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VOL. 6—NO. 297.
FRIDAY, JULY. 17, 1868.
Tlie Invasion of the State*
[From an Occasional Correspondent. ]
. For the last month .this uaually Quiet village
has been in a constant state of excitement. On the
16th of June the first alarm was given that the rebels
were coming, and indeed were already at Greencas
tle and Mercersburg. Then commenced a scene of
confusion and terror, at once fearful and amusing.
Farmers left their ploughing, teamsters their wa
gons, and a general rush was made for the rocks and
wilds of Cove. Mountain. All night long the tramp
of horses’ feet, the rumbling of wagons and carriages
continued, and for more than a week the road was
lined with men and animals, ■seeking shelter and
Bafety from the invaders. Sometimes we had tele
graphic communication with McGonnellsburg for a
day or two, and then the news would be-cut off.
"We had no mailß from the East, and thus laid in a
state of feverish ignorance of all that was being
done to rid us of the impending danger.
On the afternoon of the 25th of June, we had the
first glimpse of the «gray backs.” Some fifteen
dirty, greasy, fiendish-looking horsemen came gal
loping into town, bearing a white rag on a rticife,;and
inquired for the stores- There is only one in the vil
lage, and the goodß belonging to it were safe enough.
So„they vented their rage by destroying what they
could get their hands on, and threatening to blow
up the building if the goods were not forthcoming.
After_ getting all the whisky they wanted, they gaL
loped off in the direction of Mercersburg,' and drove
all the cattle, even the milch cows on the road, along
With them. Some of the farmers’ wives and daugh
ters begged them to leave them a Bingle cow or horse,
but the rascals only laughed, and .compelled them
to give them bread and victuals besides;
On Friday, the 26th Inst., Stuart’s brigade passed
through here; There were about five hundred
cavalry, and between two and three thousand ia«
fantry, with artillery, ambulances, and wagons.
Language fails in attempting to describe the ap
pearance of the vandal hordes. It is doubtful
whether Buch a ruffianly-looking troop could be col
lected even by emptying all our prisons or de
populating the “Five Points.” Their only ..uni*
form was the dirt and filth with which they were
covered. Officers and men alike were olothed in
rags. Some were barefooted; some had one shoe
on; some were without shirts; some hatless; and it
would be utterly impossible for any one who has
never seen them to conceive an idea of the sight.
We looked in vain for the boasted chivalry of the
South. The rank and file presented in their counte
nances, either the Btolidity of the brute or the fe
rocity, of the Bavage.
The main body passed on through, but the rear
guard, some two hundred strong, halted and demand
ed dinner, threatening to enter private houses and
take what they pleased if the demand was not com
plied with. After eating, they moved on after the
main body, and from, that time until the arrival of
Milroy’s command, on the 6th of July, we were vir
tually under the rule of Jeff Davis. Their guerilla
bands were in town daily, stealing horses and cattle,
searching the houses for arms, and taking all the
maps of the country that they could find. One day
they cut the telegraph wires and poles, and they
were so bold that they would come in-only half
armed in companies of three or five. All this time
,we could hear nothing of what the authorities were
doing for our relief. All around we heard of the
barbarities of our enemies, but nothing from our
friends!
But the glorious 4th brought good-news to us.
We heard rumors of the fight at Gettysburg, and on :
Sunday morning the remnant of Milroy’s command,
under Colonel Pierce, came marching into town.'
Although they were totally unexpected, they were
welcomed most enthusiastically, and all the bread
and provisions on hand were distributed among
them. The women went to baking bread, and many
of th€m were up for nights .in succession, supplying
their needs, and trying to make them forget the hor
rors of Winchester in the hospitalities of London. *
Two hundred picked men, of the 12th Pennsylvania
and Ist New York Cavalry, under Capt, Jones, had
been sent After a rebel wagon train, reported to be
six miles long, and near Greencaatle. They over
took the*train, and, although it was guarded by a
thousand msn, they dashed into the middleof it and
captured one hundred and eight wagons and over six
hundred prisoners. About half the prisoners'were
wounded at the battles of Gettysburg, They were
left at Mercerisburg, and the reßt brought here. You
have had accounts of it as being done by Colonel -
Pierce, but he was not within twenty miles of .the *
scene of the exploit!" To Jones,"therefore, be- •
longs the glory, and it seems too bad thathis name
is not even mentiohed 'in'connection wittiit in the :
newspaper accounts.
The wounded prisoners were brought here also, a
day or two after, and placed in one of the churches.
Then we had an opportunity of seeing some of the
realities of war. God grant we may never see such
sights again. One, a North Carolinian, is still here,
too badly wounded to be moved. Rebel and foe
though, he has been, the citizens minister to his
TfBiHTS BBS Tits? SIS
treat ow jramnns *?*» -w**
~On Monday morniDg Col. Pierce’s command
moved offin the direction of Mercersburg, and thfc
town is resuming its usual quiet. Some twelve
hundred militia are encamped on the outskirts, so
that we are not defenceless if the retreating
remnants of Lee’s discomfited and demoralized
army should attempt tp pass through here to escape
across the Potomac. -
There are rumorß of heavy fighting on Sunday and
yesterday, but we can have nothing reliable.
Gov. Seymour and. Mr* Fagin*
To the Editor of The Press:
Sir : I observed in your yesterday’s number, that
Qov. Seymour implored the mob to be moderate,
and that, acting upon his suggestion, they imme
diately went to work and hung only one man, in
stead ol the dozen they doubtless would have hung
but for this charitable attempt to conciliate their
feelings. I was reminded by it of a parallel case re
lated by Dickens, in .which a certain “respectable
old gentleman ” implored the rather impulsive Mr.
Sykes to be moderate, when that worthy gentleman
had decided upon the measures necessary for the
safety of that institution of whioh Mr. Fagin, Mr.
Sykes, Mr. John Dawson, Ac., were members:
“ Don't be violent , Bill ;don’t be too violent, I mean,
my dear!” I am, sir, your* truly, E.
Mount Vernon street, July 16,1883.
Th<£ Riot in New York.
ro m muor or tag rraw
' Sir i.'"What wm be the effects of this new tcdci«
lion 7. Will the loyal millions of the'land permit
these disgraceful proceedings to continue i: If so,,
where will they end 1 Shall we be thus humiliated
and disgraced by the apparent success of-vile men,
‘ whose teachings are culminating in the moat fiend
ish acts of mob violence, arson, pillage, bloodshed,
- and brutal murder 7. What scenes of anarchy and
crime have been witnessed in New York, in-the
last few daysl Who of us, as. American citizens,
loving law and order, is not disgraced by this con
duct?. Let the combined energies of loyal mil
lions be exerted at once and in earnest, for the com
*plete suppression of this mob spirit. If hot, who
is safe? How long till our streets may be thronged
withthese exasperated masses, duped and deceived
by traitors in high positions, and ready to rob our
stores,-plunder our homes, and murder our citizens I
All mobs: must be crushed, not by postponing or
giviDg up the draft,-not by yielding for a moment to
the demands’of these masses, as that weak and
pusillanimous Governor “ advised” the mob-in New
York, but by treating all rebels to grape and canis
ter, alike on the plains of Gettysburg, andin the
streets -of New. York. Musket balls are the best
arguments on such occasions. The.remedy must be
according to the disease. Away with weak and
timid men, and all mild and puerile measures! Crush
the mob. I am, sir, yours, respectfully, A. H.
Hoi/mesburg, Pa., July 16,1863.
The Riot in New York,
To the Editor of The Press.
Sir: For the sake of our country, our God, and
humanity, do continue to enlighten the ignorant
masses of people, for many there are such, as to the
true cause of the great riot in New York, virtually
led, as all well-informed men have been able to see,
by their Gov. Seymour. Your editorial in this
morning’s paper is true to the point.
Yours, very respectfully,
A IjTj FOR TUB UNION,
rnuifln.i Jill! ID, IBOd]
Tlie Draft*
To the Editor of The Press:
Sir : Will you please state in your paper whether
a colored man is accepted for a substitute for a white
man, and oblige
Your obedient servant, CONSCRIPT.
Philadelphia, July is, 1863.
[A colored man being liable for military
duty and subject to the operations of the
conscription, we should suppose he would
he accepted as a substitute, and know of no
regulation to the contrary.—Editor The
Fbess.]
Personal*
& The following is a list of Americans registered at
Guee’s American Agency, No. 17 Charlotte street,
Bedford square, London, England, for the weekend
ing 4th July, 1863;
William E. Hicks and lamily, New York,
John W. Turner, New York.
• W. Francis Williams, Jersey City.
H. L. Bateman, Brooklyn,
Rev. Mr, and Mrs, F:L. Wiley, New York,
John E. Gowan, Sevastopol.
Win, H. Townsend, Providence, R. I.
H. Bergh, Secretary of Legation to Russia.
Rev. Dr. Littlejohn, Brooklyn.
J. H. Whitehouae, Brooklyn.
Rev. Dr. Clarkßon, Chicago, 111.
H. T. Romertze, Philadelphia.
Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton White, Syracuse, N, Y«
Miss White, Syracuse, N. Y.
Mr. and Mrs. John Slade, New York,
Frederick Slade, New York.
Mr. J, O. Eley, New York.
Wb learn from the New York papers that among
the dwellings in that city which have been saoked
and destroyed by the mob is the house of Mr. James
S. Gibbonß, a private citizen of highly exemplary
character. Mijl Gibbons is a daughter of the late
Isaac T. Hoppff. she 1b at this time, aud has been
for many months, devoted to the management of
one of the Government hospitals at Point Lookout,
in the State of Maryland. The greater part of her
useful life has been spent in relieving the miseries
and supplying the wants of the class of people who
have demolished her home during her absence.
London, July 14, 1863.
CITIZEN.
ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.
How Lee Escaped.
From Williamsport, at date of the 14'h, * corre*
spondentof the Tribune writes:
On Sunday night a council of corps oommanders
aDd chiefs of departments was held at headquarters.
The question to be decided was, “Shall the position
oi the enemy be assaulted to-morrow?” There
were twelve officers present, of whom five gave
their opinions in the affirmative, and seven in the
negative. The former were: Gen. Meade, Gen.
