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DALLAS'. TEXAS. SATURDAY. JANUARY 13. 1877.
VOL. XXIV NO. 17.
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t'i .i.-i til. I . iimtl Uf )itith.hD of New
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I. K' lui'tini J ll mr'l nor talk
li wu.nil try ' jfrn! i. Unlit" wliou
trr hi- ! in bi imi:tl'. eye Una of
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i.t;-i. 'iTii.r R.tlitrttm .hnulii
tktti tu bitml anil tibitht ''loyalty' ftt
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Nil mi thi -i iill'l Wt ifnivilajr Iti Fci.
nt.ry. v.r tion niter. t cltvlre tluly
el'ite.l 1'rtMilent of tit t'h.tetl Slittet
tl.e oext anM.(rrT of Watiliingtoa'i
I itliil.iy Krliru.rf XU wtmlj be an p-
li'l'tiitt.' .lt fm I he i'rem.leiil-elfft to
t:tki tliej.mh pf ollii e ami Im ready for
li iii-titr.ati.in on the enituing 4th ff
Jl tnii And if th'vitj tliitij.' nhouM
'I'ne to (.A won t there be a rtiUKllig
n o lirniu o all over the country on that
au'iiit-niu il.Tir T '
A II I H-Mtine ilnlit. ' PurinJ the la.1
ir.lt '-! year. Funlanl hiu jeut near-
ly one i.'ii)umii1 million of ilull'a on
h'T n.tvy anil ilariurf tl.e wtme period
' t liju Irt'il anil tea tntllioti. in aubai-'in-
ior tiie tuatutaiuance of oceaa oiatl
liini r. of wuuu tbure art) orer foar
Ii ilnlrvil ajiut t.H of tlieru ltalt! to
be rllctl into tint (loreruiueitt aervic
"iuniiit tiui uf war. tht January 1
Imwerirr (tie ilneotttmut-.J ber noejtli
milti.tie. f.r .ol.ie aijtini; tlte
I n.t.i Mute jilaa l )'yiii( ttt tlte
Tv ti'e rlormifL
Tin New York .S' aaa Bxerber ia
it y. t rureJ It quote t he following
"iitenca from a late aertnoa utrv
'I nre of the fact : "There ar f.'elina
tl it rannit .. xe in woria.
W hen a m in sit t to hi. rhoaen in titlen
'! !"vt y oil it. y u uo;.ja he t.-lla the
le tory ? It i a stery that ennot
l 1 1. Uia inniiiui boumUe m-jri-iii...
ptreaiu fur.vor fl iwirijj. ami
ti' .er iliwoig s-way AnJ there i
t tln i i tlioM (iiatbavejioae to tit
'"lit at' dirma lila which U wordluo.
It i aonoi tuM."
''tit ft hate. WitJe Hamilton because
bj reeeiit "e-.ter la Il.y was an on-
autaert'.le rjm)-h agiiuat the hnnnr
l.'.iut and faitii of Oraul'aail-
rt'.a liiraiiiin. H baUm the gallant
Si.ih I'lrol'mian Wtaita Lis cabnnes.
loial-y ami humaiily have uWen the
l.e to i.l ol ijaaul'N Uliavrupul iw fellow
tu.it IK. election ttaa carried bf fraud
ud MiKidaheA He h it him because
ki. 'UoatHiunitte a ad t ieiritig memo
tial to CnDa-raea jaitl bare O rant's n-
peakably fit edniini.tretioo. Beyond
autl.i. bfl bate We Jiamptoa be-
a tse thcSoulh lore him.
li seem tlml th aarnow and furtun-
e ra of on f tk twe luooraoirars
frwai laJliag tktuuaih Ute bridge at
AMabula prevented a still greater to.
Vf life than that which worred.' Tb
train wit drawn by two pn'u audi
when it fii-ll tliroiwh toe bridge on !
.-.Hi the tiutilile by the breaking ofi
tiie ci-tiplipff Ttie cnirineer hniily
ived was ahle to run ahead ami give
tin' iiUrm (l:hor in the lliiuliii
it. rni and dark new nothine would
h ive t.cen known cf the caieatrojilie
and the next train noon expected
wtiTilJ h.ire ru.lied ito the abyna and
further hi.rruis le ji:.li-t uji.
iltnBiir l iisour Ki iiii.i. who.as the
1'i.reiii'ntatiie uf tiie I'mV-oilv ednca-
ti mil fund tmrcied th:ouih the
South a ienoniU ago rep.rt to the
tritateea tbut "uollin.g cau b exoci ted
in in advancement of t il'icntieii in
Louiainrta iutii fiirii'iii or 1'lorid i
until tif ir lttto jj ivernn-.t iits are
thanked." In vie w of these facts the
St Loui 7.'iif'.'i'n remitrka that th
ruin wh itdi the K td'cal party aided by
f"JernI bayonet's it endeavoring to up-
hold is p ni.i imih'e fortius condition of
ar.iir.
