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fTHE L ORLEANS DAILY DEMOCRAT,
OFFIOIAL JOURNAL OF THE STATE OF LOUISIAN. .
VOL. II---NO. 13. NEW ORLEANS, FRITDA\Y, MARCH 20:, 1877. t'llCE, IVE CENTh.
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B ]Y TEl'lG J IA.IACI.
THE COMMISSION.
2W' l C(onsrvative IRepublica ( Chiefc
sad IMns of the People iaaint
the Commission.
S ay' will not Wreck his Admlin
Istration.
S hlmberailn Gone, and Packard
Must Fol lw.
[tp~hie to N. 0. Demoorst.1
WASllllSTo, March 22. -The commis
d0a has not yet been named, but there
k Ilttle doubt that Chas. Foster will be
a Member of It. At this hour the other
mIlembrs have not been named.
L A arrangement is now being made
with Chamberlain. whlich will result, in
hg abandeaing all claims upon t.h gov
vraorship of touth Carolina. This ob
S vites the necessity of a commission to
visit that Stats.
No one here has the slightest idea
that Packard will be recognized under
any oiroumstanoes. Only a few extreme
.lad desperate Ilepubiloin leaders even
desire that he slouldl bo. The more
* soneervative leaders of the party are
ulasllnt him, and the great tnass of the
tslinese men of the country are em
phbti.ally In favor of the Southern
polley as originally understood by the
country. Were the Presldent to attempt
E. toetire from his position in this mat
ter, he would array against his admin.
lstration not, only the solid South, but
the great mass of the people of the
North whose business and Industries
deoand peace tn no unc'rtain toneu,. lie
fhlly comprehends this fact, and does
tot intend to wreck his Administration
in the first weeks of its existence.
Reane, your people may rely up it, that
he sending of the commission to your
state indloates no purpose on the part of
the President or his advisers to recog.
msse, or in any way sustain Packard. It
may be, on the other hand, pretty confl
- duftly asserted that the purpose of the
sOmlssion Is to slide Packard and
.erw gracefully and gently out of sight.
Chamberlain is about out of the ring
and Packard will follow speedily; if not
willingly, then some other way.
There is no news of interest hero to
'lsht and no change in the situation.
Wroia Our Svening Edition of Y..t.erdny.l
THE COMMISSION.
IMb Status quo to be Strictly
Malilalined.
luamberlain Gives UIp and Agrees
to Retire.
'1 Commission not to Visit
South Carolina.
l Ils ake-Up Not Yel, Definitely
Decided On.
[Speolal to N. 0. Demoorat.]
WASHtINoTo, Dee. 22. Thero is
oethlng new this morning. It is not
yet definitely known who will compose
09 commission beyond the indications
esant in last night's dispatches. The
Pte.ident says he intends to maintain
the utatu. quo.
It is reported in relation to South
hrollna that an arrangement will be
e has already been made with Cham
Ibtrlain to retire, and that in conse
(gseuae there will be no noed of a visit
*t the commisslon to that State.
JIutL,.
LOUMlIANA t NATTTIS.
The Statu quoe to be Mllantained--ow
the Commlleson Will Act.
WAWsarToo, March 23.-The status
will be maintained for the present.
-: ler left for home to arrange for
e-di.]g the Louisiana Commission.
Theommission may stop at the prin
itles, going and coming; they
lt this plan be adopted, address
S meetings, and acquaint the peo
. Wth the policy of the Administra.
A Cablaet Meetlng.
A. Oabinet meeting was held to-day
the South Carolina matter was die
SarMed. without any conclusion being
IPACKARS AND KELLOGO.
"So 0a WithI Your Lewlsltloatn."
Paekard telegraphs to Kellogg: "Do
:.t P has returned to the Senate. We
-l ,'lOW'a quorum in both houses."
S 1e0logg telegiaphs Packard: "The
&..ident has determined to send a
Sm misslason to Louienis a. Go on with
hgielation, and transact regular
• . MiaL ve business."
