Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-06-10
Riotins in New Orleans.
New ORLEANS. June 3.--Tbe

lowing appeared this morning,
The citizens Of New Orleans, az
ter years of disorder, outrage. and
unchecked assassination, the people
unable and unwilling either to
bow down in unresistipg submission |
to set Of rufiians, or to abandon
the city in which their business,
their social sympatbies, and. their
affections cluster, have at length
risen in their might, aud have quiet
ly taken possession of the arsenal
and buildings on the jackson Square,
and have established there The bead.
quarters of a vigilance committee,
.pledgipg each to the other to main
tain the rights inviolably of every
peaceabla and law abiding citizen, re.
store public order, abate crime, aud
expel or punish, IS they may de-
teimine, such notorious robbers and
assassins as the arm Of the law has.
either from the infdelity Of its pub
lie servants, or the inef1iciency Of
the laws themselves, left unwhipt
Of justice.
For the present the ordinary
machinery of police justice is sus-
pended, the Mayor and the Re-
corders, We understand yielding up
the power they confess the inability to
exercise for the preservation Of the
pub liz peace and the preservation
Of property. The vigilance com.
mittee will therefore Professionally
act in their stead, administering to
each and every maleiactor the pun
ishment due to his crimes without
heat or prejudice Of political bias.
All citizens who have sympathy
with the movement, and who think
that the time has come when New
Orleans shall be preserved like all
other well ordered and civilized
communities will report themselves
without delay at the principal Office,
where the character Of the move
ment will be explained, and the de-
termination Of the people more fully
,made known. All has been done
lnoiseIessly. thus far, and all will
continue noiselessly, dispassionately
and justly; hut the rulfians who have
dyed our streets in The gore Of IN
offending citizens and spread terror
among the peaceable, orderly and
we'll disposed, must leave or perish
So the people hrve determined
Vor poputi ror Del.
Tie True Delta's extra says: thai
betwe 700 and 500 men are un.
der arms now.
/ New ORLEANS, June 40 a. NJ
The Mayors forces are yet unorgan
lied; all is quiet. Great prepare
lions are being made by both par
lies. The Vigilance Committee, com
mander Major ]. K. DUuean, late
of the u S. Army, are vel! organ
lied and drilled. The city papers
divide on the subject. The Plea
yune and Crescent favor the city
authorities, and the True Delta ant
the Delta favor sVigiance; the res
are neutral. The crisis is expected
TO- ay.
! New 0RLEA Ms, June, 4, ii O'Clock
A. M.-Tbe excitemen. is increas
ing. The Mayor has issued an or
der to arrest John Maginnis; if ia
ken they declare they will hang
him. Maginnis takes it cool. The
Vigilance have offered to resign, pro
vided the city will vest police author.
ity in their hands, which the city re.
} fuses to do, The Vigilance is com
posed of all parties.
2 CLOCK, p. MA rumor is cur
rent On the streets that compro-
mise has been effected. The city
to deliver up twenty-five noted
J. ruffians to the vigilance, and SOC
men Of each side to be sworn as
police.
The Reporter is refused admit
lance in the City Hall.
New ORLEANS, June 4 q P. III
Fifty men, with two cannon, have
Just taken possession Of Canal sheet
said to be organized by mer who are
marked by the Vigilance for punish
mont.
New ORLEANS, June 4, 81 P. NJ
The Vigilance are triumphant. The
Mayor has resigned the municipal
authority to the Vigilance. Thecity
is quiet. The crowd has withdrawn
from Canal street. The Vigilance
f Committee have appointed special
!, police of over thousand men.
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