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OFFIOZAL JOURNAL OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
VOL. 11---N(. 92. NEW ORLEUANS, THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1877. PRIC'E, FIVE CENT.
BY "1J J1 E iIA I'!. I
AN INTERVIEW.
Tohe PrMsident and Our (o4ngrres'~M
menl.
The louislana Ilhetgation I'rotstss
AgainMt thim ( ommishKion.
The Presidesnt I). 0'a5 s the i 'o ((,nlllon I
the Only Thnll Ill iivil'dd( Cbln
'hold Un't+ Ui,.
The Preridunt will Erlti ut.l lime (elnlogu:s
of Non.l'artihnn Ii lh--Mindesl, M'n
l'vorihe X1'11h411,
i 4 ,c r th I ,t h ' N . 1 ) . 0 ,t . , ' r I .
W ASIIINOrl) , M iLr'h 21. (i ,,ri.il (ji,
lOn tlakes a i licrlill Vi',w of th , 1ir i'll,
situation than any of lilt r'nlln.,+:ulo' o,f
the Loulslrun 4ilo' ilI ,r n. Ilto .yM I.th+it
he had an loltrvivwV with rl'rti llut
Hayes ait .John 4l1, I+' i't'i' hLI to it l i rl
to the ina tlrluah itti4 , In th'lo ('iolllºO, (fI
which IIayns toll hinm Ih.ll, lIt fetVor Ii
the plan of 4404li4(14 g i 4O41i41II1rl4iol to1
ILouisiant to rIp.lrt on Ihe4 cioinidtilon of
affairs there and would cortaltinly do so.
Glbson has retslttod I he co nimiliIonI
programme vigoroiusly, ever (li4so(
Hayes was Inaugurlhated, but, the SryLY
that he has boon propl)lrol f1r it and bo
lieved that it would come, allnd that, in
private communircat.lon, he has kept (Gov.
lioholls prcparoId for it fron the boe
gianing.
To-day, when the 'reseldent an
nounooed the determination of t110
Clabinet to send the comnmission, lb.
son said to him: "Mr. President, I
eannot find words in which to express
my grief at this detormination,nor need I
try to express to you the ilisalipoihlt
ment with which the anilnouncement of
your determination will be received in
New Orleans and throughout Louis
Iana. The langulIgs of your Inaugural
led my ioople to tloio for lthei beat at
your hands. This dttolrminalion will
aQrtainly fall very far short of thoir
hopes."
The President replied : "I 1r11l very
sorjy to hear you say tlie.to things, (it+n.
Gilhon. I assure you that nothing is
farther from me than anl unkind fololing
toward your people, but I Caruestly be
lieve that this lpolicy is boat calculated
to promote the common interest of all
the people of your itate."
At this point Mr. Ellis addrescdi t1ho
President and 5ail :
"Mr. President., it l: very lhard on
our people, alter having been deludod
and robbed, to ho compelled to wait
yet longer and dance attendance upon
a commission ; to wait and suffer, while
their fate hangs upon the conclusions
of four men, who may do one thing and
who may do another."
The President replied:
"It is hardly worth while to reopen a
discussion upon those points, Mr. Ellis.
The proposition to withdraw the Fed
eral forces encountered opposition in
the Cabinet and divided the adminis
tration against itself. The plan which
we have adopted was discovered, after
exhaustive discussion,to be the only plan
upon which the Cabinet could unite and I
thought it better that, upon a question
of so much gravity, the Administration
should act as a unit rather than as a
divided body.",
Mr. Hayes thoen turned to Col. Levy
and said that he should select lras em
hers of the commission gentlemen who
had the confidenceof the woolo country,
and should await their report with per
feot confldenste that it would be justi
fed by events and approved by results.
At this point, the interview between
the President and the Democratic Con
aervative delegation in Congress from
Louisiana terminated, but as the gen
tlemen were leaving, the President
detained Gen. Gibson and said to
him that the only embarrassment he
apprehended was a possible diffliculty
in getting the men he wanted to serve
on the commission, but he indicated
that he would exhaust the catalogue of
non-partisan fair-minded men before
he gave it up. B]ULL.
