, 1863-07-17

the purpose Of snppressfug the riot; The
| mob becoming fucenssd, proceeded to the z:a-
fdenee Of the Colonel and warning bis family
to leave, completely guttr d the entire house.
They were about to Set Il on fire, but finding
sisted. The police, under Inspector C4rpen-
ter and Capt Copel, then marched from the
Central Office, preceded BY the Broadway
Squad, to the BoweEy,. where they took
possession Of 4 sufficient number Of
ed up the avenue. On arriving
ut Thirty. second street, the railroad track WIS
found obs;rucfed, and the police then formed
in solid column and marched down to the
Second avenue, -hey were met BY the as
eembled mob with silence. Wnen the whole
force had got in the block between Thirty
fourth and Thirty fifth streets, they were
closed in upon By the mob, and assailed By q
thick ehoWer Of bricks and stones, which
raiued from the houses and windows in the
nefshborhood. For some moments, the men
wayered, and the peril was Imminent, when
the reassurlpg voices Of the officers In cou-
ruand recalled them, who then returned the
shower OF stones with their revolvers. The
order Was then given to charge, aud most
furious onset was made on the rioters, driv.
ing them into the houses, the officers chasing
them a1l over the buildings aud driving them
into the street, where they were scattered bg
most vigorous application of clubs. All tho
marched over the battle-ground victorious.
The police then marched through the infected
district, meeting nothing but lowering looks,
the lnob beirg thoroughly beaten. While
marching through the Third avenue, thcr met
. detachment Of the 11th regiment n Z. s.
field pieces, under commnnd Of Lieut. Eagles
ton, coming down the avenue On q trot. They
formed junction with the police force, aud
then countermaTched through the Second
avenue.
THE DEATH or COL. o'BRRy.
After the detachment of military under Col
O'Bflen had succeeded In dispe1siog the mob,
they fell back at some distance from the Col
ouel, Who went forward near the crowd, hay
Ing his sword and revolver In hfa hands,
wAen he was immediately set upon, surround
cd, and 60 dreadfully maltreated that he e1-
deod on the sidewalk for some time, and soma
Of the more fendfsh In the crowd amused
themselves by firing pistol shots at his head,
ritter which The body WAS. strung up to the
neaTeft lamp post, where 1t remained for
come time It was afteEWard taken down aud
thrown nggain IN the street, and had not been
moved up to s O'Clock last night. The rea-
SONS given by some Of the rioters for such
treatment we're that the military had ahot 1
mother and her child.
BARR1cADBs on THE FIRST AVENUE.
Late In the afternoon the rioters commenced
to bar1icade First avenue, near Eleventh
street, and First avenue, Rear Fourteenth
street. The telegraph poles, which they hid
torn down, were used for these barrtcades,
bten picked up In the adjacent streets. 1t
Thlrteenth street two street sweeping III
cLfneB, which had been captured the previous
evening were burned amid the shouts Of the
men, women and boys who thronged the ave-
nue.: The especial spite the rioters had
Incl }Suta hSy@nn $ho$ has
labor-savipg, and to their ignorant minds,
they, appeared their prime enemies. The
moving spirit 10 this riotous conduct WAS
man who announced himself . returned SOL
dier, but who declared that his sympathy had
been aroused for the South By tne emancipa-
tion OF tie "niggers." He made excited
speeches to crowds Of people, aud seemed
particularly destrcus ot stirring up flgh:
with any one who should have the hardih0od
| to combat bis sentiments. He and others in
Weighed bitterly against grim elevators as
| poor man, and intimated d purpose to destroy
them Us they had destroyed the street sweep
ere. Upon the adjscent tenement houses
/ were numbers OF men, some of them olfned
with guns in anticipation Of an attack BY the
soldieis. a gnn store IN Fifth street, near
Avenue A, lad been broken open in the
morning md completely gutted OF its con-
tents. The mob were In great state Of fear
lest the militia should make their appearance,
the false alarms Of mlschlevous boys causing
a general scamperiug.
ATTACK ON TIE HAYoR's RESIDENCE.
EARLY in the morning the riotozs had assem-
bled est naasse on Fifth avenue, in trout Of the
residence Of Mayor Ordyke, and commenced
violent assault upon his house, and succesd-
ed in forcing the front door, and In breaking
the costly plate glass in the second and third
story windows One Of the lamps On the
front stoop was entirely demolished The
riot here was mainly. conducted by boys be-
tween the ages OF eighteen and twenty years.
Col. B. 3. ManIerrs seeing that things we're
like], to take serious shape, organized a f4*
friends into platoon, and nth Clubs and re-
volvers succeeded for time In holding the
1iotsrs in check. They were finally relieved
BY strcng detachment Of police, who held
the posltlon unmolested until they In turn
were relieved by detachment Of United
States soldiers from Governors Island, under
command of Capt. Wilkins. Thls detachment
numbered eighty four men and four Ser.
geante, and nov held the place without oppo-
slfion. l. will be necessary to keep q strong
detachment Of police or military abound tne
housr OF Mayor Opdyke, as 1t ia, II possible.