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-JEPITOME OF THE WEEK. OCRRBIIT fAKACIRAPn. .The Pan-Anglican OoaferenM Ifu^4f«»^he27th. ad- 8,500 gold medaMffelM at praet the Paris Expo- n. < % <-»'?» AVaaHngtota mspatcfc ot tho 2#d, *,-̂ Nt*iiw«wi eKp- this 'year tr"®*'per 'mm*. 4geater than that, of 1877. ^ ,•/ j v •{ Another call for 'f5,00ft,000 tf! $$0 • of 18® wafc mudi, on the 88d, fhtdrcst to cease of the 33d of October. "<" * ! ,"\The Republican State Convention of " 'jWbraska for the nomination of a State ticket i leto be beMon the 1st of October. • ' •^^FdHrteen children and three te&qhars were drowned, on the 26th, by the capsizing of '"4 twit On'the Riv<r Rkckwater, neai* the T^Wn of B&tlieborough, Ireland. '^&eiiexas Democratsh^Vtiiiominated Judge O. M. ^Roberts for Goveraotj Jpseph WGa&ers for Lieutenant-Govertior arid Geo, t |leGormi<ik fof Aitoraey-GeneriA. t *Tke total receipts Qf toe .government #6m internal revenue for the year ending * ftne 80,1*18, were #111,089,319.91, of If,908,- 614.34 less than for the year preceding. ;" }. " ' *Th6 coach which left Dead wood for 'tteyenne, on the 33d, was stopped on the toad by six armed men, who captured the ; t jMMl bigs afcd rifled them of their contents. '* '"A London telegram of the 27th an­ nounces the aopointment of the Marquis of Lartfe, son-in-law of Qneea Victoria, aa GOT- «mor-G en/end of Canada, to soeeeed Lord jjtylifferin., ;„y • - i •••! \ ' '*A bill for tti4pannhmental trlurijM,, which passed the New Hampshire House oi , JJf preventative#, 09 the 24th, provides a pea- ^alty of imprisonment for from fifteen months $0 five years, the former penalty beuig for '•ny person proved a trampu • iff ' m t 1 ' The Commissioner, qf Agriottfture appointed Prot Low, of Ifew York; Prot IKftmars, of Chicago; Dr. Dyer, of lllinoi^; 1W. J. W. Voyles, of Indiana; Dr. Albert •Dnnlap. of Iowa; Dr. Hines, of Kansas, and JM Salmon, of North Carolina, As a Board to Investigate the origin of, and devise a remedr Jfer the tiog cholera. m ' ' ' ' ^ *1 Am offirnl synopaia, pufctishtd on the of the" crop reports, shows the average ^ndition of rye and barley at 101; oats, gen- •fal average, 101; fruit, favorable; grass and Jfioter, rtmirkably fine; tobacco acreage re- -dkiced Aboat OS per eent. Recent hi formation dndfrwtad «Mf f^riou ? damage, from vacioaft .Wises,, to,the spring wheat crop In Mtriweeo- Northern Jpwa and Wisconsin. ' >«iTh© recent decision of the Commis- 4k>ner of the General Land Office opon the 'Xquisas Feqi0e Railroad lands is in favor of tilers who have pre-empted railroad lands ich remained unsold at the end of the third Jliar after the completion of that road. This teetotal * fleets the status of many thousand fKlM wfcjflhfcavc been made by tbe several Pacific Railroad Companies, whose charter^ Etained the same clause as that of the K^n-Paclflc, providing that if any of the grant^ 40 ianin remained unsold by the company at Ifce expiraw^i of tltree yeark from the conv- fj^on f44ba road, $ucfa laud* he*ah- Mct to pre-emp^on entry at fl.25 an fere. ' In the early part of last 'June, ft Bfeputy United States Marshal, attended by %ree Deputy Revenue Collectors, attempted n wrest a man in Pickens County, 4i. C-, on a charge of' illicitly distilling whisky. Qne Iff the hired men of the Accused made an al- forcible resistance to the officers, and , SVK kMisd. The lour men were indicted, for imirder, apd a conflict of authority grew out <rf the case between the State and Federal Cbnrtk, the State authorities contending for Ae'eole'Jurisdletioc of Che State Court, Judge BwehnyMnsing to great a wilt of transfer tbe United Statea Circuit Court. It was tcided at Washington, on the 3Tth, to insist ion transfer of the ease to the latter 'ikisnrsyi yoMd ..fee tsfrsn aceord- a :»v-» ««if «o av.- . - #- *t i. i3 siw 1H " GKJTMtAJU ftr;' ; •' v • A,1 .Qn.me after^ooia^f the 22d, fh^,#n- business portion bf Catlettsburg, fcv., •,#afc' Octroyed by fire, Involving a loss of abott •tt0^>0©. ' * # A Washington telegram of the 22d Qtatea ^hat tbe Treasury Department had re-. {Ived, from Rational Banks, since the nota­tion, on the 18th, that silver dollars, could obtained for greenbacks, free of transpor­ tation, orders for $310,000 W silver. Gen. Sir Garnet Wolsely arrived at Isanarca, Gyp'ifUtj"Wl the 2M. He issued a aferoclnmation stating that Her Majesty, the Queen, w as greatly interested in the prosperity Of the Cypriotes, and promising measures, calculated to promote agriculture and com­ merce. ^ ' ' TheQu^en has bo?nf^r««d the Order •I the G&rter upon Loi^l BeeeonRfleld. !the &fe«titure jtottk place . on the morning of: 1he9ML. . J) ; , A Boston telegram of the 22d an­ nounces the defalcation of Mr. Jolm G. Tap- ian, late President of the Boston Belting /."Company. His slort^ge is stated to be over it^ half a million dollars, and the company has pospended.. Mr. Tappan has turned oyer |propeAy heminaily valued at f 1,100,000 to inake good the amount embezzled. Specula­ tion in outside enterpHeee to told io h«Ye lied to the defalcation. ; . % Large meetings were held fh the 3 jprfncipai cities of Italy, on the 23d, favoring /She movement for the annexation of the Aus- ^riai! Provinces in Italy. At Rome the an-' •P '^thorltles dispersed the crowd because of of- :ffenslve demonstrations against the Austrian pfiniBter. «, i - . A Rome dispatch of the 28d says ,the • Va^ican waa elaboraUng » proj^ with rela­ tion to the Church In t^e United States^ i, ̂ 'placing It under the ii^mediate authority of thePop^. * s. In the British House of Commons, on the 23d, announcement was made of the be­ trothal of the Babe of Conoaught, Queen TtobOflaJi third son, with the Princess Marie ,^/^enbte, .daughter pi Prince Frederick CjUwles,, > The Queen has conjferred the (Order ' •' <ot'the llarter on the Marqiiss of Salisbury. [r . The ifitinicipal controversy in East ~~ 83d. A guard of Metropolitan Police and a DU4>|prof Depnty Mahals came t|gpnt^H fuDiic streets, end indulged " flriqfc >t gpd ||ome hi rk diMbatiSts. *• Iho was ordered out by the Governor, and reached the city about ten o'clock p. m. Minnie Warren, tjtp w«Ufkn^% dwarf, died at Fall River, Mass., a few days ego. . w. The Ohio State National Coivftfctfdki platform rcatfirming the Toledo declaration of principles, and denouncing as crimes against the people the financial legislation of Congress during the past few years; demand- ttw 5CTCrss:Cat niiM! iaeun » lull iegai- tender paper money; the withdrawal of all Kational B%nk notes; the passage of a gr&d- vated income tax; the repeal of the Resump­ tion act; the unlimited coinage of gold and silver; the abolishment and prohibition of all legalized monopolies; denouncing "alike the Communlsn which demands ate equal di­ vision of property and ' the infamous financial* legislation which takes all from the many to enrich the few;" favoring the establishment of Bnreatis of Statistics and the employment of competent persons to in­ quire into and report the condition and wages of the working: classes in all the departments oif industry; opposijig any further Issue of Interest-bearing bonds; deprecating all vio­ lent measures, and invoking the people to re­ dress their cruel wrongs only through the ballot-box. Andrew Roy was nominated for Secretary of State, Chilton A. White for Judge of the Supreme Court and J. R. Fallis for Member of the Board of Public Works. The State Convention of the National party of New York met at Syracuse on the 88d. There were three contesting delegations from New York, and a motion was adopted ex­ cluding them all. A platform was adopted, on the 34th, similar to that of the Ohio Na­ tionals. The name "National Greenback Labor Party" was agreed to. Among the resolutions adopted was one declaring it to be the duty of the State Legislature to limit the frowth of railroad monopolies, and one favor­ ing a Protective tariff and the prohibition of the importation of all manufactured articles of which the raw materials are produced and labor to manufacture the same is found in this country. Gideon J. Tucker was nominated for Judge of the Court of Appeals. A Baker City (Ore.) dispatch of the 34th announces that Gen. Howard had effect­ ed a juncture with Forsyth, and would follow the fleeing hostiles, who were moving toward Malheur Agency. A petition was presented to the House of Commons, on the 25th, demanding the im­ peachment of the Earl of Beaconsfield. A rumor prevailed in London, on the 28th, that King Alphotizo, of Spain, had noti­ fied the Cabinet of hie intended abdication.' ' r A Berlin dispatch of the 26th an­ nounces that all the Powers except, the Forte had ratified the Treaty of Berlin.-. The session of the Woman's Rights Congress opened in Paris on the 2fith. M. Martin, Municipal Counselor of Parts, and Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, of Boston, w^ere elected 'Presidents of the organization. A Baker City (Ore,) telegram of the 2Bth says a courier from Gen. Howard had brought news there to the effect that the Ban­ nock and Piute Indians had separated. The former were fleeing the eouhtry, While the latter were supposed to be making for their agency for the purpose of surrendering. A Silver City disr atch of same date saye there were indications of hostijes returning in that direction. A dispatch from Vienna,'on the 26th, says tbe attempts to organic rerfstknee to Anstrians in Herzegovina had collapsed. A Constantinople telegram of the 27th says Austria had abandoned the Idea of convention with Turkey in regard to Bosnia and Herzegovina, and would, first move her troops across the frontier, and afterward subt mit a note to the Porte, setting forth her in­ tentions. Tbe New York Times of recent date gives the particulars of a terrible crime, which had just been made public, but Which was committed some months previous. It seems that a married lady of Boston, of great refine­ ment and beauty, had been visiting friends in the interior of New York State, and when leaving for home took a drawing-room car on the New York Central Road for Albany. She was followed into the car by two villains, who were probably attracted by the valuable jewelry phe wore, and when the conductor ap­ peared they Informed him that the lady ^ras insane, and that thqy were her friends keying her to the asylum at Utica. On arriv- flug-at that'̂ laco they conveycd her from Uie cars, she swooning away at the time, took her to a disreputable house, and robbed her and subjected her to the grossest indignity and outrage. When the train arrived at Albany her husband teamed of his wife's alleged in­ sanity, and immediately started for Utica on a special engine. JHe soon ascertained the whereabouts of his wife and found her in a woeful condition, her mind being seriously injured by her terrible experience. Every ef­ fort has since been made, consistent with privacy, to discover the fiends, hat so far without avail. 