The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-01-15

ss- [From the New Orleans Delta, jan 81
The following notice appeared In several OF the
morning papers yesterday, and ais, ia flaming and
room and prominent place throughout the city:-
PATRIOTIC RUSSIAN MEETING.
meeting Of all those who sympathize with the noble
integrity of his empire against the combined invasion Of
the royal robbers Of Europe will be held this Thursday
evening JAN A. at O'Clock, at Banks Arcade Magazine
The friends Of Russia have learned from the Emperor
Nicholas that he requires no funds He is able and will
ing to support the widows and orphans Of the brave
lows who have fallen, who may fall in defence of
their nationality All he asks is honest expression
of the sympathy OF the American arcemen Of the great
Eternal.n - 'Ae
Long before the hour designated in the placards
crowds OF all classes, nations and politics might be
seen vending their way to wards the Arcade sad by
seven O'Clock that spacious bar room was completely
jammed, while hundJeds were outside, unable to
obtain admittance. About halEpast ssven O'Clock
the crowd outside seeing that no pre- ,aratinn had
zen made on the ususl oratorical stand for the &C.
commcdation OF the officers Of the meeting or the
press, and that no move was being made In that
direction, began to murmur, aud finally to den ,un
the whole thing as q humbug. After world Of
noise and confusion, and calls for several mass
meeting orators, among whom tue name OF General
George Washington Dixon was prominent, the lat
ter chieftRin finally mounted the ros rum amid
cheers, yells Kisses AID all the internal noises that
could be manufactured by an excited assembly.
For several minutes after the General mounted
Inc ssalu, ~ w - w lmpJSSiDle 10 near WORD
be ssie. He looked dsggers at the excited crowd
below him; and as lul w0ald occasionally occur ia
The cheering and yelling, we could catch such ex.
pIessons as, ~ know id well you're all drunk;n
you're not Americaps;" "You're Bashi- Bazouksn
&c, e.. One Of the audience, Colonel Tor, finally
mounsed the stage, and we could see by the panso.
mime (or we could not hear word Of the dialogue)
that that gentleman was urging the General to re-
the, and that the latter was determined to hold his
ground Colonel Tcrr, falling to persuade, csugh.
the Genaral with Que hand BY the nape OF tue neck
and with the other on his mouth, tried to enforce
HE silence, and this not succeeding, Colonel Tore at
last licked the General up in his arms aud r ed to
carry him OIL the stage nciens UoLens. Toe Gene al
resisted and kicke like an untamed colt. Toe re-
suit was that he and Colonel TORI went down TO-
eether, carrying with then in their fall several
beautifully embellished pla.s Of swamp lots, that
had been placed on little wooden shorses" on the
auctioneer's stand.
After General Dixon was put hors du combat there
WAS iull in the proceedings for few miuu ies The
audience, however, soon became i'm "a lent, and
loud calls were made for 'Dreaux," "Christie"
Dixon" Roberts" &c. After some delay, an
mos terrible noise and confusion, Colonel Roberts
mounted the stand amidst the most vociferous
cheering. He began, as well as we heard him from
where we stood, by stating that he came there be-
levipg the me etlIg to be q humbug, but was proud
OF lending his influence in making 1t reality. BE
would first premise to the audience tina. he was an
American, (cheers,) but In the present struggle in
Eui ope be was Russian. (v0ciferons chesring.)
he held 1t to be political truism that til re cOud
potsm and q republic. prolonged cheers, With
such expIesslops among tire crowd as-"We differ
in thafr"we' d like little betwxs aud bet yesn,"
&c) He hoped 10 see the day when there would be
but two such governments, and when the final strug
gle would be between the freeman aud the despot--
q struggle which would terminate in the floating of
the stars and stripes and the American eagle over
every nation on the globe. Tremendous CD eering)
C1l Roberts, after denouncing the alliance be-
tween France and Eoglaud, and pronouacing L )uis
Napoleon the creates: man ia Euro q, close r his
speech by giving IL as his opinion that the peope of
this country had nothing to d. with the ElrJpsa1
war, and that they had better attend to their own
business.
Col. Carmsn next took the stand. Hs said he
caue there with the ideas Of his friend, Col. Ro-
beIts, that the meeting was humbug. The i'm
nerse mass before him, however, showed that the
feeling Of the people right, aud he felt satisfied
been signed by thousands He did not get up to
make soeech, and having had no hand In getting
the meeting, he did not wish to stes other peo
pies thunder. The Colonel resumed his seat amidst
the most vehement cheering and cries Of Ego
ahead, Carman," ego in old boy, "thats the talk"
After Col Csrmsn retired from thu stand, the
aud ence soon became inpatient for speaker, and
lood calls we're again made for "Dixon," "Ric,"
"Ricar6o," "Cbristie,n "Maginnis." "Geo ,lfrsy,'
"WoOd" "Dr. Hines" "Walker," &C.; but il was
like calling spirits from the vastly deep; none clms
forth, and the vast crowd soon after dispersed, in
apparently good humor.