Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-07-21

wounded. and the msrch having been resamea
~ srrcaon vas ohiiged to leave the dead ana
wounded as they were and join his regiment; -
was the same all slong Eighth avenue anu .ne
load hod;as were left untouched for more ,nsn
one bour As soon as the soldiers had quit'eu inc
avenue on their march up I~eniy-thlru 80.
the r-owd which had been restrained Ny mn
a-o.aroa c.me from the side streets in swsrms
~ 80 ,nsiori,v Of them were women ana
49, he men had followed the procession
- - The Senunciations and threats OF ven
CONGO which they cast at the refreshing lorns
~ tho soldiers. bat the sharpness Oh inc eAeCu-
ron 80 med TO have produced the desired ehec,
81 tbs;r violence was confined to merely vocal
| demonstrations.
THE DEAD AND WOUNDED.
Til. record of the wounded, dead and dying
,,onli fill book with chapters of appalling hor-
rors. Language cannot adequately describe, nor
,ould pencil or brush well picture the thrllling
.,enes and incidents The humane and KIND
hearted lookers-on must have had their souls
wrung with anguish and their thoughts seeming
with indignation Sons, husbands, iathets'
wives. sweethearts and children alike were tne
victims OF the remorseless hate and unreasonsoie
bigotry of the mob. Strong men looAel gu
sghast with horror. Women Wept and children
mosned at the spectscle 1t was q panorama OF
blood. a vists of gore. AZ arena Of agony But
the mere snectsfors could not feel what thous
ands of others did. whose friends or relauNes
we're in the public service. Inc news u 'ne
I bloody massacre few like wild-hre all over inc
/ city. Every home that had sent forth IeplS-
| sentative defender Of the pesce vas rocked Win
| agitation t.--i.l
] -wt hnepIfalE- HOB
inc shrinking. fearing and eager to kno" the
names Of the killed and wounded When recog-
pitions took place the sympathy and grief was
besrt-rending to witness 1t il simply impossi-
/ bic 10 give any full snd correct idea OF the
/ occasion. W.
At the Sixteenth Precinct Station in west
/ Twentieth street, was a CHASTITY spectacle
vast crowd filed the street in front oil the en-
trance The already exhausted police, stream
! ing with perspirstion, and weak with thlrst anu
/ hunger, could scarcely make wsy Tor the srri'si
! Of improvissd ambulances, which were CT every
/ s.v,e messed in for the dreadful duty. Bakers p,
rrocers' and market wagons were USED, and came
! in rapid succession, freighted with the dead ana
wounded victims Confusion naturally regnel
everywhere. and the tack Of bearing the helpless
forms into the station, if hurriedly, was tender
/ " performed. Many Of the dead are yer uni
! deatifed, and the names Of the woundeu IN some
cases we're given almost inarticulately, ana Oh
! course incorrectly. .
! Tie cells in the basement were croHded WIN
/ the arrested rioters. The Intervening corFlder
was filed with the dead, who lay in all sorts oil
positions upon the cold, hard iagstones.
HORRIBLE MIDNIGHT SCENE.
In the narrow open space between the Morgpe
/ and Tweuty-six street and the East River, and
| iust inside Of the lower Bellevue Hospital gate
/ on Twenty-sixth street, there were tWenty-seVen
/ collins side by side at y O'Clock last nigh''
/ Each coffin contained \ victim Of the riot An
/ other coffin with a corpse in it vas on the moor
! inside the N0rgue. aud two more bodies were ye'
unconhned, lying on the slabs. The hofgue was
purposely kept DARK, because even ST thar ls'e
| hour there was large crowd outside Of the
hospital walls, eagerly demanding sdmlttsnee
to search for their missing friends and relatlyes'
One elderly Eomsn was weeping bitterly. NO
one was admitted. Es-ly this morning NE
lower gates Of Bellevue wss opened to permit
the public generally to view the eorpses'
CLOSING SCENES.
At l O'Clock this morning the city WSs nom
insly quiet Not a disturbance nor rumor OIL
disturbance could be heard OF anywhere Inc
various detach ments Of police were gradually re-
turned to their precincts, and by two o'elocs
only small force remained Il was UNIVERSITY
believed that the latest and mea1est exhibition
Of Catholic bigOtry Ess over.