1 • • . -! The members of, the organization known as the Independent Labor League of the District of Colombia initiated a strike in Washington, on the morning of the 26th, be­ cause of the refusal of the contractors for dig­ ging the foundation of the new building tor the Bureau of Engraving and Printing to pay labor' er* more than seventy-five cents a day. The strikers drove the few men at work from the ground. The next day the police protected the laborers and scattered the strikers, and subsequently arrested the leader, Isaac Cohen, who was released on promising to have his men1 disperse, and to hold no more riotous meetings. He was again arrested while ad- dreei^g a meeting, on the evening of the 27th, and locked up, and several other arrests were ntaSe on'the morning of the 28th. f »e siiot, ^iparate Ut on the of the fljnd his bunched together, his "uct arch, and tto the air, tubrneC distinct .11 of hi"# ad, with ik. Has nxious Did it hurt you, paP" The old man rose slowly, shook out th» knot» in his hnisfheA the cMxst from his ears and hair and rubbing his bruised elbows, growledi ; , 1 , « « « WWit didh't do me it pligey bit 'ofBuudu ¥,w 8" hum*11 Herald.. Itfcfe , A ^Diplomatic Answer* The 6ld rblan Smith, of Richfield, is a self-sufficient sort of old fellow, and prices himself upon his riding abilities. One day he espied his young hope/ul leading a colt to water rather gingerly, and remarked: "Why on earth don't you ride that beast?". ,• T IN -/IT " I'm '£raid to: 'fratd' he'11" throw me." ; ' •• ' ' I"'-' Old man. The colt was urged up to the fence', and braced on one side by the boy while the old man climbed, onto the rails and stocked himself on the colt's back. Then he was let go, and the old gentleman rode proudly off. Paralyzed by fear the colt went slowly for about twenty rods without a demonstration. Then like lightning ,1m tour leg* , l'4? -rjl MXINPIB STATE NBWfc ' THE Old Settlers o£ Sangamon &OUATY- will hold theiiwuiual reanton 00 the Md Au­ gust, at Pleasant Plains. THE Governor \ hair aflbbfnted M#. TSf. :K. Fairbanks, of Chicago, State Fish Commis- sioner, vice Pratt. JonS W". CLAKK'S house near Jerseyville was burned on the night of the 21st, Loss $3,500. A TSBRtBLK tragedy took place a f«w nrilee owst oi Cai'linville, on the 2ist. H. Coin, a young man, while hunting, went onto the tarm of John Ward, who, seeing him, ordered him'not to hunt on his place. Some words passed between Ward and Coin, when Coin emptied the contents of his double-barreled shot-gun into the heart of Ward killing him instantly. It seems that there was an old grudge between Ward and Coin in regaixl to <some wheat. E. J. WTTHKRPOK1>, a Chicago scalper, committed suicide, the other evening, by shooting himself in the forehead. He was despondent because of heavy losses on the Board of Trade. THE Democrats of the Eighteenth District have nominated Judge.W. J. Allen, of Car- bondale, as their candidate for Congress, IJD SAVER'S cooper-shop, in Springfield, was ^burned, on tbe night of the 23d. Loss, £3,000. A CONVEKTIQH of the Mayors of the State has been called, to meet at Springfield on the 8th of October, to consider the question of -municipal revenues and the difficulties attend- inc the oollfiction of local taxes. THE Democracy, of the Sixteenth District recently met at Vandalia to nominate a Mem­ ber of Congress. There were 847 ballots taken, and neither candidate received the requisite vote, whereupon the Convention ad­ journed sine die without making a nomination. W. S. HOBNE, a Moline dry-goods merchant, has lately filed a voluntary petition In bank­ ruptcy. Assets, $8,000; liabilities, $16,000. A MEETING of-the Republican-State Centre. Committee was held in Chicago, on the 24th, at which A. M. Jones, of Jo Daviess, was elected Chairman, and Dan Shepard, Secre­ tary. The headquarters Were established at the Grand Pacific Hotel in Chicago. The fol­ lowing were appointed an Executive Com­ mittee : John W. Bunn, Springfield; Robert Bell, Mount Carmel; A. C. Babcock, Canton; R. B. Macpherson, Tuscola; George T. Will­ iams, Chicago; A. J. Hopkins, Aurora; L. W. Scott, Fairfield ; John Gordon, tynhville; E. Pearce, Whitehall. H KERH, a prominent farmer of Bird Township, in Macoupin County, in a settle­ ment with a hand, had some trouble concern­ ing a balance of ®6. From angry words they came to blows, when Kerr picked up his shot­ gun and fired twice, inflicting wounds which thay prove fatal. ( IK the Fifteenth District, the Denoaji hare nominated^ after balloting 178 times, Judge It. B> Declas as their candidate for" Congress. ' ' THE Nationals of the Twelfth District have nominated Hon. John Mathers for Congress. ON the 23d, two brothers, named Pruett, were working at the thresher for Mr. Guth- rey, who lives a few miles northwest of Leb­ anon, when William Martin and his father dune on the premises, and proceeded to pick a quarrel with the Pruetts. Charles Pruett struck William Martin with a pitchfork, knocking him down, when William Martin drew a pistol and fired, missing Charles. The "ball took effect in the leg of his brother, Jesse Pruett. As Martin got up Charles struck him again, but Martin warded off the blow, and shot Charles Pruett In the abdomen. Charles Praett died next morning. Martin gave himself up. He says he did the shoot­ ing in self-defense. The parties were mere youths, eighteen or twenty years old. AT Carlinville, on the 24th, Henry Tiessen- brnch, a German saloon-keeper, was arrested, charged with arson. Several attempts have lately been made to burn the store-house of H. Brockraeyer, gftnated in the centcr of the business portion of the city. No clue could be fcuhd to the incendiary, but a quarrel oc­ curred between Tiessenbruch and his wife, and she gave him away. At the preliminary trial the witnesses produced testified that he had gotten up late in the night, taken a blan­ ket, torn it to pieces, saturated it with coal on, carried it over to the 6tore-house, and set fire to it, and, but for its timely discovery by the police, the entire block would have been consumed. ' G. F. NAXXER, a merchant, of Effingham, committed suicide, on the morning of the 24th, by hanging himself in the stable In the rear of his residence. He *was deranged in consequence of financial and other embar­ rassments. . FOUR prisoners in the Rock Island Jail suc­ ceeded in making their escape, tbe othet night, by digging through a wall on the sec­ ond floor, and swinging themselves seventeen feet to the ground by a . rope made of bed' clothes. » Mns. WARNICK'B house, one mile west of Cehtralia, was burned on the morning of the 29<L Loss, $1,500. The fire was the work of an incendiary. 