The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-05-14


The military aud rhe police look advantage ol y 10
form line across the streets Al both ends OF Aslor
Place 90 Us to prevent any cohnexion between |
broadway and tile Bowery MAJOR General Sanford |
tho issued an order Tor moro troops and Two hrass
ppces loaded with grape 10 be brought TO the scene
Immediately as II was rumored that the crowd in
tended to arm themselves and renew the attack.
Il was This time hali-pasl eleven O'clock and the
additional troops, consisting OF several companies
aud the artillery, reached the scene OF disorder
Tiieeannon loaded with grape were placed in front
OF The theatre. ready IN case Of the renewal Of the at
tach.
seESEs ~ BROADWAY.
A. the corner OF broadway aud Fourth street,
large concCursc ofpeoplc We're seen upholding com
Iadt who was evidently severely wounded He was
taken to the door OF . physician In Broadway, near
Blcekor street. but adnlilunce was refused for him,
AMI hAfiends bore him Onward bleeding but moi
prdasely a physician seeing that he could not
gan adinittanca 10 the place above ncnl oned cane
forward and proiicred his SERVICES, which were
thankfully accepted. The young man was asen INTO
the drug store the corner Of Broadway aud beerker
street. where The volunteer surgeon examined M
wound and found that be bad received mnske ball
Ia The left leg Just under the knee Joint. ING van
part OF the ltg ami II, position was discoyerabe on
The outward side Of the limb, near the surface. lhe
surgeon cad for instruments 10 eAtraci inc pau aud
probe the wound, but could not obtain them me
sufferer WAS therefore, moved 10 the mouse OF Ms
ctItployer 1871 Green street He was AN apprentice,
about 20 years Of age, and his name as We under
stand was Stephen Morris The surgeon helped to
convey him 10 his employers house where his
wound was Temporarily attended To- una tue lhniiy
physician sent for.
Passing on up Broadway, We mct a solemn pro-
cesson coming down. preceding, accompanying,
and following coveted wngon which contained the
bodies OF five PERSONS soma Of whom were eonseiess,
(whether dead or not we could not earn) and others
seriously wounded, buI retaining their sei.posses-
sion The wagon was drawn nong upon The walk
by number oil men. This whole scene was solemn
In thn buf words sDOkeu bV tile
persons who accompanied the vehicle and what wls
said, was uttered in low tones. little farther up
Broadway, we met crowd Of men and boys bearing
dead body on bier This had hardly passed,
when another crowd came through Fourth street
from the Bowery, bearing on rude litter woman,
who had been wounded by shot while she was
passing through one Of the sreets near the scene Of
The disturbance. Close upon the tracks OF those
who were carrying the unfortunate woman, came
man without coat or veEt, jumping along through
the crowd, affranc, tossing his hands, and swear
ing vengeance
Large assemblages were held at the corner
streets, and, as one after another of the bodle
ed, various ordinations of regret and III.
used In expression OF their feelings. "Ou aar-
rible horrible - hshame shame ~ "gTeat Tegpun.
aibility somewhere" where will it all end1n and 9th.
er Ike expressions were heard throughout Broadway
and the adjacent streets. Every public house, segar
shop, and oyster saloon was soon filed with Curious
persons, who sought these various places 10 obtain
information concerning the fearful tragedy which
was then being enacted in Astor Place.
Passing down broadway, the excitement seemed
TO Increase rather Than aubside. Around the Hospi-
tai gate was crowded large multitude, and at the
corner Of Barclay sreet and Park Place were dis
tinct assemblages, listing 10 harangues from volun-
teer orators. 4g
10 The midst Of The firing, one Of the Harlem Rail-
road cars sopped in The vicinity, for the purpose OF
allowing an elderly gentleman TO get out. As
he had put his foot the step, in The Of
descending he was pierced BY a mnsket ball, and fell
dead L was found that he was shot through the
Han thn nj I'm
ncr of Eighth street
a. one o'clock A. NJ. quiet prevailed at the scene
Of tumnli. In the vicinity, howevrr--on The corner
of the Bowery and Tenth street. and In o her adia-
cent places, there were knots Of people, numbering
twenty, thirty and forty respectively, speaking aloud
in reference 10 the catastrophe. Some Of those
meetings We're organized, and speeches were being
made The tenor Of which, from the lateness Of tho
hour we had moi lime to ascertain The military
We're drawn up in the same position ns they were
previously, Gordon being maintained across Aston
Place, nj lis luncture with Broadway and, at The
other end nj its junction with the Bowery. The
| two pieces Of ordnance which had been ordered on
| tho ground were directly in front of the theatre.
