New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-08-08
NEW YORK DAILY TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY, AUGUST $, 1866


~ NIL, had Tins become tic nnelons Ana ooering riot
ui.. a,iisse ront Of refuge FOR pseTo9s and tho
central object Of attack citizens Il Rebel soldiers in tho
Within few moments az 81 the inst s6ct balls began 10
strike the building andu der the impulse excitement
the members OF the C.yenOn ell sprang 10 their seh On
the appeal howeys Of some one cooler than the resi- ,hey
saned their sesi determined 10 await with dignity he eh'
pectei attack Presently rush was beard at The doc below
Every supposed this TO be body OF the police though
now knovp 10 have been party Of negroes running ron ,ne
suddenly down the street from the citizens
and policemen at the corner Of Canal Monenlsy therefore
expecting rush Of policemen into the Han to srot the INC W
words the proposition of Mr. Alfred Shaw ErSherh o.
New Orleans aud gentleman Of character prevailed ne
hrefors dtpuftd inform he police a Inside ts Hs 80
rsssoEcs pOsa Be made 10 any goi offers cialRg re r2h
male with this message ne passed out from the door
which he was desiined soon TO enter sgain
With white handkerchief In his hand he CROSSED me on
side passage and started down one of the winding s'ae
By this time strong body of the police had driven toe ne
groes from the front Of the Institute By sudden dash ana
dozen OF them gaining the baidDg were ruih9y oP ,ns
There's Shaw the scoundre shoot him down. Let me ~
him were the first eIcamaons and those osow sCney
he white HANDKERCHIEF take him 10 the station
Through the hubbub and scue shaw succeeded IN mans
them understand HE message. That's ngD 10. tbem su
render peaceaby" said some "Kil that ID scoundrel
Shaw exclaimed others Meantime two policemen eiLins
him firmly and forcing through the crowd anu
keeping asslan.s they succeeded in reaching the pave
ment Here a mingled mob Of eitizons, policemen and ne
were exchanging Shots rush made for Shaw the no
appeared in the custody CT the policemen and me e
was concentrated up0n him. Presently ball struck BIN N
shoulder and there indication mat IN monet
longer he would certainly be killed when INC pole
mon dodgine around corner hustled him OF 10 the aL
when, Without charge commitment wounded ana eA
hausted. he was thrown into cell -,r-..... ..,.oa
The firing continued about the Mechanics Institute spread
toward the river along Canal and Commonss and even
broke ont in the square back OF the Institute along o'o
deet The hghng negroes did not scatter ~ ihis way b
the mob followed every prisoner whom the policemen leu on
and attacked tight every negro fcnnd ID the anS
fred at along Carondeet In his masters sight momen,
later another uparmed negro belonging 70 one :"
tho
him. began 10 In an instant two poeemen ana reeoe
citizens after him. the policemen nrnS rs they ran
Five shots were fred the negro fell pierced with three
But this only the bypay and scenes were oeent
was sl the central Tcin The police aud citizens bad
Of the lower story and OF the stair cases Inc Sersesh
at Arms bercaded tho doors 10 the chambers Of the Con
yention Shaw out The police charge that the ne
groes lobby chamber began firing reo the windows
upon Of their force IN the street IL Is certain ttat
thew we're firing at the window Convention and that
the negroes the alleys and door yards were hrng at them
and that brekbats also freely lying considerable
number Of had joined the police force in and abont the
Institutes and crowds gathered at tie corners OF Cshs
were firing al or rushing upon the few prisoners brought
along. 49,
OF the Convention chamber aud broke them down The
"a oc ~ s, W. ,h1 entered The st,ackn~ party dc.
yered voley into the hudded mass OF members and Pea
tors which killed and wounded several ard received one
severely woundng OF the policemen and killing some
the citizens Eaoh side charges that the oher hfed nsI ana
whether from tie testimony Of participants or m the sonNu
of The Yoeys Il sooms impossible reach any other concia
sion than that they neatly quite simultaneous
There followed series Of short and bloody individual CON
fc Negroes shot down, members OF the Convention
wounded and arrested and the OF violence IN The streets
intensified enfod persons began 10 emerge nom Tue
Standing at this moment in the highest verandah Of Vieots
Restaurant looking directly down the street 20 the nsuts
was late Msi0rGcnerai Of the United States service ne
four policemen bear out the seemingly ecss oody oil ~
Do an earnest neeTe perhaps m1ae Is%De o. s
whose private character no charge was ever mAdc M neau
hung down M Il no. DRAGGED on me % pS Seh a.
