The New York herald., 1868-08-20

drum and fife in the direction Georgetown bridge.
As soon as the zouayes came a. side Of the street
When Twenty first street he heA VI several snos
and the Zouaves were rushing dow ,i,"S ~ I,ss ,
captain-Mouton. The captain came TO h. u with his
revolver In defensive position. Witness men toid
said .al rightn Oficer Doyle then put the rest OF
onicers under arrest. Witness then turned round
saS saw Mahoney quarreng with some one one u on she
hold Of Mahoney and pulled him away. When
Sany Sas again to the scene the the
to. Captain Mouton had told witness since
ay ae rsd up In the air but he mad seen Jones
son mad since told witness that he there and de:
Tended himself thar they knew before they started
a 'eir way down; Captain Morton gave himself up
an er srsr returning N from from Lancaster, pa.
drum and dfe; the butler zouaves ss' then hen came came
streaf nd Pennsylvania avenue he heard number
of shots on the corner OF Pennsylvania avenue and
ra nd saw Parker and Mahoney saw no one
else do am thing soldiers seemed to be scattered.
aa sUe ~ ot tho street; many persons were presents
with Parker ltcould not now recognize any one else;
& az sne tlme me % tms e saw Mahoney there Parker was
very much excra ID evidently moving through the
he u and fa an he Of
Twentieth sraet IL soldiers halted; some said, II
have no load % in IVY gun" and others. ~ have no
haI, ytness - toins he captain to march on down
the street he did an nd the soldiers kept on down
till near Eighteenth eet cursng an the way at
this point witness sa'vk snpEe 2o him ab"nt i n
when some other SOL iier came came up and putting a
cooked pistol in his wi 'ess ate 81 s,u no. n,d y1n ,n
TO make arrests, nor did he care about being mur-
dered In the attempt to do SO.
The Mississippi ElectO raj iickep-froceed-
ings OF the Democratic Ext c"'iVe Con'm"-
tee.
AuOb-St l9l or the
Evening POS '.
letter Just received from til Cnah pn n - Con ono
committee OF FIVE appointed by nc MisA os.PPI
stitutional Convention says that tn ere is evldenrs
strong disposition on the part O, tHe dt t'nociaS0
OF me right OF Mississippi and the nner eA cirtSN @
states To vote In the approaching ell, 'ctlon ~ to
that direction tey viii y nnIoubsaV ts i he I'd m ec
tion, and fear that the bll passed by onsress Is
not sufficiently explicit in all It's features. lie says
"rhe radicals are anxiOusly expecting the reassefn
bling OF Congress iii september, their We ~ exis-
tence as party and as individuals depends upon
some prompt and decisive measures for then relfef
The proceedings OF the Democratic Executive C0m-
mittee OF that state at recent meeting held n The
Senate chamber ut Jackson are enclosed A resoluI
tlon to proceed at once to nominate candidates JOr
electors was rejected, and the following adopted'in
its stead
Resolved That this committee deem expedicnt at ttis
time to an electoral ticket for the bu.
meeting this body be held this chamber TuesdayS
5s opinion Of !ss co%mties re
tie PresdeSa election is IN oonavenon Of tie con-
suton of the United States and Of the rights of the States
hereunder Other resolutions, which adopted dec
the expulsion OF Governor Humphreys from the Executive
Mansion by military force under General Grant be without
authority 0t law, and appoint committee to correspond
with General Grant and the President the subject.
That representative Of Southern democratic sentf
mens be requested to the South the Northern
bs
tention of the democratic committees leading members
of the party North.
A committee was also appointed to prepare an ad-
dress to the democracy OF the Northern States
From Information which has reached here from
Virginia and Texas it Is believed that the democrats
OF those States pursuing the policy those
In Missssippi-ofwatn until after the time for tho
September session OF Congress before putting the
electoral tickets In the field.
The full development OF the plan contemplated In
South Carolina AMI other States, where democrats
do not expect to be able 10 overcome the radical
malOrlties, OF holding separate election for white
votes under the auspices OF the Johnson provisional
governments, is also believed to be held In abeyancs
until the last Of September Tor a like reason.