The New York herald., 1863-07-15
SCENES IN THE NEGRO QUARTERS.


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Great Destruction or Property-One Hum
dred and Fifty Negroes Killed and
Wounded.
The negroes OF this city certainly In very unfor
tunate condition-that Ia, these who left behind
Since Monday night largo numbers have departed for
more conRcnial residences. Hundreds have gono 10
Brooklyn and many TO New Jersey while all trains
and steamboats, leading the interior have beon almost
with tho flying blacks perfect reign OF tor
exists In tho quarters Of these helpless people and tho
troubles which agtats city continno during the
week II Ia believed that not q single negro will remain
within tho metropolitan limits.
1t Is sad TO tho fear with which tho few negroes
loft 90 upon the street In order procure tho baro
saries Of life. Ono Of reporters yesterday while
walking through Sullivan street-a great negro quarter
noticed this particularly. Now and then would
steal carefully through alloy and gazing and down
tho street before vcnturing full view would at full
speed the nciehborng grocery. Some Of tho store
keepers said that they preferred 10 take articles OF food
to tho colorcd people. II positively dangerous to
allow them to remain for any length of tmo within their
buildings. This feeling Is general everywhere In New
York. and the police arc utterly powercs to protect tho
blacks the events Of Monday and yesterday fully dc
rnonsirated. Men, women and children stealthy wcnd
their way to the station houses every night TO sock
protection, bciug positively afraid 10 sleep In their
dwellings Last night, in station, twenty eight
colored women and quite many children sought pro-
lection from the fury Of the multitude. In many cases.
they followed by crowds and q .hem severely
beaten.
The Fourth ward has the scene robably Of
destruction Of negro residences than any other There
are, wore number OF coored mems boarding houses
in Roosevelt street. and these were nearly all destroyed
early yesterday morning Two Of thom Of Roosc
welt and Batavia streets. were kept by black
named Beverly. Tho crowd, determined upon
their destruction, gathered in large numbers
about the nsighborhood. few OF them finally
entered and beat coored who found there.
The rest doron in all, had expected the coming storm
and fed In few moments everything OF value in the
houss was destroyed tho building fred II
burned the ground. Gcrmas kept store next door
but II frequented by colorsd pcopc, mot the
fate much 10 the anguish Of Its Teuton Tho
crowd distributed the contents vlctors do the spois
In Roosevelt street. by, negro barber shop.
the crowd sweled 10 several thousand, scatter
Cd i about tho street. and then applied the
torch was not long before the shaving saloon had DIS
| no attempt thor property
Tho "Iverpeo Lodging House" 10 Roosevelt street,
opinion Of It's character attacked and burned
This establishment tho resort o all kinds and coors
,o sss IL. debris wa was or
| such portions M could be used by the people
man named Is ons Who though black 10 n strong demo
cras was puIled 10 pieces and "a now doubtless being
IRE wood BY many OF tho residents Of ths Fourth
ward
Late on Monday night coIored man. John Brown BY
name attacked at No "A Roosevelt street and svvro
y beaten n cut being Inflicted over his right eye
c ran ,op of his speed to the sixth ward station
house. and taken of for the rest Of the night
last night negro was caught IN Oliver street An IN
furated began 70 beat him He struck out IN sea
defence and getting clear away. The throns follow
ed him the pier foot u oliver street and succeeded In
| getting him upon IT, lie driven W the end Of the
pier and forced into the East river ihat he
drowned his INJURIES must have disabled him %
that he could not SWIM No one made an cnori 70 save
him.
attacked the Sixth ward and badly beaten She was
tAksn 70 the CITY Hospital. and viii probably survive
Hero proper 70 add that this = The only case % rea
been chased and stoned bot have managed TO ESCAPE
without injury. No buildings have bee destroyed, eu,
the bincs ai gone, and tbere y 20 eanse ior
disturbance lsn Capt Josrdsn Ia entitled 70 credit for
the succcssnl In which he has maintained tho
4 In the seventh ward there have been some popular
| demonstrations against the negroes Yesterday two
| or three frame buildings. inhabited by ooiored
people IN Monroe stree near Market. torn down
All the at work in foundrtes, shoJs and on TIC
sueeus stopped work joned n with the crowd TORN
ins dense mas apparently united by Thoroughly
sympathetic feeling AZ late hour there had been
Sa~s,s, n ,bs as,aheorhood Of Jackson street,
In the Fnh precinct where largo number Of negroes
live many Of them have been severely beaten one Of
lat night the crowd having turned him out q bed and
severely msisrcsted him few days aimee there we're
m ,os., now show no evidences 4 their sxssoce
| mis- 10 also the in the tish,h precinct. Tho
papDe, n reope but ~ fast they could escape they
did %. The "Arch" f quite obnoxious tn ths thronx
Tho wsnty eighth precinct IN Green~ich street, has
s.o b>eo The scene Of much dlssrder. IN this dis
tric negro hung on Monday nlghi festor-
psy ~ hs crowd and snossd down upon ne SIDE
| walk while In sn inscnsibe condition he .S beaten
severely hs. b. ss.n r.o, ~. , "sps p9S ''
Al the station house this precinct negro pursued
BY the crowd took refuge The 'ersean, and couple o.
uea w.re alone In possession ol the building They i'm
medatey passed the negro ~ the back way. when
an Immense multitude assembled and demsnded that tho
co,sred man should be handed 10 them. The ter
resn, truly assured them that The man vas zone. bot
thsy aid not be evs him and detnsnted Isrmissnn 70
~. "a T. W. ,psi. and coumttes of the c,z ns
searchsd the from garrett TO collar aud not
and,ns the negro cxpressed themselves sstsns: and left
Ths rrovd has threatened sugar house In hi
precinct, and several fouodree, giving fessoa shA'
sesross we're s@poyss sna |" BE- sooa ,ss, ,s.
nj, ssv the sycitement of ous a the threat
cnsd buildings ssys he would like 70 give oy psr cent o.
| ~. aoiar 10 effect an insurance
.,vs crowd yesterday evening moved 10 ihe saloon
Of nr Crook, on Chatham street, Intending 20 beat Y
In,asn 9TH sersean,s walsh and Iccoun, of ths ss,h
ward we're on hand with good foros q men, and suo
IN the lieyenth and Thrteenih wards, where many
rroeS live there several scenes ot vspence Fvsy
black ~a beassa .nd Teporsed a, ..o rers ssa ,,
desd or wounded and returns have been recsvci
several buildings we're gulied ana ths negroes a'eo oo
a the wards. ~
On the battery crowd severely bss some eoored peo
Die who were waiting transI Iortstoa bot number 2
e,sn. aided by the poee' s'eos'@sa N p''''''hs a'l
TAKEN sIsessAss the dag hss bsea severe css 70, 10
Slsrks II srds for lime st .east their rcsliepc
IA his city They must sek pesos sssvhsrs ~ IN u
of public feelg there no .as 70
s,,em IN New Yuwk u h estimated that upvsr1s " ou
hundred and afly negroes hare bsea killed W badly is
jursd.
Il THE TROUBLE AT yomvnlE.
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