Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-01-06

lGPoRTA>T DISPATCH OF GIN. SHERTD AN.
Secretary BelAnap has received the follow
ing dispatch:
HEADcu.RTER~ MILITARY DIVISION hssoUR1.l
Nsw ORLEANS, L., January 5, Is7s {
hon. W W bsAHGp. Secrt;dTy Ct War, WdShtH:
ten. ~. e.
I think the terror. m now existing in IouiSisn.
hissi. pPi and ArLau-a- could BE- entirely removed
ami eouhlrue. and far dealing established ly the
League. II CongroSs would pas law declaring
th'm handitt they could Le tried ly military coI,i
mission. This hanlIr'i. who murd red men hire on
The 18th Of last september, and al~o recently
Niekshurg Mississippi. should. III JuSjicr o. law AMI
Of the country, o. punished Il Is p@ssible that II lie
PreSld, Ut would issuc Pr"csmatiou declaring Them
bendIti no further action need bc taken except thst
p n SHERIDAN.
Lieutenant General. L : A
HENERY To THE FORE.
The following is published:
To ms Eyceilency L. S GTaHT PrtsrdSaf OF I,s
In The name Of liberty and all lovers Of If,,rt,
Throughout the United States do most soemny rr,-.
test against the acts II The military forces of the
State Hou~e the f,rcible eecion by troops e tbe
'nbtrs Of the legi~latur and the elected speaker f
the house, and the subsequent organization Of the
house 10y the direct ard frcille intervention Of the
military affirm hefpre the whole American people
that the action the part Of the military in this civ
yssteTday IL subver-Ne # lhe republican Institutions
OF this free country. JoHN MCENERY.
NUBLIC OPINION
The New Orleans papers all condemn the
action OF the military Ina interfering with the
Legislature Al q meeting of the Cotton EN-
Y. a
protest was entered against the course pur-
sued 10y Gen. Sheridan. and the statements
In his dispatches SeEt Ia Secretary BelEnap
were denied. Tie democratic members Of
the Legislature of Illinois have ISSUED a call
Tor mass indignation meeting 10 be held in
Springfield tonight.
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES
from New Orleans last night say The Leg
lSlature did nothing of importance. The con
SerVatlNe caucus appointed a committee To
prepare statement of Mondays proceed-
Cr.af hat
present when the roll was called. and that 20
of them withdrew, leaving but -. and conSe-
quently not quorum. Mr. Potter was not
present at the meeting of the Congressional
meeting tonight, and il il stated he left for
Washington. James JefierieS. member OF
the Legislature. has rled a suit in the United
States circuit court against Generals Shor-
idan, Emory and De Trobriand. for : 100000
damages for ejpcting him from his seat i'm
the House of Representatives. A similar
suit was filed by George II. Kelley, who was
also elected.
The Military Intervention.
IMPORTANT TESTIMONY BEFORE THE con
GRESSIoNAL Committee.
At the Congressional Investigation in New
Orleans, held Tuesday. the most important
witnesses examined were Ex-Governor Hahn
and Governor Kellogg, the former testified
that hc did not think Gen. De Trobriand en-
tered the house until the resolution was
passed appointing a committee of three 10
ask the presence of Gen. DE Trobriand, who
restored order in the lobby, according to the
request OF Mr.. Wilt.
GOV. KELLOGG TESTIFIED
that on Saturday last he received an official
report OF the acting chief of police that an
attempt would Toe made on Monday TO forci-
bly, install the persons whom the Official re-
turns did not show 10 have been elected. He
transmitted this letter to Gov. Emory with
the request that such disposition be made OF
the United States forces as would prevent a
collision and blOOdshed. On the following.
day General III. j. Campbell, who had been
assigned u nder General LongStreet TO the
command -
state house and approaches, was sent with a
personal letter of authorization to confer
with General Emory on this subject. He re-
turned with the information that orders had
been issued TO have The United States troops
in the vicinity of the state house, so as 10
preserve peace in case of a disturbance on
the day OF the cOnvening of the legislature.
Between 12 and / o'clock a number OF
members raShed into the executive office and
stated that Mr.. Wilt and Others had vio-
lently seized possession of the hall OF the
House of Representatives,; that Wiltz had
required TO call the roll of the members as
certified by the Secretary OF State. Before he
had finished the calling of the roll the clerk |
himself entered with the original roll in his |
possession, and confirmed this statement |
Subsequently statement, signed by fifty |
two of the members, being majority OF the |
legal members on the roll-call, was presented |
to him, stating that the other forty-nine /
members and a number OF other persons had |
taken forcible possession of the hall, and had /
refused them the right To vote on the QueS-
tion of organization, and calling upon him /
for protection. Upon this he wrote to Gen.
Emory, and subsequently, being informed /
that a large and excited crowd was closing /
around the State-house, he requested the OF /
fcer in charge OF the United States troops TO /
move his force in front OF the main entrance 1
of the State-house, which was done. After
wards he learned from the police, whom he
had directed to take steps in accordance with
the request made to him by the ffty-two
members, that the Hall of the House of |
Representatives had been closed by persons
claiming to be sergeants-at- and the
doors would have to be forced if they were to
obtain admittance. He then felt it his duty, |
as a conservator of the peace, TO ask General
De Trobriand, in charge of the troops, to |
clear the hall of all persons not entitled TO bs
present. He subsequently laarned from Gen.
eral De Trobriand that hs had been pre-
viously been called upon by Mr.. Wilt TO |
clear the lobby, and that q COMMITTEES of |
members had been sent to him to
make that request. In reply to Mr.. Potter |
Gov. Kellogg said he did not think under the
present circumstances, the state government |
could maintain itself without the support of
the United States forces, and probably had
been in the same position since the 18th OF
September last. He added as his explana-
tiOn, that the great bulk of supporters of his |
were in the country, engaged I'm
large element opposed TO his administration
resided I'm the city, the seat of government,
and many of them had no industrial avoca- |
ton at all, and that an intelligent, disci-
plined armed minority could overcome a
large majority unarmed, undisciplined and
peacefully disposed.
1A Richmond (Va.) letter SAYS ex-confed-
crate officers in that city are quite stirred up