The New York herald., 1874-11-19
LOUISIANA.

Alleged preparations IOr q siege AT tho
state DEMONSTRATING Cases Of VIM
chester Rif;es-Kellogg Desires u Com
gressional Investig . ation-General Nor
rows Report ON Merri1i's Cavalry.
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. ls, 1874.
The Returning Board became 30 alarmed last
night that they had the police force In the state
House increased to twenty-five men, and several
cases OF Winchester rifles were taken In under the
cover OF darkness. Kellogg disavows all knowl
edge Of these preparations Tor siege and says he
can get federal troops to his aid in twenty min
utes
Arroyo, the democratic member OF the Return
ing Board, has notified the other members that he
will resign tomorrow unless an additional demo-
crat Is appointed to aid MIN. He says he cannot
undertake the responsibility alone. The ST. James
Parish returns were canvassed to-day.
KELLOGG COURTS INVESTIGATION
Kellogg asserts tnat Congressional committee e
will come down Immediately alter Congress meets
when he will prove that he and General Grant
carried the State In 1872 He admits that the most
resolution ordering the President to recognize his
or McEnery's Cover nment. He declares he would
be satisfied even though his opponent should be
recognized.
GENERAL MoRROw's REPORT.
General Morrow, who was sent into Northwest
ern LOUISIANA to investigate and report upon the
yesterday. learn he has placed Lieutenant Hodg-
rms {wn0 dlsregarded the order oil tue Court in q
haDeas corpus case concern nlng the Lincoln parish
prisoners, aud sent an Insulting message to Judge
Trlmble) under arrest and preferred charges
against HIM at the War Department for cutting
telegraph wires insulting and Intimidating citi-
zens and for unofiicerike conduct generally. The
Lieutenant, It seems, was led into trouble by
Packards deputy Marshal, Selye, who was sup.
Piled with blank warrants BY United states Com
missioner Jewett, and ralded over the county
with Hodgkins cavalry, arresting everybody ne
circles that General Morrow's report represents
the conduct OF Packards deputy marshale, ana
also some OF Merrns ofhcers as being more out
cratic papers, and tnat there was not shadow OF
necessity for placing single federal solder In
that section OF the country.
ALLEGED LEGAL rRIcKERy.
1t also appears tnat after Marshal Selye had been
placed under bonds to answer for cutting the tele-
graph wires, and before a warrant could be OBJ
tained for his rearrest on another charge, his
counsel suddenly surprised the Court BY drawing
to be marshal, and at once arrested Selye on q
bogus charge OF embezzlement The "smart"
counsel then took HIM from the custody Of the
Court on this trumped up charge and brought him
here, where he IS now at liberty.
Army officers say that II General Morrow makes
written report oil his Investigations In MerrhIs
district 1t will develop some startling outrages by
the marshals that Congress must certainly reouke.
tration-A Railroad Sold by United
the City of New Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS, La, Nov. Is, 1874.
E. Bean, Supervisor OF Registration at De Soto
parish, was brought before United States
Commissioner Craig to-day on an af1laa-
Wit charging him with having on the
nth inst, at No. IA Dryades street,
concealed and destroyed certain statements and
certificates OF election and substituted in their
place certain false. forged and fraudulent state
ments and certificates. The accused waived ex-
animation and gave bail IN $500 TO appex before
the United states Circuit Court.
The New Orleans. Mobile and Texas Railroad
sections west OF the mississippi River were sold
to-day by the United states Marshal for $450, 900
to Frank M. Ames, son OF the late Oakes Ames A
new company will probably be organized TO COM
pete the road TO the Texas terminus.
In the superior District Court to-day Judge
Hawkins gave judgment against the city OF New
Orleans tor $l57 900, tor non-payment OF 157 bonds,
OF $1,000 each. issued In aid OF the Jackson Rail-
road, May l. 1864. The Court declined to pass upon
the validity or force OF the law OF March IL. 1870,
prohibiting wrtts OF seizure against the city at
this stage OF the case, as the question would come
up when motion was made tor writ OF execu-
rion and would then be determined.