Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 19, Number 2, Jasper, Dubois County, 12 January 1877 — Page 6
WEEKLY COURIER
JASPKK,
C. PO-JOC, r-Mitha.
. INDIANA.
t.ltA'-tK AT. The LeW.uw of New York, Ohle and Minnesota met the Sd. . - lunda bv the trunk iiaes of rail-
,i, The sew rate te New
VarktoChlciMro.SiS: to Indianapolis, $17
to Cincinnati, $16; to St. Louts, Jf-3. Tke public debt statement for January 1 shows an increase darlns tho preceding month of $8,59&,7' Tke total debt, less $IS7,00I,27S cash In Treasury, was -,0aJ,The trunk lines of railway on the 1st advanced the rates oh grata from Chicago to New York to 5 cents per bushel an advance of 5 cents per bushel.
1h the Senate, the Hh, the Chair prestated a tahgrm from Gen. John A. Logan, In CMeago, stating he would not he able to return l Washington In Ume to aet as a member id the B4l committee to devise ma fur the cent Sitae KVeotoral vote, et. , ami iwklng to h dlj wtw,l from f urtber service a a member of the S wT No objections being it. Mr. Lo JTTwtwl ana Mr. Coukllug-PrnUid Mttfce committee to ill the vacancy. , Mr. Ciortheweuwrlal rf Wade lamp YZT ' u-... h .itmuu. Wat. II. Wallace
hh, aUty-elsbt Senator and ltiu-ef ntattve , . "7. . V . . . .......... e.xit.t. umllna ail. :
dreWd to CeHre,m:illiiK at length the events wwXbave rtly Uanspfml In that .state, the IMertetenceotnilbUry.eVo., ami aklg Comlire to take such action a will causelion or military interfere 1 the affair of the State and enable the Governor and the LeglalatTeto exerTtae the duties ot Ue ok to wldch taevwwe.il!. The memorial .lutvlug been
read. Mr. Gonkw movei uuu it ie referred to the Judiciary Committee, Mr. ' rrelinshHyeen moved to amend so as to t refer T T to the Committee on iMvllege ami
Kwcuona tntteau oi khj uuuremo v"." Pending dlwuw on Mr. Gordon, by unaulmoas
consent, submitted a resoiuuon reewiin " Hampton Government a thartwgRUedtiovern meat trfSouth Carolina, hut objection was made
to It by Mr. Morton atw outer ami n
over, live question iwihk uh uj
Mr. JTrellnKhuyMH, li senawr i iw
the durvlvera f the AfhUbum dlmter, gives the follewlRg eelltuate ot the faWill ttearesuHlHg therefrom, lie think there were at least 300 iww on the train at the time of the jwelUent. Of the, 100 were killed lu the fatal plunge, 6 were more or lesa Injured, m to etid unhurt. Of the W wounded, 40, and all the ded, burned with the wreck, making a total lo ef killed and burned of 140. Of the 0
imvetl, 55 are reported slightly wottnu-
ed. The oaupe of this la that no one could be taken from the mm
otthedebrls,ad only those able to extricate themselves pot out. It has Ihhmi stated that many were froasen to death, but thh be believes to be a mUlake, as the entlro wrtck
was a solid sheet of flame within 80 minute from the time It reached the ground. Among the victims of the Ashtabula dlsanterwas Mr. P. l. Hllss, the well known evangolUt, togetherwlth his wife. Judge Albert II. Ilorton, of Atchison, has been appointed Chief Justice of the Su
preme Court of Kausas, vice Judge King-
(lav. Kellogg, who replied that he believed ' anb-com liteereeidnNlttieevlikimreof awnmliw
thepriHJautlona taken by him eMi.Mry to irtS! limUmi preserve the tteaee, and that ho member or ' iwuitl ot threat of Mhk dlttcbarvd ir.tm work.