TIlE IltD)LE G(ROUND.
layes Midway Betweent thile Conservatives
and Carp,,t-iBaggers.
The Former Have I.o4t Confidence in HIlm.
He has Let his Great Opportunity Slip By.
The Commission a Triumnh or Nherman.
[lpecial to N. O. Denmorat.]
WksmnxeoN, March 21, 11:30 p. m.
Hayes now occupies the middle ground
between conservatives and carpet-bag
gemrs. The former have lost faith and
confidence in him, and the latter are
laying in wait in hopes of ultimately
S- ·pturing him out and out.
The general belief of Southern men
here is that Hayes has let his great op
; jiegu uty slip by, since, even if the
finally re.omtfl eds. te
¶~~wve~tioaa6
equtiont recognition of Nicholls and
Hllampton, theu leader of the commission
will got all the crodit for this instead of
Hayes.
Theo hope of carpet.baggers is that
conuorvattive Incl will refuso to servo
on the rcommlnston, thus compllllng
Ilayos to chloooe tladiloal partisans.
The d(etormination to send the corn
mission. may ho regardod as a victory
for John Sherman and a defeat for Carl
Hohutz, who l.oodl up manfully for the
nt!rcsts of the Sonthirn people to the
last, and t did not ylold until he found
himtloif intiroly nlone in the Cabinet.
liowover, Mnhohur/. dlosl not rogard this
ftill!rto to ttioilrl' his volow as a vote of
wIont of con t+lolno", ainl will not resign
yet, aw il i. 11 1RL.
[ lr+, )ior I v rint g Fl1illto ,f Yoatlrlay. I
A SUi1'11 (AII(,OIINA (iOM1MIS
SION.
(Gibsoni, 1 Il 11141 Luvy at timh Whita
Ilouse.
Too Much i (Irisrvati ve 4'oulln.l for
t (le Good of Iouiiilana.
.pri.'al.l t N. 0O. 1 ) motortt.
WAIttuNvrToN, March 21. The UCabhIet
hasI just adjourned. They agreedoo to
snd(i ai comnmission to Houth Carolina.
I can't tise(rtaLin wllthur thu same comn
minIslon will go to Loutslana or not, but
pirobably it will.
Mosers. Glbson, Ellis and Levy have
just been summoned to the White
lHouse for confereno with the I'rosl
tdent, doubtless on the subject of main
tanling the status quo.
Now that the thing is all over It may
be said that probably matters would
have been managed just as well, if not
better, had the regular Congres
sional delegation boon let alone
to represent the Interests of
the Nioholis government. I have
been informed by one of the President's
household that there were toe many
advisers and too much conflict of ad.
vico from conservative sources for the
best Interests of the Nlcholls govern
ment. I3uLt,..
(From Our Evening Edlltion of Yestcrday. .
A COMMISMION.
The I'rcsident Will ent Will Send Wheeler and
Others SM nth to Report on the
Condillon of Louisiana.
nla the 3leanwhilie the Status tno is to be
Mainta.ined llere.
(l,pcil to N. O. Domocrat.l
WASumNoTON, March 21.- A commis
sion to visit Louisiana and report on the
condition of affairs there has finally
been practically resolved on as the
solution of the present difficulties
there, and will probably be ordered by
the Cabinet at the special session to be
held to-day. The commission will
leave for New Orleans at once,
possibly to-morrow. It will con
sist of Vice Presldent Wheeler,
Rep. ; Gov. Brown, of Tennessee, Dem.;
E. Rockwood Hoar, of Massachusetts,
IRep. ; Kenneth Itaynor, of North Caro
lina, --, and David Davis, of Illinois,
Liberal Rep.
In the meanwhile the statu.s quo will
be maintained, and the troops not
removed from your city as originally
plroposed.
Schurz is said to Intend making a
fierce fight against the commission
plan, but he seems to be entirely alone
in his opposition to it, and in a decided
minority.
The President sent for Wheeler last
night, and had a long interview with
him on the subject of this commission.
BUELL.
YB'TEUDAY'V CABINET MEETING.
The Pesident's onuthern Policy Indorsed
as a Nentilment But Postponed Prac
tically.
