M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1862-08-28
Form the Kew York Express August Is.
Negr0 Every Thlng-Whise AAn
NoflsimR.

Form the New York Express August Is.
NegrO Every Thlng-Whlse AAn
Nolhins.
The Tribune is Ia tribulation over
that noval pcrsonaGe --the negro
The agony In this inatance Ia really
distressing. The last steamer from
New Orleans. Il will be remembered.
brought us Intelligece Of o fight be.
tween some Of Generil Butller's po-
lice men and a gang Of disorderly ne
groes who had come into the city from
the neighboring plantations. One Of
the negroes was killed iD the melee,
and the verdict Of the CorOner's In
quest declared that the negro at the
time was in open insuu ection, resist
lug the authorized officers Of the law"
lin witness whereof we transfer to our
columns the following recapitulation
Of all the facts in the case:
From the New Orleans ricayuns, sth.l
The inquest on the body OF the ne
gro Mike, who was shot in tho heart
during a battle between q lot Of insur.
rectionary negroes and the police, on
Monday morning, was terminated
yesterday. The testimony showed
that the negroes were met below Oof.
fSes brickyard. On being asked
where they were going they replied:
eft is no white mans business. ~
Being armed with huge knives and
clubs, they were permitted to pass
on; but the police sprang their rattles,
and finally force Of eight or nins
was collected, and at the Lower Cot.
ton Preas thOy were told to stop and
surrender. But they laughed the or,
dsr to scorn, stated that they were
veil drilled, aud expressed q deter
animation to fight their way till they
met with sympathizers and protectors
Making a breast work Of q heap o.
ballast, they commenced 10 throw
stones, and as the police closed in at.
tacked them with their knives aud
pis'ols. g.
Tie number Of the brigade at this
dark juncture is supposed to have
been about thirty. Officer Sbeilds
was here cut IN the right arm with O
weapon, supposed to have been made
Of o scythe. Officer Gillian was also
cut in the breast with q similar waap.
on. Offlcer Benson was wounded in
the shoulder with q stone, and officer
Canty was struck with a stone iE the
letf side and cut with cane knife in
the left arm, his club at the same time
being cut to the depth Of half an inch
Officer Owens was very severely
wounded. He was frat knocked down
with a large stone which struck him
on the shin; then in defending himself
from the sweep Of q cane knife, he was
deeply cut on the left arm just at the
elbow joint, and was otherwise injur.
ed by club blow on the head. Up to
this time the police had not fred a
shot. Cansy told q negro who was ad
vancing to keep back, or he would
shoot him. The darkey replied,
"Shoot and be id" and as he did
30 advanced. Csnty did shoot, and
the negro fell, crying that his leg was
broken. He attempted 10 get up, and
again fell back. Another stout fellow
approached, cheering his darkey FOL-
lowers, and urging them with such
words as "Cut them cut them; kill
the white sons Of BE-" Canty fred
again, but low, and fearing that bic
shots would become exhausted, turn.
ed to the stone heap for ready weap
obs. Re here received Q blow on the
leg, which knocked him down, AMI
he was obliged to crawl away. The
tight was now 90 fierce that the police
began to fear that they would be over
powered; but fortunately, soma sold
ierS-whose blood was thicker than
wster-went to the relief ofthe police
and the negroes were shortly after.
ward overpowsred. When sammon.
ed to surrender. after the soldiers
came, they said they would die first;
but few shots made them alter their
opinion, for in the subduing volley
the leader fell and died a. once II
was not yet daylight when the fight
took place. IL the darkness several
got away. The number captured was
one killed, nine wounded and fonr un.
wounded.
After hearing the evidence, an ab.
stract oil which we have above given,
the jnry returned 9 verdict to the af
feet that the deceased died Of 9 gun.
shot wound in bis left breast, just be.
low the nipple, the ball passing
through the heart and causing imme.
date death, said shot having beer
fired by come person unknown TO the
jury. Furthermore, the Jury Get forth
that, according TO the facts abducted
in evidence, the slave was at che time
in open insurrectlon, resisting the su.
thorized officers Of the Law, and, in