attache of either House ww IM .Mima ' TmtTmUU.kmT" liroiSSTiJK admltUtnoe. Clerk Treaevant then Informal ,toetaot vk1enee committl on iu;groi mi hothe Governor that, unlwn the Iwrrlcadee, j eenat ot ihiIIUo. llrwk, Thltteenth IJ. etM were removed,! woulddecUne tol I ?;J?ffi the roll, whereuiMui, the hour fororganlaa- f Katt IVllolmia there nmuml wi la, lut rhiK. a
tliin havln arrived. Louis Sauer waa em
powered to call the roll, and (W members AMHwermt to their names, Ml being a quorum. The Senate organised with 1V member more than a uuorum. The
virmirimiitM itiiiwfvp iivunn.into i LV1 1 lilt; e.olored ieiks, ami kv several lntancoa o( Htr havl sb woumhd and Insatn, hii.i , KHveafearlul Mtatenient of Dm condtllonof fair there, and threat uted to tniliico eidoruil
hw'M in joiu wta uewoeraM ami voiu im ucket.
T lie senate Cohiiii ttue. on the t!Hh. dn.
Governor'a message wat received and ; TOnd tlMietire day t.lioarH8tliurow,tit)Kttvi
deaeo l refrr-mx) vj I'Jiiksfjn' teaimuuy. Some 10 or 11 witiuiBwi, white nd colored, tos
v.u iioweMUt ih nai lung wuico r.iunoio t'.e utmcluflon that iiuthinK that KUm Bald
to Ihj belwved merely biium the
ho: uierciorc, uieru wnn i,o iiki in
to tttreiiKlhtm that (inimnn
ny tuuii uviiienco iho uO'eoninmtro ru ..- ...! .1... ....i. I. ....... ,f ....... I.... .. ...1... ...
nform him that the IIoue of llepre- r,.K!ir,t totliehulldociitrotuet(roliihu,itliition
entatlvee was orxanlaed at St. Patrick's , ItiHjfie. French Carter, eolored, swore Im mw
l
road. The Umocratlo members, haying withdrawn, organized in
St. Patrick' llall. The Senate organized
with li) member, and the Uoue with (11
members, TrexeTant, tho regular Clerk, vra
having eutleul the rati, A committee was usmuhk
appointed to wait upon Gov. helloKtCand
WASIIIXGTON. The Statistician of the Department ot Agriculture, In' his December report, Bakes the com crop only two per cent, short of the gTeat crop of last year, and 60 per cent, greater than the crop of 1874. The aggregate, (subject to future revision, is l,2,00O,CO0 bushels. Less than one per cent, of the .crop Is raised In New "England, scarcely six per cent, in the Middle States, 30 In the Southern, 44 In the Ohio basin, and 2fl west of the Mississippi..
Ike product of the South is 10,000,000 htuiiAU ?ritter than that of last year: that
o!W England 800,000 bushels greater,
anfffhere Is less In the MIddlle and Western
States. The average price of corn per bushel Is highest In Massachusetts, and lowest In Kansas, and 23 ceuts respective
ly.
Thn MM to establish the Territory of
Huron, which passed the Senate last week,
proposes to create the new Territory out of the northern part of the present Territory
of Dakota. The present Territory or Da
kota contains 160.932 tqusre miles, and the
new Territory would have an area of about
70,000 square miles. It Is to be par allelocram, extending from Mlnne
sota on the east, something lew than 400
miles to Montana on the west, and from the
British PoseesIoHS on the north 300 miles
to the boundary of the remaining territory on the south. Its population Is estimated at about 10,000. It Is said that one of the
beat farming regions In the United States
lies In the proposed new Territory
President Grant, on the 3lst, granted nntber iaterview to a press reporter, the
substanca of which, as published, Is as fol lows: The President believes that the exist
man. resieneu.
the Senate adjonrned until Tuesday next, in ao- Hon. Stauley Matthews will contest the SKw election of Gen. Manning as Itepresentatlve
in congress irora me ockubu voiu On Christmas dar a party of feur men were attacked by Indians within 10 miles of Red Cloud Agency. Two were killed and two wounded. The latter succeeded In reaching lied Cloud.
