Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1866-10-04
RGpabhean.
Further Details Ofthe New Or
leans MaSSaGrR.

made the same statement at the recent con-
ference at Laporte. and as Rev. Henry G.
Jackson was of this conference, and per
sonally known to many of the ministers in
attendance, it produced profound inn
preston. We commend. it especially to
the careful attention of the few prcfcssins
Christians who support the so called Dem
Ocratic party. g.
Being in this city, on business connected
with our work of church building i'm Mis-
sissippi, | take time to drop you line con
corning recent events here. Before this
reaches YOU, vOGr readers will have read
the history of the great riot, its causes and
consequences. | need not Te-write them.
Many of the horrors OF the terrible masSa-
ere of July Both have been told, but / have
seen and learned enough in the last two
DAYS to convince me that all the facts will
never be known. The city dailies, State
and city OlficialS-eXcept Gov. WellS-aid-
ell by the President, have combined to
deliberately diStOrt truth and hide facts.
and. il possible. cover up their shame; and
traitOrouS sheets of the North are helping
them. But perhaps enough will be known.
There are some facts. which. for the credit
of our common humanity. il may be well
to conceal. The names of many who suf-
fercd most have never been mentioned. y
competent military commission has the in
veStigation in hand. and in due time it will
he made public. and then il will be seen
that the horrors of Fort Pillow have been
equaled if not surpE ssed, in the Crescent
CITY.
1t is clearly evident that there was pre-
meditated and unprOvOkCd slaughter of
Union men and freedmen. Soon after the
riot began, the police had dispersed the
crowd outside the building. and all was
quiet within, and the police retired to Ca
nal street But they soon returned to as
sail the building and those in it, Twice
those inside surrendered and when the po-
lice were allowed to enter instead of pro
ceeding to arrest the members of the Con-
ventiOn, they fired ON them and shot them
down unfortunately and in cold blood.
AT last. rs If Sickencd with their own
slaughter, they stopped a moment, and
said: All not members of the Convention
(which only numbered twenty-Six in all
NAV pass out: our orders are to arrest the
members And the most hOTTid and heart
less butchery Of the rios was inflicted on
persons HCt members of the Convention. as
they were tkRs retiring. and after tie firing
IN The hall had ceased. DrS. DOstie and
Henderson were shot and stabbed iii the
building hall, while Mr.. Fish. Rev. Mr..
Horton. Professor Jackson, of our Thomp-
son Biblical Institute. and others were
wounded or killed as they were retiring
from the building after hoStilitics had ceas-
ed and ell had beCOmr quiet with
in The Most heartless butchery of the
negroes occurred as they were leaving the
building. The Times reporter says that
shot. dubbed. and cut &c pieces i,v The in
furiatcd police. was a sickehing sight
Scarcely one of them escaped
The name of Professor Jackson. of our
Institute here. Iaembcr of the Northwest
Indiana Conference. snd formerly Presi-
dent Of the StOckwell Collegiate Institute.
nowhere appears IN any of the secular press
reports Offhe riot. As an illustration of
the unrecOrIled horrors OF the terrible mas
sscre, propose giving report of his case
Us he stated Il on the night of that bloody
dav.
When the Convention for the third tine !
surrendered, and hostilities ceased in the
hall. there was a line of policemen formed
from the foot of the stairs all the way up.
and along the passage to the hall dOOr-a |
systematic. trcaCherously arranged gaunt- |
let, which every Union man in the building
must run, At the hall door police officer
said TO brother J.: You can pass out: we
don't want YOU; we only want the members
of the Convention. Pass on. you'll not be
hurt. Brother J. reached the stairs I'M
every one was permitted To do
and as he began 10 descend received
blow on the right eve and forehead from
policeman'S club; and then the cry was
raised: Kill him. Kill him. the id white
eli tlaf hall
entering under and little forward of the
right arm and passing out under and lit
tie back of the left arm. wOunding both
lungs in the passage. lie received other
blows from clubs * he partially fell and
clambered down the stairs Emerging from
the building below, a policeman seized
him. aiming a blow with a club as he did
so at the back of his head, but he so far
evaded the blow that il fell on the point
and back of his left shoulder. leaving quite
a severe bruise The policeman, still hold
ing him. called out, who wants a MANI
Here take this man to Jail Others cried
out: Hang him, shoot him, kill him.. n
couple of policemen took him. and, one
on each side, led him, bareheaded and in
the sun. several squares to the iail-erefs
step Of the ,ray beirg marked By his blond, As
thew passed along he was insulted. leercf.
licemen present their pistols to shoot linn
finish him as they called it-whieli they
would have done but for the rcmcnstrances
of those leading him. who CONSIDERABLY
replied: DO not waste your ammunition on
this fellow; he's fixed. Go TO the Mechan-
les Hall. and use Your powder where it is
more needed. At the Jail he was thrust
into low, filthy room. about twelve by
fourteen feet square. where were already
quite a number in the same condition with
himself. a dead body lay at the door,
over which he had to step TO enter, They
kept sending in wounded prisoners till
thirty persons about half of whom were
negroes. were crowded into that small,
filthy cell and the key was turned upon
them, and there they were left. wounded,
diving and some dead, without helping
hand or kind word or look, except what
each would beStOw upon the other And
in that condition, human ticnds stood with
out. tantalizing and hooking them. A dirty
cup belonging to the cell could be extend
shrough the grating to fountain OF mud
DIV Mississippi water with which the Jail is
supplied, and that was their only drink.
and no one to offer them even that. After
while Mr. Fish. and the Rev. Mr.. Horton
the latter inSenSibe-wcrc taken from
he cell. but brother Jackson was still left.
There was no place to sit or lie. but on the
floor of that cell, which had now literally
become pool of blood. Brother Jackson
wore very long beard, which had now
become saturated and clothed with blood
from the wounds on his forehead and face;
his clothes were in like condition from the
wounds in his body. lie was put in the
cell about one o'clock p m, and there re-
NAMED for eight hours, his family and his
friends knowing nothing of his whcrea-
bouts or condition. Twice did brother Hen
nv go in search ofhim but was denied adj
mission and was told there was no such