The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-10-24
"MY POLI0Yo m NEW ORLEANS
a Carnival Of Blood and Murder. 4
Thrilling Sketch of an Incident
Connected 9herewith. i.!a
Practical illustration of Andy
Johnsonss Plan of Re- ,5.l 5
construction. ID i..
West Xirginians, Read and Re
atik . feet.

We clip the following 81 sketc nom the
Philadelphia RatcGgLdn and Reflector.
and ask for 1t the carefnlrand candid
perusal Of every man before depositins
his vote tomorrow: ~,
LAST HOURS oFANEw woRLEANs MARrYR.
"Good-by, Emma, The said. az shall
not be gone long. It can't take more
tnan ten minutes to open the Conven-
tlon, and then shall come right away,
LOOK FOR me at three o'clock at
!arInest1" and the young pastor kissed
his wife and hurried away to the CITY.
That daydwas destined TO be one
among the most memorable in the an
nals OF human wickedness since the
famous st. Bartholomew'S. The mem
oers of the Union Conventionh had look
ed forward TO it with apprehension.
They knew that the spirit of the late
rebellion still survived in New Orleans
ana they could not hope that thew
should be permitted to assemble with
out some molestation from disor(lerlV
Individuals, but they had no oIsuspicion
that the masses of the city would rise
against them, oTddnised f6r deiiberafe
bloodshed. They did not know that ali
the arms had been bought up till the
gun-shops contained NOT SO much as a
pocket pistol. They did not know that
the Mayor had telegraphed to the Pres
tdent that there would certainly be a
riot, and and received the assurance
that hemtlitaFy would not interiefe
with the civil power. They did not
know that the police force had been
increased by the addition of gang of
/ blood-thtrsty men, and that the munici-
Pal authorities had agreed upon signals,
and arranged to begin the riot them=
selves. Watched byino suspicion, and
AWHn hV RnflnEslGl af1 4,
the conspirators were suffered to perfect
their preparations, and when the morn
ing of the Both of July daWned, the
treacherous officials appeared at the
station-houses full-armed, and waiting
the opportunity for their bloody work.
The pastor ofithe Coliseum Baptist
Church, Rev. lothian w. Horton, had
been requested 10 open the Convention
with prayer Moved by the warmest
Christian sympathy for the freedmen,
TINS young New Eng gland minister had
gone to the South with his wife, to give
MS best energies TO their welfare. > He
was q man OF sincere piety. and large
heart; pure as a little child; self.deIiy-
ing where duty was concerned TO an
extent that often made him suffer, and
SO Ipeaceable that though repeatedly in
suited and even once fired upon and
though conscious that heiWas fatally
marked by malignant disloyaIists, he
would never go armed. 81, - 90 - 4,
Atter taking leave of his wife, Mr..
Horton proceeded in the cars, from his
residence in Carrolton, to the city.
Ever apt to look hopefully on the worst
prospects,' and slow. 70 suspect evil of
his fellow-men, he had felt no fears of
Injury for this day, beyond perhaps a
forcible seizure and commitment to the
/ parish prison. E5i5 -
The hour arrived for opening the
Convention, and Mr.. Horton, having
entered the hall, stood up to offer pray
ef just as the zclock struck twelve.
strongly and feryently ihisswords came
up, breathing petitions for the peace of
his country and the deliVerance of the
oppressed. God heard him, but with
thatpFayerr His servants GWoflSgended,
and then BE gave him for a little while
to the lcrueliWrath Of his enemies,R that
He might make that wrath praise Him.
1mmed ediately ION ithet sounding of the
stroke of noon from the city clocks.
and simultaneously with the opening
| Of Mrs. HoftonIs prayer, the armed pos
lice f1ed out OF the several stations.
three hundred strong, and marched to-
wards the 1nstitg Some of them en-
tered the hall during the prayer, a mob
in the mean time rapidly collecting
/ round the door, and hardly had tthe
good man uttered the closing Gamen,' n
when a misereant fred bullet at his
There could no longer be, any doubt
of the Intentions Of the officers and the
mob. The latter assailed the windows
and rushed in at the 'doOrs. "Kill
himl kill him ~ they yelled. efIShoot
every cursed Yankee In the house ~
Just then all. the bells in the city began
to toll. 1T was the precon oncertad signal
of slaughter, and now the horrors OF
the day began. l.la. ~ 10 sj,si;i ssat3irla
Theld ldisloyalist ruffians rushed dinWith
/ menced their appointed work of muir
/ der. Resistance was hopeless. The
1 Conventional brokeo up din the widest
confusion, some of its members falling
dead, and many mortally wounded in
sthe hall while q lew who could, fled,
doomed. Instead of protesting them
and arrestiug the rioters at the firing OF
| the first shot, as With3 theiFl force they
could easily have done, tie police headed
the attach andE there Is; reason to be-
l1ieve that one Of their number fired the
hfirst shot. i;.s,t - s-lls-'.I f.3sl ~ tai7s
Mr.. Horton received 1--WE balls in his
\ body and fell. These balls were fred
Il by policemen. Not satisfied with their
work, they seized. him, kicked and
hdTagged him over the tie
hfst station, the mob following behind,
Ecprsing, beating 9nd ~ trampiing him
cell !, heWas LEFT mang1ed and .sAnseless.
Meantime the shopkeepers ofthe city
had closed their stores, and StfolIed
about, &fatideds spectators Of the fiend-
Ssh carnival, greeting the murders OF
Horton and every squad OF policemen
i that passed them a9ging q bleeding
Il I1oyalfSt, with shpnt tS of GOOD I good /
XIII thewhit enIgger.0 .sislasls -
Around the Mechanics Institute and
in the adjacent streets upwards Of one
hundred negroes lay Weltsffng In their
blood, and the dead carts drove by
L loaded with warm coFpses and bodies
of the wounded still rithing with life,
all tuInb bled dhdiser together.
~ In onesofS these carts sthet uIangled
1.-The sfation4house, and under q BtifliFff
load of dead and tEoundetll negroes, his
L stomach crushed y In by aahloW. OF a
heavy plank, he was taken 70 the Ma
Eine Hospitals ii,tl fns isl ffyi.i istas.'ssiii
Furious with the taste of blood, the
i police and, their fellow THUGS RACED up
/ and down some of the streets of the city
calling out the names OF Well-kpoWn
hlDyalists, deelaring their intention to
HisiRuRhter every loyal man In New Or
Il leans. In, the midst of the excitement
and carnage, however, the bRyonets Of
Il Federal troops appeared, and further
murder was prevented. The mob dis.
q psrsed, and the blood-stained streets,
and battered windows, and mumsd
4 sfoans from Distant hosp wards
alone testified to the horrors OF the S0th
of July. q.
j AS the hours OF that bloody day pass
I'd, the wife of Mr.. Horton Elited II her
j home, ftVe miles distant for his return
Three O'Clock came, the limit he had set