St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-13

nosition. though in fewer numbers, were the
LAFAYETTE and Hiawatha clubs. In the
front and next the walls were the ski CLUB
10 the west of the entrance and the North
LIGHT club to the east. To the rear were
the Windsor the Alaska, the Seven
Corners and the Washtae, and ON
The west were the Uncle sam, the
Calumets and the Nushkas. The Wakoutas
The Shinahto and the Wacoutas had posi-
lions on northwestern and northeastern COT
ners. While the cavalry and the Sons OF
Veterans drum corps that came but short
lime ahead of the besieging forces moved
about more or less.
The defenses were all in position some time
before the first of the torches carried by the
reterans reached the main entrance. many
lf the clubs had torches, and the gathering
If these about the walls made light that
Affected the illumination within the palace
A view from within the palace. out past the
ong files of torches, past the uniformed
men that constantly were In mouon' over
the black, moving crowd that packed the
space between the rope and the limits OF
the Enclosure, and upon which enough llghI
was thrown from scattered torches and the
eolored fires that burned at the entrance to
outline the many faces and heads as they
moved in the slightly swaying crowd;
view at this from within the castle,
where it was light as day, was
picturesque In the extreme. The uniformed
men near the palace were constantly NOV
ing about and their torches were ever nick
ering in the shadows from the palace. The
bands of which there were half dozen or
more, were continually playing the music
of the old war songs, 10 which the response
from the crowd was often loud and ringing,
while the music was frequently interrupted
and almost drowned by the
YELLs THAT WENT UP
from one or half dozen clubs at once at
some incident or the appearance OF some
well known club. Within the palace there
was a hurrving about of the half-dozen or
more men who had charge of the mines and
batteries with which the boys in blue would
be met. and the echoes flOm the crowd with
ont came over the walls deadened and made
lonely by the empty reverberations. From
the arched entrance TO the castle one
could see way out over the crowd
and down among the big buildings OF the
city that seem more black than ever from
contrast with the almost daylight at the
grounds. Long before the glare OF the
torches carried by the besieging forces could
be seen the movements of the COMPANIES as
they formed could be traced from the glanc-
ing light that shOne up and touched OIL
the adjacent buildings and made glow on
the sky above like that of fire that one
sees at midnight in the distance. LII was
a picture at the same time weird and fancl-
full as the Imagination could paint.
At a little past O'Clock the assaulting
partv. composed of the g. A. II. posts, be-
gan to assemble at Rice park to form for
march to the palace grounds. The posts
formed in line in the order that they
marched in the afternoon, and they were
headed by Chief Commander Gen. Sanbom
and his staff, Company ID, Nj. n. IT,, and
the Great Western band. At 7:45 p. IN.
the line moved down Fifth street to Mime
sofa, up Minnesota to Twelfth, down
Twelfth to Robert and up to the palace
grounds, where they halted. The great
crowd of people that filed the grounds was
pressed back, and at an order from the
commander-in-chief. Company ID was de-
poyed as skirmishers, and the attack on
The Outposts began, with alternate firing OF
VolleyS by the company. Slowly the
AssAILANTs MARCHED
towards the grand entrance to the palace
and the work was neatly done, the great
structure Of ice soon being surrounded with
the besiegers. The south exposure was
faced by Company ID. NJ. n. e.; G.. n.
Morgan Post No. 4, Minneapolis. 200 men
under command of Washington Pierce; w.
p. Chase Post No %, Minneapolis 60
men, j. S. Cardy commander; l.. Z. Plum
mer Post No. 80. Minneapolis, go men, HIM.
Sessions commander; Sons of Veterans,
Minneapolis, 10 men, 5. Hale commander.
The eastern: Acker Post No. 81. st.
Paul, 1S6 men. Senior Vice Commander
Forbes; st. Paul Sons of Veterans, 40 men,
E. A. MulhOny commander
The northern: Garfield Post No. s, st.
Paul, 46 men, NJ. V. Waffies commander;
Hayward Post No, SO, Mortified.
30 men. d. f. Kelly commander;
Tibb Post No. 76, White Bear, % men,
James Lunnigan commander; Winthrop
Post No. IS, st. Paul, 60 men, Gen. Laizure
commander.
The western: Candy Post No. AZ, Farm
lflgton, so men, j. NJ. d. Craft commander;
Brainerd Post No. 80, Brainerd, 20 men,
A. E. Veon commander: Acker Post No. l,
Saltwater, 60 men, II. c. Voorhees, COM
mander. At $50 the signal for general fir
ing was given. and Immediately the air was
filled with kissing balls of fire that beat
against the stolid walls and fell inside the
spacious courts of the palace.
1t was shortly after when the first
torches of the Grand Army veterans were
seen in the distance, slowly coming. to mar
tial music. and singing pean of victory
before the battle had begun. When they
reached the crowd about the gates
there were loud cheers for them,
to which they replied Justify.
The crowd fell back as they approached,
and when they reached the point where the
Duluth and st. Georges clubs We're sta
toned the latter dropped their torches from
their shoulders and let them rest upon the
ground, while the noise from the cheering
and the bands was deafeuing The veterans
began their march round the castle, while
Company d, stationed in front of the castle,
fired voleys from their muSkets. The line
of veterans was long one, and it was long
before the last had passed within the
grounds and the platoons had been drawn
up. But from that moment the fight was
on. Company ID discharged their muskets
again and again, and then the missiles be-
gan to fly. All around the palace the de-
tenders discharged the fiery balls, while the
attacking party crossed their fire with the
same many -coored missiles. The walls of the
castle where the batteries had been placed
sent up great bombs that rose a thousand
feet and burst in shower of fire. The
red and white lights within the ice walls
still burned, but the smoke from 5, 600
shooting candles and the myriad of bright
sparks
ALMOST OBSCURED THEM.
One could hardly see a yard before him
so d nse was the smoke, and the thousand
yelS and shrieks, The constant blazing
away of the muskets and the explosion of
tile bombs and mines that were touched off
within the castle made a scene that strongly
reminded the battle-scarred warriors of the
old times when the missiles were lead in
stead of shooting sparks and the musk
cts were loaded with something far
more substantial than blank cart