The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-03-21
Kellogg to the Rear.
THE ULTRAS DEFEATED ON
THE LOUISIANA QUESTION.

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nations, Combinations, Ottice-seek.
ing, &c.
[By Telegraph to tho News and Courier,]
WASHINGTON, March l4.-At length
the bitter contest oyer the Louisiana Sen
atorship has been virtually concluded,
and by common consent the seating OF
Kellogg goes oyer to thetnext session. An
extra session Of Congress will not be con-
vened before about the first Of June, If at
all.
In the Senate Messrs. Anthony and
White were appointed o committee to
wait on the President and inform him
that, unless he might have some further
communication to make, the Senate was
ready to adjourn without day. They re-
turned and reported that the Senate, In
extra session, would not be required
longer than Saturday, or possibly tues
day. The Senate then adjourned to IL to-
morrow.
Simon Cameron has formally vacated
his seat in the Senate. It is supposed that
uamblin will succeed him b. chairman
of the committee on foreign affairs.
The Cabinet meeting did mo commence
until half-p pas 9 o'clock. The postpone
ment is said to be attributable to the alb
sence Of Evarts, who had a heavy retain
or in the Vanderbilt case. The Presi-
dents Southern policy, so far, has not yet
ripened into any plan.
Intense interest attaches to the meeting,
but 1t is mostly artificial. Some twenty
legitimate newspaper men were on the
qui ViUe, but none of them have obtained
anything important.
Nothing definite was reached. Messrs.
Schurz and Evarts had not prepared
their tests for the civil service, and the
question of an extra session was post
poned for future consideration.
The purpose Of the President appears
to he to postpone any definite action as to
Louisiana and South Carolina until after
will take place on Monday at the latest.
The President does not now favor the
Wheeler commission programme, nor is
he committed to the new election plan.
Ex-Governor Pinchback, of Louisiana,
had a long interview with the President.
Pinchback is quoted as saying that JUS
tice to the whites and mercy to the blacks
forbade my support of Packard's gov
eminent. President Hayes replied: II
think I SOC my way clear to secure bar
mony and peace among the people OF
your State"
Senator Patterson has submitted to the
President an elaborate plan for q new
election, which he (Patterson) favors.
The pressure in favor of the new election
plan is becoming earnest from the more
Radical Republicans. 1t may be sald
that Hayes is not committed to 1t. lie
and his advisors are reported az not see
ing how it can be done without Federal
interference more in discord with the
spirit of the inaugural than the use OF
bayoncts.
Ex-senator Robertson, Of South Carroll
Wallace called on the president to-day,
protesting against Senator Patterson's
proposition for q new election, on the
ground that the substantial and industri-
al interests of South Carolina would be
materially damaged by such election. 1t
was further stated to the President, that
none of the Republican members OF
Congress from that State had been con-
suited on the subject, and therefore 1t was
in the nature of an independent PROPOSE
ton on the part Of Senator Patterson,
stimulated, perhaps, by Mr.. Chamber
lain. Nh. Robertson stated that the solu-
ton Of the South Crrolina complications
could be accomplished by more simple
means, namely; the withdrawal of the
troops from tho State Capital, when the
people themselves would adjust the diff
Guilty. The President received Messrs.
Robertson and Wallace courteopsly, and
said that as natives Of the State they
would at all times be welcome,
Judge Advocate General U. M. Dunno
writes to Gen. Sherman that supplies for
the army, under a forced constructic I of
the statutes, cannot be purchased in adj
n of appropriations. Under certain
exceptional circumstances, officers may
borrow money to pay off the men. The
opinion Is positive that the proper main
tenance Of the army requires an appro-
priation by the end of June, and conse-
uuently involves an extra session Of Con-
gress.
The Cabinet did not discuss Southern
affairs tonight. The civil service and an
extra session of Congress have occupied
their attention. There was q full Cabi-
net, and the meeting lasted until mid
night. The details are inaccessible.
Among the visitors at the White House,
to-day, were Senators Beck, Gordan,
Burnside and Jones, five colored men
from Virginia, and thirteen colored pro-
fessors and instructors from q Maryland
seminary.
Two Baltimore delegations, n headed
by the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, favor AS
kew for the Baltimore postmastership,
which the President has decided to give
to Gen. Tylor.
Nine colored men from North Carolina
ask for the appointment Of Col. B. D. Nc
Lindsay as commissioner of agriculture.
Their petition closes: For Gods sake
and The peoples sake let it be recorded in
the history of the government that one
request was granted"
The commissioner of internal revenue
has issued a circular to collectors in the
South, to the effect that the ordinary
means of collecting revenue in portions
of North Carolina, South Carolina, Vir-
ginia, Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee
having failed, he wishes the collectors to
avoid the use of the military a far as
possible, and he therefore assigns three
deputies for each collection district, these
deputies being specially designed to sup
the illicit manufacture of spirits and to-
bacco.
1t is reported that Schurz has rendered
the position of assistant secretary of the
interior to ex-senator Henderson, of
Missouri. This is the Henderson dis
missed as assistant counsel againet Bah
cock for reflections on President Grant.
Attorney-General Devens accorded the
Louisiana Republicans a prolonged in
teryiew. They seem we'll satisfied with
the result.
The new postmaster-general is 80 over
whelmned with letters of all sorts that it
is useless to attempt to reply to any Of
them at present.
Capt. F. w. Dawson, of the News and
Courier. of Charleston, S. c., is at Will
lard's.
Archibald NJ. Hughes has been nomi-
mated, attorney of the Middle District Of
New York.
THE RING OF THE TRUE METAL