The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-09-30
4 DRAFT Riot Incident.


Early in the morning Of Thursday,
Jaly u, 1863, was asked by friend,
uho was part owner of brig which
had arrived few days before from
fsut-au Prince, to assist him in ex-
TREATING business associate from Il
dangerous position in which he found
aunself placed. II was the fourth day
al the draft riots. On the preceding
Monday u lIaytian gentleman.
nularto, who was interested in the
hing and her cargo and had come as u
passenger in her. had been attacked
~ the rioters while riding in a Fourth
avenue car. After escaping from his
nssailantS he had left his hotel ana
had taken refuge on board the brig.
which lay at anchor in Buttermilk
CHANNEL. He was wealthy and ac.
compl shed mulatto. had been edu-
Gated in Paris and his chief desire was
IN make his escape To Boston, where.
ander existing circumstances. he would
Ne safer than in New York. The ques.
zion was how to secretly bring him
ir"D his hiding place and while put
ting ttimen route for haven OF safety
avoid being assaulted by the rioters,
Eho were on the lookout for just such
victims as NJ. Saltez and his negro
servant.
For three days and nights the mob
aaG held possession of New York. and
kbe rioters We're still unsubdued. The
Gplored Orphan asylum had been pill
aged and burned, the dwellings of the
negrocs had met with similar treat
Hent and the negroes themselves had
EnLcn refuge in the station houses or
N rot nd al
daring To show themselves. Many of
Sbem had been hanged on the lamp
posts or the trees along the streets.
The places of refuge were filled with
suyitives whom the private house
aOldcr dare not shelter, lest he should
SHcur the destruction of his own dwell
ing: I'll street cars and omnibus lines
except the Sixth avenue ears ceased
rrnning. business was paralyzed and
= reign of terror prevailed.
At the police station in Broad street
where We applied for advice and
assistance, plan Of operations was
arranged which was successfully car
ried out 1t was proposed to bring
NJ Slltcz and his servant from the
brig concealed in a rowboat and
smugglc them on board the steamer
Tor Stonington. We made the neces-
sary arrangements with the officers
Of the Plymouth Rock and then went,
accompanied by two detectives. to the
BATTERY to engage two boats for the
enterprise. This, we found, was not
An easy matter, and it was only by
abe paylpe mt of $50 to each of the two
bnatmen that they undertook the
service.
When we boarded the brig we found
NJ. Saltez eager to- take the risk of
discovery and capture for the sake of
making his escape from this part OF
the land of freedom. He accordingly
laid down in one of the boats, and his
servant n coal black urchin some IL
rears old, was bestowed in the other.
A 1arpa ulin thrown over each con-
cealed them from view. Then the
Spntmep rowed us toward the North
-1rer where the Stonington steamer
plymouth Rock lay at pier IL. 1t
rAs a beautiful morning when we set
forth on this novel and somewhat en-
riiing mission. The contrast between
the fcverish whirl of the citv we had
t.dt aud the quiet of the little brig
Eas a striking one, and when we ha d
taken the fugitives from their hiding
n ace and our boats neared the shore
uc realized the danger of the under
taking. There were plenty of rough
willows in sight who would quickly
asre made an example of any colored
person they could find. We ran some
rjrts at exposure at one moment, when
fhe little darliev, who was in my boat,
nyetl of his confinement, poked his
Sack head ont from under the
sarpaulin and looked. around. But
threatening gesture from the boat
NEAR called him to order, and his
shining face disappeared. Fortunately
NE had DO trouble. When we reached
pSer is the boats were rowed under
rae wheelhouse, where they were
snt of view, and the fug,tives were
Hifsed 10 the deck and quickly sccreted
in n statcrooD. There they remained
uniil the steamer sailed and reached
safer port than New York
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