T Cincititiati I imincnu has tile
following list of suiciitea in the United
State forthe year 176:
Total Nil. (tllrtile N Mliitleni - . . I
Mi...-- .... Hi t il-to aith - .
rV'tial.-a .... Ill rireil f life. - - ft
tin Iri'ii - - - i.r Horlifli-atton
Insanity - - - - 1 1 urn( ThejiiKeret - 117
Temporary Inaafiity fe.t t Item iel res 1 W
i'uvMil. fl D a u- Timori . .
ee.. efe. - - - Hlalit1 - ... 14
ratwl'y ordomeatK: ;l'rowatue; . au
trnuhliw ... 4i Cut tliioal - a
wai.-r - - sriteiumn - - n
Latva i uiQtt uictlH.Mla - isi
i'toni thii lint it apprars that love ha
causod more suit-ides than whiaky
ill-health or UomesUc trouble. Not a
bad ar)uuiit nainat local option an
old soaker ruikhl any.
itf lit. inatant e. bata recently been
noted of mistaken identification of
bodies and the iutuKviiieBt return nftlm
tuppoted dead men. Martin Motio-
han's case i. exceptionally odd. He
disappeareil from I.ouistille and tUx
r'Tii.tina of a uiurdtved ln-.n a fc-tr ilart
aterwardf were ideniilitd and burifd
athi.-L Iti. lovo air.nrs wtire oTeihaul-e-l
by the police and a theory as to
why he h.td U-en kill.l ttaiworke 1
out. Kecently he returned alive and
wan io elated in tindiutf that he had not
been miir.ic?el that he went on a pre
and nearly killd himself with whu-key.
Coiimia the newly iuauguiated gotr-
ernor of JM ne doe not apprehend
trqulile from preenty.rsiUeiitial per-
plcxitie. In bis address beats tea that
"parti.iin chtiuor will be Lushed in the'
majestic; present' of the law of the land
when the time eouiei for it to manifest
and assert itself. We can net doubt
that the tribunal upon which devolves
the aettleuient of the question roin-
poned of Men chosen of the nation for
their wisdom and patriotism will estab-
lish the right by clear proof of law and
aneient cuttoiu and that the general
voice of the law-abiding people will ac-
cept their decision." i
-Tn; btiMiiea uioii . of New Orleans
and jrenerally througimut the State of
I.oui.i-tua will rtafuse to pay tales to
lackard. If they had decent men on
the various judicial benciies the plan
could be mudii to w irk. and thus the
bo(-ii concern could lie starvtel out
But there's the rub tliunks ta the Ee-
tiiruing Iltrtu 1 This villainoua con
cern. when it found the IVniocrtttic
cauilidato for jud-rushipa had average
nia.iritie of 2J.0)t). simply neglected to
mske any return of the vote and no
succe-taor being declared elected and
none being commissioned and other
wise qualified the old act creature
and tool of Paekard hold over. There
wa no iMittom to be found in the Re-
turninjr Bitard's rascality. "
Tu Eaiuinore bMUn says; The
Florida vote seems to famish a many
"wunt." ae an lWian waterina-jJaoe ot
an indictment against Boa Tweed.
There were first the false count and the
trim count and the dispnting title
with one another led on to thn recount
which was made of no account by the
n-futal of the majority of the Board to
participate. Thereupon Mr. Attorney
Genera' Cocke undertook to make a
olilary count which - Ms-uirs. llcliin
and ("fiwgill discounted by coicii.g n at
tlte last moment an.lT recounting once
more. There will be aeenrding to the
last coiint another count at Yaah.
ingt-n and then probul.ly Congress will
reject tli action of th Kvtutning
Hoard and the vota f Florida together
at a niMCiiiiiit from firt-t to last.
Is vice of large amount of trade
Jotluri being required for hipment on
tb next China steamer any. th Safl
Francisco t'hnnielt th money h rulers
are advertising on their little black
1-ottrila fur all the shining eoiu of this
discriptiou they can net at premium
of oiie or two eenta on the dollar. A
few month ago when the "trado"' was
a drug on tb market at ninety cents.
they were nea-ly all bought np by the
fir seeing Cltinaincn in antici-atia of
having to fly before tie CVnrneaainnal
Inves-tigating Committee. Now that
this apecitr of coin ia at premium
giving them 4 profit of twelve cent on
each "trade" the Celestials' are slowly
bringing them te .light nd turning
them into the money brokers t supply
th growing and anxious demand. Two-
tliinU of th nupply is raid to come
frj-.it thie eurce. -" ' - ' " ''
A Ouaif iperpoier out th ttrik
Ing similarity between the t-umn--a of
the Russian Uevernmetit in th preeent
er'sti and thoae it gav one hunilrv! and
ten year ago at tb very tin when
negotiating eerrtly with Fruas'ut for
th partition of Poland.; Empr-
Cathrrfne than declared aa Cfar Alexan
der does) now that th was only aekiog
gai-aiti iieaati was aaxieus
"for th til4inUnaori.geneiajtl peiac'
tiding: "I will never makt ny claim
I to th territory of Poland I will rn
eutire it integrity if any other power
should attack it." Soon after the Rus-
sians entered l'oland the Ciar.na de-
clared it wat only tor the purpose of
preventing JinturUancea which jtiight b
caused by noncessioua to malcootent.
The spoliation and partition followed
neverthelesa.
