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Show roLiwiAXA iki;i. TIi - Troojt m ie IVtlhilrnwn I'rom lUf Niulu Ituime uu 'l'UM(ltlJ. Washington, 21. General Sherman Sher-man has telegraphed the letter 0 the aocretary of war relative to tho withdrawal with-drawal of the troops in New Orleam to Ueneral Sheridan at Chicago, with innIrucLiona to have the order executed as directed. General Sherman late last night received a ts It gram from General Augur reporting everything quiet at New Orleauf. Chicago, 21. Tho following wan dent from the headquarters of the military diviniou of Miasouri to Gen. Augur to-day; Chicago, April 21. General C. C. Auyur, New Orleans. By direction of the lieutenant general gen-eral the following telegraphic order from the general of the army is forwarded for-warded lor your acliou and guidance. Pleiwo report by telegraph the execution execu-tion of Ihe order : Washington, April 21. Ocn. I'. H, Sheridan, coimnrindiny division of Missouri, Chicago, 1ls. You will please order tho troopa. nnw nnstpd ut nr in Mm imrtipiliulrt I vicinity of thu slate house at Xew Orleans to the United States barracks on Tuesday, April 2i, at 12 m. precisely, and report the lact to these headquarters. Copies of the order of the president and secretary of war will come to you by mail, and another copy will bo sent to General AuRiirdirect. (Signed) W. T. Sherman, Geu'I. PACKARD WILL QUIETLY STEP DOWN. Washington, 21. Ex-Governor Kellogg, in reply to a question, says that the force against Packard ia so great that he will net be able lo hold out longer. Ho cannot say iuit what i will be ha course under the circumstances, circum-stances, but thinks that he will quietly withdraw without the provocation of battle or bloodshed. It is statid that a telogr;vm has been received here frein Wayne McVeigh, Mc-Veigh, saying that Packard will give up the contt-st without lurther defense, de-fense, and that on Tuesday, the day ou which tbe troops will bo removed, he will publish a letter to the public similar to Chamberlain's. THE XICHOLLS LEGISLATURE. New Orleans, 21. In the'Xicholls legislature Messrs. Demerais and Gault of St. Licdry, Cole of St. John, Simmes and Dickinson of St. James, and Snoer of Iberia were sworn in, making seventy-three returning board members in the house. Several returning re-turning board memberj who were not elected by tbe election commission-era' commission-era' returns have resigned their claims. Murray, sergoaut-at-arms of the Packard houec, was at Odd Fellows hall this morning, where at noon about Dl'O people gathered in the lobbies lob-bies and in the street. Some of the republicans who went over say that they hold the balance of power in the matter of election a United States senator. |