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[[stamp]] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES [[/stamp]]

Headquarters, Bur: R. F. and R. L.
Office Act. Asst. Inspector General.
New Orleans, La. Sept. 25. 1868

Bvt. Major B. T. Hutchins.
A. A. A. G. But: R. F. and A. L.

New Orleans, La.

Major,

In obedience to your verbal instructions of the 23d inst. I have the honor to submit the following report of an investigation, in relation to the disturbance and reported riot in this city, on Tuesday night last, the 22nd instant. 

I heard the statements of several persons who were present on Canal Street, at the time the trouble first began:

Mr. L. Randall, Clerk on Committee of Elections, General Assembly, La., states that he was on Canal Street, about 10 1/2 P.M. on tuesday night last, and was about one half square from Dumonteil's Confectionary, corner of Canal and Bourbonne Streets. He saw a Republican Procession marching along Canal Street; the rear of the procession was near Dumonteil's; was passing along in as quiet and orderly a manner as is usual for an procession. A few minutes previous to this he saw a procession which he supposed, was composed of Democrats, marching on the same side of Canal Street as the Republican procession, but in an opposite direction. While the processions were passing each other, there was loud cheering on both sides. The Democrats as he thought them, passed the read of the Republican