Seveu votinz men were drowned In tho
Ohio Hlverat Augmta, Ky., on tho 20th.
The Omaha and Republican Valley Hall
road was completed to Wahoo, Saunders County, Neb., a dlstanco of 54 miles from Omaha, en the 20th, and the completion
of the road Is to be dllllgently pmhed for ward. At Cincinnati, on the 2d, Chris. Kail
mcyer, a butcher, stabbed his wife with a knife used for disemboweling hogs, and
then stabbed himself three times, the last thrust piercing his heart. The doctors said
the woman might possibly recover. She
bad begun a suit for divorce against her
husband, and her refusal to discontinue the woeeedlngs was the cause of tho terrible
tragtdy.
The Senate was not In cession on me
30th. The House met, but immediacy an-
Joarned to Weilneway, awing to the want oi a quorum.
The Senate met on tha 2d, but adjourned
lor want of a quorum roseionui wc
iiOUM.
EAST.
A committee of New lorn mercnams,
bankers and. others, without regartt to party, have addressed a memorial to Con
gress expressing great satlsiaetion at. me appointment of a Joint committee to con
sider the proper mode f counting me uailots for President and Vice-President, and pray for a prompt determination of the
mode.
A cargo of munitions of war for the Turk-
Ish Government, valued at $1,500,000, was
Phipped from this country on the 28th.
D. Davidson was killed inapuuiicooxmg
encounter with P. J. McDermott, at Kevcre
Hall, Boston, onthe3Sth. Several arrests
were made.
Ex-Senator James W. Nye, of evaila,
died at the asylum at White Plains, N. Y.,
an the 25th.
An unusually horrible marine disaster oc
curred on the mornlne ot the 30th, caused
by the going to pieces of the ship Circassian onthebaroffBrldghampton, on theMHith
shore of Long Island. The Circassian was grounded on the bar some days previously and abandoned by her crew. A wreckingcrew was then placed on board for the pur
pose of drawing her off. On the nigm oi the 20th there was a heavy gale, which In
creased in severity, until by morning tse
waves broke clear over the vessel anu me crew were compelled to take to tho rtirsdn. Slraals of distress were
lag Republican State Governments of South galnd responded to by the life-saving Carolina, Louisiana and Florida will not be . but all atterapts to launch a
disturbed, except in me event, oi jir. in- bo.toroved unavailing, the heavy sea drlv
den's accession to the PresiUentiaicnair, in j .lhj h and dry up0B tke beach; nor which event he Is of opinion that neither of f . e efforts to throw a line over the
them eouta sxanu a- sours, xn rcsxu iw
Hall, and to enter h protest against their
e.v Itision rrom me aiaie-nouie. wu.
Kellogg refused to receive any official com
munication from them, but repllinl personally that no members ot the Legislature wore debarred from entering the Stata-houo at
anytime.
On the 2d, the Republican Legislature
declared the clt-ctlon of Packard as Gov
ernor and the Democratic Legislature de
clared the election of Nloholls. One mem
ber of the Democratic Houso deserted and reported at the State-house.
FLORIDA. Thn Florida muddle was htlll further com
plicated, on the 27th, by the action of the members of the Returning Hoard In recanvassingthe votes In compliance with the
order of the Stato Supreme court. According to the report sent by the Associated
lr. Attorney-General Cocke, one or
the members of the Board, proceetlod to act alone on that day,
the other two members at first refusing, as
is alleged, t obey the mandate of the Court,
tour men liHiiglHKat Mount I'lciimml, Ktiftl Ilaton i Koukm, two on a Rate jot and two on () turner i street. Ilo knew one ot tlit ui, Ned Pernor, 1 Three oilier colored wltmvw U'stlfltjd to a rtin ; of terror In that iiarlaU, and Hint they bad bven j driven l'na their home and darod not return, I The Senate Committee, on tho !Uli, heard i the evidence ot nine colored men In reference to i Ouachita, who hiibitautlated tlic testimony ill 1 ready publlliel in reference to ttiu rolxn oi Utj ror there and th forolnx ol cohered men to vote I tlte Doitiooratlo tk-.kia. Ttiuinaa MnMpino, Depnty Unlkl State Marxhal. tctillud lu the i Keserrtl Intimidation ot colored ):itdo and Irrexidarllle In the electlmi. Adjourned till Tuck day.
