, 1870-11-22
TIE DONALDSONVuLE RIOT.
Setzuro OF BaIlot R0xos-Empfs~on.
rncnx OF Conn m isstoncrH urdcf OF
mayor SchonbcrgIndgo AnWes
His murdefcr-Full and Coffcet Dc-

rl,rosd wcrG Ah1meleaely &oo sc3nu4souMy
incorrect. We reproduce from the Ascension
E.4u.nlican, publshed At Dona1dsouvi1e by
,hr l,,e Mayor sshonborg. full md co1rsct
ac,siln Of the difficulties there from the be-
HIS E7,u11ican says in one article:
..Thc election il Ascension parish passed |
ri quietly, as No learn, and to the satistso- 4
1;o,, uf al peaceful citizens But It sppeass |
th,, Il the closing OF the polls the Domo- |
e,.s4, hn1ing themselves defeated by Al over
Whrlming majority. formed conspiracy to |
seise the ballot-bo1-s, hoping thereby to
s,.hey secure their own election. or prevent,
:, ii events, their successful Republican op-
Is,rcA,e fiom tasing the eeats to which they
, Lad Lesu cheseu-
:. This conspiracy centcred in the town of
r,na!droryille. aud was headed, u it appears,
" Morris Matks, Charles Gecks. Felix Ray
r.ut, Lorenzo Gomez, ThomAs Brady.
samuel Fields. and \ corps Of 1etainers Of
Stout 4fty others, well known rouGhs from
lsm.'asonNlle and New River.
= The Supervisor Of lt"sistrstson having as
ctr.ained ia season the intention Of these men
10 tivart the will of the people, shonld the
vuie l,e a<szinat them, located bis Office oo the
oppct:te bsuk Of tie river, ut the MarchAnd
r13ce, and 1irecte6 the Commissioners Of
E.ect.or to deliver tho ballot-bo1es and
recordr tLerr. \, the ciosipg Of the polls, and
pro.ced viii tie count OF the votes accoIdlng
10 f.w.
"Thc eoasPisa'ors, however. sout out and
seized five Of tie boxes At tho polls, and
tock the rommis foners prisoners under
guard tn tho Cour- House, declaring II the
SANG time, from the tteps OF that building.
that they would them selves supervise tho
counting O. tile votSs and the Masking the re-
turna OF election, aud whatever might be tbs
result. no man on the Republican ticket
rhouM ever take his seat in the parish or IN
4nu -. C,,.,ar-;s,- b,xin,- 1earned fron the
Commissioners that they Eero foicably de-
timed pv the mob, instructed Captain F1shaE,
lie Chief Constable, to proceed With the con-
ttatmla.y Of the parish and 1elehse the Com
river. This, aI1. Finher proceeded to do, bat
IN approaching the Dona'd.onville ahore, his
LIN Has fred into by the couHpirsto1s, aud
me OF The ConstAblcs seriously wounded MOI
ls,jrc in su1cient numbers to cope with no
l.rce force, the Coprtahles were compelled
tn ret,rr. ieayiu,s tho NIB in possession OF thf
ballot .tc 1cH and Commissioners. md return
itr. reported to tic Supervieor. who thet
raye o,ders to depu:ize five hundred, or, Il
recetsa1y, thousand citizens, and execute
the orders p1eviously given.
"Meantime. the consplratora had entthllt.
Of their number over to eeize the two rcrnaln
ipr boxer, but the Supervisor directed sh
CcMmi--lopers of these two polls to thk
those boxes to = place Of safety, or. il necee
tary, to tie city OF New Orleans, untl th
mob on the opposite bank, which had il
creased three or four hundred, should oe dii
pc.sed and peace bc restored to the town.
..Acco,6ipg1y the tEo hGxea were forEarde
to the clIy, and the Chief Constable hAviu
dcputizcd a!.ous 1--WE hundred citizens. halle
the steamer William s. Pike aud had the me-
COW, yed over the river. about four miles b
low p3Dnllaonville. where be found numb
Of others, whom he also deputizod, and 1t
o'clock in the morning. It tho haad OF about
thousand deputies, entered the town and tot
quiet poaeeesl
..Upnn his approach the riotera floa, leavil
The town in the hands OF the civil ot3icels- :,
son ThurAdav morning, in response 70 t
requisition OF the Supervisor. the Fede1
troops arrived from tha city OF NeT orles
and iuvested the taEn Of Donaldson vilIe-
THE excitement, incident to the UNIV,
ranted action of the mob, caused many q
xenB 10 leave the town-
1The course pur4ued by the riotars is t
prccedented and lre1cusahle in the e1tren
If lustice be douo them nccor1inE to IL
they viii epcnd tho tsalhuca of their d.ss
the .Statc 1'.nitcn'i,ry at Baton Ronge-'
The ReT1.Jlican goes on With anothof ri
Gle on tho cause OF the disturbance:
.sOn the evening OF the election the Sup
visor Of Registration notified lns comm
eionera that he anticipated ttonbln should !
