The New York herald., 1874-11-03
Bad Effect of the Arrest Of the Merchants
on the Republican Ticket.


into the canal, allowed him to wallow few mo-
ments, then pulled him out and rearrested him to
repeat no more. Another outrage that Attorney
General Fields requests me to telegraph North
tonight the details OF which l doubt not have
promised to give, and although 1t may not affect
the elections it is worth putting upon record.
STATEMENT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL FIELDS. .
Attorney General Fields, as left Marshal
Packard's office in the Custom House,
where General Morrow and the Thirteenth
infantry are quartered, entered with Mr. Stokes
the colored anitor OF the State House. ana stated
that when leaving the State House and passing
near the Bee once on Chartres street. q
man rushed out and yelled, 'Is that
Ole Feels" Attorney General Field says he re-
sponded, '.yes," when this would-be ASSASSIN
cried, "You ought to be hanged" The Attorney
General drew his revolver, he says, and told the
assassin to come on, but the windmill was not
charged, and the Attorney General escaped to
beard the representative of the HERALD In the
Marshal's office, and, shaking q loaded revolver.
demanded that this statement should be sent
North Later Governor Kellogg, at his resi-
dence, suggested that the Attorney General was
"excited," but as had pledged myself to give
this outrage give 1t to you.
Since dark have visited Governor McEnery and
other democrats, including members of the DEM
ocratic State Committee. These gentlemen claim
that they have elected the only State oicer voted
f0r-the Treasurer. All or the six Congressman,
with the possible exception OF Broux demo.
cratic, OF the Third district. and have sufficient
majority In the Assembly.
TO IMPEACH KELLOGG.
Spencer (democrat, in the Fifth district, has tied
MOrey candidate LOT Congress IN Madison parish,
where M0rey expected l, 500 majority. thus secur.
ing Morey's defeat. Dispatches received from
Madison parish, BY private gentlemen. confirm
this, and indicate that the negroes in large num-
bers have gone over to the democrats. Marshal
Packard, chairman OF the State Republican
Committee, when questioned, insisted that the
State had gone republican by from 14.00O to
$1,000 majority, electing o radical House-fve
members OF Congress-and at this point
J. Hall Sypher, candidate for Congress
in the First Congressional district, entered,
and admitted his defeat. He charged
that 1t was owing to the radicals raising the nat
urallzation ISSUE and good-naturedly declared =
packard, II am elected l have run twelve
hundred ahead OF my ticket" Deputy At
torney General Dibble, candidate for Con-
gress, Second district. was present, and
wore blue face. In answer to my query he ex-
pressed the belief that he had been elected by q
small majority, possibly 200, yet republicans
concede that he is beaten by Ellis the democratic
candidate. Last evening the republicans claimed
they would carry the State by from 90 600 to 900
majority. Colonel Wright, State superintend ent
of Elections tonight admitted that the
NEGROES HAD GONE OVER TO THE DEMOCRATS,
and the republicans would have very small ma
jority. Kellogg, whose residence have Just left,
SAYS
II give It as my deliberate opinion that this
State Will 60 republican by about TO- 900 majority
and elect Morey, Darrall and possibly Nash
(colored), and Dibble for Congress. l think we
will get the Assembly by small majority and
elect ten out Of the eighteen members OF the State
Senate"
Tho City Gives Thirteen Thousand
Democratic Majority - Both Sides
Claim tho State.
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. q 1874.
The election passed or quietly. No ofhcial re-
turns have yet been received, but the indications
are tnat the city has gone conservative by from
1900 to 1900 majority. Many prominent con-
servatives claim $4,000 majority In the
city. 1t is generally believed Gibson has
defeated Sypher for Congress In the First
district The conservatives claim the elec-
tion OF Ellis in the Second district, though the
vote will be very close The democrats claim the
State by from 1000 to 5,000 Yesterday the repub-
licans estimated they would carrv the State by
10000, and now the most sanguine only claim it
by 900 and others by small majority.
The vote for congressman In the Third Fourth,
Fifth and Sixth districts win be very close from
present indications.
All points heard from report heavy
colored vote for the conservatives, estimated
at twenty per cent Of the co;ored vote poed.
kilograms from fourteen stations in the parishes
report that the election passed OF quietly.
Governor Kellogg tonight thinks the republi-
cans will carry the State by good majority, and
elect four, probably i've ana possibly six Con-
gressmen.
Governor McEnery thinks the conservatives Will
carry the state by small majority and elect three
Congressman.
A Victory Claimed by the Democrats
Marshal Packard ON the Results-A
Psaceable Election.
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 8, 1874.
The democrats say they have carried the state,
the city. Some OF the republicans concede de-
feat Large bodies Of negroes vot Cd with the
democrats, who claim Ave Congrs1ssmen and q
majority OF the Legislature.
THE NEGRO VOTE IN TIE PARISHES.
In New IBERIA, Franklin and. Shreveport the
election is progressing quietly, No disturbance
had occurred up to one O'Clock r. M. The negroes
are voting strongly with the whites United
States troops are encamped within thirty yards
Of the polls at franklin.
Tho Results In the parishes--Conserv.
stive Victory In 5hrevcport-Activity
OF the Business Men.
SHREVEPORT, Nov. q 1874.
Business was fairly suspended here to-day. Th
election passed on IA the most quiet and order
manner. The ballots are now being counted.
The conservative ticket ia ahead in sprin,
Ridge. Summer, Grove and Morningsport. Tn
vote on the stste ticket In the city ia very close