THE STORMN.
laaly SigmnaiRs ati ll Kept on the
Atltati. CoNoat.
SSignal Service Observer at Cape
eports at 8:30 a. m., to the ohief
or, as followse:
Sin. shi.tp went ashore last inght
. No paZrticula rs a
lrreseta on sooanta
attempting to board her. The wreckers
at Norfolk have been notified,
C(ommunicnt.ion, through means of the
In't'rnational signal code, has been
opened by the observer at Cape Henry
with the. stranded ship reported this
mnrning.
She asks for two steam tugs, which
have bdon telegraphed for. The natme
of the ship is Winchester. from Liver
pool, bound, in ballast, to Norfolk,
Uapt. Mcl)onald, with a crow of twenty
seven, all told, all safe.
Cautionary signals continue on the
Atlantic coast.
The Types-A iednetlen In Prless.
COmeAGo, March 22.---The Typographi
cal Union reduced the prloe of composi
tion to forty cents on morning and
thirty-five cents on evening papers.
The Aramtltie IPrelonged Until April.
UlsTnwrTrsortlA, March 22.--The ar
mistice between Montenegro and the
Porte is officially prolonged until the
Ist of April.
The Insfrgent Prevlness.
NAOUOA, March 22.-The Turks are
prnparing to attack (rahowatz.
Peko ['aulovitch, the Insurgent
leader, is encamped at the mouth of the
D)uga Pass. N ucioovitch is at Z lzi,
and another body of insurgents are
marching toward the Albanian frontier.
14uglandl will aet Areept of issila's
MoItfleratton of the Protoeel.
,lonn,. March 22 --It Is announced
that the IErglish Cabinet has not no
cepted the ltRuian modiflcations to
the prot?. col, and requires, before con
eldering them, a (distinct pledge of de
mobilizat ion. Montenegro and Herze
govinia are preparing for renewal of
hostilitioe. Turkey is arming irregular
troops on the frontier. An English
steamner with arms, from Now Haven for
Constantlnople, has been wrecked.
TI NEI W " M* AKaHnBllP.
Between Mayter, RKandall. Meorrson and
Peter-- nenter'ns ('hanes,
qpentusl to the Oincinnt i Enqn rer. 1
WAsIlsNTOs, March 1i.--Charley Fos
ter left here for his home in Ohio this
morning. He has he thinks tixed the
slate for the Speakcership. lie has his
Houthern men picked out from the
I)emnocratic ranks, but hoe will find oppo
sition in his own. There are thirteen
Southern Itepublicans who will refuse
to vote for Foster, because they are dis
gusted with Hayes' Southern policy,
and think Foster is identified with it.
The EArenrng 6t'r, in an artiloe printed
to-day, says: "It is now being seriously
considered whether it is not best for the
Southern Representatives to refuse to
go Into caucus at all, but hold a caucus
of thtleir own with reference to the or
ganization of the House and give their
votes to the candidate, b~ he Ropubil
can or Dt)mocrat, who will oest reflect
the views of the Presidont's Southern
policy. It may be that the border States
will hold back. But it will be no sur
prise if, by the time the extra session
Is called, that the Representatives
of the Cotton States come here
a united, compact organization to carry
out this vtry plan. Those who favor it
reason with a good deal of logic, and
say we have nothing to gain by still
clinging to tho skirts of the Nort hern
i)emnoctats to help them to power, and
lose everything if the politicians make
the policy of Mr. Hayes a failure. The
project now in hand, based on this
movement, is to make Charley Foster,
of Ohio the Speaker. There is but lit
ti le doubt that a great majority of the
Southern Democrat- would prefer him
to either Randall (or Morrison, who are
pushing for the place. The trouble of
electing Foster, however, would come I
from his own party. There are I
some R&,publicatn Representatives who
fool wratthful because President t
Hayes has snubbed them in the
matter of ofielal patronage and who
would perhaps vote ag.inst Foster be
cause of his being the bosom friend of
the Executive. Ills opposition would
come rilncipally from New England
and from the thirteen Southern tRepub
licans. The first would vote against
