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WTELEGRAPH.
WELL~' DESPAIR.
ilk Sealed Letter to West to be Opened
To.day.
e2 President Has Been Aware of Mad.
dox's Testnmony for Over a Week.
Wells Grown so Utterly Desperate that
It Is Feared he will Commit Buiclde.
Eads Will Get Ills Money Soon.
[Special to N. O. Democrat.)
WAMIrITorIo, Feb. l1.-The prevailing imprear
sion here to-night is, that it will take the Eleo"
toal Tribumal at least until Monday, and perhap
until Wednesday, to decide the case of Florida.
Of ourse, the wildest speculations are rife as to
probabilities of the Tribunal's decision. You can
speculate just as wisely in the DMOCanA (fnlce as
we ean here and at much less expense for kle
graphio tolls.
It is understood that Wells' counsel will tak'
steps to recover that letter and prevent the
breking of the seal under the runle of law that
a iesled letter in transit is sacred. If this rule
is applied, it may prevent the letter from ever
becomlag public ; but the substance of its con.
tents is already known.
Wells wrote to West, informing him the Demo
crats had agreed to give a million dollars for the
electoral votes of Louisiana, and that unless the
Republicans saw that pile and raised it, he
(Wells) will count Loolsiana for Tilden.
Thle is the only remaining link in the chain of
documentary evidence necoesary to convict Wells
and smash the board.
Wells himself bears up under these exposures
with astonishing fortitude, although his nearest
friends admit he is in utter despair. One of
them, who has been intimate w th him for twenty
years, told me to-night that 1 needn't be surprised
to learn any morning that Wells had opened a
vein in his arm during the night.
The testimony of Maddox to-day completes the
destruction of the Ietnrning Board. The only
thing remaining to be produced is Wells' sealed
letter to Senator West, mentioned by Maddox
to-day. That letter, as you will understand
from the Associated Press report of Maddox's
testimony, was intrusted by Wells to Maddox for
delivery to West, but was never delivered. It is
now in the custody of a third party, and Maddox
will deliver it to the committee to-morrow.
Under the laws (,f Louisiana, I am informed,
he could be imprisoned for ten years for the
crime that has been proven against him in the
last two da as.
Ills understood that Holman will withdraw his
pbjeotions to Eads' bill the next time it comes up.
A'hls will lnsure its passage.
The President has known of the main features
in Maddox's testimony, br(,ught out to-day, for
over a week. This knowledge was the secret of
his angry behavior toward Kellogg, Pitkin and
Don Oameron. IIUEL.L.
TIlE COUNT.
Now the Elretoral Votes are Counted.
Al.abama, Arkansa', California, Colorado,
Delaware CoUnted without Objection.
The Florlds VoteA and the Objections
" Thereto.
[Ipecial to N. O. Democrat. I
WAseIwoTOI, Feb. 1.--After some little skir
•miLiog in the deoate the two houses met iu
joint conpentlon at one o'clock to-day to count
the vote for President and Vice President of the
United States.
Oook, of Georgia, and Stone, of Missouri, wore
appointed tellers on the part of the House, and
Allison and Ingalls, both Republicans, on the
partof the Senate. The Benators were seated
on the right of the chair, while Ferry took a seat
to the right of the Speaker and called the joint
assemoly to order, announcing the purpose for
which it had met and stating that the votes would
be called, commencing with the State
of Alabama. Perry then took a package
out of the box and opening it at the end, to k
out 'he certificate cf the electors from the State
of Alabama. The certificate and duplicates
were handed to the tellers, one of whom read
the original, while the others tollowcd him with
the duplicates.
After the certificate had been read, the (hair
asked: "Are there any objections to tha certifil
cate of the State of Alabama ?"
Then, after a pause, "she Chair hears none,
and the vote of the State of Alabima will be
counted. The tellers will announce the vote."
Mr. Cook, one ofltho tellers, then announced,
"Ten votes for Tilden and ten for Hendricks."
In this manner the votes of Arkansas, Colorado,
California, Connect cut and Delaware were an
nounced, there being no objections.
When the certificate from Florida was opened,
tlqe one signed by Stearns was read; the certifi
oates of the Tilden electors was also presented
and read; also the certified proceedings of the
Board of State Canvassers by the act of the new
Legislature of Florida, giving in detail the vote
of each county in the State, and electing the Til
den electors by a majority of 96. The Chair then
asked if there was any objection to the certificate
of the State of Florida.
Field, of New York, filed objections to the
Stearns certificate on the ground that the certifi
cate had been procnredby fraud and a oonsp.racy
between Stearns and the electors and others.
Conover, of Florida, filed objections to the
certificate of the Tdden electors on the ground
that it was not authenticated as required by
the constitution.
Jones, of Nevada, filed objections to F. C.
•umphrey, one of the Tilden electore, on the
ground that he held a federal office.
Sargent and others filed objections to the last
paper filed, on the ground that it was not prop
erly authenticated, and was, besides, an er poe
faoto action of the State Legislature.
The Senate then retired to its chamber, and
after a long wrangle over the report of a sub
committee, both houses took a recess until 10
o'clock to-morrow. E. G. D.
,, _ .,.._-- _
THE SENATE COMMITTEE.
They Pretend to Rave Discovered As Istll
gible Tilde. Electer.
WAsgxoroox. Feb. 1.-The Committee on Privi
leges and klectione of the r enate find Frost,
D)smo.atic elector of Missouri, ineuigible, ana
b l~il ourt had no right to All the vacancy
w dne e report was made. The Oregon inves
tia was still open. Other vacancies in other
were properly filled.
-
Wants for rent, fo ale advert eeate sert.
WIn 0O1 i gat1 Ia5Iqlls pau h
NADDOiC TBT1 tO3I.
The Bargain Betwe en Him and Wells.
