The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-07-15
The Orangemen Preparing for tile
Procession.
A reporter of the Herald saws:

The Orangemen Preparing for the
Procession.
A reUorter Of the Herald says:
| found it necessary to 60 up into the
Orange lodge which was going to pa
rade. A man stood at the door in the
uniform OF the Old Washington Cont,
mental Guards, which l had remembered
az Native American company as a
boy. spoke to this gentlemen and
said, rs he held his sword over his
shoulder in a very uncertain way p
Captain, where is your company to.
day. | remember the Old Washington
Continentals-a splendid company"
We'll, said he, II am about orga,
nizing them again; am an Irishman
though and an Orangeman. OF course
this is good uniform to-day, when
there is such a terrible excitement. We
will carry the Bible, too, with us, you
see"
| had passed as brother, and
climbed up eight or ten pair of stairs,
very dark and dirty, At every turn |
met brothers of the mo Surrender"
Derry Walls" Gideon" and "Eniskil-
len" lodges. I finally reached the room
where theconclave was being held, and
| found it very hot. 1t was, in fact, a
Turkish bath on a small scale. Every
brother in the room was sweltering and
teeming with perspiration, and every
brother had stretched across his Shout
ders an orange scarf mixed with pur-
pie. -,
All the brothers were terribly excited,
They were all speaking at once, after
the manner Of excited lrishmen. There
were a number Of very pretty girls in
the room, some Of whom wore orange
bows at their Threats, and one very
beautiful girl, who was evidently not an
Orangewoman, and was dressed in blue
from bonnet to skirt, stood on a bench
and looked out Of window in warm
way.
There were orange and blue banners
all round the room, and on the blue
banners was displayed the fat, placid and
stolid countenance of William, Prince
of Orange. These banners We're Sc
curely fastened in cases. Every brother
was armed, and one young man, who
was evidently designed for Continen-
tai, but had failed in getting his suit,
although he was equipped in high
boots, walked around and declared that
he wished to kill a bloody Roman
Catholic"
An officer of the Orangemen got up,
aud said that he should not talk SO.
Another Brother, an old man in a
mixed gray suit, who had a bald head
and was intoxicated said:
Lets 90 out with full band and
play the Protestant Boys and Crop
pies Lie Down.
"That's not right" said another in
regalia you want to raise riot.
Il don't care damn said a Sec
ond well parade whether or no.
and we'll take our banners, too.
"Wait till ye hear from the delegate
that was sent to General Shaler and
Governor Hoffman" said imam mount
ing the rostrum in a hurry and wearing
his regalia.
A little man mounted the platform
at the other end OF the room and began
to talk. He was very excited, and held
in his hand metal goblet which he
said he wanted filled. Said he:
I'm a little man, but | don't allow
another man to take ahault OF me, un-
less he can wrastle me. I'd like to
have a kcg of lager, but tell We |
won't he killed by any Hibernlan to-
dav."
By this time saw that near Y Ill the
brethren were very much intoxicated
and were getting very wild. The heat
of the dreadful, dirty room was begin
ging to tell upon them.
The delegate, decent looking man;
placed himself on the platform and
spoke: TIT
II have been down to Governor Hotf'
man and he says he'll give us protec-
tlO0, Out yes iuuot hoiSn
pull out any pistols at all.
"Order! order!" hammered the chair
man with his mallet. III was down to
see the Governor, too, and ne told me
that we would have all the protection
that we wanted, but we must not en-
deayor to defend ourselves at all. we
must keep close ranks be said, and no,
he scattered. Orderl order! | say; will
yes keep order? And then he said tha'
General Shaler said We must leave our
defense to the military and allow no one
to leave our ranks. "s@~
And whoever leaves it to so into a
lager beer saloon or whisky shops nc
good Orangeman."
"We'll give them the Protestant
Bows shure enough" said another. -,
Are we going out without q band
said another. -s> r.Ee III,
aNo, we don't want togo out without
the band, and we won't 60 out" chimed
in a third, who was a little mellow,
"How many regiments are we going
n have to protect us?' asked young
man in a white hat. 80
"As many as yes like and more was
the ready answer. ,.;,
"Well, it's nearly two o'clock, l think
and the lrishmen iii think that we ar
afraid of them ii we don't 90 out soon
That's 60; wish ye'd hurry up.
aWell, what will We do for the mu
Here at this moment came the soun'