Litchfield enquirer., 1863-07-16
Netts of the Wssk.
 THE RIOT IN NEW YORK
Resistance to the Draft Rioting
 and BIoOdshed.

conscriptiom O6ices Sacked and Burned Ri eate Dwellings Pillaged and Fued-4n Al.
 mory and Hotel destroyed Colored People
 Assanlted--An Uncfsnding Bsack Man I Hang-7He Tribune Office Attacked -Ize | colored Orphan Asylum Ransacked and 1 Bu,ped-Go., dc.
 The drafting in the IXth Congressional Dis trict of New York, which was commenced on Saturday, and carried forward with no dis turbance or apparent disapprobation, was re- sumed at 10 o'cl'k on Monday morning when 6 disturbances broke out. commencing by an at. tack on the Provost Marshars building, which was shortly demolished, the enrolling papers scattered to the winds, and the building burned to the ground.
 We have not space oday to detail all the outrages committed by the mob. The Head quarters of the Provost Marshal was burned, the draft slips destroyed, several other build ings, including Q Colored Orphan Asylum burned to the ground, telegraph wires cut, and fire bells not allowed to ring, or fire engines to work, pavements and railroad tracks torn up. the Superintendent of the Police badly in jured, several inehensive citizens, white and black, pounded to pieces, wounded and killed, squad of soldiers mobbed, private houses sacked, and unlimited arson and murder con- mltted by the infuriated mob, who, under the cloak of resistance to the draft, gave sway to the worse passions of their natures. The demonstration on Monday, was mostly con fined to the upper part of the city, but towards evening party of about four hundred men and boys, assailed the Tribune office, dashing stones through the windows, forcing open the doors of the lower room, and destroying it's contents. This party, however, was summa- rily dispersed by the timely arrival of police squad. before whose vigorous and we'll directed efforts the rioters broke and fed In other parts of the oity. however, the police, who en- deavored to disperse the riaters and preserve order,were set upon, badly beaten and bruised, and several of them killed, and superinten- dent Kennedy was so badly injured that seri- ous doubts of his recovery are entertained.
 The Deputy Provost Marshal of the 9th dis trict is reported killed, and other of the U. S. officers only saved themselves by skillful con! cealment and flight. A squad of soldiers who attempted to clear the streets, were set upon, dispersed, and many of them badly handled.
 These violent demonstrations were entirely unexpected by the authorities, and conse- quently there was no adequate preparation to meet them. For nearly the eutire day Mon day, therefore, the mob ran lawless through the streets. Most account represent the mob on that day as numbering not more than from 300 to 500 actual participants, and mostly of Irish of the lowest grade, though the number was hourly increased by ruffians, pickpockets, thieves aud murderers of the deepest dye.-- And this number, it was plain to see, were acting under regularly selected leaders, and with previously understood purpose, and the | passion and onset of the riot itself is easily 1 traceable to the teachings of the worst and basest of the demagogue orators and presses of the North.
 The Government property destroyed in the various Provost Marshall offices, on Monday, is estimated at $25OOOO. Private property destroyed by fire and plunder on that day. is estimated at s2, ,OOO, ,Ooo, and this, probably, is a low figure.
 We give below such intelligence of Tues- days doings as we have been enabled to gath CT from telegrams in the Hartford and New Haved papers of Tuesday evening. Commu- nication is entirely cut off between Bridge port and New York; the telegraph wires being cut, and the N. Y N. H.trains running only as far down as Norwalk on Tuesday and yes- terday.
 LATEST.-TpEsDAY.
 NEW YORK, July 14-1p.M. One of our reporters has just returned from Roosevelt street and that vicinity. He says there are about 40OO or 5000 mob gutting eve ry buildiag that has nigger in. He aysthsy aie steering for Center Market The fire alarm for the I'd and Sd districts has just commenced | ringing.
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