him on the general ground of distrust c
of the South, and the second because
they imagine that the President's polioy
means the death-knell or their party in
the Southern St-ttes. If Foster could t
receive the united votes of his own
party he could certainly get enough
Democratic votes from the South to
elect him. If this plan fails the plan is
to elect a Southern Democrat Speaker,
and let the North have all the other
:House offices. Goode of Virginia has
been settled on as the next available
oandldate, and McPherson of Pennosyl- t
vania, for the Clerkship. Meanwhile,
the Northern Democrate will not be idle. C
Sayler will be put forward as combin
ing the best elements to break up the
Cotton States plan. He has dignity,
ability, force and tact. Then, too, he is
not as aggressive as Randall, and made
no enemies, as did the latter in the re
cent Presidential excitement In the
House. The look now Is that IRandall
cannot be elected. Morrison has no
leading qualifications to commend him
for the place, and not a few now say
boldly that he owes what prominence
he has already attained to the good
offices of his friend the late Speaker
Kerr. The danger is that a dead-lock
in the organization may ensue. The
South want a Southern man elected,
but the Northern Democrats t
will not unite with them. The Re- I
publicans of the North generally favor '
Garfield, but he cannot be elected be
cause lie cannot get a single Demo- t
cratic vote. Foster can get the neces
sary Democratic votes, but he cannot get 8
all the Repsbllcan votes. Randall will
have some straggling support, but it d
will weaken after the first effort, rather
than increase. S.ayler will get a good(
vote, and if his party will stand by him
can be elected. It he does succeed it C
will be by pledges for Southern com
mittees and his influence for a Southern
man for Clerk. The situation is this:
Either a Southern Democrat will be e
elected.Speaker or Charles Foster will I
he, and the latter will happen it the e
Republicans come to the conclusion ii
that it is better to get half a loaf than a
no bread."
-*- "aIB1- -- .
Bvumi~''s BF&voaIN EZThasrs.-.Th7 supe:
onMV Q f them extracia onsists in tAeir pofec
-~c~cuo~ grsc ~r~ TheJ sr nrprr
ý m oo I =a acG } whic e .
*izetois gEw mw s odo brm s
*O~s *s r *.a ks *.
WIIY TIlE COMMISIO()N IN SENT
Iayes Fears Treachery from
P'aeknrd.
lie Will not Communicate With
fim Personally, but Only
Through the Com
misnlon.
tp.peoal to the N. 0. Demoorst. i
WAsfmoTons, March 22.---It has be
come evident now that Hayes has been
In favor of the commission for a long
time as the only way in which he can
get rid of Packard without danger and
trouble to himself.
Stanley Matthews, even before his .e
parture for Ohio, to make his fight for
the Ohio Senatorship, admitted to a
number of Henators, among whom were
Senator Cookrell, of Missouri, and other
Democrate, that he feared that the Lou
slaina trouble could not be settled with
out a commission, and that Hayes'
friends, however opposed they might be
to this, would have to consent to it.
The commission, he declared, would be
chosen from among Hlayes' most trusted
friends, and would be fully instructed
by him as to what was to he done, and
could, therefore, act confld(on tially for
him in all matters.
The reason why a comrnmission is sent
to Louisiana is because Hayes is un
willing to communicate personally with
Packard, knowing well that the latter
will furnish all the communications and
letters passing between them to his
enemy, Blinae, who is waiting for this
opportunity to place Hayes in an awk
ward position. Packard made use of
Stanley Matthews' letter to him asking
him to give up the Governorship, and
published it in order to injure him (Mat
tthews); Hayes is very much afraid that
Packard will serve him the same trick.
To provide against the possibility of
this, he will hold no personal communi
cation with Packard, but dictato his
terms through the agency of the com
mission. M r, r,.
MR. WIFY 'ILER.
