The New York Herald Newspaper, July 14, 1871, Page 6

HE DAY APTER. The City in a State of Amaz- ing Quictude. Mayor Hall’s Views Situation. on the PANORAMA CF THE WAR. Sights at the Scene Slaughter. of the THE MORGUE AND THE HOSPITALS. RAR ARR AA RRA Views the Fusilade. Various on What the Militiamen and Civilians Soy on the Subject of the Shooting, ARRAIGNMENT OF THE RICTERS. Resumption of Work on the Boulevards. ‘The city yesterday presented an uncommonly quiet aspect considering tne proceedings of the day vetore. There were those who had @ notion that the rioters would have sustained their reputation and carried death and destruc. ton all over. But it was curious to observe how little the vast crowds cared to in- @uige in acts of violence after the Orangemen dis- banded. The Orangemen in procession made the motive scene of the whole trouble, ana after the Orangemen went away to their homes the entire cause of quarrel was removed, To-day, ail over town, ia every grade of society and among ali classes, the riot on Eighth avenue was the prevailing topic, It interested even the Ampertuibable Keepers of lager beer eaioons, Who are not usualiy moved from their equilibrium by the transitory topics of the hoar, All were inverested, and the general inquiry was how many persons were killed and wounded, ‘The larger the number stated as belng placed hors de combat the more delighted appeared to be the feelings of the auditory who heard tne announce- ment, and here we have the old argument of physiologists justified In the assumption that man 4s never more thoroughly gratified than in the euf- ferings of his feliow man, Certatniy it is that if no- ody had been KILLED OR WOUNDED there would have been general disappointment, and the regiments of unfledged militiamen who constituted our protection would have gone totheir armories in @ mood of deep depression. As far as the law and the militta are concerned there wasa general concurrence that both were fally vindicated thougD a strong sentiment remains that several of theregiments behaved with unnecessary severity, and that they might have withstood the provocation offered (nem without so suddenly resoriing to the argument of ball cartridge. Aside from the riot the conduct of the militiamen made the engrossing Fubject of conversation. It 18 adificult task to investigate this matter, for few are competent to judge whether the militiamen recelved suMcient provocation to fire upon the people or not. There are plenty of per- sons who say the provocatium was ample, ana that no troops ip the world would have stood ‘the annoyance our National Guard received so long and so patiently. Then, again, there are others, and thelr number is iegioa, in this city to-day who contend that THE GREEN BOYS, comprising the Ninth, Seventh and Fighty-fourth, Were #o anxious to cxbibit their wanton and bivood- thirsty prowess uiat they fred into the crowd be- fore them without any orders whatever. It ts @ miserable task to investigate whether the troops behaved right or wrong, because that, while the right 1s admitted, the refection comes, could they not have betiaved equally weil in the vindcica- ‘ion of law and order without the shedding of »lood on so large a scale. The riot, so-called, is beginning to assume its proper proportions. There was really so lit- Ue of incentive that one is astonished at the vitality it exhibited up to so late a period of the afternoon. When the Orange- men folded their, tents, ike the Afabs, and silently stole away, all the provocation was removed, ana the food upon which the mob had sub- mated itself was entirely avstracted. It is mterest- ing im this connection to note tne conduct of the police. The Hrenacy has never been niggardly in awarding the police tne palm of glory for duty nobly Aone. Suppose*we tell a story. To-day no doubt the policemen look worn out with (heir long and arduous tour of duty, Some of them have been on their feet for forty-eight bours. ‘They try to be good natured, but naturally they are a hile captious, One of car reporters, while look- ing about the neighvorbood of Twenty-seventn street and Eighth avenue, the scene of the prin- cipal blooashed, aocosted one of them, a round- faced, hearty young felow, thus:— ReroKTER—Odicer, will you pleave Inform me what particular interest attacaes to te corner yon der, Where that crowd ts gathered ¢ There was a cclis or broken ibrovgh at he place iudicated, ana upon it and the window suut- ters above and tne area ratling around it there were sprinkled spots of blood, Orricer (yawaing) -Yes, Lwili, for ihe hundred &nd entiets ime. Everybody that I meet aske we About that corner aud what is there to see? what did you see there? The reporter toid him deprecatingly that there ‘was apparently Only # broken ccliar door aud afew spots of blood, Ovricer—Yes, thas ail; and yet people bother me every Moment to kOow what's there (yawning), avd after all it’s only a prokea cellar door, as you say, aud a few drops of blood. Reronrex—but wish to know whal nappened mere, OrriceR—Well, (hate where the man was slot of the roof ana fell. y HTER (with renewed interest)-Ah, indteod, then tuat's why toterest attaches to it. OvrIcex (WH wUother yawn)—And yet its only an ordinary celar door atter p Some people are euch Reronren—Come, oficer, you are dieposed to ve i You want to be dispntatious. No, I dont. Vil tell you what I want; Wyou know? I want sleep. A look into Lis bloodshot eyes convinced the re- porter of the truth Of Gus assertion, and as the om- cer woved away, yawning deaporately, he said, “Well, you deserve the sound sleep of ail easy cou- soience, and L hope you'll get it. As he (armed away tie reporter cast another leok at the scene, and i hurd story window, above tho Uroken cellar door, he vaw a handsome woman, diressod in by Weeping bitte A litte girl, aressed also tn black 1 her head and was looking up wistially Tiace, The ve porter knew not who they were, but he could readtly amagiue ihe deep grief that had fallen upon them and driven sleep m rhein eyes for wavy a weary night to come. To day i the anniversary of the ris of there are few features of resemblavee Leiween the aaraiet Mat then occurred and that of las’ We nes. NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY. JULY 14, 1871—WITH SUPPLEMENT. Gay; but there ts what the Frenen cali a vrateem- Dlance nevertheless, Then it was the uprising of thetpoor people against what they supposed was an odious law in the Interests of the rich. Now it 1s an uprising of a large element of our population against what js considerea an unwar- ranted revividcation of old issues of bigotry, but bot bear the one common liking of being in defiance