TIIK JIOl'SK COMMtTTKK, A. M. C. Ilearsey testillcd before the House Committee on tho -M Am a Iteimblican, was a tommUaiuncr ot Klectiun at Poll 'i, Kiev until Ward, New Orleans; there was no Inllmi dfttiOH during theekf thw, but there was alter the voting cloHt ; llio Democratic t ommlssioner would not allow me to quit counting and p home as I wnnled to do; the law required the counting to be completed In it hour", didnt think the Ully-hliei't were com' tly kept; think tho Democrats received alt the vote that were ount4t tor them; and that all the vote totle were legal. A. S'. Kemitton, another lUqmtill ran CooimUslonerAt the tam U stuKd that the election was fair anH peacuable, got sick
while counting tne vicm and wiintcd t quit, nut
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Louisiana, he stated that the orders
issued to the military commandant In 1872
had not been modified In any particular,
and that the United States troops would be nui there, if necessary, to protect life and
property and to preserve the peaee. Da believed that the Presidential Electors In the three States named had been legally elected and duly returned. Hethoughtthe
aetlonof the Louisiana Beturnlng Board was final and that there could be no appeal
from Its decision; but adverted to the fact that the electoral voto of that State had
sot been oeunted since I860.
Tn rpi-anl to the COUntlBg Of
the electoral votes by Congresa, he believed
that the law and precedents gave to the
President of the Senate the power to open and count the votes, bnt that precedents
also established the right of either nouse to object to the counting. In case either House should see fit to object to counting the votes
from any State, It would be difficult to ay
where It mlaht end, and he verymucn iear
m1 that bo final decision would be arrived
at before the 4th of March, when the pres
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ant Exeeuttve term enueu, in which vane,
In his opinion, the Pref-ident of the Senate would become Acting President, while the present Cabinet officers (except the Post
master-General, whose term of office Is limited by the law,) would continue until
their Bueeesiors were appointed In can
elusion, he reiterated his belief that the
States of Arkansas, Alabama and Missis
slppl would have gone Republican by large matoritiea if the elections there had been
fair, free and peaceable.
The Senate Committee on Privileges and
Elections on the 2th commenced taking
testimony In regard to the disputed Oregon
Elector. Oa the 30th the committee ad
lourned until the 3d.
Judge Duel!, Commissioner of Patents,
has resigned
The Democratic certificates of the Presi
denllal Electors in Louisiana and South Carolina were delivered to Senator Ferry an
the 2d. No receipts were given Cangreaa.
The Senate was not in session on the 27th.
The Speaker htld before the llensa a mes
sage from the President In regard to obtaining
certain concessions from the Sioux Indians.
Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Also, a message from the President In regard to the extradltlan treaty with Great Britain, reeding the conduct at Great liritaia in the eaeae ot Wlnslow and Brent and announcing that sinee Great Britain had voluntarily bamied over Brent to the Government, he
woukl continue to regarn uiai ireaiy a anu in operation, bnt he hoped that a new treaty would aniiimi In tit. ttafftrred to the commit
tee m foreign Affairs. The speaker laid before
the 1 1 oi a pet I Hon from certain citizens oi rinnlnnHti In rtxranl to the counting ot the Klec-
taral votes. Adieeuselon arose astowhetaar
the petition should,, be read ami tneretore urlntat. and the whole oueettoa ot "Houtbern
eatrMea1' ami Iteturnlng Hoard frauds" was
thereby opewi up ami qeuateu iot some mrars.
vessel by means of a mortar any more suc
cessful. Finally, at about halt past 4 tn ine
morning, the masts, which were of Iron, gave way and went over the side, carrying
with them to the bottom sa men wno nau
huhed themselves to the rigging. Four of the crew, who had managed to unloose their
fastenings, succeeded In reaching the snore
in an exhausted condition.
