Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-09-19
The LouIsIana Revolution.

The people of New Orleans are
in an open revolt against the State
municipal authorities. The scenes
described in the dispatches on Tues
day morning are of an appalling
nature. The speck of war has
broadened out into black and low
ering cloud that hangs over the
whole State of Louisiana and threat
ems dire disaster. New Orleans is the
scene of new revolution. They are
backed by what they hold to be the
genuine and only State Government.
They are gathering as militia, and
under orders of Penn, who was elect
ed Lieutenant Governor with Nc
Emery, and who, in the latter's ab-
scnce, issues his proclamations and
commands as Governor of Louisiana.
There is revolution in Louisiana, and
New Orleans leads the van.
The people have been ripe for
revolution these two years. At no
time, however, has revolt appeared
so formidable as now. The imme-
diate provocation of this outbreak
was the seizure of arms consigned
to private firms in New Orleans
Three citizens were arrested OH the
charge of having in their possession
stands of arms and quantities of am
unition to be used in assisting the
secret organization known as the
White League and against the Ne
tropolitan Police. Subsequently
Gen Badger, the Chief Police, Mr..
Curtis, the Clerk, and Judge Near
thur were brought before Justice
Houston. They were committed to
Jail for contempt in refusing to de-
liver over the arms that had been
seized, but they were Immediately
pardoned by Gov. Kellogg. The
search and seizures were continued
throughout last week, and Sundays
papers contained a call, signed by
fifty merchants, for a mass meeting
at CLAY Statue on Canal street. to
protect against seizures and other
Outrages. This call had a response
in the gathering of an immense
throng of people, filling the streets
for several blocks around. The
meeting passed resolution calling
upon Kellogg to resign, and COM
mittee was appointed to wait upon
him for his answer. He declined
to receive any communication on
the ground that it came from an
armed and lawless mob. When his
answer was received, the word went
forth to disperse for arms. Men
went to their houses only to return
with rifles, shot-guns, and small
arms, and to proceed against the ex-
isting Government. The Mayors
Office was invaded, and the Mayor
had to give way. Penn, as Acting
Governor, issued a proclamation
calling upon all. citizens between
the ages of Is and 40 to JOIN the
militia. He set forth that this was
not war upon the negroes, who
should be permitted to pursue their
avocations in peace, but against the
thieves, plunderers, and spoilers who
had oppressed the people for two
years. Then came an order from
the same source comforting the chief
command upon Gen. Fred N. Ogden.
The first conflict between the clti-
zens and the Metropolitan Police oc-
Cured on the levee. Gatling
guns and Winchester rifles on one
side and motely arms of mob on
the other were sufficient to make
a list of dead and wounded variously
estimated as high as fifty. The Me-
tropolitans are said to have suffered
most severely, which was partly
owing, perhaps, to the desertiOn of
the negro portion of the force; and
Gen. Badger, their Chief, was badly
wounded. Report has it that Mar
shall Packard and Attorney-General
Dibble were killed or wounded, but
this is not confirmed. United States
troops were at the Custom House,
but took no part in the fight. Rein
forcements were expected. At last
accounts the citizens were throwing
up barricades in the streets, and the
revolt threatened to assume some of
the fierceness and wildness of rev.
luton in Paris.
LATER.-The struggle in New Orleans
had but short duration. The Kellogg
rule is ended, andthe M'Enery supremacy
is established-in possession OF state ana
municipal affairs. Quiet is restored anu
the convening of the legislature Is caiieu