The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-08-08
Tel. Cor. of The Cincinnati Commercial.
New Orleans Riot

New ORLEANS, July 3O-7:s 80 p. m.
The massacre is over for the present.
The military, headed by Gen. Baird
in person. at A o'clock, took possession
of Canal-st. and cleared the street from
Dryades to St. Charles, also the latter
streets to common. A regiment of in
fantry and battery, headed by band,
are, while | write, parading the city.
Gen. Sheridan has not yet arrived, while
he is most anxiously looked for. There
is general Indignation among Union
men-even the most moderate-at Gen.
Baird, whose dilatoriness has sacrificed
so much life. a.
1t is now understood to have been
a concerted plan Oh the part of the Reb-
els, among whom the Presidents dis
patch was known yesterday morning.
At the tap of a fire bell the rioters left
their business, having lately purchased
revolvers, to meet and be led by the po-
lice who were also armed to the teeth.
All rushed toward the Convention,
breaking down the fences on Barronne-
St, in the rear Of the capitol, which
was surrounded by force of police.
They then ran into the building, and
while the crowd outside were firing in
to the windows, climed the stairs inside,
their leader shouting Rally, boys, raj
ly" and discharged their pistols into
the Representative Hall, where there
were at that time but Is Conventioners
lit being during the recess) within the
railing, and about IS negroes in the lob
by, all of whom, in the hall FRUSTRATED
themselves to escape the shots. As
soon as the pistols of the police were
emptied the besieged 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
Capt. Burke, the gallant Chief of Police
deposed by Monroe, went out and
fought his way hack to Barronne-st.,
escaping with shot in the 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 a white handkerchief, asked
for himself and the rest to surrender.
He was fired upon, hit by the shot in
the forehead, then seized and beaten rn-
til he was insensible by the mob and
police. One after another the members
of the Convention in the hall waved
their handkereheifs, protesting that
they were unarmed, and wished to sur
rendet. Yet not single arrest was
made in the hall, but each man, as he
came out, hoping to escape the certain
| fate threatened him if he remained, was
seized and brutally handled by the POI
lice.
Poor Dostie pleaded for his life He
was Union exile, but by his kind
treatment to Rebel families in the alb
| sence of their protectors, he had en-.
deared himself to many, even of his po-
litical enemies. Beside the sufferers
have named in former dispatch, DR.
Hine was shot in the head and stabbed
in the side. / can, as yet, give you nc
estimate of the number killed and woun
ded, which, though the riot lasted
scarce three hours, and seemed to be
confined to a few streets, must put the
Memphis affair far in the shade.
DR.. Dostie is not yet dead. He lies
at the Hotel Dleu. / have just seen
him and pressed..his hand. He returned
the pressure, and whispered, smiling
that 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 far gone, but his
strong soul and powerful will may
bring him through. In the next ward
at the same hospital, spoke with S. S
Fish. a brother of the conventioner, wht
as dispatched yesterday, was wounded
and imprisoned. This fine young maj
is a lawyer, and the same who read thu
Declaration ofIndependence at the I'm
ion celebration on the Fourth. He hal