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WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1863.
The Riot lu New York.
It seems very much as if his Excellency
Governor Seymour came from Albany to
New York to lead the riot that it now dis
gracing that city. Whatever motive may.
have controlled him—whether under the in
fluence of personal solicitude, or a foolish
desire to temporize and parley with the
mob, that we so often see in weak; men—or
perhaps a more natural feeling that the men
around him were his own friends,' followers,
and disciples, it is very certain that his ad
dress to the people from the steps of City
Hall was precisely such an address as no
brave or prudent man would make. Per
haps we do injustice to the political record
or personal character of {Jovernor Sey
mour in expecting bravery and prudence at
a time like this. Accustomed to deal with
turbulent conventions, and with no idea of
a riot beyond a demonstration at Tammany
Hnll, we can hardly expect him to grasp an
occasion like the present. New York will
read with shame the words of her Governor
—and the Governor himself, when this
storm is past, will regret that in a time de
manding fierce and bold action, he had no
words but words of entreaty, and no coun
sel beyond an appeal to the Government to
dispense with the draft. Why should the
Government do this ? Is the draft ille
gal? It has been ordered by an act of
Congress, and is demanded by the exi
gencies of the hour. Is it oppressive ?
Every provision that humanity or justice
can suggest has been made. The-widow
can retain her hoy—the father is permitted
to provide for his children—the sole male
member of a family may remain at home.
Has it been enforced in a secret or oppres
sive manner? We all know the contrary.
Has it been resorted-to needlessly or in a
wanton, reckless spirit?. We know that
the Administartion has waited and post
poned'and hesitated and done-every thing
to avoid the draft. We know that citizens
have contributed munificently to fill our re
giments to the full quota. Indeed, if any
censure is ,to be made, we think it should
fall upon the Administration itself for having
been so lerient and kind in its dealings with
the people in this matter of the conscription.
And yet, because a mob of wild, angry,
brutal,;and ignorant men take-up arms and
burn dwellings, and murder inoffensive ne
groes because they are black, and inoffensive
white men because they are suspected of
being Abolitionists; because they violate
law, order, and humanity itself, this Go
vernor of the State calmly proposes that the
wish of the r ioters be granted, the draft post
poned, and the mob permitted to triumph.
Timid men, like Governor Seymour, may
call thisa concession with a view to pre
serve the peace and prevent .the effusion of
blood. Sensible men, however, will call it
cowardice and a surrender of the powers of
the Government into the hands of a mob of
thieves and assassins.
The Mob has always been a terrible, in
describable, wild thing, and as far diffe
rent from any ordinary manifestation of
social life as the earthquake from the ordi
nary manifestations ot natural life. Whence
it comes and whither it goes—how it lived
yesterday, where it will live to-morrow—
who controls it, and who takes’ away its.
being—are questions that we ask without
the hope of an answer. We' have had
mobs,in Philadelphia, and our city has often
blushed over the deeds of her firemen and
her politicians. T wenty years ago the spi
rit of fanaticism was abroad, and many
men still in the early days of life remember
when the streets of this city were
filled with aimed men—when churches
were burned, and religious houses sacked,
and ministers of religion hunted for their
lives. Then it was a war of sect and
hatred. Desperate and bad men had
taught the follower of one faith to look upon
the follower of another as an enemy, and
the citizen of American'birth was educated
to hate the citizen of European birth. There
have been outbreaks occasioned by local ex
citement and prejudice, the anger of-rival
fire companies or the strife of our election
canvass, but they passed away. : This riot in
New York possesses none of these features.
It is an uprising of the enemies of the Go
vernment. Men like “Mr. Andrews, of
Virginia,” have taken the lead ; men like
Mr. Fernando Wood, and writers like the
editor of the World, have fanned the pas
sions and enmities of the people into a flame;
the ignorant laboring man has been made a
follower, and the thieves and assassins are
directing its operations and pushing their
shameful avocations. We can imagine such
a thing as an honorable mob—a mob which
arises with a certain purpose, and flies to it
in a wild, tumultuous, terrible way, but rests
when its passions have been appeased.
But here is a mob that parades the
streets; hangs a poor, helpless negro to
a pole, and then sets fire to his clothing ;
visits the residences of the Mayor and Post
master, and destroys all that they contain;
bums down an asylum for colored orphan
children—tears up a railroad track; assaults
respectable gentlemen as “Abolitionists,”
taking care to take their money and jewelry;
cuts the gas main, and proposes to cut the
Croton reservoir. Hatred of the
mc-nt, the negro, the Abolitionist—this ani
mates|them, and to gratify this they rob and
kill and burn, and do deeds that history
cannot parallel. A mob in Paris has been
known to butcher a beautiful woman, be
cause she was high-born and noble, and
Paris has never escaped the malignant in
famy o'f the murder of the Princess Lam
r.ALLE, Buther cruel and atrocious mur
derers would not have put the torch to an
asylum of charity.
New York is a glorious city—full ;of
beauty, and wealth, and intelligence— the
seat of our commercial power, and the type
of. our national splendor; and it is with
pride that we look upon a metropolis so
truly deserving the name. The deeds of the
last few days have covered her with shame,
and years will come and go before these
sad and sorrowful scenes are forgotten.
She has permitted armed resistance to the
Government, and she must quell it or suffer.
This Government can never listen to terms
from these men. They must be crushed with
remorseless power. We should weep for
America if this angry mob were permitted
to intimidate or control the Administration.
Better far that New York, with its glory,
wealth, and splendor, should he burned to
the ground, and become as Babylon and
Tyre, than that such a thing should be.
Let us sustain the Government in its efforts
to. crush this new rebellion, and then, pro
fiting by the lessons it teaches, look to our
own city. The men who have stimulated
violence and crime in New York are en
deavoring to do the same in Philadelphia.
We have enemies here who are in sym
pathy with them, and who may take the
opportunity of the conscription to take up
arms, and inaugurate plunder, robbery, and
murder. Let us be warned in time, so that
if the danger comes we shall be ready.
llie Army of the Potomac.
. Gen. Meade announces that he has occu
pied Palling Waters, having captured a
regiment or two of the rearguard of the
rebel army, and that Gen. Lee is now on
the Virginia side of the Potomac: This is
not pleasant news, although rve are prepared
for it. The inability of Meade to Tenew
the battle, and the impunity with Which.
Lee was permitted to reach the Potpmac,
led us to suppose that the rebels would suc
ceed in escaping; for, when we look at the
matter carefully, we can see that tjie mere
crossing: of . a river, particularly the
fords 'are.availahle and an army is compelled
by the necessity of self-preservation to strug
gle for safety, is, in itself, a mat
ter. When we remember with what impu
nity Buunside crossed the Rappahannock
after the defeat at Fredericksburg, and the
facility with which Hooker reached. Fai
moutb, after the disaster of Chancellorville,
we cannot be surprised that Lee should,
have reached the opposite bank of the Po-j
iomac, and escaped from a weary, pursuing s
army. Nor do we see that any blame can
attach to Gen. Meade, We know that he
has made the most extraordinary efforts to
reach Lee. There is a popularympression
that such efforts merely consisf in marching
a body of men a number of miles. This,
however, is the very least of a general's
duties. His army had undergone long and
weary marches. It. had fought a battle that
continued three days. It had checked a
proud invading army, and driven it in dis
may from the soil of Pennsylvania. The
•mere act of battle had taken away its blood,
decimated its regiments, and destroyed the
lives of many brave leaders. The ammu
nition was wasted, stores were to be ob
tained, and to replenish the haversack and
cartridge-box required days. These were
busy days to General Lee ; and after sub
mitting to the harassing attacks of Meade’s
cavalry, he succeeded in crossing the river
and finding a piece of temporary safety.
For the present, this ends the campaign
of the Armies of the Potomac. It is not as
brilliant as tbe people expected, but it is
certainly the most brilliant of the war.
We have defeated the rebel army. That
is one great .achievement. We have
driven his invading army from free soil.
That is a greater glory still. To do
these thiDgs is to save the Republic from,
the greatest danger ithas yet encountered—
the danger of recognition and armed inter
vention. We have shown that such pur
poses were contemplated by foreign Powers,
and that the invasion of the North by Lee
was to have been an argument and a pre
text. In defeating Lee we have destroyed
these schemes, and we now go forth to fur
ther battle. . What the new campaign will
be we cannot' tell. It is probable that
Meade will cross the Potomac at Harper’s
Ferry, and throw his army into rapid pur
suit of the rebels; or lie may transfer his
operations to the Rapidan, as McClellan
proposed to do, or to the Rappahannock, as
Burnside did. Let us leave these things,
however, with the men who plan our bat
tles, and content ourselves with what we
have: gained—thanking General Meade and
his army for their valor and skill, and
trusting that they may soon encounter the
flying Lee and cover him with discomfiture.
The Victories in the Southwest.
General Gras t advances from victory to
victory with celerity that indicates some of
the highest qualities of the soldier. His
recent victory over Johnston was obtained
by a rapid march immediately following the
surrender of Vicksburg. iWe infer that
General Grant, #when he had paroled
Pemberton’s forces, simply threw r divi
siohinto the town as a garrison, amply suf
ficient to hold it, and at once pushed his
main force toward Johnston. This was a
brilliant movement—none the less brilliant
because of its common sense. Johnston
apparently was ignorant of his enemy’s in
tentions, for it is extremely improbable to
suppose he would have accepted battle had
he been able to accomplish retreat. Gene
ral Sherman, in immediate charge of the
advance, entirely overthrew his defence,
and captured three thousand prisoners. It is
thus that General Grant, within one week,
disposed of both of his enemies, and ruined
the rebel cause in the- Southwest. He has
shown the ability to use an opportunity,
admirable judgment in not attaching too
much importance to Vicksburg after it had
fallen, and first-class enterprise in his re
fusal tobe satisfied with that success. The
value of these grand victories in the South
west can scarcely be overrated, and though
we wait for confirmation of the fall of Port
Hudson before we can repose absolute con
fidence in tbe telegraphic 'statement, we re
gard the capture of that stronghold as a
mere question of time.
