, 1864-03-07
TIE DAYTON RIOT.
N1obhinS Of tllc Emptrc OM1c-Thc
Axiot Checked by Union Citizens-A
second Disturbance Provoked by
Ccppcrhrads,

The Deyton Journa' contains long sceount Of
lac rot in that city On Thursday, aum which we
quote the following facts:
About noon twenty soldiers Of the 4:th Ohio rc:.-
ctt eoitcctett in funt Of tho Office Of the Dayton
Enp1re, ant. thicw stones agninst it Then they
sas alsspG ar IT,, ias e f1"pss f1e e.
EEis eptn Ss = Bsass sats
ieated: and bis caeo Ems ben rrported to Governor
BrGngh 9he soldiers checrel loudly wf,lc .. their
'Ec T9'f p,aee md :a7ss ,e~q " attracted e
Dietrich. and ether Prominent ii % Unten = men Z"
eGeceedea in pacsfyins he rioters. and persuaded
1he o dsge c @ayes Of dc aso
xasy. The soldiers then went to tic Colirt House
corner, where Captain BADGER made IN iriia1nraa:
tory fpeech: By this time tho fre-beliH sounded,
steste. H. Young and t. q. corwin. su Esa + teS es
made pacific speeches, ,denouncing Inc d}soE,icr
tnae ad 'sksn aeeH an anet seemed about to e
iticirn Of the copperhcad party, standing lcar tc
eide Of the speaker, TO hi. Corwins ,r:n,s: Thai
taS tfsIoa and fSa aSa IT, s Cen
Bis remarks bad the effect that seemed desirable
fred the soldiers with fury, and thoy rushed for
,d 10 ayenee the nsp Bat Ths
difficult TO ascertain. At al events he resreated
among others, and was followed up, when he drew
ard discharged pistol the shot ,wonndins SOL
eliot followed In quick succession, and suddenly
number Of men In citizens clothes-some Of them
said to be police ocera-spsead themselves lflsc
line Of akiimIshcEs acrees Main, eouth Of Third
strcet, and opened reckless and wanton fire with
rcyolvers. directly into the helpless, tnoensvc and
nna!med cEowd Of citizens n : men, Women, and
The firing lastcd but minute OF TWO, bnt sonle
ffly shots Or more were fired. Ofthis number It IL
said that are were discharged By soldier, who mp
(soldiere) bolng anafncd During ths fling, bullets
Whiet1ed fcrcey through tho mir, or struck sharply
IN the streets knocking up the dust in lltlc pulls,
tudc, were not Immediately apparent, few min
ntes later, however Daniel Garlic, peaceful specta-
tor, stageerca into the Jarnal Office fell aud died.
walked up home, when It WIS discovered that he
was dangerously wounded in the right lung, and in
4sh Ohio Caynlry, Tas said to be wounded In The
groin. Ian eyewitness says that the eoldlcr allud-
Cd to above did not fire in consequence OF defect
I've weapon, but he stood his ground till badly
George ktttriaee ian archin,, son Of Mr. Kittriaee
OF Mimi City, was severely wounded In the left
leG the ball striking tue bone, ganced and lodged
P. Eicher, a policeman Of the 9Th Ward, was shot
in the right hand It Is said he was associated with
4 bali struck Ja1nes Kelly, the Court House cricr
on the shoulder blade, but did not penetrate the
Several others were struck but not wounded.
A corouers:jury was called In Carle's::case and re-
turned q verdict that hc was shot BY some person
Three companies Of volunteer militia wcro called
out. py sunset all was quiet. Capt. Badger was
nrrcstcd and held to Ea In tho Sum Of $500, which
he furnished. None Of tho soldiers or Copperhcads
were taken In custody. The journal rcmnrks:
e1n this connection We cannot forbear the 7eaec-
tlon that tho conduct Of the Union citizens OF Day
ton, yesterday, in their earnest corts 10 allay the
mob ant restore the peace, was strikfngly In con-
trast with TINT Of the copperhcads during tho Jail
m0a,, AID when the Copperhead rioters utterly de-
stroYcd the .l6usn1i office
AFTER the mob dispersed from the front of tho
EEsre office. tao responsibility for tic ponce shl
eoltliera listened TO The advice Of oreroying men
md were prepared to dfsperse, when the wanton
tnsulis Of Maxwell; uttered malicously and appar-
and reminded them Of a long continued series Of
insults. They rushed forward for revenge and tho
ARRAY thus provoked by Copperheads. who had pre-
pared for desperate work, was hegun. The hrst
shot vas fred by them. Nearly all the shots wcre
fred by thcm."