NEW ORLEANS DAILY DEMOURAT.
OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
VOL. II---NO. 91. NEW ORLEANS, SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 1877. PRICE, FIVE CENTS.
BY .TELEGRAPH.
BHREVEPORT.
t"The " Voie of North Lonuisiana.
its People Pledge the Nichollst
Government their Lives, their
Fortunes and their
Sacred honor.
Wo Compromise----Either Nicholls
or a Military Government.
(Speoial to N. O. Democrat. ]
Snuav-ronT, March 23.-At a large
meeting of the business men and citi
sens generally of Shreveport, held at
thb Cotton Exchange this evening, the
following resolutions were adopted
unanimously, and the undersigned were
instructed to communicate the same to
his excellency (Gov. Francis T. Nicholls,
by telegraph :
BESOLUTION1,.
Whereas, it is proper at all times for
a free people to meet together and dis
aetU tae political issues that agitate
their country, it is more than ever im
portant, when their liberties are threat
aeed, that they should, in some ap ro
priate manner, declare their convict ions
and the principles which actuate them.
A crisis has now arrived in the affairs
of Louisiana which will test, to the ut
most extent, the patriotism of her peo
pie.
Enoouraged by the inaction of the
government at Washington, S. B. Pack
ard, who fraudule itly claiths to be the
Governor of Louisiana, threatens to in
stall himself as such with force and
arms; therefore, be it
Resolved, That knowing Francis T.
Nicholls to have been elected Gov
ernor of Lnutslana at the general
election held on the 7th of November,
1878, we pledge to his support our lives.
our fortunes and our sacred honor.
Resolved, That under no circum
stances will we recognize or tolerate
any government of which S. B. Packard
s the head, and if necessary to prevent it
will use every means with which God
and nature has provided us.
Resolved, That we have learned with
,consternation that a commission of dis
tinguished gentlemen are soon to visit
Louisiana to adjust our political differ
ences; that whilst we are willing for the
world to know our condition, and will
give every facility for Investigation, yet
we know our rights and will not com
promise them at the dictation of any
person, be he ever so high in authority.
Resolved, That the rights of the peo
ple, as expressed at the ballot-box, are
too sacred for compromise, and that we
will have the government chosen by
the people, or force, as we have the
means of doing, a military government.
Resolved, Ti:,at the delay resulting
from the slow process of settlement
through the means of the proposed
commission is operating the most se
vere injury to our planting and commer
elal interests, and we appeal to those in
authority to bring about, as soon as
possible, a final settlement in favor of
the government which has the confil
dencel and will receive the support of
the people.
the people. WM. . . WIE, Chairman.
N. C. BLANCHARD, I Secretaries.
oD. M. ArsTIN, F
THE SOUTIL CARltoLtsA CASE.
IHampton and Chamberlain nummontd Io
Washington by Hayes for an
Adjust ment.
Hampton Will Nit Enter Into Any Nego
tittons in Which Chamberlin
Takes a Part.
[Special to N. O. Democrat.]
WAsHINOTON, March 23.-The Cabinet
finally concluded to summon Chamber
lain and Hampton to Washington to
see it some basis of adjustment cannot
be reached by mutual agreement. Both
of them have accordingly been sum
moned by an official letter from the
President, asking for their presence.
It is believed that they will both come,
although some of Hampton's friends
express doubts about his entering into
any negotiations whatsoever in which
Chamberlain personally takes a part on
equal terros.
WFrom Our Evening Edition of Yesterday.]
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Hampton to Eject Chamberlain,
Who Will Retire.
[Speoial to the N. O. Democrat. ]
WAsHnSGTON, March 23. - The Star,
A* dministration organ, gives the follow
ing solution of the South Carolina ques
tion:
Hampton will proceed in ejectment
against Chamberlain under the laws of
the State, and Chamberlain will retire
under protest.
