Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1863-07-22

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tttfttfine Whfmett Wmrttht.
4 4 rlnfqe vas coon procured end th,
hdg HAf iaktu ~ SOME m0ff 1uioi rlace
When TIE builiinr WA eompltislf hi
namts lie rioters became iuf awhile fnHfi
pniei. and iho immeuse ci0Nd stood N
silence looking n The butnns house
During Ibis time ID Incl ehspd iu numberF
aud soon they beear 10 make short fut,
in one direction aud another faising erie,
OF soldiers" nigeets," and anything
, cl.e Of an exciting character.
But no time vas tu be- lost aud nothing
uAs 20 I've left undouc. 10 cut oh commu
. uicblions with the lover part Of the city
r was their next attempt, Telegraph post.
, we're thrown across the track ol HE Third
, svenuc Railroad To prevent the cars re-
turning dom town.
Shortly after receiving intelligence Of
the ahair. Superintendent John A. Ken.
ncdy made his appearance upon the scene
lie Was immediately seized, aud beaten
With fists AMI ,ticks, and dragged for sew
cIul rods over stones and through mud,
ill he finally managed to get into n cars
ri, &c and WAS conveyed down town
Simultaneously there was grand skeddd'
die toward Fourth avenue. One OF the
drafting otll'aIs had appeared, and vas i'm.
medatey Wken in hands Jy the mob,
who beat him in shocking manner. -
After receiving what they considered his
Just dues he was let 60, and of he ran ut
rattling pace minus his hat.
The flames rapidly spread to the adioin.
| ing buildings, which were soon consumed,
! A 'blacksmith's shop on the opposite corS
Iner took fire and burned with the rest
There were about fifty policemen present
| at this time but it was obvious that they
we're utterly powerless. Women, wives
and children of the men in the crowd,
ran through the streets apparently tran>
tic with excitement and JOY at tho success
Cul result. At the time several ! ose car
riages and engines had arrived, but were
not permitted to play upon the flames. -
Fircmen who were drafted, with their
hre,caps on, appeared in the crowd, and
we're received with fellow greeting.
For an hour or moro the crowd remain
ed about at he building, and oHly allow,
cd the tremen to conn ence throwing
water upon it when il was entirely des
troyed, and when all their exertonS could
avail would be TO saYe the adjacent ones.
At one o'clock an armed guard came
upon the ground, and the crowd imme
dlately set upon il, yelling and brandish.
ing their clubs, and in less than minute
dsarmed the soldiers, taking their cart.
ridge boxes and bayonets.
Burning Of the Bulls Head Hotel,
The next movement was q rush along
Fifty-lhird street toward the Bulls Head
Hotel. This place for some reason or Uth-
or seemed to be obnoxious to the rioters,
and hundreds climbed upon the piazza
breaking windows and smashing doors as
before The house was Immediately en-
tered and sacked, and in less than twenty
minutes it also was in flames. But small
number Of rioters remained here for any
length Of time. They gathered in Fifth
avenue, formed in line, waving their clubs
and bearing piece of board on which had
been chalked in rough characters NO
DRAFT.
At . o'clock Mr.. Howard, a gentleman
connec ed with the City Press for many
years, wss standing on the corner of Forty.
sixth street and Third avenue, look ing at
the scene, when the cry was raised, here
is a id abolitionist; let's hang himl'
&c. &c.
He Was Immediately surrounded by a.
mob, to whom lac made known his voca-
ton. voice here cried out: He's .
Tribune man; hang the son ofa-"
Nj Howard was seized 10y the hair and
taken to an awning post, but fortunately,
something else diverting the atten ton of
the crowd, he had a chance to escape up
Third avenue, but only a short tsme; for
a blow with d paving. stone on the back
of the head, and another one in tn. face
stunned him so that he lost all conscious
ucss, and while in this state be lost his
gold watch and chain, diamond breastpln,
and thirty>three dollars in money.
4 Womdn Killed.
On the corner of Forty>secord street
and Third avenue police officer, in en-
deavorirg to fire into the crowd, shot
horse which was standing there, and kill
ed a woman, who resides somewhere in
Forty. second street, on the rocks. The
crowd on seeing this rushed in, and ta>
king hold of an officer who was near,
struck him with paving stones, iron lars,
and everything else within ,heir reach
rhe poor fellow ran across the street,
pursued by the mob, when ball was fired
at him, striking him in the back Of the
head.
The man finally got into a brick>yard
where number of females beset him and
abused him until he dropped down ex,
hausted, and could only be rescued by the
united efforts of several gentlemen who
took him 10 ST. Luke's Hospital.
Some ofthe rioters were singing snatch
es of unheard of songs, and all shouting
No drSft,' Down with the Abolilionists {"
and Other such sentences. They came
down Yifth avenue until they arrived on.
posiie the provost marshars Office Of that
district, two or three streets down the
Fifth avenue. i!ere they stopped, snd in
some manner procured two or three Amer
lean flags. They formed compact line
across the stree. while the provost mar.
shal's Office was being demolished. 4 rus
NOR began to circulate that the military
Sere coming, and they melted each other
by furious cries and exhortations TO stand
firm for ihev said thpv mint os ual aia