, 1862-10-01

have BEEN entered and pfopett7 taken, the
proprietor being poweriess In the premises,
md not daring to protest FOR fear OF being
assaulted Yesterday fruit stand on State
street wins entered In this manner, and large
quantity OF peaches carried of The same
crowd attempted to enter other places when
an e1tempore indignation meeting was held,
and several citizens clubbing together, cleaned
the soldiers out a more glazing case was
told Us by prominent citizen yesterday. 4
day or two since, some half dozen intoxica-
ted soldiers entered the residence Of worthy
blacksmith, on State, near Twelfth street, and
finding no one but his wife at homo, COM
meuced throwing dishes out OF the windows.
During the perpetration OF this outrage. the
husband returned. and at once interfered
The soldiers chased him out and fell upon
him, end ware only prevented from inIurlng
him By hackman who Was driving by. He
jumped of his vehicle, and with his loaded
whip soon put the cowardly assailants to
flight. We, ourselves, witnessed no less than
4 dozen disgracetul fghte yesterday on Clark
street, between soldiers Of various regiments.
These assaults upon unaEned and unotfend-
ing civilians, are not only cowardly, but out
rageous. and call loudly for correction We
appeal to the officers at Camp Douglas to stop
them Immediately by enforcing camp discip-
line, aud to cease granting universal leave OF
absence, If thereby civilians must be subject
ed to such outzages. Night and day the
streets are swarnang with seidiers, many Of
them orderly and well behaved, but unfortu-
uate!y, many OF them intoxicated and dsor-
deray. None but the mostturgent REASONS |
should obtain leave Of absence. We sincerely |
trust that Gen. Tyler, who assumes command |
this morning, will remedy these evils.
Considerable excitement was created upon
Dearborn street, near the Portland Block,
yesterday, by an attack made upon an unof- |
Tending negro By an intoxicated soldier. Au
eye witness Informs US that the negro was
engaged in saving wood in front Of the block
and conveying it by sr1nfu1s to q room in the
second story. While engaged in his work, q
drunken soldier came along and stumbled
from he walk int the gutter. He arose in q
towering rage and violently accused the negro,
whose arns were filed with wood, Of pushing
him over. The negro denied it and was about
proceeding up stairs with his wood when
the soldier attacked him. The ncrro dropped
bis wood and defended himself, aud was rap
idly getting the lest OF his adversary, when
two OF three more soldiers attacked the negro
and succeeded in giving him q severe beating,
and would undoubtedly have seriously injured
him had 1t not been lot the Interference Of the
police, At that time, the janitor or
the block, also colored nan, who
1,ad employed tt other to saT tho wood, in
passing through .:ie crowd, being addressed
with some tauut, eaid he would defend him
stlf, and If anybody ,aolested him he would
put ball through lin. The injudicious re-
| 1nark Immediately caused another excitement.
| and six or eight men started for the luckless
| ianitor. chased him mn stairs. and atter 1onp
tasEle succeeded in getting him down stairs
by rolling from the top to the bottom with
| him. He was then handed to q policeman and
- T. 49, otta1,. s.a 1900 r." f4.s ~.
t5na distnrb,nce wse allowed IA On unha-1,.d
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