The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1862-11-20
The Draft Dimculties in Wisconsin.

From the Milwaukee News, November l3.]
The details of the resistance to the draft
at Port Washington, in Ozaukee County,
which we gave yesterday, are since fully
confirmed. The persons injured thus far are
Hon. VIM. A. Poris, the Commissioner; Hon.
A. n. Blair, Judge White, Lafayette Town
slew. ESQ.,, Judge Downe, Milton Ramsey,
and VIM. Porter. Probably mono of these
were seriously hurt. Others were threaten
ed. and still others escaped by conceafment
or flight. Mr.. Poris believed that he saved
his life by concealing himself in the cellar
of the Post.office building. The amount OF
private property destroyed is laIse. The
following is list of buildings attacked:
Tomlinson's Mill, worth several thousand
dollars-considerab damaged.
Residence of Mr.. Poris. costly residence
for that county-the inside completely
sacked. The doors were torn down; the
fence destroyed; the windows smashed In,
and all the furniture, including pianos, MIR
rors and pict ures, broken up.
Residence of DR.. Stiman-furniture de-
stroyed, also valuable private papers
Residence Of Isaac Loomis, Governme nt
Assessor-furniture destroyed. Mr.. LOOMS
fed for his life.
Resid ence of H. H. Hunt, Deputy Collec-
tor; contents all injured or destroyed.
Residence of A. NJ. B!air-lower part
torn out and furniture destroyed.
Masonic Lodge Rooms-books, charts.
furniture &C., all destroyed.
Probably thousand men were in the
streets during The progress of this destruc-
ton although but about 200 are supposed
to have actively participated in the proceed
ing. Monday night, it is reported, the
streets were barricadcd to prevent attack
- l. al, cd
was fired in Port Wash ington and answered
at SAukvlle, three or four miles distant. by
a similar signal. The excitement and alarm
was general. An attempt was made to de-
stroy the lako pier in order to prevent boats
from landing, and the effort was partly sue
cessful. About the same time Blake's
warehouse, near the pier, was sacked.
Night before last, as we mentioned IN
our edition of yesterday. the Provost Mar
shall, Lieut. Colonel Whitaker and about
600 soldiers, belonging to the Eighteenth
Regiment, started for the scene. The boat
arrived at Port Ulao. this side of Port
w ashington, early yesterday morning
where about 200 Of the soldiers landed and
marched quick " to the rear Of the town.
throwing out pickets. The remainder Of
the soldiers proceeded by water to the front
of the town, thus completely investing it.
been taken, some of the parties had fed,
and others had concealed themselves.
We learn from various sources that the
rioters ere confined to no political party or
nationality. Democrats and Republicans
were alike leading the assault and were
alike assaulted. The person who figured
most conspicuously among the assailants to
well-known Republican,, and the Commits
soner, Mr.. Pors. IS Dem ocrat who has
just been elected Attorney for that county
on the Democratic ticket. What will be
done with the perso ns arrested it is now i'm
possible to conjecture. 1t is also possible
at the present time to say how far the dis
position for resistance has extend ed 1t is
rumored that similar feeling prevails in the
counties farther north, but we have heard
os no open demonstration there. In the
Germ an county of Washington, the strong
est Democratic county in the State except
Milwaukee, aud largely populated with IN
telligent Germans, the proceedings on the
day Of the draft were generally acquiesced
! in, and general determination was man.
ifested to obey the laws.