New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-10-26

| parties. Two shSts were fired from the
Constitution Club. Thomas went to The
occe-a district station, slightly wounded
under the protection Ct an officer. His
residence is No. 1873 Erato street. r.
About half past eleven o'clock yesterday
there was. fight at the corner of Dryades
| and Thalia streets. One of the parties, a
| eolored man, was beaten. The crowd dis
persed before the police officers reached
the scene. a7# 'Ns
The barber shop at the corner of Camp
and Thalia streets, kept by colored man,
was Quilted yesterday by disorderly white
| men. r.s .-....
At o'clock yesterday morning while
Officer Stoop was taking a prisoner to the
lookup he was set upon by crowd of
| rougbs supposed to be members of the
Workingmen's Democratic Club, as two of
their caps were found afterward at the
corner of St Mary and Religious streets,
where the affair occurred. The prisoner
was rescued, and the officer cut with q
knife and otherwise bruised. His injuries
are not of a dangerous nature.
Officer Stakeholder was run from his
beat near Dryades market, between two
and three o'clock Sunday morning, by a
party of men, and struck on the head with
club. The officer was not seriously hurt.
Pierre Rougen was arrested on French
men street, Saturday afternoon, charged
by P. A. Smear, Clerk of Seventh Ward
registry Office, with violation of registration
laws.
Sergeant Wynn reported. at half past
eleven O'Clock Saturday night man killed
at the corner of Franklin and Poydras
streets. ta
Corporal Flanagan took to the main
station four dead bodies, colored, from
Canal street, quarter before one o'clock
Sunday morning. 4..l....
Corporal Flanagan also took to the
main station, at two o'clock Sunday morn
ing, the dead body of white man, James
Percy Brady, from No. 103 Melpomene
street. s-
The body of white man, name un-
known, was taken to lPacanier station, at
two o'clock Sunday morning, picked up at
the corner of Magazine and Melpomene.
He was killed by pistol shot under the
right ear. Another man, residing on Maya
zine street, between Erato end Thalia, got
shot in the leg, but was not seriously
wounded.
Henderson Howard was arrested
Saturday night about nine o'clock,
for carrying concealed weapons and
resisting the officer in the discharge of
his duty. He drew his pistol in resistance.
Howard had two pistols, two boxes of per-
cussion cap, flask of gunpowder, whistle
and slung shot He was thrice armed,
and trying to pick up "just quarrel
Officer W. Nicholas reports that he was
fired at and dangerously wounded at half
past one o'clock this morning, at the corner
of Tolouse and Rampant streets, by a
party of seven men on foot and one on
horseback After firing at him they pur-
sued him about block. They then re-
turned and went up Rampant street to-
ward Canal. Mr.. Nicholas was taken to
his residence on Marais street.
Hugh Kennedy, not the eX-Mayor, was
arrested on the levee yesterday morning
for having property in his possession sup
posed to be stolen, consisting of open
faced gold watch No. 6460, gold chain and
key, two ladies gold neck chains, three
rings. He also carried revolver.
The body of white man supposed to be
drowned was found this morning in the
river at the head of Poydras street.
A, E. Morphy, arrested on Thalia street
at midnight Saturday night, for carrying
loaded musket, was arraigned before
Recorder Becker this morning, and the
examination of his case fixed for the
seventh instant.
Last night, or rather about two O'Clock
this morning. about two hundred men
paraded the streets in the vicinity of Sora-
paru market, armed with shotguns, car
bines, revolvers, eutlasses and other fight
ing implements. 1t is not known that they
committed any violence.
There are rumors of a conflict in St. Ber-
nard parish between white and colored
men, which will probably prove to be an
assault upon the latter with the intention
to massacre them. 1t is reported to the
police that party of the "Innocents" went
down there yesterday.