The rest sllows How He May be Trustee
In the IPlture.
(Ohicsgo Tuneo I
When Wheeler went down fo Louisb
ana two years ago to negotiate a com
promise of the then threatening difli
culties in that State. he persuawled the
white people to agree that the House of
Itepresentatives should be so recon
structed as to give them a majority,
while the Senate and all the Executive
departments remnained In the hands of
the scalawags. This lob-sided compro
mise was prodigiously praised by all
the organs and partisans of the thieves
as a marvel of wisdrorn and liberality,
and the people of Louisiana were fairly
bulldoed, into sbilbnlsslon to It by the
thlck-witted Demorcrats of the North,
who were unable to perceive
that the scheme only streng:h
ened( the grip of the thieves, and
promised no rollef to the oppressed peoe.
pie. That it brought no such relief,
everybody discovered long ago. It was
a more confidlence game- a swindle as
utterly consieenceless as that which
made Joe Bradley the sole elector of
President. Yet it is now proposed to
repeat the cheat, under slightly differ
ent conditions, but with the same tools.
Wheeler, who on the occasion above
referred to provetd his capacity for the
peculiar statecraft that succeeds by chi.
canery and false pretenses, and who was
rewarded for his duplicity with the Vice
Presidency, has been selected by Hayes,
it is understood to lead in the negotia
tion of a new Louislana compromise
whereby the people are to be again de
luded with ashadow, while the substance
of power remains with the thievish horde
who have so long plundered the State.
This scheme is the invention of War
moth, and Is just what might be rea
sonably expected from a politician of
his tortuous methods. It contemplates
the fixing of the Legislature so that the
scalawags will have a majority of twelve
on joint ballot, and of course the two
senatorial seats. The Leglslature thus
arranged is to be required to recanvass
the votes for Governor and deelare
Nicholls elected. So far the scheme
might be tolerable, for the senatorial
seats are of little consequence to the ma
terial interests of the people of Louisi
ana. But the sceptre it puts in the hands
of Nicholls is a barren sceptre. Without
legislative co-operation he will be pow
erless to reform out of existence such
infamous nurseries of scoundrelism as
the Returning Board, or to procure the
enactments that are essential to the
restoration of good government and
publico prosperity. If Nicholls and his
friends are wise, they will have little
to do with Mr. Wheeler and his schemes.
His utter insincerity and untrustworthl
ness have been proved. He has no ad
vice to give that honest men can afford
to take. The selection of such a trick
ster for the proposed mission would be
an insult to those to whom he is sent,
and whom he has once most shamefully
deceived.
GRANTI5II ALIVE YET.
Collection of Assestsmuents for the Ex
penses of the Late Campallta.
pecial to the N Y. Htlerald.l
WASUINGTON, March 16. - Somebody
who managed the last campaign os the
Republican side is, it would seem, still
endeavoring through agents to collect
in the departments here the assess
ments levied on the clerks and messen
gers in the government service for po
litical purposes. While the House was
in session, one of these agents. George
W. Fisher, was examined by Mr. Dud
ley Field's committee. In the courseof
his examination Fisher swore that hbe
had been employe by the Mattagalu&l
three departmorents, and allowed a per
centage of from two to five per cent on
the amount collected by him, lHe also
swore that the assessments were In pro
portion to the salaries that were paid,
and tat the lists which he had corn
plied himself or which had been fur
nished him were destroyed.
