The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-06-19
A DREAM.
NoT ON LOTTERY NUMBERS, BUT On
THAT SECOND BATCH OF
RETURNS.
mow They Were Cooked Up and shipped.
who Get Them.

MOW They Were COOke0 Np anu ShAppeNs
who Get Them.
uyoa,'ve worked up the lottery dreams al
most to perfection" remarked an individual
ON Canal street yesterday to representative
of the DEMOCRAT; sand" added he, ''Ive got
one or had one last night which will get
away with even the last one the DEMOCRAT
mentioned the other day about
THAT wAD OF PAPER"
sOut with It." answered the DEMOCRAT
man: "if it is on the lottery question or any
thing else that will show how much the poor
washerwomen and servants are befuddled
with the lottery fever"
"Oh, no; it's not on that" answered the
dreamer, but its on the Hayes fraud, and
and everything seemed so real and was i'm
pressed upon my mind 50 forcibly that be-
Iieve 1t might help to make up line OF evil
aence for the Potter COMMITTEES"
"Ehen you believe in dreams"
ssYes. Iii this case but not on lottery num-
bers."
s'What particular branch OF the evidence
does your dream affect?"
'It affects particularly that part regarding
the second batch Of the Louisiana electoral
certificates, which have been talked about SO
much in Washington, and think my dream
sievelopes the manner In which they were
cooked up here by Kellogg ct al- how they got
to Washington and who received them there'
If you want to hear, just
COME AROUND THE CORNER,
there and TIL tell you about 1t"
The DEMOCRAT representative did as re-
quested, when, the individual taking him by
the lapel of his seer-sucker coat, continued
In about this wise: 81 ate hearty dinner at
one of the restaurants below Canal street yes
ferday-too hearty altog gether-and the claret
was SO strong that retired much earlier than
usual The thermometer was up nearly to
the roof, and the principal covering / had
was the Victoria top bedstead and the mos
quito bar hanging thereto. had been asleep
an hour or more, perhaps, when imagined
chat we we're back to Christmas week Of 1876,
when there was no telling whether
NICHOLAS OR PACKARD
would rule the destinies of this State for the
coming four years. 1t seemed that there had
been some hitch In Washington about the
first batch of returns sent by the Hayes Elec-
toral College messenger, who resembled Tom
Anderson, and thought l was in Kellogg's
Office.
s'He got a dispatch announcing the inform
ality Of the return, and went to work to have
another set made out straightway This was
done, under his secretarys direction, by one
of the clerks in the Auditors office, and then
Kellogg hustled himself around to get the
electors together to sign the second set He
had got them all to sign except Levisee,
Marks, Brewster and Jotfrfon, Just hal, ana
he was In devil of a stew to get the rest as
Marks was up In his parish, Levisee had
GONE TO oADDo,
Joffrion to Pointe Coupee, and Brewster's
whereabouts were not known.
"Finally It was decided to have somebody
Il else sign these names, as 1t was decidedly
important that the certificates should be in
Washington at given time. In my minds
Z ssye thought saw the returns in a room In
1iaS third story of the State House, near the
State Engineers office, but in the hall running
east. In the room were several persons, and,
as / said before, one of them was ready, with
pen In hand, to hitch on Brewster's name.
just at this moment a knock was heard at
the door, and when it was unlocked Brewster
appeared and the door was locked behind
him. He signed the returns and left without
further ceremony. A couple or three
NAMES WERE FORGED.
one by Kelly Gov. Kellogg porter, and the
others by another party whom could hardly
recognize. Then / thought / saw Clarke,
Kellogg's secretary, fix up the packages and
give one to messenger, who was not Tom
Anderson, but who started for the Mobile de-
pot with one package. / could follow him to
washington, ana thought saw Hach Cnan-
dler meet him at the depot or saw him go to
Zach's Interior Department, where when the
certificate matter was broached, Old Zach
wouldn't have thing to do with them, but
sent the man to Ferry, up at the Capitol,
HE went there, found Ferry, delivered the
returns and I'll be hanged il I didn't think
that / saw
OLD JOHN SHERMAN
come In q moment later and sign his name In
o aserawling manner as witness to the re-
ceipt Of the returns
"Just about this time some fellow on the
street halloed for the police, and woke up to
find that had a terrible headache and had
ROLLED CLEAR OUT OF BED.
That's my dream, sir, and I'll bet there's
reality In 1t too"
Our representative thought so too, and for
that reason gives 1t space, in the belief that
the dream will be realized in the Potter COM
mittee testimony.
SHOWING THE QUEER.