WASmINOTOi, March 21.-Dilligent in
quiry is no more successful this morn
ing than last night in obtaining a re
port of yesterday's Cabinet proceed
Ings. Reports published are guesses.
The Baltimore American places
Schurz and Key in favor of the with
drawal of troops, Sherman opposed to
present action, supported by Thompson
and MecCrary.
The American concludes: "Summed
up in a nut shell, the Southern policy of
the President was indorsed as a senti
ment. but postponed practically."
The American thinks a commission
probable and consistent.
It may be stated that the New York
papers venture no report of the Cabinet
proceedings.
It has transpired that no action was
taken yesterday, on any informal pro
ceeding, which justified the grouping of
the Cabinet.
It seems most likely that some device
will be found to break the promise of
early quiet in Louisiana and South Car
olina. Speculation is baffled.
To-Day's Cabinet Meestig.
WASHINGTON, March 21.-The Cabinet
met at 10 o'clock and continues in ses
sion. The Southern question is under
consideration. There are no intimations
that a deaision will be reached to-day.
wM LBJrBe &0o. ogeerrgmmD's
'IP IIi COM M ISM4N.
t)nvF' annd Wheeclor Ikeeline to
Serve On It.
Konneth Rtaynior Objectod to by
tH4ermann huhtl I)ropped.
The C(onabodlon Will Ctonwlt of Wliccler,
Vofntr, tllnrdnrwn , tAov. Brown or
T. nrnrr, nod Jon. Yonng
lirowna if KilueLky.
IHpnttial t. N. 0. l)ilI)i'r At,. I
'VAHtItNor1o.', 11Lrr~h 21, 10 3it p, n.
Thioro hi a gr tmt. d nIl of triotlilo in tnrtk.
lug tip tho ti trntn itloraHiu to go ti, 1 ott lc~l
n .tn.. I)vvl'l Invlh ino rtfrmailly do
il tri ttii'Ito t 1(1V t I; iyontrothfl flt n tttih
lion rlrolul~i~o'I In Rrrunrrlulr4onro, Johnl
Yountg lIrowl, of l('orttIt ky. n mtornt hor
of t111 Iatot ( %o i rOXruM, Ititt boirtni terrtttol
thio plaro rofiitt!l by J ilgn l)rtvih.
'l'ito Billowing awlrlit~iontIt JttUO~tt for
morn horn. of t tio ti 'ittrilnnlon urn 1itw
1)01rig ion)r itrodic·i by II nyon.: HtauIloy
Mattltowrn., ynTo ln oVuoig h, \Vrn. al
for r'holu on itl .1h Itt ii. Iionitoittott, of
biw nourl. Jlnyon Itollovrrs thtat int spitu
of 7Ii'eeltr't' rotniftuit to servo on thu
ttomntlrnnon, that Iho clan yott. ho pesr
sii ulod to sotrvo.
A friend of llayon mantkes oft that, the
aomtnrnlrslon will bt, probtahly, an fol
lows: Wheoler, FIonlfnnr, Ilendrrsnon or
MoVoigh, Itoptbllnsarn, Jlohn 0. Brown,
of Tonneosnu, and John Young Brown,
of Kentucky, Ilomoorats. lrvgza..
ANf EXTJIA SE'1IUON.
It Will ba Ualled sand Meet in June.
(Hpecial to the N. 0. Democrat. I
WAslNlNTOro, March 21. It has been
decidued to call an extra session; to
meet the first Monday in June.
FOREIG1YN.
The Kituatlon IUnmatlsfatory- Englfand
Placed in a ftldiculojaa Poiltion.
Loanox, March 21. --Tho situation is
unsatisfactory. Thu Post points out
that if England signs the protocol her
first duty will ho to ask the Porte to
disarm, which the Turks would certain
ly refuse to do while the Russian troops
remain on the frontier. England would
thus be placed in a painfully ridiculous
p)osition.
The Ilhop of Mt. Auigustine.
RoMt, March 21.--Rov. John Moore
has boon appointod Bishop of St.
Augustine, Florida.
NTILENNA NIRIAININU 'I'ile T'HUTII.
Ills Account of a Certalan Affir.
Confronted with that of an Eye Witness.
