them—and at length
began to play on the adjoining building, in which
they were not interrupted.
The walls fell nearly simultaneously, and with an.
awful crash, not twenty minuteß after the matches
weie set. Within an hour of the time of the first
attack, the mob was off for the . Tri&une office.
Threats against prominent Republican leaders were
freely uttered, and various schemes were heard to
%e canvassed by squads of the rioters.
THE TRIBUNE OFFICE ATTACKED.
At a little after half past seven o’clock, and while
the crowd in Printing House Square was fully as
large and threatening as it had been at any previous
part of the day, the excitement immediately in front
of the Tt'ibune. office, the. lower, part of which-was
closed and in darkness, reached its culminating point.
•A. couple of Btones were thrown, and crash, went
the glass in the windows, and a general hurrah
and waving of hats ensued. The attack thu*
commenced was briskly continued; a shower
of stones was ' kept up amid the cheers of the
people, while the foremost of, their number,
armed withdubs, demolished all the remaining
glass; on the lower floor/ andthe framework
of the windows. Thenthe door was forced open,
and the living tide rushed, in, while the cheer's and
clamor grew louder than before. Everything inside
that the mob could lay hands on and remove was
carried into the street, and dashed or torn to f pieces.
The fury of the multitude increased as the work of
destruction proceeded, and the scene grew intensely
exciting; The Times publication office, at the Oppo
site corner, was also closed and unlighted/but from
the composing and editorial rooms of the .paper a
number of anxious faces looked down upon the com
motion.' But irom the upperwindows all
heads had been withdrawn, doubtless from prudent
motives, stones being still flying at intervals.
Suddenly, while, the, uproar and excitement
were at their highest uitch. a Bhot waa . fired
into the.erowd in the gutted office, and immediately
a general stampede < tooklplace. Another: shot fol
lowed, and then after a few moments’ lull the crowd
appeared in even stronger force than before, but al
though. it was evident/ that feeling ran very high
among .them, they remained peaceable; While in
possession of the office, they kindled a fire under the
counter, but owingto the.dampness.of the papers jg--
nited and the rush of the people, it expired without
producing the intended effect. .
ATTACK ON. THR. ARMORY IN S SECOND ;AVEN|JE.
The njob on Second avepus, Twenty-first and
Twentyrsecond streets rapidly increased, and at the
time the first attempt was made to force the doors,
of the building, it amounted to from three to four.
thousand, the, greater part.o/ whom were boys- At
this time some eighteen or twenty men, followed by
scores of youngsters, made an attempt to- force the
doors of the armory on Twenty-first street. The
• doors were burst open by nieans of heavy sledges,
and the crowd made a rush to , enter the building.
Those in charge of the .building, acting under in
: struotiohs, fired upon those who were entering, and
four or five were- wounded.- One man, named
Michael Yanev. was shot through the heart, and died
immediately. ” Vaney was a mechanic, and worked
. in the Morgan Iron-works. He,was about 40 years
of age, and resided in Twenty-third street, between
avenues A and B. The other persons who.were
shot are not regarded as befog seriously, injured.
The shooting of Yaney, who w;aa op® of the ring
leaders of the partymalung the attack/was the sig
nal for a general onslaught upon the armory. Loud
and deep were thecuraos uttered against the officers
who had shot their, leader, and for the next hour
ihepaving-Btones flew thick and fast, and not until
the last pane of glass in the windows of the building
had been, broken, did they desist. It is proper-to
remark that nearly all those who threw the paving
stones were boys under twelve years of.age. :. Dur
ing all this time efforts of a desperate character
were being made to fire the building. The* doors
on Second-avenue were'finally forced open, and.
m «xeitea Multitude, tried wieffept au entMnee,
THREE CENTS.
They promptly repelled by; those inside? Yery*
soon they received leinforeementsi and again they
made the attempt to enter, some of them wstir
lighted torches in their hands. Meantime ad ea patch*
was receive# by the officers of the Broadway aqua*
in charge of the building, from; police headquarters,
to the effbet that inasmuch as it was impossible to
reinforce them, and the attacking party so greatly
outnumbered them, they must retire in the best
manner they could. In a short time they were all
safely outside the building, with the exception of two
©?* their number, who-were pelted on the head with
brickbats,;, one of them- was - very-seriously injured.
