The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-03-07
More Tenderness to Muir
derers.
Two Girls MurT ed in New
Hampsh1re.
Accidents, Fires, Crimes.
Etc, Etc.
Other Items Of Interest.

WASHINGTON, March 6.-The following
dispatch was received last night by Mar
shal Packard from Gov Kellogg;
New ORLEANS, March 5.-An armed |
mob of several hundred attacked the po- |
lice station and court building. We had |
about 100 police, who repulsed the mob, |
driving them of, and, it is reported, kill |
ing and wounding several. Gen. Badger, |
with force, came upon their rear, captur-
ing and disarming a great number The |
police stations are filing up with prisoners.
4 company of troops came up Just after
the mob was driven off They are scatter
ing to their homes. The mob were dis |
tinctly ordered to disperse before there
was any firing The attack was COM
menced by them.
New ORLEANS, March "a crowd of
citizens about three hundred strong, armed
with pistols, made an attempt to capture
the District Court rooms tonight about
ten O'Clock. The court was guarded by
Metropolitans under command of Long
street, with Winchester rifles and artillery
Several rounds were fired One citizen
was killed and about one dozen wounded
While the fight was in progress General
Smith appeared with a company Of United
States troops and ordered Wagner
and his men to disperse and go to their
homes, which order was Obeyed There is
great excitement and feeling.
NEW ORLEANS, March 6.-At half-past
two o'clock this morning General Bodger,
with eighty men and one piece of artillery.
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making detaur TO the rear of the build
ing. advanced towards it, and sent Officer
Murphy TO demand their surrender. Be
fore he reached the police station the at
tacking party were received with a volley
from the shot guns of perhaps seventy five
men and Immediately returned the fire.
The men on duty retreated, and the police,
rushing in, captured the station and seven
prisoners 1t was then ascertained that
VI. X Chandler, citizen, had been NOR
tally wounded, ball penetrating his abdo-
men. Another man, named Ernst Livan-
( ders, was struck in the arm with a buck
4 shot,
| NEW ORLEANS, March 5, 1l:30 A NJ
/ The Kellogg Metropolitan police armed as
/ infantry have just taken possession Of Odd
Fellows Hall where the McEnery Legis-
lature have heretofore met. Mr.. J. c.
Moncure, Speaker of the House, and other
members who were in the hall at the time
were taken to the first precinct station.
About 100 MetropoGtans occupy Lafayette
Square. There is considerable excitement
A large crowd is gathering about the
square and Odd Fellows Hall.
The action of the United States troops
was taken in obedience to the following
dispatch TO General Emory from General
Sherman: The President directs you TO
prevent any violent interference with the
State Government of Louisiana
About fifty citizens or militia who par
ticipated in last nights affray have been
arrested, charged with violating the act Of
Congress. passed April Goth, ISL They
were taken before a United States Com
missioner and released on bail of $1,000
each. The city is very quiet this evening.
General Emory telegraphs General Sher-
man: 1 think the announcement of the
Presidents order to me of last night will
effect perfect settlement Of the troubles
here. -
In reply to question by Governor Ne
Emery, General Emory declares that the
seizure Of Odd Fellows Hall was without
p ilAN hAlpniCuSC- AndI lIC hda iVCtlNEd III
structions to re-organize the State Govern
{ meut represented by Hon. VIM. Pitt kel
logg, and will consider it his duty TO ust
all the force Of the United States at hi
disposal to repress violence toward tht
Kellogg administration. A large number
of people visited the scene of the affray
, last night The effect Of the fire of CAMS
{ ter is visible in two or three places, severa
, of the iron columns of the balcony of tn,
/ building, corner of st. Peter and Chartrel
streets being perforated, and one beins
knocked down and broken into splinters
The railing of jackson Square is also bro
: ken in several places and here and ther,
the buildings near it are clipped Trees il
: the square are fairly riddled with bullets
> and the grond strewn with broken limbs
Moncure and other members of tn,
: fusion Legislature were arrested thi
l morning by the Metropolitans, but wer,
released soon after The fusion Legislature
! met this afternoon at the St james Hote
and passed joint resolution protesting
f in the name OF the people of the Stat
| against the interference of the military o
= the United States Government in eaptur
r ing the State troops and in again support
f ing the city police in the seizure of tn
$ State House.
HARRISBURG. March 6.-The jury il
y. the Evans case returned verdict In favo
= 4 of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania i
Il the first count in $l49, 1862. So, that the de
5 fendant was not an officer or professions
5 agent, but received the money as a specis
/ agent appointed by the Governor.
a CINCINNATI, March "a man giyin
4 the name of J. H. Walters was arreste
4 at Crestline, O., charged with robbing an
|. burning the Bee Line depot at Andersen
y Ind On searching his trunk 81 800 wort
= of Bee Line tickets were found w Maltel
is now in jail E
BY an accident yesterday on the Pa
Handle railroad there were twenty persor
- injured more or less. Two sleepers wel
II precipitated over an embankment of 81,
lteen feet Coal mine thieves raided Il
, wreck and stole the valuables az some
~ the pas sengers
PITTSBURGH, March 6.-By collision
freight train with a locomotive la
he night, ninety miles out, an en0inee
George Beals, was killed and brafema
X Patrick Darby, fatally injured.
Il BosToN, March 6.-The goyernme
,st and corporation directors of the Union p
as f.t cific railroad to-day reelected Horace
P. Clark President and John Duff Vice-Pre
he ident.
DIS Z. I'll. Rollins has been elected Secret
ry and Treasurer of the Union Pacific.
PORTSMOUTH, n. II. March, 5.-T'
ur- feTman girls named Cornelia Chrisent
ace and Annetta Lawson were murdered
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