To-day Fisher made his appearance
in the War Department and demanded
payment from those who had not yet
contributed, and the remainder of their
assessments from those who had not
paid up In full. He declared that he
was tired and would not wait any longer,
and that they should pay up at once.
lie occupied a desk In the room in the
War Department leading Into the office
of the disbursing clerk, and through
which the clerks are obliged to pass in
order to reooeive their pay,
The War Department is the only
branch of the government where semi
monthly payments are now made. Some
years ago the rule of semi-monthly pay.
ments was general In all the depart
ments for a short time, but it was an in
novation on old established custom,
and Its operation proving unsatlsfac
tory and troublesome, it was abolished
In all except the War Office. One of
the clerks of the War Department, a
representative of bis class, srpoke in
bitter terms of the outrage upon his
associates in compelling them to accede
to the demands of Fisher. He said:
" Tihe majority of the clerks are men
of family or men who have relatives de
pendent upon them. Many of them
went home to vote at considerable ex
pense. Nearly all contributed toward
tne expenses of the campaign through
their State associations. and to be asked
in addition to make contributions to
Fisher or pay the arrearages or contri
butions that were promised, is certainly
hard."
He added that he hoped a little notice
of the facts in the Herald would stop
this robbery, as there is no doubt that
the Secretary of War and the President
know nothing of such operations.
PAT*TI'S t R º PI.
The lnSMene. et Tcneir' oe MenMlinie Prime
Denner.
[Cinoinnati iUo meroisl. i
Patti & Co. having dissolved partner
ship, the other marchionesses and
countesses of the great European capi
tals would like to have the wherefore
clarified. It is perhaps a legitimate
course for them to take up the cudgels
in hoealf of a minority. The affair Is
somewhat of an old story- the details
rather of an elderly coinage all around.
Air ore--in the beginning, not long
ago-Nicolini's wife boxed his jaws
while he was playing tenor on the
boards of the Apollo Theatre, at home,
on ac lount of having found In one of
his cd t-pockets a very comn promising
letter from prima donna Adelina Patti ;
and, on the strength of so :h discovery,
she pleaded for a divorce, on the broad
ground that ase had no fancy for being
seconda donna to any one alive. So
far, the fates have offered no satis
faction to her bereavement; and 'twas
ever thus, it seems, in the pantomimic i
career. The Illustrious (rila, in her
day, shook her marquis husband in
order to dwell together in unity with I
her less illustrious tenor, Mario- prevl- I
ously to his falling into the broken
down state of utter wreck; the famous I
Frezzolinl went through a similar per- I
formance, in addition to her regular +
scenlo duties; Alboni knocked poor
Marquis Pepoli out of sorts; Sontag's
noble lord, thoroughly jealous of a I
tenor, jerked that lady into p---and va
rious uproar-exciting singers might be I
cited. (hiugllit, Frioct, Plccolomini,,
Stolz and others, were more or less on
the ist of sufferers, until it has now be- 1
come universally recognized in the I
great continental capitals that the ell- I
very voice of a first-class tenor or full- a
blooded prima doona is a frightful in. I
strument of disturbance-endowed with e
all the defects of its qualities, as it were.
The moral of this kind of foreign his
tory would seem to Indicate that living i
in public.on the stage of a European t
theatre forms but an indifferent, if not t
altogether sorry, alliance with home I
life, properly called-especially among
tenors and prima doonas of the first i
water, who are notoriously as sensitive I
as big sunflowers.
BEFOlRE AND APFER.
A Plcture Taken frem Life in a Rail*
road Coach.
[Burling'on Hawkeye.]
They were very pretty, and there was
apparently five or six years difference in
their ages. As the train pulled up at
Bussey, out on the A. K. and D., the
younger girl blushed, flattened her nose
nervously against the window, and drew
back in joyous smiles as a young man
came dashing into the car, shook hands
tenderly and cordially, insisted on
carrying her valise, magazine, little
paper bundle, and would probably have
carried her had she permitted him.
The passengers smiled as she left the
car, and the murmer went rippling
through the coach, "They're engaged."
The other girl sat looking nervously
out of the window, and once or twice
gathered her parcels together as though
she would leave the car, yet seemed to
be expecting some one. At last he
came. He bulged into the door like a
house on fire, looking along the seats
until his manly gaze fell on her up
turned, expectant face, roared, "Come
on; I've been waiting for you on the
platform for fifteen minutes," grabbed
her basket and strode out of the car,
while she followed with a little valise, a
band-box, a paper bag full of lunch, a
bird-cage, a glaas jar of jelly preserves
and an extra shawl. And a crusty
looking old bachelor in the further end
of the car, croaked out, in unison with
the indignant ljckk of the passengers,
"They're married."
mrall Talk.
