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Show GENERAL. tV OULEiHH. All ulet General ( onpratu-lut onpratu-lut ions Grant' lroolm-tiou-l)oes lie Su.staia the Jit-Hogs Swindle ? C. S. Soldiers fo be Sent to a l'euceJul City. New Orleans, 1 p.m., lo. The barricades have been torn down, and the streets cars have resumed their trips. A rumor that General Long-street Long-street was captured drew an excited crowd in front of the St. Charles Hotel, who were addressed by R. H. Marr in a speech congratulating the people on the restoration of legal authority, counseling them to show by their orderly conduct that they only wanted to secure their just rights without infringing on the rights of others. Mayor Wiltz this afternoon issued a proclamation of tho same tenor as Marr's speech. Andrew Dumont, member of Kellogg'a Legislature and School Board, who surrendered to ! the citizens, said Kellogg fled at the 1 first fire and has not been seen or heard of since. Washington, 15. The President has issued a proclamation in the usual form, reciting the reports of insurrection in-surrection against the constituted authorities of the State of Louisiana, and ordering all insurgents to dis perse within five days. The President goes to Long Branch to-night. Dispatches from Gen. Emery at New Orleans through the War Department De-partment are brief and only confirm the press dispatches. The President, in conversation today, to-day, expressed surprise at the conduct of the opponents of the Kellogg government gov-ernment in resorting to arms to maintain main-tain their political position. He had expressed to many citizens of Louisiana Louisi-ana his kindly disposition toward the people of that State, and had hoped for better things. They misjudged if they thought that a resort to violence would be passed by by the government. govern-ment. In this connection he inci-dently inci-dently remarked that prompt measures meas-ures would suppress further disturbances disturb-ances and that a similar course would have saved the country from the lata rebellion. The President himself wrote two military orders, addressed to Commander Com-mander Emery, saying, in effect, that they must protect hie and preserve the peace to the best of their ability. All orders to be issued by them must be previously submitted to the proper military authorities for approval. There was no regular plan of military movements, but orders will be issued to meet the emergency. Troops will be sent to New Orleans in Buch numbers num-bers as may be required, aa the President Presi-dent is determined to save life and preserve the peace. General Sherman and Secretary Belknap both being absent from Washington, military orders are issued is-sued through Adjutant General Town-end. Town-end. St. Louis, 15. New Orleans dig' patches have been received on change announcing the success of the revolution. revo-lution. These were received with cheers and a call for a meeting tc express sympathy with the citizens of Louisiana, and thankfulness for their relief from usurpation, was signed by a large number of merchants. New York, 15. A New Orleans, dispatch says: The cotton exchange! has passetl a resolution adjourning at I one p.m., as a mark of sympathy with the movement to establish a legitimate government in Louisiana. OSLY FIVE DAYS. Washington, 15. The President's proclamation issued in 1873 during the McEnery and Kellogg difficulties gave twenty days for the belligerents to disperse. The present proclamation proclama-tion gives only five days. General Emery, in a dispatch dated yesterday addressed to General Mc-Dowall, Mc-Dowall, and senf Jo the War Pepart-ment, Pepart-ment, says he has not troops enough to maintain himself, if a conflict should occur between the troops and the insurgents ; and, further, the troop has lost its moral effect in preventing pre-venting or suppressing the disturbances. disturb-ances. New Orleans, 15. Ten thousand unarmed citizens escorted Lieutenant Governor Penn to the State House thiB afternoon. The soldiers in the U. S. Custom House gave three cheers for the citizens, as General Ogden's militia passed that building this afternoon. The militia responded heartily. The streets are very quiet The funerals of those killed yesterday yester-day were largely attended to-day. A dispatch has been sent to the President Presi-dent requesting him to recognize the Penn government. |