David Dudley Field, who wa nominated
for Congress by the Democrats of the Seventh New York District, to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation, of Smith Ely, re
signed, has been elected.
Peter 1. Sweeney, one of the exiled mem
bers of the Tammany Ring, has been prom
ised Immunity from arrest, and will return
to New York and give evidence In the suits now pending.
WKT APffI SOUTH. The electoral vote of Florida, as cast by
the Republican Electors of that State, was deposited by the messenger with Senator Ferry, Vice-Pretident pro tem., oh the
2th. No receipt for the vote was given the
messenger, as there are now two sets of electoral returns from Florida.
Mr. Cronin, the Tllden Elector of Oregon, on the 27th delivered the electoral vote of that State to Vice-President Ferry, who declined to give arccclptonaccount ot there
being two returns from tho State, &i in the
tOREK.H.
It Is reported that President Lerdo and
the members of his Cabinet have left Jlexl
co and are now en route to San Francisco
The Turkish Conference has decided to
prolong the armistice to March 1st.
peaceful solution of the pending question Is
anticipated
The engineers on the Grand Trunk Rail
way of Canada struck on the 29th, causing
a complete suspension ot business.
THE DISPUTED STATES. south cakoli:va.
A Columbia dispatch of the 26th says that
the compilation of the vote in South Caro
Una, as made by the accountants employed by the House Committee, gives Hampton
and the other Democratic State oftlcers ma
jorities ranging from 1,100 downward, and the Hayes Electors an average majority ot
about 600. The following is a copy of a letter addressed by Gen. Hampton to Gov. Hayes.
A letter of similar purport was likewise addressed to Gov. Tiklen: Executive Chambbk, Columbia, S. C, Dec. 2. 1S76. My Dmr Hirt I have the honor
to enclose a copy of my inaugural as the duly elected Governor of South Carolina. In view of current event and the official sanction given to gro misrepresentations of the acts and purposes ot the majority of the good people ot this commoBweatth, 1 deem it proper to declare thatpro faund peace prevails throughout this State; that the oonrso of Judicial proceedings is obstructed by no combination of citizens tlvereof. and that the law for the protec. Hon of the Inhabitants in all thalr rights ot parson, property and cititcnehlp, are being onfnrxoil in nlir c.mirta. while the twonle of the
SUte are not wanting either in the spirit or
means to maintain their righta oi cituensmp agalnt the usurped power whleh now defies Mm iinrAnut tuiii'ii authority of the State: they
have such faith In the Justice of their causa that they propota to leave it vindication to the proper legal tribunals, appealing iU the same time to the patriotism ami public eentiment of the whole country. The inflammatory utterances ot a portion of the public press render It xAnii n.nt lannivnrtunn forme to state that.
although the people in South Carolina view with cn-ava nnnrn Ui present ooliticat conjuncture
Fn the affair of our country which threatens to
subject to an extreme taw me i.epuimo.i. io' temof government iteelf, It Is their Urm and deliberate purpose to condemn any solu-
lama that Involve the exhibition ot armed
inM nrihnt move throuzli any other ch.tnnel
than the prescribed forms of the ContltHtion, or
avil t f trn mar iuhaii. whl-eh. while maintaining
the peace of the country, shall do no violence to
His count Km Drew 407 majority, and the , ArwSf tt Tllden Electors 0 majority. Subsequently, ....i,, 0f Hi. iif(,, i(0uu n tchus. ltei
on the same day, the other member of tho ' Hcan. Supervisor of lUgistrn ton of tho l.icvonth , ,. n,i , Wanl, k'ntliled Had iNcn told by ti number of Board agreed to rccinvass the vote, and mon, iforc the election thnt they wou U
ConstltHtion. I am, very respectfully, your
obedient servant, (rJigned) Wadb Hamitox, Governor of South Carolina
To His Excellency R. B. Hays, Governor of
1 H.'As the settlement of the vexed political nunstinnn wiiMi now airiute the uublio mind
mutt ultimately denanu on yourself, or upon vaurdlitlniriiished romtietltor tor the Presbfen
p.v. I lmvn aiMrtwtsed a letter similar to this to
his Excellency, Governor Tllden. Vours, WAOR liAMITOS.
