, 1866-08-08
THE NEW ORLEANS HORROR.
Graphic Account by An Eye
Witness.
PRELIhQEARIES OF TIE RIOT.
Stckenlng Details Of Cruelty.

Sfcken1nG Details Of Cruelty.
Special CoEresp pondence fthc Cincinnati Gazette.l
New ORLEANS, July 81.
In spite Of promise to the physicians to
avoid newspaper writing, and Of promise
to myself to avoid wearing out welcome
always too kindy given 6y the readers Of
yesterdays work. Necessity Is upon me, as |
upon every honest man able to reach the |
avenues Of public opinion, to tell that which |
my eyes haye seen and my ears heard Of the |
latest rebel Eictory in this city and the men !
who organized IT,.
For It was no drunken bsawl, or low street |
fight that clothed the hoors Of Mechanics
Institute with gore, and filled the carts that
hauled dead men like freshly slaughtered
ernor Of Louisiana, for whose Inauguration
Banks cannon thundered their choral salute,
md Abraham Lincoln gave public thanks,
dragged, lame as he *as, for two squares
through hooting mob that, graced BY such
ed approval from yerandahs above, shouted
md chccred, while the paroled rebel soldiers,
wearing the uniform Of the police Of New Or.
leans, roughly jerked him forward, aud the
rioters from behind shot at aud cut nt and
ders were dripping with the fresh aow-
sons, assuming the selcctest places in
the aristocratic society of the city, 1eapcd
upon the liteless bodies Of freshly murdered
sight Of the Clay statue, and crushed nesh
anl bones with their heels. Cheers and
laughter greeted m express wagon that
passed tile corner Of Carondclet and Com.
mon, containing tile bodies Of six murdered
ncgrncs, lleapcl up one upon another till the
wagon body wonld hold no more. The man
for whose tnnrdcrous career no fitting terms
could be found, till, years ago. the citizens,
by common consent, borrowed name from
King Of the Thugs. led body Of ltty paroled
rebel soldiers In tho uniform of policemen to
| the charge upon the "Conycntton and the
| negroes" Is 1t not right to Gull such scenes
and such triumpl's rcbcl ylcsory:
And set one nluat not CONCEAL the fact
that the men against whom their attack was
| primarily directed were poor representa-
lives Of the Union element, and were en-
| gagged Ill al undertaking OF questionable lc-
| guilty.
The Convention Of 1854, elected under the
hanks regime, WAS always o. shabby body.
Without man Of commanding ability, or
many excepting mere pot-louse politicians,
| We have since seen that 1t was not without
leaders lacking principle as much rs they
lacked rcspcctability. It refused to or
Is nov. so anxious, betrayed the true Union
men like Durant and Flanders, give Itself
over to shameless steallnss and corruptious.
Furthermore, its wosk was long ago accom-
plfsllcd Its adjonrnment was, BY members
md public alike, considered final; its Prcsl.
dent could not be induced to call It together
agatn, md the best lawyers and trucst men
Of the Eadcal party In New Orleans secuted
the possibility Of Its now resumipg legal
exiStcnsf; NJ But nobody doubted n t.e ansolute
ings rs they pleased. md set up as many
crazy. prctensions US they pleased, SO long ii
they kept the peace and broke no laws. For
tunately, the right of American citizens Il
assemble together docs not flud its founda
tion in tue opinions Of New Orleans rebc
Judges, or the wishes of New Orleans rehe
policemen.
At the closing session Of the last Congress
two OF the conspicuous movers in the eflor
to reassGmele +; 9l TIE conyention were claimant;
they bud been duly elected By the Legi*la
ture. The whole Conservative party d.
