Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-05-08
The Conflict In Louisiana.
CONFERENCE AT THE WAR DEPARTMENT
INSTRUCTIONS TO GEN. EMORY.


INSTRUCTIONS TO GEN. EMORY.
A dispatch was received here this morning
I, ON Gov. Kellogg directed to the President
and detailing at some length the condition of
affairs in Louisiana. His dispatch corroborated
those published this morning as TO the unsettled
state Of affair :, but contains nothing new. 1t
was forwarded Immediately to the President at
Chicago for his information.
AT CONFERENCE
at the War department this morning between
Acting Secretary of War Robson, Attorney
General Williams and General Sherman, (Sena-
tor West, of LOuisana, being presently it was
agreed to tele .raph to General Emory, COM
manding the federal forces IN Louisiana, to use
being guided by instructions which he has
alre ady received. He was further notified to
telegraph to the department should he need
any reinfercements, and they would be prompt
ly forwarded to him. General Emory will not
interfere in matters there further than to aid
the lawful authority of the state to enforce any
process of the courts and prevent any armed
resistance to the legal power. Should a COLI
sion between the government troops and the
Opponents of the present Louisiana government
occur, there are
ABUNDANT FORCES IN THAT LOCALITY
to reinforce Gen. Emory promptly. The 4th
cavalry is in Texas, together with the 9th and
tiIlery is in Florida. The I'd infantry is dis
tributed throughout Alabama, Georgia and
Florida; the ith infantry Is at Little Rock, Ar
kansas A large part Of the 10th and 18th regi-
ments Of infantry are in Texas, the 10th in Mis-
sissippi, the 18th in Georgia and South Carolina.
All Of the 10Th are in Louisiana, and all Of the
oath, with part Of the 25th, in Texas. 1t will
be seen that Gen. Emory can be soon rein
forced, If necessary, and any armed resistance
TO the federal government will be promptly
crushed out.
The Last Hours Of Chief Justice Chase.
The New York Tribune says OF the last hours
of Chief Justice Chase, that on Monday night
at ten O'Clock, (that being the usual retiring
III a fn fo mi lv pt
his daughter, Mrs. HOyt with whom he was
staying, "Good night" and left the room.
These were the last words he spoke except, per-
haps, that the next morning his servant under
stood him to say, "Fire," motioning toward
the fire place. Tuesday morning, at $50,
his servant entering his room found him
reposing quietly with his hand under his face,
as he habitually Law. Approaching the bed a
few minutes later the servant saw that the
Chief Justice was seized with a spasm, his
features being convulsed ard slight foam APP
pearing on his lips. Doctors John G. Perry.
Metcalf, and Clark were at once summoned,
and 1t is pronounced an apOplectic attack, with
paralysis of the left side; the paralysis of the
attack of June. 1870, was of the right side. and
had vii tually disappeared, there being still very
slight traces OF it in the lips and right hand.
This attack was more unexpected, from the
fact that Mr.. Chase was assured by his physi-
clans last summer there was no longer any
danger Of the recurrence of paralytic attacks.
From the attack Tuesday morning he remained
entirely unconscious; his head was mOtionless.
| while the right arm was restlessly active.
| Convulsive spasms required frequently dur
| ing the day, and the doctors finally placed
I the patient nnder the influence of chloro-
| form, which was applied hand.
| kerchief, whenever the spasm was seer
| approaching. Its effect was immediate
| All the; unremitting attention that care and
| affection could suggest found no response. Al
| few minutes after a. IN. it became evident
| he was sinking fast, his breathing became more
| and more labored, until finally, at 10 O'Clock
| precisely, Wednesday morning, it ceased alto
| gether, spasmOdic twitching beginning with the
| lower portion of the body followed, which lasted
| few seconds, and then all was still. There
| were present in the room at the time Senator
| Sprague and Mrs. X. c. Sprague, the Chief
| Justices eldest daughter, Mr.. NJ. 5. HOyt, and
Mrs. Janet Hoyt, Il. G. HOyt, Edwin Hoyt, and
| Herman Barney.
The body of Chief Justice Chase will
| lie in the st. Georges church, Ruther
/ ford Place, from Friday till Saturday noon. DIR
| Tying will conduct the funeral ceremonies, an
| DIR. Hall will preach the sermon. The funera
| takes place at 3 O'Clock Saturday aftern BON
| after which the body will be forwarded to Wash
irgtOn for temporary interment in the CongreS
siOnal cemetery.