.Howard, commanding 11th Corps; Gen. G. K. War
ren,, Chief of Engineers; Gen. Wadsworth, com
manding Ist Corps, and Gen. Pleasanton, command
ing Cavalry Corps. Of these, Gen. Howard was ap
parently the moßt thoroughly -convinced of the
necessity of immediate attack ; at least, he was the
most strenuous in debate. Those opposed were
the Oldest' corps oommanders, and their weight
can led a decision in the negative.: It was conceded
by all that if an attack were ventured upon, it should
be upon the rebel left. Now, it happens that
rate Howard and Wadßworth must have led the ad
vance, had it been permitted. Hence, their votes
were a request to be allowed to tight. Moreover,
from their position, we must suppose them best ac-
Suainted with the probabilities of success; Besides,
fen. Kilpatrick, who had recently fought all over
the ground where the fight would have been, who
himself had the extreme right at Hagerstown, was
confident that, his cavalry assisting, and assisted by
one gOod corps, he could force the rebel flank. So
urgent were he and. Gen. Howard, that on Monday
morniDg they telegraphed for permission to make
a leconnoissance in force in that direction. Per
mission was not granted, and the sole operation of
the day was a small reoonnoissance; juat at night,
by two brigades, one of cavalry ami one of militia,
which was pushed out half a mile or so, but was
unable to determine the vital question whether the
force in front was an army, or a rear-guard making
believe an army. The event has shown that this
day, Monday, was our golden opportunity,.; Had
the attack been made we should have caught'the
rebels in the midst of a general breaking up, with
only a thin line to oppose us, with-the roads full of
trains, with a thousand wagons-yet quietly parked
at Williamsport; their army, its-artiliery, its “trams,
its v&Bt spoils, would have been our prey. •
This nick of time for an attack-comprised not
more than ten practicable hours ;-it‘is not wonder
ful, therefore, that it was not' seized—hot an im
peachment of generalship that it was-not' seized.
It would have been Burprising had it been hit upon.
The effective force was probably not far fro in
-60,000 out of 100,000 Lee led into Maryland. It goes
back not so demoralized as some have fondly be
lieved, but certainly acknowledging a terrible
whipping, I judge from the testimouy or citizens
and prisoners.
A correspondent of the Times,describes the m&nner-
Of the enemy’s crossing :
“ The manner in which the enemy crossed at Wil
liamsport shows-with what desperate energy they
have striven to-cscape a doom which was considered
almost certain. After the destruction of their bridge
at Falling Waters by the scout Grenerrald and his
party, (which really was destroyed, all other reports
to the contrary notwithstanding,) the enemy had no
means-of crossing left, Bave the usual fords, which
the heavy rains had made generally impracticable
by the time he fell back on the river. A few pon
toons were hurriedly brought up from Winchester,
and, with lumber and timber, the bridge at Falling
Waters wss rebuilt.- At Williamsport they made no
endeavor to build a bridge, but constructed six or
seven indifferent flatboats. On these they crossed
their remaining wounded, their perishable supplies,
and a portion of their ammunition and transporta
tion. But most of their wagons, as well as all their
cavaliy, forded the river at a point half a mile above
■Williamsport, the water being about three, and a
half feet deep. A small number of their infantry
also folded the river immediately at the Williams
port ferry, the water coming up to their shoulders . The
main body of their infantry, however, as has already
been stated, crossed on the precarious bridge at Fall
ing Waters. They began to cross on Sunday night,
continued it Monday and Monday night, their rear
guard not getting over at all, but falling into our
hands yesterday, at noon.
The people of Williamsport assert that the rebels
were in a great state of trepidation on Monday, for
fear that their movement would be discovered and
their divided army attacked and thoroughly beaten,
as it could have been.
VICKSBURG AFTER THE SIEGE.
Tlie'tast Numbers ol' Si The Citizen.”
Correspondents in the captured town have gather
ed numbers of the Vicksburg Citizen, of which the
editorials are curiosities. The following are among
the editor’s last remarks. On the 25th he writes:
* “The Yanks yesterday felt in a particularly spite
ful humor—probably on account of things at home
going wrODg—and to render the state of their feel
ings more apparent, shelled ourmty with the
greatest assiduity. Many of our mjizens think
they threw more of their missiles pre
vious day during the siege. We havejffeard'of but
one casualty resulting from the
ley, who was killed in the suburbs'ofVthe city.
Further than this,; they can Have little to boast,
although hozannas of the damned would-be-uttered
from their black throats, could they murder the
whole of the women and children now within our
defences.”
The paper of the 27th contains the following: “ A
Parrot shell from the field entered the house of a
lady in our city, early one morning last week de
stroying a young lady’s sunbonnet and some articles
of clothing in her trunk. A wag, hearing of the
young lady’s misfortune, remarked: ‘He thought the
enemy were treating her with a great deal of iron-y,
and that she. per^ainly^had-good'grounds
manding Redress.' ”
The last number of the Citizen, issued on the 2d,of-
July, contains-the-foUowing.padigraphs. ' *
“ Mfs. Cisco waa';inßtantly : 'ltille'd*-'bh :r MoiidaVi On
Jackson’road. .Mrs. Ciacp’s hußband iemowin Vir
ginia, u'member.oT- Moody’s artillery, and .the-deatk
of. such, a loving, dutiful wife will
be.a loss to him-irreparable.
“We are indebted to Major Gillespie for a steak of
Confederativbeef,,alias mule meat. We have tried
it, andcan/assure our friends that, if it is rendered
necessary; they need haveno scruples at eating the
meat; It is sweet, savory, and tender, and, bo. long
as we have a mule left, we are satisfied' our soldiers
oDI ha «BBtant ta aubiiit an it
" Fni'icns Bujojiiiff & union oriiait. inanii man are
doubtlcßD obliged to blm lor liis Kina coaatilonttioa
of their welfare. On Tuesday he fired a few shells
from his Parrotts, and kept Mb men tolerably busy
sharpshooting across the river, with no other result -
than might have been expected. The mortars have
not been used for nearly forty-eight hourß. Poor
iool, he might as well give up the vain aspiration he
entertains of capturing our city or exterminating
our people, and return to his master to receive the
reward euch a gasconading dolt will meet at the
hands of the unappreciating government at Wash--
ingion.
Askew,.one of our most esteemed mer
chant-citizens, was wounded at the works in the
rear of our city a days since, and breathed his
last on Monday. Mr. Askew was a young man of
Btrict integrity, great industry, and an honor to his
family and friends. He was a member of Cowan’s
artillery, and by the strict- discharge.of his duties
and his obliging won the confidence and
esteem, of his entire command. May the blow his
family have- Buetained- be- mitigated by Him
doeth all things well.
FOENEY’S HEADQUARTERS*. '
And here were gathered all the notables of both
armies. In a damask cushioned armed rocking
chair sat Lieutenant General Pemberton, the most
discontented-looking man I eversaw. A'man of ap
parently forty or forty-five years of age, medium
height, well proportioned built, a
small head, thin vißaged, hair once coal black,,now
very slightly tinged with gray, heavy short beard,
of the same color, upon his chin and upper lip,- a
Bmall eyesight in color and somewhat flevere in ex-,
pretsion, together with a general air of sternness .
and languid hauteur, made up the personnel of the
' now world-famous rebel chief. He had not, like the
mast of his generals, put on his holiday attire to
grace the day of his humiliation, and his outer
man presented few evidences - elttier of rank
Kiitsii*. Hi ml Mjfaallß amtlonloiio'. Mi
esei fined mainly upon tne grounl nut ODoaMoualiy,
lie wouia oast a momentary giauce orer uie Ray
crowd around, difficult to describe, but saying plain
ly : “ These men can afford to be gay j .they did not>
command the Confederate forces defending Vicks
burg.” Presently there appeared in the midst of
the.throng a man small in stature, heavily set, stoop
shouldered, a broad face a short, sandy
beard, habited in a plain suit of blue flannel, with
the two stars upon his shoulder, .denoting a major
general in the United States army. He approached
Pemberton, and entered into a conversation with
him. There was no vacant chair near, but neither
Pemberton nor any of Mb generals offered him a
seat, and thus for five minutes the conqueror stood
talkiDg to the vanquished seated, when G-raat
turned away into the house, and left Pemberton
alone with his pride or his grief, it was hard to tell
Which. Grant has the most impassive of faces, and
seldom, if ever, are-his feelings photographed upon
.his countenance ;.but there was then, as he contem
plated the result of his labors, the faintest possible
trace of in waid satisfaction peering out of his cold
gray eyes. All this occupied less time than this re
cital of it,, and meantime officers.of both.armies
were commibgled, conversing as sociably as if they
had not. been aiming at each other’s-lives a few
hours before. ' : * '
PEMBERTON AND BOWEN;
Another Cincinnati correspondent writes: The
feeling in the rebel army against General Pemberton
seems to be universal. Some accuse him of treache
ry, but tbe majority of intellieent rebels put the
more lenient interpretation of incompetence on his
conduct of-the campaign in Mississippi. While up
town to-day au ordinary looking-man, about fifty
years old, of medium, height, dressed in uoostenta-.
tious gray unilorm, with three gilt stars oil hia coat
collar, was pointed out to ;me as the Lieutenant
General commanding the vanquished army of Mis--
siesippi. Around him were grouped'a number of
lesser military lights belonging to -the-Southern
constellation—General Tom Taylor,. son of Ex-
Pifsiflent Znofiary Tavlor, (teneral IDldmn,
niid tomai soiencii nna iiatr omsmi aoa< out
of the crowdj Pemberton wuW have been, my,
last selection either/or p, military roau or au edu
cated. gentleman. .Perhaps surrounding circum
stances ought to be taken into- consideration, as
Pemberton would naturally be the most crest-fallen
and despondent of the captives. Pemberton is a
graduate of West Point, and was brevetted, several
times during the Mexican war, for- gallantry. He
was major of artillery in the Federal army-.when
the war broke out. He adds another to-thelist of*
broken-down pets of Jeff. Davie in the West —a trio
of innocence, imbecility, and ignorance—Lovell,
Van Dorn, and Pemberton.
General Bowen seems to be a favorite in the rebel,
ai my at this points He has muchmore of the Na
poleonic in hiß appearance and bearing than his su
perior officer, General Pemberton. Bowenia thirty
three years of age. He was bom in Savannah.
Georgia. He graduated at West Point in 1849, -and
reached the: rank of captain in the United States
army. He is very quick'and energetic in all his
movements, is thought to have genius, and is quite
an idol with Missourians. *■
IN THE CITY.
Reserving for the moment a description of the
town, and dealing with occurrences-'oniy, I wish to
make a statement so fairly and plainly as not to be
misunderstood. Vicksburg was to some extent pil
laged oh the day of the surrender, and the rebel
sheets will, undoubtedly, charge it to the hireling
Yankees. In reference to this affair I write of
what I saw, arid, consequently, of what I know.
Riding through the various business streets of
the city, I noticed .many stores open and filled
with men- busily engaged in ransacking' the"
shelves, and saw many walking off with bun
dles of shirts, jackets, &c., and, in every single
instance coming under my observation, these men
wore the unmistakable dress of the rebel army.-
There were many stragglers front our army about
the streets even then, although our army had hot
foimally entered, who were picking up triflesabout
the streets, but I did not see a man of them in a
store, or carrying off bundles of articles that had ap
parently come from the stores. Some of them pos
sibly may have done so* but with as good an oppor
tunity of seeing it as any one, I saw nothing of the
kind. The .circumstance.did not . then, nor does it
now, strike me as very discreditable to the rebel,
soldiery. Poor, ragged outcasts 1 one oould hardly :
have blamed them if they haddaid violent hands on
every article of wearing apparel in the place.
SIEGE-PRICES.
