The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1866-08-08

vannah. The front of the building meas.
ures AZ feet, and extends back $40 feet,
height 90 feet, having six stories. The
architect has drawn up q complete plan of
the building, which will be forwarded to
New York for approval.
The grand jury in New Orleans have
found true bill against twenty five mem
bcrs of the convention, but writs will not be
executed until the city returns into civil
hands Twenty two policemen in all were
wounded in the riot, two Of whom have
died The total number Of deaths is stated
at 40, and wounded at l60.
Galveston and Houston cities, Texas, have
increased in population very rapidly since
the war. The former city had, before the
war, a population Of about 5000; now &C
cording to recent enumeration, the popu-
lation of Galveston is near $4,000. Hous-
ton, q small city Of between five and six
thousand inhabitants, now numbers up
wards Of 10000. The trade of the south
western cities is said to be equal to that Of
New Orleans, population considered.
Gen. Sheridan, in o dispatch from New
Orleans to Gen. Grant, received on the 3D.,
states that the late riot in that city was
not the effect Of hastily congregated mob,
as has been represented, but was the result
of prcconcerted and prearranged plot Of
the rebels to slaughter the leading Union
men Of the State; and that there is evil
dence that the plan was concocted weeks
ago Sheridan also gives it as his opinion
that it is but the commencement Of the reb-
ell plan to rid Louisiana Of Union men. Of
ficers from the southwest say they are only
about 1900 United States troops serving in
Louisiana.
On the 3Oth ult. riot took place in New
Orleans on the occasion Of the meeting Of
the Constitutional Convention Of 1864. It
being understood that this body were in
favor Of extending the elective franchise to
negroes and trouble being anticipated, Pres
ident johnson had ordered the artillery,
under General Baird, to sustain the Con-
vention, and prevent its being broken up.
Reports vary rs to the first demonstrations
Of violence, some asserting that . process
sion Of colored men were attacked by
whites,-others that the negroes collected
in front Of the Hall and defied interference.
Il is certain, however, that the police under
the direction Of the Mayor forced their
way into the Convention. when the fighting
commenced inside and outside the building.
About thirty negroes were killed, hun
dred and fifty more wounded, and four
hundred more were marched off to Jail un-
der arrest. Several white men-soms eight
or ten-were killed, among them DR.. Dostie,
q prominent Union man and member Of the
Convention, and General Michael Hahn,
the Military Ex-Governor. After the fight
the troops arrived, and at the latest &C.
counts quiet had been restored. Martial
law had been proclaimed, and United States
regulars were patrolling the streets. The
members of the Convention, arrested by
order Of the Mayor, had been released by
General Baird. General Sheridan, the Di-
vision Commander, was absent on tour Of
inspection, but his arrival was looked for at
any moment. The number Of killed and
wounded during the massacre is stated by
some, as high as three hundred. Business
was of course suspended throughout the
city