The Star intimates that the Federal
. overnment will not permit the troops
to interfere in this legal process, and
says that the writ of ejectment will be
immediately issued by Chief Justice
Willard of the South Carolina Supreme
IA.lT AND *UTEI CAIOLINA.
a. as livites the Rival veveran to
w, are t-The ruls
the South Carolina question have been
the sending of a letter to Chamberlain
and Hampton, inviting them here in
person, or by delegate, to confer with
the President on the situation of affairs
in that State.
EXECUTIVE MA.8ION, 1
Washington, U. C., March 28, 1877.
Sir-I am instructed by the President
to bring to your attention his purpose
to take into immediate consideration
the position of affairs in South Carolina,
with a view of determining the course
which, under the constitution and laws
of the United States, it may be his duty
to take in reference to the situation in
that State, as he finds it upon succeed
ing to the presidency.
It will give the President great pleas
ure to confer with you in person, if you
shall find it convenient to visit Wash
ington, and shall concur with him in
making such a conference the readiest
and best mode of placing your views as
to the political situation in your State
before him.
He would greatly prefer the direct
communication of opinion and informa
tion to any other method of ascertain
ing your views upon the present condi
tion and immediate prospect of public
interests in South Carolina.
It reasons of weight with you should
discourage this course, the President
will be gla:d to receive any communica
tion from you in writing, or through
any delegate possessing your confidence
that you will convey, to have your views
of the impediments to the peaceful and
orderly organization of a single and un
disputed State government in South
Carolina and of the best methods of re
moving tlkm. It is the earnest desire
of the President to be able to put an
end, as speedily as possible, to all ap
pearance of intervntion of the military
authority of the United States in the
political derangements which affect the
government and afflict the people of
South Carolina.
In this desire the President cannot
doubt he truly represents the patriotic
feeling of the great body of the people
of the United States.
It is impossible that protracted dis
order in the domestic government of
any State can, or should, ever fail to be
a matter of lively interest and solicitude
to the people of the whole country.
In furtherance of the prompt and safe
exultation of this general purpose, he
invites a full communication of your
opinion on the whole subject in such
one of the proposed forms as may seem
to you most useful.
By direction of the President I have
addressed to the Hon. Wade Hampton
a duplicate of this letter.
I am very respectfully, your obedient
servant,
WV. K.K RO aERs, Private Secretary.
To the Houe. uDanel IH. Chamberlain.
A PIIOTEST.
Our Reprecentatives In Congress Protest P
Against it. t
WASHINGTON, March 23.-Messrs. Ellis,
Levy and Gibson have under considera
tion a protest, which they will file with
the President, against the appointment I
of a commission for Louisiana.
The protest objects to the policy of
the commission :
1. Because it fails to redeem the as
surances of the President and of his
political friends, made in his behalf, I
before the electoral count was com
pleted, these assurances being both
verbal and in writing.
2. The appointment of such a com
mission is fully illegal and extra-consti- i
tutional, and tends to continue Federal
interference in State matters.
3. That the delay consequent on such
a commission is injurious to every in
terest of the State, and especially to
the planting interest.
4. That the action of such commis
sion is powerless to bind the people of
the State, who " never " will consent to
the overthrow of their chosen govern
ment and the installation of Packard.
GOV. BROWN OF TENNESSEE.
He Is Willing to Visit Louisiana on
Hayes' Commission.
WASHINGTON, March 23.-The follow
ing letter has reached Postmaster Gen
eral Key from ex-Gov. Brown, of Ten
nessee:
PULASKI, March 22, 1877.
Hon D. M. Key, Poe mas.er General:
If it is believed that my co-operation
will contribute anything toward a pa
cific solution of the troubles in Louis
iana, my services are at the command
of the President, on the basis suggested
in your dispatch of to-day. Advise me
fully of the determination of the Presi
dent. Joan C. BROWN.
The President has appointed Mr.
Brown on the Louisiana committee.
Packard's Legislature Appeals for Aid.
WASHINGTON, March 23.-The Presi
dent has received by telegraph a reso
lution of the Packard Legislature call
ing for aid to protect the State govern
ment against insurrection, but has paid
no attention to it.
Foster Blodgett as Marshal of Georgia.
