Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-01-10
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ana he has established communica-
tlon with the United States Marshal
Iltkin, at the Custom House. by
Corps. @'"'o' ~ h"'
The Me!ropolitans Mt tho state
House arc being armed will, Snr;n@.
field rifles. Shops i'm the Nrome,,
quarters ore all shut, The ITn;ta5
States troops are at the Orleans Hnso,
two blocks away, watching the crowd
at the square, but arc not under arms.
The excitement increases with every
new movement. The situation is very
critical.
LATER.
1t is just reported that the First
and Third police stations have been
surrendered to the democrats. AT
IL: 90 the Nichols militia took pos
session of the Supreme Court build
ing and Installed their Judges. All
the police stations are now in possess
sion OF the Nichols government. Not
a gun has been fired.
New ORLEANS, Jan. 9.--Thc Plea
yatfae in an extra, issued at noon, says
of the assembling of armed bodies
this morning:
"Few were aware that the legal
State militia had been organized and
armed for the execution Of the orders
of the Governor, and that these men
on the streets were there in obedience
to their call rs the State militia. Gen.
j Ogden was in command, and was as
sisted by Generals Brchan and Vau-
dry. Col B. D. Penn was in control
of the Adjutant Generals Depart
ment in the various parts Of the city
where the militia assembled. The
artillery organized at st. Mary's Mar
! ket: They had two field pieces, and
, at II 9. M, prepared to move down
II to Lafayette Square. The purpose Of
n this movement was to sec that the
; legal Supreme Court should be per-
mitted to take il seat. It was a no.
i torious fact, repealed by the military
commander ogthe Republican side,
that the courYwould not be allowed
to sit, and tn militia was called out
to see that nobody or no power
should interffe with it. It is the in
tention of Il + militia, under orders
Of the COMMANDER inc Chief, to hand
over the Court to the legal Justices,
/ and on this the issue is made.
J Twelve o'clock is fhe time appoint
! ed by the militia march down to
Jackson Square, hich place is de-
, Tended by two or ree hundred po-
= licemen and a bait by Of seven or
I eight guns. The Ae House Is de-
q Tended, or thinks is, by about
: 200 men, mostly roes Of the new
police force. Beid thoroughly or
h ganized, it is very obable that the
I'll militia viii, this dhing, hand them
q over to the regulal tations.
oil A reporter of Picdyune this
a morning visited 4. Augnr and as
! certained that all officers and men
Is were under stri orders and pre-
,fI pared to take ac at a moments
ID notice. To an ind " as to what was
II the character Of part he meant to
- take in the poll l drama now en-
r acting, Gen. AUD replied: "My in
structions and I'd ton is to keep the
is peace. The rep|er suggested that
+ Gov. Nichols wjprepared and de-
or ltermined to do without the aid
or of United Stat troops, to which
n Gen. Augur req II hope he will"
d. He said that in event of conflict
on the streets, oEserious character
he would inter1.
rs 1t is hardly kbabie that armed
a resistance will made. The force
he under Govern ackard there will
a. not exceed sd The commander Of
m. the u. s. sic )sippee has estab-
irs lished q sign. Elon on the Custom
~ House in ordf communicate with !
m, officials ther The Osippee and
"a monitor Car ts are laying off the
ity foot of Poyd t:
let U. S. Mar fitKin IS in constant
ITO communicaf with Washington,
;tv giving eycl1 asc of the situation.
scs Chief Jul Ludeling this morn
oto ING issue1 order removing the
MI civil sheri ndy and appointed AL
,nn fred Burd that position. Handy
ra was acIi under orders Of
~ Nichol,s hence this ac-
-. tion- No this hour not a
~ shot has bfircd or an accident oc-
.ad Cured. rs reported that great
IL crowds assembled on Canal,
I Ihe Camp II Ter principal streets.
, The Flicans report that two
rcu;mesS rom Mississippi and one
IN. from ANA are with Ogden.
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