The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1877-01-16
LOUISIANA.
A BlOodlesS Bul Glorious Viet'ry.
Nichols Moves on the Pack.
ard Forces
And Captures Everything
but the state House.
The State House In a State OF
Siege. and the Garrison Will
Probably be Starved Out.

NEw ORLEANS, Jan 9 AT 9 o'clock
the members of the White league, which
have been mustered in by Nichols g W
ernment IA militia, are assembling with
arms at I.afaveite Square with the avow-
ed purpose of maintaining the Supreme
Court abolished by the Kellogg govern
ment a.
At 10 80 Armed men are hurrving
through the streets to Lafayette Square
where thev report to the Sheriff, who. it
is said, will move them at ii o'clock to
the Supreme Court building and endcav-
or to take possession Of it. The G lief
Justice is there on the bench; Capt. Gray
of the metropolitan police, with strong
force, is in possession Of the building,
under orders Of the Chief Justice, and it
is stated that the Chief Justice will re-
moSe The present Sheriff, il he attempts
to take the building nv force, and appoint
another Sheriff Gov Packard is at the
State House; he has telegraphed to Pres.
ident Grant asking for assistance. Gov.
Nichols is at St Patrick's Hall
ALTA NJ bn,lies OF armed men are
moving in different directions from La
favette Square About 500 men are
marching down st Charles street, sup
posed to be moving for the Supreme
Court. Others are marching south and
west
At11 Asa NJ a demand was made for
the Third Precinct station house, in the
Supreme Court building, and refused
About 10000 persons are assembled
around Jackson Square, and the excite
ment is intense. A large body of armed
men are on the levee side of the square.
Gov. Packard reports the metropolitan
telegraph wires cut, and he has establish
ed communication with u S. Marshal
Pitkin, at the Custom House, by means OF
the US Signal Corps The metropoli
tans at the State House are being armed
with Springfield rifles The shops in the
French quarter are all shut. The United
States troops are at the Orleans Hotel,
two blocks away, watching the crowd, but
are not under arms s e4 e9es 5aa.
!, IL 50AM- The Nichols militia have
just taken possession OF the Supreme
Court building and installed their Judge
All the police stations arein possession
Of the Nichols government. Not shot
was fred st
A Picayune extra. issued at noon, saws
of the assembling Of armed bodies this
morning, few were aware that the legal
State militia had been organized and arm
ed for the execution of orders OF the
Governor; that these m.n on the streets
we're there In obedience to their calling as
the State militia Gen Ogden was in
command, and was assisted by Generals
Behan and Vandrev. Col D P Poun
was in control of the Adju'ant Generals
Department; in various parts of the city
the militia assembled The artillery or
eanized at St. Mary's Market; they had 2
field pieces, and at ii A NJ were prepared
to move to Lafayette Square. The pur
pose of this movement was to see that
the legal Supreme Court should be per-
mitted to take its seat 1t was notorious
fact, revealed by the military commander
on the Republican side, that the Court
would not be allowed to sit. and the mill
tia was called out to see that nobody or
the Court should be interfered with. II
is the intention OF the officer, under the
orders of the commander-in-chief, to
hand the Court over to the legal Justices,
and on this issue is made, M . -
At12 o'clock it was appointed by the
militia to march to Jackson Square. This
place is defended by two or three hun
dred policemen and abattery OF seven
guns. The State House is defended, OF
thinks it is, by about 200 men, mostly
negroes. The new police board is being
thoroughly organized. Its very proba.
BILE that the militia will this evening hand
them over to the regular station. ssls =
/ A reporter this morning visited Gen
Augur, and ascertained that all the Off.
GERS and men were under strict orders and
prepared 10 take the streets in moment
To On inquiry as to what was the charac.
ter Of the part he meant to take in the po.
litical drama now enacting, Gen. Augur
replied that bis instructions and inten.
tions were to keep the peace. The re
porter, suggested that Gov. Nichols was
prepared and determined to do this with.
out the aid of the United States troops,
to which Gen. Augur replied. Il hope be
will He said that in the event of a con-
aict on the streets Of any serious charac
ter he would interfere.
1.20P Nichols government is III
possession of everything but the State
House. As yet no efforts have been
made to take possession of the other
building. around which thousands of un
armed citizens are congregated, blocking
up the streets for squares, and rendering
it impossible to reach it, A force oil
about 5000 of Nichols militia are under
arms on the levee, and it is reported tha,
a demand for the surrender Of the State
House will be made this evening, aud as
the Republicans are in hopeless minori
lty tits hardly probable that armed resist
ance will be made The force under Gov
Packard there does not exceed 300. The
commander Of the United Sta.es sloop
Ossepie, has established stations on the
Custom House in order to communicate
with the officials there. U. S. Marsha
Pitkin is in constant communication will
Washington, giving every phase Of the
situation.
215 M-There is no i'm lortant
change in the situation. The Nichols
Supreme Court, after spreading theil
commissions on the record and appoint
ling Alfred Roman clerk, adjourned til
Wednesday. .fr..
i 240P. M-The Democratic leaders
now assert that they have no intention o
attacking the State House. The follow.
ling has jlst been issued:
l. 5.t. PROCLAMATION. -.i
l7lE-'auH EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,l
at &c New ORLEANS, January9
To the People Of Louisiana:
J. Iwouid be most profoundly surprised
and disappointed should any citizen o.
Louisiana at this moment so far forgel
himself as to be guilty, of any excess
whatever. There is danger in collecting
together in large bodies. i urge you
therefore, To retire at once peacefully tC