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Newspaper Page TextFOUR DOLLARS PE1U ANNUM; TJ3E II>ri3fel?E>rr>E3SrbK : OF tHE^BOUTH. iTPSS.^AMI^IXY/ m ..fclgC driven back with heavy loss through the town to the range ot hills which he finally occupied during the remainder of the conflict. The battle did not open until alter midday. Late in the afternoon Early and Rodes of Ewell’s corps eaine up on the left fro n York, -L x^l'CiVl.o YOUR DOLLARS PEP. AWl RATKH OF AhVCKTISIMi. X'f'o take Effifl from tin First ‘>f June, lSG.t.) • TuANSiKxr Anvno i'i■ .; l 50 yi-i Hfjuari* ol (mi linen fur tin- (ir.it, nml 73rents lor eiu-i Herrienl iiispition. ,: Tributes of Kes|i<>. t. K. sutijlimis l>y Sn Oi'ilunries, Ac., oxei-wll.in si . lines, ' > lie cliarj'- < it ns (ranaionl ailvern»in^. 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Editor and Proprietor.. Ob 1' ICb UP V.TA1HS. No. 7 Guaxitx Hoy.- ,inO contributed largely, to the success terms: of our arms- Several Hags, includin' Mil, IN AIM Adi E, tue colors of the 10th N. York icji- ment, nearly all of tlie enemy’s wouio (led, and about 3,000 prisoners, fell into our hands. General Reynolds, sutr- wlio commanded the Federal forces (Gen. Meade with the main body of the army not having then arrived) and Gen. Paul were killed. Had not night put an end to the conflict, we should have gained the strong position which the enemy finally occupied — We lost a few prisoners on our pp.it, including Brigadier General Archer of Maryland, who commanded the Tenn essee brigade. Johnson’s division of Ewell’s corps, and Anderson’s division of A. P- Hill’s reached the ground just at night, but not in time to participate in the con flict. Longstreet’s corps, except Pickett’s division, arrived within three miles of the battle Held late at night, preceded a few hours by Gen. Lee — The weole of the Federal array, large ly reinforced by the troops stationed at Washington, Baltimore, Harper’s Ferry, and other available points, came up the same night; and Gen Meade assumed the immediate com mand of the Federal troops as Gen Lee did ours. Thus concentrated, the two armies were ready for. THE SECOND DAY’S FIGHT. It was late in the afternoon of the 2d before either army got fully into position. Gen. Lee desired to make the attack immediately, feeling con fident that his infantry were able to carry any position however strong.— But little disposition was shown to un dertake a proper reconnoissancc o{ the ground—an omission which every man in the army now deeply regrets. It was well known that Meade had chosen a formie'ab'lt; position, but the extent and strength of his line, the disposition of his forces, as well as the nature of the ground, , and especially the relation his line bore to the moun tain spurs on the right, were hut little understood, • : - , . - ,, Longstrcet was posted on the right,, Iiill in the centre, and Ewell on the left. It was deemed advisable to make an effort to turn the enemy’s left (lank, and Longstrcet was charged with that important duty. For this purpose McLaws’ and Hood’s divi sions were put in motion, but the lat ter discovered, after proceeding some distance by a circuitous toute,.that he could go no further in that direction without bringing his column within vjew of the enemy, and thus disclosing the whole movement. It became ne cessary, therefore, lor him to retrace his steps, and to advance by an ether route. In this way much time was lost before the movement noon the enemy’s flank could be executed, an whi'h might have been avoided by a previous examination of the ground.— McLnws’ proper position was on the extreme right, but in the hurry to make VOLUME XXXII—NUMBER 2t Army Correspondence of (he Savan na!! Republican: The Great. Battle of Gettysburg. Gettysburg, Fa., July 4th, 1863. The bloodies’ and most desperate battle of this bloody and desperate war, has just been fought here, on the sail of Pennsylvania. It commenced on the evening of Wednesday, the i st inst.; was renewed on the 2d, and again on the 3d, and the two armies lull face each other in line of battle, worn, battle-scarred, and severely punished. The Confederates have had the best of the terrible conflict, yet their success has been purchased at a cost that will carry grief