The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1866-08-11

again discharged. The Rev. Mr.. Horton,
ex-army chaplain, who had made the prayer
at the opening Of the convention, advanced
to the door and showing white handker-
chief, asked for himself and the rest to sur
render. He was fired upon, hit by the shot
in the forehead, then seized and beaten till
he was insensible, by the mob and police
| One after another the members of the con-
vention in the hall waved their handker
chiefs, protesting that they were unarmed
and wished to surrender. Yet not single
arrest was made in the hall, but each man
as he came out, hoping to escape the certain
fate threatened him if he remained, was
seized and brutally handled by the police
/ IN THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF ONE OF
THE WOUNDED.
In the next ward at the same hospital, I
spoke with S. s. Fish, brother of the con
vcntioner who as despatched yesterday,
was wounded and imprisoned. This fine
young man is lawyer and the same who
read the Declaration Of Independence at the
Union celebration of the Fourth He has
three shot wounds, in the head left arm
and back, in which the balls still lodge :
besides, he has several ugly bruises. The
following is his own account:
After Rev. Mr.. Horton had been shot,
while showing flag of truce and proffering
surrender, made my way out of the door
to the landing at the head of the stairs.
,,l,a | ,,pt,, "a,
armed with club whom | asked if we
could not surrender He replied, "No, we
intend to kill you ALL" and then he raised
his club to strike me. | rushed aside to a
begged him to take me prisoner, that my
life might be saved. He made no reply
that remember of, but pushed me from
the landing and forced me to descend the
stairs alone. At the bottom was encoun-
t red by two citizens. who attacked me with
their fists. | broke from them, ran to
policeman on the pavement, and begged
him to protect me. He knocked me down
with his revolver. |, rising, much stunned
but conscious, ran towards another police
man whom | saw in the centre of the street,
calling on him to save me. He replied by
raising his revolver and taking deliberate
aim at me, but which Of my wounds he gave
me cannot tell. as fell to the ground for
a moment, scnselcss. The next remember
| was between two policemen, who took me
through Common, Carondclct and Lafayette
streets to prison. Al along Common and
Carondeet streets respectfully. dressed APP
parcmtly business men, came out of the
stores, and standing on the pavement, cried.
''kill him the id Yankee white nipgcr."
| was kept in cell for some time, laid on
a plank, unable to get release on bail, till
Judge Hart came aud had me removed to
the parlor above, and from there was
brought here.
General Lee, General Banks chief Of
cavalry and Colonel Warmoth, representa-
tivcs elect Of the Louisiana freedmen, tell
us that Mr.. Shaw, member of the conven.
ton, and who, as | despatched yesterday,
was shot in the shoulder aud imprisoned on
returning to his room at the st. Charles
ilOlti, laSL ll@Nt, alltf ncMg released was
refused ndmitlance by Boyd, the proprietor
of that hotel, on the ground that the other
guests of the hotel had resolved not to share
the same house any longer with IA black
Republican.
| \ rKEC0NCEHTED PLAN TO MURDER UNIoNISTS.
WASHlNGToN, Aug. Sit is stated on
good authority that General Grant received
Il farther despatch to-day from General
Sheridan in relation to the New Orleans
riot. He says it was not the work of an
| excited mob, but was the execution of a
prec )nr"red plan on this part of the rebels
to slaughter the leading Union men of the
State, and was concOccd weeks ago, He
expresses the opinion that further acts of
violence will be attempted if opportunity
occurs. The dispatches of the Associated
Press are well known to have been filtered
through rebel agents, and many of them
are said actually to. have been dictated by
the State officials themselves.