Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-07-10
,nn,. &C., we're freely used. The BOwery boys, who

re rnllied and drove the Rabbits u short dlstahee
down Blya-d street, but were sooa compelled |"
arain r.linqui-li their petition and retire to the east
side Of EiiHabeth, in consequence oil the inineiisr
nu!uh-r Of st"r.s, brick bats and other mi's.'-
thrown from the tops and windows OF houses ~ 'r
iinuIeiiat" vicinity, ny men, women and children; M
being Unfortunately engaged in the contest. i'F'
ven from tlieir iir.i ra!lyins ground, the B0~ery boys
constructed n hasly Gresstwork across Bsysrd street
OIL tho east side of Elizabeth street, with IL number "'
old wagons which were standing in IRON, Of II livery
stable there, belinh which they took up their posi-
ton, and awaited tho action OF the eneinY, tirI,g Only
as the Rabbits approached neur them The Bn"eIy
boys having made preparations during the day Tor ,he
affair. as above, were nearly all we'll armed, Oeslue
having q large amount of ammunition slowed away
in their headquarters in the Bowery, where u number
of their party were stationed to re load pistols, ~hIch
were taken TO and fro by an army of small boys, IA
fast az they we're discharged by the party on duty be
hind the wagons. by this cunning arrangement Tile
Bowery boys were enabled TO keep themselves sup
plied with loaded pistols continually. Every time a
party of boys were in the act of rushing away from
the purty on duty behind the barrlcade w!:h n load OF
empty pistols to b.. re- loaded, the Rabbits seeing The
rush, and not knowing the secret, very naturally con.
cluded that the Bowery boys were dispensing, and
would rush after them. The Bowery party, seeing this,
kept still behind the wagons, until the Rabbits would
come within good pistol.sh Of them, and then, atthe
word of command. fire a broatisidt ut them. ythis
means it was that they were enabled 10 keep their
ground for nearly three hours, against such a superior
force, and do such a deadly work of execution. The
Rabbits did no. succeed in INJECTING q mortal wound
upon Il single person connected with the Bowery par
ty; the only injury of II serious nature which they IN
ficted being on the Metropolitans, several of whom
were badly injured, two of whom, James Jenkins a
special policeman. residing at 2li. West Twcnty.sev-
entll street, and II. II. Hitchcock, OF the Seventh.
ward police, residing in First Avenue, have since died
of their injuries.
The fighting was kept up from about five o'clock,
at short intervals, until about halt. past seven o'clock
when it was very suddenly terminated in the following
manner
A man, whose name we could not learn, came out
of u house in Bayard street, near Mott, with q musket,
which he raised To his shoulder and pointing II toward
the Bowery boys attempted 10 fire, instead OF lis gong
off, however, il only flashed in the pan. lie took 1t
from his shoulder aud WAS i'll the act of hitting his
right hand OIL the breech of the gun, probably in or
der 10 iar the powder into the lock, when one of the
party behind the barficade of wagons seeing tia
manu.uvre took deliberate aim aud fired at him with
his pistol. He jumped about three feet into the air,
gave one Shrek, threw the musket some live feet over
his head and fell back on the sidewalk q liteless corpse.
the inusket falling on the sidewalk just beyond his
head.
This incident seemed TO act as a mesmeric check
on the part of the whole crowd of Rabbits, who de.
sisted Immediately and fell back, apparently satisfied
with the contes. for the time being. They proceeded
to pick up their dead and wounded, willcli they con.
yeyed 10 various places, some TO their homes, some
to drug stores and some to porter houses IN The viclnI.
ty, to receive such aid a. they required.
This wound up the fighting for tho evening, ana
the crowd soon after began TO dispense, and 10 talk
over the affairs of tho past three hours, on both
sides, in squads Of iifties end hundreds each, anu
prepare for another attack, should one be made.
During the melee, the housetopS, windows and
every available place TO behold on both sides OF Bay
ard street, and in Mott, Mulberry and Elizabeth
streets, were crowded with men. women and chill
dren, all busily engaged III dropping ,~brickhats.
stoues, Sc, down OH the heads of the police when
ever and wherever they could be- found. rendering it
anything but safe or pleasant for a policeman to be
seen in the vicinity OF ths plnce, nor was their SER
vices Of much account, for they ware wholly incom-
peteut to quell or check the disturbance, Until the
beligerents had their tight pretty well out and become
pretty well satisfied.
THE PREPARATIONS
Had the fighting continued after dark tia scene
would, indeed, have been dreadful, as the Bowery
boys had over one hundred stand OF inusked, with
an appropriate allowance OF Ammunition, &c, ready
placed in wagons, with horses, in the upper part OF
the city, which they %purposed bringing int" active
uss AZ .onn AZ it should become u little dark. Had
they done this the result would have been beyond all
conceptions. Fortunately they were prevented BY the
sudden termination of the dlsgraceial scclie.
1t WIS believed that there were from twelve to
eighteen of the Rabbits either killed or mDrtally
wounded. while on the part Of the Bowery bO!, but
one man hsl : vound OH the ankle from a pistol,
and another q Shot thro.gh the ileshy part # the
hand.
List OF THE KILLED AID wouSrEb.