Wr. a Kit in rectsipt of the pro pectus
of the i." Tjwjxi a weekly pap.-r pob-
li.iimd in Spanih at Sun Antoi.io. It
will be mi indi pcndt'iit sheet i.ud its
columns will contain to uao it own
vernacular the following matter . "Edi-
toriaiea revl-t d lot Eatados Vjiidtw
noticiu de Mexico tioticia. do las
America Central y del Sur.revi.-ita Euro-
pea noticia gonorales depuchoi. tele-
grafiefis cronica lotl y procediniientos
del Ayuntamientp y d lo 1'rihnnftleii
variedade-i poesia folletin revista mtr
cantil de loa :dog VJnidoa Cul-a
Mexico y precio corriente de los prin-
cipales mercados lista de las cartas ex!
istente en el correo de San Atitonio
salidas de !os correo y prcioa de fran-
queo etc. etc " ' ' - '
Th suppression of in t mperar.ee in
Swetlen was ondertakon by th govern
ment some years ago and it is aai J that
very satisfactory progrea has been
made. The system of reform a I opted
in thrtt kingdom i more eniblit arid
practical titan the "Maine liquor law"
nd other arbitrary meant of repri-aaion
hat have been resorted to in this coun
try. In Swfcden the managers of pub-
lic house whet liquors are sold are re
quired to furnish hot meals at reason
able rate to all corner to refuse to sell
liquors on credit to receive all their
spirits from a company within their dis-
trict duly licensed to supply them to
tt'll.acaoi tling to a prescribed tariff and
to account to the company for all spirit
received from them. The great need of
thia country is" i law to' preyer t the
tnanufactur ud aalti ef adulterated
anil poh-onnus liquor.
Wi are requested by aa esteemed
contemporary to com to hi a d in
fighting "local option" and in' prr-
tiating the rule of whisky. WhUe Tn
I!tAiD i not prepared with figures or
precedents to establish the fact that
"local r.pticn" should prevail in t very
Texan city and village it rannot under-
take to advise that It ought not to be
tried if but for an experiment. Whisky
has spilled much innocent blood" In
Texas orphaned many children
widowed many wives desolated
many happy home far too many
tor Tin IIr!uu to advocate.
either directly or indirectly its licensed
use. As to the financial aspect of the
subject and viewed in the light of the
Urge revenue its bring to municipali-
ties a well aa the State Th Huuld.
a before slated has collated no fig'ir
but it double whether revenue coined
from th heart' blood and th tears of
widow and orphans will lieer to be
supported by any argument however
forcible. . - - .
James Gordo EE-rxisrr got licked
some few day since by hi fincwetet
brother and now the New York Timet
bit him a rap over the rumor of hia
purchase of a controlling interest in
that paper. Say tb 7Wi: "Sam
imaginative Bohemian Las telegrni hed
to the Cincinnati Enjuirtr wbttt be call
'a rumor prevalent in Wall street' that
Jame Gordon Bennett had Htrcha-Mtd
a controlling interest in the 7V. The
"rumor' hnt been copied by on or two
paper in th interior of this State
with an ohvioo perception however of
it absurdity. W are unable to say
whether Mr. Bennett has a maeh
newt-paper property as he want but we
feel certain that he own quite as much
a i good for him. Even at his present
rate of living he might be spared long
enough to ruin the Iferad; but though
he should attain pntriarchLal years he
never will have a chance of trying his
hand on tho Jiwict. Mr. Bennett would
prove altogether too expensive a luxury
for any respectable newspaper and
neither he nor any one elae ha money
enough to purchase 'a cot. trolling in er-
et i this journal." . . ..
Tb - Waahington Mrreepond-ant f
the ew i ork TViivaifmake several
important points in lts letter to his
paper. II atsvrU that Mr. Farry will
not atum th tight to count the vote
independently f th two House and
if a resolution should be introduced i
the gent instructing him to do so U
would be defeated by Republican vot.
Mr. Ferry will not asvum th right to
decide as to the validity of returns
which-eorhe to 'hirh ' In the' usual
form. ' Neither House ' acting sepit-
rately wUl " ' undertake " to in-
clude ( the . return '; from - any
Stat Both will agree to go behind
th ofTicial certificate tqfonaid.tr
cuargo ot Iraua and irregularity but
ao SUU-will b thrown out of the ooa it
without tb enneurrent action of both
hranohes of Congren. - Finally the
lUuae of reprecenutive will not claim
the right to decide by itself that ther
b been no election and to proceed to
me cnoice oi a president. So far Ui
disposition of otir legislators at Wnli-
mgton teems to be excellent and if
they remain in the vatue iuat and mod
erate temper w may regard the tnont
svrious causes of national uneasiness as
removed. It ouj?httoberxnibl nndVr
tuch circjniatancet for th twoonmmite
tees to agre upon joint. rI Ir
coariUiig the vote. r.. '
. .... i--.-it 5
I r i to b th final mault of th
confer os at Cesaataatieoplei o e
tninf t oertaia now and that! the
M rwrar a not on to b la
a knrvy about it. txt aa-miattaoa haa-raat
1 atndid t thatf MtvolvTa
mottre faaidifw-i susuecL so far
i Hussisv t ootissrsml s to gain further
time to increase her military prepara-
tion. IShe is not quit reedy to strike
A campaign on the Dauube in mid win-
ter would be even under the roost fav-
orable circumstance' a very serious
business; and tn if it can be put off
until well in the spring an important
point will be gained. i An additional
motive may be the insubordination
which is reported among the Busaian
troops in Bessarabia. Turkey mean-
while also gairs an important advant-
age. By the 1st of March she will be
in better fighting trim than at present.
