The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1863-07-22
VOL. 9, NO. WHOLE NO. 45O.


obtain hsAring, the Governor briefly addressed
the crowd as fsnOws:
Ny FrieHds: l have come down here from
tne q1iet oi she country 10 sec what WAS she
difficulty. 60 learn what all this trouble Was con
ceraing the draft Let Us assure you that am
yOsr friend. lUproAriag cheering You have
been my friends cries ei "Yes" Yes"
That's 20 -" We are. AID viii be again "
and Low l assure you, my fellow citizens, that l
am here 10 shoE you a test OF nv friendship.
/ lChecrs l VISA 20 inform yeu that have sent
my Adjutant General 80 Washington. 70 confer
with the authorities there and % have ghis drait
suspended asd stopped. (Nociforeus chsers.)
nov ask you As good citizens 20 wait for his re-
tura, AID l assure yeu that viii do al that
can 10 see that there is no inequality, and no
wrong dens any enc. l wish you 10 take eoOi
care sf all property a. good citizens, and see
that every person is safe. The cafe keeping of
property SRd persons rests With you, and charge
you 10 disturb neither. Is Is your duty 10 main
tain the COED order of the city, and know you
vii DO H. l wish you now 70 separate as good
citizens. and you can assemble again whenever
you wish 30 ds 80. l ask you 20 leave 81 10 me
now, and will see 10 your rights. Wat untl
my Adyutsnt returns frOm Washington and you
shall os satisfied. Listen 90 me and see that no
harm Is done 10 either persons or property,
but rssire peaceaby. (Chees.) Some OF the
s-.-d here -Ae~saS, "S--a 10y .h-s- h.yn-
nets, reieriag 10 a company of soldiers who
were drawn up In trent OF the City Hall, but abe
Governor declined 70 Interfere With the military,
aRd bowing 10 the crowd retired Mr. ( D. Per-
rim, OF Brooklyn, formerly Of Tennessee, then
introduced himself and asked the crowd 20 dis-
perse, and await the reply from Washington,
which be was certain would come nv telegraph
tAis aitsrRoen, and which he knew would De,
that no draft would take place (Cries Of 'send
these soldiers away, thea veil GO Upon the
suggestion Of some person, Mr.. Perrin teld she
crowd shat the soldiers present were subject 10
the command OF Gov. Seymour, aud could not
20 uAess he ordered them away. The speaker
tAen retired, as did also the crowd, after many
EuttsriRgs sgaiast the troops.
During the morning u detachment Of the riot
ers marched down the Sixth avenue TO Forty
third street, haltng in front Of No 81, where il
was reported that prominent Republican gentle
asR rssidsi-ther intention being to sack and
barn his Reuse. The Twentieth Precinct Police
Aad a company of Regulars, under command Of
Captain Putnam, csns upon them, hoWever, and
drove them sWay.
About noon, between 500 and 500 of the riot
srs entered the Union Steam Works at the cor
ner OF Twenty second street and Second ave-
nue., aud commenced carrying AWAY the muskets
which had been secFsted there the day previous,
the arms having been taken from Mr.. Opdikes
arnory in Second avenue before the building was
kres by the mob.
The risters wers kere in large force. During
the morning al tho factories and shops in the
nsigsbOrhosd we're visited, aud thrests made to
burn each establishment 30 the ground unless il
was closed. As consequence. every factory
for a mile around the Union Steam Works was
shut m, sni the streets svarmsd with infuriated
men. Il appears that the rioters had taken pos
session OF tie suilding IA large brick one several
stories IN hsighIl FOR the purpose Of using she
place a fortfcation from which 10 resist the
police.
About O'Clock fsrcs Of 200 police, Bnder
I command Of Inspector Dilks, arrived on the
greaad. Some Of the riesers, becoming alarmed
a. being thus c.ged, endesvorsd 10 escape but
ware TOO late, fer upOD tie moment Inspector
nix. gave the order 70 charge. Ia a Aomsat
fSur q. the rioters we're stretched upsn the pave.
neat. TIE meu, with all fe piaeA Of veterans
ru-he5 into the bsiiding upoa 20 mob, and AZ
ter desperate fght o. few mousnts, during
which some OF the policemen snd rioters were
more or lees injured, succeeded in conquering
the crowd, causing them 20 leap from windows
and rush to every other avenue Of escape.
The police. after clearing tue bsilding, left the
ground. small force only remaining. Subse-
quently the mob greatly augmented, reasssmbed
around the bailling, and hsslly stSrIned aud
4
cssded in stealing, they dfhed any force TO ds-
lodge thsm. The Eighteenth Precinct Police
Rsde attempt to retake the building but we're
sePulsed by superior Hunbcrs Soon siterWard
re-sniorceRents Of police, under cOmmaaf Of
Capt. Helna, EEd a detachment Of Regulars un-
der Capt Franklin, arrived, and found she bull
siRg in possession Of the rioters, who crowded
the windows
When the police force, amoRs whom were a
Rsmbsr II citizens sworn in az special policemen,
made their appearance, they we're greeted With
4 shower sf brickbsts and stones and shot. The
charge lasted nearly 10 minutes, the rioters AZ
every step getting tbs worst Of the eight. The
building having been sgaia e1ptied and the mob
scattered, the police marched through the dis
trict, the ksgulsrs bringing up the rear.
The crowd in the meantime rallied and follow
- t6e military for about block, when they
greeted the soldiers with a shower OF stones
Qsick a. thought Capt. Franklin gave the order
3" bsst face" which brought the soldiers face TO
face With the crowd. In an instant thereafter
the order " FIRE, was given, and volley was
poured into the rsob Il j. said, bat with what
truth that 10 we're killed and weusdsd. A
charge Was made with fixed bayonsts, when the
lrsb broke aud scattered like sheep. The force
then returned to their rendezvous with abOvt
200 carbinss which they bad captured.
At about o'clock =. NJ, the mob had con-
gregated 10 Twenty ninth street, between Eighth
, and Ninth avenues and attacked a building
about midway Of the block, because a. was
alleged Horace Greeley boarded there" They
sroke in the windows aud doors and completely
gated the house, throwing into the streets books
asd furniture. which we're iDnedistely seized up
on by the crowd without aud borne away piece
meal Soon after these acts were consuDmated,
= detail Of about City soldiers aud thirty pslics-
men appeared 81 tue grssnS and marched thro'
the street, clearing il Of al sbstructiOns.
The military marched back and forth the
length Of the block, aud we're about 10 leave the
quarter, when q rumor spread that the rioters
, had returned 70 the building and we're intending
- FIRE H. They Immediately turnsd and march
sd in double quick tine % the place, ssd, fad
ing seme Of the rioters in the building, wheeled
suddeay and fred upon theH. IL seems tsa
just bsfsre firing ssRe policemen had rushed
. isto tie house 70 secure the rioters, and when
the military fred, two policemen we're shot, sus
IN the srn and the other N the abdomen; the
|. wound Of sss latter vii probably prove fGtal-
Immediately after the rioters lad cOnsumIsa-
ted tkeir work upon tie supposed boarding house
Of Horace Greeley, cry was raised against q
; respectable appearing young man that be vas
81 Tribune Reporter" sad instantly be ~ss set
upon by the infRriated devils, Shs porsued,
Knocked bin dosB, and beat AID kicked him
: about the body, face sad head, in such way a.
70 leave hin nearly dead. gentlemen present
interfered and succeeded In saving the youn &