The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-04-18
The Philadelphia Murders-Sccnes ON Snnda!
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From the Press, 10th.
During yesterday, immense nnnosf VI -
people of Philadelphia, on .1os ,ma naarimg
farm, tho SCENE of the deplorable, shocking.
and UNPARALLELED massacre, wnicn occurrs"
on saturday, the eth instant. Even rs carry
aS q o.,l,ck Yesterday morning, droves oil peo-
,,e commenced their pilgrimage TO the farm.
SCENES on TBR WAY.
I, would be a difficult matter indeed, unless
from actual count, 10 know the number OF
horses, carriages, and people. that passed mp
and down Greenwich point road yesterday.
An old man who lives upon the roadside sup
noses that of vehicles there were probably
seven thousand-some with two horses, but
most OF them with one horse each. The hncly-
polished silver plated carriages of the wealthy
classes, the firemen's ambulanccs, sulkies,
wagons, express wagons, potato wagons, nay
wagons, and even carts and fish wagons, were
all brought into full requisition. going ana
coming during the entire day. One amhn-
lance. labelled "Navy-Yard and League
Island took passengers to and from the scene
cf the tragedy ut the rate of twenty fVe Genus
each way. This vehicle obtained full ioaas Oh
every trip, which must have yielded quite Il
handsome sum 10 the enterprising proprietor.
Wagons used in hanling oysters potatoes
or truck. in season, were also orouSht mo
use, and all found passengers. NotwithstaNo-
ing these facilities for travelling, many thou
sands of people were compelled 10 walk. No
idea can be easily formed OF the panoramic
scene on the thronged public highway, unless
from personal observation, 1t would seem
that, among so many men, women, and chill
dren, horses and vehicles, accidents would be
frequent: yet, from all that we could learn,
not one happened to the physical lnlnrlnS OF
ANYBODY. The route from old second street,
as improyised, rs already stated, was monopo-
Iized by the pedestrians. because vehicles
could not pass that way. To view the moving
train Of people, apparently, over the low,
marshy meadows, from 4 stand point mar
mile distant, il looked like an immense black
snake of iutermiuable length winding its way
leisurefy along through the pale-tinted enc
raid that gives the face of spring creation.
SCENES AT THE FARM.
OF course the flowing tide of emigration
stopped al the farm. Many of the visitors
were almost tired 10 death" This express
sion we heard fall from a thousand lips. Many
had already walked from seven to ten miles,
and We're duSt-beSrimmed. The women ioikS,
whose skirts had trailed the fine dust on the
macadamized road, and then drawn over wet
places, seemed 10 be completely tagged out,
found resting places on sticks of cord wood
or fence rails around about the farm. The
barn, and stable, and wagon-house Were
thrown open 10 all visitors. The police on spe'
cial duty there kept most excellent order. m
deed, there was no disposition to run riot, Tor
everybody seemed deeply impressed with the
awfulness OF the calamity that had befallen an
entire family. Such n feeling had It's eflect TO
SlNlIt AAS
stable through the gable-end door, and made
their exit through the side doors of the barn
or the stable. They viewed the places-the
corner of the barn and the crib or out.
ad ioiuing-where the mutilated remains OF the
victims We're found. The effect was varied
and wonderful. Silent tears were frequently
seen coursing their way down the cheekS OF
some SPECTATORS. Others turned away, some
gritting their teeth, and muttering revenge
upon the fiend, 50 heartlesS as TO coldly butcher
SO many defenCelesS beings. 10 slaughter lnno-
cent children, one of them a pretty little pratt
Ting babe Just learning 10 lisp the name of
"papa." Expressions Of execration may be
numbered by the thousand, and II the guilty,
wretched criminal could only die ten thousand
lingering deaths Of torture, there were persons
there who would promptly infiict them all.
THE HAYRICk.
The havrick in which the body Of the poor,
defenceless, good-natured boy, Cornelius Ca
rev, was found, Is located, as we have already
stated, about five hundred yards southeast
wardly from the dwelling of the late Deerlng
family. Ii was an object OF peculiar attrac-
ton. Thousands upon thousands OF people
visited il: walked around it; examined 1t
closely then crossed the narrow plank bridge
over which ii is supposed the lad attempted TO
escape from the hands of the heartless muir
derer. A dark spot on the ground, supposed
TO he caused by the life's blood OF the victim,
was carefully observed, and various express
sions were made about it. The precise spot
where the cap of the unfortunate lad was dis
covered also came in for its share of universal
observation. The draining ditch which runs
near the hayrick was also scrutiniZed as though
there was something yet to be found, and sure
enough,
THE SECOND AXE
was fished out from the mud, into which the
assassin had thrown il after having dispatched
the boy. The weapon had a shorter handle
than the other. 1t was yet blood stained, not
withdrawing it had lain in the position it was
found for more than one week. This weapon
was taken in charge by the police. 1t was,
like the other, used in chopping wood on the
farm, and was as sharp as II grindstone could
make it.