The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-01-04
DOMESTIC.
The Two LegIslsturss In New Or.
leans.

New ORLEANS, January 2.-ShortIy
before noon committee from the ) -.
Patrick's Hall House, consisting Of r.
II. Wilde az Orleans, J. NJ. Williams
OF East Baton Rouge, and Singleton
OF -. Landry, waited upon Governor
Kellogg at The State House and pre-
sented q written communication in
| forming him that the House of Repre-
sentatlvcs was organized at st. Pat
rick's Hall, AT the same time entering
i solemn protest against the ucCupa-
tiGn u the State House by armed po-
| lice aud militia; against the exclusion
| from the State House OF the duly
elected representatives of the people
ana against the presence of armed
/ MetropOlltans and soldiers. Governor
Kellogg replied that there were several
! statements contained in the communi-
| cation which were incorrect. There
were no military, properly speaking,
in the State House; yesterday there
was force of police, armed not differ
| emily from the way in which they
were ordinarily armed, as conserv-
atOrs of the peace; they were specially
| instructed not to interfere with any
member of the Legislature, but
to protect them from interference by
| Others; there were no United States
troops in the State house; it was not
| true that any passageway had been
| cut from the State house to an adj Jin-
ing building to facilitate the bringing
of troops into the building; whatever
communication existed had existed
Il long time; es to the House which
! the committee claimed had been le-
gaily and properly organized, the law
provided that the Secretary of State
should furnish the clerk with list Of
members elected that list WAS fur
nished the clerk; sixty-eight of the
members whose names were on that
list appeared In the regular hall of the
House Of Representatives yesterday,
and forty-twO or for y-three at the most
appeared in st. Patrlck's Hall; he
must decline to receive any communi-
cation from a body which lacked
nearly twenty of quorum.
II M.-The situation Is unchanged,
and everything is quiet. The Legisla-
lures are constituted as follows: State
House Senate-Eight holding over and
eleven returned by the board. House
Sixty eight members returned by the
board, twenty-five of whom the DEM
ocrars claim were not elected. S..
Patr.ck's Hall Senate - Nine hold
ing over and eight returned by the
board and twenty-five who claim they
were elected but counted out by the
board.
Telegraph communication is still
badly interrupted.
In the Democratic Legislature con-
current resolution was introduced to
notify the President of the United
States that the legal General Assembly
of Louisiana Is now in session a ST..
Patrick's Hall.
The Democratic Assembly met and
read the vote of the State by parishes
and declared Nichols elected COVER
nor and Wilt lieutenant governor.
The Democrat of this evening, in
reference to Its article of yesterday.
says no man or official is responsible
for its utterances except its editors.
The Republican Legislature went
into joint session and Burch read the
returns from each parish furnished by
the Secretary of State and compiled by
the returning board, and announced
that Packard lai been elected gov
ernor and Antoine lieutenant governor.
Governor Hunpton's Address.
COLUMBIA, January q Governor
, Hampton has issued an address calling
on the citizens who desire to maintain
the government of their choice to
come promptly forward and pay 10 pei
cent. of last years tax levied by tie
: Legislature, which authorized the col
lection OF % per cent, but the
amount called for will be sufficient.
The inmates Of the charitable iRstitu.
lions are suffering. The address col
c!udes: Il adjure our people therefore
to be steadiast, law-abiding and peace
full, and pray that the pew year vii
bring to them the blessing of peace
:, and of prosperity"
The Cove nor OF New York Talk,
Plainly.
ALBANY, n. Y, January 2.-Gover
= nor Robinson, in his message, frs
= treats of State matters at length. Re
l fcrring to national affairs, he says
in regard to Louisiana: II pause here
s in this statement to interpose in be
half Of the people Of this great com
mOnwealth a solemn denial of the
power Of any State government Oh
: Federal government to vest such pow
ers as are claimed by the Louisiana
returning board in any canvassine
board whatever" he also reviews the
: action of the Florida and South Caro-
,, lima boards, condemning both their &C
ton and that o: the Federal govern
ment in connection with those two
,, boards, and declares that the military
interference has been in violation oil
the Constitution and the law.
!, The Ohio Railroad Accident.
AsHTABULA, January 2.-Capt. c. H
Tyler, of ST. Louis, whose face wal
terribly bruised, testified that while
the train was at Buffalo he exsmin eC
the coaches and was satisfied that fully
two hundred persons were on boaIC
the train, hich is seventy more thar
the conductor stated. Tyler had beer
captain of steamboats, on the Missis
sippi river for twenty-four years, and
! was competent to judge of the number
from experience.
( miscellaneous.
Boston, January 2.-Isaac J. Wooden
; is held in SIS 900 bail, on the charge
of shipping giant powder by rail. This
is the first prosecution under the law OF
1871. forbiddiDg the shipment. by rail,
of nitro-Gly cerne and similar explo.
sives. Wooden claims that the gam
powder is not such an explosive.
LONDON, January "A gale of un
, preceien;ed violence prevailed on the
. south coast Of England yesterday
The Dover pier was partially destroyed
Nearly every coast town from Dover tc
Portsmouth was partially Inundated by
the high tide.
New ORLEANS, January. q The
House subcommittee from Ouachits
are snow-bound at Jackson.
NEW York, January 2.-Peter B.
Sweeney teIegraphs from Paris that he
will attend the trial against him in the
civil suit under a stipulation waving
arrest in the case against him iol
81, 600, 600 and asking its postpone
ment to April on account Of his enfee
bled health.
ALBANY, n. Y, January 2. - Geo.
B. Sloan, Republican, was elected
I It ~.