The Portland daily press., 1871-07-14
NEW YORK.
Recognition of the Dead,
Heart Rend,ng Scenes at the
MOrgue.

| NEW iokk, July l4.-The streets in the
neighoorhooi OF the MOrgue at Bellevue Hos
| pital were this morning densely crowded with
| interested and curious spectators, many of them
| In quest OF their friends but by far the large
| portion lmpelled by morbid desire to see the
| manned and bloody bodies of the victims OF
yesterday rlotrg. The number of corpses in
| the Morgne this forenoon was twenty-six, and
OF those twenty were identified and permits
gwen by Coroner Yong for their removal. The
other SIX still remain. The bodies lay in cof-
ms winch were placed in rows along the yard
| attached tie the dead house, and the crowd was
| allowed to pass round to see if any of the dead
were trends. About 1000 persons must have
passed before IL O'clock and as one of the spec
| tators discovered among the dead ones dear to
| tnem, loved parent, or husband or son, the
shrleks which rent the air pierced to the hearts
the otner iookers-On who we're more fortunate
IN having no one among that long row of up
Turned faces whose loss they should mourn.
occasionally poor, sorrow stricken wife would
throw herself on the cotfin which held the re.
mains of her husband and cry and moan as if
her heart would break The mother of boy
OF IL VINO was shot as he was returning from
school, came TO his dead body, having learned
from some friends that he was at the Morgue.
IL was, however, confined and the lid nailed
down ready Tor removal, so the officials told
her RlDdiy that she would have to wait until it
was brought home. AT that she broke out into
Wild complaint, and in accents broken by
emotion, cried out, "Oh won't you let me see
my BOY, who never did any harm to anybody
oh let me see him, doctor, do; give me one
look at him. What will 1 do at ali, at all. I
was - years IN England and this didn't hap
pen. She thus went on in sort of half GRAZ
ed manner, evidently almost driven out of her
senses by the sudden blow which deprived her
OF her son. Many other heart-breaking incl
dents occurred during the period of identfica-
ton, which 60 to make up the sad history of
the 12'h of July, 1871.
Only a Rumor,
Rumors have Just reached headquarters that
ngnting ls now going on on the boulevard
Nothing official has yet been received.
Conflicting AccOuats.
The most conflicting stories are told in the
most positive manner as to the immediate ORR
gin OF the conflict. Some persons say that
brick thrown among the ranks of the 9th Reg
lment from house top precipitated the con-
hlct. Another version is that several stones
were thrown and shots fred by the mob, and
that then the Saith Regiment fired irregular
voileys into them. Some persons of iptell-
gence and military knowledge speak very dis
paragingly of the want of steadness displayed
by the troops, with honorable exceptions. One
gentleman who served during the late war, aud
Is perfectly disiDterested as to the question at
issue, when he saw the conduct OF the men
under fire expressed the belief that regiment
OF 1000 men properly led would sweep the
whole column like chaff before the wind.
la the vicinity of the grand Opera House
groups OF men might be seen during the morn
ing, eagerly discuss ng the bloody events of
yesterday. The prevailing impression among
those who witnessed the affair is that very few
OF the real rioters were shot, and that the chief
sufferers were innocent lookers-on. The wO-
men in the tenement neighborhood of the 14th
Ward are garrulOusly sOrrowful over the &C.
counts of casualties. All of them have mag
nlfied the mortality list some saying 300 were
killed and 500 wounded, and others much
larger number.
At halt past II o'clock the prisoners were
marched down Broadway under Captain Nc
Donald of the 8th precinct, with section of
his own, the 9th and 18th precincts, Capt. Irv-
ing and the detectives. Crowds rushed out to
the streets to see the captves, and there were
some fears entertained of an attempt at rescue,
therefore the detectives were scattered along
the sidewalks ia skirmishing order. The pris-
oners presented very Woe BECOME appearance
and were severely bruised and battered with
clubs yesterday, which was very evident.
boy Shot.
A Newark lad while riding on top of an ON
EiDus yesterday displayed an Orange hapdker-
chief. A shot from pistol struck him and he
fell from the stage dead.
WOman and Girl Shot.
The following is correct account of the kill
ing of a woman and little girl, supposed to
have been Mrs. York and her daughter, as
given by an eyewitness: Il was standing look
ing at the procession and crowd, when there
was STcdt utdl vi tACllcmeul. Directly L
saw woman waving her handkerchief to the
the Orangemen, and thought she was very
imprudent or had more courage than women
generally have. just at that moment while
she was in the act of waving her handkerchief
a burly rqffian stepped up to her and placing
the muzzle OF bis pistol to her ear fired. and
she fell dead. He then turned around deliber-
ately cooked his pistol fired bullet into the
little girls head and she fell. think the little
girl must have been II or 10 years of age.
GOV. Hoffman Threatened.
The riot of yesterday is the chief topic of
conversation. All respectable parties praise
the conduct of the police and military. On
the other hand the Irish bitterly denounce Gov
Hoffman. and say he will never live to see
another Orangeman's day. None OF the po-
lice were killed and none dangerously wound
ed.
All of the military has been relieved from
duty except small detachments.
About fifty quarrymen in the first avenue
tempted their brethren to renew the strife
this morning, but utterly failed All the work
men that left the public work, to engage in the
riots were dismissed this morning and replaced
by Germans and Italians.
NO announcement was received at police head
quarters of disturbance among the boulevard
work men during the afternoon.
Examination OF Prisoners.
The prisoners were examined separately at
the Toombs this Afternoon, and when it was
tudt tut party udu committed no overt act and
had no weapons, he was discharged. Stephen
Meany, of the Irish American, appeared in be-
half of the prisoners. He said that they were
mostly poor, ignorant men, who had been in
cited by a certain class to riot but who had
deserted them when they got into trouble.
Thousands visited 8th avenue, the scene of the
riot to-day. All the houses between 23d and
9th streets bore marks of the terrible dis
charge of musketry.
All Quiet.
There has been great excitement all day, but
everything was quiet at p. m.
Mayor Halt Defends lhe Kels0 Order.
The Tribune will publish tomorrow an ac-
count of the interview of one of the reporters
with Mayor Hall, in which the latter assumed
the whole responsibility of Kelso's order, for
bidding the parade, and defends it and argues
that the event has proved its wisdom. He re-
fused to state whether Gov. Hoffman had a
previous knowledge of it, and looks upon the
Governors proclamation as similar to revisal
of the Court of Appeal. The Mayor affirms
that the Police Commissioners, Democratic
and Republican, were united in favor of KEEL
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