, 1873-12-26
A LOUISVILLE MOB.
LlvcIY Scenes Mt 4 Meeting OF the City
6!nnnni1s


Front tho Lof,ispi.e Cour|er, ,Iournat Dee, a4,
Tho conduit Of the crowd Which attended tho
meatiug Of the City Council last night was aim
ply diugracoful. 1t WAS III largo measure made
up Of tho worst clements of our city. mud did full
Long before tho lour arrived for tho aosom-
bling Of tho Council, tho poop!o from
every direction aud quarter Of .,t the
Should 8 60 s md sco s Goilean Dawn Ito aNsyy sy
Magdalo1,", or tho Quorum, y and 'ro aro safo
III aaylng that no less thn, 1000 persona oon-
cludod to attend tho latter at tho cheapest and
mos, most entertaining amusement Of the throe.
Ihoro were present mon who had just rolin-
qulehe1 tho pick aud spade, and mon who lad
Just relln4ulshod beer mugB and Bourbon. Mon
IRON Broad~ay aud moi from Q'Neaps nlley
mingled With mon from California and Frog
town. butehertoWn Bent lis quotn, and
Limerick Ind numerous representatives.. And
NIL woro packed into the room 80 compactly TINT
circulation was almost III impogsbty. Doubt
lens some attended out Of all earnest desire tt
begin turning but much tho lnrgor proportion
very evidently catno instructed to noot hiss, auc
whistle down certain Of the mombors wheneyc.
they might attompt hearing.
When, at oxactly lalf-pnBt o'clock, Mr..
Kaye arnngly sur,i,ounted his cushioned clair
Of state md raped the CHAOS into order,
there began scono which is without
precedent or parallel in tho clty's history.
1tOWuyiBm was trtuNlpuhnt anu courtesy q
virtuo which, judging from tho conduct Of tho
crowd, thoy either wlllfully ignored or Of which
they wero entirely Ignorant, Ind never show
ing. Did O motnbor arlse to Bpeak upon any
topic Of tho discussion, llo was nlot upon ono
side OF tho house with yo1la Of raho him out!"
"sugar him!" and "You'ro q lively Bird"
whiio from tho other came shouts Of " Bully for
you'll" " Hit him agin !" and " Go it while you're
young" For llnlf an hour our reporter way
inoxtricably wedgod betweon two bum.
mers. They must havo boon very
important men to the community. Thoy wcro
shining examples of that sort Of mon who
are now ondeavoring to fau inro flame tho cx~
cltemcnt TINT IL today in many parts Of tho
country threatening tho peace Of society. They
wero possessed Of the usual amount Of enlight-
encd intelligence that Is characteristic Of tho Or
diuary political parasite, and were loud in their
very humorous, very refined, and very profane
criticisms upon tile speeches aud proceedings.
Whenever an allusion was made to tho work.
ingmcn, it was a Bgnnl for q huTling blast
from tho Babel of disorder. "Work, work,
work." '0rganizo d-nyo!" "Let's hayo an
other bolt n Doltcd wheat r. Oh, what q
| German-silyor voice !" could bo distinguished
abovo tho din. The dignity that should have
1nantlod tho position Of each and every mombor
| was diHreEarded by the mob. Members, in tie
midst Of their remarks, would 1,o interrupted by
| Outsiders, and In one very notable instance the
quasi-Presidont himBelf became involved in m
exchange Of flashes Of sparkling repartoe with
one Of tho goda OF the gallery. Amid such
" confusion Worso confonnded" " tho meeting
dragged it's alow length aiong until tho hour o:
! adjournment.