Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-07-17
GLORIOUS NEWS FROM BELOW,
Unconditional Surrender of Port
Hudson.
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER OPEN,
Our Troops now Hold the Forts.
1000 Prisoners, 81 Field Pieces,
rs Siege Guns and 10000
Stand Of Small Arms
Captured.
The Prisoners to be Sent North.
Johnston Skedaddiing from Sher-
man.
The Draft Progressing in Eastern
States.
Disturbance in Boston, Mass.
The Draft Progressing in Eastern
States.
Disturbance in Boston, Mass.
The Troy, N. Y, Times Office
Destroyed by a Mob.
More About the New York Riot.

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WASHINGTON, July IS.
The Richmond Enquirer of to-day has a
dispatch dated Mobile 18th to Gen. Cooper
stating that the New Orleans Era, Of the
10th, announces the unconditional surrende,
of Port Hudson, at 7 o'clock on the 9th.
CAIRO. July Is.
The steamer John D. Perry has arrived
from Vicksburg, having left that place or
Saturday morning. She brings Col. John
Riggin, Jr., of Gen. Grants staff, who i.
bearer Of dispatches to Government. News
is important Port Hudson surrendered un.
conditionally on the 9Th inst Our troops
marched in and took possession on the 9th
We have captured an entire garrison of about
1000 men, IS field pieces, Is siege guns and
about 10000 stand of small arms. We have
Maj Gen. Gardner, Brig Gen. Becbe, and Coils
Steadman, Miles, Smith and one or two others,
names unknown. ,e.-.-. 1905 ..-
At latest accounts Sherman was still pres.
sing Johnston, but That sagacious rebel had
kept out of the way
MEMPHIS, July 10, ria CAIRO Is.
Official announcement of the surrender of
Port Hudson reached Memphis this morning.
Gen. Banks took possession of the forts at 8
o'clock P. NJ of the 9Th.
The surrender is unconditional. No one
paroled. The garrison comprised the follow
ing +: Maj Gen. Frank Gardner, commanding;
Brig Gen. Beebe. Coils. Miles, Steadman, Mar
shall, Smith, and one other, merchant, over
5000 troops and 81 field pieces. The pris-
oners will all be sent North. Gen. Banks was
in good health. Sherman has not had gen.
eral engagement with Johnston, but is pursu-
ing him. He has picked up large number
of Johnston's strsgglers. and small squads of
his troops.
Gen. Hurlbut's cavalry are eagerly pursu-
ing the guerilla bands, and endeavoring to
clear the country of them.
BUFFALO, July Is.
Vallandigham arrived at the Clifton House,
Canada, at o'clock this morning.
MEMPHIS, July IL.
The reports from our victorious army at
Vicksburg are all favorable. Sherman is
pursuing Johnston with every prospect of
destroying his entire army
News of the fall of Port Hudson is hourly
expected. We are without any information
of recent movements
Gen. Dodge, at Corinth reports that he has
routed the rebel forces under Forest and BIZ
fles, that have been securing the country
North of the river, killing, wounding and cap
turing quite number, including one Captain
Gen. Hurlbut's cavalry scouts report COL
Blythe with 900 men and four pieces artillery
at Cold Water station, and Gen. Chalmers at
Pamela.
Mrs. Chalmers, who is at fernando, had
received letter from her husband, the Gen.
eral, stating that Johnston had been fighting
near jackson, and was falling back.
Richardson is still in the country north of
this, enforcing the CONSUMPTION. Gen. Dodge
will soon attend to him.
New YORK, via YoNKERs, July Is.
The mob reign has not yet ceased, although
to-day Will probably witness its end There
is 70 doubt that vastly larger numbers were
engaged in it yesterday than Monday. All
large manufactures are closed.
Work in the docks and ship yards was
suspended. The object of the rioters yester-
dry was unquestionably to plumber.
At noon yesterday the mob turned out
about 5000 strong and attack the Union
steam works, on the corner of 22d street and
I'd Avenue. At 2 o'clock 800 police arrived.
The rioters were in possession of the building,
and finding escape impossible they made an
assault on the police, who shot five of the
mob. About twenty remained in the build
ing. The rioters becoming desperate, again,
assaulted the police, who killed fourteen of
the rufians. Four were killed, and num-
Der injured by Jumping from the second story
windows. As the dead were borne from the
scene, men, women and children ran bowling
through the streets in the most frantic man
ner.
The rioters were then dispersed and the
police held the building. Yesterday morning
the mob Quilted the house of Col. O'Brien, Of
the 18th New York volunteers, who rendered
his services to suppress the riot. A force Of
800 policemen here charged on the mob and
drove the rioters into houses, the officers
chasing them all over the building, and fell
ing them with their clubs. A detachment of
the 18th regiment reached the scene and aid
ed in dispensing the mob.
Col. O'Brien, who went forward near the
crowd, was set upon and beaten to death
almost instantly. The crowd afterwards
amused themselves by firing at his head as
he lay on the sidewalk, and afterwards hung
him to lamp post. His body was then taken
down and thrown into the street, where it
remained up to eight o'clock last evening.
Gov. Seymour addressed the crowd from
the City Hall, imploring them to refrain from
violence and he would see their rights were
protected. he was their friend, and there
was no occasion for resistance, for the draft
had not been enforced. If they would dis
perse he would promise no injustice should be
done in the matter of conscriptions, and their
rights should be fully respected. He had
sent his Adjutant to Washington on Saturday
All jewelry and money brokers establish
mepts were closed, also the custom house and
assay Offices. The mob fred the ferry house
at the foot of 42d street.
Early in the morning the rioters assembled
on 9Th Avenue at the Mayors house and
broke the plate glass windows. Col. Manni-
gre and few friends with clubs and revolt
vers charged them until they were relieved by
the police and United States soldiers. The
mob made an onslaught on the negro dwell
ings in 35th street, but fortunately the occu-
pants had been taken, for safety, to the sta-
ton house, but were repulsed and finally dis
persed by the military. q s7ue ,se'l.s (
New York, July Is.
The rioters last night visited several houses
Of il-fame in Greenwich street, burned one,
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