The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-07-18

and again took possession of the engines,
hose carriages, etc., which, however, they
did not damage.
Half an hour later, however, Chief Deck
er got his engines at work, and succeeded
1 in eventually saving part OF the bulld-
| ings on Forty-seventh street, the whole OF
! the rest ofthe block having been destroyed.
| About eight o'clock IN the evening an
excited mob in Printing House Square,
commenced shouting and grooming, and
soon afterward large number OF persons
| i'm the crowd armed themselves with mis-
| sizes at a pile of bricks in the neighborhood
and hurled them at the windows OF the
| Tribune office.
When the lower windows We're demol-
| ished there was rush made for the lnteri-
or Of the counting room. Papers We're
seized and scattered about the street, and
match was then applied to lot OF paper
! inside of the counter. At this instant a
strong police force came upon the full run
across the Park, scattering the rioters, and
| all was quiet.
| THE FIREs.-Early in the forenoon the
mob set fire to three buildings at Forty
sixth street and Third avenue, one Of which
was Capt. Jenkins office.
| AT 3 o'clock: two brown stone front hou-
sas in Lexington avenue, between 43d and
44th streets. We're entered by the mob, and
ransacked from top to bottom, then fired
them, and they were entirely destroyed.
At 4:35, an attack was made on the Bulls
Head Hotel, in Forty-fourth street, be-
tween Fourth and Fifth avenues, and the
building was destroyed.
All $50. the gun factory at the corner of
Twentv-tirst street and Second avenue.
AT 5:l2. the mob arrived at the office of
Can't. Maniere, between Twenty ighth and
Twenty-ninth streets, and burned the
whole block.
They next made an advance upon the
Colored Orphan Asylum. There the fire.
men were on hand in good time, and some
of them made tardy effort to do their du-
ty. but the principal efforts were made by
John Decker, the Chief Engineer, and sew
eral of the assistant engineers.
When the Chief sent to have the bells
rung to give the alarm, the messenger
found that he could not communicate with
the Headquarters, OWING !. TO me ~ TACT OF the
They were going round to the houses in
the neighborhood with hatchets in their
hands. and destroying every piece OF costly
| furniture they saw. Large pier glasses
were smashed into atoms, and it seemed to
give the greatest delight, the more proper
ty they could destroy.
A house nearly opposite to the Asylum
was attacked in this way. From the third
story of another house in the locality, they
threw splendid sewing machine.
The rioters would give no chance to save
the poor little children. Everything that
could be done had to be done as If by
stealth. One of the brutes threw chair
out of one Of the upper windows, and kill
save some articles of value that were
strewed on the ground
The building was fired eight times be-
fore the scoundrels ultimately succeededln
destroying the building.
One of the houses in Broadway, near
Capt. Maniere's Office, was boarding
! house, kept by Mrs. Summer, widow.
Other fires occurred, but owing to the
imperfect manner in which the telegraph
was working, not even an intimation OF
their whereabouts could be obtained.
A demonstration was made in front of
Mayor Opdyke's dwelling in Fifth avenue,
but the mob was addressed by Judge Bar
nard and Coroner Wildey, and they left.
The property destroyed in the various
! Provost Marshals offices is estimated at
about $250, 900.
In the evening large body of Irishmen
| and Irish women of the lowest class tore
up large portion of the track OF the
Fourth Avenue Railroad in the upper por
| ton Of the city.
Another band of Irishmen in the Ninth
Ward, caught colored man passing thro'
the street, whom they beat, then hangedto
tree, after which they lighted a fire I'M
der his body, and burned his clothing of.
| This was in ClarksOn, near Hudson street;
and the body was left hanging under a
crowd of the Milesian wretches until near
| ly midnight, when Commissioner Acton
ordered posse OF men to the spot TO cut
the body down.
The regular soldiers from Fort Lafa-
yette were anxious to get the order to dis
pose of the inhuman crowd who guarded
the body Of the colored man.
1t is known that for some time past, Gov
ernor Seymour has held out the promise
| to this reasonable Irish mob that he
would remove the Police Commissioners.
They had been told that this step was to
be taken yesterday, and it is believed in
certain quarters that Gov. Seymour did
really intend to take this step yesterday.
but the mob anticipated the act, and COM
menced their work of riot at an hour too
early for Governor Seymour to get out of
bed.
It is also known that meeting of repre-
sentatives of fire companies was held in q
certain engine-hOuse on Sunday night,
when they took action as the course they
should and would pursue in the event of a
riot.
Too much praise cannot be awarded to
Inspector Carpenter for the cool and gal
liant manner in which he led his forces in
charge after charge upon the impudent and
treacherous mob Of villains who dared for
the day to set law at defiance, working"
they said, "for Gov. Seymour
At late hour in the evening an assault
was made npon some houses in Roosevelt
near Oak street, occupied by colored peo-
pie, and the inmates had to seek refuge, a
number Of the men dropping themselves
from upper windows to the street to avoid
the flames and rioters.
Bands of thieves were everywhere-mix-
ed up in every crowd, and carrying off
pelf in every direction. To them it was a
free day, and they made themselves COM
Portable as to terms.
The rioters who have been arrested are
all Irish, many of them are fearfully
bruised and will remember the mo draft
crisis for long years.
1t remains to be seen what disposition
will be made of these scoundrels by the
Police Courts to-day. Now is the time for
Governor Seymours tools TO show their
| hands.
At about II clock the police force who
had been doing duty under Inspector Car
penter, returned to Police Headquarters.
| When they had been ranged along the spa
| cio,ls corridor and on the capacious stairs