The New-York Tribune Newspaper, July 31, 1866, Page 1

RSN - e 4 _ Vo XXGL..N% 7887, RIOT (N NEW-ORLEANS. Reliel Attack on the Lonisiama Con- * vention. Warder of br. A P. Dostie and Johw = Heyderson, Jre ARREST OF THE MEMBERS OF THE CON- VENTION. 3 FASEDMEN. SHOT OF THE STREETE, The City in the Hands of a Rebel Mob. FROCLAMATION. OF MAYOR *MONROE. SHDET FEELING IN WASBEIN THE GTON. _Painful Rumors Concerning the President. THE ¢ITY UNDER MARTIAL LAW | P e— Major-General Kautz Military Commander. Histery of the Lousiana (mwntioni of 1864, " — A LOYAL ACCGUNT. izl iaied Bpecin) Dispatch to The N. Y. Tribune. WASHIXGTOS, Monday, July 30, 1866, The following special dispatcles were reccived this eveuing at this Burean from TEHE TRIBUNE Dureeu st New-( - ‘NEw-OzLEASS, July 30—1 p. m.—The Convention et | wt 12 o'clock; and opened with prayer. On tho roll Yeing called, 26 members answered to their names. On sotion of R, King Cutler, the Sergeant-at-arms was di- yeoted to arrest and bring in absent members. A colored | procession bearin? o flag was fired .into by o Rebel mob ' and ono man killed, A terrible riot s i intense excitement, all the stores are clesing up. The | Governor has called on the milithry to protect the Con- | wention and loyal citizens from the Rebel mob. l *.2:30 p. m.—A terrible and Lidody Jiot is progressing. \ Pistols are finng all round, and, from where I an writing, 1 maw two negroes shot. The Mechanics' Institute, where | the Convention is in session, has been stormed by the | mob, and several negroes killed. The riot is progressing | with frightful resulgs, : 3:30 p. m.—The President azd other members of the | Convention have been arrested by the police. l ———— A REBEL ACCOUNT. e minent. There is |Froin the Areociated Press Reporter.! New-Onixans, Monday, Jul 1866, A lrge nugber of negroes armed in every conceivable swanner, but principally with cluls, sre sssembled to-day in front of the Mechanies’ Institats, The reculled State Couvention has not yet wet. The proclamation of the Mayor is beiug well observed by the whites. SECOND DISPATCH. * New-Orueass, July 30, voon.—A fearful state of ex- eitement provails in this city. The polico aro bebaving in ! the most exemplary manner, sud trying to prevent ly@h- sng and mobbing. W. R. Fish has been draws out of the | Convention and carried to the lock-up by o double guard of police, amid the cheers of the populace, and cries of “Hang him.” The excitement thronghout the eutire «ity is unbounded. THIRD DISPATCH. 1 7. M.—The President of the so-called Convention of 2664 and the members thereof aro being one by one arrest- | #d and confined. A Nttle more order and quictness now | yrevil, FOURTH DISPATCH. # 3:30p. M.—A procession of negroes, with flags fiying and druma beating, while marehing towsrd Mecbanics’ Insti- tute, were met by some whites, who were repulsed after ‘endeavoring to disperse them. - Several shots were fired, | but po one was burt. The Convention met at 1:20 p. m. | * Twenty-six members were present. There has been ro in- Serference with the Convention yet. The military will by wndered out at once. FIPTH DISPATCH. 1:45 ». M.—The most intonse eXcitement now prevails all over the city: Individnal firing il;oinl on in Com- won, Canal and Drysdessts. Three uegroes buve been killed on Dryades-st. and two or Common-st. Two whites | s feported wounded. Au uml:u- polica force is out I wd using all possible efforts to quell the riot. SIXTH DISPATCH. 2 p. M.—A large number of negroes, armed in every poveeivable manner, but principally with clubs, are assem- dled in front of Mechanics’ Justitute. The Convention s et sod tho Mayor's proclamation 15 being well ob- l. erved by the whites. 2:15p, M.—Tha riotitig B theeity is partially suspended, | The police purround the building whete the Couveation is $eld, which is full of negroes. The polico are trying to | get them out, but the populace are very beiligerent. Dr. 8. P, Dastie and John Hendereon, jr., have just hecn Srought out of the building dead and carried off in covts, and it is dpubiful i many ao gotten ont of it dlive. EIGETI DISPATOM. 3:30 7. w.~The populads sumoynd the building whe he Coprention is being held.” There is an immenso win- ber of negroes inside and outside the building. e poliee and the people quiekly boeamo the masters of The situation '3 Those insidfthe building sceing thewselves closely bee sieged Lung ont a flagof teuee, whereupon the police as- sended thie stairs 1o protect the members of the Siom, but 5o x { i 4 | | o Outside and eommenced to bexiega the build ‘onyen- r had they marched into the hall thau u (ndiscriminate 1k The truce was then no longer respected, and cvery le Zowil bu the building is gow being fired upor | gedy that has been enncted. | bas been received from Tum Tux | residence in that city, by his warin Leart and gealal | and admiration of friends and the intenso hatred of euemies. 4 made odions, but it fajt itself 1o be olious. But under the new NINTH DISPATCH. 4 v, w.