Some people have a mania of rushing
into print, regardless of what they say,
and such a person is John Strenna.
John Strenna, the proprietor of an
eating saloon, No. 16 Bourbon street, in
a card published in a city paper, at
tempts to controvert the facts pub
lished in the report in yesterday morn
ing's DxMOCIRAT Of the outrage com
mitted upon Miss Lovet.
Strenna says that the door of the
dining-room was open during the stay
of Miss Lovet and Lazard; that the
young woman was not drugged, andl
that they left the restaurant as they
came; no detectives came to his house
to arrest them, or in search of them,
nor was there indicated, by any circum
stance attendant upon the visit of the
pair, aught but the utmost decorum.
This is John Strenna's version, and
the following is the young woman's
statement:
"On Saturday, the 17th inst., at 9
o'clock in the morning, [ went to the
restaurant of John Strenna, No. 16
Bourbon street, in company with Napo
leon Bonaparte Lazard, a man I have
been acquainted with for years and
was in the habit of calling him 'Poleo'
as a nickname. Polie ordered break
fast, with which he also ordered a
bottle of champagne. We ate the
breakfast, but he forced me to
drink all of the wine myself,
I had no sooner drank the wine than
a very
PECULIAR FEELING
got possession of me. Polie then started
to leave the room. I would have started
after him, but I felt so peculiar that I
could not get up from the sofa I was
sitting on. I heard him turn the lock
in the door. I waited and waited for
his return. In the meantime I had
tried the door and found it locked. I
then knew what was the matter with
me; I had been drugged. I fell asleep
and slept until evening. When I awoke
I found him in the room, and during
my stupor he bad consummated my
ruin. I faced him with his crime, and
he threatened
TO KILL MC,
if ever I breathed a word of what had
happened. I found it impossible to
stay awake and again fell asleep, and
slept all Saturday night until 4 o'clock'
Sunday evening, when I again woke up,
Suddenly somebody turned the lock of
the door and came in. It was 'Polie;'
he told me that there was a detective
outside of the door who wanted to take
me home. I told Polie I did not want to
go home unless he went and told my
mother how he had treated me. The
detective then came in and took
BOTH OF US
to the Central Station.".
The detective whom the young woman
speaks of was Sergeant Ryan, of the
First Precinct, who states that he found
the young woman in a room in John
Strenna's restaurant, and she was in a
stupid condition; that she was locked
in the room; that it was as much as the
young woman could do to reach the
station.
reaocbng the statlon. He saul that she
had either been drugged or been dosed
with a large quantity of liquor. It re
mains
iO(,r MR. AITB1NNA
to explain the discrepsanoy between his
story and thatt of the young woman,
.,trtlularly when it is asserted by her
that sh remained in the same room
fromr 9 o'lock taturday mortning until
4 o'clock on Munday evening, and her
strLtefment is corroborated by other wit.
- -4 **- *.
IEiPMLtTIVE TOPII ti.
Ditinas lioits, but will MGOn Iplr.ent,
3". II. a. I.tPnchbarlk wayqs at'Knowas WVat
lie Iknown.
The di lTf.ciottln of the colored Senna.
torl .l)omn, wlho has returned to I'ack
Ird't (t:ILaU'us, has ,troateod littleo urprise
anid excitorilrient, for witholit hime the
Hmaitre till irotalis eorve a Returni ng
Il.ard q(utoirumii.
J)rsmas' as'tltnt iinhsi tws t m.oulrnmei, toel
on vrrloti.ly, but, of coill se, his miotives
wore any tL hlrlg bitI, ditishonlt.. Au to the
roreiinin ig Senatiu(ors, ther,+ i nio dlLniger
of th.eir htltiJrig, sand even i)rnas nitoty
reo.lput beforo ti.any ihours of hits course.,
I'. IIt. ,. |0.
y'mierlusy Mr. t'sncthbnrk ie u hit
Itit'lt vist, to the Isrgisiaiture, trinl a
rstpr.,tentatv.i, of lIhi ;)sMon T haHd a
sholrt ,interview wlit himr. i nch snayn
he felt all right. whenm atskod nabout the
s.tuationt, . 11 . rsi no anlxioty about the
rmusult arid Its patl,rint. 'Th'e sixteen dlays
reofrrerd to by the l'residentI. to ,onsrald'tr
what action he shall tsake, he t1hinkRs is
avery short timl, Atlud that everytLiIng
will corne out all right. I say this, said
Mr. 'lnchbalok, becatius
I KNOW WHAT I KNOW,
and his confidonco was plainly ex
pressed by the choerfuiness of his coun
tonanrc als he spoke.
