The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-08-02
FROM THE NORTH.

| ksktIkD t'koN AN ONNfBtS-f<TENsE fx.
cITkMENr IN coNSfQGENCE.
A Chicago paper gives the following ac.
count of a row which recently occurred in
that city. At the bottom Of which is 10 be
found the everlasting negro:
| The doctrine OF negro equality was practi
celiy illustrated in this city, by AN affair which
happened at the corner Of Clark aud Ran.
doiph streets, yesterday forenoon Two ne.
good time of equality had really come, enter
ed one OF the Clark street omiibuses. stand,
my ut the locality mentioned, and took seats
| Tor r.de rp town. One of tie siarkevs was
okihg cheap cigar, while the other was
| guiiawing loudly at bis own coarse Jokes,
whlrn We're not of the most refined sort Two
| ladies' Were the other occupants OF the ombi-
| bus. and these sat III the front OF the vehicle,
waiting for its departure.
1ae shades. however, continued smoking
aud grlnnlng, until oGe OF the women, an.
noyed by the smoke anu disagfeeabie o,ior of
the cigas. complained Of the nuisance TO the
| driver, Richard Kelly. The latter imne1iate
| Y opened the door, and stating the causes Of
| the lady's complaint, mildly requested the ne
gspes 20 leave the ouai5,ts One OF the shades
very properly complied with the request, bur
| the other, Indignantly renarhing that he had
! as many rights az any one. utterly refused.
The driver repeated his regaest ;sddiag tisa.
smoking in the omnibus was prohibited, and
! intitnatfns that, unless his orders was obeyed
| he shoeld proceed TO eject the negro The
| latter. however, was firm in his refusal, and
lnsolent, too, for he not only reiterated his as.
| sertIou about his rights, but also took the lib
| erty oil telling the driver that he mi Eht ''be
| d-d This last remark provoked the rage
| of Kelly, who, without further ado. entered
the 'bss and collared the inper,inent darhey.
| Not only collared him. but prepared TO eject
tht. oil
resistance, administrative or three list blows
| upon the nigSers face, which latter had the
elect of entirely cowing his insubordination,
and causing IA summary departure. The time
| OF starting OF the omnibus had now arrived.
and the driver, having mounted his box drovs
away.
Meanwhile a crowd had been gathering on
the corner, blocking up the street and walk,
and causing considerable noise and confusion
The negro was bowling with rage, and was in
dulging i'll all manner of curses and imprec;,
tions on the head of the driver from whom
he had received So undesirable a wors,iny.
Yet In all that crowd he found little sympathy
until Sheriff Anthony c. lIesing, OF Cook
county, had arrived and inquired into the row
1t is usually considered the duty of the consta.
| bulaly force 10 preserve order, to auell riots,
and dsperse crowds Or MODS, but Sheriff An
thony {. Hesing had this time Il different idea
of his responsibilities. Without taking any
measure 10 restore the peace of the neighbor-
hood he at once consulted the darkey, exam
ined his injuries, and then prepared to act
Another omnibus had taken up Its position at
the corner, and into this lie bade the darkev go
| Iheq, taking two other niggers, lie disposed
of them In the same manner, while he himself
entered the omnibus, and, remarking, Il make
no distinction between negro aud "A white
Ean," took d seat by the sideof his Ethiopian
freight. The crowd WAS still increasing and
the confusion had reached its utmost, when
the omnibus started up the street. The nlaio-
rity of the crowd favored the driver, and it
was easy TO see that negro equality" was de
| cldediy at Il discount.
Sheriff Hesin., with bis three black cont
| panions, proceeded as far up as the Southern
| cattle Yards when the omnibus WAS halted
and the four got ont. Al this place Hesing
| took his negroes into saloon and treated
| them to wbiskey and ale. This proceeding
attracted "a crowd, the Sheriff meanwhile pro
'ectlng the darkeys from violence. After
| spending several minutes III this vicinity, the
! party started down Clark street and halted at
| Liberty street. In few minutes the first
omnibus, driven by a new driver, approached,
b;ivIng Made It's trip and heing llo,y en- iss-rex
! turn to the staDd dit the corner of Clark and
Randolph streets. the Sheriff -icn.iled the dri-
YER 10 stop, which had the desired effect and
the omnibus was halted. Hesng having or
dered the negroes TO enter, got in himself, and
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disposed to obey. and told the Sheriff that he
"didn't propose To drive that crowd
/ The order Was repeated, but the driver again
, refused 10 drive unless the negroes got out
The Sheriff grew excited, and became more
| and more pefenptorv, but each time met with
Il decided refusal. The stoppage OF the onnn-
bus and the angry conversation between Hes
ing and The driver had now gathered a crowd
OF men, s'n.e Of whom comprellended the or-
gin of the difficulty and were quite willing to
sustain the driver against the niggers and their
companion, Resing. The latter. fearing doubt
less, the gathering of a still larger crowd, and
thinking 1t unsafe 10 insist on a further display
of his folly, deserted his sable friends and pro
ceeded down the street. Thereupon the crowd
iniertered and at compelled the negroes
10 come out, which they did with prudent
alacrtv, taking TO their heels and running
away. thoroughly convinced that negro equal,
ity was a hunbuE.
During all this time people were gathering
iii masses at the corner of Clark and kandoph
streets, bent on venting their anger on the dar-
keys and the Sheriff i'll case they should again
make their appearance Ii Is fortunate for all
that the Sheriff did not crown with success his
scheme to bring the darkeys down the street
10 the omnibus, as triumph over the driver
else there mi ght have been a row equal In d.
Inenslons to the never-to be forgotten riots OF
two Or three years since There was certainly
indignation enough at the insoent conduct of
the darkey to have broken out in acts of vio
lence, had he again appeared in the omnibus.
Indeed, during the course of the afternoon
there were several fights in different parts of
the city, in all OF which negroes were the
prominent actors and sufferers. The affair be-
came d fertile and almost universal topic of
conversation throughout the city, and it was
some time even before the excitement Of the
event had subsidized.
The negro who caused the row is porter
for N. o. Walker, on Dearborn street After
Hesing, the Sheriff, had reached the Court
House, he caused warrant to be issued for
the arrest of Kelly, the driver, but up to the
present writing the latter has not been taken
into custody.
MORE vIHDICTIvE WAR DEMANDED
The Northern papers are getting trenulous
about the prospect of a "thirty years war," and
demand that the rebellion shall be crushed out
in "the remaining months of the present year
The Philadelphia Inqasrer says
Is tito be lingering, fruitless and exhausting
or short, decisive and triumphant to the ma
tonal arms ? These are questions which not
only press upon the Executive, but which
coiae home with emphatic force to the busi-
ness and bosonis of all the people. And the
Executive and the people must awake and act
upon their stern reality The whole theory of
the war must be changed. We have been re-
minded that in dealing with the rebels We
were dealing with our misguided brethren
and under noble but deluriye impulse, we
have been gentle, TENDER forbearing and for
giving, even to the verge of romance. Our
'inisguided brethren" have indulged Ill no