The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-28
NEWS BY MAIL.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Tns status quo Eninsus the same AS I'm
Louisiana.
IN. Y. Tribune.1

nent Is promptly restored to the State,
he planting operations, upon when
Of the negroes depend Tor
,upport. will be largely eurtailed, anu |
,lopg the seaport will be almost entire.
v abandoned, owing to the refusal OF
The Charleston factors and capitalists. |
or prudential reasons, to make the
leedful advances. The time at which
5hese advances are usually made is al
ready gone by, and unless the planterF'l
ran get assistance during the present
month 1t will, in o large. proportion OF
oaaes, be too late. The issue for thou
sand Of poor whites. az we'll as blacks,
In the coast counties, Is not Hampton or
but comfort or starva"
lion.
The Henecratic Legislators Refuse 60
1Hdarse Mr. Hayes.
New York limes.1
COLUMBUS, March 21.=-In the House
to-day tho celebrated Joint resolution
offered by MFR. Monohan. a Democrat,
several days ago, indorsihg the policy
Of President Hayes In his effort TO bring
about better feeling between the sec.
tions was brought UP. and was the cause
of considerable discussion on the DEM
onratio side. some denouncing the resos
luton, and saying that IL was only q
trick on the part OF Mr.. Hayes In order
to induce the people of the South into
a support OF his Administration. After
the Democrats had said all they desired
against Ii, the resolution was adopted
by h vote OF 60 to 55.
THE COMMISSION.
Like all Commissions IL WIN not go Me-
hind the Returns.
Especial to N. Y. Sun
WARRINGTON. March 22.--It was dis
tingtly understood In the Cabinet meet
ing. and SO expressed, that no inquiry
should be made into the votes cast or
the votes counted. The commission is
not to determine de jttre title: 1t is to
ascertain de .faCt0 holding. to aseer'
tain which government ID best estab-
liahsd and best supported, aad report
the facts emphatioally. It 10 not to go
behind the returns on any ineonvenient
exploration. It is to take things as they
are. and decide accordingly.
South Carolina Democrats are less
apprehensive than yesterday. Those
from Louisiana are no less bitter. Nc
one has atl apology for the Com mission
Republicans depreeate IL; Democrats
curse it. No doubt exists to.night thai
Nichols will stand TO bis rights and re-
fuse any compromise Gov. Penn, be-
fore starting for New Orleans this morn
ing. received peremptory order from
Nichols to come home. Penn IL
Nichols adjutant, and has command
fa isnopp epes 81 or , tgiSe IL New Orleans IL
leads to the conclusion that serious
work is ahead.
THE EXTRA SESSION.
Elements of Trouble That Premise u
Make 1t Lively.
Especial to Chicago Tlmesl
| WASHINGTON, March 22.-There ar
enough elements already cropping u
the surface to show that the extra 5es
sion promises to be very lively one u
MANY particular ways. In the frat plac
one Of the most sensational lnvestiga
tions Of the service will be ordered, viz
that OF the Custer massacre. Custer
friends claim that all OF the report
have done his memory great injustice
and that he was deserted and left TO die
They claim that the testimony OF Hair
in.the. face, given shortly after the ma
saere, can be substantiated. This invei
tipation. II vigorously conducted, wi
, of course attract u great deal or after
tion. II 1t had not been for the impo
, tant presidential controversy last Wintt
, the investigation would have bee
! pushed then. =,
Another very important feature OF tt
extra session will be the discussion
, the use OF the army Ia the south,
/ which Mr.. Hayes Southern policy WI
return in all possible disagreeable form
, to plague its inventor.
MR. CoNANr.
The Investigation Ina His Case is 81
,
Especial TO New York Herald.l
WASHINGTON, March 21.--Assistant s
licitor Robinson, OF the Treasury IL
- partment, was engaged to-day in ma
u Ing an examination into the alleged m
q licious charges preferred against Ass
! tant Secretary Conant, OF whom son
|. questions were asked In order to col
% plete the record, This was done in col
t. pliance with the directions Of Secreta
!. Sherman and the wish OF Mr.. Conan
n The Treasury Department is solicito
;. lest the reports circulated may affe
b the credit OF government bonds on 6
I, count OF suspicious aroused and wro1
v impressions formed. As soon as the
{, vestigation is over In the department
IS full statement will be made.
r TIE GAY RENO.
|
20 Mrs. BcIl by the Officers.
10 tChicago Timee.1
g, The humiliating and disgraceful &C
II duct OF Major Reno, in attempting,
"a is alleged, 10 seduce brother office
se wife who had been left under his pl
/ lection, has touched the chivalric pri
'e of the country's epauletted defende
liei and many Of them on the frontier ma
t. free to say that the rambuncttous Re
OF ought to be dismissed from the servl
OF Army officers are peculiarly sensiti
" " in matters involving their reputatio
pt for decorum, gentility and decent
Is. and would rather see the sma
3a on pox break out in q comma
NJ, than q social scandal. An offit
Nv who arrived from a frontier post on y
er terday informed a Times reporter Il
RE Renoss charge against Mrs. Bell v
I'd attracting more attention and prove
he ing more comment out on the bort
70 than any charge he ever made at
81 | t.s n1. fsyf anti InES,