'T'he 8onate yesterday was principally
engaged on the revenue bill, whilst the
House made considerable progress in a
short time on the general appropria
lion bill. It was pleasant indeed to
notice the smoothness with whieh.the
members worked on this generally
THOiLNY sWaZ(T.
The bill re-organizing the police jury
throughout the Mtato coming up gave
rise to Important questions of policy,
which will be found in our report of the
proceedings of the House.
IN CEO bRT.
The Contcst for the rtate Treasury to be
Judicially Deternslned.
The lion. John C. Moncuro, State
Treasurer, has flled through Attorney
General Ogden, in the Sixth l)lstrict
Court, it petition against A. Dubuclet,
now in possession of the ofiloo of State
Treasurer, Its bookz, etc.
The petition alleges that I)ubuclet is
unlawfully collecting his salary as such
officer, claiming that he holds his poot
tlon by virtue of a commisslon of the
Governor of the Stat,. The petititon
goes on to say :
" letitioners allege that naid commis
sion was Issued to l)ubuclet In error,
and that he Illslgally occupies said
offllc and exercises the functions and Is
collecting the salary thereof; that Jno.
C. Moocure, one of the plaintiffs herein,
Is the duly elected Treasurer of the
State, and is entitled to said office, as
well as to have full and complete cus
tody of the records, seal, books, etc.,
and collect the salary thereof; that an
election was held on the 2d of Novem
ber, '1874, whereat the plaintiff, Mon
cure and the defendant, Dubuclet, were
candidates for the said office, and that
the said election was conducted in aa
cordaned with law, and at the close of
the polls on the evening of the same
day, the ballots deposited by the suffra
gans of the State showed on actual
count by the commissioners of election
that John C. Moncuro had received for
the office of State Treasurer 74,897 votes,
and Antoine Dubuclet 71,021 votes, by
which count it appeared that Moncure
had received a majority of 3876 of the
legal votes, and was thereby duly elected
Treasurer of the State of Louisiana;
that the Returning Board refused, in
violation of law, to count certain re
turns in order to defeat the will of the
people; that said Dubuclet was falsely
returned.
' Wherefore plaintiffs pray that a
trial be had upon the matters, facts and
issues set forth, and a judgment be ren
dered decreeing that said commission
issued improvidently to Antoine Dt
buclet as Treasurer; that Moncure is
entitled to be commissioned as such;
that said Dubuclet be ordered to deliver
up said office, together with all the
books, records, seal, furniture, etc., to
said Monoure, and to account to 1 m.
for the amount of salary drawn by a id
Dubuclet up to the time of said ,.e
livery, from December 31, 1874, toget:~r
with legal interest until paid."
The Manhattan Club.
The Manhattan Club met again last
night, at their rooms, No. 47 Magazine
street, over Steve's House, with a full
quorum present. After the preliminary
business had been transacted, Prof.
Carr, of New Jersey, was introduced,
who gave a cientitei lecture on lan
guage and the expression of thought.
A commitcee of two was appointed to
conter with the Property Holders'
SUnion on the subject of schools, after
which it was resolved that an invitation
be extended to Prof. Wingard to deliver
a lecture on his Nameless Force, next
Friday night, to which time the club
adjourned.
-*ý
Choico new spring calicoes are 6%^ per yard at
ILM. L. Byrne & Co.'., 163 Canal street.
Benefit to Rosa Rand.
We understand that on Easter Mon
day Miss Rosa Rand, the leading lady
and charming actress at the Varieties
Theatre during the season just closed,
will take a benefit. She will be sup
ported by members of the different
amateur dramatic clubs of this city,
who have kindly volunteered, and we
have every reasoni to believe that it will
prove a succes&s The " Mar ble Heart"
will be presented.
pawriýi~t
NEWS BY MAIL.
