The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1863-03-18

About this time dispatch was received, stAtinr
mat the request Of tho city officials had been com.
Piled with, and that Hyo companies were on Their
way This news, together with the appearance ol
several squads OF armed men in various parts oi
the city had no influence in ovcrawing the cr,wd
| bwrather tended to increase their rage and ac.
! tvity.
The fire bells now sounded an alarm for lie
/ tifSt Ward anda couple Of steam engines started
for the place indicated, followed by large portion
tthc mob The alarm was found to have been caused
! by the burning OF barn in an alley between Fort
and Lafayette streets. 1t was entirely consumed
ana the engines after putting ont the cmbcrs, re
turned as rapidly possible to the point of thpr
previous labors, in the vicinity Of the market BE
tore reaching II, however the alarm bells signalled
another fire, in the Sixth ward and the tiremen
FASTENED to the spot at once, arriving in time to
find good sized frame building on tho corner of
John street and Miami avenue, in q blaze and
partially consumed
Great alarm aud distress prevailed cvcrywhcrr
as the fires successfully burst forth. and in some
Iocahtv the citizens armed themselves and turned
out to protect their families and property.
After the last fire had been extincuished. the
rioters suddenly dispersed, completely worn out and
dspirited by their labors.
ot the negroes theN are all sorts Of rumors IL
IS believed that several were killed, but a. far aS
known nothing is positive concerning the matter
Our reporter saw large number in an insensible
condition in the cutters aud alleys, bu, rtone en-
tirey dead. large number however, were very
probable that u
them will never recover.
The colored population Of the city, frightened and
distracted, hurried from the mob, scattering in
every direction, a large number going over the
river to canada, while many actually fed to the
woods with their wives and little ones They yyern
perfectly panic stricken, and ran hither and thithcr
with Il recklessness which rendered them totally
unht to take propcr care of themselves Those
who did not leave the city huddlod themselves to-
gether IN the kitchens and outhouscs of the build
n piu nil fha ala I,,r, a.,
eeedngs were had
Tow ard evening il became apparent that unless
some extraordinary measures we're taken at once
great disasters would result To the city. F. b.
Phelps, acting Mayor, Immediately established his
headquarters at the Mayors office and issued an
order calling out the military. The Twcnty-sev-
enth Regiment at lpsilanti, was tclographed for
the regulars at the Fort were sent for and all tho
independent military companies in the city were
called out
With commcndabc prompmess, at Q O'Clock, A
detachment of the Twenty seventh, consisting of
Companies A, B, G, 7 and c. numbering about four
hundred men, under command of Colonel Fox aud
lieutenant Colonel Richardson arrived and report
euat headquarters, They were Immediately sent to
the scene of the riot to dispcrsc the crowd About
o'clock the Light Guard were upon the street
fifty strong and did efficient service patrulng the
streets IN the region where the fires were occurring
and where the crowds were the most dense. The
Lyon Guard were also on hand aud had the impor-
tan task of holding tho Jail and premises secure
against invasion. Company A. OF the Scott Guard,
were out in force, and prevented the destruction of
much valuable property in the upper portion of the
city. A company of fifty regulars from Fort
Wayne, with two brass pieces, did much toward
dispensing the crowd.
Gradually the excitement died away, the fires
became less numerous, aud the crowds benan 70
dispersc. by eleven o'clock all was again quiet,
and the streots deserted. The Mayor deeming il |
important toprOvidc against any more demonstra
tons during the night, issued an order for the cs
tablishment of patrol guard upon every street in
the city, with orders to arrest every stragglcr.