The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-10-27
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| calm hanging over the city Yesterday Men W en-
aoou, ther oaiIy duties. walking hurriedy as the.
| passed, ana looking eloomily and inquirngly int
/ each Others faces. II was very evident that th
| news from ST. Bernard, following so close upor
the trseieal events of Saturday evening, had onl.
increased teniod the feeling Of insecurity and thu
ieenng OF desperation which within the past tive
| years, under the varied phases of military and {
quasi civil rule, have seemed to be slowly bu
surely growing and fastening themselves upon the
heartstrings OF the community.
men might be seen here and there carving fire
arms upon their shoulders Ii ia impossible "a
make any estimate Of the number of small arms
rhes and muskets sod by dealers duripg the da v
The almost Inevitable Certainty of a necessity for
these seems to have put them into the hands ol
many who probably never thought of handling a
weapon before in their lives. Aud yet, spite OF
al this, 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 aud battery
t1e OiDer Tor d. dlulkenness. Bat in spite of this
calm, any observant person could see deep dark
undercurrtnt of the intensest excitement; the
deeper and darker, as river flowing through a
subteranean cavern, for its very suppression.
Towards night yQQpz were 70 BE seen in the
city. A detachneSs W Sinfantry occupied Fivoli
Circle Tor short time. and then marched down
st. Charles to Poydras, where they turned and
moved toward the rear Of the city. About the
same time company of cavalry passed down
Camp street toward Canal. Two companies of
lLlantry 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
eiDg can only be found in the fact that in the
afternoon rumor had started, which gained
Rrourd every minute, that the mayor ignoring
the metropolitan police, had appointed a chief
and his lieutenants, and that the inal 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 norton
The concourse filled the street completely pack
ing II 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 indeiniteness At
length, atout O'Clock, several squads of patrol.
men having meantime arrived and halted In line,
Gen. stetdman appeared on the broad stone
balcony of the City Hall, nearest Lafayette
street. 1be 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 9s member of the Democratic party
as one of them. he wished to say few " ofds.
He bad been informed that the q, vernon had pro.
posed TO turn over the whole machinery of S ate
government 10 Gen. Rousseau. and as he had de-
ellned It, to the Democratic party. But neither
Gen. Rousseau nor the Democratic party were
responsible for the present disturb ba1ces-they
lad done n hing to'cause them; they had been
brought about py the action of the men now in
power, who, having raised the wind, now
found themselves unable to control the
vhirlsin they had eau sed aud would
make others shoulder the responsibility and orus
OF deeds themselves had caused. But,
neither Rousseau nor the Democracy would con-
sent 20 this; let the carpet bsggers paddle their
own canoe. Immense cheering) II these men
are in earnest in their protestations of peace let
them surrender their authority where its belongs
TO the people of Louisiana. " As Democrat as
peace and order man, as a law abiding man.
AL n m md fort tha
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
1 urge you to go quietly and peacably to your
bomes." The general then told them how our
prospects at the North are improving, ana wound
up. as be bad begun, by telling the men before
him TO go home.
Mr.. Conway mayor of the city, then appeared
IN Gen. Steedmsn'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. bays spoke next. He told the crowd that
If sn emergency bad arrived which required
action he should have been amongst them, bat
that such an emergency was not vet at hand. He
bad conversed with the chief of police, Mr.. Viii.
hanson, who had assured him that there was not
negro then on duty in the city, and that every
regro's name had been stricken from the rolls Of
the police and would be so ustil the disturbances
were over. He also abjured the people to dis
perse.
LOuO cries were tlen gwen for Ogden w
" OgdenW and in response thereto Hon. Z N
Ogden tteu came forward. He asked every man
TO listen to the advice given by the mayor to dis
perse Of once, TO show that love for their wives
end children which had caused their assemblage
by at once breaking itup.
Col. T. 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 On diaou fha
events OF the day, gradually thinning down until
only one large group was left 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 |
20 home, which was complied with. The lieuten-
ant stationed some of his men at the gate of the
square TO prevent any one from going into it. A |
'qusd which waited on the ground till the last
minute marched off and everything as quiet
is II, fifteen before the place had not been filed
With throng of men, assembled to hear what
neasureshad been taken to relieve the city of its
present state Of distraction.
ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHT DEATHS were reported
ast week, the number being decrease of eighteen
or the number reported for the previous week:
died OF gunshot wounds, l insane killed by
mother. l accidentally run over, drowned,
led OF apoplexy, III consumption, dropsy of the
rain congestive fever. pernicious intermt. |
l
heart disease, l locsjaw, 2 old age, 8 pneumonia |
typhoid pneumonia. l scrofua, l syphilis L |
remature birth. / stillborn, and the balance va
ious ordinary diseases. 6l were males, A fe-
ieles, and 3 not stated. rs were whites 16
lie cks, 10 mulattoes and not stated. 81 were
nder 10 years, l between 10 and Is,
etween Is and 20, 9 between 20 and 80, IL
etweeD so and 40, between 40 and so, be.
Teen so and 60, between 60 and 20. between
and 50, between so and 90. and whose ages
ere not reported. ~ were natives Of the United
tates, ii not stated, and Is were foreigners.
A MAN NAMED HUGH KENNEDY has been arrested
Ihe Third District upon charge Of carrying a
Dncealed weapon. The revolver found upon his |
erson was subsequently identified as being one
those stolen from the store of Mr.. Zidyk,
orner of Old LeVee and st. Louis streets, few
ays since.
U. S. COMMISSIONER WARREN's COURT-The |
Of The Terrebonne prisoners was re.
lmed at noon yesterday before the commissioner,
I'D was again continued over.
Josiah Fisk has made affidavit against eight
romDent resident of ST. Mary, charging them |
ith the killing of Messrs. Pope and Chase on |
aturday, the 18th inst.
FIREs.-A fire, occasioned by the carelessness