Theis mmsalnltet (tllunde) Ireeklya
Pestor ExpreMMcs imP Views.
[ 4t. tl.rml it. publl on.1
Mr. PBoeoher expresaol hilmself very
well ploased with the now Cabinet. Mr.
Hlays . started off muton better than his
proderessor, Onoerail Grant. The
trouble with (irant was that he always
wanted a (,.&hint, of mon who would
look up to him instcald of r. (,abinet of
men who would advise him. I do not
know whether this wia hobecaule of his
army training or not, but crrtainly it
was a marked and bad feature of his
administration. The theory of the gov
ernment Is that the Presidont. shall sur
round hirmseri with adlvisors, aei not
with cler ks. ie was not personally an
quainted with any ulorbier of Mr.
itayes' Catirteot, exc'pt Mr. Evnrts, hut,
he know of thetll all, and he had a high
opinion of themr all. "Jvrts,'" said
he, "I know v-ry well. I have talked
to hin by the hour, or. raitb'-hr, I have
litentold to hin Iy tlAh hour, for thorn's
no chanrt for I.n ytody el'o Ito talk wheot
he's presemat. li i a a ,ilnighthfl talker,
too; a rntL of extraorrinary ability, atl
though he talks to, mrnuch atoult hir.
silf enid his own spelmches, Ito will
trilke an o:Xr c'll'lnt tic:roltry of HI ate if
he ca:rn ho htild down to Itracti+ical aend
raetlcable thing-A , aI tl I heli eve that,
liay is t llher mri t, tget, t.he monist goo'i
uand 'o tulne-ss out, of lime. Mio lhri ' it
another good onro, ruin t was ho r
that, Mr. Mayer would not tail Int., or
rors into which (honrral Grant, fell In
the rtnakinog ouf aiLttpointmn'ltts, and thils
Itself would give a tone of groat re
spootabilit.y to the present Admintistra
tua than could be given to the last.
PAC'KURID AIl IKlrLOL.OU
1 hie Bel nlestrruerd to stand Lirm-K-el
IoWls Canses to the Lemeae.
l pselsal to the it. Louirs feptubliosn.]
WAsnIlsrOTei, March 18.--The carpet
baggers of Louiiaua have advised Pack.
ard from this point not to ablxicate, no
matter what policy the Administra ion
may pursue. They remind him that the
aprishes immediately contiguous to
New Orleans predominate with blacks,
and that if Nicholls should antagonize
his administration, he has the power,
and that it is his duty as the Executive
to aill upon them to aid him to uphold
his government. Congressman Diarrall
says that on two days' notice Packard
could have two thousand black fel
lowers with white omoers in the streets
of New Orleans, and that he has
at least three thousand stand of arms.
The game in now, if the friends of Nich
olls gives IMayes a guarantee that Pack
ard shall not be disturbed, to force mat
tcrs to such a point that Nicholls will
have to violate the truce to protect him
self, then the Fkederal army will be ne
c:ssary to restore quliet, and liayres will
have to meet the issue, and either drive
Packard or Nicholls out at the point of
the bayonet. This is the shape the car
pet-baAtgers want the Issue to assume,
and Packard is believed to be game
enough to bring it about. Gov. Kellogg
leaves here to-morrow to advsle Pack
ard to hold out and to co-operate with
him.
nva Av· rrI 9 rtif
Southern Men RecomlnE Careless of
Party Ties and line..
[Npetial to ChicAgo Times I
WAslNOTvoN, March 18.-A Southern
Senator, a Democrat, said to-day that
he was in favor of the administration
organizing the next House. He said
that they had the means in their power
to do it, and he believed it would be
better.
Postmaster. General Key is in con
stant receipt of letters from the South
urging a pollcy of breaking away from
old party lines and joining in with the
new order of things. He received a let
ter from Senator Smith, of Tennessee,
to-day, in which Smith thought it was
time to break away from the old party
machinery. What is especially
noteworthy in Key's correspond
once is tho amnount of letters he
receives fr,:rr Southern wonen, advis
ing hirm to leave the Democratic party,
and saying that it is powerless to do the
South any good. One fair correspond
ent calls Ilayes "a streak of Provi
dence." The Northern Democratic
leaders that are here are becoming
alarmed at the prospect of this loss of
Southern votes. They contemplate a
flank movement by nominating a South
ern man for Speaker, and so retaining
the support of the Southern elements.