Two Hundred Thousand Dollars for Him.
self and Anderson and .omething
for the " Niggers."
[Special to N. 0. Democrat.)
WAHIX.oTOx, Feb. 1.-The following are the
most important tarts of Maddox's testimony to
day :
J. Madison Wells was present while Ma'dox
testified and, though he seemed to wince once or
twice, stood it, in the main, pretty well.
Maddox said :
There were three letters written by Wells
concerning the action of the Returning Bord ;
they are inotnow in my possession, but are under
my control. I will produce them to-morrow. Two
of these three letters were written by Wells to
myself and one to Senator W at. The night
before the letters were written by Wells, it was
agreed upon that they should be written. Wells
and I had a conversation on the 19th of Nowvm
her about the political situation. Wells proposed
that I should go to Washington and explain the
situation. The next morning, when I arrived at
the efieo, Wells was writing letters. One was to
Senator West, which he sealed up; this one has
nt ver been delivered; the other was to me, as a
letter of credentials. Wells said his life was in
.oanger; lie had a big job on hand and would not
take the risk of making the return for the Re
publican party atles he was compensated; he
said be might be killed, and be wanted to be paid
for his risk.
Query-What did Wells say he proposed to
charge?
tAnswer-He stated that he wouldlike to serve
his party and make the return for Hayes; but he
would not do it unless he was paid for it. He
said the majority was so heavy for Tilden that
the job was a hard one, and he did not know
where he should commence throwing out. On
the ground of necessity, he might have to throw
out the vote of New Orleans. le asked me to
come to Washington and see influential men
there to protect him, and get the amount of
money necessary to satisfy him. Wells wanted a
million.
Q.--Did he sty the amount he wanted?
A.--lie said he ought to have one million dol
lars.
Q.-Did you take the letters Wells gave you to
Wasbhington ?
A.--I did; I made use of two of them, the
ones addiessod to me. I showed the long letter
address d to me to the President, to tecretary
Cameron, and to Secretary Chandler. I saw the
Secretary of War, and stated to him the case as
Wlie presented it; I told him the large amount
of nion y that Wells wanted, and the Secretary
declined. I then endeavored to carry out a sec
ond propoeition that was und rstood between
Wells and myself.
(Wi:neea then gave the memoranda of agree
ment about the milhon of dollars.) I arr..nged
the details. My intention was to have had afifth
man elected, Dr. Kennedy, and Wells wai then to
resign on pretense of anger and indigna!ion over
the appointment. I -as to submit a plan, which
Wells said would be acceptable to him. Wells
said he wanted for himself and Anderson at least
two hundrdd thousand dollars apiece, and
wanted Imaller sums fur the niggers ; he did not
say exactly how much fur the latter, but he
wanted something for them.
Q.--Did Wells say what he would do with his
party if they declined his offer ?
A.-He said If they did not treat him right, he
would beat them. After the negotiati n failed,
I returned to New Orleans and told Wells of the
failure. IIe then suggested that I try and make
terms wi:h the Democrats there. I did try and
failed. When I went to New Orleans as a reve
nne'agent, I was requested to note the political
situation and report. I understood it was at the
request of Mr. Chandler. Col. Casty told me
that Secretary Chandler deai ed me to go to New
Orlean, and watch the situation. My expensee
woere paid by the Internal Itevenue Departm-nt.
Just before the election I was traveling on reve
nue service in Maryland and Virginia; I was
engaged in purely revenue busineps, and
not in poll ical matters before the election. On
the Gth of December, Weds told me that the
board would bring in a majority of between 1200
and 1800 for the Hayes electors.
Q -Did Wel s tell you where he would throw
out ? A.-He said that he would throw out votes
where he could do so to the best advantage.
BUELL.
A DES~'EI tT k IHIEE.
Wells' Last Hope,
An Attempt to be Made to Impeach
1 littlcfleld, Maddox and Pickett.
[ pecial to N. O. Democrat.]
WLAs.9u roN, Feb. 1.-Wells and Anderson will
be examined to-morrow.
The remainder of Maddox's testimony is rela
tive to Welle' sealed letter to West, the sub
stance of which is given in my previous die
patch.
It is stated at this hour--1:30 p. m.-that a
disperate scheme has been concocted to im
peach Maddox, Littlefield and Pickett to-mor
row. It is not altogether certain that Woodward
will not stick by the board and try to impeach
Littlefield, but public feeling here is so com
pletely settled against Wells that I don't see how
he can poss.bly stem the tide.
A. C. IBUELL.
MOUTH CAROLINA.
Resolutlons Ada.ted by the Colored Demo
crats In Faver of Wade litmptea.
WASUINoTON, Feb. 1.-In the Renate Mr.
Robertson, of touth Carolina. presented resolu
tions which he said were adopted at a mass meet
ing of white and colored citizens, at Barnwell
Courthouse, 8. C., on the 15th of January. He
asked that they be read and referred to the Oom
mittee on Privileges and Elections. The Chief
Clerk read the resolutions as follows:
Resolred, That the 700 colored voters, who en
rolied their names in Democratic Clubs, and the
976 who cast their ballots for General Wade
Hampton. and candidates on his ticket, did so to
secure their rative State honest government,
and home rn e, and frte her from the th eying
government under which she has so long suf
fered, from cosrupt carpet-baggers and infampus
tecalawags.
Mr. bargeut, of California, interrupting, said
he objected to further reading of the resolutions
as they were not couched in respectful language.
A sharp debate followed after which Mr. bai
geant, at the request of Mr. Patterson, of South
Carolina, withdrew his objection, and the reading
of the resolutions was concluded. They deny
that there was intimidation on the part of the
whites towards she blacks, and support the
Hampton government.
T.e resolutionsewere then referred to the Com
mittee on Privileges and Elections.
TLE ICE.
Another isastr Disast on the River.
