The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-07-22
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The Times gives the following details of tn
feaiful riots in New York:

4 hO iilteietliOn VI bHS uidlO AO1beatAoy
the Ninth Congressional District was charac-
terized by SO much order and good feeling as
to we'll nigh dispel the forebodipgs of tumult
and violence which many entertained in con-
nection with the enforcement of the eonscrip-
ton of this city. Very few, then, were pre-
pared for the riotous demonstrations which
yesterday, from ten in the morning until late
at night, prevailed almost unchecked IN our
streets. The authorities had counted upon
more or less resistance to this measure of the
Government, after the draft was completed,
and the conscripts were required to take their
place in the ranks, and at that time they would
have been fully prepared to meet it; but no
one anticipated resistance at so early stage.
The abettors of the riot knew this, and in it
they saw their opportunity. Wesay abettors
of the riot, for it is abundantly manifest that
the whole affair was concocted on Sunday
last by few wire-pullers, who, after they saw
the ball fairly in motion yesterday morning
prudently kept in the back ground. Proof of
this is found in the fact that as early as nine
o'clock some laborers employed by two or
three railroad companies, and in the iron foun-
dries in the eastern side of the city, formed
in procession in the Twenty second ward, and
visited the different workshops in the upper
wards, where large numbers were employed,
and compelled them, by threats in some in
sta noes, to cease their work.
Less than thirty names had been called
when the mob made a sudden attack on the
MarshaPs building, Corner of Third avenue
and forty sixth street,) with missiles of every
description. Following these missiles, the
mob rushed furously into the Office on the
| first floor, where the draft was going on, seiz-
ing the books, papers, records, lists; &c, all of
which they destroyed, except those contained
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set upon with stones and clubs. and, with the
reporters for the Press and others, had to
make hasty exist through the rear. They
did not escape scatheless, however, as one of
the enrolling officers was struck a savage blow
with stone, which will probably result fa-
tally, and several Others were injured.
The drafting papers having been destroyed,
the building was set on fire, although the up
per floors were occupied by women and chill
dren. Deputy Marshal Edward S. Wander
! pool, who attempted to pacify the mob, was
so brutally beaten by the wretches that his re-
covery is doubtful. Superintendent Kenne.
dy was also severely beaten and robbed of his
watch and other valuables.
Il THE MILITARY BEATEN.
At eleven a. m. word reached the ParE
Barracks of the disturbance, and Lieut.. Reec
and detachment of the Invalid corps imme
diately repaired to the scene OF riot. They
went by the Third avenue route, the party
o occupying one car On the way up crowds o
men, women and children gathered at tn,
street corners, Missed and jeered them, ant
some even went so far as to pick MP stones
Z which they defantly threatened to throw a
+ the car. When near the scene of disturbance
Lieut.. Reed and command alighted, ant
formed in company line, in which order the,
marched up to the mob Facing the rioter
the men were ordered to fire, which many o
them did, the shots being blank cartridges, bu
, the smoke had scarce cleared away when tn
9 company (Which did not number more tha
fifty men, If as many,) were attacked an
, completely demoralzed by the mob, VIII
were armed with clubs, swords and other i'm
= plements.
I BURNING OF THE ORPHAN ASYLUM FOR COL
' oRED CHILDREN.
: The Orphan Asylum for Colored Childre
o was visited by the mob about clock. Th
institution is situated on Fifth avenue, an
I the building, with the grounds and garden ad
t joining, extended from Forty -tdird to Forty
: fourth street. Hundreds and perhaps thou
]. sands of the rioters, the majority of whor
y were women and children, entered the prem
' ses, and in the most excited and violent mar
d ner they ransacked and plundered the bulc
: ing from cellar to garrett The building ws
8 located in the most pleasant aud healthy po
,, tion of the city. 1t was purely a charitab
institution. In it there are on an average &C
or 800 homeless colored orphans. The builC
/ ing was large four-story one, with two win.
), of three stories each. When it became ev
81 dent that the crowd designed to destroy it.,
c flag of truce appeared on the walk opposis
; and the principals of the establishment mao
= an appeal to the excited populace, but
= . vain. The building was several times set {
u fire, but was on each occasion saved by tt
} fremen, until they were finally driven off.
e ATTACK ON THE TRIBUNE OFFICE.
P During the greaterpa of the day, a crow
u composed principally of overgrown boy
re amused themselves by going around to Il
Is various newspaper offices down town, cheeril
% the bulletins which announced the progress
r '[ the riot in the upper part of the city, groa
oi ing the editors of such journals as we
:, deemed obnoxious by the mob, and chasil
!" and beating every person of color who chanc
3 to make his appearance. The Tribune, as
matter of course, came in for the princir
share of the groans, and it is but fair to ad
Is that the Daily Nea0s monopolized the chez
Various hints were given out by the riote
at that the Tribune would be attacked in the ev
Ia ning but they were not credited, or if tn
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- made to repel it. About seven O'Clock, ho'
= ever, the crowd of boys began to be swell
by different class of roughs, who appear
y on the ground with clubs in their hands, a
~ ~ from their appearance, had evidently be
II II engaged in the more bloody work up town.
D., They Immediately gathered around the z
bune office and commenced series of t
-, most unearthly groans and demoniac yells.
> In a few moments one of the more forwa
u among them commenced an attack upon t
- :. door of the publication office, which v
l. locked, but which soon gave way to the pr
sure of the mob, who, amid the crashing
broken doors and windows, rushed in a bo
into the building. In moment more files
It the Tribune were thrown out to the crowd a
,c. torn and scattered to the winds. In less tn
five minutes the Office was completely quite
: and the desks and counters upset and broke
w oUTRAGEs UPON CoLoRED PERSONS.
h. Among the most cowardly features OF
as riot and one which indicated its political a
sh mus and the cunningly devised one that b
been given to the rioters by the instigators
the outbreak, was the causeless and inhum
nd treatment of the negroes of the city.
er, seemed to be an understood thing throughc
the city that the negroes should be attack
- wherever found, whether they offered a
az provocation or not. As soon as one of the
ps unfortunate people was spied, whether OF
rd, cart, railroad car, or in the street, he was
or mediately set upon by crowd of men a
,t- boys, and unless some man of pluck came
his rescue, or he was SO fortunate to escs
IL into building, he was inhumanly beaten, a
he perhaps killed. There were probably not
We than dozen negroes beaten to death in diff
,at ent parts of the city during the day. Amo
the most diabolical of these outrages Il