The New York Herald Newspaper, March 7, 1873, Page 3

M’ENERY’S EMEUTE The Origin, Purpose and Effect of the New Orleans Outbreak. ; WHY IT WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL. Interviews with McEnery, Kel- logg and Warmoth. THE STORY OF THE FIGHT Recapture of the Seventh Precinct Sta tion House by the Police. TWELVE KILLED AND MANY WOUNDED, Arrest of Speaker Moncure and Other Fusionists. *ORDER REIGNS INWARSAW” General Emory and the United States Troops Masters ef New Orleans. THE SCENE OF THE STRUGGLE. Correspondence Between the Military Commander and McEnery. - Kellogg’s the Only Govern- ment Recognized. ATTITUDE OF THE CITIZENS. Names of the Victims and List of the’ Persons Arrested as Rioters. THE SITUATION IN WASHINGTON. President Grant Aware of McEnery’s Plans and Determined to Frustrate Them. New Oxtzans, March 6, 1873. ‘The riot of last night was the last desperate effort of the McEnery government to maintain its existence. It was deliberately planned, it is said, with the sanction of the citizens’ Com- mittee of Two Hundred. The citizens’ militia | aggregated about five hundred, but moved in detached squads without concert of action. The object in view was the seizure of the buildings opposite Jackson square, in which the District Courts are held, and IN CASE OF SUCCESS the Kellogg judges were to be deposed to-day and those elected upon the McEnery ticket reinstated, In one of the buildings a police station is located, which, in common with all others in the city, was strongly garrisoned. About nine o’clock its surrender was de- manded by about one hundred men, and an affray ensued with no serious result. A drop- ping fire fram both sides was kept up for about an hour, when a strong detachment of police, armed with WINCHESTER RIFLES AND A TWELVE-POUNDER, arrived on the ground and opened fire with grape and canister and small arms. Two rounds drove back the citizens, when one ot General Emory’s aids rode up and ordered the crowd to disperse in the name of the United States government. DISPERSED AT A WORD. As it was previously understood that no conflict would be had with the United States troops, this order was immediately complied with, and by eleven o'clock the streets were clear and everything had resumed its wonted quiet. THE CASUALTIES ‘were not serious, considering the number of shots fired. One youth was killed, shot through the head with a grape shot, and sev- eral were slightly wounded. There was little of the noise and confusion usually attendant ‘upon such scenes, and the armed citizens marched off in good order and manifestly in ® good humor. CAPTURE AND RECAPTURE. The night before a police station at the ex- treme upper limits of the city had been cap- tared by the citizens, and subsequently to the above battle the police, numbering 100 men, with one piece of artillery, moved for its ro- capture. This was effected about two A. M., afters sharp engagement, in which M. K. “thandler, a citizen, was mortally wounded end several others slightly. This morning affairs were very quiet. The police were all concentrated at the stations armed to the teeth, The people appeared to be dazed with the occurrences of the night and at a loss what to do, ARREST OF SPEAKER MONCURE AND OTHTRS, So the day wore on to noon, when a squad of police, numbering 100, armed with Win- chester rifles, moved from their station di- rectly across Lafayette square to Odd Fellows’ Hall, opposite, where the McEnery Legisla- ture has been in session, and arrested all parties found in the hall, among them Speaker Moncure and Senator Leonard. names areas yet ascertainable—E. Livandio, NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1873—TRIPLE SHEET. . The United States soldiers are all on duty, moving through the streets and guarding Odd Fellows’ Hall ‘ Ali kinds of rumors are in cisculation among them, even the reported arrest of McEnery. The Committee of Two Hundred has just been called: together. ‘Warmoth arrived here at five A.M. Gov- ernor McEnery, Speaker Moncure and sbout a dozen other members of the Legislature are now prisoners at the Central Police Station, and nobody is permittéd to visit them. |The Court House buildings and the Armory are held by United States troope. SIXTY-FIVE PERSONS WERE ARRESTED in the streets last night as rioters. ‘Those hav- ‘ ing arms in their possession were locked up and the cthenwars: stmnaglt Spgs denis own recognizance, Large crowds of people are assembling