The New York herald., 1871-07-31

few men were seen to remove what appeared At
first sight to be huge mass OF lint AS they moved
their load, however, an occasional black or red
spot was seen through the covering, and by and by
something like
THE sHAPE OF A HUMAN PIGuRE
was laid upon stretcher and carried mp stairs TO
the wards Following one OF these horrible bundles
we malt In o spacious, cleanly apartment. Every
thing around Is spotlessly white but the black
nued masses which are laid on the Sheets The
stretcher is laid on the ground and gently, 30
gently, that it takes nearly half an hour 10 do It,
what was once fair, human being is transferred
10 resting place. On every side nothing Is TO be
seen but the same horrible picture. Let Us go over
to one OF these bedsides. What Is thlss surely
ths could never have been human beings
black mass OF what was onca flesh. Where human
head was a swollen, dark pulpy mass. No features
no sight, but where eyes were
swARMs OF FLIES
festering which an occasional tanning from
passing Samaritan drove away. Some are so bad
that a frame work OF hoops has to be put
on TO keep OF all friction. Others can
only lie on tarpauns. On one side poor
wretch tries TO artculate with his tongue, peeled
OF Hesh and as il comes contact with his lips he
writhes in agony. Here, again, the teeth have
fallen out or have been crushed ont by beam or
bar, and the jaws have sunk in, giving the poor
wretch an expression CHASTITY beyond measure. 1t
ia o horrible, horrible sight. No one VINO did not
walk through the wards OF Bellevue Hospital yes
terday has any idea Of what humanity is born to
suffer IN this world, nor OF
THE UNTOLD HORRORS
which any day may bring forth Down at the dead
houses the bodies are being prepared for exhibition
They are ready and the doors are thrown open. In
one continued stream over twenty thousand people
poured into the charnel house up to midnight No
cessation-One continued stream. Every express
sion Of PAIN and anxiety was to be seen on tie faces
of the visitors look Of reie generally succeeded
the hurried look which told them they had no friend
among the dead, yet at least. Sometimes there was
a halt, and the anxious visitor hurried within the
glass door and carefully examined body ana re-
turned again
WITH LGHTENED HEART.
AS night approached candies were provided aud
stuck up beside the ghastly looking corpses No pen
could describe the scene. The blanched and bloody
faces upon which the candles threw iickering
yellow glare-the eager faces Of the visitors under
meath; the dull light of the glass outside; empty
coffns lying about. anu here and there jull one
and, above all, when twice victim recognized,
and
VAIL WENT Up
that moved the stoutest heart III the vast crowd It
was a scene not easily to be put out OF memory.
Believing that people would come from all parts OF
the country and city to recognize missing friends
during the whole CT the night. Warden Brennan de.
termned to keep the Morgue open till morning. Too
much credit cannot be given to him for his eXer-
tiOns. II is no exaggeratOn to say that he worked
like horse. One more look through the wards.
The lights are darkened and the scene has lost some
thing OF It's ghastiness. but
A HEAVY OR0AN
soon recalls II in all It's vividness Here and there
dark form bends over the bed 1t ls the Catholic
priest making his rounds. Around bed q few
doctors and nurses are gathered together. no.
ment and they separate; 1t is all over: another is
dead