The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-01-30
Contradictory Testimony Before the
Congressional lnquisitars.
THE REVERSED PICTURE.
Peace, Justice, Prosperity and
Kindly Fellow Feeling.
CONKLING IN THE SENATE.
Brilliant Defence Of the Military Intefer-
ence in New Orleans.

SI'SS w iNSW SilCoi'S
NEW ORLEANS. Jan. 20, 1875.
Before the Congressional investigating Commit
tee to-day DR.. Scruggs was brought forward 10
prove the attempted assassination OF Governor
Wells, at the City HOTEL
Wines said he saw no demonstration Of violence tnat
be anu Wells were dining al the Motel ogetaer; a. =
stood rom Ir Watson mat they might cut up, and on
thai insisted on Wells eavins the house me sc me- sale
nothing 10 Mr. Wells ana IL was only on "ilhess soskes
might become Involved in diffeulty with Mells On
another occasion about three weeks 6eoTs nam ami Ss
latter told him he intended act sauarey IN the
Returning Board.
coLoRED STATE SENATOR rEsTIFIEs-
Ruford Blunt, col0red. testified
reside in Natchitoches: am State Senator and am
ass' june @eens was ' held " persons called
TIE as I Iake aharr was Save IN
Georgia and louisiana: have little edueauon; nave
CONDITION affairs whites and blacks there
n pc was rcposs to reduce
taxes and also 70 demand .he re h OF some o.
many white men made SUSPICIOUS movements and Mr.
ncers were icsisn they would be assassinaed
s Isas ans they did When on
ny way 10 New orleans, some men came ON ooard ana
s we're 'p ps oil the ooa on We held nominating
IN b cur pash @ were Sc
sinate We nonina ed certain DISTRICT Judge ana DIS
N Of the threa as soon s as she
@ 1 mot sse ar them to reman Jew
sSs armed again sa ; sns
there was no objection to me; when I was IN
ali would " strung before this trouble
was had to pay s23 for ha TO go home in and
teheve white men wished 10 take my lite as they SAID
tine white va mem told me mus! get d the
thought would raner DO 50 than de Xxi sleG tod them
resigned my position in the school Board; they con.
here were REGULAR mssssaanss held y person;
not ae ;o attend ,S Mis dS
slept at home other eoored ,I men remained In
hundred eoiored men did reSisier some those
enieer spelled their names wrongly there was reign
ssetGn asy %y N ss
@eo o 10 Re
financially than when they were slaves many Of them
Save made SINCE the
es S ssS sS
Ss. ss1 as ss
9u the ss s on coss a1e ds
the white people agreed 70 employ men who voted the
a Ds5 nS da nd
ent colored children attend them more regularly than
not Ge safe under denocrauc rule. know ten eolorsd
people Is drected against both negroes repubeans
don't believe that good democrat from The North
parish in saletv Il he had favored measures and
wd SnS OUT 81 h
the ss i 81 s. no s S Ss 81
printing N my paper sssvs here ~ ar@sd
in ~ White june
last there was q kindly feeling toward the colored
%
whites complained OF the taxation
A TALE OF OUrRAGES.
W. b. Maxey, the next witness, said
reside in Claiborne parish; my opinion is there
n1 aG eooTed man Shot By
latter tried and discharged; after the fight over
with sho,guns the rspaoea; Nv, were re- beating drum
tn lsS la
Mayor said the republicans could their club
compelled leave in the night aud was broken
IN b bad with deaS
am entirely broken ID nna an, in consequence;
a1a
and s Gd1y anS secSn a!s
saen Mr.. MeEnery made speech in Homer and in
We're too many Ms1eys and Bac BUM s1 and some
a%% o naRs his lbs you'd
s soon eat ny heart a5 piece OF beefsteak this was
a PICTURE OF PROSPERITY.
est5ed as to 5ne Of Ga1r9
election he said 1T was peaceabe that he had ne ard
The % snd
s De $ a9 'F aad o be-
he knew of ostracism; The great complaint there
among the people high taxes; he never heard OF
luminosity toward the republicans account OF
''''1'' ''' rEELIsG BErw ZEN ST Tue G RACES -
BY Mr.. Marshal-ihere general hostility between
the races A. Difficulties may occur between them.
and have perhaps there had been democr on
Gals in his parish except such as clerks OF cours there
some private schools and one schooihouse.
GOVERNOR KELLOGG MAKES ANOTHER STATEMENT.
long statement, meDcing with tue Legislature OF
1867 and coming down TO the present time. II diners
his testimony before the subcommittee only IN be-
ginning at earlier date and The statement oeing more
deliberately prepared
troubles OF the State since the war commenced
with the vagrant laws, jobs and monopo!ies passed
under President Johnson's reconstruction policy.
white men participated, and that the financial
troubles also dated from that period, that
Legislature having appropriated $4,000, 900 In ex
cess OF its receipts, iarRe portion OF which
amount mad been funded under Governor War.
mocn. and mad aldeo In swelling the debt to Its
present proportions He also empbatically as.
serted that the different monopolles alluded
to In the report OF Mir. Foster. OF
the subcommittee, were with scarcely one
exception, passed before he came into
ONCE, aud he submitted q statement OF the legis.
latve acts, to show that none OF them could have
become law without the consent oil tue democratic
me mbers OF the LeRisa ture. He also presented
An afndsvt, setting forth that from the passage OF
one particular monopoly In 1869, certain demo.
cratic members named therein received 900
each.