The daily gazette., 1877-01-10
LATER.
THE RADICALS QUARRELLING

The RADICALS UARRELLING.
P.M.-The city is prefectly quiet. The
new police are on their beats. The old
Metropolitans have retired. a party of L.
S. gunboat signal officers are on top of
the Custom-House.
$40 p. M.-About 230 O'Clock some one
in the crowd on st. Louis street fired two
shots with a pistol into the Auditor
office, in the lower portion OF the State
House, and three shots were returned
from within, which caused great excite
ment No one was hurt, however. Soon
after Mayor Austin drove up in car
riage and read Governor Nicholls's pro-
clamation to the crowd. Part of the
crowd dispersed, but the larger portion
remained.
At this hour Governor Nichols and
Chief of Police Boylan are endeavoring
to disperse the crowd.
6P. M.--The Democratic or legal Legis-
lature have decided unanimously to
elect United States Senator only for
the siX-year term, beginning on the 4th
of March next. They regard Mr.. j. b.
Eustis, elected last winter, to be the
llegally-chosen Senator for the uneXplred
term. The courts being now occupied by
llegally-elected and legally appointed
Judges measures will Immediately be
taken to assure q proper and legal can
vass Of the electoral vote. This will pro-
baby be effected under an existing law
which provides that the Governor, the
Attorney-GeAeral the Secretary of State
and a district judge shall act as canvas
sers, which law was totally disregarded
in the recent canvass by the Returning
Board. The legal canvass will show the
. election of tee Tilden electors by large
majority, and they will bel commissioned
by Governor Nichols.
, A violent quarrel has broken out be
tween Anderson and Wells, of the Re
. turning Board, on one side, and Kellogg
and Packard ON the other, growing out
, of Kellogg's determination to be elected
to the Senate. Anderson and Wells de-
. clare that they have ample grounds to re-
wise and reconsider their count; that they
We're grossly deceived by the Custom
HonSe people, who imposed upon them
) mass of false, fraudulent and forged aft!
. davlts, as the testimony before the House
committee has shown. CnleS Kellogg
, and Packard yield they will reverse their
) count, and declare the election of the
Democratic electors and State candi-
} dates
; The Democratic Legislature, with :;
quorum in both. houses, voted for Il
United States Senator. j. B. Eustis re-
ceived a majority of the votes cast for
, Senator for the term ending in 1879
There was no choice for Senator for the
long term,
10P M.-About o'clock tonight the
Nichols militia, about 5000 strong, had
a review on st. Charles street, opposite
Lafayette square, As they marched
, Through the street they were cheered by
gentlemen and ladies who thronged the
, galleries and waved their handkerchiefs.
After the review, companies were de-
tailed for duty and marched off to differ
snt points. Some are patroling the city
Tonight, but most of them were dlsband-
ed for the night As they passed the
Custom House this morning on their
lmarch to Jackson square the windows
! Ion Old Levee street were filled with
: United States soldiers. The militia
brought their guns to a carry arms and
gave three cheers, which were responded
7 by the soldiers.
: Gov. Packard and the Legislature are
n the State House, but the new police
have refused to allow provisions to be
carried inside, and Packard and the Leg
: islature or in a state of siege.
. The Republican Legislature had no
i quorum in either branch to-day as some
e of the members were outside and assert
! ed that they We're afraid to risk theil
lives inside. Consequently no action
| was taken towards the election of 81
n United States Senator.
All kinds of sensational rumors are
: afioat tonight notably one that the
! State House IS to be attacked. On this
4 subject prominent Democrats stated that
: the plan of the Democrats was to have
= the Supreme Court enjoin Packard from
: usurping the functions of Governor, and
o in the event of his refusing to have him
y arrested for contempt.
!, Alto o'clock tonight all is quiet. The
: Nichols Government have q strong pO-
+ : lice force on duty throughout the city.