Newspaper clippings, 1861-1930, Vol. 8

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j We have had a conversation with Mr. I Port, tbe Draft Commissioner who was driven by a mob from Port Washington, Ozaukee county, and gather the following particulars of tho rebellion against tbe draft in that place. According to all the stories which we have heard, it was one of the most brutal and disgraceful riots with which our State has been disgraced in a long while.
Mr. Pors has always been a democrat, and had just been elected District Attor¬ ney by the people of the county, meeting with no opposition of any consequence.— Pn this account he thought it might be safe for him to undertake the duties of Draft Commirsioner, and he accepted the appointment. On Sunday evening he w%8 well acquainted with the fact that there was an organization to resist the draft, and he was even threatened that his hie ' would be endangered in case be should j commence tho draft. He had determined, however, to carry it out, since he had commenced it, inasmuch avj hia honor was involved, and besides he had felt it was his dutjr to attend to it.
Accordingly   the next   morning   (last' • Monday) he repaired to the Court House, ; and was followed by a crowd of men, wo- I men   and  children.    He   had  spoken   to: Nhariff Bossier to have him assist him, and I be got a table upon which they placed the ! boi for drafting.    Mr. Pors then spoke to | them in a mild manner, requesting them I to stand back a little and they  could all see that the draft was conducted properly. At this there was a rush forward.    Many of them were armed with clubs, many had huge  stones in thoir  hands, and  others had various implements.    The  first thing done was to demolish the draft box with a club, then thoy seized   hold of Mr. Pors, or ralbed trampled upon him, the women vieing with the men in the brutish assault. They  began to trip   him up, and at the same time drag him forward, so that they soon got him to the outer steps, which are quite  high   from   the ground, and down these  he  was  precipitated, but in what manner he could not tell, it was done so hurriedly.
All this time he remonstrated with the crowd in as friendly, and at the same lime firm a manner as possible, but it was of no avail. The Sheriff had warded off a good many blows from him, and now urged him to fly for his life. Some one else cried out to "Run 1" "Run !" At this he start¬ ed towards the post office, and on his way 'a shower of stones was hurled alter him, ; One of them striking him on the  side of
tli(9"heitid, just" aBbvfe the temple. This'i partially knocked him down, but he scram bled np again, and soon he was struck on, the back of the head with another stone, but he soon reached the post oihoe, and was admitted insidej after which the shut ters were closed, and Mr. Pors was sent down cellar.
The mob meantime came up and de¬ manded admittance, but tbe post office clerk would not open the doors, and told them upon his honor, that Mr. Pors was not inside. The mob were fairly raving by this time, and began to talk about hanging him. Mr. Pors could hear their threats, and actually supposed his last hour had come. In his own language, as; he told it to us, " I tell you," says he, "I said my last prayer in that cellar, know¬ ing as I do the ferocity and brutality of a mob." Soon the mob returned to ti»e Court House, and began to tear up the enrollment lists. While they had thus been diverted, Mr. Pors was carried off in a buggy, there being only one man in the place who was willing to take the respons¬ ibility of driving tbroagh the streets with Mr. Pors. The two took a by-way direc¬ tion, and came right down the lake shore to this city. Before they had got far, however, the buggy broke down, and they had to stop to repair it, Mr. Pors being meanwhile entirely exhausted from the wounds he had received, a good deal of blood having flowed from the wounds.
The mob now came back to the post of¬ fice, and were admitted, when they looked all through the building, and satisfying themielves that Mr. Pors was gone they went to the grist mill of Mr. Tomlimson, an American whom the rioters charged with being an Abolitionist.
He is a most worthy citizen, however, and had a fine mill, which cost him sever¬ al thousand dollars. This they damaged to a great extent, and stole more or less money out oi it. A German had warned him that the mob would kill him, and so he concealed himself in the mill, and final ly got away from it io such a manner as to escape from the place. Mr. B. C. Hoyt, an American Republican, and a Free Ma¬ son, was also at the mill with Mr. Tomlin- Bon, and be concealed himself behind a warehouse, where he remained some time and finally he also escaped from the place and came to this city yesterday. Mr. Vail, a banker, an American Republican, and a Free Mason, who bad also been threatened, came here with Mr. Hoyt, bringing all the bank specie in a basket with him, and in his pockets.
After the mob left the mill they started towards Mr, Pors' residence, and on the way'Slopped'at. the residence of B. C.
lllbjil v«ent.t6«tlie gaia and inquired what they wanted, to which they replied that