Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1842-06-02
GREAT RIOT AT NEW ORLEANs.-THE
Brokers' Ofices Nobbed and Robbed
THE MiHfarU coIed o,,f ~

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The Military called OUR
From the New Orleans papers Of the
2lst inst, we learn that on the previous
day, the people of that city we're 10 state
oil great excitement, owing to the vast de-
precautions Of the notes Of the Munic,pali-
ties, which took place, Immediately upon
the resumption Of specie payments by the
banks. The Picayune says:
About eight o'clock a crowd Of some
thousand persons collected on the public
square. They were principal men who
DO business in a small way about the low
err markets, - Frenchmen, Spaniards. l..
Italians, &c. After some brief but agra
rian addresses from some of those amoDg
them, they proceeded to the building in
which are the Mayors Office and the
Treasury of the FIRST Municipality. Here
they became extremely clamorous, and
gave indication Of their determination to
outrage both law an order. They were
met by the Mayor, who assured them that
all excitement and apprehension about
Municipality notes were groundless-that
the Municipalities, would provide for the
payment OF them at par value, and he
therefore requested them TO dispense and
90 home. This did not seem to satisfy
them; every man was loud in urging his
own complaint. The Mavor said it was
impossible Tor him to reply to them all.
but suggested that if committee ofthree
from among them would come up 10 his
office, he was prepared to hear any thing
they had to say, and TO give them such
advice as he thought most conducive to
their interest. a committee was ap-
pointed, who, with the Mayor, retired to
his office, and it was in their absence that
some onein the crowd cried out in French,
"down with the brokers down with the
brokers ~ which seemed TO be the signal
for general rush up Chartres street.
On reaching the corner Of Camp and Ca
nal streets, they simultaneously broke in
TO and commenced pundering four Of the
Exchange brokers' offices located there.
Some appropriatng to themselves the
spolls, some breaking the counters and
windows and dashng the specie about
all appearing inclined to carry on and con-
the love Of law and order characteristic
of our citizens, they ran to the rescue,
drove off and dispersed the mob, and Sc
cured some eight Of those most prominent
in the work Of robbery and demolition.
The whole city now became scene of
general excitement. 1t was rumored tha.
an attack would be made on the Second
Municipality Jail, and an attempt made 10
rescue the prisoners caught in tho act of
i-under. The citizens Of this municipal.
l,y, to the amount of s>me hundreds, a.:
once armed and placed themselves under
the command Of the veteran Col. White
the Washington Battalion and the Lee
glon turned out-the "great guns" were
put in order, and every thing bore the ap-
pearance Of a city under martial law.
Nothing, however, occurred through
the day, aGer the sackng of the brokers'
offices, excep, faint demonstration that
was made about half past IL O'clock, to
attack the Second Municipality Jail, which
was at once suppressed.
The names of the brokers whose stores
were broken into and plundered, are
Messrs. Valentine & Williams, A. S.
Barker, f. w. Nance, and - Raffell
The amount Of gold and silver taken from
them is variously estimated at from five
thousand to ten thousand dollars.
The following are the names of the pfi-
soners in the Second Municipality prison,
arrested at the riot and robbery -. Cor,
nu, John Kesbcrt, c. Chauviese, Augusle
SERVER, Thomas GaIlart, J. B. Lecleve,
Jean Grouse, George Hafelin, Peter Jo-
seph, Alonzo Yuclan, Augustin Lion, NJ.
Munis-in all twelve. Besides these,
Jose Trioize was arrested by the First
municipality police, having in his posses
sion some Of the stolen silver.
The Picayune says that besides the
volunteer military who were called out,
there was a company Of U. s. troops or
dercd up from the barracks, who were
out under arms all plight. The councils
of the different municipalities were imme.
diately called together and made arrange
ments for the immediate redemption of
their issues, and it was supposed, all trou.
Bile would herewith end.
MEXICO.