The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-09-16
REVIEW OF THE TROOPS.
GENERAL REJOICING.
Lieut.. Gov. Penn Is .orted to the State.
House by Il Vast COncourse Of
citizens.
Intense Enthusiasm Of the Populace.
An Ovation 10 the Legally Constituted
Authorities.

New Orleans will scarcely witness again
in this century such scenes as marked the day
Yesterday. and made it memorable forever III the
hearts Of the people. 1t was day that it were
worth a lifetime to see. and the JOY Of the people
fairly irradiated their countenances they
wa liked in peaceful throngs about the city. There
was nothing like rowdylsm clustering evinced
bv any one tue bar houses wert Closed as well
as most Of the places of business. and everybody
seemed content to express III quiet fashion his
salts action at the orious result OF the effort OF
the people TO relieve themselves Of desp tsm
VIII eli had become nnbearabo.
The Citizen SOldiery.
/, After the Sta,e-House had been occupied and
! the Third Precinct Station taken possession OF.
| the entire command of the citizen soldiers
marched to the head of Canal street on the levee
and there formed in line preparatory to marching
! i'll review before Gen. Ogden and gong to their
homes. About 1870 o'clock the command
moved, marching up Canal street to Camp. and
| up Camp past headquarters. where they were re-
, viewed by Gen. Ogden, who was cheered Justify
by each company it marched by.
+, II was an inspiring sight to witness these gen.
tlemen 80 by with step firm and q bearing
as martial as though they had been trained SOL
diers, and it was more than exharatins, it was
simply glorious, to hear the spontaneous and
hearty cheers to their gallant leader, to whose
unflinching courage admirable executive quail
ties and indomitabie perseverance are manly
indebted for our rescue from the usurpatlon OF
Kellogg. 1t was well deserved tribute to as
gallant and meritorious a gentleman and soldier
as ever drew a sword in holy cause.
The greatest enthusiast was evinced by the
immense concourse of people that lined the ban.
quotes when the captured guns and flags went
by. and Their. were many Jokes over the various
I articles, such epaulettes, etc, etc. which had
| been captured from the metropolltans and were
sported by the soldiers. Some Of the boys, who
had evidently not had square meal for twenty
four hours, had loaves of bread stuck up on their
bayonets. which they drew upon occasionally az
hunger pi ched them
After the procession had passed, and Tic 'ari-
Gus commands were marching off to their various
rendezvous the vast throngs of peovs which had
been promcnad ns the principal tho.ouSEfare'.
gradually bent their steps toward TIE
Residence Of the Lieutenant Governor.
near Tivoli Circle, Tor the purpose ct escortinS
him IN grand procession to the state House.
The hous@ had been filed for hours by num-
bers Of ladies and gentlemen who had called 10
offer congratulations, and when the hour for
starting &. o'clock arrived. st Charles street
was fairly blocked up with human beings. among
whom were almost all the leading men IN the
city. Merchants. bankers. insurance presidents,
wealthy private citizens mingled in the throng,
, while the galleries On either side were brilliant
, with ladies.
The Procession.
we hav. witnessed many prosess:ons in this
city in oar time have seen the enthusiastic
throug- chat sent our boys off to the army during
the late war. but there never was before such a
grand and truly sublime spectacle as was pre-
sontei by the immense eoncourse Of people who
acted AZ volunteer escort t" place u. l. rem.
Lieutenan. Governor. III the office to which he
had been elected bya vas' majority, but which ne
had cen le,allv and violently prevented from
occupyIn, 10y Kellogg and his armed janssarles,
backed ny .y the United States troops.
No .,en can depict the WI d and oyermastering
exc!,en u. Of the overjoycd people, nc words
can .'v. any idea II the .unultuous shouts and
cheers .u.t greeted the Lieut. rant Governor as
te moved slowly foiwa. and We viii not at
/, tenpt 20 c.ve even FAINT Idea of the enthusiasm
Of III. ladies' God bless them. They waved
hands :. fndkcr, hiefs and iags III token OF their
JOYOUS appreciation. and Gov. Penn was kept
busy answering their ealutatlons and the bows
from the gentlemen who pressed forward 20 see
HIM
We cav aged men with tears Of joy in their
eyes rush mp to the a rage. and selz.ig he
Governors hand say. God bless yau. Thank
Go tor tAIs
II w., ! grand trlumphal march Of peope re-
deemed fro u thraldo - and 1t makes ones heart
throl. fl~tey and the blood tlngie pleasantly
through TIE velns Ia think of Ital
Arrlv!ng II the Sta House the Governor pro-
oeed n the llonuv. aud after the tremendous
ch,ogta. i. ID sab.l j. leInr.cI Gle allowing
addr 90:
Inc i, lrp .tlol At Al Hts' The dreadful
l.s ttls a er,ct .. ,vrr 80 - two years ago
has tn.t. V ,rthr,wH bv Il I amt p apliace,
and toll Inv ilr State IL Tree the victory Of the
l+th af septic nbrr achieved by tile cltzI,l, rver
: IN rc-.tary soI,lIery, decisive, and the whole
fabri If VI n, al oppres-Iol has melted away
hike lu pouS dream | cannot express TO you
the deep rmotIuls Of my own heart al this glo-
r,nu- cou.lmnat1,n. Let not the grand achieve
metIi b.. iaired by even momentary forgetful-
aes, OF the supremacy OF law. Let The past,
with all ia misery anxiety and snfering, bt shut
the great work Of redemption which Commences
to-day.
q have ~ my command force entirely sufa-