Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-04-05
THE GENERAL SITUATION IN LOU
IslAnA.
PACKARD ASSERTS THAT NJ
WAS FAIRLY ELGoTEp
GOVERNOR.
And is Determined to Stand BY
His Rights.
THE MYSTERY ABOUT oAkEY HALL
EXPLAINED.
He Was Evidently Insane when He
Fled the Country.
A TERRIBLY FATAL EXPLOSION
IN NEW YORK.
The Pope Exceedingly Anxious
About his Temporal Rights.
lsrkclAL DnrArczEs 10 TIE uoLD anL
DAILY Hxwsl
The Pope Exceedingly Anxious
About his Temporal Rights.
~lsrKcAL D~nrArcnEs TO rHs 0oID HriI
DAILY Hrwsl
Poor Oakley Hall.

DAILY Naval
Poor Oakley Hall.
NEw YORK. April 4.-The World has TO
ceived the following dispatch by cable
LONDON. April Al have this evening
had q protracted interview with A. Oakley
Hall. who now occupies lodgings In tho
neighborhood Of Nottinghill data cheap
locality made up Of small houses. mainly
beyond Kensington and toward Worm.
wood Scrubs and Kensal Green. In the
quiet cemetery Of which latter district lie
buried 40 many Of tho clover actors and
lively men VI letters with whose namo and
works Mr.. Hall 10 10 familiar. and whom
In their lifetime and his better days. ho
would have been 80 delighted TO associate.
Tho region has not. OF course, the desolate
appearance and pauper population OF Spit.
sldelds and Bethnal Green. but In mostly
inhabited by small householders. In ono
Of the poorest Of these houses Mr.. Hall
has had lodgings since he reached Lon.
don, last Saturday. They seem 10
have been secured for him by pro.
vious arrangement, perhaps even be-
fore he left New York. After the
receipt OF your telegram asking that Mr..
Hall, II Ia London, should be seen and
positively identified. I called at the Office
81 the Associated Press and secured tho
address Of tho passenger by the steamer
Victoria. who hal been followed by the
press agent to q house near N~otting.hill
Gate. AZ telcgraphed you yesterday, i
called at this place. sending In . note ID.
dressed. OH tho outside, tn Mr.. Garbett-
the namo under which Mr.. Hall now goes
at his lodging. house-but on the inside 10
Mr.. Hall himself. / received Q verbal
message from Mr.. Hall. expressing his
willingness 10 sec mo at any time, and
early this morning q note came 10 me In
Mr.. Halls own handwriting. with which
am perfectly familiar. reiterating
| his perfect willingness " sec mo At any
time. This evening. therefore, I called
and was received by Mr.. Hall In his
rooms. We had q long interview, but he
absolutely refused 10 mako any explana-
tions whatever o. 10 his motives In leaving
Now York under such extraordinary cir
| cumstances and seems altogether at sea o.
| 10 his future plans. lie 10 evidently much
broken In mind and body. and says that
he now only desires rest and peace. The
general detail Of our conversation i am
not at liberty 10 publish. but l venture to
suggest that u Is now only charity 10 q
utterly broken man to say a. little more
about him as possible.
The Lsuisiaan Kisuation.
NEw YoRH. April 5.-A World. New Or
leans special says tho Republicans had .
caucus to-day In the 81. Louis Hotel. at
which Packard made . speech giving his
views OF the situation. He asserted In an
smphatic lone that he had been regularly
elected Governor and had been Installed In
accordance with the constitution and laws;
that he intended TO maintain his position,
and that his title 10 Office was Identical
with Hayes title to tho Presidency ! that
no ons had made any proposition In tho
nature Of o compromise, or proposed to
him to abdicate ; that the nearest approach
10 such . proposition was tho letter from
Stanley Matthews. his roply TO which was
before tho public. Ho wanted II under
stood that under no circumstances would
ho yield his position, accept any federal
Office, or consent 10 any compromise or
any arrangement by which no would 10
compelled to abandon his title and his
claim ~ the Office Of Governor. He de-
clarci that there was no o or chance
for ANY surrender on his part. and that II
was utterly uselcss 10 appoint . commits
| sion to settle q question which hal already
been settled. His tone Was bold In tho
extreme and he evidently counts on
enlisting the active sympathy. In bis be-
half. Of the Republican masses. His fol-
lowers don't show his spirit. II IA plain
| that they are detected and hopeless. Every
| leading Republican Of intelligence admits
| that the end Is near, and that there 10 alb
s~olutely no hope for the Packard Govern
ment. The temper Of the Nichols Legis-
laiurc Is strongly against any compromise.
What Evarts means by arranging . legal
Legislature cannot DO surmiscd, but u may
be assumed that no proposition which In
pliss inyalidity on the part Of the existing
GENERAL Assembly will 10 tolerated and
considered.
IL Oakley Hall Insansf
INV YonK, April 5.-Nene Of Oakley
Halls friends identify tho woman with
him. who Ia so clearly described by tho
Associated Press London agent. II IL evi.
IDENTIFY some entire stranger 10 them. Many
Of his friends here firmly believe him tD
he insane. Douglas Taylor. long intimate
with him. thinks his Insanity has been .
long time impending. and Ia consequent
upon his suspected connection with tho
Tweed ring. and consequent slights and
cuts from many OF his favorits friends;
the recent action Of the Union Club
asainst him. and his failure rs an actor.
while the attempt WA itself . mad freak.
Among the incidents indicating Insanity
was his recent declaration In open court,
where his client had been convicted on tho
c~learcst evidence, that he would never ap-
pear again In Q homicide case. Taylor
says II Halls departure Wa the act Of
sane man. 10 was brutal. and those who
know Hall are well aware Il IL not In his
nature 10 take such . STEP. Ho lived IN
the eye OF tho public. and liked the good
| opinion Of bis fellow men. Despite the ru-
mors Of unhappiness he and his vile were
devoted 10 each other, and he gavc great
| attention TO the maintenance and education
| Of his children. His life 10 insured Tor
SEQ, 900 In favor Of his family. Mrs. Hall
has some property Of her own. One
daughter has learned the trade Of . milli'
nor. another IL an accomplished music
| teacher, q third IL an educated drawing
mistress and one OF the leading scholars
| Of the Cooper Union Art School. The son
is q bright youth Of about fourteen years.
aud 10 learning printing and photography.
anu Was being trained by his father IN inc
general duties Of IN editor and j~ournaii.t.
In addition 10 those special branches the
children Of Hall arc finely educated.
Tho riss 20 sacriaes Packard
NEW YoRK. April "a 7'It~as'' New
Orleans special says: Whether . solu-
ton can W reached In Louisiana u peace-
fully as in South Carolina, u 10 TOO soon
10 say. Packard. however. says that II hs
is forced to abandon his position DO VIII
make . nolsc before no goes. The Nichols
party do not expect much from the com.
mission. They oppose compromises and
only want the troops w~ithdrAvn. Pack
ard h not collecting . dollar Of taxes.
Nichols 10 making collections Of taxes.
however. a. II he was indispuably Gov.
crnor. Packard's only hope Il In . recog-
milton from the President and the coltn-
uation Of the military occupancy Of the
State.