to many thousand hearts in our suffering land; I forwarded a full telegraphic synopsis of the battle to Winchester, and trust ?t was received in due season. Below you have a more detailed account, ; written under every possible disad vantage : THE BATTLE FiELD^ The two a-mies moved with great fapidity from tife banks of the Rappas hannock across the Potomac, and through Maryland into Pennsylvania. Federal p’risonern . sa^ they rtaicheJ, on an average, twentysfive miles a day, and that they stripped themselves of all surplus baggage and transporta tion that might impede their move ments. The two leaders seemed to understand the designs of each other; :it least there is good reason for be lieving that Gen. Lee expected to cn - counter his antagonist not far from the place where he finally met him. It is probable, however, that he would have chcsen a different field, and one Somewhat nearer both to Baltimore rind Washington ; but the rapidity with which General Meade advanced, left him no alternative Lut to accept battle here or to manoeuvre for a more advantageous position. As it was; General Meade had the choice of ground, and most excellent use did he make of it. A position more favora ble to hiiuseifand more unfavorable to i Gen. Lee, (should the latter make the assault,) could hardly have been se lected. llis line extended along a range of hills just ii^ front, and a little to the light ot Gettysburg, and near-, ly parallel to the Gettysburg and Em- mettsburg turnpi e, and the South Mountain in our rear. Ilis right wing rested upon Cemetery Hill, opposite to the town, and his lilt upon two very high hills or Mountain spurs, one was pushed from the wooded mountain, and his line bent hack until it rested upon the high rocky hill or eminence. Indeed, his line all along Longstreet’s front was driven back with immense loss; battery after battery Was silen ced or carried by storm, and a large number of flags taken and about 1,S00 prisoners captured, chiefly by McLaws’ division. It is es'iniated that Wof ford’s Georgia brigade alone killed, wounded and captured more men than he had in his whole command. He brought off four splendid flags, taken by the infantry of Toro Cobh’s Legion, and passed so many prisoners to the rear that at one time he feafed the enemy had turner! his own position. It was during this charge that Ma jor General Hood, one of the best of ficers in the service received a painful, though not dangerous, wound in the left arm, which made it necessary for him to turn the command of his divi sion over to that rising young officer, Brig. Gen. Law, of Alabama, whose excellent brigade formed a part of the division. Brig. Gens. Anderson, of Georgia, and Robinson, cf Texas, were also wounded in the same charge, the former in the thigh. Gens. Law and Benning escaped without a bruise though many of their field officers were killed or wounded and their reg iments badly cut up. In McLaws’ di vision, Gen. Barksdale, one of the bravest and noblest spirits that have fa len in $!1 the war, was killed, and Gen. Semmes, as true a knight as ev er drew a blade, and who never says to his command “go on,’’ but always “come on,” was wounded. An effort was made jo cave Gen. Barksdale’s body, but it could not be done. lie had led his brigade, hat in hqnd, and had first carried a heavy battery, when he was shot down by one of the ene my’s retreating sharpshooters, Oths er batteries bore upon the position he had taken, and theii terrible converg ing fires rendered it neeescary for his brigade, which was also thrown into temporary confusion by his fall, to re tire somewhat to.the rear. The ene my waved their flag over his prostrate body when they re-occupied the emi nence from which he and his brave Mississippians had driven them. Gen. Baiksdale’s last hasty words uere:— “Give ray love to my dear family and tell them I died at my post. ’ Gen. Semmes had carried a tourni quet on his person since the beginning of the war. The fire of the enemy becoming more fearful than any he had ever witnessed in the many battles thro’ which he had passed unscathed, he took the tourniquet from his bosom and was holding it in his hand, when he was struck in the thigh by a minnia ball and the femoral artery cut. He applied the tourniquet with his own hands and s’opped the hemorrhage until a surgeon could take up the ar tery ; otherwise lie must have died in a few minutes. It is but justice to the dead and liv ing that the names of the brigades ( l i composing the divisions in Longstreet’s corps, which participated in the bril liant work, should here he given, and it is to be regretted th it lime and space do not allow, me to record the names of the regiments and officers also.