Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-03-26
The Assassination of Alanson b.
Long,

Long,
Mr.. EDITOR AN account of the
tragical death, by assassination, in the
city of New Orleans, of Alanson B.
Long, lawyer of high standing, was
given in the TIMES of the 18th ult. The
account was full of sad interest to the
many friends of Mr.. Long in this vicin-
ity who had already been made acquaint
ed with the chief facts of the case from
citizens of our county residing in Louis
lana. The following brief biographi-
cal notes will be read with attention
after what has been now given in the
TIMES
Mr.. Long was born March 26, 1885.
His parents resided in Greenfield, Mass.
and were people of high social standing
and influence. As young man he ex-
hibited great energy of character, excel
lent scholarship and superior general
ability. In 1853-54 he fitted for col
lege at Saxtons River and Westminster,
Vt, in preparatory schools which then
existed at these places and during these
years Mr.. Long made many friends and
was highly esteemed in this section of
our county. He afterwards successful
ly completed his collegiate course at
Dartmouth college and under the pat
ronage of his uncle Alanson Long of
Boston, he studied the profession of law
and was admitted as an attorney at the
Suffolk bar.
At the opening of the war of the re-
bellion Mr.. Long returned to Greenfield
and having assisted in mastering a COM
pany Of volunteers he was appointed
captain of the Co., and served in the
Union army during the war. How ably
and periodically he served his country,
the enconiums given at various meetings
of the returned veterans of his regiment
in Hampshire and Franklin counties,
Mass, will fully attest.
After the close of the war Mr.. Long
established himself at New Orleans,
where by his skill, learning and energy
he became one of the ablest lawyers of
the state. The sequel of his death, on
a bright Sabbath morning, at the hands
of assassins, by the severing of the ar.
teries of both wrists and of the neck, is
too painful for narration.
This story of the death of A. B. Long
is no myth originating with the Man
chester Mirror, but sad reality, even
though we are told from New Orleans
that it was never heard of in that coun.
try" See the TINES letter from New
Orleans. 1t is no matter of pride to us
as American citizens that our govern.
ment does not hinder even its lowest 10y
al subject from going down to death by
the hands of bandit" ANONYMOUSLY
unheard of and unavenged.
Gen. Butler to his lasting honor, sus
tanned order in the city of New Orleans
though subjected to the insults of reb
els. The brave and patriotic Sheridan
has called things by their right name
in that country, though suffering from
the yells of the so-called Independent
and conservative press both south an,
north. Have the Bossier Parish mas
sacre, the st. Landry massacre, and tn
four other bloody and terrible massacre
of 1868 ever been heard of in that coun
try? Have the statistics of Gen. Sheri
dan just given, that since 1866, on ac
count of their political opinions, pa
persons had been killed in Louisians
ever been heard of in that country
Truly the blood of the innocent criet
from the ground
1 close this account with ouotatio
from the report to the present legislator
of Louisiana, Of f. 5. Stoddard, sumo,
intendent of public education. I'd Div
sion, La E. S. Stoddard is a youn
man of our county, formerly resident i
Dummerston, who has, with his famil,
been giving the prime of life to the wor
Of public education in Louisiana, and h
has done noble work therein.
Amid the gloom of uncertainty tbs
surrounds our work in this land of ras
impulses and bitter intolerance, may Coz
without whose omnipotent aid no caus
can prosper, move nightly every han
to labor and every earnest heart to pra
for the success Of universal enlightmen
and through it the redemption of GU
unhappy State" ".