1 Mite. JOHN OLXER, living near Danville, was sunstruck while in that c}ty on the 22d. ON the afternoon of the 25th, a stranger ap­ plied for and was assigned to a room at No. 38 West Madison street, Chicago. He gave the name of Dr. Tonge. At seven o'clock in the evening the clerk rapped on the door. There was no response, He rapped a few more times, and then he hurst open the door. The .man was found lying on the bed quite dead.- THE Lynchburg (Va.) Fire Insurance Com­ pany has notified the Auditor of its intention to.witlyli'aw from business in Illinois. Its outstanding risks in this State, on the 1st of January last, were, $479,531.33. THE Democrats of the. Sixth District have nominated Charles Dunham for Congress. He was Geh. Henderson's competitor in 1876. TBE rain of the night of the 25th .was an Old soaker in the vicinity of Chicago. There was a fall of more than four inches in about five hours, and a sudden rise in the river caused the water tov set back iu many basements through the sewers. The damage to goods stored in these basements was heavy. FOUR masked men entered the residence of an old man living near Cairo, on the nigbt of the 24th, and robbed him of $425. JESSE HARPER, of Danville, has been nomi­ nated for Congress by the Nationals of the District* TK|S HffESTiefrlOH. ^ AT ATLAHTIC CITT. : Tl« £ottor Srifpomwi Atlantic City, N. J., yl»wftemdg of Mr. Dsnford, Menflpr H Com that he wan a mem' fee whielt visited N< .. . _ , ___ met James JB. AwienMnp talked wit about the condition of ESS Feliciana. son staid it was the worst ball-dozed pariah in the State, and that he had been shot at there and es- £2gt upoke of having made a protest, on which the, vote uf ?Ea>tk Fr' ' thrown o«t. fo£ jbfving »ut si* e»r. caiation that amine xae period si reAstratifen heUT-MMM --' -~if-mnii thill publican Committee, including Gov. Kellogg, that fais pufeh iauie ored Vote being larfeely on that aide, anasnatne had been advised &ltt|k|4tidthe Republican Committee that he should either not return the parish at all. or oume a,w»yo?M' tnske such:; protest as w mid throw the parish out. He said he had pat the story in cinsnlatian in the hope that the Democratic Comnattee. would make huu an offer of money, and whto, by niter of money he bad them flood aau fast, he would expose tact authors, apd btow them sky high The witness did not hear Anderson question the truth of the protest. He said the vote' of the parish had been thrown oat on his protest. QN the 24th, Representitive Kelley was examined, and detailed the circumstances attending his visit to New Orleans in 1876. He went there merely as R looker-on and td see that, nothing improper occurred. He had talked with President Grant before he left. On arriving at New Orleans he found there Senator Sherman and other vwiting statesmen, and also a number or distinguished Democrats. A committee of the latter addressed communication to the Republicans, proposing a participation the business ot the Returning Board- but the latter declined. Witness said the Republicans never interfered with the action of the Board, and never discussed the question of the propriety of such interference. Witness' attention being called to that portion of Weber's testimony where he stated that the Returning Board were influenced, by the visiting statesmen, to reopen the returns, he said that his (Weber's) testimony was unqualifiedly false. The general character of the evidence showed intimidation and some of it was most abhorrent. He heard the testimony of Eliza Pinkston and believed it to be ti ue. If she testified falsely, then the stage has lost a brilliant ornament. Witness had never heird of any suggestion to manipulate the parishes for any purpose, and never heard that iieti ious affidavits were used; had ne%fer seen Weber, nd did not know of Sher­ man's having any conversation with Anderson and Weber. Cortlandt Parker, of New Jersey, testified that he went to New Orleans by request of President Grant, and confirmed generally the testimony of Mr. Kelley. Representative Hall said he went to New Or­ leans solely at the request of President Grant, and not at the instance of Gov. Haves or anyone for him. He also characterized Weber's testi­ mony that the visiting Republicaus influenced the action of the Returning Board as false. In repl.v to a question bv Mr. Batler, Mr, Hale said: " 1 thought that if Hayes was elected President. PackarcTwas elected Governor. I thought both wereelected." Representative Danford, testi£ed that these was no discrepancy or difference between the votes cast for Hayes and those cast for Packard, except in Natchitoches, where Packard had two hundred or three hundred more votes than Hayes. Ex -Congressman Sypher testified to a conver­ sation with D. A. Weber, in which the latter said he should demand of Matthews and Sherman a writing to stand by him if he was driven out of his parish. Next Weber exhibited a letter to him, which witness read and returned. This purported to have been signed by John Sher­ man. Witness could not testify that the writ­ ing was Sherman's, but he presumed it was. The body of the letter and the signature were in the same handwriting. It was written on note P®,y Sherman testified that he was invited