The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-10-27
Vocal Snteui9enre.

CAIN Ashelng over the CITY yesterday. Men wen
about their daily duties. walking hurriedly as they
passed. and looking eloomily and inquiringly into
each others faces. Ii was very evident that the
news from st. Bernard. following so close upon
the trselcai events OF Saturday evening, had only
increased tenfod the feeling of insecurity and the
feeiing OF desperation which within the past two
years, under the varied phases of military and a
quasi civil rule, have seemed to be slowly bat
surrey growing and fastening themselves upon the
| heartsuings OF the community.
Men might be seen here and there carrying fire.
| arms upon their shoulders. Ii is impossible to
make any estimate Of the number of small arms,
rnes and mqskets sod by dealers during the day.
| The almost inevitable Certainty of necessity for
these seems to have put them into the hands Of
many who probably never thought of handling a
weapon before in their lives. aud yet spite of
al tins, the city was quiet enough. Up to O'Clock
| p N. there bad been but two arrests recorded
at the central station one for assault and battery
| the other for d u1kenDess. Bat in spite of this
calm, any observsnt person could see deep, dark
9ndercurrent OF the intensest excitement; the
deeper and daTker, as river flowing through a
subierranean cavern, for its very suppression.
towards IS. night x22Rs We're TO De seen in the
| Circle for short time. and then marched down
81. Charles to Poydras, where they turned aud
moved toward the rear Of the city. About the
same time company of cavalry passed down
| Camp street toward Canal. Two companies OF
Infantry were also stationed at the Custom House.
Thus matters went on quietly until in front OF
the City Hall, at o'clock, we're assembled vast
! concourse Of citizens. The reason for this gath
eiiDg can only be found in the fact that In the
afternoon q rumor had started, which gained
| ground every minute, that the mayor, ignoring
the metropolitan police, had appointed chief
and his lleutenants and that the final organization
would take place on Lafayette Square about the
| hour above mentioned.
At that time we repaired to the square and
found the Camp street side entirely destitute of
| people; but on the st. Charles street portion
| there was a large and rapidly increasing crowd
or ha atraa
ing It closely and becoming denser every moment,
until, when the speaking commenced, the cars
were obliged TO halt at its lower end and there
wait. Everybody seemed to be expecting some-
thing-no one knew what-and the expectation
was the greater from its very indefniteness At
length, atout O'Clock, several squads of patrol
men having meantime arrived and halted in line,
Gen. etdmsn appeared on the broad stone
balcony of the City Hall, nearest Lafayette
street. The babel of voices was at once stilled
While the general spoke substantially as follows
lie urged them TO go home quietl and peacea.
bly,, that es member of the Democratic party,
as one of them, he wished to say few ODDS
He bad been informed that the q vernon had pro.
posed TO turn over the whole machinery OF ate
government TO Gen. Rousseau, and as he had de-
clined il, TO the Democratic party. But neither
Gen. Rousseau nor the Democratic party were
Responsible for the present disturb aaces- they
I'D done n hing to.cause them they had been
brought about oy the action OF the men now in
power, who, having raised the wind, now
found themselves unable to control the
whirl wind they had eau sed, aud would
make others shoulder the responsibility and ouus
of deeds themselves had caused. But,
neither Rousseau nor the Democracy would con-
sent TO this let the csrpet.bsggers paddle their
own canoe. Immense cheeringD If these men
are in earnest in their protestatons of peace let
them surrender their authority where its belongs
TO the people of Louisiana. GAS Democrat as
peace and order man, a law abiding man,
ssk every man to go to his home; and for the
sake Of yourselves, for the sake of your wives
and little children for the sake of your State for
the sake OF our brethren at the North who for
us are fighting the battle of constitutional liberty
j urge you to go quietly and peacably to your
homes" The general then told them how our
prospects at the North are improving, ana wound
up. ss be had begun, by telling the men before
him 10 go home.
Mr.. Conway. mayor of the city. then appeared
in Gen. Steedman's place. He indOrsed all the
general had said, and as chief magistrate of the
city be begged all present TO retire to their homes.
Gen. Hays spoke next. He told the crowd that
If an emergency bad arrived which required
action he should have been amongst them, but
that such an emergency was not yet at hand. He
bed cOnversed with the chief of police, Mr.. Viii.
hanson, who had assured him that there was not
a negro then on duty in the city, and that every
regro's name had been stricken from the rolls Of
TIE police and would be so uHtil the disturbances
were over. He also abjured the people to dis
perse.
Loud cries were then given for "Ogden ~
"Ogden!" and in response thereto Hon. n.
Ogden tteu came forward. He asked every man
10 listen to the advice given by the mayor to dis
perse at once, TO show that love for their wives
end children which had caused their assemblage
by at once breaking it up.
Col. 7. L. Maxwell, sheriff of the parish, then
told the crowd that when he wanted deputies
they might rely upon being called out, but that he
needed none at present.
This was the last Of the speaking. The crowd
then broke uD in little knots, each discussing the
events of the day, gradually thinning down uuti
only one large group was left on the steps of the
City Hall. May or Conway in their midst. To them in
q few minutes walked up lieutenant of infantry
and said that he had orders to Immediately dis.
perse every assemblage of citizens. The mayor
seconded this order with request to the men to
go home, which was complied with. The leuten-
ant stationed some of his men at the gate of the
square to prevent any one from going into it.
squad which waited on the ground till the last
minute marched Off and everything was as quiet
as it, fifteen before the place had not been filed |
with throng of men, assembled to hear what |
measureshad been taken to relieve the city of its
present state Of distraction.
ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHT DEATHS were reported |
last week, the number being decrease of eighteen
died OF guDshot wounds, l insane killed by |
another. l accidentally run over, drowned, 3
died OF apoplexy, III consumption, dropsy of the /
brain, congestve fever. 3 pernicious, l intermit
tent brain, / puerperal, remittent, typhoid, |
2 heart disease. lockjaw, 2 old age, pneumonia,
typhoid pneumonia. / scrofula syphilis, l /
premature birth. stilborn, and the balance va
rious ordinary diseases 81 were males, A fe-
msles, and not stated. rs were whites, l6
biscks, 10 muattOes and not stated. 81 were
under 10 years, l between 10 and Is,
between Is and 20, between 20 and 30, IL
between 80 and 40, 6 between 40 and so, be.
tween so and 60, 8 between 60 and 20, 2 between
20 ard so, between so and 30. and whose ages
were rot reported. ~ were natives Of the United
States, IL not stated, and Is were foreigners.
A MAN NAMED HUGH KENNEDY has been arrested
in The Third District upon charge Of carrying
concealed weapon. The revolver found upon his
person was subsequently identified as being one
q those stolen from the store of Mr.. Zidyk,
corner Of Old Levee and st. Louis streets, few
days since.
U. S. COMMISSIONER WARREN's CoURT.-The
examination OF The Terrebonne prisoners was re.
sumed at noon yesterday before the commissioner,
and was again continued over.
Josiah Fisk has made affidavit against eight
prominent resident of st. Mary, charging them
with the killing Of Messrs. Pope and Chase on
the 18th inst.
FIREs.-A fire, occasioned By the carelessness
of a servant. occurred early yesterday morning in
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