The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1866-08-31
The -NeU Orleans Butchery.

Jus paper. we Hili tilc loilb"llH II lcllS
a very different story from the rebel jour
mails of the same city:
Monday was a tragic day in New Or
leans. In hroal daylight was enacted
scene for which civilization should blush.
and which hl, left an inetlaceabie >ti"ma
on this city any state, Dark he tIaJ lay
III the calendar of the south The Mas
sacre of For. Pillow. the brutality OF An
derSonvilIe. the base assassination OF Lin
coin and the murlerouS fury of the Mem
phi> mob are at length paral!e!el by the
incxcG>;ible slaughter iii New Orleans.
Even rebels are startled at the atrocitv of
their own deeds, and Union men. left
without protection and apparently aban-
doned by their government, are well nigh
in despair.
In this fearful butchcry several things
were painfully apparent:
|. The police AMI their leaders were
all. 81 far rs we know. cX-coni5derate>.
,. They were evidently animated hy
the same dark spirit ;lrtt broode,l at Fort
Pillow. AnIcr>onyiilc. anal in The fatal
tragedy OF the | lth Of April. 1865.
,. Their trenzicd race ALWAYS directed
Itself with mcri'ing precision against
Union men. Not there only. but ali
through the city, the cry WAS against the
Yankee and the .'nisecr :" AMI but for
the timely interference oi the military Il
more general massacre was immincnt.
t. There wa- intense satisfaction cx-
pressed that northern ministers haI been
put out of the WAY. Some boa~te'I thai
>ir had been disposed OF,
). Tie mos. iienli-h fury wa- mani
tested against the ncgrc,-. Men boa-icl
OF the nunloer they had slaughtered. and
seemed to feel >tr;.n.e pleasure in ti.e;r
satanic buicheric>.
t. While inIml2in@ in this hrlli>Il WINE
OF intoXica:iun. in worse iil:,n HcI-!.azzir
re.clry. .iLry PRAISED Andy johnson IL
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