Around bis DanlDae body nc crowd rushed ana
blaspbemed. laughed and cheefed AT last cart was
rhaobed and tho body was thrown no. Shes aoie
rush than previous was made and the rioters os
been Ta!ad a5o- bssdiS bod AID ne GsH1ai fs '0s hai
0as aHs hand dcse,adsd he caught ~ 9lsd y kAyt
and IL was everywhere received may square, OF even where
people scarcely become nhamed by he fever Of the mas
sacre with Of satisfaction and positive delight
Meanwhile returning from Canasi. up Csrondeet / hsd
ast secured place the verlbdsh Of iend room. nssr
Institute and donse mob crowded along tonnon - toNAtu
the ST. Charles Bol As hey approached We SoeI s sas
with knocked on with coat nearly torn om be thonde
with blood coited orer h head end about ni nee MN s
pay limpng ard partly leiLed s,os5 ~ sHc h ,,sd
States House OF Representative Governor OF Loufians
and United States senstor clact iron tle Iegsaure m
Iousana-he nan whom Abraham Lincoln eonhdentsly
wrote thai no suffrage mrlt vet IN hour q peril
help keep The isR Of Liberty 10 The family Of feedon
The city Jail lie scared thaa ha Is tho cool
Comment Of tho leading journal h 81 nor eS, IN ,u This
sad tragedy Tie bosier OF the Convention the nero VINO
dare and DE, Tor MS lev uofu hNf
sufrase had moi yet been found ArsIed ~ ,poes white
had been % eater tie Chamber before he opening O
The Convention since the firing began 81 negro bad
been cheeed no heart Of Convention member nfsed 10 SOU
Of policeman nnamed by tho radiant gh OF H. King Cutler
negro stabbed the chamber occupied only BY The police.
the other rioters aud the dead but stu tho hero was missing
ehimneT IL throat was nsrrow ard King Cutler tocy
large and instead OF being swallowed there 10 stuck
nondrscpi figure UP the street between
policemen and rioters al amused that fJr tie mouen, they
lost their appetite murder Republican OF DOT ksg Cne
boc Ills white hat ilmmed down over bis bisekoned
sud Ike bali painted tsip was already eprea
fore aud att lis white coat lung down oil black behind
His sparkling shirt front presented fitting stripe 10 CORES
pond The wasibnd Of his yolnmnon. pantocnseu alis
That was where he stuck and 30 must !.
The Convention had been thoroughly broken NJ an hour ego
III that the Of Mr. John q Monroe snd bic Rebel
soldier policemen The procession had been scattered
its leaders killed and dozens Of innocent negroes struck by The
same bapess fate II that their object But attn The
authorities and citizens continued tao riot.
his arm SScy passed lie ST. Charles Hotel Toar haeimen
pounced upon hin began beating the frightened resistant
word inquiry discharged every barrel Of his at
PROSTATE negro Who G KEPT s,y1g b. ~ I .ss 70
smaxement Of all every shot missed him But e1clameds
honor with those who know hi"t had pistol I'd have
killed the miscieaDt policeman"
Carts were constantly passing laden with the bodies Of
murdered negroes In counted sir many had and
three All srtsd eth laughter occeoRaiy sroksd
@ Now sSd men passed sSad. o
rush upon him he Of the cbno1ous Radicals
into the French quarter Of The city once OF twice reor
ganged and made charges the police in The hope Of
Ing acme Of their friends or nvenging their desh the
Of afternoon 20 and 30 polio thus
wounded The number on the other side car only be given BY
conjecture. Whenever negro either entirely peeceabe
BY accident OF from his comrades. found be pnr
sued and. II possible. shot.
One fell thus near the noted nineTysb0p Of Madame So
phie few doors below Blslocks bookstore. gentleman
far clothes and general deueanorsppei out from
the sidewalk and devoted minute two vigorously kick
ing the dead body. bysande made eIprs,son. OF
horror and Disgust when policeman turned sharp him
with Are you OF them He protested that he
not He lies" exclaimed another; hs YaHAss soidw 2"
that he