Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-04-21


ing dispatch was received here through
Major-General Mcdowell:
NEW ORLEANS, April Is.
! Colonel W. d. Whipple, Assistant Adjutant
| General. Headquarters Of the Army, Wash
! 1ngton, ID. e;
The instructions of the secretary o.
war of This date are received. / beg t.
call attention to the dispatches of yes.
| terday and to-day, forwarded through
| the division headquarters. 1t will bt
seen by these that [ had determined tC
act, under authority of the Presidents
order of March 5th, to prevent violent
interference with the State government
/ If l am mistaken in that view / should
| like to be informed at once, since the
! dispatches of requisitions by the United
| States marshal, in the execution of the
| judicial process, has been received in
this city as occurring in the disturbed
| district and other parishes, and have
ordered troops to Monroe and Alexan-
dTia, Louisiana, to act as posse cOD3itq-
tus TO the marshal, hut the governor OF
the State has made several acquisitions
for the troops covering ground in vari-
GUS parts of the State, stating his belief
in the inability of the local authorities to
keep the peace, and it will therefore be
L
have the right views of the instructions
Of the fifth. The instructions of this
date would seem to imply that I was ex-
pected to act only on the requisition
of the United States marshal in the
execution of Judicial process. As the
order of the fifth of March now stands
it is very comprehensive, and it is on
that, no doubt, that Governor Kellogg
~ ,.s-s&
W. II. EMORY,
Colonel commanding.
The order of the fifth of March to
Colonel Emory from General Sherman,
is as follows:
The President directs you to prevent
any violent interference with the State
government of Louisiana. The acting
secretary-Of-war has instructed the gem
eral of the army as follows: The general
referring to the dispatches of General
Mcdowell and Colonel Emory
of the eighteenth instant, by you
referred to me, L beg to say that
the order OF the President conveyed
in the telegram from the gen.
eral of the army, of March 5th, made
under the then existing circumstances
of that particular case, refers only to the
government proper of the State of Loui-
siana as represented by Governor Kel-
lOgg. The colonel Commanding is by
said order directed to protect from being
overthrewn or interfered with, in its di-
rect functions by violence. In regard
to local disturbances OF the peace in the
State, but not in direct violent attacks
on the central organization of the State
government, the officer in command
must be governed by the limita-
tiOns of the order of the
eighteenth instant of the acting
secretary-Of-war, directing him to aid the
United States authorities when legally
required, and that his action need not be
confined to any particular parish. If the
State government needs and desires
the aid of the United States troops to
maintain the public peace or prevent
rebellion, the legislature (or the gov
ernOr if the legislature be not in session.
should apply to the President directly,
in the regular manner, for such aid.
The above was sent to Colonel Emory
by General Sherman for his guidance.
The following is a copy Of the tele-
gram addressed to General Sherman bv
Major-General Mcdowell, dated New
York, April Is: "Governor Kellogg
applies to Colonel Emory for troops to
keep the peace in Grant parish, Louis
lana. Colonel Emory ordered a COM
pany from Baton Rouge, but all the
boats refused to take the troops up Red
river, averring that it would DESTROY
their trade. Application was then made
to the collector at New Orleans for a
cutter. The reply was that there was
none available. Emory then ordered
the government to be informed of his
and asked that he be
authorized to seize a boat, or
that revenue cutter be placed at his
He has authorized the quar-
termaster to charter a special steamer,
and if he is successful he will send two
companies to. remain in the disturbed
district during the summer. It will re-
quire from fifteen to twenty days to
march. The governor states that the To-
cal authorities are utterly unable to
keep peace. l cannot but think that
General Emory will be- able to charter q
boat; if not, be should not be without
means ofrelievingt tn disturbed district. y
General Mcdowell also telegraphed
to General Sherman as follows:
New YORK, April IS.-Emory tele-
graphed that il is now certain he will
get steamer. 1 thought he would. He
is now anxious to know if the govern
ment approves his course. L have
telegraphed that his sending troops to
Grant parish, and engaging steamboat
for that purpose, is approved.
New ORLEANS, April 20.-The steamer
b. l.. Hodge departed last night with
United States troops for Colfax. A
special dispatch announces the DEPART
ure of the Kellogg officials from st.
Msry's parish. The impression is going
round that the presence of United States
troops viii be required in every parish
of the State to enforce obedience to the
Kellogg government. A special dis
patch announced large and enthusi-
astic meeting of the property-holders
Of Ouachita and adjoining parishes at
Monroe yesterday, which was addressed
by Governor McEnery. The meeting
resolved to pay no taxes to Kellogg.
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