Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-07-17

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There they come, the bloody traitors."
Now we viii give them hell, the inferns
Establishment
Look at the towards sneaking in anon
the soldiers"
''Let them come on, we will warm them !.
One man, tolerably well dressed in broad
cloth, who had left the curbstone and strolle
out nearly to the middle of the street, catch
ing glimpse of the blue banner, cried on
10 all around him:
Look at them now! Amt il shame
Now Amt it a shame? Amt it an outrage
boysi OH, CORA to think that we shout,
have to see itv'
If one could have looked at that instan
from face to face, down the thin and motel
array of corner loungers and loafers VIII
were present, he would have seen an intense
form of hate than we are in the habit anon
our American chickering's, of ever nourishipp
The few people who marked the looks Q
these hyenas, and the intentions expressed il
them, took time by the forelock and made
prudent movement of several PAGES to thu
cross streets, and secreted themselves in door
ways and behind trunks of trees.
Many women and children were designated
upon the housetops, peering down upon the
forming procession with mingled curiosity
and disfavor, and every now and then. at
some fight of missels or demonstration of the
large body of police who formed the van OF
the gathering, portions OF the crowd started
and ran as if for dear life.
In this interval, before the marching began,
two or three men and boys were seen to slip
into the street and take up rounded paving
stones, pieces of brick, old shoes and parts of
vegetables, thrown out in the refuse piles
from the ends of alleys. Some of these viii
lians who cody made this preparation appear
ed to be boys not above fifteen years of age;
but the preponderating number were men,
nearly of the middle age, with an occasional
demonstrative woman, who excelled her
neighbors in gesticulation and outcry.
After several of these sallies and counter
sallies by the police and the crowd the versa
tile and intermixed notes of the music ceased
for an instant; single cannon was discharg-
ed and then, with one long, shrill tune, play
ed by the arrangements own band, the whole
procession-military, police and all-started
at good marching gait down Eighth avenue
Cries were now made of, ''Well, boys, they
coming at last Now, wait for them. Look
at the bloody scoundrels! WHO'D! whoo,"
First came broad body of police, wedged
closely together, so that the arms of many of
the men impiuged upon the sides of many of
tllOSc ucAt W tucm. uese were uaukeu Oh
the sidewalk by police skirmishes on foot,
each man carrying his locust billy in his hand,
slung to his wrist by a cord. They pressed the |
crowd well back from the curbs, but did not |
modest those who stood in the doorways. No |
sooner had the line of police passed when the |
rabble at the corners moved up from their |
refugees and took post at the angles of the |
streets again.
After the police came platoons of infantry, |
their bayonets at the ''carry arms J" then fol- |
lowed the Seventh regiment, in good shape, |
wearing loose gray uniform, with black |
belts and full cartridge boxes at their sides !: |
then came second body of police, also sweep |
ing the street and forming the van of the |
Orange procession. The Orangemen were |
fanked on one side by the Ninth regiment |
and on the other by the Twenty second, the |
troops greatly outnumbering the small body |
of men whom they eneompassed. They fol-
lowed in strong order the Eightyfourth regi- |
ment; then the Sixth; then came large and |
solid body of police, troops, &C., closing the |
parade.
Among the troops are several notable Off
GERS, known to our citizens in business and
social life, and known to the country as well
during the period of war by their services in
many bloody campaigns. There was Colonel
Clark, tall, blonde gentleman, with long
mustaehe and goatee, wearing the gray jack
ct and gray pants of bis regiment-the Sew
enth-whose reputation is as wide as the
country. And it was remarked that, al
though the Seventh appeared in small mum. |
bers and without their usual attention to
dress, they never looked better than on the
occasion.
There was Colonel Fred Conkling with the
Eighty fourth, his silvery gray hair and mus
tache giving character to the general youthful
appearance of his mien; and it was the COM
mon talk that these troops were nearly all
immature, smooth-faced and modest looking
lads. But they carried their arms well, had
still look of decision, and when the time
came their vengeance was peremptory and ter
rible upon their assailants.
But, observed by all observers, the point OF
attraction for all the multitude were the
Orangemen themselves.
They did not appear to number more than
seventy or eighty, and, at the rate in which
the procession set out. they were not more
than minute or two passing any given
poinG At their head rode fine specimen
of the Northern Irishman-a raw-boned,
man, well dressed, with proud but quiet bear
ing; and he it was who received the vilest
execrations of the rabbe on the sidewalks.
All the other Orangemen were afeot and
most of them were plainly dressed and
some gray and feeble, who appeared to have
passed their three scores, and none of them
paid any attention whatever to the outcries on
the right or the left, but walked straight on,
keeping time to the music. There were sew
eral boys and some children among these peo-
pie, wearing the yellow sashes and rosettes of
their order, and most of them grasped hands
as they passed along under the shadow of the
blue banner, The American flag, and the trans
parency, which we have already mentioned,
labelled with the crisp invitation, american
freemen, fall in"
Noticeable in this group was an old man,
lettering along quite feebly, whose left hand
held the wrist of child not more that twelve
years of age, and this child in turn support
ed on the other side second old man, whose
left hand laid hold of second youth. They
looked very much like procession of Sun
day school children, parents and teachers,
gsing to some picnic of summer day.
While the writer of this article was looking
intently at the procession, forgetful for the
moment that it had any enemies or stood in
any danger, he saw woman rush out from
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