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Show The Siliiutiou iu New Orleans. New Orleans, 21. Democrats claim that the defection of state Senator Sen-ator Delos from tho Nicholl's legislature legisla-ture docs not break the returning board quorum of that body. Nineteen is a quorum. Nicholl's senate now consists of niuetoen returning board members, and two elected according , to tho returns; Packard's senate ol seventeen returning board members, two less than a quorum, and two . members who wore seated subject to i contest. Aftor obtaining a quorum I of the senate, the Packard legislature passed through both houses a general j appropriation bill and a mileage and ; per diem bill for themselves. They : also adopted a concurrent resolution (noting the constitution of the United States and the United States revised statutes and setting forth that there ! M-iatoH. in Nmv Orloana rlnmnalin vio- Ioncc and illegal conspiracies and combinations to obstruct the executions execu-tions of the laws, as evidenced by the seizure by armed and lawless bands of state arsenals and the supreme court of tho state, and calling upon the president, under the constitution and laws, for aid to suppress the same. Not a solitary colored man now re- j mains iu tho Nicholla legislature. A number of bills were passed, and two senators seate I. Anderson, Wells. Pitkin, Attorney Geueral Hunt and Judge Steele arrived ar-rived from Washington today. The democrats are greatly tnV iurbed with the appointment of a commission to come hero and investigate. investi-gate. The democrats uro greatly alar iiiad at Packard's movements and Uio recruits which are gathering in tho city and country. Chicago, 21. Inter-Ocean's New Orleans: The eflect ol a quorum in Packard's senate had an electrical effect on Nicholls' warrants, which yesterday were ueventy-niue, and today to-day will bring nothing. Property holders are anxious for a speedy settlement of tho question. Though the democrats were dowu on the commission, com-mission, democratic papers are very abusive towards the president. The delegation of eminout state republicans republi-cans who arrived to-day are confident the president will recognize Packard. |