, 1863-07-17
THE NEW YORK RIOTS OF
MONDAY,
Scenes by an Eye-Wit itness.

ICSu6s NY dill 1y 9 w 4ll6SS.
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From the New 1ork Ilmes OF Tuesday.1
At IL a. H., word reached the Park Barracks
repaired to the ecene Of the riot. They went
BY the Third avenue route, the party occupy
ing one car On the why up, crowds Of men.
women and children gathered ut the street
corners, hissed and jeered them, and some
even went go far as to pick up stones, which
they defiant]y threatened to throw at the chr.
When near the scene Of disturbance, Lieut..
Ried md command aljghted, and formed in
company line, in which order they marched
M to the mob. Facing the rioters the men
were ordered to 1re, which many of them did,
the shots being blank, cartridges, but the
emoke had ecarce cleared away when the COM
pany (which did not number more than flfey
men, If as many,) were attacked and COM
-pletely deuoralized By the mob, who were
armed with clubs, sticks, swords and other
implements. The soldiers ha1 their bavonets
taken away. aud they themselves were COM
pelled to seek refuge in the side streets, hut
In attempting to flee thither several, it is said,
were killed. while those that ESCAPED. did 80
only to be hunted like dogs, but in more in
human and brutal manner. They were Chased
7,v fhe mnh WIN Divided themaolras Into
tqands, and frequently single soldier would
he cnnrhf In a siie street. WITH earh end tloct.
ed up up 6y he Rioters. Tie houses and stores stores
were iii closed (ezeepting few liquor shops,
hact dnnr onen, mo- Retreat VA nv +heEefc1a sa'
open TO him. aud the poor fellow Tonid he
hfaten nimo.t to death. when The nah he.
Gaming sasiated. and dispusted wfth the;7
foul work. be would be lefr syelter1nr in
Ijood. unable TO hclD lImself -
Elated with success, the mob, which by this
time had been largely reinforced, next formed
themselves into marauding parties, and para.
more like SO many Influential demons. the
men being more or lefs Intoxicated. dirty and
half clot6ed. Some sfnnte5. tsNnw ~ the
Fitth.ayepue HoteLthere's Tbere the Iinion
Ieaguerssmeet!' Others clamorcd among
themselves tor The muekcts which they had
taken from the soldiers. The streets were ~
throDeed with women and children m,nv ~
whom inktigated the men to further work of
blood, while the Injured men Ieft tbe orn xd
and found sents mon the street corners Mt nne
of which the reportcr heard the following
conversation between an intoxicated youth,
who was badly wounded in the head. and hi
Yn1i,b~"An, bedad. f IL hn,n't hecr r.,
this lick. which the son of a-puvme. I'd
n hclohnred him nfor tfis A6d hed.d i
vud'' 0
woman usshanulusla ye bettora mini
yer own bisefnese.' '''A''>
Youtl,-aNo. Il Sam. Garripan Tor c,1,;
itwud be all rjcht.' ' - \" A'SA
Frnm fhfs # NAV he infarred +hot +t.+ ~.
Sam. Gar1ican or Galflean 1nentinnea IN ~. ~.
conversation aboye,fs fbe rinrleai,er of wb1cf
there can be little doubt. "a he rcnnrter Fra
oucntlY heard Garrjgan or Ga]ifgan's namt
cleered, and called TIC tsbntly bnTT Garri
gnn or GallIraI,. wa he1Icve Il :. wa11 toa-r
wre miller Fl the Ward ond fro1n can1a,.a
ttons betEeen the men W., ,-leaned the r.
inwinr' which NAV h. tnks1 ~ vhat q ~ =
wn,th: That Ssrr1r,n ~ Cai1;r,,. :. ~ -
rinelcader. o. That fha nah 5nmhor;no 1o
about 500 men, assembled this morning m n
Centra1 P.rI- nrnned nna enn;nnat 5;tI -
cfnbs an siichs nnd Ga1 [o e. W.
the Provost Alarshal's Office. whtre fheV cam
ntnced their work Of deprcdatfon.
