New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-05-20
The st. Louis Massacre.
Some additional particulars of the brutal mas

Some auuinonai particulars OF the brutal massa-
ere at St. Louis we derive from private letter to
a gentleman connected with this office:
g At2 O'Clock the Dutch and the arsenal troops,
numbering between nine and ten thousand,
marched out to and surrounded the camp, and de-
manded an unconditional surrender. Gen. Frost
was obliged to yield and the Dutch marched in and
took possession of thng-cannop, muskets,
tents, provisions, and everything else. was on
the ground before the surrender, and went IN
among both parties never saw men more excl
ted. saw hundreds of men absolutely foaming at
the mouth, ravng, tearing their hair, stamping and
shaking their fists in the faces of the Dutch scoun-
drss, although the latter had their muskets at a
charging position. Others were crying with vexa-
ton and modification and rolling the ground in
an agony of intense hatred and chagrin. | went
out with an intention to keep coolan seeing what
was to be seen; but soon lost my temper, and
was raving with the rest.
The Mssourans were marched out under q
guard of Dutch on each side. They were told that
if they would swear allegiance to the U. S. they
would be released. Some eight or ten did so The
rest refused, and marched off to the arsenal
prisoners of war, or traitors, do not know
which. Last night they slept on the open ground,
with cold driving rain beating on them all night
But this is not all. Things happened there which
! never expected to see. | will relate what saw
and can vouch for. Just in front of me heavy
firing commenced by the Dutch on the men, wo-
men and children. More than thousand shots
were fired into the crowd. They fell like wheat
of beautiful girl of IA. She staggered, fell
against tree and breathed her last. Not far off
a little boy Of II was shot dead, another boy
of Is was instantly killed, and, horrible to relate,
two women were shot dead, and another NOR
tally wounded.
IL 1t is reported that only about twenty were kill
ed, but | am satisfied there were at least one
hundred killed and wounded. We have over three
hundred physicians i'll the city, and was myself
called to attend five last night and one this morn
ing. (The writer is a doctor Ed. CREsCENT) An
other physician had twelve cases of wounded to
attend to. 7F.e
During the halt one Of the prisoners slipped out
of the ranks, went aud put on citizens clothes,
came back, ana was Boosting of it. A Dutchnan
who heard him stepped out of the ranks, presented
bayonet, and said 'You comes nit me-" The
prisoner said Now, by God, sir, if you don't go
back in the ranks FL blow hole through your
head" The Dutchman went back. I thought it
was getting rather warm for me, 80 got out of
the way. u !, had hardly done SO before the firing
MAY l2.-This morning 7 visited the scene of the
firing yesterday on Walnut street second tightly
! saw the marks of about two hundred bullets on
the houses and of these only three or four as
low as mans head One bullet went through
nine-inch wall. A good many went through the
and some were shot against the fourth
story. One of the jurymen told me he sat on the
inquest of four Dutchmen, and three of them were
kid by their own balls e OF. Minie.)
am informed by one of the State troops that q
H.
The United states flag was floating from the Gene
rails tent when they were set upon by the Abo-
litionists. @".
During the confinement of the State troops in the
black hole" at the arsenal they were led out
four at time, without any explanation, and after
each squad was taken away there was discharge
of muskets in the neghborhood, leading those re-
manning to believe they had been shot But they
were only removed from one building to another.
The muskets were discharged by order Of Cen
Harney, to prevent the Sepoys from firing on the
prisoners as they were marched out to be dis
charged on parole.
/ have never read in history where one army was
captured by another, both being under the same
flag. Yet. on Friday last, the United States flag
was struck to the United States flag Vive la
libert6
When the Sepoys were firing on the unarmed
prisoners, many of them saved their lives by fall
ing on the ground. The two boys were both shot
through the breast, and were found with their
arms around each others necks, and from their
striking resemblance were supposed to be brothers.
One of the prisoners told me that when they
found themselves surrounded by the Abolitionsts,
they wanted to fight, to man, although they had
only five or six rounds of cartridge, but yielded to
the officers commands to surrender
We are now to be overrun by horde of barba-
rians from Illinois, and bood-thirsty Abolitionists
from Iowa and Wisconsin, and jayhawkers and
free hooters from everywhere. But God is just
and by his help we will maintain the right. If you
wish to help us, now is the time. Let Tennessee
attend to Cairo, and let Arkansas send Us twenty
thousand men. and we will drive the cartiffs from
the face of the continent. If we had arms, we
could do it ourselves.