Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1851-09-06
! THE RIOTS AT NEW ORLEANS.


Yesterday New Orleans alive with excitement and
movement. The streets thronged with people, and
cry and violent crowds paradd through the city, breaking
the cigar and liquor shops kept by Spaniards cutting
them of contents and destroying every thing they could
lay hands upon II levees had given way, and the
rent Of the Mississippi permitted rush through Streets
the turmoil confusion, and agtaton could not have been
greater We will briefly detail the incidents they occurred
The melancholy Of the hte Of CRIrrrSDES, KERR,
BRANDT, and their companions cast early in the morning.
deep shade of gloom ths community The several
hundred Fbusers in the city Immediately put Grape.
Up TO IL A. M. sign Of disorder was manifested About
that time an Extra Of very offensive and improper cha
issued by La Union ofceihe Office Of the Span
sh organ in this city, was an irritating outrage upon the
feelings Of the friends and reatve in this city, of
the gallant Dead and it generally known that the
Union Office would be attacked and gued About this time
Spanards still further famed the spreading fame Of excite
ment by public remarks Of most brutal, dnd all Of
most ensvs character. The Spanish Consul also hoisted
his flag They had presumed too much upon the perfect i'm
punity Of the past.
Abou, p. M. crowd entered the office of La Union,
and in few minutes i, total wreck The editor
rowy escaped with bis life through the n.ercesson Of Mayor
Themes tia crow ocesded 70 he corner III Griver and
ST. Charles, where very odious Spanard, Romsgoss tend
ed the Corinna cigar shop Some demonstrations made,
but the doors closed, when, after the expiration Of
hour, Romagoa appeared at Of the doors with drawn
knife in his hand, and expressed desie sheahe in four
FIVE cursed Yankees. rush made, when Romagosa
made bis escape into the ore closing the door after him.
first woundng three persons, one severely The ruins OF the
st. Charles furnished the materials with which the doors were
speedily battered H. every window broken the shop gute
and costly stock Of cigars scattered in the streets Roma
gosa made his by back door, ran Up street under
shower of missiles his face st aiming with blood and himself
hoty pursued He succeeded in shellering himself in the
city prison.
The crowd proceeded the office OF the Spanish Consul
who home company. They guted bis office
and tore down his sign.
Thence the torrent Of people poured down Poydras to at
tack the United Sales Exchange. happy remark from the
bar-keeper and speech from District Attorney Reynolds d
verted them from their purpose and, after taking ga drink
all round" Free they concentrated upon the Jenny Lind Co
fee House, ST. Charles and Perddo was guted
in few minutes, and the street strewn with the wreck
About this time e p. n.y. an immense crowd had gather
ed in Lafayette Square. 1t addressed by Judge Walker
and Col. Field, Of the Louisiana regiment. COL Christie
was called for but did not speak Judge Walker very
sby advised the crowd to bottle their wrath for in Cuba
ons denuncatory Ct the Spanish authorities, passed
in hurrah. Concha Captain General of Cuba, then
hung in efgy and burnt amid the shouts Of the crowd.
cry was raised for " White Hail." coffee house oppo-
site the ST. Louis Hotel and about thousand persons pour
ed down that direction On their way number Of Spanish
shops in Exchange alley broken into and gued. AT
this moment we cannot say positively, but suppose White
Hall, large and COSBY establishment clearly suted
Throughout the day and night the Spanish population
in the utmost epda,icn Their shops generally CLOSED
of the whole city, The at late hour hronged
with men, shouting, hurying to and fro, and projecting
know not what. Among them there not, far we
and officers of the highest rank among the Fbusers could
see any Of these emigants" AT deren, points, Recorder
Genos Col Christie, and Attorney Reynolds the only
who sought the progress Of scenes which,
for the credit Of city, Notwithstanding the strong and
bitter provocaion to them, cannot but deeply regret
Subsequent accounts show that the city watchmen
no, unmndfu Of their duty During the night Of the out
RACES they arrested many forty of the roter all Of
whom properly cared for the next day.
The Picayune Of the 23d, in speaking Of these
riots, says:
"The stimulus to disorder originally sprung out of ma
ona telling, in which every body participated, but it was
Immediately turned by class Of low rusns purposes Of
mere riot and pander And yet s remarkable that
in the whole range Of disorder personal injury done
threatened towards The Of the shops upon which
the violence fell Not single Spanard hurt, molested
attacked IN his person. Spaniards Of known loyalty to
their Government about without being attacked
while The shops Of other Spansds rnej This shows
how completely the riots Of lawless
ruans without any aim but that Of mischief and punder.
Order will not be disturbed again. Somewhat late, indeed
the police thoroughly organized and fear need be
lerianed Of a renewal Of mob violence"