The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-07-19

The procession kept straight 90 aoTl
9th avenue, cheered and appaaaded frou
the houses, and feebly booted from TIN
streets, until at 18th street, It marche ee
to Union Square, where its reception
was extraordinary. Loud acclaims csHst
! from all hotel guests, who represented
every part Of the United States, while
from Madison Square and from safe
distances the mob still hurled occasional
stones and bricks, and made fendlsh
outcries. The Orapgemen, girt all
round with a wall of protection, filed
around the Worth monument, and
marched down to the Cooper Institute,
where it was disbauded.
AFTER THE BATTLE.
Persons who went over the scene of
the conflict Immediately after the battle,
report that every shop was found to be
closed, and only few people ,eDtured
out to see if it were possible to recos-
uize the dead or to give the wounded
assistance. As the news OF the bloody
battle spread through the city, carried
rapidly from mouth to mouth, it made
more than excitement. Men talked to
one another in short sentences, with
white lips.
An eve witness Informed the reporter
of the World that the first shot fred at
the corner of Oath street was fired BY
an Irishman standing BY his side. The
bullet struck one of the soldiers. A
German woman, watching the approach
of the procession, waved her haudker-
chief as the Seventh was passing. An
Irishmau walked up to her and blew
her brains out with pistol. A girl of
twelve was killed at this point, but
whether By the rioters or the military
is not known.
SCENES AT THE HOSPITAL.
The record of the wounded, dead, and
dying, would 6ll book with chapters Of
appalling horrors. Language cannot
adequately describe, pos could pencil or
brush weih picture tho thrilling scenes
and incidents. The dead were taken at
once to the morgue, and either placed
in cofius or laid upon the marble slabs:
Bellevue Hospital was enc continued
scene of surgical operations during the
afternoon and evening. The miserable
victims we're held down upon tables
while the e1crucia,ins work was per-
formed. Long rows OF cots presented a
series of mangled and bleeding bodies {;
some shivering in the agouie' Of death.
The scene at the hospital and morgue
about sunset was one Of peculiar sad
ness. A large and clamoriug crowd had
collected about the gate, all seeking
adnissiou-some in imperative and
others in most pitcous tones. Mothers
came to seek for sons brought there
wounded or dying; wives besought
admission to their husbands, and strong
armed men and weak children were in
a state Of irenzied excitement to learn
the fate of their friends.
NIGHT SCENES AT TIE HOSPITAL.
The scenes around Bellevue Hospital
late last night were heartrendcring 10
the extreme. Crowds Of fearful, an-
xious women aud sobbiug children
througed the streets in front of the
main entrance, and as the ambulance
arrived aud deposited its shastly burden
the wailiug aud lameulatiou Of the suf-
fc.ing ones were piteous. The dead
were in unfit condition to expose to the
gaze of friends. They lay iu pine cof-
6ns, as picked up iu the streets, With
blood stained faces and dus, besrimcd
garments, aud the sight was sickeniog.
Thirty Two lay side by side in the star
light, 10 the rear of the morgue
AT THE SIXTEENTH PRECINCT.
At the sixteeth preciut station, iu
west Goth street, was ghas,ly spectacle.
A vast crowd filled the street 10 front
of the entrance. The already exhaust,
ed police, streaming with perspiratiou,
aud weak with thi.st aud hunger, could
scarcely make way for the arrival Of i'm
prov;scd a,sbrlauccs, which we're OF
every style, pressed in for the dseadful
duty. Bakers, grocers', and market
wagons were used, aud came iu rapid
succession, fricghled with the dead and
wounded victims. Confusion naturally
reigned everywhere, and the sad task Of
bearing the helpless forms into the sta
ton if hurriedly, was tenderly perform
ed The cells 10 the basement were
crowded with the arrested rioters. The
intervening corridor was filled with the
dead, who lay in all sorts of positions
upon the cold, hard Aagstones.
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