of American law and subject to belug put down by the strong hand of military euthoriiy—that 1, when civic authority fails to cope with the di Neulty. Governor Hedman will long be remeinbered in con- nection with this #ffair, His promptness and presence of mind redeemed us from diszrace, and the liberty ia which all Americans rejoice was iain- | tamed unsnilied im his keeping. The sad scenes of yesterday are reiated in another column, ‘The pievure of the Morgue, with its ghastly and in- animate fumates, is too melancholy to dweli upon. Frivotous crowds gathered to gaze upon the dismal spectacie of human beings tai out for recognition in this public rendezvous of death, end it 1s said jokes and laughter beguiied the time of the thoughtiess look- ers-on. Oocasionally some poor distracted woman appeared seeking for tue corpse of a lost jather, hus- band or brother, and then, indeed, the scene was changed to heartrending woe and agony. The day, with the exception of the scenes in the Morgae, was one of great quietness and it is to be hoped the affair of the 12hh will be the last of its kind in the record of this city’s history. MAYOR HALL SPEAKS, He Defends His Course aud Says Time Will Vindicate Him. After his experience and unrest of two days the Mayor appeayed at his office yesterday moruing, appearing fresh. One of our reporters obtained an interview with him, and with this resuli:— REPoRTER—Mr. Mayor, is it impertinent to ask whether there is any confict between you and the Governor, and, if 0, of what character? Mayor—None other than can arise out of this Mustration:—When [ was District Attorney I would obtain @ verdict which shoruy aflerwards the highest Court would reverse, ReroxTER—Do vou still maintain the public policy of Buperintendent Kelso's order? Mayor—Certainly Ido; and since the riot of yes terday Iam more than ever convinced that ft was a correst policy. Mayors, peace officers and police officers are like surgeons, they must extirpate the cause Of disease, without regard to whether the dis- ease be @ chronic ulcer or an acute rheumausm. The order itself was no new course of policy. It was substantially a copy of onc ready to be tssued hy Superintendent Jourdan one year ago, when the Orangemen contemplated @ second parade. A copy of it must now be in Supsrintendent Kelso's safe, Rerortsr—It ta satd outside that this was a trick. You were first by your order to prohibit the proces- sion, 80 as to throw the Hiberntans off their guard, and tnen the Governor was to come in and revoke the order, and while the Hivernians were off their guard allow the Orangemen to parade. Mayor—A very weak invention of the enemy. ‘The order was intended to be executed. Tne results of the spasmodic riot (for the procession congre- gated in an hour's time, and after only two hours’ announcemert, and the moters arose in only one locality), Mlustrate to what an cuormous extent it would have attained had the wishes of some of the public, and, Iam bound to admit, almost generally of the press, prevailed, and had the authorities declared a week ago that they would try to protect the procession, There were three regiments of soldiers guarding a bundred and sixty Orangemen, flanked by five nundred policemen, and yet see what fearful descriptions the newspapers were enabled to get up over the deaths and shootings and fights that occurred, The leader of the Orangemen yesterday, at Police Headquarters, tola me that the procession as first intended, with its recruits from Long Island, Philadeiphia, Jersey City and other sources, would have numbered 5,000 men. There might, therefore, have been @n attack of 20,000 rioters; not the rioters of mere turbulence, but rioters whose political nate of centuries wontd have been aroused, It would bave been a riot of the most enormous proportions, My fancy canuvt do full justice to the thought. Tad this fearful riot occurred the loss of life of perhaps thousands of innocent persons as well as gaiity, and the pillage and destruction of houses would have attended It, Then the very Wallstreet gamblersand butter merchants who in public meeting yesterday aenounced the authorities would have been the first to cry out, “Why don't the Mayor stop this unnecessary and to us meaningless procession, end thus save all these lives? mad the procession been allowed a6 was first projected by its fanatical pare ticipants the Mayor would have deserved great blame, It js only because the authorities at times have diplomatically preveated riotsin this cily that no more trouble occurs than does occur, I said in my message tnat there ought to be a thousand more pclicemen even for peaceable times, The taxpay- ers find only one regiment of soldiers provided with breech-loaders, Only a few days ago a leading radi- cal paper contained an attack on the authorities because they fecied away armories end drill rooms on the city militia, There are many regiments now uuable to find arms and armorics, and 1 think this a very good opportunity to let the public know their danger from a gigantic riot. The city is now paying yearly interest on nearly two millions of bouds issued to meet payments for Gawages by the riot of 1863, Those damages were created under @ republican Mayor and a republican Superintendent of Police. Iam New York's house- keeper. Imustnot allow debts to be contracted for riots when the cause can be extirpated. I must Rot allow lives to be taken unnecessarily. I must not aliow the risk of innocent spectators suffering. lam bound to keep the peace. RerorrEn—But it seems the Governor did not agree with you. Mayor—If the Governor of the State wants to take care of a principle at sacrifice of life ana pro- perty he has the ngutt to d> 80, ReroxreR—Do you not thing him right? Mayon—He claimed no more rights than belon tohim. Iwas boand to look at the practical ques von. That is my duty. Aud when ihe present popular excitement has cleared away—an excite- ment founded upon what] believe to be a mistaken idea of popular liberty being aliacked—aud when the Coroners’ inquests have harrrowed tne public inind and a hundred funerais have been seen in up- town streets, the time will have come for the people {as I believe a ntajority wil!) to vindicate me. I have wasted for vindication many Umes before, when I was District Attorney, and I am young cuough to wait {tagain, The faster water runs down one hill- #ide the further It wii ran up the other, and— Here a messenger announced the meeting of the Sinking Fund Coun oh OW Warket bi¢s and the reporter withdrew. A WAEK OVER THE BAETLy ‘The Glenni: of News<The shosting aud meequences=What the Yob Proposed the Military Waited Five Minates Was fleard and Seen By