ST. Lous, Feb. 1.-The moving ice cut down
the Belle of t. Lois, at 8. Genevieve. She had
Ave hundred tons fbeiglt on bosad. The loe
Pl~i~Ji~~k ~ em~kee 1er, p
Loutsiana.
The mail between Homrn r and Vienna is carried
in an open cart, and when it rais they get a wet
mail.
The sheriff' le-t o' Bl-bland has not yet quall
fed, although his comt salon was forwaeded
some time ago.
Lireolo part-h has had no t rerbte term of the
Parisah o,,rt this week, in consequence of the
illness of the Pariah Judge.
Groan people bave stopped g' lng to church
and the children going to school In ilzankliu
pariah, the weaths r has been so b id.
COliborun and Union parishes are over no by
apple ptd loers, who have come -II the way ftm
Northwee Arkansas. O0O mth s distant, In opea.
wagons, {o sell a few dozen apples. There's
enterpris4 for o u.
The fi.l* wlin are the i4yndics eleced by the
P, lice J :y of PI q(emines: Alex. Agans, Wes
!iy Greesn, 8smuel itt i, ibris, Jordan, Onezuim
JobnsMn, tPhil p GOariso , harvey Foke), Luwla
itedeck and E iward wommers.
:~beriff itrgisttr, of Tenase, has now quile a
number of boarders, we learn, in the perish
prison, and room for more. At the ntext meeting
od the Part~h Court there will be a jail delivery.
and sonme of the birds will take flight to a less
congenial clime.
The flatboats have begun to arrive in the river
parisahe. tritgling procure , f ev. ry description.
Ihey area god-send to the e plan era woo ar,
out of corn, pork. etc, nfl have been looking nout
for thq dwnwar d bourd steamboats detained fIr
some weetks by the ice.
The telegraph b' tween. Air zxnd ia and New
Or'ean has only been in working order six hours
since Jan. 6. They get a dispatch thbat reas ,
"President Grant has ordered toen. Augur t,
recognize ," and it stops th re, and they
have to wait two weeks until some steamboat
has forced lts way up the river to know jelst
what the President has ordered.
The last two prisoners confined in the Rapides
parish jail made their escape last Hunday night.
By some means they procured a ill., cut one of
the bars of the wt d ow grating to their cell and
tot themselves into the yard. They then dug
under the wall, anti made their exit. 'lhus the
parish jail, for the first time in long months, was
left silent end des. rtad. Huth of the pilsoners
who escaped were colored.
Apropos of the arrest of the Texan, Horton,
who threatened to ki I every "putty tar Itadli atl
i Natchitoches," the Ilatchltoches lRepublican
remarks: "In th's matter the e tizens aoid in
accord and barm niou ly. Democrats promptly
refor ted the thrests made to tie Itepublicane,
and both aided is stopping fl.iton's toarerr. 'Ih,
citizens here have fu ly deerm ned to but sn If
fecatel stop to the system of oritrages and reek
less hoottng in the streets and at innocent ( iti
a no by these strangers, who come here for that
kind of sport."
Texas.
Houston c'aims a p t it ation of 2.5,00.
There are now one hun l'ed and forty papers
published in 7texas.
The District Court at Dallas has a case before
it conucrning 17,712 acres of land in that. county.
The blockade of freight for the interior still
,rtinues. 1od road., and no p.s ur.go s the
Fayette county has $11,558 that it dotsa not
know what to do with, and lpro pose: i: It v, st
it in State bonds.
The C rpnu Carlti Timu.a says that <tintity ha'
no funds in its treasury snd has- not p id the in
terest on its bonds.
The jalns Anoty Tisdal (c )or"d,) shot and
killed Niorah lawttorne near Ilemlntead
jealonusy and no; jim-jams.
O manche, having vterd agalnt. prohibition, is
building a "powerfil jail " Folly in tihe one case
is redeemed by prop, r foresight in toe other.
The receipts of the O.lveston Wharf Company
last year were about $310,f.00. How ;omuch h,~
company nade fr-om redeemed lots is n t stated
The labrlr supply exceeds the 'emend in Anus
Sn, and the city trip ,e t', take adIvantae of
the situation in iImprovi;g the city at chb-ap
rates.
Texas held a short-horn conv ltion n Dll,a'
last week, and adj.,urn' d to meet ill Austin Jan
ary 8th, 1878 The ci,nvention is in f vor of in
troduciug short-horus iutJ Texas to impove the
stock.
The new Galveston paver started as the (Jil
estornion. For a week thie ei t ,r hll ,out that
it oughlt to be "on" intoad of "a,," but he ha
since been forco to vield to nibli* . nutimtn'.
That "on" very nearly w ocked his paper.
Gov. Hubbard contemplates rel evying the p-es
ent lessees of the Pent esiiary, Wrd & Co,. I is
stated that He are. liarnett & Kilpatrick, of Gal
veston. will t ke tih~ instiiutmii off the 1Stat,i's
hands and pay $2?.000 per aunurn therefor, and
ranra',tee the ltate against all expensue of re
.umption.
Oflicia' information hap been received at m'li
tary ha 'quarter at Ha, Antonio that. thlt ti
mo-re held of cattle had boeo tur n-d over to the
Americans by the M zintn snborttnem at Hara
gossa, whic'h govs to chow that the 1i. xi,an au.
thorities can overtake Mtexisa" catle thiv yes it
the proper pressure is brought t) bear upon
them.
On Wednesday morning a wonderfu' sig'ýt was
seen on tne opp site aide of Corpus l.hr sni t ny.
By a mirage Mu tang Iland. from tlfteen to
tw*nty miles distant, wsn made to loom np anti
appear c ose at hand. Its a snd hills antid tblow
c uold be plainly seen, the, whol-apparently beig
eventy-firv. to a hundred feet in hei,-lht.