VOLTS be counted ut tho Court Iouse ; knl,
prevent trouble, be notified lA Comml-si
c.s to bring tho bailot.bo1es to
Office, which waB locAlcl at MArcha1
place, two miles below Doualdsonyi
Two baHot-hoxca were t.oufnt 1t " nss Mn utls
4nIee we're to1c.oly tAAeo -, - tue .a etA . ..1 ~
with the Gommteaione!e, ~ ~ aia'pu NY ~
fonehe me !on.n, "LLcM Wa a.s, - .Hs - =!
.. a1a .oe n., Tn'ca aosstber %ss g;t
W tne Commass'oussss to6etuet n'.A
otnefP, were otoeleo ~ @ an Atmeu tetx nu'
EEife cat1zens 20 tema'n tnete. aSSs.ne. O., y
Lne Eonn.s snsfs ..'a Tn,1,t 1,,nso s.aI, nm ~
- nsug W t1a,;er tn ~ 49, I.rts r..
J"5ce " eotneti;ne ti,s citizans to tako
ssii6tsi,oIes to I,anr the Suueryisor "a
..Esr, and n raIIv Il, arms.
,,a- ~ --ar. .,,ne ID bv Wnr1is Marks
r.' VIZ ~ W;ns,,ast.r ,,flna ri
- t,,c couTt r nse' nlaeod a niskst rr
aTnvnf, thn Commissiopers and ballot.bo
.na forhid them leayiug o. eeu ling
bores away. Considerable excitemont
~ a;rht ~ '' ''''>'o
y 6n Tnasaax ,,nrnfnc tho Chief Coust
~ s1,a psrist t{cnnt{zed uumber of citiz
eni nroceeded to the ferry to cfoss osel
DonsIdsonyille for tho purpose Of futnial
i,.1,ot- boxes to ths Suparvisor; but ~
oan2t ~ ". ~ H. r,en % wane rrassed. ona vas
f,T 9t';s noH .nI t1,e others nlsced under
Tset u This exssperated the colored PEI
and thav r.Iiied from every plantation
m..,has ~" .ss IN tnwn. They. kogoyer.
nni:trd down. and concluded to let the
t.Ia ~ conrsn. No ore w.s mo:estetl b
raierrd man md no nouse was burned.
A. nrctent the town i, under cont,
~ Colonel Ge,trv. with two companies of q
States eolfiers. Everything ia quiet An
fuT,;,et 1rnuble in sutic,patoa,"
st,,1 ,nn,hrr .t,cle ewes N account o
nnrsnr ~ Ma,or Scloubcrc:
..r, -. tc.r mi, ,h1r at,ted to m. fhat
NJ. I1d aat.rssc-rs A. Jndrn Iawes 1er
tnr,;n.. tron, e. J.mrs. where tlay had
.ui AalS S;oast;nn ,.ou ~ fron th,s ere IN raouest
~ aeegsnon lso a .9,s o, s1s ~ " o3ar nro
e1A nuuoGe. ~ ss a.a-,1,~ - -. tnrrr -
i.e tne uel1ttn aloo, sniIu H. ~ n,nb.n3 ,
the aei en- 1lG. As.neI .us W. ia"a+s;a
on 1Le hne ol .ne LInsn ~ s,,,r,,,c1 - w
sL SAmess ue: NC e.. -. @a.o ta bs;n1 Ia h. ~
me''t uuoHt .t - Wy no ~ , ~. nsr;sl,
IIehet, thfe1 orst1t Oh tMs pst!!an p9.!.a,
Major Oliver. ot st. James; AA5ot seool
and Judge L1xes were W aonssf, "a9 .a -
presence 10 laet anu 1.ao osn art eue wa,is uno- y
between Judge Lawss and David Fisher
1etnlt ~ Which vas tnat Juuse Ives
revolver And attempted to snooi a1 fisnef, Ct y
of Ia1gc Lawes, and couneeled him n
ehuot Fisher. IhoEeupon |uaee
turned on schoobcrg, and
thee sliots into his hreAst,
Immediately tphnGlnE from TUG ohbgy,
Iltd 1'l-her hy tie throat. VIA uls teVo,
i,;s hand The neGtoes present iInmed
lzid hold Of Judge L.scs apa % coasesse s
ii, ssirc tl,St M.ynr SchonberE Was dead
Lave. to 4here SchunnetE was 1sing,
upoo l.auca t.i1: i killed Senonner6
ii ti,,i.,s sly. il, alto rnrtlnG 10 kill Fisher
't1hr 81 the colcrea men fell on Lave
s,h saDeln'vss !, n,.ea Ill. i;da n'% T. ,iio io"e
~. f,,,r nnr-t,s1f Il mr. ia diving. ABB
mi,ntcs a:icr this. some twenty men