The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-07-15
The Fifth Avenue Fight
GRAPHIC ACCOUNT.
From the New York Herald Of Thursday.
THE FIRST STONE,

5rIml for the moment that it had any
enemies or stood in any danger, he
law a woman rush out from, the side.
walk and seize the equipments Of one
Of the Orangemen, and seek to pull
them from his shoulders. She was
crowded aside without hesitation by
soldier intcrposing the but of his mus
Sc; and warning her off. This bag ut
tered frequent cries OF rage, spat upon
the man and those nearest to him, and
lifted up her arms and waved them to-
ward the people on the sidewalk as if
reproaching them for their backward
ness. Almost at the same instant, a
halfgrown boy, of slouchy, pock
marked and wretched guise, almost idi-
o;.c in expression, had it not been for
III ,upremely vicious look, which made
him even more repulsive, produced from
enier his ragged coat large paving
tone as bIg as his double fist, and with
single propulsion OF his arm above his
.houlder threw it with force toward the
u!anccmen 1t passed just over the
shoulder OF policeman, and fell be-
tween the platoons Of the Protestants.
Nobody appeared TO give it any atten-
ION. The boy skunk back into door
wav on Twenty-sixth street, in the rear
IF lager beer establishment, and d.
.ectly reappearins obtained another
stone from the street.
THE MOB MAKE THE ATTACK.
The writer did not notice, so much
was he absorbed in the actions of this
BOY, that meantime missiles Of all des
.riplions were being flung from win
lows, housetops and from groups OF
people upon both military and Orange
men. The troops stood perfectly firm,
kept their ranks and looked neither to
The right nor to the left.
THE FIGHT.
Encouraged by this disregard num-
Drrs OF the ruffians scattered about them
and began to obtain all sorts of garbage
and missiles, which they threw directly
INTO the ranks. Pistol shots were now
heard to crack up and down the street,
and one man was seen on houSetop
with a loaded musket which he dis
charged directly into the lines, and
stopped behind the chimney TO re-
Ioad it,
THE TROOPS REToRT.
Suddenly the foremost regiment came
to a halt, and word was passed in quick
succession to those furthest in the rear
10 stand upon their arms likewise. The
head of the procession had now passed
the Grand Opera House and turned
little away into Twenty-third street,
where it met a very different sort OF re-
ceptiOn, ladies and men, from the hand
some dwellings on either side, waving
their handkerchiels and cheering the
heleaguered beings who had just passed
through the Valley and the Shadow in
quitting Eighth avenue for more re-
>pectahle highway.
At the instant of the halt volleys of
tones and the scattering sound OF PTS
tolls redoubled Near y everybody OF
common prudence had already sought
-afety by retiring. The tall horseman
at the head OF the Orange procession
rurned about and rode the whole length
OF his line, taking off his hat and quietly
wiping his brows meantime. lie was
the subject OF admiration for all who
we're not envenomed, and these looked
upon him with deeper hate than ever.
lie was struck with violence in the
-houder by an old shoe, but, paying no
attention to this matter, he wheeled his
horse and resumed his place at the head
nfhiS line.
Suddenly word of command, unin-
eligible to all but the troops, started
rom near Twenty-third street, and was
repeated from officer to officer until 1t
Expired nearly up Twenty-seventh street.
In an instantthe troops deployed; flank
companies filed out to the lett and the
right in the twinkling Of the eye three
Tatoons OF men emptied their breech-
loading muskets in the direction Of the
people on the housetops, then, dropping
their muskets, fired a second volley
straight into the !ace of the crowd. A
soldier OF the Eighty-fourth regiment
picked out the man with the musket on
the top of the house and dropped him
in his tracks. The other platoons OF
military, WHO had not been ordered to
ire remained perfectly still, standing
quietly to their arms while their COM
rales inaugurated the business OF the
defense.
In moment the scene OF the parade
was changed to q fearful battlefield.
The multitude, ringleaders and all took
10 their heels, white with fear, and
rushed up the cross streets, leaplng into
cellars, and unfinished houses, crowding
behind doorsteps or falling fiat on their
aces in the cutters The street snd
pavement were Uttered here and there
With dead bodies Of men and women,
some OF whom had fallen with out
stretched hands in the stiff performance
oi immediate death, while others, utter
mg low means, clencbed at the warm
stones, aud gazei in helpless agony tor
relief Blood trickled everywhere. A
man was seen leaning from a second
story window in the act of vomiting
blood Purple streams flowed from his
nose and forehead and ran ina rill to the
curhstoue Cowardce and curiosity
had met their penalty in moment OF
provocatioD. and those smooth-taced
boys scattered death left and right IN
the quiet consciousness OF duty de-
manded. Then after little pause, the
music struck up again from the differ
mt bands, and the whole procession,
leaving its dead still on the street.
marched in the direction Of Madison