There was another "ama h-up" on the Texas
and I'acfim Railway tho, oth r day. , ven miles
firon Marshall, caused h' the colltli:.g of a pas
senger sn- freight train. One l.cmotive and
two freight trains wR re wrcked. About 200 per
sone were on time passenger train, but fortunately
no one was hurt.
The Anustin 5latesman speaks i-s f liowe of
emigratlion to T.xa.9 "P'ople sending Ictters to
friends in distant lates, answering quen'tion
abaut the pro-pec!te in Texas. ,hlinld always
smember thbt the cities and tow a are now
overst Vked with buitoe-s and pr.ofessious min.
clerks, Ltook-keepers and mechanic-. P'eople
who have a few Funodred dollars amnd plenty of
muscle 'an do well by coming to 'eIas, btll on -
ride tf this class there im litt'e to en ice people to
this ctmntry. Texai, like very other count:rv, is
overstocked with, e poctable young men looking
for a 'soft thing.'"
Miss Eliza B E. Bragg, widow of lGen. Braxion
Bragg, has fi!ed an inventory of his eata'e in thII
Prob-.te Court of Gaveeton. Th, accumulation
oif a lo g and hnno rable Ifo lfooted up only $ti0i(.
As the (alrestoriion says, Gin. tsragg f led
high and respotisiblin positions in tif-. Hie corn
maeuced vast legions if men, and mllions of
m, ney were dinbursed undtr lis direction and
by his order. He might, like Lord Clivo, have
raised him:elf to opulence, and yet been aston
ibhed at his own mode ation.
The news of the robbery of the uphound Con
cho stage, at Jackeou'd crossing, morth of Meu
ardvlle, raises the suspict us that the James
brothers have retunned to rexas. The expecta
tion was to get the paymiter of tie Umted
8tatee army, bhut he did not go up on the El
Paso. but the Eagle Pass stage. About two
months ago, it w 11 be remembere', Mrs. James
sold out h'r interests in MIseouri and elet for
Texas. Her sons, who were in Kansas Otty re
oeutly, were, no donbt, equaring up their a,
cunta to come to Texas also. So Mrs. James
and her two "innocente" may now be raving n t
more than two hundred miles fr ,m San Antonio.
If they are about, paymasters, as well as other
travele s, had better k=ep their eyes open.
The Epress rays, and justly, of German farm
era eve ywhere in l exae, that Comal ard oGuada
lupe countes, portiocs of which are adjominng to
Bexar and of the same kind of soil, are now
Ihlckly settled by Germans, who have tbeen emi.
nently successful as agrinultuists. In nearly
every instance they began as day labores a, and
hive now comfortable Ieompe. fult grain-houses,
iand (as is oft n the way with Germaia) barns
luer than their residences. The eastern part or
Brxar counnty, so far, ha- been more devel, ped,
and along the Cibolo there are a number o1
splendid farms under succeesful cultivat ot,. The
laige trac a in which land is held should be
divided up and made available to men of snall
m-ans. Two and three hundred acres in a tract is
a slirge as the average farmer willneea. It witi to
b ,.h butter for him and the c untry if he wllt
p•r hbase orly what he absolutely rtquires, and
p ace that under thorough cultiva ion tas:eadl of
holding a large area of land not utihzed.
POWDERS A.D Har.--Mes.ss. D. L. Ranlett &
Ce., No. 21 and 23 New Levee street, hbae iO store
an eatenatve aseortment of powder, shot, osps,
bagging and ties, o ston and siesal plow ioes,
MantlU and tarred rope, o tton dack, bale twine,
sto. Ad i toe&badvert iepaetofr Meres. D.
bQe., wiltastursi a thi
SPECIAL NEETI ii Of THiE GUAI
JURY.
They Will Iniestigate the Wells Fr-ad.,
The Demand for the Returns Refused
by flonore.
Yesterday, the Grand Jury beoing elled upon
fot a .p-cial I retiug, Judge Whitaker dehvereu
thte fn towing char.te:
"(/erlenlrer of the Grand .7ury- -1 cent ds.
clo etues c netcti the n.me of the ocoauta.t 6t
one of the m at responrsio a utlb~cl pultloi s'of
the .'tate silh trs, tat:iuns aMotui.ting to very
grave crimin I ffManses.
Tue ntmost pu ,hiity has been given to state
me ltt , made on oath. that the Presitdent of tmLe
Board of Returnnog Offl ets for ctieons in to he
State has been go Ity om alterations a.d for geries,
or of procuriug alterations and forgeries, of Lbe
public records of the r tate relative to the late
geuetal election. The matter demands your
speedy and serions attention
-ecltin 838 of the Rlevi-ed Htatntes provides
that thi4 crime shall be severely punished. My
wene ral charge points out your du.y il the prema
tses.
The above section of the Revised (stantee pro
vides against forglrig, altering and puolishing as
true atry p tblio document to defraud any person
and also for a ptI dsbment of tromt two to four
teen tear ' imprisonment a bard labor in case of
Oefnvictonn "
nmmediately after the cha-ge. the District
Attor, ey moved fir a subplna drvces lecua to be
served upon Chas. H. Au it, Chief t letk of the
Itetu tying Board, and Emitse lion re, Packard's
douret ry of titat ordernig them to prorduce, at
1 o'clock p. m., before the Grand Jury, all records,
original roenrns, et , re:ative to the late el etlton.
neceseary to the investiga i in by the Grand Jury.
Thle sn' prnas were issned forthwith. Abell
was not fotund " be having left the city some eight
dary ago f r ,uncirnuat.
l1ontore received the snbprmna. and, as it was
stated at the St. Louits Hotel, had refused to obey
the ord r. replying that he did not recognize
ith r the Judge or the District Attorney. lHe
wrlo fni od to atnswer the subprr.s as a witness
before the Grand Jury.
