Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-07-14


and say that general obedience to this
command would have saved great deal
of trouble.
9p. mall Qutet-EaIse RumOrs.
The city has been in state of great
excitement all day long, and rumors of
further riOting have been plentiful The
rumors, however, proved false, and up to
this hour, 9 P. M all is quiet. The Ia
borers who went to work this morning
continued at their labors during the day.
In the vicinity of 23d street and 8,h
avenue small gangs of men have been
congregated all day, apparently without
any definite purposes.
Around the liquor stores on the east
side gangs of men congregated this morn
ing as soon as the doors were opened.
They loudly condemned the action of the
troops in firing on themob, and expressed
great sympathy for their killed and
wounded friends.
Additional Victims.
Several deaths have been added to the
already numerous list. Toree men died
to-day'in Mt Sinai Hospital. Another in
st. Luke's. A young man, who lived in
| Twenty street, near Eighth avenue,
is also reported killed. 1t was expected
that several sufferers in Bellevue Hospital
would die before night. About twenty
per cent. of the wounded cannot recover.
A jury was empannelled and viewed all
the bodies, but no inquest will be held
until the end of the week, or probably
the beginning of the next.
The Veterans.
The veterans of the National Guard did
not go On their excursion to day as was
| intended, but remained IE the city ready
to suppress disorder when called upon.
Tire flag on the Grand Opera House
flies at half msst in respect to the men,
bers of the 9Th regiment who were killed
in tie riot. The bodies of twoN unrecog-
nized soldiers remained at the Morgue
this evening.
Boy Shot Down in Newark.
A Newark lad, while riding ON the top
| of an omnibus, yesterday, displayed an
Orange han lkerchief. A shot from
pistol struck him, and he fell from the
stage dead.
Incredible Brutality.
The following is a correct account of the
killing of a woman and little girl, sup
posed to have been Mrs. York and her
daughter, as given by an eyewitness:
was standing looking at the procession
and the crowd, and there was great
deal of excitement. Directly l saw a
woman waving a handkerchief to the
Orangemen, and l thought she was very
imprudent or had more courage than wo
men generally have.
Just at that moment, while she was in
the act of waving her handkerchief, a
burly rufian stepped up to her, and plac-
ing the muzzle Of his pistol to her ear,
fired, and she fell dead. He then turned
around, and deliberately cooking his pis
tol, fired bullet into the little girl, and
she fell. think the little girl must have
been II or 19 years of age.
Radical Praise of the Democratic
Police.
The Tribune will tomorrow have the
following editorial:
HONOR TO WHOM HONOR IS DUE.
The arrangements of the Police Com
missioners for preventing the riot were
preposterods. The behaviour of the men
in meeting it was heroic. They went to
their work with admirable spirit and per-
formed it in a manner deserving of all
praise. Nothing could have been finer
than their chaees upon the mob on the
avenues. Whenever the pressure of the
rufflans constantly hocking toward the
Orange headquarters began to be felt by
the forces concentrated there, platoon
of blue coats dashed from the ranks at q
quick run and fell upon the mob with up
lifted clubs. We witnessed seven or
eight of these attacks, and in no instance
did the rioters await the onset. They
fled in every direction, tumbling headlOng |
through the cross streets, and seeking |
refuge in cellars and doOrways, and only |
few of the hindmost felt the blows of |
the locust.
We have had to pass so many criti- |
cisms lately upon the signs Of demorali |
cation in the force, that we advert with |
peculiar pleasure to the admirable con-
duct of the police on Wednesday.
AT Bellevue.
The scene at Bellevue Hospital bsffies |
description. Some cases are very touch
ing. Joseph Love, young man of 81 |
years, was out of situation and strolling
up Eighth Avenue to see the parade, he |
received q shot in his head. Only yes
terdsy his young wife and child left ire
land to join him here. 1t will be sad |
tale to tell the poor woman on her arrival |
here. Perhaps sadder sight was the
body of young girl about 16 years, who
had been shot through the heart. Prob
ably the child never looked so pretty in
life as she did in death. The face was in
perfect repose and a half smile played |
around her lips, as if when the death |
shot struck her she had been laughin o at /
the exciting scenes around her.
The Tribune Justifies the Soldiers
Firing without Orders.
The Tribune tomorrow will contain |
the following:
The provOcation which the S4th Regi- /
ment received at oath street, and which |
led to the firing, appears to have been
greater than the first accounts indicated. |
While the dangerous elements of mob /
masked to the eye of the general Obser-
yer, are represented by the police familiar
with such gatherings, as of the most ter
rifying character, it is clear from the al |
evidence thus far collected, that if the
troops in their mOmentary excitement had
not fired when they did, it would shortly |
have been necessary to order volley of
the whole line, when of course the des-
truciion of life would have been much
greater than it was.
Mayor Hall Defends KeEso's order.
The Tribune will publish tomorrow
the account of an interview of its repOr-
ter with Mayor Hall to-day, in which
the latter assumes the whole responsibility
of Kelso's order fOrbidding the parade.
He defends it, and argues that the event
has proved its wisdom. He refuses to
state whether Gov. Hoffman had previous
knowledge of it, and looks upon the
Governors proclamation as similar to the
reversal of a judgment of an Inferior
Court by the Court Of Appeals. The
Mayor affirms that the Police Commits
sioners, Democratic and Republican, were
united in favor of KelsO's order.
NEW ORLEANS.
muTderOuS Negligence.