I spoke, a few paragraphs back, of the enormous
prices commanded by edibles in Vicksburg, and in
order to get a better idea of the* matter, I append a
Biege-price current: Flour, $5 per lb., equal to S9SO
per bbl.; beef, $1a1.25 (supply exhausted); pork,
$2 60a3 (supply exhausted); butter sold five weeks
ago at $2.60a3 per lb., einoe which time there has
been none in market; rice, 75380 cents per lb.; mo
lasses or treacle, $lO per gallon; sugar, 75 cents per,
lb.; corn meal, $4O per bushel (supply exhausted);
■ PHILADELPHIA, > FRIDAY JULY 17, 1863,
tea, $15a20 per lb. (none on hand for four, weeks
pasti); coffee, $7.5OaH) per lb. (none on hand five
weeks paßt); mule meat, per lb.; Louisiana Jum
(only liquor in market) 1 , s4oaloo per gallon, ‘fccpprd
ing to who wanted it. With these prices scaring
them in the face, it is no wonder the poorer classes
present a'somewhat attenuated appearance. \ .
The Diary off a Rebel* -
The .Lexington (Ky.) Loyalist has come into pos
session of the diary of Colonel Alston, chief of Gen* i
John Morgan’s staff. Some extracts give an excel' i
lent view of the rebel life in cat»p and saddle' i
Among them are the following :•
New MAbicet, Ky. ? July day of gloom
deep gloom, to our entire command. How'many»
who rose this morning-fjiil of enthusiasm and hope,
now “sleep.the sleep that knows no waking l n JjTfie
sun rose bright and beautiful, the air was cooT-Jamd
bAlmy, all nature wore the appearance of
harmony. While riding along, affected'.
stillness of all around, Captain Magennio, t:r;
adjutant general; rode up and - remarked hj.;*?),.
dreadful to reflect that we were marchtng'/W
-to engage in deadly strife, and : how m£uy
poor. fellows: would pass into eternity be!®
the setting of yonder sun, I have no doubt the pm*?*
fellow was moved to the reflections by one of t
UDaccount&ble presentiments which are so often t;.\i
harbingers of evil. (Before dark he was a corpst/J
About sunrise we in the enemy’s plcketß, ate.
were soon near the. fortifications, which had
erected to prevent our crossing,..- General MorgaM/
sent in a flag of tiuce and demanded the surrender*,
but the colonel quietly remarked <; if it was any oth'aß.,
day he might consider the'demand, but the Fourth]
of July was a'bad day to talk.about surrender, ancTsL
he must thereforedeciine.” The colonel in ft gallan®
man, and the entire arrangement of his defencesen?*
titles him to tbehighest' credit for military sKili. We - ,
would marlcßucb am an in our army for
July s.—Another day of gloom, fatigue, and deathly
Moved on Lebanon at sunrise,:. Placed our men lrilii
line. Sent around Colonel J...witli his brigade t<£
the Danville road to cut off reinforcements, whiohV
we knew were expected from - DanViUe. I went iQ =
with a flag of truce. It was fired ‘on five times,- .
Officer apologized, saying he thought it was a man •
with a white coat on.' mistake, at *
least for me; Demanded surrender.’
Told Colonel Hanson'reinforcements were cut off, .
and resistance wab useless.- He refused to surren*
der, and I then ordered him to Bend out the non-’
combatants,-as we would be compelled to shell i
the town. He postedvhis'regiment in'the ddpot
and in various houses, by which he was enabled to '
make s desperate resistance. After a fight of seven
hours, General Morgan, .finding the town:'could bo
taken in no other way, o'idered a charge to.be made.
This ought to have been - done at first, but General
Morgan, said; when it was urged on him, that he f ,
wished to avoid the destruction of private property.
as much as.possible, and he would only permit it as.
a last and filial resort. Colonel Hanson still held
out in hopes of receiving reinforcements, and only
Burrendered-after we had fired the buildings in which
he was posted. Hie force consisted of the 20fch Ken
tucky, about 370 men, and twenty or twenty-five
stragglers from other commands
By this surrender we obtained a" sufficient quan
tity of guns to arm all our.; men who were without
them; also, a quantity of ammunition, of which we
stood sorely in need. At the order t.o charge, Duke’s
regiment ru&hed forward, and poor Tommy Morgan,
who was always in thelead, ran forward and
cheered the men with all the enthusiasm of his bright
nature. Almost at the first volleyfhefell back* pierced
through the heart. Kiß only “Brother
Gaily, they have killed me,” Noble youth ! ho w
deeply lamented by all who knew you. This waa a
crushing blow to General Morgan, whose affection
for his brother exceeded the lo\ r e of Jonathan for
David. It caused a terrible excitement, and the
men were in a state of frenzy. It required the. ut
most energy and promptness on the part of the of
ficers to prevent a scene of slaughter, which all.:
would deeply..have lamented. Our men behaved
badly heie, breaking open Btores and plundering in
dieciTthinately. "All that officers could do was done
to prevent it, but in vain., These occurrences are
very disgraceful, and I am truly glad that they form
exceptions to the general conduct... ...
“While I was paroling' the prisoners, a courier ar
rived, informing me that the enemy were approach
ing with two regiments of cavalry and a battery of
artillery, and that skirmishing was then going on
with our pickets, I was, therefore, obliged to order
the prisoners to Springfield on the double-quick.
Soon after we left Lebanon, the hardeat rain I ever
experienced commenced to fall, and continued till
nine o’clock. Arrived at Springfield at dark, when
I halted the prisoners murder to parole those who
were not paroled Lebanon; and formally dis
missed th«m. This detained me at Springfield two
hours after the command had passed. WetandcMUy,
worn out, horse - tired and hungry; Btopped to teed
her. Falling asleep, was arouaed' by one" of the
men. _Started on to the command. When I reached
the point on the Bardatown : road where.l had ex
pected the 2d Brigade to encamp, was halted by a
party of cavalry. Supposing them, to be our own
pickets, I rode up promptly to. correct them for
standing in full .view of any one approaching, when,
lo ! t@ my mortification, I found.myself .a.prisoner."
My God! how I hated it, no one can understand.
The first thought after my wife and children, was
my fine mare, ‘‘Fannie Johnson,” named after a"
pretty little cousin, of Richmond, Va. • I said, “poor
Fannie,'who will'-treat you as kindly as I have!”
I turned her over to the Captain, and begged him to
take caie of her, which he promised to do.
Tuilalioma.
A correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette describes
this supposed Btronghold of. the rebels:/
Do you know what sort of- a place Tullahomaia]
No I Well I don’t intend to describe it by ad£, means.
Myr ownijo.tioii3.witli.tegard to*it«re'decfdeff'fy ii SroS v?
' difl’ed. X had fancied to myself a romantic little
town amongst the mountains, and 10l a miserable
. .village on a plain almost as flat as of
ySaharat~ I had looked for a place strongly fortified
-by .nature against the assaults of an. attacking ene
my, but I have found, on the contrary, no natural
s defences whatever, and can only wonder that the
rebels ever took it into their heads to make'it a de
fensive position at-all. Either Dccherd or Oowan is
stronger naturally. ... -.
Yet the artificial defences of the place are better
than I at first supposed, although they are as yet id
an unfinished condition. Fort Rains is ■ a work
which, not being commanded from any other position
for miles around, wou!d,in cosjunction with the
other- fortifinatiODfl;tiJiira been a imnp uoi# ohataala ia
tug war or an aiiauiD? army* wnether tuo piaoe
we artavked by Btorming columna'or Dy regular
approaches.. Double lines of rifie-pits encircle the
town, constructed with care at points which would
seem peculiarly liable to assault. . The inner of these
lines, which in fact is principally within the limits of
the village itself, waß mostly thrown up by our own
troops last summer, while Buell was ingloriously re
treating from Tennessee. In front of the outer line
of rifle-pits, particularly on the side of the town
toward Manchester, the scrub-oak forest has been
cut down over a space several hundred yards in
width, forming an almost impenetrable abattis. In
Bhort, good judges say that these fortifications are
more formidable than those of Oorinth when our
forces took possession of that place, in May, 1862.
To-day I wandered listlessly about along, the de
serted breastworks, and.amid the ruined and scat
tered houses whichcompose the village, oatohing a
few occasional glimpses-of. the few miserable old
men, the dozen squalid women, and the 'handful of
ragged children constituting itß resident population,
and unwillingly inhaling the unpleasant and pesti
lential odor always left behind in' a rebel camp.
Every available space was occupied by the tents,
and men and animals of the Union army. No signs
of past conflict appeared where, forty-eigtyt hours
previous, we had expected would occur so stern a
~ passage at arms. And as I still wandered about,
walking all the time through unmeasured quantities
of slush and mud, and recalling the long months of
• anxious thought which the place had caused us, I
could not avoid repeating dreamily to myself, “And
V this is Tullahoma!”• '
Tucidents of the Morgan Raid in Indiana*
[From4he-Indianapolis Journal. 1 ]
Governor Morton, we understand, has tendered
Governor Tod some 6, COO of bur Boldiera, who are
crazy to get a chance at Morgan, but* whether the
tender .waß accepted we have not heard. Anyhow,
5.000 ffiflfi fiUlilM Imm. 'hill. sm*ASilasulU*k£A£. ds.
me OeDtial Etiiiinaa. to Jtnen nn the Morten ohase
in Oflioi wtietncr onto floes auyttiing tor nerseir or
not. GeneralUarrington, who ia now commander
in-chief of the legion in active service, went with
them. ’
Near Corydon, a. minister namedG-lena, who
owned- the finest house in that Bection, fired upon
the rebels. He wasvdragged into, the house by his
wife, who closed the- door. The rebels burst open
the door, wounded him.through both thighs, set the
house on fire, and left Glenn to perish in the flames.
His wife and other ladieß-in the house dragged him
out to an orchard, and thus-saved him from being
'roasted alive. Near Mauckport they-also killed
Garrett Hunt, and just above the town they mur
dered Wm./Fr’ahee.
The story runs-that Morgan captured Wash. l>e
Psuw, one of- the,'wealthiest men. of, Southern
Indiana, and said to him* “ Sirj do you consider your
flouring-miil worth $2,000!” Mr. De P. said he
thought it was worth all of that. “ Then,” said the
robber chief, “you.can save it f0r.52,000.” Mr; De
P. paid the money. “Now,” proceeded-Morgan,
“do you think your woolen-mill is worth. $3,000!”
