The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-07-23

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A Dav Of Infamous Memory.
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On Monday, July 13, 1S63-exact--
" Ave1ysaEi ago--.Aomi0escod the
terrible draft riots IL New York c,ty.
The febel armies were facing the
EUnaUa@rssmisHutessssympoin6,vaad
threatening, 10 carry the war into
the North. Lee had made the at.
tempt, but hsd beeh checked at Get
tvpburr. Morgan had that morning
crossed the Ohio line and threatened
to water his horse ii Lake Erie
There wAs urgent need Of reinforce
mentsn for the Union army, and af.
=. w.,v A.1svs 4Aa@ o-rIar, Tor the
draft Nd BEEN issued, n The draft in
New York vas ordered to commence
Monday, July Is. ~ -
Is Events showed tAss secret arrange.
ments lad been made for a general
unrisino :, Of ad rebel sympathixers
throughout. the North, making the
DRAFT as 4 pretcxt, and thai such up.
ria;nr should prove FIRE in the rear
ofthe Union armies that would ena-
bic Pemberton to drive Grant into
the Mississippi. Bragg to sweep
Roaacrans into the T,a ss,,sse. allow
Lee 10 break through II oaa's barrier
push on TO Philsdc.pEi:a and New
York and surround Washington,
whilst Moroan and his sa;ders DASH
ed through Ohio and Gus the commu-
MICS lions between the West and the
East. The coincident tall Of Vicks.
burg and defeat of Lee at Gettys-
burg spoiled the programme, but the
demon of discord Rad been.excited
IS New York and cou.d not bo kept
down. ,sIthough I its opnortunity had
tyAssad.a 51d'if7if isnsfsH - aJ's iss
ytdeAtOu.an5on Of Monday July IL, q
mob ut d preeoncertod 81 gnal, sudden
w attacked,a building on Third aven-
ue, New York, Shsrs drafting had
comm comm enced. guttsd II. fatally injured
Ean enroIl:nt officer, and drove the
Other OCCUPANTS th rough the windows
At .hs perilof, their livas. They then
attacked the ,Goyeranent armory On
Second avenue. bruta!ly maltreated
I tie occcupants. and fred the building.
|aii Led 81 By 1 Virginia rebcl, they
attacked md disarmedi soldiers and
poliee hunted them down like dogs,
and friohtfnIly mangled them. Then
ssvwVarmad. / back Of thousands of
yelling, WhoSpine demons, around
Inc co5orod .Orphan asylum, set Il ON
Ere drove off the firemen that attemp-
ted ,to, extina uish the flames, and
would have hung the Chief Engineer
bnt for the determined resistance of
his men. The building was stripped
Of its contents, tho ophaned children
turned Naked and friendless into the
streets to be kicked and beaten by
iha ;nfnriated brutes. and the build
inc leveled with the ground. =
Y Frcsh from this scene or dastardly
and cowardly outrage now, tho mad
,daned williams hunted up tie colored
neonla hnnp Them 10 lamp pests and
trsaa. Sec 1then to death. sst them
|on f;re = thew Law DIVING, and burned
their home. Thus nossed the first
dav of the rioA. 80. s1I,t e1gi
.1u nieht the reign of blood and
Gre vaa kept nm. Next day nm at-
tamrt va made to burn . United
iStAtes hospital. in which lay two
hundred nnd fifty sick and wounded
| a0ldicrs.- The treope were called out
and several fights took place, the
mob-vhich on THAR way passed Nc
Clellan's residence and cheered it,
cheerine Justify for Jefl. Davis.
|0oyernor q New York, issued sproc-
Iamstion in which 10 spoke of the
mnh having some iuetS6cation for