, 1873-05-13
LOUISIANA.

| LOUISIANA.
sncklng OF Gun-shops--RHow q Crowd
! observation-disclosures OF Gov. Mc-
Emery.
From. the Ee,p orleans 7Yne., sfavY.
a1s AZ qpont 9a the hour . Of nooG On Tuesday tero
cards bearing the following:
| nAILrt. RALr.x!t nA114l!l
All sizcne Tho arc opposed to the sending Of
citizens requested 10 meet 1t tho oiay Statue, At
p. NJ, to cypress their condemnation OF tho courso
Of tho nsurpor Ronogs and hia eo-consriratorn J.
| At tho hour appointed tho yiclnago Of CLAY
| Square WAS enliyened By. the presence Of groups
| OF porBons, disposed at tho neighboring corners
| whoro they Heomod to bo awaiting tho tide in
events. Al 9:15, hlr. Gabriel DoForiot, calling
Ea Sho would brls5y b1 explain P 'os tho objoat M
OF tho meeting.
j The speaker entered at once and with vigor
into review Of tho present distracted state Of
affairs, depicting in glowing colora the fact that
| tho rights Of tho people wore In such Imminent
danger from the ayowed uBurpation OF Kellogg,
| that their lives and their 1ibertios wore 80
threatened, that they would be the verieBt slnvos
to longer submit ta1nely:., Ho spoke thon Of the
conflict in St. MartinaYillc, and oulogizod Gen.
! Do13lano rs a 1nan who would resist tho inroala
Of kellogg nsyrmidons with tho determination
| md bravery worthy true son Of the South.
! Eo wanted to know whether there rero any be-
| fore him who woro willing to rally to the aup-
port Of TINT brave man. to which was answered.
BY many voices, " Yos, lot us organize now, no
Mr.. Ellis ~ havo heard you talk that way be-
| fore; but If you moan what you Say, thoro will
| be plenty Of work for you to do.
| yoice-Yes, we mean it.
"Yery wcl +" returned Mr. Ellis, :" I'll take you
| ut your word. Will you assemble in Lafayette
Square tonight at o'clock, to enroll and arm
yourselves and go forth to the support Of the
poople Of 81. 1Iartinsvi'le :" 10 this tho crowd
The speaker continued:
""We have got to that stage that our
only rccoueso los in our strong arms.
7 ask you to come to Lafayette Square
villo, or to stop hore, and tomorrow, with eroic
discrimination riso and overthrow tho whole 1iet-
loggt sgt Government Acti0n' action is what no
Mr.. Ellls retiring, was followed by Con. Hugh
Gen: Campbell aluded to tho sad failure of
tho people Of tho city aud the Statc to stand by
N snn1't whih sy a Last In
egcod in the Kellogg usurpation. hefoirlng to
the fact that vt: Martin parish had proved tho
to Their bond ho in inmaoa M a the ep reople , Of
| New Orleans laeke1 tho pluck aud nerve to carry
out their principles of resistance.
A. this IS 5un0tnro soVoral voices cried out
In response to tito speakers assertion, that it
tho people Of tho city had boon possessed of
norye, they would not havo permitted Kollogg's
police t9 raid into Tho parishes several persons
After suggesting that tho struggle MAS not
meant to DO against tho negro, but for a peacc-
full possession Of the peoples rights, tue sponkor
dwelt upon tho fact that If the people would
continue the fight against tho Kolloyg us1lrpa-
ton until the ioxt. session Of Congreas, thore
| would bo strong hopo for relof-f thoy gave
up now, all would bo lost foroyor.
Mr. Frank McGloln made q short: speech,
Nherenftor tho gathering was about dispensing
foro Capt. Walshe'e, and loud cries Of tits
Longstreetl" 'Down with !" "Kill him ("
woro plentifully Expressed, attended by grand
rush to tho spot. As It appeared, Col. O. r.
1ongstreet was mistaken BY several wild on
thuBiasts for tho Inter, and. In heated impulse,
| they laid violent hands on the gentleman, but
fortunately, before serious injury had been done
him, he was recognized by some ono and sot ut
liberty. =
| Pursuant to tho afternoon adjournment, d
large number OF people wero assembled ut La
fayotto Square at half-past o'clock, and to
ed, until tho gathering had reached fully 3,000.
Mr. s. J. N. Smith, after adjuring tho people
to 60 "into this thing with unfaltoring norvea
who who ' would 60 to tho diod Of action 1 to range 70
| themselves at tho right of the square, and ri
will be with you," said A1r. Smith. At this tho
crowd surged toward tho North street. gate
swearing, beatlng BY odds tho 1yeliest panlomo-
| mum ever heard Of, tho most desperate efforts
we're made to bring something like order cut Of
| ohnos, but tho moro tho mon tried to form In
line tho more confused did matters get, aud, af-
tor repeated trials and repeated failures, the
| tack WAS apparently abandoned.
Happily at this lnHtant some ono yellod out
"here'a the guns" and thon everybody. aB II
rushed psoi-mell Into North street, and thence
tho part OF several atout-lunged gentlemen, =
halt was made, and other desperate efforts were
immedasolY begun with view to form tho mon
into ranks.
It now proved that tho "guus" 80 vigorously
alluded to were mythical weapona-in short, non
ost-but tho philosophical minds Of the enthusi-
ass m,nasd a sdu not the md as
to q. degree which ennblcd Mr.. - Scott, ac-
knoWlodged leader by tacit consent, to got
his men into shape, and by fours, sixes and
tens dl0aens theE e., sars ha down Camp street.
! tho whole party, numbering perhaps 700 men:
by far the largest portion Of tho original crowd
returned to tho square, md thenco to tho City
Hall, for purpose which will hereafter ap-
pear.
Tho procession then took It's way down Camp
stroot, when, reaohing the Office OF tho Weatorn
Unlon Telegraph Company, they wore brought
a onss e Sns s VII ha n as sssa
tho City Hall"
At this tho order WAS given to retraco tho
march, aud hack to tho City Hall they went,
whero arriving, tlore WAS aoon multitude Of
personB occupying tho street in front Of the
building.
Mr, Eilis Cen. Campbell md othors, wero on
the stops, and tllore directly Issuing cries for
"Ells," that gentleman made a short address,
tho subject Of which WAS that ha wanted all who
lcaired to 20 to Bt. Martlnsyillc to meet him at
Inorganic forry at r. m.
! TAero happening to be present a gentleman