The Republican journal., 1871-07-20

was not realized. Mayor Halls order, for
bidding the parade. because of the prob
able riot. was overruled by the Governor,
and the military orderd out The parade
of the orangemcn. which would have pro-
badly numbered many thousands was re-
dncedto lossthan one hundrcdby The fear OF
coming trouble. The most extensive pre-
parations had been madeto quell thethreat-
oned disturbance. Five or six regiments
of city militia were under arms. The city
police was detailed to the number of 1900
men to guard the procession and arrest
rioters. The Orange procession marched
between lines of armed men. The fol-
lowing is an account of the collision with
the rioters
After marching four blocks the head of
the column was DISTRACTED in some way,
and the whole procession came TO a halt.
Previous to this several faint pistol shots
We're heard and small stones were falling,
having been fired by the rioters from Il
distance down the side streets. While
the procession was at a halt the report
ct n pistol rang ont clear and loud, and
on looking up q small cloud of smoke was
seen curling up from n third-story window
near the southeast corner of Eighth avenue
and Twentv-seventh street. The second
company of The Seventh Regiment was
then standing ON the curb.stones, directly
opposite, looking out for sharpshooters,
who occasionally. crept up on the roofs of
,1li1, al
A bcardless Young man, standing nearly in
thecentre OF the company, cody raised his
muSkct aimed for the window and fired
directly over the writer's head He then
proceeded to load again, saying NOT
word, bat keeping his eye on the upper
story window He had received no order
to fire. and the captain demonstrated.
That was the first shot fired by any of the
troops. The column then moved on an
ether block on two bringing the eighty
fourth regiment which was thanking the
Orangpmen on the lett, between Twenty
fourth and Twenty-siNt Ii streets. Here
another halt was made. The rioters, as
the column had passed down the avenue,
had rushed in from the side streets, filling
up the whole space of the avenue. The
-loncsand bricks were now falling thicker,
and nj intervals of about half a minute a
pistol shot was heard Finally a shot
struck a captain in the ighty-fourth Reg
incnt and although he made but little
demonstration. his men saw it and immc-
datcly the men III hi~ company began to
fire by one and two. The next battalion
took the signal and sent oil whole vol
Icy toward tile corner Of Twenty-tourth
trect The fire ran down the line, slow
~ at first, then faster until the din was
fearful Shattered sign-boards, window
GLASS and fragments of bricks filled the
air. The firing lasted only a moment,
Int every piece in the regiment had been
discharged. During that moment the car
mage was awful. The streets were full
of smoke and thousands We're shrieking,
flying away or crouching down with their
faces close to the paving stones When
the smoke was lifted from the street,
there lay the dreadful scene. On the
corner of ncstreet lay seven dead bodies
alId on another corner lay II whole heap
of bleeding coT>Ses. There was not a
live person To be seen IN the track OF the
procession Then all was deathly still
while the spectacle was contemplated.
Every face was pallor stricken. There
lay the victims, and no one moved to-
wards them. Then some of the dead was
recognized by their friends, and the air
was filed again with loud Shrleks. A
Young woman in an upper window around
which the woodwork was rddled with
balls, appeared waving a white handker
Chief and shriekin@ to the solid mass of
troops beneath Some one had doubtless
been killed at her side. Where the dead
and dying lay streams of blood poured
over the hot pavement, and the wounded
were dragging themselves away leaving
the streets covered with blood. They
staggered up Twenty-siNth street towards
Seventh avenue, crowding in each area,
dragging their bleeding bodies down the
stone steps to the basement doors. The
citizens in this street who had not wit
messed the firing We're struck with horror.
Men came along and dropped dead in
front of their doors, or Law with mangled
bodies begging for help. There was also
some women and children living among
the slain. and many Of the victims were
citizens of great responsibility who hap
noe of fire and lead.
Then the music sounded at the head of
the impenetrablc column, and they all
passed Slea1llN on
TIE SCl,NE AFTER TIE BATTLE.
As soon rs the firing had ceased, the
crowds in the side streets TO the east of
EIGHTH avenue who had been driven bv
the shooting up toward Broadway. came
back as near rs they dared, to the places
where their fallen comrades lay and
there stood gazing stupidity at them as
II paralyzed by the sudden fate that had
opertaken them. the scene, was in truth
horrible one. On the northeast corner
OF EIGHTH qNcnue and Twcnty-iourth
street, where the firing had been hottest,
lay the bodies of eight persons who had
been Shot Four Of them were apparent
~ killed outright, two being shot through
lbe breast. and one having the back and
idc OF his head learlully mutilated, as if
Sc1 eral Shots had struck him. The other
dead pcrS,n was n woman, seemingly Il |
servant, who had been drawn thithef by
lhe general excitement, and had not time |
10 escape when the troops began to fire. |
She had fallen ON two dead bodies, and |
lay There with her haLds stretched ont
and tightly clasped over her head, while |
from 4 wound in her forehead her
life blood was slowly oozing. OF the
wounded men, two had been struck in
the legs, and another had his arm badly
shattered, while one man was vainly try |
ING TO raise himself from the ground |
whose whole face was covered with blood, |
while from y CHASTITY wound in his head
his brain was protruding. The sidewalk
was drenched with blood, and the Win
dow-pancs of the stores on eithel corner, |
the shutters of which had not been put
mp, We're shattered by the bullets
An aged workingman, evidently an
Ir>hman, had received a shot in the arm,
and sat down upon the step and desper-
ately faced the troops in the midst of the |
firing, while holding his bleeding arm ex-
tended before him. lie remained until
relief came, fiXedly glaring in silence at
the Orangemen. A lad crouched against
a cart-wheel, just beyond the corner in
Twcnty-fourth street, appearing to have
received some hurt. The women appear
ed at the windows above. making signs
of anguish and bcwilderment, looking
alternately down at the bodies and then
at the troops and policemen. Presently,
one and then another of the friends of the
victims stole out and touched them, to
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