to go to New Orleans by President Grant by a tele­ gram in terms something like the following: " I would be gratified if you would go to New Orleans to witness the count." At first he de­ clined to go, but a second telegram was received from President Grant, saying. " I think it important for you to go," but he did not go til 1 the Wednesday after. On his way to Cincinnati he stopped at Columbus, where he saw Gov. Hayes. In reply to interrogatories by Mr. Hiscock, he said that his conversation with Gov. Hayes was general about the election, all then being in the dark. The further examination of Mr. Sherman Wns postponed until the following morning. SBC'ySHEBMAX resumed hia testi­ mony on the 2>th. He stated that the visiting Republicans called upon the Re-turning Board to pay their respects, having understood that the visiting Democrats had paid a similar visit of courtesy. The statement wag made to the Board that they came to witness the count, bnt not to interfere. The Board thereupon adopted a_ resolution inviting five gentlemen on each side to witness the proceedings. " Except that the Democratic visitors were more active in the ex­ amination of papers, etc., than the Republicans, the conduct 01 both parties was the same. The work of preparing interrogatories and croas- lnterrogatories for the examination of witnesses, was assigned to the Republican visitore. one of the bull-dozed parishes to ea«h person. Neither witness nor any of bis associates, to his knowl­ edge, ever met privately with the Board, or any of its members. Witness never transacted any business u the New Orleans Custom-House. He had never met D. A. Weber or Anderson except in a casual way. He had a somewhat indefinite reo- ollectwn of having met them in a restaurant, and of having a short and inconsequential talk with them in the presence of Mr. Stoughton. Witness emphatieally denied the truth of An- deison s version of that talk, and said he had never had any such conversation. The Secretary was shown a letter alleged to nave .been writ­ ten to him by W_eber and Anderson, in Novem­ ber, 1876, and said he never received such let­ ter. and never saw or heard of it until it was published. He considered such a letter insulting, and would have resented it. He had never suggested to these men payment for any services they might render 'mx«iiVi.c<..t:ou-%vith"tLu Situating UoiU'tL With , reference to the alleged reply to this letter, Sec'y Sherman said, most emphatically, tbht he did not wiite such a letter. lie did say to various liCntliiijca iLafc all tho Xt^ublicaas in Louis­ iana who stood by their guns deserved credit. His conversations on that subject were similar to the remarks he had made in the Senate, and he would make them in New Orleans to-day. The Secretary, in reply •<> a question, handed in a memorandum e detailing the circumstances of Anderson's visit to him at the Treasury Depart­ ment in March hist, and giving an account of the conversation as noted at the time by the Secre­ tary's stenographer. He declared Anderson's account of that interview apocryphal. Mr. Sher­ man submitted, in reply to a question, a letter written by him to Gov. Hayes, in which he insist­ ed Hayes had carried Louisiana, and Hayes' an­ swer thereto. With reference to Weber ft testi­ mony, Mi. Sherman further said that he was never, at any time, writing at the desk in the New Orleans Custom-House, and Weber could not have seen him write as he had 8worn. There was no exhibition of Eliza Pinkston or manipulation of her statements for political purposes, and he had never asked Mrs. Jenks to suppress any letter written by him. He had never even /talked with her except in the presence of others, and had never offered her any reward for anything she _ had done or was to do.- In relation to the appointment of sundry wit­ nesses before the Coaunittee, Mr. Sherman said he would not hesitate to ap­ point a man to a place because he had done his duty. Gen. Butler asked for an explanation of the cause of the removal of Postmaster Parker, of New Orleans, brother- in-law oi' Mr. Butler, but Sec'y Sherman claimed that he was not bound to reveal Cabinet secrets, and declined to answer the question. Gen. Garfield testified as to how he came to go to New Orleans. H<j said he was more indebted to the late D. A. Weoer for information relative to the Parish of West Feliciana than to any one else. He (Weber) told him that the whole trouble there was founded on the sug­ gestions of the Democratic State Com­ mittee, who advised the formation of rifle clubs to show that there was physical as well as moral force in the movement. Witness denied the truth of E. L. Weber's testimony in regard to the statements and action of the visit­ ing Republicans. There was not a word-of truth in his statement that they advised the Returning Board to stretch their powers to the utmost ex­ tent with a view to throw out Democratic votes. In Answer to a question by Gen. Butler, witness stated that he believed Packard was honestly elected Governor of Louis­ iana. Gen. Garfield said he understood that troops were ca'led out to prevent a conflict be­ tween the partisans of Nicliolls and Packard, and to prevent bloodshed and preserve the statu quo. In reply to a question by Mr. Butler, whether, if a Legislature 1ms a right to turn out a Governor, Congress has not a ri«ht to turn out a President, Mr. Garfield replied that there was a differenoe JMJB. SYPHEB was recalled, on the 26th, and testified that he had seen Mr. Sherman's signature, and thought he could recognize it. The Sherman letter shown him by Weber he thought was in Sherman's handwriting. In re­ ply to a question by Mr. Potter, witness stated that the allegations