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c;en*i;i:al newsThe drafting id the quota, for tiri* CUy under tlie Conacrlpiion act, which commenced ao quietly mi Saturday !a*t ah to i-iduce the belief that no ►eriousi reaUt ince wMrtd be made by the malcontents, (at least not before the conscripts should be required to enter u^on their military autu-rj), waa resumed septerday morning, resulting in a aeries of diijfiaceful riots These T.idppt iii'inoiiitrntions were entirely unexpected by the authorities, and consequently there was no adequate preparation to meet them. For nearly the entire day, lhcrwr.re, ihe streets throughout the City were filled with excited crowd*, who. under the cloak of resist,,lice to the draft, gave sway to the wars! passions of their natures by burning miiUHngs, robbing toot passengers, maltreating persona of color, defvuig the police, attempting to sack, the Tribunt othoe, and othsv s.A'.---*■ u-k* City hs* never befp— v - UM»iagto.~ v,«eu the scene of sttch en-. s.The Hoard of Aldermen met by special call at U o’clock, yesterday afternoon, but lacking a quorum, adjourned without doing anything lur-lt;Wmi ^tran. b*lt;Au.to *ome remark.* by Mr FaRlsy. attribution tlio not in the Niuth CongressionalDistrict to a La lid of law leas men from New-Jer»ey, and expressing regret that the want of a quorum prevented him from proposing resolu tiona authorizing the Corporation Counsel to associate eminent counsel with him to teat the constitutionality of the Conscription act. Kad thore been » quorum Mr Hall would hare proposed at a substitute tor this plan a resolution directing the Committee on National Affairs to report a method to raise money for the relief offioor men with families who may be conscripted n the City. This latter plan me els with general apprOTal in the Board, but there prevails a disposition to let the whole subject real till the excited feeling in the City in regard to the draft has sub-aided.The Board of Couucilmen failed of a quorum at the meeting yesterday afternoon, and adjourned to Thursday next.Alderman FaW-*y, Chairman of the Committee on National Aftaua, has been telegraphed that the body of Brig Gen, Stkpi!Kj» H. W«5*d will «t-ilv« here to-day. Gen. Wucb was a New-Yorker, and wai In the Regular army. H* wai killed at Oetrysburfh.Iha funeral of Brig-Gen, Zoo* took place yestotday from the Governor’* Room, City Hall. Owing to the riot up town, the route of the procession wa* curtailed and the remain* were es-torted direct from the City Hall to the South Fonry, whence they were conveyed, iQ Greenwood far interment. /Tha steamship lt;Suton arrived at this port jea-tsrJay, from Liverpool on tha 30th. ult., and tjueemttown on ih* lat Inst. Her new® is very little later than that by the Great Eastern, and not so late as that by the Jura. We find iume ensttere of Interest in our files, bowerer, which ere given elaewher*.The proceed* of tho iale of the Prmeets Royal «nd cargo were forwarded to Washington on Saturday, fr«m Philadelphia. The net proceeds .amounted to $342,006 32. The expenses, $17,-£30 01, being * fraction lef« than five per cent, on the whole amount ol h.iU'b The Princess Royal WM oriwS^ jour. since, and con-ifjbAfiBl hTTiA un telt;l SM’ea flnnrf in
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New York Times
New York, New York, US
Tue, Jul 14, 1863
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