, 1862-11-14
THE DRAFT RI0TS III WIS
e0NSIN.
M0bs I'm OZaukeo and Wash
ington Counties.
THE DRIFT COMMISSIONERS ASSAULTED
1ND DRIVEN AWAY.
Houses Torn Down and
Furniture Destroyed. -
The 28th Regiment {Col. Lewis
Sent to 0zaukee.
Seventy Rioters Arrested and Put
into the Service sFor
the War;
from the Madison Journal, 12th.1

the War;" !
From the Madison Journal, 12th.1
The example Of the mob in Ozaukee and
has proved contagious, and WASH
iDgtou county WAS yesterday the scene OF
most dtsgzaeetu and rio,oas resistance to Law
The draft commissioner, Mr. E. H. Gilson.
who narrowly escaped with his lie, arrived
here this morning. From him ne learn the
following particulars:
On Monday he commenced making the draft
at Vest Bend, employing little girl about
eight years OF age to draw the ballots The
proceedings vent on during Monday without
Interruption. Good feeling prevaised, and
there was no Indication OF any, disturbance.
TIE DRAFT tor B;Eson, ;H o. Fa5nineton, Jackson,
The following morning, the news Of the riot
at Ozaukee and the success Of the mob there,
aud the 1ioseus proceedings In Milwaukee,
with The poetPone1nent Of the draft in that
city, wa= received, and produced great excite
nen:~ The court house was den5ely packed
with Germans, and The prospect ahead was
threatening. Mr.. Gil6eu resumed his duties.
AID went on to make the draft for the to m
Of Trenton. just as he had completed the !
drawing for that town, the whole asscmb1ags
bowls. Mr. G. says be never heard anything |
ike it, It Was the signal OF the determiua.
tion Of the maEses to fsliog the example Of !
Ozaukee. B. s. Wiel, who wss standing by,
endeayoted to assure the commissioner, and |
expressed the opinion that there would be no |
serious difficulty.
Sheriff Nelnar addressed the crowd in Ger
man, and acted nobly in end=av2riog to secure |
submission to the laws. But his etforls we're
OF no avail. Finding the desperate spirit that
whispered TO Gi1Eon, " Fer Gods sake get out
Of the court house as soon as possible" Gil
son started, md with tha little girl who was
frjghtered nearly cut Of ler SENSES, succeeded
in getting out Ct The house before The crowd
seemtd precisely cetersniaed as to the course
ton Of My. L. F. Frisby's office, and had
nearly reaehed it when te wss oycrtakcu,
about eighty lods from the court h3use BY
t1retn OF twenty excited men. One cauEh.
him by the throar, another by his ua!ca
guard, ecd aro:her struck him heavy bl3w
IN the right side with stone Of the size OF
mans tTo fists. Tney told him to give 10 the
rolls coltgirir, the list OF men subject to
draft, or they woald murder lin on tue spot.
He replied that the sheriff had them. Taes
called him d-d Liar, AID rcnewed their
threats IL the meantime the croEd in
creased to the lumber Of about 49, Mr..
Gilson continued to expostuia:e with thc1n,
and In the meantime to tooye back ward T.,
Fri$by's o1llce, hoping that Frisby (1ho had
6een dIaitr95 u snd his 1 2astnsr, Paul Welt.
| wards pacil} Ing the mob. He finally got to
tue steps Of Fr1:by's Office, bat several pow
crtul men interposed between him and the
entrance, Aeantime, Gibson addressed the
crowd in I'll: most earnest terms he could,
speaking as man wol1d whose life was IN
peril. Frisby came out md did his utmost to
| a{peasc the tGuuls.
| Faul We'll to.lo @ed him, and Is he came for
wa1d, pushed ellison into the office, telling
hita to escape BY the back door. Two strong
/ Nu
| ilg G;lsor. He called to :rierd III the vtlice,
saying be wished to say word to him, aud
Stepped into the back room, un]y party cos
iHE the door, and at once escaped by the back
w2y. Ni:h his overcoat and loaded re-
volver, he made the best speed his legs were
capable OF. Alter going little way ID pl.in
sight OF the crowd, WOO .sere absorbed III
wal ching the front door Of Frishy's utlice, he
mtt Ecnie A1nericaEs, who told him he would
find last horse tied half . uljle distant, b4cg
e & swamp, in the woods.
He WIGS not long in reaching the hosae,
Which he mounted aud made for H1r:.ord at
tile tep OF his speed. When Eear that pl1ce
| he met i've OF Six men on horseback armed
Eitl cubs, going in the direction Of Wcs!
Berd- They called to hii1-
ttAte you running away from the draft e''
at West Bend.''
''Ey GOO, we'll see about tha:," thsy re
piled, and put spurs to their loF:es.
Mr. GilEcu reached altfurd III time to re
af GARD tllc train, ind at once pruceeatai +,
Ml~aukee. He is an cid resilient Of Wash
i1gton county, and hss hitherto been one 0
thu most ih;lu. ntla1 men there.
