The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-10-27

We have so far been enabled to gather the
following additional particulars of the af1 Gir Of
Saturday last:
Our account, as far az we can gather. was sub
stantially correct, as published in Sundays Ores.
CENT. The origin of tile affair is now as much a
mystery rs II was when we penned that article,
and that il will ever be :lthOmed is. we think, i'm
probable.
We have since heard: that on Saturday night,
about liz O'Clock, as party Of white men were
walking along Camp street, between Erato and
ITALIA, they were overseken and fred into by the
Grant negro club, whose headquarters is near
there. They returned the fire. In the melee
which followed, DIR. j. B. Duff, the president of
the sey Guides, raised his pistol to fire,
when negro struck it with heavy club, break
ing it. Another negro hit DR.. Duff in the head
with an ak or Ratchet, shocking him down and
wOundng him terribly. He was about to repeat
the blow when ne was shot oy some one another
negro then stTtck Mr.. Leary, who was with DIR.
Duff, in the heal with al or Ratchet, hurting
him most severely. 1t the same riot a Mr.. Long
was shot in the abdomen, as to whether danger
ousy or not wd cannot say. The negroes as far
as known, lost But one killed and several wounded.
About liz O'Clock police officer found Mr..
Brady, shot twice through the head and dead In
the gutter on Melpomehe street, between Pry-
tania and Camp. The officer tracked this man
two squares by the trail Of blood he left behind
him and then found him dead. Mr.. Cornelius Sui.
Ivan was found dead corner Of Camp and ITALIA
streets.
About l O'Clock the negro barber shop next
door to the upper cori.er of Thalia and Camp
streets, known as a rehort of the worst class of
negroes, and o sort of head quarters of the club
which nearly killed Or. Duff and his friends, was
broken into ard all the club paraphernalia in it
destroyed, as pas also mirror and three drums.
There was great deal OF firing throughout all
the back pare of the Fourth District after IL
O'Clock. No Casualties however, that we could
hear OF.
Casualties.
The following is the list of killed and wounded
as far as We can ascertain:
KILLED.
The following white Iaen:
Cornelius Sullivan.
Patrick Brady.
The following colored men:
Nelson Deny.
Alfred Andrews.
Frank HOskins.
Edward Jones.
A colOred man found Of the corner of Poydras
and Franklin streets.
Joseph Antoine, agec IL, son of G. c. Antoine,
State senator he was either bruised or tEampled
10 death.
WOUNDED.
The following white men:
Mr.. Wallace, OF the Workingmen, IN the leg.
Dr. Duff.
Mr.. Leary.
Mr.. Long.
The colored man:
James williams.
None of the bodies we're viewed by the coroner
and none Of the deathssre as yet recorded in his
books.
Ineidents
At the corier of nryades street and Triton
Walk, the headquarters Of Radical club, could
be seen, abort midnight, crowd Of negroes in
uniform, some Of theDt loading muskets. About
them were standing number of negro women.
and a tenement, not fa, away, was alive with
colored people, crowded about the doorways and
windows, looking out.
Just after the rio. was over OIL Canal street
three members of ths metropolitan police came
up very muph oEt Of breath, and wanted to
know where she fuss was and who fred that
pistol"
There were but three arrests made on Sar6r-
day night. One gentleman, Mr. Martin, was ar
rested for firing of pistol in the city, aAd the
Others for carrying concealed weapons. Consid-
ering that ore of these gentlemen had musket,
the concealed" patt is good,