ers on Eighth Avenus. Yesterday morning @ HeRaLD reporter took @ FUSLP, to witness the devastation that had been made and to giean such fnew as he might be able from impartial eye-witnesses on the scene of the affray. His first vist wasto 8, Campoeii’s, on Tenth ave- nue aod Forty-thord street, @ great resort for Orangemcn, ana where & Gemonstration had been threatened on Weiuesday night. Everything was quiet, bot it was aMrmed that the house, together with three or fe ersalong the avenue north- spotied and were to have been body in the precinct was’ ns q that northward there was no Lik #3 a jam, ana hood Of any trou bie, and that conseqaeutly the Seventy-fret regt- mont, Which had be duty at Fim Park, had been oracred into the The next visit-was to the Oran) iquarters, in Twenty-mintn etreet, wear Figitn avenue, where two solitary poleen of the Twentioin precis oMecers Morgan Lampson—kept guard. They reported tha noon: Hot a singie sonl, Orange or any other color, had pot In an appearance there, They, | having wounded or killed three of the solaters, and of course, knew nothing of FUTURE MOVEMENTS of either party to this controversy. The residence of Mr, Turner, in Twenty-ninth street, near Nmth avenue, was next visited, wio, it was stated, was Drominent A. P. A., onty to learn that he had never belonged to the organization, was not at home and probably knew nothing about them. The store of W. J, Williamson, In Ninth avenue, between Twen- ty-ninth and Thirtieth streets, was also vistied, but Me, Wuliamson was away and no informatioa could be obtained there, Rewurning to Eighth avenne every store and house between Twenty-eighth street, where the rst shot was fred, and Twenty-fourth street, where the general skirmish took place, was in turn visited, and below will be found such facts and figures as could be obtained in relation to the DAMAGES INFLICTED, One bullet entered the undertaker's store, 352 Eighth avenue, cutting its way through the window gash and raking a piece of the framework inside, but doing no matertal damage. Two bails entere@ the second story of J. P. Win: dolph’s lager beer saloon, No. 846, and made spiln- ters of bis window, but hurt no one, 4 fancy plate glacs pane tn M. W. Powers’ store, 340 Eagnth avenue, corner of Twenty-seventh street, was shivered to atoms by @ couple of ‘mies.’ Value ten doilara, One shot entered Cleaver's lqyor store, No. 334, broke his window and wounded three of his friends, Six bullets started on their traveis in Mitchell’s fur- niture store, 832 Eighth avenue, one going througn a bureau and making an ugiy bole therein. . Another struck Frank Warneck, driver for the store, in the leg, and laid him up. He was taken to hts home, 134 Eighth avenue, The upper doors of the grocery 330 Fighth avenue received eight shots, but the neads which had altracte1 them thither escaped unhurt, Two shots broke the glass door and entered the cigar store $28 Eighth avenue, and one ball, neariy spent, struck Mr. 8. Ruppeil, a resident of Williams. burg, dotny business at 310 Pear! street, and glanced off without penetrating the body. Mr. Ruppell was walk over the bactle field ot Wednesday, determined | ward had been sacked had not aifairs taken the tura they ard, The le preparation mate thore for protec however, The at ovisit | owas | io the Jwonty-sceond precinct police sta tion, snd there = he “vonmd = that every- {up to} able to get Reme without assistance, Two otner buliets passed through the private door, but did no further damage than to make their marks, Another ball broke thro the wiudow of Roger & Bros,’ buscher shop, adjoining. Four buileta took possession of the Exceisior Bakery, 324 Eighth avenue, one of thom, after cutting @ passage throngh the wooden frame of the window, SKVERED THE SUPPLY GAS PITE a8 completely as @ plumber coaid do it. The pro- prietor had just time to turn off the gas and was atiil prostrate when another shot struck the counter near Where he stood, and glancing off broke a confection- ery showcase on the opposite counter and then took another direction into the sitting room, where 1t lay peacelully on the table and was secured as a trophy. Wardenburah’s grocery store, on the southeast corner of Twenty-6ixth street and Bighth avenue, is the best riddled building in che city lay. There mast have been @ regular volley fired into it and on the tin awning over the sidewaik whereon a large number of persous, men aud boys, had hered, Here it was that & policeman was knocked down and & aoldier was wounded; and here, too, according to eye-witnesaes and residents, the mob had decided to CLOSE IN UPO% THE POLIOR and drive them against the soldiers, and thus over- power the latterand make themselves masters of the situation, buta voliey from the mies blocked the game there, The result is that the store front re- tains the marks of eiguteen shots below the first story, besides which there are seventeen holes made py the tin awntng, and a plece was nearly taken out Of Lhe lamppost, ou the corner of the street, where @ man iay dead after the firing nad ceased. Besides these, two shots few through the top floor, ove through the second, and one entered Hegenbuyer's barber shop, adjoiming, scaring the fumates, but doing no material dumage. The stores 816 ANd 318 were honored with eleven bullets, one of which, @ great round ball, weighing nearly @ pound, cut hole two laches in diameter in the windows of L. Rosse’s dyeing estabiisnment, and the othere riddled i¢ pretty thoroughiy, Ane —— ball strack the window cornive of the top The coal yard and office adjoming 914 received a dozen or more shots. The ofice door was borst in when the fring began, and a large number of men took refuge in tue yard, where Mary of them were wounded by shote fired through the fatticed gate. One man nad TURER WOUNDS ON HI@ ROPY. None of them, however were employes of the yard. Trree balls entered the stove atore adjoining, but without damage, Another ball cut a neat plece out Of the back Of aD Old atove Which stood on the side- waik tn Iroot and lodged in the oven. Five vuilets flew into the butcher shop, 310, tiree betng in the store and t up staira, The swre shots wounded three men, one faially. Their nes could not be learned. They had sought refuge there. This house is near the middle of the block between Twenty-filth and Twenty-sixth streets, but nearer to Twenty-fith street. it was about here that MA. HENRY ©. race, of the Ntoth regiment. was killed, and four other Teported, with Colonel James Fisk, These latter were taken across the atreot to Pryor'’s bakery, so Eighth avenue, avd meantime Licuteuant Colonel Braine had gtven tne order to Greou the mob, which order was