The daily gazette., 1877-03-10
General News.

The eighth annual report of the
pork packing of Chicago show that
the past summer packing was ,315, 400
hogs; average weight 1879 pounds;
number of hogs packed the regular
reason 1,602, ,633; average weight 216,
II pounds; total summer and winter
packing S,9lS,0s5, against :, 1920. .s46 for
1S75-76.
The Cabinet session yesterday was
occupied wholly with routine business,
nothing being said about the Southern
governments.
II is reported New Orleans that the
President telegraphed to Packard, Of
fering him the Collectership of the
Port to retire from the contest with
Nichols, but Packard replied that he
would be Governor or nothing"
The Democrats in New Orleans
claim that a correct recount elects j.
81. Ackler to Congress in the Third
District of Louisiana. ...z-.=-
Ex-senator Key has been congratu-
lated on his appointment as Postmas-
ter General by Hon. Marshall Jewell,
of Connecticut, and Parson Brswnlow,
of Tennessee sst' 3a'-l - :. ~
The Prohibition Convention OF
Rhode Island met in Providence yes
terday and adopted the Republican
State ticket. except that samuel CLARK,
la Democrat, was Nominated fer Trea-
Burer. 49, 5.l'f';f5.5
In the Senate of Ohio yesterday, the
House bill providing for compulsory
education was passed. A resolution,
| offered by Democratic member, ap.
proving the sentiments OF Hayes in
augural, was adopted. ~ & 81
TIE President has taken no action
vet regarding the difficulties in Louis
lana and South Carolina, or the many
applications for office which have been
1 accumulating since his Inauguration
He has intimated that there will be nc
disposition to make changes where the
llncumbents have been faithful in the
discharge of their duties. ..s
| AT a meeting of members of tn,
4 Mercantile and Cotton Exchanges IL
st. Louis, yesterday, a resolution wa
adopted approving the policy OF Presi
dent Hayes. A meeting of the busi
ness men of Memphis is to be held to
day to approve the Presidents course
especially in the selection of Mr.. Ke,
as Cabinet efficor.
There is runner in Washington tina
the President will appoint two Republi
cans and one Democrat Commissioner
for the District of Columbia, and tina
Ithey will be citizens Of the District.
| Gen. B. F. Butler called upon tn
president yesterday. BE assured Mi
A Hayes of his support, and said he "ha
no axes to grind" a@oJ - 53hH.4 =
i Leading citizens of Shreveport an
Caddo parishes telegraphed Senator Bay
! ard yesterday, denying Packards stats
lment that his government is recognize
outside of New Orleans. They stat
that in their own and the surroundin
! parishes Nichols authority is fully re
ognized, and Packard's pretensions r,
ceiye no tolerance. Nothing can be MOI
obviously absurd than Packard's claim
If he is governor, why don't he govern
! That would be the best proof he coul
give of the validity of his pretensions--
, Baltimore Gazette
. The Herald has invented theor,
: which it takes whole page to wol
g out, with the aid of diagrams, that Il
: steamer George Cromwell was blow
up by dynamite. The ground for th
!, hypothesis is the fact, or allega 10
that the bodies washed ashore we
v much mutiiated and that some OF Il
e fragments of the cargo bore traces
lire.