New Orleans Republican., 1873-05-25

Kellogg. "Ihats business. Hang him.
"shoOt Longstree.. f al. il. tail in.
Then the rabble fell in-that IS. they fe!i
into ;uextricable con:usion-and when they
poured out upon North street. !. was worth
ten years o. de...' !itc. one glance a. :aeir
aIrav.
Bu, j. i, useies. 20 follow the rabble.
Tnev marched UP and they marched down
They shouted. hoo:ed and howled., ihey
| .eii i'll and fell ou:. They plunier"d gun
! store. and all who get their hanus pom guns
| immediately put for home With their spp'ls.
| and were seen no more. They were afraid
| of thejy own shadows. They scattered IA
| terror at the mention OF soldier or police
| man. and altogether Gu. up such fantastic
| tricks before high Heaven as make the an
gels grin. If solitary Metropolitan had
! blown his whistle upon street corner tue
! crowd would have melted away as the walls
a: Jericho did at the sound OF Il trumpet.
As an example of what the mob was
| made o. will relate an Incident which oc.
cured while they were engaged IN plunder-
! in. the gun store of Folsom Brothers. Oi,.
;,oste the Postotfica. in the Customhouse.
While It le people" were bu Y engaged
AZ resen'ing the Kellogg usurpation by rob-
| bing private citizen Of their own party. az
oninyL. rumbiiny was heard down Old
Levee street. Those who heard it paused
suddenly in their patriotic labor. Whats
that was the startled inquiry. ut can't
DE the artillery coming up from the bar
rack" suggest. an Incautious patriot. That
dreadful! suggestion wa. enough. A Wild
CRY OF horror and despair burst from the
fearless and biood-tLi.sty ''people.' 1t
snote the dIngy walls OF tina Customhouse
and car.omed on the moon. that high above
the city was watching the proceedings With
a broad grin:
And first one nn;ver sal shrek there rushed.
Louir, than the loud ocean, like .le cash
OF ecsOins thunders and then a.. was hUshee,
and the place was deserted except by your
correspondent and one OK two other mild
hammered newspape: reporters. Such
Wild panic never saw before: such a5ject
terror. such a crazy flight. it was enough
to make deaths head laugh.
And now behold the dreadful cause Of the
hight of the chiyalry. Rumbling along
owe; the stone pavement comes solitary
draw, drawn by a tired mule. driven by
colored man and brother. on his way home
trcm work, with mind peaceably intent
upon supper and bed. Verify zone Trigger,
chased a thousand that time. and 1t is
needles. to say. practically pat an eud TO
the great uprising OF the people.
The truth of my remarks concerning the
thoroughly 'Frenchy" character OF these
Deople Is vel. illustrated by their conduct
during tho disturbances. While the mob Of
near three thousand were howiing and
screaming in Lafayette square. and ap-
parent,y thirsting for blood. and bent
upon desperate and murderous deeds. a few
steps away, the band upon the balcony OF
the Academy OF Music was giving its usual
evening serenade. and people were buying
their tickets, while the music Of the band
mingled with the roar of the mob. and pass
ing in to witness Pauline Markham and her
fair blondes disport themselves in the last
new buriesaue aud farce. though it was a
,sal In
ridiculous 6ur!esnue o- the broadest farce
was being enac.ed-the square or the the
atre. Family carriages made .he:. way slow
ly through the surgng crowd. theirinmates
gazing curlDU ,lv at the throng. yet ey:nci:i.
net the least tear. Natty young men
lounged idly By. stopped for moment to
''get a light" trom one o. the rioters, ana
passed On. On the outskirts of the rab5ie
men stood under the street lamps. or sa:
upon the edge OF the banouette. quietly
reading the last edition OF some Of the
evening papers. while tie MaraU1ers were
capturing a gun store, with as much noise
as could possibly have been made at the
capture of Jericho. On the next corner
a billiard room was in full! blast. the players
calmly calculating an 9 les and chalking their
cues, and occasionally the cheerful! click Of
| the ivory balls would be distinguished
| through the wild uproar of the mob. In no
other city in the world excep: Paris could
| such things be possible.
The next day there was frantic attempt
made by the few damagOgues who run .the
McEnery movement and disgrace the State.
to carry out the programme. The very
ones who had by every means in their
power urged on and melted the rioters. de.
nOunced these their tools. and SAID: This
is the result of KeI,ogg's taking away our
police. and leaving the city unprotected,
But i. was too thin" Men listened. and
smiled increduously. and read and sl.rug p
ged their shoulders. Tie leaders seeing
that their transparent dodge was r;dicr,-
lous failure. and had brought contelnp:
upon their cause. began 70 get desperate.
Some thing must be done 70 keep the ball
rolling, and maintain tie !i:tle fiction about
the deep and deadly purpose" of ''the
people,, which is the stock III trade Of the
"a yi1atOrs. SO recourse Was had to shoo.r.
at Kellogg.
An. but that was galiar. deed. Govern.
or Kellogg stepped from the office door. at
the corner Of Magazine aud Camp streets.
end was met by Colonel Raiiey. Are yol
kellogg.' "Yes" Then you ara son o:
a" This write to show you how a
hightoned Southern gentleman expresses
himself. Then Kellogg stepped quietly into
his carriage and drove Off When the car.
rage got a number of yards away some one
plucked up courage TO fire shot through
the leather at the back of the carriage top,
and the bloody scene was finished. the
deep and deadly purpose Of 1.-The pe,-
PIE" shown. and farce No. : ended.
Then they tell back upon the ST. Martins.
vile affair. Every advantage gained by
the citizens was wildly exaggerated. The
Metyopo!itans were all killed dozen times
over in reliable dispatches from the front.
DeBlanc and b, heroic patriots were ex.
to,led to the skies. Heavy cannoradin:."
sharp fighting" "Metropo!itans hemmed
in. ''the cirizer, determined" and any
quantity more OF sensational nonsense was
telegraphed III. Associated Press after II
was we'll known il the city tina. DeBlan,'s
men had scattered. and the trouble was
practically ar au end
1.-The fvon Hand: or. The Knight Of Nau