Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1844-06-01
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Our information from Philadelphia gives
renewed aHsurancg that tie excitement pfus
daeed BY the recent turnults III lhat vicinity
IA fast silbsidinh, and that rsaEon and faW arc
gradually rosatniug their rfEltful supremacy.
notwithstanding tho Threatening aspect Of
affairs ut tile time when MBior General Par
fERsoN was duly authorized by The civil pili-
GERS to exert military force, from tiat time
down to the latest date dr6ef has been pre-
served ID tho most a%ifteCt1al tAhh1er--an oh.
i6et which it may well 30 sfpao5od, indgettg
from The c0tniaotiJn previously existing and
The repeated military orders sad movements
that have appeared IN public frints, has only
been accomplished by inGessfut exeflion on
the part Of the Major General aud His st8f tn
the discharge Of their respective duties,
Tho city still wears IN soine degree the
appearance Of d g%arrieon town, Some parts
Of it are constant Y occupied bY troops, while.
others of them pefambulato the streets fully
equipped, fehdy 10 act at a moinsuts warning.
On Saturday night especially, d strong force
was detailed for duty, embracing a large BIZ.
dg of armed citizens, the first troop bf cdyai-
~ 1IiG INST 1GaitIitiib VI tfiidHtt ~ thE = itbhJf
portion Of tho second and third briGades, and
a detachment numbering upwards Of n hun
dfed ofths etsw Of the steam ffigate Prince
ton, Under the cdmmand Of Lieutenant J0Ha.
SON. The night however, passed off without.
difficulty Of any kind; and, though The duties
of the soldicry were not p%rCtefnitted on The
Sabbath, yet confidence was SO far restored
as to WARRANT tho Major General eommahd-
ing the issue an order, dispensing with Il
portion Of the force which bad been placed ID
hts disposal
The volunteer companies from Lancaster
and from Harrisburg have also been relieved
from duty and returned home.
Mr.. aeorr, the Mayor Of tie city, has Of.
fered reward Of ono thousand dollars for The
detection of tho person OF persons whoeet
Gre 10 st. Aaeuaiine's Church, and ono hum
dfed dollars fer the conviction Of any person
who participated In the riot which took place
in tie vicinity Of that Church. The other
acts Of arson and murder were committed In
Remington, beyond the limits Of the city
proper, and arrangements were being made
preliminary 10 an application to The Govern.
or III the State for the ias1iHH III eimilar pro-
cfamafion with roFetance to thege atrocious
outragoe,
The actual pccuttary idsa from tto dss-
]truCti0a Of property il varionsly cstimalel at
d quarter To d half i million III dollars. The
lowest estimate viii probably ccYcr the entire
amount OH flig accottht; but the lusa which
the city will suffer through itH business can
not To so readtly estimated. ft ia thus APP
pf6priatslg referred toby the Ledger;
''fho direct loss 70 tic city BY the late ii.
ota, i1 the ieHsebed amount cf bu3inegs fDF
The week past, has far exceeded the amount
Of loss IN property actually destroyed. How
lafVe q sum has thus been kept from our c-
fy, aud been sent TO other cities, 1t would lie
next 70 impossible 20 estimate, Every man
i'll business, however, can ansWot the queg.
tion for himself, and it propfobally would not
b. excessive 10 assume that Mt least fifty per
cent. Of the more active description Of trade
has been CUT Off by the disorder aud conGt-
sion that have prevailed. This will be found
10 amount 10 an enormous sum, if we run
thfoug the hundreds Of whole sale and thou
sands Of retail dealers Of orr city. The ag-
prerate business of these ia a week is por-
badly several millions Of dollara, the half or
which has been driven away and lost 70 our
This is an enormous gun but,
great as It il, The Toss IN tho value Of real es-
tate from the withdrawal Of capital and capi-
from our midst, will IS greatly exceed
tho lose 70 trade as The latter does the loss by
actual hurning and destruction oil property.
Ard the l6e5 IN character and moral iDilu.
eaee, which will wear to our prejudice for
years and years, far outweighs all other losses
combined. These are facts which, should be
carefully examined and considered By our
and tho cause and authors Of them
held to strict account
The Ledger also takes occasion to remark,
what it asserted 6ace before, that the Native
Americans were not responsible for these
riots and adds, that so far from sa%nctioping
them, they turned out as citizens to protect
and maintain the laws. The North
American, speaking on the same point, says
hat excessive injustice has been done on the
INC hand to the Native American party, BY
charging it with the breaches Of The law
have occurred, and, on the other hand,
o the inhabitants Of the city proper, and the
districts actually adjacent, by fixing upon
hem generally the odium be acts, Committed
comparatively a few persons of The lowest
lass. Some ofthe persous who fred the
were recognized BY the police ag
ia c%onvicta, many III them we're boys, and
of them could be pointed out al mem
of the American party. 1T w4s, there
ore, 4 motley and depraved crowd which con
the riots.--Noaonal Iatsllgencer q
he 16th
TRoN SHfPs AND SrEAmBoArs.-Gen I'll. A.
!. DeaFborn has lately addressed d long letter
o Mr.. Evans, Of Maine, upon the subject Of
wrought iron guns and iron ateamboats.-The
after division Of the subject is especially in
to those engaged in the navigation
f cur Western rivers, torit 10 believed that
,lthfn a few years iron viii take the place of
rood in the construction Of steamboats,, If
and builders practice a wise economy.
he great objection to Vessels and boats hnilt