Gov. nampton Issued an address, on the
2d, calling upon the citizens to come forward
aabjact. It eeatalas a rewXuUoH deetaring that
me rrcsmont oi me samite naa not me newer
atone ta eaant ami dealare the malt of the
The Senate was net In nestian on tke3eth.
......The Ifaaae met, hat, wlthaat transaettng
mn of Florida.
tiv .t.- j.Hr.tiBi? of an immense beer cask d will tend still more Brmiy to unite me teo. By tne bursting or an imsiesiB uetru8R. i . f Rn the States tn an earnest effort to pre-
inriniays urewery, toieuo, w., uuius 28th, John Benke was Instantly killed and another employee probably fatally Injured. Capt. Eads telegraphed from the Jetties, on the 29tb, that he had secured the requisite depth and width through the channel 20 feet deep and 200 feet wide to entitle him to the first Installment of pay from the Government. Another terrible railway accident occurred on the Michigan Southern and Lake Shore Railroad, near Ashubula, Ohio, on
tne evening ei - promptly and paylO percent, of theamotint 522. 2" fiS Z IT of taxes'pald by them last year.
uianiu'iuuiii "j .
J.OUINIAAA.
Tho Democratic Stato Senators holding
over, and Clerk Trczevant, of the House,
called on Governor Kellogg on tho 28th and protested against the barricading of the
State. house, and demanded the removal of
the barricades, which the Governor, declined to do. He further informed Clerk Trezevant that a list ot the legally elected members of the House would be furnished
him by the Secretary of State, and that it
was his duty to call tho names as they appear upon such list. The Louisiana Legislature met and organized on the lit, The Democratic members, accompanied by about A00 persons, went to the State-house at noon and de
manded admission. The officer on duty said that the members could enter, but the crowd could not. A demand was then made by Trezevant, Clerk of the House, that all the barricades, policemen, etc., be removed, which being refused, a formal protest was read and a copy served upon
drawn by two locomo
tlvpa. left Erie for Cleveland one
hour late. About 8 p. m. tho train reached the bridge over Ashtabula Creek, and, in passing over, the bridge gave way, precipitating the whole train, with the exception of one locomotive, to the frozen bed of the stream, 75 feet below. The cars were completely smashed In pieces; the Ice was broken and portions of the train submerged, while the remainder of the wreck took fire and burned. The night was Intensely cold; the sufferings of the wounded were terrible, while It was almost impossible during the night to recover the dead and "rescue the dying, who were fatally bruised, burned, or drowned.
About 60 of the wounded managed to
WmmTttXTol 'xTnllnllntl'm Wpe from the wreck, and were removed a - . . a... I . at a. I a il. ajAWi AH1 AMI
to Ashtabula, where they were tenderly oared for. It was believed that from 7ft to 100 lives were lost, but at the hour this dispatch was forwarded It was impossible to give any positive Information, Capt. 0, H. Tyler, of St, Louis, one of
it was done In the presence of the rtili
Board, their count giving Drew a ruijority. ot 19.) and the Hayes Kleclorsa majority of 200. Mr. Cocke filed a protest against the last count, and the whole matter will again go before the Cotirt for IU revision.
