New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-08-06
THE COURIER.

This journal seems determined upon pursuing
course Of Misrepresentation and incendarism. NOM
i ing delights it SO much as malignng New Orleans
in casting aspersions upon the character OF us c
zens-and in seeking to do it all the injury the re-
iteration of exploded and reckless calumnies can
superinduce
| The other day it re-vamped some often dlsproved
ISLANDERS upon the city, made regarding the events OF
the last Presidential election day. On Tuesday morn
i Ing Ne quoted from a carefully prepared article,
which appeared in the Crescent Of the 10Th OF NO
yenber last the real facts of the case, set down unaer
different heads. The ayerments in that article were
not questioned by the Courier when they hrst made
| their appearance, nor afterwards. they were not,
and have not, been questioned by any one. Their
| verify was and is unquestlonaole.
| Did the Courier attempt to disprove any of the
! statements contained therein? Not at all With
characteristic evasion it sought to shuttle around the
main questions at ISSUE and referred to certain Grand
Jury reports where the proceedings all porte
and where outside endeavors made to make mat
tiers appear thousand fold worse than they really
were and induced indictments which the States
Attorney was forced to DISMISS there not being par.
ticle Of proof to sustain theand to the report of
State official made to the Legislature which was SO
bitter and vindictve that not the inscriptions
majority of the last General Assembly would endorse
it, or carry out its recommendations
This species of lodging will not suffice for the
Curriers' escape from the dilemma in which it has
placed ITSELF We quote the same article again from
the Crescent of the 18th of last November, and chal
lenpe the Courier to lisproye single important item
!. :. a.o ,o;x ;ts Cd aaro,s
tongue in future: u.
There was Little or nothing unsua IN me recent eeeo
which should bring the blush Of shame into any man face
II was the most peaceaoiy cohduc1ea esetoh e eis mas
known for according to onr own personal ana
knowledge There were fewer knock downs ana ieSef o
rbances than nssal and no rotings The admaoe ponce
of efficient and patrloc Mayor confronted
much towards securing this result fo winch ne mas inc as
Of all good citizens no. biased by personal pfeoce ana Paf
san malign'ty. @f ~
or course we have nothing 70 40 with the feecohs OF tne
Free Trader upon the courage OF tae eocs Oh Ne" VI
leans They announced IN the newspapers a 'nes were
making arrangements 10 hght ana thes od hsht Is none
OF our business.
D. This ntimidatlen business Is the hns'es' kno Oh NUN
bug It won bear investigation And 'if four thousand"
men could pc nmidated rs Is nhmaed me 'erdc' Oh any
brave jury would be served EN- right Men VINO wont
l., r .Ji IL cass os fosirr nxssi,n
In the information communicated to the editor of
the Free Trader by highly respectable gentleman from
Wilkinson county, all we nave 10 say is ss 'aere IS moi par
80 49, uh t a. h tails ansnirsa M
Democrats we're shot down. for .hurahng for Buchanan
or anything else The Indians spoken of only
twenty or thirty in number and they dispersed long before the
opening u ,ne % tn the