The New York herald., 1876-09-08

REroRrER THE SCENE.
reporter OF tho Ne'cs ana Courier, soon rs news
of tho riot reached tho lower wards was despatched
10 the scene and reaching the corner Of Calhoun
and King streets beheld surgng mob In the neighbor
hood OF Warren street, yelling like devih and firing
perfect fusadc Of pistol shots He walked mp in shs
direction OF tho crowd, and arriving At the scene
found mob OF negroes chasing white man, who had
hardly vcstige Of clothing upon his person and
covered with blood from . dozen wounds. He was
Knocked down several times with brckpats and clubs
and several pistol shots were fired a. him.
RESCUE TIE roLIcR.
In tho midst Of the cruel Lieutenant Goidin
and two other mounted policemen up to the spot
rode right into the crowd ond after clubbing several OF
the mob, succeeded in arresttug their victim. and
carried him homo in almost lifeless condition
ATTACK ON THE REPORTER
Al this tme one Of tho mob approached the re-
porter and told him that he knew him and that Il
would be best tor him to 60 home; but before any
answer could be made the crowd yelled OUT
There's another white Of . b-h! Go for him. "
Al which they made charge The reporter hit In
the head with sungshot. while twenty Of them
stood around with clubs urging the others kill him.
A policeman came up at this juncturc, kept OF the
crowd with his club until assistance arrived, and tho
reporter was then escorted to tho station house In
and Courier arrived the Like tho nrst no too
was surrounded and threatened but by this the
streets had been thoroughly cleared Of wh,e men and
tho reporter had only TO gauntlet OF curses both
loud and deep
patrolled the streets, but their numbers were too
few to warrant them In arresting tho mob OF black
savagcs. On his way down, however, tho reporter
met with different reception. AZ almost every
corner in King street was assembled black mob,
and the appearance OF a white faco tho signal
for 2 general fusade OF curses, rocks and pistol
balls. AS the night progressed tho crowds at tho
gradually thinned out, and by daylight q
whl.o man could walk up KING or Meeting street
with tolerabo degree Of safety.
About fifteen minutes after the commencement OF
tho riot the news reached tho lower wards. The ne
groes evidently prepared Tor IT, for they imme
diaely comr,enced to assemble at the various street
corners At tho OF Meeting and Queen streets
fully 800 had assembled in less than thirty minutea
rhey pulled Off tho palings Of the fences that
neghborhood and armed themselves Every white
man who passed halted and insultcd Al the cor
nor OF kicg and Clifford streets another crowd Of
about 100 had assembled and no whitc al
lowed to pass them
About midnight three white mcu coming
down King street, they were assaulted and severely
beaten. Ono Of tho party who was armed drew his
pistol and fired into the crowd but without hitting any
OF tho rioters. The mob speedily overlook him
knocked him down. and after beating him severely
they went or
From tho time the riot started until Its close was
impossible for whitc to walk down King street
without running tho gauntlet OF a dozen pistol shots
every corner.
Tho negroes not only stationed themselves at tho
and assaulted every white man who passed, but
they paradcd tho streets in mobs inqurng at every
stop for the rife clubs Once they fapoicd themselves
masters OF the situation, their insolence know no
bounds, and white man dared not show himself on
the streets without risk,ng his life.
THE CAsUALrIBa
1t is moro than probable that quite number Of men,
both white and black, received wounds and bruises of
every description, but these taken of to thsr
homes a full list of tho casualties could not be OBJ
tained.
clud,ng two men mortaly and largo number moro or
css seriously wounded.
MEETING ooLoREp DEMOCRATS.
The colored democrats hold their meeting At Hi.
hernia Hall, under the protection OF about ,o0C
armed whites, and no attempt at disturbance made
tho colorcd rioters conhning their demonstrations tn
roaming the turbulent crowds and firing OF
pistols and musketG
THE LATEST.
At this hour (haIi-pass elcvon r. NJ there has been
no serious collision, though armed crowds OF blacks
and whites gathered various points, and tho city
continues in q very excited condition.
DEATH or A VICTIM.
Buckner, OF the whites wounded last night, died
this afternoon.
FATAL ENCOUNTER IN LOUIs1ANA-A REPUBLI-
CAN POLITICIAN OPENS FIRE ON NEWS
PAPER REPORTER AND rs KILLED FOR HIS
PAINs--cAusE OF THE ROW.
NEw ORLEANS, Sept. 7, 1874
fight occurred about O'Clock this afternoon at
the corner OF St Charles and Canal streets, between
LOUIS J. Sour, prominent republican politician, and
II. l.. Smith, q Times reporter.
Sour commenced the attack by firing threc or more
shots Smith, who returned the fire. mortaly wound
irg Sour. Smith received n shot Ia the hip. Tho
ARRAY grew out Of tho following card which appeared
in morning paper
SOUR.
To ruE PUBIIc:-
ON several occasions the Times has published un-
truthful aud unwarrantcd attacks upon until, In
March last, warned tho editor to desst On Tuesday
morning renewed It's sandcrous abuse Of me in the
following articc:-
THE rniSgssr REcoRD-souRs
STORY, kTC.
Coupee about ago. their arrival concluded
to hold convention all by themselves and nominate =
parish and district ticket The wharf the mouth Of
Red River selected as the location The Convention
struck one sr the leaders they Thought they would get up
splen endd bloody and pedde IL through tho
North
II was arranged that Weber, souand Co. should evacu
the wharf boat and put out in skill when
negroes their shotguns in tho air. Tho
party then float Bayou Sara and there
fcpor, the up.
tempt M ade 10 Hssassuate them.
Every OF this carried ont. Sour
rivng here yesterday and relating his OF now the
bullets flew thick and when they in the skin Of
this will be msgnined into immense sensation
Northern republican papers, and has undoubtedly been
furnished thcm this.
hereby pronounce these allegations Ia this extract
from the Times 10 be wholly mcndacious and inspired
by malice. I pronounce the responsible eilor of that
paper wful and malicious falsiner. I. J. SOUR
THE SUPPOSED ASSASSIN OF wRsrKR UNDER
ARREST.
NEW ORLEAxs Sept !, 1870