New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-11-11
DEMONSTRATION BY ALARMISTS
SPREAD EAGLE SPEECHES
CLAY STATUE SURROUNDED
MEAN "PEACE'

| There was an assemblage Of some five
hundred persons at the Clay Statue last
evening, called together by q supererogatory
advertisement in one of the evening papers,
| which read as follows:
Citizens Of New Orleans, Come Together.
Donaldsonville is in damee! Our citizens
are being murdered! Let us meet on Canal
street tonight, at seven o'clock. to devise
| means for our protection.
The crowd was addressed by Messrs.
Ogden, Zacharie and Colonel Wasgaman
The speakers emulated each other IN the
spread-eaglc style Of 1orid oratory, the gist
of the speeches being the necessity Of Or
ganizing, arming and doing several other
things, mixed with allusiOns to Caucasian
ism and barbarisn. One welmeaning gen
tleman spoke Of going to Donaldsonville,
and the necessity of avenging him if he fell.
We hope the necessity will never arise. The
ballot-box ia quito sufficient for the regen-
Grafton Of the South, and righting the po-
litical wrongs Of every man.
There must have been Il few gallons Of
| benzine around the Clay Statue, for the
! speakers net only cheered hip hip, hurra-
| riously, but number Of incendiarY threats
were made, mingled with dire denunciation
! of colored voters. How does this comfort
| with those thirteen colored delegates in the
late Democratic Nominating Convention?
| However, nobody vas hurt, and at an un-
usually early hour the meeting dispersed.
Now, the rest of the acts of these agitatOrs,
| and their deeds that they did not do, be-
hold are they not written in this mornings
REPUBLICAN;
| Soon after tho meeting adjourned por
ton Of the throng passed up st. Charles
street to Common, where natural dissolu-
ton occurred, although several of the
crowd were bravely shooting of their
months at an invisible foe. This dcmOnstra-
ton was not unlike spent bottle Of seltzer
water, ending in harmless but noisy spray.
| A man who never smelt powder was deter
mined in going to some armory and seizing
| the arms, but his yalor was myth.
| About this time company of United
| States regular troops passed along Poydras
street, down Carondelet. BTonne and Com
mon streets, TO Mechanics Institute, having
one Gathn gun. When this company
| reached the Institute, everything in that 10
cality was very quiet, except a frightened
cab horse, that dashed Off with great nerve,
his driver following excitedly. The soldiers
moved on hto Canal street, halted a few
minutes and then returned to quarters, At
this time Canal street was pretty we'll
crowded with cit zens, who seemed rather
unconcerned, promenadiEg with a complete
| Indifference.
Almost every person Ne met had some
dreadful story TO relate. One nervous IN
dividual, to harrow up our soul and make
our hairs stand on our head. contdentially
Informed us that Oscar Blasco had driven
down town to call out that famous body OF
other days, The "ILncceuts." This news
failed to harrow II worth cent, as the In
nocents do not come forth on the bidding OF
shadows; aut the statement served rs food
to the general conversation.
The Louisiana Legion, Colonel Owens
militia was sent TO camp before dark or an
order from General Longstreet. The mem
bcrs assembled with alacrity. most OF them
entering the Carondeiet street armory, car
rying blankets and haversack OF rationl
or clothing. Curious citizens gathered
aHout the doors, crowdins the sentinels and
Annoying the officers with questions, which
" ere answered by responses that meant
nothing in particular.
Before nine O'clock the central street:
were quite as deserted 10 usual. Men pass
ing along toward home, when asked ahoui
tie meeting, were unable to give any state
ment other than that they had witnessed q
miserable fzzle.
| Still, there W IS ;sn under current visible
among the more knowing onca, indicating
| that movement Of some kind was on foot
movement that BODIED 40 good for any
city's peace; but the arrangements, what
ever they might have been, were All covered
There was q rendezvous not far from th'
ST. Charles Hotel, say three or four square!
distant. OF course, the secrets Of that bod,
werewolf kept from our reporters. Perhaps
the knowledge that regular soldiers were
close to Mechanics Institute dampened Tux
rabbes ardor for glory.
| All sorts of runners hlicd the streets ye
men generally were not greatly affected b.
them, thinking of tAe disgusting scene a
Clay Statue
At midnight ouc city rested in peace, eveI
patrolmen finding little to do.
| Three more companies of United States
infantry Vera 70 arrive in this city IRON
GreenvilIc at three O'Clock this morning, f.at
were to be q,Iartered il the Customhouse
so there are now stationed there four com
pan;es and two Gstlin guns.
These troops are under the command o
Colonel Aver, and came upon the reqElsitio1
Of United States Marshal Packard. They vii
remain at their present quarters till fuEthe.
orders. Great credit Is given to Marsha
Packard for his care IN anticipating dis
turbance, and to Colonel Aver for st
promptly acting on the requisition.
Accounts from Gallon, Ohio, report thai
the double baby near that place still Goa
trives to exist and appears quite healthy
One of the heads gees to sleep while tht
other looks bright and waScful Lat.erly
hundreds Of visitors have thronged from a.
parts Of the country TO zee the monstrosity
The father now devotes his whole time II