Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-07-22
nav Y0RK AND THE RIOT.
Further scenes and Ine,dents---The Spirit
oftke nIob---GOmmeuts Of Catholic Cier
Eymen---Aid for the C0lOred SnheEeFs'

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to light. There were several elements COM :
posing the mob, all of which deserve no t
clemency from the hand Of justice. The c
draft was taken as the occasion for the !
outbreak, bat it was apparent that the /
great motive of the leaders was to make
the riot direct ally of the rebels. 1t IS
stated that evidence goes strongly to show
that the outbreak was designed to be coin
cident in time with the advance Of Lee
upon Philadelphia and Baltimore. The
plan was cOneOcted by those who were in
communication with the rebels. It was
designed to defeat the process of law in
the city, SO that it could be delivered over
into rebel possession. Lees part Of the
programme was defeated, but the ropes
had been laid and the under actors assign
ed their parts and places, and SO the trag-
edv was played. gentleman whe had
heard warnings beforehand that the draft
would be resisted, and that the rioters were
confident that "Fernandy Wud was at
the bottom Nv it, and Governor saymoor
would stand by en-" spent all available |
time between Monday noon and Thursday |
morning in mixing with the crowd as much
as he could with any safety to himself
listening and observing, meanwhile, as
closely as possible. He heard cheers for
JEFF. Davis, expressions of regret that Lee
had been whipped, unDounded admiration
for Fernando Wood, and great confidence
IN the Friendship" Of Governor Say
mour ..
Among many incidents of the same gen
eral disgraoeful and fendish character, we
quote the following:
TIE GENTLER SEX.
aWhile a sorely wounded policeman was
being led away between two sympathizing
| friends, two women were seen to run up
from behind and each one dash stone in
to the face Of the hurt and helpless officer
He was led into house. and in less than
thirty minutes the house was burned to
the ground"
DESTRUCTION OF SABBATH SCHOOL By THE
MOB.
Among the atrocities committed BY the
mob last week was the sacking Of a Mis-
sion Sabbath School for poor white child
rem. a branch Of st. George Episcopal
Church, under the superintendance Of Mr..
Vincent Colyer. The school had been IN
operation for over year under the charge
Of tae Rev. Mr.. Trimble, and numbered
over one hundred scholars. Every thing
in the room was destroyed"
BLANK CARTRIDGEs.
To show the utter Sny and cruelty Of
firing blank cartridges at a mob, the fol-
lowing incident is told; -
aAs one Of the regiments was patrolling
Second Avenue, gigantic fellow with
pistol in his hand stepped up to soldier,
and, brandishing his weapon, yelled :
/ Now FIRE your blank cartridges, will you :
: Who cares for your blank cartridges ?
! AT this instant the order was given to
fire and the rioter fell dead. He doubt
7 less wanted to ascertain whether the sol
s Ciers were in earnest. Had a blank cart
7 | ridge been fred at him, the inference
! | would have been that all the guns wert
2 harmIessly loaded, and the mob would have
= rushed on and have disarmed the soldiers
+ il an instant single vOlley of ball cart
r ridge, however, showed them the danger
of that little undertaking"
y suFFERINGs OF THE coLoRED PEOPLE.
e The prosecutions of the cOlOred people
) as our readers know, were terrible. The!
e were hunted down likedOgs until at no plac
- ....-,.r..--- u uIHO Joy VLi0'
, at the arsenals and station houses eoul
y they be assured Of their lives. An appea
70 is made to the public of New York for food
< clothing and work for these unfOrtunatei
The sppenl says that hundreds are stil
is lurking about the suburbs of the city o,
s, Long Island, and in the woods along Ha1
ie lem River. Some have been rescued froI
J. under piers on the North and East Rivers
ie where they were thrown in to drown
1t Parents are parted from children, and hu'
Is bands and fathers have been either mul
dered or driven without the city. In on
instance, father after rescuing his fan
he lily from his burning home, was throw
he back into the flames and burned to dealt
d. In another instance, child was take
e. from its mothers arms and dashed ini
be the rear yard some forty feet. Many al
10 bruised and manned for life by fendis
in outrages. The old and decrepit, in man
ID. instances driven from sick beds, are lyin
no Cd bare hocrs, and the damp fag-stones
1T station houses. They have been Stripe
ce of every article Of clothing and furnitur
lot which now make comfortable the homes
it their prosecutors.
nd The Evening Post relates the fOllOwin
of among other illustrations of the conditic
I'd. of the colored people;
70 BLACKS ESCAPING IN A HoGsHEAD.
he Two negroes lived in the same houl
- with some whites. When the mob sttscl
~ ed the house Thursday, one of them toe
nd refuge on the roof, and the other erouch'
he in q corner of his room. By the kind G
h. fees Of the whites, the attention Of Il
:. mob was diverted from the room in Whit
iui the man lay concealed, but they search'
at thoroughly the rest Of the house and 4
he cellars during the night. The mob d
is. not cease their search till four or n
=, O'Clock in the morning. At length Il
lth NEGROES were rescued by a butchers bI
of residing in the neighborhood, who car
along, and 6arTeleath them up in a hOgshsad
his cart, und thus conveyed them to {
station house.
ire A CoLoRED MINISTER.
i'H The pastor of the African Method
IN Bethel, supposed that his church was
NE stroyed-at least, he said, the mob h
nv threatened it, and were about TO execU
their purpose when he was driven ava