The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-04-28
THE EVACUATION.
'"Thc Union Founded by washing.
ton. Cenented by Jackson, and Pre-
served by Lincoln, Fully ana Conn
uletely Restored.

"Thc Union Founded by washing.
ton. Cetnented by JncI< son, and Pre-
served by Lincoln, Fully and Conn
| pletely Restored.
The New Orleans correspondent of the
Chicago Times gives the following ac-
count of the vacation Of the Louisiana
state house by the United States sol
; diers:
After fifteen years of military occupa-
ton by the federal government, Louis
lana is free, and takes her place in the
constellation of the union without cloud
, upon her radiance. Gen. Brooke's col
: umn is filing down the levee toward the
barracks and Packard's throne. unsup-
ported by the national bayonets, totters
to an ignominious fall. The skies wept
for very Joy to-day as the soldiers moved
out from the Orleans hotel and became
once more the chosen defenders of the
nation, and not the mercenary jallers of a
section of the great republic. The proc
lamation of Gov. Nichols had the effect
of keeping most of the people at home.
and the exertions of the police kept the
crowds two squares removed from the
building which the troops vacated by
order of the president. None but menu
bers of the press and soldiers were allow
ed to pass
THE LINES OF THE BLUE COATS.
The soldiers who were of duty in the
custom house and the other places not
connected with the Packard premises,
turned Out to see t cir comrades march
Oft. There was no appearance of ILL
humor anywhere, although it was
evident that there was vast amount of
repressed enthusiasm among the people.
Gov. Nichols took the precaution of
stalioning about two hundred of his
armed militia in the opera-house, about
a square from the st. Louis hotel, to pre-
vent any possible demonstration that
mad Drained persons might be enclined
to make against the forlorn pretender.
The national flag was displayed from a
good many housetOps and
the balconies in the vicinity of
THE SCENE OF EVACUATION
e were thronged with men and women,
D who protected themselves from the rain
. with perfect cloud OF umbrellas. The
, band OF the Sd infantry, in their gorgeous
full dress stood before the entrance of The
y Orleans hotel, which fronts on Charities
@ street, awaiting the signal to start up the
marching tune which was to proclaim
LoulGiana free state. Through the
" doorway the four companies Of the 81
d foot, which formed the garrison, could
/ be seen al parade rest, while The officers
T. stood in group on the hotel balcony
All were in full uniform. Fully three
a hundred men of the 18th and 10th iDfan.
ic try, in undress and unarmed, stood
at along the street on both. sides receivn!
the moisture from the clouds with sol
III dierly indifference.
er PACKARD's METROPoLITAN5
E. Kept everybody away from the front O
1t the so-calLd state house, and We're, o
= pretended TO be, very much alarmed les
there might be an attack made upon then
y when the army had turned their backs
l, The stores and saloons in the ncighbor
is hood OF the place were packed with PEG
!. pie, who were not allowed 10 show them
!, selves on the sidewalks. At a few sec
d. onds before IL o'clock, m, Col. Brook,
IL and his officers disappeared from the bal
W cony, and almost Immediately the sten
10 tOrian tones of the colonel could be hear
shouting attention ~ The soldier
came into the required positions. IN
20 musicians placed their pieces to thei
" mouths preparatory 10
M PROUD BLOW,
And the outsiders waited with some ar
~ pearance OF interest for further develop
~ ments. Garry arms :" commanded tn,
ne colonel. They were carried. 'Ordt
C. arms - s"Carry arms ~ he repeated i
-, quick succession. The orders were ex,
:" cuted with martial precision, and tn
~ bayonets glittered above the soldier,
n shOu.der-knots. Fright by four
ii. march ~ The frat note Of the noon-da
=, bell commenced tolling. FORWARD
~ march," The drum major lifted hi
III ponderous baton, the immense red plum
o. in his bear-skin cap nodding like a seal
n. let poppy on the summit OF a mountain
:, The band struck up a quick march q
- defiled upon Charles street. "Colum
b, mad as March hare. This was I'll
r second time he had evacuated. Tn
. other time was in Arkansas. In thi
= way the column reached st. Louis stree
: where the word was Column lett" an
4 so they kept OH toward the lcyee.
l. THE MUSIC BY THE BAND
, Was the most appropriate, being moth
10 ing more nor less than var
alton of that ancient and military tun
known as "Love, farewell" commencin
r. in the song with the following atiectin
,r lines:
Is Now. brave boys, we're marching on to po
tugal and Spain,
ID ColOrs flying, drums:a.beating: devil aGac
n | we III come again,
g So, love fare you we'll.
% A little farther on they became MOI
"a pathetic and struck up the "Girl lett,b'
or hind me-" which appeared to produc
ke quite lachrymose effect upon the quaC
rooms who were out in strong force, an
Is who watched -
III THE RETIRING WARRIORS
IT. with melancholy eyes. The last notes
us the bell which proclaimed the merida
~, hour were dying away when the rear G
the column cleared the building whic
nc had been occupied in the name of I'll
~ United States, and the great civil wa
e. was at an end, the last shadow of col
is stitutional authority over the sovereig
=, people OF Louisiana was removed, an
es the union founded by Washington
IN cemented by Jackson, and preserved b
tn Lincoln, was fully and completely re
tored.