Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1863-07-22
EBENsBURG, PA. WEDNESDAY, JULY %, 1863.

his object in going to the building, was
beaten most severely about the head He
subsequently escaped with great difficulty
across lots and fences
The crowd, who in the meantime kept
up this work of demolition, turned their
attention to the telegraph, which in less
than a minute was destroyed, while the
people in the house, who had taken flight,
were beseeching the mob TO desist.
But they cried in vain. The upper
stories had taken fire, and in a very little |
time the flames burst out of every Win /
dow. The crowds filled the streets ad- /
joining and finished their work
Around the bell tower in Fifty-first
street, the mob had sent their friends to
stop the bells from ringing but when
| Engine 33 and Hose 50 were coming
down Third avenue, they were cheered by
the mob but not allowed to work
While attempting to rescue, Lieutenant
| Nanderpool was badly beaten. The
| crowd got hold of barrel of lager beer,
but intending to keep sober, stove the
head in, and destroyed also the saloon ad-
joining.
The fire in the meantime had taken
start, and soon the whole building was a
mass of flames. Mr.. Duane is in the
Sheriff's office, and loses $4,000
The adjoining building, No, 679, was
also destroyed; it was tenanted in the
lower story by Il beer saloon, on the
second story by Hy. Frank, who loses
b, 900 A. Domerona, whose loss is
fl, ,OOO and ii. Degelow and A. Woka-
took, who lose 81 800.
Mr. Robert Pettigrew, who owns a
blacksmith and wheelwright shop across
the street, was struck on the head while
running across the street, and his shop
! demolished.
THE LADIES IN TIE MOB.
Some 10000 highly excited men are
around the building, with thick sprink-
ling of women. Many women are on the
II house-tops, waving their shawls and
d handkerchiefs to the rioters.
The telegraph poles are cut down, and
the wires cut. The cars are stopped
l. About thirty are now waiting to pass.
Is The Provost MarsLars Guard, (the In
g valid Corpsl while going up the Bowely
N near Hay Market, in Third avenue car
g. were insultcd and sneered at by large
crowd congregated there. Stones were
fired ut the cars repeatedly.
ic The Sixth avenue cars have stopped
to running down town, their men being takel
le off by the crowd.
IN During the contlagration Superintendent
It. Kennedy appeared outside, when tn
crowd attacked him in such a manner tina
OF he received very severe injuries.
y THE SOLDIERS FIRE UPON TIL
MOB
,r Atll O'Clock a detachment of the Pro
,et vost Guard, numbering some seventy-tiv
rs men, left the Park Barracks for the seen
re- of disturbance; they reached the groun
ed about II o'clock. They immediatel
ell formed two and two abreast, and wit
closed ranks they marched up the avenu'
ice No sooner were they in motion, howeve
n than the mob began to surround then
to hootng, yelling and greaning. The guar
he drew up in line on the avenue, betwee
in Forty-fourth and Forty-fifflI streets. Il
ID this time they were completely surrounds
and so pressed that they were hardly alb
yas to "or,ler arms"
off The crowd now commenced pushiI
Use and iolting the soldiers, and thrown
md stones at them All of sudden the
the had their arms on a ''ready;" wheth
to the order was given to fire or not, 1t
impossible to say but one of the soldle
led Immediately discharged his piece shooti
rv- down one of the mob; the others lmn
ing diately followed.
pad No sooner were the muskets discharge
ing however, than Inc mop e,ueasolsu .
Y to wrest the weapons from the hands OF t
military hand to hand fight ensu'
hey which lasted for ten minutes or more
the last overpowered by numbers, the soldit
,ent broke and fed, pursued by the Gro"
ers- yelling like demons. The guard thr
and away their muskets, which were cage
seized by the mob and turned against tn
ovid former owners.
and The pursuit was kept up as far
med Twentieth street, when it was abandon
,tely and a majority of the men escaped;
hing of the soldiers was pursued up Forty
street to First avenue, where crowo
ards some twenty men surrounded him, kno
bicb ed him down and beat him until he '
and insensible. A number of women Joi
in q in and one of them endeavored to s
,eak- him with a bayonet, but another won
, no. took the weapon out of her hand
with carried it off The soldier was left
dead on the walk, but whether he wa
pt to or not could not be ascertained.
S at Another of the guard endeavored
tated make his escape by climbing the re