The New York herald., 1874-09-17

THE SECOND CABINET MEETING.
The Secretaries OF State and Treasury, the Post
master General and Attorney General met
promptly at the Executive Mansion at three
O'Clock this afternoon. The President arrived at
about halfpast three, and the session lasted until
after five O'Clock. The conversation Immediately
turned upon the existing Louisiana troubles, and
before the close OF the session the Pres sdent
in person wrote out the following despatch,
which was sent to General Emory, and mmedi-
ately despatched General Babcock to the residence
OF Adjutant General Townsend with instructions
to that officer to sign and forward it, as Ii coming
from the Secretary Of War
WAR DEPARTMENT
WASHINGTON, Sept. 49, 1874.
Under no circumstances recognize the lnsurgent
government OF Louisiana. Within hve days rom
such action Will be taken as the emergency may
require.
BY order of the President.
Z. D. TOWNSEND, Adjutant General
THE PRESIDENTS EMBARRASSING POSITION.
Your correspondent held q protracted conversa-
tiOn this evening with member Of the Cabinet
regarding the Louisiana matter and the course
which the Executive will pursue, OF which the
following is o BRIEF outline. The President dis
tncty stated to Congress in of his messages to
that branch of the government that, as they had
declined to take action in the Louisiana contest
he should regard the Kellogg government, which
was in possession and which had been upheld by
the State courts as the lawful authority which
the United States government should be in duty
bound to recognize. Kellogg has for two years
been holding the office OF Governor, and the other
offlcias voted for on the same ticket have been in
possession Of the otflces and exercising the au.
thorty of those Offices The President to-day felt
that he was placed in peculiarly embarrassing
position, because he was called upon to disperse
an orga nized band Of insurgents against right
ful State authority, which State appeared
to have no head. He, the Cab .rt officer,
felt that the most embarras point
was that Kel"gg himself was distI 81 d and
hated by the law abiding and order lnvI y people
OF all parties both North and South. Kel, sg has
not been heard from in any way, shape or manner
to-day, and neither the President nor any one
else here, so lar as he was aware Of knew where
Kellogg had hidden himself
KELLOGG REGARDED AS A COWARD.
Your correspondent asked what the President
thought of Kellogg's action when the riots
broke out, and received the reply that
the President seid very little. hardly
a word of Kellogg, and for his own part he did
not see how any one could respect him at all for
the cowardly course he appeared to have pursued.
He thought Kellogg should have taken his stand
at the State House. revolver In hand, and have
died guarding the archives after every adherent
had dleG or surrendered, rather than have fed to
the United States troops for the protection
which the laws gave him. He was the
Governor of a great state, and the mob would
never have dared to harm him, knowing as they
did that the whole country would rise to punish
such deed. He (Kellogg) had one Of the best op-
portunit1es ever given to any man in this country
to make brilliant stroke for powerful support, by
mob rule. Warmoth, bad as he was and unscru.
pulous, would have made far more decent GEN.
trail figure in such scene than this man Kellogg.
PEACEFUL ADvICEs FROM NEW ORLEANS.
The President and each individual member OF
the Cabinet in the city have received large num-
bers of kilograms to-day from people in New
orleans, all OF them from gentlemen Of the high
est standing and respectablity, and every one was
OF the same tenor:-'We are doing very WELL and
all Is peaceful and quiet. Let alone, and
recognize our chosen government, and all will
be wen." To be sure. they were all from the
conservative element, adherents Of the insurgent
government. "But then, you remember" SAID the
of1cial, "that Is just what Jefr DAVIS wanted for
his people at the beginning of the war;" He SAID
it Is possible Kellogg Is confined somewhere
although in that case we could hardly fail to hear
OF IL.
STOPPING THE MAILS.
No dispatches haye been received from any OF
the United States civil authorities to-day except
despatch rom the Postmaster there, stating that
the mails were delivered yesterday evening as
usual. The mails had been stopped from Monday
morning until last night, and the streets being
barricaded the letter carriers were withdrawn.
The following rs the despatch:--
The revolution yesterday prevented the North
ern mail from going forward and the letter car
riers were Withdrawn from the streets by reason
OF the barrcades and otherwise; but tranquility
sumed as usual. A. b. SLOANAKER,
Assistant superintendent Railway Mail Service
The Postmaster General had received the
despatch, and had stated the circumstance OF the
stoppage Of the mails. Your correspondent
asked If it was not probable that prosecutions
would be instituted against the rngleaders ofthe
insurgents for obstructing the United States mall.
But he said no. That In such o case the obstruc-
ton was not Intentional but only consequence
OF their unlawful acts in another direction.
THE QUESTION OF CALLING FOR MILITIA.
Your correspondent stated that 1t was currently
rumored among army officers in the city that, in
case there was armed opposition against the Kel-
logg government at the end Of the five days al
lowed in which to disperse, militia would be
called for from several States under the authority
granted the President by law, and asked If that
had Deen discussed. H0 SAID IL nad not,
as it was thought that the regu-
lar troops which could be concentrated In
q few days would be all that would be found
necessary. The people Of Louisiana could not GER
tanly be so outrageousy foolish as to array them
selves in open opposition to the government.
However, it was probable that the majority OF the
persons engaged In the riots against tho Kellogg
forces we're persons who had borne arms dpsinS the