D3r. De P. admitted that it was probably worth more
than that. “ Well,” said the rebel, .“ you can have
it for $3*000.” And.Mr, De Pauw took it. So they
levied $5;000 on him. "
Near Cbrydon an old citizen, William Hetli,' fired
upoD the rebels. He wasvthe keeper of the toll-gate
this side of Gorydon. The rebels shot him dead and
his house. They , also burned a finevßtoae
mill in the neighborhood of Gorydon. Caleb ThotnaE,
of Edwaidsviue, was killed near Gorydon. He was
shot through the forehead. ’ Jeremiah- Nance, of
Laconia, was also killed near Gorydon. l : -
Gen. Carrington was relievedof the command of
the brigade gcftg to Ohio, by General Wilcox, and
placed under*srrest,.and the command turned over
to General Haßcall, who left last night with the
troops. - ' ;
The calling out and organizing of more than 12,000.
raeD, with fully 25,000.m0re in. reserve, and eager to
bewailed into' iB one of the most striking
eDergy, decision,.and popularity lliis uneqiialieJ and,
glorious manifeatation oi the power of Indiana ie bo
largely due. }
John Morgan and Cincinnati*
The noted rebel guerilla,.John Morgan, is canter
ing about Cincinnati quite at leisure.. His circuit
around that city from. Harrison; through Yenice,
Springdale, Glendale, and Miamiville, has been in a
line about fourteen miles' distant from the city. He
burned the beautiful-bridge acroas the Big Miami at
Yenice, but beyond seems to have done-but
little mischief as yet. His'course will doubtless
continue to be towards the Ohio river ia Clermont
or Brown counties, thence across into Kentucky, and
out by Cumberland G.ap.
We have some hope that Morgan wilbfind himself
cut off by a force cm the Kentucky side of the river,
as we leam that Iroopß from Burnside’s Kentucky
army, both infantry and-cavalry, are moving-up in
that direction from part of the State. It
is possible, therefore, that the guerillas may yet find
trouble before reachingDixieagain.— OkioSlatesmdn.
A CALL MOM THE MAYOR OF OINOIN
Mayoe’s Offics, July 14,1863.
CitizbiS'S : : I have Said to the general commanding
this department that three thousand mounted- men
cpuld be obtained in this county to pursue Morgan.
He has given me an opportunity to try the., experi
ment. W ill you.respond to the call t- If so, let aIL yvho
will join in the undertaking and can procure a .horse,
rrportat my office this morning with two days’ ra
tions. You .willbeorganizedand armed at once and
mnrch to day, and T will go with you. Experienced
officers will be ready to lead you, :
Officers not now in the service, who have a fancy
for the trip, will please report to me atBo’olock this
morning. LEN. A. HARRIS, Mayor.
TRAlTORS.—Franklin county has contributed
probably a dozen to the rebel army, aud two have
paid l#e penalty of death. James Allison, who
studied law with Hon. Wilson Reilly some, eight ,
years ago, enlisted in Stuart’s Cavalry a year or
more ago, and was killed at Hall’s Cross .Roads, a
short time befoi e the battle of Chancellorville, He
was shot through the temple and died instantly.
This information was given by the Rev. Charles
Bcggs, a native of this county, but now a chaplain'
in ihe rebel array, when the rebels ocoupied this
place. Hugh Logan, formerly of this county, was a
captain in Stuart’s GavalryV and was here with him
in October last. He was overtaken in Hagerstown
last Saturday by our cava ry,‘ and : in* attempting to
escape was shot in the back, the ball passing through
the bowels. He was in Hagerstown and alive on
Sunday, but.no hopes were entertained of his reco
very. They will not be widely regretted since they
invited death by taking up arms against their Go
vernment ; but they, in their treason, preserved their
manhood by openly espousing the traitors’ cause.—
Franklin Repository.
Mexico.
A :Wcvp Government Organized, Al
monte as CSiicf Ccrembnies nt the
Capital.
[Correspondence of the K. Y.TLm'es.T'
July t2icr23d ult. General Fcrey
annouccing the eleotioa made
by Committee cf the'Government of
to be -entrusted with the executive power!
-untU}the establishment of a; (le finite power. ii The-'
Ste observes, “whicfi'Jhave'judt given are 1
known to you j? they enjoy the public esteem''
ana > all the consideration due to
ea and honerableneßs of character. You' may
be,,-therefore; tranquil, as ; I am; ! about the fu
ture which. is going- to be prepared for you by this i
triumvirate which-wili take'the reins of Gov'erh- I
ment from the 24th of June.” Further, as he ob
selves, M Inputting into the hands of those, three .
provisional Chiefs of the Nation, the powers which :
circumstances had given me to exercise thtfin’for
your-profit, I wish to thank you for the aotive and’
intelligent co-operation that I have found in you: I
shall, always preserve a 'precious recollection of
these relations .which have me, appreciate in
their true value your patriotism* and adhe'sion to
order, which make you so worthy of the interest of
France and the Emperor.” . '
Un the 25th, at noon, the aot of installing
the Executive took place. The three persons who
sre to exercise it having assembled in General Al
monte’s bouße, they proceeded StAte car
... national : naiftce.:dnBide- the
i Deputies
canopy, together'witfi?.the"Preei<lent'<^t'tiiP
OLapenor Committee, Don Terriosiß Lares. General
SfForey-and the French minister occupied seats
r. placed in front of the table,'and in the remain
ing chairs were seated the members of the commit
tee, ,the political and municipal authorities,
: the Members of the corporation, those 7of
r the Faculty of Doctors of the University, -
rajs, inemberß of the staff, &c., the galierieS
beiDgifilJed with people. General Almonte, pro-'
; council before the crucifix the following words,:
.‘V'We, of the executive power, swear to
: truly the charge which haa been
;Ttruefeftd the independence find
leoyef&gSty of the nation; to assure order, peace,
and-dnprocure in all the genera! felicity. If so we
AUo. may God reward us, and if. not, briag us to ao-
Almonte atterward addressed a short die-
the counsellors, explaining this sponta
neoua frath, and asking the intelligence of the com
: mit t.ee to assist the Executive. “To fulfil,” said he,
“‘aißffar as possible, the arduous task that you have
.confided to the limited capacity of the individuals who
- compose it, we count upon the efficacious protection
i of .his*MajCfcty ? a. Government, the Emperor of the
• French;the support of hie valiant army and the favor
;of the Almighty.” Sefior Lares replied to thiß speech
in dignified and cordial language, offering the Execu
tive the cooperation of the Council; after which all
-the assembly proceeded to the cathedral, where the
uTeDcwri w as chanted, with a full orchestra ;by the
metropolitan chapter, the members of the
occupying the platform on the right, and
Gen.vforey, with M. Saligny, the Tribune, in front.
The people filled the spacious naves of the cathe
dral, ai d at the conclusion of the religious ceremony
the assembly-returned to the palace, in the grand re
ception saloon of which the Government received
the congratulations of the Council, of Gen. Marquez
in the name of the army, of the ciVil and municipal
‘ prelects, of the Ecclesiastical Chapter, arul of the
*; Ilector of the General Almonte re
turned thanks for the patriotic manifestations, and
concluded by giving cheers , for religion, independ
ence,and the integrity of the country, which were
enthusiastically repeated bythe assembly, not with
out- giving others for General Almoote, General i
•Marquez, France, its Emperor, the Empress, and
‘‘the Mexican monarchy.” The firing of cannon
and the ringing of bells gave greater pomp to the
ceremony of the installation of the new Govern
ment.
MANIFESTO OF THE SUPREME EXECU
r , . TIVE POWER.
The “ Supreme Executive power” has addressed
a.mamfesto to the people, which, after some pream
ble, says:
"know how many sophisms and calumnies
tliosewho have persieted in our ruin have employed
and employ to diffuse among you aversion or mistrust
with respect to the intervention.. Compare their
sophisms with the,facts which you behold; their
calumnies with the conduct which is observed; their
insidious promisee with the evidence of the disasters
and deolation'that you contemplate. Compare the
deeds with the words-of the magnanimous and
enlightened Emperor. No hostility to the na
tion, and sfiffloient mildness even toward those
who. compromise it and tyrannize over it,
Driving from the capital the power which the pre
tended-Constitution-of 1857 systematized in evil,
by "evil,And Jor evil, the<;ieprfeentath r &AQf the Em
peror have made.no the Provi
sional Mexican will govern ua-.
til 1 the nation, m ore" am pi d,; shall fix
freely; and definitively, the form of Government
which: Mexicans ought to have permanently. The
chimeras of conquest, with which it waß attempted
to alarm the thoughtless, are made eviueat and
vanish; Mexiqo has again self-government, and is
at liberty to choose among all the poli
ticar-ipetitutions that, which suits it, best, and has -
the?3bost glorious fitles ri aiid.firmest guarantees of
Bt-abfiity*
religion is re-eatablisbed and free.
Tliejgvhuich will exercise its authority without
_h&Y?Sg;an enemy in the Government, and the State
with-it the'manner of resolving the
• thafrarer r pendent.
TB§||ra&isrn which has been planted in 7the,C3fca
bljtjßMnfe /3LiP6-tructiohahd»-thedcragK>ti&- orbnav •
* mt?raT 'tlbotrinfia which have ruined us
mu sit cease. Catholic instruction, solid and of the
extent, and new literary careers
and gu&rthatees for good teachers, will be the object
ofottfiabprsr ~t~ v v ~- , . , , , :
We have still to get irid of the so-called Constitu
tional Government, which is only able and only
knows to.do evil; which courts no good in its ca
reer of innovation and destruction. Whilst it ex
ists,-we Mexicans shall have no peace, nor our fof
tunes security, nor commerce increase. The Franco-
Mexigan army will, as the first act they perform,
pursue it untii-.it; surrenders, or is driven from the
national territory ; and in.proportion as the towns
shake off their intolerable yoke, they will be|ih to
feel the repose ;and prosperity which she' people
already libsratsfl snjßji Mine same time! suitaMe
ffifgsafSEiTJiiTf sssTarsais snpfsnttnf ptismsa
tion of the departments, and diralnisli ttie ruin wiiicii
the agents of d,emagogueiam siUloccaaiou them.
Our misdeeds and the acts committed by terrorists
against friendly nations have discredited ub in the
.Old World. Good and dignified relations will be
opened again with injured Governments and with
.the Sovereign Pontiff; every effort will be made to
ratify the obligations of Mexico with friendly Pow
ers. And with the protection of France and the
other nations that shall eupport the new Govern
ment, we Bhall be respected abroad, and the honor
and credit of the nation will be repaired.
We have told you frankly what we . think of the
, new situation, and what we intend to do in the
difficult commission which we have received. In
ipite of our insufficiency.-much will be done if emi
nent men. of all kinds assist. Let our disgraceful dis
cord at last end. Let the Bcandal which we have
given to < the .world ceAse. Let there be con
cord, union, peace, and public spirit among
us. Let the sordid speculations at public mis
fortunes be extirpated, and let those riches be
turned to great and lucrative industrial enter
prises. Let honest labor be the foundation of
lortunesjr'let functionaries have no power over the
laws nor the laws, over morality. Let religion and :
authority,' property and liberty, order and peace, be
-at last precious realities for Mexicans. May the
• God of. armies, who has so directly favored our
cause, reward the generosity and-sincere interven
tion of France, and the patriotic intention with
which’Wegood Mexicans have accepted it with the
speedy grandeur and prosperity of the nation.
.Palace op the Sutkems Executive Power in
Mexico, the 24th of June, 1863.