effectualiy carried out, us the preceding will testify, Mr. Pryor, one of the wounded, lies tu the bakery yet, almost in the throes of death. He was shot im the right Jeg, and that limb was amputated yesterday after. noon, Mr. Griflen, another member, was 9180 wounded th the leg by a spent bail. He was taken home. Colonel Fisk's ankle was sprained and his coat was torn of, as stated in the HERALD yester- day moruing. Two members of the Seventh were taken into Mr. Parker's house, which, for the time being, Was converted into a ital. Four men were killed oui the door of the oyater saloon, No. 308, which piace was pierced vy fourteen bullets, The dwelling pars of the house was fired invo also, and a @iass and china closet up staira was made to fy about in chips. The damage done 1s estimated at $260. ‘The shoe store adjoining and the private door re- cetved sIX shots, doing $25 worth of damage, but hres noone. It was somewhere about this point ANOTHER POLTCR OFFICER WAS SHOT, and wounded a fellow named Kerns or Cairns, re- siding at 414 East Twenty-third street, between First avenue and avenue A, who boasted on Wednesday night that he was the ‘hero who fred the firat shot. His owu head gave proof! that he <id-not escape scot » and we dare say he can ne had by any police officer who calis for him early this morning. Greene's furniture store, 404 Eighth avenne, hod S0.ue iooking glasses and frames broken, Nut no ove hurt. A shot passed through the window of the bakery adjotuing and another entered a window on the top floor. The Uta House stands on the corner of Twenty- fifth street, where several meu took refuge, Haifa dozen shots entered, and two of the men essayed to 0 in the street, but a coupicof weil directed Minnie pall took them when first ontside the door, on the stoop, and they moved no turther, #OME CURIOUS STORIES are told in this neighvorhvod of the valor of the Ninth, who, after firing « voliey, broke and ran, severa! of them up Twenty-fifth strect toward Ninth avenue, anid & few into the oysier saioon on the Dorthwest corner, Wiere one of them paid a boy $2 5v to ran home for his civilian clothes witle he remained safely ensconced wntii the jad returned, The others watted until dark and then sneaked away. Another dropped ing musket on the street and refused to pick it up; hie captain took it ap, and handing the stock to bin toid hina to take it; bat the private refused, and the of icer raising hia sword gave We poltroon a cut-on the side of the head. She question was again put and refused, and the oificer satsed his sword a second time to cut toe fellow down, but his hand Was stayed by a comrade, who inducet the coward to take his rmus«et and keep his piace in the line. This Klory is vouched for by a butchor on the avenue near the place, who de- ciares Unat he saw woat he relates, On the soutoeast corner of Tweuty-fifth street and Eighta avenue 19 ‘s butter store, outside thy door of which four mon were shot, and as the moved toward the railing leading to the barber's Dasement Lo boid they selves up they fell headlong to the botiom, where a sickening pool oi blood and brains lay wutll yesterday morving, when it was cleaved away. Fourteen shots riddted the front part of Lis store, While four Bite {pe Jager and lunch room next door, One bail eut a Role for itself through the awning aud window, and passing widiin a dot of the bartender’s head, ran its course to the rear-wall, sixty leet distant, where it made a hole one neh deep aud two tuches in diameter in ile solid brick. Collins’ butcher shop, 290 Fignth avenne, got four balls, and a China aut glass closet up stairs had $20 worth of goods broken, but nobody Was hurt Mr. 1. W. Roche, who Keeps a butter and cheese Store at 255% Bighth avenue, has served in the Unien army during the late war, and was aiso seven years on tue detective ferce In this city, He kept hits stere open, and gave ste.ter to 160 persons who imed to escape the wulléts of the militia, Mr. Roche thinks he witnessed THR BROUNNING OP THE SHOOTING and hit version of the affair is that the tirst shot was | dred trom the rool of a house a few doors avove hin. He heard the report and heard the repiles of the svidiers. And from Ms own experience as a soldier | he (nought the militia would clear the sidewalks and take possession thereof, and he ran to the ‘front of his door to sce What was going on, Ina moment he saw a man abont hye feet seven inches high draw @ revolyer frout 18 pookel, fire aud pat it back } again quick as thought. ‘Then he ly hd voices urg. ing to press in on fe lines, and presentiy a volley was fred into the crowd aud up Twenty-fourth | street and lato the windows, on the rools, dc., and then @ mass of dead and wounded jay afl around, | A part of the left fank of dhe Ovangemen Was lett | OX posed Jur AL Uus point, and the pistol Was alimed | provabiy at Mr. Jovnston, their Grand Marshal, Mr. saw the miitttry attempt a bayonet charge Sret, bat as the crowd showed no disposition to Field the soldiers 6 ¢ppedt back a few paces and fired, ‘om What he saw on the street aod what he heard own store, where a crowd bad gathered for refuge, ho IS convineed that, though tue mustary rec MORE SHOTS THAN WERK NRLDRD thove, liad they wa'ted three minutes more they id have been overpowered by sheer nimners, } One roter in Bis store boreied of tis vrowess in that the crowd had not closeq in on them Wuile standing at his door # bullet whizzea passed Mr. Koche’s face and lodged tn a corner of the ceiling of his store, He knows of two policemen hewee been wounded near his and tn the alley, beside the butcher shop, just above, a score of rloters Look reiuge, and loaded and fired away pis- ols as [ast ns they could. A DANGRHROUN LOOKING SURATA KNIPE Was thrown into the butelier’s store by some chap, Who, probably, failed vo use it in time, abd ald Lot WANL to be arrested With 16 fNiDe bullets enter r. P.J. Marx's furniture, aud the crowd rashed down into his basement storeroom and broke in che door and took refuge Ubere, His damage he estimates at $30, Auoiher crowd forced thelr way into Mr. J. Kochier’s tin, copper and furnishiug store, 234)¢ Etxath avenue,and in ther hurry apset his st0ok. Ho fastened hts oor, and juatas he bad done so ® man Tell dead onthe sidewalk in frout of bim and a couple of balla, travelling in an oblique direchor, | narrowly passed himseif and his wife. He-immedi- ately gol his visitors into the yard, and when the place was partially cleared 1et them out one by one ‘hrough the hail door, Eleven bullets altogether Were let into bis place, and @ large number were ficed into the Windows and on the Tvof of Lnls house, ‘On the top floor two young, HOM BEADED