—The fearful work coutinues, w maany persons arc in the building. Arrests continue fo be madé by the police, and the erowd contipues to It is 2ot known ather in foree. Alfred Shaw and John Wenderson, jr., were not killed as reported, but badly wounded. The latter is not expected tolive. The excitement has generally subsided, and the ost order prevails, Mayor Monroe, previous to the , hadaninterview with Gen. Baird and acked assistence. . Baird consented, but the troops came after the dis- turbance was over. The foliowing has just been issucd Ly the Mayor: \Whereas, the city is in a state of great agitation NEW-YORK, TUESDAY, JULY 31, 1866. question was brought before the principal Unfon organizations of New-Orleans, and the plan finally sdopted was based upon 1ho theory that the Constitution of Louisiana was destroyed by the Rebellion, and could not agaln be put into operation. Preparations were made for the registration of citizens pre- paratory to an order from the Military Governor of the State for an election of members to a convention to fiame & new Constitution, representation fu the Convention to be basod on the ratio of one delegate to every 2,500 of the white popul s tion, according to the last census of the United States preced- ing such Convention, After the expiraeion of three months, & Comittee was formed known as the Free State General Com- mittee. Jt was composed of five delegates from the Union As- soctations of New-Orleans and the adjoining Parish of Jeffer- son, wherein alone such associations had been formed. This Committee submitled the work add plans of the Unionists of the State to the Mlitary-Governor, G. F. Shepley, who gave bis approval, aud appoiuted Thos. J, Daraut, President ing out of the riot precipitated by a revolutionary faction; and whereas it is' absolutely necessary that order be restored and violence suppressed; therefore, I, John T. Monroe, Mayor of the City of New-Orleans, do eall on #ich citizens 0s are willing to assist in maintaining the Pemie S appear ar wie Uiy s the @y.at 6 p.m,, to bo swarn gs ¢xtra policemen. No onenot holding my an ol the Committee, as Attoruey-Goneral and Commissioner of Registration, with power to appoiut registrars in the parisbes. Milibary operations soon rendored it, however, impossible to proceed with the work of registration, To tho mean time she plauters of the State sent delegates to Waslington to petition the Genere] Governmont for auibority 10 proceed to the cleotion of Fedegal and State offioers, in pur- sianee of the Constitution of the United States aud the Con- thority will Lo allowed to mak4 any arrest. All good citizens, with the exception of those on duty, are requested to retire to their homes and pot assemble in crowds in the streete, Joux T. MoNRoE." All the lock-upe are filled with the orrested rioters, and the hospitals with the dying and wounded. The city is perfectly quiet. The crowds on the different thorough- fares vear the Convention building have all been dis persed at the point of the bayonet and artillery planted within sweeping range. TENTH DISPATCH. FEening—Gen. Buir® has issued o proclamation de- claring martial law. Richard Cerus, child of Dr. Cerus, was killed nceiden- tally when passing out of the Medicel College. Dr. Dastio was mortally wounded in the abdomen, and bas other wounds in the head. John Henderson’s wounds are not mortal. Erus wa the only white person killed. Al thic rest were negroes, The following bas just been issueds o ) Deransrext or Lovieiaxa, } W0 . July 30, 1566, GrxERAL Ornens, No. 60, the notorions ) unlaw ful procecdings of to-day, martiel law is proclaimed o the City of New:Orleaus, Brevet M . A. V. Kunta is appointed Military Goveraor of the ldle vll:fir\;oke ‘bndqnn:‘m in the City Hall, nl»la N orders w, winately oboyed m every particelar. eivl functionnaries will m;m at onee wdca. Kantr, be in- llruur d in regard to such duties as they may be requested to perfort. By order of Major-Gen. Baird. NATHANIEL DURDAXK, First-Lieut, and Acting Asst, Adjt -Gen. quiet and every citizen at horme. ST AD ACCOUNT. 10§ 1n.—The cit, A COPPER E—— The New=Oyleans Times extra says that the riot was oceasioned by one of the freedmen’s processions this moming shoving a white man and wripping him. The | pohee suppposed the man bad been struck, and ad- venced and arrested the supposed assailant. They were met with & volley of pistolshots, bricks, &e., which ot once induced a general alarm, and hence the bloody tra b /< e Painful Rumers about the President, pecisl Dispatel to The N. Y. Tribune. Wasnxotos, Monday, July 20, 1866, Dispatcbes Lave been received here fiom New-Orleans, dated as lute as 6 o'clock, stating that the riot is at its hight. The President Las been applied 1o for permission to declare martial law, but has refused, stating that the ¢ivil authorities have suficicnt power, if not, then the military sball wid them. This was telegraphed to that city by a New.Or! tor siow here, ag a hint 10 the Mayor that the President | would sustain him in his scheme of breaking up the Union Convention. An appheation to the White House for a verification of the above faet revealed nothing further than that the editor bad bad an interview about 9§ o'clock this evening, aud he might possibly bave borne away the - pression that the President was in full sympathy with the Rebel purposes, though Lie did not s express bimself, nor § | intend to. gt The Feeling in Washingion. ' Wasmine10x, Monday, July 30, 1856, Special Diepetch to The N, Y., Tribune. The news of the riot in New-Orleans bas creatod tre- mendous excitement here to-uight. All kinds of rnwme:s are afloat. Up to now (nearly midnight) nothing fuxtieer Berewu AL New- Orleans. 'The stop bae ub of onder. ACol, Rewter of New-Otleans telegraphed to the At somey-General of Louisiana to arrest every mau engaged | in setting up & new Government; that *‘we have seen th President and he will do all that can be expected.’” | “Call upon the military for aid.’ These dispatchies mean that the United States military | are to be used to break up the Union Convention and aid Mayor Mouroe and his tribe of rioters. A dispatch dated to-day at 4 p. m., states that the ball in which the Con- vention was being held bas been barricatled, and none of the members can escape arrest. The Execative Committee of the Colored Leagues aro in seasion here, and declare the scenes of New-Orleans to bo a réenaction of those of Memphis. They propose to insist on en immediate investigation of the affair, believ- ing, from the tenor of their dispatches received, that the Mayor of the city instigated the riot, and is keeping it up. Considerable excilement prevails about the hotels, where the news is just being generally known, | | | e — The Martyred Unlonist, Dr. A. P, Dostie. Dr. A. P. Dostie, one of the victims yesterday in New-Orloans of Revel hate andaalice, had for more than 20 years boen a resident of that eity, where 8o practiced the pro- fession of dentistry. He had gained for himself Joring his per, the gyMpathy and extesm of a host of friends. | To u loyalty that was naswerving and undyiag, be added a Jeailxssness in tne expression thersof tbat wod e respect His native ability and executive talents secured for him, on | the organization of a loyal govorament for Louisiana, the | nomination and elcetion to an important State ofice—tuat of Auditor—which hio filled with eredit to himself and profit to the Siate. Loyalty ot that tims was 8 recognized fact in the State, st least by the lamented Lincoln, and tresson was not merely | regime, when rebls were given their rights and loyalists de- prived of theirs, those lattor were of course 12ft out; ostracised, politicaily and socially, and notbing remained_ for the them but gontemptous sileuce among rebel, or emigration. Dostlo choss to remain. Not many weeks ngo the writer spenta social hour with Vim, and amoag other things ho spoie of the recssembling of | | tho Convonlion of 161, and tald us of the threats that had | been frealy maile toward bimself and other loyalists of New Ocleans, He did not seew to attech mueh importance to them, but still ke said blood would probably be shed, and Lt be. | | thiog them, they | the Consti stitution of Lonteiana. THE CONVENTION OF 1864, On the 27th of October an addrgss was made ‘“to the citl- zeus of Louisiania,” signed by the officers of the Executive Contral Comiittes of Louisiana, urging the * citizens loyal fo the Government of the United States” 1G vote for State and parksh oficers and for Members of Cqugress and of the State Legislature, on the 24 of November, thw dey previonsly pamed by Iaw for such elections, The Free State Committes was invited to cobperate m this movement, but they declined, and 1o general eleotion took place in response Lo the address. Au election woe held in same parishes, and certain persons were chosen as Members of Congress, Some of tLese pro. ocoded to Washington, and presented their oredemticls to (Congress, bat their claima ware rejected, Meantime the registration preceeded. and the Free State Committeo confarred with the Military Governor for the pur- pose of securing an clectisn on 3r about the 25th of Jauvary, 1#64 for delegates toa Stato Convention, Notwithstindiug 1he opposition cf this Committoe, Gen, Banks, on the 1ith of January, ordered an clection for Siate officers to be held on the 224 of Febroarp, 1664, in which he asmonneed that ar- rangements would soon be made for the eloction of menbers of Congress for the State, and declared the fagdamental law of the Statoto Lo martial law. An election was held and Michael iaho, the candidate of the Banis party, was clected Governor. On the 15te of March be was invested by President Lincoln with the powers bitherto exercised by the Military Governor. On the 11tk of March Gen. Banks issued an order relative to the election of delegates toa State Convention, On Mareh 16 Gov, Habu issued a proclamation to the sheriffs suthorizing TN C160LI00. < On the ¥3th the election was held, when the number of members retirnad as o'coted was 97, of whom two w ~n rejected because of irregular returse. Elections were held only in the parishes within the Federal liues, and no re- turn of the votes was made. Tho Convention convened on thie 6th of April. 1864, and was organized on the 7th, F. H. Durrell was obosea President. The Convention was io session 78 duys, during Whieh time they framed a Constitation to be submiited 10 the people. They adjourned on the 23th of July, and immediately there- after (he Governor lsued o proclamation appototiog the 5th of September as day on which & vote should Lo taken on the adoption or rejection of the Constitution thus eubmitted by the Convention. The election was held, the vote being as follows. Fer the adoption of the Constitetion, 6.835; for \ts rejection, 1566, The following persons were chosen wembers of Congress: Ist District, M. T Bonzano; 114, A, P. ¥ield; 1114, W. D. Manp; VIIth T M. Wells; Vih. RW. Talisforro, Members of the Legiciature wi ohosen st the same time, o Jarge mojority of whem were in Laver of fhe destruction of Slavery. - Evenis Preceding the Rier, JUDGE ADELL'S SECOND CHARGE 70 THE GRAND JURY ON THE CONVENTION—HIS THREATS 70 PREVENT 178 ABSEMBLING—DENUNCIATION OF IT8 MEM- BURS. . ‘ From The N I'he Grand Jary, in after the late proceedingr against Jodge Abell, be mai; i original viewsin regird to the il A.?\l caseem) 1he mewbers of the Convention of 1564, and the those coneerned i the projoct, requested him taobarge the again on the subject, and ho did so day. This charge s, 1f possible, more decided ia ite expression of opinion han bis first. possesses additione] interest from | the introduction of ve jects. Fie reitorates that the ofticer of the State who endeavors to change the Government, through the action of the members of that Conventign, subjecis bmeelf 15 o prosecution for perjury His aualysis of the * loyalty " of o ma bei verges upon the causticity of J antus. br cal apostaies and military desertere—~ (ke me nedt Crescent, July, 44 it, it wonld eem, whether, ned it s politt and the basest of eardly treacherows, Banks comos in for & first-rate Dotice,” though the name ls omitted, in annction with the resclation proposed for the distribution of money,” which had beou remitted to this State | Mr Commissioner Shannon aleo receives otion. t f 1, will bo read with nniversal interest. i o rey It ent in argument, bold and spirited in den: taibon, ! ohor §by an independonce and love of ikrty not acd charaoterized often found in bigh pisces now. We gi GENTLEMEN OF ilann I U instruet! vo to your pos semblies, dangerous 1 the peace such as 15 sdvertised 19 take s comprebended in the in mu(nmnull‘ls.l 5:1-'.:'14{:':.. 