, 1877-02-18
LOUISIANA.
YEARSITG FOR RECOGNITION.
Special Dispatch to J7e T1fbune.

Special Dispatch to Tie Tribune.
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. l7-lO:IU p. H.-This
| community continues in feyrr;sh state Of uu-
certainty as to what Is to be The final result OF
the political complications, aud which State
Government is to receive the recognition OF
President Grant. 1t is generally recognized that
Nichols has nothing to etand upon, since the
decision Of the Electoral tribunal, but
the Democrats generally declare that Pack
ard shall not be Governor anyhow. There
ought to be q decision one way Or the other IS
soon as possible. Litignts arc not willing to
Into court because ;hey may afterwards be
found to be illegal, ard society generally Is be-
ing uc1noralzed by the status quo The sooner
q decision is made The sooner the preliminary
and necessary blood-lc;ting will take place, and
afterwar1 Louisiana nay settle down to some
thing like peace until alc next election. It will
be necessary for the General Government to
give Gov. Packard
i LITTLE ASSISTANCE
at the start, but after lie gets fairly in position
he will organize and 9m militia, and demon
stratc the fact that elf-sustainins Republican
Government in the So,th is possibility.
The following from the Democratic official
organ Of the Democ1atic party and Nichols
Government is . fair ample Of the advice given
to tue adherents OF that Individual:
Ne Of Louisiana are emitted TO the law Of self
preservation, the first law OF nature, and it be-
hooves ua u prepare fu the enforcement Of our
suggests-force. We lnve the power: let us use
it. If the fraud which has been attempted upon
Of Louisiana will not icsitste how to meet it and
overcome it.
WELDON,
tho W'ould-be assassin Of Gov. Packard, is still
S+&% %t,nG b
fying that he is not in condition to be moved.
He received q dispatch to-day purporting to
come from his father in Philadelphia, a Luther
an minister, which says te has sinned deeply,
az a1a Tess1ng Teard IT, to ssasc nracs IN S. Luke
and az ssfIng T. ht snoaRls R500'se' Come t1ni snd
see him. HI replied tlst he was treated very
kindly, and not to come. Weldon stated
to-day that since his arriTal III Mobile from
Philadelphia iu Octobe last he has been asso-
ciating with Wild cresd OF young men, who
talked 4 great deal abalt Packard, and said if
he was only out ot OF the war, Louisiana
would get along very yell. He conceived the
idca that he would
MAKE nEp OF HIMSELF
among the Southern ppplc by killing Packard
It was learned to-dat where Weldon obtained
the pistol which he usel Weldon went into the
store OF maa named hee, on Chartrcs street,
near the State. House. md wanted to buy re-
volver, but did not hive moEcv enough. He
paid $3.50 for a mQzle-load:ng dcrrinscr.
About ten minutes late he came back and told
Juge it was not goc't He had tried it and it
would not 60 Of. jug extracted the load aud
put III fresh one, rth fresh cap, the
old being exploded. NSllon then started ont.
turned around, and saidto Juge, 'fu How would |
YOU like to 60 to Packa s1unrral to-morrow!''
Jugc Shrugged his shqldcr at the mere neu- |
tion About fifteen miIutcs later, Weldon pre-
scnted his revolver rolGoy. Packarll's temple |
and fired. as has been r4ated. Weldon was not |
drunk, md. # 1e wa a monomaniac, lie cx- |
hibitc1 remarkable metsou.
MoBlLE EXPERIENCE
MOBILE, Ala, Feb f7-Weldon, who shot |
Gov. Packard, was Recommended 10 the firm OF |
Prepper d Go. bg G. 2 Spencer, general sales |
man with Clalin d ca, New York. PrcDncr |
states that Weldon bcgtl service on the 20th OF |
November, lS7G. Earlythis month hc ,ras rep |
rimanaed, and did not lGain make his appear |
nnce until the 18th int, vixen he called for |
payment, which was male.