TlieMatamoros Trade,
It is during time of war, especially, that
the rights of neutrals are apt to be confused
with the advantages of neutrals, and for this
rea son the United States cannot too jealously
watch the movements of neutral Powers.
It istlft duty of the Government to at once
rebuke and expose any attempt to make
pretended rights of neutral vessels the cloak
’of contraband trade. Such attempts have
recently been made by British merchants,
who have sent to the neutral port of Mata
moros enormous quantities of goods, osten
sibly-for Mexican consumption, but really
for the, use ofthe rebellion. Opposite Ma
tamoros, on the east bank of the Rio Grande
is the Texan town of Brownsville, held by
a rebel force under the command of General
Be®. To this port the cargoes of most ofthe
European vessels which hail for Matamoros
are actually consigned, and the Government,
not having the power to interfere with trade
in neutral waters, has been obliged to cor
rect the evil elsewhere. Vessels suspected
of bearing “ contraband of war” are searched
by. its , orders, and the case of every sup
posed criminal is tried by the tribunal re
cognized as competent authority by inter
national law. It was in this way that the
Peterhoff was seized on her way to Mata
moros with a cargo believed to be intended
for the benefit of the rebellion. This arrest
has given rise to a correspondence between
Earl Russia,i, and Mr. Seward, which has
recently been issued by the British Foreign
Office, and is of especial importance. Out
of differences slighter than this great wars
have grown ; and though we do not think,
the British Government bold enough to
make .the legitimate action of the United
Elates a pretext for hostilities, yet it cer
tainly made it an excuse for a decided threat.
Mr. Seward’s able reply to Earl Russell,
through Lord Lyons, places the disputed
question in so clear a light that the British
Government cannot fail to see the justice of
our position.
Earl Russell, in his despatch to Lord
Lyons, declared that “if it should appear
that from jealousy, of trade, or unjust suspi
cion of contraband, or any other motive, the
British trade were deliberately and systema
tically made subject to vexatious capture
and arbitrary interference, it is obvious that
Great Britain must interfere to protect her
flag,” and requested that the determination
to interfere, in-that case, should be commu
nicated to the United States Government.
It is very well that Earl Russell rested this
warning threat upon a contingency, for Mr.
Seward, in his answer, plainly shows that
the British trade is not “deliberately and sys
tematically subjected to vexatious capture
and arbitrary interference,” and that it would
be superfluous for Great Britain to interfere
for the protection of her flag, inasmuch as
its honor is not at all in danger. The letter
ofthe Secretary of State also disclaims, in dig
nified denial which doesnot condescend to ar
gument, the jealousies and unjust suspicions
which the despatch of Earl Russell hints
may have instigated the action of the Ame
rican Government. ■ On the . contrary, it
establishes the fact that the - United States
has acted upon grounds of absolute legality,
and that while it wifi religiously observe the
rights of neutrals, it is firmly resolved that
such rights shall not be made a pretext for
aiding its enemies. As is usual in all of
Mr. Seward’s official statements, the sub
ject is analyzed, and illustrated with skill
and beauty, which at once place the facts be
yond doubt, and is then argued with a force
which makes reply almost impossible. His
letter to Lord Lyons, while it concedes
no principle essential to the national inter
ests, is not calculated to provoke further
trouble, but rather to restore unity of opi
nion. “It cannot be conceded,’’says Mr. Se
ward, “by the American Government, nor
claimed by Great Britain, that some British
vessels may not be fraudulently engaged in
an ostensible trade between British ports
and Matamoros, in conveying supplies to
the insurgents of the United States.” He
calls attention to the fact that the British
trade with Matamoros has but recently be
come important. “ Suddenly and quickly
as palaces, cities, states or empires rise in
the tales of the Arabian' Nights, under the
waving of a wand or the utterance of a
spell, that trade rose from a petty barter to
a commerce that engaged'the mercantile
activity of Liverpool and London. Simul
tanepusly, roads across the interior of Texas
were . covered with caravans; the cotton of
disloyal citizens in the insurrectionary re
gion became all at once the property of the
treasonable conspiracy against the Union
’-and|wftS hypothecated by the agents for a
foreign loan to satisfy obligations contracted
by them in the fitting out and equipping and
.clearing, from British ports of steam naval
expeditions to destroy the commerce of the
United States.”
These facts are sufficiently significant, and
the. inference of the Secretary, that the
United States is justified in regarding them
as sufficient proof that this unprecedented
trade with Matamoros is but the cloak of
contraband commerce with the rebels, is sup
ported by all tbe known truths. It would not
be impossible to show that Mexican needs
fall far short of ( the supply which it is pre
tended Matamoros receives, nor unreasona
ble; to argue.the absurdity of the pretext that
so-poor a nation would import more goods
than she could possibly use. Nor is it irre
levant to remind our readers of the fact that
the vessels in the pretended Matamoros trade
convey the very articles of which the rebel
lion is chiefly in want. And when we re
member that the Solicitor General, in a late
Parliamentary debate, pointed out to those
gentlemen who wished the seizure of the
Peterhoff condemned as an outrage on Bri :
tish rights, the admirable facilities of the
port of Matamoros for carrying on a con
traband trade, and that Mr. Cobden de
clared that it was unreasonable to assume
that England was the aggrieved party, we
may confidently believe that Mr. Seward’s
argument will, of necessity, be admitted by
the very men to whom it is least welcome.
It is also evident that, so far as the rights of
neutrals are concerned, the United States
Government stands in the attitude of their
protector; for in preventing their abu3e, it
certainly guaranties that they shall be re
spected. ,
It is said that ex-Goneral Fitz John
Porter will be appointed by Governor
Seymour to tlie command of the troops for
the quelling of the New York riots. The
fact that Mr. Porter was dismissed from
the United States service for shameful mis
behavior in the face of the enemy is pro
bably his chief recommendation to favor.
He will certainly do nothing to provoke the
mob to.hostility. '
Governor Seymour counselled mode
ration to the rioters. They immediately
profited by his advice, and trampled and
hung one man only. Had it not been for
his speech, they might have massacred a
dozen. By all means let us have modera
tion.
It is proposed by Gov. Seymour to
propitiate the rioters in New York by stop
ping the draft. This would be little more
than crowning anarchy and crime with tri
umph.
In a pew days there will be a draft- in
Philadelphia. We trust that our governing
powers have profited by the dreadful expe
rience of New York.
As the soldiers of the Army of the Poto
mac, according to a correspondent of a De
mocratic newspaper, seem to he under the
impression that Gen. McClellan is'now
in command of that army, justice to the
General would require the publication of the
following paragraph of personal intelli
gence from the New York Herald of yes
terday.:
In tbe midst of the excitement a great conoourse
proceeded to the residence of General McClellan, in
East Thirty, fifth street, to give him. an ovation. The
throDg baited opposite the house, where they gave
loud and prolonged cheers for “Little Mac,” but
ascertaining that he was in New Jersey, they left
proceeding down Fifth avenue shouting and hur
rahing.
ARMY OF THE POTOMIC,
Tlie Impending* Battle—Lee's Army not Re
invoiced Tile Sufferings of Maryland
I’nionists Another Spy Ordered to be
Hung.
CSpecial Correspondence of The Press. 1
BOOKBBORO, Md., July 13.
The heavy rains to-day did not prevent, though
they considerably embarrassed, important move
ments of the army in the front. The mud has been
three or four inches deep where it was necessary to
move the heaviest artillery. Horses and Wagons
embrace with equal affection thetehder soil. There
has been no demonstration of ah aggressive charac
ter on either side up to 5 o’clock this afternoon, at
which time I left headquarters. Lee has been com
pelled to contract biß lines of very materi
ally : since Saturday afternoon. The capture of
Hagerstown enlarged our.line And hemmed in the
rebel army still more closely. It is evident that Glen.
Meade will not fight until he has convinced himself
Bgainßt. tbe possibility of failure. His design is to
make his’;next fight a great victory, conscious that
the rebels cannot be reinforced <or strengthened in
any manner while he. holds them so completely at
bay. In the meantime, our losses at Gettysburg,
and they were undeniably severe, are rapidly being
repaired by reinforcements.- It is not too“sanguine
an opinion that Gen. Meade enters into this seco ad
battle with even larger force than he had given him.
when Gen. Hooker retired from the command.
Amid the numerous' and contradictory reports
that greet the ear on all sides, none has found such
universality and credence as the one which tells you
so explicitly that Beauregard has reinforced Lee
with forty thorn and men. Accidentally, I met to-,
night a farmer who had escaped through our lines,
from Downßville, near Williamsport,“and who states
that up to Friday night no bridges had been built
by the rebels across the Potomac; that it was no
where in that vicinity fordable, and the only com
munication between the two shores was by means
ol two scowb, by which Lee was sending across not
more than four wagons an hour. This refugee tells
me that the people of Williamsport had heard this
Beauregard report a week ago, as coming from those
outside the rebel lines. A copy of a Baltimore
paper had found its way to Downsville with this
rumor, and the only remark it occasioned was, that
euch news was too good to be true. Delay is pre
cious to the rebelß only on the contingency that they
may either be reinforced or escape entirely. Neither
alternative is probable or possible, under existing
circumstances.
In Downsville the remnant of General Barks
dale’s command is quartered. Barksdale himself
was killed at Gettysburg. They, went into the fight
five thousand strong. On Saturday morning they
mustered eleven hundred. The rebels are pursuing
a system of wholesale plunder in the neighborhood.