Goode of Virginia, is spoken of as a
candidate. Indeed, Morrison, of I111
nois is reported as saying that he
would support Goode should his own
candidacy not be practicable. Hooker,
of Mississippi, is also a candidate. Fos
ter, of Ohio, says that ne is perfectly
confident that the Administration will
be able to organizo the next House. He
says that ther is no doubt about this.
A CONSERVATIVE's VIEW4.
Gov. Nleholl's will Exact his Ilight, this
Very Week.
tSpecial to St. Lou:s Republican I
WAsHI oTONs, March 13.-A member
of Congress who is very conservative, a
warm friend of Hayes and who is in fa
ver of an immediate course of non-inter
ference on the part of the Federal gov
ernment, says he does not know just
what the policy is to be. He thinks the
troops will be taken away, but not
sooner than three weeks hence. He has
the best of reason for believing that a
commission will be sent South, but
whether to arbitrate the present diffi
culty or to settle the minor troubles
which would remain after the removal
of troops he does not know.
The Cabinet on two occasions have
discussed the question, and it is known
tIhat to-morrow's session is to be mainly
devoted to fixing a time for the with
drawal of the troops. Those who are
direct representatives of Nicholls de
clare that they will not wait longer
than this week, as they have all along
been given to understand that their re
quest should be granted at the end of
the week; if not, they will demand
their rights and not continue to sue for
promises or favor.
PINCH'S PHILASPEOTI.
He Says that Packard Must Acceps the
laevritabe.
(Special to Journal of Commnero.l
OtscnATI, March 18.- Ex-Governor
Plpbhback, of Louisiana, pssed
thro.eh this oat nigr.-at, i on his
thto tew yýrI. eonvestia
p...ilnr it _. t..ý til.
government must inevitably fall. ]Es
said : My philosophyon the matter is alt
summed up in one phrase, "Iacept the
inevitable,' gracefully If you (an, but
you must make the best terms you can.
It crome just to this: the white I)emo"
orats can govern Loulelasa, the Repub
Ilcans cannot, without military assist
anne, and some sort of government we
must have; that's all there is in it.
Iiepublirnr hnvo the right side,
Democrats haLve the former. If there
was any hope o of one being held up, I
should say stick; but everybody can
see that thorn is not. A military gor
ernment would be the host for all par
ties, but that we cannot, have; the near
est to it, will be the Nicholls govern
ment. The flower of the Confederate
army, well armed andi sploenddly
drilled, to support Mr. Nicholls. Just
let the P'refsrient withdraw the troops
and In flfton rnilutoe sill the present
l'aokard ir,,hnglature will ec;-umper over
to the Ni.aholls l.gi4latur0e; nobody
'loubte thatt It, will the, ban lhInº, and If
will at, (,nce recgniz"e Mr. Nlcholl,.
'T'hat set.tla4 it, arl at, o1,p'. My hope
than ia that the r liirn cli~, w.ery of
sttlrf, will . iakn pa, ',' wi1, their uoigh.
hors and havo m', Ir5o1.n,,rot. toc stremit
orut.raKg'at.
VA',"I,' .'il) VYtltitlE IL OQURCE'4 OF
i.tlti+lAN 1.
Homo pr;v'rwst ( )plerar to think that we
arrke cxt.rav;i,urr t ý,St.irn'rt.+t oen the ag.
r'hultu.ral n'paritIt'b( of I, jt.ilaniu, ., Lh t
u, aFpp,'Id to well knor.n fatt4.
frr 1e70, acorirgl!oc t,o the orns'u' re
plrts, tho nropy of Iflliltana were
vralued at $t, l$;,rwO,txi; the far.ns on
whhl h the'n crops'gi' wrero made at *72,- .
000,000.
