The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-09-14
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SUI bseaucnt Movements.

street eSpn ting an immediate attick' eom-
meneed throwing up barbados. Ihese were
built 81 horae ears. barrels, plapks, etc. while
the iron street crossings being torn up left duite
effective bitches. a..
result was known among the men no1 cheaseu
a. ~ The news. however. when it spread
through the streets, attracted large NUMBER OF
,,eople 10 the foot of Canal street and these as
aiated IL carrying off the wounded. both citizens
and police. and attending to oil their needs.
Tho men engaged in the fight were withdrawn
tn poydraa street. where they rested on their
arms.
A conference was held to determine whether
the citizens should move forward and take the
State House while the police were still democrat"
lied by their late defeat, but q forward movement
was thought premature. 1t being the general
opinion that If the police we're left alone they
would be overcome by terror during the night
anddisperse. Moreover, the supply OF ammuni-
ton was very small and not sufficient to enable
the citizens to keep up the fight, If such became
necessary. sufficiently long to mako 1t complete,
The forces of the citizens we're therefore not
moved forward beyond Canal street
From the hour of their defeat until midnight
parties of police deserted, eagerly surrendering
10 any citizens they met. They seemed greatly
to dread the popular vengeance and threw away
their hats and took off their coats TO escape rec
ognition.
AT midnight the city had become quiet al
though armed sentinels were stationed on the
corners Of oil the streets up town. allowing
no one to pass the line of tho citizens, extend
ing from the Ievee out to Rampaft and from
Canal TO Julia.
Gen. Ogden held his headquarters at the store
of Ksrsheedt q Bienvenu on Camp street. near
Poydras, and thence directed all military move
ments. Ammunition and provisions were also
distributed among the various companies.
september ID.
Early on Tuesday morning Angeles brigade
crossed Canal street moving down town, II
being reported by deserter that the militia and
police In The State- House were completely dis.
organized and that d majority of them had left.
A detachment under Lieut. Glenn. Walker WIS
sent forward to report the situation. The men
proceeded MS far as st. Peter street. where a
picket Of eleven Metropolttans was captured
by surprise and taken to the rear. Lieut.. Wal
ker then proceeded to the station, where he held
a conference with Capt Lawler in command.
but badly wounded and unable to act. and Ser
geant Bahnke, who acted in his place. Bahnke
refused to surrender unless ordered TO do 80 by
Kellogg. He promised. however to see Kellogg
and get his orders At daybreak Bahnke re-
piled that Kellogg had commanded him to hold
the station. and declared that he intended to
do SO.
Dol. Angeles command supported by Cole
mans Battery. was at once ordered to move
forward to the State- House and Arsenal Com
panies A. b, @ and Il accordingly moved down
Royal street Company A. Capt Borland. In ad-
/. a Il.
Gems the negro militia In the State House.
probably three hundred strong. broke and dis
persed. and when the citizens reached the
building white flag was exposed from an
upper story as signal of surrender. Com
panies A and @ Immediately occupied tho
building. The other two companies. and l..
under Capt. McGloin. with Coleman's Battery
10 support them, proceeded down the street to-
ward the Arsenal.
Ii was soon evident that whatever was the dis
position of the police officers. their men would
no longer fight. When the citizens appeared in
sight. the police refused TO fight reversed their
cannon, which had prev fouay pointed up
Charities street threw down their arms. and
took flight down town. a few Of them discharg-
ing their guns accidentally, 1t is said at the cit
liens, wounding one. SM
The arsenal. containing one cannon and three
thousand stands Of arms. was nj once taken
possession Of by Capt. McGoin. Twelve police
men, one of them dead were found in the build
ing.
This ended the victory. Every point In the
city was now In the possession Of the citizens.
and the only remnants Of the Kellogg govern
ment were O few dozen broken hungry and
mournful men. cooped up In the Custom
House, under the protection Of the United
States flag.
The Inauguration.
At o'clock Gov. Penn left his residence. on
1T. Charles street, and escorted by multitude
of people. moved down to the State House. where
the legal government Of Louisiana was soon
organized and in working order in all its
branches. And here, with the Inauguration of
the government elected by the people, ended
the victory Of the Fourteenth Of September.
The Fruits of the Fight.
There were those who thought when the
gloomy 18th. came SO soon. cloudy damp and
chilly az it was. when all our people wore
mourning and desperate faces that the victory
OF September IA was a defeat and the blood
split that day split in vain. Time has since
shown US the true fruits Of that glorious victory.
To 1t we owe our present freedom. our govern
ment--everything. September IA was the first
armed appeal and protest against reconstruc-
ton. carpet baggerism. Authorization, the
first fight against Grantism and the use of Fed
eral troops in State elections 1t won us the
State election of November; 1t returned for the
first time ir fourteen years. a Democratic Con-
gress: It elected u Democratic President Mt the
next election it made Hayes Southern policy
a necessity and changed the relations of the
South to the Union. II was the death blow Of
Radicalsm and the true end Of the war.
To the men who fought and fell on that day do
not only the people of Louisiana. but the people
Of the whole Union, owe thanks as mon who
did not fear to risk their lives in defense of
those rights we all hold 50 dear
senator Spcncer's Marriage.