The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-06-11

MAIL GOWN IT'S

MAIL ACCOUNTS
REVOLUTION IN n. ORLEANS.
S The N. Orleans papers or Friday and Saturday
last are received. The Delta. Bulletin, and True
Delta side with the Vigilance Commttee,th the Bee OPP
noses "mobs," the Crescent 10 little against the
committee and the Picayune begs both anthor'-
ties and committee to compromise without blood
shed from the Delta, which has the fullest ao-
count, we make IN the following very Interesting
abatement of the scenes on Thursday and Friday
STATE or AFFAIRS THURSDAY MORNING..
Although II was generally understood that the
Vigilance Committee would be attacked ana an
attempt made TO drive them from tneiI postum,
vet, up to the time write, they heta the sa"ie
nndIsputed sway over their fortiheations IN ahh
.ronnd rho state Arsenal, near jackson Square
Tn, meeting of the Common Council 10 secret ses.
| SION resulted, we believe, In their giving the
Navor mower to act as he might see NJ 10 the
emergency This brought about conference De-
| ,waen the Mayor aud the Vigilance COMMITTEES.
| which was interrupted by an alarm outside. aud
| finally resulted in nothing being accomplished
The positiou Of the Committee. which had not been
sufficiently fortified before was now soon placed
| in almost an impregnable state by the running ont
Of artillery, 80 that they could pour sseepng fire
| down each avenue leading 10 the buildings which
| they occu; I'D The guards were doubled, and a
| sYste.a of barricading commenced, which before
| night gavra very warike appearance to the usu-
ally stald old Court buildings. and state Arsenals.
| During the drilling and handling of arms. seye-
raj accidents occurred, which were. however. OF a
trifl ng nature The mastering out of the militia
| nv IN Lafayette Square, and rumors OF an attack
from that quarter, kept the outposts OF the Com
mittee sharply the lookout and sufficed to show.
| however. that were an attack to be made. how
| capable they would be to repel 1t. The brass
;,h haIh hon, ata ar thn nf
| st Peter and Royal, was wheeled back into st.
Peter street and good barricade OF plank placed
before it. At the corner DIST Peter aud st Claude
streets was placed a simiiar piece looking down
into St Charles street being barely sighted over =
double stone square block breastwork, which had
| been made from the blocks of the pavement near
| by. just in the rear Of this was placed gun,
smiling down St. Claude street, which made the
ewes of the people vince as they passed along TO
the Levee.
In ST. Anthony street, running in between the
Cathedral and TIE Arsenal, we're placed two guns,
pointing either way, with plank barbados In
| front. At each OF the guns were placed squad
| of some eighteen to twenty men, who stood ready
at moments warning to bristle up in solid pha-
| ianX.
| BARRICADE OF COTTON.
Towards evening. drays laden with cotton, were
| discovered slowly crawling up to wiudward and
ssung from st, Ann street, dumped their load al
most under the nose of the old hero of Chaimette.
aud backed out again for more. A breastwork OF
| the bales was then formed under the direction OF
! some 40 or 81 men, who, with nuskets and side
arms, stood silent lockers on and keeping the
| some time over curious crowd back. After this
breastwurk was finished which has for extre-
nifty the iron railing OF the church and the other
| of the square, another barrcade was made at st.
Peter street, at its junction with the square, ana
in fact the cotton was used for various purposes OF
| defence.
| THE SECOND DAY.
| The account of Fridays proceedings is as fol-
| lows, from the same paper:
| ATTEMPT OF THE AUTHORITIES TO ORGANIZE.
| There will probably never be witnessed in New
| Orleaus such intense excitement as existed
| through the entire city yesterday. From Car
| rolltou down to the Barracks, the streets were
lined with men. women and children, all seemin =
| IyanxiOus to learn something about The dOngs of
| tue Vigilance Committee and their feeble oppo-
| Dents of Lafayette Square Though an order had
been issued night before last by Gen. Lewis, that
| the opposition should return to their homes ami
! prepare for action on the morrow, many of them
| remained about the square, and a party OF them
| during the night proceeded to the Armory of the
| Washington Artillery, and took forcbe posses
sion of some three or four pieces of artillery and
some forty muskets, and removed them down to
| the Square
| In the morning organization attempted.
