Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-04-23
Louisiana.

letter OIL the SCC!ctaIy VI wal, eue'o''H y oi'
of that of the President, in regard 10 the With
draval of troops from New Orleans at twelve
o'clock o. Tuesday next, ADJ Immediately teIe'
eranbed to General Aupur directing him to
withdraw the troops at the time mentioned.
General Sherman also telegraphed the letter
of the Secretary's to Lieutenant General Sherl-
dan at Chicago, who commands the Military
Division. of Missouri, AID be will issue the
formal order TO General Augur and forward 1t
to him by mail. % account Of the bret Pc
rod between the present time and that liked
for the withdrawal of the troops, it was deemed
best that the Commanding General should tcIc-
graph Immediately 10 General Augur instead
of communicating with him through the lAcu-
tenant General, who commands that dlrlSlon.
In the letter Of the Presidents directing the
withdrawal of the troops from New Orleans,
nv ipadycrteuce the Mechanics Institute was
mentioned as the place from which troops were
to he removed. The letter was corrected, how
over, when attention was called to tho error,
and the words St. Louis Hotel substituted.
This is the building used as State House, IN
whirh Packard and his forces Were located.
The troops arc also to be Withdrawn from he
Orleans Hotel. ;.u al AGENT building as the lei
ter directs the Withdrawal Of the troois ron
the immediate vicinity at the building usC' "a
State lIousc." &c.
The following was sent from the il2adluar.
lers Of tho Military Division. ssoi Missouri. 10
Gene al Ausur Saturday.
CHICAGO, April y.
General e.. t. Augur, Mao OrlcaM:-
Sir-By direction OF the Lieutenant General
the following Geographic order from the Gene.
raj Of the Army is forwarded fer your Gctlon
and guidance. Please report by telegraph upon
| the execution 81 the order.
WAsnISuroN, April FL
| Gcscrul /, IL Sheridan, Commanding tic
| DiriSiou ofthc Missouri, CAtcago:-
You will please order tie troops nov posted
at or in the vicinity OF the State House, New
Orleaas, to the United States barracks, On
Tuesday, April pa at l. m. precisely, and re,
| mort the fact TO these headquarters. Copies Of
! the order Of the President anu Secretary CT
War will come TO you by mail and another copy
| will be sent to General Augur direct.
". I. SHERMAN, General.
Commenting on the order fer the removal Of
| tie troops, the New OrlearS Times says:
''Mr. Hayes has carried Out his policy to 4
fuller extent than could have been expected,
and with the elimination OF II secured formal
| and public pledge Of support from the L:gisla'
| turc, Nothing more remains but 10 clear away
| the debris and lay the foundation Of the Jew
structure. This seems to be q very approprl.
ate place to say, Let lis have peace.
| "Govcrnor Packard is still in the 81. Louis
Hotel, with his police. some ten or doZ=n
members OF the Legislature, and his personaI
| staff, who remain with him to see the end
which is evidently uear. 1t seems 10 be gene.
rally understood that the State House wi! be
surrendered to the Nichols authorities On Nlon
day or Tuesday"
The New Orleans Rcpub lean says
| notwithstanding The adverse decsloa II
| the President III regard to the claims Of Louis
lana republicans, Governor Packard and tie
! brave and faithful men who surround and sup
port him have carocd the admiration and rc
Spcct Of all who can appreciate true herolsm.
| Chosen Governo by the votes Of q majority OF
bis fellow citizens, his claims to that high clhce,
resting On the same basis which sealed the
| President, Governor Packard has resisted alike
the cuticements of personal advancement aud
| threats Of personal danger, and stands l:m 10
his post He and his supporters, last repre-
sentativcs Of the republican party in The South,
are unwilling to believe that desclt0u would
come from that quarter which properly owed
| them support. Governor Packard has patti
eutly waited day by day, for that aid which,
| according to his understanding Of the CoEs,itu
| ton of the United States, was his uplucstoua-
| bic due Failing to receive this aid his choice
| now rests between submission to force and re-
| sorting to civil strife. In sucE Il dilemma there
is but one course for patriotic citizens, ana such
| Governor Pack ard has always shown himself. y.
\ committee frcn the Packard Legislature
! waited upon the Commission Saturday and re-
| uuestad their friendly Offices 10 securing from
| the Nichols government s)mc compensation
| for the policemen and employees " l!o have re
| manned faithful to Packard. The Commission
| assured them that they would cndcavoT to meet
their wishes, aud Immediately requested 10 in
| tcrvicw with Gov. Nichols, Lieut.. Governor
Wilt, Speaker Bush and number Of prcml.
| ncnt members OF the Nichols Legislature, TO
whom they made known the request OF the &c.
publican committee. The subject was favorahly
considered, and Gov. Nichols, with the advice
and consent Of his associates, promptly offered
to devote the Governors contingent fund to
this purpose. This fund amounts TO between
$50, 900 and $40, 900, and was appropriated to
aid Nichols in establishing his government.
This prompt aid to republican employees will
provide for their immediate wants and remove
much Of the disaffcction among them conSo.
queut upon the breaking up Of Packard's gov
ernmcut, and the Commission seemed to be
highly gratifcd at the absence Of resentment
on the part OF the Nichols party. Long before
these arrangements were contaminated Z num-
Der Of the Packard members Of the Senate and
House had taken their seats in the Nichols
Legislature. Subsequently . concurrent reso,
luton was passed in the Nichols Legislature
paying the republican members who we're not
elected, but we're returned by the Returning
Board, their mileage and per diem rs comics
tants. A potable feature OF the proceedings
upon the floor of tho Nichols House was the
withdrawal of seven democratic members who
had bccu seated subject to contest, and who
gracefully yielded their seats, Introducing col
ored republican members, who claimed the
seats upon the face Of the returrs.
Before the House assembled Saturday morn.
ing, MIR. kenochan, democrat, Of PIaquemlnc
parish who was upSeatcd by the Arrangement