, 1875-01-27
And Gives Some 1nterestino
Incidents of His Event.
full Life.
MIR. J. 4. 0gleaby, Of New Orleans,
Corrects Certain Mis-
statements,
Official Report Concerning the Edue.
field County, S. c., Dis
turbances.
LOUISIANA.

TfnATfNa coHMrfTEE.
New ORLEANS, La., Jan. 2G.--Ex-do7. Wefh
MAS before tho Congressional Committeo to-d.,
and testified ~ to tho action OF tho Retu,njn,
board. lie submitted tho Returning Doardt
report to tho Lek:lsaturu,-abo,t seventy fools
cap pagcs--as his abatement, and explained 10, BIZ
| not appearing bcfore the Subcommittee, th.
| lie WIS not subpn}laed. l1e received 10 uosis
whatever about lilo Committee boing hero a..
cept through tho newspaper, and did not think
J thcy would leaso 60 soon. He intended going b
Washington To testify, but heard that ano.he,
Committee was coming, 30 l.o did not 70. We'll,
testified. 'All the polls In Rspidos we1e throsn
out on my evdonco. We lad no other. / n.ds
| my affidavit on tho 1ith Of December. Njes
| tnoso atntcnents and mentioned these facts d
| tho members OF tho Hoarl"
| hfr. Hdar asked il counsel had Aocosa to eh.
daytta before filing nheir briefs. GOV. Wells sUl
| he Thought they did
! Mr. 1loar-WaB it lalcd bcioro going into secret
/ session )?
Mr.. Wells-lfuas before. The counsel would
have had Hmo To oxamine shat affidavit if lie bud
ronaaincd long enough to have reached thu
| parish. Gould have had time II ho had wsbei
1t. There vna no protest by tile election-of
I GERS in Napides, bcca,lHn It was worth a mant
| life to do 10. Judgs Manning. ono Of tbs
worst Wh,te-Leagucrs III this country, nsds
! mp tho Supervlsnr's statoments. The Si,crlf ii
| tho Parish, nWhite-1.caguor, held on till tho 2Md
o. December. r., They put in the regular sAeda
Nlr. Marshall asked il Cav. Woiis lad bcon 4 !.
eanitcd in lIapides.
Gov. Wells-I was not assaulted, but my Ii,
was threatened. received letter from l.;
| son,in-law.
Tho lattor was read. 1t atl7iaod tho aoysqa
to beware; TINT he would DO killed by atoalth;
and as II was In Lie discharge OF duty, l,
| friondB would die with him III protecting him
He said: "AHsaaeina call intimidate me. but n,
| s3cr~ j..
could not speak in tue parish. and would bass
only friends. During tho War, when I wi
driven out for my opinions, they watchod oret
mo mo-, AID ID 1srea tor me- s sv O. yesta Old ~
aud voted for Dougiaa TO avert tho struggle.
was Sheriff before tho Wnr; was n Fele,,
during tic War. ! had to sleep in 4.
w09as fsz,,anndne annrine tho % war; ! ~ vas eaus3
would rnther bo jayhawkor than d traitor
wns Governor after tho War, and was rcinoYsl
In 1867 W. Gcn. sharidan. I had 127 elsves
when tho War broke out. I owned two plsus4
no property since tho War; could not s. pay n!
| dcbtH, but may bo able to do so ii live ons
enough. Ny neghbors treated me very wel IN.
til tile White Lcagie wus orgaulzel. pro-
posed an amendments to tho Consultation in mt
differences, and tho ili-foo1ing toward ma b,l
difficulty.
WHAT Mn. odLEsHY. OF NEW ORLEANS, sA1A
The 1T. Louis Globc Of yesterday pahlshesttt
| following card, nH . letter Addressed to . s..
Louis merchant from J. II. Oglcsby, Of New o..
loaHB, who WIS said to hayo bcen ostraciscd s@
ruined by a state OF popular feeling grown oa!
| of the present situation i'll Louisiana, Mt
! Oglesby writeH:
NEW OntEAss, ian. y, 1s75.-Atr Dra1 Btn: Yon