New-York daily tribune., 1863-07-14
THE DRAFT.
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As soon az the mob bad made u '"oi'"sy "'"'
stood that thew would not permit the hreweh To e%
ercise their vocation, they ief sof oi 'e"' guar" -
,,o,;ca in case the hremen lould IN Their nb
..n.. a,tsmnt to nut out the fre-'hey raised tho
nv "Brosdway. b oadway; hurrah ior hto"u
NOV. burrab for the Arsenal-hurran Tor 'he Ar
vnory-burrah for Droad~ay
TS., IN obedience to this cry, the leading spiti'e
-. .o,,5 numbering sbout 900 Of the mos frro
.;ou. s,orted on a quick run for Broadway, yelling
80, scresming. roaring like a crowd of human
.;uaI. nos,essed by devils. Their Intention was
n attack tho enrolling Office No. llS4i Bros1way'
and probably make their track with fIe and blood
as ,hey did before and after.
uhsppened that 81 soon "a this crowd had taken
m their way toward Broadway another important
character appeared on the scene. 1t w-s Mr. Jobu
Decker. Chief Engineer of the Fire Del afimen'.
Hehsd been huriedly sent for, and he had huriedly
come.
lie took in a. q glance the situation. The devoar-
ING fame, unchecked and apparently UNDECIDED, was
eating it's way through the block, and drivog t-mily
after family from bed and board by ia rel"nt'rss
nrosress His fire apparatus, of which ordinarily he
!. 40 proud, stood idle. Their natural enemy, the
fire. was laughing anthem, willie engine, truck, aud
hose carriage, stood hsiless-
Chief Decker said that it would he useless tn Set
his men al work at that instant without the eonscn
Of the rioters; had he attempted 1t they wonid
have DESTROYED the whole fire apparatus in twenir
minutes; the universal Americans were befors him,
hs would make speech; he dad make speech; II
was brief ncceessrily for his rsis shboTs house WAS
burning before bis eyes.
1t must have been hard to address those r.
lows as "Felior-ciiisen," by the light OF The FIRE
they had themselves Andled and which, bot as II
was on this broiling day, was not let Us hnmhiy
hops one-tenth psrl rs hot as too reception VIII c..
In another world, surely awaits every one VINO
burns hou-es over the heads of WIDOWS aud orphans,
and then robs them by the light of il.
However. hard ss il was, Decker swallowed tie
dose, and mounting on q barrel, called for mo-
ment's order " which vss granted, while lie sf ke
ss follows, being continually interrupted 10y jeet'
and cheers and ironcal remaris. Al last he m+de
therl hear thus much;
s,snd here b,'c'. you T. srr.s &c
your copmCn,ens-l vii net ,sy s"o a. p"s- - "a
the nights q your csu.- AIou' tt~ g. Ne d"u" r's
feel that you fsh: There is no m''iske l. h.e 'n
for msn te have 20 As home aid doS.a. Sia
nc, wish 20 &C. hut car; ague 'hs elr.'ien now
Yoa prob. ~ feel that you ngi Ia sb.' yoo h'vs
done iou here 20 doe &C. aih I'll La new 30
Il, Nov you ought 10 b. satisfied Al the U".t.d a e
property Is 1e, royed and BOW appeal - yoH bfa
e. n'emeD, &c, TO wors aud save the oc,
TIE men hos house. a.. brrnips row innoes' e
they have nothing to Do with tue da'';h-y fuw roa-
Of it-tbsg hsid-voTking u.r Ike your-elv-,now ~
you viii yoo oi 90 to work and tui eu' tli' he
"Yes," Yes" and ,hroe cheers for Joht
Decker were the responses.
Engineer Decker then got his engines ready, bui
before they threw drop Of wafer one Of pei
"rear guaii' had run round aud no.iiird The
-" Broe1way" crowd who came teaiug back ~
ing, curing. swearing, and vowing v'pgcancs
In less tran q minute they cleared ths srcels
drove the tiremep from their engines stoned the p"
lice oct Of the streets, and a8aiu ook possession o
.he engines, hose carriages, ETC., which, however
they did not damage.
Half al hour Later, however, Chief Decker 90!
his engines at work, and succeeded IN even iaiy
ssving part of the building on the rner Of FOry-
seventh street, the whole Of ths rect Of TIE block
having beei destroyed.
ATTACK on THE TRIBUNE OFFICC.
About eight o'clock in the evening an excited mob
in Printing House Square, commenced ,houIi' a7d
groanng, aud room sfteYwari large numb'r"i ptf-
sons in the crowd armed themselves with mssle' at
a pile Of br.ckf in the n.ghborhood-spd h1r,d
them q, the wndows Of the InDaae OGiee.
When the lower windows were demo.ishod The {
was rush nude for the in,erior Of tue c1uu ing
room. Papers were seizej and sc.tier about th
5.reet and ns,ch was tben az led ioa 1t ofp T
made o! the counter At This iG,laut siroug iolcc
force upon the full ruo scTOss the pars scat
terr1 the r!otcrs and all was quiet
THE FIRES.
Early in The forenoon The mob set fire 10 three
buildings d: FoHy-sixth street aud Third tyeLu~,
ole Of whoD was Capt. Js. kin-s ofi-e.
At 3 O'c.oek, TWO brown stone front bouta. n
Lexington avenue, between Adj and 4ilb-,treets,
were entered by the mob, and rsus cked from toy
10 bottom, then fired them, and they were eeurely
Destroyed.
At4:3j, au attack Was made the Bll's Head
Hotel, in rty-fourth street. between foarth and
Fifth avenues, and the building wss destroyed.
t4:50 o'c'oek the gun factory at the coruer Of
aw.nty-fr., street and Second avenue.
At 5:l2 o'clook the mob arrived at the Office Of
Captain Mauiere, between 1weDiy.eishih sod
Twenty-ninth streets ard burned the whole block.
They made an advance npou the CoioreI Or.
rhan Asylum. There the fremen were on Lnnd ID
good time, and some Of them made tzrdy eGor, ~
do their duty bu, the principal aforts were made by
John Decker, the Chief Engineer, and several Of tie
sssistaI!l engineers.
When the Chief sent to have the bells rung TO
give tho alarm, the messenger found that be could
Eot communicate With the Headquarters, owing 10
the fact Of the wires being cui down by the mob.
They were going round % the houses in the neigh
borhood with halchets in their hands and destroy.
ing every piece Of costly furniture they saw. Large
pier glasses were smashed into atoms, and it seeiled
10 give the greatest delight the more properly toey
-osad destroy.
house nsarly opposite TO the Asylum at
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