The harvest had not yet been completed; but the
rebel soldiers turned reapers and mowers, filling
their wagon-trains, and sending no wagons across
without full and ample loads of wheat, oats, and
corn. Occasionally they paid for what ’
My informant, who is a Union man, was visited, by
a foraging party, who, after paying eight dollars in
Confederate trash for six loads of hay, helped
themselves freely to everything they could lay their
hands upon. To prevent the possibility of their
laying strong hands upon him, as he had reason to
believe they had been informed of his affection for
the rebels, he left, and succeeded in working his way
safely through the lines. He relates, in a plain and
modeßt style, peculiar to country farmers, the man
ner of his escape, how he wentup this road and
down the other, through ditches and over oreeks,
and so od ; all of which was probably clear enough
and satisfactory to him, and which was the best
guarantee to me of his sincerity. The rebel army
have been recruited to the extent of about fifty
men" in Williamsport; six of the reoruits are stu
dents of St. James’ College. The right of the rebel
army rests upon the Potomac at Williamsport, but
is not within three miles.of the river at Downs
ville.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad has not been
entirely destroyed beyond Harper’s Ferry. All the
bridges have been destroyed, but the rails have been
tom up only in few places.
The reoccupation of Hagerstown by our army was
a cause of rejoicing to many Union men scattered
about various portions of Maryland, who are now
moving towards their home in great numbers, from
Frederick, Middletown, Boonßboro, and other
places. Several stages left here to-day heavily
laden,
Passes to the Army of the Potomac are difficult
to be obtained, and none are given except to per
sons having important business at headquarters, or
to persons of undoubted loyalty, who, to get to
their homes, are obliged to go through the lines.
Another rebel spy has'been captured by one ofthe
men of General Buford’s command. He was caught
near Gettysburg on horseback, moving towards the
rebel lines., He was stopped and examined. He
hadin his poßsession 'an exquisitely-drawn map of
the battle-field of Gettysburg, with the various
roads approaching to it, upon which marched the
different corps of the Army ,of the Potomac. Let
ters to rebel generals, containing information re
specting our movements and othqp valuable docu
ments, were &Ibo found upon him: He gave his
name as Talbert, of Petersburg. He is ordered to
be hung, on the 17th instant, At Frederick. D.
LEE CROSSES THE RIVER.
OUR ARMY AT WILLIAMSPORT.
' Headquarters Army of the Potomac, July 14.
—Lee’s rebel army withdrew from their position
around Williamsport yesterday and last night, and
recroeeed the Potomac by a pontoon bridge at Fall
ing Waters and fiatboats at the Williamsport ferry.
A portion of . Pleasanton’s cavalry entered Wil
liamsport at'7 o’clock this morning, and captured
many prisoners. - Lee had previously sent over all
his plunder, trains, Ac.
A general movement -was ordered this morning,
and our columns were in motion at an early liour,
but found the entrenchments vacated.
We understand that the retreat of Lee’s army is
now a rout, and that in spirit it is utterly broken.
This place b at the dis]K>sition of the Federal Govern-;
ment an ample force to overawe the rioters in New
York and other cities. No doubt need be enters
taihed that the power of the Government will soon
be stiowuiinthe matter.
FIVE hundred PRISONERS captured—
REBEL GEN. PETTIGREW KILLED.
Headquarters Auanr of the Potomac,
July 14, 1863—8 P..M.
To Major .General Halteck:
My cavalry have, captured live hundred prisoners
in addition to those previously reported.
General Pettigrew, or the Confederate Army, was
killed this morning in the attack on the enemy’s rear
guard. His body is in our bands.
G. G. MEADE, Major General,
THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA; WEDNESDAY, TOLY 15, 1863.
Headquarters Army of the Potokac, July
—The officers report that they, captured about
3,000 prisoners, two gups, several elisions and
etands of colors this morning, at Failing Waters and
"Williamsport.
The following estimates have been made by com
petent officers of Lee’s losses since crossing the
Potomac on hiß raid into Pennsylvania: Killed,
5,000; wounded, 9,000; prisoners, 9,600 uninjured.
It is known that 6,000 wounded rebels passed
through Winchester three days ago, and 300 wagons
full of wounded have since been oarried over the
river. The desertions will probably .reach 3,000,
.making a total loss of not lesß than 33,000.
‘A number of deserters from our army have arrived
in camp, and early trials'will be had, and the
punishment prescribed awarded them. •
ME ATTACK ON CHARLESTON.
All Use Batteries on Morris Island Cap
tured Except Fort Wagner—Rebel Loss
. Between T(JO and ROO-Bombnrdipent of
; Fort "Wagner going on—Five Monitors In
• Action.
Fortress Monroe, July gunboat Union,
Captain Conroy, just arrived from Charleston, bound
to New York, reports that all the batteries on Mor
ris Island have been captured except Fort Wagner.
The enemy’s loss, in killed, wounded, and prisoners,
is between 700 and 800.
The attack commenced last Friday morning. The.
Union left on Sunday afternoon, at which time the
Biege of Fort Wagner was progressing, with every
prospect of a speedy capture. Five monitors were
engaged.
The Bombardment of Morris Island,
Charleston, July 13.— T0 Gen. S. Cooper , Adju
tant and Inspector General:— Nothing new since yes
terday. The enemy i. engaged In establishing bat
teries for long-range gun. on the middle of Morris
Island, being aided by five monitor.. Their ivooden
gunboats are firing on batteries Wagner and Gregg,
on the north end of Morris Island.
G. T. BEAUREGARD.
The Richmond Enquirer of the 13th gives the fol
lowing official despatch from Gen. Beauregard:
OnAULEiwoif, July no.— To Gen. S. Cooper, Adju
tant and Inspector General:— At dark on the 10th the
enemy retained possession of the southern end of
Morris Island. Four monitors engaged the ..battery
Wagner and the battery at Cumming’s Point with
out damage or casualties, but the loss in opposing
the landing was severe, 300 being killed and wounded,
including 16 officers. The enemy’s loss is evidently
heavy. G. T. BEAUREGARD.
Fortress Monroe, .Tuly 14,—Fort Powhatan,
on the James river, was taken possession of by our
fleet yesterday. All the men and guns had been re
moved.
THE WAR IN THE SOUTHWEST.
Johnston Defeated by Sherman, with
a Loss of 2,01)0 Prisoners. '
SURRENDER OP PORT HUDSON,
THE MISSISSIPPI OPEN.
THE FALL OF VICKSBURG ACKNOWLEDGED
Over 200 duns and 06,000 Small Arms
Taken at Vicksburg.
RETREAT OF BRAGG FROM CHATTANOOGA
Washington, July —-The Richmond papers of
to-day acknowledge the fall of Vicksburg. .
The following extracts are taken from to-day’s
Enquirer;
Mobile, July 13,1863 . To General Cooper , Adju
tant and Inspector General, C, S. A,; The Mew Or
leans Era of the 10th announces the unconditional
surrender of Port Hudaon, at 7 o’clock on the 9th
instant. GEORGE G. GARDNER,
Cincinnati, July 14.— The Commercial
ceived advices from Vicksburg to the Bth.
. . Gen. Grant had pushed the work of paroling the
rebel prisoners. They number 21,277.
The' fjeneral officers captured inolude Generals
Pemberton, Stevenson, Forney, Smith, Ecc, Taylor,
Herbert, Cummings, Barton, Sharp, Harris, Moore,
Baldwin/and Vaughan.
• Immediately after the surrender of Vicksburg
Sherman moved in the direction of the Big Black
river with a large army, and on the following day
met Johnston in a £rA wn*up line of battle. 'f
A sanguinary battle took place, resulting in Aohn
ston’s defeat and the capture of two thousand pri
soners. Frank P. Blair is reported to be in posses
sion 6f Jackson.
A rumor is in circulation that Port Hudaon sun
rendered to General Banks on the sth, and we took
eighteen thousand prisoners.
ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND.
Cincinnati, July 14;—The Commercial Mr.
Swinton. of the New York TYmes, arrived here last
Dight, direct from Gen. Rdseorano’ headquarters.
He furnishes us with the following news
The main body of Bragg's, army retreated from
Chattanooga to Atlanta, and'the presumption is
that the bulk of Bragg’s forces have been sent to
Richmond to garrison it.
Roaecrans captured 4,000 prisoners during the late
forward'movement.. Our army is in high spirits
and in splendid condition.
STORES AND SUPPLIES CAPTURED AT
VICKSBURG.
Washington.', July 14.—Advices from Vicksburg
to the evening of the Bth inst,, state that 27*000 re
belsoldiers had been paroled up to that time.
Sixty-six thousand stand of small arms had been
found, mainly in good condition, and more were
constantly being discovered. They were concealed
in caves as well as in all sortß of buildings.
The siege and sca-coast guns found exceed sixty,
and the whole captured artillery is above two hun
dred pieces. .
The stock of rebel ammunition also proves to be
surprisingly heavy. . .
The stock of army clothing is olliclally invoiced
at $5,000,000 Confederate money.
Of sugars, molasseß, and salt, there is a large
quantity. Sixty thousand pounds of bacon were
found in one place.
Chaeleston, July 1—11.30 P. M.—To General S.
Cooper. —The enemy has a threatening force on the
lower end of James’ Island . along the Stouo. An
attempt was made to destroy the Savannah railroad
bridge over the Edisto river, but was foiled with the
loss of one steamboat.
Krom / Jackson, Mississippi*
Jackson, July 10.—Evening.— The artillery firing
has ceased. The enemy’s sharpshooters and our,
skirmishers are still blazing away. Our loss will,
not exceed fifty. .
New York, July 14.—The steamship Persia ar-:
rived to* night, with Liverpool dates of the 4th
and Q,ueenstown of the 6th.
