The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-08-12

ANiet at concord, New Hampsiiire--A News
paper Office Destroyed.
We published on Saturday. short account of the
destruction of the office of the Democratic Sanaard
Below we give fuller statement. The first seem.
ed to throw most of the blame on the editors; the
present story transfers It to the mob. The first
fire was from the crowd:
From the " p Postl
The riot at Concord, New Hampshire, on Thurs.
day, briefly reported by telegraph, was a serious
affair. The returned soldiers of the First New
Hampshire regiment took offence at certain expres
sions in the editorial columns of the Dcooc, ntie
HondWd, paper which has steadtastly oppos, d
ne government and denounced the war. A com
psny of the soldiers procured copies of the paper
read extracts to excited crowd and presently n
revolver was fired, the ball passing into the build
ing occupied by the Standard, narrowly escaping
some women employed in sewing machine shop
on the second floor. The publishers ofthe Standard,
four IN number, thereupon appeared at the win
oo"s, armed with revOlvers. guns aud axes One
OF them very imprudently reached forth Colts
revolver, shook it, and told the crowd they were
well prepared, and should defend themselves to the
last extremity. Those who composed the mob an.
s"ered with CALCULATIONS like the following: "Fire
| you traitor'-"you rebel and secessonist'-
| If you dare"
| At the time the City Marshal appeared and read
| the riot act, and with great difficulty prevented
the soldiers from ascending the stairway. John NJ.
Hill, Esq and several prominent citizens, endeav-
ored to calm the excited populace, but with no
effect; they then went up to the office and told the
| publishers that ii they would give up their arms
they wOui endeavOr to protect their persons and
property. They agreed to this, but before any-
thing could be done the soldiers were at the head
OF the stairs, aod all parleying was at end. The
rioters attempted to enter, but the door was bolted
and they commenced staving out the pannels; fire.
arms were then freely used inside, and several of
| the crowd were wounded, in the arm, another
| in the hand, while bullets passed through the
| clothes of a number. The firing distinctly
! heard in the street, and thousands led the way
| to long distance above aud below the building
The publishers escaped into he attic by lad
der, aud the rioters toGk possession. The work of
demolition was now commenced in good earnest;
types, desks, paper Of all kinds, ard n fact every
| thing which is used about q printing office came
| tumbling down on the sidewalk in a fearful man
| ner. Bonlres were Immediately kindled, and the
relics OF the secession press were thrown upon the
burning pile, while the soldiers gathered around
the smouldering ruins, and gave vent to their
JOY IN the widest acclamations. Alter the hres
had somewhat abated, and nearly everything had
been Consumed, the City Marshal went into the
office and prevailed upon the rioters to 20 into the
street.
The passages in the Standard which ex cited the
, ire of the soldiers were as follows: One article
| stated that the would be allowed to change
from company or regiment to another in or der
to get clear of obnoxious incompetent officers,
and closed by remarkiDg that
"This may be the with certain Northern
New England regiment, portion of which actually
mands it, before leaving for the seat of war. A
number of his men having demanded furlough to
visit their friends Sunday, were refused,
whereupon they formed into line and charged
bayonets on the recusant commander, who made
| sudden tracks for the nearest fence This move.
| ment the men greeted with shouts of derisive
laughter, and 'hree cheers for jeff Davisl' They
were subsequently, granted the required furloug6
and 'Order regned in Warsaw After reacbinf
| Washington, it was found necessary to divide tbi
regiment, and station portions OF it at differen
| points"
The following is another specimen:
! 'our Southern papers are filed with heart
sickenng accounts of the murders and robberie'
winch individuals in old Abes mob are perpetratine
on the Southern people. Innocent women ano
chiioren are shot on their door steps tor wear
| ing what is called secession bonnets. NO wohue'
tne Northern people run, when the honest men
| the South march toward the9."
| Suspicious of the French
The Washing ton correspondent oil the fhliauei
phia Inquirer, speaking of the visit of Prince Napo
| leon to Fairfax, says:
As the Prince entered the carriage he remarked d
in a ocular manner, in reply to some observation
of a member of the corps dpomatique, "that h
might possibly go as far as Richmond" The cal
risges were preceded and followed by the cavalry