The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-08-15
= WHEELING WEST MORNING AUGUST 1A 1878 ~

majority a. Nicholls. Witness said he
understood that after Hayes inaugura-
tion this Commission would be sent down
10 break up the Packard government.
We were well prepared for trouble. We
had determined that come what might
We would have no collision with the
United States troops. II was determined
not 10 recognize the Packard government
ut all. There Is no doubt In the minds
Of the people OF Louisiana that neither
Kellogg nor Packard were elected Gov.
ernor, although kellogg served four
years. We had determined 70 take the
State government by armed force from
those who held II by forms Of law. The
people OF the State and Courts recognized
The Nichols government. The Packard
government only held the State House
and some six acres in the vicinity there.
of. The militia amounted 10 5000, all
oil whom were true TO Nichols.
By General Butler-Then with Pack.
ard with only rs men and Nichols 5000
to oppose him, il took asolemn commits.
sion Of four prominent Republicans and
one prominent Democrat 15 days to
tread him down A. Yes, sir; l UNDER
stand Kellogg's credentials for the Senate
were laid on the table by Hoar, Dawes
and Burnside voting with the Democrats.
Witness said the only assurances he re-
Ceiyed that the Packard government
would be let down easy were from Mat:
thews, Foster, Garfield, Dennison and
Eysrts. .....s
Mr.. Leete was then recalled and said
The members oil the Returning Roard in
1875 were the same is in 1874 with one
exception. In the census OF 1875 Il was
deemed advisable to swell the census oi
the colored people as high "a possible so
that the basis oi registration could be "a
high, as every colored man was under.
stood to be Republican. The Demo-
crats ignored that census a fraud. The
witness was told to find large Republi.
can census, meaning large colored
ceusns. They told me, said the witness,
70 find them no matter how I did It.
refused to doso. The lowest count was
taken in my parish, which showed an In.
crease of white and . decrease Of colored
people.
Here Anderson was recalled by Pot
ter, who handed him the following letter,
which he identified a. having received
from P. B. Darrall. He said the lettera
rs. N. and H." 10 the letter meant Sher-
man, Matthews and Harlan;
MORGAN Cry, La, May l2, 1873.
Private.
My DEAR SIR;-1 have your favor Of
q late date, and an pleased TO hear from
you. Marks has my passes to use com.
ing home, bat will send To you as soon as
be gets there. Ghope he will be appoint.
ed, but don't expect It nor anything else
that is decent from Hayes for Louisiana.
His policy appears to be to send Packard
away and turn over every thing else to |
our enemies In the party, who will ensure
Democratic success next fall. For
myself IN my district, I prefer to have
such people against me. II | conclude
to run can be elected without their pat. |
ronage and prefer it. | suppose NJ. did
what he could, but they evidently don't
think you will do anything. Your let.
tiers, taken with your sworn evidence,
directly duplicating s., N. and II. Is
valuable. Use it discreetly, but don't
spare them, as except NJ. they are the
most unmitigated scoundrels I ever met.
A miserable hyprocriticaI, psalm singing,
cold blooded set whom 1t would be doing
the county service to expose. Write
me fully, bnt be discreet. Send the pa
pers to Mrs. D., II you can without
trouble. am glad Laura is better; We
both send love to her. Write often.
- Truly. &c,
( P. B. DARRALL.
. To James p Anderson, Philadelphia.
The Committee adjourned until to-
morrow. ...