The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-08-29

Bowen, 1. j. 6tfPp, In0s GIbDs, Capt. Jos.
Hamilton, DR.. J. @. Carson, S. T. Feather
ston.
On motion, it was agreed that the Hender-
son Pioneer be requested to publish the pro-
ceedings of this meeting.
L. J. PACE, Chm'n.
LEVI JONES, Sec'y.
An Account Of the New Orleans Riot
BY Gen. A. L. Lee, of Kansas.
Gen. Bairds Rssponsi6ility-tAe CARRIED Des-
patches Of Gen. Sheridan Nindicated.
Gen. Alfred L. Lee, an officer of Cavalry
under Banks and Sheridan, was witness to
the massacre in New Orleans, which he late
ly described in speech to his fellow citizens
OF Leavenworth, Kansas, prefacing his &C
count with some personal experiences of the
Willingness of the Rebels to accept any
terms" shortly after the war, and their pres
Northerners. In the following. he alludes to
the .garbled extracts" from General Sheri-
dams dispatches, published in the Copper
head papers,
Let me narrate to you some of the scenes
of that day. My rooms happened to be
about a square from the scene of the slaugh-
ter, and could see very much of it. Cap
tain Loup, a captain of the First New Or
leans Infantry, who had just been mustered
out, was standing one block from me- He was
approached by two policeman, one placed
his pistol at his back and shot him down,
and the other stabbed him in the side, Sc
curing his immediate death. There was
noble man who represented the radical senti-
ment of the city-Dr Dostie He was not
member of the Convention, but he was in the
hall. He attempted to escape. When about
half block from the Capitol building he
was struck with brick and knocked down.
Policemen were standing near, but instead
0fEffstfng the assaaIteTs Tiny mapped up to
Dr. Dostie and deliberately fired into the
body Of the defenseless man. A citizen STAN
ding by drew his sword from his cane and
thrust it into his body Still the doctor was
not dead, and was dragged by the police
through the crowd and placed in q common
dirt cart. / saw this myself One police
man sat On his body, and one sat near his
head. The poor man attempted to raise his
head, and saw the policeman raise his re-
volver and strike him on the face and mash
his nose fiat. That noble man died.
Istood on my balcony and looked on that
crowd of four hundred policeman, maddened
with liquor and drunk with fury, assisted by
iremen and thugs assisted by two hundred
or three hundred citizens, on this field day
of slaughter. saw passing IN innocent
black man, with market basket on his arm.
He was met by knot of policemen. They
said, "You are from tile hall, are you2" He
said, mo" They said, eyes you are" He
started torun. policemen ran after him,
and as many as dozen bullets were shot in
to his body before he tell. A citizen then
stamped with his heel on his face, and he
was beaten to death with clubs.
Within five minutes after this, sawa po-
liceman approach black man, and, putting
pistol to bis back, shot him down. About
ten minutes after, great, coarse brutal ruff
fan approached and kicked the dead black
corpse While he was kicking the corpse a
strict car passed, in it was bright yellow
woman, she put out her head to look, and
this ruffian raised his hand and struck her on
the face.
Another little chapter in the scene There
is in New Orleans, as in most other large cit
les, baggage and transfer company. A re-
turned officer of our army was an officer of
one of these companies He told me his of
fee being near the scene of the riot, the po-
lice came to him and said they wished his
baggage wagons to bear away the dead
They seized them, and he said he saw them
repeatedly throw six and eight bodies, black
and white, into one wagon and carry them
of. He told me of one scene in particular
Eight or ten men had been thrown into a
wagon. Two of the first who had been
thrown in (black mem were not quite dead,
and the shock revived them They endeavor-
ed fecbly to push from them the recumbent
mass of corpses. A policeman saw it; he
leaped into the wagon with the expression,
"G-d-you, will fix you so you will be
still, = and with his revolver very deliberately
blew out their brains.
Another negro was shot down onthe street
and had been left for dead. He laid there
until notice of him had ceased. Apoliceman
came along ard noticed that the man had
some life in him. He saw the policeman, and
the poor, ignorant, deluded man raised his
head with petition for aid. Instead Of
giving him the aid he requested, he gave him
such as he had been instructed to. He rails
ed his club and broke his neck at blow.
These things show yOu some of the brutal.
ity which prevailed on that day. remained
on my balcony and witnessed these scenes as
long as could endure them. A single mar
was powerless. Atlength left my house
and rode to the headquarters of the depart
ment found General Baird in his office
surrounded by his staff then said, "Gen
eral Baird, can it be possible that you are ig
norant of what is occurring in the city," HI
said, "What, General. is there serious diff
Guilty in town ~ told him should think
there was. said, Il come here as an ex-ofi
Ger Of the Federal army, as citizen of I
Northern State, to protest against the shed
ding of SO much innocent blood. 1t is {
shame on our military authorities"
He said, "Why, General, what particular
things have occurred 2" tried to tell him
I told him SO many men had been shot J; tina
Gov. Hahn had been shot that Mr.. Fish hat
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