Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-11-16

the station house. and under a sitting
load of dead and wounded negroes, his
stomach crushed in By blow from a
heavy plank He was taken to the
Marine Hospital.
Furious with the taste of blood, the
police and their fellow thugs ragged up
and down some of the streets Of the
city, calling out the names of the well
known lOyallst, declaring their Inten-
ton to slaughter every loyal man In
New Orleans In the midst Of the
excitement and carnage, however, the
/ bayonets of federal troops appeared,
and further murder was prevented.
/ The mob dispersed, and the blood
stained streets, and battered windows,
and mufHed grOans from distant hos
pital wards alone testified to the hor-
( rors Of the Both of July.
As the hours of that bloody day
I passed, the wife of Mr.. Horton waited
at her home, five miles distant, for his
return. Three o'clock came, the lin
I it he had set for his absence. She
looked long and anxiously to catch
/ glimpse of him approaching along the
| familiar street. He did not come,
and her anxiety grew to alarm. To
add to her terror, a breathless messeu-
ger arrived at her residence and warn
ed her that she would not be safe there
that night, for trouble had happened
at the State house, and the secession
lists were searching for all the Union
lists IN the city aud suburbs. Hastily
summOning the negro servant, she told
him to bar the doors and windows.
and with a few hurried preparations.
then set off for the city to learn the
fate of her husband.
Having formerly boarded with a
Mrs E, she made her way first to
her house, and made known her anx-
ious errand. She was told of the riot
and massacre, and at once feared the
worst Several young men who board
ed at the house volunteered to search
for Mr.. Horton. They returned late
in the evening, but could give her no
news save that he had been wounded
They dared not communicate their own
convictions of his fate.
Only the darkness of the dangerous |
streets and the restraint of friends pre- |
vented the almost distracted woman
from going forth that night to con
tinue the search herself. As it was, |
the night brought no sleep to her eyes, !
and soon it was morning she started |
on her sad errand.
Information had been received /
through the city papers that Gen |
Baird, the military commandant, had /
released all who had been arrested |
and confined by the police, giving the !
name of her husband among the rest. |
and stating that he had returned home |
Acting on this representation she went /
alone to CarrOllton, but only to return |
bv the next train. He was not there. |
Without waiting for breakfast she set |
off for Gen. Baird's headquarters a |
Methodist clergyman, Mr.. Henry one
of Mrs. b. s bOarders. insisting on be- /
ing her company.
No sooner did Gen. Baird see Mrs.
Horton and know who she was, than /
he EXPRESSED much surprise that her
husband had not been seen, and told |
her he had ordered his release. Perhaps
she would find him at the City II all. !
To this place she Immediately went. |
but she searched in vain. He had not
been there. She then hurried TO the
First Police Station, determined to
wiring from the brutal officers a con
fessiOn of what they had done with
her husband Entering the Office, she
forced her way within the rails, and
asked the clerk what had been done
with her husband. The man declared
that preacher Horton" had been sent
nv him to the Charity HOSPITAL, and
she at once hurried hither. Again she
was disappointed. He had not been
seen there THE truth was, the cart
which carried Mr.. Horizons body had
stopDed there. and been sent away. as
It appeared to be occupied only by
blacks.7 The horrible idea now sug-
gested itself to the afflicted woman
that her husband had conveyed away
with a load Of dead bodies, and had
been buried alive, but, as a last resort
she determined to visit the Mari ne
Hospital. This was in a low and dis
tant part of the city, and devoted en-
tirely to negroes, and she could not
have believed he would be carried
there by his worst enemies, but at a
| friends suggestion sought the place,
/ still accompanied by Mr.. Henry.
Arrived at the gate, she was refused
/ entrance, but catching glimpse of
DIR. Harris, the head surgeon, whom
| she knew, she called to him, and ask
/ ed If her husband was there. DIR. Har-
/ ris could give her no positive assur-
ance, but Immediately ordered the ser
want to admit her. Forgetting her
WEAKNESS In her JOY that her long
quest had at last succeeded, the faith
/ full woman had bounded up the steps,
and without waiting to be directed,
rushed In among the patients, found
out her husband, and sank exhausted
upon his bosom. What a spectacle J
/ The form she loved, a bruised and
helpless mass of flesh and blood, his
/ head swollen to the size of two, his
/ left arm useless, and his right shatter-
ed and mangled He moved perpetu-
ally about with the restless, nervous
| gestures Of q dreaming infant So
| badly trampled and beaten was his
/ head and face that his eyes were blind
1 ed, and painful retching, produced
1 BY the injuries to his stomach, obstFuc-
/ ting his breath and speech. But
/ through all the anguish and darkness
of his wreck he knew his wife. That
/ she should have recognized him is a
miracle to all who not understand the
/ inspired sagacity of a Wife's affection.
wipe my face, Emma, he gasped,
as if she had been bending over him
ever since he fell.
Worn and broken hearted the poor
woman sat down by her husbands side
and tried to strengthen herself for the
task of soothing and comforting his
last hours, for she knew too well that
he could not live. Nineteen long hours
she had searched for him, and now to
find him thus
Few comforts could be found in that
hospital, though the attendants, seeing
her distress, evidently meant to treat
her kindly. Up to this time the
wounded man had lain In the warden S
room, but on the next morning, which
was Wednesday, he was removed to
more airy apartment, Yhe ODeratiOn
of trepanning was then performed on
his head, though with little hope of
permanent benefit Wnen this was
over, and the burden upon the brain
was thus relieved, the sufferer looked
up and repeated /:
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