The formal presentation of the papers
and application of Foster Blodgett, as
Marshal of Georgia, was made by Sec
retary Morton, and not by Senator
Hill.
FOREIGN.
The Vatican Advises the Catholcls to be
Patient Under Persecution.
VIENNA, March 23.-A circular to the
bishops has been issued from the Vati
can, counseling patience and abstention
from provocation during the expected
period of increased persecution.
The Protocol.
PaRis, March 23.-Gen. Ignatieff is
arranging fcr a meeting of the three
Emperors, should the protocol be
signed.
The Pope Somewhat Indlspssed.
ROME. March 23.-The Pope is some
what indisposed, but there is no imme
t diate cause for alarm.
Nf ew Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs.
e It is reported Count Corti succeeded
Melegari as Minister of Foreign Affairs.
.1 -. -. .
The following paragraphs, intended
to have been printed separately, were
by some blunder so arranged that they
read consecutively in a Paris journal:
"Dr. - has been appointed head phy
sician to the Hospital de la Oharite.
Orders have been issued by the author
ities for the immediate extension of
the cemetery of Mount Parnasse: the
works are being exeuted with the au
most 4lapteiL
C~~aAI~wrgk U
(From Our Evenig Edition of Yesterday.] c
A BETTER FEELING PREVAIL
INU.
if the Commission Betrays Us,
any Act on our Part Will
Be Justified.
The Northern Copperheads gnd l8outhern
Carpet-Baggers Feeding Out of
the Same Trough.
[gpeoial to N. O. Democrat.]
WASNINGTON, March 23.-The Presl
dent and members of the Cabinet are
very reticent oil the subject of their re
cent deliberations.
But one member of the commission
has been appointed thus far; this
is ex-Gov. John C. Brown, of Ten
nessee. There is a report cur
rent that John B. Henderson, of
Missouri, has been appointed and
has accepted, but I cannot verify this.
Henderson is generally considered as a
Republican, but our people can dapend
on his fairness.
Southern men here are recovering
their hopefulness to some extent. Their
general expression is, that if the com
mission does ustice, well and good, but
if. after all we have suffered and en
dured, Packard is recognized, the
Administration will have no excuse for
its betrayal of us, and we will have the
sympathy of the civilized world in any
movement which may be dictated by
our despair.
There is general feeling of relief that
the announcement of the decision of the
Cabinet did not provoke our people to
attack the State-House, and it is be
lieved, on all hands, that the action of
the Commission will be patiently await
ed by them.
Foster sends me a reassuring tele
gram from his home in Ohio.
He says that those who think that the
President has backed down are mis
taken, and that the present programme
is dictated by the philosophy that di
plomacy should be exhausted before
war is declared.
All the New York papers are with us
except the Times. The Herald, WYorld,
and Sun denounce the commission pro
gramme, and sharply arraign Hayes for
trifling and indecision.
The Tribune says that Commission
should have a fair show, but scouts the
possibility of Packard's recognition.
The Northern Democratic politicians
who are figuring for Speakership and
other offices of the next House join with
Blaine and the carpet-baggers in rejoice
ing over the blow to our hopes.
It is a curious sight to see the North
ern copperhead and Southern carpet
bagger feeding complacently out of the
same hog trough, and whatever hap
.1 pens, our people should bear this
spectacle in mind. BUELL.
THE MERCHANTS SPEAK.
A Prompt Rebuff' to Packard's
Lying Telegram.
A Council of Our Solid Men.
Yesterday afternoon, on a very short
notice, the members of the Cotton Ex
change met to take action upon the tel
egram sent to Washington by Packard,
in which it was stated that the mer
chants of the city supported the aspir
ant in his pretensions. Never before in
the
H!STORY OF THE COTTON EXCHANGE
has such an attendance been present,
especially when a subject outside the
trade was to be brought before the
meeting.
The movement seemed to be sponta
neous, and the willingness and alacrity
with which the members of the Cotton
Guild responded deserves commenda
tion.
