New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1867-07-04
100000 Changed .IIsH Dis.
Two Days Among the Short Haired REiSers

| to the foot of Girod street and there embark
on TIE steamer Caddo toiSs point of destina-
| ti0n, and remain there rs a person of strict
observation, and return with them to the
| city and give detailed account OF all he
saw ana heard on the trip for the REPUBLfc'
AN for the Information of its readers. He
| obeyea The request without telegraphing to
| General Grant for more explicit orders, or
| communicating with Attorney General Stan.
berry at Washington as to the proper CON
struction of the language of said request.
] He fouH ] be stern-wheeI steamer Caddo
at the foot OK Girod street aud presented his
credentials to Captain McGowan, of Fenian
hall, who had chartered the boat for the
" excursion" and was received by him in
| due and ancient form by instantly request
/ ing our reporter 10 come aboard aud throw
himself outside Of about eighty drops of
"tarantula juice Our reporter who was
| quite ignorant OF the object of this g exeur'
sion =" supposing he must comply with so
modest request. replied: "'Tis well: meat
and drink is the object of life;' and forth.
with agrsed himself with the aforesaid
eighty drops.
| A Jolly. registering, Panian or owd was
on the C&Gdo, and at twelve o'clock we were
ahoat Oh tic broad bosom Of the father of
waters-if fathers have any bosoms. There
were regular bruisers on the Caddo, men
! whose lingo shattered of the sweet Irish
| rogue and bl4ckguard. The talk was about
a mill to come CIT at Plaquemine-a regu-
isJ prize fight for ; 1900 a side, to be fought
on the 81 July, between the hours of eight
aud ten A. NJ, 100 miles from the city, and
for that reason Plaqucmine or its neigh
| borho0d was selected The combatants
were Thomas King aud James Turner, two
of the fancy OF middle weights, I4l pounds
being the limit OF the hghtng weight of
either. The boys were on the ground and
the steamers CaddQ, Lotus, and Cuba had
been chartered 10 carry all such pet lambs
as desired to witness the bruising. Upon
the Cuba were the fancy ducks, friends of
Turner and knights Of the silver sardne
box aud ivory counters, famous for cop
pering three.time loser and ven!uring on
the eagle,bird by chance. "
They lad left the city At ten o'clock,
Upon the Lotus, to leave at three P. NJ,
| htIt an DDAJ hlI WV Op4l 4LlN7lNtbiN
of bias or prejudice. Upon the Caddo were
the friends OF King, the genuine old Mi
lesiau stock who could throw themselves in
a fight, so that wherever there was q head,
hit it and no offanse TO be taken. The
General Quitman. regular packet, would
leave at five O'Clock and take up those who
had been left behind.
| "a r.apllI sh
was hailed by few who had taken the car,
to that place, and when received aboard
she steamed onward to her place Of destina
ton.
| IL was an agreeable voyage. At times We
fancied ourself back ten years ago in the
good old days of the Democracy, when ward
clubs were composed mainly of just such
stuff especially when the bell rang for sup
per and the table remained empty while
standing room around the bar was crowded
aud noisy Again at times the rich broguC
of the boys swept over the waters in angry
tones of denunciation, and we thought We
were in large Fenian meeting which hat
Just detected an impostor and spy in the
pay of the British nation.
At times when we lay in our berth thai
night the famous line in Virgil constantly
required to our mind: "Timeo Danaos et
dona ferentes." Dona being good Latin fol
the French cadeaux (Caddo), the libera
translation would be Il fear the Greeks ant
the cadcaux bearing them" But the nigh
passed off with nothing but angry word:
now and thcn--only words and nothing
more. Men of that ilk under like circum
stances must shoot their mouths of or the,
are not happy or comfortable
Along the river on either side as W.
coasted, the scene of desolation and in
activity was clearly perceptible. Broad
acres of land were lying idle with weeds
spread over their soil, showing that thes,
lands must pass into the hands of the homes
yeomen, who will till them, before the coas
will again bloom like rose, as OF yore.
Below Donaldsonville we passed the Cuba
which had met with a temporary accident
but she again passed us, and we reached the
town of Plaquemine at five O'Clock in the
morning, Just behind the Cuba.
The town is an old Creole establishment
full of small dilapidated shanties, with
few small groceries, and large coloreC
population. 1t is the parish seat of Iberyillt
parish. The crowd gradually emerged from
| tine sou plhuks Oh Lue ueCkS Ot lDe sttdnl
boats to the levee across the Bayou Plaque
mine, where there was toll-gate, and tn,
keeper was sorely tired, who attempted t.
assert the law requiring five cents from eact
foot-passenger. Here the "lambsn shon,
forth bright in their ingenuity in 'sparring'
a free passage through. One refused to pa,
toll until the gate was painted; he knew thu
law and the gate had to be painted befor'
the work was done and tolls could be col
lected.
From the toll gate we passed through
thick hedge into an uHcultivated field Il
the banks Of Thompson's bayou. and there
| in recess shaded by gum, locust, cotton
wood, and other trees, the signs of prepare
tion were seen. Stakes were being driver
for twenty-four foot ring, and as sool
as the pins were set, and the rope
stretched, the crowd began to press upol
the sides. The number of persons in at
tendance from the city was about 800, ant
from the village 100, who throughout tn
| whole mill behaved exceedingly well. Kin;
seemed to be the fayorite, and bets wer
offered of 100 to 20 and 60 ON King, and nj
takers 10 to was offered once and no
taken. Many of the more active spectators
took up their position in the forks of tn
surrounding trees, and one feeble sapling
overburdened with two or three ambition
tcubs, who ventured tool high. graceful,
l<aa had AAt