nlandcd their admission, and when Charlie
Sumner aud Ben. Wade rcsortea to 1lllibus
tcring to prevent II, the denunciation was al
most universal. AftsrwaEd, one ofthcse Sen
ators elect, Mr. R. King Cutler, published nj
| address TO his constituents, demanding com
pcusation for the enlancipatcd slaves! Now
the wind having shifted, rs he thinks, lie ha
been demanding universal negro suffrage q
Under his lead, and that Of other more re
spectacle men, a temporary President VA
: induced to Issue call for the Convention I
reassemble, and tEo treble traitor, Gov
: Wells, to Issue PROCLAMATION for an clectio
, to I'LL vacancies. On Friday evening mas
l meeting was held at the Convention buildin
| (thc Mechanics 1nstitute,) and def1an
! spcccnes were made by Cutler, Or. Dostit
J Judge Hfcstnnd and others. Next day th
. clty was oil atlame. The papers rcporte
5 that incendiary speeches hnd been made
Q and It was in everybody's mouth that Dl
c Dostie and King Cutler had advised the NJ
: grocs to arm Themselves on Monday. an
1 Stand by the Convention that vas goins
t Stub md DESTROY their enemies. '1''
: 1 was present at The latter part of th
c meeting, and heard most Of the objection
= able SPEECHES. but heard nothing of III
Kind. The lrmand for negro suffrage e. 81
the great feature Of the Evening, Threat
had 6ccn made that the Convention shout
i b. broken up, and lis friends mot negroes :
such, but IN geucral, tits iricnds'7) WEI
urged to be present and protect it from Vi,
:. lelcc. There was some excitement an
l. much enthusiasm; but neither. the speech,
J, nor the tone Of the crowd struck me as MOI
: meetings..
= About eleven O'Clock at night, however,
J. he hixea e9 procession, whites ana negroes; ha
:, e eE rhor1as ALIEN 4areaG9 ~, w Sanai an
-. t,'.;nn stseets: - "us antslanrtea o!ls
VI rnnts tm ia aIm as ghosa % %prsah'os isoi Il Il
l. | disturbance ou+ f,f tba Ct rHots Af4cr tb,s
ms NH H. 4,ro,,,nnnt w 1S ~ H. e1s
l. r..nt;on +i,t II, Ia, .t,arc ,to .onro,' eme wv
n nont r;nt nn nn,,,, ~, ti,at - !. ~ ~
Y w., rc,,c's w,i5 s,,tFayr' """ '1'as - A. u
~ Xii ,1ov Sat"r11sr an, sup,,o,. ma, +o,,,,
/ of tI;s E.ro3ut;omorS mccs;nm md % H. ro,,
T. Wnnd"r tio int,n ,nn,motnrr s1,esebos ~ nni
70 -. ~ ~ ..n.t'.,Iis ~ t.s 9Heetnso unu :,
!. chnsei in iar"c nml,srs anI e~er,.,ipoi w" ~
=. seemed nrcnarin-. Suniinv nioht H., rch
i. Mavnr og tbr citS ,1r. Iohn r Nnnrac 1Sv sa,
il - X Drv Tortnm,s Ir Rntic- ciacta1 Z, ~ y
+ Sfavora1ty br The reY5nci 1ci,ei sojdirs =" =.
reward tar s,3s sntferinrs ond esncc;af1r y. y.
q 1,nnci liz tl,c Prcsf,irnf thot liz n,rh4 az M
u mon The dutiss nf his of1,ce co1i,
~ nrfcntc naci,nC ~ consnit s.I', =,
II Trosidnnt hal hnn5 tnlorro n1'cI that y
It conrartion roc nha,t ~ napsar'1,,o -; H.
enco ~ t}a cn,rts T., donanoc -, - ~ :;
y cho11c ~ In,,-o is,1f h, r.o+t', ~ ~ =!
sT ~ t1s. s.rond H., ~ y H. ps,u5 oso ;u wv ~ w
o. W tns anu JuIy ~ " ~ ;,ai yHect - taat LUZ
Or assemp'age wouio & " fioaeion aec, VI !he oa
=; n he ptinasheu as perjury. The tresideut h;
~ ~ replied that TUG EilitarS would SUSTAIN
r. IT, civil courts. Coneeivin. everything to
Eo~ u ,as1r own Gwn hanas te r rebel hMslo
q. the Convention ana ;nG ;1,ss.-~crs.'
ty NfontI,v mor,,;nT cvcrrG6dr tn2kad aho
ID uthe r;o, tint ras tn comc m to.iav
d Some business houses were never opened
g g ali, Or were closed by nine O'Clock. 7
a
e tIon seemed TO bc awaited Is lie signal
he tic expected outbreak. Rcspcctabie rel
e, citizens earnestly advised theEr friends r.
eh rxcrr strnn.,crs IL fi,n cIfv mi IL hc in1nc
r. e lie hail ofthc Convention. and assured The
OF f1,af they knew there wonId he h1nndshcd
h. tw.s1vn o,cincE Canai and S;n1nu,
e. streets. between which the Mechanics Ina