The targe quantity of arm recently ob
tained especially from i this country
will then be iu a position to be available
and the opportunity in the meanwhile
will be afforded to test the efficacy of
the reforms embraced in the new con
stitution in uniting the matsea of the
people against the common enemy.
True there to no such thing in Turkey
as a "people" in the aense the phrase is
employed here; but the same eloment
exist under religious and social forms
and that ia susceptible ot "being worked
up by the government to a fanatical
enthusiasm which would be very ilun-
gerous to any power that ventures to
set itit'lf up against it. If it Bhould be"
that Ruasia has abandoned tlte idea of
war the Hurt thing tiie will naturally
seek will he some humiliation of Turkey
through diplomacy that would be an
offsot for so much waste of military
braggadocio; and possibly Russia's ef-
forts to gain such an advautug may
prove to be an hindrance to future ne-
gotiations; !
iroNDAt was the anniversary of Old
Hickory's triumph at New Orleans
sixty -two yeafs ago a fact every Ameri-
can remembers ao well that the details
of that great battle need not be repeat
ed." There are incidents connected
with It however that may not be so
familiar to many of our readers notably
those growing out of Jackson's declara
tion .of; martial-law and the virtual
estubliahment of a .dictatorship. . This
declaration of martial-law provoked
animosity and iutemperate utterances
from one M. Louaillier a member of the
legislature of liouiaiaua. Jackson in-
continently ordered his arrest by "his
soldiery. Judge Hall of the t'aited
States court gr -nted louaillier a writ
of habeas eoryut and upon hearing releas
ed him. Old il it kory then promptly
arrested and imprisoned the judge and
subsequently. banished hint from the
city. On March 13th martial-law wits
abrogated and Hall returned to New
Orleans arrested Jackson in tarn and
lined him one thousand dollars. He
refused o If era that were luade him from
lldeto pay the line and paid it
himself protecting the court which
omild not have -stood against tbefury of
the people as well as the soldiery. 'This
fine principal and interest was after
bitter opposition refunded to Jackson
nineteen years afterward by an act of
Cengrees. ' - ' f '
Wisbikgtok correspondence to lead
ing flew-York dailies notably tire
Herald tends to show that there are
oonstantly increasing evidences that the
unfair and intolerant spirit of the ex
treme partisan Republic ns here cause
a growing discontent In the party in
both House. Pretty much all the Re-
publican members and senators cam to
Waahington at the oeginningof the
ion firmly believing that Governor
Hayes was fairly elected and very prop-
erly determined to have him inaugurat
ed. When they were told that the Demo
crat would resist ' this and that to
make it sure it was 'necessary that the
vice-president should count th vot
they very readily acquiesced in this
also because they were led to regard
that sot as a constitutional but as sim
ply a party question. . Gradually how
ever many in both -Houses have been
led to entertain doubts whether Gov
ernor Hayes did really carry the three
disputed States and as they are honest
men this causes them to wait tor fur
ther fact. .Meantime- they have been
led to investigate the precedents con
cerning th count of th eWctoral votes
and ier again they ar staggered by
th discovery that It ha been always
held and by the most distinguished
men of both Houses from Chief-Justice
Marshall down to Clay- Seward Doug
las ami many others 1 and ' by
the' whole' " Republican ' 4 party in
three electoral ounts that th Houses
are to "examine" th votes.' and that.
with the exception of less than lalf a
doien"wsen"rio one has ever asserted
thst the Vice President had the right to
count and' determine) Under these
circumstance a contidersMe number
of Republicans are waiting to see what
the Southern committees shall report.
and what debate shall show to le the'
constitutional method of determining
the vote. ' They wuld like to see their
candidal inaugurated but they want to
be certain that h ta elected' and
friendly conversation with u' leading
Democrats ' ha convinced them that
these too only desire fair play and an
honest count and that there is no such
fsctiou spirit as they looked tor w hen
they cam here. There are of course s
few bitter partisans on both sides who
lot no opportunity to try to stir up bad
blood but they meet with less and less
success. This wa .conspicuously seen
when ': the - reading . of ' a petition
to Congress from eititens of Cincinnati
sent t-Speaker Randall was bitterly
opposed py Oeneral UarfieUl and Mr.
Fry who managed to drag In 'the
Southern question and go pver k At
considerable length Their effixrts bad
hut little sympathy on their own side
and they wrt last called to order by
Republican' Mr. Chittenden who
(wtBarkes) that ah petition octtht to ba
Ir 4 ttksit snre wet eoauua and that
tbe uMinl. h a riirht kT i. l 7 t
thir Keprescntative.' On the Caal
tton mat tn petition be read there was 1 Imil to (old continues specie resump-
acaroeiy an objection. j : tion will b contummaUd r
PROPHECIES FULFILLED.
An abl metropolitan exchange in
tpeaking of the conspiracy to deprive
the people of the Republio of the'right
to choose their President recall some
of the prophecies which prominent Re-
publicans have foreshadowed. Three
wej?ks before election day the following
prophecy issued forth . from the St
Louis jail where the Republican editor
of the Giohe-Btmocrat was then confined
for whisky thieving:
No man elected by the process re-
sorted to by the Democrats of ISoutb
Carolina will ever be allowed to take his
seat aa Preside -it of the United States.