! The following is q list of those already dead:-Wm
! CANAL. native Of Ireland, d years OF age; William
peuteney wns ahot while looking out OF a second
story window OF No. &c 2ayard street; Carneliw Ala
hony, boy IL years OF age, s:.ot from the tofo a
hoase; two unknown men at Eellevue liosrli5i one
unknogn man st No. l9I Varick street.
WOUNDED jenkins, a special policeman, dan
gerous; Patrick Sane, che. in the left kneepar' dan
aeroua; Michael Tuer, . boy; bal, passed through his
sirucl, by u u.qsket bull in the hip. peiv;s fractured
Michael Cunninghsm, E boy, shot in The right'high;
bal! cannot be extracted; JohG " johnson, boy
right leg shattered by a bullet; Jaa han,nn, a iolice'
-, ~. .-r,tI ntruf IT, hand tui iyfl Irl. J
! aabIy recover; | A Latta, special policeman Cut
| Lady II: Tia head; 4 X Cronnn, cut hadly n tbs
head; Joseph an:r, % % Mulberry st, shot o The
breast, very daulerouss ! McCaIvey, of - Mulberry
ST. shot through, the body, ye1y 1a-Se-ons' William
Welcll, sIot in the hcnd. cannot survive 1hC:s: = )
Smith, s:abbrd hrtugh the tes'vdV. Thomas Walsh. I
!, SIC: in the leg, bone broken; Patrick Lenry shot
through tGa in,:se dangerous; James M9rnon, wound
cd 10 ths head ritc ar,cks anu clubs. dangerous;
Morris Higgins, phot in fh5 .na. l!.e-f VIM Buckley,
shot in the thigh; JovinH Fnokony, b-rne. y ia lace
viii powder; John Il johnson, sio! IN E- tsg &.
4 M;ohae, !roolney, shot in both lrgs; Michael FOLEY,
beaten viii, clrhs, TIimuthy Higgins, shot in lie ub.
domen, likely to die ma; lsUrland, shoi in tie leg
! efd thigh fractured, dangerous; s2hr- ) ChanOer''
stGDted.
Besides iLs fi,o;o. it ia believed that aoout ioriy
others are lying @crTcGf e tEelfresiuencce' OF Vhotn
no repnrt las been TaGs.
The following Is q lui OF tia go4nqed et tie Five
Points riot. !
Patrick Martin, gunsfot woaai john toIen, Shot !
In tne leg CuHS.X a. DuT US, rUUli u VIM Vi uHhEt /
Donahue, shot in face and eye Hugh Golden John
! t:sfshnll, wounded in the leg Jas Shields. eliot IN
the lhi... Richard Reed, shot in The head Z. a. HILL,
rupture jno. uda v;ch, scalp wound.
Al the aboEe y'ris sslt = Tue heep,taI. n nnTs,
severe wound u: the hand. John Is. Slhuit: 4 peace !
full citix.n waa knocked ioyn aud beaten b5,1pllieg.
ANOTHER vicTi-. !
While the riot was raging ut tho corner OF Bh?Gia
and Mulberry streeis. WIN. Pentenoy, who wnsEi
l.-ssing the proceedings from II second story window
1 Gf 20. 74 Bayard street. received a bullet la the fore
Lead, freddy come Unknown person in the crowd,
qpi died of iio w0lnr o. SGaaaY afternoon lie "as
L native of England.
TIE DEAD RAgHiis. !
For over six years past tIore has been all orsanl-a'
ton in the 9th ward kn09R as the "hnarh GUARD -
About two years ago there waa q difference in the
Guard which led to q secession; and one night while
they were holding n meeting \ dead rabbit "as
thrown in the room, and this circumstance gave the
seceders the title Of dead Rabbit'.' Becoming
I; prord O! The name a club was organized, called "Ihe
Lead Eatbi; liluh," which became popular in that
quarter. 1t is regularly organized. hes u president,
secretary and otEer others. NJ tie printed notices
which are sent TO msmters 20 crr,elirIeT at one ,
corner with the cut of 3 dead rabbit hanging ~ lie +,
heels The lneinbsrs, or those who are lnovn Is,
"Dead Rabbits" range from ~ TO - years OF aye,
and they number from 100 To 2hG membnrs.
THE LATEST FROM THE SCENE or RIOT.
The police have been making arrests of suspicious
looking persons this morning, whom they found ior'
taring about the headquarters at ~ White street.
Tie condition of the wounded at the New York Hos
pitni il p.ecncious. 1t was expected that not q few
OF the sufferer, would close their earthly career be-
fOre the rising % tie sra.
AT two O'Clock this iaosni..g :so squads of police,
returned from having pstroled lie si>th ward, and
reported all quiet.
RIOT IN ERouXLYS. ;
On Saturday afternoon n most serious and fatal nj
. fray occurred III q place known "a the Mt. Prospect
l!o;el, on Fia,bush aveuIe, opposite the old Mt Pros
peel iCa.e on Flatbush hill. One man, named Fran
cs Mahady, ~G, ~ severely injured that he died i'll
about halt oil hour a,tcryards. Patrick McCarty,
the proprietor of The house vas dangerously and II
il .unnusnd 4 .nILu ataLL..d Insn,Ih Mnl,arfY liz bad. |