in the streets and the excitement is intensifying. INTERVIEW WITH THE PRISONERS. At half-past one Superintendent Badger, to whom your reporter applied for a permit to visit the prisoners, stated that the trouble was all over and no further difficulty apprehended by the police authorities, and yielded cheerfully to the request, The Hxnaup reporter then repaired'to the Central Police: Station, in the private office of which he found Speaker Mon- cure, Senator Leonard, Representatives Har- }- rang, Foster and Voorhees, , All were in A HIGH STATE OF INDIGNATION, and on entering Speaker Moncure was,.de- | manding, in @ loud voice, ‘Where is: 2 boasted manhood of our people?” As i! peared, they were there awaiting the signi- tures of bondsmen previous to release. Upon being questioned Speaker Moncuro stated as follows :—‘I went to the hall a half hour before the time for assembling, fearing an attempt upon the part of the police, and saw them approach across the square. I could easily have walked out of the building, but scorned todo so. The police entered the hall and arrested me, with the other gentle- men you seehere. I demanded their authority, when they exhibited an order signed by General Longstreet, who holds no civil authority in this State. We were then marched. over, guarded by a hundred men, and incarcerated in one of the cells up stairs, a dirty, loath- some, lousy, felon’s dungeon, the stench of ‘which made us all sick. We remained there for an hour, when we were brought down here.”” ARMED AND READY FOR FIGHT. The station was strongly barricaded and garrisoned with armed police, who preserved a stolid and indifferent demeanor to the sur- rounding excitement. A large crowd is now assembled in Jackson square, but it is peace- ably’ disposed. Reports are current of a large gathering of armed citizens inthe. Third dis- trict. No movement is, howéver, contem- plated by the McEnery government save the reassembling of the Legislature at two o'clock at the St. James Hotel. THE “BACKBONE OF THE REBELLION’’ BROKEN. Evidently the backbone of the McEnery . government is broken; a spirit of demoratiza- tion has set in, and so far Kellogg appears to have all his own way. He has spent the morning at the State House in company with General Longstroet and leading radical politi- cians, all of whom are much elated. ‘THR FUNERAL OF THE VICTIMS. The two men killed last night are to be buried to-day. No disturbance is apprehended at their funerals. THE ARRESTED LEGISLATORS TO BE INDICTED, The day which opened so threateningly has passed off quietly enough. All excite- ment seems to have disappeared with the pub- lic’s dinner, and a disposition is already mani- fested to accept the situation. The arrested members of the Legislature have all been Teleased, although indictments are being framed against them under the Ku Klux law. Only a few of the rioters are yet held in du- rance, The NAMES OF THOSE ARRESTED are as follows :—August Pedro, George Wil- liams, P. Marchall, W. A. Hurd, Martin Casso, §. Andry, J. W. Lapretto, W. R. Southland, D. Eagan, ©. Davies, J. Connelly, J. Williams, W. Williams, M. Blanque, P. 8, Breaux, H. 8. Darn- ing, George Parsons, W. P. Fisher, L. R. Brock- enburg, Giles W. Beattie, F. Hasner, R. King, J. P. Rondeau, C. R. Surcay, H. Schofield, L. 8 Brand, Octave Le Grand, F. W. Knentz, Thomas Faucett, A. Berry, W. Shubored, B. Strauss, A. Vogel, J. Bozio, J. Finney, E. Birsinariant, Charles Wilson, OC. M. Gilles, J. Falk, J. H. Leonardt, N. H. Fowler, A. B. Andre, R. Campbell, P. Oarvin, H. Crony, V. Watergant, P. H. Leanzardt, M. Buckit, E. Lifax, L. Kline, H. B. J. Long,* M. Thorge- rette, J. Desberrey, E. L. Williams, B. Lewis, L. Pall, M. O. Breen, S. Raul, G. P. Jaquet, ©. Devel, A. Bromeral, H. Bander, Adam Navarre, A. Planchard and BR. L. Dauquin. THE KILLED AND WOUNDED. Only two persons were killed. Mr. G. ©. Hartmann, Jr., killed at Jackson square, was a native of Germany, and but twenty-five years of age. Kendrick Chandler, who was wounded in the attack on the Seventh precinct station house, by the Metropolitan police, under Colonel Badger, died this morning of the wound which he recdived. The wounded amounted to between fifteen and twenty, all slightly, but as they are anxious to escape arrest for complicity in the affair only two the arm. apd Hillory Qepop, ; ° DIAGRAM OF THE INSURRECTIONARY DISTRICT. I oor © Franklin Street. St. Peter's Street. Orleans Street. St. Anne Street. St. Philip Street. [——| | | | Dumaine Street. ‘Basin Street. Line of Levee of Missismppi River, REFERENCES TO DIAGRAM. 