Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1858-06-11
~. A REVOLUTION.
Vigilance Committee In N, Orleans.

"a revolution broke out here last night
A vigilance Committee in large numbers
took possession Of the arsenal in jackson
square and the prisons this morning. Tho
Executive Committee calls for all law ant
order people to join them, and announce,
tlfeir determination 10 carry their measures
out
AT z o'clock A. NJ, nothing further haC
'trauspired. Loaded cannon arc postcC
about the arsenal and 200 armed men ar'
on guard.
The following address appeared thi
nnovning.
order outrage and unchecked assassination the peopl
unable and unwilling TO bow down In unressted subnis
sion 20 set Of ruans 10 abandon the city In vhic
their business their social sympathes aud their affection
cluster have At length risen In their might have quie
taken possession OF the srsens and buildings IN Jacss9
Vigilance Committee pledgng each 70 the other TO main
tain the rights nvioate Of every peaceabe and law abb
ding citizen TO restore public order aud ahate crime an
sxpsi punish they may determine, such netorou
robbrsand assasns the OF the law has either iron
the inhdety Of its public servants tho expedency
the law, themselves unwhippsd Of justice.
For the present the ordinary machinery OF police JUS
,Ssr nosr Tbev confess their inability to exercise Il
the public and the protection OF prcper and th
Vigilance Committee will act professionally In their stead
uent due TO their crime without heat prejudice or pot
teal bias. All citizens who sympathire in this movement
and who think the time has come when New orleans sh
he preserved like all othcr well ordered and civilized com
nunities will report themselves without delay at ths
principal oce where the character OF this movement vii
be explained and the determination Of the people more
fully made known. All has been done noiselessy so iar
All will continue noiselessy, dspassonaely and justly;
but the ruans who dyed streets with the gore
ofuuoending citizens and spread terror among the
is orderly and we disposed must leave or PsTss; So
Seven or eight hundred persons are un-
der arms now at 10 o'clock. Seven arrests
have been made. 1t is reported that there
will be opposition made, in which case Sc.
we're battle is certain. Volunteers are still
>crowding up.
III A. M.--Gen. Tracy's division of the
militia has bcen ordered out by the Mayor
lP. M.-Thc Mayor and Council have
.gono to the headquarters of tho Vigilance
Committee and read the riot act. Two
companies Of militia are engaged in making
cartridges.
The Vigilance Committee have cstab
lished signals. Three guns fred from tho
Arsenal invite their supporters to repair to
tho Arsenal to resist an attack.
LATER. sP. M.-Tho Vigilance Com
-mittes is still triumphant. No fight as yot.
Cotton bales have been torn up, and used
for barricading the streets.
The City force is an unarmcd rabblc,
,xith no organization or leader. The May.
or has issued orders TO take arms wherever
they can be found Acting on this order
the rabble broke open and seized weapons
in Kittridge's store.
It expected tExt tho Vigilance Com
lnittee will seize the City Hall tomorrow.
Bands of armed ruffians are parading the
streets. The stores we're compelled TO close
this afternoon.
The Vigilance Committee is supported
by the most respectable citizens, and the
Municipal authorities must succomb. A
terrible fight is expected tonight. Tho
gathering around the head quarters of the
Vigilance Committee is immense.
New Orleans juno 4.
The Mayors forco unorganized yet All
quiet. Great preparation being mado by.
both parties. The Vigilance Committee arc
commanded by Maj. ]. K. Duncan late U s.
army, and is we'll organized and drilled. The
city papers are divided the Picay,me and
Crescent favor tho the city. The True
Delta and Delta favor tho Vigilance Com
mittee the rest are neutral. A crisis is ex-
pected to day.
LArER.-Excitement increasing. The
Maginnie. If taken they declare they will
hang him. Maginnic takes it cool.
New Orleans June 5.
The streets are in state of immense ex-
citement. Tho Vigilance Committee ar
rested Mr.. Lumsdalc, of the Picayune, and
kept him in confinement several hours. He
was drunk and disordcrly around the Vigil
ance Camp.
The Mayor is still Mt the Vigilance Com
rnittes's camp; he is afraid of his life if he
leaves them. Affairs look very squally.
We don't expect tho election will take
place on Monday.
Tho Mayor has issued proclamation rO-
voking the power ofthe Recorders to appoint
special police.
The citizens arc disquieted with the May
or's yacillation. The Vigilance Committee
is still fortifying its position. Lafayette
Square is still in the possession of thsInob,
and cannon loaded with grape command all
the approaches to the square. The Recor-
ders have appointed 500 special police,
among them some of the worst men in the
city. They refused to give up their author
ity although it has been revoked by the
Mayor, and have arrested several men
known to belong to tho Vigilance Com.
.-,,e9 Now Orleans June7.
q On Saturday tho Mayor, having his life
guaranteed, he proceeded to the ST. Charles
Hotel met tl,c Council and was impeached,
and II. M. Summers, President of tleB Board
of Aldermen, was elected in his place.
COL Forms, Chief Of Police was dismissed,
and Col Jacques was appointed in his
place. The old Police re=organized under
Jsques. A. Turner, aud c. B. ,Massey, re-
porters were arrested this morning by the
special police as dangerous characters, but
were liberated on parole. Turner was re.
arrested - ~
1t is rumorcd that tho Sheriff seizod the
baliot-boxes. II SO there will bo no elcc
ton to-day. The streets are seemingl,
quiet, but no mans life is safe outside th'
different barricades. An attack was made
on the Vigilance Committee on Saturday
night. agThc Vigilance Committee lost fou
killed. and twelve wounded by tho acciden
tAldiseharge Of cannon during the con
fusion. lFs 'h ~"