Show iby idy TE I AMERICAN washington 4 the secretary of the interior has announced for foi the guidance of local land officers the following important rulings ast 1st a homesteader who makes make 3 his hla entry in good faith has six months in which to establish his residence and the tract embra embraced edd in such entry is excepted except cd from the grant to a railroad definitely located d during said six months month seven ven if the homestead is afterwards abandoned 2nd and a tract included in a cash preemption pre emption entry cancelled because it embraced more than acres and not included in a subsequent entry does not inure to a railroad which was definitely located after the first entry was made and prior to the cancellation thereof the secretary of the interior affirms the following rulings of the general land office the time tima a homestead claimant was in the U 8 military service in the late rebellion should be makenas taken AS part of ef the five years in which it a contest u under uder the fifth section of the homestead act could be commenced and arid if such period when added to the time timo of actual residence and cu cultivation it was morel more than fave ave years before the contest commenced the contest should be dismissed ll 11 commissioner burdett decides that the testimony in homestead contests may be ber taken before any officer autho authorized prized to administer oaths oatha and sea seal upon proper notice to the defendant the following is the official syllabus of the late decision of the secretary of the interior on the case of theSta toof loof oregon against stott waggoner preemption pre emption claimants of the bed of what ly cappatto Wap patto lake fl firt the act of march 12 1860 made a grant in presen present tl to the state of oregon of all lands within her limits which were at that thau date swamp and overflowed and made thereby unfit for cultivation with the exception of that class mentioned in the proviso to the first section of said act 2nd and a tract of I 1 land i is not necessarily excluded from the grant because at any given date it may be found to be covered by water having the appearance pe arance of a lake and in the judg ment of the surveyors of a character to be meandered ard 3rd the state notwithstanding the return of the surveyor general had bad a right to show by any competent evidence by parole or otherwise the character of the land at the time her right accrued and the weight of such evidence should govern kopps hopps western lV estern land owner for january says that the following are among the patents that have been issued for mining claims in wasatch co utah jacob lawrence et cd al the solfara sopfara torla sulphur claim in tooele toodie co the hope consolidated mining co I 1 gentile belle red eagle american flag lynn and blackhawk mines BOSTON 4 tomorrow to morrow king kalakaua will visit the public schools and will give a reception at the state house to tife the militia officers it has transpired that the king is quite a poet he having z today presented oliver wendell holmes holm es a poem of his own in the original manuscript which li A said to have decided merits merit NEW nev ORLEANS 4 governor kelloggs message to the legislature today to day refers to the crevasse and to political disturbances as having impaired the prosperity of the state diminished the revenues and prevented a close collection of texes t aes zes the past year but says that the receipts have been nearly equal to the expenses and the rate of state and city taxation has been largely reduced and for the first time in many years not a dollar ha has been added to the state debt but on the contrary it has been sensibly reduced he counts in this reduction the funding operations of the past year and places the figures at the rate of the city and state taxation under his administration tra tion he states has been reduced twelve mills if he e devotes a large space to the history of the funding scheme and enlarges upon the good results which have been produced by its operation he also commends the constitutional amendments mend ments which have been adopted suggesting the limiting tin lin g 0 of f the state debt to fifteen millions and the rate of taxation for state stoute purposes to twelve and nud a ahau bant mills f exclusive of the school tax he recommends a change in the flin dunding funding ding board so that instead of being composed of state officers as at present it shall be composed of presidents and ex presidents of the chamber of commerce cotton exchange merchants exchange or other business men he also lecorn recommends an amendment to tile funding law by providing that state officers taxpayers or creditors of the state may resist the funding of any allec illegal pl evi evl evidence denee de debt bt by y adducing evidence of their invalid character he recommends legislation to relieve the city of new orleans of or the pressure of the great debt already incurred nna and in conclusion calls attention to the state of anarchy which has bas lately prevailed ovel over a great portion of the state and urges leg legislation lation which whick will secure the encore enforcement ament of obedience to the laws he says no amount of misgovernment oppressive taxation or usurpation of office can excuse the fact that