At the meeting held yesterday at the
Cotton Exchange there was represented
fully three-fourths of our exporting
trade, and the amount of money repre
sented was close upon $8,000,000.
The meeting was the largest ever held
at the Exchange, and after the usual
preliminaries the following preamble
and resolutions were adopted and tele
graphed to Washington:
PACKARD EXPOSED.
Whereas, one S. B. Packard is said to
have informed the authorities at Wash
ington City that the principal mer
chants and business men of this city
are willing to recognize him, the said
S. B. Packard, as the lawful Governor
of this State; and
Whereas, such assertion is not only
utterly false, but in direct contradiction
of the most patent facts, the members
of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange,
an association representing a commer
cial interest of more than one hundred
millions of dollars per annum, formed
solely for business purposes, taking no
part in politics and counting among its
members adherents of both political
parties, feel called upon in the interest
of peace, good order and lawful govern
ment, to solemnly protest against any
credit being given to such assertions;
be it, therefore,
Resolved, That Francis T. Nicholls is
recognized and obeyed as the lawful
Governor of this State by nine-tenths of
the honest, intelligent and tax-paying
classes of the State, and by a large nu
merical majority of its citizens, without
distinetion of race or color.
Resolved, That this reognition of the
vernment of his Excel Franois
T.H ila
classes to the authority of the courts,
sheriffs and other officers acting under
commissions issued by him and by the
voluntary payment of taxes in advance
of the time fixed by law.
Resolved, That for ourselves, and for
the great mass of the peaceable and
law-abiding citizens of this State, we
solemnly protest against the right of
any power outside of the State to set up
or to recognize any State government
other than that of Franois T. Nicholls,
the one duly elected, inaugurated re
cognized and obeyed by the people of
the State.
Resolved, That in the interest of peace
and good order, and of Republican in.
stitutions, we solemnly protest against
any attempt to impose the said S. B.
Packard upon this people as Governor
of the State firmly believing that the
attempt would lead to civil strife, and to
a resistance which would speedily as
sume such formidable proportions as
would endanger the peace and prosper
ity of the entire country.
A PROTEST.
The Ierchants of New Orleaus Re
fute Packard's Lies.
They will Uphold, by all Means, be
the Nicholls (overnment. se
COT
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to
NEw OnuSANS, March 23. 1577. w
To his Ex ellency Bt. B. Hayes. I'reldent of the tb
United States: O.
,ir-The undersigned, merchants and others dl
estbhlishld in this city, do hereby emphatically P
deny t at we have, in any manner or ehape,
supported, or that we intend to support, the so- ht
ca led government headed byS. B. Packard. H
And we also solemnly declare that it is our t
firm and deliberate purpose to uphold, by all
means in our power, the egal Governor of this
State, Francis T. Nicholls. Very respe 'tfally, I
A Carriore & Sons Borcder & DeSmet, C
A W Bosworth, P Gelpi & Brother, hi
Jno G Gaines Geo A Plle,
A Baldwin & Lo, Juo H Pike,
J Burnside, Pike & Howard, Si
McStet & Value. J W Gaines. vl
Katz & Barnett J Gordon, H
Levy, Loeb.Phenor A:o, Wm Pemberton.
Jas M Walsh, Elgar N tt,
A F Hickman, Pike Brothers. LI
MB Well, Lemnine & Gaines Bros, e
C Cavaroc & Son, J E Casseard, b
Meyer Weill, Gao .Jonas,
Garthwaite. Lewis & John E King,
Miller. Herman Roeht, C
Felix Loeb, I N Marks,
Simon & Kohn. Herman & Vignes.
Iaacson BSims. chias Jumonville.
Wm J Behan. W I',tlfrey,
P A Conway. J 'Juye s,
Isaac Levy, J W Hincka.
A Lehmann A Co. J Delery.
Mullen & Holloway, Chas (tnuchae,
Leon Gouchaux, W W Gordon. h
M Johnson, A V Duraldo.
A Lamothoe Jos David,
A H Marks, J C kdams, t1
Ed Durand, M W Stlith,.