From this point we proceeded 10 the drug store,
the corner Of Broadway and Eighth street, and there
ascerained that two OF the unfortunate wounded
who wore carried there Ind died in the course of the
night Learning that several bodies had been reno.
we'd 10 the Fifteenth ward station house, we went
thiiher and there we behed frightful and ghaslly
spectacle. Six fine looking young men laid there in
death-one with his brains Protruding from wound
in The skull, another shot through the hip, another
through the heart and the remainder pierced In diff
terent parts by muskct balls.
Tnr scEsE At THE FIFTEENTH WARD srArios
HOUSE.
This scene was lragical in the extreme. On
bench al the end OF The room lay the dead body Of
tall gentcel looking man, whose name we ascertain
ed 10 be George W Gednuy brother 10 a broker in
Wall street. lie had been shot through the BRAIN in
the manner we have already described. Next 10
him was q lnnn u middle stature, apparently OH
Irish aJorcr IL had been shot in the throat
Besides those victims tho floor iay Tile bodies OF
young man, named Henry Otlen whose parents re-
side at the corner Of Orchard and Hester streets
large sized man, with dark whskers. name unknown
shot IN HE right breast thin faced man. apparGnr
y mechanic, shot In the neck man Of some.
whit similar appearance, shot in tho abdonen and
an elderly man. name unkno@n, shot in the light
cheek, who had been conveyed irom the street 10 he
theatre. and thence 10 the station house
Besides these, two unknown men are lying dead
at lhe seventeenth ward station house. 4 butcher
residing In Front street, in the agones of DEATH was
taken 10 the drug store ut the corner of Eighth street
and third avenue. The ball had passed trough his
head At The same store eight Of the military were
brought in badly wounded from missiles hurled al
them by The mob boy named Brown residing al
No. Y Crosby. street, was conveyed home badly
wounded in the knee. Another bow, mortaly woun-
deJ, was taken to his home IN Tenth street AT
twelve o'clock The Coroner was overwhelmed with
orders TO attend cases.
Probably there are other cases of wounded dy-
sSSAt
ascertain.
THE SCENE AT THE HOSPITAL,
The scene al the City Hospital was heart -rending
Body after body tho wounded and diving was con
yeyed into the building, followed by their sorrowing
friends and crowds OF spectators There icere eepen
in al. The first man brought in was Stephen Kc-
hoe, young man Of 81 years age, who had received
ghaslly wound in the left eye, the ballet passing
through the cheek and lodging behind The ear The
wound Is no, without great danger. The eye Of
course, is lost. The second was youth of about
10 years Of age, who was shot n tho high, the bull
LEI passing right through and fracuring The bone.
The third was Edward Mccormack, shot through
the groin the bullet fracturing the bone Of the pelyie
and passing out at The hip Conrad Baker was also
shot through the thigh, and John Dalzell, between
the thigh and groin. This Isl dangerous wound |
GeorgeV. Kay, aged 22, IA native OF New Bruins. |
wck) merchant, is wounded In the right lung--sup-
posed 10 be fatal. George Lincoln nged 30 years, !
native az NJ ssschusetts, and shoemaker, IL |
wounded In The abdomen--serious. George A. Cur |
llspHnter, ~ years Of age, shot through the lungs
James Mcdonald native Of Ireland, aged IL, an |
oysterman, shot through the leg. Mr. Blrgsti, aged
80, keeper Of refectory In Pearl street. wounded |
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