New-York daily tribune., 1863-07-15
PIPTEENTH WARD.

friends, Wneu ucdI uoyV OPSy"~' w
tween Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets, they encoun
tered about dozen rioters armed with Clubs, VINO
defsntly swung them in the air, shouting and boot-
ing at the same time. A crowd OF some 2oO gehte'
men had been collected by the noise, and when Mr.
Tenny and his friends met them he proposed tha'
they should arrest the rioters and take them 70 the
station houce. The proposition meeting with iaVor
from the crowd Of gentlemen, they started IN pur'
suit of the rowdes surrounded them, and had reg
ular hand .to-hand encounter.
The rioters, as soon as they found themselves a.'
tackled, Immediately dropped their clubs, and MADE
the best efforts they could to escape. In the ft,
however. several of them were pretty severely
handled; and Mr.. Tenney and his immediate friends
succeeded in arresting two, whom they escorted 70
the Ninth Ward station.house in Charles street.
The Police Sergeant in charge at the Station'House
demurred to taking charge Of the arrested men, on
the ground that the building might be attacked py
the mob.
SIXTEENTH WARD.
The mob congregated in front OF the Sixteenth
Ward School-House, In Seventeenth street, while
the school was in session, and made demonstra-
tion with view TO gain entrance to the building.
II sems that two colored women whom they had
pursued had taken refuge in the schoo-buding, and
they were determined to get at them. The teachers
promptly barred all the doors leading into the street
and the rioters, after few Intellectual efforts 10
break in, turned their attention TO httle wooden
shsny on the opposite side Of the street. rushing into
It, attacking the inmates, and committing various
depredatons upon the building.
The mob marched through various streets in the
vicinity but committed more acts of violence
thst we could learn.
Various rumors were sfoat during the day that
the destruction Of all the factories in tie Ward had
been threatened, and that the bombshel factory at
the foot of Twenty fourth street had been barreaded
by carts placed across the street. but up to - o'clock
last night everything was quiet
TWENTIETH WARD.
| At about s O'Clock p II. the mob had conereea'ei
in Tweniy.ninth street, between Eighth and Ninth
avenues. and attacked building abou, midway Of
the block, because, us WAS alleged Horace Gree
lev boarded there They broke in the windows
and doors, and comp Tle,ey guted the house, throw
ing into the street books and furniture, which were
Immediately seized upon by the crowd without, aud
borne away piecemesl. Soon after these acts had
been consumma,ed detail of about fifty soldiers
and thirty policemen appeared on !he ground and
marched through the street, clearing il Of all OBJ
s,ructions.
The military marched back and forth the length
of the block and were about TO leave the quarter,
when rumor spread that the rioters had returned
to the building ard were intending TO fire it. They
Immediately turned and marched in doub,e-quck
time TO the place. and finding come Of the rioters IN
-. s.,Td.uiv Nd fr,i them.
II seems tha, JUS, before firing, some policemen Lad
rushed into the house to secure the rioters. aud when
the military fred, two policemen were shot, one IN
Il arm and the other in the abdomen; the wound
Of the latter will probably prove fatal.
Immediately after the rioters lad consummhIed
their work upon the supposed boarding -boute OF
Horace Greeley, cry was raised against rcsIec-
table appearing yoang man that he wass "lhBuNE
Rel orter," and instantly he was sc, upon by The
infuriated deyils who pursued knocked bin down,
and beat and kicked Linn ebou, the body, lace and
head in such way to leave him nearly dead \
gentleman present nterfered and succeeded IN saw
ing the young mans life. lie was taken to bis resi-
/ dence near, aud ii was found on examination that
! be had received 10 mortal wound
/ This same mob while in the vicinity Get upon
man against whom they had conceived some fsncied
an;ipathy, and literally pounded him 70 death We
were unable 10 obtain his name.
| THREATS or THE RIOTERs-A HOUSE or ILL
FAME DESTROYED.
Within the boundaries Of l4th street 10 Division
street, Eat Of Bowery, in Klein Deutsebland"
the whole population was out doors, witnessing Tie
proceedings Of Il mob in whose acts they TOOK 10
mart EXCEPT q few abused aud misled Copperheads.
Barricades Of the poorest kind were erected on tie
corners Of 18th, 18th and 10Th streets, near Tomp-
kins square.
The connecting link between the rioters and the
Tuons Of this district was visible by men on horse
back, who appeared from time to time giving orders
10 their co-raitors by whsperDgn the Of the
rejected ones what next to do. About o'clock the
rioters burned, on the corner Of Fifteenth street
and First avenue, paten, street cleaning Carts
which undoubtedly were regarded,as deprivipg riot
ing people OF their rghtful occupation.
Further down in First avenue there was great
deal Of blowing and bosh about the victory OF the
friends Of disorder. The Lincoln House, on the
corner Of Allen street and First avenue (the old
German Republican headquarters Of the Seven
teenth Ward was threatened, and Mrs. Ludwig
Muller was driven from the house, but 10 further
excesses were committed
| The throng Of rioters behaved differently in
Avenues and b. A. Wagner's (gunsmithsD storc,
No. ca Avenue A, and Mr.. Fennels store, corner Of
Fifth street, where caps, powder, and lead were
sold, suffered severely; everything was carried oil
by the infariated crowd. Dir. Hoechsters Ia Re.
publicsn's) hardware store in Avenue Is, between
Fifth and Sixth streets, was thoroughly plundered
the mob carrying off what 1t pleased.
One of the most peculiar incidents happened in