The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-01-20
LATER.
a Flight tuimInept-Ths Ininaitve De
reBaesst on Packard.

A FighI fulmInent-The Initiaitye De
peBaest ON Packard.
The situation Is unchanged, hut the
feeling against the usurpers is intense
a1d any atten pt to enforce the taking
of the courthouse and stations tonight
will result ia bloodshed. This feeling
is so pronounced that Packard will
not dare TO disregard the manifestation
of danger ahead, the seriousness Of
which no man can measure. The fol-
lowing Of Packard, outside of office
holders and the pot-house strikers of
the Custom house, are willing 10 sacri-
fee their political preferences for peace
and are anxious 20 Cooperate with
Nichols friends who favor line OF
inaction, leaving matters in statue
quo until matters are settled by the ae-
tion of Congress on the Presidential
count, Nichols viii act strictly on the
defensive, but If forced to strike, the
shock will paraiyze the conspirators.
The Packard Legislature infeeted
with SNAIL Pox.
10 p. Mile report ctirreat yester-
day that three csses of snail pox were
taken yesterday from the Packard
State house and Femoved To tue Chari.
ny Hospital is again current and gem
orally believed Notwithstanding the
denial in Radical quarters. The officers
at the hospital are reticent and this
gives color to the rumor
Pinei,baess'~ Fianh uevcmeas--A
sssrnb IA the Radical Camp.
| Lieut.. General Antonio, State Su-
periutendent Brow n, A. Dumont, Pres.
ident of the Republican campaign
committee, ana twe,y co!cred mem-
e-ss OF the .SeBate Joined in = telegram,
Ola oelIaif OF the coiored race 70 Sena-
tors Morton and Sherman, eondemn-
1 lug Pinckbac,is course.
| This procedure is an attempt to
eounteraet the wind fire Influence OF
the action Of Senators Pinehhack,
| Wheeler ami Hamlet. who after with
drawing from the Rump Senate, en-
tered the Democratic Senate on Satar.
day. Pinehback and Hamlet are back
ed BY the conservative. property hold
ing eolored people in New Orleans a,
well as Icy their following, q powerful
element in the Republican party
'nehbacks II confident that his course
will be considered by the greater por-
tion of the people OF his race through
out the c0untry parishes.
No return has been made by Sheriff
Bearges on the writ of babeas corpus
in the case Of the assistant sergeants at
arms of the Republican Legislature,
now in the parish prison.
How They Talk and Feel About II Tn
/ New Orleans.
New ORLEANS, January I5.--The
Evening Democrat, in a leading edi-
torial referring to the probabilities OF
Governor Packsrd's attempt to retake
the courts and stations, says: "Mr.
Packard, however, il playing dan.
gerous game. The patience OF this
Ipeopie is well nigh exhausted, and II
they are forced into conflict which is
calculated and designed TO again rot
them of u government of their choice
and blessings of an honest and efficient
administration, their wrath will be
difficult to restrain, and we for one
hope no hand will be able to restrain
il IL Mr.. Packard forces this conflict.
We appeal to our friends to spare, as
far ms final and complete victory will
permit, the lives of metropolital and
negro dupes. We advise them to lei
the full weight OF their guns fall upon
the leaders Of this iniqnitous, murder
ous and mort damnabie scheme, aud
to follow Packard into his hotel, and
II need be, Into the Custom House it
self, and hang him from its highest
| window"