4-Third Precinct Station House. B—French Cathedral. C-Roman Catholic Institution. '| in the foot. The Metropolitans escaped with- out a scratch, ‘THE ORIGIN AND PURPOSE OF THE EMEUTE. After carefal inquiry the origin and pur- pose of the McEnery government may be safely stated as follows: —After it became evi- dent that Congress would do nothing to settle the Louisiana difficulty, the fusion leaders generally came to the conclusion that the only way to derive any advantage from the situation was to use force to establish the McEnery administration as the de faclo government of the State. They argued, that as it was ad- mitted on all hands to be a de jure government, it only lacked the element of possession and actual authority to force its tecognition at Washington. They thought that Grant would not venture to use military force to suppress a State government thus established or to sup- port Kellogg, which six out of seven of the members of the Senate Committee had de- clared to be an usurpation and a fraud. They likewise relied on the public opinion of the country to sustain them and influence the ad- ministration. To accomplish their purpose it-was necessary to reinstate the judges who had been expelled by the Kellogg Legislature anid take possession of the police stations of the city. With these objects, ander authority. of acts of the Fusion Legislature and proclama- tions of Governor McEnery, an attempt was made to organize s militia and a police force. This was attended with much difficulty, on account of as all the weapons belonging to the State had been turned over to the Kellogg militia after the old State militia. was disarmed bythe United States force in December last. Neverthe- less a considerable force was enrolled, amount- ing to about two thousand men, and it was re- solved to make the attempt to capture the Court House last night, to hold it, and to reinstate the expelled judges to-day. At the same time the police station was to be taken, and a new police force organized in the inter- est of the McEnery government. The movement failed, as the Henatp has al- ready been advised, principally because the overshadowing power and immingnt interven- tion of the United States government para- lyzed the courage and weakened the ener- gies of the people, and affected the whole movement with a fatal lassitude. Be- sides this the other side had a force of several hundred police, armed with Winchester rifles, thoroughly equipped and disciplined, and sup- ported by a battery of two Napoleon guns ; the whole under General Longstreet, commanding the first division State militia. The attacking party was about four hundred strong, vari- ously armed with shot guns, pistols and brick- bata. Governor McEnery’s whereabouts was un- known during the earlier portion of the day, but this evening your reporter succeeded in finding him st friend’s private office. He appeared very much depressed at the turn af- fairs had taken, and was inclined to be reticent. In response to various inquiries pro- pounded, his statement may be summed up as follows :— The movement of the militia was made with his consent, as an unavoidable necessity in the discharge of duty, but only after having ex- hausted every other resource in his power. Ita main object was to precipitate an issue with the general government, in order that its policy might be clearly defined and military interference with the State government made overt before the American people. On no account was the United States authority, when once asserted, to be disputed or resisted. He had hoped fors more successfal result, but attributed its failure to the supineness of the people and want of the means. They had but few arms, no money, and lacked proper or- ganization, replied in the negative, feelingly and with de- cision. He expressed a determination to ro- main at his postin the city and to persevere in his attempts to maintain and establish his authority. When questioned ag to how he ex- pected to accomplish this end he did not speak very hopefully. He contemplated only passive resistance, and acknowledged that the only success possible was to be found in the determined resistance of the people to the payment of taxes, or recognizing in any other manner the Kellogg authority. He had not been arrested as reported, but understood a writ of arrest had been