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

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Ae ughi breast.
We wcrc assure that one wounled man
died 20, % was taken dead 10 NauthaA Car
den
Joha Smith. pe Perry o., ga, ,ho, In the
,high. His w3uRj " very severe, bg cot
dangerous
Mr. Romaine, a Young msn, butcher, Of
IS fita ct, Jay mouallV wounded at the
dsUfgis,s, corner Of Third avenue and
E,ghth o. Auotho. dead body had boen &c
mo, ed. Three had died there. 1bsy knew
oi I persons shot-slChi MORALLY
We heard Of culotcd woman shot al tho
corner oi Lafayette place
J. Irwin, Of pa Tenth It, said his SON had
luN bcen broveh, ia with a tall through the
leg.
u. NJ sciIas, IT, private citizen, wa,
wounded
Capt Pond, 7lh Reet. had d severe nc ID
wound 90 his check
Capt Peok, m,Iua officer had been bit
IN the stomach with large paving stone,
before there was any hung. lie seemed
quite sick
Mr Ruckle Fourth Company, was hi,
hard with a brickbat
The FIRST soldier struck was Theodore W
Todd, % Lieutenant, and Lieut.. ". II. lIar.
risNn was injured
Private John Mdimer, Orderly Sergeant
Morton, Capt Undcthii, Private Devoe, lst
Company, and -- BoparI 4,h Company,
were dtd-none dangerously.
We were told that woman was shot
while getting out Of the cars and another
on n stoop IN Ninth S.
Two dead. one diving, and four wounded,
were taken rom d. Ch,lton's.
We have heard that john CurrAn was
wounded, and saw two dead bodies 30 the
Seventeenth Ward Station House.
A Mr. Brown was carried 10 ~ Mercer St
dead, as we arc told.
We found Msslel, Chief Of Police, in the
Opera House lie said that he mob irud
with guns or pistols-thot great number OF
the Police were huU--some Of hem shot
through and through ono MORALLY a he had
heard.
One Of Mr. Maiseli's officers told US that
20 or 90 were under arrest ~ Kind Of pen
down stairs, one Happen had been arrested
within three months on a charge Of burglary
Some had been iroued, bot their irons were
taken of Bill Sparks, notorious charac-
tet, Tom Burns, T.. T.. &. Judhius. Editor OF
Bun,hne's Own, were among them
The NalioRal GDys aud Police bad pos
session Of the house, and would remain all
night
The Mayor, Gen. Sanford, aud The Sneua,
were IN the ground at the mQmcnI Of tho
greatest difficulty.
Some auilieymen were there when we
left.
There were Of course a thousand rumors
more or less exaggerated IA cltculaii0n,WuIch
are not verify Of particular mention.
II is impossible to ascertain to nigh, the
number Of dead and wounded but we think
we have positive evidence that at least t,rcipc,
and perhaps fourteen were either killed out
right or died before | o'clock this morning.
The number OF wounded Will vary from hc,n-
~ to thirty although many are not danger
ous,y hurt We should also mention the
alacrily aud promplness with which the
Druggists and Physicians Ia tho vicinity
ProtieIed their services 10 the wounded
The military wero severely pelted with
stones, but none Ul them were seriously To-
jured, as we learned from severnl officers
We len the Opera House about one o'clock
this morning all was quio, IN the streets,
with no apparent excitement on the part OF
the people. Little knots OF men were stand
ing here and there, talking over the affair :.
but, with one or TWO exceptions, IN a calm
and reasonable manner Strong cordons Of
Policemen batiicaded Eighth Street aud As
tor Place, preventing all approach to the
scenes Of the not while body Of the Ma
lionai Greys had possession Of the building
and its approaches Every prccaution had
been taken 10 prevent repetition OF the sad
and bloody occurrence, SO disgncoiul aud
unusual IN our Clly.