W. P. Green, clerk of the Returning Board,
answered the subpoena, appeared before the
3rund Jury yesterday afternoon as a witness and
was exa'uined. Attorney General Ogden and
District Atriney Finney were also in attendance
in the Grand Jury room.
lIE WOULD TAKE HIM, DEAD OR
ALIVE.
A Negro Thief Refuses to be Arrested,
and Is shot Twlee and Mortally
Weounded.
At quarter.prst 10 o'clock yesterday morning,
on the levee, head e f 8r. Louis street, Edward
William-, a nego. was called upon to settle his
aecouwnM with the world, and, probe ly beroru
thin reowrt reaches the raed r, shall have passed
into another, taving been ,he recipient of two
pistol shot wounds-one in the left sioulder and
one in the 1,lwer IJ( rpion of the back, on the left
side, the pi-ti being in the hands of a police
offlcer named James Lil.es.kron.
The laots connected with the shooting, as
k,.l·eod by a isucOcaATr repo ter, are as follows:
I'rit WII lars wa- sie hug molasses on the
{hvero, and when OfflLor Lillheoron ast preached
tim for ith- purpose or rmaking him a prisoner
thu negro relnu+d to submit
AND RSOWED vFIouT.
The prisoner arid officer clinched, and a rough
aid tllrutblo fight ensured. The negro unloosed
huimre f from the arms of his antagonist and,
nieppilng bac a tow steps, drew his ort'on il ok
and again ,tarred f,r the officer, and this time
nr ee.,letI in gottlug in a te.ling blow on thy
officer's left hip.
William towu " paded the hoof," and Lilien
kron, not willing to allow lis p islner to get the
b st of hIn, drew his pistol and fired two shots
at ihe' fllgitver with toe aorve ufftct.
A large cr wd or negroes gatherelI around th:
wi.uidded man, and w.en tbe Offieor again ap
proachled him for the purpmoe of conveying hi e
to the staltion-houne, he *ws easiiled by the
mob, anrd had It nit been for tim, ly assistance
wonld have b, en considerably worsted.
The wounded man and the officer succeeded in
rtachmln, the £larb ,r eation, and the former was
fund to be no serio .ply wounded that it nicessi
lated his nln no iate removal t, the
CHlARITY IioePITAl,.
O).lieer LIFenkron surrenrdered himself a pris
on r at the stat:on.
Wi'~hans was visited at the hI upital by a re
port-r, and he stated that some of his friend
Iheoded him a can containulng mola.ses; thrt
the oitcer approached him andi aked
him whit he was d,,iug with that
coi.; he sai that he was doing nottling. The
,fficer then remarked: "I b.Ateve I will take
)rou in; s c nilt along." I satrl I won't g-, with
'ouc. He said, "I will r uher take you hali or
)-ur O--d a -m b hdy." iHe th u trio i to taker
mre; I resist d hira; I did not draw my cotton
no, k nor d d I tun; the officer then pulled out
his pistol anid saot ma twice.
1 lie wouroed man was asttCndd by Dr. Smythe,
who con-idols his cnmditiou very critical.
('APTURgD BV DETglC'YIVE,.
A Gang of (Counterfeiters Who Have Been
Carrjlug n an Extenstve Bualness.
In several of the large cities, such as New
York, Boston. Pbhildelphia. Balnmute, St. Louie
arid New Orleans, sit C, the resumption of p tie,
there has arisen, like the ghust of Banquo, a
ganI of ctunterfei ere who have slarmed the
government by the manufacture of counterfeit
coin of all detominations, and owing to the large
a u-ant that has alhs ady been distributed through
the c entry, has caused the government to em
ploy a corps of skilled detective' and asaign them
to duty in the above named cities.
The det.ctives who were to ferret out the
counterfetters in the Crescent City reached here
about the 14th of July, 1876, and have been
busi y Pearching out the violators of the laws of
the national goverlnment. but with such .ecreny
and shrewdness dii the
"' IOVEIR OF THiE QUEERLn
carry on their nefarious game that the "cops"
were unabe to get on their track until one of the
gang, by moe ey and other indu .ements, was per
nuaded to give away his "pai."
On Wednesday evening ev rything was ready,
and Uni ed states Detective C. R. Steele repaired
t) the place where he itad been inlormed the
crooked money was being manufactured, wuich
was at the house No. 14 Relerec street, and
arrested Francisco Pantllio, alas Fraociso, the
proprietor of the place, as he was returning to
his h use after carrying a lot of counterfeit
nickles. Marteni Scott, the proprietor of the
coffeehouse at the corner of burgundy and St.
Peter streets, was the next man pulled, the two
other accimplices, Virgel Gargine and 8alvador
A beneli, were arresteds on St. Ann street.
The lour Diego prisoners were tiken to the
Custom-HIouse a.d lucked up.
eho cops having secured their prisoners, the
house, ho. 14 Kel rec street, next claimed their
attention, and in Panti ,lu' room a cheering sight
me, their grze, for there in a corner was a fur
nace and a ladle full of mAton composition, and
on the floor was strewn Lickles and dies in a
rough state, but in size and weight perfect.
''lnere were no otter persoua in the room but
Pontildas wife, who appeared to be ranning the
whole machine, and when siscovered was ren
dered dumb with astonishment.
she was alto arrested, and together with the
,ilent witnesses, the ladle, the rough ickels and
furnace, was brought to the Custom-House.
All the prisoners were arraigned befoe Judge
Bdllings and remanded to the Pariah P,ison, in
detault of h nds, until Monday, when they will
be called up for trial.
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ARRIVALS AT THE CITY HOTEL.
