The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-06-25
DISAPPEARANCE OF THE VIGIL
ANTS.
[FIom the New Orleans Crescent. ]

tended doing, after the events of Monday
was explained early yesterday morning. The
barricades are found deserted; the cannon
had their muzzes pointed in toward the Ar
senel; the muskets and rifles were leaning
against the walls and scattered about the
streets; and the whole vicinity was as silent
and deserted as chnrch.yard. We learn
that the Vigiants dispersed at about -four
o'clock in the morning Most of the men
retired quietly and quickly to their homes
and the leaders left for parts unknown
though rumor said the U. S. Barracks, below
the city, was the place to which they retreat
ed for refuge.
The people who first found the place de-
serted, looked upon the scattered guns as
the Legitimate spoils Of war, and speedily
carried them off, Men, boys, loafers and ne
groes, were seen carrying the guns off in all
directions, and turning the thing to sport,
the relish Of which may easily be imagined.
We heard of one small black boy making
tracks for home with Two splendid Minnie
rifles on his shoulder. Whether these guns
will be reclaimed or not, or recovered if
claimed, is ono of the multitude of questions
which have arisen by the uprising and down.
fall of the Vigiants.
The proper officers of the Courts and Off
ces in the building occupied by the Vigiants,
were on hand in due time to take charge and
restore things to their original condition. Iii
the Arsenel were found cauldrons of hot
coffee, and the remains of plentiful feasting,
of the substantial kind, all of which were
duly consigned to the cutters, and the work
of setting matters to right progressed with.
The Sixth District Court was found in a
horrible filthy and disordered condition. The
clerk office had been broken open, ,ond twelve
of the records mutilated, their burnt remains
being scattered about the floor. The carpet
in the courtroom was bloody and sinking,
where dead body had been lying-that of
the German who shot himself Monday NOR.
ming. Mr.. Reese, the clerk of the court,
yesterday drew up a petition against Capt.
Duncan and others of the Vigants, claiming
damages of $4,000 for injuries done to the
courtroom and records. The petition will
be filled to day.
In the cells of the lookup were found two
men, prisoners arrested by the Vgilants, one
of whom had had his hands tied behind him
for three days. These men, having been ar
rested by the VigiIants, were of course set
at liberty.
To the Street Commissioner, MS a matter
of necessity, belonged the work of remov-
ing the barricades and repairing the torn-up
streets. He had the cotton bales of the st.
Peter and Chartres street barricades hauled
off to the pound. The two granite block
barrcndes across st. Peter and Chartres
streets-there having been four regular barri.
cades in all-were left standing until such
time as the workmen could be sent there to
tear them down and relay the blocks in their
original places in the streets. The work, we
suppose will be done to-day.
The work of fixing and cleaning up occu-
pied the most of yesterday. Judge Howell
and Recorder Fabre will open their respec-
tive courts This morning. The regular Police
occupied the Guard House, as usual, soor
after the Vgilants left.
Mayor Summers, finding that the Vigants
had cleared out, issued proclamation, dis
banding the special police and calling upon
the regular police to return to their ordinary
duties.
During the day, also, the City Hall (the
late headquarters of the Citizens camp was
scrubbed QUIT and officer Dan Busby, guar
dian of Lafayette Square, issued verbal
proclamations to the children and nurses
that they might come and.roll in the grass,
as usual.
And so has ended, at least in its demon-
strative aspects, the most extraordinary ex-
citement that has ever agitated any American
city. 1t is estimated that the five days cam
paign of the Viglants cost them at least
$4,000; and it IS known that it has cost
them some human ife-five of their men
having been killed among themselves, and
eight or ten crippled.
The disbanded Vgilants were arrested
yesterday, by the regular police, wherever
found, and locked up. Lieut.. Leggett, of the
Third District, brought up crowd Of twelve
Irish and German Vigilants, arrested in his
end of town, and lodged them for better secu
rity in the First District lookup. Numer-
Gus arrests of Vigilants were also made in
the First District. I'VE presume they will be
dealt with as leniently as the law governing
their offense will permit-for the general
opinion and feeling of the public is that the
great mass of them were deluded into taking
part with the leading Vigiants.
THE ECLIPSE OF THE Sun IN SEPTEMBER.
Sir John Packington has offered to place
vessels at the disposal of men of science for
observing the great eclipse of the sun which
will take place in September next. This
eclipse will be total, and its appearance will
be best seen in South America, particularly
about Lima. 1t is anticipated that an as,ron-
omcal expedition may be organized, and in