New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-11-29
Twenty Thousand stand Of Arms and Ar
tillery Sent South to Count in Tilden.

tillery Sent South TO Count in Tflden.
The sale Of arms and cannon to the rebel
| riffs clubs, which is described below, has
| been going on ever since the commence
ment of the canvass, and to add to the
| ignOminy OF the transaction. the Governor
| OF the State and present claimant" for the
| Office of chief magistrate appears as the
| purveyor Of field ordnance OF the rebel ar
| tillery companies of Mississippi. l. has
been sscertained from no lees responsible
| authority than the dealers in arms them
selves. that during the past three months
| fully 10000 stand of arms have been
bought, paid for and shipped 70 the South
ern States, the largest share going 10 South
Carolina and Mississippi. The purch asers
! were generally merchants and banking
housee, who acted as middlemen of rifle
clubs and artillery companies, or purch base
| them, according to The demand, for sal3 in
| the local markets. Every Ylensive dealer
| in arms and ammunition in this city has
| done good business in this way. a fact
which all of them acknowledge, although
| few of the firms are willing TO state the ex-
tent to which their sales have been car
| ried. A member of q prominent firm on
Broadway stated yesterday that there
| never had been so great demand for
email arms, such as pistols and revolyers, in
the South, as during the late Presidential
canvass. In the State of South Carolina
alone this firm has disposed of 1900 pistols
and reyolvers during the two months pre-.
vious to the election, and the demand had
been good from other Southern States, al
though not in such large proportion. An
extensive dealer in firearms in Chambers
street said he had done good trade il
shotguns in the Southern States during the
entire fall. His customers had been mer
chants and dealers in hardware. who had
bought these weapons in lots OF from half a
dozen to dozen in nearly every bill OF
goods purchased. A member Of firm in
Maiden Lane, while he was not willing to
particul arize, stated that he thought it was
fair to say that 10000 to 10000 stand of
arms had been shipped to the South from
this city during the three months previous
to the election, and a large quantity of
arms and ammunition was also distributed
through out the South from Baltimore and
other Southern cities. W hich had been pur-
chased direct from the manufacturers.
In nearly every town in Mississippi arti.-
lery companies and lifio clubs have been
established, and large proportion of the
arms furnished were shipped from this city.
This is only small sample of the extent
TO which the business OF selling arms is
beip 2 carried on between New York and
various towns in Mississippi, but sufficient
amount to fill an entire page of newspaper
rate the statements here given. In South
Carolina rifle clubs are more in vogue, as
beng less expensive, and answering the
purpose of terrifying the blacks equally as
we'll as artillery AS an instance how the
trade in arms and ammunition is flourish
ing in that State, the following kilograms
are submitted in evidence
"CHARLEsTON, September y, 1876.
Send by Saturdays steamship sixty
muskets, model forty two, with bayonets,
five short Enfield rifles. 1000 Enfield car
tridges S. 3. MARSHALL Il CO."
Before this order was filled the exigencies
OF the case IN Charleston increased, and
the number OF guns was largely swelled by
means of the following telegram:
CHARLESTON, September %, 1876.
"By first -g.amer, add eighty muskets,
model forty-twO, no bayonets. Can you
execute! Answer.
rs. Il. MARSHALL & CO."
The cash being Immediately forthcoming,
the order was duly executed. From Col
umbia, South Carolina, the following order
was received:
"COLUMBLA, September 3, 1876.
''Ship us by express to Ridgeway, South
Carolila. forty Roberts breech-loading
Enfield rifles, altered. g.; 1000 metallic
for same, SIS.
''R. S. DESpORTES s. CO"
--.New York Times.