The morning comet. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1856-1856, 1856-02-20
From the Crescent
Shooting " Heccs.le, s-u,-nre",

An p'tpuHt w Lbe NhteHttcu a.
sass;natior cf Recorder Sevepeau viii
he found in our local column. We
sincerely regret the dssfardly assault
upon his Honor. and earnestly hope he
may recover from his wounds in few
days
Because the woald be assassin is an
lrishman il does not follow that the
American party Of New Orleans is
not chargeable with al the guilt l.
Of course not He is comparatively
innocent at least not half as guilty
"a his abettore. There is no doubt
that the leaders Of the American OF
gan zation--the first merchants anil
property holders in the ciy-rad
McCann. twent, five or fifty dollars 10
nutder Recorder Sengeneau They
are not only murIerets in heart. but
are too cowardly to execute their own
fiendisl purposes with their own hands
I" assassination and cowardicn they
add rarsi,noy! twenty five or City
dollars is a "iuga'ly price for the
murder Of an humble individual The
killing ola Recorder sl.onldNlr;og fully
five hundred dollars' IN fact the
operation might ha considered dog
cheap at a thousand
We understand that al the WAN
wigs in the city were IN full blast on
Saturday night all day Yesterday. and
late last evening The whole party
was called sogeather, and after due
deliberation it was resolved, the first
very dn"k night. TO form an eus'mons
process.on-the left 10 rest ON Tivoll
j',cle aud the right on Rampatt
s'rnel-cacl man to he armed with
half dozen rtvolyers three bowie knives
y brass knuckle and a slung shot-and
then to proceed tn tho Parish Prison
break il open. take ou. MnNanu. and
burn him to death Nv flo made ont
ct green swamp oak I'y this
means. it is thought his agonies can be
prolonged two hours and a bali '
1T may be asked, what is l,,s awful
punishment inflicted for ? We have
been told privately We wouldn't
hay" It repeated for tho world that
Mccain is to ha burned. nos because
he bas violated tbs laws, not bcrause
he has attempted assas~inatiou, hu
because he was So hunglng shot
that he d,1nf h"U the Rssp,deyi THIS
j. m objectionable crime in the eyes
Of n.tve Americans.
There ia some doubt wheather the
American I'any is actually responsible
for the acts Of the two lrisl,.nen who
tried to shoot two othe, Ir,sh,nen,
mention Of which is TO be found also
in the local department One thing
la certain: 1.-THE party isn't RESPONSE
ble. it ought to be That all we have
TO ray.
1t the Legislature doesn't start
another address. and move every
American official in tho State. the
members thereof will he ,eorcant to
he calls Of duty, patriotism, liberty
md country
The faet Of the matter is ONLY ono
hing will suffice to save the State
rom irremedishle ruin. It is this
,et the Blach f'ode at once be put in
orce against ali members Of the Am |
,r'can organization
@ A correspondent of the Bur
lngton (1owa) State Gazette comnu-
''ca'es tue following information, in
eference TO the proposed conference
between General Harvey and the
sioux THE time appointed for the
treat council is about the first Of March
md from information reserved, there
Will be large number present. The
indians arc very anxious for peace,
nd are now convinced Of their folly
n coming in contact with the T. S
roops. Some Of the whites, however
experienced in Indian life, think it too