— the at’ack Hood was placed oh the;... T ., T , , • • iltht ami MeUw. n,xl to lmn. Boll, j D* b "S a ‘ lcs 5 , re: >" , Lion, Semmes and Yvonord s from Georgia, Barksdale’? from Mississippi, and Kershaw’s from South Carolina; and in Hood’s division, Law’s brigade | of these excellent olliue p desired that ! a recomnAso-ece of the ground should precede the assault, in order to ascer tain, if possible, whether the enemy occupied the high hills in their front, and in what force ; hut the decision ot Generals Lee and Longstrcet was against it, and the assmlting column was ordered to move forward. It is a fact not generally known, and which it may not be improper to stale in this connection, that in all hip famous flank movements Gen. Jack- son was careful to examine the ground of which was covered with umber, and aJK j | t , arn ;i, e exact position of the the other with immense rocks, behind which his men were protected as un der a wall of adamant. General Lee’s position was alsu a strong one, but in no respect equal to that of the enemy. His line extended from a point above the town along a gently swelling ridge to the right.— The space between the two lines, which was some four miles in length, was undulating, and, for the most part, free of timber and other obstructions, except an occasional stone fence and farm-house. The distauce from one line to the other, or rather from one line of hills to the other, varied from a thousand to fifteen hundred yards ;‘ so that the party that should make the as sault, would be subjected to a mur derous artillery fire before his infantry dould get within musket range. The e’neray decided to receive the attack, enemy, and hence his blows were al ways well aimed and terrible in effect. Such, too, is Gen. Lee’s practice, hut Kn the present case it was probably supposed that an immediate attack before the enemy could get iiffq posi tion, would more than counterbalance the disadvantages r ’suiting from inex act knowledge ofthe ground. But four o’clock had arrived, and the first gun from Hei ry’s battallion of artillery announced that the assault had commeuced on the extreme right.— Cabell’s battallion, of McLaws’ divi sion, openedjoextj and in a few min- ; ules the artillery fire became general .along our entire line. The splendid •divisions of Hood and McLaws swept on to the charge in admirable style.— An officer who was present said it was worth ten years of ordinary life to wit ness the manner in which McLaws* ted thus he secured .lltfa great id- ***,„** '***- the field ted vantages wluci> bis positibis gave him. But to the battiJeS of the fibst day. . bearing of Meade’s approach, Gen. Lee, qb the 30th ult., put the forces about: Chambersburg in motion. Pen der’s and Hetli’s divisions of Hill’s corps wire the first to cross the south mountain by the Cashtown turnpike. They approached' Gettysburg on the instant, and finding the enemy in po sition between himself and the town, Gen. Hill proceeded at once to give him battle. The attack was.made m vigor and success; the enemy was assaulted the almost impregnable po' sition in front. It was soon discover .ed that the enemy' was in strong force upon the mountain spurs on the right, and that it was impossible to turn his- position and get in bis rear, without passing" arbunci the mountains, which was impraetictffile; but it was then too late to pause,'and onward the col umn moved in the face of a terrible fire of musketry and convrrging bat teries. If the position' could sot be turned, the " ‘l ve tcfTwas -to ' v from Alabama, Robinson's fiom Tex as, and Btnrning’s and Anderson’s from Georgia. There is no better material in the army than in these noble bri gades. It is proper to add that though Hood and McLaws captured a number of batteries, they’ were able to bring off hut few