Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-08-29
Origin of the New Orleans Riot.

L remarklng upon the New Orleans riot,
nth al the lights that we now have before US,
j IS necessary to rccur TO the inception Of the
conspiracy here, by the star-chamber cabal, to
ssl-p the government Of Louisiana, which
:asated in so dreadful a tragedy.
i statement in the New York Times and
.!ew York Herald, as to the original plotting
;'enied by the conspicuous culprits implicated,
IS charged:
Tie New York Times Of the 10th ultimo
reports among the proceedings of the Radical
Congressional caucus as follows:
Dir Boutwell, of Massachusetts,, said he
.,ought it very desirable that Congress should
continue in session for other reasons than those
mich had been suggested. He would mention
enc 4 distinguished gentleman from the
Coltn was in town, from whom he had learned
iaat the Louisiana Convention would meet on
.ae 30th for the revision Of the State constitu-
Jon, and that amendments would tc adopted
1isGTanchising the rebel and enfranchising the
oval inhabitants without distinction of color
Che following is from the New York Herald
i he ZG instant relative to the connection Of
b. Radicals of Congress with this convention:
The Directory then went to work at Gov.
:!el!s. who had hitherto been classcd by them
O. ( copperhead and rebel ard by the people
g. & conservative On hearing the scheme,
Wells declared that was revolutionary would
'4e& 20 riot and bloodshed; the people would
10: submit to it; he would have nothing TO Go
2ita i, and to avoid being dragged into it, he
picked his trunk and left New Orleans for his
2.GDalion in the country. This determined
cnG refractory conduct was duly reported by
lyacn, lowell, and Hahen (who was acting
rili thcm) to the Directory. Thad. Stevens
2m!iaG one OF his ghasty smiles, and said,
Vi course It's revolutionary ain these revo-
i!itiCna?T ;imes?' Fessenden said, "What if
>h9 people do kick up row? It's all the
2atte2 {or Us at the North" Banks, with his
1i9e 8Ggacity, acquiseced and said, Il know
q: hose people down there, and just what they
*?a made Of. Let them create riot The
.nosa anarchy there is produced in the South,
lne more thunder we will have at the North.
Ee'?l fasten it on to the Presidents policy"
Jonkling, Howard, and the rest Of them
onimcd in with q common remark, Its just
:7ha.c we want; the best thing shat could hap
oeD toI the Radical party" Hard as it may
SO GC believe these reports in this era Of the
:zorlG's history, they, nevertheless are truths;
tad though in each instance [ may not cite the
precise words used, / give the substance Of the
?a0i;es Of these members of the Thirty ninth
Congress when told that their plans would lead
tc what they have led.
.o3AcCo.- the years 1859 and 1860 the
3cthschild Brothers, Of Paris, bought in Rich
mona, Ia., by their agent, upwards of 200 hogs
heads Of tobacco Of peculiar excellence, which
aaS deDositedin Myer warehouse, and the re-
coipts OF r. H. Dibrell and W. w. Weisiger,
n the shape of tobacco notes, were given for it.
EttsS the evacuation the tobacco was taken pos
session OF BY COL John. S. Loomis as captured
property This claim was not contested, and
Joi i4oOmis ordered the hogsheads coopercd
:p, and the tobacco to be prepared for sale at
&uct;on. Messrs Rothschild broug suit against
blessrs Dibrell & Weisger, and present the re
ceipts of those gentlemen for the hogsheads Ia
':en charge Of by them. An application was
@ede to Judge Lyons to cnjoin the parties not
% sell the tobacco. He granted the injunction
nd had the tobacco placed in the custody of
;>homas i. Dudley, esq, city sergeant This
,ot Of tobacco is said to be peculiarly valuable,
nc Of q kind that cannot be replaced if it
ChOlG DC sold.-Rich Esanr1ner.