The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1863-07-18
FeaI full Riot In New York.


the scene Of the most fearful, riots ever
witnessed on this continent The riot is
| based on opposition to the draft, which
was TO commence at ! o'clock on Mondsy'
on the corner of Sd Avenue and 10th
street. All day Sunday the utmost COM
motion reisned in the district, and
thorough organization Of the mob appears
TO have been effected At ten O'Clock on
Monday. when the officers commenced
evolving "ths wheel Of fortune" the on
tslaucht was made The enrolling officers,
police. TO, were driven from the building,
leaving behind the drafting apparatus.
books, rolls, &c, all OF which were instant
ly seized by the mob and destroyed The
| building, which was four story brick,
filled with poor families in the upper sto-
ries, was then set On fire and destroyed,
with several adjoining buildings.
i The whole police force Of the city was
powcrless to make any headway against
the ,oob Superintendent Kennedy, max
ing his appearance on the ground and
en.eavoiing to reason with the rioters, was
instantly seized, dragged several rods, and
| fearfuiiy beaten, though Mp. mortaiy in
,nred
OF course, i, would be impossible in the
space at our disposal, 10 give even the
briefes, sketch Of all the dongs Of the
mob. II was so strong that on Monday it
RI. hot 1,ss
ed without interruption. \ dozen OF
places used us Offices ~ persons con-
! uected with the draft were visited,
Quilted. and TIE builpinss set on fire. a
fine block On Broadway, the upper rooms
occupied as Offices or 5y families and the
ground floor as stores, was thus destroyed
and many thousands worth of property
wasted or carried OF by the mob, the mass
O. " hom appeared indeed more intent on
plumber than anything else.
The house of Mayor Opdyke was thus
assaulted and plundered; the publication
Office Of the Tribune was Quilted; the Times
office was assaulted, and buildings either
used for enrolling purposes, or belonging
to the government or obnoxious ind iyidu
ais. were fired in all parts Ct the cily,
numbering fifty OF more on Monday alone.
No systematic attempt to meet the mob
by force appears to have been made be-
fore Tuesday. By that time military
force Of three or four thousand appears to
have been collected and placed under
command Of Maj. Gen. Sanford The
mob On Tuesday ragged with undated
fury in dozen quarters Of the city, in
IIoboken and on Staten island Colonel
Q Brien, at the head of small force with
howi.zer, undertook TO dispense the mob
at one place by firing blank cartridges
He was captured with his gun, terribly
beaten and hung to lamp post. The
military were less gentle after that, and
Tuesdays operations record the death Of
| some so persons; Of whom g. dozen were
| innocent
On Tuesday Gov Seymour visited the
city and made a speech to the rioters, in
| forming them that the draft would be
| tfiIipO. any poStP'hto D"t 'hsN ''N'i
must be enforced and the laws upheld a,
| all hazards The speech seems to have
| had little effect; bat Gov. S gave the
necessary orders for a competent military
/ force, which will restore order eventually
| The mob, however, was still raging on
| Thnr,hur tho ";,u ,altvhvs had been
! torn up, telegraph wires cut, and property
continued 10 b. destroyed in all Part:
of the city Tie military, also, c., n
| tinued az work, and hundreds were beIn.
| shot down in the streets. After the prin-
cipal enrolling offices had been destroyed
the rage Of the mob appears to be princi
paily directed against the poor negroes
who are set upon wherever they show
themselves
Of course the mob will be s,bdued, an'
the government will enforce its authurit,
with an iron hand Aud this it shoulC
aud must DO. In country Of !aws, anC
courts To enforce them mob violence cal
never be iu-tfiable The conscript law
may be odious and oppressive, but mot
las" - infinitely more 80 The greatest
tyraIt on earth is a moo, and those who
engage in m"bs are always the first Anc
sure victims