Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1866-11-01
Ny Policy" New Orleans.
A Carnival Of fBlood and Murder
Thrilling Sketch Of an Incident
Connected Herewith.

ConmeCte0 InefeWltn. .,
We clip the following sketch, from the
Philadelphia Wstchmsu and Reflector, and
ask for it the careful aud candid pcrusal Of
every Christian man and woman: 2 =
LAST HOURS OF A NEW ORLEANS MARTYR.
"Good-bys, Emma" he said. II shall
hot be gone long. 1t can't take more than
ten minutes to open the Convention, and
then shall come right away. Look for me
at three o clock at farthest," apd the young
pfstpr kissed his wife aud hurried away C
thssoity: .o, ..4
That day @a. destined to BE- one anon,
the most memorable in tho annals Of humau
wickedness since the famous st. Bartholo-
news. The meibbers Of the Union Con,
vention had looked forward to il with ap.
prehension. They knew that the spirit .oi
the late rebellion still survived in New Or.
leans, and they could not hope that they
should be permitted to assemble without
some molestatiou from disorderly individu.
als. but they had ne suspicion that the mass
es Of the city would rise against them, or.
ganized for deliberate bloodshed. They did
not know that all the arms had been bought
up till the gun-shops contained not go much
as pocket pistol. They did not know that
the Mayor had telegraphed to the President
that there would certainly be riot, and re.
ceived the assurance that the military would
not interfere with the civil power. They
did not knew that the police force had been
increased by the addition Of aeang Of blood.
thirsty men. and that the municipal author
tiles had agreed upon signals, and arranged
to begin the riot themselves. Watched by
no suspicion, and awed by no Buffers strong
right hand. the conspirators were suffered
to perfect their preparations, and when the
morning of the 30th Of July dawned, the
trescherous officials appeared at the station
houses fully and waiting the oppor-
tupity for their bloody work.
The pestor of the Coliseum Baptist
Church, Rev. Jotham w. Horton, had been
requested to open the Convention with
prayer. Moved BY the warmest Christian
sympathy for the freedmen, this young New
England minister had gone to the South
with his wife, tn give his best energies to
their welfare. He was q man Of sincere pi.
ETY. and large heart pure as a little child,
self-deRying where duty was concerned to
an extent that often made him suffer, and
SO peaceahle that though repeatedly insult
ed and even once fired upon, and though
conscious that he was fatally marked by ma.
lipnant disloyalists, he would never 60 arm
ed.
After taking leave of his wife, Mr.. Hor-
ton proceeded in the cars, from his resi-.
dcnce in Carrolton. to the city. Ever apt
to look hopefully on the worst prospects,,
and slow to suspect evil ofhis fellow.men,
he had felt no fears Of injury for tbis day,
beyond perhaps forcible seizure and com.
mitment to the parish prison. .
The hour arrived for opening the Conven-
tion, and Mr.. Horton, having entered the
hall, stood up to offer prayer just as the
clock struck twelve. Strongly aud fervent-
" his!words came up, breathing pc titions for
the peace OF his country and the delversnce
of the oppressed. God heard him. but with
that prayer His servants work ended. and
then He gave him for little while to the
cruel wrath of his enemies, that He might
make that wrath praise Him. Immediate
ly on the sounding of the stroke of noon
from the city clockp. and simultaneously
with the opening Of Mr.. Horizons prayer,
the armed police fled out of the several sta
tions three hundred strong, and marched to-
wards the Institute. Some of them enter
ed the hall during the prayer, a mob in the
meantime rapidly collecting round the door,
and hardly had the good man uttered the
closing "amen," when . miscreant fired q
bullet at his head. -i.e1 ...
There could no longer be any doubt OF
the intentions of the officers and the mob.
The lattor assailed the windows and rushed
in at the doors. "Kill himl kill him ~
they yelled. ''Sheot every cursed Yankee
in the housei Just then all the bells in
the city began to toll. 1t was the precon-
certed signal of slaughter, and now the hor-
rors OF the day began.
The disloyalist rufians rushed ID with
pistols, knives and clubs. and ,commenced
their appointed work OF murder: Resist
ance was hopeless. The Convention broke
up in the widest confusion, some Of its
members falling dead, and many morta!ly
wounded in, the hall, while few v no could,
fed. The Union men saw that they were
doomed. -, Instead Of protecting them and
arresting the rioters at the firing OF the firsst
shot, as with, their fNrce they could easily
have done, the police hesded the attack, and
there is reason to believe that one OF their
number fred the first shot. .
Mr.. Horton received five balls in his body
and fell These balls were fired by police
men. Not satisfied with their work, they
seized him, kicked and dragged him over
the pavemepts to the first station, the mob
following behind, cursing, beating and
trampling him with their shoes. Thrust;
ing him in cell, he was left manglsd and
senseless. 'ia2 70. ID. ''l.' ~ - :.
Meantime the shopkeepsrs ct the city
had closed their stores, and strolled about,
gratified spectators of the fendish carnival,
greeting Che murderers Of Horton and every
squad OF policemen that passed them drag,
ging q bleeding ,loyalist, With shouts of
hGoodI /, good Kill the white niger,
= Around the Mechanics Institute and in
the adjacent strests upwards Of one hundred
negroes lay weltering ip their blood, and
the dead carts drove by loaded with warm
corpses and bodies Of the wounded still
Writhing with life, all tumbled indiscrimi-
nately together. igh. ais 49,
In one Of those carts the mangled Horton
was flung after lying sphile at the station.
house. and under sitting load Of dead and
Wounded negroes. bis stomach crushed In
by blow, of ., heavy plank. he was taken to
the Marine Hospital. ,oTg .LmY (. d .rutU
Furious with the taste Of blood, the po,,
lice and their fellow Thugs ragged DIP and
down some Of The streets Of the city, calling
out the names Of well-kpown loyalists, de.
'6isffpR their intention to slaughter every