Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1849-05-16

sfitfHe WV AhfAuEeslt ana hhnFef ui Stones
vas kepa up sgsiesi the Windowa A. We
reached BToad~sys compaaJ ~ the GIeys
came round from Eigtih street, IN font oi
the Utrra House Two cordons Of Police
N Eighth street. Yep, the street vacant be
tote the building bot The shsttefed doors sod
windows showed hos furious bad been the
STACK on that side We leaned from those
N the crowd thst iroup. OF loot AMI one Of
horse hsd srrived about bali a. hour pre-
v,ous and passed entirely around the bold
ing. partially dispetiog uo mpb. They had
been sssaiied With stones, It was stated one
Of the drrqoons Knocked from his horse and
csuied Oh with a btokou leg FROM tho tall
Of his horse
lpto this time No did not learn that any
proc 'amatiou had been made 70 the rioters
--Ahef passing the Gfcys at the conner OF
Bfoadway We went into Eighth sltctt and
were on he return. IN moi more than three
minutes Afterwards when a vo.iev was fired
Oy he troops, the quick, scattering flashes
throwing sudden gleam over ihc crowd,
ihc gns-igh', be- tho streets having oil been
eltioguished lIsstcuing iuto hsot Place,
We found 'hs troops drawn up before the
house, and ihe crowd beginning to dispcrse
10 front oi thom. IL vas generally believed
that they htod blank cstuidges, and large
number Of persons, who mere lookcfs on.
DID not pay much aueniidn - h. We pas,cl
into Lsiaveti Place, and there saw tho boz
dies Of two or three petsons dead Or wound.
cd borne away.
The crowd seemed taken by surprise. as
on &C count Of the iucessanl noises very few
could have heard the reading Of the Riot
Act Many assert that % was not read, bot
We have positive testimony 20 the contrary.
We were returning and had nearly reached
Aslot Place again. when q second yulley was
hred, followed almost without pause ~ three
OF four o,hcts.-A part OF the crowd came
rushing down Lafayette Place, bot there was
/ no shout nor noise except the deadly report
| OF the muskets
Amer th., hornd sound had ceased. groups
Of people came along, bearing away the bo-
dies OF the dead and dying The excitement
OF the crowd was terrible We heard no.
thing bot one UNIVERSAL expression OF yenge.
anoc and adherence What adds to this
tragic occuItenrc is that mos, Of those " lao
were Killed were innocent Of an pauicipa-
ton In the tiol IA old man, waiting FOR
the cars in the Bowery. was instantly shot
dead. 4 lWlo boy, eight years old, was kill
Cd by bail, at the corner Of Lafayette Place,
aud woman sitting ia her own room at the
corner Of the Boweiy, was shot Ia the side
Some Of the bodies were carried into Nau1-
hall, others into Jones's Hotel and others to
he City Hospital and the Ward Station
House. In the foimer place we saw q dead
man stretched on a billiard table, aud an
other with a ball 10 his whip whiting in
o.e.. agony,
Groups Of people collected in the streets
ana in front OF NauKhall, some OF which
were addressed by speakers, calling them to
revenge the death Of the slain The tGoops
Tor a time anticipated another attack, in con.
sequence Of this, but up to the hour OF going
TO peas, all has been Quiet We here give
a list OF the killed and wounded, which is
as correct as was possible TO make ii, unJe r
the circumstances.
HOSPITAL.
George Lincoln, 30 years old, $50 Walker
street. Ball In the groin and uut OF the back
No hopes Of recovery
James Mcdonald II years old, 1874 Walk
or ST. Ball in leh side.
Bridget Pagan, Irish, 30 wears old, shot
in the left leg, just below the knee. Lives
In Eleventh ST between Avenues | and . -
She was two blocks of, walking with her
husband on their way home, and fell into his
arms.
Edward Mccormick, 1876 FRS, avenue. 49,
10 years old worked al 200 Mulberry ST.
Shot in the side
John De4cll, % years old, OF Edinburgh
Lived NJ Widow IIarrson's opposite Wash
inglon Market, Sho, through tho thigh max.
ing 4 serious compound fracture. The same
ball went through his hand
George A. Curtis, printer. resides 10 New
York, aged p, was shot through tho right
lung.
Contad Booker. ~ Hudson ST., worked for
j Thompson. Uphostcrs, Chat
ham street. The ball went through his rgh,
thigh.
Thomas Atwood, aged 10, clerk, resides
corner Of East Broadway ami Clinton street,
Ball wen, through the thigh, fraotuting the
bone.
Stephen EllwooJ, Gnsensible when our
Reporter LEFT the Ilospial) Ball entered
The left eye and lodged near the ear.
Geo. n, Kay, 2s years Of age, merchant, .
boarded at l07 Chambers 81, Ball entered |
he right breast. going entirely through.
Henry Burguist, known as Harry Bluff /
lived al $40 Pearl 81. Ball grazed the neck .
md went into the night shoulder, coming ont
behind the right aim. He had been depu-
lied as specll, policeman for the evening.
5. f. Cornell, shot through the neck, sey. ,
sung the Jugular vein Died in tie drug
store, corner Of Fourth street, and Broad
way
Henry Ouen corner Of Hester and Orch
lrd 81. was sho, through tho stomach, and .
lied ia the 18Th Ward Station while we
we're there. His aged mother was present,
Ind her lamentations were uuly heau-rend-
uR.
At tHisT SHINE Station House we saw a
fireman (name not known,l who had Just died
rom a shot through the brain.
Frederick GAleSpie, boy, shot through
he foot was taken home
There was another man lying dead from
pail through the head,
AnogleT man was brought into the Station
House by order Of the COronsr. lie had
hree wounds Ia the neck and breast
Al Dr. ChiHop's drug store. corner of
Broadway aud Eighth ~. We learned OF good
authority, that seven mon, one boy and one
ady had been Treated, several OF whom are
Mentioned above 10 the Hospital repor,
10 Iho Opera House one man iay dead
Az Jones's, Garner Of Ninth ~ and BtDsd-
way, We saw a Ar Mckinley about &c years