Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-11-24
From the Philadelphia Waterman and Reflector.
MARTYRED.

MARTY RED.
THE NURDER OF REV. J. W. HORTON AN INCL
DEN OF THE NEW ORLEANS MASSACRE.
Goodbye, Emma" he said, IL shall
not be gone long. 1t can't take more
than ten minutes to open the convention,
and then l shall come home right away.
Look for me at 3 o'clock at farthest," and
the young pastor kissed his wife and bur
ried away.
The day was destinedto be one of the
most memorable in the annals of hu-
man wickedness s;ncestbe famous St. Bar
tbolemew's. The meushers of the Union
convention had looked forwardsto it with
apprehension. The XIV that Il spirit
Of the late rebellion Ill SURVIVED In New
Orleans, and they could not hope tn<t they
would be permitted assemble Without
some molestation fro66k1isordeEa4 indivi-
duals, but they had - suspici6y that the
masses of the city would rise against
them, organized for deliberate bloodshed.
They did not know that all the arms had
been bought uphill the gun shops con
tanned not so much as a pocket-pistol.
They did not how that the Mayor had
telegraphed to the President that there
would certainly be a riot, and received
the assurance that the military would not
interfere with the civil power. They did
not know that the police force had been
increased by the addition of a gang Of
bloodthirsty men, and that the municipal
authorities had agreed upon signals, and
arranged to begin the riot themselves.
Watched by no suspicion, and awed by
no Buffers strong right hand, the conspi-
rators were suffered to perfect their pre-
parations, and when the morning of July
30th dawned, tb( Feacherous officials ap.
peared at the 81 on-houses, full-armed,
and awaiting Mhe opportunity for their
bloody work.
The pastor Of the Coliseum Baptist
Church, Rev. lothian W. Horton, had
been requested to open the convention
with pray Moved by the warmest
Christian apathy tor the freedmen,
this young NV England minister had
gone to the nth with bis wife, to give
bis best 9 lies to their welfare. He
was . mar sincere piety aud a large
heart ; pure q a little child, self-denying
where duty ras concerned to an extent
that often made him suffer, and so peace
able that though repeatedly insulted, and
even once red upon, and though. con-
scious that he was fatally marked by the
malignant disloyalists, be never would
60 armed. -...f
- AFTER taking leave of his wife, Mr..
On proceeded to the ours, from his
ssesidence in CarroltoD, to the city. Ever
apt to look hopefully on the worst pros
poets, and slQx to suspect evil of his fel-
low-men. he I'D felt no fears of injury
for this q Beyond perhaps forcible sci.
zure and commitment to the parish pris-
on.
The Hour arrived for opening the con-
vention, and Mr.. Horton stood up to of.
fer prayer just as the clock struck II.
Stronglysand fervently the words came
up, b~reAthing petitions for the peace of
his country aud the deliverance of the
oppressed. God heard him, but with that
prayer His servants work ended, and
then He gave him for a little while to
wrath Of His enemies, that He might
make the wrath praise Him. Immediate
" on the sounding Of the hour of noon
from the city clocks, and simultaneously
With the opening of Mr.. Horizons prayer,
the armed police fled out ofathe diieren,
stations, 300 strong, and marched "a
ward the Institute. Some of them en-
tered the hall during the prayer,
in the mean time rapidly con 2
around the door, and hardly had the 1000
TAI uttered the closing "amen,n wLer
y miscreant fred a bullet at his head. +"
There could no longer be any doubt 81
the intentions of the officers and mob
The latter assaulted the windows, and
rushed in at the door. "Kill him /! xii
him y they yelled. "Shoot every cursed
yankee in the house I" Just then al
the bells in the city began to toll. It was
the %preconcerted signal Of slaughter, anG
now the horrors of the day began.
The disloyalist r%ufiians rushed in with
pistols, knives and clubs, and commenced
their appointed work of murder. Resist
ance was hopeless. The convention
broke up in the widest confusion, som
of its.members falling dead and Others
MORALLY wounded in the hall, while a few
who could, fed. The Union men saw
that they were doomed. Instead Of pro
tecting them and arresting the rioters al