Wilmington journal., 1875-01-08

General De Trobriaud was seut ior.
and cleared the lobby of police aud
psctators at the Spt aker'a ra.G1,est.
General De T, obriald, who had
heeu absent for Bbout quarter of
hour, appeared again ri the House ac-
com panied i.y two officers OF his staff.
i fie oi about twenty soldiers hai
been II ,fcht Il into the corridor :ead-
ing to the iittI, and at the head of the
isrec star cssc i'll the State Honae the.
.roi,ce were also drawn up in force
General D. frobriand at once stepped
np 10 Speaker Witt aud asked that
LIZ, Wig. rs, the former clerk of the
House, sI,,u'd cad letter he held III
his hand. Mr.. Trezeyant, the clerk
elected, objecteu; when the General,
stating that he was unable to Judge
who was clerk, asked permission to
have the letters of Governor Kellogg
read by his adjutant, which was
granted.
That officer then read the letters,
one of which stated to the General
that an illegal body was sitting as the
House of Representatives, and that
MriViger, the clerk, would furnish him
with a list of those members who had
been duly elected and and as such re-
turned by the returning board. The
ether letter contained a request to
General De Trobriand to eject those
members who had not been returned
as elected by the board.
General De Trobriand replied that
he was soldier, and only second in
command. and had to obey the orders
Of his superior, General Emory, who
had ordered him to obey the instruc-
tions OF Governor Kellogg.
Speaker Wilt said: Il desire to
state to you again that this House.
duly elected, has organized itself by
electiDg me as Speaker, Captain FLOYD
rs, sergeant at arms, and MIR. Trezevaut
as clerk After organization we have
seated five gentlemen whose ca~es have
been referred to US by the returning
board. Will you eject these me ?"
General De Trobriand said: "Mr.
Speaker, I am au officer and must
obey orders. L came here alone.
thought that my presence would be
sufficient to have these orders
obeyed."
Speaker Wiltz replied: II am thank
full to you, General, for that While
l recognize III yon gentleman mud
~ 4
United States Government it is NV
daty 80 Speaker Of the House of Rep
resentativ. 81 tt!e State OF louisiana
10 usts you 20 nse force. Unit! the,,
the five inch rt!use to leave the room -
Gen. De Tr, brand: Il do not like
to nuke a show. | do not know mem
Ger'. | shonld prefer for you to point
them ont | Will ask them to leave,
of sill You have ne fill the room with
5,,lIiere?''
Sn-akrr WIFI: II Cannot permit
those members whom we hav. Just
recognized as being elected to be put
ont. My duty is to keep up the dig.
.,itv If lie STATE Of Louisiana as well
rs yours - 10 keep up the United
State. army"
Mr.. Dnfrr at this time offered re.
l,nr: o. TIE Cummittee on Elections,
winch declared Jeffyriea, Luckett and
ssr~fnrd, of knpldes; Vaughan, Haran
aud Lamb, Of Caddo; Schwiuq, OF
iberia; acd againn, of Avoyuelles, to
be elected.
General Dc T,obriand, who had re-
tired, aga1n advauct 4 towards tn,
Speaker, who said: ''Geptlemen, be
quiet ana be men"
The General then, pointing II Mr..
\'g' rs, rx-Chr TX Of the RUnse, said
'i::'t he had beer represented % tim
by Governor krlIo9A Is C!,rk If the
h"n1', hnd iltaH b had lIsi of names
o. H." i.ei't' t'-niativtS returned as
az cte,i b. the ReturnIng Board
Sps"k"r Wiz. protest "p.,in7t
Mr.. F'c"'> a. Lavi1 any hing - do
with this body H. is no longer clerk
OF TINS hnuse. IN successor having
been !'galH 'l"@ttd.
General De irobrland. Tbs protest
WI he q iIo e1si'.
Ht~Aker WIZ aGa.n protested and
Wa joined III lbs protests by ell the
j1'iI."ci Liz lll' u % r. VINO. after mn"h
IA 'E' protesting sra counter p'"-
i'aiihS, Itlf the haii an4 the State
1'''H>' - i ho'y 90 met AGAIN on 81
L,Ie4~ sif+st "n" thcn Adjourned.
E7"'Se q''S'5iy, -i~sof WIZ haTang-
Il ~" cio"d III !h' streets ana re-
c,;~d IT, R..' vHlc. = ot his partlzans.
c. sHiatiDAS's ORDER
ihc 10 OWING order has been lssnt q
- Gen 3t"f'don:
hEtDGCARfEf.S
VI ,I'iIAiEf i'lN- OF MISSOURI,
W" OtL-NANS, JHh. II Z. III.
HGttFHf OFd'r 40. |.
Cndrr Instructions from the Presi-
dent If the Cult, Il States, cornmuni-
cat q jhronI'' the AdIudeut General
Il the army, the md rsigued hereby
assumes control of the Department Of
tue Gnlf, consisting of the States of
Louisiana, A. kaosas and Mississippi.
and the Gnif posts as far eastward and
embracing Fort Jefferson aud Key
West, Florida, excluding the posts in
Mobile bay, which will hereafter, con-
81 tute one OF tie departments of the
Military DIVISION oI Missouri.
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OF WAR