2 o Shaiied b ve jt fu full ug follows: ou ask for more specifio to suppress unlawful as- good order of the State, 00 the J0th inst. K C furnishies A ared vr tsined i the jostrumeat @ Constitution by officers of u St ith its administration, is one of the giaranties that it will not be be. mye:’. g.-oo-" imbflnmvml-, a n.ol.-.u:'n of ‘hb“-“ would ot only be perjury, but tresson, which being & Ligher grade of felony, perjury ismerged in it. Under m(b-:‘xlmlm of this State, lation of oath of office woull be perjury asd no more. I, and every officer in the o of Louisiana, have sworn to support the Constitution, and substantislly made onth that it shall not be altered in any other mayner thao 1s provided fn the 147th articls of that justrament. 1 mow eharge you thata violation of that oatk is perjury in the ir, and suborsation of perjury ia all one. th artiole of the Constitation of 1364, made by the ention, clearly poiats out the mode of amending it. ** Any ameudwent or awendments to this Constita- tion may be in the Senate or House of Representar tives, and if the samo shall bo agreed to by & majority of the members elected to gack House, such an or amendments shall be entered on their joarnale, with tbe yeas and nays takon thereon. Such amen t or amend- ments sboll be sabmitted to e sn election to be or- dered by the said Legislatare,and hel n 90 days after ad- rnment of the same, and after J0 d ation - of the voters at sald election amendment or amendments, *l!: of this Constitation. If more ted at a time, they shall be submitted hat the people may vote for or sgalust pointad out by the Const- tlemen, it being folly ratifisd by the people, it can only be A ‘This, gen tation, n“d altered by their own consent, expressed at the baliot-box, or by the Legislature. yBy the l'nold clause of Article 149, it Is declared that * All 1aws ia forcs at tho tiwe of the nd‘:fiuwn of this Cousthation, -ns luovmmal erewity, shall continge as if the same u adop! e h’l'ho':." M:hl Indication for the integrity of the Constitution. Among thus by the Conveution itseif are sot :sc""h:fl umh” lmfl?fiw% 3 ,-'l,- or in e, unlawfal o por] subornation of perjury. Aud it I3 .\u(!...w e nuervatives of Il-r - nd Judge of ‘the Crimingd Court, rand Inquest of the Parish of Orleses, and of all 10 use all lawful means (0 prevent any un- Taveful assembly or assemblies, and such as would have a uatura) tendency to creato o breach of the publ'd peace, Any attempt to alter the Constitution of the State ia ance of its provisions, by aay body of men unaathorized by the provisions of the Constitntion, or emanati; L from the pelmhlll:uthl lot-box, Is illegal uoconstitutional, and punisl by law. + “I'he members of the late Conventlon claim to be loyal men; this I concede. With a fow honorable exceptions, they were loyal to the Confad under u&nnn rmx:flly—hyn 0 the United Btatesw) they 4 810 a day as members of the Convention. after tbe divislon of the offices amon became #o cxceedingly patriotic that they decla tution of 18G4 the best ever Sonie of th ho C: rato ary; others bol ofice under the , elvll aod wilitary; aod otlers raised guards for its defense. Aund yetsgentiemen of the Gi .}ary 1hese men elaim to bo of And represent tha loyal people of tho Stale of Loulsin wd_boldly nsset that tiey are 10 teceive the ol of the aims of the United States to aw- amontal Liw of nist ) nrpine the right to alter the fund; | the k«' I.unvui aud toat in lolation of the Conatil they buve made and the laws they have ldbrl-l unmicrited implicstion agaiust tho oruws of the or of dissppointed men, Thy prefession being a promivent loyslist, with some oibers, might bo kilied, | He spoke ax caliuly of it a8 of any other contingency of the fu- | 1 | | At the sume time his fine, intelligeut countenance glowed as if the idea of sheddiaug bis blood for the cause be had so much at Lieart % a4 not uopleasast to hiw. Ilis face was lit up with | that cordial, choerful smile that every one that knew him avill | s0 well and 50 long remember. Words that were then little credited bave bevome prophetic, and for him too fats)ly tran. The Rebeis have assuredly done their deed, for of eli mea | in Loulsians there was 10 ono (Ley so eordialiy bated a8 Dr. | A. ' Dostic, He has fallen o noble saerifice to the great | cange of humag libesty. g The History of Reorgnuization in Lonisiann. THE MOVEM | A movement for the reorganization of a State Gov | eruent in Lowslgna was wade eprly inthe vear 1863, The | clplew, dllogal and unconstutio caar @ eTe Yap of 2r8 b8 oo« (he tigst bogorable 11 1116 or any other Gov- | erument, filed by tho best wen of (Lo country, and juarded by them with an eyo of jeuousy. It 15 not {0 bs suppescd o Frofeonion 60 houorable S04 Vend itectt: 1o the ol of those disappointed men, so utter]¢ at variance with republican prig: The military have (n all the olvil Government of this oases vefased fu interfere with Kiate, even when ealled upon by the late Attorsey-General. 