Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1817-04-29

| From the Ge0rSetOrOn Messenger.
/ The following account of the riot
lin Orleans, is extracted from the
\ Louisiana Gazette. Weare indebt-
ed for it to the politeness of lieut..
Weaver, Of our navy, who assures
US it is substantially correct. Lieu.
tenant w. was present 10 the city
at the time il occurred -.
THE RIOT.
| We have delayed giving a detail
of the disgraceful scene witnessed
in our city on Tuesday last, that We
might be enabled to lay before our
readers as full and as fair a state
ment as the nature Of the case admits
We were the more impelIed to this
course because we did not believe
that the people Of our city would,
upon any occasion be. induced to COM
mi, acts so degrading to society,"
and we did not wish TO cOnfOund the
innocent witt, the guilty. We are
aow happy to have il in our power
to say that scarcely : single Creole
of Louisiana is in any way implica-
ted in this outrageous prostration OF
Ouc laws
The following statement, we be-
ilieyewill be foand to be substantially
correct: an English ship and a French
oae are lying alongside each other
al the ievee aud are both Of them
loSdms--On Monday last dispute
arose between the officers about the
stage leading 10 the le'ee, bat we
believe proceeded no further than
biudins the Ensiish Captain to keep
the peace. After this however, it
was discovered that his vessels yanes
had a tri-coloured tail, and this il
was industriotaiy prOpasated, WAS
intended as an insult 10 the French
part ofthe community it was i'm
meiiately seized upon By certain
class of persons long known in on
vicinity. whose purposes it suited
Ii should here be remarked that the
English ship. the (HAMILToH) has
been three weeks in port. has had
these obnoxious vanes flying ever
since, yet the insult was not discoY-
cred until this dispute about the stage
took place.
nn Tuesday early in the day. a
nun3er Of persons collected on the
levce near the ship. and a little
while after the mayor went on board
and ordered the yarC; TO be taken
down. The Captain demonstrated.
but finally they were taken down by
another person.
Captain ColsSed then sent TO the
ccmtnandinC naval officer to know
WHITTIER the were considered often
siye TO the American Government
he was Of course, answered 10 The
negative upon which they were a.
gain hoisted, From the moment
they re appeared mob began TO
collect, aud continued 10 increase ra-
tpidiy. Between two and thee the
may or a.-in appear q. hut remained
some time mere spectator Of the
preparations which were making o
board tie vessels, which being com.
p'cted about Ave, a uuaibcr Of men
marched up the stage and the
vessel was taken possession OF after
trIGing TesistanCe.-A seamen was
murdered, the mate OF The ship and
four Of the crew severity wounded {;
tie rioters tiieu tore down the vanrs.
cut away The rigging. chopped the
main and mi2en masts. broke the
sky ligkt.through which they fred
several pistols into the cabin in which
we're, we are informed the British
Consul, the captain Of the ship and
several other persons; aud when
they could find nothing else on which
TO vent their spleeus. they gaIlaDt!y
tied a monkeys chain round his neck
and threw it over board. and most
magnanimOusly cut an English duck,
head of.
What they would have found next
TO indulge their malice on, or where
they would have stopped il is impos-
sible to say, had not Col. Renolds.
the rlartial, went down to head quar-
tiers TO request military assistance
to preserve The peace of The city. A
part Of the 9Th United States lnfan-
try were marched up with a CELEBRITY