National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1868-11-06
NEW YORK, Oct. 80. A New Or

leans special dispatch of the 28th
inst. says: son the night OF the
eth inst, armed bands patrolled
the streets and negroes were shot
down. The remaining Republican
club rooms and some residences
were sacked. Prominent Repnbli-
cans were generally concealed
Large numbers have been killed
here and in st. Bernard, and mob
law has rpled, but no United States
soldiers have fred a gun. This
morning eight newspapers demand
the immediate res gnation OF the
State officers, the departure of the
carpet baegers, and that the laws
which do not suit them shall be
trampled under foot. Gov. War
mouth does his duty nobly amid
dangers and diiliculties.'
This afternoon Gen. Rousseau
told the Police Board oremOve Su.
perintendent Williamson aud APP
point Gen. Steedman or take care
of themselves. They complied, and
Gen. Steedman is reorganlzing the
police by supelceding the Republi.
cans. The excitement iS i~tAnse.
but less demonstrative this evening.
Gen. Rousseau publishes an address
saying that he will support Gen.
Steedman III preserving the peace.
Gen. RouSseau's course favors the
reyolutionists.
Another New Orleans dispatch of
the Goth says: "Gen. Steedman to-
night withdrew his resignation ana
is now in charge of the police. In
tense excitement prevails at the
City Hall, and tears are expressed
that trouble may come of the fail
ure Of the rebel Tom Adams to get
the position which he coyets.'
When the bodies Of the victim;
of the disaster at the HooSac tun
nel's central shatt--siX III number
were recovered, last week, there wa
q feet of water in the shaft. TIL
bodies were in state Of putreta(
ton, the limbs aud other parts east
+ ~ separating when handled an,
they were placed in collins on til
t lower floor Of the shaft before bein
e lifted out The remains Of the It
U naming seven have since been It
covered. Many bones were foun
81 broken and one or two skulls fra,
y tured. 1t was thought by Mr.. Aye
the foreman, that those first oun
c had made a temporary raft and live
u until they reached the first floor
lt The others were buried under I'll
= timbers and debris Of :hc falle
u works.
:, SLURS or WOMAN.--At a recel
dinner in This city, at which no !
dies We're present, a man, III reSpOn
d ing to the toast on NV oman, dive
almost solely on the tralIty of'tl
III sex, claiming that the best anon
them were little better than Il
re worst, the chief difference being
DC the surrounding.
e At the conclusion Of the Speec
a gentlemanpresent rose to his fee
!" and said:
IL Il trust the gentleman, in the a
plicatiOn OF his remarks, refers
his own mother and sisters, al
lo not to ours.'
y The effect Of this most just 81
ne timely rebukc was overwhelming
III the maligner of women was covcrt
with confusion and shame. - Pdc
arts Monthly.
of REMARKABLE PHENOMENA.
Some very strange occurrences we
iii. recently observed at the port
nd Talcahuano, IN Chill. At . \. y
TT on the 18th of September, the W
,st tiers of the sea were discovered
mt be hot, while the fish east OH she
nv. were cooked. The sea was perfect
cid calm at the time, bit later in t
yo. morning much agitation was |
yps ticed. No one cared to sleep,
ia fear of another intimidation, On t
civ night of the 10Th, shortly after IN
,np night, the wind suddenly ELL cal
air the tide rose to the breakwate
hle and a strange noise, dull and p
,or. longed, was heard, and though
an. appeared subtcrrancous and dista
'br it was perceivable in every dir
raj ton; and though there was not
NO. enough to stir n feather, the
In swellcd and the tide ran with gr
an. violence. The ships swung rou
,ck rapidly. and the anchor chains,s
civ, en- by powerful force, produced
on sharp metallic sound; the cure
were from the Quiriquina Island
and the river Andalien, and rice rers
of
cen SHOCKING RAILROAD ACCIDE
H. An accident occurred on the IL
Jas. son River railroad about fnhlnil
aria Friday night. AS tie CincinI
pht express train from New York, IN
ion. up of eleven cals, tour of vi
'thy were passenger coaches and
that sleeping cars, was approaching
lary bauy it was thrown from the II
1000 by defective rail, about three II,
lerv below Greenbush, and four of
the cars completely wrecked. Two '
N in thrown, bottom side up, down a
'evo. vine ten feet deep and were tot
arge destroyed. The stoves were O
Cap. turned and communicated fire
ward ears, but it was promptly e.
lc Of guished. Two persons, John
just wilson of Lyons, n. Y, and
, the NJ, G. Taylor of Reading, Pa,