there therol is less security for life in louisiana than in any other state that assassination sassi nation for political reasons la Is practised practiced and applauded and that in the whole of northwest louisiana no peaceful industrious citizen can openly proclaim himself a republican and be safe from molesta afon dewarns he warns the people against fostering sueh such a spirit and cepro bates the formation and maintien mai nten ance of armed or organization of citizens as sure in ne the end to lead to thoutle trouble troubie for the whole people he closes with the expression of his great desire for peace and the settlement of all troubles but declares that he is the legal governor and will perform his duty until relieved when the motion was made in the legislature to proceed to the permanent organization a s scene cene of great confusion ensued which was iacre increased ased ty by a motion to seat the i members from the contested parishes the republicans protested against the organization and denounced bounced it as revolutionary the sergeant at arms was called upon to seat the members and restore order and finally the motion to proceed to tg tile the permanent organization was carried and L A wiltz and ex governor hahn were put in nomination when the call of the roll was about half through hahn asked leave to make a few r remarks ema which privilege was accorded 1 him lim and add he decil deell declined nad the nomination at to i and protested against the manner of tho organization n ho he declared himself in favor of reform vind and called upon the democrats a well as his fellow republicans to join him in an honest effort to obtain it at last the call was finished and the result was announced wiltz 55 hahn 2 blank 1 A quorum having voted wiltz was declared elected and the tho oath ot once office was administered many of the republican members had loft left the house and the rest started tu to go but the tho speaker directed the sergeant at al arms to allow no one to go out A clerk was then elected and the swearing in of members began the sergeant at arms experiencing some trouble troubie lein in preventing the exodus ot the republican members general trowbridge was sent for and at the tho request of the speaker cleared tife tile lobbies of police and spectators general de now came into the hall hali accompanied by two officers of his staff a E squad quad squad of soldiers having been marched into the corridor leading to the hall general do de stepped up to speaker wiltz and asked that the former clerk of the house should read a letter which he presented Trez trezevant evant the newly elected clerk objected and the general then asked as he was unable to judge who was clerk of the house that hla hist adjutant should read the letters the adjutant then read the letters one of which stated slated to the general that an illegal body w was as sitting as tile tiie house or of representatives senta sento tives and that mr the clerk would furnish him with a list of those members who had bad been duly elected and as such returned by the returning board the tho other letter requested the general to eject those member 4 who had not been returned as a elected by bv the board wiltz protested and declared that this was a legally organized body general do de replied that as a soldier he had bad only to obey the orders or of his superior officer I 1 wiltz reiterated the statement that the body was legally organized and added after the organization we seated five gentlemen whose cases had bad been be n referred to us by the returning board will you eject these men the he general repeated that he was an officer and must obey orders and he came alone thinking that his presence would bo be sufficient to cany carly out these orders the speaker thanked ill lit him M fon tor for the courtesy and said while we submit to the U g S government it is my duty as speaker of the houze houde of representatives of the state of louisiana to ask you to te use force as until then the five men refuse to leav leavo leave the hall hali general de replied gri 1 I dont like to make a show I 1 don dont t know the members I 1 would prefer for you to point them out and awill I 1 will ask them to leave or will you have me fill the room with soldiers speaker wiltz 1 I cannot permit those members whom we have just recognized as being elected to be put out it is my duty day to keep up the dignity of the state of louisiana asiana as we well weli 11 as aa it 1 is yours to keep up that odthe of the U fl army 11 at this point the chaliman chairman of the committee on elections submitted a report declaring that eight members whose nama names were given and who rejected by liy the returning board were elected general do de exp eap experienced erlen erien eed ced some difficulty e in ascent ascertaining ain aln ang who the members were who were ielo leiz eted by the returning board but finally by the aid of hugh campbell Campb ll a militia general and clerk of the last house he succeeded in finding six who were each in turn taken out into the lobby between two soldiers as they by the advice of the speaker refused to go w without lus ius force being used Allen all ali entered tereda a formal protest against the act of gende who then ordered to call the roll speaker wiltz viltz refused to