The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-12-27
LOUISIANA.
Trouble Brewing, and the
RepublicanS Commence
to Barricade.
Another Chapter Olthe Pink
stOn StOry-The Murder
ed Man q Democrat.
The Congressional COmnit-
tees.


Republicans are already taking steps to
prevent the Democrats from getting pos
session OF the State house and have bar
ricaded all the windows and doors except
the two principal entrances and placed
guard Of metropolitan police there.
The Republicans say the Democratic
programme is for Wiltz, Democratic CAM
didste.a for Lieutenant Governor, 10
take possession of the Senate chamber,
which has already been guarded against,
and that failing in this the next step
will be to organize the Democratic Sen.
ate in another building, but that tLis
cannot be accomplished AS there are SIX
Democratic Senators who will not con-
sent to this, and that the result will be
that General Nichols will simply be IN
augurated and then 90 home.
Representatives Joyce and Beebe, who
came down from Baton Rouge at the re-
quest OF Chairman Morrison, of the
House committee, To take part IN the
proceedings in reference to President
Orton, of the Western Union Telegraph
Company, left for Baton Rouge this
evening.
PinkstOn was u Democrat.
NEW ORLEANS, December 26.-Messrs.
Beebe and Joyce return to Bayou Sara,
Wednesday.
A special to the Democrat says the
evidence brought out to-day shows that
Pinkstcn, who was killed, was Demo
crat as far back as 1872. SO pronounced
was his opinion that ne was threatened
by Republican negroes. he was much
liked by all the whites.
The House Committee.
NEW ORLEANS, December 26.-Pres-
ent, Messrs. Morrison, jerks, Hurlbut,
Phelps, Black burn, Townsend, Joyce
and Beebe, quorum. VIM. Orton WAS
called, and not appearing. chairman
Morrison read the communication from
Mr.. Orton as published IN the morning
papers, and adopted the following with
out discussion:
Resoived That the chairman cOmmunl-
cate to the House the failure and refusal OF
Wm. Orton, President of the Western
Union telegraph company to appear and
testify, TO bring with hlm ail tele-
grams III his possession or control sent
or received by the persons named in the
subpoena served upon him, said Ortoh;
also as part of said communications the
letter OF said Orton TO the chairman,
dated December Is, 1876, and sach testl-
mony of S. W. Barnes before the COM
mittee rs relates to the instructions given
him, the said Barnes, by the said Orton
in relation to the production before the
committee OF the kilograms required to
be produced before the committee by
said Barnes, said default, refusal, and the
instructions TO SAID Barnes, III the opin-
ion of the committee, boing in contempt
of the process Of the House.
The committee then adjourned.
The subcommittee met and proceeded
with the investigation.
Alexander Dawn, OF New Orleans,
tcstihcd-Men came to his house, called
him cut aad Knocked him senscIess;
abusing him for voting the Democratic
ticket; colorcd Republicans made threats
before the election to Kill witness If he
voted the Democratic ticket; named
those who threatened and assaulted wit
ness: was confined to bed three weeks
from the effects OF the beating he received;
made affidavit against the parties before
Recorder Long