The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-05-17
ONE HUNDRED MEN

wednesday (thls) morning that all
who could should bring arms; those
who had no arms would be armed in
Franklin, Che had received positive as
surance from the st. Mary's gentleman
that they would be,) and that transport
tation would be furnished for the one
hundred.
This statement was received with
continued cries: owe want to go to-
night" "Wem give yon seven hundred
men, but we want to go tonight ;" and
thus for the space of ten minutes the
Babel Of voices prevailed, everybody
apparently yelling at the same time,
and each wanting to do something that
wasn't what his neighbor wanted-to do
No pen can give even a
FAINT CONCEPTION
of the tumult of voices which prevailed
constantly from the first gathering, and
the main theme was the doing of some
terrible and bloody work to Kellogg or
the police, freely inters7ersed with
rush wildly to St. Martinsville with OF
without arms. GWEN fight them with
clubs" said some: Gwen hang them
With rOpes,n yelled others, and still
more announced their ability to click
them with our fiSts.n
1t being apparently understood that
hundred men We're to meet Mr.. Ellis
Wednesday mo ming, that gentleman
retired, followed by perhaps half the
persons in attendance. Tie residue,
to the number of a thousand, began to
call for guns" at least it seemed as if
each ones eternal happiness depended
upon the speedy acquisition of a feS-
tive weapon of death,
In lieu of guns they were treated to a
speech by q gentleman, who referred in
vague terms to the service he had seen
as a
SOLDIER UNDER GARIBALDI
in the Crimean war and as a Fenian
soldier, He limited at his ability to fill
cerlne and blow New Orleans to HI in
five minutes.
This remarkable statement evoked
from one of his auditors an offer of
$3O00,000 provided the orator would
pass his word that the job would be
done before morning. Whether the
sum named was not sufficient, or Wheth-
er he suddenly repented his rash de-
claratiOn, the Garibaldian soldier re-
fused to make his words rood, but
branched off to the subject o. Kellogg,
declaring that if it were the general de
sire, he would find him and kill him on
the sDOt.
This willingness drew from several
auditors renewed desires to chang MI.
kl4ellog to, a lamp-post." By this time
the crowd
GREW TIRED
of speech making, and at this instant
Mr.. Alexander Peel, carrying a gun,
lthe second one thus far seen,) started
down st. Charles street, and forthwith
he was attended by a party of about five
hundred persons, the balance of the
gathering dispensing in various direc-
tiOns.
This party, headed by Mr.. Peel and
MI. Scott, marched down St. Charles
street, through Canal to Decatur, and
down this avenue to the gun. store of
Folsom Brothers, just below Canal
street. Here a halt was ordered, and
after q conference by the leaders touch
ing the expediency Of breaking into the
store, it was determined not to do so,
and again the march was taken up, but
had not proceeded far, when
REMORsE OVER TOOK THE PAETY,
And they turned about, declaring that
they would break into the store at all
hazards.
To this Mr.. Peel objected strenuously,
and although the crowd gathered about
the. doors and loudly insisted upon
breaking them down MI. Peel .argned
against them the proceeding so Valiant
ly that they were turned from their
purpose, and again they went forward
to CustOmhOuse street, and thence IN
Chartres to Canal. Here they stopped,
and it was quite evident that they were
not all certain about what had better
be done. Their expressed desire was
still for guns, but where to get them
that was the question.
While thus celebrating they were
suddenly joined by party Of about
forty others, half Of whom carried guns,
which, it appears, they had obtained
from the store of Carson Nudge on
Magazine street.
There now appeared as joint leader,
with Messrs: Peel and Scott, Mr.. Victor
DeLisle, and these three gentlemen
proceeded directly to
MARK OUT A PLAN OF ACTION.
As a result they endeavored to form
their men into line and tried hard to ar
range the entire business on military
basis, but somehow the raw recruits
wouldn't be arranged worth cent, and
after repeated efforts Mr.. DeLisle re-
tired followed soon by Mr.. Peel, who
it was rUlmored, went *" to look after
Gen. Badger y that redoubtable gentle
man being reported as concealed in the
BREAKING OPEN OF. sRANLETT's POWDER
a. ..r STORES.
The leaders gone, the troops didn't
know whether the campaign had better
be closed, or whether they hadn't better
make a s0rtie somewhere.
With few OF them the latter notion
prevailed, and these few being armed,
struck bee-line for Ranlette's powder
store, corner OF Canal and Tchoupitou-
Las streets, which bursting open, they
dragged tbence cannon and q half
dozen kegs. of powder, the latter of
which they bursted open and laid in o
plentiful supply of ammunition. What
was their intention touching the cannon
did not transpire, inasmuch as they left
it behind them on the banquette.
BREAKING INTO FoLsOM's GUN STORE.
Meanwhile the crowd at the corner
of Chartres and Canal street, finding
in periodical and enthusias-
tic declarations, that they would make
search for Kellogg and hang him any
way, grew tired even of that cheerful
past time, and, prepared for anything
like activity, eagerly jumped at the
proposition to :. go around to Folsom's
and just clean him out.n ..-...
No sooner said than done. Away
they went, pel nell, and reaching the
store they assailed it with such Tigor
that the doors gave way, and then be-
gan the work of spoliation. In a trice,
guns were as thick as men, bows, too,
some not more than ten, Joined in the
pillage, and strutted around in all the