The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-07-14
SCENES AND C0ROSERs' CASES Ar MOUNT
SINAI HOSPITAL.

Mount Sinai Hospital, West Twenty -eighth street.
was surrounded oil day with an anxious and excited
crowd OF the friends Of the injured men, who lay
writhing In agony up stairs balancing between life
and death. The ambuances and dead wagons from
Bellevue made frequent visits there to remove any
OF the wounded who were able to be TAKEN or
any Of the dead for inquest and Identification.
Up to noon only one man. as reported, had died.
He was named John Ward, aged thirty, Scotch
man. anu he died early In, the morning from shot
wound In the groin and bladder. Coroner Herr
mann held an inquest. An inquest was also held
by the same Coroner over the body OF Mr.. II. q.
Page, of the Ninth, VINO fell in Eighth avenue, near
Twenty sixth street, shot, as Lieutenant Colonel
Braine testified but struck In the head with piece
Of coping or brick. as others say. .,..4'..a.s4
Inquests were held also by Coroner Hermann over
the bodies Of Philip A. Ackermann, aged seventy
two years. who was killed on the roof Of No. 1872
West Twvnty-hfth street. corner Of Eighth avenue;
Of Charles Petit aged twenty-five wears. who died
at house northeast corner OF Ninth avenue ana
Twenty-nrst street, from gunshot wound
In the breast received Twentv-fourth street. Mr.
Petit resided In Virginia, and was temporarily re.
siding hore His friends were notified by telegraph,
and are expected on to take charge or his remains
Benjamin Franklin Ersklne, aged seventeen, late
of 2el West Thirty ninth street, was shot through
the body and right leg at Twentysixth street, and
died at three \. ~. yesterday, and an inquest was
A burial permit was granted by Coroner Young
for the remains OF sergeant $ Wyatt, OF the Ninth
regiment. late or 107 Macdougal street, who was shot
The testimony In Mr. Ackermans case owed
that though he WAS shot on the roof OF the house ne
DESCENDED through The scutte safe enough but fell
dead on the landing. at his daughters reet ex;
Claiming with his single breath, My God, I'm shOt.n
At ten O'Clock last night everything was quiet In
and around Mount sinai Hospital where twenty Of
.E THE WOUNDED STILL REMAIN.
One has been taken away by his friends; two,
Cary and O'lsrien. had legs amputated yesterday
Sherry. John Boyd and James Moran on wednesday
night and John Ward yesterday morning. Two
Others are wounded SO oangerSusy ana are now 50
however, are doing very well.
on the steps Of q tenement house sat group OF
lrishmen discussing the all-absOrbinR topic, when
one speaker remarked, haf seriously, half pte-
0usiy, "Ah, thin, shure they died in good cause"
SECOND SPEAkER-That they did, indeed.
THIRD sPEAKRR-They could not lose their lives
In nobler cause, and their blood VIII be avenged
on Eighth avenue. near liquOr store, another
group OF men were discussing the great event. but
with special reference to the militia, against whom
"why then, PADDY said one individual, In half
forlorn tone 'sure you needn't blame the 'Mercan
out.D
"Ihey didn't though ?" said Paddy, half surprised.
once and Custom House all night"
"Och murther an ouns,n retortcd PADDY as If
his astonlshment would not allow him to utter
Another group sitting by cigar store were taking
the American view Of IT, namely, that II one party
or society mad q right to parade here another had
the same right. And while the speakers regretted
the loss OF life the opinion was expressed That
this question would TO be settled some time II
not now, and they were as well pleased evidently
that 1t should be settled here and now as 1t has
been as III any other way. There seemed to be no
difference Of opinion among the speakers.
In the Eighth syenue cars the riot was the subject
Of talk also, and from
THE STYLE OF LANGUAGE
It was easy to tell on winch side each speaker STOOL
One Old irish gentleman Thought the soldiers had
murdered his cOunrvmen, that they had had no
prOvocatiOn for shooting as they did. He was
quickly taken up by two other men, one evidently
an American and the other an Irish Protestant.
The American talked calmly from his national
standpoint and the latter from his. The old gente-
man said he was opposed to oil professions,
but he was IN favor OF making the CAST example
OF the Orangenlen rather than OF the Hibernians,
because the latter had right to haunt their party
colors in the faces OF another class OF citizens The
Protestant Irishman wished TO know why orange
was o more offensive color than green, and the
American interpOsed that this was a free country
aud everybody was fond Of display here. The
Catholic Irshman could not see 1t in that light and
quoted down and soon after left the col IN Hudson
street.