American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-09-21
FAST TIME FROM NEW YORK.
A RACE FOR NEW ORLEANS.
Arrival of Two Governors.
Attempted Revolution Fooled.
The PIotters Outqeneraled.

Att0HpIoO n0VOlutlOH rOlA0u.
The Plotters 0utgeneraled.
From the N. o. Republican, 18th.
Gov. Warmoth, accompanied by
bingham, Lawrence and Lieut..
Gov. Pinchback, arrived in the city
about three o'clock yesterday after
noon. by special train, having made
the trip from New York in sixty
two hOurs-the fastest time on
record.
Much amusing gossip is afloat as
to the intentions of the parties in
making such haste for New Orleans,
and the incidents of the trip, fan
cied or real, would fill a good sized
volume.
Among other things it is related
and we give it for what it IL worth
that on Saturday last, Mr.. Pack
ard having conceived the idea of
getting up another 1866 riot as a
nreiext for military interference,
and to arouse the dormant war SEN
timent of the North in favor of
Grant, and secure the election of
Kellogg as Governor, Casey for the
Senate aud his own appointment as
collector Of the port, telegraphed to
Senator Chandler, to send Lieut..
Governor Pinchback home at once,
detailing the programme strictly
to be followed out. The story
goes that some one in Chambers
office or elsewhere, being friendly
to Senator West, communicated to
him the plan of operations.
Yarmouth, Pinchback and some
others were IN conference at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel on Saturday
evening at five o'clock, and were to
return together. However, Gov.
Pinchback left New York that even
ing, and it was announced next
morning from the Grant committee
that he was to go to Pittsburg to
deliver an address.
Meantime, Gen. West had COM
municated with Gov. Yarmouth,
and the Governor and Mr.. Law
renee took the Sunday night train
from New York.
At Louisville they learned that
Pinchback was then three hundred
miles ahead of them, on his way to
ture, impeach the Governor, Audi
tor, and some other officers, over
turn the city government, reorgan-
ize the police, remove all of War
moths appointments throughout
the State. especially the registrars
of voters, sign the new bills, aud
continue in session until January
next. 1t is stated that everything
was ready for him at Magnolia
Amite aud New Orleans by the Gus
tomhouse authorities, and plenty of
troops at call to protect the coup
d'etat and maintain by force the
new regime.
Warmoth and Lawrence moved
directly forward, but finding the
regular train too slow for their pur-
poses, on their arrival at Humboldt
they chartered the entire road and
rolling stock of the Mississippi and
jackson railroads 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 LOuisi-
ana line, on which was Lieutenant
Governor Pinchback, invited him to
ride with them. and so returned
home together, as they originally
agreed to on Saturday evening in
New York. And the whole plan of
the Grant and Kellogg campaign in
Louisiana, as arranged by Packard
and Chandler, proved an abortion.
Report also says that a 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 Pinch
back 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
receive or send dispatches. some
one locked the door of the office, and
before he could get out the train
moved on, and he was compelled to
wait over till the next morning,
when the train OF the Governor and
Mr.. Lawrence coming along, he was
invited aboard and rode to the city
with them.
The st. Charles Hotel was
thrOnged last night with citizens
who called to congratulate the Gov
ernor and Mr.. Lawrence ON their
return.
When Lieutenant Governor Pinch
back was overtaken by Governor
Warmoth at Canton, Mississippi, as
he was on his way to sign the bills,
and the proclamation in readiness
for him at Amite, he said to Gov
ernor Warmoth "Well, Governor,
your lucky star is still in the asoen-
fiant." The Lieutenant Governor
acknowledged to the Governor the
objects of this plot in detail. 1t was
not WarmOth's star, but the star of
Louisiana that was in the ascendant. |
The carefully prepared plot could
not have failed of execution had
Governor Pinchback |
been a few hours ahead of Governor
WarmOth Oh his arrival at Amite
City, in Louisiana, where a procla-
nation cOnvAnino the GenaraI As