The steamers Glasgow and City of Limerick ar
rived out on the 3d, and the Africa on the 4th.
It ib asserted that Russia will accept the propo
sition of the three Powers.
Mr. Lindsay writes to the Times that he will, ia
the House of Commons, confirm Mr. Roebuck’s
statement ot the interview with Napoleon, not
withstanding the official denials.
In the House of Commons Sir George Grey offered
to produce the correspondence touching the deten
tion of the steamer Gibraltar or Sumpter, at Liver
pool, if called for.
Mr. Layard emphatically denied the truth of
some of Mr. Roebuck’s statements. He said that
no communication had been received from France,
proposingmediation, since November last. Neither
was it true, as represented by Mr. Roebuck, that
Lord Lyons committed a breach of confidence by
taking Mr. Seward a copy of the despatch which
France addressed to England last year relating to
.America.
The question was asked in the House, whether it
was contrary to international law. to consign con
traband articles to the fporteof Quebec, Nassau,
Matamoroß, &c M and whether a vessel containing
such articles, bound to the above ports, would be
liable to condemnation by a prize court. ; : :
The Solicitor General replied in the negative, but
added that the cargo must be bona fide destined for
a neutral port.
The question of the cotton supply from India was
debated, but no action taken. Mr. Cobden pointed
.out the great cotton*growiag facilities at the foot of
the Rocky Mountains, Mississippi valley. It only
required English capital And enterprise.
Mr. Lindsay, in a letter to the Times, endorses-all
Mr. Roebuck’s statements relative to their joint in
terviews with Napoleon, and says he will confirm
this in the House of Commons when the debate is
resumed. The. Times says a mere reassertion is not
proof, and prefers the testimony of the officials to
Messrs. Roebuck’s and Lindsay’s reminiscences.
The Daily [News strongly objects to the delay in
disposing of Mr. Roebuck’s motion, and urges that
the House give a prompt decision.
FRANCE. .
Warlike rumors continue to come from Paris.
Gen.-Forey is created' Marshal of France, and
Gen. Buz&ine receives the grand cross of the Legion
of Honor.
It is rumored that Russia assents to the essential
points of the propositions by the three Powers, but
Ihe answer has not yet been received.
The steamer Great Britain has reached England
from Melbourne, with nearly 64,000 ounces of gold.
Livkiu’OOL, July 4.—Cotton unchanged. Bread
stufls dull anil unchanged. Provisions dull. Pro
duce steady.
London, July 4.— Consols 92@92’.{.
The steamer Gibraltar sailed to-dAy for Nassau.
, The Africa’s news caused an advance in the rebel
loan.'
The steam fire-engine experiments have been con
cluded. The American engine failed, the Manhat
tan being too much injured by the previous Accident
for a fair trial.' . ...,
Paris, July 4.—The Moniteur aonfcradicts Mr. Roe
buck’s statement-that Napoleon had attempted to
influence the. British Government to recognize the
South. He cannot take the ,initiative after the re
jection of the former’s proposal. .If England thinks
that recognition will "top the war, the Emperor wiil
join her willingly in the recognition.of the South.' .
Commercial Intelligence.
LiVE«rooL, J aly firmer. *The advices from
Manchester are.fij vorabl#.
Bukadstcffs dull and easier.;.: Messrs. .Wakefield,
Biglaud, Athya, & Co., and circulars re
port Flour dull and easy- There has'.been a decline .of
I@M ; on the week for Wheat; rod Western, is quoted'
at SbPd(S9jild; red Southern9*2d@9*3d; white Western
9.sPr'@los; white Southern 10e@10s 9d; mixed Corn 26s
6d@27s; •
Provisions steady. Messrs. Gordon. Bruce, and other
circulars report Beef aciive and with au upward ten
dency; Pork steady; Bacon active; Butter steady; Lard
steady and upward tendency; Tallow 425@42s 6d. ‘
Prc>i>l*ck.~Ashes quiet; Pots.29s; Pearls 335. Sugar
quiet and steady. Coffee fiat. Rice steady. Linseed
siill declining; quotations are 6@9<i Uwer; LiuseedOil
quiet and unchanged: sales at,.96*. .Cod Oil quiet.
Spirits Turpentine without sales: Petroleum firm at 2s
2d %I'gaVou for refined, and 17s for crude ' -; r
LOUDON MARKETS,, July. Wheat easier. Iron
quiet And steady. - Sng&r quiet and unchanged.- .Coffee
.firm; Rice dull. . Common Congou Tea dull. .
C> nsola for money9‘y£(2)92k. Illinois Central
discount.’ Brie ’ - -
The Rebel Losses.
Tort Powhatan Occupied.
WITH 18.000 MEN.
BY THE REBELS.
A TELEGRAM TO RICHMOND
4,000 REBELS CAPTURED.
GEN. GRANT’S ARMY.
News from Rebel Papers.
G. T. BEAUREGARD.
EUROPE.
Arrival of the Persia*
GREAT BRITAIN.
THE LATEST.
THE RIOT IN HEW YORK.
'SECOND DAY OF MOB LAW.
EXTENSIVE BOBBERIES BY THE MOB.
The Mayor’s Residence Sacked and Burned.
Numerous Buildings Plundered and
Destroyed.
RAILROADS AND TELEGRAPH LINES BROKEN.
COL. O’BBIEIf BKVTICX AND HUNtt.
MORE BLACK MEN SLAUGHTERED.
HOWITZERS OPENED UPON THE
Governor Seymour’s Proclamation,
AN APPEAL BY ARCHBISHOP HUGHES.
THE MOB INCREASING.
General Arming to Put Down the Riot.
Tlic military Gaining Strength and so far
HORRIBLE INCIDENTS AND SCENES
4.30 P.M.—All the omnibuses have stopped run
ning, and the horse cars have also suspended opera
tions, under the threats of the mob.
A body of infantry and artillery are stationed at
the Hudson railroad dfipOt, to protect it from a
large mob that is congregated there. A large pork
paolring factory, on Washington street, was burned
by the mob, early this morning,
A block .of nine buildings, including a planing
mill, on One Hundred and Twenty-ninth street, was
burned by the mob this morning. The mob this
morning took possession of a tenement block in
Thirty-fourth street, but were driven out by the in
fantry, who rushed in, throwing the rioters out of
the windows, shooting and killing several. It was
a desperate affair, and the mob endeavored to rally,
butaoharge from the soldiers drove them off pell
mell. The mob Bet a sohool-house on fire in Seven
teenth street, but the flame* were extinguished, and
the mob driven away by the police. The mob at
tacked a detachment of marines near Delaney street,
when the latter fired, killing three and wounding six
others.
.New York, .Tuly 14 —Evening.—Gov. Seymour has
issued a proclamation stating that the riotous de
monstration originating in opposition to the con
scription ha* swelled to vast proportions. He soys
that he knows that many would not havegone to
such extremes unless apprehensive of Injustice, but
reminds them that ,the only opposition whloh can be
allowed is an appeal to the courts of law, and the
right to such appeals will be maintained, and the de
cisions of the courts must be respected. All riotous
proceedings must and shall be put down. The laws
of the State must be enforced, peace and order main
tained, and life and property protected.
He, then, in conclusion, caliß on all rioters to re
tire, declaring that he will use all the necessary
power to restore order.
Hundreds of wild reportß and rumors are flying
about the city, many of which are exaggerations.
Th§ facts alone are bad enough.
In Yorkville and Harlem the rioters have been
houses, etc.
Arms have been removed from threatened places
‘‘to safe localities.
•, All tbe stages and horse cars have been stopped.
Provost Marshal Nugent haß been notified to bus
pend the draft.
All communication telegraphically with the East
snowcat has been suspended, the mob having torn
down the wires* in all places as far as Williams’
bridge, driving the telegraphers off and threatening
their lives. The operators on the Eastern lines were
located all last night, and up to nine o’clock this
morning, in a car two miles from Harlem on the
track, when the mob discovered them and drove
them off.
Chief of Staff.
The Mayor haa prohibited the sale of fire-arms,
and'all such stores are closed.
,;8 P. M.—The day so fai* has been a Tearful one.
There was an awful riot in the . Second avenue this
afternoon,’ in which the military charged-and fired
several times, killing 15, and wounding many.
Col. t>’Brien T was captured by the fiend sj beaten
to a jelly, and then hung to a lamp post at the cor
ner of Thirty-fourth street and Second avenue.
A building in which some twenty armed rioters
•were plying their work of plunder was surrounded
by the police. There was gorily one door of exit,
and every rioter, as he appeared at the door, was
'handsomely beaten to the ground by the police.
The mob was. also defeated by the police, aided by
regulars, in Fifth avenue, between Thirty-eighth
and Forty-eighth streets; '
Aheavy riot is also, going on in Tenth avenue.
9 P. M.—The offices- of the Ti'ibune and Times are
barricaded to-night with bundles of printing paper.
Aheavy force of police is about them, and in front
of the TYmcs is a small cannon, which fires twelve
balls at a discharge.
The mob, this afternoon, got aB far down town as
, jFulton ferry, visiting many vessels, and stealing
whatever they wanted.
. A full force of employees of the Government is at
the New Tori -post office to-night, with arms and"
two cannon. - jr
A ferocious crowd, thi« afternoon, was incited by
a scoundrel who asserted that the Massachusetts
soldiers had fibred on the people, at which loud howls
of vengeance were uttered against 'that State. No
thing further was; attempted. At the New England
rooms, to-night, "a squad of convalescent soldiers
was organized, and proceeded, fully armed, to the
residence of Colonel Howe, Lexington avenue, to
protect it, if need be, from the mob.
The 7th Bth, and 71st regiments, now at the seat of
war, are understood to ha ve been sent for, and the
7th is expected here to-night.
