, 1863-07-16
THE NEW YORK DRAFT Riot.
HOWTHERlOT BEGAN
DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY.

luc uTa1l "ob TCCunMeQCeo 1nl8 morning
at the headquarters Of the Ninth Congress
.ional district corner Of Third avenue and
Forty-sixth street. The wheel had been re-
yolving about twenty minutes when the bull
ding ID which the officer was WIS attacked by
mob armed with clubs, stones, brickbats
aud like missiles, but no firearms. The
building, a four story brick house, the uppe.
stories Of which were occupied BY families,
was defaccd, the windows broken, doors
smashed aud furniture destroyed.
The mob rushed into tho enrolling Office,
seized all the machinery and papers, records,
lists, &c, Of the officers, except those con.
taincd in large e:Le.
Tie building WAS then set on fire, and al
eleven o'clock was In flames, with every pros
rect that the block Of which 1t forms part
will be burned down. This done, tho mob
proceeded to destroy the police telegraph in
Third avenue, by cutting down the poles and
carrying of the wfrs.
stonts and clubs, and is SO much injured thai
he will probably lose his life. Several othe.
pereons were injured, but not seriously. The
mob. which numbered some three or -four
hundred active hnd determined rioters, &C
companied BY ynSt crowd Of excited people
pressing Z determination to destroy every
building In which the drnft or enrolment
s,flces are situated, and especially the office
If Provost Marshal Mantcrre, at No. ! ,l0{
Broadway, where the d1awlsg was appointed
10 begin this morning.
PARTICULARS OF THE nIoT-TH DRAFT lie
COMMENCED.
The drawing by Provost Marshal jenkins
] did not commence punctually ut O'Clock
| Mnrshul hu1 received intimations that siotoul
demonstrations were prokahle, and according.
| II rent TO Acting Assistant Provost Marsha]
General Nugent and the police Tor forcs
which Would be sufficient to suppress any d.
order.
At 10 O'Clock, however, although orders had
been given to the military and to the police
Of the different wards, no assistance had ar.
rived except ten or twelve policemen The
Provost Mai shal at that hour decided to com
mence the drawing. The great wheel was
placed upon the table; the blindfolded man
wheel was ready to perform his duty, and the
Provost Marshal announced that the draft In
the Twc1ty-second ward, which was begun On
Saturday, would then be concluded. The
Nhee1 began 10 reyolvc amid the somewhat
excited demonstration Of the crowd Of spec
Jcrsons); and the draft proceeded for about
twenty minutes, when the more formidable
riot took place.
ROW THE RIOT BEGAN.
This morning some Of the laborcrs employ
ed by two or three Of the railroad companies
nud IN some OF the foundries. insisted by !
gang Of desperate men, went to different
establjshments in the upper wards Bhere
1urge numbers Of workmcn are employed, and
compelled them, BY threats In some instances
to cease their work. The rioters thus gained
large accessions Of strength, and marched
thfopgh ne etleets yclllng anu tnIeatehlne
pons.
AZ s"sn.y nates ae p1ss Ts,.a ~ e clucA d eug
e1oNo toassusu ~ uo.n -. 1aT ai,,s asIaaa M sAta
>, Mean"hile, tAe asalt Mns pIoGeeoiug
tnougn, wnen ne Iloie1s aaa taKen Ioels ~.
eHloh IN 11oht VI lut ounolng .ne oRoiae!y;As
VI 1ne o9cesa "et1 ~ LIZ rutse 4s
sno lne 4oo4 tnleats ~ lulnhns ans!4s ~ Luz
hu,ld1ne, Wao ICON aa!er*a tooh t1elf T.. er ~,
sl1ons VIII lAe pllne'pa 1Aosefe LIZ LII
etfeet-
a yo1lEH OF STONES.
The first demonstration Of violence Was
made imn}ediatelY thereafter. A volley o1
STONES Grained throurh the opcn doors and
large windows Of the enrolling Office (which
had been constructed for store on tie first
inside The Office were struck by stones, and
ulhrr pcreons-amopg whom were the Pro-
:yost Marshal, who Ind maintained his poal,
'tfou on the t0b1e where tho wheel stood, and
he commissioner, surgeon and other officers
Cf ,hc draft, Including Deputy Provost Mar.
slaI YapderpoeI and the reporters for the
neWepnpers-nt once made their escape from
me room 10 2.neT palas u .S p1su1g h tas3a ana
10 tuc 5e"l. AuI 49, 1o'o G ~to .a',.ht
Ifoeaoiy 1aso pgen III Mp1es5sa r. ~ u cau5A''
"a6 aee1eeea ose' eoe :" az ~ t"o o'eA J1.@-
TIE DEMONSTRATION on TIE BUILDING.
When the room had been cleared tho rioter.
approached with their clubs and with their
hands full Of stones and bricks, aud began to
destroy the windows which had escaped the
previous yolley.
When, however, some Of the more excited
Iereons In the crowd had entered tho Office
ard begun the work Of demo1ishing the ms
chi1ery Of the draft and the furniture In the
| room, the building Was occupied By very
large numbers, who seized upon the llsts,
records, blanks, and the great books In which
tie names OF the GRATED men were to pc en-,
crossed, bore them into tho stfeets Wlth loud
Demonstrations, torp them into fragments
ard scattered tnem oser me nelgnbornooo'
Fo1 many Ioas auoSe anu oeioW tne 9uAu.ns;
aho III fol.y'sl1ti1 ss1sess W gsosiII ~ wy 49,. ~
Inost eoSeleo WILL tno ola1EAs a'u snc oA'et
| paReie. ,,,.. .fa.o ,. -.
everything N tae enfoillnE omea mas ~ ~
te.ay uess.ea' GSct opt.ir no +ha 5acnrd ~ the
,nsn ma1 dr.tfsd ~ satnrdaV and whicf, the mob
could not open.
| The men were excited beyond description
| and endeaVored to pound down the supports
| Of the building with sticks Of timber.
| TIE nuLD1sn ON FIRE.
f exo.,, afee- 49, des+-,ct;on srno1-a fas,,ed
frcn o' the rear @ of T tie roo room. and ereat shout
alon .e ~ - - ~ ~ asoa5 1rhan 41'sr
vas ralsea oy inc cloNo "nea @ney ea" tna
me nu1lalng Eas IN , nIe; .,,,, o,,,, a,hs- 49,
1nty t4en snooh M:nas ~ saea U.aei a.. ~
| gave various 1nu1catlohs " "'1oounooo oo
nEml. 4-.s .,o,n,,+ hit .,ber - ,a.o,,a;