The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-01-20

j. c. Moore. negro, of RichIsnd
parish. testified TO buiidozing aud in
timidationthere, and that be aud
others were afraid to vote the Reputli
can ticket.
George Dixon testified to having In
his possession a fine eight. bIsded
knife worth six or seven dollars.
with one blade broken off
and bloody, which he found at
Pinkston's after the murder.
A United States Onleer Te.,tfs.s to a
Peaceful Ii eetiou.
ID. a. Webber, tax collector aud su.
pervisor of the parish, swore to threats
against the lives OF himself and broth
er, State Senator webber, and that
two men told him they had been offer
ed five hundred dollars 10 kill Senator
Webber, tut declined TO give their
names; gave the name of Jack Rus.
sell, Ephraim Armstrong, Gilbert Car
ter and Ike Mitchell blacks, who were
Republicans, and whom he believed
had Been killed for their politics, and
that many more had come to him aud
complained OF being whipped. For
some reason witness reflected upon
Major Basenm and other officers, whom
he thought synpathised with the bull.
dozers, and bad silo nod them to take
a negro out of the military lines and
scourge him.
&. NJ. Baseom, q. S. A, denied EN-
phaticaily the statements of Webber
so far as they referred 10 him and the
military aud said he had investigated
the killing of Gilbert Garter aud re-
ported the facts to headquarters, also
that the night after the election Web
Der toldshim the election was fair and
peaceable as far as he knew.
General AuEur's Reply to PMckard,s
Open Letter.
The following is General Augur's
reply TO Governor Packard's letter of
last night:
HEADQUARTERS DBP'TmFSr OF TIE tiULy.D
new ORLEANS, January II. ls77.
Hon. ). b. Packard. state House, New Or
leans, Louisiana;
DEAR SIR--Yo our letter dated the 15tb
iBstHEt, which you had published in
newspapers and telegraphed North be-
fore Ii wss possible for me to see IL, is
received and, though addressed to me,
l understood, very well, that IL is not
particularly Intended for me, aud but
-
/ should bot think it necessary To
make any reply.
You state that orders had been issu-
ed early on this day, the 9th instant,
by the Honorable Secretary of War
directing that all unauthorized armed
bodies should be required to be dis
persed, and that you considered this
order of the Secretary OF War as virtu-
ally commanding maintenance of a
statue qao, consequently the State
forces iu charge of the different posi-
tions outside OF the capital were direct
ed 10 make such resistance as would
compel "a manifestation OF force and
breach of the peace on the part of
their opponents.
1t was my understanding neither
side should he permitted 10 interfere
with the status of the other side, and
| III reply ! would state the time of day
at which this order was issued Is Not
material. 1t was not received here
until some time after the surrender
without resistance, of the Supreme
Court room, arsenal and all of the DO
lice stations, and II is quite new
thing to me 10 hear you ever consider
ed that order commanding a mainteD-
anee of the statu quo. Yourself aud
officers in command Immediately un-
der you have repeatedly stated that il
was the intention to seize any favor
able opportunity to recover the court
room. asd you have repeatedly sent
your sheriff TO demand that room and
have twice since that time made writ
ten application 20 me for troops to as
sist such recovery. This does not lock
as though it WAS your understanding
| that neither side should be permitted
To interfere with the status OF other
side. IL was part of these threats to
| recover lost ground, whenever favor
able opportunity presented itself, that
has furnished au excuse for Nicholls'
party to keep force in readiness to re-
sist them, aud il was in view of the
very condition of affairs that yesIer-
day morning / did send two of my
stafis, one to see you and one to SEE
General Nichols, to enquire, not re-
quest, IL some agreement or under
standing eould not be entered into by
which the statu quo could be guaran-
teed until such time as the
President should make lis
decision, and suggesting that
| such an arrangement would do away
with the supreme recessity of keeping
up a body OF armened men on either
side, and diminish very greatly the
chances for violence and bloodshed. !
made no request in the matter-I had
no right to make any request-it was
| simply suggestion in the interest, as
thought, of peace, and to give quiet
| to the eitizens of this excited city.
Neither Gen. Nichols nor yourself
thought 1t advisable to adopt it and
| there it ended. An error was made,
| too, in the form Of the memorandum
left you by Major Russell last night.
Though of no particular moment, still
prefer to be reported correctly. In
directing my staff officers last night to
| deliver u you aud Gen. Nichols each
a copy OF the dispatch of the 10th from
| the Secretary of War, they were told
To say to each that Il hope they will
give assurances that the Presidenps
| wishes shall be respected / made no
request for such assurances.
Very respectfully.
Your obedieut servant,
tSignedI c. AUGUR,
Brigadier General Commanding.