The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-07-16
THE LATEST NEWS.

9th. On the 9th the rebel prisoners drew
rations for 32,540 men. This includes
officers, men,. and servants, sick and
wounded,
The rebel soldiers arc making efforts
TO get away and return TO their homes;
but General Grant cannot, according TO
tho terms OF surrender, treat them as
deserters, and he agreed TO parole them
all and send them out Of his lines.
Pemberton applied TO Grant for a
Federal guard to force all Confederate
soldiers TO leave Vicksburg as prisoners
Of war. Grant refused, and ordered
Gen Logan TO take charge Of all those
who refused to go out with Pemberton.
They will be disposed of when the
captured army leaves town.
Several hundred men from the Louisi-
ana brigade crossed the river in stolen
yawls and skiffs as soon as they were
paroled, swearing they would never fire
another gun for the rebs but would 90
home and stay there.
The Mississippisns say they will
mutiny as soon as they get beyond our
lines, and then will return TO Yicksburg
and give themselves up There will be
nothing bat officers sidearms TO quell
the mutineers.
New YoRK, July ii, 3 P. M.-The
Post says bodies Of rioters o. day visi-
ted the large manufacturing establish
ments, forcing laborers 10 join them,
forbiddiug the loading of ships, etc, etc
Up 10 this hour several houses have been
sacked, including Mayor 0pdyke's. Con-
hagratioDs are occurring momentarily,
and the mob, which seems to be divided
into separate crowds, are bent on plum
der, pillage, and robbery of persons.
The merchants have held a meeting,
and about two hundred have just march
cd up Broadway to enroll themselves as
special police.
There has been several collisions with
the military and police, in which the RI
oters have got worsted.
Detachments of troops, with two pie
ces of ordnance, under Col. OBrien,
charged on the rioters at 8 o'clock. on
this morning. Three rounds of blank
cartridges were fred from the cannon.
and the mob hastily dispersed, threat
ening to come back soon with arms. A
company Of infantry was stoned in Pitts
burg street, when the Lieutenant ordered
the company to fire, which it did, killing
several of the scoundrels, the rest fleeing,
AT four 2. M. the brokers held a meet
ing, and organized themselves into com
panies for immediate service. Similar
meetings are being held in different parts
of the city. All the stores down town
are now closed. The armies, arsenals
and all public buildings are fully garri-
soned. Some 5000 effective troops are
expected in the city this evening. The
mob is quite dense in City Hall Park
where Governor Seymour addressed it
stating that he had sent his Adjutan.
General 10 Washington TO request the
draft TO be stopped, and implored th,
crowd TO respect property and persons
and the State would see that all would
be made satisfactory.
AT 4;30 p. NJ. all the omnibuses anC
street cars stopped running undeI
threat of the mob. A body of infantry
and artillery were stationed at the Hud
son River Railroad Depot to protect Il
from a large mob co%ngregated there.
+ The large pork-packing factory, OIL
Washington street, and a block of min
buildings, including a plaining-mill Of
l29th street, was'burned by the mob thi
morning.
The mob this morning was in posses
sion of a tenement block on 34th street
; but was driven out by the infantry, VIII
, shot and killed several.
The mob set the school house on fir
4 on 18th street, but it was extinguished
The mob attacked a detachment of Ma
rines, near Delaney street, when the lat
ter fred, killing three and wOunding sil
New York, July, II, 4 p. M.-Goy
Seymour has issued a ~proclamatio
e stating that the riOtous demonstrate
originated in opposition TO the conscrip
ton. lie says he knows many woul
not have gone 20 such extremes unles
= apprehensiye of injustice, but remind
S them that the only opposition which ca
g be allowed is an appeal to the courts, an
e the right 10 appeal will be maintainel
and the decisions of the courts must |
y respected. Riotous proceedings muI
aud shall be put down. The laws of IL
e State must be enforced, peace and orde
y maintained, lives and property protector
J, He then calls on the rioters to retir
declaring he will use all necessary meal
to restore order.
IF Hundreds Of wild reports and rumor
y are flying about the city, many Of whiC
are exaggeratioDs; the facts alone a
4. bad enough.
1t In Yorkyille aud Harlem the riote
ne are demolishing houses, &c. The arr
10 have been removed from threaten,
r, places to safe localities. Marshal NJ
ID gent has been notified from Washingt,
TO suspend the draft. All telegraph
n communication East and West has be-
n. suspended, the mob having torn dov
i the wires in all places as far as William
* Bridge, driving the telegrnphers of, ~
ut threatening their lives. The operate
~ on the eastern lines were located, all Ia
W night and up to nine o'clock this morniI
of in a car, two miles from Harlem, on {
st track. The mob discovered them a
drove them off. The Mayor has;prohi
Mt tied the sale Of firearms, and all su
to stores are closed.
1l The day so far has been a horril
tie one. There was a fearful riot in I
rs Second Avenue this evening, in viii
ed the military charged and fred seve
On times on the mob, killing 100, q
to wOunding many more. Col. OBrien "
'er captured by the iiends and beaten I
to jelly, and then hung TO a lamp post.
Al the corner Of Thirty-fourth a
Second Avenue, a building, in W
n some 20 armed rioters were, was 81
ear rounded by the police, there being OF
Irst one door for their exit, and every rio
ers as he appeared at this door was bea
est. TO the ground by the polioe. Tbe n
,by was also defeated nv ~ nol;aa -,