CO.II13MNIO.AKi lXVi:.STIATIO.V. I.eHlalnnn. TIIK BKN'ATK COMMtTTKK. John Culper, colored, testified before the feenate Committee on the i M i Itesldea in Oua chita; voted the Democratic ticket oh account of general threats made against all colori-d men who voted the Republican ticket; the white men drove the negroes to the poll like a lot of sheep i witnewCs lather was killed In m for voting the Republican ticket, Henry M. McCawlcy. First lieutenant Thirteenth Infantry. teetlHed' W as nr.iprmi tn attend a number of KtMUiblican meet
ings in Ouachita to preserve uic peace; mumcc. IK- n!tal offiiuiutlr. tbou-it oh one
occasion the colored people were m baifly frightened that the meeting was not field, -he com
mittee adjourned tut xuesuay.
On the 20th, Senators Wadlclgh, McMil
lan and McDonald were appointed a suu-com-mlttee to take testimony of Eliza Pinkston. Col.
J. W. ratton, Chairman ot the Democratic State
Committee, was called by request of .Senator
McDonald, to rebut certain evidence in reference to a circular Issued by him duringtheoamiign. Col. l'atton testified that the circular in question
Was COITcCWy iirm.tni .11 ocuv. .... port, but that tho Italics theie giveij.wlth the exception of the one word, hor$txKh, were not in the orlgin-i; the circular was headed "Con-
Hdentlal, OUl It was scanereii unmiiuui, there was no intention of keeping Its content"
secret; the policy or tne wemocnun, s wreyw ttitnn at ihA njYimmnncament of the OHB11WKH UV
the State Committee, was to avoid all collisions
with their pouucai opponent, oom -pun Humanitarian principles and aa a a.atter ol policy, ti'ii..u ir.. aaeoil liv Senator OclfthV In
reference to the organl-ation of rifle ulubs in Ouachita; stated that be knew nothing ot them until after the election, and that ihe Instructions Issued by the committee, early
in the campaign were not carried oHt in the interior or the State. The examination and crossexamination of witness occupied alx hours.
i.i II VpKnerr. of OmtcllitA L'arlBh. Was
iicxt called ami testified at length: A large number ot prominent colorml men acted with the Democrats and organized colorel clubs; ttte so
called rillle-club liad noconnectlon with the po llitf i Itil nml wire for the Diirtiose of ore
serving the peace and protecting Democratic negroes from outrages from their own race Wltnesa was eainined at length In regard to the assassination of Dr. Blnkgrave, whom lie had known since a boy; said that Dlnkgrave had L-11I..1I n man named U'imlierly In lb, ', and
Wimbcrly'a brother had threatened to avenge the miinlnr: Hm trennral belief in the neighborhood
was that Dlnkgrave was killed by this man, or
by a man nameq Aiiams, wno was a uuier eii my of Dinkgravc'e. Croee-examined, said he
lmd never heard Adams or ins irieniia maxe any
threats against Dlnkgrave. The Senate Committee, on the 27th, con
tlnucd the examination of Sam I). Mcknery.
Upon cross-examination he stated that he had been a member of the Knights ot the White
Caraelia. whleh was a secret and oath-bound
society The Senate aob-oommittoe, com noned of Senators Wadlelgh. McMillan and Mi;
Donald, examined a numtmr of witnesses as to the condition of affairs in Kast Ilaton I ton go
Parish. Alexander 8. Gilbert, coloml (Aaiiiijul fin thn nbrtit of Hoiitemlcr .
thfl hulldozcra visited inv house: my wife
and two colored men escaped to the fields; they put a rope around my neck; broke
my gun anu tore uown uie lenow; wnnom Uwr tatlflet as to the kllilm? ot Paul Jonee.Tom
U. Pirno nml thn two MtcrA.nll colored: alSO.
to numertiits specific casea of bulldozing and turrorizlnr In the oarlsh. and staled that the
fiwt nf thft.o nr.ta wan Is prevent colored pet)
ill, from attending Kenuhllean meetings and
vollng that ticket. Alice Gilbert, wife ot Alexnnilnr. rorrnboraUd his leg tllfionv as to Ills per-
mnui trnuimpnt liv thn hiitlilozers: the men were
disguised; knew some of them, put declined to give their names aa she had projHirty there and
could not, KO IHICK II BOO OUl an. Iicnlnm n Morenn. colored. Coroner of
Ilaton Itouge, testlrtr.1 that he, bad lielu manv Inmiiuu on murdered men since dan. 1,
but was finally notified by the Regulators to stop holding Inquests, and hetil no more; on the morning of the 13th of May was called to hold
tin. i xu 1 1 a nf obi mnn .lurrv
ers and Ids son Sampson Meyers; the old man was hung and the young man Was shot! both were industrious men, and leading Republicans; .ii or iuir.i nntr niiior rMKon for tlieir murder.