Joseph Mitchell. Jules Montreuil, a
P O KombecK., James Nott,
Charles J Carriere. Touton Beauregard, t
Geo W Byrne, Ed Lanee. b
L E Forstali, J L Berwin.
James J Tarloton. P Blanc,
J Surgeron. F Dietze.
Ed Jumonville. CL Mavor. t
A Wllloz, P' Duquenay. D
Us Larroque-Turgeau, Jao A Barnett,
Jno D Kombeck, Henry Bezou,
( W Nott, 1' A Chalaron.
A Archinard, J Michelfelder, d
J Newman. A Bozonior, t
it W Young. H ltideau. b
J Cassard, J, o Meyers A Son,
C H Lawrence & Co, Cobb & Maxent.
L Ieder & Co, Hyrnes & Bro. U
W G Lyon & Go, Wang & Cortam. i
W H Holmes & Co, B W Vermott, .
D Fatjo & Co. J A Staig, r.
.1 B Camors A Co, Sheehan & Russ, 8
John T Moore & Co. J It Kent & ;o. e
Grove & Wildermann. CT Buddecke & son t
Frank &Roder, Mrhe.l y,
SS KeIeo & Sons. Miller Dolhondo & Co,
Roger & Mit hell. John kelson A Co. I
Small & Co. B H Fiashpoler, t
Smith, Bros & Co. J W Smith, g
Schwabacher, Frowen- Aug Benckhardt.
folder & Pfeifer, Geo Sick, I
J M Schwartz. Ii Herbst, 8
Archer & Borland. Gustave Lee, t
Howard & Preston, C H Heintz.
Chas H Dolsen. Ernest Kraemer,
David Collie. H Pohlman & ion.
Crane. Melhado&ChismJules Janvry.
Vose Brothers. H R Gogreve,
Chas Pleasants. A H White,
Prudh mine & Briggs. Aug Couturie
Post & Hobby, Geo Heck & do.. i
Gordon & tomila, John Connolly.
Barstow & Deeves. P B Hurst.
Pohlman & Doll, E K Converse,
W P Converse, Jr., A Co.,F A Behan
J C Murthy & Co., Jackson & Manson, i
Glover & Odendahl, Russell & Hall,
W H Ma:thews & Bro, Rareshide & Macs.
Zuberbilr & Behan, Baummarden & Langles
Morris McGraw, John alder.
Gus Beck, C Gitzinger.
Burke & Thompson, Hay & Mehle,
J G apor, Frederick Good.
Udolpheo Wolf, Jno A Norton,
Lochte & Cordes. U Marinoni,
Hartwell & Chambers, Ant Lanata,
Geo W Taft & Co. Gelpi & Viosca.
J Gottschalk. Joseph O'Brien,
A Thomson & Co. Fernd Barba,
J J Irby & Son, Margaret Haughery.
Jackson & Kilpatrick, Forsheimer Bros.
Thos Simms. C A French.
- Scherck & Berkson, Eugene Doherty,
W H Beanham, S MIers,
AT Bennett & Co, Vairin & Mortimer.
Chs B Schenek, Holt, Murray A Co.
Hirsch Adler & Co. Sears & Kinsella,
Flash Lewis & Co, Pelton & Dunbar.
John I Adams & Co. B J West,
A F Cochran & Cazeres, C Doyle.
Miller & Dielman, James G Clark,
I Schmidt & Zeigler, Jules Rose & Co.
E F DelBondio, J Bloom & Co.
g l J & DD O'Brien, Comwagere & Lambert,
J T Gibbons & Co. P Rivire,
Miller A Meyer, A A Buch.
Joseph Keller. R Beltran,
ulavison & Pitcher. Jas A Vignaud,
U Bassitti. E G Arnet.
) H T Lawler, MeClelland,
- Mayer Broo. C P Gilmore.
Jonn H Calder, H Maxent,
L B Dal'onte. P Poutz & Son.
E J Doyle, L Grand.
I A Cabiro. Morrow & Westerfield.