JUAN N. ALMONTE,
JOSE MARIANO. SALAS,
JUAN B. OEMAEOHEA.
The .Xondon Times and President Tin
t?!B—“TflMfisrtr” liisflgtit
xnrce Tsars Agoi
Aoonesptmflent sends to the Lonflon Unify iroira the
following extracts from the Tbnes on the; occasion
of the election of, Mr,Lincoln in I 860; they stand
in marked contrast with the articles which now ap
pear in that-journal: u ;. ......
Times, Nov. 20, Mr. Lincoln has been
elected the President, and. Mr. Hamlin, Vice Presi
dent, of the great American Confederacy. The
event haaJjeenlong foreseen, and will surprise no
body who has paid the. least attention to Araerlc.aa
politics; - It is the natural reaction against the out
rages and excesses of iB6O and protest of
*the freest and best educated part of the American
rpeople against acts? of high-handed violence and
, oppression- which.. preceded, the &d<%nt of Mr. Bu
chanan to power. If the South has at length found
that it is not omnipotent in, the councils of the
• country, thatunpleasant discovery is owing to the
foolish and* intemperate use which the South has
made of its prosperity, - ' * ■ *; * * *
Slavery ha’s been defended as xhe normal and perfect
human society, amVthe North has been, bit
terly taunted with-its honest industry, and'- the
coarseness arid manners which the fastidious South
ern planter tracea to that cause. While claiming
for itself the monopoly of the Government of the
United States, the South has constantly held the
language and the United States have
been.ruled by a party which-was perpetually talk
ing of disuniting them.” . >
■ Times, November 21,1860.—“ We rejoice on higher
and surer grounds that the.election has ended in the
return ofMr.-Liricoln ; we are glad, to think that the
inarch ofysiaVtfry, and the domineering, tone which
its advocates were beginning to assume over free
dom, have been at length arrested and silenced.”
- Times, November 26, l86(X—“ Should South Caro
- lina, Georgia; and the adjacent States separate them
selves permanently from!, the. federation, constitu
ting themselves a new nation, &c., with all the ap
pendages 6f independence, then the whole series of
Americanpolitloianß will tiave Dren In tfiß.wroni=
nnfl mi* Jiwjmij irniffl dm Bums mmrea »»»n
an event to be impossible, will. have been in. th.e
wrong with thexaJ S: ’•••'*'*. .
' Times, November 29,. 18GQ.—“ Can. any sane man
believe tbat'England and France will consent, as is
now suggested, to stultify the policy of half a cen
tury for the.<Bake of an extended cottou trade, and
to purchase the favor of Charleston and Milledge
ville by .recognizing what'haß.been called .‘the ieor
thermal, law which impels African labor towards
the tropica,’'on thn other side of the Atlantic 1”
, 5, iB6o.—“ln South. Carolina,
Alabama, and ? Georgia, an appeal is to be made to
the.last powers ..vested in. the State Constitution,
with/ a-view-to on. no ground whatever
that can be discovered except that they do not like
Mr. Lincoln; He has committed himself .to declara
tions against slavery, *"- *• To all our political
notions there is no more reason for the violence re
ported from the Southern States than there would
be for the electors of Southwark refusing to pay as
sessed taxes, because Lord Palmerston had declared
against the ballot;” •* *"•
: Times, December, l6Bo: “Ofone thing the Democrats.
may he well assuredj that the character and prestige
of the set*eralDnited States in the'eyea-of Europe de
pend oh their Federal Union. */*- All .that is hoble-jsfid
venerable in tbqUnited States is associated wjlth its
/Federal Constitution. It is not the demonstrations
of Southern ruffianism in Congress, or ttie’filibuster
ing aggrandizement of the South,' fropa the Mexican
annexations downwards, or the . fugitive-slave law,.
: or the Died Scott decision', or the 'Kansas*Nebraska
act—it la not these, or any other triumph of Demo
cratic insolence during their ascendancy of half a
century,-that has commanded-thc sympathy and' ad-'
miration of Europe.” • r
Times, December lljiB6o.—Without sharing the
opinions, much lees usiDg the language of the Aboli
tionists, with respect to alaver.y, *. *. • *;. we look
upon the conduct of .South Carolina in this matter
ae disgraceful in the last degree. ”
December 31, 1860.— 1 “ The free commerce
which- might be opened f at Charleston or New Or
leans would fall'to produce cordial relations with
a confederacy which would be pledged to promote
the indefinite extension of slavery, even if it were
not tempted to revive the slave trade.”
STUART. —A comaaunication,,as follows,, bitthe
London Times; claims that Gen. J. E.
royal descent, (from the Pretender, perkapß): •-T&'
Sir : Will you allow* me to say that J.
E. Stewart, of the Confederate, force,\iifsff Relieve, ;
descended from Alexander, son of Willftefi'Stexyart,
of Castle-Stewart, Wigtomhire, NiRiYvVhQ was a
grandson of William, second Earl of. GaTlow&y, hia
nflme ought to be spelt as above. .
The name, if spelt Stuart,
mate descent from the Kings of Scotland. The last
Eurvivor of the Castle-Stewart Stewarts, bearing
that ’name, died- this spring, and General J. E.
Stewart ia no.w the only representative of that
family, ■
T®S‘ MOT 111 REIT MRK.
TS©'Third Day of TerJ&ri
Additional iibidenta and detalla ortho riot, on;
Wednesday, we" take from the.. New "Stork Daily
Ncivs, The riot h'ad s moderated for awMle7 but re
newed its fury toward evening, In. various'lotrali
ties it was met by tE&‘ military, arid the s€reetfl*were
raked with cannonairrit, saambers faJKng kEied'ririd
wounded. latirat r the mob Xrad retired,
though its aot yet broken:. _
IN GREENWICH AIM? STRtK^t^-
affairs wore afaiftess pesceruS look thari^n ! Waft'
street and Broadway. At' about 2 o’rilock in the'
morning a sad boys, numbering perhspc' 5
mxty or. went howiiog- through the i streets-:*
from the. Battery up, runragsegeren lager-beer sa*-*
loons, routing-oufc the proprietors »o'd other intfiateB r
and playing grand havoc generally with everybody
anti 1 A Germany-nhsied JBreusslng. who
keeps a small-sized restauraut'nenr’ Morris street,
had been with his wiffr' and children, just
long enough to reach the cheerfdV land ofnoildom,
when he. was awakened by pounding at
his door and a stentorian voice" thereat, intimating
to him the propriety of an immediate opening. LHe -
went cautiously to the door, and said ke-had closed
for the night, and did not propose-tb reopen. The
order to “ open and be d—d ” was reiterated by half
a dozen voices, and, with trembling.lihnds, heobeyed
the direction, leavidty.the other por-"
tion ; * i?<m of a more-righteous tribunal.
y "-j&^|gi^«^»il.grey t Bprang:£p t the
throat -.and demanded*
so Boon as liewas released, he tttfetfiTly'
'gave, and hiß night-gowned frow came out to assist
*v D £ • e honors. The men, seemingly ashamed
°/ their actions, the woman having qufetly remon*
strated with them, quietly retired, having done
no damage' save the upsetting of all the decanters,
barrels, and demijohns they could find, kecking the
proprietor into his back room, and saluting each for
himself the indignant lady. Had they confined them
selves to such pilferingB as this, there would not have
been so much cause; for complaint, although that
was bad enough $ but we regret to say that arson,
in its worst form, was attempted and almost accom
plished by the same set of ruffians, who made this
section of the city hideous with their outrages for ’
the space of three or four hours; Near the corner of
w ashington and Hector streets there is a large tene
ment and boarding house, occupied mainly by the
poorest of the poor, againßt whom the rioters could
by no possibility have even a pretended cause for
hostility. On the lower floor, however,‘is a grog
gery, and in that commenced the row, which came '
near terminating jn a most,fearful calamity.
Having effected an entrance to .the-’bar-room, the
rioters made free with everything rejjfcHij 1 reach, and
then began to upset the liquor updtgii&yl&or. This
the man in charge endeavoredWf§l|fffl£ht, but he
. .was hustled, into the street in Bnort oraerr
cry was raised, “ Fire it! Fire it!”
known, but a spark is needed to set
these mobs are composed of into the mist friipmr
flames, and acting upon the suggeßtion h they began
- to suit the action to the word. '
Toward eight o’clock tlilß morning-a'negro waß’
chased by a mob of half-grown men, every one of
whom looked like a jail bird, from Burling Slip
through South street, by the Fulton Ferry, and to
the comer of Peck Slip. At this point the man
stumbled, and his pursuers pounced on him with
flendieh yells of triumph. In which en
sued the poor fellow got away'rigftih, and ran seve
ral yards, when the crowd again caught him, and
beat him most unmercifully.
It seemed for a time as. though the man’s life
was good for but a brief seaspn, but fortunately
for him a Dumber of to ves
sels in the vicinity, disturbance and
the cries of the negro, rushed out from the eat-'
ing-houee; and oharged assailants
pell-mell, and in true As iB always
the case with miscreants, wjro>.war upon single in
dividuals, tbe rioters were arrant cowards and ran
from the stalwart thrashinggc-f-J/. the men of the seas
.as if they had been wbippwStiTogs. The negro was
taken into the eating houae,'a glasß of brandy was'
given him, and he was sent home under a convoy of
two of the noblest-hearte'd' men we have heard of in
many a day. ....... ■
In the house where J this. colored man lives there
are five colored families, and, of the seven men over
nineteen years of age, five have been overhauled by
mobs and cruelly beaten. The normal fruits of this
savage treatment have not yet appeared. We have
not seen a single negro who counseled opposition or
' spoke of reveDge.
One of the most terrific features of this riot was
tbe double murder, which was committed yesterday
■ morning, in-'-Thirty-second street, near Sixth ave
nue. The facts, as gathered from a reliable reporter,
are these, and as there are many exaggerations of
the affair in circulation, which will, if believed, cer
tainly cause trouble and bloodshed, we have taken
great pains to get at the exact truth:
At half after six yesterday morning a middle-aged
negro, named Potter or Porter, was passing- quietly
down Thirty-second street, near the avenue, when
he was met by a* fireman, an ex-Zouave,-named.
Manney, who hailed him, asking where be was
going. The negro not understanding, apparently,
what was-said, made no reply,, add Manney.-with
the mostkind intentions, told him that-the excite
ment wasvery great, that the mobs would certainly
. be ardund to-day, and would doubtless kill him or
severely beat him, if they should catch - him. StUl,
apparently misapprehending Manney’s intentions,
and probably misunderstanding his language, the '
npgro.drew a revolver and discharged it with fatal
twice certainly, each ball striking
in ; the forehead, and entering his brain.
He.then started to run, but was soon overtaken by
a crowd of ;excited_and infuriated lw n&i
veraroTthe - firehien"residrhg near s^^who^cha3ed ~
rhiin a short distance, and booh overtook him.
The heart sickens at the recollection of the fearful
. and - ...
