Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-07-16
The New York Riot on Tuesday.


Tuesday morning, in the upper part of the
city. Bodies OF the rioters visited the
re manufacturing establishments in the
ss.ine manner as on Monday. Other gangs
forbade the landing of vessels at the docks,
under penalty of total destruction of the
ships. The object of the mob Tuesday
seemed to be indiscriminate pillage, and
not, as on Monday, the resistance of the
draft. Several houses were sacked, new
conhagations occurred, and during the
forenoon the excitement was most intense.
The greatest crowd Tuesday morning
assembled at an early hour on Third aven-
ne, between Thirtieth and Fortieth streets.
1t is estimated that the number of rioters
in that part of the city reached ten to
fifteen thousand persons. This mob ex-
tended through the streets on either side
of third avenue to Second and Fourth av-
enues. A few of the rioters carried guns
which they had taken from Mr.. Opdyke's
armory in Second avenue. The principal
number, however, were armed with CLUBS
and stones, and they occupied themselves
with abusing respectable citizens and
threatening further violence. AT ten
o'clock body of $50 policemen, under
Inspector Carpenter, were assailed with
bricks and paving stones while marching
through Second avenue. An order was
then given to charge upon a row of tene-
ment houses between Thirtieth and Thir-
ty-frst streets, which were filed with
rioters who had attacked the police and
amid a shower of bricks and stones the
police entered the building and elected the
mob. The buildings were then set on
fire, but the flames were soon extingush-
ed.
In Thirty-fourth street, at about eight
o'clock, one company of United States
marines, one company Of Fire Iouaves,
New York State volunteers, 18th regiment,
and company of the 18th regulars from
Fort Schuyler, together with company
of artillerymen with two pieces of ordnance
from New Dori, Staten Island, arrived on
the ground where the rioters had assem-
bled in great force. Col. O'Brien had
charge Of all the troops in that nelghbor-
hood, and promptly marched his command
through the crowd down the Third avenue.
Ordering the rioters to dispense, he repeat
eddy fired his revolver upon them, wound
ing two of their number. As the crowd
continued to increase, two howitzers which
accompanied the artillery corps were placed
in position at the corner of Thirtieth street,
when three rounds of blank cartridge
were fired. The mob at this time
was unorganized and precipitately fled,
going through to Second avenue and the
adjoining thoroughfares and scattering
The rioters, however, soon re-assembled in
smaller crowds, and incensed at the attack
by the troops-ineficient as it was-they
threatened to resume their riotous proceed
ing as soon as the military was removed,
and wherever they could prosecute their
work without interruption. Many Of
them proceeded to their homes to obtain
firearms, with which they threatened loudly
to overpower the troops. At about 10 IL
o'clock, as company of the United States
infantry from Forts La Fayette, Hamilton,
and Richmond, under command of Lieut.
Woods, were marching through Pitt street,
they were assailed with volleys of bricks
and stones, and at length, having been
ordered to dispense the rioters at all haz-
ards, fired upon the crowd, and several
persons are said to have been killed.
About IL o'clock Tuesday morning a
large body of men assembled with violent
demonstrations in front of the Tribune
buildings, Enthusiastically indicating an as
sault, to which they were encouraged by
speaker who was harangulng them. -
Fortunately, however, a company of i'm
fantry at that moment appeared on the
scene, and the rioters, alarmed, quickly
dispersed, leaving the street almost desert
ed.
Shortly after, crowd having concen-
trated near the City Hall, Gov Seymour,
who was in the building, appeared on the
steps and briefly addressed the mob. The
gist of his address was that he had on
Saturday last sent bis adjutant general to
Washington with request that the gov
eminent would suspend the draft; that he
desired to protect the people, land he implor-
ed the crowd, therefore, to respect the rights
of persons and Of property promising them
that he would see that everything should
be made satisfactory. Gov. Seymour did
not command the mob to disperse: he
merely "implored F" them in dainty phrase
to do him the kindness not to continue
these violent proceedings, and at his side,
while he was speaking, stood the man who
had been encouraging the mob in an in
fammatory address in front of the Trib-
une buildings. The governors remarks
seemed to give great satisfaction to the
rioters.
The residence of Abram Wakeman,
postmaster of the city, in Eighty-sixth
street (Yorkville,) was pillaged and des-
troyed on Monday night. Mr.. Wakeman
at the time was not at home, his duties as
public officer transcending, in his opin-
Ion, everything else. The first purpose of
the rioters was plumber. They stole the
furniture and carried it off; took up the
carpets, and cut them into pieces of a yard
in length, and divided them among them
sacked his library, a collection worth sew