[Courier-Joural. J
Young men in Illinois are not very
different from their raw 'contemporaries
of other states. They converse after a
style like this: "Do you abbreve?"
" Why, cert. Don't you ?" "Bet. I
think it's splend, don t you ?" "
nif." "Going to hear Carl Schurz s
lec ?" "No, be's on Hayes' cab and
won't lee here." "ls that poe t" "Dead
eer." " Well, it makeno 4t tome; I
I NEWS IlY MAIL.
cou rs CAI tOl1, 14.
Uttn. Itampton Intrntle to Art Entirriy
Within the LAw.
[Rperisl to N. Y. Uira,1d.)
WAAH.(Trrox, March 1R. -Unles Mr.
Chamrnberlan withdraws voluntarily in
Mouth Carolina, (tovernor Hamp ton
will, whenever the arrangements of the
Fe(lerttl authorities are completed, pro
t eeed against him in the courts of the
State and under a statute, curiously
enough, which was enacted by the oe
publicans in 1868, to enable them to put
out some Democratic incumbents.
o This statute provides for the summary
eviction of any person intruding him.
selt into a public office by a warrant is
sued by a Circuit Judge. The party
evicted under such a warrant is author
ized by the statute to assert his claim or
pretensions in the courts if he wishes,
but he must give way first and at once
on the issue and presentation of the
warrant to the officer elected.
WAISrONe'* DBEPRAT.
A Bares' Appointment beaten by Car
pet-Sallgers and Buarbens.
IN. Y. Tr ibne.]
WAmIoTToI, March 19.- -The Presl
dent's Southern policy is meeting with
active opposition from an unexpected
quarter. After full consultation with
the Postmaster General and prominent
citizens of Memphis who are in full ac
cord with the President, he appointed
Mr. Waldron to be United States Mar
shal for the Western District of Ten
nessee, and the nomination was laid
aside by the Senate.
The defeat of this nomination in.
volves more than thedefeatof one man.
The advocates of the President's South
ern policy see in the elements which
combine to bring about this result the
tendency to a union between the di
tinctively carpet-bag element in the
South and the old Bourbon element in
the North. By the carpet-bag element
Is dot meant the !orthern persons of
standing who went South to engage in
legitimate business, but those whose
pursuit has bee-n or!iilng except office
seeking, ant who abandon the Month
when they cm, no longer secure office
there. T'i ;ic rst objective point of this
faction ape,;r:tr4 to be an attempt. to
brene- down Postmaster General Key,
with t.ho Ii ,op of driving him from the
Cabinrot. If thies .;n be accomplished,
the ,.ulr,position is thtnt no other promi
nent. ;',,t,'h''rn mtar would accept a sim
liar pisition. It is, of course, designed
Ialso as ,n indirect blow at President
frlaye: by persons who have not the
courage to attack him openly.
Cclm Isr,,tlin of the a1th Anivecrsary of
the Parlas :;prltsin.
[ I. V. Worldl.]
T'ihe sixth anniversary of the revolu
tiontary uprising by th3 'Commune in
Paris, on the 18th of March, 1871, was
celetrated at Beethoven Hall on Fifth
street, last night, by the members of the
Association of French Refugees who
participated in that movement, and the
Society of French Socialists. The cele
bration consisted of an entertainment,
arranged by a committee appointed by
the different societies, the proceeds of
which are to be added to a fund in aid
of the orphans and widows of the vic
tims of the uprising, and to ameliorate
the co2dition of the transported Com
munists at the French penal colony,
FewCaledonia. During a banquet ad
dresses were delivered by several former
members of the Commune, reviewing
the circumstances that led to the upris
ing. The banquet was followed by a
musical entertainment and a ball.
