Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-09-19
GENERAL ORDER NO. l.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,


New ORLEANS, Sept. 18th, 1874.
|. Gen. Frederick NJ. Ogden is here
by appointed provisional General of
the Louisiana State Militia, and will
assume command and organize into
companies, regiments and battalions.
III. Gen. Ogden will report the
names of the staff. regimental and com
pany officers to this department forth
with to be commissioned.
BY command. ID. B. PENN.
Lieutenant Governor and Acting Gov
ernor, and Commander in Chief of
Louisiana State Militia.
ADDRESS TO THE COLoRED PEOPLE.
To the colOred people of the State
of Louisiana
In the grand movement now on foot
against the enormities of the rule of
Kelloggs usurpation, rest assured that
no harm is meant towards you, your
property or your rights. Pursue your
usual avOcations and you will not be
molested We war against the thieves,
plunderers and spoilers of the State,
who are involving your race and ours
in common ruin. The rights of the
colored as well as of the white race,
we are determined to uphold and de-
fend. ID. B. PENN.
Lieut.. Gov, Act'g. Gov. and Com
mander Chief of Louisiana State
Militia.
New ORLEANS, Sept. 14.-At about
four o'clock this morning the Metro
polltan police, some eight hundred
strong, moved out of the statehouse on
Canal street, with four pieces of artil-
lery. When they reached Canal street
about two hundred filed toward the
levee, until they met the right wing of
the citizens forces that were in line on
POydras street, about two blocks back
of Canal. The police fired first, which
was quickly responded to by Captains
Buck 5 and Vadrie's companies The
police opened their artillery and
charged forward, no sooner than this
was noticed, when the above named
companies raised yell and charged
and captured the artillery and routed
the police, who stripped off their equip
ments and fled under the protection Of
the custom house. General Badger,
commander of the police, was killed,
together with fourteen others, and
some thirty wounded. The citizens
loss was six killed and about twenty
Woun led, all told. The rout Of the
police created great enthusiasm among
the citizen troops. There are some
five thousand under the command of
Colonel Ogden, and hundreds are join
ing as fast as they get guns. There is
an Outpouring of the intelligent and
worthy, and usually law-Ioving people,
who say, Anybody but Kellogg"
The citizens are all in line of battle
tonight. The streets are barricaded
with street-cars, hay bales, boxes, ETC.;
sentinels are on their posts, couriers
are going to and fro, and we are in the
midst of war. General Longstreet
came out with the police and directed
their movements up to the time of the
first s.iOt. He then disappeared. Kel-
logg is in the custom-houSe. A COM
mittee of citizens waited on him this
morning asking his abdication, but he
would not receive them. A part of the
third infantry arrived from Holly
Springs this evening and took up
quarters in the custom house. They
promise to take no part in the conflict,
but have orders to protect the govern
ment property. Few negroes are en-
gagged in Kellogg's behalf. There is
no telling where this will end. The
citizens are terribly in earnest. The
| police are disheartened at their defeat,
and many have given themselves up.
| saying they cannot fight their own
people Northumberland Penn
has call in circulation, calling the
citizens TO arms. Colonel Ogden is
the general commanding the forces.
New ORLEANS, Sept. 15.-The
Statehouse surrendered at z O'Clock
this morning to Lieutenant Governor
Peun's militia without firing a gun.
Governor Penn's militia are about
10000 strong.
] SURRENDER OF METRoPOLITANs.
The entire Metropolitan force of
Kellogg militia, ETC., with arms, arsen-
/ ais, ETC., surrendered at 8 A. NJ: to the
citizens, or Penn militia. kellogg,
LOngstreet and others have taken
refuge in the custom-house.
The kellogg Government has been
overthrow, and the entire city is in
the hands of his opponents. Lieuten-
ant Governor Penn, who was elected
in 1872, has tax the reins of Govern
meut, and will at once install in Office
oil those elected at the same time.
! The courts will be at once organized.
and the entire machinery of the Gov
eminent set in motion, not only in
this city, but throughout the State.
Great enthusiasm prevails.
/ GOV. PENN TO president GRANT.
The following dispatch was sent last
evening by Lieutenant Governor Penn
to the President of the United States !:
New ORLEANS. Sept. ii, l874.-To
| U. S. Grant, President of the United
States: Hopeless of all other relief,
/ the people of this State have taken up
arms to maintain the legal authority