DREADFUL SCENE
which followed. Tie negro was pounded* battered,
kicked, -pummelled, storied, throwri down, trampled
upon, and fairly bruised into 1v jelly; A bloody pulp*
was all that was left of the mistaken murderer in a
very few moments; but even this was considered
slight revenge, and the mutilated mass of blood and
bones and quivering flesh was carried brutally to a
tree, to a limb of which it was hung, amid the cheers
and jeers of the indignant crowd.
Poor Manney had the. best of medical attendance,
but probably for naught. Dr. Brooks, who was
called to dress his wounds, declared that the case,
was a hopeless one, and that he would not probably
Hi tsii: Ulus U Biliitnu H^lkl
iLHfI ifl pioMiiy sobs fells Itii amua* laag liaaa.
In the tenement house where Manney lived, ana
in which some say the negro also lived, resided se
veral Irish and negro families. Until now there has
been but little trouble between them; in faot, the
house has been one of the most quiet tenement
houses of the neighborhood. Since the present “up
rising of the people,” however, there has been com
siderable ill feeling, and during the day before yes
terday ihe white families were moving out. Re
gardless of any fact, however, save the one all-con
vincing one that negroeß were in the house, the
crowd, which by'this time had assumed the propor
tions of a mob; surrounded the building, and having
saluted it with yells of unequalled fury and rage, set
fire to it, and then moved on to other scenes of vio
lence. Fortunately, the fire was extinguished before
it had got fairly under way, and the additional hor
ror was thuß spared.
In the afternoon about 3 o’clock, a large mob,
among whom are many of the men who “assisted”
at the foregoing outrage, gathered in the rear of the
premises No. 147 East Twenty-eighth street, and in
augurated a renewal of
• ’ NEGRO OUTRAGES,
which, for barbarity and recklessness of life and
property, exceed anything before attempted. 'ln
the alley-way which leads from : that point reside a
small colony of negroes, numbering in all about
twenty- five families. To drive these people out and
destroy their local habitation, was the least brutal
of the intentions of the mob, which, with shoutings
and profanity which do dishonor to the infernal re
gions, rushed unannounced into the very presence
of their*victims. Very many of the negroes had run
off, but enough remained to invite the outrageous
indecencies of the mob. For some minutes their
Bearch for the colored people was in vain, but they
soon found one whom they
MURDERED WITH A CROWBAR
in the following maimer: Van Clef (the negro) was
i-iiJttJ * U*J*l* 6 J L
him, oiififlf vsim hAd a’lapsiT mwte* iaTlaTuiT
The negro was at once hauled into the middle of the
room, when he was pulled about by the hair, kicked
and beaten over the head and finally punched and
pounded with the crowbar until he was apparently
lifeless. The crowd played with him for a little
while, and then, as other victims were found, threw
the mutilated and dying man into* the alley, while
they turned their.attention to the other cauuidates
for public notice. -No other absolute murder was
committed here, but many poor creatures were mer
cileßßly" beaten and thoroughly used up, so that
when the crowd left them there was but little choice
between life and death in their appearance or sensa
tions;
From this place the mob went into Broadway
alley, into a house kept by & black man named Dud
ley. They threw the furniture into the street, and
beat Dudley so badly about the head and chest that
he was not expected to survive. The women were
■frightened, as well they'might be, out of their senses,
and ran to and fro, crying .for help and begging for
protection, while their husbands and sonß were
beaten and murdered, their homes destroyed, and
'their dwelling set on lire. . Their attempts to. save
som.e of their goods were set at naught by the mob,
and after suffering much from the brutal, treatment
of the rioters, they started with their little ones ‘for
the Central Office, to seek a lodging and a protection
from further, violence.
TERRIBI22 SCEXEvIN NINETEENTH' STREET.
.At About S o’clock, as about one hundred citizens
and returned soldiers, all,armed, com
mand of Col. Cleveland Winslow, late ,of the Dur
yee: Zouaves, were passing through Nineteenth
street, near Second avenue,, they jyere attacked by
a large number of rioters. Brickbats and other
missiles were hurled upon them from the. housetops.
One man. who had followed. Col. Winslow’s force,
and had repeatedly fired into the ranks; was shot, by
one.ol the.volunteer soldiers, who Btepped from’the
ranks, levelled his musket and' fired. The man
dropped,: and'was left lying in the street. Two howit-
Mis.roeia then loiiM inrl Area lntothß oiomfl
timKim great nnviiut nna nmuaini tnom to ronro
doff 2 avenue. Col. J"ardinej Tate of Hawking’
Zouaves*, * were *"severely wounded by™ a "shot
;in; the. leg, and was taken to a house in
Nineteenth street, which, the crowd,, afterward
threatened'to attack and take possession of. the
wounded officer. By a charge made upon Colonel.
Winslow’s force, one captain; one lieutenant, and
fifteen privates of his command, were.killed. Col..
Winslow charged five distinct times upon the crowd.
The effect of these charges were, most terrific, the .
street was strewn with bodies, at least twenty or
thirty, dead and fifty .wounded. • As soon as the.
crowd, dispersed, Colonel Winslow came to the
Central office and reported the result of the' engage-,
ment, which was the most desperate, which haß
taken place since the commencement of the riotb in
the city. Capt. Ukell and Lieut; Brown were
■ killed 5 Lieut. Upton and Col. Jardine were shot in.
the groin: Col. Winslow, as soon as the crowd was
driven off, marched his men down the Second ave
nue to Fourteenth street, thence to Third avenue,
and thence to. the Seventh-regiment’ armory,* to.
await further orders. He first reported to . Govern
nor Seymour, at the St. Nicholas, and was ordered,
by the Governor to report to General Brown, at
heftdquarters.
General Brown, as soon as the particulars of the.
fight were related to him, ordered a company of
regulars, two hundred men,. commanded by Cap-,
tains Putnam* Shelley, apd Row 4 olle, and a large,
: body of policemen* to the scene of the slaughter,
with instructions to use every effort to. procure .the'
body of- Colonel Jardine, >and take It to .a/place, of
safety. The military carried two flgld-pieces. .V .
The regulars arrived upon the ground about 10,
o’clock. An immense crowd -was found waiting
.to .give: them- a warm reception. The into ,
which'Oolonel Jardine was taken after, he had
received bis wound. , was surrounded by the
rioters, who refusetl to disperse until theyhad con
tested the position with the soldiers. Captain
Putnam then ordered his men. to turn the howitzers.
upon the crowd. The pieces, two. in number, were
loaded with canister, and orders were at ‘ once given
to fire. The artillerist* then poured their 4death
dealing volley upon the crowd, which dispersed ra
pidly, bearing off their killed; and wounded. The
soldiers now marched to the- house in the cellar of
which Colonel Jardine was lying, and removed the
wounded man tb a carriage, in which he was taken
to headquarters; and afterward to the St. Nicholas,
where he was attended by several physicians, who
pronounced his situation extremely critical. Both :
of "Mb legs were broken, and he was severely
woundedby amuaketball dn^thebody. Theother
wounded oflloera were also taken to the St. Ni
cholas.
FURTHER rARTICpL/VRS QF TIIB OF
COL. O’itRIEN. ' '
Jrprom the New York Herald;! ' . • - . . ;
; The body wag lying in the street from twq qlclock
until after six. Some contradictory statements are
going the rounds whether or pot Oql. Q’Rrien was
THREE CENTS.
Knag up to a lamp-posl&after being :be'atetf. Some
assart that he was, wizle ctheraVagain positively
express themselves convinoefT-thaft' no such action
had f&ken place. Our reporter did hot see the £ang
. ing operation, but was s tolfi J of It by a number of par
ties wKo were on the ground' at the time. The fact
would, Koweverjnow appear be that Col. O’Brien
was not' hung up at allA There is no doubt, hovr
ever t but that a rope. was attached to bis neck, and
that ever#'preparation was made- to hang him .by
the crowd. About three o’closli the Rev. Father
Ciowrey arriv’ed upon the scene, onff began to read
the services cf*the Homan CatboUcCyhurGh'overhlm.
The occasion one of marked'end-solemn inte
rest. The priest stood while a
large crowd surrounded standing, off in
silent attitudes wMlfetfcey viewed the sclemn scene.
Around the neck of O’Bnen a scapular was placed,
Which was recogck&d' hr the crowd, and added to
their silent and qtitefattitsde. This scapular la re
garded by the Homan "Catholics as a sacre&relic. It
iB blessed by their elergv, and placed arcuud tb£~
necksof those whodesfre'-toenrol themßelvfcrin tge
ordero? the Virgin Mary. which it represents; When
the crowd saw that thin was worn by Col.
they deMeted for a time from* their work. They fell
ffadk Junta the prlesf hsd ’endted the oeremoni&T of
raading the service over the- body. Wtien,thir’wbtr
concluded, the priest turned'tb the crowd, and-Ve^
gup'sted thesn to keep quid','and sot to assault Col.
I’Brfen any more, as he wad* fast sinking. There--,
veread gentian an then left; and tsfa was the signal'
for another onslaught xipori the'horSy, which was dl* .
•tereffidth wtth energy by thc'S.'SßCTabled multitu<3%,'
T&E LAST MOMENTS OS’ frOL. O^BRIEN,
i ;lt ; waff'past six o’clock, fon TiiewSay afternoon
porter left the’ ~scenfe* © i n
Second aVbnue. At that time tkfe- body of Colonel
O’Brien atill lay Jn the street. Ifcr ghastly appear*
and the last palpitations ef'the dying man,
were at the time. Animation was
still stronger working in the system, and the stout
frame still heaved upwards from the ground on
which it lay. Then the lingering shadows of the
evening werejatealibg over the scene,' while a quiet, \
. ominous element seemed to pervade the large
masses which were’’standing on either side of the
thoroughfares in the vicinity. There" was ’no dis
turbance wo^th:mentioning at this time. The.peo-
with .the scenes through .
which theyj'-Jb’ad-vpassed. Their temper was ’up, ,
though thcyV.did.jDot give vent to their feelings in
any manner.
; In of seven o’clock the body
was carried - yard of the house'where
O’Brien residence was in Second avenue,,
two or three dbora from* Thirty-fourth street.' His’-
wife, who the house at the time the diß-'
turbance commenced,,-immediately left and pro
ceeded to Brooklya*^&*£&-
‘.THE ROLY IN lIIS OTiTf INCII>ENTB. :
Shortly before night I'eilVupqn -the scene the body
was brought-ftom Btreet-.intO" the backyard.
Here it was followed of-aome three hun
dred persons, and'the scenes occurred in
connection with the 1
no penciljicoid&paint fioi v e in such a
m'anirer
ot realities which here took
place. A num§er of jvomen were also bn the ground,
and they the horrid' acribnß which
'were at : |sjie,time. Probably the moat
notable and melaDcfidfy feature in connection with
the killing of this‘man was the fact that the occur
rence took place immediately in front of his own
house 1 and. Ms-last gasp was given in the yard of
the same. *%jr£'. ' -■? ■
When thfSmSdy was dragged. into the yard there
was'nothiDgnipGii it but the pantaloons. The re
maining porSgfe of the body was naked and covered
with blood, while the head was one mass of jellied
flesh.
