The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-09-25
RADICAL PLOT IN LOUISIANA.
Fast Time from New YOrk-A Race
for New OrIeans-Attempted Rev0-
IutIOn FOiled-The PIOtteIs Out
generaIIed.

Fast Time from New fOrE-A haco
for New Orleans-Attempte RevO-
luton Foiled-The PlOtteIs Out
generaIled.
A telegraphic dispatch from New Or
leans q few days since mentioned an
attempt, engineered by the Radicals OF
that city, to revolutionize the govern
ment of Louisiana in favor of Grant
and his adherents in that State. Lieu
tenant Governor Pinchback (colored)
was to have been the agent of this con-
spiracy, and the Job" was to have
been effected during Governor War
moths temporary absence in New
York. The New Orleans Republican OF
the 10Th instant furnishes the following
interesting account of the matter, and
shows how, by an extraordinary speed
made from New York to New Orleans,
Governor Warmoth outgeneralled his
enemies and defeated the project OF
the conspirators:
Governor Warmoth, accompanied by
Effiugham, Lawrence, and Lieutenant
Governor Pinchback, arrived in the
city about three o'clock yesterday after
noon by special train, having made
the trip from New York in slxty-two
hours-the fastest time on record.
Much amusing gossip is atioat as to
the intentions OF the parties In making
such haste for New Orleans, and the
incidents of the trip, fsncied or real,
would fill goodsized volume.
Among other things, it is related
and we give it for what it is worth
that on Saturday last, Mr.. 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
collector of the port, telegraphed to
Senator Chandler to send Lieutenant
Governor Pinchback home at once, de.
failing the programme to be strictly
carried out. The story runs that some
one in Chandlers office or elsewhere,
being friendly to Senator West, COM
municated to him the plan of opera
tions.
Warmoth, Pinchback and some 9TH
ers we're in conference at the Fifth Av-
enue Hotel on Saturday evening at FIVE
o'clock, and were to return together.
How -ver, Governor Pinch back lett New
York that evening, and it was an
nounced next morning from the Grant
Committee that he was to 60 to Pitts
burgh to deliver an address.
Meantime General West had commu.
nicated with Governor Warmoth, and
the Governor and Mr.. Lawrence took
the Sunday night train from New York.
At Louisville they learned that Pinch
back Was then three hundred miles
ahead of them on his way to louisiana
to convene the Legislature, impeach
the Governor, Auditor and some other
officers, overturn the city government,
reorganize the police, remove all OF
Warmoths appointees throug hout the
State, especially the registrars Of the
voters, sign the new bills and continue
in session until January next. 1t is
stated that everything was ready for
him at Magnolia, Amite and New Or
leans by the custom house authorities,
and plenty OF troops at call to protect
the coup detat and maintain by force
the new regime.
Warmoth and Lawrence moved di-
rectly forward, but finding the regular
train too slow for their purposes, on
their arrival at Humboldt they char
tered the entire road and rolling stock
of the Mississippi and Jackson rail-
roads to New Orleans, and taking an
excellent engine and one car moved
down the road at the rate Of forty miles
an hour, and overtaking the regular
passenger train before it reached the
Louisiana line, on which was Lieuten-
ant Governor Plnchback, invited him
to ride with them, and 30 returned
home together, as they originally agreed
to on Saturday evening in New York.
And the whole plan OF the Grant AID
kellogg campaign in Louisiana, as ar
ranged by Packard and Chandler,
proved an abortion.
Report also says that q quorum Of
the Senate and House are in the city,
and that some of the members think
that the least Collector Casey can do is
to pay them mileage and per diem for
the extra session. -.
Since writing the above, We learn
that Lieutenant Governor Pinchback
missed the train at Canton day before
Yesterday, or else he would have been
here yesterday morning.
The Lieutenant Governor having
stepped into the telegraph office to re-
ceive or send dispatches, some one lock.
ed the door of the Office, and before he
could get out the train moved on, and
he was compelled to wait over till the
navf unornino when the train of the