I C Crawley, A A Moul on,
Joseph D'MIza, T M We cott,
A Flotte. Peychaud & Garcia.
O Duplantier, M Popovich,
1 EL ceebe. L Spotorno,
PM Kelly. H N Boudct.
Louis Courcelles. F Henke,
Jas Beaurega:d, Urban Theurer,
- it Ardeville. It F Theurer,
SM B Miller, Joseph Bayle.
I J A Delery. F Jaufroid.
Edm D'Aquin. F Laborde.
Jules LeBlanc, Victor Maignan.
L Falk. Jr, LC Arny.
1 O Valeton. T M Scott,
J Jamrod, J Sarrazin.
E Pautier. U Vatinel,
C P Faurie, S Fournier,
SS Tocl. Dr J A Hava.
ED Dean. fE Djan.
F A Dalhe. B Brugier.
H Boisblane, Hebert & Co,
S Bertus & Durel. H Billard.
i Rodd Bros & Co, A Dagoret.
f Ed D'aquin. Paulin Durel,
C N Vogan. A Geiger.
PA Lelong. J Carrouchie.
- Delgado&Co, BCary&Uo.
t and thousands of others, merchants, bankers,
brokers, etc.
is Doom l s-.onsaa atr d olac y se.
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NEWS BY MAIL.
HORRIBLE.
Paekard's Nllggers Are Going to Burn
Down New nrleann.
[Speoial to Chicago Times.]
WASHINGTON, March 20. -The Cabinet I
session to-day was a long one. Piesi- a
dent Hayes said at its opening that he c
proposed to stand by the policy outlined I
in his inaugural speech, and that noth- a
ing has occurred since his succession to
office, to make him change his views E
upon the subjects therein mentioned.
Mr. Evarts offered a resolution after this i
approving Hayes' policy toward the
South. This was seconded by Postmas
ter General Key, and adopted by a
unanimous vote of the Cabinet. Fol
lowing this there was a lengthy discus- f
sion of affairs in the South. A promi
nent Republican Senator who was sum
moned to the White House this ajter
noon to consult with Hayes about the
Southern situation, says nothing was
resolved upon in the Cqbinet to-day, but
it is generally agreed upon by Mr. Hayes
and his advisers that no troops shall be
withdrawn from Louisiana at present.
A few days ago this withdrawal was
agreed upon, but Packard's attitude has I
considerably changed matters. The
Hayes people had been told that if the I
troops were withdrawn the Packar i
government would have to give way at
once. Upon the rumor of the troops
being recalled Packard has shown'him
self independent of them, and massed
such a force about him as to make some
Conservatives afraid to have the troops
ordered away. Packard's friends say
to-nirht that it the troops are
withdrawn and a fight is once begun
the colored people will burn down New
Orleans. The South Carolina case is
different. Chamberlain is as strongas
Packard, but it is to be doubted whether
he could make as good a fight. Mr.
Hayes said to Senator Patterson to-day
that he did not believe in keeping troops
there to bolster up either government.
He may move out a few troops from
Columbia, but he will keep the main
hulk of them there. Senator Angus
Cameron, who was chairman of the
Senate investigating committee that
visited South Carolina called upon
Hayes this evening at his request and
told him that he believed that if the
troops were withdrawn, a conflict should
ensue, and a single Republican should
be killed, the colored people alone
would set fire to and destroy the city of
Columbia.
THE LIAR ON RECORD.
Kellolg Is Interviewed and Mays Rash
Things Proinlscuously. b
[Special Chicago Times.] tA
WASUINGTON, March 20.-Gov. Kellogg C
had a long interview with the President f
to-night. After it a Times representa- n
tive bad an interview with him. The ti
Governor was very much in earnest, i
and seemed to be deeply excited about
the statements that have been made
by the Louisiana Conservatives here in
the city. He said he would stake his
positive judgment, aside from all ques- b
tions of feeling, that the troops would y
not be withdrawn lifrom Louisiana. 1
When asked if he based this on the d
statement made to him by the Presi- n
dent, he said: "I say nothing of i
that. I do not say that the President a
has said nothing one way or the p
other, but my judgment is absolute and c
unqualified that the troops will not be
witndrawn." He also said that the men
that were here representing the con
servatives were so impecunious that
scarcely one of them had enough money d
to get out of town; that they borrowed as
money to come here, and that they did a
not represent the wealth nor even the I
taxpayers of the State of Louisiana. He
said that the good people of the North I
professed to be very much worried c
about Mr. Packard's ability to run ]
the State government provided the
people should refuse to pay taxes.
