The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-05-09
THE LOUISIANA POLITICAL MUD
DIE.
Serious Complication scsistancc
To the Kellogg Party.

We publish the dispatches in the Boston
papers on the Louisiana difficulties, as we
failed to receive them:
BRAsnEAR CITY,, La, May z.
Eight Metropolitans arrived here this
morning, making forty-fvc altogether.
The citizens refused them all shelter. and
they are stopping in small negro cabins
They have orders to 90 to st. Martins
vile, but can get no transportation. The
ferry boat here is removed, and the fish
boats stopped near Franklin and guarded
by the citizens. The citizens here are still
determined. All is quiet. y Metropolitan
has just arrived from st. Martnsvillc
through the swamp. lie has verbal dis
patch for New Orleans. He says that
Badger is hemmcd in. He heard heavy
canonading at two o'clock this morning.
LATER-A sKIRNIsu REPORTED.
New IBERIA, La, May 7 II n. IN.
Firing was heard this morning. A courier
from the citizens camp reports that three
Mctropolitans were killed and five wounded
in a skirmish. The citizens pickcts have
advanced within two squares of the Court
House, where Col Badger has contracted
his forces. Citizens are collected from
every portion Of Attakapas. Most of the
recruits are of the better class, well mount
ed and generally armed with brcech-l loading
shot guns.
So far young men principally have gone
to the field. Married men in the towns are
watching the negro organizations, and are
preparing to Illustrate them. Captqqiln}ss Of
port the Metropolitans, and consequently
did not bring them at Bcrwick's Bay, know
ing their boats would be blown up. The
entire Bayou Teche is under surveillance
by well organized bodies of citizens. The
Kellogg troops can only reach St. Martins
vile by fighting their way up Bayou. 1t is
generally supposed that an engagement
took place last night, but no reports have
been received to this hour-ecvcn o'clock.
REPORTED SHOOTING OF COY. KELLOGG.
New ORLEANS, May 7.
The excitement prevailing about the city
was increased this evening by a report that
Kellogg had been shot. The report was
untrue, but it appears that pistol was
fired near him, and some reports say at him.
The superintendent of Morgan's Texas
railroad makes the following statement !:
"This morning detachment of police took
charge of, and picketcd the wharf of the
Texas Railroad company, interfering with
business and creating alarm. rebukcd
Flanagan, who was in charge of the police,
and sent word to Kellogg expressing disap-
proval of their conduct"
AT 4:3O Kellogg called at the office, on
the corner of Natchez alley and Magazine
street to explain the matter, and while do
ing so his carriage at the door was imme-
diatcly surrounded by large and excited
crowd, who commenced jeering and de-
nouncing him. Just as Kellogg was being
oil IN, fl,,,,
pistol. The driver Immediately piled his
wrip, and drove up Natchez street at a fll-
rous pace" AT Brashear City all the
boats were seized by the citizens, and the
United States troops are detained there,
unable to proceed for want of transporta-
ton.
U. S. TROOPS GOING TO ST. MARTINsvILLE.
1t is asserted that although the United
States troops are going to St. Martinsville
upon application of the United States Mar
shal, upon the plea of serving civil process
ses, their real object or result of their mis-
sion will be to relieve the Metropoltans,
whose cries for help are thus needed. All
the city papers condemn the action of the
mob in breaking into the gun store last
night, and Gov. EcEnery has issued an adj
dress of similar purport.
A sKiRMIsIl REPORTED.
Aspccal dispatch from Iberia to the Pi-
cayune says that sharp engagement took
place to-day at st. Martinsville. The
police, about 2. 10 p. M, made sortie from
the town and attacked the forces of Col.
Deblanes, who fell back before them.
The police fired both solid shot and shell
from cannon, but without effect. They
advanced about Il mile and half beyond
the town and made stand but retreated af-
ter brisk slirmish before the advancing
forces of Col. Dcblanes
At Brashear the United States troops
are still quartercd at the railroad depot.
They expect to leave tomorrow with the
agreement that no Metropolitans shall have
transportation with them.