Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1863-07-16

IRON newspapers carried by railroad 10 Al
banyH Nl ri4ll 1l91 Hiu.
II Is reported the track Of the Hudson
River railroad has been torn up for some
distance.
1t is thought the draft will have to be
postponed in Buffalo for want of sufficien.
force to protect officers. II. .NGrt 4.
Ngw York, July IA, 3P. M.-The Post
SAYS bodies Of rioters to day visited the large
manufacturing establishments, forcing the
!aborers TO join them, and forbidding the
loading Of ships, &c. Up to this hour soy.
eral houses have been sacked, including
Mayor Opdyke's. UonAagrations are oc
curing momentarily, aud this mob which
seems to be divided into separate crowds
are bent on plundor, pisge aud robbery of
persons. .i.
The merchants have held meeting and
about 1000 have just marched up Broad
way to enroll themselves a. special police.
There has been several collisions with the
military and police, in which the rioters
have been w0rsted.
Detachments OF troops, with two pieces of
ordnance under Col O Brien, charged on
the rioters at o'cl0ck on the l4th instant
Three rounds Of blank cartridge were fred
from the cannon and the mob hastily dis
persed, threatening to come back soon with
arms. t.-.s..t. .,,r-.g q
a company Of infantry was stoned in Pitts
street, when the Lieutenant ordered the
company to FIRE, which it did, killing sew.
eral of the scoundIels, the rest fleeing.
Ar. M--The brokers held meeting this
p. NJ. aud organized themselves into com.
panies for immediate service Similar
u1ppfinoa hald ia J;H...n. .....s - IL :
city. ALL the stores down town are now
closed, the armories and arsenals and ali
public buildings are fully garrisoned. ',
Some 5000 effective troops are expected
10 the city this evening The mob is quite
dense in City Hall Park where Gov. Sey.
mOur addressed it stating that he had sent
his Adj't General to Washington to request
the draft to be stopped aud implored the
crowd to respect property and persons and
the State would see that all would be made
satisfactory.
4:30o p. M.--All the omnibusses have
stopped running, and the horse cars are also
under threat Of the mob. A body of ntan
try and artillery are stationed at the Hud
son River X. X. depot to protect it from a
large mob ,congregated there. The large
pork packing factory was burned by the
mob this morning. A block of nine build
ings, including planning mill, on l29th st.
was burned by the mob this m ,rning. The
mob this morning took possession of ten
ement block on 34th street, but was driven
out by the infantry, who shot AMI killed
several of them. They set a. school. house
on fire in 18th street, but it was extinguish
ed. The mob attacked detachment of
marines near Delancey street, when the lat.
ter fired, killing three and woundlng' six.
NEw York, July IA, 4P. NJ --Governor
Seymour, has issuel proclamation stating
that the rlotous denomination which origi.
natcd.n opposition to the conscription has
swelled to vast proportions. He says he
knows many would not have gone to such
extremes unless apprehensive of injustice;
but reminds them that the only Opposition
which can be allowed is an appeal to the
courts, and the right to appeal will be main
tanned, and the decision of the courts must
be respected, rlotons proceedings must and
shall he put down.; the laws of the State
must be enforced; peace and order main.
tanned and lives aud properly protected =
lie then calls on the rioters to retire, de.
claring he will use all necessary power to re.
Store order
Hundreds of wild reports and rumors are
Tying about the city, many Of which are
exagperations The facts alone. are bad
enough. r....s.I IT, p =
In Yorkvile and Harlem the rioters are
demolishing houses, &c. Arms have been
removed from the threatened places to safe
localities.
Provost Marshal Nugent has been mott
fled from Washington to suspend the draft.
All communication GEOGRAPHICALLY east and
west has been suspended, the mob having
torn down the wires in all places as far as
Williams Bridge, driving the teegraphers
OIL and threatening their lives. The ope-
rators on the eastern lines were located all
last night and upto o clock this morning
on car two miles from Harlem ON the
track. The mob discovered them aud drove
them off.
The Mayor has prohibited the sale of
tire. arms, and all such stores are closed. e
The day so far has been a horrible one.
There has been riot in the I'd Avenue
this afternoon in which the military charged
and fired several times on the mob, killing
10y aud wounding many more. n. Il9
Col OBrein was captured by the fends
and beaten to a jelly. and then hung to 10
lamp post. /.NJt 4 = , - Z ! T.
On the corner of 34th Street and I'd Av.
enue building in which some 80 armed
rioters were, was surrounded by the police.
There was only, one door for exit, and every
rioter as he appeared at this door was beat
en- to the ground by the police tCnff
The mob was also defeated By the police,
aided by the regulars, IN 5th Avenue, be-
tween l38th and 4Sth streets. A heavy riot
is also going on in Tenth Avenue. !. /.
New YORK, July l4-Evening. The
Tribune and Times Offices are barrcaded to-
night with bundles of printing paper. A
heavy force of police is about them and on
the sidewalk OF the printing house square.
ln front Of the Times office is small swivel
which fires l20 balls at discharge. The
mob has got as far down town as Fulton
Ferry, visiting many vessels and compelling
the men aboard to join them and stealing
what they wanted.
A full force of Government employees is
at the New York .! post pos office tonight with
The ferocious crowd this afternoon was
melted by some scoundreIs who said that
Massachusetts, soldiers had fired upon the
people, at which loud howls Of vengeance
were uttered against them. Nothing tiur
ther, however, was attempted at the New
England Rooms Tonight squad Of con-
yalescents organized and proceeded, fully
armed, to the residence of Col. Howe, in