Elii. L ttrcp. Lower Coast; Edw Solomon, N
Y; Wallace W Potter. Mrs V Shaw, R I; J B Cole
man, Texas; J N Todd, ra; H Weston, Miss; R A
Long, Jackson; B Maugetaron, Ohio; James (
Brogies. Mies; t Hiutchamet, Tenn; J karnaugh,
La;J J Nedion and wite, Mrs Hodge, W T ivy,
La; MKs Oramitage, city; A Duffe; 'cott, Bale
mo.e; J Applewhite, JP Tige, hoe Helm, . J
Harrieo, Mrs G a Piockard and mtid, Mis- I
A Leger, Mexico; J 0 French and aite; iss
French C LDBoy and family, tty JH B elo,
Ga: G 0 Beed. Pa; E G ike h,; b 8 art,
N Y; Miss A McKoiney city; JJ onon Ky;
G.o a hElwort, GO Van lBlure, Memphis; J.o
A Vilama RBiver.
MrI," akc."t 4yU
STMAY STRAWS.
Showing How the Wind Shirts.
J. Henri Burch, Senator, etoeters, paid a visit
to the Inelsiture Wednesday morntig, and was
wi hin the bar of the H use during a porria. of
the seslion. What d d he wat ? Nobody asked
Burch, and since Barch oilt not vola .Wor to
communicate his business there, coljectur, rs
are teft to draw t'eir own inferences.
It is not true. however, as report had it ,hat he
inquired whether members were being paid in
OClts for their warrants on the treasury.
UHeV1e5J8 Iar.VIVINO.
During a stroll among the prodace merchants
we saeetts ned yer'errlay that m are bh in,.no h.d
been transacted in that line within the past mix
days than daring f mr months previon.ly.
one merchant said that the commerl k 1 pros
pr ocs, which looked so t mory a f w weeks ago,
have brightened up wondetfirlly, and that the
matifan ion of the mercantd~ elt:emnt t,,st
the Nicholls government was an estab
lished f ct had anr risingly impr.ved the
great desideratum-confidence; in fact, that ther,
was now euch a thing as confidence existing
between the large comm'rcial houses of the city
and country merchants. for where a few daye
ago the cash or collect on r'elivery sy*stm wse
insisted upmn, now our merchants are taking the
notes of country merchants and city traders at
thirty and sixty days, and in some caces at longer
time.
('ONFIDENCE WITH A VEA(NiANE.
This is from one quarter only. Meeting anoth
er merchant, engaged in the financial line, our
report.r learne- that what he had heard wan not
only the truth but one-h if the truth. He sasi
in snpport of his confirmation, that commtiss on
.erchants were soliciting customers by
offsring advances in cases where t' ey won:d have
relused even to consider applications a few
w eks ago. lie related several transactions to
our reporter which had taken place recently, no'.
the least remarkable of whih was the propisi
.ton of a commission merchant (whose realizat, e
capital is worth $500,100) tc ano,ther merchant,
to take off his hands an advarnc of J ',0(10
made to a planter on his next sugar crop.
This last assertion may atpear xIggeratedl,
hut we give it on the authoritv ofa ein l.rnan
well known in the financial world, who pictures
the readiness of our capitalists to invest under the
new order of things as akin to anlxity.
It 1 oks as though a brighter future Is now at
hand than the most sanguine dared to antic, pate.
REX'$. MARCItl.
The King Orders the Mtreets to be Re
paired for the Royal Pageant.
DEPAUnTMET LonRD Tiro CIIAMO:ERr.AIa, I
Dy order of the King of the CGrnrval.
New Oileo,ns January 30, 1877.
To our loyal subject, John McCaffrey. Adminis
trator of Im riovrments of cur Capital of
New Orleans, greeting:
Knowing that some of the thoroughtsres
through whbinh our royal pagean' is to pees on
the coming fo e day, are in hbd c,rrnditon, and
reposnlg fuil cofihdence in the petri,,ttsm and
devotion to duty of our loyal subject and servant,
John McCafirey, we hereby direct him to at once
repair and place in good ,ntdition all the streets
h.ar may be to him designated by the faith'ul
esbjects of our household pollen, and hereinto he
will fail not ! By order of the King.
Ei'Y, 7th Secretary BTHUIItST.
DEPARTTMINT OF IMPHOVERMENTR
O t a ital of King he x,
New Orleans, Feb. 1, 1817.
To His Royal Hlighness Rez, King of the Carnri
val, greeting:
Your liege and faithfal subject, John Mcr.Caf
frey, Administrator of all the improvemenlts re
quired ui your Mejesty's r' alto, directs me to ac
knowledge the receipt of the royal edict r, q or
ing thl- principal thoroughfaree of the capital to
be placed in immediate repair.
The Admmrrisrator bows submission to your
MI j t)'s decrees. and desires to inform you that
don care will be b stowed upon such avi nues a
mey be oinrted oon to him, to the end that yiur
a j ,urn in the capi el may b as lI a an, and
agreeable as good nd loyal suijects can render it.
Your Highness' mast loyal serv nat,
OEt). W. FLYNN,
Secretary to Administrator.
PACKARD'S CROWD.
The crowd in the St Louis Hotel is Ptill buoyed
by the h pe of the long pr mi,ed and much
looked for, but never seen, recognition dis
pa rh. and are still soothed by small installments r
of Packard's money.
There are undoubtedly a numb' r of rn, mbers
of the crowd who may be e- pjo ted to wittdr-aw
Irom it at any time, an ' they can be looked for I
with certainty the very moment the money gives
uut. These men are mostly sp.ceulators. Ibey
will remain at the I't. Louis 1I tel as long a I
they .re farntrhed w.tn free b.ard and lodging 1
and their installmen a of Packard's money, bnu
the day the fun is gve out these pa'riots will I
I.avs the ranks of the cr ,wd to taWe their ,ea n
in the 8tate Legislatu:e an-I step up like little
men and draw their mi.eage and their per diem
fur the whole session.
