New Orleans Republican., 1871-07-13
ORANGE RIOT.

Ornngemen's CelebratiOn-Police and the
Military Procession AssaiIed- Fire
Returned by the Miiitary-Maniy Proc
IamafiOn of Governor Hofiman-Orange
Procession Must be PrOtected-One
Hundred and Fifty Rioters Killed and
Wounded = Colonel James Fisk, Jr.,
W0unded-SOme of His Officers Nor
tally Wounded. .IH
New YORK, July 12.-The Orangemen
call upon the old Know Nothings to reor-
ganize. .pt
1t is understood that General Mcdowell
will cooperate with the State militia in
preserving order during the Orangemen' s
celebration today.
A circular has been issued for the for11a-
ton of a Protestant League of America,
wherein it is asserted that the claims of
Roman Catholicism are incompatible with
civil and religious liberty. 1t is asserted
that 5000 persons enrolled themselves for
this organization yesterday.
Batteries have been placed on level points
where an attack on the procession is appre-
hended.
Superintendent Kelso is more hopeful
this morning of a peaceful conclusion of the
Orange procession.
The police and military arrangements are
complete.
The streets in the uptown districts have
the appearance of holiday. Groups of
loungers are to be seen on nearly every cor
ner. Gangs of men, five and six in number,
may be noticed going in the direction of the
western part of the city.
Altogether affairs look very threatening.
The men in the marble and stone yards on
the East river have nearly all left work, it
is supposed for the purpose of opposing the
Orange parade.
Ru1nops arn rifa fhot riotinu is noU uoiD0
on in the upper part of Ninth avenue.
NOOn-The much ta1ked-of and long
lOOked-fOr riot has commenced. About a
quarter before eleven this morning reports
commenced coming in. The first report was
from the twenty-third precinct, and was to
the effect that the mob had collided in the
vicinity of Eighty-third street and Third
avenue, and driving the people from the
streets. Two hundred and twenty-five po-
icemen were picked out, and under COM
mand of Captain Hedden, of the fifteenth
precinct, ordered to the above point to dis
perse the mob.
The second dispatch was from the thirty
second precinct. and reported the rioters
marching through the Boulevard, and that
they had attacked the Italian and Swiss
laborers in the vicinity of One Hundred and
Forty third street and Ninth avenue.
Superintendent Kelso and General Spaler
lInneulateIy bau consultation, ana con-
cluded to send regiment to that point.
General Spaler Immediately ordered seven
companies of the Seventy-frst regiment,
Colonel Rockefeller, commanding, to proceed
10 and guard that point.
The last order had barely been given
when another report was received that sew
eral Fenians had collected about the Fenian
headquarters, on Nineteenth avenue, where
a large quantity of arms are stored, and
loudly to be given their arms
This was refused and they threatened to
pull down the place. About two hundred
and fifty officers were put IN stages immedi-
ately and sent there.
At the Fifth regiment armory, in Hester
street, large crowd had collected and
signifed their intention of taking arms.
There were about one hundred men of
the eeiment in the armory at the time, to