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Show LATEST DISPATCHES. GENERAL. I.OI INI A A. draut'n Soldier Mtalk into I he L.?iIulit llullw aud ArreM Luw-sui-rs. Louisiuuii not a Sovereign Mule, but h place where Aiuericuu ritfzeiiMHre Traua-loriiietl Traua-loriiietl iulo MIuvvm. U here will it Kntl ? New Orleans, 4. At the meeting of the legislature, a report of which was sent this aft- rnoon, a motion was made to procei'd to o permanent organization, or-ganization, whereupon a scene of great confusion ensued, which was increased by a motion to seat the members from contotrd parishes. The republicans protest d agahmt the organization and denounced it as revolutionary. Ttie sergeant-at-arms w.m called upon to seal the memters and te-'tore order, and finally the motion mo-tion to proceed to permanent orgnn-izalion orgnn-izalion was carried, aiid L. A. Wiliz and ex-Governor Hahn were put in nomination. When the call of the r II Wits alxmt half through, Hahn askel leave to make a few remarks, which privilege was accorded him. He declined the nomination, aud protested against tho manner of or-ganization. or-ganization. He declared himself in favor of reform, und called upon thu democrats, as well as his fellow-republicans, to join him in an honest ellort to obtain it. At last the call was finished and the result announced: announc-ed: W'lllz, 55: Hahn, 2; blank, 1. A quorum having voted, Wiltz was declared elected, and the oath of oflice was administered. Muny i republican members had left lhe i house and the rest started to go, hut the speaker requested thesergeant-at-arms to allow no one to go out. A cleik was then elected and tho swearing swear-ing in of members benuu. The ser-geant-at-arms experienced some trouble in preventing un exodus of republic members. Gen. Trowbridge was sent fur, and at the request of the speaker cleared tho lobbies ot police and spectators. General de Trohriand now came into the hulJ, accompanied by two otlicers of his stafl, a squad of soldiers having been marched into the corridor corri-dor leading to the hall. General de Trohriand stepped up to the speaker, ' Wiltz, ai.d asked that Vigors, former j clerk of the house, should read a letter which he presented. Frezevant, the nert ly elected clerk, objected, ami the general then asktd, as he was unable un-able to judge who was clerk ot" the house, that his adjutant should read the letters. The adjutant then read the letters, one of which stated to the general that an illegal body was Bit- ling as a house of represenutives.and that Mr. Vigors, clerk, would furninh him with a Int of those members who had been duly elected, and as such returned, by the returning board. The other letter requested the general gen-eral to eject ttiose members who had not been returned as elected by the board. Wi.tz protested, and disclaimed dis-claimed that this ivas an illegally organized body. Gen. de Trohriand replied that as a soldier he hod only to obey the orders of his superior officers. offi-cers. Wiltz reiterated the statement that the body was legally organized, and added, "After the organization we seated five tentlemen whose cases have been referred to us by the returning re-turning board. Will you eject these men ?" The generaM-epeaU d that ders, and he came alone thinking his presence would be sufficient to carrv out these orders. The speaker thanked him for his courte-y, and said, " While we Bubmit to the U. S. government, it is mydutj, as speaker of the house of representatives of the stale of J.ouiaiana, to ask you to use force Until then the five men refuse re-fuse to leave the lu-ll." ( General de Trohriand replied "I don't like to mke a show. I don't know the members. I would preler for you to j tint them out, and I will ask them to leave; or will you have me fill the room with soldiera?" Speaker Wiltz: l,I cannot permit those members whom we have recognized recog-nized us being elected to be put out. siy amy is to Keep up the dignity or the state of Louisiana, as well as yours is to keep up that of the United States army." At this point the chairman of the committee on elections submitted a report declaring eight members, whose Dames were given, and who were rejected by the returning board elected. General de Trobriand experienced ex-perienced some difficulty in ascertaining ascertain-ing who the members were who were rejected by the returning board, but by the aid of Hugh Campbell, a militia mili-tia general, and Vigors, clerk of the last house, succeeded in finding six who were each in turn tiken out inn (lit. l,.hk.. u. two soldiers, as they by the advice of the speaker refused tu go without force being used. All entered their formal protest against the act of Gen. de Trohriand, who then ordered Vigors to cxll the roll. Speaker Wiltz refused to permit Vigors to occupy oc-cupy the clerk's place, and ordered the Bergeanl-at-arma to remove him whereupon Gen. de Trohriand declared de-clared this was no organized legislature legisla-ture and Wiltz no speaker, and or dered two soldiers to escort Vigors to the clerk's place, which was done. Speaker Wiltz then ruse and briefly recounted the nets ot the d iy, protested pro-tested against the outrages committtd upon free citizens, declared that Liu 'siaua was no longer a sovereign sov-ereign state, that si.e had no longer a republican form of government govern-ment and concluding by calling on the republicans of the state 1 1 retire with him before this show of arm-; The democratic republicans, headed by iltz, then marched out of the haU and out of the state house to No 71 St. Louis street, f.illuwed bv a larer crowd who cheered them heattdv Arrived at the hall Witz, in response to calls, briefly related the circumstances circum-stances of the occupation of trie hail by the soldiers, and then called the mem hers together and adjourned them till 7.30. After the retirement of the democratic demo-cratic republicans, t. .e republican members who had returned to ttie nail orcamzrd bv the ele.-iinn Governor Hahn speaker, and adjourned ad-journed till to-morrow. Lieut. -Gen. Sheridan issued an order at 9 o'clock to-night, announcing announc-ing his assumption by order of the pnaident ol command of the department depart-ment of the gulf. Tlie folionim; dispatch was sent bv Lieut. -Gen. oneridan to Secretary Beiki,p to night: "It is with deep regret that I have to announce to von the existence in this state of a ep'irit of defiance to all law'ul authority, and .in insecurity of lite which 'is hardly rea.ijfd bv the ger.era! govern-; govern-; ment or country at large. The lives of citizens have become so jeopardized that unless something is done to give protection to tne peupl. all security usually afVnl.d bv law will N over" nddeu. Dri nice to laws and murder mur-der of individuals ceems to be looked upon by the community here from a standpoint which gives impunity to ill who choose to induce in either, and the ivil government appears jKiwerl- fa to minUh or even arrest. I have to-night as-umcd control over the department of th: gulf. |