Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-08-02
NEv ORLEAvs, july 30. 1:3O P M.

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I, military, headed by General Baird in per-
son, at half past four O'Clock. took posses
sion of Canal street, and cles-ed the street
from Dryades to st. Charles, also the two
latter streets TO Common. A regiment of in
fantry and battery, headed by band are,
while l write, parading the city. General
Sheridan has not yet arrived, while he is
most anxiously looked for. There is gener-
81 indignation among Union men-even the
most moderAte-at General Baird, whose di-
latoriness has sacrificed SO much life.
1t is now understood to have been con-
cocted plan on the part of the rebels among
aChom the Presidents dispatch 1cds kuo,Cn yes
terdqy morning. At the tap efd Jire-BeH tie
rioters left their business, hariHq Iately pur-
chased rerolrerS to meet and be led by the police
lVto acre also armed to the teeth. All rushed
towards the Convention, breaking down the
fences on Barronne street, in the rear of the
Capitol, which was surrounded by q force
of police.
They then ran into the building, and
while the crowd outside were firing INFO the
windows, climbed the stairs inside, their
leader shouting, "Rally, boys, rally" and
dischal ged their pistols into the Represen-
tativo Hall, where there were at the time
but fifteen conyentionists- lit being during
me recess within tie railing and . h.lz[
whom, in the hail, prostrated themselves to
escape the shots As soon as the pistols of
the police were emptied the besicged rose
and drove out the assailants with chairs, at
the same time barricading the doors. Then
r. King Cutler called upon all those who
had arms to leave the hall. and Captain
Burke, the gallant Chief of Police, deposed
by Monroe, went out and fought his way
back TO BarrOnne street, escaping with
shot in his side.
The fury of the besiegers increased, the
barricade was broken and pistols were again
discharged Then 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 oy the shot
in the forehead, then seized and beaten till
he was insensible by the mob and police.
One after another the members of she 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 if he remained, was seized
and brutally handled by the pslice.
Poor Dostie pleaded for his life. He was
Union exile, but by his kind treatment to
rebel families in the absence of their pro-
tectors, he had endeared himself TO many,
even of his political enemies.
Besides the sufferers have named, in q
former dispatch, DR.. Hine was shot in the
head and stabbed in the side.
l can, as yet, give you no estimate of the
number killed and wounded, which, though
the riot lasted scarce three hours, and seemed
to be confined to few streets, must put the
Mem Dhis affair far in the shsde
The Mayor has issued pToclamstion,d de-
elaring the riots to have been precipitated
by the revolutionary faction, and calling on
the citizens TO enroll themselves as extra
police. At half-past sig five hundred had
enrolled, and the eountersign given out TO
them for the night is General Hardee."
SECOND MISUNDERSTANDING OF A WOUNDED
CoEYENTIosIsT.
DR.. Dostie is not yet dead Helies at the
Hotel Dieu. have Just seen him and
pressed his hand. He returned the pres
sure, and whispered, smiling, THAI he
should not die. His worst wounds are in
the abdomen and spine. His neck is badly
cut behind, and now much swollen He is
quite far gone, but his strong soul and pow
erful will may bring him through.
In the next ward ct the same hospital, I
spoke with S. S. Fish, brother of the con
Ventionist, who, as 1 dispatched yesterday,
was wounded and imprisoned. This fine
Young man is g lawyer, and the same who
read the Declaration of Independence at the
Union celebration on the Fourth. He
hos three revolver 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
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surrender, ! made my way out OF the door
10 the landing at the head OF the stairs
where met a young man in citizens dress,
armed with club, whom l 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 10 u police
man who stood near the stairs, and begged
him TO take me prisoner, that my life might
be saved. He made no reply that I REMINDER
OF, but PuShs9 no fross The landing and forced
ne TO descend tbe stairs alone. AT the bottom,
1 was encountered by two citizens, who at
tackled me with their fists. l broke from
them, ran to pliceHG1l on the pdUemeHt and
5sQqed aim TO protect 1ac. He EROcked me
d0tca Isith his TFu0lUcT. l, rising, much
stunned but conscious, ran t0lsard' another
policeman lohom I SGlo IA the center Of the
street, calling on him 10 SuUe me. He replied
LyraigiHg his rsuolUer and taking deliberate
aim at me- Jut 1ghieh Of niy aoounds he oGUe me
I can not tell, as fell 10 the ground for a
moment, senseless. The nextI remember
was between to policemen, who took me
through Common, Carondalet and Layfay-
cite street 10 prison. All along Common
and carondalet streets respectfully dressed,
apparently business men, came out of the
stores, and, standing on the pavement, cried
9 Kill him the d-d Yankee-white mig
gerP was kept in a cell for some time,
| laid on a plank, unable to get release on
bail, till Judge Hart came and had me re-
moved TO the parlor above, and from there
l was brought here"
General Lee, General Banks Chief OF
| Cavalry. and Colonel Wentworth, represen-
| tatives elect Of the Louisiana freedmen,
| tell US that Mr.. Shaw, a member of the
Convention, and who, as l dispatched yes
! terday, was shot in the shoulder and i'm
prisoned. on returning to his room at the
St. Charles Hotel, last night, after being re
leased, was refused admittance by Mr.
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 Black Republican.
Colonel Warmorth, who has also been takiDg
his meals at the St. Charles, says that OF
hearing this from Boyd, to whom he a
once applied for the truth, he demanded hi
bill, when Mr.. Boyd took occasion to sa,