The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-03-19

MoEBINz A DEMOCRATIC PAPER IN DAY
TON, OHIo-A letter In tho Cincinnati In
quiY.Y, written from Dayton, Ohio, gives the
following account OF the mobbing Of The
Eh.pirs newspaper there Democratic sheet.
1t says:
We arrived at Dayton on the morning
train from the North. GA our way 10 the
hotel bells sounded the alarm Of Gre. As
we neared the principal streets shouts Oh
"noh. mob" saiuted cur ears, followed by
cries Of "the Empire office Is being inobhed'
In exclamation which seemed TO be unit
sEsuy- pOppiar -with the ~psdisES p1 sqtc We
| discovered the whole cause OF alarm, which
brings IL TO particulars.
An article in the Empire. of the 3D. refer
ring TO the Odd regiment, ha,: given offence
Misconstrued, exaggerated, and distorted By
the Abolittonists. it war resolved 10 gather 9
posse Of furioughed soldiers for the purpose
OF removing all opposition to the J0'rndt-
contamination most ''devOutiy to be wish
ed"
thirty or forty of these "ferloughs,' ex
ci!sa by liquor, and led on ~ tho enemies oil
the Union, were iuduGad 10 attack the kntEfst
& flea al {. ti:ns when 1t was well known al
/ Responsible, parties were absent ct dinner
Mr. Tom Hubbard, one Of the proprietors, vsas
Ia the room OF the second etoi y at the Time The
rioters entered. and demanded their hu.iness
lis " as jul nsdiately assaulted, and, n defend
| In. his Pc son. knoeke como three or four oil
\ his aessi.D,s down.
Oilers rushed to the scene, snd, in his ct
| tempt 10 eacape, Nr. Ii. was tn, ust rudeiy ifcn
| the window, failing dis.aIce o; sous twenty
or thirty fest. He WIS carried to the othce OF
physician iassnsitla and badly injured.
Stoves, types, cases, aud other portable ma
terias, were thrown INFO the street, and power
presses demolished; but luckily the news
rooms ess a ped uDilj1red.
Gkis completed, the mob gathered round
their leaders and followed then to the Court-
house, whore repeated calls brought Capt
Badger, q The ill O. V /, TO the stand lie
dsIiverf himself Of the following pat, ioiie
speech, III ich deserves 70 be recorded:
"Fai!or eiissps, IAieeup,l by the grea. God
ani Reeuriector OF everybody, swear ! aul
responsible for al! this. lCheers D-nyou
led this whole thing. Thsse men sre under
my control, leaesrs,l and l am responsible
iChsets D-n yen, Two hundred veterans
ru.:h ss VIC, are worth Cee thousand citizens
iCasess Taere Is no line Of distinction be
tween tie Administration and the Govern
msnt, teheers, and tell you, by Cd. Ii Any
seton is taken ssaiast ms and nv men hare
the city oi Dayton shall sGftsr."
This man belongs to Springfield, Is g pseu
do Captain in the "A h 0, Y. L., and wears
uniform which the Democrats of Dayton
| pu. chased for him. lie Was followed by {
| persoa known as Robert q. Eorwine, q rene
| gade Of Cincinnati, who, pettilogged out @
| YOUR city, Is ckeing Out sort OF q living b
/ attending to hate0s corpus cases Ia the coun
| ~ Jail He said tn the crowd drunk as they
| were, that he had been Union man evel
since this war began. (Bat never before
Pep.l He had done all he could to send sol
| oilers to the field; ne had never gone himself
for various reasons; he respected the sol
der, hut this business Was wrong; let the
law take its course, aud oil would be right
No one had suffered more from the .Aospir,
| than he had, but 1t vii! be all right. The
Enp;se was mob in Itself, and ought to ns
nut down, bat let the law take Its course
fCheers.
Tn, crowd here rushed ore, more upon ths
En.psre flea, but wsrs met by the DsmooIa ats
I who had csn2re gated In large Numbers. wei
armed aud prepared.
A singia Democrat, Mr.. NJ -, stood
his ground with the crowd, and drawing hi'
pistol, Jade them coma no further. Stones and
miss'lsa Of all kinds Were hurled 81 him as st
tt.saist TO the eurbs. Hsisg oysrpo wsred
sho MS i'e ia danger, be finally Aired, wheI
Snoonns became general. For.y shots were
ea nr Saris. from Nediie uith'a dis
"'cs, WE k'ised and several wounded.
heIe sne gpsse coDs!tdias, numbering soIIt
upon the gronId, when ouist wss rasinrsc :.
Az we babe His Honor, Mayor caiiissnie fare
we'll, his chiefs were rapidly making errosta
The Democratic Convention for the nonins
ton Of candidates for mnricipa! cttces take
place on Sunday evening nsxt, wtsn th'
fisnds Of the Empire viii take MEASURES /,
| redress lis wrongBy~