IRISTMEN, freighted with more mischief than common sense, amused themseives tiring revolvers toto Lhe military: below, and It was these shots tt was declared, that bronght forth the firet repiy from tue soldiers at Twenty-fourth street, A crowd aiso roshed into Mr. Angrin's store next door, aud oroke bis Window and algo @ lookinggiass in his back room, but no buiets entered, ‘Lhree shots were sent into W. G, MoDonald’s waich and jewelry store, whither the crowd also pressed, but Mr, MoDonakd. f. na door, and 3 man Kiled Just ontside. A little clock of nis which stood on the sheif received two bullets, aud an eathusiasiic American came in while we were there and gave him $5 for it as a relic. Several shots went Lirough the windows of the floors abuve the store, and broke. several plotares belonging to Mr. Branssert, photographer, who oocnuples the up- per part of the house, Five saots entered No, 280 Fignth avénue, out in« flcted no dani ‘The drug store of Dr. Andrew: on the southeast corner of ‘I wenty-fourth street an Eignth avenue, was the most suutherly point of the atack. Dr. Lordiy, who was im the store all day doing hig utiaost to alleviate the sufferings of the wounded ana dying, thirteen of whom were taken in there, thinks that he has from his standpoint ob- tained the MUST CORRECT VERSION OF THE AFFAIR. It is as follows:--Captain Douglass, of Company K, -Eiguty-fourth regiment, who was halting abou: 1a front of Mr. Koehier’s store, was knocked dowa by 4 brick thrown at him, For a moment he was stunne:', but a8 soon as he recovered he gave the order (v fire, which order the Doctor distinctly heard. A almbar order was then given to the Sixth regimen! witch stood opposite Twenty-fourth street, au: which did ail the exeoution, Then the firing be- dame general, he thinks undor @ misapprehension | that a general order to fire had been given. On the northeast corner of Twenty-fourth street, or facin; the side window of the drag store, he Baw one Oo! several womon, poorly dressed, standing, aud ta her enthusiasm she waved @ dirty whiie cotton handkerchief, with a yellow border, as aa encour agement to the Orangemen aud the military, With. out a moment’s noice a big, burly raMan stepped up behind her and litereliy BLEW THE TOP OF ITER READ OFF with a revolver, She, wilh others, was taken into the drug store, but nothing conid be done for her. ‘The handwevehiet is stliLin Dr, Lordiy’s aston. While this was going on on the east side of the avenue a stot was sent from a window over Sullivan Greeu’s dry goods store, No. 275, near the Opera jouse opposite. Tne shot fell among the Orange- men, bat, so far as the Doctor knows, did not hurt anyens. This was the shot which gave rise tu a rumor that shois had been fired from the Opera House, When the smoke of battle had cleared away Dr, Lordly counted twenty-three killed and wounded lying prostrate on the sidewalk. ‘Thirtecn wounded were taken into tne store, of which FOUR DIED therein, and the Doctor dressed the wounds of five and extracted bullets from the bodies of two, And for thia demonstration of sym; atny the store window was smashed in and threats of injury to person and properiy were irecly made, These were what in- duced Dr, Andras to seek police protection, as re- ported im the HRRALD yesterday morning. ‘The sum total of our gicaufngs from eye and ear Witnesses of the riot of Wednesday may now Le laced as follows :— umber of shota Aired jnto or at honses..... Number of kliled and wonnded wWercby And it Must be remembered that many were fired-up the streeia and lett no marks except the prostrate forins of men, Women and chiidren. Nothing else was talked of ‘ull vay yesterday bub this terrible trial, and nothing wil be more vividly remembered for Years to come by the Witnesses and living participants than this, THE SOLDIERS’ AFTER-LOOK. | easton to open fire on the suspected house tops What Regiment Fired the First Shot Without Orders—A Geaeral Shiiting of the. Respon- sibility All Round—The Seveuth, Ninth Kighty-fourth in a Muddle. There seema to be considerable excitement in muitary clroles as to what regiment, or, rather, what member of the National Guard fired the frst shot during the ricton Eighth aveaao Wednesday afternoon. Jt does seem ratner strange, in view of all the circumstances of the case, that there should be any question about a matter which ought to be, if it 1a not, a matter of no doubt whatever. A regiment 1s supposed to be, under ail circumstances, under the command of a colonel or some oficer duly ap- Pointed to act in hts stead, and each company is supposed to be subject to the orders of its imme- diate head, be he a captain or a liculenant. Now, it so happeved on Wednesday that the various regiments at the scene of the riot were under the command of one of the best soldiers in the muitia, a man ‘who fairly won his a pl on the bloody battlefield of the reveti‘on eral Varian. Aman i co: id people witl of his aM having been ch ga naturally hold him Fesponstole. for any mistakes that were made daring the nattle. Tt was quite & aiMicult tusk when the riot O¢cnrrod to obtain fuil particulars as to the direct cause which gave rise to the firing of the troops, but now that smoke has cleared aw: tho facts are slowly coming to light. The Orst quesnon which presents tise.t ts, Did General’ Varian give the command “Fire” when the troops opened vu the rioters? To this a deciled negative tg ven by the General. Now, then, as to who did the ring. A great deal has been said ubout thé con- duct of certain oMicere during the Oght and how they handied their men. WHAT TRE SEVEATA SAY. The tring on the People Inexcusable=Tho Ninth eud Eighty-tourth Responsible for ‘The mauwevrings of the troops as given by Qnar- termaster Weed, of the Seventh, may explain away much of the mystery which has surrounded the horrid das’s work, He states that they were as fol- lows:—It was decided upon that the Seventh should Jead the procession, Shortly after it arrived in Eightn avenue, near the Grangemen’s headquarters, the right wing was ordere| to take position and form in line of battie ou the sidewalk, on the west side of the avenue, facing to the east, The left wing Was ordered to remain in the etreet In co'umns of companies. The object was to PROTKOT THE PROCESSION As it moved past the two blocks petween Twenty- sixth and Twenty-seventh streets, a8 the house tops were lined with men whom the potice had reason to believe intended to fire on the procession, The orders to the right wing were to fire upon the par- | thea who would fire upon the procession; but Gen- rian Was particalur to impress upon tho men | pesity of being very careful not to H FINE ON