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ly beaten. Some twenty have thus far been killed. Provost Marshal Kennedy Beatin. Soon after the commencement of the disturbance in the Ninth District to-day, word was sent by special messenger to the police headquarters, and in a very short time Superintendent Kennedy and several of his officers were as the scene of the disturbance. No sooner was Mr. Kennedy recognized than he was seized knocked down, and severely beaten. He was only saved from death by the interposition of Mr. John Higgles, a prominent politician, and he was then put in a carriage and sent to the police headquarters. He is now attended by two physicians. At 435 Allerton's hotel, in 14th street, near Fifth avenue, was set on fire by the mob, and it is stated was completely destroyed. The building is a brick one, with a wooden piazza running round and a number of framed out houses attached. The house which was burned and sacked at the corner of 17th street and Lexington avenue, is said to have been