, 1864-09-17

a m'Clelian Meeting Broken
Up by Soldiers.
Three Men I3ndly Wounded
Cnptnrc Of &'la=S nnl Trans.
sparencier-1'he f&uYsIu
FtlEac on ll1c aenWpaSe
-GrCAI Excitement.
EIc., ETC Etc.


From The st. Louis Democrat, 16.h.1
Hote. was tie acene Of one j those ontbresFs s,
pIc=1eas pscmtaes to Be prollac.. It IL Away y
difficult to ascertain the exact oIigtu and cause o
mob. ano II tbs case We saall state only wha
About hslt:past % seven O'Clock the friends Of Col
Tom. Fletcher held a meeting At Gaepsdon's, or
Waehi1eton avenue. between Fifth and Sixth
streets. Thus meeting vas Largely ATTENDED, and
was conducted in an orderly ,aanner, and wIthou;
The sl1ehtest disturbance. 1t the same hour nc.
Cle,lan meeting Was called On the same street. and
Of music were p}synE At bo:h meeucga and sky-
rockets were sent up from both paees. Tne
ss an atIsnits sn'sne yeof nses .s
around etand in front of the Li1dei feT s paees
mounted By two American flags, and q number OF
tranepasencdes were upheld Oh the sidew ak and
oSer ihe stang. described With such notices a.
any joEr, II owe no thanks to any one IL Wash.
! 1ngson, Sc. .Alocomotive headlight Was mount
ID on ata1l bog of table r The east side OF the
reporter had dtakeo seat on the platform.
Abo1t q1aEter before eight O'Clock -Ju1se
adi5e Gct men wsfe a ssadin Il lne shs 3dst 0idst
Of the obnoxious transparenc1es, and a large
crowd was collected IN tho street: opposite, and
Among the crowd i@medi,teiy in % isont Of II he he
stard were thirty or 1orty soldiers, without arms,
eofae OF whom CaTe an occaetonal cheer for +.Old
IL ;he nee,ne. stone - thtcwns stftsins one
Of ths transp.Teneiee, a. d knocking It down, but
e sn esa 81 bs Tns
In The middle rome skedadd!tng toward the east,
and others znshi1R pe1-meli In an opposlta direc-
noD. few taking refuge IN the hotel. Eoz mo-
melt. the etoneA fell last and furious, knocking
down'the trapFpazencies and brrakiug one Of the
or lie d thc shes IN tie a Tont t 7Ihoxa o Il u
said that stones were thrown at the soldiers, and
that they returned tie compliment By ssonIns the
this--she probabnlty being ths, The soldiers Ca
stdeted themselves insuted by the Inscriptions on
tfe tsaneparenciee, and took this method to Eeta-
After the crowd had diepereed several soldiers
vent hr~ard, knocked uown ind lore up the
nanspa!ei citr, pulled down the platform, upset
AID broAe Tie locomotive lamp, and bore nI the
coin!'
Ina tsw minutes the crowd returned, and With
r1ieu eountenances survey ed the T1eck Of The Ncs
Cle an platform. the remnants OF the mottoes, and
the broken EtndoWs. An enthusiastic Little Mack
eIel picked qp piece Of The tai,essd sranspareucy
which had borne the inscription 1'Does lbl. re-
mind Jou OF 1oke1, and elufhng It In his bosom,
a ntnento, semsrkrd. ;''Ies, this reminds NE
Whils the stonts were flying thickest, VIC OBJ
served one Of the standard bearers, with his hack
to the wall, eraepiDg the poll that sustained one Of
ine martyr. It u reported that be beld On to lie
stick 70 The lsst but surrendered the motto to the
t1furlAteu soldiers.
About halfpast eight O'Clock q number OF per
cons we're assembled In the Office Of the hotel,
talking over the affair, and expressing different
opinions u re- ard to i Some e1orcssed ind!xna~
breaking up disloyaf assembage. Among them
VAS an officer. who made some remark .ia1orabe
to Lincoln, when several excited citizens rushed
hin, revolver (us We are informed,) and with this
| be kept the crowd>of for moment, and then re-
tfea.ed behinu tue sonepses c1es wers raised
Park. The proprietor, and The clerks behind the
counter, kept The crowd rom the officer, and be
"as conducted into 4 private apartment. Several
Eolicemen gathered around the counter ana kept
The apsry crowd i'm rolng behind It, and Captain
Jones, ef the !. II Kansa@, went behind the conn
SaIes d 10 aesa tS the stSr ~ Ae ~ ~
attempted to follow tic officer. At the commence
ncnt Of the disturbance Inside, the building. a
rush war na1de In al dtrecsions-some getting
sne 4hise nsn tSds tRss
each elde Of the entrance, and were ecverely cut
BY. the breaking Of the thick p1ate glass. They
isIl upon tho steps, : distanee of seven oe eight
corner Ut Sixth and Washington avenue, where
tnsif v woupes % were e. dressed By Dr. Ma,ths1s and
as the othere. Archibald Boges, young man
from Lawrence county. Ohio, WAS anothet, and he
Ill The tra one one vas wn bsvs ef 1i}noI. Ii ehs
whose head was cut in fr7ghtfui manner. Davis
and Bo2gs rushed through the same glass door.
spread that severalmen we're killed by being cut
with k1ite. No knives were used oy any one.
and not q shot vas Grea during the riot.
tain .. S. R'l's.. Assistant Provost Marshal Cen
efal, appeared on the STEPS leading fzom the office
" Gentlemen, advice every one OF You who Ii
not acuest at the hote. to. leave the house It Is
inpract1cable to hold meeting here tonight: It