This it our deliberate judgment.
Two week bef-tre election day James
3. Blaine in a speech at Buffalo pre-
dicted Tilden's election in case New
York went Democratic and then turn-
ing to his Republican auditors asked
"Will you. allow htm to be iiuujuratetl
in that .event ?' j
Two weeks before election day Sena- j
tor Newton Boo!h of California in th
course of a talk with a reporter of the
San Francisco C'A-naics said :
In the way matters stand at present 1
in case tho final decUratioti of the
choice for I'residflnt depended upou the i
acej!tance of the vote of one or more i
of tha-Southorn States to which troops
had been sent the House would inevi-!
tably refuse to allow it to be counted in
and an appeal to force would be neces-
sary in order to settle the matter.
; Reporter -What do you mean by
force?... i
Senator Boot.li Physical force war.
I think it is remarkably for-
trmate for the country that we have a
Renublican President who is itlta mm.
mauiejr-in chief of the army co that in
the event of any serious complications
the Government has at its head a man
who will see !it protected. There arta
goad monyrouont itiy llit lit mocriiU thovld
wt 04 tujfertd to gain eniUrol it (he Govern
ment. . .
Two weeks before election day Mr
Murat Ualstead editor of the strongest
Republican newspaper in the West and
a-close personal friend of Mr. Hayes
ventured . on prophetic ground. His
n-nguage was so remarkable that we
reproduced it here :
"If New York should happen to go
Democratic the probability is that there
would be a disposition on the part of the
Republicans to throw out the voice of
thus Southern .State which were car-
ried for Tildi-u by the intimidation of
the blacks. I have heard the sugges-
tion made that it would be moral perjury-
in V tee-President Ferry and Presi-
dent 6 rant if they should consent to
allow the electoral vote of States to be
cast for tba restoration of the Southern
Confederacy when they knew that a
majority of the people of those State
had been practically disfranchised and
when they had in their hands the legal
proof of that fact.
"Now if the presidential election
should turn upon the votes of say
Mississippi South Carolina Florida or
Louisiana it would" be impossible to
avoid a desperate dispute between the
two legislative Houses of the govern-
ment. The way is already prepared.by
the declarations of Republican Senators
for Mr. Ferry acting vice-president to
assume th entire responsibility of
counting the electoral votes. The
House will not. of course consent to
this. The next thing is the position of
rresment brant tyrant is the commander-in-chief
of the army and navy
of the United States. The very practi-
cal question would arise whether he
would sustain Mr. Feiry in the Senate.
1 imagine that the weight of inference is
that he would. Perhaps fie would do
it by proclamation .. That U what in the
Spauish-American republics are called
prtrnmnciamienloi. . The situation will be
exceedingly difficult if not baiardous.
Trouble would come upon us in a more
dangerous shape than it did sixteen
years ago.. There is a sort of Mexican
miasma in the political air."
The iSuit in commenting on these
paragraphs remarks that at the time of
their utterance these vaticinations were
generally regarded as the voicings of
demagogy or of follv. In the light of
subsequent events they show that two
months ago the leader of the office-
holding party had already determined
upon a desperate programme in case of
defeat at the polls. .Whatever the
result of the election they were not to
be disturbed in the enjoyment of peace
and power. To retain place and power
they were prepared to resort if neces-
sary to Mexican methods. .... '.
It will be soen that th programme
of th conspirators - as indicated by
Senator Booth and more explicitly by
Mr. Halstead. has been carried out thus
far to th letter. . After all questions of
iactjOf legality of constitutionality of
policy and of moral right have been
exhausted the issue ia narrowed down
to a question of troops. Senator Booth
expressed his satisfaction that the
military power was in the hands of a
man who would not hesitate to employ
iU :T1 conspirators counted upon this
even ..btfiire the election. From the
very first the success of .the audacious
oh ema has depended upon hi Mexican
habits ot thought j his carelessness of
civil law his dogged fidelity to the
.interests of friends and favorites. Giant
is main-stay of tho conspiracy.
Tixa ha . the railroad mania th
State is being grid ironed with railroads
Xuckily there is method in the msnia
and abrewd calculation as iron and all
railrcad plant is cheaper than it ha
ever been. A 6rstlass road is now
a bout .to be built from Palestine by-way
of Fairfield to Waco at a cost of only
$10000 a mile.1 Wish the fever would
break eut in Louisiana. New Orleans
iTiotes. j-i..j ; .;a (;v --.
- And th.-. might have added
that th road Croat Dallas to Palestine
will be speedily put under way.'1 Rival
cities and hypercritical newspape.s at-
tempt to pok fnn at - Dallas and
oftimes accuse her of boasting but she
im building steadily her net-work f
railways and only point to actual per
formance in snpport of her utterance.
-i Ox December SI 1ST4 gold was ouot-
ed at t!3j: Oa December 31 17$ it
wis quoted at 107 differenc f 6i
uu n"' '"CI ' ""vane in on
tao-iy ol ipeci Meutaption. Kthis
LOLTSIAXA.
A Model IUdit-al Oftlceholilr-
A Competent Wituess.