1 4o not hesitate to say ihat the miditary @ill ot intgferc with the cicil Government of the Siate. W) Governmest unn'- i7ed under the Constitution of 1664, regularly and efficis sdmivistering the laws, notwithstanding the eontlioting ele- ments incidental to the close of the late war, is a gaarant that 1t wiil be competent to guard its Conptitution and vindl- cate its laws, Gentlemen, somo of the mem bers ¢f the late Convention pre- | dieated their hopes of success on tho preamble of the resolu- of Ay the Co: [ tion offered by Mr. 1661, (Dolates rry 00 tho 5t of the Convention " e pb.xm.fi | o | 7 | aro in the hands of the so-ealled froe State General Comumlttee, of whieh is president,” etc., ete. They eay emyhatically they member of the late Convention I reconime; charitable institutions. And you, gentlemen of tho Graud 1u quest, who have equal privilege £ the most fuvored of the Thto Convxtion, Wil 56 duubt. Joln me i the recommerds- tioo, &8 will byery honest man 10 the State; ench auc every auo of whom have the same right on_ the floor of any couver- tion that may be ass to alter the Constitution as I or an tion. éln it be possible that these men, in their despesation, ex- pect 10 corrupt o great Stato with theiy money t And yet the clamor of the afidavit man for Ms ehare, or blood, is significrnt. Tt oan't bo s0 1 Gentlomen, (he tesdency of the colored r'; clsy and Stats to industeiel pursuits and or3 given matlfiction and prowise for tue future. But the construction given by Commissioner Shannon to what is kinown as the Cioid Rights bidl, wiM, if pereisted in, lad (0 great inconvenicnce, Rardsk'y and opprestion. Under the faws of the siate of Lodisiana, the colored man bas precisely tho same rigots and rod: in all cases, civil and eriminal, that any white man hos or can bave; aid yei, Dy ihe eonstruction given by Mr. Shaunon, in cases of asseul: and batery, he ¢!aimz the right, and bes done 5 to drug, under gu:riofor handrode of inils, respeciable cilizans 6: & charge of asseult and battery %ipon a negfo, &y offonse f. which the Cortitation and faws of the State farniehe: clscly the same remedy for the black ae for the white He claims the nghnndcr that bill to arrest the juiges of courts of the Siate, bot: honest thoir decislons, rersn 1o L1s constructivn of the ¥ Under Ais construesion, thers is 10 security to the citizen wnlees his skin be bluck, 1 now repest. what 1 bave of:en before, that the neyro having equnl rights ander the laws of the Stats with the whit, wan, {f what is ealted the * Croil Rights Sill" is & consiisiiimal lave, it {8 wot applicghle 1o U s of Lowisigna, And ] earn estly recommend the Attorsey-Genersl of the State to corre. spond Imomediseiy with the Attorney-Genefnl gighe 1nitnd States, 10 order (0 get a proper constraction of the act, thut we cortainty 48 Lo our status, temen, as & mamber of the late 1664, wizh foelings of kindncss loward each sad T earpeeliy bope that shey will desiss from thel e required 1o enfores ita pleace ond dignity, But, ly and frmly—ttie Constitation nlation of the ly couduct bas laiy of th weer 2t ate must apply the les ju vindicaisd. THE NEW-ORLRANS TRIBUNE (FREEDMEN'S ORCAN) OGN 4 JUDAT ABELL'S CHARGE. ~ Judge Abell was ont again agaiust the Convention- ints and the Civil Righte bid), s far ns Loaisians is concerned for, sayr Judge Abell, *under the laws of tie Htate, a colored wan bas proeiseiy the same rigkts, i all ¢ 14es, efvil and eri inol, that any white man Bus, or con have.” Now we do et deuy §t. We know this to be trae, Bui Lave whited and blacks been punishcd iike jor the same offersa s TVould the Jiry c” I of opa of the pa cfuse 10 arrem a gang of bi. asa pang of =i And yet Jidge dency of the colored triel purauiis asd o vromise for the futul A BECESH DESCRIFTION OF THE PHRSONNEL OF Wil CONVENTION. 2 Frou The New Urieaus Crosceat, July 24. To read the proclamation of Judge Howell one would wappose that * (of 196)) are me worving * loyalt It $5 true that who are known never to have ewbrace ve proved uniree 1o the Uninn of popuint enthusianm which to the time of the capture nos, Mr. Rosler, Mr. Jal Flanders and D: ad Dr. Dostie are Alx. Dizant de- d e ware A0 foderate caos, wad uever 1o eves the forse uiity even uj o for inein 1 Durant, sappor Dostie. OF thewo tive, only Mlr, supposed to save v eutl 8 4 70N UINFPALIOD Of powe in niderstood 0 tion project. list of arigiuel and eon On the other band, among the Cogventionists, i ntify himaell with the Confe ©r was paramoust 9, who thoueh not eanse Ay Orlea v adding @ sian p Cutlor, who claims & sent 15 o epresentnt 1vo of the w ce) ed , was an early and ardent s0lation, & society formod exgressly 1o ald in taking Liin State on Unlop. Mr, Fusb, who Lok & cubs) 4 ha Abie procesdings of the © and wis, we beliese, printer to the Legisluture of wise a0 urigionl ewber of the Souliogp e his name, we beileve standing eighth én 1 e lis Judge Howell, whose U'nionism 'mrhalx$-- unadaiterated, il o and % bo Ja vouched fox by Mr. Joutwe! M distlogushed from Jury, publisde " Crogeent, ] to know them wel, 16 seema that be doos kuow enough to refase t hnve anytaing o do with thewm. A MOUE MODERATE VIEW. From The New Uricras Cowuiercial, Jaly 23, 1t is very sad o soe #uch vind trove that between Judge Abell and Judge baa feit himeelf outraged by by denying the o ithoricy ‘some of themembers of that Lody w.tA having in their havds e of mondy dedicated (0 A catublivhment of Fre Goe s (n Lowwana” His Jmputativns vpou those who took the oath 1o support the Coufederuey, and then camo the tyrolbnlly the Uuited States, is particalsrly pungent. This delamatibn la not altogetter compatible with the “feelinge of Riuduess toward each and «yery member of the Couvention.” nor with the iatimat the members if Ihe Convention are thewselves dis! di Theso cont; be o ‘Jmnl"m Loy ven 10 that object, as in result will, o apprehgad, wici can_command the wilitary e ? for 10 this complexion it must come at ce contreversies which tend to weaken our wasind nd divide our energies, scarcely sufficlent for the sources, welal prospenty, to 'fl'.':!:‘,'fi:.',',....hq- "Abell's explanation of the civll righs law. A negro s thereby raised to legal equality, but there 4 of law for bringing white eems Do wi ’:h“ or the the Cowvention, and stand pa- b the meantime we tal while owr o people. but and swait the deeision of questions in whic/, dearest rig) re at stake, we Aave as yet wo voice, THE CONVENTION oF 1864—ITS LEGALITY AND ITS MISSION. From The N Tribune, Jaly 2. We favor the sssewmbling of the Convention of I ana of conrdng to & general vote of tho people. We it this Convention 1o be ize that it has: ts il exercioe o 864, od- i but at the same time we must ela & ladios bare Midaoe " Pain T 5 ) : f.'