The excitement against all policemen at this time
ran so high that it was-regarded a most hazardous
undertaking for one te'oliow himself to the excited
populace. The fact that there was, a private en-
the rear was a meat fortunate circumstance
for them.
ThejwlicehAving vacated the the mob
found iComparatively an easy task to enter and fire
the building. In fifteen minutes from the time the
crowd had undisputed possession of it, the entire
structure was a mass of flame; About half «■ dozen
men remained inside as asotftof forlorn hope, and
when all escape for them by the ordinary ways had
been cut off by the flames, the poor fellows let them
seliies down from the windows of the third'story, in
the’ best manner they could. One took hold or the
window sill, and another Blid down to his feet, and
then dropped to the pavement. In thiß way they
all managed to escape; but two of them had.each a
leg broken, one" had his skull so mtsch fractured that
he is not expected to recover, and another was so
bruised and injured that when he was taken into a
neighboring drug store' life seemed' extinct. Amid
the excitement and confusion our reporter wab un
able to obtaiu the names of any of those who were
thus injured.
THE MOB AND GOVERNOR'SEYMQTTR. .
It is known that for some time past Governor
Seymour has held out the promise to this treason
able, Irish mob, that he would remove the Police
Commissioners.
They had been told that this step was to be taken
yesterday, and it is believed in certain quarters that
Governor Seymour did really intend to take this
step yesterday; but the mob anticipated the act, and
commenced their work of riot at an hour too early
for the Governor to get out of bed.
It is also known that a meeting of representatives
of fire companies: was held' in a certain engine
house on Sunday night, when they took action as
to the course they should and would' pursue in the
event of a riot.
RIOTERS : ARRESTED.
The rioters who have been arrested are all Irish;*
many of them are fearfully bruised, and will remem
ber the “ No draft” criais’for long years.
It remains to be Been what disposition will be
made of these scoundrels by the police courts to-day.
Now jb the time for Governor Seymour’s tools to
show their hands.
SCENES AT POLICE HEADQUARTERS.
Every available portion of the new building in ’
Mulberry street was crowded with policemen, who
had been concentrated there to await orders. 'As '
soon as Mr. Superintendent Kennedy had been dis
abled,* Mr. President Acton assumed command of
tbe force, end made the beet possible disposition of
his men. They were relieved at regular intervals, 1
and were provided, with they came
in off;duty. The squad of five hunaßd men under
Inspector Carpenter came upHoustonstreet, march
ing to their own music, and sang the “Red, White
and Blue” as they passed up the steps. While they
stood in the hallway, Inspector Carpenter addressed ;
-them, complimenting their'conduct in high terms,-
and stating that he desired no greater honor than to
lead bo n9ble a body of men. The Inspector was
greeted with cheers. President Acton then appeared
on the stairs and said : •
“Men! I desire to thank you to-night, in the
name of the people, for the great and signal service
you have rendered to the city of New York. I as
sure you your labors shall not be forgotten.”
. Themen were then assigned rooms and provided'
with refreshments. The telegraph operators and
lire men worked Incessantly. Mr. Crowly; chief of
the telegraph corps, finding the poles down: endea
vored to attach the wires to lamp-posts, but was dis
covered by the crowd, who, knowing his importance,
held him a prisoner two hours. He finally escaped
from them with but a few bruises.
DESTRUCTION. OP A LARGE GUN FACTORY.
About 4 o’clock another work of destruction was
perpetrated at the corner of Twenty-first street and
Second avenue. The large gun and ordnance factory,
formerly known as Marston’s, recently cai ried on
by Mr. Farley, a son-in-law of Mayor Opdyke, and
which haß had considerable contracts for fire-arms
with both our own and the Russian Government,
was visited by about three thousand persons, who
called on those in the. factory to leave off work and
join the citizens in theirproceedings in opposition to
the draft. This demand not being complied with,
some of the crowd proceeded to batter in the doors,
which had been closed from an early period of the
day, and were said to be strongly fortified.
