The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-09-19
TIE FORMAL SURRENDER.

New ORLEANS, September 17.-At o'clock
?. NJ, in accordance with arrangements pre-
yiously made, General J. r. Brooke, accom-
panied by Lieutenants Wallace and Roe,
went to the Executive Office at the st. Louis
hotel. Immediately upon the entrance of
General Brooke, Governors McEnery and
Penn shaking hands with him, introduced
the three Federal officers to numbers of pro-.
minent citizens present.
Governor McEnery then stated to General
Brooke that he gave him the State capitol
and all other State buildings within the limits
of the city. General Brooke merely bowed
in acceptance, and the Governor read to him
the following address:
M'ENERY's ADDRESS.
" Generdl Brooke,-As lawful and acting
Governor Of this State [ surrender to you,
as the representative of the Government of
the United States, the capitol and the re-
mainder of the property in this city belong
ing to the State. This surrender is in re-
Spouse to the formal demand of General
Emory for such surrender, or to accept as an
alternative the leyying Of war upon our gov
ernment by the military forces of the United
States under his command. AS have al
ready said to General Emory, we have neither
the power or the inclination to resist the
Government of the United States.
g Sir, / transfer to you the guardianship
Of the rights and liberties Of the people Of
this State, and I trust and believe you will
give protection to all classes of our citizens
ruled and ruined by the corrupt usurpation
presided over by Mr.. Kellogg.
"Our people could bear the tyranny and
insults of that usurpation ne longer, and
they arose in their might and swept it from
existence, and installed in authority the
rightful Government, of which l am the
head. All lovers Of liberty throughout the
Union must admit the patriotism that
aroused Our people to act as one man and
throw off the yoke of his odious usurpatiOn.
1 know, as soldiers, you have but to obey the
orders of the Government of the United
States, but l feel that you will temper your
control of affairs with moderation, and in all
things exhibit that integrity of purpose
characteristic of officers of the army.
81 now turn over to you the capitol and
other property of the State under my charge.
"JoHN MCENERY."
GENERAL BROOKE IN CHARGE.
| At the conclusion Of the address General
Brooke was seated in the office, and required
| from Lieutenant-G Governor Penn statement
of all the records, &c, which were in the
building when he took possession. Governor
McEnery and his followers then withdrew,
leaving the capitol of Louisiana in posses.
sion of the military officers OF the Federal
! Government.
McEnery and Penn have issued an address
| to the people advising cheerful obedience to
| the constituted authorities.
TIE CABINET ORDERS KELLoGG's RElSsTALL
| MENT.
| WASHINGTON, September ia specia
meeting of The Cabinet was held this morn
ing, and after consultation the following tele'
gram was sent to General Emory by the
President, through the Acknowledgement
"War Department, Adiutdnt Generals
Office, Washington, September Is, 1Sl4.-
| General W. IT. Emory, Ne,1 Orleans: am
directed by the President to say that your
acts to this date, so far as they have been
reported and received here officially, are ap-
proved, except. so far as they name Colonel
Brooke to command the city of New Or
leans. It would have been better to have
named him as commander of the United
States forces now in that city. The state
government existing at the time OF the De-
| ginning of the present lnsurrectlonary
movement must be recognized as the lawful
State government until some other govern
ment can be legally supplied. Upon the
surrender OF the insurgents you will inform
Governor Kellogg and give him the neces.
sary support to reestablish the authority OF
the State government.
"If at the end of the five days given in the
proclamation of the 10th instant there still
exists armed resistance to the authority Oh
| the State, you will summon surrender o.
the insurgents. If the surrender is mol
quietly submitted to, it must be enforced o.
all hazards.
"This being an insurrection against the
State government of Louisiana, to aid II
| the suppression Of which the United States
Government has been called upon IN the forn
required By the Constitution and the laws o.
Congress hereunder, it is not the province
of the United States authorities to make
terms with parties engaged in such insured
tion. 1Sjeued1 "E. D. TOWNSEND,
Adjutant. General"