WOMEN and chidren, avd, above ali, not to fire without orders from their proper oMcers, There instruc. tions were communicated to all the regi- | ments throvgh their commanding — ottcers, } Kuowing that the right wing of the Seventh, when drawn wp in Iino of batte on the west would, in all probability, have oc- eval Va: side, onthe east side, Colonel Clark told the men when they did fire not to fire indiscriminately and gave the officers In command to understand that whea shois were fired upon the procession they shonid see for themecives exactiy and from whom they came Wvefore allowing the men to fire, The ) rocession finally stariedy the Jefe wing of the Seven | HEADING THE MILITARY ESCORT, under command of Colonel Clark, the right wing being left under the command of Lientenaat Colonel Haws and Major George M,. Smith, The moment the procession started one or two shots were fred from @ house on the east side. No attention was paid tothem by the military. As the rear of the procession passed the extreme left of the right wing of the Seventh the men were ordered to fail In right aft the Ninth, The former, aiter get+ tmg Into line in the street, marched by the flank of tie Ninth and marched along with a view of joming the teft wing, which was leading the pro- cession, The procession meanwhile had come to a halt. Two companies of tue right wing of the Sey- enih, warebing by the flank, nad reached about the centre of the Ninth and got on the weat sidewaik, ¢ } rourti, Ninth and S | burt at We aspersion cast upon bis comrades by ie the alr, The members of the Ninth at once rushed back pell-mell, every man evidently looking out for numbéf one, toward the west sidewalk, where the two companies of the Seventh, Captain Alison's and Smith’s, were drawn up in line of battle, the other three companies of the right wing of the Seventh being yet in the street. The mem- bers of the Ninth dasticd into these companies, throwmg. many of the men oat of the ranks and against the walis of the houses, Several of them continued to fire in all directions aa they ran, and a large number browe headlong through the glass doors and windows of a store and TOOK REFUGE therein, Others made their way, belter skelter, nto the cross streets and ey snr . In & mmute aiterward where the N. jad stood by companies: in Une street there Was @ clear space, not one of the members of the regiment beng visible in the sireet but two who were lying on the pavement, one ap- parently aying und the other guite dead. At the same lime & Bumber of the hty-lourth were seen flying down the atde sircet. ring the confusion the (Wo Companies of the Seventh drawn up IN THE LINE OF BATTLE on the sidewalks reiormed (heir ranks that had been so broken up by the flight of the Nauth, and re- mained ameny Che a pbb A few of the men got excited Mred jot cach at the house.ops On the opposite ade of ret Jn Aopnremptions, GERALD reporter nad with one of the officers who bad a command In the right wing of the Seventh he remarked:—** In my opimon tne Dring was totally inexcusable. Tue members of the Nunth seemed to be uiterly panic-stricken, and in breaking for the west sidewalk discharged their muskets in = all_— directions, saw several men shoot while ihe muzziea of thy gous were not over knee high irom the und, Others, again. fred while in the act of raising thelr masketa to the position of alm, thus endangering the lives of the men of thelr own regi- meut who Were near thew, Two men, after get- Ing on the att alk, got benind a shutter stand on the ourb and fired at the opposite houses, “Rave you any idea how the two members of the 2 zoe saw lying in the street were wounded or “Well, one of them, who had a ghastly wound in the back of it» head, must have been killed by one of bts own regimeni.”” “What makes you think sof? For the reasog that the wound was low down in the back of the head, and that he was in the tront yank. My idea is that in TUE CONFUSION that ensued after the firing oneof the rear rank discharged his musket before he nad raised it myh enough e clear the man in front of Miu, and thos Atled hin. ft “that could not be. The few shots that were fired were directed at the roofs of the opposite houses, Theva, again, the two mea bad fallen before that. They felt while the Ninth were firing mndis- Pony a aaiaaa just previous to their break for the side- walk,” given for the Ninth to fire?’? ‘Waa ao order 1 beard none,” here were you at the time of the firing?” uifiing beside the two companies of the right Wing that were drawn up on the west siaewalk.”” ‘aa the break of the Ninta a bad one?” ‘It was. Jt was 80 great that I was nearly pitched headiong into the store with the glass door, into which so many of the inen ran. Dr. Parker, of our regiment, was Knocsed by the rush tato a cellar way.” “Were the ranks of the two companies o1 the Seventh broken by the rash 7” “They were, out they were quickly re-formed.” “Who was in command of the Ninth at the time?!’ “T do not know; a short me afterthe break [ saw Adjutant Allien on the ground.” “Did you see COLONEL FISK during the day ?” “+f did not.” “Would you have been likely to have seen him if he nad’ ‘veen in command or present during the fi~ “I certatuly would. He may, however, have becn in the street somewhere.” no did you ancersiand to be in command }”” jeuuteuait Colonel Brainy.” “What was the cause of tne break of the Ninth for the sidewalks?” “The principe! cause, T Auppose, was the confue sion uney were thrown into by the firing trom tho houses.” “any other cause?” “Well, don't care to venture an opinion on tho subject,” “WAS IT COWARDICR?”” “1 do not think it was. In tact, from whatT know of the officers and inen, 1 am vertain that It Wis not. Thoy are as brave feliowa as the bravest you can Ond, bat brave men must be well disct- Pliued ina reghoent to keep cool uuder fire.” “Then it -was thetr want of discigime 7" “Ldon't say that, exactly; but there are man new tnen in thé regimeut who have nut been drilie to a suMetent extent. Tho regiment has been greatiy Increased in numbers of late by recruits, and ‘many of them Know very littie of te proper nand- Mng of a wusaket. A few fresh meu iD a regiment cat, by acting dadly, vtirow ull the rest Ina panic. o You suppose that the metabers of the Ninth Who fired so indfierun:nately while In the act of Taising their inuskets were RAW KeORUITS ft” “T do.” COLONEL CLARK’S STATEMENT. Colonel Clurk gives the following version of the Mary pe tue fire by the troops, Tt will be seen tuat it Is precisely the sume as that given by Quarter: muster Weed: — ‘The Seventh had the right of the Mue, the left Wing being in front General Varian had given orders to station