The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-07-13
The ORANGE SCARE.
Postponement Of the Parade
in Montreal.
PROMINENT LEADERS ARRESTED.
A Demonstration by the Military, the
Police and Special ConstableS.
THE TREATY OF PEACE.
Mayor Beaudry's Speech
to the Crowd.
THE OTTAWA CELEBRATION.
Five Hundred 0rangemen March
Without Molestation.
PEACEFUL PROCESSION In PHILADELPHIA.
The New York Orangemen. Go on an
Excursion Up the Hudson.
Mayor Beaudry's Speech
to the Crowd.
THE OTTAWA CELEBRATION
Five Hundred 0rangemen March
Without Molestation.
PEACEFUL PROCESSION In PHILADELPHIA
The New York Orangemen Go on ar
Excursion Up the Hudson.
IBY TGLEGRApH TO THE HERALD

| BY TELEGRAPE TO THE HERALD
| MONTREAL, July II, 1873.
| Tho terror which has been impending over Mon
! treal has not yet descended, and may have been
avorsed, but the Inhabitants who have been scared
! by tho threat OF an Orange procession and its
avengers not yet prepared 10 admit that the dam
ger OF catastrophe IL past with the setting OF to-
day's sun. Al sunrise this morning nearly the whole
| city was ast,r. Everybody had something 10 care
for and listened anxiously As II for tho sound
OF cannon. Householdsrs gathered their valuables
merchants reached their almost their
Office boys, and instead OF displaying their wares
decided to veil them wherever their stores were
along tho proposed Orange route OF march Some Of
the great banking institutions had requested their
employees 10 arm themselves. At the Post ONCE and
other public buildings armed guards secretly
stationed In back rooms at an early hour, and all
outer doors except those absolutely necessary for
ingress and egress were kept shut Az the time for
business arrived It apparent that business gen.
srally suspended. Panels and curtains hid axo
tho merchandise OF shopkeopers grocers and dealers
OF every class.
AN INTERVIEW WITH GENERAL sAYTHE.
Descending to the office floor I'm early break
FIST tho Windsor Hotel, met Lieutenant General
SIR Sclby Smithc, In uniform and brown study.
Answering inquiry as to what disposition was likely
to DO made OF tho troops, he said:-"As usual in
such cases the troops arc assigned to separate sta
tons, and placed at the disposition OF the
civil magislratea Two magistrates accompany
each battalion. aud have power to require
ITS services at any moment Preceding such requi-
siton 1t is customary for tho magistrate TO road the
riot act Here is copy oft 1t Is short enough not
10 consume much time between resolution and gun
powder:-
The RIOT ACT.
Our Sovereign lady the Queen, chargeth and COM
disperso themselves poacsaDy ~ depart TO their
habiatiVns to their lawful business the pains
contained IN tho act respecting riots and r'otous as
sembllea
God save the Queen.
.rhis.'' observed to the Lieutenant General,
"seems to apply, to-day. TO possible local dss6rb-
along the line Of tho expected parade. In case
Of general emeute, what shenr"
''Ah, then" said General Smythe, with depreoa-
tory lit OF hs shoulders and eyebrows at might be
necessary Tor to take the affair In hand hardly
anticipate such q Contingency"
A STILL HUNT.
Something in the manner Of this distinguished ON
cor reassurod me, / walked out OF the main on.
trance OF the hotel fronting Dominion square and
called for cab. II was nearly O'Clock. Across
the broad square long shadows from the und ng
buildings wero cast by tho carly Tho picks and
hammer OF the stonscuttcrs work on the granit
blocks for tho now Roman Catholic cathedral re.
led from opposite yard. In vivid, though not
violent contrast 10 tho sccnc OF this quiet industry
appeared spectacle IN tho adjacent street, preceded
by band OF music, with the sound Of d 10
drum TO time their footsteps battalion OF rcd
coats followed by battalion Of rinos, 10 black wore
aeon marching steadily toward tho lower town. So
silently they seemed to move that the booibcats OF
thor officers horses wore inaudible, and simuI-
taneousy, as soon found, other oattaions and com
panes Of troops wcro marching as quietly from thor
camps tho previous night 70 tho positions assigned
10 them tor tho day.
DISPOSITION OF THE TROOPS
Within three. quarters OF all tho military
forces were effectively disposed as follows:-
Tho Montreal Engineers and the Bcauharnais do.
tach ment at ST. Helons Island barracks 10 guard tho
iorts and stores.
The Eleventh battalion 10 The Grand Trunk work.
shops Point ST. Charles.
Tho Fifty third ana Fifty fourth battaions about
four hundred strong, IN the Place a'Armes, near
Orange Hall, whence tho Orangemen expected 10
rally for thor parade.
A and batteries OF Canadian regulars, with their
mounted detachm Anis and tho Fi.tn nnd Fiity-orst
battaiions OF militia.
In Victoria square and or Beaver Hail Hill tho
remainder OF the force, comprising No. Troop cav.
airy, Montreal Garrison artillery.
The FIRST, Third Fiith Sixth, sixty fifth battalion
an" tho Saint jean ass'e infantry company, in Do
min.on square, near the Windsor HOTEL
Bcsccs those organizations tho Montreal nold pat
tory bold itself In readiness 10 proceed anywhere a,
command
rms POLICE PARADE.
Proceeding down through tho city was every whore
Impressed by the tranquility, good order and
efficiency Of the military preparations aud the
soldiers appearance, which was In marked contrast
with the mixed and owdy-looking police and
constabuiary. TITO soldiers having boon ADM ably
posted every point OF advantage, had stacked their
arms or rested tnom. ready Tor action In In
stants notice. Tho poice reinforced by the process
described yestcrdayirom the idlcrs and malice
Of tho sommuniiy-par half uniformed and half
"old cio'," up aud down st. James street, IN
the neigh borhood OF tho Orange Hall, without
an attempt, for aome timo at least, 10
enforce the Mayors arbitrary proclamation against
public asse mblios They suffered n crowd number
Ing ono hundred, and finally about Two thousand 10
collect In front OF the Orange headquarters; Of this
crowd than hall were Roman Catholics, enemies
of tho Orangemcn and opponents OF tho procession.
There was u growing prospect Of It's becoming
tumuu under police neglect, until tho Ftythird
Fifty fourth battalions under command oil Lieu.
tenant Colonel Ayme assumed their places, In line,
facing outward from three sides OF the contiguous
Place d'Armea
THIS sirUATIoN.
The scene thus taken up out Of doors by the police,
tho military and The mob was a model one for riot,
for mob having attained Roadway could have effected
there great destruction OF valuable properly. Tho
Orange Hall ,tso Is nh insignia cant section OF
paratively insignificant building, alike with those
wlsch flank II In OF the principal business streets
but close by stands in the first place, tho great ontho
dra OF Montreal whose bear incons,darshlo