It is estimated that about 10,000 of
French revolationists who participated
in the revolution of the commune are
now in the United States, of whom
about 2000 reside in this city. About
10,000 more are still held in penal ser
vitude at New Caledonia.
Under the auspices of the New York
" sectionsa" of a socialist organization
known as the " Worklngmen's Party of
the United States," a similar gathering
took place at the Germania Assembly
Rooms. The celebration consisted of a
musical entertainment, followed by n
ball, the proceeds of which are also
partly to be devoted in aid of the sur
viving victims and partly in aid of a
fund to establish a Socialist working
men's organ, which is shorty to be start
ed in this city.
CLERI ADAMS.
lie will be a igt Man until the eon'* Is
Organized.
[Special to Chicago Times ]
WAsmnwoTo, March 1_.--Clerk Adams
will be a very important man until the
next House is organized. During the
close of the last sesslon an amendment
to the rules was madle, placing the Ser
geant-at-Arms under his direction. This
will enable Adams to have §nough force
on hand to exclude from the dfloor all
members not upon his list. It is found
that this list can be made to have more
of a majority than that assumed by
Randall, as there are contested election
cases from Alabama, Florida, Illinois,
Louisiana, Massachusetts, Pennsylva
nia, North Carolina, Tennessee and
Virginia. What Adams will do cannot
now be positively foretold. He refuses
to talk upon the subject at all. He has
nerve enough and full power to organize
the next House unless the whole iSouth
ern delegation should deeert him.
TUB TROPF4.
Somre Formaltles Weccssary Befere They
Can Re Wlbhdrawn. (
[Special to New York W r'd.]
WASHINGTON, March 18.-An investi
gation is to be made into the exact
situation of both State governments.
The inquiry into Louisiana has already
shown, as stated in to-day's World, that
there are no troops actually in the
State-House, and that toe question of
removal must be made to cover all the
troops from the city. Nicholls has
given aesurances that he will avoid and
prevent all disorder, but no such pledge
nas been given, nor will it be given by
Packard. I, is believed that he intends
to defend the Packard title to the Gov
ernorship of L-'uisiana to the last.
Regarding Souto Carolina, the situa
tion there is no nearer a solution than
in Louisiana. The Attorney General
enters upon the work of inform
ing himself to-morrow, when Ben
beo-- Batier, on behalf oif
pon, W ll . gs a ftll
there may be no mistake In exeeutin-a
its details. The Loulsiana Conserva
tires who left for New Orleans last nighi
weto very confldent thatt the troops
would be removed this week, but Kel
logg ndl Wells, who remain here, are
Just as confldent that Packard will noi
be stlandoned in any sulch summar,
way, If at all. 8hulil he h invited to
step down and out., It is intimated that
he will Issue an adrlress to the somintry,
to be signed by himself, his OLgislature,
Kellogg the Republican h tate Commit
tee and the Returolng Board, which will
astonish the Admlnistration which they
counted into power.
The Veteram Cires Ilan Hands In Mil
Cheeks.
looielnosti Ernairer.1
Last night, between 10 and 11 o'clock
Mr. Samuel P. Stlckney, the Veteran of
the sawdust arena, breathed his last at
the residence of Uncle John Robinson.
A man who fifty years ago came to Cin
cinnatl with, almost if not altogether
the first tented show that ever visite
the iotty, and who has kept his place in
the ranks in all the long years that have
since elapsed and been recognized as
belonging to the "professlon," the name
of Unele Sam 8tfckney, as everybody
knew and addressed him, is entitled to
more than a mere meFntion with the
record of his death. Hlls was a name
known to the show people everywhereo
from the Atlantic to the MissIssrppi anA
from the St. Lawrence to the GOaf, and
not a few of them will find their eyes
dimming with tears when they read of
his death.
PINNaIsI,VAsN .
A P.laht Over the Patronase of the
sheriff.
f-pe.olxi to Chicago Times.]
