Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1875-01-07
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Nhw ORIExSSs, Jan. Great ex
cite'pent prevailed during last night,
and continued this morning, in view OF
the assembling of the Legislature los
day and the apprehensions of trouble.
AT eight O'Clock a regiment of United
States troops took a rear position III
two columns, at parade rest, covering
the Ssaterheuss. e...:s.lse.-line-.e extended,
from Charities street, on st Louis St.
to the levee. The whole number Of
troops hi position to sustain the State
government. is one thousand eight
hundred The metropolitan police
were placed ino position topretent the.
too near, approach Of The public; to the
t1 ate-bouse., A squad Of them !. at
tChartres street, on st. Louis, refused
to allow persons to pass out st. Louis
street, statinyhtaata only ,,iien,bersiadf
The Legislature reporters apriState otfie
GERS Mould be allowed 10 so by, A.
similar guard was placed at all, APPS
fproaches to the State house. - The
superior officers however, admitted
such persons as they desired within the
lines.
- Noon. The members assembled lin
che hall of;thel House, and are the most
orderly body otlegislators so far that
has assembled in Louisiana for many
years Messrs. Foster and Phelps, Of
the Congressional committee, have inst
entered tft hall Of the House, and
were seated near! the reporters desk,
declining seats on the, platform. %, The
chiefclefk called the tHonse 10, order
and proceeded to call the roll. After
finishing anu announcing that there
were one hundred and Iw" members
present and quorum, a motion was
Immediately nlaGe1 that Hon. l.. A.
Wilt, Of Orleans, be made temporary
chairman, and Wilt immediately took
the chair. Here theutmost Commission
prevailed. Fhe Speaker appointed a
sergeant-atssrms and a temporary clerk.
Several motions were made and the
confusion increased, About fifty mem
bers were yelling a, the top Of their
voices. Finally order was restored,
and the chairman made speech, stating
that he would treat all the members
alike, Of whatever party or color. Is
At the speakers request Gen. De
Trobriand who had been absent for
about a quarter of an honr, appeared
again at the House, accompanied by
two officers OF his staff A file eraboul
twenty soldiers had been marched irto
the corridor leading to the hall, and st
the head OF a large staircase in the
State-house police We're also drawn up
iii force.
General De Trcbriand at once
stepped up to speaker Wilt and asked
that Mr. Vigers, former clerk of the
House, should read a letter he held in
his hand. Mr. Trezevant, the clerk
elected, objected, when the general,
stating that he was unable % judge
who was clerk, asked permission to
have letters ot Governor Kellogg read
10y his .djutant, which ~ was granted.
That officer then read two letters,
one of which stated to the general that
an Illegal body was sitting as the House
of Representatives, and that Mr. Vigers
clerk, would furnish him with list of
those members who had been duly
elected and as sucn returned by the
returning board. The other letter cons
tanned a request to Gen. De Trohriand
to eject those members who have not
been returned as elected by the board
, Speaker Wellz protested, and told
the zig general 2 that that this this. was legally
General De Trobiiand Replied that
he was soldier and'gonlyj second in
command, and that he had to obey the
orders of, his superior, Gen. Emory,
who had ordered him to obey the in.
structions Of Kellogg. '4 90 =" ,''h - :.
'''.'''' ANOTHER SENSATION. ..
Gen. De Trobriand at this time was
requested to order Mr. Nigers to read
the roll once more. A few radicals,
among them Ray and Murrell, became
very noisy, but were at once quieteu by
Speaker Wilt, Mr.. Murrell apologizily
and disclaiminy any dlscouilesy to the
Yiyers could not get into his seat
to. comply with the request to call the
House again together for reoryaniza
ton, they not recognizing the election
of Mr.. Witt as speaker.
Mr.. Wihz.-ln the name of the peo~
pie aud in the name OF Louisiana pro
test against Mr. Vieers. He can,et
and will not be recognized by me as
Clerk of this Honse. In protesting
fulfill solemn duty to my people, my.
SELF and my colleagues.
Mr.. Vigers proceeded to read, when
Speaker Wiltz ordered the sergeant-at
arms to remove him from the stand.
The sergeant,at-arms, Mr.. Floyd, put
his hand OH Vigers, who refused to
leave, and called on General De Trvb-
riand to protect him.
Mr.. Campbell then said that Vigcrs
must be protected, that this was no or
ganize.i House, Mr.. Wilt 10 speaker;
whereupon Speaker Wilt ordered him
to be removed, General De Trobriand
then ordered two soldiers to advance to
put Vigers on the clerks seat, where
upon Speaker Wilt rose and said:
AS the legal speaker of the House
of Representatives of the State of Lon
isiana, have. protested against the in
vasion of our hall by soldiers of the
United States with drawn bavunets and
loaded muskets We have seen our
brother members violently seized by
force of arms and torn from us in spite
of orr solemn protest; we have seen Il
force of soldiers march up the aisles of
the hall Of Representative Of Louis;an,
4 have protested against this. In the
name of a once tree people,in the name
of a once free State, in the name Of the