Daily national Republican., 1863-07-15
Excitement In tprisg street-A Negrs
shoots White Man, etc.
Attark 0n the Tribune OfRce.

This affair 10 very briefly described by the
Tribune itself in the following paragraphs:
About s o'clock In the evening an excited
mob in Printing House Square commenced
shouting md groaniug, and soon afterward a
large number OF persons In the crowd armed
themselves with missiles at q pile Of bricks In
the neighborhOod, and hurled them ut the win
dows OF the Tribune Office.
When the lower windows were demolished
there was q rush made for the interior of the
counting-room. Papers were seized and tcat-
tered about the street and a match was then
applied to a lot OF paper inside Of the counter.
At this instant q strong poll &C force came upon
the full run across tue Park, scattering the
rioters, and all wac quiet.
The Herald reporter, describing the affair
from tho outside, says:
Close upon the falling Of dusk upon the city,
as 1t had often fallen upon many evenings un.
marked by such regretful events, crowd,
small in numbers, had gathered before the
Tribune Office. a few groans, few cheers,
and some " HI hi's," lett one at a distance In
doubt Of what was going on or intended; but
closer acquaintance with the feeling of the
crowd demonstrated clearly enough that very
! rough demonstration was In Contemplation
against the said Office. A gradual ebuliltion
OF hostility, hri among u parcel of boys in
| front, and gradually extending to the rourher
broke out into regular attack. A prelini.
nary and prcmonotory crash Of glass was
heard, at the sound of which numbers OF look.
ers on immediately stampeded us II the neigh.
borhood had become already too hot for them.
But crash followed crash, doors were rent open,
aud all the sounds of u speedy demolition of
| counters aud furniture inside told that au en-
trance had been effected, and that the work OF
destruction under many hands was going on.
The word passed around among the more
though'less, How are you, Iri6uns! " but
amongst many others. the suggestive exclama-
ton arose" Where will this all end ." THAT
Office is doomed" The men up stairs have
all fed." Whether the men up stairs had hed
or not is question; it is, at all events, rare fol
brave men to fly at the first premonition OF
dang r, aud very rarely for men Of their pro,
fessIon. II was, however, clear enough thai
they kept their lights burning for, while all th.
rest u the building was cnycloped in darkness
the composing rooms were still all algh,.
To the first body of the more actiye partici
pators In the stone throwing and window break
ing operations, were added, with the rush of
hurricane, an immense body from the direction
of Chatham street, who joined in imn ediately
and the work of destruction ins idc the suildlIl
was evidently eliminating to what appearos
! must be tue final result Of the continued at
tack-the complete destruction OF the Trit ml
Buildings. The first stone was thrown at z
O'Clock. Events follow rapidly when there ap
pears NO check 10 unbrdled license. In a yer,
. few moments the lower portion of the buildin,
was taken possession Of In almost as few
moments the police appeared, walking up les
J urely through Nassau street; following then
pretty closely, and al leisurely, came u secon,
body of about equal numbers, both numberin,
not more than about hundred and my men
They halted bylween Beekman aud spruc
streets; there both Joined and formed In column
at the magic signal ofthe "Buton on the Flags.
The contents OF the lower part of the building
were then flying through broken windows AM
gaping doors, hundreds of ready hands aiding Il
the work OF destruction. This halt Of the pole
had purpose. But q very brief time eapse
from the forming ofthv column In Nassau stree
= when an answering sigual on the 1sgs wa
. heard cominy from some distance In front
o ihe same moment the whole body of police Il
l. Nassau street rushed forward In a charge, bs
n ton In hand, some OF the forward nien raisin
the cheering cry of "Hi hi," which was a
J, cheeringly answered hv numbers of people O
l. the sidewalks ard door fronts, and by clappu
NJ hands as they rushed passed. Two 6ode
d Of police on the same instant charged from tw
g other points conyerging on the yrry centre a
. the crowd through whom they dashed. AGATE,
d Ing them like ehaif before the wind. Dow
y they fsll by dozens In the streel--tho fellow
d who had got into the Uillco of the Tribune lun
. bling over each other like merry Andrews d
y they hurried 10 escape from the scene of the
d own deprUdations, often stricken down 40 the
r rose by the touches Of the inevitable bston.N