.':,.::',;:. :m'u‘-nmun.-ug.‘:: na..m“::xm oV an_opportun enlargs toral makiog publie ¢t Lincolu's letter, ':Iuo:lhll.l'ry ‘.Iu 5 . or even the Conven- tlon. Ih‘:o:l 0 Mu‘ “:‘h (A ana ‘T liepabioen Couveaton of October, 185 dscvsed o plan of a Constitntion to the people. theu the Central ve Committee had under tion the osll for & lp.o‘::lll- Cumfloll"h;l &ul od that .L ‘l‘r:- :‘..u- . n'l yote ( 10 aflirmative or vegative) -vlg ities ur in the it ol o Coaveation of 16€1, we see thal, £.r £'fi-‘?fl 1 | not,_be authorities We will bave eor Conventian of 186/ Convention is XITALEOUS power, from tho wholo peopie. Bak s & ¢ vl s de that body, If they succeed i thelr 3 the first ."-{ulq of exeroising !'-2?. te. win, on ably, be a ereat progress. The first ex- fi.“.".,.fl' h“u'?.—':.’o it used for pejecting an imperfect anref Constitution—will of itself inaugurate a poli- ! rev, Lowisiana—a revolution more dee) rtant (han apy of (L6 reforms already attew) d pot take this chance of enjoying, for one 4 o1 xight of soverolgney 1 Why s foutd wo 1ok Convention of "4 ln their efforts, 10 so wuch as ard that end? Lot us vote once, in all ficial pods; and then we may Guetly e time ot loast, encoarage the they are directed oW Ao parighes, at the o wait for the future, Lot us voto onee. 0t to exeveiss the sovorelynty of cal mowna of exercising that sov- uvo declarwl that they are means. We now sco that y furuish it. We certaloly not the Convention of will not everlook that DENUNCIATIO ) v sl iy OF TR DEMOCRACY. " ¢ NowOrloais held a mays vatifiention among others, denoanclug the Conveation of It wes 4, That the Constitutlod of 1864 by all the departarents of the ioreinment Jaw of the land, und o such bas been acqu poople; that tho conyention which framed ¢ dissolyed by fue pesformavee of the trast reposc it was witbodt lawful authority to perpotuate its existence, wade Ly certaln of ity members to lias Its origin i woticeapurely wue lves under a constitution to nlter n:‘l modify lzrnu: «p porors that the eonvooation A "l' recolurionary, and that it is the ary und the law officers of tho and the attempt now being reinvest it with absolute [OW¢ selfish; that unable to yuetain t hey seck y wh ] ¢ unmorily cltizens an from the apar s miscomuct o | satricie, LOUISIANA. NORTITRRY H.Amum' OF LIFE AND PROP- LRTY—NEGROES KILBED, SCHOOLS BROEEN VP, NORTHERN MEN ORDERED OFF—JUSTICE BANISHED FROM THE COURTS-PRACTICAL MEBSLLION. From Ou: Special Correspondents . . New-Omteavs, July 20,1860 The state of affaits at the Bouth is quite acomalous, and difficult to be understood'by o stranger. Sqcioty 'is ina very disturbed condition, There is a general feeling of unsettiedacss, and with Northern residents agfecling of in- seeurity. They are’resolved to be misersble. 1 have heard men who wers once large planteys thus mourning over iheir losses, when a lit might mako Dot ot comfortablgm Tok they prehead o ebes their tears over the Jm, and to charge the North with robbing them of the! ?ropcny.' 1t iy stiingo to icidal hfllhr?o“ “of muiti- tades, ‘Lng war lc*l. them in an impoverish#d or embar- rae <o’ condition, They retained their lands, but’ under oM 2 e, O ud&pfid of stock, often of buildings snd fencee. wiile they had not the capital neceseury t3 yebuild or cepair these wastes, and to stock and seed their plants- tlons wiul yat them in working order. The dictate of com- mon ~wis would be to seek the most available means of reci | i ting their foptunes, from whatever quartcr. Some wen uas o done %o, and are g the benefit, 1 2 we- q | ith o few of this class, avell thewm- welv s of Northern eapital and enterprise. Although their ewsotco vore mueh involved, they are resolved to sueceed, allow & mean to rejeet proffercd bely icm to bankraptey, Were such the p('rg nstrietion of the South would be -peul:z ut egeinst this reagonable class must be set number who nuise their i isery and pride, +bitter agamst the Yankees, whose sitoation w %0 uncomfortable that they prefer o invest 1in other ways than buying or ‘“‘runmng” lantations. Scme time sinee s Northern eom- OW SUl nnd wid | paes med to fuvest o lazge amount in Southern lands, | bl ort of their agent as to Bonthern feeling was 8o | auf. to determine them to look elsewhere. T W ortliera men, some of them late in the oy, who bave lensed plantations whose gituriion is ma Lagreeable to them and their famflies that they wil sbubly renew their leases. So great, too, i the feol iasecurity 8 to life and property, the threat hay- o owi passed around that these Northerners may plant bt oo her their crops, that these gentlemen have yido 17 gelves with arms, {n some cases 8 hundred whas ol if nocessary, ean be put into tne Lands of “f ther (s ot laborers. T: o oo uty Contls are all in the interest of the South- €50y w0 Luat a Northern or Usion mag, ora stands | bu whow' }em pL chance for justice, unless the ghta bill ow over hiu its proteetion. Sowetimcs @ North- arrested on afalse cix , to which ity of y to swear, and be is taken from his busi- Aotalned for days, unless Lo cen give bail, whieh nes yefused. Often his lal taken from me chatge tramped np fox the occasion, are eeut to | jndg 4 pronounced g they | Juit, cases nover to return; thoy having, us is R‘;( d! which be unde: 10 moan ha aurdered. . These are facts + Northern planter told mo that so bLe had leg Ly 0B s SRRy to guard his T'ho pegroe on such