He said that this was one of the great- I
est absurdities that could by any pos
sible combination be invented. Four
out of five of the laboring classes ,
in Louisiana are colored. They repre
sent the producers, and they as a class
support Packard. Nearly all of the
heavy taxpaying parishes where the i
sugar plantations are located are col
ored parishes. He said that Packard
would willingly sign a guarantee that if
allowed to go on and run his govern
ment he would not ask a single white
Democrat in the State to pay a cent of
taxes, and at the end of six months he
would have $50,000 surplus in the
Treasury. He also said that Packard
was not going to run away.
He was going to stay there
and fight it out, and the Presi
dent could not consistently go back
on him. He said the men who tried to
beat Hayes, and who counseled his
assassination, now come here with the
cheek of Government mules to ask him
to create a government for themselves,
and thereby negative the vote of the
State whereby he was elected. He said
that out of the five thousand men under
arms to-night in New Orleans to sup
port the Nicholls government, there is
not one in ten who is a taxpayer.
He says that there is no doubt
that a majority of the merchants
of New Orleans are in favor of
the Nicholls government. They want
to see the old times of slavery restored,
when New Orleans was the centre of
the commerce of the South. One of
the strongest reasons why they favor
the Nicholls government is that it is the
stronger of the two governments. There
has been so much misrepresentation in
the North upon the subject of the men
that wer,3 supporting Packard, that he
said it was very common for people to
suppose that Packard had no following.
Time, he thought, would demonstrate
whether Packard could support himself
or not, if the United States troops are
left merely for the purpose of preserv
ing the peace. If they are drawn away
it will be an open fight, and no one of
the Packard government was going to
run.
THE CHARGE AGAINST CONANT.
Net Much Expected to be Proved-The
Pelley oet the Deparment.
[Special to the World.]
WASHINGTON, March 19.-The investi
gation into the charges against Assist
ant Secretary Conant and.Mr. Bigelow,
ex-chief of the loan division of the
Treasury Department, of fraud in con
Ue noeis with unpaid interest, does not
Ssem so ar.to am t'to much. In
4 no5 siloes valta has been
t. E~p dJIl Tb.~
time at which Bigelow is charged witl "
being interested in the scheme is eom
pletely upset by his absence in
Europe for the past two years.
The amount of unclaimed interest
paid over to attorneys and agents has
also proved to have been considerably
exaggerated, not reaching thus far over
$10,000. Douglass the clerk who was
arrested for furnishing the lists of
claimants for the interest some time ago,
is out on bail and has furnished evidence
against several outsiders with whom he
was operating. While Mr. Boutwell was
Secretary of the Treasury the depart
ment prepared a list of these to whom
interest was overdue and propose to
publish it in the newspapers and issue it
in circulars, but for some reason or other
it was finally abandoned. Now the
policy is to keep the names of the claim
ants as secret as possible. The partles
who are pursuing Conant made oath to
day to alleged immoral practices on his
part, out of office.
mOUNTAIN MEtDOW LEE.
The Wholesale Murderer Awalting the
Action of the Law.
i[ pecial to Chicago Times. I
BlAvan, Utah, March 23.-C imp Cum
eron was reinforced to-day with a com
pany of infantry, in view of Lee's ap
proaching execution, for which no prep
arations, it appears, have been made.