Rioting in the Eighth Avenue—Troops
10 P. M,—There is much rioting to-night; at
the Eighth avenue and Twenty-ninth street, where
the mob Appears to have some kind of headquarters.
A considerable force of troops and the police at
tacked the mob, And at last accounts were firing
rapidly on them. Many are supposed'to be killed
and wounded.
Alierton’e Hotel, West, was burned thisafternoon
by the mob. The hotel burned yesterday was Aller
ton’e, East.
New York, July 14-Midnight.-The mob is now
stated to be approaching a building on Worth
street containing 5,000 pounds of powder. It is
guarded by a small force of soldiers and three can
non. The ringleader of the mob has been shot.
Tn the afternoon about four hundred citizens were
sworn in as special policemen. Police Commis
sioner Acton received an anonymous letter threat
ening his life. *
A rumor prevailing of an intended attack on the
Mayor’s office, a force of police was detailed to
guard it. •
About 2P. M. a crowd gathered in Forty-sixth;
street, who appeared to have determined upon an
attack on the building corner of Forty-seventh
street and Fifth avenue. They were armed with re
volvers, muskets, clubs, &c. Company F, 12th Re
gulars, arrived and rushed upon the rioters with
bayonets. Cold steel broke the mass, who fled in all
directions. Some of them were wounded, and one
soldier was hurt by a stone.
; In the Broome and* Pitt*street fight, already re
ported, five or six only were killed, and several were
wounded.
The fight in the Second avenue was very bloody.
The mob carried the armory by storm. The Eigh
teenth-tvard police attempted to retake it, but were
driven off. A detachment of regulars, under OaptJ
Franklin, and a strong force of police, worsted the
mob terribly, capturing the armory. A volley from
the military killed and wounded 15 of the rioters,
and the street was.soon cleared.
In. the afternoon an .attack was anticipated on
General Wool’s headquarters, but it was not made.
Attempts were make to get up a riot in the Nine
teenth ward, but they failed.
. An attempt was made to get up another negro
hanging case, but no subject was found for the
hellish purpose.
. In Harlem eight buildings were destroyed by the
mob.
In Yorksville, Father Martin, and others, made
addresses to the mob, counselling obedience to the
laws, and the rioters dispersed without doing any
~~t
• During the day several skirmishes occurred in the
•vicinity of the Seventh-avenue Arsenal. Major
Fearing, aid to Gen. Sanford, was hurt with a brick,
and eight soldiers were injured.
i( -Several brass field-pieces, late in the day, were
placed in. position across the Seventh avenue, on
Thirty* Bixth street, anda considerable force of
troops were on hand, all ready to resist an attack.
• At the corner of Thirty-fifth street and the ave
nue five more cannon were posted.
A detachment was sent and quelled,a disturbance
in the Ninth avenue. They charged! through the
streets, and fired three volleys at the houses from
whence they had been assailed with bricks.
New York, July 16—2 A. M.—A small mob at
tacked the office of United States Quartermaster
Van Vliet, in State street, to-night, and attempted
to burn the building. The firemen, promptly ex
tinguished the flames and dispersed the rioters.
The mob also to-night gutted all the cellars,
dance-houses, &c., in the lower part of Greenwich
arul Washington streets, destroying property, &.e.
Archbishop Hughes has issued a lengthy appeal
to all Catholics to respect the laws and retire to
their homes with as little delay as possible.
All the buildings in the city where Government
property is stored, the custom-house, sub-treasury,
&c., are guarded bytroopß. The company raised
under the Auspices of the merchants have reported
tor duty to GcneralWool.
A negro was beaten-to death with bricks in the
morning. , : ,
Thirty policemen have been so far injured, most
of them seriously.
Thomas Quinn was arrested, charged with being
one pi the murderers of the negro in Clarkson
street.
Governor Seymour received a message that five
regiments were on their way to Now York.
All the. military organizations in the city are re
quested to assemble for duty.
The of Finance of the City Councils
reported an ordinance appropriating $3,750,000 to
provide commutation of. the full quota of conscripts
called lor from New. York city.
No attack was made on the arsenal, and every
thing was ready to give the mob a warm reception
if one was made.
No. 19 Lamartine place, tenanted by a cousin of
Horace Greeley, was plundered by the mob in the
afternoon.
A soap chandlery, in Sixteenth street was also
emptied of its contents. <
At the present late turn there u more or less noise
MOB, AND 15 KILLED.
Successful.
Firing on the Mob.
and considerable destruction of property In-a minor
way, but, in the main, affairs look better than here
tofore.
Jersey City, July 14—11 o’clook.—The ferry
boats to the city cessed running for a, time, in con-*
sequence of a report that a orowd estimated at 6,000
persons were in Courtland Btreet, and, after seizing
the Merchants', Western, and Courtland-street Ho*
telß, started with the cry of “Now for the ferry l”
They were Baid to have pillaged the hotels, doing
muoh damage. This report proved false, and the
boats resumed their trips. There was no trouble in
Courtland street.
General Wool states that in all the encounters
•with the mob, to day, the troops .were entirely suc
cessful in repulsing the rioters in every instance.
General Brown has detailed a guard of thirty-five
men to protect the telegraph office.. He urges that
all the New York regiments that can.be spared from
the army return to the city for the emergency.
There is a crowd of about two huodred rioters in
Greenwich street making a good deal of noise, but *
they have done nothing as yet.
GOVERNOR SEYMOUR'S SPEECH TO THE MOB.
[From the Express of last evening,]
Shortly after twelve o'clock, Governor Seymour
made his appearance at the City Hall, and immedi
ately went into consultation with the Mayor and
other prominent citizens. He then retired to the
Governor's room. The Governor has determined
upon the following programme, or as nearly this as
possible:
He will issue a proclamation calling upon the
people to obey the law, and organize for the protec
tion of the city.
Men like Senator Cornell, General Duryea, and
others, civil and military, in whom the people have
confidence, will be authorized to raise men.
If possible, Fitz John Porter will be placed in
command, » ■ •
About half past twelve o’clock, the crowd, num
bering some ten or twelve thousand, called for the
Governor, and he appeared upon the steps, amid
loud and prolonged cheering.
GOV. SEYMOUR’S SPEECH.
The Governor said that became herein haste,
having heard of/ existing trouble. He regretted
that this great city was so disturbed. [“They’ve
forced it upon üb, Governor,”] Let them go peace
fully to their homes. [“No,” “no,” “yes.”] He
would be their leader. [Tremendous cheering, one
stout fellow almost squeezing the Governor to death
in his enthusiasm.] He would protect them in the
exercise of their just rights at every hazard.
[Other things were Bald—but the reporter could
not get within fair hearing to make anything like a
report.]
The Governor retired amid tremendous enthu
siasm.
The crowd gradually dispersed, but soefh brought
up in the neighborhood of the Tri&KTje office, from
whence they were driven by a vigorous attack of the
police*
.FORCES TO PUT DOWN THE RTOT.
Great efforts are now being made to obtain a large
force in this city in order to put down the riot. This
movement has become necessary from the fact that
the mob threaten to continue their work of destruc
tion. Generals Brown and Wool have consulted on
the matter, and the result of the conference is, that
every available soldier will be brought immediately
to this city. •
At one o'clock this afternoon a large detachment
of marines and the Jas. T. Brady.Lightlnfanfcry
(llth Regiment), now being organized, marched
dowD Broadway, and reported to General Wool. A
battalion of five hundred men from -Riker’a Island
will arrive here this afternoon.
FIRING ON THE MOB. -
"Word came that a formidable crowd were patrol
ling the Seventh and Eleventh wards, pressiag all
the men they could find into their ranks. General
Brown immediately Bent Lieutenant Wood in com
mand of a company of regulars from Fort Lafay
ette, and a company ot marines, who proceeded to
Delancey street, met the crowd, and fired upon
them, killing several.
Ab already stated, the regulars under oommand of
Lieut. Wood proceeded to the scene of riot in the
Seventh and Thirteenth wards* They marched
down Houston to Bowery, down Bowery to Grand
and Pitt streets. On. arriving in Pitt street, the
•mob, about two thoußand Btfong, came yelling and
hooting from the direction of Pitt Btreet.
Lieut, Wood drew up his meD, about 150 in all,
across the street, and brought them to “ shoulder
arms.”
One of the ringleaders came up to the officer in
command aEd desired to speak to him. The officer
waved him aside, and as soon as this was done a
Bhowerof atones w&b hurled at the soldiers, who,
howeyer, stood their ground. With a view of dis
dispersing them, the lieutenant directed his men to
fire over the heads of the crowd. The rioters then
fired some Bhots, when the lieutenant gave the word
to lire, and a well-directed volley laid twelve men
low and lifelesß, killed two children, and wounded
seventeen men.
MARTIAL LAW.
Governor Seymour, while determined to suppress
the riot speedily, is opposed to martial law. He has
declared that at present- it is not necessary, and
should Dot be made available till absolutely essen
tial to the peace of the city. It is stated, however,
that Mayor Opdyke favors martial law, as the spee
diest agent to subdue the mob.
GOVERNMENT MUSKETS,GUARDED,'
Two large buildings in Worth, near Church street,
where a great number of United States muskets
have been stored, are now guarded by a detachment
of the Invalid Corps.
T.HB BURNING OR POSTMASTER WAXEMAN ’S EE*
BIDBNCE.
About Beven- o’clock a large crowd assembled on
Fourth avenue and Eighty-sixth street, and marched
down to the residence of Postmaster Wakeman, on
Eighty-sixth, between Fourth and Fifth avenues.
The rioters were preceded, by about fifty boys, who
clambered over the fence, got: inside, and proceeded
very deliberately to light a fire on one of the parlor
floors. The inhabitants had previously left;
As Boon as the fire was started the main body,
yelling like rushed through every room
in ; the rhouse, carried, away every portable ar
ticle on.the premises, and what could not be carried
away was broken into the smallest atoms. In lesß
time than it has taken to write this the house was
completely gutted and turned literally inaide out.
