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n the streets, or even in his own dwelling. Telegraphs were cut, and railroad tracks torn up. The draft was suspended, and the mob evidently had the upper hand. The people who can't pay $300 naturally hate being forced to fight in order to liberate the very race who they are most anxious should be slaves. It is their direct interest not only that all slaves should remain slaves, but that the free Northern negroes who compete with them for labor should be sent to the South also. 15th July, 1863 (Wednesday). The hotel this morning was occupied by military, or rather by creatures in. uniform. One of the sentries stopped me; and on my remonstrating to his officer, the latter blew up the sentry, and said, You are only to stop persons in military dress-don't you know what military dress is? No, responded this efficient sentry-and I left the pair discussing the definition of a soldier. I had the greatest difficulty in getting a conveyance down to the water. I saw a stone bar