Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-06-11

The city of New Orleans' has for a week
or ten days past been the scene of intense
excitement, growing out of an effort to sup
plant the city authorities by the organization
of a Vigilance Committee after the style of
that which exercised authority with SO high
a hand in San Francisco a year or more ago.
The city for several days was in a state of
aharchy-the opposing parties were armed,
their positions defended by barricades, and
a bloody conflict momentarily expected.
Meantime the election came off, u new set
Of officers were elected, and after a brief re-
sisiance the vigilance committee abandoned
their position and dispersed, but ii is said huve
rot disbanded. At last advices peace
seemed to be restored, though numerous az
rests of those connected with the Vigilance
Committee were being made. 1t is alleged
that politics had something to do With
the affair-:huugh those who were active in
getting up the committee declare its sole
object wae to rid the city of the desperadocs
IF every kind, with which it was filed, and
whom the city authorities were utterly uEable
10 prevent perPetrating crime, and failed TO
inflici punishment after its commission, even
where the offenders were known.
The following from the N, o. Bulletin of
the 81 inst. will give an idea of the state Of
affairs in the city about the time of the or
,ganization Of The committee:
THE OLD Story ALAs.--The near ap-
proach of the municipal election, we regret
to say, appears to be the signal for murder
Gus ouirdges, and not for the first time in
the history OF our city. 'Fhe following is a
record, SO lar as we have heard, of the MUIR
der and assassin intentioned acts that took
place night before last !;
About ten o'clock a laooring man named
Michael Lynch, while passing along Triton.
Walk, WIS assailed by four ruifians who
stood at a bar rom. One of them struck
him with a slung-shot over the eye. He
endeavored to escape, but e knife wound III
the lower part Of the back brought him to the
ground, where he lay until nezt morni ~,
whenhe was taken to the Charity Hospital.
About the same time a gang entered u
bar ro o4n at the corner OF Barracks and Lee
wee Sis, fired shots, broke furniture, and bad
ly wounded a man named Robert Lucas,
who was attacked by one of the crowd with
a hatchet, and among other Injuries had
one of his ears chopped off.
A midnight a horrible murder was per-
petnated in the yard of ashanty IN Girod
street, Between Techoupitouias end Nag
azine. Five fellows HHd EU-
volYess in their hands and carrying u light
F+uv~, end went through the
front portion, and then to the back part
where they remained a few minutes and
hurriedly left. The persons in the front
room thinking injury had had been lone
went to see. In the yard they foHnd a man
named john Casey lying ia a dying cohdi-
ton. The only thing he could say before
he died was 10 ask for a glass Of waier.---
Two or three stabs were about the eye, and
a desperate one in the lower part of the
back. Casey was a steamboat hand, and
was esteemed q very quiet man.
About an hour after the preparation of
the above, two br~ theirs, named Doyle, re-
ii ding on Delerd street, near the Levee,
were aitacked by another gang, who enter
ed their house and sIung shotted them.
N" arrests have been made.