, 1879-02-13
FIVE CENTS. .

flQ FIVE CEN1S. -
tncl !. -, $4,000, No. et.ool to No. aooo, both
tnaS$. Total Registered s1o'@o'ooo. ., H.:
plN0IlnAcK. =
> 'lnchhack has. accepted the Office at
S . Aren't in the Louisiana District
TifE Foun FER cKSrs.
Subscriptions to the per cent Government
!oan slneu yesterdays report amount to &c.
REPUBLICAN, rnocRANME.
The Republican scnntora In caucua agreed
that, besides The annual appropriation bills, tho
tue payment Of lisloyat claims should DO psess-
cd to II inA{ action.
THE MACvBA6H COMMISSION.
w..u,v1,4n M.raGh !, '9 2 'iss ri, 1"se 1ff: ::
wcll,infor,ned circle. hero TINT determined ei-
fort Will bo made psforo tl1c coso Of the presett
session 70 snake public, through thu Potter COM
luitie:. tle mcnf's which were employed by tho
MacFeagh Commission to Induce nicn,bers OF
the Packard Legislature TO desert him unu 10
over tn Nichols. 1t will be remembered TINT
shortly alter the arrival Of the Commission tn
New Orleans, There was IL general understand
y have Packard ovcr,brown, u,nl tllas Mr.. Mac
yeash WIS quietly ~ the interest Of Nichols.
sti'l. no definite information could be OBJ.
a tsssa attsr tic tie 'Si ar;vs q u TIL t' col tsr
mission, however, they received from Sec
retary Gyarts i cipher 'lltuatcn of some 900
"ra, hSn was understood ed X yoar corr
time to contain the instructions of the Admins
| tratlon in regard to the contest pending l,e-
tween Packard nn1 Nichols. To trnnsate this
tltspatct, Mr.. MacVeaxh uud bis associates sat
up most of tic night, md on tc next INV tl,ero
was Il report. afterRArh substantially verified,
| thMt q number of tho Packard McMbers would
come into the Nichnils 1lnusc. Gen. Dnt1cr
| md other mctnuers Of the Potter Committee
hare, for unnths past, been engaged In an et-
furl II SECURE copy of the telcgran, which was
! followed by the results !nuseated. They hnyo
not 1ssn ,st,'sscssiul, , however, aml Y I.
Department hT tho Telegraph company. and that
| upon the order Of the GuvernRent my cupy
.nade VI It iu New Orleans has been DESTROYED.
| Falling In these efforts tn get the dispatch,
! those wl.o arc Interested III exposing tte work
| dunu by the Commission arc uow vnleavoriul9
| tn get The Potter Committee to exaininp num-
! bcr OF witnesses wl.o are known TO- hevc lad
private communications with Mr. MacF FeaEh,
1 and who are believed to have been instrumental
| in brfbtnE 0r Otherwise ind1cng members OF
the Legislature tn descrt Gov. Packard. Anang
the mort pro!ntncnt u; these Ia AIr. john 4.
Morris, OF tlle Louisiana Lottery Cumpauy, who
is safd to have furnished thu money with which
to ,lo the triblnE, md cxfiov. p 3. =. Pinch
| back. Who Is alleged to h9Yc acted Us middle
man.
Ii uNREcoNsTnutTED EpuEr1ELp."
The revival Of The discussion touching tho
| Corb!n-f}utier contest for scat IN The United
States Senate, which has hcca ,aItiscd by ttlu at-
nouncclnent tl!at vote uposl the case Will
number Of new mud interesting facts a regard
10 that urrnconstructcd district whtclt Claims
.the hero Of lIambarg'' MS It's fayoritc sou.
msee sny s Gstos Gns 9ssn s p5ossH9 S sh
estimate WHICH its inhabitants place upon
nesro's lsfc. 1t may, not be generally
known. however, that Edgefelo.. tho homo
acs ~ o &sa i o Ts.a. ":s e ss,e
typlca. ctaracter known and tearcd BY former
penetration. Bully Brooks" tho wouid-bc as
sassIn of Senator Sumner, catmcl tes historic
sou.u Of hls most memorable exploits. "start"
f;asy, " the ,rsecoucslnbic'' who demonstrated
to Wade Hampton TINT political victories could
also t,at,vc of'EagcAen. lle is today d stato
Senator, By yirtue ot intimidation, slaughter,
unl wlolesale misunderstanding. When tho
ruie through ths strects Of Columblaa Just
s:the ,nun o: Eiaei!eta' VIC urged
!hs ssswH 3d., q f.! q 'sHnEyn ~. @ ratssos r., Sho
Kellogg and his i'tslc banl of bluceoats, to llta
on il,c GuE, anu drug Chamberlain tle legal
tioyosner, from the Executive chair. t was
tic men Of Elyct1cfd" " who drove =" Ned ="
Tennout. ,hc bruvu b|ack nun, mn! hts scoro Of
disease. :'The mcn of Edgoaela :" oru, lespoo-
| sshlB Tor the cFcr.tncmuraDl1 1ambMrE HIauEh-
trr. "Anothrr killing In Edgeilcld 'is bead
lIuc whlctl al! Southern ncwenaIsrh 10 we'll to
keen ucrIetualty in type. Edsetcld County
Welcomed BROOKS With public dcmonstrattol,
alter Ito had ranctl Suluucr, and II, By tho votes
ot .lolln j. Patterson aft Simon u. Conovcr,
Matthew CalhraIth Butler capturcs the seat In
the United at4tca scnate, to which ho hnd all
his friends know ile Is not entitled, he, too. III
. The hero of Hamburg" will. bY loud shouts
a,nl The l!rsng OF cannon, 10 welcomed home to
) "unrcconstructcd Edgctlcll"