, 1874-12-13
THE SOUTH.
New Orleans in a Fever
of Excitement.
Threats of Assassination
Against the Retir-
ing Board.
The Conservative Papers Br1s-
tie with Savage Ed
it0rials.
A Presidential Warning to
the White Leaguers.
Defense offered by the Citizens Of
Vicksburg.
They Put in a General Plea Of
Eef-Preservation.
Dcnouuce Their County officers as
Thieves and Sc0lldrelS.
And Lay the Responsibility for Their
Troubles On Gov. Ames.
Thev Put in a General Plea Of
Eelf-Preservation.
Dcnounce Their County officers as
Thieves and Sc0nldrelS.
And Lay the Responsibility for Their
Troubles On Gov. Ames.

AN OUTBREAK IMMINENT.


TONE or TIE NEW ORLEANS PRESS.
spec.at D,szateh to Th< CHICAGO Tribune
New ORLEANS, I4a., Dec. DEMONSTRATION
talk is loud and deep It is heard on the streets.
in tho cars, and in al public places 1t is
feared by the Democrats that the Returning
Board will promuleate the returns from those
parishes which have been canyassed without
contest, and that the Doard will declare their
unw,luneuess to take tie responsibility OF de-
Gliding
TIE CONTESTED GASES,
and turn the matter over to tho Legislature
This y ould DO in accordance with law and good
ecnse. but the Legislature go constituted would
hare Republican majority, and the Democrats
want to get the organization OF that body them
eclves. Otherwise their plans for oustlng the
present State administration would DO frustrated
1 perfect fever OF excitement exists, although
there are no open demonstrations. The follow
irg
EXTRACTS E7o1i TIE CITY PAPERS
will illustrate the feeling:
Tie Buletir. (Na:te Lcague) SAYS: "Scorn will
not reach those men eny more than the law: but
The popular indignation can find mode OF e1-
preston against the guilty and the recipients Of
the Profits Of their CRIME. an expression alreet'
dec siye and summary shall make even these IN
durated, uuscrupnlous knaIes deplore the day
that gave them b!tth-
The Iicdvune White LeREue) says in refer
ence to the decision Of the Board in relation to
tbs De Soto Parish case, Where no Republican
votes we're cast. and whose Registrar never made
return, aud the Board re fused to receive returns
from any orber eource than the law dlrecta
''This decision is the prelude to another OF
those bold 6ud yl!airous copsDiracles against
the suffrage and rights of our people,"
The Times (Co1eeryative} contains the follow
ing forebodings: For three days the city has
been agog with sensational reports. the origin Of
which it Is impossible to trace, but whose oread-
ful purport is en- e7erybody's lips. There are
many sober men who prefer to have the blow
fall rather thru live in constant state OF uncer-
ssinty TheT would accept revolution. rapine.
and murder. il 1t brought speedy and
enal termination Of the existing uneasiness-
Sensational as the assertion may sound. New
Orleans is to-day terror-st1ickel at what it can
not conceive Constant apprehension has ser1-
ousl7 ranettied every branch Of traffic Those
possessed OF means clutch with nervous energy
eyery dollar not absolutely requisite for daily
nse."
The r RepubHcan prophesies that the State will
be made ! territory within ninety days.
It in TumoTed that at q meeting OF White
League LEADERS this morning, it Was decided not
to turn til sir tigers loose until the Returning
the dag that oc curs New Orleans will see more
blood shed thar, ever she saw shed before.
ITO TIE associated FRESH
TIE PRESIDENTS POLICY.
WASHING. .oS. II. c., Lee. 12.-In IN interview
with Repre- senta tive Sheaon,. yesterday. the
President Ia I'd, III talking OF Louisiana affairs,
that he did n, 3s le,:m it advisable to take any
Leaguers from. trau spling on tbs laws, but that.
if they again attempted violence, he would re-
For: to extreme MEASURES and subject the ring
leaders to seye1 G pnnl hhment.