The housewas now burning fearfully ; the flames
spread across the street and communicated with the
Twenty-third-atreet precinct station-house At that
time the only man in the house was the 'doorman,
Charles Ebling. As soon as Ebliog Baw the
crowd coming,.he commenced to pack up all the
officers’ clothes, put half a dozen matches in his
pocket, with the assistance of a man named Clark
he took down the telegraph box and the clock, and
when the crowd came rushing in, every article of
portable value had been removed. On came the
crowd, burst open the desks, smashed the furniture.
All this time the flames were making merry with the •
timbers. The crowd had been informed that a dead
body was in the house and demanded it. Ebling
very politely responded by showing it to them, and
while they looked at the. body, cleared'out.* The
station-house was soon burnt to the ground, to
gether with the furniture, beds, and bedding. The
estimated loss is set down at about s4o'ooo.
FIGHTING IN THE;NINETEENTH WART).
The rioters this (Tuesday) morning resumed their
work in the vicinity of Third avenue and Forty
sixth street, and at latest accounts fighting was
going on there. Measures have been taken to clear
the. avenue with howitzers, and the military are
now pouring into the city from all sections of the
Departmentof the East, and hopes are entertained
that the rioters will soon be dispersed.
THE PRODUCE MERCHANTS RUSH TO ARMS.
The continuation of the riots this morning had
the effect to greatly check business ia all directions,
but especially on the Produae Exchange'.
The merebauts held a meeting, over which Mr.
Coleman presided. Several speeches were made, and
it was resolved that they organize for the protection
of their lives and property. It was proposed to
organize a regiment, and a large number of volun
teers immediately came forward;.' There will be
another-meeting at 2% P.M., when the organiza
tion will beperfectcd.
The following call has been issued:
ATTENTION,
Merchants,.. Bankers, Merchants’ Clerks, and
others, meet for organization and enrolment, at 2
o’clock P.:Mi,' at the Merchants’ Exchange, 111
Broadway, to take immediate action in the present
crisis. Military now engaged with the mob. The
Mayor’s bouse being sacked and torn down.
•THE MILITARY AT WORK.
[From th e Even in g Post. 3
In Thirty-fourth street, at about 9 o’clock, three
detachments of troops, consisting of one company of
United States marines -from the arsenal at the cor
ner of Thirty-seventh street and Seventh avenue:
ODe; company of Fire Zouaves (New York State
volunteers, llth Regiment), and a: company of the
12th Regulars, from Fort Schuyler, together with a
company of artillerymen with two pieces of ord
nance, from New Dorp, Staten Island, arrived on
the ground where the rioters had assembled in great
force.
Col. O’Brien had charge of all the troops in that
neighborhood, and promptly marched bis command
through the crowd down the Third avenue. * Order
ing the rioters To disperse, he repeatedly fired Mb
revolver upon them, wounding two of their number.
As the crowd continued to increase, two howitzers
whichraccompanied the artillery corps were placed
in powtion at the corner of Thirtieth street, when
three rounds of blank cartridge were fired. The mob
at this time was unorganized, and precipitately fled,-
going through to Second avenue and the adjoining
thoroughfares, and scattering. -
The rioters, however, soon reassembled in small
er crowds, and incensed at the attack by the troops
—inefficient sb it was—they threatened to resume
their riotous proceedings as soon aj the military
was removed, and wherever, they could’'prosecute
their work, without interruption. Many of them
proceeded to their homes to obtain firearms! with
which they threatened loudly to overpower the
troops.-'.' :.
At about o’clock this moraine, as a company
of United States. Infantry, from Forts Lafayette,
Hamilton and Richmond," under com maud of Lieu-' 1
tenant Wood, were marching through Pitt street,
they were assailed with voile? s of bricks and stoneß,
and'at length, having been ordered to disperse the
rioters at all hazards, fired upon the crowd, and
several persons are said to have been killed.
THE MILITARY FORCE ON GUARD DUTY.
The military forces, under the command of Generals
Brown and Sanford, are stationed in greatest num
bers at the arsenal in-Thirty-seventh street, which
it is deemed important to protect.
The Division Armory, at the comer of White and
Elm streets, is the rendezvous of the returned
soldiers now in this city. Nearly two hundred men
of the 10th Regiment,- which was ordered to the seat
of war, but was detained here, are in charge, with
onehundred men of other regiments and a company
Of ariillerists. Colonel Allen, of the Ist Regiment
of National Volunteers; Colonel Tavlor, of the 4th
New York Volunteer Regiment ; - Major Wales, of
the 17th Chaiseurs, and'Colonel Howard, of the 12th
Heavy Artillery, make their headquarters at the
Division Armory.
At the arsenal and the division armory cannon are
trained and ready for use, and any attack upon them,
will be repulsed with greatloss to the rioters.
The custom-house and other public buildingß are
also garrisoned. It is the.intention of the Gover
nment to protect all public property.
SEYMOUR’B SPEECH AT THE CITY HALL.
Governor Seymour did not command the mob to
disperse; he merely “implored” them in dainty
phrase to do him the kindness not to continue these
violent proceedings, and at his he was
speaking, stood the man who had been encouraging
the mob in An inflammatory address in front of the
Tribune buildings.
The Governor’s remarks seemed to give great sa
tisfaction to the rioters.
MAYOR OPDYKE’S HOUSE, FIFTH AVENUE.
About 11 A. M. the more juvenile portion of the
mob entered the house; but as soon as the work of
plunder began, about a score of gentlemen living in
the neighborhood assembled, and, arming them
selves with heavy bludgeons, entered and expelled
the rioters. Meantime the mob outside was in
creasing, and loudly expressed their determination
to sack and burn the bouse. The steps leading to
the house were covered with its defenders, and,
judging from their physique and determined looks,
theywojuld no doubt have shown good fight. At
this moDient a body of about 160 policemen and vo
lunteer citizens appeared upon the Beene, charged at
the rioters, wounded several of them, and the rest
took to flight.
Alderman Farley, who. came up just afterivaris,
suggest*d that, the neighbors should arm themselves
with muskets for their protection.
The police were, relieved by a detachment of 200
‘soldiers, part of 500 collected together in. and
brought from, Staten Island.
They ; now occupy the-avenue in front of the
Mayor’s residence.
Later.—' The Mayor’s residence , was sacked and
burned. All the city cars and stages have stopped
running. r
WHAT DOES'IT MEAN'?
Mr. O, Chauncey Burr, notorious as a “peace”
orator of the most malignant type, was seen circula
ting very freely yesteitHy in*the mob which attacked
the office of the Tribune. The writer of this saw
hi in, about, three o’clock in the afternoon, not far
from that office, surrounded bv a group of people to
whom he was violently declaiming; and he was seen
subsequently by gentlemen whose attention was
diawu to bis conduct. What was he about?
i : Dr. Galub asks, “"What shall the honest man do in
my closet?” So we ask, What takes a peace man
like Mr; Burr into the midst of a mob?
RIOT IN BROOKLYN
During the Absence of the police from Brooklyn,
last night, there was a mob raised in the Second
ward, which eaoked nearly every house ocoupied by
colored people in that locality, and beat the inmates
in a terrible manner. A large number escaped, and
sought protection at the Forty-first and Forty-se
cond precinct station-houses, while the crowd de
molished their furniture and threw everything
movable into the Btreet. ;i
Several.houses in Green lane, near Prospect atreet,
were ransacked by the crowd, and two colored wo
men were badly injured by being struck with stones.
They took refuge at the 42d > precinct station-house.
Two colored women, residing on Doughty street
were set upon by the mob, and had,to take refuge
at the station-house. They stated .that their fur
niture had all been destroyed. A house ocoupied bv
a colored family, at:s6Tallman street, was visited
by the crowd, who, after driving the people out with
stones, destroyed their furniture.
PREMEDITATED ATTACK OK COLTHf BIA COLLEGE,
At an.early hour this morning a large number of
the rioters proceeded in a body to Columbia College;
with thcfltotent to sack and burn that ancient seat of
learning. They were met, however, near the build
ing by a priest, who addressed them, and reminded
them that a church was attached to the building
which he was sure they would not molest. The
crowd hereupon dispersed. :
THE REPORTERS.
The following is given in the report of the Sun,
and relates a few incidents of one of the fires:
The corner building on Twenty-ninth street, east
side, was now on fire—the three buildings next to
it, and onejust beginning to burn; from the window
of this latter building (beyond which was another,
from whence the flames leaped out) hung a fireman,
whom his fellows were attempting to save by pass
ing up poles and short ladders. The poor fellow
was almost' exhausted, and came near falling seve
ral times. At last some ladders were brought, and
amid the cheers of the crowd the man got upon
the ladder. Cheers from the crowd greeted hig
safe deliverance; and as he descended thousands
of throats shouted their satisfaction, while hun
dreds ran over to grasp his hand and congratulate
him on his escape. Our reporter ran forward, note
book in hand, eagerly asking for the name of the
man. Having learned it, he was writing it down,
when two or three excited rowdies came up to him,
and asked him “Who in h—U he was spotting!”
“Don’t want no names here.” “Who are you!”
Our reporter stood his ground, and was answering
the many questions politely, when some one rough
ly garroted him, with his right arm crooked around
his throat, and thew him to the ground—kick
log him and threatening his instant annihi
lation. With his usual presence of mind,
he instantly became a non-combatant—declared
himself a reporter simply, and no spy—aQd juat
as one rowdy was about to administer a crushing
blow with the leg of a chair, some one in the crowd
sung out, “Let him up j he’s all right; I know him
—he belongs to the Sun office.” “Yes,” says an
other, “let him up; he won’t do any harm: he’s a
gentleman, he is.” The other didn’t seem disposed
to letup, but the last speaker continued, “You hit
him and I*ll break your head. That young man did
me a good turn j he did the fair thing one time when
I went to him at the Sun office to correct what was
printed.” Upon this explanation our reporter was
“let up.” He regrets not knowing the name of this
heroic individual.