the right wing on the west side of Eighth aveuue, between Twenty-fiith aad Twenty- sixth Btreeta, While (he procession Was pasaing. ‘their duty wae to watch suspected houses across the way, and im cage shots were fired from any of them to return the fire, The Orangemen bad gone by in safety, and the teft wiag of the Seventh were maretung In fours on the streeet, past the Ninth, for the pi oF joining the other portion of the regiment, jad passed: the Secoud company, when suddenly Page was killed, and tho Ninth degan an indiscriminate tire without ord ese icit back at the same tine, and crowded Tight wing Of the Seventh upon the jewalk. The firlag was kept up for some tite, hough Adjutant Fitzgeraid dashed up to Licuten- ant-Ovionel Braine and ocgged him for God’s saxo tu hold Lis men 1a. AN OFFICIAL INQUIRY, In order to ascertain the oxact truth as to what Amoant of-firtng was «tone by the Seventh when the Ninih opened fire on the wouses on the east side of tne street, Colonel Clark, on Wednesday night, issued the folowing erder to tho captain of every company 10 the regiment: — will call thelr vompanies toeether end pontutvel certain bow wany «bute were frei by their men, the piace and position of thelr compa: ‘Dies At the time such shots were res, ‘the canse and direction, Oring, and make a in Féation thereto im writing to the comman aut, manders will report any {acte which came wucer their personal observation or tive personal observation of their | heutenante to respect to the Oring by otber reguncuta, ‘the commandants had tietr reports all sent In yesterday, aid the Colonel intends to maxe a tao- rough examination of all tie facie given hun. Allnovugh the reports are not yet ready Jor pubiica- uon in detail, it cau be staled that they all go io show the foliowlu,:-—Tlat no shots were Sred by auy portion of tne Sev. nth, but bythe two com- Panies ailuded to av-ve; Uiat they did notirea volley, but only @ few scattering shots, whch were aimed at the nevi on the houselops who were firing at the processio! On the other hand, aa evening paper gives it out that Colonel Clark states that shots were tired at the procession from a win- dow of a frame house on the suutueast corner, aud tat Captain Van Orden tuned to his men and ia- mired if any one kuew where that came trom, Twenty vorces replied in the adirmauive, and tg captatn ordered one of the mon to return the tire. mlo the winoow wore abont to resume their mii shots were fired fromthe same spot. The Captain at Unis ordered @ halt and commanded the soldier: tu fire by squads into the building. Two or tirce volleys Were tirown into the window, and ihe marched away. The Twenty-second regiinent did not fire a single shot in any direction daring tae day. Tie conclusion Ural everybody must natur come to now 18 tha mbers of the K 1th fired without or official reports will alone be abie to show Whattrail there 1s in the Statement that Captatn Vaa Orden'a men did fire and thai they fired only when ordered. WHAT Tit NINTH SAY. They Claim that the Seventh Fired teva ‘them-~WhaitfAbout Cotonel Fisk's Prowe-s ¢ ghere are some sceptical individuals who duult ( that tho irrepressible James Fisk was at Uie scone of action at all, and there are still oun | ers unreasonable enougn to conctive the | idea of Fisk being tlere~if he wat thue~ | against hls Iineijuations. But, be this a8 ib | way, 1t appears, if rumor may be credited, that the gallant Colonel has lorfeited some of the intense ad- iniration #0 lavishly bestowed on htm formeriy by tho members of hia command, aa 16 waa reported yeeterday that his name had been vecelved by the brave warriors composing the glorious Ninth with, anything but plaudits; or, in plainer | phrase, that at the mention of his cognomen the armory rang with htesea—surely a sudden trans: | formation from the devotedness of peaceful days. | Phe members are unwilling to say anything about | the truth or falsity of the romor, so it must be taken | for what it Is worth—that Is, with @ grain of allows ance. An officer of tho Ninth regiment, fecling slighuy statement of Colonel Enimons Clark, of the Seveath, to the etiect that nis command did not fre frst, nuit that THE FATAL VOLLEYS were discharged at the crowds on the sidewalks by the three companies of the Ninth, calied at the when the fring began from the houses on the east side, ‘Tho Bighty-fourth tnstantiy returned the fire with a vo! nd the Ninth wt the same instant be- gan AN INDISCRIMINATE WIIUR directed toward (he nonves, tie sidewalke and bt HeRALD ofiice yesterday and gave his version of the unlortunaie occurrence as Lollowa:—ihe procession had beon jormed and was comunencing to march down kighih avenue, with the Muhivefourus reginent first in Hine, the | thence proceeded \ emerg: oY and the Ninth Twenty fourth and and T' wo say, the the 8 On ne Sixth _ folt between or on cast side the aveaue two com- een of the Seventh deployed to act ax ikirmishers. As the lon moved on the Ninth came up abreast of the two companies above mentioned, and at the same instant the same two companies opened fire on the people occupying the opposite walk of Kighth avenue, They fired irreca- tai and each man inde iy ol the other, ove! the heads of te dev nth. The members ol the lavter regiment THREW UP THER MUSKETS, raised thelr hands in the alr, and in several tne: siances elevated thelr caps On (heir guns as 4 that the rifle practice of Colonel Clark’s valiant shooters was becoming woo ‘augerous to be plea-. gant, and they. wanted 1t stopped insta iter. The commandant of the Third ompauy of the Ninth actually implored with voice and gesture the firmg neroes to pause, unl he was successful, but not before his own got oe ' naa te ea Te e met his deato the deaitly a@riater bremether he came to his untimely end from the effects of the indlacriminate firing of the Seventh is & matter for speculation, but the supporition is that the latter was the cuse, At the time of attempt- ing to stop the discharge of the Seventn the oum- Mmandant of the third company of ho Ninth regiment yelled out that the people who were being shot down on the pavement were Innocent of any hostile demonstration or itent. At tis announcement the firing immediately ceased. The members. of Fisk’s band were compelicd to throw themselves, fiat on the ground 10 osvape the fying bullets of the Seventh’s men, and finally succeeded in reaching the, sidewalk in safety, when they zot out of the reach addition that, a crowd of persons had ‘A HOWITZER CANNON, A was firing |t just previous 10’ the shooting of ir, Page. The troops heara the report and sup- posed some regiment was firing Into the crowd with grape and camster. Abou the same time