Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1866-08-18

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IUo'o Ia ~ longer my lack n
fs among ~ Of M interesting
and exciting character. Tho past
week has hccn ~ unusual Interest
In New Orleans. The news of the
successful laying 0f the Atlantic
cable. received last Sunday the
Proclamation Of Gov. Wells, con.
corning the played out Convention
Of 1861; the meeting Of the Con
vcntion last Monday the Mayors
Proclamation, calling on citizens
and others TO preserve law and or
der; the dispatch of President
johnson to lieut.. Gov. Noorhics,
stating that the military will be OK
pectud to sustain and not interfere
with the proceedings OF the courts;
the wild revolutionary and REBEL
ious schemes of n few plottcrs IN
our midst, both in secret and in
public; tho military order putting
II stop for tho present to tho erection
of monuments to commemorate the
Confederate dead; the unpreccdcnt'
ed heat which has prevailed for SOW
cral DAYS; the threatened advance
of the cholera, unless the quarantine
arrangements arc rendered more
efficient; tho inhamitory speeches
made by the Radicals last Friday
night; the meeting of the Convcn-
tionists last Monday; the great RI
ot which this meeting caused, IN
which not less than two hundred
persons, white and black were kill
ed or wounded; tho proof on this
occasion that the civil authorities
were equal to the emergency with
out the aid of the military; the re-
establishing of martial law in the
city and the refusal of Mayor Mon
roc to officiato as Mayor while such
martial law exists, have all conspir-
cd to render the past week ono OF
the most exciting and evcntful that
over occurred in our midst.
1t cannot be expected that in rs
short q letter as this must of ncccs-
sity be, that the faintcst attempt
will be made to give the history of
the causes which led to the late riot,
or the particulars of this most Ia
montable affair. Tho writer can
only repeat what has been already
well stated, that the true origin OF
tho Convention plot was an attempt
of u set of "reclklcss, unprncipled
men to regain offices and patronage
which they had lost since the close
Of the war, and by means Of which
they had raised themselves from
poverty and obscurity to compare
two wealth and partisan notoriety."
No intelligent citizen gives these
agitators the slightest credit for sin
certify in tho doctrines advocated by
them. the poor, deluded and un-
sop h is ii ca tc d fr linen, W no,
throug ignorance, were induced to
listen to these demagogucs were, of
course the greatest sufferers.
AS write Lafayette Square is
.illed with soldiers, stacked arms and
artillery, and squads of troops arc
patrolling the streets in all direct
ions. Military headquarters are in
the City Hall, Gen. Baird, COM
handing. A military board was
appointed last night to investigate
thc ConventIbn riot of last Monday,
by whom witnesses will be sum
moncd and examined under oath.
Tho intense excitement which has
existed since last Monday morning
has had tendency to cause the
suspension of business, and since
that time all business transactions
Lave been extremely limited, always
excepting the enterprising James
CONCEAL, Wholesale Druggist, No.
90 st. Charles. whom nothing it
would seem but a fiat direct from
heaven can check in his onward
business career.
CRESCENT CITY.