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LOUISIANA.
Governor Wells Testimony.
New ORLEANS, Jan. 9

New ORLEANS, Jan. 81.
Before the congressional committee the
testimony OF Gov. Wells was continued in
regard to the abstraction OF forty or fifty
affidavits filed by the conservative counsel
in Natichitcohes Parish. He stated that
the papers which the board made their re-
port were taken in charge of by the clerks
and that he knew nothing of the DISPOSE
ton made of the papers after the board had
completed their session.
In relation TO the White League matter
and bowie knife outrages in the Rapidan
parishes, he cited the case of one killing
followed by another, and an intimidation
from that came that general rumor said
two persons who had witnessed the killing,
one a boy. were lacerated with bowie
knives to prevent their disclosing anything.
That it was the work of the White League,
and in another parish their method of
frightening the negroes were the firing of
brick bats or something similar at them
from cannon, and in other ways intimidat-
ed them.
Touching his statement regarding an at
tempted assassination while at the City
hotel, on Sunday, Nov. Goth, he stated, in
substance, that on the Sunday named he
was at the City hotel and was leaving the
room when two strange men hurriedly arose
and followed him to within a few feet of
the door, when gentleman-who with his
wife and daughter was sitting near the door
out, reached the door just in time to step
between him (Wells) and the two
men, AS he walked into the hall
he me- friend, who, somewhat
excitedly, hurried him down stairs, and
there told him that he had been called
from the dining room by one of his friends
who had stated to him that an attempt was
to be made to assassinate him (Wells) and
the five strangers were doubtless the assas-
sins, and that upon enquiry it was ascer-
tanned that no one at the hotel knew them.
The only thing known was that they were
registered as from Memphis, Tenn.
The counsel desired the name of Wells
friend, and Wells declining to give it. on
the ground that it might work to his friends
injury, discussion arose, Mari holding
that no one would be harmed for giving
truthful evidence, and General Campbell
expressing opposite views.
Gen. Anderson, the next witness, recited
h,o ,,o1ttinal hiotnrx In aail he n
member of the returning board, and gener-
ally affirmed the statements made by Gov.
Wells. He emphaticelly denied the asscr-
ton imputed to him by Mr. Zacharic who
he knew would correct the statement when
he refreshed his memory.
j. b. Luntz rebutted Wells testimony !;
Pugh, retired planter, testified that An
derson told him there would be DEM
ocratic majority of 5000, and that he had
once been democrat and that on his be-
coming republican public meetingat Natl
chitcohes parish had passed resolutios os-
tracising him he was appointed judge I'M
der Kellogg, but was deferred by threats
from occupying the Office; the committee OF
seventy held meeting and sent commit
tee to his house to demand Of him that he
sign written agreement not to take part
in the coming campaign, which he declined
doing, whereupon one of the committee pull
led out his watch and told him he had but
halt an hour in which to sign the paper
that he refused, telling them that If they
meant to assassinate him TO do 1t In his Of
flee or on the street, and TO spare his faml-
ly from witnessing the murder.
During the campaign he was insulted
time and time again, when he went to
make speech. Men congregated with
Bowie knives in the night, but on the APP