The first attempt to break into the building was
•met by a volley of musketry from the window, which
killed several, four or five-we hare learned, and
wounded a great number, some it is said mortally,
and others severely. But the crowd outside only
became the more infuriated by this rather rash and
ill-advised attempt to check them, and the building
was soon entered and fired. During the progress oT
the fire great numbers of the workmen jumped from
the windows, and were more or less injured ; others
broke limbß, and were picked up half dead ; while
several were brought out of the building, horribly •
burned, two of them, reduced to a mere cinder, the
human shape having altogether disappeared. *.
A SICK MAN INCITES THE MOB.
As the crowd started down. Fifth avenue, a pale,
sick man, who appeared as if he belonged to the
higher class of life, came out and addressed the front
part of the ’ procession. His. speech was faintlm
spoken and inaudible to all except those ia his im
mediate vicinity; but he was understood to say that
he sympathized heartily with the object* of the mob,
and wished he was well enough to lead them down
Broadway. He said they should organize before pro
ceeding any further, so that they might be prepared
to meet any opposition from or military,, as
they were very likely to. do- before proceeding a mile
farther." Those who heard him gave a round of-yell
and cheers, and proceeded onward, conscripting the
bystanders as they went, forcing them to “ fall in ”
and march. Some carried rough clubs, some ■ gas
pipes, some pieces of telegraph-wire, some legs of
pianos, tables, or chairs, and some were apparently
armed.: Our reporter at this spot saw no pistols or
other deadly weapons of that kind, but he was in
formed.that they were-plenty ini the crowd. Paving
stones were occasionally thrown at houses as they:
passed by. Some women cheered them, flourishing
papers and handkerchiefs, and ethers were very much
frightened and escaped from the scene as quickly as
possible.
MADNESS WITH A METHOD.
The executive portion of the mob was made up of
about 300 persons. Therewere more than these who
threw an occasional stone, or howled an unearthly
howl 5 but the .persistent working members of this
tremendous brickbat committeewere not more than
the number above stated. But this three hundred,
it was plain to see, were acting under regularly
selected leaders, were acting'with apreviously-un
derstoodpurpose,and were carrying on their atrocities
by the aid of a certain amount of rough but effective
discipline. *
No person who carefully watched the movements
of this mob, who noted their careful attention to the
words of certain tacitly-acknowledged leaders, who
observed the unquestionably preconcerted regularity
with which they proceeded from one part of their
infernal programme to the next ;.and the persistency
with which the “rear guard ” remained and fought
off all who dared attempt to check any part of the
destruction that everywhere marked their; work,
can presume to doubt that these men are acting
under leaders who have carefully elaborated their
plans, who have, as they think, made all things sure.
for their accomplishment; and that they are resolved
to carry them out through fire and blood, this dav’s
crimson work fully attests.
.The vast crowd swayed to and fro, racing first in
this direction, then in that, attacking indiscrimi
nately every .well-dressed -man.; The general cry
was, ‘‘Down with the rich men.” Three gentle
men talking together on Lexington avenue were
set upon and knocked down, narrowly escaping with
their lives.
A SUMMARY.
Passing over the premonitory symptoms, we couie
at once to the summing, up, which it may be more
immediately intelligible to state at once. The facts,
then, are these: The men who set on the howling mobs
of yesterdays Monday, July 13, 1863, are, guilty of ag
gravated assault and battery, of grand larceny , of crimi - •
nally resisting the execution of the laws toith armed
violence, of treason , of insurrection, -of arson, and of
murder.
The catalogue lacked but one atrocity to prove
itself matchless in brutal villainy in the whole
world’s history of even mob atrocity and violence;
and so this mob —these amiable gentlemen—before
they were' content to rest their tired heads upon ,
their innocent pillows, added this last and crowning'
item to the Cbristian-like list of their Good-Sama
rifcan deeds— they deliberately set on fires over the heads
of .the terrified arid screaming children, an '■ Orphan
Asylum . Does this fact call for comment 1 ? .
PROCLAMATION BY THE MAYOR.