On thtir way down their nQmbers. ofcourse
were considerably augmcnted. fur. M vel. thf
Norkmen had not al rome to their davis
work. As soon as the Provost Marshalss of
flee had been gutted Of its contents, and thf
adjoining building-a wheelwright's shop, b
bad been fired, the telegraph wires were
cut. Parties and bands Of men and boys then
visited the various workshops in the vicinity,
and compelled the men to leave their wofk
and join, threatening them with dea,h un1es.
they compiled with their demands. It's laid
void was now sent BY tho rioters to Brook.
1Jn, Jcrscy City and Albany Of tho on break.
and uessoge, it ie rumored. was recefyed
from the lot gtho1emen Of this CITY. statine
that they would be pp in the eveninr nrn,cd
to the teeth, 10 assist them.
By this time the fire department Of tho dis.
trict arrived on the ground, and we're prepar.
ipg to work on the fire, bnt were prevented
from doing 70 By the mob, who threntenei]
them with fnstaht death If their Orders were
di.obeYed. The cars we're stoppci from ron.
ming either way: the horses In several n,
stances were killed, and the cars hroken tn
r.eces; the drivers were Threatened will, vim
l.nce il they attempted to move on rs by thi.
mems the city authorities would hear Of the
outbreak. ''N>
The fire, which had now consnmed +be
whcel-wrleht's shop. had extended to tbe Pr.
yott MarslaI's Office. which wns s,o1 cnvai.
ortd in fumes. from which fttnel i.rTa
and dark volume of smoke.
The rioters msanfimc danced with f1ana,sh
delight before the buruing building whi1e
tie small boys and "Rocks'' and softs'i
sent ehowers Of stones a.oinst tho office
smashing In the doors and windoWa' ths n y
teeming 10 do the work too tardIly to snIs
them. The murky atrnoanhpre and The 1,sarv
black clouds which lined the horizon. formed
Il strange, weird spectacle. which WIS m.de
the more complete By the ticmoniae yoIls OF
tie mob.
HfHTnfn fhnf
if the flames were not tubducd the whole
block would be consumed; aud, according
y, several attempts to operate On the IRE
Ec1c made, but without SUCCESS, as the1r ap-
paratus was se1zed By the mob, and the lire.
men themselves were severely beaten. At this
stage OF the proceedings, Chief Engineer
Decker, o.. zone Other high official Of the
Fire Department, appeared anong thecrowd,
anu a1aes uiacn persuasion and talking, finally
succeeded In 1uieting the rioters. The milf
tafy, however, soon APPEARED on the ground,
NGc1 alousea the ire Of the mob, who re-
EsT 60 lnelr slolence with increased numbers.
AZ 1esume me thread OF onr report, the
Ml!aafy neing Immediately routed, they fled
10 toe sloe st1eels, ~hefc. as We have shown,
~! lue n9p coneensrateo ard returned to. the
n1e. "neie ie,1 tney lonnd their friends awaiting
'nem, Win noar18nment IN, the shape Of
Ntluo!s} W4!cn, as may be supposed, only
adaeo 1ncl 10 me dre already kindled; whisky
soon accomplished 1ts mission; the men be-
came 9uarfcsomo and s4uabbled amongst
themfelSes: some toasted Of what they had
done, one man boating that be had nearly
killed two soldiers, and wounded many more.
Another, an obese, small, yfllainous-l boxing
!13shman, VINO carried the butt Of bayonet,
boastcd that ne bad "done for" a niger.
others, suffering from the wounds they had
RECEIVED, consoled themselves By exclaimlng:
"Neyer mind, Seymour and Wood arc
around, and Wlu help usi" and sold Abe
VIII pay $ao to Keep quiet" and the like.
Al Tehemently protested against the $500
clauee," and were willing 10 be drafted, it the
rich man Tould be made to shoulder the
musket tho same rs they. Those who had
doIe lie most N routing the military, such
as chasing soldier until he fell from sheer
exhaustion, and then beating him until he
was near dead, were cheered aud pe'tsd by
their friends, who, both men and women,
gathered around them by dozens.
Du1i1g E the row man, said to be an officer
or policeman In undress uniform, shot a
Animal moved, 1t would be at the risk of the
lives Of those standing around him; the own
cr (the horse was attached to q draY) endeay-
o,ed to clutch the man, who lodged him and
1un up flight Of stairs in q house near by,