Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-01-09
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The Louisiana Trouble.


SUMMARY OF LAST NIGHTS NEWS.
There is no important change i'm affairs at
New Orleans. Henry {. Dibble a former
kellogg adherent. writes TO Hon. Chas. Fos-
ter, long manifesto indicating change of
views, and declaring his belief that the KEEL
legg government is the revolutionary one
The conservative legislature has issued an
address TO Congress. reciting the facts of the
case as already telegraphed.
GENERAL SHERIDAN
has sent the following dispatch:
NEW ORLEANS. January E.
To y ". Bslknap, Secretary q WG5, waSfiasioa
shall send YOU this evening report of affairs a..
they actually occurred here on the 4th instant Nv
telegram 10 you of that date and those Of the 5th ami
9th instants are truthful Of the condition of AT
tars IN this section, and strike near the water
line that the ministers Of the Gospel and others arr
has been held too cheapy in this state for many
years. p. ii. SHERIDAN, Lieutenant General
GENERAL SHERIDAN ON THE SENSATIONAL.
PROTESTS.
The New Orleans correspondent of the y
y. Times sends the following 10 that paper:
Protests against the language used by
Gen. Sheridan are still the order of the day
and have been made by business exchanges
merchants, underwriters, meeting of for
elgnerS, and so on. Touching this Gen. She
ridan this evening sent the followingdispatcl
to the Secretary of War:
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION MIssorRI.l
NEW ORLEA NS, January !. Is75 {
To Hen. w. ". BessRGP, Secretary Gf War, VaSa-
Several prominent people here have for the past
few days been passing resolutions and uring
sensat9nal protests for northern political consump-
themselves Ii cannot be done at this late day
There have been too many bleeding negroes aud os-
TRACKED white citizens for these statements be- be
heNcd by fair minded people. Bishop Wilmer pro-
tests against my telegram of the 4h inst, forgetting
mat on saturday last he testified under oath before
the Congressional Committee that the condition of
affairs here subs antiay as bad reported b.
me-. VIII soon send you a statement Of the number
# murders committed i'll the state during the last
hTfT or tGpT eaTs b the PERPETRATORS Of which
tie you II viii be mp III the thousands The city is
perfe city quiet, No trouble is apprehended
j. III. SHERIDAN. Lieutenant General
The reports Gen. Sheridan will be able to
make Will carry great weight, as he has in
formation from good class of citizens who
Con rCSSiCnal committee here"
COY. HFSDRICK : IN HIS MESSAGE
% the Indiana legislature says that he had
intended yesterday 10 retrict his message to
state affairs. but for the Louisiana imbrOgIiO
III" deyotes some space to the subject, and
cor cludeS "a follows:
''Thc cause of the house Of representatives
Of Louisiana. and Of its constituency is vOur
cause. and will be the cause OF the people Won
represent. SO long as constitutional and in
ICndent legislation shall be the choice held
by them &c "A right, shall the privilege of tho
IcOl le to make their own state laws by their
chosen representatives rest upon the right or
OILY upon permission? The voice of tho
people should be so expressed as to restore
that right ] ask you to restore that right
ask you to protest against and denOunce the
uSurpatiOn as a crime 10 be detcsted, and not
MORE DEMOCRATIC SENTIMENT.
The democrats of Philadelphia, and of this
city. held a meeting last night to celebrate
the battle of New Orleans, and both passed
resolutions denOuncing the President for his
Louisiana course. The democrats of Boston
prop OSe meeting soon at Fanueil hall. The
democratic nominating convention of the LIST
and 2d congressional districts of New Hamp-
shire have passed resolutions of denunciatiOn
against the admins tratiOn in the Louisiana
matter.
THE SOBER SECOND THOUGHT.
Rev. L. j. Leak, pastor Of the Methodist
Episcopal church in Little Rock, Ark, who
signed the card denying the statements o.
publishes a card stating that he signed the
former card under a miSapprehenSion, and
adds that upon reliable and considerable evil
dence since received he is satisfied the state
ments of that paper are not true.
THE PENNSYLVANIA UNITED STATES
caucus of the democratic
members of the Pennsylvania Legislature was
held on Thursday afternoon. A resolution TO
go into the nomination of a candidate for u.
:. Senator was offered and afterwards with
drawn, Senator Wallace, one of the promi-
nent candidates, fayoring pOStpOnement in
order, as he said, Ito allow everybody fair
chance" A motion to defer the nomination
until the 18th instant was voted down, and
Tuesday afternoon next fixed upon as the
time for the nomination. No canuiG'saattHS were
in the caucus, but the result of IL
is considered favorable TO the chances of SEN
atOr Wallace The eighty odd members who
signed the call for the caucus are said TO be
all Wallace men. If this be so he will have a
clear majority in the caucus when he is pro-
posed as a candidate. Hester Clymer is the
second favorite; then Judge Black; then Mr..
There are no indications whatever
that any members will bolt the caucus nomi
nation,