The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-07-21
NEW YORK.
Funeral of Walter A. Pryor.

| tO-Qay. "A large numOer OI pe[sops A
Calvary Church. The body was escort
ed through the streets by 200 police,
the Ninth regiment and detachments
from other regiments. The funeral ser
mon was preached by Chaplain Flogg'
of the Ninth regiment. The remains
were taken to Woodlawn Cemetery
there to be buried beside those Of Prl'
vate Page and Sergeant Wyatt.
Inquests on the Dead Of the Riot.
A conference was held at the Police
headquarters this afternoon between
Superintendent Kelso and Coroner
Young, for the purpose Of making ar
rangements to procure necessary wilt
nesses for the inquest to be held on per-
sons killed in the riot Of the l2th'
The Coroner intends if possible to be-
gin the inquest on Monday next. The
aumber OF witnesses will not probably
exceed forty, as no person will be ex'
amined except eye witnesses OF the
shooting. The inquiry will not appear
to be OF great length, as no difficulty
is anticipated in getting at the facts OF OF
the case, and it is probably the jury Will
render verdict before the end OF next
week.
| Street Parades.
In the lower board of the Common
Council to-day a resolution was passed
and a committee appointed to find out
what regulations are needed to govern
street parades other than those OF the
military.
A Letter from Paris-Statistfcs OIL
the Suppression OF the Commune
A letter from Paris says thirty thou
sand persons, including six thousand
women and children were slaughtered
in the suppression Of the Commune
Ninety thousand prisoners have been
captured and the police are hunting Tor
fifty thousand more.
s'Sea Quake"
The ship Don Quixote, from Calcutta
reports that on June 10, at 400 A. NJ,
latitude 20o 30' south, longitude l4' 4V
west, she experienced a heavy "sea
quake" which caused the ship to
tremble violently. The motion seemed
to be from east to west, and lasted
some seconds. In about fifteen minutes
she had another shock, not so violent
as the first, but which lasted longer
The sensation was as though ship
was moving over a rough bottom, and
at that time was. southeast by east, and
moderate, though for some days before
it had been continually shifting. All
day following the shocks Of the sea was
agitated with a heavy roll, yet thee
was and had been no wind sufficient to
cause such a rough sea.
Reports of the Commanders of Reg.
iments In the Late Riot.
The commanders of the regiments
who were on duty on the day OF the
riot reported to General Shaler to-day
as follows
The following report relative to the
action taken by the Ninth regiment in
the fight Of the 18th has been submitted
by Lieut. Col. Braine to Major Gen.
eral Shaler:
Ninth REGIMENT n. Y. s. n. g.,
New YORK, July %, 1871.
| To Major General ShaLer
This command assembled at the
armory in compliance with Special
Order No. 16 from First division head
quarters, at 7 o'clock A. NJ, July -,
1871. At l:30 P. NJ. we received orders
to report to the brigade of General j.
NJ. Varian, corner Of Eighth avenue
and Twenty.ninth street for the protec.
ton OF the Orange lodge, and were fired
upon by the mob assembled between
Twenty.seventh and Twentyfourth
streets on Eighth avenue. The fire
was returned by companies F and X
and some few men OF the other COM
panies. The following is list of the
casualties as far as known: Killed
Sergeant Wyatt, Company F :; Private
Henry C. Page, Company K. Wound
ed-Colonel James Fisk, Jr., ankle by
a spent ball; Captain CLANCY, OF Com
pany K, back by a brick; Sergeant
Thomas Byer, Company B, kicked by
the mob; Private MCGOWAN, Company
G, leg. Henry c. Page, Of Company
X, died from injuries received and Pri-
vate D. Burns, of Company E, was
stabbed in the back. Two others are
reported wounded, but nothing definite
is known. We returned to the armory
about $50 P. NJ and remained on duty
until 9 o'clock this morning.
[Sigued. LIEUT.. Col. BRAINE.
The following report has been fur.
nished to General Schaler by the com.
mander Of Eigty-fourth regiment
HEADoRs EIGHrY.FoURrH REG'r,
New YORK, July l2.
To Major General Schdler:
GEyERAL-I have the honor to report
that this regiment, in obedience to
division orders, assembled at the head,
quarters this morning at o'clock and
was Immediately put under arms and
each man served with forty rounds ot
ball cartridges, after which guard was
mounted to patrol the approach to the
armory, and also to prevent the men
from leaving the same. About lC
o'clock, in obedience to orders from
Colonel Conkling, commanding the Sec
ond brigade, l detailed Company | to
to protect the armory Of the Six,y-ninth
regiment, which was a. that time with,
out single guard, said company being
relieved from the armory BY order:
| from division headquarters at l:30 P. NJ
Aull.4OA A. M. this entire column with