The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1874-09-19

, and then the action to 10 taken by tL,
people could be determined on.
In the greatest earnestncss, ent|nsi
as,n aud excitement tho crowd broke
up IN couples and groups.
Tho Committees report. Herewith
il tho text Of tho committees report
inducing Kc'losg's response TO tho dc
mand and the official statement Of what
cnsucd:
Now Orleans Sept. II, 1874.
Gentlemen: ! hAvo communicated
Will, tho Governor, aud l,o directs me-
to say to you that he must decline ia
receive nny com mnnication from the
committee appointed Ivy the mass meet
ing assembled on Canal street; he docs
40, ! mn instructed 10 s"y, because hr
Inns definite and accurate information
that there nrc now assembled several
large bodies of armed men in different
parts Ot tho city VIII" nro met ut the
call which convened the mass meeting
wnicl, you represent. lIe regards this
ns n menace, aud no will receive no
o,,munication under such circbmstun
CCR.
He, furthermore, directs mo to Sny
that should the people assembled peace
fully mud without menace, he would
deem it ono Of his hig hest duties to re-
ccivc any communication from them,
and to entertain any petition address
ed to tho Government.
! havc received You, gentlemen, and
I convey tho Governors answer ms II
member Of his staff. II. &. DinnLE.
In answer to the organ Of tbs Cover
nor. II. &. Dibl,lc, I stated:
That we represented no armed body,
but mass meeting Of nnar,ne'l citi-
zens, assembled on Canal street; that
there were no armed men on Canal
street 80 FAR ns rknow and believe
that we came ON u mission Of peace,
and that IL tho Governor should have
ncccdch 70 our proposition, wo believe
It would have produced perfect peace
throughout tho StNtc, and that VIC were
prepared to pledge ourselves that no
harm should DC done to him, either in
person or property, but on tho contrary
that there should be perfect immunity
to both. .
To whicl, Mr.. Dibblc replied that
although IL was doubtless true that ar
med men were not on Canal street, yet
that they were known to DO within u
short distance, and that they were IA
scmblcd on the same call wIicl, convc
ned tho mass meeting. X. II. MARI,
Chairman Of Committee OF Five, com
prising:
X. II. Mari, jules Tuycs, Samuel
Chopin, J. ". SoiNns, John H. Woods
TIE SITUATION.
1t may be interesting to recall the
situation us it was yesterday morn
ing. Things have changed so much
since then, and seem likely to change
SO much more, that these matters
become valuable rs history.
At the Custom House were some
$50 soldiers, companies -. aud T..
10Th Infantry, from Baton Rouge.
These were stationed in the dun
gcons, the warehouses on the base
mcnt floor of the old granite build
ing, very OIL, dirty and damp
camping ground. The United States ,
mars!'als were busy among thcm, ,
distributing. the soldiers around in
such style as to make them appear
rs numerous ~ possible. :
The soldiers appeared worn, tired
and iatiguc'l, but in good humor
and arcmcd neither to expect nor
desire fighting very much.
a large gang several hundreds - Z
of idle negroes congrcgatcl here, cv
identity supposing that the laboryn n
THAN mazes of the Custom House !
would afford them a safe retreat in :
case of Il "Scrimmagc.' !
At the State House there was the
same gathering Of negroes. but rath- ,
n Of the political than laboring class. !,
Every moor was shut and boltcu, =
even to the little soda water stand at {
tIle corner Of St. Louis and Royal.
The ladies' cntrancc, now the en-. Z"
rance to the Governor Office, was T.
closed, admittancc being refused to J.
Ill except dear political friends.
For these the door was half opened
md the guests compelled to squeeze
n among gang of mctropoitans. "
About thirty or forty metropolitans !
,aradcd the gallcrp, in lieu of the Ii
usual political bummcrs, evidently to a
give the people the idea that the IL
was strongly garrisoned. Il
'rom st. Louis street down, all the A
stores on Royal. street were closed II
It very early hour, and q continu- s
ms crowd kept pouring into Canal "
Street. Several men, armed with II
runs, passed CLOSE by the police Il
tatiou, but the met,opoltans did a
lot appear desirons of noticing
hese, and turned their eyes another ie
way to avoid them.
The Third Rrecinct Stations was O
perfect citadel;. Here was collected il
he greatest humbcr of metropoli- k
ans. In the Supreme Court room 81