Tbe SiliUry Campaign of 'II to he
Repeated fader tbe Lcademhlp
" of lonntreet.
Goversor Nicholt Deliver as Able and
Eloquent Address to a Concourse
of Over Five Thousand
Citizens.
Testimony ol Intimidation bat with
tit Ma l attrr ike hip.
J. Ii. Harris of Point Coupee parish.
a Liberal Republican testified be Dad
a uoii!p.:ilfd Packard into Kast liaton
Rouge and East and West Kellciana
and fouud colored Republicans who
felt they could not vote their ticket
with sattty ia the couuty and that
Republieau speakers there wart jeered
at acd insulted but were well treated
in Hichland parish. On a lengthy
crOHB-examlnation fce said he bad su
perintended the preparation pf aftl Ja-
vUs In the custom house at the Instance
of Packard and had a two-fold pur
pose In preparing them vis : for the
use of the Returning Hoard and to as
sist United States Supervisor Wolfly in
making bis reports and that the lat-
ter had furnished copies to be incor
porated in Sherman's report; witness
thought
Bibttuai Kepablleaa Hajorlir 1st this
Mate Is Tea ThtaniMtad
And that no considerable number of
colored men voted tbe Democratic
ticket of their own choice.
D. 0. Gerhard of Natchitoches and
district attorney there testified (bat
during the cainpaigu he visited Oua-
chita and found a reign of terror there
and colored men afraid to attend Re-
publican meetings and Joining Demo-
cratic clubs for safety.
Three colored men were examiutd in
regard to the election In Morehouse
parish all of whom testified that a
large number of colored men voted
the Democratic tieki-t at the lastlee-
tlou and there Was uo Intimidation.
The slakata C'nataaa Haas Her rev
Ca
Two negro witnesses tee till d to a
fair and peacful election In Morehouse
paritdi and that number of negroes
voluntarily voted the Democratic
ticket.
' Heuater Saulabury read tbe affidavit
of Captain Theobold and James O.
Logan denying Eliza Pinkston' and
(?ora Williams' charges that they took
part in the murder of Pinkston and
Williams and that both could prove
an alibi; also that they decline to obey
the summons to testify unless guaran-
teed that they would not be arrested
as was don in tbe ease of Lyons and
Phillips w hen here to testify before the
Upturning Board. Tbe committee de
clined to order tbelr depositions taken
a awked for by Mr. Haalsbury.
Cea.litnllea f tb Palaa Iltku (
CI a.
The report of Mayor Jastremaky of
Baton Rouge substantiated the testi
mony uf Dr. Dupre.' He said he was a
member of the 293 club but bad never
met with it aince tbe election ; thought
be could get permission to tell about
Ivs objects.
Major Baskom of the Thirteenth
Infantry testified as to the constitution
of tbe Union Rights Stop Republican
club organization. He said the oath
bound the members to secrecy and to
obey order; said in reirard to the
killing that after the third Invitation
to join a warning was sent on a sep-
arate plic of paper without data one
of which he had turned over to tbe
civil authorities.
Na W.sla'l IS-1 aaal at mm Ilia
Ear -isaai it.
AmadeeLVlambreteetified in broken
Engllsrt to the orgauieatlon of bull
dozers or regulators In East Feliciana
for the purpose of preventing stealing;
he and others had subscribed to arm
those unable to arm themselves; Coi.
Frank Powers a Kepulillcan was
enter commander. During cross -ex-
amluatioo the Witness became very
much excittd and spoke of "your gang
stealing the votes" and "your scala-
wags" but immediately apologised to
the committee. At the demand of the
chairman for a peremptory answer to
a question tb witness jumped op and
asked tbu chairman if he wanted to
light. . ..
A BepuSlleaa A mils He was Fairly
aaa PeaeeaalT tereaCeJ.
Several wltnesen were heard in ref
erence ta Livingston parish. E. B.
Lock hart. Republican candldat for
sheriff elated he was fairly defeated
and the election was fair and peace
able. - V '- - - - '
Oeorg Welch oolored.said his bouse
was burned because his sons wer ae
oused of stealing hogs but never said
it was burned because be was a Re-
publican; th affidavit to that e fleet
before tb Returning Board was
false. -1 :' '.: . .
Israel Bagloa colored testified tbe
colored men .were intimidated by
Democratic negrowhipped in nearly
every ward in tb pariah and a negro
church was fired into eight or nine
times while aervic was going ou.
avellaca' Baas-Haw tlte LearUlmlare
" fa MelBat Varked.
In the Republican "Leglelature yes-
terday a resolution was Introduced de-
claring that the' seats of all members
who have been declared legally elect
ed and which shall be vacant Janu-
ary 6th without formal leave of ab-
tence from tb House shall be de-
clared permanently vacant and that
new- writs of election will be Issued as
prescribed by law. i .;' : ' -..!
Thomas E. Meredith Democratic
Stat Senator from the Ninth dtotriet
died yesterday. . - '
Lataaslreat ta th rtw4XlcMlla tsv
A New Oriean special to -th Nw
York HaraM dated tha th of January
ssys th Republicans ar enrolling tb
militia dally and ( 1 er eral Lnetreet
who arrived yestettiay will be in com-
mand. An executive order baa been
issued on th Htate treasury to pay
no more money out of tb Interest of
school and general funds all present
funds being held subject to orders for
defensive purposes.