Mayor’s . Office, N. Y. City,
July 14, 1863. •?
In.yiew of the riot now existing in this citv, I do
hereby request all loyal citizens to report at the
headquarters of the police, No. 300. Mulberry street;
this day, to be sworn in and. enrolled as special po
licemen for the restoration of law and order. AH
who shall not thus enrol themselves are requested
to continue their usual avocations..
GEORGE OPDYKE, Mayor,
CALL TO THE VETERAN, VOLUNTEERS.
The veterans who have recently returned from
the field of battle have again an; opportunity of ser
ving, not only their country, but the great empo
rium.of. New York, from the threatened dangers of
a ruthless mob.
The Commanding General of the Eastern Depart
ment trusts that those .who have, exhibited so much
bravery,in-the-field of. .battle will not hesitate to
come forward at this time, to tender their sendees
to the Mayor, to stay, the ravages of the‘city by
men who have lost all sense of obligations to their
country as well as to the city of New York.
JOHN-E. WOOL, Major General.
. JP-S,—These men are requested to report to Ma
jor General Sanford, corner of Elm and White
streets, on Tuesday, July 14, at 10 A, M,.
GENERAL RARVBY BROWN IN COMMAND.
Brigadier General. Harvey Brown, assumed com-,
mand ,of the United States troopß in the city, after
a consultation with Major-General WooU Go
vernor Morgan, General Anthon, Major General
Wool, and General Brown, in consultation,-did not
deem.it expedient to proclaim . martial law,. owing
to the absence of Governor,SeymoucJ whose opinion
they desired to. have in the,nmtter r and it was
thought best to leave matters in the hands of, Briga
dier General Brown. _ ■ -
Immediately on assuming command,. General
Brown took measures to bring up all the . available
troops, to be mustered .in : the city and the various
fortifications in the harbor. He .made .his head
quarters at the police headquarters, in Mulberry
street, and from thence despatched his aid-de>campa
to.execute his orders.
Spirlt of-the Press
[From the N. Y. Tribune. ]
THE RIOT.
- We give in other columns the fullest details that
it is possible to collect Of theproceedings of the mob
yesterday in.vario,us parts.ofthe city. Relentless
and cruel and cowardly as all mobs are, the actions
of this atleast are equal to any that nave yet earned
a record in history. “Pull down that d— —_d fla? !,r
-. was the greeting to the Stars and .Stripes. “Kill
the d——d nigger !”• was. the infuriated howl raised
At the sight of any unfortunate black man, woman;
or child thatwaß.aeen on the street, in-the cars, or'
an omnibus. Resistance to the. draft merely the
occasion of the outbreakj.absolute, disloyalty and
hatred to the negro were the moving pause. . It was
meant, undoubtedly, to break out oh the-4th, but
poatpon ed by the defeat of Lee in Maryland, 'll was
well known on Sunday that preparations w.ere made
for the outbreak on Monday, aid the pointsofat
tack and for,destruction were designated.
The pity must protect itself. There are loyal citi
zens enough to do sq, if they understand thia crisis
in our affairs. Let them not be deceived by the be
lief that this is a mere outbreak against the draft.
It has a deeper meaning, and is literally a removal
of the seat of war tq the banks of the Hudson.
Thesis howling mQba are houDdefi on, by thoughtful
and designing men who.are at workiii the interests
: of the Southern rebellion. Their organization is as
yet incomplete and purposeless except for destruc
tion, but it will gapw, if let alone and not arrested
in time, into a systematic revolution.. Let us be
warned in timq, Courage and energy can control
and suppress but the measures must tie prompt.
Support the authorities; give them strength if they
need; it. Make them understand, if necessary, the
importance of the emergency, and aid them to put
it dowb> It is not the city only, hut the country and
the cause that is at stake; and this week must de
. cide whether we have a country .to live for. : The
riot la formidable only in its possibilities, and is to*
dAy mauageable by the Goverumeutand the people.
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. , . - SHALL RUFFIANS-RULE US?
