The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-07-17


It Was about 2 O'Clock that jumped into ar
omnibus going up Broadway. IT was filed
with men, and noticed that all the other up
ward.boand omnibusses carried male ,passen.
gers only: 30 signs of the riot appeared un-
tive reached Prince street. On the corner
.stood
GROUPS OF sULLEN-LooKING MEN
and,women, the debris evidently of the mob
which had been driven away from the Hiber-
nian headquarters by the police In the morn
ing. About. llth street, where the omnibus
turned Of to 60 to Fifth ayenuei the croWds
became thicker-14th street was jammed with
q waiting gSmultitude many OF the snop
I. doors and windows were closed. At the cor
nerSof Esd street and Fifth avenue 1 got out,
1911 was now almost In the heart Of the In
sllrrec sfUpary district AS far as the eye could
reachrp 23d street, towards the North River,
people were standing on the curb stones and
STRETCHING their necks after the coming pro.
cession. a carriage new oy sassIy' anu
could see that one OF lis inmates was
.. WOUNDED POLICEMAN
who lay upon the back seat. A throng of
well-dressed people stood around. the entrance
to the Filth Avenue Hotel, into which, learn-
ed, gentleman with a broken head had been
carried. AS the point OF interest seemed TO be,
Eighth avenue, I moved of IN that direction.
The crowd became denser as advanced. Tne
larger proportion of the lolterers bore the un-
mistakable Celtic physiognomy. These were
men evidently of the laboring class; men who
had left off work and come out because there
was trouble brewing. Some were dressed In
their homely Sabbath suits; others were pias-
terers and bricklayers. with the stain OF tne!r
yocations on their garments. Occasionally
there was an excited fellow amongst them,
who was declaim,ng to group OF oystanders,
but most of them bore sullen, ugly LOOK. ana
fingered their pockets nervously. said 10
myself,
GALL THESE PEOPLE HAVE PISTOLS"
and there was no doubt oft. Ireached the
corner of Eighth avenue and Twenty-tmrd
street with much difficulty. could hear IN
the distance the faint beating OF drums, anu
looking up the avenue could just discern
ing bayonets. The procession was on the
move. Pressing through the. crowd, l. at
length got up as far as Twenty-htth street,
lust above the Grand Opera House. The peo.
Die collected here were Of all classes. Many OF
Them were women with children IN tneT arms:
Isaw well dressed lady OF Two. Inc sTa; Win,
doWs of the houses on the street were Snlled
with gaxers on. had been on the corner
but minute when, looking up the avenue.
saw
STONES AND BRICKS FLYING.
They came from the windows and
Ahousetops and were thrown at the SOL
diers and Orangemen. Matters were De-
ginning to assume a serious aspect. mere
was some pushing Ia the crowd behind me,
and turned to see the cause. Out from
bar-room came five men. Their faces were
flushed, but. there was no mlstaktng the dog
ged determination depicted upon them. They
carried reyolvers openly In their right nands
The foremost of tn. m was man OF nercuean
build. he was evidently the leader. AS ne
reached the crossing, he turned around and
said in q deep, low voice:
~, ssFoR-RM MEM"
and pushed right ahead towards the coming
processionists. In an instant the little band
had disappeared Whether they were the men
who fired the frst shots Know not, iout II
seemed to be less than minute afterwards
that heard the rap""pap"-"pap" or mus
kerry. A shrek arose from the crowd. Some
one shouted,
'iTHE SOLDIERS ARE FIRING y
and then there was break and scamperlng
In all directions. I found myself borne by the
flying ulnltitudeinto Twenty-ffth street. With
some effort managed to get up the steps OF q
house and into the doorway. was Wedged
In among dozen distracted women and chill
dren. All this time the rattle OF the musRetry
continued. My street, however, as far as
could see, Yves perfectly clear OF human oelngs'
Then down the avenue, like 4wh!rlWtnd,
swept a troop of policemen, and IN feW sec,
onds followed the Seventh regiment, headed
by Colonel Emmons Clark on horseback, and
march,ag as steadily and evenly as u 1t was on
dress parade. From my awkward posltlon
could see the procession only at oisaqyan-
tage, and made no attempt 10 satisfy my
curiosity further. Besides that, 1t was impos-
sible to say that bullets might not soon De n.y.
ing down Twenty-ffth street, s0I quietly SUB
sided into my corner. When the procession
had completely passed people began to emerge
from the areas and door sIeps by twos and
thress, and I yentured to 60 forth again. l
went back to the avenue, and there I saw the
effects OF the firing. Men lay around on the
sidewalks covered with blood One had the
TOP OF HIS head SHOT OFF,
another Law on his back with bullet through
his heart. Two respectfully dressed men were
writhing, side by side, nfthe guner. burly
fellow was staggering along, while the. blood
was streaming from his side and dyelng nis
clothes. A little girl and woman were Kill,
ed instantly. Some OF the dead ana Wounaso 1sa
street, but saw, / think, fully o dozen OF tne
victims. There was scarcely house ID tne
neighborhood that did not show
The MARKS OF BULLETS:
AS the military fired into 9 thick crowd, Of
couree the cases of narrow escape were al
most innumerable. One man showed me his
middle finger on the left hand from Whlch tne
tip had been shot away. The police were stlil
numerous, and were driving off the people, SO
tarried only long enough to make the hur,
ried observations I have recorded here, ano
hastened over towards Fifth avenue. had
the good fortune to head of the soldiers, and
get down the avenue before they turned
twenty third street. A friendly reporter hap.
pened to cross my path, and said that he was
on his way to house from the roof of which
he expected to get good view of the process
s:' siop. I was glad to have an Invitation to &C
company him. he house luckily was only
. two stories high, and we were
SAFELY c.; THE ROOF
before the Seventh came In sight. The pro
cession was certainly the most extraordlnar.
New York has ever looked upon. Tnere coult