, 1877-04-14
IN WASHINGTON,
ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTION. TO THH COMMISSION.

AUn1TIUNAls lNHTRuGEltNH THE IuMN1bHlQNs
Special Dfspdfca 10 7as Trtopns.
WAsnIx0ros, b. T.. April IL. In tho cipher
communication sent by the President to the Louis.
lana Commission tonight Was tho request that the
Commission make no further attempts at an I'D.
iuhtment beyond what Ia suggested in to-nIght's
dlspstoh and that they prepare to ratusn 10 Wash
ington 1t their earliest convenience.
TllR FIRST IMPORTANT CONCENTRATIONS
which tho Louisiana Coa,n,tsalon haa acnt 10 tho
Admintstraston were rocoIyed ycsterday and to-
day, aud wero tho subject Of consideration at a
long session OF tho Cahnek this afternoon. Nell
thor the exact nature Of tho repurts worn submit
ted nor have the conelustons reached By the Prcs-
don't and hls al.lscrs bccn dtscoacd, but there Is
reason to bclicse that tho solution Of tho contro-
very in Louisiana ID now close at hand. The
points that ths Commission agree upon were re-
ported correctly to-day In tho Now Orleans cor
respondcnco Of tho New York IFttuns, and noln-
Dor Of tho Cabinet aays much more in
detail than In tho private dispatch to the
President, the synopsis IL sont by tho Associated
pscsa. These points arc, tAat the Packard GuT.
crnmcnt has probably tho d Jur1 title, but that tho
Nichols Government exercise
coMPtErn pR rAcTo Authority
in overy part Of tho State except In the 1t. Louis
lIotel, used by Packard ~ State. .fIousc, and thu
four streets that surround It. Tho Commission II
n!so understood TO havo reported that pcaco and
Nchol1a Administration, and that tho Packard
Government has very lttle Of nothing 10 do with It.
They arc also Of opinion that packArd's authority
cannot ba shtahlrhed except BY tho ,,sa of large
force Of Federal troops, and that military support
Of this kind, 10 be effective, must bo continued
throughout tho fonr years for which ehe Governor
ia Louiaiana has been e'cctod Thcse points IN
which The Comm[hsfon agree arc understood to
tave been reported to the President In cipher.
Tho Commission, In addition 10 this, IL believed
to llaYu informed thu rrosldont Of tho unwilling.
meas Of eitaeF party In New Orleans Ia agree 10
any solution which they have felt authorized 10
suggest Tho Nichols Government has nothing
Whatever to gain BY compromise, and for
Packard 10 yield single point Il
10 give up tho hght.. Tho pscsidons haa
se'cgraphed Tonight to tho Commission sons sug.
1nal action. Tho belief In tho eest Informed circles
Il that tho communication sent to tho Commission
this evening will hava tho effect to bring matcra In
Now Orleans to
AN IMMEDIATE coxcIus1oy.
Either somn proposlttons will b. mado 10 both
PARTIES there which. II acccptcd vii! result In aa
immaculate solution. or tho comtnission will return
and report i.a failure to bring about any adjust.
mspt by which QUO Government can ba secured In
Thing Il certain; the President md Ills
cabinet expect tho Louisiana case 10
bo disposed ol within wsek iron. this time. The
solution they looking for does not contemplate
sle M suEPott q Faekar,ls Administration s!sfa ty
hs fasihst so Of ehe troops no" taesut Of by send
In announcing !hu determination Of The p.csI.
dent to put IN end to Tho military support u lhe
dent will undoubtedly ezp!sst tho buief which Ao
sGld1 tst Eaesssa @ va legally slested md that
vi H. II q t. iii s. Sa:s &c. ~ a'
PRINCIPLES ALAEApY LAID DOWN
In tho South Carolina case, md In the slter of IN.
ser ths to sspp.s. by H. a.s
et military ny stats oo'ornnsat IN the North OF
rhs sspoti. ] sent BY tho Commission 4. 10 tho no.
sitioa of the Nichols party ~ that tue lcudetp
s!4lm taas ths.s y ~ Fe7son why they shnp!a eo.
that Just - suon ~ w Commission leaves New r-
Lam shfJ cay az nni9sk ~ Mh9s eumplsea!!on. Ths
q a so q HeSS haaSa
a!ls Of Paekards TON that ths Commission i not
they bsiicss saat tho Packard Legislature viii lls.
NAL tepots ssomths comnssiop, but ths,F departure
without any encouragement to tho Packard party
iamsai.to bsssE. Tis iaesSs ,hst i 10 dsss!f tic
sud ID only wstins Tor The word Of ~ leaders 10
quorum, in their Legslatuse which
.CAN&uE -
on any technical grounds. II not surprsiDg that
Nichols and hta advisers will not couseas to thfuw
p:ssasa a aalaR II r. .s & s s .s
thus wtplux sbs State clean IL begin and organize
Legislature, Canrta, and Executive xtresh.
No CONCESSIONS,
~ ~ RettAs& Assoctulka Frrsz
WAsMtsaroH, y. ~. ApEil Ij.-rAe Louisiana
Commissioners. In their long cipher dispatch to
the President YsstcE1ay. riteunlstautialt5 rri4le
the result Of ihr't Conference. wlta both liz
fchulis aud Packard Judges in the Respective su.
preue C0uEtA, aud other pxrtias In their iutersak
They sAy that they nnd the Nichols party not dis
poEed " make any cantesslou4, but that theY Will