ODfe man came upland; placing a dirk knife into
the hands of a boy scarcely twelve years old, who
was present, requested him to plunge it into the
prostrate body vof the dying man, which act was
aborit being performed, when several of the crowd
interfered, and the horrible attempt was frustrated,
THE LAST St^NE—LIFE HAS gBBIfD OUT,
'While the body lay in theyard life still appeared,
'though feebly, tmfaT aboiit eight o’clock. Then it
was that'the last glimmer of existence seemed fast
going out. Colonel O’Brien lay at ftill length upon
the ground, and;* notwithstanding the horrible at
tempts which hard been made to crush out Ms waver
ing life, yet energetic manhood had still kept him
inthe landofthe living, and his head rolled from
side to side, while at the Bame time he groaned in
feeble, bat apparently excruciating agony. Then
there was a seeming pause, the head rose once more
a few inches from the ground, the muscles were
convulsed and again relaxed; the gory features were
drawn up in horrid agony, and then, with one deep
sigh, the soul of Col. H. F. O’Brien was launched
into eternity. The body was then carried out and
removed to the death-house at Bellevue Hospital.
. MR. AHDREWB,' THEMOB LEADER.
[From the Tribune. ] . ■ .
The' mysterious “ Mr. Andrews, of Virginia,” who
addressed the/howling mob up town on Monday,
telling them that they roust organize and “crush this
damned Abolition draft.fnto the dust,” and offering
to lead themrhimself, /has been accepted, it seems,
and throughout these three days of riot has hounded
on hispack of savages to their;deeds ot violence.
Ah apostle of carnage, he has marched at their head
and incited them to do deeds at which the manhood
of a free people should revolt. Where poor unof
fending negroes were beaten dead, then hung, and
their mangled corpses trodden in the mire by the
feet of brutal men an where private houses
of peaceable citizens Have been* sacked and burned,
where widows and orphans have/been turned almost
naked into the streets, \yK?re barricades have arisen,
and every infamous been perpetrated,
n-tbiB ;selffelected Virginia has bee_n
foremost in the* fray. Mounted upon, a horBC, no
doubt stolen from a private stable, clad in a red
shirt,- and brandishing a sabre, he has been a chosen
leader of the pack of robbers and murderers. What
defi't of gratitude'.do the people of New; York not
owe to this scion'of chivalry andtheffew associates
who have imitated his boldnesß and malignity!
••'How.effectually have these gentlemen written-their
names in fire and blood in our city ! If fathers,
mothers, and children have been shot, their families
may thank these men, who roused the fierce pas
sions of the mpb, and' turned men into incarnate
devils. And what'redress are we to have for all
these murders, arsons, burglaries, and this insurrec
tion!. If some blessed bullet doeß not lodge in his
brain, or some trusty club crack his. skull, how is
“ Mr. Andrews, of Virginia,” to be broueht to the
gallows! Suppose him captured and imprisoned,
tsks sUxll skis, i£lil
&fi wit M h&h«At asvfiui, led spi&rt? ia/iuitUl by i
Copperhead Judgei if we hail had a commandlaf
general possessed of energy, a Governor thoroughly
loyal, and a Mayor not absolutely paralyzed with
fear, this howliDg fiend, this emissary and spy of the
rebels would have been shot at the head of his riot
ers on Tuesday, and this community spared the mor
tification of his subsequent career of crime.
AW INCIDENT.
[From the Herald.]
It appears that an officer of the army, Major Green
by name, as we learn, who haß faithfully served two
yearß in Ihe army, and is now engaged recruiting a
regiment for the Government, had left his quarters
to come down town. On the way he entered a pub
lic house at the corner of Third avenue and Thirtieth
street, and here got into a warm discussion touching
the Union and the' war. While doing so, he was
Toughly assailed by some stableman, who told him
that he deserved to be shot, because he had brought
home a nigger with him from Virginia, at the same
time threatening the Major with a loaded pistol.
“God d—n you,” said he, “I have a great mind
to shoot you!”
“ "What for 1” asked the Major. ,
“For bringing a black fellow from Virginia to
make him equal with me.”
The Major eaid he had done nothing of the kind *,
that the negro boy who-accompanied him was his
servant, who came of his own free will. The stable
man said he did- not care a damn about that, but
would shoot the Major.
The reply was, “ Shoot away, then, if you would
take a man’s life for that, for I am totally unarmed,
and can make no defence.’’
“Draw your pistol.” said the stableman.
“I have none,” replied the Major.
“ Then I will shoot you,” said the other.
“ Fire'away,” coolly answered the Major.
TV hat.would have ultimately, resulted from all this
it is impossible to say, for- a large crowd had assem
bled birtbiitUng, infl wii grorcini iMbßrieitiv&
ODOMurpnycbe son ora capnain onim name} toia
The Mojtfr ThftT ti? dvssmfl tv bv iuHiged VF Mkv
O’Brien for what he had done. The master of the
•house now interfered, and it was not without con
siderable difficulty that the Major was carried off
without a tragic end to this threatening occurrence.
LETTER FROM. A POOH MATT. '*
New York, Wednesday, July 15, 1863.
To the Editor of the New Yor& Times: r -
I wish to thank you'for the position you have
taken with regard to the law for the draft and the
Present resistance to it. lam a poor man,.entirely
ependent upon my earnings for my living and that
of my wife and two small children. And more,
though never rich, or anything like it, I have been
made as poor as I am partly by the legitimate conse
quences of this war, and partly by the bad. conduct
of a Government contractor. Yet, if I ara drafted I
eball serve, and with heartineßS and faithfulness,
for two reasons: First. I have not $3OO to give the
Government In placed. my. personal service. Se
cond. I feel that the Republic has .a supreme claim
upon the lives, the fortunes,-Day, the very happi
ness of all her sons, in a time like this. If, to pre
serve her, I and mine must suffer, we.must suffpr.
That is the sacrifice we/owe our country.
I hear many men around me complaining of the
injustice of the draftyand saying that ,‘iifc isn’t a fair
shake that rich men who.WQuldn’t mind paying S3QO
should be exempt, amUpoor men who cannot pay it
be forcedtogo.” .Iknowthatmostofthesemenhave
had this notion put into their headß by designing
demagogues, who use them for their own purposes.
This law Beems to roe to be. made for the benefitiOf
men like m'e, by keeping the.price .of a substitute at the
lowest possible figure. For if I had not a spark of
patriotism, and meant to shirk my duty to my coun
try, or if my caße was one of extreme hardship, i
suppose that I might borrow $3OO, and so get off.
But if this $3.00 clause had hot been in the law,./the
price of substitutes would be put. up. by skulking rich
men to such a figure, that one would be utterly be?
yond my reach.. Armies cannot be made without
Lien; some one niuet go; and MW u certainly tlie
fnnmnmm irni?n «BiM nnitn m bb sipHTßimr
for c«mci.
Brit right In its .or politic or impolitic,
this law is one passed by the representatives of the .
people. I,,by my agent or; proxy, helped to make
this i&w-j and while it exists I therefore must obey
it. So must all my fellow-citizens. If this draft is
lobe suspended and;discontinued because five or
tlx.thousand men.in this city will otherwise burn
Andpillagehouses, turn har.mtessneg.ro children out
iDto.the night, and beat, hang amjl burn poor unof
fending negro men, then it would be better, to live
in Prussia, in Poland, or in japan. Whatever it"
might hayebeen prudent for the Government to do
before these riots, now, the very fact or their exist-.
eDce makes the continuation and completion of the
draft absolutely necessary. Otherwise, arson and
personal outrage will become parts of our system of
(&o«called) .Government. As I,have said, I shall
serve.if lam drafted; and I would as soon draw, a
trigger or.drive a bayonet upon a man who resists
the laws of iny country north of the Potomac as
upon one who does the same 'BOuth of it. I send
you my name. You know me, I believe, as no
Abolitionist or negro lover, or pplitical. partisan or
admirer of Abraham. Lincoln,, but.as a loyal and
faithful supporter of the Government of the United
States by i whomsoever it is constitutionally re
. precepted. ANOTHER DOOR MAN.
GOVERNOR SBTMpUR.
[From the TribuneJ
On said' Gov. Seymour, in his speech on
Tuesday',.from the City Hall steps, to his/‘friends,”
the incendiaries, thieves, and murderers, who even
then were sacking duelling houses, and slaughter
ing the most harmless, the moat inoffensive, the
most defenceless, and the most powerless class
among us; “on ; said Governor Seymour,
“I sent the Adjutant General to Washington to
uige its (the draft’a) postponement.” Oh Saturday I
Two dayß before the outbreak ! What.better proof j|
than this, can be giyen thatthe.Governor anticipated
the events of Monday b But did he go to the civil
and military authorities to warn them of what was
coming ? Did he use his own power as Chief Magis
trate of the State to avert this dire calamity, by
having in readiness a sufficient force* to quell it on«
the instant l He did none of these things'; but he
went to Long 3?raiich, only to return to the burning
and maddened city on Tuesday morning, when the
insurrection was under full headway. *
And the speeches and proclamations of the Go
vernor are in temper identieM—though'difCering, of
course, in official his organs. The
rio.ters ~aje his friends;” .he assures them in a pro
cJasnation of hie belief that “apprehensions or in
justice” have incited them to violence. What lan
guage is this for the Chief Magistrate of’a State to
men engaged ip such devastation and such murders
aB this city b&s been given over to lor the last three
days l What .the hanging and stamping to
death of negroes,vwhat the sacking of private
houses, what t’he pillaging of jewelry stqrga and of
warehouse tp sfp with the flF&ftt
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CFrom the Tributie 3
J n on Tuesday morolii#- L
wherein ed to show the wanton wickedteß.
HJ2S?£SM[ e tloU 111611 *"**»* orf
-- “The first rsh&we ever heard advocate a general -
conscnption.for the prosecution of the war fnp th«r
>;IJ D iOD ( .,WM firchMshop Hoghe., ln h ta «™o n AU
his'last return from Europe last vear
He condemned the reliance on volunteering as ha
zardous, and as placing too large a share of the bur
den on the generous and public spirited, ursieg that,
fffnee the obligation to serve rested equally on all,
the liability or risk should be apportioned accord
iagly.” . .
Taking this paragraph as his text, the Archbishop
has put his name to a moat remarkable letter, which
we transfer to our columns this morning. It opens
thuß:
To the Editor of The Her eld:
“ The foregoing paragraph is taken from thb Tri
buneof this morning. It is the latest malignant
article against the undersigned, with which the
Hon. Horace Greeley has been in the habit of favor
ing him fo? some time past. 77
How that paragraph can &e deemed an attack on
the Archbishop, still more, a 6( malignant Jr attack—
we cannot, even now, comprehend. Most certainly,
we never till now imagined that the Archbishop's
suggestion ; of a general draft, which we heard him.
sake from h& own cathedral pulpit, was a matter
of reproach ; 02 the. contrary, we deemed it highly
judicious and patriotic. We cited it only to show
.that resistance to the draft was wrong, by the ;
j evidence of -one - whom most of the riotqrs would
-probably deem and credible authority.
