The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-09-18
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erns ni1icGAies I sMlfataver mEyf be
said Of mett aud tbibgs;iu Lo,ukiana,
the proceedings or the President in
respect to that State have beeu from
the beginning in s.rict conformity to
law. His course, in my opinion, will
not now be changed. There is not u
sensible man in the United States who
does not know that the seizures of the
State government OF Louisiana by
Penn and his ndherents is In utter VIC.
lation nnd disregard Of all law. Gun
any reasonable man expect the Presi-
dent to become n party to such q
transaction? With respect to the
election, it is Impossible to tell WHO
was chosen. The returns have never
been canvassed. md they were made
up In perjury. forgery and fraud.
have never believed that the McEuery
ticket was elected. 1t is absurd to
suppose that when Virginia and North
Carolina, and nearly all tho Southern
States. including those that aro gene
rally Democratic, went for the Grant
ticket, that Louisiana, the strongest
Republican State in the South, went
for the Greeley ticket, as is pretended,
especially when the candidate for Go
vernon on that ticket was an unrecou.
structed Rebel Colonel. But it is too
late now to 60 back to that question.
The issue now is between law and or
der on the one hand aud violence on
the other, and upon that issue the po-
sition OF the President se not n doubt
full Que.
New ORLEANS, September II. .-Guv.
McEnery. Lieutenant Governor Penn
aud Messrs. Ogden aud Marr aud
others. leaders. hnve assured General
Emery that there is no thought of
conflict on their part with the military
OF the Federal Government. The city
IL very quiet. There is no change in
the situation since yesterday, other
than that incident to the process of
organizing the new State Government.
MIR. Duhuolet, State Treasurer, has
not been interfered with.
Probabilities-For Friday, over the
South Atlantic and Gulf States. Ten.
nesseo and the Ohio Valley, lower ba.
romster. stationary temperature, vari-
GUS winds, mostly from South -east and
Southwest. partly cloudy weuther and
local coast rains. Over the upper
Mississippi and lower Mississippi val
leys and the Northwest, lower baro
meter. Southeast to Southwest winds.
partly cloudy weather, with slight
changes IN temperature, followed in
the Western portions of these districts
by North-westerly winds, lower tempe
ratures and rising barometer. Over
the Southern portion of the Middle
States, stationary barometer and tom
perature, various winds mostly FROM
Southeast, cloudy weather aud posi-.
bly, rain.
CHICAGO, September 16 The Eo;s-
copal Convention elected DR.. Seymour.
Rector of st. Marks Church, New
YORK. Bishop of Illinois, on the
second ballot.
COLUMBUS. ONO. September 16.-
Alter the meeting of the Societies of
the Army of the Cumberland was
organized, Gen. SheIidan took charge
AS President of the Society. In re-.
sponse to calls. Gems. Sherman, Belk-
nap, Custer, Wolcott. Leggest, Gran
ger. Grosvenor and McMillsn, ex-Gov.
Hays, Father Christy and Col. Strait
came upon the stage and made re-.
marks, returning thanks.
General Emery is ut the st. Charles
Hotel. There nre nine companies of
United States troops here and; others
are reported coming. Gov. AfcEnery
arrived tonight from North Lou,si-
ana. In Tangipahoe Parish, the Nc
Eneryites took peaceable possession of
the Parish offices.
Major W. @. Robins and John
Grovel, citizens wounded in the fight
on Monday. have since died.
The Wellsboro. Penn, Bank wus
robbed, this morning. by five men.
The President and his family were
gagged.
SYRACUSE. September l7.-Tilden
was nominated for Governor by the
Democratic Convention.
PORTLAND, September 1.-THE
Argus states that it has been discov-
cred that, owing to blunders in the
Legislature, there is not ut present.
nor has there been for two years, any
Maine liquor law, or any law again
selling liquor. The Attorney General
was III this city. yesterday, in consulta
ton with the best legal authority in
regard to the matter.
WAsHINGroN, September l7.-Addi.
tlonal evidences of the enrncstncss of
the Government in dealing with af.
iulrs IN Louisiana are apparent to- tlay
In the formal ordering Of tho Twenty.
second Infantry to New Orleans. These
troops are scattered in various places,