The tvjuaie commute met this
morning but witnesses from East Fe-
liciana being delayed adjourned until
Monday morning. Heuators Walleigb
Oglestiy McDonald and a few invited
guests will leave this afternoon to in-
spect the Jetties at Houth Pass.
The Senate sub-committee heard
Asgus Williams colored of lialon
Rouge this tuorniug but his evidence
developed nothing of special imor-
tance. There are no more vitneases in
attcudancf. This cocjialtte also ad
journed until Monday.
He Sever sinew II Was a ruSMal.
1'atll Elrete.
The House committee to-day exam
ined D. It. Durham District attorney
of Natchitoches who said h never
knew he was a candidal till after the
election and that the law required
him to live In the district and that be
did not live there. He acknowledged
writing a letter to United KtaUM Mar
shal Pitklu asking for a blank Co ra
ni isnioner forBuperviaorof registration
in Ouaehit in the event that rtupervl-
sor Brady failed to meet the expecta
tions of the party lio had heard
McEoery's speech at Baton K-jugo
and thought that he waged an aggres-
sive warfare against caruet-baititcrs.
and thought the Republican IStat
vote had been diminished 6.000 or
90)10 by dislurbauoea aud that the Re-
publican majority is about 250oX
Praeeedloasal tb liellacs lclsla-
tara.
In the Republican Legislature the
bill approprUting 150ou(or mileajre.
per diem and legislative expense
passed. A bill prohibiting formation
of military organization other than
militia paused; also a bill abulisUlug
oflloe of masters and waideus of th
port of Xew Orleans aud transferring
their duties fees aud emoluments to a
board of harbor master ; also prevent
ing police juries from compelling la
borers to work ou roads aud allowing
them to pay tax instead. A meeting
of the Kuuding Bonds Couiinitleo was
called to-day but there not being a
quorum present uo action was taken.
Desaaeratle Leclalatare Oraer a tta
Tbe Democratic Legislature pan-Oil
a joint resolution declaring the can
vass of the late election by tbe Re-
turning Board null and void and in-
structing the Judiciary Commute to
prepare a hew board for the proper and
legal canvass of said election returns.
(tales IstasaraUM tha rraaa
far Kara aas Aalaiae.
Hew Obxeans January 8. At this
hour (uoou) all is quiet at the Htate
Hjuse and no trouble Is apprehended.
A heavy fore of the polk Is on duty
ready for the inauguration ceremonies
and but fear persons are oa the streets
in the neighborhood. The weather is
cold aud blustering.
130 p. m. Tbe city is quiet st this
hour. Several tbousaud person have
assembled in acd about bt. Patrick's
Hall and crowds are rapidly increas
ing. Many stores are closed and Hags
displayed. J
2:30 p. na. Governor Packard and
Liieuieoam-ejovernor Antoino were
inaugurated at the State House at 1 :30.
The oath of office wat administered by
Chief Justice Ludeling. No excite
ment. -suisratlu
ar Oaveraar leaell..
By noon a large crowd bad assembled
at HU Patrick's Hall entirely filling
the building and by 1 o'clock p. nj
some five thousand people had assem
bled in tbe streets and Layfayette
.Square and th adjacent building
Gov. Nit-bolls left the City Hotel for
the hall where be was received with
tremendous cheers by the assembled
thousands. Gov. Nlcholls appeared
on tb balcony at 1:10 where after
prayer by Itev. Dr. Palmer the oath
of office was administered to him and
Lieut. Gov. Wilts by Judge rjiwon.
Gov. Nicbolls then msde the following
address:
alaveraar aiehaHa res.
Gentlemen of the Senate and House
of Representatives and Feliow-citl
sens: In obedieBce to the call of my
fellow-citizens as expressed through
the ballot-box by a majority of more
than eight taousand votes. I assume
tbe duties of governor of my native
8tate under circumstances of marked
difficulty and at a period of very gen
eral distress. For nine years a few
men having no Identification with
th people of this Htate either In feel
ing or interest have eh-apod or con
trolled their deatinies. Tb result of
this unnatural condition of attaint has
been that in spite of tbe rich soil
genial dimate.and Immense resources
we ted
Th Peaple To-day la V retekasaeaa
and poverty. Th very Kilts of a kind
and beneficent Creator have served to
these men as additional Incentives to
act of oppression and wrong. Not
satisfied with the Injury which they
have ' Inflicted th authors of these
calamities ar again struggling to
maiutain tlielr ascendancy by fraud
aud to establish over this people a
usurpaliou mors glaring aud infamous
than that which ends to-day Us bane-
ful existence. Tbe people of this Bute
ar determined and I also am deter
mined that this ellort shall b foiled I
TbasUcblaaa Uaartlsear I salslaaa
saaa sw Paalreyea t
. Then may be grav difficulties In
th present manner of dealing With
this matter bat they will be overcome
and baraaf tee upon tha ouly and legal-
ly constituted sulhoritie of th Bute
will devoir th proper administra
tion of it aft airs. Tb material proa-
parity of Louisiana and happiness of
her people moat be restored and this
can only b aceompiiahed by the trutu
and energy of tb people eo-oirauug
with honesty fltiellty. Integrity ai d
patrotism on tb part of tiirur repre
sentatives. rVlf mut be sunk and th
general good alon serve a th guide
to th civil and political action of each
citizen. Law operating equally upon
the whole people without distinction
of race class color or condition muxt
alone be found on tb statute bunk
and these laws should It thoroughly
fairly tnj impartially executed. Iu
this way cunllJecce and hope will pre
vail and
this atale win e!lr ajraaiS a
St saaa af HiraiMK aa Pea.