H.eARtmns, March 19. -In the Penn
sylvania Hlouse of Itepresentatives to
night there was a scene of the wildest
confusion and disorder, that on*@
threatened to break out In personal vie
lenoe and a general row between the
parties. The cause was an effort of the
Republicans to buildose through a bill
taking the patronage out ,f the hands
of the Democratic sheriff of Philadel
phia. For years the sheriff of that city
has had power to appoint deputies to
preserve peace on election day. Th=
appointees of the Democratic sherI
are of great service in preventing the
police from interfering with honest
Democratic voters, and protecting Re
publican repeaters. The Republicans
estimate that the deputies deprive them
of the advantages of eight thousand
fraudulent votes, and have been un
sparing In their efrtrs to pass the bill
all the session. The Legislature ad
journs next Friday. To-night was the
last night it couli be passe( to reaeh
the Senate in time. IBy the regular
order it could nut be reached. The
Philadelphia gang determined to put
it through, and Speaker Myer left the
chair to put in Harry I.shn, a notorious
rooster ex-Presidlent of the Philadel
phia C6ommon Council, who made
$150,000 in that position. The ring
moved to suspend the rules for the con
sideration of the bill after the regular
session ended. The chair ruled that it
did not require two-thirds to suspend
the rules, and refused to recognize the
Democrats making motions. A scene
of the wildest uproar followed, The
entire House were on their feet, the
Democrats deriding the chair and de
fying him to arrest them. One Demo
crat, Schell, yoted with the majority
and moved to reconsiler. Hfe was
threatened with arrest by the Sergeant.
at-Arms. His party friends crowded
around and protected him, denouncing
the c~ 's outrageous conduct to his
teeth. Amid the wild uproar, no voter
could be heard, but the clerks counted
all the Republican voters on one side
and the Democrats on the other. The
Speaker so announced the vote. Mo
tions never put were declared carried
and rulings were made without regard
to decency or order. The Democrats
left the chamber In disgust. The Be
publicans then finally passed the bill.
To-morrow this same Legislature will
elect Don Cameron Senator.
IIPRUseieet IN EUROP.l
AStemIshamen& as the Pearefla Ianamr
·ates a.a speealaUisos Aises she
same.
(London Got. C!ninnna'i Commerdai.l
The peaceful inauguration of Presi
dent Hayes has produced a very deep
impression. The London press breaks
out with a chorus of admiration, and no
doubt the same is heard throughout the
country. The excitement here has bees
intense. The Democratic demonstra
tions in Congress have been reported at
every phase by long special telegrams.
We have seen with you the ofmicial
sitting before the Speaker with the re
jdcted Ver aont returns in his hand, and
neard tie angry exclamations
and resolutions of the defeated.
There was an uneasy feel
ing in the public mind up to last
evening that some row would greet
Hayes when he appeared to deilver bsl
address. Although a smile passed
round when it was observed that not
withstanding the secular character of
the American constitution Moses was
still strong enough to reach forth his
enchanted rod of Adam's favorite myr
tie in Paradise, and order "£nou snalt
not inaugurate Presidents on the Sab
bath," it was felt to be well enough to
give angry passions a Sunday to rest in.
£he President's address has been re
ceived with great applause. There has
been a notable absence of any ugly
anti-Bepublican feeling, and a gen
uine desire that the emergency
should be securely passed. Plialy, the
prophets of an exploded Republic nave
gone to meet the astrulugcrs wtI. used
to predict lire rained down on Lo,ndon
and other opened ptiulr of wrath.
Albeit President Hayes as a frielen
word for his departing preec~ ors Ir
the White House, a goodl many papers
have suggested the cu,-ed adwtalstra
tion as an awful wearning to tae in
coming Magistrate. A ter r. alirg this
morning's papers, I fedl moved to say
that if Rutnerford p,,6seese the wite of
the hSeven Sages cornorned with the
moral characteristics of Washiogtos
and the angel Gabriel, they will not be
found superfluous t.fr tuIslieg 5eZ ngbe
tish programme laid down IiWgI