The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1874-09-19
'usto,n House.

Custom House.
The Badger army kept on unit
they had almost reached Gravie
street, and ensconscd themselves be
hind some bales Of hay.
THE FIGHT.
Suddenly vollcy, or rather q doz
en- vol'cys. were fired on them, some
from the buildings, some from The
street, and Companies A, Il and + o
the Crescent City White League
headed BY General Ogden and Capts
Buck, Gallagher and W. b. Pleasant
charged upon the mctropolitans i,
the most gallant and noble manner
They received the fire Of the metro
politans without ilinching and kept
straight on in their charge. Seeing
this, the mctropolitans wavercd,
scattered and rushed off toward the
Custom-IIonse. A volley Of the cit.
liens brought down eighteen men at
lhc first fire, all Of them seriously in
jurcd, those slightly wounded MAX
ing off. Among the fallen was
BADGER,
who was vainly endcavoring to rally
his men. Badger was mortalIy woun-
died, being shot through the arm, leg
and side. 1t is said that he fired on
his own men when he saw them run
ming, and that it was by his hand
that Corporal Nc Manus fell.
When the citizens came up he sur.
and begged for mattress.
This and other comforts were provi.
lcd him
THE PURSUIT.
The pursuit Of metropolitans was
iept up almost to the very doors Of
,he Custom House. About forty
FELL on the field, some Of them being
only slightly injured. Eleven, how
yer, were killed, aud four, among
hem q mulatto, 1.-THE only negro
lurt) were mortally wounded, About
dozen others were severly wounded.
The remained were only slightly
,urt. The metropolitans were per-
'cctly panic stricken. About forty
If them ran up into the Custom
louise, where all the Radical chiefs
we're assembled, and refused to leave
here. Some ran up Canal street and
we're shot, and the remainder escaped
md dispersed in all directions.
Some, however, organized and es-
aped.
THE CITIZENS LOSS.
In this fight on the lcvec, the citizens
altered somewhat themselves. Four
we're killed and about one dozen wound
u. some Of them dangerously. The
He'd were 4. ToleIano, Dick Lindsey,
LABOR j. Il. Gourdain, Jules Gauticr.
Iongstrcct's division marched up with
reinforcement during the fight, but
pparcntly changed his mind, aud with
ne acccssions from such of the metro
oitans as escaped Badgers fate, re-
Gated to jackson Square, leaving be-
ind to the citizens one Gatlim, two
.-polnn Napoleon guns and one howit-
~. Tho news Of this victory ditlused
II along the line, encouraged the ciu-
ms, and about q o'clock they marched
own and appeared on Canal street, but
'rre were 40 pcclers there; they had
'treatcd and were cscouscd in the ar
nal At Jackson Square, dispirited aud
i-lirned, and kept together solely by
ons street, who plead with them to
ny and fight.
Their sole cannon appeared to be n
'-ponni Napoleon, pointing down st.
nnc street, over which Longstrcet
.rsonal!y presided.
There appeared to be little ii any de-
re on the part Of the metropolitans to 4
5ht. They wanted to go home, and {
,rdly knew what to do. Their only
,pe, they confessed, was tho United .
ates troops, and they pecred forward, |,
'er, like sister Annie, looking for
en-.
Along the remainder of the line there {
AS moi much fighting. During the t
z fight on the Levcc, about twenty &
'ys charged down Tchoupitoulas st.,
II off largcquanti|y Of metropolitans 4
III captured u caisson, amid perfect s
rrcnt of balls, three Of them falling in s
G charge, and brought the caisson +,
thin lines ut st. Charles street.
AZ Tchoupitoulas street several men .
ere injured, one, laboring man, be- {
g shot through the breast, and sup
'scd to be mortally wounded. On
agazinc street, Il car driver, whilst r
living his car was fired into by the =
and killed, his brains be-
Z scattered all over the car. !,
Down town there was no regular u
,hting, but skirmishing was kept up d
the day long. A body of citizens on
G corner Of Royal and Cont were fired I
half n dozen times by the metropoli- n
rs, who advanced by them. One man {
hist crossing Royol street, was killed :
the police; one policeman was also :,
lin there.
e POLICE DESERT AND SURRENDER. n
AT about half past 6 a body of pcelcrs, II
om thirty to forty in number, march
down the street. The citizens pre-
red to charge on them, when the
clers called for conference, and o
id they had had enough fighting and G.
'ntcd to go home. They surrendered n
llingly their guns and pistols, which