New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-09-19
ATTEMPTED REVOLUTION F0ILED
THE PLOTTERs OUTGENERALED

IHE PLUIIEkS OJ1NENERALEl
Governor Warmoth, accompanied b.
Effngham Lawrence and Lieutenant Gov
ernor Pinchback, arrived in the city abou
three o'clock yesterday afternoon, by spe
cial train having made the trip from New
York i'll sixty-two hours-the fastest time
on record.
Much amusing gossip is ahoat as to the
intentions Of the parties in making such
haste for New Orleans, and the incidents Of
the trip, tanoied or real, would fill a good
sized volume.
Among other things, it is related-and we
give it for what it is worth-that on Satur.
day last, air Packard having conceived the
idea Of getting up another 1866 riot as a
pretext for military interference and to
arouse the dormant war sentiment of the
North in favor of Grant, and secure the
election OF Kellogg as Governor, Casey for
the Senate and his own appointment as col
lector of the port, teIegraphed to Senator
Chandler, to send Lieutenant Governor
Pinchback home at once, detailing the
p 70 L-tAAAhhO W OC oI11Slly 1UIIOhtu Out.
The story goes that some one in
Chambers Office Or elsewhere, being friend
ly to Senator West, communicated to him
the plan Of operations.
Warmoth, Pinchback and some others
were in conference at the Fifth Avenue
! Hotel on Saturday evening at five o'clock
| and Swere to return together. However.
Governor Pinchback left New York that
evening, and it was announced next morn
ing from the Grant committee that he was
to go TO Pittsburg to deliver an address.
Meantime, General West had communi-
Gated with Governor Warmoth, and the
Governor and Mr.. Lawrence took the Sun.
| day night train, from New York;
At Louisville they learned that Pinchback
was then three hundred miles ahead of
them, on his way to Louisiana fo convene
the Legislature, impeaeh the Governor,
Auditor, and some other officers, overturn
the city government, reorganize the police,
remove all of Wafmoth's appointees
throughout the Stale, especially the gegis-
trars of voters, sign the new bills, and con
tinue. in session until January next. Ii is
stated that everything was ready for him
at Magnolia, Amite and New Orleans by
the Customhouse authorities, and plenty of
troops at call to protect the coup d'etat and
maintain by force the new regiIneo
Earmoth and Lawrence moved directly
forward, but finding the regniar train 800
slow for their purposes, on their arrival at
Humboldt they chartered the entire qoad
and ToIIing stock Of the Mississippi and
Jackson railroads to- New OrIeanse and
taking an excellent engine and one ear
moved atown the road at the rate of forty
mles an hour, and ovei taking the yegulaS
passenger train before it reached the Louis.
lana jine, ON which was Lieutenant Gogo
eTnoy Pinchbaclo invited Aim 20 ride with
the;uo and SO returned home together, es
they originally agreed to on Saturday eVeg-
log in New York, And the %iole plan OF
Of Sic Grant and Kellogg camraigu in
IoouIsianse as. arranged by Packard ana
Csand!ere proved an abog.io1fo
ISepors also says tiat d quorum OK the
Senate ana House are in the city, and that
some of She members think that the feast
CoIl&ctoS Casey tan slo IS 20 pay fhem
mileage an! per diem for the extra session.
Since writing the above sye learn that
Lieuecnane Governor Pinchback missed che
train at Canton day before Yesterday. or
else he sTould have been here yesterday
morning. J
The Lieutenant Governor Ia%ing stepped |
into tho telegraph office to receive 0g send |
yI:c.,o4aIoc
OF the office. and before he could get cut |
the train moved on, and he was compelled |
20 wait oyer till the next morning, when
the train of the Governor and Mrs law
renee coming along, he was invited aboard
ana rode to the city with theme
The st. Charles Hotel was tnronged fast
night with citizens who called to congratu
ate the Governor and Mro lawrence on
.heir return.
when Lieutenant Governor Pinck6acf
vas oyertaken by Governor Warmoth at
Canton. Mississippi, as he was on his way
o sign the bills, and the proclamation in
,eadiness for him at Amite, he said to Gov
.rnor Warmoth: 'Wen, Governor, sour
ucky star is still in the ascendant" The
lieutenant Governor acknowledged to the
Governor the objects of this plot in detail
t was not Warmoths star, but the star OF
that was in the ascendant
The carefully prepared plot could not
ave failed of execution had Lieutenant
Governor Pinchback been a few hours
head of Governor Warmoth on his arrival
t Amite City, in Louisiana, where procla-
lation, c0nvening the General Assembly,
waited his signature, and would have
cen telegraphed to New. Orleans at once.
he legislation was all shaped, and fifteen
linutes time only was needed to run the
ills through both houses, each of which
as quite sure of quorum on the instant
I assembling
The Shreveport Times has this aattering t
office:
The New Orleans Picay1une started out i'll
his canvass winkipg at Grant, and with :,
lspicious tenderness for Kellogg; it then
ecame the advocate of PicrDOnt's nOTnina-