Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1863-07-18
Etcnnncdy Killed.
Twenty Negroes Murdered.


PRIVATE HOUSES BROKEN INTO AND SACKED.
The New York Post of last evening fur
nishes us the following particulars of the
riot in that city. The account gives the
news up to two o'clock Of yesterday after
noon, the 18th inst:
The draft was recommended this morning
at the headquarters of the Ninth Congress
siOnal district, corner of Third avenue and
Forty-sixth street The wheel had been re
volving about twenty minutes when the
building in which the officer was, as attack
ed by a mob armed with clubs. stones, brick
bats and like missiles, but no firearms. The
building, a lour-story brick house the up
per stories of which were occupied by fumi-
lies, was dcfaCed, the windows broken, doors
smashed and furniture destroyed.
The mob rushed into the enrolling office,
seized all the machinery and papers, records,
lists, &C., Of the officers, except those con
tanned in large safe.
The building was then set on fire, and at
eleven O'clock was in flames. with every
prospect that the block of which it forms
part will be burned down. This done, the
mob proceeded to destroy the police tele-
graph in Third avenue, by cutting down the
poles and carrying off the Wire
HOW TIE RIOT BEGAN.
This morning some of the laborcrs en-
ployed by two or three of the railroad COM
panies and in some of the toundrics, assisted
! by gang of desperate men, went to differ
cnt establishments in the upper wards where
large numbers of workmcn are employed.
and compelled them, hy threats in some in
stances, to cease their work The rioters
Tins CraiOpl LARGO oppnCGippS Of ctr 4
marched through the streets yelling and
threatening, and brandishing their clubs and
other weapons.
At twenty minutes past ten O'clock the
crowd marched down third avenue and con-
gregatcd opposite the enrolling Office.
Meanwhile, the draft was proceeding
though when the rioters had taken their posi-
tion in front of the building the operations
of the officers were interrupted by the noise
and the loud threats of rutlians inside of the
building, who soon altcrWard took their
positions with the principal rioters in the
! street.
YoLLEY OF, STONES.
The first demonstration of violence was
made Immediately thereafter. 4 volley. of
stones crashed through the open doors and
large windows of the enrolling office (Which
had been constructed for store on the first
| floor ht the building) One or two persons
inside the office were struck by stones. and
other persons among whom were the Pro
yost Marshal, who had maintained his posi-
tion ON the table where the wheel stood.
and the commissioner, surgeon aud other
officers of the draft, including Deputy Pro
vost Marshal Nandcrp0cl and the reporters
Tor the newspapers at once made their es-
cape from the room 10 other parts Of the
building and 10 M, rear. The Provost Mar
shsl, Who would probably have been muir
dci,d II caught was assisted over the wall
Of the back yard.
THk DEMONSTRATION ON THE HUuDING.
When the room had been cleared the
rioters approached with their clubs and with
their hands full Of stone, aud bricks. and
began 10 destroy the windows which had
escaped the previous yolly.
When, however, some OF tho more excited
persons In the crowd had entered the office
and begun the work of 0cmolishing the ma
chiucry of the drft and the fumilur, Ia the
room, the building was occupied by very
large uumhrH, Who seized upon the Lists,
r,cuds, blanks. and the great hooks IN
which the name, ot the drafted mcn were 10
hc engru-.od, bore them into the street With
loud demonstrations, tore thrm Into irag-
menis, and scattered them over the neigh
hnrhnod For many rsds above and llluW
the building, and ln Forty siNth street the
ground W-s Hlmosi ,uttnd with the blanks
ani thr other paprr.
Everything Ia the enfulling office Was ut
irfil destroyed cAr,di the large safr which
cnniHintl llt names ul thc mtu drafted
on saturday aad shlsA the mol could not
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