It is regarded as doubtful by some
whether the execution will take place
on Friday. Lee is intensely bitter
against Brigham Young, but says he
will never inform against any of his
brethren. He says his conscience does
not condemn him, and he is willing to
die for the Mormon people, in the full
faith of celestial glory. He does not
seem agitated in view of the near ap
proach of death. He refuses to see any
newspaper correspondents or to com
municate anything for publication be
yond the manuscript for his book to his
counsel. One married daughter of Lee
resides in this town, and his wives, nine
in all, live in different parts of the ter
ritory, but three of them will adhere to
him. Rachel, who has been with him
during his confinement, is his only wife
here, and she said to-day, after visiting
him, that Lee would die for this people.
Some 50 or 60 of Lee's children live In
this territory, but a good many are
estranged from him. Distriot Attorney
Howard, who has been endeavoring to
procure a confession from Lee impliea
ting Higbee and other church officials,
may deem a reprieve necessary in order
to promote the ends of justice. Haight,
Higbee and Stewart. interdicted parties,
are still at large, with abundant evi
dence to convict them. Whether Bishop
Dame, who was above Haight and Rig
bee, can be reached, is the problem now
to be, worked out, and if Dame can be
convicted it is impossible'to say how
far above him the responsibility of the
massacre can be traced. Howard seems
to be the man to bring all the facts to
light.
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Valedictory.
[Philadelphia Times. ]
A gentle hint to Packard and Cham
berlain: Don't stand on the order of
your going, but go at once. Nobody
wants you who can help you; and if yoe
don't go soon, the order of your going
may be inconveniently hurried some
fine morning by the sudden disappear
ance of bayonets from about the te1o
pies now defiled by the last run of
carpet-baggers. Go!
Mrs. mllIaat'e Hetere.
[-incinnati Enquirer.j
Even in the Orient feminine nature is
delicately feline, as elsewhere. It is
said that Lady Salisbury, as a strong
minded lady, frequented the Turkias
harems and endeavored to induce their
inmates to concur with her in her polit
ical views. To Mme. Midhat-the wife
of the grand vizier-she said that the
Turks were done for, and unless they
gave in their fate was sealed. Mme.
Midhat replied that the wives of Turk
ish ministers left politics to their nu.
bands, and perhaps it might be as well
if the wives of English ministers were
,o do the same.
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A Young Old Lady.
Mrs. Patty Stanton, of North Stoning
ton, Connecticut, is a bright ninetynibe
year-old woman, whose impaired eye
sight is coming back, and who is grow
ing a newsetof teeth. She was marri
at fourteen, has an eighty-yestar..
daughter, and says she would many
again but for the fear that the happyi:
man might seek her money more t&.ai
her love.
A soft Answer.
[Olhicago Times.]
"Why doesn't this fire keep up?"'
asked a Chicago husband pettishly, s.0
he pranced around half dressed, anti
furtively poked the stove grate, late oaw
bitter morning. " It's so much like
you," piped out his wife from the warm
bed, " Like me! " exclaimed he, stou
ping in his work, "how so?" "
cause," Isaid she roguishly, "it , Il
go out nights." te mumbled u~m.
thing to himself, and returned to his
work.
The Cradle of the Washls;tms.
[London World.]
The vanished generations of Spencem -
lie under stately monuments in the gh
Church of Brington, within easy w
ing distance of Althorp. But Bu ngt
has titles to fame beside that of belngL.
the burial place of the powerfulfktt%:
dwelling hard by. PainstakingsatkltWGa-.*
ries have traced hither the ancestors of
George Washington, and love to-flnd n tla!
the arms of the Washingtons,dlsplayed ;
in Brington Church, the Stars and
Stripes of the great repubtic of the West..
A Mental tesaervattes.
[Ba.limore Gazette.]
The exchange of regards betwt
Judge Davis and his former
was eminently proper; but it must
strained the new Senator's conscie
little to say that the Supreme Court R
as worthy the confidence of the A. I:
can people now as ever before. bpr
probably took a mental exceptiona
Joe Bradley.
She was telling a female friend how
Mary Jane quarrelled with her 'felIa,",
and said she, "Why, If you beard 'e
talk, you'd think they were m &2l9&"