Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1863-07-17
COpperhcad Riots =!
THE COUNTER REVOLUTION At THE NORTH.


The Rebels, and their allies, have Ion,
predicted that there would be Rebellion
at the North, if necessary, to aid in de
srrcying the u. s. Government. Th'
defeat Of Lee-,he capture Of Vicksburs
and Port Hudson--ths danger to Charles
ton and Richmond, locked as if "Mei,
time ,eas Short" aud something new mus
be resorted to. Accordingly, last MoDda,
morning, q concerted, pre.srrauged mot
broke out 10 New York city, which wa'
raging up to "Wednesday evening. They
first attacked the Drafting Offices sId
Headquarters. trying to kill tho officers
aud cutting and burning down sevor.l
superior buildings, ia different parts oi
the city. They cut telegraph wires, STOPPED
railway and horse cars, aud prevented
fremsn from playing on burning build
ings. They beat Gil the police, killing
some, aud tLwar,ing all the military al
first brought again them ; but on Tuesday
there came several forces able to stand ,heiT
ground, and . dozen or twenty riotors
were shot dead Government officers aud
d" Aboli,ionists" wero everywhere assaul
ted, and bad to fee for their lives. Ev-
cry colored man that could DO fonod, and
even boys, were beaten; some were killed
outright; the Colored Orphan Asylum
was broken into, pluudsred aud burned,
barely giving the helpless children time to
escape with what they bad on. An as
sault upoa the Tribune" Office was re.
pulsed, but the house of a cousin of Mr..
Greeley, and the residence Of the Mayor
aud Postmaster, with other houses Of
friends of the Administration, were as
saul,ed, and some Of them plundered.
Private stores we're robbed, and we'll.
dressed men on the streets had money,
watches, &C., taken from their persons.
The mob took one small srnory, gaining
themselves weapons. Oue leader was =
Virginiau named Andrews. The meu
we're chiefly ignorant persons, (uostiy
Irisb) who, with boys aud women. yelled
aud made everything hideous with their
insane fears and threats, saying they
would rather die at home than in the ar
my. The brave Capt. O'Brieu, . loyal
man, was hung to lamp post BY bis own
To oppose these despersdoes-a fair
specimen Of the men who made Paris so
dreadful in the French Revolutiop-th the
police, the Mayor, aud Generals Wool
aud Sanford did what they could. Five
Regiments were ordered from the South.
The Copperbead city councils proposed to
Tax nearly Four Millions of Dollars as
a substitute for draft from the city
Gov. Seymour addressed his fellow citi.
sens," and "imp!ored" them to desist,
telling them the constitution
,lity of the Draft should be tested by
State authorities. Bishop Hughes and
The Catholic priests were more decided 10
heir course. Nine out of ten OK the riot
,rs are devotees of Seymour aud Hughes,
but they had become so inaamed that lit
lie could be done with them-and ball and
grape shot and the cold steel were finish
ug the work and mcrcifulIy suppressiug
this miniature rebellion.
WHO Is RESPONSIBLE?
The bloody assault of deserter Hummel
upon a U. S. Officer at New Berlin-the
hundreds of lesser or greater outrages
against enrolling officers in several Of the
otates-snd this weeks Wholesale destruc-
ion in New York-are all natural, lcsiti.
nate fruits of Copperhead teachings.
Their speakers and editors have for months
denounced the Draft Act as arbitrary,
unconstitutional and oppressive, aud the
!efeuse of our Government as . wicked
md unnecessary war for the Negro, &c.
10. Thus designcdly exciting the igno-
ant and the vicious-of whom New York
las SO many-they have led to this brutal
outbreak against the Union, when its arms
we're crowned with victory. 1t is design
d to aid the Rebellion, of course. But
ve hope it will fail, aud the Rebels in the
south and the Rioters in the North both !
,e brought into sutjection to . just and
,nly too-mild Government