for all her children ; for the week as
well as the strong : the poor as well a.
the rich. Th Crt ol ject of all gov
ernments is to secure peace plenty aud
prosperity ainl t give the lar-st
sible opportuiiity f-jr development M
ach individual citizen. His Interna
should be its constant aim and th
ciliieu should reuoiruiz aud feel the
govern meut euly through it benrtl-
cent and vivifyine influence. How
nearly the govt-ruuieiite erected iu tlm
unfortunate Htalo In the lat oils
years have been based upon ot have
realised Ibex ideas may beat be su-Lt
in the picture uf
"'" SteOartatt mm all ftlaea.-
How newly th government at whicn
1 have t'le honor to be at th head will
reoogulze them can only be determin
ed when that government aball have
bees fairly put to tha test; but I ran
assure you that they ar th prlnc-le
by which my conduct shall be Knitted
as the chief mapMraUi of this com-
monwealth. I shall devote every efl-.n
to the great work of restoration aud
to secure an
I fiB el eat Att inlal.crattaa aT rsUu
ASWtraaltn tt Laaat rasaJMataat
to those upou w hom tbe burdens of
the Ktale rest. Honesty and capa-ity
will be required aa absolute eoudttious
to appoiutmeata anj every avenue by
which tbe people can be Injured will
L-e carefully guarded to the extent of
th legal power of the executive. It
shall be a great object iu my adoiinia-
tratlon to promote kiudueay mpalby
oonfidence and Justice beta era th
two races that inhabit tb soil and
who with a common interest should
cordially co-operate to secure tb com-
mon good. In fine fellow-cltlxecs I
shall invoke the blessing and th as-
sistance of Almighty God and earn-
estly and conscientiously endeavor to
do my duty.
ayaaaaat W hauler V III MaM a aa-
KosnocT N. Y. January . The
Daily Freemen this afternoon an-
nounce that Hon. W. A. Wheeler left
New York this morning for Fremont
Ohio where he will be Joined by Gov-
ernor Hayes to-morrow. That journal
stales that Governor Hayes Invited a
conference and that np to th preaeut
Urns he haa not committed himself in
any way with reference the persouell
or policy or hia administration be-
yond the utterances of bis letter of ac-
ceptance. Mr. Wheeler will not pro-
ceed to Washington at present.
EEL1C OF BARBARISM.
ICcHultot the Code of Honor in
Itennett and May Case;.
Benatetl-Xay bsm4 Aa Kirkaai. m
abate bat aa Bteay start.
Ntw Yobk January 8. Tbe towu
is full of contradictory rumors about
tb probable result of th assault by
F red May upon James Gordon Ben-
nett. Gossip have not evtsa sgreed
upou tbe nature of tbe assault itseif
aud it is still a question whether Mr.
Bennett received blows from the whip
or May's fists neither or both. Th
IHibliahed reports ar not unlike a
scene in tb "School for KcandalL."
Mr. Bennett's friend are divided be-
tween to equally positive opinlouson
being to the effect that Mr. Bennett
will be content with nothing less than
blood and the other that be haa no in-
tention whatever of provoking a fight.
Meantime betting men have profiled
by the occasion to Isy wsgers on tha
subject.
Eaise fraas tb riM el Haaar.
This afternoon's Ex press ssy s there
was cut one exchange of shot and at
the first fire Mr. May was hit In th
fort-arm. Tbe parties engaged ia the
duel principals seconds and surgeon
war in Baltimore night befrr laet
and at 10 o'clock they took th North-
ern bound train. Mr. Bennett and bi
party drove into the wood near tb
place of meeting at Slaughter station
in sleighs and upon reaching tb spot
whore the Howlaod-CDwles duel had
been fought Mr. Bennett and hia
friend found Mr. Msy and his party
on the ground.
Mr. May was walking briskly to
keep warm. Mr. Bennett stood faeiug
the light and Mr. Msy quickly assum-
ed his position when given th word
of preparation by the seconds. At 2.4
th word of eomiasud was sounded
and the words fire one two three
given. Mr. May fired at the word one
Mr. Bennett afterward at two and
both wer apparently uninjured. Mr.
May was found af tr a moment to have
been bit and hi second conveyed
.him to a sleigh where it was found
that his wound would prevent another
exchange of shots which bad been de-
manded by Mr.niennelt. Mr. Bennett
ia now In th city.
At lb Vataa tlaa Sraaa
this afternoon it wm Mertl definite
Ij that Um duel betvee Jftinee Gor-
don Bennett nad Frederick Hey bad
MtttftlLy token 4mce la tbe Htate of
Dtlaware at . the . place called
RlaogbuflliO. Mr. May wee allgU-
ly wounded and Mr. Bennett wan en
tirely uninjured. Tbe fend wan eeW
tied niter firing the Ortt hot.
f-rast5-W-!ri'j;.
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