of fraud and intimidation were not made until after election. The Demo­ crats in Louisiana conciliated the colored voters according to the New York plan--they bought them. fix-Congressman Morey testified that there was no bn U-«Uw*ng in Madison Parish, fie had. heard of the Pinkston case. Her taken by WhitetjM^jof the v." She was inpet aftd witans iievi Utmiaht Wl 1 the •vit mi cliiiff toWswera^stic sjiKsination of Lit, Zrfgrove, assigning as a- son that deceased was his friend, and he was then engaged in investigating the ciccamstaiMes of the murder w^a view to the punishment of tbtoMnK he told what he knew the ends of Justice might be defeated. Witness eaid the Republicans were greatly dissatis­ fied with Packard's nomination; he be­ lieved any other candidate would have brought out a much larger white vote in support MWBWt&m,' ltegaming the pamian mroaera beard of any conviction for murder, and the same was true of the Nicliolls Government since the Demo­ crats have been in. He cailert on t,h« visits statesfnen on the day of their arrival, and saw one or more of them everyday; they addressed themselves to preparing cvidenc-e within a day oc two after their arrival; understood that the visiting statesmen went to New Orleans to wit­ ness the count-; thought the report of the Re­ turning Board would be as it was, from the fact that he tnonght the JBoard looked upon the law as he and his colleagues did. The count of the votes as made by toe Board showed that both the Mayes Electors and Packard ' were elected. The law regulating the count and return of the votes for the several State officials was then gone over by the witness. There was no provision in the laws of Louisiana to try the question as to who is Governor except by im­ peachment. No attempt was made to impeach -lov. Packard. Witness was in New Orleans when the McVeagh Commission cause theie. The Commission expressed a great deal of sympathy for the Packard Government. The Supreme Ooait in session on the 8th of January was ap­ pointed by Gov. Kellogg and confirmed, uy the State Senate. They met in pursuance of law on the 8th of Janu­ ary and adjeurned out of respect to the memory of one of the City Judges, and never came together again, as the court-room was taken possession ot by the mob that same day. None of the members ever expressed the opinion that Packard had no legal title as Governor. The Com mission wished in some way to end the con­ tention or effect a compromise. It disclaimed iny special authority except as advisory; there •vere maiofs about Uuti members of Packard legislature were being bribed to desert to tbe Nicholls Government. JtiXrUOMGRKSSMAH IfOBBY WM re­ called, on the 27th, and said he believed there wpuld have been no trouble in maintaining the Packard Government in Louisiana had it been recognized as Kellogg's was, and had the Presi­ dent given it moral sanpett and recognition. Witness had advised the President thattfie with­ drawal of troops from Louisiana and the non- maintenance of the Packard Government would be the destruction of the Republican party there. The President took the position that tbe Repub­ lican party could no longer maintain thatpolicy which had lost New York to the Repub­ licans. He treated th© subject • as of National concern. So far as he knew no returns has been thrown out on inadequate and insuf­ ficient proof. There was a movement to make Nicholls Governor, even to the extent of vio­ lence. Gen. Butler examined witness as to proofs and affidavits laid before tbe Returning Board with reference to Eliza Pinkston being brought into'the room of the Returning Board on a soda. Witness said such a conveyance was a matter of necessity , owmg to her wonnds, and it naturally produced a strong impression on the Bo'ird. Mr. Svpher was recalled* and reinterrogated concerning the alleged Sherman letter, and gave substannaUy tbe same answers. Capt. L. G. Dennis, of Florida, was permitted to make an explanation concerning Gov. Noyes' testimony befote the Potter Committee in Wash­ ington. Gov. Noyes had testified that when the life of Dennis had been threatened he had called together ia a church, somewhere, the colored peo­ ple of the vicinity, and had them kneel down and raise their hands Mid swear if he were killed they would lay waste in every direction, and avenge his death. , Capt. Dennis desired to say nothing of the kind had taken place, and that Gov. Noyes must have been misinformed. Tbere was no intimidation 01* threats when he spoke at Newtnanville. Ex-Senator T*umbull testified that he left for New Orleans on invitation of Mr. Hewitt, Chair­ man of the Democratic Executive Committee, 10 witness the count of the Returning Board, in company with other gentlemen similarly in­ vited. The visitors were not, present when the Board retired for deliberation; they did not see the compilation of the returns by which tue Board arrived at results, nor did he know whether any affidavits presented to tbe Board were nead at all. At this point the Committee voted to suspend their sessions at Atlantic City and adjourned to New York to examine ex-Gov. Palmer, of Illi­ nois. THE LOUISIANA SUB-COMMITTEE ON the 23d, ex-Gov. R. C. Wickliffe, CoL J. G. Powell and Capt. W. W. Leake, of West Feliciana Parish, testified regarding their efforts to induce colored men to vote the Demo­ cratic ticket at the last election; each witness assisted in organizing colored Democratic clubs, and addressing meetings of odored people. The last election was peaceable and quiet. D. A. Weber told Col. Powell on Nov. 15 that be had not filed any protest, and did not intend to do so. E. ii. Russ, of Orleans, drew the affidavits in the Custom-House in 1876. As far as witness