furms as his were often o much from® hatred to them as to annoy and o/ taeir Yankeo masters, He folt less securr than 1 knew a very respectable Northener, am Las held fesponsible offices aunder the (overnment, who was warne@ out of a vi Louis & couple of the chivalry " Auothe: ce returned to the North with . was in like mauner direeted o qait the planta- ' he wes 1aanagiug, and when he paid no atten- reats, he was advised by the Sheriff of the @ if o rogarded his life.” Auother, who bad # resident ot the South, but nhad gone North war, wet with rough treatment on his return ae, and during his abscace at one time his houso d to the ground. : hese cirenmstances, Northern emigration will uthwhard; and yet without them, we shall have loag for a * reconstrueted " South, For the most alty must bo imported. . rthe mischef comes from Southern papers and politic us, who foster o Lostile feeling. The peogle are 110 & lieve that the Ceneral Government is tyrannizing cer =, and that only by complete restoration to the L i (s former polit u nd the Wi gy o | underst i o <ontrol |-bor, under the ides too pary to Lo profitable, they expect a good tiwe "’ to come. Vain . am. The Southern disewso demands a more radi- ! ouro—the infugion of o new elemont from without. A tri) into the conntry—especially do we write now of sioaa—and up the Mississipp), reveals the terrible A ous of war, ond the indispensabloness of Nosth enter; nse and capital, Miles nlljjmu ouce cay wish euiton, cane or corn, Bow lie wuste, abandoned to weeds or water, and the South bas not within herself the meaus of roeaporation. She cannot even build the levees uecessary to keep off rutuous inundations. Anotler obstacle to .s‘-mmern‘gvmpomy is the feeling toward e white Le South is dependeut on nogro | labor to till its lanas, ‘There has been some t2lk, * ‘doed of foreign white lubor (the Yankees would not he ‘exdured f they could be obtawmed), sod some attemp 148 been to introduce it, but with little success. The fact is, ¢ Irish and Gorman laborers do not feel at home on Southern plantations, They feel Iabor is ot Tfllfll s bonoruble there as olsewhere, ond, beside, g-y not liko to work with tho blacks. Aud if they wes willing to ewigrate Southy at the edrliest u"nmmfll‘ they wonld come landowners themselves. Through the prejudice asmrsial 2y thoy wil J fi onbnmm they will not so readily gain p:fldo: 1o eultivate the plantation. For ihis reas "ot Ane interest of the South to be on the most friendly terma with the negrocs. Bat, to a great oxtent, they are not 8o treated a8 to secure their confidence. Many have been tho oseos where, through the dishanesty of the planters, the laborers W a whole year to bo turned off without their wages, or 1o find thems:lves in debt. A sensible planter, an acquaintance of mine, who thinks it buttee to work than to grumble either at hin situation or the Government, assured me that nearly all the diffi- cul'y about labor ariees from the unfaithfulness of the em) ‘Whero they treat their laborers well and fulfill their contracts, m{‘m them ready enough to work for them. The blacks have been much com of for cou- gre,ulu in -und about the l::ll ;:rd enlfln ni-;vil as been greatly exaggorated, #0 far as it ex! it has, e onsiemble vxtent, an honorable cause. It s to se: cure on under the shadow of the military, and also el for their children, liglous privileges for Themselves. Let chools by .{:?ux.‘! on thEp lokchurehes be on the plantations, full protection guaran nto the counlr{. discouraged or broken up, and and cruelly by ** ehis -lm-h”l'o 1 e I ** ohiv " Bouthern gen- mml.’uy. in Juckson, La., the dnli‘;h- t eolored ininister, -sdncated young lady, teacher of & colored school under the Bureau, avas nearly killed by several * I hood. A fow weeks since, U chureh, for no crime or real offense whatever, were arrested in St Landry Parish, La., cast into jail and kept there three days. On the of the fousth day they were released on the payment of $5 apiece, in default of ‘which they were to work out the smount on the public roads. Can the South, by such conduet, attach to itself the black populatiou, and expect to have an intelligent and ymflu le penlnlzx AUSTEALIA ——— Sydues (An ralio) mlzi:el report Califoruia Wheat L T e more in consequence of the “The wheat erop at Melbourne is that of last yeor. Large Fire in Buffale. - BECOND DISPATCH. Burraro, Monday, July Tn nddition to the losses reported to-day noon by Buffalo Creek there were. $1,000 worth of ¢oal ofl valued at 812,000, and of stoves Lo the amount ‘The total loss 00 the el teamer, sboves, £345,127, Sturges nover insuroe, elevutor bave n partial insurance on oue risk of 81,500 on the Peoples’ Office of 1866, fire lot Lo, i el Fire in Princeten. Priyeeron, N. J,, Morda 30, 1806, The steam saw and phmnz m!lls o in° Voorhees fire this morning. Loss New-York and Jersey City Voorhees & Co. loses in this place was destroyed b $15,000; insurance $10,000 in oftices. The lumber firn of Ar. $1,000; uot insured. Fire in B v Baxcon, Me., Monday, July 36, 1656, Last night, at 12 o'clock, the wood-shed of the Maino Ceutral Ralirond, contalning §00 cords of wood, was set u three or four places aud cuthie: umed. e 4 TADRIHT » Ll TS Ay cunits 7 i s ool - PRICE FOUR BN THE ATLANT) TEREGRAPY Corvespondence Between fic Gesen of England and the President of © the Ulted States, The Aldbama Claims sad the Eughieh Extract from the Jourual of e Gicos Eastern. ———— - AstE BaY, Mouday, &y 0, 16066, The Superintondent of the Newfoundland Live arriyed Liere at 9 o'clock this morning, with the message from by Queen of Great Britain fo the Presilent, of ihe fz Osonse, Tuly 27, 136, States, T the PresiDENT OF THE: UNITED STATES, Woskingiwn s The Queca congratulates tho Presideat ow 6 "smeconfe | completion of an undertaking