The Archbisbop k p?oceedB:
, {v Permit me to request of you the incertioa oT a
few remarks in the- Herald, which may.throw light
sil*oa the Bubject w&ich Mr. Greeley misrepresents
and' affects to misunderstand. He says ‘ that I con
demned the reliance-upon volunteering as hazard
ous; and as placing tno large a share of the burdens
on generous and public-spirited, urging that,
since the obligation to- serve reßted equally on all,
the liability or risk should be apportioned acoord
inpl^ 7 *. ' -»* T -
I did Dot condema volunteering. '■
“2. I did not recommend a coercive coueoriptiou,
but that The people of tha North, who stand by the
Federal Government, should demand conscription
oy cvWm voluntary choice and act. This would
be their own system of volunteering. The main oV
jpct.ofmy remarks on the occasion referred to by
Mr. Greeley was to bring the war to a Bpeedy con
clusion. ThelAst and decisive battle in every war is
necessarily the most merciful in its results, sinoe it
puts an end to the further shedding of human blood.
“Thiswas the main object as regardstbe interest*
of the country at large. My Temarhs were not In
tended for.the congregation whom I was addressing;
but for tbe whole people. ”
We stated fsee above) that the Archbishop “ con
demned the reliance on volunteerinsr.” He responds r
I did no! condemn volunieerinq'’ l .As We never said
he did, and as what he denies is totally; different
from what we affirmed, we see no occasion for
fuither remark on'thiß point. Here is what the
Archbishop now gives as what s he did say on this
bead in his sermon: ’ m ; ‘
* s Volunteers have been appealed to in advance of
the draft, as I understand; but for my own part, if
I bad a voice in the-couacils.of the country, I. would
say, let volunteering 'continue'.’ If the three hun
dred thousand on your Tint hf' -notenough this week,
next week make a draft (f three' thousand more ,
It is not cruel—this Any
thing that will put ao cawT-*
bloodthe whole surface that w»‘r* 5 r
humanity.” ‘* « ~' T \ r
The Archbishop y --C-- 4 .
(t I did not ”
If a draft is not a cription, theu-weare
in fault as to the the word. Men may
volunteer for the because they choose, to,
or be drafted and go becftuse it iB required of then! by
competent authority. If therebe a middle course—
a third way of raising troops by non- c ‘ coercive conr
scription V—we will consider it when we come to un
derstand it.
The Archbishop further says
“It may be that my critics—Greeley of the Tri
bane,” etc., etc.—“ are correct in their view of /hu
manity, in desiring thetiihe war shall be interminable.”
We leave others to judge of the truth and candor
of this imputation, in view of the incessant attacks
which we have for years provoked, by advocating
the. moßt. vigorous, prosecution, and the earliest
favorable termination, of the war. And if it be triie
that we have been in the “habit of favoring” the
Archbishop with “malignant articles” our readers
must of/ all the world beat , know it, and give judg
ment accordingly.
The Archbishop indicates his repugnance to any
coercive conscription that shall “exnose the ponr to
the dangers of battle, and leave the wealthy to be
come wealthier in their quiet homes.”
This .is what he said on this.aspect of the case is.
his sermon, as now quoted by himself:
“Then every man on the continent, rich or poor,
will havt to take his share in the contest. Then it
will not be left-with the Government, whatever Go
vernment it will be, to plead with the people and
call on them to come forward and ask them if they
would be drafted. No, it ia for them, the people, to
rise and ask the Government to draft (hem; and
those who are wealthy and cannot .go themselves can pro
vide substitutes, and.bring the thing to a close, if it
can be done.”
We ask the intelligent and impartial to read the
Archbishop’s letter in full, and then say if our
paragraph of Tuesday in any manner assailed him.
or in any respect misrepresented him. We aßk but
justice. v -.-. . ...
Originators of ’Rlot.
• The New York Herald , shortly before the out
break, said: “ The speech of ChauDcey O. Burr,
and his reception at the meeting in the Twentieth
ward, on Thursday evening, are .calculated to stir up
a mob-like spirit in this efffjr. If Mr. Burris not
careful he will raise a storm that ioiU terminate in in
surreclion, and bloody scenes in this city . When this
mob-spirit is obce started no person can tell where
it will end, or who-, will be sacrificed..by. its
vengeance. While Mr. Burr poured out his. in
vective, counseled resistance to our national authorities ,
and appealed to the beastly passions of the assemblage ,
be still declared himself a Democrat, and would
have us understand that ,he iB one of tbe leaders.
But his speech was anything but Democratic in.
tone, and shows great lack of statesmanship in the
. leaders of the Democratic party in the city in allow
ing such blustering men as Burr to assume, to set
themeelves up as leaders of the party in a crisis like
tt ILeae IziPamoaß sentences ;
“ Cocgrßßß boa pwiefi ag! of fiftnaaMptioa. but
the acts of Congress are not necessarily laws. This
set is very simple. It is merely a highwayman's
call on every American citizen for * $3OO or your
life.’ [Laughter and applause.] For one, I-have
no $3OO, but I have a life, and, if it goes, it shall go
in defence of the kind of liberty -that my fathers
established. [Cheers.] * * * Why, it is by your
clemency.that Abe Lincoln and all his satrapß were
not upon the gallows eighteen months ago. [AfK
plause.] Why, the old booby thought he was a
kiog. Jeff Davis has never done anthing half as
bad as Lincoln. He has not illegally imprisoned
?ou, taken away your right of habeas corpus, And
ram pled upon the Constitution. Governor Sey
mour eaid of Abraham Lincoln that he had been,
guilty of attempting to establish a military despo
tism, and the penalty of this crime, by the laws of
this country, is death. [“He ought to be dead,”
“ Bar,g him,” &c.]
It is unnecessary to name those who who have
-uttered tbe same atrocious and treasonable senti
ments. The mob have taken these men at their
word.
Biot at Rochester*
[From the Rochester Union, 15th. ]
We hear, from passengers from Buffalo this fore
noon, that that city is again disgraced by a mob—
this time, on account of the draft. Fears were ex
presße that the mob would sieze the State Arsenal
there and Government property. What arrange
ments have been made to quel the riot we hare hot
ascertained. ~
Riot Suppressed-in /Boston*
Boston, Wednesday, July lo.—All is quiet this
morning. Four or fiver persons were killedTast
right, ard probably a dozen wounded, some seri
busly. The most daring act of the rioters was at-
Tflolttt? ffleannory m nnaricr streeti wtoe a l&n®
VI inIIIWITTTCtB rHMfIMUi j
- When themob had be»ien down doorj i-fe was
.fired upon from a six-pounder loaded with canister.
This effectually scattered the mob at that point.
One rioter waß completely riddled by the shot, and
fell dead at the door of the armory.
William Cunier, 71 years old, who was standing on.
.the stoop of his house on Cooper street, was mortally
wounded, and iB now dead. Wm. Look, provision
dealer, Salem street, was seriously wounded in the
thigh.; - :• ' ; .
Three young women and three or four small boys
were wounded, hut not seriously.- Two soldiers in
the armory were injured by bricks thrown through
tbe windows. The rioters attacked the gun-shops,
stealing $4,000 to $5,000 wdrth of property, but
were speedily dispersed by a volley from the revol
vers of the police.
. The .Ist Dragoons appeared at. 8 o’clock; pa
trolling tbe streets, and together with the infantry
force, overawed all further outbreak. The military
continue in their quarters in the sections where the
disturbance occurred.?
■ Mayor Lincoln has ißßued a proclamation, warn*
ng all riotously disposed persons from further yio
ence, and calling all citizens to aid in the preserve
-ion of quiet and order. -
He says that tbe peace of the city shall be pre
fer vedatall hazards, and requests parents and guar
dians to' see that all minors over whom they have
control be kept within doors after sunset.
The leading rioters arrested laßt night are to be
proceeded against for burglary and wilful murder.
They are committed without bail.
Evening.—There are indications of another out
break to-night. The city is being patroled by a
stioDg force of military and police.
How They Treat a Riot til /Boston*
The disturbance in Boston on Monday night and
Tuesday appears to have been an-inconsiderable
affair, and was promptly suppressed by the authori
ties. The military went about their work in sober
earnest, and did not even so much as once fire blank.
but Baus&d in aaIJ lead in. sso&aiad. y&l_
lepiwficiepfip the Matepi appeared. Tho aioiniiu
Thontießi ToOi met the emergefler like mem ana
the result was that in less than twelve hours the
whole affair was over., A number of the rioters
have been arrested and will be tried for wilful mur
der. A proclamation was yesterday issued by
Mayor Lincoln, in which he says:
“The good order and quiet of the city shall be
preserved at all hazards, and those who riotously
attempt them shall be brought to punishment, what
ever vigor may be necessary to these ends. That
innocent parties may not suffer with the guilty,
all persons whose duty does not call them into
.proximity, are warned to keep away from, them,
and all parents and guardians are earnestly desired
to see that the minors under their control are not
in the fitreets after sunset.”—Y. Y. Evening Post.
Naval*
New.Yobk, July 16.—The United States steam
frigate Sabine has arrived from a cruise. Two men
were seriously wounded, and one; killed, by the
bursting of a cannon while practising. The cutter
Cuyahoga has also returned from a cruise.
Arrival of* the Ocean Queen*
.New York, July 16. —The steamer Ocean Q,ueen
has arrived from ABpinwall, with dates to the Bth
instant. She has $200,000 in treasure.
Departure orthe China—A Collision.
New York, July Ye. steamship China sailed
at 5 o’clock this morning. -While going out, she ran
into the brig Kentucky, sinking her.
FOUR CAjftPAIGNS CLOSED.-—No less, than
four great military campaigns have come to a con
clusion since the beginning ,of June—General
Meade’s campaign in Pennsylvania and Maryland
iflgainst Lee; General Rosecr&ns’ campaign against
General Grant’s campaign against Vicks
burg; General Banks’ campaign against Port Hud
son. The two latter; campaigns and victories are
final in them selves';; the 'two former will doubtless
be resumed on new field», or rather new
will succeed those just closed.
GETTYSBURG.—AII our information
us to state that nearly every house in Gettysburg
is now, or has been, a hospital, and that those citi
zens who remained at home have acted and.are act
icgnobly in the terrible ordeal through whiofc.th&t
beautiful and flourishing borough has been and is,
now passing, and instead of reproaches and slanders,
they are to the thaDks and sympathy of
their fellow-countrymen. —York Gazette, " • A
REBEL PRISONERS.— CoI. Hoffman, commis
sary general of prisoners, estimates number of
rebel prisoners now in our hands at Go,ooo, This
Includes the captures at Yioksburg ahd Gettys
burg.' The rebels hold between 12,000 and 16,0QQ qf
our men unp^changejl.