guns. Gen. Meade, who be longed to the corns cf Topographical Engineers, had chosen his ground, and posted his artillery so wisely that one battery bore upon another,:- so that when a battery was taken, it was found impossible to bring off the guns on account of the fire from other bat teries hearing upon the position. In most instances too, the horses were killed, and the intervening stoAe fences prevented our men lrora drawing the guns from the field by hand. x But I must hurry on, even though my account should be meagre and uns ‘satisfactory; for the courier has sad dled his horse and is ready to leave. I trust he may get through safely, and that my letter may reach you in due iseaSDn.' The attack on the centre, unfortu nately was not made simultaneously with that on the rights The same may be said of the attack on the left. Tie .artillery opened about the same, time all along the line,' hut McLaws and Ilood had been engaged.some, time before Hill’s infantry advanced to the charge; and when.Umy did advance, their movement Yves not regular agd Posey’s on the left centre. Wilcox was to advance first, to be followed by the other brigades in their order- to the left. Wilcox and his unconquerable Alabamians moved out at the appoint ed lime and fought long and desperate* ly. Perry’s brigade (Perry was not present himself,) advanced a short dis trtr.ee, hut did. not beoome fully engag ed. Wright went boldly forward, and excelled, if possible, all his previous performances, though.at a fearful cost to his coma and, as will be seen when a list o! his losses shall come to he published. His brigade captured a battcy of 20 guns, pnd two of his best officers—Maj. Ross and Capt. Redding, of Alacon—were shot .down whde endeavoring to move off the guns. The first was wounded and left on the field ; the other was killed. But Posey, who was to move next in orders was unwilling, it is reported, to advance, contending that his left flank would he uncovered, and that Mahone should move first. Mahone, on the other hand, declined to proceed, un less Posey and Pender’s division on his left should do so at the fame time. Upon this fact being made known to Pender, he rode forward to examine the ground, when he received a wound aBd was disabled. The question then arose among his Brigadiers as to who was the senior officer, and this point was not settled until about sunset.— Meanwhile, Wilcox and Wright were struggling with mortal odds against them ; but their valor and blood were expended to little purpose, since the effect of their courageous efforts were defeated by the unpardonable conduct of other portions of the division. WiN qox’s loss, as well ae Wright’s was very heavy; Among the killed in the brigade of the latter was Col. W’illiam Gibson, of the 48th Georgia. I am hot yet well informed in regard to the order in which Ewell’s corps became engaged and cannot, the:e- iore enter into details. It is reported however, that the attack on the left was made a little late, and not with even and well sustained lines. I know not whether this account is entirely correct; bqt it may be safely aifirmed that the corps fought well, and was skilfully handled after it did become engaged. It is said that on the left as on the right and centre, the enemy was driven from several strong posi tions; but th it it was found impossi ble to hold them, owing to the com manding fire of batteries posted in the rear and to the right and left. The results of tha second day’s fight may bo summed up in a few words : The Confederates inflicted a tremend ous loss upon the enemy, drove him a mile and a hall cn the right, captured about two thousaud prisoners, s large number of flags and batteries arid won the gronnA on wl icl: the conflict for the most part h.atl been waged, but owing to the great strength of the enemy’s po sition—far exceeding that at Malvern Iiill—the skillful arrangement of his j numerous and admirable served artillo ry, and tho want of previous knowledge on our part of the precise nature of (he ground, they found it impracticable to hold tho position or bring <>fV many* of llic gnus they' had taken. Law’s brig ade, of llood’s division, carried one cf rfi' batteries on llie mountain, and turn ed tlic guns upon'the enemy; but being