The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-05-11

ALL The first man brought In was Stephen Kehoc,
young man of ~ years Of age, who had received .
CHASTITY wound in the lett eye, the bullet passing
through the check and lodging behind the The
wound is not without great danger. The eye, Of
course The second youth about Is years
of sge. who shot In tho thigh, the bullet passing
right through and fracturing the bone. The third
was Edward McC ormack, shot through the groin the
bullet acturing the bone Of the pclvs and passing cut
at the hip. Conrad Baker also shot through the
the thigh and John Dalzell, between the thigh
and groin. This is dangerous wound George
" Kay aged %, Ia native of New Brunswick)
chant il wounded in the right lung-supposed to DO
fatal George Lincoln, aged 80 years. native Of Mas
sachusetts, and shoemaker, Is wounded in the abdo
men-serous George A. Curtis, printer, % years Of
age, shot through the lungs Jamos Mcdonald. ma
tive of Ireland aged II, oysterman shot through
the leg Mr. Burgett aged 3d. keeper of refectory in
Pearl street. wounded through shoulder and neck-two
distinct wounds.
The next victim was poor Irish woman named
Bridget Pagan. We found her lying on Mattress ON
the floor Of of the female wards with frightful
gun shot wound in the right knee. Her husband was
on his beside her They had gone out together,
after he had returned from his daily labor to purchase
few shirts, and returning to their humble home,
when unfortunately hey passed directly in range OF
the fire of the military Never we forget the
heartfelt rathos with which the poor man remarked
that his wife fell out Of his like child when the
military fired. We hope her wound is not serious. All
the other wounded stated that they hal not partcpa
ted in the disturbance but present only from GU
rioeity or accident This confirmed to us by
raj spectators 1t Is worthy Of remark that the mao-
rity of the wounds were low.
Wo esain NO
dent ineficiency of the arrangements at the City
Hospital Several of the victims lay for considerable
time after they conveyed within the building
without being visited by any officer Of the hospital We
ourselves two of the wounded men brought in and
deposited in of the wards to utter astonish
mcnt medical attendant appeared for at least fifteen
minutes, when pale young man in q dressing gown
who seemed belong to the house. entered the ward
and expressing our regret and establishment at
the want of proper system in the house, apparent
he actually ventured to order out of the house In
another quarter of an hour one Of tho surgeons
made his appearance. We must add in justice,
that despa ches were issued to the surgeons of the
hospital Drs Rogers, Buck &C., who hurried to the
scene and were seduous in their attention to the suf
But unquestonaby there did seem to us to be
want of proper system in the arrangements Of the
hospital else there would not have been such unac
counabe neglect of the poor sufferers in this frghtful
tragedy. So important an institution should be pre-
pared all emergencies. Had either of the men whom
we saw thus neglected. been wounded in an important
artery they might have bled to death in consequence
of the delay in attending to them. We mpute no
blame the excellent house surgeon lie wants addi
tional assstants-that is all.
INCIDENTS OF THE EVENING.
While the scenes which we have described pro-
ceeding outside the building, the play went on with
ac1n AVID
groans of those inside the voeys Of stones and the
yels Of the mob outside At length the play to
end and Mr. Macready made his exit from the house in
disguise reaching his hotel in safety The performance
of the afterpiece commenced and had proceeded but
short way when the first discharge Of musketry startled
the whole housesome called out that the house
was to be blown up" All started to their feet, when
Mr. Ex-Justice Merritt addressed the house, and
quested the audience to keep their Seats there
no danger This somewhat restored order, till few
minutes afterwards when it was announced that man
had been shot outside. All now confusion-the
performance instantly stopped and the auditory
rushed out of the building.
There were great many persons wounded in addi-
ton to those whom have referred to- seriously or
slightly who either went away orawere taken away by
their friends There several hair breadth escapes
musket ball went through the hat of one man, tear
ing It to pieces, but without injuring him. A policeman
of the Seventh ward, received flesh wound in the
back, and had narrow escape from being killed.
young man, apparently thirty years Of age, was
brought into DR.. Trudeau's house. at quarter before
10 p NJ, having been shot through the heart by the
military. pocket book containing one dollar, brass
night key and q note addressed to Mr.. Willis,
found in his pockets.
Immediately after the first vollcy, several medical
rushed to the scene for the purpose Of attending
the wounded. In the drug store where some Of the
wounded were brought, medical man proceeded to
examine the condition of man who very serious
Iy injured While performing this duty, the sufferer
exclaimed, " Come Doctor look around, before you
attend me- See if there is not somebody else worse
off than am"
Generals Sanford and Hall were as we are informed,
repeatedly struck by paving-stones.
We have discharged, in the best manner We
could melancholy duty. All additional factswh
we can collect in relation to this tragedy will be given
tomorrow