Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 2, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 June 1858 — Revolution in the City of New Orleans. [ARTICLE]

Revolution in the City of New Orleans.

Vigilance Committee Appointed State Arms Seized—Collision Expected. New Orleans, June 3, 1858. A revolution broke out last night. A vigilance committee, in large numbers, touk possession of the arsenal in Jackson Square, and the this morning. The Executive Committee calls for law and order, and the people join them, and announce their determination to carry their measures out. Nothing efae has transpired yet. Seven o’clocc. —Cannon Ve dbaded and posted about thei arsenal. Alku.it two hundred armed men are rrow on guard. The following appeared this morning: To the Citizens of New Orleans: Alter years ot disorder, outrages and unchecked assassination, the people, unable and unwilling either to bow down in unresisting submission to a set of ruffians, or to abandon the city in which their business, their social sympathies and (duster, have at length risen in their might and have quietly taken possession of the arsenal and buildings in J-ickson Square, and have established there the headquarters’ of a Vigilance Committee, pledging each to -the other to maintain the rights inviolable of every peaceful and law-abiding citizen, restore public order, abate crime and expel or punish, as they may determine, such notorious robbers and assassins as the) arm of the law has, either from the infidelity ol the public servants or the inefficiency of the laws themselves, left unwhipped ol justice. For the present, the ordinary machinery of police justice is superseded., The Mayor and the Recorders, jwe understand, yielding up the power they confess the inability to exercise for the prteservation of_ property, and the Vigilance (qommittee Will therefore previously act in their stead—administering to each and every -malefactor The punish” ment due to his crimes without heat, prejudice or political bias* All citizens whd have sympathies with this movement, and who think the time lias come when New Orleans shall be preserved like other well-ordered and civilized communities, will report themselves without delay at the principal office, where the character of this movement will be explained, and the determination of the people more fully made known. All has beein done noiseless-ly,.dis-passiunately and justly/but tbe ruffians who have dyed our streets in the gore ol unoflending citizens, and spread terror among the peaceable, orderly and well-disposed, must leave or perish. So the people have determined—Vox Populi, Fox Dei! Si<nicd. True Delta Extra. Seven to eight hundred are under arms j now, ten o’clock, and several arrests " have been made. It is reported that opposition will be made, in which a severe battle is certain. Volunteers are still crowding up. , I. A TEH. Eleven o’clock. —General Tracey’s division ol militia has been ordered out by the Mayor. Ihe Common Council are in secret session. There is considerable confusion amongst them. Great excitement in the street. T he Council got possession of the first district armory with only ten rounds of ammunition. A battle is expected this afternoon. More arrests are made.

SECOND DAY. Lok'rsviLLE, June 4. In answer to questions about the origin of the outbreak at New Orleans, the following dispatch has jqst been received by the reporter of the Associated Press: “Can’t say whether political or not. The Vigilance Committee offered to resign, provided the city will vest the police authority in their hands. The city has refused. If the Vigilance Committee vvini, Gerard Stitli’s Native American party is dead. The Vigilance Committee is composed of all parties. “Signed, Muzzr, Reporter.” LATER. A dispatch from the New Orleans telegraph office says that it is positively not po litical, and that Muzzy is mistaken. • LATEST. New Orleans, June 4. A rumor is current on t.he streets that a compromise is effected. The city is to deliver up twenty-five of the noted ruffians to the Vigilance Committee. Five hundred men on each side are tP be sworn as police. I hare been refused admission to the City Hall. Muzzy, Reporter. New Orleans, June 4. Fifty men, with two cannon, have just taken possession of Canal *treet They are said to be organized by men marked by the Vigilance Committee for punishment. New Orleans, June 4. The Mayor’s forces are unorganized, yet all is still. Great preparations are being made, by both parties. The Vigilance Committee’s commander is Major J. K. Duncan, late of the United States Army. They are well organized and drilled. The city papers are divided. The Picayune and Crescent favor the city, and the True Delta and Delta favor the Vigilance Committee. The rest are neutral. ... A crisis is-expected to-day. [second dispatch.] The excitement is increasing. The Mayor has issued orders to arrest John Maginnis; if taken, they declare they will hang him. Mac takeß it coaly. STILL LATER. The Vigilance Committee are triumphant. The Mayor has resigned the municipal authority to the Vigilance Committee. The city is quiet and the crowd have withdrawn from Canal street. The Vigilance Committee have appointed a special police of over a thousand men. The treaty is signed and order restored. “ The terms of the treaty arc these: Mayor Waterman, for the city, nhd-General Lewis, Superintendent of Elections, accept tho

forces of Vigilance Committee, as a special police to protect property, life and execute the laws. The Vigilance Committee do not disband, but retains its organization as a military body so long as necessary for the defense and legitimate duties. The rabble are still in the streets, "but is very small in numbers. No more trouble is expected. Arrests still continue to be made. LATEST. Inflnmatory placards have just been issued by the so-called American party, calling Americans to arms to resist the authority of the Vigilance Committee. More than one-half of the American party are in the Vigilance Committee. Many of their leaders are well known to the Know-Nothings. One man was killed, and another wounded accidentally, in the Vigilance Committee’s camp. THIRD DAY. New Orleans, June 5. Incendiary speeches were made to the mob by Colonel Christy, candidate for Mayor, and Colonej Henry, of the Nicaraguan army. They call the Americans to arms, and offer to lead a charge against the Vigilance Committee to-day. J. P. White, money-broker, was shot at and-daogerously wounded last night, in front of the City Hotel. White is the man said to have furnished cotton for the .barricades ol the Vigilance Committee. Over one thousand and five hundred names are enrolled by the Vigilance Committee. Trouble is expected to-day.