The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1866-08-01


fore; stated that serious riot was feared;
that the Governor had issued proclamation
calling an election to oil vacancies in the bo-
gus convention, and was in league with the
Republicans and asking if the President in
tended that the military forces of the United
States should interfere to prevent the execu-
ton of civil process, to which the President
replied from Washington as follows:
TO Albert W. Voorhees,, Lieutenant Gov
ernor OF Louisiana The military will be ex-
pected to sustain and not obstruct OF inter-
fere with the proceedings of the courts A
dispatch on the subject of the convention was
sent to Governor Wells this morning
ANDREW JOHNSON,
The Free State Convention met at twelve
o'clock on the S0th ult. Twenty-six men,
bers were present. There has been no inter
ference yet. The military will be ordered
out.
The police are behaving with the most ex-
emp,ary conduct trying to prevent lynching
and mobbing
W. R. Heth was drawn out of the Free
State Convention and carried to the lookup
by a double guard of police, amid cheers from
the populace and cries of Hang him." The
excitement is unbounded The President of
the Convention and the members thereof are
being arrested one by one and confined and
little more order and quiet prevails.
A procession of negroes, with flags, and
drums beating, marching towards the Me-
chanics Institute, were met by some whites,
who were repulssd after endeayoring to dis
perse them. Several shots were fired, but no
one was hurt
At lilo +. NJ. the most ia ense excite
ment-fring was going on in Canal, Com
mon, and Dryalls streets--two whites report
ed wounded
An immense police force was out using
all efforts to quell the riot.
A large number ofnegroes, armed in every
conceivable manner, but principally with
clubs, are assembled in front of Mechanics
Institute. The convention has not yet Or
gained, The proclamation is being well OBJ
served by the whites.
2.15 P M.--Outsiae the convention the
riot is suspended. The police have surround
ed the convention building An immense
crowd is outside the building, full Of ''the
convention and the negroes" The police are
trying to get the members of the convention
out, but the populace are very belligerent.
DR., A. P Dostie and John Henderson, Jr.,
have been brought out dead and carried off in
carts 1t is doubtful if many are gotten out
alive.
325.-On the meeting of the convention,
the pspulacs surrounded the building There
was an immense number of negroes inside and
outside. The police and the people quickly
became masters of the situation, and the
building was closely besieged
The inside party hung out flag of truce,
whereupon the police assembled the stairs to
protect the members, but no sooner had they
reached the ground when the mob outside
opened an indiscriminate fire. The white
flag was no longer respected, and every visi-
BILE head from the building was fired upon.
This work continues. 1t is not known how
many are in the building. Arrests continue
to be made and the crowd increases.
The Times extra says the act was casioned
ty one of the freedmen in the procession this
morning showing white man and tripping
him. The police supposed the man had been
struck, and advanced to arrest the supposed
assailant. They were met with volley of
pistols, bricks, &c, which at once induced a
general alarm, and hence the bloody tragedy
that has been enacted,
The excitement has now greatly subsidized,
and the utmost order prevails. Mayor Mon
roe, previous to the riot, had an interview
with General Baird, asking assistance. The
General consented, but the troops came after
the disturbance was over. The great mass of
good citizens lay the whole blame upon Gov.
Wells, who, they say, provoked it by his
proclamation converting the convention Of
1864
The city is now perfectly quiet. The
crowds on the different streets near the con-
yention building have been dispersed at the
point of the bayonet, and artillery has been
planted within sweeping range.
Gen Baird has issued a proclamation de-
claring martial law Richard Genes, the only
child of DIR. Genes, was killed accidentally,
the only white person killed. All the rest
| killed were negroes. All is now quiet, and
every citizen has retired to his home
The four prisoners at Charleston sentenced
by military commission to be hung, and re-
proved by the President, and whose attempt
ed liberation on writ of habeas corpus occa-
stoned the recent conflict of authority be-
tween Gen. Sickes and the United States
District Court, were quietly removed on Sat-
urday night by a steamer under guard from
Castis Pinckney. Ths military authorities
refuse any information concerning their
whereabouts The impression prevails that
they were sent North, out of the jurisdiction
| of the court.
The cholera has recently appeared in Ant
werp. 1t is regarded as an epidemic thers.
The Philadelphia Board of Health report
for Sunday and Monday show II cases Of
cholera, and deaths
Fourteen cases of cholera and four deaths
were reported in New York on Monday three
deaths are reported on Black wells Island; IA
cases and eight deaths in Brooklyn are re-
ported; and cases and deaths have occur
red in Kings county penitentiary
The Rio Grand Valley is quiet aud trade is
rsviving. The French at Monterey Number
4,OOO and hold all the interior The Libe-
rails are buying up all this arms ana accoutre-
ments sold by the United States at auction in
Brownsville, The steamer Exact from Brit