• [From the New York Times..}
We have never witneHßed a more disgusting or
mprs humiliating eight than was offered in every
street which these gangs of outlaws tramped through
-tfith therr hideous , uproar. One would have sup
posed, that every colored man, woman, and child
must* be a Wild beast, to judge from the savage and
eager delight with which they were chased and
bested and: stoned by these .wretched brutes in bu
maU'lo'rm.. 3t seems inconceivable that bo much of
pure, unadulterated ferocity; iso much of that clear,
undifatedcruelty which Teels a keen and ecstatic,
relish iff the infliction of torture upon others for
own sske, can dwell in the human heart. But such
hideoucroutbreaks hb that of yesterday draw aside
the curtfrin and show us how much of the wild ,
beast, in spite of pur better qualities, really belong*
to the baiter elements of our social life.
.There 16* but one way to deal with this coarse bru-V.
tality. It Paidle to reason with it,—worse than idle »■
to tamper with it; it must be crushed. Nothing but. <
force can deal’with its open manifestations. Unless ;
this city, is to:be.surreadered to the most lawless and.,
reckless of mob rule, this riot which broke out yep-.
terday, and which, beyond all question, will renew
its outrages, must be put down by force. If it -is
paltered with, it will gain the upper hand, and then
we might better live among savages than under the
ruffians who will 1 rule and plunder us at their plea
sure. _
'AN APPEAL TO- THE POPULACE,
[From the Daily News.l . , .
In the hour of their anger and delirium let us ap
peal to the manliness and better feeling of the work
ingmen. We have the right to do it, for we have
always been their champion against tyranny, and
have.labored faithfully in their behalf throughput
all their wrongs and troubles. We have been per
secuted for the sake of our opinions which are now*
their opinions, and our advocacy of the people’s
rights has brought us under the ban of official au
thority. The working classes' will not resent our
deprecation of the lawless course they are pursuing,
for we have always been .their friend, and we ar®
entitled to a friend’s privilege of remonstrance. ‘ ,
Let a voice that 'comes’ from one whom you can
trust, and who is with you in all Jegitimate oppoat-'.
tion to despotism, be heard among you. Listen to.
it and take counsel from'it, for you have but to '
search the record to know that it has never lied to
you and will never betray your cause. We have so"
much at stake, our poor country appeals to ub io
pitioußly, that we cannot* afford to lose our oppor
tunities in the vortex of excitement and blind fury.
For the sakes of you! 1 country and your cause, be
men. Arise superior 'to the passions of the mo
ment, and let your future action be calm, consid^
. rate, and noble. New York city must give an ex
ample to the North, but it must not be an example
of UDbridled license, anarchy', and raßbneßs. Die, if
it need be,' to defend yoiir’rights, but let there be no
stigma upon the names of your fraternity, and let
no history hereafter recount of your deedßthat your
’ children will blush to read.
do' not harm The negro.
We'hear of several instances that occurred yester
day of extreme violence towards unoffending blacks.
The poor negro is beginning to taste the bitter food
prepared for him by Abolition philanthropy. ■- We
appeal to our citizens to be more kind to him than
his professed bosom friends hare been, who embrace
him but to crußh. ' He is not to blame for the mis
fortune that has befallen ns. He is but the victim
of fanaticism, and should be rather pitied than as
sailed; Let him not be persecuted for the sins of
others. -It 1b cowardly and unjust to single him out
aB an. object for popular wrath. Let him go his way
unmolested, for it is unworthy a freeman to make
war upon an inferior race in the spirit of revenge.
YESTERDAT’B RIOT,
[From the World. 3
New York yesterday saw the saddest sight that
she has ever seen since her first foundation-stone
was laid. The shameful history of the day is writ
ten on another page. The stigma will cling to her
name and fair fame long after the printed page has
perished. Last night the northern sky was red with
lurid fires lit by the handß of an infuriated mob;
nothing but the smoking walls - remain of an
asylum for negro orphans ; men, a score and
more, who saw the morning sun, lie stark
and dead ; workshops were deserted, and the
passion of the laborer becoming, as it ever does,
the:opportunity of the ruffian, a saturnalia of
pillage, murder,* and rapine, threatened again and
agaiD to set-in upon the commercial metropolis of
the Union. Crowds all day marched hither and
thither along the streets, reckless, unguided, with a
burning sense of wrong toward the Government
which has undertaken to choose at random from
among them the compulsory soldiers of a miscon
ducted war—with a sense of wrong, we say, but
wreak their wrath, cowardly and meanly, on de
fenceless, inoffensive negroes; blindly on property
owners whose buildings chanced to be hired by Go
vernment officials; senselessly on the policemen,
whose discipline and power day by day insure them,
that security and order which guards their labor and
lives. .