which she Lopes wny serve a0 additional bond of union betweou the United Hates &+ Ergland. | THE PRESIDENT'S RETLY. EXCCCTIVE MANSION, Wasniioson, ‘Monday, July 40, 11:30. o w.. 16 f To Her Mejesty, THE QUEEN OF THE Usrwn Kmapoit' o GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND: o The President of the United Stefes-acknowiciges wicy profound gratification the receipt of ey Majetsys iv- pated, and cordially reciprocates the bope that the Civie wLick now unites the Eastorn and Western Homisphores may serve to strengthen and to perpetdate posece and swmity i oo tween the Government of England and the Kepablic of the United States. AnDREW JOUaON. | A GREETING YROM MAYOR TOPFMAN 70 st "YT5n MATOR OF i S & s Honor the Mayor of New-York hay coused: ‘o be forwarded to T's Honer the Lord Mayor f Louden a felec groplic dispatch of which the foliowing i3 a copy Mavow's OFrics, New-Yosk, July 0, 16, ' To the Lord Meyor of Londons - The energy and geniug ‘dfrected by (he Provider T g . G“'nhl:.e o instramental 1 i ! R a(:ll n securirg (he happinest Jous T. Horruax, Moyor of New-Yurk, aa sk Extracts from the Jouraal of the Greaut Eastern, Speciai Dispateh to the N. Y. Tribane. . Aerx Bay, Jply 20, 1565, Mr. Dean, the Sccretary, having refased copies the journal tothe members of the press, 1 hay }lune-l e ollowing from passengers on board - JULY 7, 4:20 p. m.—~The Terrible is firing o salute. Cheer( . from sbip and skore. The cable is o5 share. 4:25—End of cable put throsgh the tolegraph house s window. Tremendous eheers by the Eritish tare who wx,J it on shore. SECOND DISPATCH. Heani's Coxrexn, July 29, 1860, - via Asry BaY, July ;. The following are extracts from the Journal of Eastern Al wert well until 12:20 on the 18th (dr;c‘n'l‘ Vime), when the it real Shock was given to the naceees fhat bis Ditherto attendad u, g ot 3 g - and learsed that the runziog asd peyieg out il bad canglt three turn of the Sake fmmediately under J carricd them into the eye of the coil, fouling jthe toy-ont and Maulng up one-half turns from the outside, ard five tarus of the oye of the under akes, Tiis was stopped, fortanntely bifore entering the payisg-ost machinks; stoppers of hemp with chains were alse put ' wa naar the wheel astern, and Mr. Caazing guve orders o stard by tolet go the buoy. This was ot very cheering to hear; Dbut, thoagh the calw and collected mar gave uy eonfiderco that bis skill and experionce would extricate the Cable frum the danger in which it was placed, no fisblog line was ever enmtaogled mors than the rope When thrust up 1 apparently hopeless danger from the eye of the sable to the deok. Ahere were at loast 5,000 feet of rope lying in thin state, and In the midst of (ke rain and ivereasing wind the cable crew set to work to disentagle it. The Doiphin was there, too, patiently following theflights s they sbowed them- 8el¥en, Whe eraw 50w passing them forward and now aft urtid at last’ tho haracter of the tasgle was seen, snd seon it Dbecame appurcas hat ere loag the cable would be saved and unipjured down 10 the tany, Ceps. 4nderson wasat the teff- rail, anxiously watching the ‘strain on ¢+ wang (we evuld scarcely make it out (he vight was so dark), endeavoriag to M’anlflmflwnmmwflnnv. When one reflects for & moment upon the rise of the ship, and the esormous mass sbe presested to the wind, the difi- oulty of keeping her stern, under the circumstances, over the cable can be dpprehended. The port paddie-wheel was disconneoted, but afterward there wws & sbift of wind, aed the vessl came to the wrong way. Welcome volces were now heard passing the word aft from t!m tank that tie bightie were cleared, and te pay out. Then she huge stoppers were quietlysopened, and at 2:05 & m., to the joy of all, wa wara onge mor e discharging the cable. They veered it away in the tank 10 ¢! ear the serew, and tho paddio-engines were slowed 50 as to rexduce the speed of the hip to four aud & half knots. * Duri og all this eritical time {here was entire absence of noise snd confusion. Everydbing was silontly done, and t he cable men, and erew, worked with hearty good will. Mr. Canniog has hed experi- enced foul Aakes before, and showed toat be know what to do {n the emergency; but what of the « dectrical condition of Ihe oable during this period! Simply t bat through its eatire length 1t s perfeet, or as mecsnioall y called. > e . Message (rom Yir, Field—As serican Claisie on the British Gove ramdut. » Special Dispateh to The N. Y. Trigans. ’ Heart's CoxTRNNT, PMounday, July 20, 1866 ¥ VALt 2:50 p. w.—Stuart to Field: Congratulate you and yout fellow-citizens oa your cou ;pleta success. A.ny- n satisfaotory eleotriosl communication with New-York and other citiest How s0on are you likely to be so VauBNCrA, 57th July. —Stuart and Glaes to Pieid —We in- hdqulumllmnmnllhbmm,uln place peyoad question all parties on equal footing. Fanay Niour.—In the Hous of Commons on Mondsy night Lord Stanley said the Cabinet were auzious to remove “any Irritation aziaing 0ut of cases connceted with tho war be- tween the North aud ihe South. . < T the elalnis were pressuted by the Almw. he English Governmont intended to issue 8 royal commistion to inquire into tho neasrality lawa, aud, if possible, o ‘reviso them. . - Cable oo A Borrox, Monday, lal 1868, Gov, Bultock has ordered a salate of 100 guns 1o bo fired on Baston Common to-day, to celsbzate the compl-- tlon of the Atlantic Cable, ; '-“-. Mond: YIy:)".m!‘.~ ¥ asteoir, Me., ay, Tul 3 The brig Areomede, with load of bay, from Picten to Petbroke, weut ashore at oot Head, 110 vessel has goue to pieces. e el The Steamer Zodlac—Morine Disasters. Eastrorr. Me,, Monday, Joly 30, 187 The steamer z«;lht, 'é\_ic‘u ek cehore on llAu:nh} Leprana, bas beeif got off. $he is uot dameged Wi u;lwm-..'chm Gl BT IRl Uk seal Satasdar.