knew, no influences were brought to bear to induce witnesses to testify; the affidavits drawn by him contained only the statements mad® by the wit­ nesses themselves; but they were questioned as to the occurrences in the parishes. Had witnesses made statements hurtful to tbe Republicans and to the advantage of the Democrats would prob­ ably have concluded not to take theie toeMjaony, but no such case occurred. Witness aaw Sher­ man andathersof th© visiting statesmen in the Custom-House when the affidavits were being prepared, but never saw them in the room where the wont wasgoing on. James B. Mc&rdle testified that be assisted in the Preparation ot" ths affidavits in the. Ilonsei pot down »<*tement» made by wit» nesses, ana tried to make the stron*est*points tor the Republicans; was working in tbeir inter- est. Tnere were about forty persons engaged in inakimr nnd spying d.onft know who the copies were for. Abetter was read from Thomas S. Leliy (col> oreu), who will be remembered as doorkeeper of Gov. Kellogg s private office, dated Lake Provi­ dence, La., addressed to the Potter Sub-Commit­ tee, in which he states that the names >f Jeffer­ son and Levisee on the second set of Electoral certificates were forged, and offering, if Bum- moned before the Committee, to point out the party who committed the forgery. Caps, .mines Keity testified as to efforts that he had made, on behalf of the Democratic' State Central Committee, to secure the attendance jf 1. S. Kelly as a witness, and that he promised tv> return with witness, but failed to do so, subse­ quently leavinjr the country in company with Kennedy (colored), Assistant Doorkeeper of the •United States Senate. l?ispltehes and letters sent and received by Chief ot Police Boylan were read from detectives m Cincinnati, showing the arrival tbere of Kenne dy and Kelly. Gov. Cox made a statement of the efforts to se­ cure the attendance as witnesseeof Mrs. D. A. We­ ber and J. Goudran, Weber's brother-in-law. Mr. Dunbar, an officer of the Committee, was Aft­ erward sent to Donaldsonville with the* sub­ poenas. Mis. Weber replied that her children had the scarlet fever, and she could not leavw them. Goudran told Dunbar he couldn't leave his business: that he had no one to leave ia charge; furthermore, If he came he would have to tell the truth, and if he told all he knew he couki not afterward live then. JUDGE WILLIAM E. WHTTAKER and John Douglass testified, on the 24th, regarding the signatures on the second set of Electoral certificates, that in two cases the name < • £ J ohnson was written prior to that of Sbeldor.. and in one Cjise the name of Sheldon was written prior to that of John«on. Evidence was introduced to show that Judge Morris Marks was in New Orleans on the day the second set of Electoral certificates were signed. Thomas H. Nolan testified that in 1876 he as­ sisted m the preparation of affidavits in the Cus­ tom-House; was in Iberville during the election in Allain; brought tickets up there; the_ names of five Electors nad been left off; he said it made no difference, as they were for the State at large; he talked to Kellomr, Packard and Dibble about it tln.ee or four days after election; they saitl they would lose the State by it. One or two parishes on Red River were in the same fix. Judge Hush J. Campbell said the Re­ turning Board would nave to throw out Democratic votes enough to equalize that action. In preparing affidavits, made them aB strong as possible; always endeavored to make a fair statement of the testimony of witnesses, but insteail of making a witness say lie " had heard, we made him say he " knew" of the allegations made; found very few who bad persona! knowl­ edge of occurrences related. Was introduced to Messrs. Hale. Stonjihton and Garfield; they were in the room where the affidavits were being made, and seemed to be interested in the work going on; thev kept copies of the affidavits; saw Mr. Garfield nearly every morning: saw Mr. Sherman in Cockrell's office; Mr. Stoughton was up in the Surveyor's office where he was supervising the taking of affidavits for the Red River parishes. Three or four witnesses were sworn together; witness never took any pains to read ov<>r the affidavits to witnesses; thev were Caneiaily told the affidavits woold never be pnb- 1 a case out polls liahed. It was the and. eu$|ps that the State . .u tor the enough & Wesley ' inBa: the Carter; second were; then G kill certain stated that he lived last election: joined exMistanee of Gilbert after the jedtwIS the meeting .. _ . _ said the? Wanted to .. . white folks; after that didn't auend any more meetings; the club lasted about two weeks; when Gilbert Carter was killed, of the memben left the parish. No one but Gilbert Carter told witness what the club w«s for: Garter said the white folks had a club aaq bull-dozed the colored people, and prorlosed to get up « clnb and hnil-done them. "WftSfipss ^wwtoe^nriding ®Jfeoad. bnt they ] Judge Kennard testis the 01 * thaf sddL R*fral*i* nn izatfonof giving an aeco rats in Felicia t7n»ia &<gn 01 fafti S;J*pi^^Qn; the objecti was to prevent stealing; , the organisation led to excesses, and f6r this f a c t s o f the Regnter tors were, of bourse, outsid® of law. * , MAJ. K. A. BURKB was examined, on the 25th. He stated that he was sent to Wash­ ington in Jaaoacy. 1877, by Gov. Nicholls to rep- resent the interests, of the Nicholls State Govern­ ment, his instructions being to keep Gov. Nioh- olls posted as to the true state of affaire in Wash- mgton, and to in UM President the j condition of affairs in Louisiana in the interest ot tae JNicboils Government, and to confer and act with the manager and representatives of the National Demtwjratio party. Witness submitted a number of telegrams to and from Washington relative to the questions then pending os to the settlement of the Louisiana trouble and the Electoral count, ^d.