The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-10-23
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Hives, In Withdrawing their candidates
did not express 0 preference Tor the Con.
servatives, as stated last night in an Ad
dress. They say, In consideration Of the
present condition OF political affairs, we
the Legislative and Executive Council oI
the Hives In Joint session, deem il expe-
dent to withdraw our ticket from the
field, and to release from all pledges both
our candidates and their supporters, In
order that they may be untrammelled In
the coming election.
NEw iberia, La, October 22,-Capt
E T. King, just from St. Martinsville, 70
ports the arrest between twelve aud two
O'Clock night before last Of Charles He
bert, Of Grand Plaeide HuVal, by q Dep
uty US. Marshall. Also, that the gener.
al belief Is that warrants are In the 6auds
OF the Deputy Marshal for the arrest Of
Col. Alcibados De Blame, Gen. Declonet,
Col. Juauet and other prominent citizens.
THR NATURALIZATION DIFFICULTY,
New ORLEANS, October 22.-The At
torney Generals opinion ot the legality oil
the naturalization before the Second Dis.
trict Court will not be officially delivered
till to moro y, but he to day expressed the
conviction that all naturalization papers
Issued from that Court since '6i are null
and void. The Pedyun0 says the question
has been submitted TO the District Attor.
neys and 10 All the other judges, and
there Is only Our idea on the subject, All
the great legal minds OF this state that have
ever been produced have failed to discover
any illegslity in this naturalization. 1t
was LETT for our present Attorney General
tosprlng the question Just before the el.
ection. The conservatives estimate the
number Of voters involved at four thous-
and.
At halEpsst eight o'clock this morning
Solemn Requiem and high mass was eel,
ebrSted in the church OF Immaculate Con.
ceplion at the request Of the relatives .ol
citizen soldlery who fell in the late con.
flict.
CONSERVATIVE coLoRED CLUB,
New ORLEANS, October 90 The Third
ward Conservative cOlored club now has
$50 members.
WARRANTS FOR THE ARREST OF MER.
CHANTS.
The following special from Shreveport
is from Democratic sources: "Oa the
authority Of General Merrill and Commits.
sioner LeVisee We learn that warrants are
preparing for the arrest Of merchants and
others, which will take place probably 10.
morrow"
The TImeI, in an extra, advises submis.
sion TO arrest by the United States sol.
diers, bat advises parties 80 arrested not
TO give bond. The card on which the
arrests are 10 be made is getting additional
signatures today, and our people show
no signs Of weakening.
WHOLESALE ARRESTS.
SHREVEPORT, October 22.-The ques.
tian as to whether warrants were 20 be
issued for the arrest Of sixty.nine mer.
chants who pledged themselves not 10
retain in their employ persons who cup
port the Radical party In the pending
contest was to-day settled in the aflirma.
tive, upon the authority of Gen. Merrill,
United States Army. commanding this
department, and A. B LeVessee, United
States Commissioner, who stated that the
papers were being prepared and that the
arrests would probably be made to-
morrow. Since the first announcement
on Monday oil the intention Of the authori.
ties TO make these arrests the temper OF
the people has greatly improved, and il
Is not now probable that any of the par.
ties will endeavor to evade or resist ar.
reat. The parties interested have
consulted several ol the leading at.
torneys, who advise them that their
pledge is not in violation OF the Enforce-
ment Act, in that it does not threaten
any one on account Of race, color, or pre-
viouS condition of servitude, aud that
general declaration to employ no one
upon certain conditions furnishes no
ground Tor specific charge Of inlimidat.
ing any certain persons.
Immediately after the authoritative an.
nouncGment Of General Merrill and Judge
Levessee this morning the pledge was
sgain put In circulation, and received 1870
additional signatures. These names IN.
clude representatives Of nearly every
business establishment in the city. Cop.
les of the pledge were also sent TO the
country, and are said to have received the
signatures Of planters in all parts of the
parish. Itis not known yet whether any
Others than the original sixty slgnCrs will
be arrested or not.