Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-09-17
The President Taking
Prompt Measures to
Suppress the Re-
beliiOn i'm Lou
isiana.
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Orleans.
FROM NEW ORLEANS.
Courier Special
New ORLEANS, Sept. l5.-The State
House surrendered at a. M, to PENIS
Militia without firing gum
PENIS Militia are about 10000 strong.
The entire Metropolitan police force,
Kellogg's Militia, with all their arms,
and arsenals surrendered at 8 a. N. to
the citizens or Penn's Militia.
Kellogg, Longstreet, and Others have
taken refuge in the Custom House.
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 15.-The KEEL
logg government has beon overthrown
and the entire city is In the hands of
his opponents. Lieut4Governor Penn,
who was elected in 1872, has taken the
rcins of the government and will at
once install in Office all those elected
at the same time. Courts will be i'm
mediately organized and the entire
machinery of government set in mo-
ton, not only here but throughout the
State. Great enthusiasm prevails.
A dispatch was sent last evening by
acting-GovernOr Penn to the President
setting forth that the movement
against the State government was sup
ported by large majority Of the best
citizens, and has been undertaken as
the only refuge against usurpations
and wrongs. These citizens maintain
their loyalty and respect for the United
States government and affirm their
ability to protect all classes Of citizens
They will defend them against all
enemies of the United States, and
merely ask aid and protection against
their enemies. The dispatch is signed
by d. b. Penn, Lieut.. Governor and
acting-Governor.
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 15-Gen. Fred
Ogden has just made speech advising
the people to return quietly home al
the war is over.
Gov. Penn this morning appointed
Thomas Boylan, the well-known lie.
tective, Chief of Police, who is organi.
zing his force.
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 15-Four Me.
trOpolitan police were arrested this
morning while wearing the United
States uniform, and were taken to q
police station.
Andy Dumont, q member of the
Kellogg Legislature and school board
surrendered himself, and gave his
ideas on the inside workings of the
Kellogg government. kellogg disap.
peared before q shot was fired, and
has not been heard from since.
New ORLEANS, Sept. Is, p. NJ
The barricades have been torn dowr
and the street cars are again running
Hon. X. II. MARI this morning made
a speech congratulating the citizens or
the victory over the usurpationists
and urging the citizens to maintain
the government now established and
preserve the peace by orderly conduct
The Mayor this afternoon issues a
proclamation congratulating the citi.
cents ON their victory and the instan.
taneous expulsion Of the unlawful au-
thority heretofore established, deplor.
ing the loss Of life occasioned, and
connseling them to use all their iDfln.
ence to preserve peace and seek no re.
venge for the past.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15.-No other
dispatches been received by the Presi
dent or Attorney General from Kel.
logg, except an application for aid
This was referred to the Attorney-Gen.
cral, Secretary Belknap being absent.
A proclamation will be issued this
evening, directed against the disturb.
ance in Louisiana. The President al.
80 had conference with Adjutant.
General Townsend.
The President to-day received of.
ficially the new Spanish Minister.
WASHINGTON, Sept, 10 New Or.
leans dispatches to the War Depart.
ment confirms the press reports. The
President, in a conversation to day
expressed surprise at the civil war in.
augrated by the opponents of the Kel-
logg government. He had expressed
the hope to many citizens of Louisiana
of better things. These remarks
seemed to have been misconstrued.
He remarked incidentally that prompt
measures would be taken to suppress
further disturbances.
The President has addressed two
orders to the military commander at
New Orleans to preserve peace to the
best of his ability. Orders will be is
sued to meet any emergency. Troops
will be sent to New Orleans in such
numbers as needed as the President is
resolved to preserve peace.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.-the Presi.
dents proclamation has just been is-
sued and is in the usual form and di-
rected against the disturbers of the
peace, and ordering them to dispense
within five days, and calling on the
citizens to uphold the government.
WASHINGTON, Sept. l5-Adjutant
General Townsend issues military Or
ders in the absence of General Sher-
man and Secretary Belknap.
WASHINGTON, Sept l5--The Presi-
dent has received from Gov. Kellogg,
by telegraph, an application for aid to
protect Louisiana from domestic vio-
lence.
SALT LAKE, Sept. by esterday
two Probate Courts were held at
Toole, one by Bowen, the newly
elected non-Mormon, the other by
Bowman. The former is the Judge
who refuses to vacate. The U. 8.
Marshal attempted to gain admittance
to the Court House for the purpose Of
holding court, but found the door
barred on the inside, and therefore
abandoned it, and the court was held
in the hotel parlor. In his charge to
the Grand Jury of the Second District
Judge Bowen called for the enforce
ment of the law of 1862 against biga-
my or polygamy. lie also asks for the
perpetrators of the Mountain Meadow
Massacre of 1859, to be brought to
punishment. Polygamists and those
declaring that they did not believe 1t
(polygamy) to be crime, were ex-
cluded from serving on the jury. Tho
Grand and Petit juries of the Third
district were drawn to-day, majority
Of them being anti Mormon.
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