aF the howitzer was discharged @ man who the roof house on the, off corner of Twenty-flitn street snd. gl enue had deliberately wounded three of the Ninth regiment, two of the.a in the leg and the third fn the elbow, inficting a nesh wound. Up to hot had been fred by any member the Nioth, but whew they wit thelr comrades being ruthlessly slaved about thea, ; it wag more than liuman ficsh could stand, so poral Palmer, of Company A, took good aim at tl man on the roof, an ppled him over the edge of the house and down ty the pavewent delow, “All the shots afterwards fired vy the Ninth men were, aimed only at the wiadows of the houses al he} route from which workmen were oberved shoot, ing at the soldierg. WHAT THE TWENTY-SECOWD REGIMENT’ SiYe : Ir! Ly of, The Twenty-Seconi’s Goodby te the Riot Cc fiable. q When the Twenty-second regiment reached theif, armory on Wednesday afternoon, after tne eventfu® march, the regiment was formed into a hollow! square, and a few remarks were made by General. Varian, to whose ovrigade they had been temporartiy aitached, thanking the men for, their prompt obedience to orders and highly com-: mending them for the coolness and steadiness dis~ Dlayed by them when the tiring was going on in. Eighth avenue. A long and tedious night vas passed at the ar mory, the restless spirits whoare alwavs to be founa: at such places, not being able to sleep themselves, render 1t impossiple for any one to court the drowsy’ god, j » About seven o'clock yesterday morning orders. were received directing them to proceed ‘WITHOUT DELAY TO ELM FARK, a3 some trouble was-app: chended between the Irish’ and Italian workmen empioyed on the Boulevard. ‘The Sixth avenue cars were neized as they Buc cessively reached Fourteeath street and Sixth aye< hue, the passengers heing requested to leave, until @ sufficient number had arrived to accommodat the men, When Forty-fouitu, sireet was some coffee was procured at @ restaurant near, there and served out to the regiment. ‘They then woceeded to Highth avenue, and, taking tue, aight avenue cars, continued on to Lim Fark, } o expressiona or muiterings were heard, the, workmen along the route keeping perfectly silent. | About tweive o'clock the wen marched dowa through Central Park to Fifty-outh atreet.. At 51x! avenne the colomn was halied and some ii served out, the line of march afier that waa thro strect, and down t! atreet to the armory. When that piace was reached the regiment wad formed in colump by division at balf distance an® iaced to the left, while Colouel Porter made a Fifth avenue to Fourteentu wivh to express 10 whieh you bat You have suifered great jauigue, been subjected to sults and jibes, assailed by heavy missiles and deadly: Weapous; yet throughout our brief campaign you have proniptly obeyed tne orders of your officers and those plaved over us, I wish to thank you for the alucrity, promptuess, cootness and flue discipline; which nave characterized sou. 1 was sorry to be. obliged to refuse some vf yoo ivave of absence, al- thor you had guod and genous grounds upon whica to base your applications; bus my ORDERS WERE IMPERATIVE, ’ ‘And no order has given. we greater pleasure tham ‘the one | am avout to give, to dismias you. 1 think I may safely say that eacn and every one of you: Joims With me in thanking the police for the re ‘did discipline and fortitude they evimced through eer. peech Ghionel Porter, Major’ McGrath, the line officers and the police oficers wha’ jared Fae the regiment on Weduesday were heartily, The ammunition was tarned in and abont hal past two the regiment was dismissed. j A feeling Of pride prevails awoug doth officers and! Ten on account of the fact tuxt Dot one shot wast fired by the Twenty-second without orders, Throngh-: out the jt a stroog ng. justuyi og The troupa jor ring a they dia upon the moo, af hey had met with any troubie yesterday morn Ihe rioters would have fared badiy. THE SEVENTH’S YELLOW FLAG. Tue ridiculous statement was made in one two papers yesterday thas the Seventh ment armory was gayly bedecked with colors on Wodnésiax. The only color approach-" ing orange that was dtxpiayed in the armory was the yellow hospital flag, which wae hung over the door 01 the Toom where the medicine chest was kept. The fellow wbo inistook it for am ean flag must have been very much of a civiliai, indeed. THE EIGHTH REGIMENT ON HAND. ‘ New York, July 13, 1871. ‘To THK Eprtor oF THE HeaaLp:— Tobserve in the HERALD of to-day that, under the’ heading of “The Disposition of the Troops” yester- day, you fated to notice the Eigiuth regiment (Washe ingion Greys), Ne @& S&S NY. As this must surely be an oversight Ff trust you wilh give ihas letter publication, lest the publia shonld be ied to believe thut that regiment was not Giong those whi se nobiy risked thelr iiy:+ (as, indeed, they are bound to do) 1a support of “law any ‘ order’ in the city yesterday. The regiment , arades at their armory” yesterday mormng at seve: o'clock, im @ccordance — with — orders cetved late on tie als ae evening, aiul o the armory of the Fir artulory, N. G. 8.N. Y., 10 White strect, whore they remained under arms until avout nine o’clovk whit morning. Und they been required to ach Inde. ponuently, Orin support of the battery (Who were also under arms) there, they were prepared to da «tuty as fearlessly a9 Wneir Comrades did theirs, , vory respecitaliy, 7 reste MIKMORR OF LHE BIGATH. A FEMAN 480 BEBERNIAN VIEWS OV THE EVENES OF TC BLOODY 1WiLFTH. Who Sixty-ninde and the Ructt Tae Sixty-ninds remaiued wader army at ther armory, Essex Market, in readiness to act in any y that might call Jor them interference. ‘gne extraordinary circumstances under which tha |} men were cailod tometer caused more men ta answer the roll call than 18 usual ou occasions of mere parade, This fact 1 very, credible to the regiment, and shows war Tw MILITARY INSTENOT OF THE OBLT appears to best advantage in times of danger. A food deal of diasatisiaction was Jelt by both oficera, and men atthe inglorious role that had been pre« pared for taem by te Coumanderin-Onter, They liad expected to have the honor of being actively engaged in the preservation of the public poace, in- stead of which the general Ig command orderoa them toremath in (noir armory. “One company was detailed to protect the Post Omee, in charge of Cap- win Dempsey, with what object mo one could tm agine. ‘Phe regiinent felt sliguted and looked upon the conduct of the authorities in the light of A BAD PRACTIVAL JOKR, but, ike good soldiers, obeyed with alacrity the ‘ovdets they recelved. When theinews of the Oring of the murderous misatles. Onur informant staves Lm uigneThe Firing on the Mob Justi.”