New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-07-31

II is not often we have a. cad story as that told
in The TRIBUNE this morning. company OF AmeFi-
can csizens, holding representative positions IN
Louisiana, members Of a Convention elected IN
1864 BIZ the loyal people Of that State, legally Assem-
bling in pursuance Of a call Of the Governor, are
L~sogsd BIZ a mob and some Of them massacred.
riot in New-Orleans Is not an unusual occurrence.
Now it is not riot, but the uprising OF The Rebel
population against loyal citizens Of tho United States
engaged in the performance Of loyal duties.
The accounts we have are mainly from Rebel
sources-the agent Of the Associated Press in New
Orleans having boon, We are Informed formerly a
soldier in the Rebel army. His statements show his
full sympathy with the rioters. We told that the
outbreak was occasionally assault ola negro upon
a white mana white man having been pushed along
the sidewalk and tripped upduIing procession Con.
sderng how men arc frequently pushed and trppcd up
whenever a militia regiment paradcs oa Broadway,
we can imagine the extent Of the provoation Ieces-
sary TO excite Rebel maGnity. The action of Mayor
Monroe is more Ineligible. We see linn seriously
proposing TO arrest the mtmbersof the Convention
for DARING como together at the call OF the Governor
Then he issues proclamation which reads to rs like
an incentive TO riot. He begins By speaking of the
Convention the Extinction Convention OF 1864,
and specially calls upon the young men TO keep
quiet and not modest said Convention for he
is satisfied by "recent dispatches from Washington
that the deliberations of the Members thereof win
ceive no countenance from the President ard that he
wW sustain he agents yf he present GIRL governments
and vindicate its laws and acts The satisfaction Of
the good people Of tho State. In other words, every
Rebel in New Orleans is told by Rebel Mayor
that the President Of the United States Is In SYM
pathy with him; that the members of the Convention
are outlaws and not under Executive protection,
aud that whatever the Rebels might do TO vndicate
the Reconstruction Policy" would meet the Presi.
dents appreciation. Still do nothing scandalous!
Gen. Bards patriotic determination was promptly
overruled by dispatch from the President, Edwin
n. Stanton being Secretary Of War; Every Rebel
saw that the Mayor was sustained and that the Pre-
sidcnt was the Rebels friend.
Read the dreadful story! TIE Convention meets.
There are no soldiers in the assembly. The police
Rebel soldiers many Of them.-arc exemplary" and
try topreyent "lynching and mobbing." One prom
inent member-a citizen Of many years standings
dragged TO Jail. The President and members
gradually arrested aud imprisoned. a procession of
negroes approach. ."Some whites" sendcaEor' to
dsperse" them, but are "repulsed," Shots are
fred. "Three negroes arc killed on Dryades.st., and
two on Common-st." The Rebel mob surrounds the
hall where the members are in session. Aregular
siege begins. Every visible head in the building Is
fred Upon "Dr. A. 2. Dostie aud John Hcnder
son. b are brought out of the building Dead and ear
rled of in carts" The first was eminent physician,
the second we-known lawyer of New-Orleans,
conspicuous for their loyalty during the dark days Of
rebellion. They are carried of in carts, and II Is
doubtful if "many have gotten out Of the hall alive"
ALI this time Andrew Johnson President and Ed
win M. Stanton Secretary Of War!
We are telling this story as it is told by Rebels.
We can make but one comment For =" -
shed in Nvw-Urieans we hold the Executive
mower responsible. The President knew the
temper Of these men. Ite chad but TO recall
very few years Of his own history to find
himself flying before a mob like that which muir
dered A. f. Dostc and his loyal associates. These
rioters were precisely the mapner OF men that ires
dent johnson claimed to be. They were loyal ike
him. They opposed Secession as he opposed it, They
dared social ostracism and Rebel vengeance, not rom
the safe distance Of Washngton-nor as the armed
commanders u prplioS-hnt as 'ulan Citizens