The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-11-04

The New Orleans Troubles-A RaHi-
cal Account.


9th ultimo, which claims to detail the out
RACES committed by the " Innoccnts":
Whenever the story of the last two weeks
Of riot and bloodshcd in and around New
Orleans shall have been written, there will
be nothing more Infamous related than the
bare facts Of the outrages Of the Demo
cratic clubs which paraded the streets last
night.
Wherever these Innocents went they left
u trail Of destruction. Houses were en-
tercd and robbed, churches were sacked
anl dcsccratcd, schoolrooms were broken
opcn and the furniture destroyed. Repuh-
ncau club-roonls we're entered, and the
banners, flags, transparcncies, and lamps
carried away or trampled under foot. FOR
half the night the air was rent with the
most fiendish yclls. All over the city,
wherever the march was taken, the fright
encd women and children were forced to
listen to the discharge Of firearms.
We have been able 10 get together an ac-
count Of some Of the deeds of violence Of
these men. Our report is necessarily in
complete, but we will lay before our read
ers every fact as we learn the particulars.
In the first district the march was on
Common street and by the school-house OF
1lr. Williams or No. 800. This building
was formerly occupied by Republican
club, but is now used solely as school
house and as the residence Of the teacher.
The lnnoccnts coming, to the place, broke
opcn the door and rushed in. The story
that they were fred upon is untrue. There
yas no one in the house but MIR. Williams
and his family. They had no arms OF any
kind. Mr.. Williams escaped to tho '1p OF
his house. The lnnocents proceeded TO
break open trunks and armoirs, and to
scatter the clothing. They carried off about
six hundred dollars in money and war
rants, a valuable watch and chain, ana
other things, amounting to nearly thou
sand dollars in all.
Later in the night q detachment of men
went to the room Of the Yarmouth Cam
paign Club, No. 484 Lafayette street, cor
ncr of johnson, broke it open, and destroy
cd transparencies and lamps.
During the night n number Of men, we
learn, went to the residence Of Major R.
l.. Shelly and sought to force an entrance,
but failed.
All this in the Third Ward.
The procession passed M town. On the
corner of Dryades and Triton Walk they
broke into building which was formerly
used as the club-room of the Second Ward
Club. \ man was killed here, whose name
we have not learned. The Innocents fred
at this place several hundred shots. For
hours afterward we heard firing in the
neichborhood. The story that the club was
fred into at the corner of Triton Walk aud
Dryadcs is fabrication.
The clubs then continued up town, yell
ing like demons, and occasionally dlscharg-
ing their firearms.
On Dryadcs between First and Second
streets they sacked colored church, in
which the Eleventh Ward Club has held its
meetings. They destroyed everything which
they could not carry away. Banners and
wreaths were taken in the procession, and
borne along as trophies OF victory: The
church would have been burned but for the
earnest supplications Of German woman
whose house, adjoining, would have been
destroyed.
In the second district the cigar manufac-
tory and residence Of Mr.. Octave or Armand
Hciot, who is Republican, on Claiborne
street, corner of st. Ann, was broken open
by the Innocents. The shop and residence
we're both sacked completely. Mr.. Bciot
and his family escaped.
The cotfee-house OF Jules Lenabrc, an
active Republican, corner Of Basin ana st.
Peter streets. was entered and sacked.
4 party of men went to the residence OF
Captain Eugene Staes, also in the second
district, and attempted to force an entrance,
but failed.
In the third district the outragcs were
continued. On Greatmen street, colored
orphan boys school was sacked.
The same building is occupied in part by
CAPTAIN Green's club of Zouaves. The
benches and the desks in the school-room
were broken up and scattered. Up stairs
the lady FORTRESS of the school lived. The
rioters broke into her apartment, forced
open her trunks, scattered her clothing, and
stole her silverware-spoons and other
things. In the club-room adjoining, the
transparencies and lamps were destroyed.
The Eighth Ward Republican club-room,
On Morales street between Vaudeville and
Mariguy streets, was broken into and vlo-
lated. Furniture was broken up, banners
and flags carried off, and everything else
destroyed.
Thus we have detailed few of the out
RACES upon the line Of this Democratic pa
rade.