, 1865-03-14
NEW ORLEANS LETTER.
The F1rnt Abolition martyr-New Or
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Naval Expedition - Phlludelpll{n
WRCOn8.
[Carrespoudcuce of the Cb1caeo T-,hrno,
Correspondence OF the Chicago Tritune.1

Correspondents OF the Chicago Tribuue.]
new ORLEANS, March 8, 1865.
10 7Tiumphel Has Charleston indeed fall
en-? Does the Federal flag once more float
over Sumtere Such aEe the rumors on the
streets this bright, Southern spring morning.
That this report il indeed true, and that this
wicked den Of rattlesnakes is lumbletl to the
dust, and may receive its righteous retribu-
tion, is the prayer Of every loyal citizen.
Af'cr an that has been said of tho asita-
tiouB aud enrtoachments Of Abolitionists.
upon Southern rights and institutions, 1t is
not, probably, generally known that the llrst
Abolition mob which occurred In this couu
try took place in Charleston, and that the
fret innocent victim Of pro.slayery fary lo,t
his life through the agency of the pcop,e Of
this wicked city, in the year 100. This. of
course, was long before the daya OF modern
Abolition agitations and provocations, and the
old Abolition Society Of which Washington
and franklin, and many other revolutionary
notables were members, WIS the cause This
Society had BEEN In the habit Of Issuing cir
culars, rs has been the custom In later days,
and stndfng them in large quantities By mail,
to ministers aud others, for distribution.
Among other parties to whom the circulars
we're sent, were two Methodist ministers in
Charleston. The mob received tutelI{oence
Of the arrival Of these 'tincendtary docu-
ments'' while they were In the post Office, and
before the parties TO whom they were direct
pursuit Of lie victims. Ono of them, warned
in time By friends, sccreted himself, but the
other, preacher named Dougherty, in feeble
health, and entirely ignorant OF the Occur
renee which had SO roused the popular fury,
Vas dragged into the streets, ducked In a
horse;troneh, and pumped upon until be
courageous woman fare there any such now
thc1e) c1ammed her shawl up the spout Of
the pump, and thus savcd his life for the time
being, though the shock caused bis death q
few days after. For more extended account
Of tbis-unquestionab1y the first pro slavery
MethodIsm- since that day, what host Of
good men have fa1lcn, equally innocent VIC
Tins to the fury of this sum total Of all Au-
msu and fnhuman vi1lafnies!
Upon the surface, New Orleans presents
few traces Of the raragcs Of civil war. The
majority Of its citizens are unqucstionably as
d:sloyal as ever, though Government .cxpcn-
subsistence, and will entertain the listener by
the hour with subtle disaulsitions upon the
rights Of mincFittes-a matter which utterly
failed to attract their attention until they
had placed themselves in the minority, and
that Willie they ruled the republic with rod
Of iron, aided by their worthy slaves, the pro-
slavery dough faces Of lhe North. The streets
dies, and the retail dry goods stores MAXI the
usual 20, geous display. But the great banks
discn,boWelM and bankrupt BY rebellion,
with every other Southern ii: :t'tatlon, are no
more. Agrecnback ii curiosity here, and
TIC principle currency is city scrip, engraved
like bank notes. These bling At . discount,
Ct ccusc displace grcenbacks and all better
currency.
The great Custom House bullding, that
huge folly, erected In the palmy days Tor the
South, when jeff Dasis. Buchanan d Co.,
welded the ecepuo Of thu republic, still bear!
alolt its unfinished head, having come. alas
TO the base use of q rebel p.isou4 This build