Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-08-06
THE NEW ORLEANS MASSACRE.
Further DetaEIs-Evidenee before the
Commission OF InVess atiOn-Sher-
idan's Opinion.
New Orleans Dispatches the New York Tri-
bune1

New Orleans Dispatches toths New York Tri-
bunel.
| NEW ORLEANS, Thursday, Aug. ,, 1866.
The Military Commission appointed to
investigate the massacre of Union men
took DR.. Dostie's deposition to-day. The
| Hon. John Henderson and the Rev. Mr..
Horton were too weak to give evidence.
The Rev. Mr.. jackson, the Hon. Oscar
Paynot, the Hon. E. Dupaty, and the
Hon. George Rowe are among the dan
| gerously wounded not heretofore reported
Gov. Hahn and the Hon. S. S. Fish are
badly wounded, but will recover. 1 saw
them to-day in the hospital The
sworn testimony before the Commission
will prove that the massacre of Monday
was one of fthe most blood-thirsty events
that has ever stained the page of history
1t will be sworn TO that a well-known
respected and peacable citizen remon-
strated with the mob and police for their
butchery, when the mob cried, "D-n
them, kill them The President is with
us. Haven't we seen his order to-day p
The back-door of the Institute was allied
up during the massacre, to prevent the
escape of those inside.
Arrangements were made by the Chief
of Police, with A. B. Griswold & Co., to
furnish the populace with pistols. The
pistols were furnished as agreed. A. B.
Griswold & Co. are the firm of Hyde,
Goodrich " Co, the largest manufactuI-
ers of arms for the rebels during the late
rebellion. Their property was eonfscated
upon that account, and subsequently re-
turned.
Nothing but the powerful arm of the
military prevents recurrence of the
scenes of Monday.
New ORLEANS, August 3.-The Grand
Jury, composed of picked Rebels, have
indicted the members of the Convention,
and those who were able to be dragged out
were re-arrested yesterday. Gen. Baird
ordered stay of proceedings, but the
President telegraphed him emphatically
not to interfere. The New Orleans Tri-
buNe says:
sW. Ii. G. King alias William Bux-
house a renegade from Pittsburgh, Pa,
editor Of the New Orleans Times, a noto-
riously rebel sheet, murderer of Arthur
McGill, and Captain of the Glenn Guards, |
under the rebel General Lovel, is in |
Washington, and, pretending to be in the |
cnofdence OF the President, is sending the |
most ineendiary dispatches to his payer
showing tho President to be in sympathy
with the rebel police and murderers Of |
Union men,"
There is sworn testimony that, after |
DR.. Dostie was supposed to have been |
shot and stabbed to death, the mob gave
three cheers for President johnson and |
Jefferson Davis. Such exclamations as
damn you, we have fought you for four
years and will fight you agsinp were of |
frequent Occurrences during the massacre,
and will be testified to before the Com |
mission. Lieutenant Governor voorhees, |
called on General Baird early on Monday /
morning and told him the Convention |
was not to meet until six o'clock, when he |
well knew it would meet at twelve noon.
As there we're no troops on the ground at |
the time of the massacre this explanation |
is due to General Baird.
General Sheridan telegraphs to General |
Grant to-day that the riot in New Orleans |
was rot the spontaneous outbreak of an
ordinary mob, but the execution of pre-
arranged plan of the rebels to slaughter |
the leading Union men of the State; and |
that there is evidence that this plot was |
concected weeks ago.
The Associated Press dispatches from /
New Orleans are glaringly false, and are |
dictated by the rebel State officials them
selves.
General Sheridan expresses the opinion
that the riot is but the commencement of |
the scheme 20 rid Louisiana of Union /
men.