issued. THE KELLOGGITES RESPONSIBLE. He expressed himself with much fedling in regard to the killed and wounded, and charged the entire responsibility upon the opposite faction. He knew of no other movements contemplated by his friends, and after the result of last night, developing, as it did, the attitude of the United States government, should oppose any further employment of force in his or the people’s be- half. Having exhausted this fount of information your reporter then sought the headquarters of the opposite faction, and, after a long chase, finally came up with Governor Kellogg, at his apartments in the St. Louis Hotel, en rowe for the dinner table. But, being in excellent spirit; he consented to forego this post pran- dial pleasure, in order to state his case to the ‘THE LACK OF ARMS, readers of the Hznatp. j GOVERNOR KELLOGG’S STATEMENT. Your reporter commenced by asking him if he was informed in advance of the movement last night. His answer was detailed and in- teresting, and your reporter gives it as nearly as possible in Governor Kellogg’s own lan- guage. Governor Kettoaa—Of course we knew of the movement in advance. We always knew what the McEnery people were going to do. We always were prepared for them, and never failed to have forces in front of them and to checkmate them whenever they contemplated making @ move. We had men in McEnery's police and militia, who gave us full informa- tion of every plan and scheme and of all their discussions. If it had not been for me more than a hundred persons would have been killed last night, There would have been a perfect hecatomb of victims, THE ARRANGEMENTS OF LONGSTREET AND BADGER were so complete and their resolution so firm that defeat was impossible, I was sitting last night in my office at Mechanics’ Institute in company with Longstreet, and I noticed that he was getting a good many despatches. You know wo have an instrument there connecting us with the fire alarm telegraph. Suddenly Longstreet said :—‘‘There is a crowd of men at Poydras Market. They are armed. They are moving down.town. . There are about fifty of them.” Soon we had announcements of similar movements in other parte of the city, We knew what it meant. We knew that the attempt was to be made to capture the Court Houses and the police stations, and every ar- rangement had been made to mect it. We had about « hundred picked men armed with Winchester rifles at the station. We had bodies of from fifty to seventy-five more stationed at various points ready to march by concentric lines ond take the mob on all sides, Our two Napoleon guns were ready to move at @ moment's notice, under command of Superintendent Badger ; but he had orders not to move until the attacking partics should cross Canal street, and then to follow rapidly in their rear. Soon despatches came in that the armed moba were moving towards the Court Houses. They had crossed Canal strect ; they had reached the ground. Then Badger followed with his artillery, Soon another de- spatch came:— ‘THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. M’ENERY'S STATEMENT. NO SURRENDER, When saked if he gaye up tho conjest, he] ing, Shall wo firo?”’ «They are throwing brickbats at the build- | others, Warmoth did not secm at all de- “No,” was the answer, Then another despatch :—‘‘They are firing Shall we return the fire?’* Longstreet then said, ‘I shall give the order to open on them.” ‘* Why, General,"’ I answered, ‘‘ would you fire on that crowd of people at the risk of sacrificing many lives before there has been any bloodshed ?’” “Yes,” said he; “that’s the only way to deal with these people. The mistake War- moth always made was'in not being willing to Open fireon the mob. We mustn't fall into the same error.” Well, you see, I did not want this thing to happen. I knew that we were more than able to hold our ground, and I had promised Long- street and Badger not to ask for the interfer- ence of the United States military authorities. But I foresaw that if their arrangements were carried out a fearful slaughter would be in- evitable. I left the room, went to the street, jamped into a cab and ordered the: driver to take me as fast as possible to General Emory’s headquarters. I found THE GENERAL IN SED. Thad him called. He came down at once and was much surprised to see me, “Have you a staff officer here whom ‘you can send out immediately ?”” “Why, yes; there’s Smith in the next room. What do you want with him?”’ Itold the General what was taking place, and suggested to him that he send General Smith to request the rioters to disperse; that they would surely be defeated, as we were abundantly able to maintain ourselves with the forces at our command; but that there would be fearful slaughter if the thing were not stopped at once; and I thought that IN THE INTERESTS OF PEACB AND ORDER and to avert bloodshed he ought to intervene; that the other side were punctilious and required the intervention of the United States, but would disperse ata word from him. The General said he would comply if I would make a writ- ten request. I wrote the application witha lead pencil, and he immediately despatched General Smith to actas I had suggested. In a few moments he remarked: — “Smith can do nothing down there by himself. If we are going to intervene at all wo had better send force enough to act with efficiency.” I said nothing and he gave orders to send two companies to follow Smith, Soon after Smith returned and reported that the whole affair was over, and that BADGER WAS MASTER OF THE SITUATION. He had opened on the mob with grape and canister, and they had retired from the contest and were dispersing in all directions. Smith had found Colonel Waggaman in command, He was in the Sheriff's Office. Ellis, I think, was with him, or somebody dressed in uniform. General Smith com- municated his business to Colonel Wagga- man and said:— “I request you to disband your men.”” » “Do you command me to disband them in the name of the United States?’’ “I request you to disband them, but if you will have it so, I command you.’’ “Very well, we obey, as we do not wish to have any collision with the United States,’’ This was the end of the affhir. I regret iton account of the lives which were sacrificed. I believe at least twelve were killed. Several have been reported tp me as having died of their wounds to-day. In regard to seizing the Odd Fellows’ ‘Hall and the McEnery State House, this morning, I will say that I was willing to let their Legialature run till the end of the constitutional term of sixty days; but this morning several very prominent citizens— six, I think, and most of them, I believe, sym- pathizing with McEnery—called on me and said that they thought it was ‘TIME TO MAKE AN END OF THE MATTER; that trade was languishing, commerce was dying out, and that there could be no improvement as long as this conflict continued. McEnery would call an extra session of his Legislature and industry would be ruined unless some solution should be arrived at. If I was to be sustained at Washington (which they had no doubt was the case)—if I had the force to re-, establish order (which they believed) —I ought to use it at once. I thought they were right and, therefore, ordered the movement to made. I don’t think we shall have any more trouble here. Things will be quiet now, but I am as anxious as ever that I shall be placed in a position to assure good government to the: State and to satisfy the public. It ig possible that arrangements may be made satisfactory to all patties, or at least which ought to be satisfactory to all parties. WHAT WARMOTH THINKS OF THE SITUATION. Your reporter, aftera search for Governor Warmoth, who arrived this morning from Washington, found that distinguished person in an office in the Louisiana National Bank building, a modest sign on the door with the nameO. A. Bragdon indicating that it was ocoupied by the ex-Governor's private secre- tary. Your reporter was welcomed with much warmth, and found himself in presence of @ number of friends of the young champion of Louisiana and prominent fusioniats who had called to see him ; among them Lieutenant Governor Penn, Senator Harry Swords, Durant, Deponte, Judge Walker, Louis Texada, J. ©, Hancock and preeped, bub bore himecl{ with his ugual gal- lantry and geniality. He gave a graphic account of i ‘THE WASHINGTON CAMPAIGN, and showed how it had been lost principally. by the effort to pass the new Election bill, a measure which would have resulted disas4 trously, since the management of the election would have been“in the hands of persons wha would have spared no endeavor to carry the State for the Kellogg ticket, in order to sus- tain Grant and Durell’ He thinks tHat the many attempts of unofficial committees to conciliate Grant and Morton and his bitterly partisan . and, unscrupulous confederates by offering to elect Casey and General Dick Taylor and others to the Senate were greatly damaging to the cause of the people of Louis- jana. Morton he regards as THE PRINCE OF ALL LIARS. ‘ Carpenter's report he considers an unan- swerable argument as to the illegality of the.’ Kellogg government. Warmoth thinks now that the only hope of the people of Louisiana | isin what he calls Kellogg’s inherent treach-» ery, which will show itself in immediate’ plans to sell out his present friends and alliea.; ‘When asked about the’ present situation he said that the attempt last night should have been s success. Without assurance of suo~ cess it. should not have been made, Aa toad, vice, affkirs had been so badly managed that’ he had no counsel to give nor views to express. He did not think the cause entirely lost, but ‘hoped something might be gained by peaceas ble measures. Kellogg, he felt assured, would soon get rid of his unruly Legislature (it ad-, journs sine die to-night) and, then would: prove more tractable, as it will be impossibla for him to maintain his government withont allaying the terribly conflicting elements avd’ affording the people some substantial relief from their present oppression. THE M’ENBLY LEGISLATURE IN SESSION. This afternoon the McEnery Legislature met at the St. James Hotel, with a quorum off, both bodies, Ite session was short) and to the point, passing a resolution of remonstrancd and sending a communication of inquiry to- General Emory in regard to their treatments! The latter officer replied to this that he rec- ognized the Kellogg government only. Theft Legislature then adjourned, to be convened af, the call of Governor McEnery—an event : likely to take place very soon, as its mem! are all disheartened and some hopeless. The St. Charlea Rotufida is crowded tow, night with politicians, in which the events of ' the last twenty-four hours are being discusséd, with great bitterness of feeling. SUMMING UP, Andsoends the Louisiana muddle for the: present, with the Kellogg government lished by United States bayonets; the 4 House, Armory, station houses all strongly| barricaded’ and garrisoned with armed police the peace of the city left to take care of its under the surveillance of a cavalry patrol ; twaj, funerals of the victims of civil strife'wending their way out to the cemeteries; a street blood-stained, torn and blotched with the of grape and canister hurled into the cf of citizens; one party of politicians elated and exulting, another mad with defeat indignetion, and the people dazed and stolid.) Yet, with all this, the wheels of trade roll on! unimpeded and the social life scarcely shows a: ripple out of its common course, Not twenty- four hours have elapsed and from all appear- ances the whole affair might have taken place in Timbuctoo or Madagascar instead of New, Orleans, 1 ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS. The Scone of the Contest—Correspondence Between the Military Commander and "7° Naw OnLeAns, March:6, 1878. Large numbers of people this mornin, spies the scene of the affray last night. ettnce ‘thier fire of canister is visible in two ee Several of the iron columns’ of ‘the balec : building on the corner of St. Peter and Charlies streets are perforated, and one was knocked down and broken in splinters. The railing of Jackson Square is also broken in several places, and here and there the buildings near it are chipped. The trees in the square are fuirly riddied with bullets, and the ground is strewn with broken branches. ‘This gives a faint idea of the severity and brisk- ness of the fire. CORRESPONDENCE am WENERY AND GENERAL The following correspondence explains itself, and shows that the mastery of the situation reste witm | the federal forces:— OFFICE, EX®CUTIVE New OKLEANS, March 6, 1873.5 |, bm Emoxy, Commanding Depart ; have the honor to submit to you the er or not the action of the Metro, & Police force of this city, in the seizure of e Odd Fellows’ Hall this mo and the Of the assembly Of the, ogisiatare oF ehia State i the Btave Hall, meets . ‘with your countenance and approval, and whether United States {61 four com. lon. Joun MOENKRY:— . i ye have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your communication of this date, in which you, ‘axk—(here follows the contents of Mr. McEnery’s letter). ’ Inepiy Thave,to state that the seizure of tha. e Metropolitan stiany Knowiodge, and mede without a conlerenés with me. nse © ane I Ey uf i Ef #8 s i ty #2 ie i In the esriy part of yesterday, rumors p CONTINUED OM TENTH EAGE,. .