The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-04-13
fl,tr UasHiH0tOn Letter.
WAsHINGToN, d. c., April 8, 1877.
PACKARD VS.. NICHOLS.

PACKARD VS.. NlthOIISS-
Very few private dispatches have oeei
received by members OF the administrator
finn New Orleans since .he arrival Of th'
commission aud those are not OF n charac
fer 10 give much encouragement Tor th'
success of the plan to bring NICHOLS hht
Packard together by some kind of com
promise agreement. The attitude assumed
by Packard and the arrogance he display
leads some of the presidents advisers Il
believe that Packard must have been II
D. correspondence with Northern Republicans
I of the extreme type, ana tnat lie is ON.
following out their prcmptiDgs. The radl
cal politicians do not care SO much ioi
Packard as they do 20 retain possession OF
! the Senate aud it is therefore important tC
them that Republican and not Democratic
Senators he admitted from LOUISIANA. III
they could possibly, by any kind OF 'thlm-
/ ble-rigging" secure the two Senators, the
throwing overheard of Packard would be a
thing of little moment:
CHAMBEREAIN. vs.. HAMPTON.
The DISPATCHES Of last Saturday showing
a change OF policy by Chamberlain created
considerable sensation III poiiticai circles
here. The administration is CONSIDERABLY
embarrassed at the warlke attitude of
Chamberlain as it was the first intImatlon
that lie would not carry out the coui Sc ln-
dicated by him to the President last
week. 1t is pretty generally concluded
that when Hampton serves the clvII process
upon him which Gusts him the admlnlSi ra-
tion will indicate to Mr.. Chamberlain III
very positive manner that he must retire or
take the consequences.
TnE wHIsKEY RING.
The Treasury Department is likely TO De
seriously embarrassed in rendering de-
cision in some of the whiskey cases pend
ing by the promises made during :he late
administration that if the parties wonld
turn States evidence they should be re-
lieved from all civil suits.
THEL LOUISIANA APREsIDENTIAL COMMISSION.
Dispatches received here to-day report
the Commissioners giving their entire time
to the business before them, and are ac-
cepting very little Of the social attentions
which are rendered them. In all their in
ierviews with Nichols they hold firmly to
the principal object Of their mission-the
consolidation Of the two Legislatures--and
although not meeting with the least ell
couragement they are not yet disposed 30
abandon the scheme. PackardS crowd
have made dead set Oh the Commission
They lay great stress upon the legal points
oftheir case Yarmouth told the ''COlorod'
members that the jig was up and they had
better make the best terms they could,
which advice they will in all probability
heed.
THE SOUTH CAROLINA FiASCO.
The problem here now with the Cabinet
is the course to be taken after the soldiers
leave the State House. The removal of
the troops simply leaves matters where
their Interference found them. and must he
taken mp Just there and followed out on
the tangled, endless line inaugurated III
the Southern policy of Mr.. Hayes, which il
is needless to say is some what in a confused
and unsettled state at present.
TIE GRANT-DICTUM FARCE,
The Indictment Of Donn Piatt, editor of
the Capitol here. for treason by ,ubservi-
eut grand jury because of an article which
appeared in his Journal in connection with
the decision of the electoral tribunal in
favor of Hayes, came 20 an appropriate
ending in our Criminal Court on Saturday.
which shows, however, the ready facility
with which officials here Grin gingly bow TO
the dominant influence, whatever it may
he for the time, The disgraceful farce
was ''nolle prUseque"-e 10y the District
Attorney. and the rebellion created by
DOnn collapsed.
$50 soon was 7 done for.
wonder what I was begun for z"
THE OTTMAN TRIAL.
The Illness of ex-senator Carpenter, the
senior counsel in the L. s. Treasury $47. 900
robbery case. Who was to close the argu-
ment for the defense, occasioned an ad-
iournment on SATURDAYS of the trial until
- day, In consideration OF the fact that
this case is one Of much public interest,
and it's conclusion so near at hand, the
Judge deemed it advisable that the jury
should not separate until they had rendered
a verdict. The jury were then taken to a
hotel and allowed to communicate only
with their families.
THE POsT-OFFICE DEPARTMENT
opened the bids on Saturday for carrying
the mails between the pOst-office and the
railway and steamboat depo's of the prin-
cipal cities on the Atlantic coast, without
as yet making any awards. SO the lucky
ones are kept in state of suspense.
OUR real. ESTATE.
Mr.. Jessup. gentleman of wealth. late
of the firm of .Jessup & MoUre paper manu-.
factures Of Philadelphia, purchased last
week Shepherds fire proof building on
Pennsylvania avenue, near Thirteenth
street, in this city, for $780, 600, and it is
presumed he intends to open "A large estab
lishment Of that character here.
NEW ENGLAND On THE WAR PATH.
The wholesale slaughter of Hampton and
all the rest of the Southern people. together
Wild hayes, ms tdDlnet, ana their Southern
policy by the Methodist Episcopal Church
conference, in their fanatical resolutions at
Lynn. Mass, n few days ago, comes lust
1917 years too late, for the founder of the
religion :hey prCtess declared that His
Kingdom was not of this world, and He
came to save men, not to destroy them.
( They should take a rest on politics for
awhile and attend little closer to religion.
This country has no relish for the mixing
of the Church with the State.
DAVID DUDLEY FIELD
IS out in pamphlet in which he says
"Neither Congress nor the electoral tribu-
nal could give an honest title without in
vestigating the honesty Of the transactions
ON which tile title is founded and yet a
/ President has been installed in the face of
offers to prove frauds the grosseSt, the most
/ shameless and the most corrupt in all oui
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