That Pack-rd is afraid of his crowd, that he 1
has n ,t that impli it faith in the members that
one would suppose he should hbve, is evidenced
b. the fa-t tuat only the truly fai hful are ad- a
mitted into the hotel building, and where an ex
, eptim is made the fav.,red indlivilual gain ad
mi-sion obly on the promise that he will Lot
converse with Ite very luneresting specim-n4 of
the genus hor.o whom he may meet within its
hallowed precincts.
THE RUMP
met as usual yesterday. and as nusual there was
no quorum in "the cena'e." In '" the House,"
however, a sufficient number of names were rei
Spmnded to to satisfy the Ulerk, and he declared
that there was a qrornuu present.
There was no hing dune, h-)wever, of interest
to anybody, and after a short session an ad
journment was ordered.
Superlor Criminal Court.'
The District At orn y caused the bood, in the
f,'lowing old cases to be forfeited, the accused
failig to appear for trial:
namuel Palmer and Simeon Nash, charged in
1876 with carrying concealed w apons.
Chas. tparks, assault and battery upon Officer
A. t-tevene, June 3, 1875.
Andrew Randall, shooting at Officer D. P.
Hale in 1874.
Al. cases transferred to the dead docket.
PLEAD GUILTY.
Wm. Taylor, colored, plead guilty to an as
esailt upon officer W. C. Hawkins, December 2,
1875.
C :VICTED.
Pierre Baptistes, charged with grand Iarceny
stealing a gold watch and chaiu, valued at $175,
on the 14 h August, 1876, from ires. Poliot.
MISTRIAL.
The jury, in the case of Win. Williams, colored,
chargesd with burglary and larceny of $107 on the
28th May, 1876, at the house of Auguste Lar
rien, cornerCarrollton avenue and New Canal,
was discharged, after having been locked up for
twenty-one hours and failing to agree.
SBNTEUCED.
John Fi'zgerald, who plead guilty cn Wednes
day to carrying concealed weapons, was eon
tenced to $5 flue or five days' Par.as Prison.
AMUSEMENTS.
ACADEMY or MUsic.-Last night the Solde(ne
Troupe produced "Irlal by Jary" and Herve's
opera boouffe of "uhilperic" The housn was
crowded in Its every p.rt, and the enthusiasm
was most unbounded throughout the perform
ance of the operetta. Encores upon encores oc
curred, and whilst Soldene and d6ells were yp
plaudtd for their efforts in a musical wa;, leg
L,lent came in for a great share of the sucoess of
the evening. The same bill is offered for to
night, and will doubtless draw another full
house. Grand matinee on Satorday at noon,
when "La Fille de Madame Angot" will be pre
seuted.
Vazzrr.,s TEEATaE.-Raymond's benefit last
night was not so welt attended as he deserved
rthe programme wase attractive, comprising
"terious Faminy" and "Toodle," and was fairny
interpreted. To-night Gilbert's charming play of
"?ygmalion and Gslates." On Monday neat
Oaas. Pope will prdd.ee ".-smon," Pope him
se f appearlg in the u. role.
Br. Ousais Tamrat. - The Black Orook will
bepreaneed msay uahs this week ast this theatre
ap as the =MUM oR Nustea', The perful
spdi~trbinauat stele stear neis
a.=aple of the. ae .rs e . thel.l .i tC .
tlese lu Paver of bthe BI .
The folowelg is a svnopsle of the msjortZ r'
port Oh the Tease Psollo RIllrosad prrepat. by
Col, Lan.ar, th cbstrm in:
The b II rell'ves the company from the somH
quences of their Atlure to omtpl to the dlip5
Iated portion of the road, and furntihes bh
with certain aid in the shape of a ruarntee of
the interest on their bonds The report steat
that the failure to complete the r' qu red portion
of the road was dun entir ly to the nrivetrsl
fluanrial panic or 187:3, and ntot at all to an, mis
munagement on the partof the c ,mpany, and
rught not to deprave them if any aid white
rnder other cirenmegrtnces, ,he vovernrment
might properly give. The questions properly be
orn- t.' comml tee were!
Firis---Whe her Uongress has the constita
tionRat power to grant snch aid.
reconrr -Whether it is the interest 'f the whole
country that this aid ahonul I hi granted.
I'ho c,mmitree are of the opinion that the
constitutional qrisrtinn may be considered as
:e.tlid, bIth by the action of the governmebt In
affordiwg aid to ot h.r Pacflo road,, thus estab.
hIh ng a syst' m of Pacific connections, of wh:ch
the Texas P.,icli: I a nearsearv and component
part, arnd by the fail declaration of the public
:ntl.imrnt of both Ihe great polii'.al par iee as
ieclaresd ii their respective platrorms as far back
as the Presrlential eloltion or 1860.
'I he commrittre are al o of opr.ton that a the
Niorthern Pacific connection has bern completed
and upp rted by government atll, jistice, both
to thte , onth and the whole country, require
that the my tem shall be completed on the same
prinniloe until its benefits are really extended to
all sections of the country.
iThe' comrnnittee do not entertain any doubt of
the right and power of Congressc to affrd t.s aid
to a road which is an absolute military andt postal
iecesuiti. and wh.ch simpl) erabiles it, by the
Iran of its creridt, to accompl'sh a work which it
woild otherwise have to fitiin' at its own expense
and by the direc exercise of its p,wers.
