Daily national Republican., 1863-07-15

a icomRA4dsof Mr.. King, the svpeHntendent OF
the establishment, and awsiesd, sppar:ntly 10
very deeermined manner, % approach ofthe
cspeAed attacking party. n
1 Abous 3 O'clock the, sroyd assembled yapd
upehed the attack by knocking At the door Of
tho office Of the armory on Second avenue with
sticks, stones, and other weapons. They finally
burst open the door; and then began the fight.
ing. The armed guardians ofthe building hfcd
i upon the attacking party, killing the foremost
man of the assailsuts instanuy. The uniortu-
nate man was shot through the heart, and was
itrsmPled upon fsarfally. Four other persons
were killed, also; but In the dreadful confusion
II was impossible to ascertain whether they
were among The assailanis or mere speet,tsors.
The courage Of the defenders Of the building,
however, did not last long. They did not wait
for a second assault, but hed through the en-.
| trance on Twenty-ilrst street. The policemen
we're tho drst TO run, II Is said, q. opping their
riies and l,asons. Twelve OF theworkmen Of
| only four men with arms 10 their hands to guard
| the building. ,.'LH ~ n.
The assailing party withdrew for few min
utcs after the first assault, and red stbnes, &C..
at the windows. Seeing no signs of resistance
on the part OF tue defenders, the people soon
made second attack, burst into the building,
and then followed scene Of indescribable ex-
cttement. Everything in the building was de-
voted 70 ruin. Guns were seized, and cart
ridges and caps; and after the people consld-
cred themselves fully supplied, they took the
remainder of the arms, smashed them, threw
thcm from the windows into the street, and
then fired the building. " .-.t |
poor man stan ling In the stree. had his
skull fractured by one Of the muskets thrown
out of the window. He was killed instantly.
Two of the worknen belonging to the build
ing leaped from a four story window, and, 1t
is su oposed, were killed.
Tia building was reduced to ashes about 6
O'Clock III the evening.
Burning OF two M Mansious IN Lexington
Avenue.
The burning of two brown. stone trout houses
on Lexington av.nue wat cone bcr use police
man, pursued by The psace men, had taken
shelter in one Of them. The wind ,ws W rre
smashed, the furniture rokcn and pts ID
through the apertures, ralLa! y pi.tu-cs AID a
library of choice books dem olshed, anil In short
| everything on which the crowd could lay haIds
was literally torn to pieces. Those art cles that
were too ponderous to be easily removed were
committed to the flames in front of the build
ing. The family silver plate, to the estimated
value OF $4,000, was also subjected to similar
. fate. To cap the climax and conclude the pic
| turc Of devastation. the house itself was fired.
| This was between aud . O'Clock. The num-
bcr Of the houss was A Lexington avenue.
1t Is as useless as unnecessary 70 describe
the painful scenes that ensued. The lady of
the house, with her young children, and follow
cd by her servants, fed Wildly and In terror
from the ravaging and unmerciful element that
was rapidly consuming her home. There were
meme to aid her at this moment, as no attack
| was expected in this quarter. The police were
all well employed elsewhere, and the fremen
| 10 the neighborhood did not Interfere. AT three
O'Clock this house and the one imme lately ad-
joining were enveloped In hames, and kissing
| aud burning with great violence. What be-
came Of the policeman endeavoring to escape
is not positively known. Probably he got
| safely of In the midst of the excitement.
Excitement In tprisg street-A Negro
| shoots = White Man, etc.
During the afternoon a disturbance took
place in Spring street between a negro and a
white rdan about the drafting troubles up town.
The discussion ripened into blows, whereupou
the colored mau produced pistol and shot the
white man in the groin, rendering injuries
. from which, 1t 10 feared, he cannot recover
The negro Immediately fed after dischsrginu
his pistol; but he wac wildly pursued by an ex
cited crowd of the people. The crowd did not
, however, succeed in oyertaking the negro, bu
, out OF vengeance for their disappointment il
j this particular, they attacked several colore,
people whom they met, and severely injure
, them.
q Attark 0n the Tribune Once.
: This affair Is very briefly described by th
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