Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1871-07-19

\ his tongue torn out oy Iihe oS'' wv
man! All that could be learned of his
probable identity was obtained from a
card in his pocket, on which was engrav-
ed the name. William Lattimer.
SCENE AFTER TIE FIRING.
As soon as the firing had ceased, the
crowds the side streets to the east Of
Eight avenue, who had been driven by
the shooting up toward Broadway, came
back as near as they dared TO the places
where their fallen comrades lay and there
stood gazing stupidity at them, as para
USED by the sudden fate that had over
I taken them. The scene was, in truth, a
horrible one. On the northeast corner of
Eighth avenue and Tweuty-fourth street,
where the firing had been hottest, lay the
boIies of eight persons who had been shot.
Four Of them we're apparently killed out
light, two being shot through the breast
and one having the back aud side of his
head fearfully multilated, as if several
shots had struck him. The other dead
+ person was a woman. seemingly a servant,
who had been drawn thither by the gen:
era excitement and had not time to es-
, cape when the troops commenced to fire.
She had fallen on two dead bodies, and
lay there with her hands stretched out
aud tightly elapsed over her head, while
, from rife wound in her forehead her
life blood was slowly oozing. Of the
, wounded men, two had been shot in the
, legs, and another had his arms badly
: shattered, while one man was vainly try
ing to raise himself from the ground,
hose face was covered with blood, while
from gestly wound in his head his brain
was protruding.
The sidewalk was drenched with blood
aud the window-panes of the stores on
either corner, the shutters of which had
not been put up, were shattered by the
bullets. As soou as il was safe to do so,
surgeon connected with one OF the regi.
, ments came to where the bodies lay, ard
after giving them a cursory examination,
ordered the men employed in an adjoining
store to place them in cart, which was
standing near, so that they might be taken
away. But before this could be carried
out the police sized the cart for one Of
their number that had been wounded, aud
the march having been resumed the sur.
geon was obliged to leave the dead and
wounded as they were and join his reei.
ment. 1t was the same all along Eight
avenue, and the dead bodies we're left
untouched for more than one hour. A.
soon as the soldiers had quilted the avenue
on their march up Twenty-third street the
crowd, which had been restrained by theil
presence, came fiom the side streets il
swarms. The large majority Of them were
women and children. as the men had fol
lowed the procession. Loud were the
denunications and threats of vengeanc.
which they cast at the retreatipg form
of the soldiers. but the sharpness Of tn,
execution seemed TO have produced tn,
desired effect for their violence was con
fined to merely vocal demonstrations.
!. THE DEAD AND WOUNDED.
III The record of the wounded, dead anr
r. dying would Gil book with chapters 0
in appalling horrors. Language cannot ade
D. qualely describe. nor could pencil or brus
ID we'll picture the thrilling scenes and Incl
D derts. The humane and kiud-leartel
"a lookers-on must have had their souls wrun
IN with anguish and their thoughts seethiu
VS. with indignation. Sons, husbands. father:
Oh wives, sweethearts and children alike wer
IN the victims of the remorseless aud unres
sonable bigotry of the mob. Strong me
lis looked on aghast with horror. Wome
en- wept and children moaned at the spects
no Gle. Il was panorama of blood. visit
up Of gore. an arena Of agOOy. But the mer
re- spectators could not feel what thousand
.et of others did. whose friends or relativ.
we're in the public service. The news
the bloody massacre few like wiId-fre a
nd over the city. Every home that had SCI
he forth representative defender Of the pea,