One of the mob greeted the reporter of the Ex
press:
Are you- a captain of police 1
Reporter. No, sir.
Man. You are not? (very excitedly.).
Reporter (showing his badge,) No, sir; we are re
porters ; I of the Express, he of the Sun.
Man (nddreesing the Sun reporter.) You’re not,
you scoundrel; you’re a captain of the police, and
we won’t allow a man to be arrested here to-day.
Come on (to The crowd), let us kill the spy.
A rush was here made by the excited mob, and
our poor indefatigable would soon have been in an
other world, and the readers of the Sura would not
now be perusing'this account, had not the former
reporter’s savior, Mr. Michael W. Evans, inter*
fered, and told the fellow he was making a fool of
himself, “ for,” said he, “ he belongs to the Sun. the
workingman’s friend.” S
Reporter Express—“ Yes, and I belong to the
enemy of the draft—the Eajprm.”
Cheers were given for both papers, and a shout
arose that the papers for the draft had been
removed to AUerton’s (Bull’s Head) Hotel, Forty
fourth street, between Fourth and Fifth avenues,
and immediately the mob poured down on
the devoted building, and the inmates. -had
barely time to escape, when it was in
flames. A squad of about twenty soldiers arrived
about this time (2 o’clock) under a lieutenant, but
they were quickly disarmed by the mob. Several
shots were fired, hutitwas not known by whom,nor
if any one was injured, for it was extremely danger
ous,for a reporter to ask questions, or indeed indicate
his presence in any way. It was ascertained, how
ever, that two or three citizens and a child were
killed, but it was impossible to obtain their names.
The mob n«x.t set fire to a liquor store belonging to
the Bull’s Head hotel, which was soon destroyed.
Outbreak and Progress of the Kiot.
[Correspondence of The Press. 1
New York, July 14, 1863.
In the hurry and excitement of yesterday, I waa
enabled to write but a brief and vague intimation
of the terrible scenes which the Copperheads and
Peace Men had inaugurated in our midst. I now
propose giving an epitome of the facts as far as I
have been enabled to gather them, from eye wit
nesses ; the common conversations of the crowds;
and the various reports of newspaper correspond
ents.
THE FIRST MUTTERING^.
From the very moment that evidence waß given
by the Government of an intention to enforce the
draft in New York, the Copperhead, press began its
task of exciting the populace to resistance—a resist
ance which was to apply not only to the conscrip
tion, but to the Government itself. Be it understood
thoroughly, that it is not a riot which is raging in
our midst, but a revolution. It is useless to con
ceal this fact; for the facts have indicated only too
plainly an organized resistance to the Federal power,
not merely in the matter of the draft, but of its en
tire war policy. One of the foremost leaders in yes
terday’s tumult .was Andrews, a leading secessionist
from the State of-Virginia. Of the efforts of the
Daily News and World, nothing need be said, for they
are well known to all j but the course of the Ev
ening Eapress, a paper having but meagre circula
tion beyond the city limits* some illustration may
be requisite. This sheet, while pretending to prin
ciples calculating to support the cause of theUnioa
at every hazard, haß been the foremost in the w;ork
of inciting treason and insurrection in the city,* and
in its issue of Saturday last contained articles of>a'
nature so inflammatory' that respectable citizens
began to wonder that the dictates of common safety
did not move the Government to order its immediate
suppression. Their animus was unmistakable. They
spoke of the conscription as unconstitutional ;
warned; the populace that, as all the able-bodied
men were to be forced into the ranks, women alone
would-be left to do the labor of men‘by inuendo ad
vised a general emigration, to avoid the draft; and
painted the effects of the conscription with such
gloomy colors of falsehood that even the most san
guine of our citizens could not avoid anticipating
the baleful effects which promised to result from a
course so malignantly calculated to stir up the des
peration of its political adherents. On Sunday the
effect of these inflammatory appeals was evident.
On every corner of particular localities crowds of the
drunken and_ unwashed were congregated, and the
subject discussed at large by them,, these very arti
cles being read and reread to them by the Secession
emissaries who have long made New York their
headquarters, and elaborately aigued. As the
jlay advanced the debate grew more fiery, and
the licentious fteuzy of the mobocrats more
feverish. Curses and threats were openly in
dulged in, and even the police frankly warned of
resistance, even though it involved the sack and de
struction of the city, and the annihilation of
“ every cursed aristocrat,” within its limits. In the
evening, every Irish grog-shop thronged with
the v “loyal Democracy,” layiDg id liquid courage,
and preparing .to make “their voice of thun
der heard by the despota at Washington.” Why,
in view of this imminent storm, the municipal au
thorities did not make suitable preparatiohformow
ing down these filthy wretches with. artillery, we
are unable to surmise. That such steps should and
could-have been, taken, no one will presume to
doubt; and in such a case, all the murder and ar
son; all this revel and riot of thieves and assas
sins could have been smothered in its very incep
tion. As it was, ‘ however, the took'
heart from the stupidity and lißtlessneas of the au
thorities; and twelve hours in which the Empire
City lay helpless atthefeet of therabble proved that
their calculations thereupon were not misplaced.
On Sunday evening no man could have walked the
streets without having the conviction forced upon
him.at every step, that a reign of riot and brutality
was at hand. People retired that night with a
feverish anticipation of what was to come. Not a
few of the more timid at once took passage for con
tignous parts, feeling uncertain of either life or pro
pcit.y should they remain. Thus matters stood at
.thecloseof the Sabbath. If a city can. be said to
be breathless with fearful anticipations, bo hung:
New York on the night of;July I2th.
MONDAY MORNING
arises dully and gloomily. There ii no sun in the
heavens: only a .rack of ragged and murky clouds.
- The atmosphere is close and oppressive ; a "drizzling
rain, just dampening the pavements, adds depression
to feelings already depressed. At an early hour the
doors of a hundred huts and shanties, of cellars, and
basements, and filthy attics, open, and, as though
by a given signal, multitudes of hard-featured men
and debased women are vomited out into the streets
of the upper wards. As silently as such wretches
can ever come together, they come from, all con
verging points, and, forming in the street, com
mence their march. By nine o’clock their num<
bers are swelled by employees of the railroad
companies and factories, in the city. One by
one the different foundries and works are visited
and the workmen invited or forced into the racks;
and armed „with picks, staves, clubs, and railroad,
iron, they 8° pell-mell down the avenues, and halt
before the office of the provost marshal of that dis
trict, (at the corner of Third avenue and Forty-sixth
street,) where the doors were already opened. It is
now ten o’clock. A handful of policemen loiter
aboutthe entrance. Officials and reporters are
placed at the table. In a few minutes the wheel is
turned, and the draft commences. As the fifty-sixth
name is called by Provost Marshal Jenkins, a huge
paving-stone is hurled in through the glass, and a
shout of fury arises from, the surging mass of ruf
fianism. . y
BIOT COMMENCES,
Another stene, then a volley which crushes doors
and windows to atoms, and with a scream of fury,
from men and women alike, they plunge headlong
in, eeizing-upon the wheel and papers, smashing the
furniture to pieces, and, in their insensate fury,
beating at the supports of the ceiling with
stave? and crowbars. Terrified at this sudden on
slaught, officials and reporters hurry out through
the* fear, scaling fences and making off, while
scarcely daring to look behind. For a moment,
these ravening wolves seem half stupefied by their
own misdeeds; but recovering, a cry for “ Turpen
tine” is raised, and presently a stout ruffian forces
his way into the building, carrying a can, the con
tents,of which aie immediately scattered over the
floors, walls, and ddbris of the furniture. A match'
is Eooh applied, and with the dense volume of smoke
which rolls lazily out through the doorways and
shattcied casements, a shout of exultation is raised.
The upper part of. the building being occupied by
families, a scene of unexampled terror cuaues, bat
the shrieks of women and children arc drowned by
Jfhe shouts of the pitiless mob.
THE FIRST ASSASSINATION.
At this moment Deputy Provost Marshal Van
derpoed, maddened by the horrors of the suene, re
gardless of the danger which his uniform attracts,
rushes into the crowd, imploring that time may be
allowed for removal of the innocent families whose
lives are now in such imminent peril, The ans wer
to this is a tornado of curses, followed by blows
with clubs and stones. When he falls,these incar
nate fiends kick his face to a shapeless mass, and
pound him almost to pieccß with £heir rude wea
pons. By a temporary diversion, effected by friends
and a few policemen who are on the ground, he is
drugged out, and saved from actual dismember
ment.
THE CONFDAQRJngpN.
While this murdorous scene Vaa beiug enacted,
the flames were rapidly edreloplng. the block on
whioh the Marshal's office war situated, and when,
from heat and flaming cinder, the buildings oppoatte
became ignited, the scene beggared description.
Notwithstanding the effort, of the revolutionist, to
prevent an alarm being given, the bell, of the va
rious towers Boon summoned the firemen to the
scene. They were, however, prevented from work
ing, and indeed some of them joined the mob, and it
is currently reported had a hand in causing the sub
sequent conflagrations,
THE SECOND ASSASSINATION.
Shortly after this, Mr. Kennedy, Superintendent
ofFolice, made his appearance in a carriage, and
was immediately recognized; . A’ rush now took
place. Kennedy was dragged out into the centre of
the crowd, and fearfully'beaten over the head and
upper portion of the body. Not satisfied with this,
this “loyal Democracy” plundered him of watch,
spectacles, cane, and pocket book. He was subse
quently removed to a place of safety. His physi
cians despair of his recovery.
