Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-08-03
THE NEW ORLEANS MASSACRE.
Further Pariieulars-HOu Governor
Hahn was Wounsied-JOhnsOE BIS
patch Encouraging the Rebels-The
Murder of DOstle. r.

Helm was VOunoed-JOh OhnScIs75 81
Murder of DOstle. Cag.a1I
$ A CONSERVATIVE ACCOUNT OF THE 1tol
: New Orleans (July sT Dispatch to Eew Ycr
Times, Johnson.
The ammunition of the men in The Ia
{ stitute seemed to give out about this time
t as they did not fire any more. They S.
tempted to escape through the rear Of n
E Institute into Baronne street, but wer
met and either arrested or shot down
They also tried to escape through an alky
which runs from Dryades to Baronncr br
the Canal street side. i do not know thai
any freedmen succeeded in getting away
from the Luilding alive, although 1 saw
several at distance from it being march
ed to Police Headquarters. I tliak tiGi
eDeTy one sgho tried to escape from It sDas
killed, and l saw several brought in the
alley aforementioned, and after bsegfell
I sa11 erOt0ds Of 7lL6ia5ls beating thSsf as
they acre dung. -
Governor Hahn succeeded in setsjlg
into the hands of the police unbuEt, lsos1
out of the building where he had been,
not as a member, but as one ofthe most
prominent equal rights men in the State.
While ne was under guard, however, some
coward shot him through the back of the
head, infietiDg a dangerous wound, and
he was also stabbed. He was then placed
in hack and carried TO police headquar-
ters where l saw him sent into confine-
ment. He was very pale and tle blood
! trickled down his face from wound
which seemed to have reached his left
temple.
Mr.. Dosties, who had the reputation of
being the most violent negro-suffnge man
in the South, and who certainlywas the
most violent speaker on Friday asst, was
killed while attempting 70 get away.
ana told tiat policeman shot Inn ~ the
back, and that after h. fell crolQ4 Jumped
on him and cat him horribly lClH kaigeS.
The riot commenced at 1915 and ended
at $3.50 o'clock. At 2:45 o'clock the mill
tary, under General Baird, appeared on
Canal street, and finally took possession
of the whole city. Before night the riot
was confined to Dryades, Baroane, Com
mon, Carondelet and Canal streets, and
the buildings and yards all around the in
stitute sal0 freedmen slot dead on all
offhe ADORE streets erespt Cana, 1oho could
hare been arrested uaigjured. How many
men have been killed, wounded, or even
arrested, It is impossible 10 say, but my
estimate is one hundred freedmen and
twenty-five whites killed and wounded
and one hundred altogether arrested.
The substantial men Of the city deplore
the occurrence, but all are very violent in
their expressions, some gIorying ~ the
murder Of Dostis and others IN the n5RT-
de rof tie freedmen.
THE RIOT RECoNCERTED-BAIRD REsPoN-
sBLE-UNIoN MEN PRAYING FOR sHERI-
DAMS RETURN.
New Orleans July sl) Dispatches to New York |
Tribune.
Governor Hahn, the Hon. John Hen
derson, DIR. Hare, the Hon. S. 5. Fish, the |
Hon. L Gorge Harres, the Rev. Mr.. Han |
son, Hon. Alfred Shaw, Mr. Enhurst,
Capt. John Burk and other were danger
Ously wounded. When Gov. Hahn was
taken to the statiOn-hOuse, he was COW
cred with blood. These men were shot |
while in the hands Of the police. Capt. |
Loup, Ist New Orleans infantry, was
brutally murdered by policeman while
inofensively on the corner Of
the street. There 17as a preco1leerteot plan
tz,ires and pistols, JushezzZ g5 5L1s e oetLs
70 q qenerat RENDEZVOUS, and c0I7r,.--E-- .ytll'
inaiseriraisaate slaughter Of eotored men.
[ cannot ascertain the name Of single
policeman killed. Magor Monroe boasts
that the President 1ciH restore him and
repLace cipI lao 1CithiR tl1etUe hours. Ii
he does, God help Union men
l have Just visited the State House,
where the members Of the Convention |
and Union men were slaughtered; it pre- |
sents ghastly appearance, the floor Is
literally flooded with the blood of our best |
Union men, Comparatively, quiet has
been restored, but it is regarded as the
calm before the storm. Many Union men
are known to have been murdered. Gen.
Baird is responsible for this, inasmuch as
he had no troops in the city, although
warned of what has transpired. General
Sheridan's staff have behaved most gal
Iantly. All Union ahd peaceable citizens
pray for the return of General Sheridan
JoHNsoNs ORDER ENCOURAGING THE
REBELS.
WAsH1NGToN, Monday, July 80, 1866.
To Andrea s. Heron, AttoT'ley-General
Of LOuisiGnd: M
You will call on General Sheridan, or
whoever may be in command, for sutti-
cent force to sustain the civil authorities
in suppressing all illegal or unlawful as
semblies who usurp or assume to exercise
any power or authority without ffst hav-
ing obtained the consent of the people of
the State.
If there is to be Convention, let it be
composed of delegates chosen from the
people of the whole State.
The people must be first consulted-no
changing the organized laws of the State.
Usurpation will not be.tolerated.
The law and the Constitution must be
sustained, and thereby peace and order.
ANDREW JOHNSON.
The Associated Press correspondent
(rebeD telegraphs that this order will be
promptly executed, and significantly adds
that no further disturbance Is apprehend-
ed
This order was issued against the pro-
| test of the Governor.
GOV. WELLS VIRTUALLY DEPosED.
New orleans July 81 Dispatch to tbs New York
+ Herald.
The President has virtually deposed
| Governor Wells by directing Hon. An
| 1.o,- Horrou. .-A=sUUrIEUy General of
| Louisiana7 to preserve the peace and take
all necessary steps to put dowa ah revo-
lutionary proceedings against the exist
| ing State govern nent, and ordering the
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