permit to occupy the clerks place and order ed the arms to remove him whereupon general de declared that this was no organized zed legislature and that wiltz was no speaker and he be ordered two soldiers to escort to the clerks place which was done speaker wiltz then rose and briefly recounted the ats aits of the day clay protested against the outrages committed upon diee atee citizens 3 declared that louisiana was no longer a sovereign state that she had no longet a republican form ot government and concluded by calling on the tile representatives of the state to retire with him wlm before this show of arms the democratic cepres represents enta tives headed by Wiltz then marched out of the hall and out of the state house to ko INTO VI 71 st louis street followed by a large laige crowd who th cheered leered them heartily arrived at the hall wiltz IV tz in response to calls briedy briefly related the tho circumstances bf the odou occupation pation of the hall by soldiers and then m called lied the members together and adjourned them till after the retirement of the democrats the republican members who had llad returned to the hall liall organized bytho bythe election of ex governor hahn as speak erand hen then adjourned till tomorrow to morrow general sheridan issued an order at nine tonight to night announcing his assumption by order or of the president presidents of the com lynd of tho the department of the gulf gull the following dispatch was sent by general sheridan to secretary belknap tonight to night C it is with deep regret that I 1 have to announce to you the tile existence in this state of a spirit of defiance to all lawful authority and an insecurity of cf ilfe lire which is hardly realized by the general government ern mentor ment or the country at large the lives of the citizens have become so jeopardized that unless something is done to give protection to the people all the security usually afforded by law lav will be overridden defiance to the laws and the murder of individuals seem to be looked upon by the community hero here from a standpoint which gives impunity to all ail al who choose to indulge in either and the civil government appears powerless s to punish or even arrest it I 1 have tonight to night assumed control over the department of the gulf NEW YORK 4 L beford before judge mccue today to day after the e case eise ise tse which preceded thorlton beecher beechen case was given to the jury shear man of Bee Be chees echers counsel stated to the court that they had waited an hour for the plain tifis counsel and they were not yet yeb there mr pearsall law partner of ex judge I 1 morris stated to the court that he had been requested by judge morris to state that the plaintiff was leady leads to proceed with the trial at the time agreed upon viz tomorrow to morrow at it 11 shearman Sh earman carman explained that they had agreed to sucha such a postponement mid awid tho the judge then announced that the case caso would stand over there was quite gulte a legal skirmish mi sh the he defence working to have the trial declared on by judge mccue so that he should try it in this they succeeded but according to mcclea own statement his has power to send it before another judge and it is believed that ho he will relegate 0 it to chief jiu Jia justice justlee stice NL nelson elson tomorrow to morrow the defense will however then present affidavits alleging reasons why the case be tried before mccue but unless they are very strong wrong the case will go before judge nelson vicksburg 4 the al hal committee continued the investigation I atlon today to day dr J aa M hunt who went out to meet the negroes ne groes grnes reported to be coming in on grove street on the morning of dec 10 related the circumstances of his interview with owens leader of the negroes his bringing him in to see crosby and the lat lattera ordering him to go back and tell the negroes to go home the doctor sald said that owens told him that lie was acting under Cros byIs or 1 ders and that he had them in 1 ting when owens returned to the men after the interview with crosby ho he told dr hunt to get the cavalry away from the rear of his force gorce foree force and he would order them home witness did so and the negroes marched ofir off some excited whites followed but col miller called them back the only other witness whose testimony was of any particular interest was owens the negro who commanded the grove street force his hia testimony was to the deflect that lie he was coming to vicksburg with his men about in all some armed with shot guns some with mu muskets some with pistols by order of cresby crosby he know what wha he wanted but he supposed that it was to help him about getting his office owens told substantially the same story as dr hunt about his coming to town to see crosby cresby and his subsequent ordering of his men home but testified that after they started they fired at and that some of them returned the fire he testified that crosby cosby sent written and printed orders to the country antry co and witness heard beard them read telling all the ue ne groes to come into the town armed on monday he think mil mii lers alerd men meant to kill his men when they fired at them but only tc frighten them he believed that governor ames was responsible for |