raked by a cruel fire from other posi tions, lie found it necessary, finally to abandon it For the mo6t part, howev er, Longstrcet maintained the gronud he liatT won V?. tho lijlrf, until late next day w hen he voluntarily withdraw from it to his original liuc Our own loss was very be;.vy, especially in Hood’s and McLaws* divisions, and Wright’s j nd Wilcox’s brigades of Andersou’s divisor*. TiiETinnn day’s battlf.. De a ring’s artillery battalion,was woun ded in the forehead by- a piece of shell, but not dangerously. To-day all lias been quiet along the lines. Gen, Lee has endeavored to pro - v >kc the enemy to make an assault up on his position, by llirowi. g his skirm ishers furward ; but Gen Meade, who has displayed much skill and judgement, is too well aware of the strength of his own position and the madness of attack ing Leo. Besides, if not nearly annihi lated, lie (a certainly too badly crippled to undeitako so hazardous "an enter prise. If ue cau but save bis army and get it away, be will doubtless be more than content. , It would have been better for us, per haps, if our nita,ok had been delayed until the next day, and the interval had been devoted to.a careful rc.crtmpissauo of the ground. The delay would have enabled Gen. Lee to get his army into proper position, would have given tlic troops time to^rost and prepare rations, and would have insure J a systematic, combined aud simultaneous attack from all parts of his lines. If this plan h id been pursued, it is believed that the en emy would have been dislodged from his formidable position before »pw, rind driven ignomiuiously back.,upon his capitol. It was probably Gen. Lee’s desire however, to fall tihon his adver sary before he could get into position, confident that his tioops were equal to any demand upon their courage and constancy. But no person, mecli less one who, like myself, is unskilled in military affairs, can safely criticise the operations of sueb a commander as Lee, and 1 forboar, not for his sake, bat my own. July 5 —Gen. Meade withdrew hi3 army last night in the direction, it is supposed of Frederick. It is said that Gen. Lee was aware of the movement, or guessed that it would be made, and crmmenccd to put his own army in m * tion about the same time. No pu^Hrit has been attempted, or any demonstra-> tion made by either party. We are now moving down the South Mountain towards Hagerstown, with a view pro bably to rc-open our line of communi cations and to prepare for further ef forts. There are ot tier satisfactory rea sons for returning to Hagerstown which it would bo improper to state,, .but which would be considered good if made known. But more of tins hereafter. I have made all necessary arrange ments to procure lists of,the killed and wounded, and hope to be able to for ward them in a day or two. Among our casaalties arc four Major Generals wounded—-Hood, Pender, Iloth and Trimble ; aud ten Brigadiers—Barks dale, Garnet and Kem, er killed, Arch er captured, and Semmes, Anderson, Robinson, Hampton,Jenkiip, and Jones wounded. The wounds are not con sidered dangorous, except Gen, Hamp ton’s, wjjo received two sabre cuts op the bead, and wa" shot in the thigh af ter ho was down. Ho was. engaged at the time in a severe cavalry engage ment ou.tiic left, vy here Stuart succeed ed in capturing ^50 wagons, . . : 1 have omitted to state that while the battle was raging on Friday, the enemy’s cavalry made an effort to pass round our right wing. ’Lo foil this movement. General Law, who had suc ceeded to the command cf Hood’s divi sion, detached a battery, of llemy's battalion, and tlic first Texas and Elev enlli and Fifteenth Georgia, the Liter' for tho time under command cf ILjar Henry I*. McDaniel, of the Eleventh. 