We have one word to say to those who resist and
those who countenance resistance to the draft, and
we appeal, as having a right to appeal, in that what
injustice has been done you, we have never failed to
resist and protest against, when, protests were pro
' scribed and resistance was a crime. Stop where you
'are. Let this lawlessness cease. Mobs must stop
or be put down. No Government can tolerate them*
None should tolerate them. Anarchy is no refuge
from injustice or wrong.
A Speculation.
From an article of the Richmond "Enquirer we ex
tract enough to show its temper:
Suppose, what is not improbable, that the armies
of the Federal Union should all be vanquished this
year; that the whole scheme of invasion and
subjugation should break down; and that we
should be enabled to dictate terms of peace in
Washington—what then! / We may well begin
• toi reflect upon this contingency,/seeing that our
enemies , themselves are speculating upon the
same. “If General Lee is able,” says the New
York Tribune , “to conquer the North—Be it so! n
The New York Times also, anothergreatorgan of the
Abolition enemy, urging immediate levy of a large
army by draft, adds suggestively:
“If the country will not submit to this, it will
prove, beyond all question, that it is sick of fight
ing, and is for peace on any terms; and whenever
this is proven,’the Administration will be bound to
let it have its way, and wallow in the mire.”
Next, the New York Herald, speaking of the next
election for Governor_of Ohio, says:
- “We hazarded another prediction, and that was
that Mr. Yallandigham would not only obtain the
nomination. but that he would be elected. Events
will prove whether or not we are right in this antici
pation. If Mr; Yallandigham should be elected, he
will undoubtedly cross the frontier into Ohio, and
then, we ask, what power will venture to take
thence the choice of the people 1”
This amounts-to much the same thing as the hints
of the other two newspapers ; it means utter failure
and 'defeat of the waT policy, and immediate peace—
which peace must be upon our terms; because the
victorious party never Bubmits to the terms of a
conquered enemy, but imposes its own ; in short, it
means, in other words, what the Times expresses by
“wallowing in the mire.”
Again, the Tribune of a subsequent date, says :
We trust this invasion is meant to be determined
and decisive, and that it will not be spoiled by a pre
mature recoil. If the'rebels are, indeed, our masters,
let them proveit, and let us own it. If they are not,
let us .make them acknowledge ihe corn. We hope
this demonstration, together with that of General
Grant on Vicksburg, may be so managed as practi
cally to end the war. If we can now take Vicksburg
and Port Hudson on the one hand, and use up Lee’s
army on the other, the Confederacy will be pretty
nearly played out. I£ on the other hand, the rebels
beat Grant, and water their horses in the Delaware,
routing all the forces ive can bring against them, we
shall be under foot , and may as well own it,”—Trf
bune.
“Wallowing in the mire” and "underfoot” are
figurative expressions, and not to be taken quite
literally; properly interpreted they simply signify
that the North, as they call the United States; must
abandon the pretension of dictating the conditions
ofpeace.and prepare itself to accept those which
may be dictated to it by the prevailing power. SutK
jugation, confiscation, and liberation of negroes,
must all be abandoned. The prospects of farms in
the - Sunny South vanish when the conditions of
peace are to be proposed by the Confederate States.
Admiral Dahlgren at Port Royal.
Admiral Dahlgren, on his arrival at Port Royal,
and relieving Admiral Dupont, immediately ordered
the monitors to prepare for active service. The
work being done on them, and in contemplation, un
necessary, so far as efficiency was concerned, was
ordered instantly to cease, and a shout of joy and
gladness went up throughout the whole squadron.
