New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-09-04
4 Hard Case Indeed.

4 circumstance connected with the recent
riot yesterday came to knowledge the bare nara.
tive Of which will be sufficient 10 arouse the indgna
ton and pity feyery humane reader AZ the corner
Of Second avenue and Tweryeighth street or near IT,
lived respectable colorcd family 1t consisted of
Mrs. Reed OF her mother. Mr.. Smmons Of her chil.
drcn babe OF tender years and invalid boy about
seven years age Upon the approach of the mob the
inmates Of this humble tenement became alarmed The
mother with simple but still under the circumstances
the most commendahe honesty fearing that the clothes
which had been intrusted 20 her in her business
aundress might be- destroyed FASTENED to return them
to The Ownc~ The erandmother thus lett CLIQUE thu
arpruach 81 the rioters started for place OF safety
With the babe. directing the poor sick boy 10 follow her,
III tie dreadful confusion he was parted from her was
set upon By the mob beaten. was sayagely asked
with fgightf oaihs II he would be hung or have his
throat cut and OF the more busy devils looked
about for a rope 10 execute their hendsh purpose. lie
was first rescucd by German neish6or. who VAS
beaten and the child taken from HIM. Then several sl
LIANT ircmcn rushed into tie tenement and carried the
lad 10 "A place of SAFETY. His grandmother who re-
TUNED quest OF HIN found him gone and it was only
after several days thai he Was found. But he fonnd
only TO be lost again. The fright the dreadful beating
which he had received the schoek 20 lis nervous Sys
he went TO place where black ana white are alike III
the SIGHT of Him WHO made both and wherc the preju
decs and eruc,cs of will no longer torture ms
Young SOM.
Meanwhile hi, ber,a,cd grandmother has a son Who
in tine Massachusetts, sri Regiment, did gallant servce
nj Fort Wagner. was captured by the enemy. and Is
nov n son,y in the hands Of the Rebels who are not
nkcly to treat cocrcd prisoners with any particular con-
dration His relatives here in their distress, try to
draw his pay upon proper vouchers and are told th't
eooy.d soldiers axe entitled only to $40 per monihho
same sum which IS paid TO conrabands' though whero
the resemblance exists between Massachusetts, citnea
soldier. and contlabands can only bo apparent To pay
masters icd.tapc mind The regiment as Is Known.
decline to accent less than $40 per month the sum paid
TO all cae volunteers and the mother Of Sergeant SIM
mons has not received dollar Of the haiipay oi n''
son While her only protector angusshes III Sou'nei"
dngeou in daily danger oi his life alone the niue PoP
cry If this poor family stolen to the last fragment ''
are lcf dependent upon charity for the means Nh''s
with to bury their dead boy 49,
We have but LITTLE 10 add 10 this sorrowfol tale II !"
moves others ms Il moved us when we heard " 'lHp's
td Nv the bcrcaycd mother 1t will not be IN van 's
40, annual "a the considerable and generous Ii Is uo'.'
mi TINT such things can by any chance happen III
Christie AN citv-it would bc more dreadful II DO 'e"y
hand should be stretched out to succor tis Sr'oA''
family There is nothing to be hoped Tor III preS'"'
from the county AT the rate at when ''o ''.",,
-, ,h s,neryisors do their work, the names oil ''c'o
claimants may not be rcached in months. po"', -.
these worthy people forwarded to TINS o'n'' '"'A
dicously applied to their relief.