The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-19

commensurate with the grandeur Of She ooes-
sion. But now ". have none Of this all hands
are waiting for ihe verdict Before prspstati0ug
are mads 10 inaugufate anybody IL il proposed 10
wait TO SEE who the man is TO be. Ihe mother
never makes preparations for the marriage her
daughter Until IL is decided which ons Of txo on
more tue hoRls maid may take. We are seme-
thing In this condition regarding the Presidency.
FRAUB ON B0NDHGLnEEss.
The PLAN of a Treasury Clerk and a Naw
York Lawyer.
Especial to The N. Y. Tribane.l
WASHINGTON, Feb IA One OF the persons On
gagged In swindlitg boDdholders By The oetieetlon
OIL unclaimed interest was arrested in this gity
ths afternoon. His name ID Thomas G.. Dbugisg.
he is clerk IN The FIRST Auditors OfIiee, ape
pointed from Holly Springs. Miss. The other
partner In tbs awiadle Is New YORK lawyer whose
name iH withheld for prudential reasons An
olheer OF The Secret Service expects to arrest him
Tonight or Tomorrow. Since Deusla.'A etnnl,ya
ment in the First Auditors ofic3 he has had
charge of the books containing tho accounts of
interest unpaid on registered bon ~ and has been
~ the haoit of furnishing o list of tue amounts
OF unpaid Interest, togebher with the names III
the persons to whom the interest was due 10 his
partner, The New York attorney. The latter
would hunt lp the persons haf ing the bonas
and oiler 10 collect tie amount due them by the
Governments. IN ossB his sefyibes were accepted
The lawyer would collect The smOtnt from, he de-
parimeht, aud Withhold large peraen ssee. some-
times as much as 30 per cent which lie would
sHNEb IUHElh5a In THIS Way IL Ia 9skimaknH
that they have realized fully $40, BOO ID gold
EHAZg WELDON.
A Modern Isavalilac in the shape of a spry
@gVus Clerk.
EAobile Regis er.1
Vim. II. Weldon, the weula-be assassin of Pre-
tender Packard, WAS, up to y fortnight ago, In
tho employ OF Mesers. T.. II. Pepper d Co.., Of our
city, as dry goods clerk. He came 10 Mobile
sorne time In September or October last with d
letter OF Introduction from Mr. Spencer. Of the
house Of II. y. ulafiin b Co.,, Of New York. to
Messrs Z. d. Pepper y Co. These gentlemen
immediately gave Weldon employment In their
large retail dry goods establishment, and rstaiu-
cd him in their employ until couple OF weeks
ago, when, on account of neglect OF duty he WAS
discharged. His dismissal, together With trouble
Of private nature, induced him TO drink. and
u is said BY his former associates that for week
beters he left Mobile be seemed wholly irrespon-
sibe-,oitsn saying and doing things that sng.
gested q demented or "halEeraeksd" state. Isst
Sunday he hired q room at ], hn MandioL's. ON
Royal street, and told his friends that he was
| going TO shut himself up in his room snd commit
| suicide. He was reasoned with upon the subs
| ieot, and promised TO discard the thought. On
Wednesday he called ut Peppers snd Obtained 4
settlement. He bads the cashier goodbye. and
deols ed that 10 intended 10 leave tho city.
While under the Influence Of drink he has been
known to be wild and extrayagaut ID his threats,
and 1t j. supposed that In such q condition, ho
| planned and executed the deed on the spur OF the
moment, He is Northern man. and has heen
III tue SCUM only Inur or i've m0rths. Hg
never known to talk politics while he vas here.
aud no one knew what his political opinions were.
LACK OE LEADERSHIP.
Democratic Guck-'Fo0 Many Uonas ANA
Too ssueh Esysprpsia.
tH. v II. In Cincinnati Commercially
WASHINGTON, Fob. 4.-Ths Democrats sppesr
TO have no ieader In particular. AS they need 4
them over rongh plAees In This extraordinary
business, IL u to be expected that they wouldns
have any. Such is Democratic luck. Another
| specimen OF Dsmocratio luok was In eeofing
Judge Davis TO the Senate, so that he could rot
| sorye ON The Commission, when he was tho very
man OF all others whom they wanted on THAI
tribunal.
Hewitt 10 not trusted as leader. He seems
| to have lost heart in the busiDess He does nos
want to nght, and has from the sfrst resolntely
| frowned down all suggestions that the heroic
Democracy go 10 war after their rights. He says
that the great bulk Of his party In the East prefer
Hayes TO night. Now that the Commission has
matters in hand, Hewitt proposes in good faith 10
abide the result, and advises against any flibus-
tering movement 6r attempt 70 defeat tho Will Of
the Commission; =. Hsyitt has little taste for these
| oughly mixed. He Ia student and scholar, q
very rich man, loving homo, books and ease, and
follows thst this political experience is little TO
ms ms taste. taste He also has the dyspepsia. Some Of
the Democrats say that he has too many bends
and too much dyspepsia 10 be success as
leader Of troubled party in tempestuous times.
REPUBLICAN VENTURES.
Eumors of Business Talk Between spatls~
ern Democrats and Hayes.
fCor. N. Y. Herald.l
WARRINGTON, Feb. 14.--There have been rr-
mors in circulation here for some days Of negoti-
atoms between leading Republicans and some
Bonthern Democrats, looking to support ON tho
latter for the Republican party If Mr.. Hayes
should be declared President The SIR this
evening mentions the names OF Mr.. Hancock. of
Texas, and Mr.. Gibson, OF Loulsians, ss gentle
men who are said to have been approached and
offered 80 voice In the councils Of Gov. Hayes
IL they will exert their influence with their COT
leagues to accept tho decision OF the Commission
as fins1 and IL ID added that the Republicans will
guarantee the South liberal appropriations for In
ternal Improvement, conciiiatory policy toward
that section. giving tho States the ssntrol Of
| their own government, snd the passage Of the
Texas Pacific Railroad bill.
lis not probable that such negotiations hsye
been nnade--at any rate, with any such purpose.
Whatever Is decided by the Commission and rati-
| fed by Congress will be accepted by the Demo-
Gratis, and especially by the Southera Democrats.
as final, and no resistance or delay il oonten~
plated.
There is no doubt, however, that IL Mr.. Hayes
| should be declared President, he viii easily ba
| able to rally respectable party ia most Of the
Southern states 70 bis support. It is very
that Mr. Hayes means. If he should become
President, to cut adrift from the carpet kbaggeYs
and mako an alliance with respectable party
leaders Of Wing antecedents in the South,
and no doubt Il felt here by leading Eepub-
licans, or In fact by politicians Of either
party, Of his ability TO do 30, and to find southz
ern men OF undonbted character and ability
| and large influence to enter his Cabinet and to
support him IN Congress ON the assurance that
/ he viii not recognize the csrpet-bsg rulers in
Louisiana and otner Sahthern States, and that
hs viii give Southern federal Offices TO Southern
men; that, IN addition to these things, consid-
ersble grants for 1evee and other internal i'm
provement purposes, and the passage Of tho
| fezas Pacific Railroad bill, will be maze by the
r. pubIicans, is an open secret here.
! But a1l these matters are contingent on the
success of Mr.. Hayes Until that is declared,