The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1868-10-29
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Origin of the Affair-Prompt Aet19p OF
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The cityalb day has beentflled with
exciting runners in st. TBernard Par
ish2 adjoining New Orleans below the
city. From information broughi to-
headquarteFS by theE Sheriff Of the
Parish, and others, it appears that a
difficulty occurred yesterday 9ohethei
eccasienI of a public display sbS two
iDemocrasic clubs, in which enc white
man was wounded and two. negroes
ikiIledaq One ofLthe latteswasia menIs
ber of thsinsm nletrop olitan police
force JBGjGUo5 g led 81. Z! SIT q
Elo At nightthe negroes ceHgTegated
and proceeded in abody to the house
Of a,Spanish baker. and killed him, his
son, and Esisterrin-law; they. afferward
set fire to the house, which burned
to the groHnd. His wife escaped with
a, child in her arms, Two other houses
are reported to, o,haye been burned, in
| one OF, which four children are said to
have been killed, III uoijou1fsab 10 II
The rumors are syaTipns. and .con-
fiicting as to the extent ief the OUT
RACES, Many of the white Inhabitants
of the Parish, deserted their, houses
Last highland fed to -the-eiitt.ss-= j
Z EARLY this morning, upon ltheI1notis
fication OF tfotb1d iGeneral Buchanan
terdeEed a company Of i inf to
march down the river Later I'M the
day he dispatched another company
of the, FIRST Infantry, in tfiei same di-
erection, ion the steemerI :. = HAN fe1se, 2
.fil:st ifnils:str:ateting tthea officers inachafge to
hafaFses all the rringleaders who could
be found, ,C-,,3taJ ,IJ-r1oL
lit is currently Eepq9Eted, this eye
ming ggthat the first body of men were
attacked, But BY bS1i'aa 'Waaaailtshodyj ofsmen ii
is not ascertained. stair staff officers have
been. dispatched . to Investigate the
tkmatteraoTs1o .noa=tns bag Hni2iaydt .
When the siSlI run1ors tt spread this morn.
ing, large FnfppmalPers u of.Mhits men COM
ggregated nQn the leFeesE inntheloweI Ell
part Of the ely, and . cha IT ttee8sed three
steam allng tugs tugs ho the
scene of action, but were prevented
from leaving the ccaity byorder of Gen.
R9gseaGIsaas the number OF troops Sent
was sufficient to restore order.
The distdr6ed condition Of affairs
.efhas. deferred internal revenue. officials
from Interim the, I,arish To-day fol
j the discharge of their ddties:.- E1'2
Prominent nj af mt lpp1esmbegs M of, both parties
had anlinteEyieMiWith GensiReAsseaI
and mutually agreed to 'dfscounten
ance and lpreYent SO 6Wzas possible
d any .fuFther,polit demonstrations
i1,s' e Gen. q sRRob$asseall Intends removing
']ialf the troops in this vicinity into the
q city to prevents a re-oecuTTencesof Of tht
scenes of hstI Saturday night. Th'
! 1lrecent disturbances +" tt4mo onstrated Thu
utter helplessness of the civil govern
ment. No effort ON its part appear
: ITO have been made uhtf the Soldier
. appeared on the grounds. On: Satur
: daEssnight for two hours after thetriot
,, on Canal street, not single policeman
was to Jbeseen,2 though n numbers wer'
!, congregated ain, asta Charles, street
, nwithin four blocks of the scene Of dis
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