He felt confident of being able to make tn
!, Graft, and ot preventing any ou1sreak; bu
! tie news from Ozaulsee 1naddened and en-
to:drEed the Germans beyond control. Mr
4. rteijes at NeWbnrgh ia that couaty. II
! e1rtCts to Lear that iiie Eunsc has been dc
= stroyed, an6 his ,ainily iu=u1sed ard outraged
. These h;gh-handed proceededi.gs call 70,
and ill VIZ doubt mol receive, prompt au
: vigorous action on the part OF the executive.
From the Milwaukee Sentinel; l3th1
The rcsistarce Of the draft in Oz aukse cnua
| ts lae assumed quite ! serio1s aspect. Earl
e On Montuy morning, The cay Oh witch th
: draft Fas to take Place, PROFESSIONS cauc int
the village Of Ozankee, and paradel 1hc ssre@.
Hifl banners Oh which was inscribed 81 y
! Draft" at prcconcvrted si.nal-the iiri j
OF tHo cannon, they marehrd to tilr coa;
e hocec, where they found the commits sipue
q Mr.. po.s, had just conaenced operation:
j. The mob Immediately a:ta-kad the con
house, the commissioner fled, part Of tb
? multitude pursuing him aud ass Aultiu:y hi,
c With stones, bFickbats and other missiles I'll
til he took refuge in the post office. tt
9 Other part CONTINUED their assault on til
Il court house, and destroyed the papers IN
other machinery connected with the draft.
q The commissioner having escaped from tn
s hahds Of the rioters, they turned round an
o Wrecked their vengeance upon several en-
r nent citizens who had been counseling CD
d dience to the laws: Among those assaulte
|; end beaten Te5e 3. 4. White, tho coun1
e judge Downs, register Of deeds, and 4.
e Blair, q leading lawyer. All these gen11ene
, 1ere severely injured, and narrowly eacapt
4 With their 1lyee. It is reported tnat Jud.
Downs had his leg broken.
k Tne rioters then commenced destroSir
: private property. The houses OF A1r. Pnr
= Mr. 1oolnis, Mr.. Blair, Dr. Stillman, and
IS II. Hunt, were sacked. Thu o. ,ukes sto.
r mills ere leyelled TO the grnuud. They pm
e SUED the proprietor with the purpose of takir
his lie, but be managed to secrete hiESe
d and afterwards escaped to this city.
!, Previous to this they had obtained all 4
"a ste,i1's papers in connection Tith the dr.
l. anti destroy cd them.
le The :nuEse Of commissioner P3rs was nj
Y visited with particular vengeance Tle IL
II the greet. le]1ses, jams and preserves we
If personal apparel torn into sh.eds.
n The mob continued IN td1ir l'i*'l.hana
y be peaceful, lax-sbidin@, and 1aa. obeyi1
lt ci;izen WAS threatened with violence 10
IF ptreon aud property. In many cases the
=r threats were carried oEt with t=aslcl exa
j. ness
We are confident the leaders in this riot II
/
Is body Of the people there have been led oa
5; designing, fac:ious men, who are never &C
Id tent unlsss engaged in some fiotous proce:
ad ing, no u1at1eF what lts mature, il it only
&C resistance to the lawful constituted authori
I'd Pillase and plund.r is their great object, a
.jr they Iaye led on innocent, unsuspectsng p.
pie to commit their deyilish deeds under t
ne cry Of mo Draft. We expect these mc
Mt ern Santcrres and 1larats will be Gagged.
he i he provost marshal general of the Sta
Of II. D. McIndoe, srrived here 1as: night, a
re accompanied By eight companies Of the 2
Of regiment, about GU strong, uu1er comma
If Of Col. Lewis. left tor the ecene of the
an turbalces In Ozaukee county.
ot- The steamers Genet and Sunbeam had ,
lat ysously been chartered By the governor, q
at 81 o'clock Wednesday morning took th
departure for Port Washington, with the p
vest marshal general and troops on board.
=, Tie propeller kencsha, which arrived ii
.ss ta q: Q O'clock Tuesday night, brought inform
~ ~ ton that the mob at Oz4ukee had three pie,
~ | OF artillery, one of which vas planted On
~, pier, and TWO On az elevation commanding
10 I,ler, and that they threatened 70 prevent
~ 1sEdin9 Of truoIss. To avoid collision at
a.. pier, it was understood the troops wonld
81 landed at Port Ulao, five miles this side, 9
~ ~ march into Port Washington before daytis
: i this morning.
IL ?. s-Tle Comet has just returned
- O'Clock. The troops landed at Port Ulao s
- proceeded By land to Port Washington, ar1
~, ~ 1pg ebout o'clock in the morning The II
~ e1s we're completely taken by surprise,
ia. one Of them expecting that anything Wo
he done bF the State or United States autht