Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-08-03
were lying about the streets; that few
were arrested, as they were being rapidly

killed. fHl lof g9tIda lhNlfIt 1lr. VIZ
rspecial Dispst,hes to the New York Hsrald.l
WASHINGTON, July 81, 1S66.-The state
ment telegraphed from New Orleans TO the
Tribune that over two hundred persons were
killed in the recent riot In that eltyis an
absurd fiction, doubtless concocted for po-
litical effect, The President has received
| full official accounts Of the disturbance,
which are eorroborated by dispatches re-
ceived by gentlemen from New Orleans
now in the city. These accounts agrecitbat
but two white men--Dr. A. p. Dostie aud
John Henderson, ,Jr,r-weTe- killed. Gov.
Hahn aud Mr.. Shaw, a member Of the CQn-
veni0n. were wounded, The latter severely.
andmay not live. A child was also killed
accidentally. Twenty negroes Is the out
side number reported killed. srs7oi sa,i6ciI
The origin of the disturbance dates back
to the meetings of the Reconstruction COM
mittee of Congress last spring, and will be
fully exposed la q short time. The imme-
diate outbreak was caused by the overbear-
Ing conduct of the miscelaneOusiy armed
negroes called out by Governor Wells us a
military guard for the Convention. ls-I 4
Colonel DOstie positively denies haVing
sent any such dispatch 70, New Orleans as
Is attributed to him; but, on the contrary,
Ill WIN hTs hlukg vi buC ~ cW
OrIeqits Tines, and acting under the advice
Of the President, repeatedly and urgently
telegraphed from here, urging the people
inno particular to interfere with the as
sembling of the Convention. The President
has virtually deposed Governor Wells by
directing Hon. Andrew j. Heron, AttOr-
ney General of Louisiana, to preserve the
peace and take all necessary steps 60 put
down all revolutionary proceedin IS against
the existing State Government and order
ing the military forces OF the United States
to render him allneeded assistance.
The citizens OF Louisiana have very nu-
merously petitiOned the PRESIDENT for a
restoration Of the Provisional Government
or the establishment of a Military Govern
ment, and propose the name OF General
Gordon Granger for Military Governor.
The reassembling of the Convention was
opposed by Thomas j. Durant, one OF the
leading and most influential Union men In
New Orleans, and a Radical. The more re-
spectacle body of Union people opposed
the meeting ~ " Il w w
New ORLEANS, July 81, 1S66.-The fol-
lowing dispatch has just been received, and
will be promptly executed:
pc tH WAsHINdToN, July 30, 1866.
To AndreW j. Heron, Attorney General Of
louisiana:
You will call on General Sheridan, or
whoever may be in command, for sufficient
force to sustain the civitauthorities in sup
pressing all illegal or unlawful assemblies
who usurp or assume to exercise any pow
er or authority without first having OBJ
tanned the consent OF the people of the
State.
If there is to be Convention let It be
composed Of delegates chosen from the peo-
ple-of the whole State. ., "a. o.,
The people must be first consulted in
changing the organized laws of the State.
Usurpation will not be tolerated. j -
The law and the Constitution must be
sustained, and thereby peace and order.
7l2. rroN ANDREW Johnson
New ORLEANS, July 81, 1S66-The Grand
Jury have founda true bill against some
twenty-five members of the Convention,
but the writs will not be executed until the
city returns into civil hands. +. }jii
TWENTY-FIVE policemen in all, were
wounded yesterday, two of whom have
died. q, Captain Loup was wounded in the
leg. SThe Sergeant of the Con-
vention was also badly wounded. Many OF
the Conventionists aud others who are
wounded, will probably die.
More than two hundred arrests we're reg
istered, y esterday at the First District sta
tion, and proportionatenumbe were car
ried to the other district stations, all oi
whom, as was previously reported, iIave
been released by the Military Goyernment