NEW YORK, July 13, 1863 — 9.30 p.m.
(Received 11.45 p.m.)
SIR: The situation is not improved since dark. The programme
is diversified by small mobs chasing isolated negroes as hounds would chase a
fox. I mention this to indicate to you that the spirit of mob is loose, and all
parts of the city pervaded. The Tribune office has been attacked by a
reconnoitering party, and partially sacked. A strong body of police repulsed
the assailants, but another attack in force is threatened. The telegraph is
especially sought for destruction. One office has been burned by the rioters,
and several others compelled to close. The main office is shut, and the
business transferred to Jersey City.
In brief, the city of New York is to-night at the mercy of a
mob, whether organized or improvised, I am unable to say. As far as I can
learn, the firemen and military companies sympathize too closely with the draft
resistance movement to be relied upon for the extinguishment of fires or the
restoration of order. It is to be hoped that to-morrow will open upon a
brighter prospect than is promised to-night.
Respectfully,
E. S. SANFORD.
Hon. E. M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.
SOURCE: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of
the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume
27, Part 2 (Serial No. 44), p. 886-7
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