The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-03-11

The Second Hattie or NeW QtJ9Ass.-. :. !.
We take the foilouipg sesoant'St ;d4,
regent, conflict in NsxsDE EtsAas bst-esn:
tie partieSns.Sof the aoskrSers.s
ffpm 4he Piceyuns. ofSihe6sh: s,
siAt IN early hour lksts Aiths, .is Sas ru-
mored that aniattaeE wotxld be- made BY
the MoEnery police and militia on some
Of the police ststions,s and the appear-
ance OF large bodies Of men al intervals
on, the streets, gave ooior 10 the fumor,
aud then it was said that the police and
militia were, ooqgregsting ct the lsngar,
Sheds and! there lFasi home little exotic.
meUt, which -Mas increased at-, about 9,
O'Clock by the .aPpearauoe, on Camp
street, OF q sGgad, of tpen armed With
muakets. and follpweR by small band,
with. revolveEs aonspiouousIy displayed,
who went across Oanaisatrest .ioto Char.
tres; and on'd down. The body @as Joined
BY number Of men; Who, when az de
distance down Charities street, stopped
Of the gun store of J. Guilfoux and J! E.
Lee. and forcing che doerP. entered and
| Etansaoksd the place, taking ont evef5-
thing, ih the shape 0f q pistol or gun. but
found very litti5 amusu uition.l' They
then marched on down and joined tho
main detachment. which had halted Just
this eide OF st. Peter street, whore was
found large crowd, some under the
command, Of leaders and officers, but
quite q number detached, and most OF
them armed. r., ..t.
On reaching here, it was learned that
an attack had already been made on the
Third Precinct Station just below, and
just opposite the Jackson Square, in the
following manner:
Two detachments Of men, numbering
probably fifty or seventy-fiye together,
but few possessing any arms, except u
revolver. marched by the stntion, and.
undistarbed, entered the middle gate Of
jackson Square; faoipg on Chartres
street. They filed around behind tho
'ehrubbery first detachment, the
better armed OF The two, getting near
the fence, their left resting on ST.
Peter street, and their right: towards st.
Ann; the other detachment was filed in
behind them, with their front towards
the river, the right resting on ST. Petor,
land left on st. Ann. .'n,i
| After remaining in this position a few
moments, the foremost detachment was
|iordered to fire, which they did. and the
Metropolitans replied. The position was
exposed, aud. tho men were drawn off in
q rather disorderly condition behind the
protecting walls of the cathedral, and
from here some of the men in front fred
into side window of'tho station. The
order to cease firing was then given
The commander -in-c chief of the force
then stepped forward and demanded the
surrender of the station, but was nm
swered by several shots, one of which
just grazed his right shoulder, as lie was
turning to leave, making rent in his
coat. After the firing had ceased, it was
found that one man was wounded ip the
leg. In short time, the body of men
bud been Increased by the arrival of
other detachments to about 200, proba-
bly, one-half of which were armed with
muskets, shot-guns and Winchester rifles
A number OF outsiders were also on the
ground, and while the men of the militia
and police were being placed, they broke
into the gun store Of p. Baum, situated
on Chartres street, near st. Peter, and in
few moments the place was gutted.
The men wore placed in different posi-.
tions. and one large detachment was sta
toned, or it may be took up their posi-
ton. ut the corner Of Toulouse and
Chartres streets Things remained in
| shao SOhdtLlou AoT 6OU0 GlLuo, au OCCa-
sional discharge of q fire arm raising q
little excitement, which almost Us imIne.
diately subsided.
A solitary mounted Metropolitan po-
lice officer, No. 1856 made his appearance
ut the corner OF Chartres and Toulouse
streets. where he was ordered to hult
He. however, attempted to forco his
way. whom instantly dozen pieces were
leveled at him. and the cry Of "Shoot!"
''Shoot!" "Shoot himI' WAS echoed far
and wide, and only the GOODNESS of seve-
raj persons eaved his life. They backed
his horse and ordered him to dism cunt,
which he did, very badly frightened.
He was then searched, aud placed under
| guard and taken of.
About this time, 10 o'clock, the cry
| ''Here they come," "Here they como, y
was raised, and several men came in and
announced the police were coming. and
that they had with them twelve.
pounder Napoleon gun. a number of
individuals then sloped, and Chartres
street was soon clear, with tho exception
of the band Of men at the corner of Tou-
louse. who stood their ground, and an
other band at the corner of st. Peter.
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