The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-09-18

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metropolitans in the most gallant and
noble manner. They received the fire
of the metropolitans without finching
and kept straight on in their charge.
Seeing this, the fnetropolitans wavered,
scattered and rushed off towards the
Custom House. A volley ofthe citizens
brought down eighteen men at the first
fire, all of them seriously injured, thosg
slightly wounded making off. Among
the fallen was Badger, who was vainly
endeavoring to rally his men, being
shot through the arm, leg and side.
It is said that he fred on his own men
when he saw them running, and that it
was by his hand that Corporal McManus
fell.
When the citizens came up he sur
rendered and begged for mattress.
This and other comforts were provided
him.
The pursuit of the metropolitans was
kept up almost to the very doors of the
Custom House. About forty fell on the
field, some of them being only slightly
injured. Eleven, however, were killed,
and four, among them a mulatto, (the
only negro hurt) were MORALLY wound
ed. About a dozen Others were severely
wounded. The remainder were only
slightly hurt. The metropolitans were
perfectly panic stricken. About fifty
of them ran up into the Custom House,
where all the Radical chiefs were
assembled, and refused to leave there.
Some ran up Canal street and were shot,
and the remainder escaped and dispersed
in all directions.
Some, however, organized and es-.
capped.
In this fight ON the levee, the citizens
suffered somewhat themselves. Four
were killed and about 4 dozen wounded,
some of them dangerously. The killed
were E. Toledano, Dick Lindsey, Major
J. X. Gourdan and Jules Gantier.
Longstreet's division marched up with
reinforcement during the fight, but
apparently changed his mind, and with
the accessions from such of the metro
politans as escaped Badgers fate, re-
treated to jackson Square, leaving be-
hind to the citizens one Gatlin, two IL
pound Napoleon guns and one hoWit-
zer.
| The news of this victory di6used all
along the line, encouraged the citizens
and about G O'Clock they marched down
and appeared on Canal street, but there
were no peelers there they had retreat
ed and were ensconsed in the arsenal at
Jackson Square, dispirited and fright
ened, and kept together solely by
Longstreet, who plead with them to
stay and fight.
Their sole cannon appeared to be a
l2-pound Napoleon, pointing down st.
Anne street, over which Longstreet
personally presided.
There appeared to be little if any
desire on the part of the metropolitans
to fight. They wanted to go home, and
hardly knew what to do. Their only
hope, they honestly confessed, was the
United States troops, and they peered
forward, ever, like sister Annie, look
ing for them.
Along the remainder of the line there
was not much fighting. During the
big fight on the Levee, about twenty
boys charged down Tchoupitoulas
street, ran Off a large quantity of met
ropolitans, and captured a caisson,
amid perfect torrent of balls, three of
them falling in the charge, and brought
the caisson within lines at st. Charles
street.
AT Tchoupitoulas street several men
were injured, one, laboring man, be-
ing shot through the breast, and sup
posed to be MORALLY wounded.
On Magazine street, a car driver,
whilst driving his car was fired into by
the metropolitans and killed, his brains
being scattered all over the car.
Down town there was no regular
fighting, but skirmishing was kept up
all the day long. A body of citizens
on the corner of Royal and Cont were
fired on half dozen times by the
metropolitans, who advanced on them.
One man, whilst crossing Royal street,
was killed by the police; one police
man was also slain there.
At about half past 6 body Of peelers,
from thirty to forty in number, march
ed down the street. The citizens pre-
pared to charge on them, when the
peelers called for a conference, and said
they had had enough fighting and
wanted to so home. They surrendered
willingly their guns and pistols, which
were distributed among the citizens,
Most of them took Off their hats and
coats to avoid recognition and dis
persed for home. The citizens to whom
the peelers surrendered were an unat-
tached troupe from the Sixth Ward,
about fifteen in number.
Farther down town were several par
ties of citizens, but they had very little
skirmishing to do, and no one, citizen
| or metropolitan, was known to be