A DESPERATE CHARGE OF THE POLICE
.was the next event which followed. A mere hand
fprming in column, dashed furiously-into the
crowd, splitting the heads of every combatant with
n reach until, overcome by numbers, they were
beaten back, and forced to flee for life. Firing a
few Straggling shots from their revolvers, they broke
in panic, and fled from the conflict, only to be pur
sued by the madmen they had dared to cope with.
A few, who were separated In flight, were over*
taken, beaten to shapeless masses, and left for dead
; ,upon the Bidewalks.
' A SACRIFICE OF WOUNDED SOLDIERS.
The insane folly of the municipal authorities waa
soon developed by the appearance of some thirty or
forty convalescents from the Park Barracks, under
command of Lieutenant Reid. The brave fellows
'immediately formed in the face of the blood-thirsty
thousands, who greeted them with missiles and
curses. With all the steadiness of veteran troops,
although entirely surrounded by the mob, they
calmly advanced, fired a volley of blank cartridges:
then reloading, sent a shower of lead into the
breasts ot their opposers. The effort, though brave
almost to foolhardiness, was useless. In an instant
they were pounced upon and disarmed, and like the
police, forced to fly, escaping with thelossofseveral
of their number, who were tom to pieces. The
scene which , ensued during this flight may be
imagined by a perusal of this account given in
one of the morning papers:
threw away their muskets in order
tak.o e . x I ,edlte thelr flight, and these were
taken up by their pursuers and used against them.
When one of them was overtaken he was beatenal
“°? t O ln . to and, fainting from loss of blood
and exhaustion, the poor fellow was. thrown
alley-way, and left to take cate
°i as beat he might. At the corner
of Thirty-ninth street and Third avenue the crowd
seized hold of one of the soldiers, and, after dis
fipinng him in a terrible manner, cutting open his
cheek and back part of his head, he was fortunately
rescued by a gentleman present who was more or
less acquainted with the leaders. He was carried
into a store on the corner, and his wounds attended
to. The poor fellow was almost in a dying state—
his eyes seemed faßt working into the glare of death,
over him. stood the man who had saved hia life, at
tending to his every want, and contributing conso
lation to him in his sufferings. As the wonnded
soldier elowly recovered, he could only give expres
sion to his thankfulness for the services rendered bv
a melancholy smile.” 1
A BRIEF SUMMARY OF EVENTS
which followed, is all that I can give. The revolu
tionists now moved on to the Bull’s Head hotel
which was instantly pillaged, and then devoted to
the flames. The colored Orphan Asylum followed,
and is now a heap of smouldering ruins, beneath
which lie the charred remains of a child who was
left to perish in. the flamea. Next in order was.*
aharangue from Andrews, of Virginia, who urged
them to further violence, and offered to lead (hem.
An attack was then made on the Second avenue ar
mory. Here a brief resistance was made, during
which one or two of the mob were slain, but' the
check was only temporary, and the arinory shared
the faie of the hotel and asylum. Two private resi
dences in Lexington avenue were likewise burned.
During the entire disturbance, cheers were repeated
ly given for the Woods, the Copperhead press, Gov.
Seymour, and “ Little Macwhile the American
-flag, the Abolitionistß, the Government, and the
“aristocrats” were as heartily cursed. Threats
were even made that the Fifth avenue should be
pillaged ana burned before they dispersed.
BUTCHERY OF NEGROES.
Throughout the day, and in every portion of the
city, unoffending negroes were chased and murdered
by the brutalized Irishmen. Not one could make
his appearance on cart, or stage, or before his own
house, without a yelling mob of these wretohea
were at' his heels, pounding him to jelly, if caught.
In Cornelia street, a poor fellow was stripped and
hung to a lamp-post. Not satisfied with this, these
devils fired his shirt, and left his body to be charred '
as it hung. It was a perfect carnival for these filthy,
unlettered wretches, who, one single step removed
from the d oge in nature, are slaughtering the black*,
who, mentally and morally, are their superiors.
THE TRIBUNE OFFICE
waß likewise attacked by these drunken rascals, but
a vigorous charge of the police scattered them to
the winds. They have vowed to Teturn and renew
their operations; but as a glass of whisky is suffi
cient absolution from any vows they may make, it
is highly improbable that they will offer themselves
again as candidates for a potter’s field.
A FEARFUL NIGHT
ensued. Roving bands of ruffians/i understanding
well enough that, as yet, the authorities were un
able to resist them, perambulated thestreets, crazed
With drink and fury, yelling aDd cursing, and threat
ening vengeance against Decency whenever it might
be encountered. But few respectable persons dared
venture 6ujy for fear of robbery or violence. No
one knew to what lengths the revolutionists might
go, or even cared to surmise on a subject so fearw
fully uncertain. From the roof of, his residence
ypur correspondent could_behold and appreciate a
scene from a recurrence of which heaven grant our
city may be delivered. The night was damp and
gloomy; the clouds lowering, and giving promise of
rain. Far over the roofs the flames of burning
buildings to the north could be seen spirting up into
■the sky, while.near the centre of the view another
volcano blazed. The clangor of the, bellß was fear
ful and incessant. I Bat on my elevated perch
straining anxiously for some sound that would indi
cate that justice was at last mowing down the com
pact mass of fiends who were holding their mad car
nival in the.'streets. One single crash of artillery
would have eased the minds of thousands, who lay
trembling in their beds with the fearful incubus of a
reign of terror brooding over them.
East night the banks, Custom House, and other
Government buildings were guarded by men armed
to the teeth, and prepared to resist any attack which
the rioterß might make with the hope of plunder.
It is currently reported that the revolutionists
commenced to demolish the house of Mayor Op
dyke this morning, but were driven off with severe
loss.
Gen. "Wool’s headquarters, at the St. Nicholas
Hotel, is guarded by an adequate force, with two
field pieces. All business in the upper part of the
city is suspended, and many of the stores closed.
The soldiers of many of the returned regiments
have enlisted temporarily, until the insurrection
shall be checked. Hawkins’ Zouaves, with four
pieces of artillery, have marched up Broadway to
the scene of the late troubles.
Gov. Seymour addressed the mob briefly, urging
them to abandon their designs, and promising them
that the State laws shall be.maintained.*
A MOB ROUTED.
The United States marines came in contact with
the madmen at the corner of Pitt and Broome
streets, East river. The latter took the initiative,
and were met with a heavy volley, putting them to
flight, and killing a great number; hpw many, lam
unable to ascertain. Eye-witnesses think the loss
of life thus occasioned to have been very heavy, as
when the marines fired the mob wasdensely packed
in the street.
HOW IT IS TO BE CRUSHED.
Of the means which the authorities will this day
have at their disposal, I have but little desire to
speak. Suffice it. that lam momentarily expecting
to hear the thunders of artillery in our streets; and
that when they are once heard, our citizens need
have but little fear that this revolution will be
blessed with length of years. The declaration of
martial law is hourly looked for and desired, as
offering the beat assurances that quiet will be
speedily restored. Loyal citizens are constantly
hurrying to the proper localities, where their ser
vices are to be accepted in the capacity of special
police; and it is presumed that these alone will be
capable of checking the insurrectionary spirit now
soinadly rampant. Our arsenals and armories are
now strongly guarded, artiilery being placed so as to
sweep every approach thereto.- The. Brooklyn
navy yard is similarly defended, and guaboatß are
anchored within easy distance, with broadsides
bearing and double-shotted. It was .rumored last
night, at a late hour, that our militia regiments
have been ordered back from Pennsylvania.
The number of citizen, and other volunteers, - is
momentarily increasing, and the collision which
must soon occur will probably result in wholesale
slaughter of the insurrectionists.
It is stated that artillery-will Boon be placed in
position to sweep the principal streets in the upper
portion of the city.
Some of the soldiers are rumored to have been
wounded in an affray in Third avenue.
Biots ill Other Cities.
Springfield, July 13. —A riot has broken out in
Hartford, and troops hare been sent to protect the
armory and arsenal.
There is considerable excitement in this city.
New York, July 14.—We have reports from
Boston that a mob of one thousand men have as
sembled in North street, to resist the draft.
Newark, July 11.—A mob attacked the Mercury
office on Monday night, but were finally driven off
by the police. This morning numerous rioters went
to New York.
Morgan’s Haiti ill Ohio.
Cincinnati, ; July 14.—Morgan’s rebel; forces
crossed the Big Miami at Venice last night, and
burned the bridge behind them. They passed
through Burlington and Springdale, and crossed the
Hamilton and Dayton Railroad at Glendale this
morning, moving towards Camp Dennison.*"
It is not known how much damage the rebels have
done at Glendale, or to the Hamilton and Dayton
Railroad. Telegraphic communication is still open
with Hamilton.
Morgan’s men are reported to be much jaded with
their rapid marches, and will have toxest soon. Six
of Morgan’s men were captured- at Mulford, Cler
mont county, on Sunday night,' and four more at
New Boston.
Morgan’s men reached Miamiville, on the Little
Miami, this morning, tore up the traok, and fired on
the accommodation. . The train quickly put back to
Loveland.
Headquarters Department of tee Ohio,
July 13, 1863.
General Order No. - Martial law is hereby
declared in the cities of Cincinnati, Covington,’and
Newport. All business will be suspended until
further orders, and all citizens will be required to
organize in Accordance with the direction of the
State and municipal authorities.
The Comm&uding.Geher&l, convinced that no one
whose services are necessary for thedefenoe of these
cities would oare to leave now, places no restriction
upon travel.
By command of
Major General A. E. BURNSIDE,
Xewts I?TCHTvroNi>, Ass’tAdj’t General.
Official :-D.K. Labnbd, o»pt&ia wi<i A. A.l
July 14,1 P. M.
STurvESANr.