Washington telegraph., 1863-08-05

| thank Uod tnat We are separate from such
people at last, aud forever.
The Nor rHkRN RIoIs.-The follow
ing is from the True Democrat Bulletin
Of tie 2Sth ult.:
The riot in New York began on the
morning Of the 18th. II appears to have
been begun by workmen on railroads aud
in foundries, who attacked an Office in the
upper part Of the city where drafting was
going on. They cleared the building and
set j, on fire. Other buildings clught fire
and the fire companies we're not permitted
10 put them out. The police we're beaten
of, and at o'clock company Of soldiers
made its appearance on the Third Avenue
ln fight which ensued, six rioters we're
killed, but the soldiers we're seized and
disarmed. On the l4th they burned
several buildings, gutted several houses,
one of them said 10 be Stewards, and an
other the Mayors. They attempted to
burn the Tribune Office aud DIR. Cheever's
church. They tore up the track on the
Albany aud Harlem railroad, and cut all
the telegraph wire. On the 18th, they
* emed to have turned their attention to
destroying houses Of i'll fame, aud chasing
down negroes TO beat them.
A soldier net a negro aud advised him
to 20 home, whereupon the negro shot
him dead. The crowd caught the mur-
to lamp pole. On the morning Of the
/ 5th the mob seemed 10 be busy plunder-
ing, and to be subsidipg. The dispatches
are up 10 3 p. N. on the 18th, and troops
were arriving then. A riot broke out on
Staten Island on the l4th, the violence Of
the mob being chiefly directed against
negroes, numbers of whom we're killed,
others beaten, houses destroyed, and a
general anti-nigger cleaning on; had. On
the l4th, in Boston, David Howe was
going about serving notices on the persons
who had been drafted. A mob beat him
nearly to death, and beat of the police.
They we're subdued, but st night they
rallied again and broke inte several gun
shops. However. at midnight all was
quiet, and by the morning Of the 18th the
police aud military had full possession Of
the town.
On the morning Of the 18th mob Of
400 workmen from sn iron foundry, pa
raded the streets of Troy, N. Y, drove of
all the negroes, then proceeded 70 the
office Of the Times, and destroyed every
thing in the building. They then opened
the Jail, aud finally subsided.
The Little Rock Gazette obtains the
following additional dispatches from
Northern sources:
New York, July l7.-ArGy Sullivan,
. notorious leader Of the mob in the Sew
enth Ward, has been arrested.
The police, protected by the Seventh
Regiment, are searching the houses for
concealed arms. No disturbance took
place up TO dark
The call Of John Hughes, Archbishop
of New York, to those persons whom the
papers call rioters, is genuine, and iD re-
spUnse tn it some 5000 Iri.hmen Assem-.
bled at his residence that afternoon, in
cluding many known rioters, some Of ,hcm
armed.
In his address, which was quite lengthy,
he said he addressed them as their father,
aud declined on the ground Of his being
priest, from going into the question
which brought about the present unhappy
state of affairs. He referred to Ireland,
aud thanked God he had come to this
country, where no such oppression existed.
lie counselled them to bear up under their
supposed evils, rather than commit
greater. Iu this country the Government
has foundation not to be Destroyed
Everything is in the hands of the people,
who build the supe:structure every four
years. Whether the majority Of the
people make a blunder or not, | am will
ling to be governed by that majority. He
exho-ted them to 90 to their homes, and
stop these proceedings, and support the
law which have not been enacted against
them because they were Irishmen and
Catholics.
"he crowd peaceably dispersed.
Fire Marshall Bakers estimates Of the
losses BY fire during the late riot foot up
over 100000. Between Monday morn.
ing and Thursday night thirty -four fires
occurred.
Gers Wool and Brown have been re-
lieved fromIcommand here. Gen. Csnby
assumes command Of the department Of
the East.
There are some 5000 troops now in
the city, and regiments continue to ar.
rive. No disturbance has yet taken place
to-day.
1t is understood that the Mayor will issue
proclamation this afternoon announcing
the suppression of the riot.
Some thirty rioters were killed by the
Seventh Regiment last night.
The reported killing Of fifteen of the
Seventh Regiment is not true.
A special to the Post says the rebel.
have not moved out of the Shenandoah
valley.
A New York dispatch of the Goth saws
yesterday was quiet Sunday all the wards
we're as peaceful as ever. So ends that
chapter, but it will prove only an intro