Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-12-18
THE CITY.

0fnETnEEfA OouuuGG Of tue MeM4eNA 2
Ninth Battery.
The most dIsEfaceiul acts Of unprovOked
violence and outrage which We have ever
been called upon to record, and which We
now record with tho deepest regret-because
involving that class Of cur fellow citizens
for whose interest, and in care Of whom ell
devote themselves in 3 greater or less de-
gree, and in whose behalf the greatest len
isncy has been shown, and the greatest
goodwill manifested-weEe perpelrated
night before last by certain members Of the
Ninth Battery. Capt. WetmOre.
II seems II shortly after the dispatch
Sraa-ing the march Of the Battery was re-
ceivs6 some twenty-five or thirty of .he
man reaotved and declared their intention
70 pass thear last night in Cleveland in a
grand spree, & part Of the programme being
10 sack all the houses Of iIl-fame they
could end. As eaniv Is 9 o'clock in the eve
ming they had begun TO show signs of the
impending trouble, and the Police officers
on the beats which include Pittsburgh, On
tario south Of the Square, Etehigan and
Seneca streets, concluded thSs aasy should
have their handsfaH before morning, though
shey did not dream Of the extent % Eeich
the trouble was carried. Up 70 scout 10
O'Clock the soldiers had eonhned themselves
to "msking the night hideous with thor
yeKu," but shortly after this hour an officer
heard screams in the vicinity Of Seneca
street, which he soon ascertaied proceeded
from a low house kept by ChRs. Van Tasaell'
near the corner Of Seneca and Michigan
streets. Repairing 10 the place, be found q
number Of the soldiers there, one Of whom
Ihad struck q woman Who is s~aeients, the blow
being 90 severe as to require the immediate
Intention Of a physician. The officer re-
ouINted that the nan 30 pointed out TO him
but mis- was refused, and no arrest was
made. From this point they went onto
and up Pittsburgh street to Ohio street.
amusing thJmselTes BY occasionally unhing-
ing a gate, teaving down %Oortions Of fences.
60. Arriving at Ohio, they broke up int
two or three nquads, each sSuad aking 6
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the house Of Richard Van Tasssll, bus soor
left without committing any violence and
went thence to Jenny Green's, ana other
notorious houses, bat left all Of them pace
ably. Ohcsrs Owen Gallagher and Smith,
accompanied By Deputy Marshal Gallagher,
kept watch Of this squad until It reached
Perry street, ct which point the men prom
ised 70 60 quietly to earp, and the officers
withdrew. This was about IIH O'Clock.
Thsy were not heard Of again until about
2o'cloek yesterday morning, when infOrma-
ton was brought to Marshal Gallagher by
o. Armbrustsr, who keeps q saloon on the
corner Of Forrest and Croton streets, Of their
conduct in that locality. The entire police
farce was summoned out as soon as possible,
and went in q body TO the principal scene o.
the difficulty, but upon their arrival Tia
work Of destruction had been completed
cot the destroyers had gone 10 camp. o
covers no arrests could be made at this time
The fnB attack Of the party, it seems, ate
thsv ~ cat Of the way Of the Police, wal
made M Vn Che saloon and residence Of Chris
tan sc~horndorfer, on Kinsmau street.
Here they demanded admission Of Mrs. s.
who was alone In the house with her chill
dron, saying that they wanted oysters. Mra
s. refused 70 admit them, saying that th
hour was too lr3e-it was II o'eloek-an'
she could not 60 TO the trouble OF cOokinI
oysters for 90 ma,ly. They then burst tn
back door in, and passed through the hOus
into the oaloon. the floor Of which they GOV
cred with bottles, ylasses, &C. and brok
tvo Dspea Of the f. 'ont window. Mrs.
called for aid, but up On being eommande
toeease her calling an d 90 into the house
she would be shot, she went ID add locke
her doors, they giving her no more troubl
Al the house adjoining SchOrndOrfeFs-tl
private residence Of e Ge vman family-th'
bsOho one pane Of glass in a frol 1t window.
Then then won't 10 WoIfe's Grocery q
Bakery, corner Of Kinfna an q nd Erie, a
hsrs hroks in several panSs Of lass and
stroyed q quantity Of croekery ware, 70,
&c. doing damage to the am0 mt Of pre-
ABLY 50. They then proceeded on up Xii
man street, tearing down porto Us Of snu'
Der Of fences, Infringing gata , uPsetti
wagons, &C., as far as Forest . Heet' VII
issdS 70 the Camp. They went on Iowa
ths camp, but on arriving at q eton str
Hwould seem thEt the hellish 3 Pirit Wn
vossssssd them, lowered By The v hiSky =
had % freoly imbibed, strsngthen d IN q
and with bricks and szes they q IN msn
Che destruction Of the house 90 ;uPtea
Martin Kragee, in which be has 3 sel'
dry-gOOds and grocery store 1h' 9