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The Daily Dispatch: August 2, 1862., [Electronic resource], From the North. (search)
ime of starting of the omnibus had now arrived, and the driver, having mounted his box, drove away. Meanwhile a crowd had been gathering on the corner, blocking up the street and walk, and causing considerable noise and confusion. The negro was howling with rage, and was indulging in all manner of curses and imprecations on the head of the driver, from whom he had received so undesirable a worsting. Yet in all that crowd he found little sympathy, until Sheriff Anthony C. Hesing, of Cook county, had arrived and inquired into the row. It is usually considered the duty of the constabulary force to preserve order, to quell riots, and disperse crowds or mobs, but Sheriff Anthony C. Hesing had this time a different idea of his responsibilities. Without taking any measure to restore the peace of the neighbor-hood he at once consulted the darkey, examined his injuries, and then prepared to act. Another omnibus had taken up its position at the corner, and into this he bade the darkey g