| and some of the pieces loaded aud pointed down
| st Charles street. Several sentries were placed
| At the corner Of PoydTas, among the most CoG-
| spicuous of whom was the notorious Red Bill, .
| about whose WeiihEe tH6 flgilduCe committee
| seemed particularly anxious. At about eleven
| o'clock they attei pied to organize, when it was
| fouud that those willing TO shoulder the extra mus
| kets were few and lar between. The cannon were
fired off with blank cartridges, in order arouse
| Il warlike spirit If possible; but this only made
| matters worse and the imagined courage of the
| majority Uozed out from the fingers and took firm
| possession OF their legs. 1t was announced about
| midday, that the Mayor had gone down. in com
| pany with others, to make some sort of a compro-
| mi'e.
This was to them gratifying intelligence and
was received accordingly. and they assumed rest.
| lag %. ton to wait for ORDERS.
| SCENE THE yIGILANT CAMP.
| At the encampment below things looked quite
| differently. Seine of the Vigilance Committee
| were foolish enough to imagine that attack
| would be made, and consequently the guard bad
| been doubled and everything put in readiness for
tae occasion Multitudes of people were gathert
| round anxious take peep at the resolute looking
| men at the outposts aud the fierce looking eau.
| non, with the SLOW match lighted, and the bris,-
| nug tayoDets OF each protecting squad The ON
| nibuses which were permitted To pass down Roy al
street, were filled with people, the greater proper
ton being women, who leaned their bodies halt
out of the window as they passed the corner oi
ST. Peter and st. Anthony streets.
| Every aud then it became necessary to clear
the streets, and company, detailed for the puE-
| pose, filed out aud with fixed bayonets soon made
| the crowd tall back. The arrangements of the
| Committee had by this time became more fully
perfected and no one Was allowed TO enter the lines
| except they were possessed Of the pass word
| which was Oh lpged several times during the day
| aud wnen inside the mag would not
allow one to come out, except in the company OF
1 commander of q division, or the officer OF the
day. The people living ia the Pobtaba buildings
mad an excellent and saie view of the operations
md the galleries and verandahs were filled with
the inmates and their friends.
| On several occasions, while the Mayor was in the
| enCampment, the alarm OF an attack was given
In moment, every man Suder arms at his
place, the guns half cooked and the cannon made
ready for the match. The crowd outside at these
juncture5, would, most OF them, fall back, to be
out of range of the shot; but many, with over Gu
rIosity stood as if fixed to the ground, aud we be-
lieve would have been shot down among the first
thus the day wore on, with crowds coming and
going up Royal and Charities streets, visiting both
places of encamPment.
| EXCITEMENT IN CANAL STREET
| At about half past O'Clock, Mayor Waterman
and those who had gone down from above, lett the
| headquarters of the Vigilance Committee, aud
proceeded to Lafayette Square, where it was au.
uounced to the so-calied militia that agreement
satisfactory to all parties had been etec ed. Some
one however, got up the steps of the City Hall,
| aud announced to them that the NIsants han
| been appointed the police. Visions of dungeon q
| add halters wildly before IA large numUer vi
| them, and they cried out TO the rest to come on
and resent the insult and that the Mayor uad sold
the city. Accordingly, some 90 or rs of the "bu!-
| lies" assembled together, and taking two of the
GRASS pieces, commenced their liuc OF march dow N
81 tHaTIeo street, towards lanai, IOIlONeU both
sides by crowd Of people, who imagined that the
tun'' had come at last; aud verify had come i'll
| the legitimate sense of the term.
| just they reached Canal street a crowd of
| people, who had got wind OF it, came rushing up to
get into Canal street, to escape. Tnis movement
| however, was taken by the Thugs" as "a yeritable
| charge from the Committee, and general STAN
| pede among them occurred; some OF them with
| nuskets and shot guns on their shoulders, rushed
| iianticaliy sack in the direction of lafay ette
| square. the crowd making a san tor them hiasinp