Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1841-09-25

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Correspondence Of the Louisville Journal
CINCINNATI, Sept. s., Is41.
TREMENDOUS EXCITEMENT
Military under arms-Abolition effects
A press destroyed.
During the past thirty-six hours our city
has been the theatre of one Of the most
extraordinary riots that ever occurred in
the West. | have several times, dufins
the last three or four months, had occasion
to advise you of solne acts Of violence OF
the negroes towards the whites, and, ut the
same TIME, remarked that ere long some
movements would take place in conse
quence, that would cause regret both with
our citizens and the abolitionists.
On Thursday night last, two boys Were
playing UPON a small sand.hill, on Broad.
way, throwing sand at each Other. Two
well-dressed negroes were passing, and
some of the sand CHANGED to fall upon thcar
fine dresses. A little dispute ensued, and
the result was, one of the negroes, without
any other ptovocation, cut one of the boys
so badly that his bowels were all letout
and hung down upon his abdomen; the
other boy was slightly stabbed with a DIX
knife by the other negro and they made
their escape. As 500 as the news Of the
affair became general, the indignation of
the community was aroused, and, accord
ingly, about 8 o'clock on Friday night,
some = or 900 citizens formed themselves
into a body, with clubs and walking sticks,
and gathered around the houses Of the
negroes, situated on the squares bounded
by Broadway, Pike, New, and Seventh
streets, and known to common fame as
Negrotown The blacks, %appfehensive
that some serious difficulties wotld take
place, had prepared themselves with fire.
arms, to resist an attack if made.
About s o'clock, an ARRAY commence,
at a small house on Sixth street, which re-
suited in the firing of three shots by TIE
blacks, badly %wounding three or four of the
as@ai'ants. A short time after one Of the
leaders succeeded in getting a pa"ey to
march down sixth greet among their
dwellings they did so, and were fired
upon by the occupants to the number of
Is or 90 shots. Several were ROUNDED,
one or two IF which, | am infor med, have
since died. The assailants then left the
scene of tufnult, and, in about an hour af-
forwards, returned with a s1r. III f%ield-piepce,
which they loaded with ron punchings,
rivet heals, &c, and fire! It down Sixth
street without any other { feet than slight
ly injuring SOME of the BINDINGS. Suisse
quent to this another yolley was fred by
the negroes from New street, which killed
one mar and wounded several others.
At this %juncture il was about ono o'clock,
ard the military began TO make their APP
pearance around che mayors office. The
mayor, early in the evening, was on the
ground, and D.ade a speech to tie mob.
advising then. to dispense /; but it was like
talking TO tie winds. AT the request of
the mayor, :he military, consisting of the
Citizens Guards and the Grays, march,
ed to the sceIie of riot, and sentineis were
posted around the negroes houses. The
military succeeded in preserving tranquil
ty for the rest of the night, or rather until
morning. Daring all Of Yesterday there
WIS great excitement in our city, and
Thousands Of people were assembled at the
scene of asfion. Strong symptoms of
!, another outbreak manifested through the
dav.
The City Council met, ard there was Il
genaeaff7a! meeting of the citizens at the
courthouse, at which resolutions were
passed, expressive of a determination of the
people to preserve the supremacy of the
laws.
At shutdown last hight, all the streets in
our city began to be filled with the poPn-
lace; and about eight o'clock a rush was
made by the mob to the Office Of the Adolf
ton press. They made short work of 1t,
completely Kidding the office of the press,
types, paper, &c. The presses were TAX
en- to the river, and thrown in and the
papers, books, and other articles were tos-
sed into the street. The Office was thor
odghiv demolished.
Accomplishing this the mob then went
to Fifth street, to the residence of the no.
%torious Burnett Ian Englishman, rank
| Abclitionist and confectioner), who had OH
some occasions secreted runaway slaves.
The doors of his shop were o broken
open, and the work of destruction com.
nienced. Cakes and candies, and sugars
and lars were throSn into the street, and
trampled under the feet of the populaee.
Every thing the house contained met with
the same fate; and had the family no.
made its escape, its various members,
doubtless would have been made terrible
Examples.
During all the time the military and the
police to the number of FIVE hundred, were
CONTINUALLY parading the streets. Ate
the destruction of the Abolition office asas
Burnett's effects, inquiries were made r
Thomas Morris, a notorious AboIst.o. lis
formerly United States Senator from Ohio
and DIR. Bailey, the editor OF tie PhiIar
thropist, and It was ascertainel they ha
both luckily left the city.
In our city, this morning, tranquilit
~reigns, but still the excitement is grea
and very possibly the like scenes may b
repeated tonight. On yesterday III
Mavor took the ~preeaution to have the II,
croes conveyed to the Jail yard, and
5 rors guard placed to protect them.