Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-05-14
LOUISIANA NEWS.
A CRISIS STILL IMMINENT.
Serious Riots Threatened by KeIIosg.s
Enemies.
Troops 80 be sent 10 81. MnrtinsYiIIe.

Troops 30 be Sent 10 ST. MartinsViIIe.
NEW IBERIA, May 6.-Ttis reported thai
the Metrpolitans attacked DIR. Blanche's
forces near st. Martinsville and were re.
pulsed with loss of three killed and two
wounded. DIR. Blanche has two hundred
men and one cannon. 1t is stated that the
Metropolitans were driven back to st.
Martinsville.
LATER.-Adyices from st. Martinsyille
report the position of the Metropolitans
precarious and may at any moment be
overpowered by the tax resisters. The peo-
pie of this section seem determined to nav
no taxes to the Kellogg Government, I'M
less compelled by the United States troops.
The Situation.
New ORLEANS, May 6.-The news from
st. Martinsville and adjoining parishes
creates much excitement in the city. 1t is
understood that movement is on foot to
seize the police stations while the police
are in the interior. The political compli-
cations areincreasing. The resisters claim
that they are daily gaining strength while
the Kelloggites aver that all opposition is
disappearing.
Reinforcements of the Metropolitans left
this morning for st. Martinsville.
NEW IBERIA, May Gil A. M.-The
Metropolitans took quiet possession of st.
Martinsville, La, on Sunday at noon.
That night two of the Metropolitan scouts
were
Dangerously Wounded
in the suburbs of that town, one of whom
has died since.
skirmishing has been constant since
Sunday night.
A conference between the leaders of the
contending forces was held yesterday
The Metropolitans wanted to know which
OF the officers they were about to install
were Objectionable to the people, and what
they wanted. The resisters replied that
the men were satisfactory if commissioned
by Governor McEnery that the citizens
only wanted the Metropolitans to leave
the town and not interfere with their To-
cal affairs. The women and children are
still in the town. Kellogg's Judge, in
company with his District Attorney and
Congressman Durell, has gone to st.
Martinsville to open court to-day. The
citizens force is variously estimated at
from two to four hundred. There is a
report current this morning that the
Kelloggites are organizing the negroes,
and, consequently, the entire population
is watchful but no general engagement
has yet occurred. Business is generally
suspended.
New ORLEANS, May Forty Metro
politans have arrived at Brashear City.
There were no negroes on the streets
Captains of steamboats, have been warned
not to transport Metropolitans, and conse-
quently did not bring those at the bay,
knowing their boats would be blown up.
The entire Bayou Teche is under survefl-
lance by well organized bodies of citizens.
The kellogg troops can only reach st.
Martinsville by fighting their way up the
Bayou. 1t is generally supposed that an
engagement took place last night, but no
reports have been received up to the present
hour.
Stumbling MetrOpOlitans..
BRAsHEAR CITY, May Eight Metro
politans arrived to-day, making forty
five whites altogether. The citizens re-
fused them all shelter, and they are stop
: ping in small negro cabin filled with
negroes. They have orders to go to st.
Martlnsville, but can get no transportation.
The ferry boat here has been removed and
the Teche boats have been stopped near
Franklin and are being guarded by cih-