New-York tribune., 1874-12-22
WASHINGTON.
THE PRESIDENT lNTERPOSES IN THE VlCKS'
BURG TROUBLES.

THE PRESIDENT lNTERPOSES IN THE VICKS-
BURG TROUBLES.
\ PROCLAMATION ISSUED AT THE CALL OF HE "''
s,sslppl IEtlsIATURE-TnE WHITES COMMANDED
To pISpERSE WITHIN FIvEDAYS
WASHINGTON. Dec 2l.-Thc PRESIDENT mas issu'N
the following:
Cv ne President Of the Unikd States Proclamation
Whereas 1t ia provided In tho Constitution OF inc
United siaes that the United States shall protect every
safe 10 the Union. on application ot the L'S's'""''
the Executive when the Legislature cannot ~ co"'
vened against domestic violence; and
Whereas, 1t Is provided BY the laws OF the Uh'eu
s,.es that u all cases OF nsurecton In State or OF
ebsructiou TO the thereof IT shall be lawful FOR the
President of the Unted States. on application o' inc
LEGISLATURE OF such State. or OF the Executive "nen '
LEGISLATURE cannot convened, 10 call forth the m'
Of any other State States or to employ suen part VI
,ha land and naval force as shall be judged necessary
for the purpose Of supprcssng such nsurrectio OF Oh
causing the laws to be duly executed; ana
Whereas The Legislature Of the State Of Mississippi
now session. lave represented to me in concurrent
resolution body that several Of the legally elected
officers OF Warren County, In said State. are preventeo
from u,ng the duties Of their respective offices pv
force and violence; that the public buildings ana
records said county have been taken INTO tue posses
sion OF and now held by lawless and unauthoizeu
persons that many peaceable citizens Of sad county
have been killed, and others have been compelled 10
abandon and remain away from their homes and ram
lilies that Illegal and rlotous seizarCs aud llnrson'
mrnts have been made by such lawSss persons; and,
further, that large number Of armed men from adla'
cent States have invaded Mississippi to aid such lawesS
persons. and still ready to them such ad and
Whereas 1t is further represented, as aforesaid by
said legislature that the courts OF said county cannot
be held, and that the Governor of said State has no
sufficient force his command to execute the laws
thereof in said county, aud tsuppresS said violence
without causing conflict Of races and erdanserihg ''e
and props rty to an alarming extent; and
UIcr<U Tna said Tauisl
made application to for such part OF the military
force the United States as may be necessary anu
a olatc TO protect said State aud the thereof
against the domestic violence hereinheforo mentioned
and to enforce the due execution OF the laws; and,
Whereas The laws OF the United States require that
whenever may bc necessary in the Judgment OF Tie
prcAden;, to use the mitary force for the purposes
d. he shall forthwith by proclamation. command
such insurgents to 6sersc and retire peaceap 10 tnc
respective abOdes within limited time:
Now, therefore, l. Uy sscs S. Grant, President of the
United States, do hereby command said diordely and
turbulent persons to diserse and retire pcaccao' 10
their respective abodes within five days from the date
hereof ami that they refrain from forc!be resistance
to the laws and submit themselves peaceaby 10 tho
lawful authorities Of said county and State.
In witness whereof have hereuntO set my hand ana
caused the seal of the United States 10 be affixed.
Done at the Ci:y of Washington this twenty first day
OF December in the year OF our Lord eighteen hnnd.
red and seventy four and Of the independence OF the
United States the Dncty-ninth L. g GRANT.
BY the President HAMILTON FISH, Secretary OF State
JUDGE BTSTEED'S SUCCESSOR IN ALABAMA.
TIE PRESIDENT NOMINATEs EX-GOv. LEWIS L. PAR
SONS, THE PERMANENT CHAIRMAN OF TIE OUT
RAGE CONVENTION. TO BE JUDGE OF TIE ALA
BAMA DISTRICT CorRr-Gov. PARsON>s SUDDEN
CHANGE FROM BOI'HBONISM TO RADICAlI>M-
TIE MOST ACCEPTABLE APPOINTMENT THT
COULD BE MADE FROM AMONG THE CANDIDATES
NAMED.
iBY TELEGRAPH TO TIE TRInISEl
WAsIlNoTON Dee. 2l.-Thc President sent to the
Senate to-day the name OF Lewis f. Parsons to be
District Judge for Alabama. Ex-Gov. Parsons Was
a resident of Alabama many years before the war;
and although he originally opposed to secession
gave such aid and comfort to the Rebellion that
after its close he was obliged to have lis political
disabilities removed. He WAS made Provisional
Governor of the state by President Johnson opposed
the Congressional plan of reconstruction fought
negro suffrage, and, with Representative White, led
the Democratic party of the State into its policy, IN
1865 of refraining from voting in the election. blr
Parsons was a delegate to the Democratic National
Convention, held in Ncw-York, July T. 1863,
and acted with that party until after
the election of that year. In the contests
in the State between cA-:cnator Warren and Senator
Spenccr he took tie side of the former until he was
deserted by the President, when he transferred his
support to Mr. Spencer, and appeared at the National
Republican Convention in Philadelphia in June,
1872 as "A delegate. Since that time he has acted
with the Administration party, and canvasscd
large part of Alabama for the Republican ticket
during the lest campaign. In October of the present
year he attended the "Ouragc" Convention at
CHATTANOOGA and was unanimously chosen to bc ITS
nermanent Chairman Mr. Parsons is a lawyer of
considerable ability and man of good character,
L.; uf will mIph accountable
to the people of his State than that of cXGOv Lewis,
or Of any one of the other candidates prominently
mentioned for the place
THE PRESERVATION OF ARMY CLOTHING.
RESULT OF AN INVESTIGATION INTO TIE EFFEC-
REPORT OF A BOARD OF OFFICERS IN ITS FAVOR.
frROu A REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNE.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 2l.-By the act Of Congress of
March g. 1873, S2OO.00O appropriated for the
preservation of army clothing and equipments
from moth and mildew, and in June, 1874, SSo'Ooo
more for the same purpose. The Quartcrmaster-
General ip his estimates for next year recommends
that 100000 be appropriated for this purpose, but
the Secretary of War struck out this item and or
dered an investigation into the process of Messrs
Cowles g. Co. (the one used, it had been repre-
sented that it did not possess the advantages claimed
for it, and was of no use to the Government A
board of officers consisting of Col Ingalls, Assist
ant Qnartermaster-General; Lieut.-Col. SaXton'
DEPUTY Quartermaster-General. and Col. Van Vlict.
Assistant Quartermaster-General. was appointed
to meet at Philadelphia for the purpose OF inspect
ing the clothing at the Schuylkill Arsenal, which
had been treated by the process of COwles Co., IN
e. .,r o~d rntn q M