1 he artillery engaged the aifertiou of the enemy in front, whilo tha infantry passed around to his rear, and opened a- murderous fire fvom that quarto* - 1’l.c end is soon told. Of two regimenlj • " .Federalcavalry engaged, only IS men escaped, the others wcia killed or cap tured. General Lee did not renew the at tack next day—Friday, the 3d—until ten o’clock, wlujn he opened npon the ene my from alt part9 of his line with over a hundred aud forty guus. The enemy responded promptly and vigorously use- 'iiig a great deal of roujid shot, his sups ply of shell it may be, having bsen ex hausted So heavy an artillery fire was probably never heard before. Our gnn6 were well served, as was shown by the ground around the Federal batteries, .which was covered with dead men and, horses. At a quarter, to three o’clock, aud after the artillery had prepared tho way, Pickett’s Virginia division, Long- street’s corps, which had. only arrived the night beforo, was ordefed to assault Cemetery Hill, which was considered the key to the cdemy’s whole position, lie was supported by Ueth’s division, commanded by Pettigrew, (Heth hav ing been wounded in tho first day’s fight,) aud Wilcox’s brigade, of Ander son’s divU>ion-~both belonging to IIill's cofps. Pickett’s charge was made Hi excellent order and gallant style, and he succeeded, in., wresting a portion of the bill, and (he ^'uns in that quarter from the energy; but the enfilading fires which were brought to tydar npon him, and the failure of Pettigrew to get np simultaneously with himself, rendered it necessary tor him Id retire with great Of hie brigadiers Gens. Garnett was killed and, .Ifft .pp .the field; Gen. teteS systematic as it should have been.— For instance, Anderson’s division o! HiU’s corps which was posted on the left ef McLaws, never did get fully in to action, whale Pendei’s division did not fire a gun until late in the day*— Andirson’S d:vision, for example, was centre, Petry’s on the right centre* and ev ' -- - ffeibce dead~Ed’r j' All of his field-of ficers were $lruck, except two or three, and many of them killed. Lient. Col. Mosley Borrel, and Afajor Latrobe and Walton, of Longstreet’s sWff. had their horses killed ond^r them, and Captain Gorees of the samestaff, was wounded. Major Read, of Savannah, attached to Tremendous Hist in New York. Other outbreaks. The great riot in New York com menced on Monday, the day appcih ted lor the draft. Some of the laborers employed by two or three of the railroad compa nies, and in some ofthe foundries, as sisted by a gang ot desperate men, went to different establishments in the upperwards, where large numbers of workmen are employed, and compells ed them by threats in frame instances, to cease their work. The rioters thus gained large accessions of strength, and marched through the streets yell ing and shouting, and brandishing their clubs and other weapons. At twenty minutes past ten o’clock the crowd marched down Third Avenue and congregated opposite the enrolling office. «r At iQ.o’cfock tjre Provost Marshal commenced the'draft; the great wheel was placed upon the table, and blindfolded ntan took bis place be side it. The . draft had proceeded about twenty minutes, when a volley of atones crashed through th£ _ open doors and. windowq of the eqrollirg office, striking .several pofrons. The Provost Marshal, Commissioner,'Sur geon, Deputy Provost Marsha), and other officers made their escape from the room to other parts of jhe building ,anj4.to, t the,rear, The Proyost Mar- jshalj’who would probably have been murdered if caught, was assisted over the wall ofthe. bad| ytflrd.: \ Deputy Provost , Marshal Yander pool was beatent p)ost severely about * L - head, _but made his, escape wittl ism—t, ' * " - U v - - • the room, the lists; records, blanks, and the great books in which thp names of the drafted men had been engrossed. For many rods above ami below the building, atitl .in,Forty sixth stieet, the ground \Vas. althost covered with the blanks and other pa pers. After endeavoring to pound down the supports of the building with sticks of timber, they set are to it, and then a great shout of delight arose. The crowd shook hands with each other, and gave various indications of unbounded plea litre. Violence was freely, threatened against the enrolling oflicers, and all, persons iiy any man ner connected with the draft/* From this building the fire spread <Q tho,ad* joining buildings, and at 12 o’clock the entire block was in flames.— Meanwhile the few policemen on hand, some twenty in number, made-no ef* fort to stop the mob, and the. rioters acted without the slightest restraint from the authorities. The firemen speedily rallied to the scene, but were not allowed to put out the fire. Sub sequently the mob raced down Thin} street, and the conflagration was. then prevented from extending further. THE MOB ON T1IE INCREASE^, . .