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AFFRAY AT HARTFORD.
Correspondence Of the New York Journal Of Commerce
HARTFORD, June 9, 1885.

Correspondence Of the New York Journal Of Commerce
HARTFORD, June o, 1885.
Last night about 10 o'clock, our peaceful
city was disturbed by riotous assembage Of
persons at the corner of Front and Tacott
streets, which proceeded from some alterca-
ton between the whites g. blacks. The ori-
gin of it was believe some difficulties which
occurred several days since, and has been
increasing without any particular manifesto
ton of breaking each others heads until last
night, when negro snapped pistol twice at
some persons, which not going off, he went
into the house and procured musket and fir
ed upon the crowd, and lodged nearly all the
contents in the body of young man and
woman, and wounded another severely in the
right arm. The life of the first, who is ap-
prenticed to the joining business, is in very
critical situation, and he will not probably
live. The negro was taken to the watch
house, followed by the mob, who after seeing
him securely lodged within its walls, return
ed to the house he occupied, and levelled it
to the ground.
p. ST. learn that II shot have been ex-
tracted from the body ofthe young man.
A correspondent of the Journal of Com
merce, in letter dated Hartford, June llth,
gives the following particulars ofanother riot,
which occurred in that place on Wednesday
night:
"A mob assembled in Knox's Landing, at
the foot of kilbourn street, threatening to de-
moish building formerly tavern stand)-
occupied by several families of blacks; but as
some defence was anticipated, and the mob
learning that two buildings up in sinking
I'D bod hao <al t,o h,,& &l,rl
occupants, (probably fearing from their isola-
ted situation an attack) they proceeded to
the spot and destroyed both Of them. There
were from 500 to 1000 persons present, but
not more than twenty to thirty actively en-
gagged in the work of destruction. The Sher-
iff with his posse comitatus and several watch
men, arrived in the midst of it, and by vigor-
Gus eXertlons kept the mob at check for q
while, but when rush was made upon the
authorities, nearly all Of them gave way and
left the field in the hands of the victorious
party. The riot act was read without having
any effect and the magistrates with the Sher-
if Immediately took measures to procure the
aid of the military, but it being midnight they
were not able to get together any efficient
numbers before the mob had generally dis
persed to their homes. The great object ap-
peared to be, not SO much to injure the per-
sons of the blacks, as to destroy the build
ings they occupied.
1t certainly was very strange conduct on
the part of the civil authorities, after the de-
struction Of the building the night previous,
that they did not take more thorough precau-
tons to prevent recurrence Of similar
scene, when they must have known from ru-
mors current during the day, that great ma
ny were somewhat exasperated against the
blacks, and must have also anticipated that
an attack would be made upon the building
where the mob first assembled, or upon some
others.
\ Measures to prevent any further outrages
are in contemplation which will be effective.
The common council meet this day at o.
clock; and Major Bolles has rendered the SER
vices of the Governors Foot Guards to the
Sheriff, who will assemble at the city Hall
this evening early. A requistion is also to
be made by the Sheriff upon Capt Cross COM
pany of light Infantry
| The young man wounded on the evening
OF the first riot, remains in the same critical
situation. He was not engaged in the uffray
but had been on an errand, and when passing
by, stopped on seeing row, just at tho mo-
ment the gun was fired. 1t was narrow
chance for his life. The charge struck him
on the left side, passing through the flesh
outwardly, and without making very deep
wound. Had the position Of his body varied
but one inch the shot must have penetrated
to his heart.