Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1877-01-20

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grcssional committees arc received is
plainly visible today. All danger Of
II collision is regarded as passed, ut
least, for the present
The following is General Augur's
reply to Governor Packard's letter Of
last night:
HDos DEPARTMENT OF TIE GULF,
New ORLEANS, January II, 1876. { 4
Nm. s. b. Puchard, Stutc 1Housc:
DEAR S1n-Your letter, dated the
10Th instant, which you had publish,
cd i'll the newspapers and tclcgraphcd
North before it WAS possible for nc to
sec, is received. Though addressed to
nc, | understand very well that it IS
not pan ticnlar!y ,lt..nlc,l !or me, and
but Tor some crr.rs affecting me per-
sonal y should moi think it necessary
10 make any reply. You state that
orders had been issued early on this
day, the 9th instant by the Honorable
Secretary Of War, directing that un-
authorized bodies should be required
to dcsist. (von) considered this Of
the Secretary OF War rs virtually
commanding II maintenance Of $tutn
q"", consequently the State forces in
charge e The different positions out
side Of The capital were directed tn
make such rcsiStanccs as would com
| pei manifestation { force and breach
Of the peace OH The part Of their oppo-
ncnts. 1t was my understanding that
neither should be permitted to inter
:crc with the status Of the other side
In reply To this, would state tho
time Of day ut which this order VA.
issued was im:n,crial; it was not re-
cclvcd here until some time after the
surrender, without resistance Of tho
Supreme Court room arsenal, and ali
of the police stations, and it is quite a
new thing to me to hear that you ever
considered that order rs commanding
q malntainancc of siaM qno Yourself
and officers in command Immediately
under you have repeatedly stated that
il vas intended to seize any favorable
opportunity to recover the Court
room, and you have repeatedly sent
your sheriff to demand that room, an.l
have twice since made written appli.
cation to me for troops to assist iii
such recovery. This does look as
though it was your understanding that
neither side should be permitted TO
interfere With the status Of the other
suc. / was the fact ofthcse threats
to recover lost ground wherever favor
able opportunity presented itself llat
has furnished iii excuse Tor The
Nichols party TO keep Il force in rc;,di
ness to resist them, and it was in view
OF this very condition ofaflilirs that
Yesterday morning directed two o.
my staff, one to see you and one to SEE
General Nichols, to inquire, not re-
quest, if some agreement or under
standing could not be entered into BY
which the sat" 4"o could he guaran.
teed until such time rs the President
should make his decision. Such an
arrangement would do away with the
supposed necessity Of keeping up a
body ofarncd men on either side, and
diminish very greatly the chances for
violence and bloodshed. made no
request in the m.tlcr- had no right
to makeany request. 1t was simply
a suggestion in the interest, rs |
thought, cfpeacennd to give moments
Of quiet to the citizens Of this excited
city. Neither General Nicholls nor
yourself thought il advisable to adopt
it, al;! there It ended. An error was
made, too, in Il e form Of memoran-
dun lett you by Major Russell last
night, though Of no particular nom
ent, still lprcfcr to be reported cor
rcctly In directing The staff officer
last night to deliver 20 YOU an Gen.
Nichols each Il copy oflhc dispatch,
ofthc 10th, from the Secretary Of var,
he was told, Say TO each that | hope
they will give assurances that The
Presidents wishes shall be respected"
made no request for such assur-