* At about three o’clock, a process, ion of about five thousand people came up First Avenue, all. armed with barSj pistols, etc., and halted in front of the* station house in Twenty second street. Sjergt Wadejwas struck in the breast with a stone, but sustained no serious injury. Sergt McCredle had not been heard from. » Two oflicers were left;, lying upon the pavement for some timeDQforq AbP crowd would allow them to be , remo ved. Several escaped in dbguisi;. A VIRGINIAN LEADING THE MOB. ; Mr. Andrews, of Virginia, ascended a shanty which stood opposite the burning ruins, where thousands were assembled. Behind this was an open space of unfilled ground occupied by. dense masses, whom Mr. Andrews proceeded to address. He wished he had the lungs of a Stentor, and that there was a reporter present to take down his words. said he had lately addressed them at a meeting at the Cooper Institute, where be told them iWr. Lincoln wan ted to tear the hard working man from his family and send him to the war. lie denounced Mr. Lincoln for his Conscription bill, which was in favor of the rich and against the poor man. He called him a Nero and a Caligula for su di a me.a?Ute« Had the country not given to this war plenty of men ? Were they more liberal ip supplying men. and money in the time ot their revolutionary lathers, or in the war. with . England . in 1612, than in the present unhappy struggle ? Certainly not. He then advised the people tp organize to resist the draft, and ap point their leader, and, if necessary, lie would be their leader. [Uproari ous cheering, j fltOl’EItTY DESTROYED. .... Immediately after this the assaulting party proceeded to a large and beauti ful building on the corner of Forty- * * enfi, street and Lexington avenue, occupied fcy Capt. Jenkin? pf.pol. Uugent’s department. They smashed to tliv. doors, which were torn from the hinges, smashed every pane of glass, both front and rear, arid 'her- commen ce;) to fling ou 1 . the win I ;ws, every thing they could lay their hands. Pic tures, with gilt frames, elegant pier glasses, solas, chairs, clocks, furniture of every kind, wearing apparel, bed clothes, &c.; a whole library was scattered'through the windows, ami they ' wound up by setting fire to thfe building, .atuid the wild cheers, yells, and Footings of those who surrounded the house. Immediately after, Cap* Manierre, Provost Marshal of the Eighth Dis trict, adjourned the drawing of the names in that district. While this scene was enacting, a, large detachment of rioters ran down to the enrollment rooms, corner of Broadway and Te.ity-ointh ^tr^et.-vw The object here was ,more evidently plunder. The lower part ot this,fine building was. composed • of stores, filled with costly goods. Every. , ve^v tage was carried off. A jeweler’s shop was the.object ot special atten-. tion. G°l(j.}vatclies, brooches,, brace-, lets, breastpins,’a nil alt; manner of vaR. liable,, bijouterie flew .about in the crowd; flashing in the. light., . As sopn as. the stores were stripped,' the cryi arose—‘‘Barn the building 1 BurqillBumit.lV . . , u „ Half a hundred wjiling hands .were. )at work in a; moment, .Tfie, house, seemed to he fired in as tfiqqy places, af once; for it was in ftantes from gar ret to baseflmnt in^fivq.tributes. • Between Forty-fourth and Forty- eighth street, on tlie Third. Avenue, nearly a full block ot. beautiful new stores and ornamental brick work, re tail fTtpri*l>AntfiV ctnroo u itK the. great diftjcqUy across lots and fences. The. rapb then proceeded to demol ish everything in the office, the chinery . ol the draft, the furniture of tail merchants’ stores, with dwellings, attached,'was deliberately set fire to and burned. It waa here that other members of the police force were knocked down;by bricks, and stones; were beaten down by ciubs and pieces of iron pickelrfences and other impro vised weapopSj^rod were nearly brain ed by the boot heels of the mob. The .officers were, its the merest Concluded on Fourth fage. ~ ./ ' ;* . r wee. io—H in'Sr sc^lKVENjfetL.

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Southern banner. (Athens, Ga.) 1832-1872, July 29, 1863, Image 1