These fancy improvements could be put on after the
war is over. Now. the vessels were wanted- for the
purpose for which they were constructed. Improve
ments and modifications, could be made when the
vessels were . out of commission, and when there
was an abundance of men and mechanism to per
form the work, and not when valuable time would
he wasted “in the face of the. enemy.” Glorious
decision, and honored he the man who made it!
Instead of establishing himself in the chair of
royalty on board the Wabash, and receiving the he**
mage of the courtiers, Admiral Dahlgren raised his
flag on the humble little transport Mary Dinsmore,
which had been armed and equipped for the purpose,
and on the 4th of July was preparing to move to
.loin bis iron-clad fleet in the harbor of North Edisto.
The officers and crews of the monitors, rusting for
service, and disgusted and sick from delay, disap
pointment, and inactivity, were in ecstasies at the
prospect of having a’chance to test these glorious
little vessels on the walls of Sumpter, and equally
confident of success.
Admiral Dahlgren had ordered all.the workmen
from the monitors to proceed at once to the com
pletion of the repairs on the captured iron*olad At*
lanta, intending to use her also in the attack on the
defences of Charleston. She was nearly completed
when the Arago Bailed, and was being manned for
the occasion by officers acid crews from some of the
heavy wooden vessels, which of course could not
take part in the fight. It is, thus evident that Ad
miral Dahlgren is not so kind-hearted as to have
aDy fears of “irritating the enemy,” and as we
have at the head of both the navy and the army of
the Department of the South two active
fighting men, no doubt is felt of the Bucceßß of the
movement now.in progress..
Of the fact that Port Sumpter was on the point of
surrendering when the monitors were called out of
action, we know that the President and Secretary of
the ; Navy have moßt convincing proof. They have
letters from those who saw the holes through the
wallß, from those who walked through the breaches,
and from those who, living in Charleston, gave the
assurance that a 11 cart and horse covld be driven
through them.”—Baltimore American.
Mr* Seward aud the* Trade with Mata-
juoros.
A short time ago Earl Russell stated in the House
ot Lords that representations had been made to the
Federal Government of a feeling in this country
‘ that the Government intended systematically to in
terfere with the legitimate trade to Matamoros 5
.-and intimation, had been given* that, this country,
while, submitting to the. severest interpretation or
the Jaw of nations, would not allow hostilities to be
carried od, under pretext of that law, against a
lawful .branch of her commerce. The correspon
dence with. Mr. Seward has now been published.
Earl Rusßell’B despatch to Lord Lyons, giving in
structions to the effect above stated, is dated April
24and. Mr. Seward having been made acquainted .
with the contents, he replies, on May 12. He says
that (( suddenly and quickly as palaces, cities, states,
or empires rise in the tales of the 1 Arabian Nights,*
under the waying of a wand, or. the utterance of .a
the, trade with Matamoros rose from a petty'
barter to a commerce that, engaged the mercantile,
activity of Liverpool and London. It was really a.
: contraband trade, andthe Peterhoff was among the.
first caught, >
Since then, interested persons, most of them his.
own countrymen; had exerted themselves to produce
the impression in r Englsnd that the United StatcjA
Government'intended the systematic: interruption
of .a lawful branch of commerce. . . He’ denies this
emphatically, and states that Federal criiisershave ’
no other instructions than those with which ohr
.Government hayej heen made* acquainted. He
pointß out that no complaint has yet been made to
him of the decisions of the Anierican prize, courts. 1
In. conclusion, Mr. Seward says: “ Happily, the
operations of the army and" the navy on the Missis
sippi seem riqw to be lively to break up the inland
way over which the unlawful trade in question 1 was
intended to be carried, end to remove the remunera
tive temptations to a continuance of that injurious
r and forbidden commerce. Renewed instructions
have been givep. tp the commanderaof the blocka*
diqg fleet to practise caution, and conform atrictly to
the w prineiplea of m aritime in conducting
’searches and' seizures. The Admiralty is'likely
. soon to pronounce upon the. legality of the eeizuro
of the Peterhoff, and in other cases which are id
pieparaUoA foy *