Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1866-08-17
The Rebel Riot at New Orleans.

we copy the following extracts from
the New Orleans correspondence, of the
N. Y. Times, who was an eye witness to
the inhuman atrocities he describes:
The mob and police filled the sidewalk
and the stairway of the building. Shots
were fired through the window from both
in and outside, and bricks, paving stones,
clubs, and other missiles were thrown
from both directions. A gentleman named
Fox came down stairs and was arrested
but on stating that he was merely spec
tator he was released and walked across
the street, where he shielded himself on
doorstep. From bis position he could see
inside the building he bad just left, and he
states that only one person after him came
out without being killed or badly wounded
as they came down stairs by the police
and the mob of rioters accompanying !
them. Gov. Hahn, who is lame and walks |
with crutch, was met on the stairs as he |
came down, and escorted out to the curb
stone oy two policemen. On reaching the
sidewalk he was surrounded by about
twenty persons who beat him on the back
of the head with clubs, and he received
severe stab in the back, also a pistol shot
from behind. 1t is probable that this
shot was fired by a policeman. On reach
ing Canal st. he was placed in carriage,
and under the charge Of Chief of Police
was taken safely to the lookup. He owes
his life to the chief and his squad, as they
prevented him from being lynched. Fish,
Henderson, Shaw and other members wore
treated likewise. On reaching the foot Of
the stairs they were beaten by the police
and the mob, and after being rendered
insensible were dragged off to Jail. An
; attempt TO lynch Fisk was made on Canal
: st., but the police in charge Of him pre-
vented it, although they nearly killed him
: themselves by beating him with the butts
of their pistols. But few freedmen were
arrested coming out Of the building, as
they were nearly all shot dead at sight,
\ The Rev. Mr.. Horton, clergyman from
II New Hampshire, now in charge of
I church in this city ctiiciatcd as Chaplain
of the Convention. heard his prayer at
the opening, in which he asked fervently
> that the lives of the members might be
:. spared, and thanked God that peace had
: been been declared in Europe, praying for
the same blessing in this country. In a
: habit peculiarly ministerial, one which
distinctly marked him as clergyman, he
: came down stairs with a handkerchief on
: his cane, intending to sure nder himself
peaceably. He was met, knocked down,
, trampled upon, kicked, and beaten nearly
to death while begging for mercy. The.
police and their rioting friends were his
assailants. DR.. Dostie, intending to sur
render himself, also came down, He was
shot, stabbed, and treated in the same
manner as Horton, although he employed
the ruflians TO take him prisoner and
spare his life. 1t is probable that both
Horton and Dostie will die. These de-
tails suffice to show how the arrests were
u made. r. King Cutler and Judge r. X.
Howell escaped without much injury, and,
d CHANGING to fall into the hands of humane
policemen, were conveyed to prison al
: most uninjured.
Standing in the door saw about 200
. men chasing one negro along the side
3 walk. Six policemen were nearest to
and in advance of his pursuers. They
emptied their revolvers into his back, and
finally another one, when he was near
enough to his victim to lay his hand on
L his shoulder, shot him in the head, and he
fell dead in an alley. Another freedman
: trying TO escape from the Institute was
u climbing over fence, when l saw him
u fall from policeman's shot. As he
J struck the ground at least dozen police
and rioters surrounded him and fired their
. pistols into his head and breast, at the
same time pounding him with clubs and
u canes. The blood flowed from wounds in
ms Scbpt covering fucc Dut
they continued their brutal assault until
y he breathed his last, although he several
J times raised his feeble and wounded arms
!, to gesticulate for the mercy his tongue
y could not ask for. 1 sa,c q schite man
u drap stiletto and strike IL into the heart
y Of a dying negro on Common ST. The
blood spirited out IN great red jets, stat,sing
a the niurdere,'s clothing, face and ha,,ds.-
He got up and displayed The CORY marks as
though they scere. proud emblems. of a
: praiseoorihy deed. These and other Incl
- dents achich I sa,o, suffice to show you
Z" how the freedmen were treated in ma
(. jority of cases. 1t is due to justice, how
ever, TO say that some of the policemen
treated even the freedmen with modera-
y ton, and rescued them from death at the