'The cmmlrttee th that thti groat c rmmaroe
•etween the Atlantic and Pacilio ca,,sts is scare ly
ro bra consid red as an irter-state Cmmeroe
merely, bu' rather asstmilates to that vast ocean
fom meroe, in the care and protOctlon or which
Jlongress has never hesitated to aid ocean s.anm
're, to make ocean surveys and to establish
rghthocses, and they agree with the opinion ,i
,ersed by Mr. Hunter, of Virginia, tha it would
eakern the great princ:ples of it te rights to
ittemptto siretch to cases which they do not
over : right reason, arnd where the obtrusion
f .nch co~ns.leratior s carn only seem to lack the
iriorlamrn sense of manktld. But th- committee
olly agrro that the conditions of this aid
muot guarantee the government against
racrifice and the people against the sel
I-h exercise of the privileges wh c tbhis
Lid conferes. They think the provisions rif I
he bill secure these ends. The guarantee given
s o ly the gunarintee of the interest of the bonds,
•hich are issued only as the road Is completed
nid the comirttee estimate that from pr per asn
'eliable da'a to.ey can assume that as a net earn
rg of $1500 per mile will meet that interest, the
refits of the road will be lasgely more than sudf
tent to meet the interest and prevent any alotel
ceceasitv fir the advance of a dollar from the
'reaeury. Th-: mortgage of the whole property
if the roads, the sale of lands and the res rye of
151100 per mile of bonds in the hands of the gov
;rnment are further and ample security.
The proviltous g ving equal rightr of fretr
nod passage to all the branch roads, and ibe
',,wer rerrrvted careful,y to the government to
reviw and mod f, all charges, art, the commit ee
ihi k, fill security against the con,version of the
privileges of the road into a selfish and mir
bhievous monopoly.
I he repor, t Ilien proceeds in detail to state the
ine of roue, the length of the roat, trunk and
brancroes, what has boE cn bult. what remains to
be built, a calulation of prob.ble c, st. of probas
ole ero.s and not earnings, and co clu tea by a
forcible and I iqu, nt statement of the general
adcr, tspes and vast national importance of the
arti rprse and its beneficent i Ifluenre in devel
irying -on hern resources; in the stimulas, by
he excin ive u-e of American ir .n, :o our man
f citres; it the supply of work at 4r wages to
thousands of skilled and hones .lborers who are
now in rld stlttion; in its general relief from the
painful con iition of inrdu trial stagnation. and nto
the r" soratiot of confidence and hope to the
national spirit of oar whole people.
AN UNNATURAL FATHER.
The Brutal Treatment of 0lx Motherless
Children.
Yesterday, J. Hirsch,at retail clothing dealer,
doing hbslness on Ramp rt street, was brought
to the C. ntral Station on the arm 'f a peel r and
lorked up, at the r-rqnet of an old col red wo.
man, who said that he was the "wicke.est man
.he ever seo d" ansI wants I him immure t, for he
had been raising old nick shout the hose.
A, investigation into Hirsch's oast life fully
verfl d the old women's emrik. IU appears
Hir-ch has a sepdaiughter, a girl about fifteen
years old, and five or his own children. $ome
two weeks ago h:s wife, whom IAs i eged to
have beatenr when alive, died ol.s broken heart
Th a left him wrihout a vietrm to maltreat, and
winring to keep his hand I,. turn d his attention
to his e'epdsnuhter, The holy f his wife had
hard v been placed under the sod when he re
tnrned home the night following, and feeling
in an angry moo', grabbed the anfortunate or
phan and chasti-ed her in the most brutal
m inner.
Th.E YOU.rO obt,
knowing tha. her mother had stool this sort of
treatmenit withont a murmur, t"ought 'she m.ast
do the same, and she said nothin.. Day after
day this ma-r, with a heart ot stone, contioned his
b utal practices upon the helpilees child, and day
after dry she st",od his beatines.
Yesterday her ftther cap.,d the cl max. He
had in the past hardly i rvided them with fool;
bnt he was now packing up everything in the
hons-, even her clothes and the children's, to
carry toem she knew not wh re--perhaps to sell
them-and then to leave t' e con stry and leave
her an I the children to eke out an existencu the
beat way they could.
The girl ha I promised her mother
on her death-bed that whatever miefor
tone happened ash would stand by hbar
step-brot ern and ,itters for her sake.
Having madre this promise, she tnoaught it her
do'y to find out what were her stepfather's moc
tives in carrying everything out , f the hoece,
even to the children's c'o hbes. When she ap
proac`ed him regarding the m tter he flis into
d violent ra e, struck her in tl.e face with h's
fist, and hrl it not been for the old colored
woman calling for the police, he would probably
have d,ne her very serino i,.jury. And even as
it wag, before Offlc-r Lixoz could reach the
scene, he had kicked her s'ver ii times.
The fac s were Immediately reported to the
B'nai B'rith Association, of which Hirsch was
a member, and they took immediate aettio.
The children were sent to the Jewish Asylum,
and the young girl who had suffered so mach by
her stepfather's brutality, went to live with her
aunt.
THE S3IALL-POX WAGO'.
Drumming Up a Qaorum for Packard.
On Wednesday evening, atnxo 5 o'clock, the
small-pox hospital wagon wan put to a si. gnlar
use. The vehicle, mounted by three policemen,
was started for a load of St. Louis Hotel legiela
tore, the Madical members fiom the Seventh Ward
particularly. A cab containing ex-Judge Steels.,
Packard's brother-in-law, and three other indt
viduald, were in the wake of the wagon.
Several houses in the city were searched.
and the .search muet have been sueceeesof
to some extent, for eventually five colored ildi
v.duals weredumped out of the wagon at the en.
trance of bthe St. Louis Hotel, on Bo'al a rest,
ar.l marched in, closely guarded by policemen.
CITY AND POLICE iTEMS.
A BIar is Cnaaoz.-Betsy Toby languishes
in the Third Prtemincttation, charged with high
way robbery and garroting.
LascEr.--Lizze Walitms was arrested at
65 Burgundy street and locked up in the Thtir
'recinot B atfon, charged with robbing T'
Cramer of $180 in currency. Anma imih h'
Mary Clayton were locked up as acceasortlea5
*150 Blaze.
About a quarter to 12 o'clcckyeetE I 2
broke out in a two story double
situated at the corner of An 4
stesets, owned byMr. YFrazer.
house was occupiend by Mr
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