The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1872-01-18
BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS.
The C~arterites Squelched with Bay.
Onets
The Assassination of Wheyland.
Carter Indicted as Accessory.
Order Issued for his Arrest
BusinrSS of The City Prostitute,

INV YORK, Jan. 1O.-Wheyland who
; was 3. aSsinated in New Orleans hast
night, was formcly Il ramlLer Of the 31si
Massachusetts Regiment,
NEW OBLsAsa, jan. TO- The morning
papers pnhiisn the names Of several citi-
Geus who Witnessed the shooting of
WhCylaud yesterday, AID who state that
iLo shooting was done By Policeman
Early.
This morning n larGe number Of Me
uuprliians, armed with Winchester
rides, took positions on Royal street, oc-
ouupying almost the entire street from
Canal 20 U~ustomhouse streets, and pre-
venting the assembling o. the Carterites
nj theirusual plaeool meeting,
LArER.-The statements regarding the
killing Of Whoylmd are contradictory.
Cant McCann testified before the coro
ncr's jury, 81 the Republican states, that
N,GuAongh acknowledged that be had
shot Hhey!aud ia the discharge Of his
duties Us Sergcsnt-at-arms Of the House
pi Representatives,. The Republicans
says; When the evidence closed tie jury,
accompanied by Maj New, one Of Gor.
WarmoulLs counsel, who had been pres,
ort ll through, adjourned 10 uroom on
Common Street, wLele II verdict Was
agreed on as follows:
THAT Walter L. Whcyland came to
his dcath1t tho HANDS OF certain persons
II. Present ninno.css.'
his morning Coroner Crcags promul.
gated another verdict IN The SAME case,
charging Mccullough AMI the two Nc
CorInioks with the murdered WleyAmd
and Geo. ". Garter with being an a.
cessory before the fact.
The Governor says that, in couse.
Quencu o. tins verdict. lao sent the 20
dccncn. on Royal street to arrest Carter.
IAoDGe says the Federal goycrlldent
would not only be Justified Ia putting
Gown tue administration Of Wau1oin,
but It Is bound in duty 10 cause such IL
rule TO cease rs that which he has csi;b-
IisLed in tho State. Ii martial law is
luati!anlc III any co~njaucturc, it surcl!
Is 50 liza crisis like Inc prcacAt.
Gov. NamUtA issued another procla-
nation to-day, crucrng the Cater lac
tIOI to ueslsL irOln farther Proceedings
and commanding the mUmUurs 10 IetutE
TO tnelr seats III Inc General Assembly.
The application OF the Governor Ion
an injunction from the sun Dis.lco
Court, restraining the Carterilcs from
iULther action, came up this morning,
but was postponed till Saturday.
There is no material chang n the ON
ult.OA U4 aii.aIs to-uuy. Duoinuss ID duil.
There were yeIy lew lal.lcs on Canal
street, Al , O'Clock, the hour 1t Is lgsl-
uIi.y t%hIurscd, NOT twenty could be seen.
IAcrU WAC no business III doors. Men
are generally worn out.
a shooting affair occurred on ST.
Charles street this afternoon, in which
two persons not implicated i'll the row
were shot, one dangerously.
The P~icayunc opposes martial-law and
says we hear with deep regret, that some
oi our citizens are about to unite in Il
petition to the Federal authorities that
Il military Governor and military rule
may be substituted Tor the present State
Executive and government Of Louisiana.
They are provoked to this measure by
winton misrule, by systematic pclsecu-
ton, by s%tupendous extravaganza, by
mulu!orm acts Of oppression, by adding
III Offices, By sales Of votes in the Legls-
~lature, by rulnouS monoplies, bv burden
ONE taxes, by ancient evil franchise,
irodden on, by deliberate and persistent
violation OF the sacred right Of suffrage,
and by all the wicked mockcry Of free
government which we have suffered for
the past four years. Tie p~royocation is
very great, and w as fully sympathize
i'll their sentiment as we share in the an
noyances OF which they complain; but
we must warn them against the greater
evil which they invoke as an antidote,
believing it to be a ~virulent poison, and
more lastingin its damaging effects. We
want no Magistrate in uniform. We
would rather bear years of local misrule
Than years Of military despOtlsm.
The Times, underline caption Of How
the Legislature is made up" says thai
Mr.. Wheyland, a member OF that branch
Of tho House which holds their session
on Dryud street, and who was killed on
Canal street last evening, affords an ex-
ample of the shameful abuse OF the cleo
tion and registration laws by the consti-
tuted authorities. He was sent to the
remote parish Of Sabine, in this State, a
few days before the registration Of the
voters OF the PARISH lis II Registrar; and
although IL perfect stranger to the peo-
pie Of til. parish, and 1t WAS proved be-
yond doubt that nearly all the votes OF