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Show TELEGRAPHIC u Asm; iov Coumiittue Work ltepubU-cuun ltepubU-cuun Gcitlti rrlghlcauU. I'AT KENNEDY. Waabington, 23. The committee ou the powers and privileges of the huiiso bud before them again tbifl morning Patrick J, Kennedy of Louisiana, who 8;.id that Weils in interviews witness had with bira ever held out the view or made the impression upon his mind that he (Wells) wanted any money or wanted to do anything corrupt. Witneis admitted ad-mitted that he bad conversations with several members of the Packard legislature and sought to induce them to come over for ten days to the Nicbolls1 legislature, saying that they would bo paid their per diem aud mileage. He knew ot none of the members of the Packard legislature with wheni be had t ie conversation on the subject of coming over to Nich-olls' Nich-olls' legislature except one named Larden, who was a poor man. DISCHARGE OP WITNESSES. The committeo on privileges and elections of the Benate have discharged dis-charged all witucssea brought to testily in regard to the Alabama election, and will to-morrow dischargo tne remaining witnesses from Mississippi. Missis-sippi. DECREASE OF THE ARMY, Democrats present at tho conference confer-ence in Speaker Randall's room last evening admit that they agr2ed to ofler an amendment to tho army bill to fii the maximum ol the army nt 1.000 men, anct to provide that none of the troops shall be used to uphold either of the dual governments in Louisiana and youth Carolina, but deny any attempt to defeat the electoral elec-toral count by filibustering. FRIGHTENED REPUBLICANS. Washington, 23. Evidences accumulate ac-cumulate that a minority of tlia democrats demo-crats in congress intend to defeat, by filibustering, tho completion of the electoral count before the 4th ot March. Their ability to do it is conceded con-ceded unices the thunderings of public pub-lic sentiment shall deter many who now manifest a filibustering deposition. depo-sition. WILL, EECOGNIZE SICHOLLS. The Louisiana committee of the house have agreed to report a bill recognizing the Nxholls government for that state. APPOINTMENTS. The president, to-day, nominated Paul Morrill surveyor of customs at San Francisco, and J. H. lloote Indian In-dian ayent at Klamath agency, Oregon. |