New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-06-22

OF THE SLAUGHTER. ETC. F7c,

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From the St. Louis Journal Monday Afternoon
And yet another slaughter Of cur citizens No
pen can describe the intense excitement that now
peTV%des IN our community. Hundreds are run
Tlng in every direction nquiTiBg who's dead? At
the present writing is impossible to give he faCts
in detail Sufficient may be gained from the fol-
lowing report to satisfy all concerning the facts of
this terrible massacre. At a. quarter past 10
o'clock this morning, detachment of United States
volunteers or Home Guards, a part Of btcNeiis
regiment under command, as is alleged, Of one
Bs3ell or Bissck, proceeded from their quarters at
Turner's Hall, down Seventh.
| - When Immediately opposite the Recorders
| Courtroom. in the building occupied by the Hook
| and Ladder Company on Seventh street. between
Pine and Olive streets, several bystanders who had
lett the Recorders Court rather hastily to the
| soldiers, rushed out on the sidewalk. Just at the
u.cture soldiers gun, in the extreme Of the
| ranks. apparently while the holder was adjusting
| a cap, exploded accidentally. Immediately nDon
tbs and 1t 1s saId without any order neing given,
the troops commenced marderous and pForais-
cuOus fire upon the crowd Of unprotected citizens
who stood before them.
The number of those killed. or their names, can
not be correctly ascertaned to-day. The slaughter
cd fell in every direction. The wall Of the dying
rang in the ears of a startled people for blocks
| around. Shrek after shrek went mp to heaven,
the rush for places Of safety sted dozens, aud still
the soldiers fired. The scene cannot be described,
| nay hardly imagined. Upon the balcony in front
of the Recorders Courtroom, Henry Frangel fell.
Close by his side, Officer N. M Pratt, who has for
|
fell, pierced through the heart.
The Recorder, sitting quietly at his desk, entirely
| unconscious OF the possibility Of trouble in the
! street, was suddenly surrounded by storm OF
| bullets. The window Immediately behind him vas
completely rnidIed by bullets. His desk was shat
| tered and rent by the flying lead, still pro7den-
tally his life vas spared. A prisoner, u2 for some
| petty offense, fell dead in the dock. The other
prisoners, taking advantage of the conFusionj fed
| from the building and escaped.
When there was no longer any body 70 shoot, the
rattle Of the musketry ceased, and there lay the
| dead, the dying and the wounded, % be gazed at
by the thousands of horror-striGkeR citizens that
soon congregated around the spot where the mas
| sacre occurred. In few minutes body Of police
| arrived on the ground, and IN a short tine after
ward a company Of regulars, under command Of
| Captain STeely.
The streets, for some distance around the engine
house, was cleared and the bodies OF the killed and
| wounded removed Asnearas we could ascertain
seven we're killed instantly, and large number OF
others badly wounded several of whom, we are in
formed by physicians IN attendance, will probably
die during the day. We two bodies, stiff in
DEATH which were literally torn to pieces by Minis
! balls. An Italian named B0ugero, the proprietor
Of saloon on the corner of Seventh and St. Charles
streets, received two balls in the head one OF which
tore off his lower jaw We are unable to state
| positively any more of the names OF the killed and
| wounded.
| Many were taken to their homes by friends, and
their names will probably not transpre for several
days, r'at least not until ap inquest a held by the
u Coroner When we left the scene Of the massacre,
the tiremen were engaged with their hose in wash
ing away the pools of blood that made the sidewalk
look like the floor Of q slaughte.-hous Az we
have heretofore iatimated, the wildcat excitement
prevailed. The people in the immediate neighbor-
hood Of the butchery are nearly speaehiess with
terror. Many of them are preparing 70 leave the
city and it is evident from every circumstance that
the lives of none are safe in the city.
Several of the wounded are now lying at the City
Hospital and five of the dead bodies can be seen
at the Health Office. We shall be prepared 10 give
| more of the details concerning this last terrible
massacre Of our citizens tomorrow. ln&he mean
time, we trust those who witnessed the affair will
hand their names in to the Coroner. Te have to
add that in this instance, not one man can befonud
who has attempted, or will attempt to paate OF
excuse p the slightest degree the butohsry Ct oul
citizens this morning.