A competent judge, thoroughly no
lquainted with the topography of Lou
islana, has estimated the tillable lands
of the State to be ample for the e.a
ployment of eight hundred thouslsd
held hasds; 400 000 in the cultivatton of
cotton, 30,000 In sugar and 100,000 l.n
In 1870 not over 100,000 1>ld haond
were employed in all the crop., in thfUT
State.
Much of the land that year was poorly
cultivated. Disorganized labor, want
of means, cruihlng taxation a bad State
government, all bore heavily on the fis
dustries of the State. The poverty of
many of our farmers was so great hat
they could not obtain goo teSa o'
suitable farming utensils; and muh et.
the richest lands in the State was olt-
vatnd hb nntnrdA }shnar whath i4 1afr*
rigr to d white labor.
By the use of better teams and imple.
ments, and skillful white labor, 8,0,00
farmers could produce ton times thesb.
crops of 1874
Elght times the value of the crop I.a
Louislana In 1870 would be $4186,000,10.: h
The above field force could cutlV atsa
sixteen million acres of land, and that
would leave ten million acres of wood,
timber, sea marsh and other wate'
lands in the State. .
If 16,000,000 acres of land were in a
high state of cultivation in this State;
if the levees wero strong, and proper
legislative favors were bestowed upon
our agricultural interests, the State
treasury would be full and taxes ifght:
LouIsiana, with such a field force, as
such lands, should have ample ear
to make strong levees, reclaim ahe
swamp lands, and, like Holland, s
could reclaim her marshes, and m
her wet lands worth $100 an acre.
are now not worth a aims an .cre,
though they are ranked among the rich
eat lands In the State.
With these lands reclaimed, sheoo0.l
add two hundred thousand hands to ,he
field force, and could then employ a
million in place of eight hundred thou- -
sand men in her fields, vineyards, er
chards and gardens.
True, these enormous crops would
greatly reduce the price of the o.tamep
articles. This would result in more
versified crops, in raising finer and
more stock, in extending our factories,
in working up numerous smaller indue
tries now neglected, and in develo
the mineral wealth of the State.
If our State was well settled up with
farmers, mechanics, miners and lumber
men, and her resources well developed
she would sind to the markets of
world more of the products of lad
yearly than would cover the pr
assessed value of the whole State, with
all of its movable property of every
descriptlon, iu city and country,
Could nut geologists, 'c
chemists, observtng stat ast
learned agriulturists, find much bz
the parishea of the State so prolik~ `_
natural wealth, that would be Iatrart
ing and important to our law-makers,
to our people and to the world?
Daljsi DuiWzar
City Hotel, New Orleans, Marsh 2lst,
Another One on sSIler.
[(ew York lan.]
James Eckler was arraigned for - s .
tence in the General Sessions yesterday.:
He confessed that he had stolet epooa.
Judge Gildersleeve looked at him with
exceeding dignity, and said : "You pl.en
guilty to stealing spoons?"
"Yes, sir," was the reply.
"Did you belong to Butler's army?"
"No, sir."
"The sentence of the court Is that yew
be confined in the State prison forth
term of two years."
The old and reliab.e Piper-Hiieeieck.
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To-morrow 3. L. Byrne & Co. of.:r
of all claeues of dry goody at ify crats s
doilr.
Gat m SenRe Crvito.- Yesaterday
R. Harden, 27 and 2:! Chartres street, ola
the vernal equmnox by calling together her
dreda of lady friends to ezjoy her di4p1]ye
and beantilnl spring aol summer mill
prodnotions of fuorign and Amersic
and manufectnrere, which seh ha. i.
their adornment. From early morning il
past reisonable bnsinsee hours the fair
our city thronged the spcious show
revelling in gems from Caroline Coatot and
Parisian ho.ses, and equally elegst e
dtone of home prodne.lk. Co.tmni.a
hardly de Justice to the new ehades of
al ne, of whih the leading are coral,
Mandarin, trellsu, rea-foam and g'p rsl5
a description of the elaborate andl
and bonnetewould require eolrsma ia r.
were chips from Paris trimmed in treiW
green towers and lees; e .bi b
gandrn. and oetrseh lowers of the
]Rors, etrawe with Yms!ýioU
.crmaoo s a d h
be bssgm e bs .