New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-07-25

may run and show himself to others Of his
crew that they may see what is intended
for all of them, for Ee will give all Of them
a small smell of hell before we get through
with them2' -
At last one of them said. "If he won't
count, will count for him. and he COM
menced, zone, two, three, four" and as he
said -four" / arose to my feet. "Kneel
down, you id black hearted villain, ;" was
said by several. l paid no attention to
what was said to me. fer had concluded
in my mind l would break and run, for
would much rather be shot to death than
to be set on fire and turned loose to be de-
voured by the flames. had not the least
idea that could escape, for | was COM
pletely surrounded on all sides by men
holding in their hands revolvers pointed at
my breast. l was repeatedly told to kneel
down, but paid no attention to the COM
mand. The one that had been counting
said, "God d-n him, he will soon be glad
TO get down. will go on with the count.
ing" He commenced where he left off
give, six, seven, eight" and as he pro-
nounced "eight" made one desperate
spring backward, expecting to be shot to
pieces. This brought me among those who
were behind me. Two of them grabbed
me by the shirt, which tore away. They
then grasped rae by the arm, but the coal
tar and oil, and other ingredients had made
my skin so slippery that they could not
hold me. broke from them and ran.
Several shots were fred after me, but
fortunately none struck me. | ran about
forty PAGES and then rushed into the hedge.
The hedge was so compact that could not
get through it, but crawled in as faI as l
possibly could get, and lay there as still as
death; they searched for me for some time,
but could make no discovery as to where l
had got to. After consulting a while to-
gether, they mounted their horses and rode
off. At the same time heard the rumb-
ling of carriage wheels, and the sound ap-
peared to me as though there was two car
riages, and convinced me that the party was
mostly from Natchez. lay with my ear
close to the ground, listening to every
sound, and long after every sound had
ceased to vibrate on my ear l craw1ed
from under the hedge, and more dead than
alive, l made nay way back to my home.
1t is impossible for me to tell what have
suffered, and what am still suffering from
the effects of the coal tar and turpentine.
The hair has nearly all dropped out of my
head; my eyebrows and eyelashes are all
gone, and my eyes are nearly burnt out of
my head, and my body feels as though hot
Goals were covered all over ii. How /
escaped is mystery, and it was only &C.
complished by the Providence of Almighty
God.
The military has taken the matter in
hand, and several arrests have been made,
and the parties have been held in heavy
bonds for their appearance on next Mon
day, July 81, 1868, when the whole affair
will be thoroughly investigated. The
hackman that drove one of the hacks
for it is believed there were two-has been
arrested, and is closely confined within the
fort, where no one is allowed access to him.
General Dudley, commander of the post,
is moving in the matter, and i1 using every
means in his power to have the guilty par
ties terreted out and punished, as they just
ly deserve.
On last Saturday, under the pretense of
ratification celebration and procession, the
Democracy made another effort to get up a
riot, but it was nipped in the bud and have
not the least doubt but for the presence of
General Dudley on the ground, we were
saved from bloody riot, and as it was the
crowd could not be dispersed until the mil
itary were called out. The Democracy had
made extensive preparations for a riot
They had provided themselves with re-
volvers ready loaded, and with large sup.
plies of ammunition, and had them placed
at convenient places easy of access, and
when the row commenced rush was made
to their arsenals for theirs. but by the
time they returned the troops were on the
ground, and number of them were re-
lieVed of their revolvers by the military,
and their ardor somewhat cooled down.
NATCHEZ.