Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-02-16

did the shooting was fired upon by a
bystander and wounded in the arm.
NEW York. Feb. Is.
The Graphic's New Orleans special
saws; At \ quarter to IL to. day one
VIM. H. Weldon gained admittance to
Governor Packard'S Office, claiming tn
be from the Philadelphia press. After
a short consultation. he drew a pistol.
Packard struck him and the pistol ball
lodged in Packard's knee. His as
sailant was chot but not killed. He ia
good looking and about % years of
age. He arrived Yesterday. He adj
imits having confederates, and says he
thought the only way to save the
country was first to kill Packard and
then Hayes.
New ORLEANS, Feb. Is.
To-day, While Gov. Packard was
seated in his chair at his office, sur.
rounded by half a dozen callers, he
Was suddenly approached by one of
the parties, who. drawing q pistol and
dwelling it at Packard's heart pulled
the trigger. AT that very instant
Packard struck the weapon down, aud
simultaneously with the movement the
weapon ex 2loded and the shot sfruck
Packard in the knee. Then Packard
closed with the nan and threw him to
the floor. Dilisent inquiry has failed
TO divulge the ann OF The man. any
thing about him, Or anything about
the cause of the attack. Report has it
that he was 4 correspondent for a
Northern paper.
Packard's wound il very slight.
The >taiement of the man who triei to
kill Packard is, that his name is VIM.
Henry Weldon, and that his home j.
in Philadelphia; he says he has a
mother and sister living there. With
regard to his attempt to kill Packard,
he says there were four others with
him, who were to have assisted him in
he undertaking, but that when they
approached the State Hou>e. they re-
fused to go in, and left him to carry
out the intended plan of assassination
alone. Weldon. if such be his name,
is not, az it turns out, very seriously
hurt. The ball which struck him hit
him in the left arm just below the
shoulder, and Gems to have come out
at the elbow. 1t was thought at first
he VAS killed. but il seems he was
only stunned aud faiuted from loss of
blood.
That Cipher Dispatch and h Cro-
min Affair.
WARRINGTON. Feb. Is.
Yesterdays transactions OF the Ore
gon cipher dispatches excite great in
terest. Those without signatures
doubtless were Pelion's, az they gen.
orally replied to OREGON messages ad
dressed to Pelton. Pelton is Tilden's
favOriie nephew, his expectant heir,
and we'll known to the delegates tn
the New York State and st. Louis
National Convention. Being impecu-
NOUS himself nobody supposes it was
his own money which he be
came responsible to furnish for the
CrOnin business.
The cipher Geographic dispatch sent
from Oregon on December lst to
samuel j.. Tilder, and signed Gobhle,
is translated by the Senate Committee
On Privileges and Elections, with aid
of key furnished iy Mr.. shaw, of De
troit, I o read a. follows:
PORTLAND, Oregon. Dec. 1.
To s. J. Tilden, 10 Gratnercy Park,
New York:
/ shall decide every point in the case
Of the Postnfiice elector in favcr of
he highest Democratic Elector and
grant the certificate accordingly on the
morning OF the 9th inst. Confidential.
(Signed) GOVERNOR"
Th- HostiIsS Inclined to Peace.
CHEYENNE, Feb. Ia.
Two Sioux Indians, "ChargiIg
Horse'' and "Makes them siand-up,"
arrived at Spotted Tail agency on the
OH inst. having le:t the hostile camp
on the 10th OF January. They report
that Crazy Horse, with all the ho-tile>
except the Uncol'apas, are e%ncainped
on Tongue river, near tho mou II of
Prairie Dog creek; that Sitting Bull,
with his contingent, is on The o,her
SIDE of the Yellow Stone, marching to
join them, that all desire to make
peace on the best terms obtainable.
AMI that they themselves are official
carriers Il notify General Crook tina
such are the facts. The hostiles fur
'hermore desire that spotted Tail may
vi / them in person and bring some
tobacco in proof of the sincerity OF
the whites. They express a willing
ness to come in With spotted Tail and
acknowledges his authority. Spotted
Tail himself places confidence in the
truth of these state ments, and has no
DOUBT that he will be able to bring
them all in. The runner report that
there are great numbers OF buffalo
near the hostile camp and that the
country thereabouts is covered with
dep snow. the crust of which will
bear a horse. General Crook and
staff arrived al Fort Laramie last mig hit,
where they will remain for the pres
entI