Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-03-22
BOIL AND BUBBLE.
PACKARD or NICHOLS?
Chamberlain or Hampton !?
The "Peace Policy" Bringing
on War already.
Washington, March

w
It is learned at the Executive Man.
sion that there is no probability of a
decision being reached to morrow
concerning the Southern question, al
tho'it will then doubtless be before the
Cabinet, and its formal consideration
commenced. There will be at least
one other session oil the Cabinet held
before the matter is finally determin-
ed. An additional Cabinet meeting
will probably be called for Wednes-
day. The President up to this eve
ming has not found himself able to APP
prove any of the plans which have
been suggested to obviate the appar-
ent necessity of an extra session of
Congress. lie, however, shares the
general desire of all parties to discov-
er, if any exsist, by the peace can be
maintained without called session Of
Congress and although he considers
allthe plans that have been suggested
insufficient or impracticable, he wall
not finally decide the matter until
after further consideration with the
members of the Cabinet.
Senator Gordon, of Georgia, Gen
eral Butler, of South Carolina, and
Representatives Levy and Ellis, of
Louisiana, had an interview this eve-
ming with Attorney General Devens
on the situation in South Carolina and
Louisiana. Senator Gordon said that
the logical sequence of the situation
compelled either withdrawal of the
troops from the State House, or of
holding the State House against both
governments that the ADMINISTRATION
refused to recognize either govern
ment in these States, and that there
fore if the troops are not withdrawn
they must of necessity and logically
be used to keep these State Houses
as neutral ground +; that it was not
and could not be logically consistent
to say that neither government should
be recognized by the administration,
or TO keep one government in posses
sion of the State Houses, and the 9TH
er government ont.
A delegation from South Carolina,
consisting of Senator Patterson, Sem
ator- elect Corbin, J. G Winsmith, O..
C. Bowen, Fl. G. Worthington, g. J.
Cunningham, Mayor of Charleston, j.
P. Low, G.. w. Waterman and T. NJ
Canton had an interview with the
President this afternoon. Gen. Worth
ington read from manuscript, urging
that Chamberlain should be recogniz-
eG as the legal Governor of the State.
Several of the other gentlemen pre-
scented their views orally. The Presi-
dent, at the conclusion of the audi
ence, said he would submit the whole
matter to the Cabinet.
In reply to question from Senator
Patterson whether it was true. as
stated in some of the rs,that
the troops are TO be removed immedi-
ately from the Columbia State House,
the President said that the statement
was not true The statu quo would
be maintained until final decision
should be reached.
TROUBLE AT NEW ORLEANS.
New ORLEANS, March l9.-Attor-
ney General Ogden has filed in the
Fifth District Court, petition for a
writ of ejectment against S b. Pack
ard, J. B. Johnson and others, resid-
ing in the St. Louis Hotel building,
known as the State House. The pc
tition sets forth that those persons are
unlawfully in possession of the build
ing. and in the name of the State asks
that the present occupants be dispos'
essed therefrom, and the rightful claim
ants-the officers of the Nichols gov
ernment-be given possession. The
court has not yet been called upon to
take action in the premises, but it il
likely such action will be invoked
| very soon
The Ereaing Democrat says; "Mat
tiers are assuming feverish cast
around the St. Louis Hotel, and Things
look more than ever like conflict
By half past nine o'clock Monday
morning there was gathered arounc
the st. Louis and Royal streets enter
snces about a thousand negroes, WHIT
served to make the place a pande
monium. The negroes are EVIDENT,
from the country, and are here to
Join Packard's militia, which he II
now engaged in recruiting. He now
admits that he will as soon as possible
take back the police stations,a and say:
he would not remain in the building
two hours il he had all his arms back
Ii can be put down as a settled fac
that within very few days at thu
farthest Packard will break the peace
| His hackers in the hotel are hot TO
war, and nothing but the probable
outcome is talked about II is report
ed that he is already in negotiation
for the purchase of arms, and all funds
come-at- able are to be used in secur
ing them. They boast down there
that they do not want the troops Il
interfere, snd they assert thatif nigh
makes RICH. they have the might
Our citizens should be prepared FOL
the turning loose on the streets OF
gang of ignorant negroes led by
band of men for that is now evident
~ the policy OF Packard The situa
ton is assuming more of q gar-iik'
attitude than ever before, since Jan
| 9Th, and the responsibility of the mat