Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-11-06
SCENES IN NEW ORLEANS.

SCENES IN NEW ORLEANS.
The New Orleans Delta escribes the Demo
cratic Torchiight Procession on Saturday night,
Oct %, in spite of tie Iainind mud, as marked
by "a spendor Of display an ardor Of enthusiasm,
exceeding any similar exhibition which has
ever taken place in this city Alter such a turn
ont. the Democrats may We be classed as am
nhibous animals Ii beat The lorchlight pro-
c.ssions we have ever seen, I'D our Wing friends
will have 10 ''nump hemsel.s" 10 equal H."
Innumerable amusing lrasparencies III up lie
ma .ch; among them an extnporaneous one, IN
which was written "D-n Il mud Wonder il
the coons would Turn out sih night"
"The whole affair was urked by all thai III
mulluous energy which cha clerizes all Demo.
cratic displays, AMI vas hgly credilable 10 he
parry in this CITY,
The Picayunc says: "Frn The numbers pre-
sem, despite lhe rain, We a led 10 believe that,
had me evening been propipus i would have
been one 0, The most magnltenl demonstrations
ever Witnessed in this counii As il was il was
large and enthusiastic"
We regret that the scene vs. married b. 4 lie
porabie and distressing acciht which is thus al
laded 10 b, The Delta This olen parry cxcie
men is deeply 10 be regretted
| We do no, youch Tor The eral accuracy Of
| our statement, as No two pefHs with whom We
| conyefsed agree in even The bslanla acs q
/ his lamenrabIe affair. We a informed by &C.
yeral persons that, rs he Decorate procession
was passing up Circus street, individual wGo
was standing al the corner ii tdliu and Circus
streets, in front Of Chrisiop7 Llliy's Coffee
I house--lhe head quarters othe Union Rough
and Ready Ciub-cOmmenct huZZdDs very
loudly i.r Taylor and Filmu when some one
in The procession lhlcw hi. ich al him; there
upon, this individual Grew s,oI, and llrci il
into the crowd, when There " rush towards
him, and he was struck seve blows, but mol
until he had discharged all lhe'e barrel, Of nj
revolver into the crowd. He III ran into Liliy'>
house, The crowd pursuing hi when Two men
ran to both doors and fred seyal times at The
Democrats who were rushing a melee then
| ensued, during which, We are ormed by COED
authority, no less than lwentnree shots were
fred. Finally, however, the lmocrals having
90, within The house, sci ire 10 in several pla-
ces, and burned il 10 the ground
We deeply regret to say ,hone person was
probably killed, and several We badly wound'd
in this ARRAY. The body OF nan apparently
dead was taken out OF The ger and sent of ;
another was shot through the bTst; Mr.. w. IL.
Wilder a member If the GenefCouncil, recci
We ball in the head, and wn 81 saw him,
seemed 10 be suffering much i'm the loss ui
! blood, though we believe his voc IS mol dang
rous. Mr.. James DuLn, oi the id Ward, SIS
shot in The hand, and eralIhers received
slight wounds. We reserve laler PARTICULAR,
as well as ouc comments upon y most shane
fnl affair until we can learn heacts from tie
most reliable sources.
ANOTHER
TIE excitement produced by sal ataif n
Circus ,'rrcI had hardly subsed, teiote ""
were aroused by another alarnot melee On
| Common street. II seems that abe Drmoerall"
procession was passing up Can street. irw
| persons in the rear-some Of EN-, We under
stand, mere boys--Were aGacke, ihel! banners
and irdnsparencies taken from lhn and carried,
| il was aid, into uewleti's, wIe ihsy wcre
burned.
When the news Of this diseretnl act-one
which ne feel assured the Whi parry VII ie
| ptonp, 10 disrlaim and condemn rs II ought 70
| be condemned, by all decent ciIze'--ieached ne
main body OF Inc procession, umber q Dc
mocrats mounIe! On horses, refined 10 iiew-
eus. an! commenced thTowinsslcnes al ne
| building. and at persons inside. Finally, how
ever, they Withdrew, whoul doir any inoIc III
lu.; tran smashing some OF The window parcs.