|fcd|a^nfc the policy to be pursued by Prejdehi "flraot. Wit­ ness telegraphed to Nicholls, stating that the ultimate solution of the Louisiana question to the benefit of his (Nicholls') government rested more with the strong, powerful leaders of the Republican party than with H. yes. The wit­ ness knew Hayes policy toward the South would be conciliatory, hut told Ellis. Matthews and Foster that lie did not believf there was any man living strong enough to carry out such a policy in the face of a united hostile partv; that the friends ot Nicholls did not need any further gufirantees or assur&iiceb from Hayes personally, but that they did want and must have guarantees of the strong Radical lead­ ers of the party; that it was the Shermans, the Garfields, the Mortons and men of that class who*e assurances they must have that they would allow Hayes to carry out his peaceful and conciliatory policy toward the Southern people. These views the witness had set forth fully in oonference with Matthews and others en the 10th, 17th an<T 18th «f February, and he had announced to them that it was their de­ termination, unless they oould secure guaran­ tees of the strong Badical leaders of the Repub­ lican party, that they should make a united and determined effort fes defeat the Electoral count. Witness also said that he told Senator Matthews and Ex-Gov, Dennison, of Ohio, that the people of Louisiana, whom he represented, were determined to defend their State Government; that their previous course had teen »n is understood; they had constantly sought to avoid clashing with the Federal Gov­ ernment, yet they were determined in their opposition to toe Packard State Govern­ ment. Matthews and Dennison asked wit­ ness if he hai i any objection to an interview with Sherman, and he said certainly not; they then sought Mr. Sherman, and he said to them that he regretted the position of affairs in Lou­ isiana and South Carolina, was vesy much alarmed about them, and wanted to know what could be done to remove the difficulties; he (Sherman) said there was no use talking about Grant, as th© influences surrounding him were - such that they could not hope to accomplish any­ thing through him: Witness said he had just left President Grant, and had read a dispatch in which the President said he Was satisfied tbat the Nicholls Government was the Government that should stand; that his opinion and sentiments were already aga nst the use of troop«. and that there would be no inter­ ference with the Nicholls Government ; That, he had not acted because he simply did not want to embarrass his successor. Gov, Dennison, Mat­ thews and Sherman said that, while they were not authorized to speak for Hayes, they be­ lieved the sentiment in the Grant dis­ patch mentioned above expressed the views of Gov. Hayes. The conference at Wonnley's Hotel, omthe night of February 26, was attended by the witness, Messrs. Matthews, Garfield, Fos­ ter, Sherman, George Carter, Levi Kllm and YVatterson. and the affairs of Louisiana were iiiuivuKm.y uinuuBHeu, and iue SHoot positive as­ surances were given by Matthews. Sherman, Gar­ field and Foster, neither one of whom, however, statedttrnfc he was authorized by Hayes-to speak, bat they spoke from their knowledge of his views from their past associations and from the fact that they were conversant, with bis views upon that question; they assumed to guar­ antee that the policy indicated in the dis­ patch authorized by President Grant would be carried out by Mr. Hayes. A nmnber of dis­ patches were here read 111 reference to the guar­ antees of the protection of law to white and . black in Louisiana, and the understanding that, no Senator be elected for the long term until the extra session. Also one from Stanley Mat­ thews, dated Feb. 22, 1877, in which lie stated that in the course of a conversation with Presi­ dent Grant, that morning, the latter said that as soon as the Presidential count was finished, and the result officially declared, it was his in­ tention to notify Gen. Augur that the military orders issued for the purpose of pre­ serving the statu quo of the political situation were rescinded, except so far as to simply require the use of the troops when necessary for the preservation of the public peace. Witness then recited an interview that transpired between Mr. Hewitt and himself immediately after the Dem­ ocratic caucus, in which the Democratic party had agreed tiiat the count should go on to a peaceable sietermination. In answer to a question bv Mr. Blackburn, witness stated that he.was satisfied that a sufficient number of mem­ bers of the Bouse who were under instructions ftom their constituents not to oppose the Elects oral count, but who had gone in to oppose the count with a view of securing these guarantees, and who, as soon as they were satisfied that that purpose was served, Would cense their opposi­ tion and allow the count to go through to a •j^r.ccfal uad cTcuts subsequently '• provfd that to be true. John E. Ellis testified regarding the Worm ley Hatel conference, and states emphatically that there was no bargain, and that the ceasing to tUi- •bn"tcr "-as net inafctsd upon by the Republicans who were at she conference; Watterson always steadily opposed filibustering; there was not the Bc--.hlnnce ot a baigain at that conference; , the object of the Republicans seemed to be to- remove the anxiety in regard to the course Hayes would pursue toward South Carolina and Louisiana. 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