Sophia Payne, colored, teetlftedllmt In June last her husband. Thomas II. l'ajne, who was a
prominent uepunucan, was urage. .. rone around lis neck by a body of white men and
kllleii; gave the names oi someoi ihu we gaged In the affair. t
Before the Senate Committee, on the U8th,
a number of witeesees, both white and eelored,
testified as to the general peaoeftilnets of the election in Ouaehita. It. A. Shelby testified that two of the men charged by Kliaa l'lnkstoa with the murder ot her husband slept at hi
house on tho night of tne munier. ami eonii not have been engaged in that affair The
vote the Itcpiibllcan ticket, uut were ainiui oi loilng their situations; know 31 colored im n who have been dlKihargeil ninco election for voting the Republican ticket; obJcctel to give the names of any of them, as they had requested him 'or God'n Mike not to do so. The statement of Abel,
tlw teerutary of the Uettirnlng Hoard, as given to the committee, shows that (he llo.ird threw mil 10, 1W Democratic and l.K.l Itepubllcan votes, exclusive of those not returned by the suiervlsors. The committee adjuurned till Tuesday.
The House Committee, on the 'Ma,
adopted a resolution, that tliu refusal of William OrtoaandK. W. ltarnea U) respond totltesut-
pteaas of the committee iw reported to the Huisc, such refusal, in the opinion of the commitu-c, being In contempt ot Umj process of the llotinc. ...... Tlw Morrison subcommittee heard the evidence of A. It, Morgan, who was employed
in theCuitom-liouse up to ov. w ia amm that tlw artldavita maU out In tho I iistmn-house were different trwn the statements of the Wit escs; a man named Harris M-emed to tut at Umj heft'lortlm aMdavll-maklng busmw in the Custom.bousci know of an Instance win re the answers to rroiw-intcrrogntorle f
struck out by HarrU's orners aim oiner
answers put In; this was in tne cawi Mr. Simmons of I.lvlBgst.m Parish, Harris saw
Hi.. (Ira, nnawer uotihlti't tin. A number Of fie
groes testified to being asMiilted ami bfalf?' ?
voting tne wemoerauc iicsei iik burn sub-committee examined witeea b to the election In Livingston, Lafayette, Tangi
nahoa and I.aiourcae ramne. an oi wnum
tcsUtlexl that the election was lair ami peace able.
Before the nouse Committee, on the'-Nth, Itcv. Thomas Brown, colored, testified Wa President ef a Democratic club; was knockf!
down and was not permitted Ito preacn oecauje he was a Democrat; lot I.S0i by tho rrewl men's Hank; uned that arutimentlnhlsnieecheo Joe Craig, colored, testified Was Pretdjk'nt of
a colored ieinocrauo oiuo oi w ii;miii llaun Itouge; tne colored cluha numbered t(or 800 memlcrs. Klght other colored witweM testifletl as to having been assaulted ami the'r lives threatened for voting the Democratic tlrket. Robert T. Carr, of De oto Parish, testined Was ReiHiblioan candidate forSlierlff and wM retarnedas elected, althougli his opponent rreived i M more vote than he did; there wm intimidation wltatuver In Urn parish.. ....Th lllackbHrn sub committee examined n numif of witnesses a to the clocllon in Lafourche I ar ish, the sulMdanco r their tertimony insliip that the alleged irregulailtics at the various poium the making up of the retnrns were due U) the in oomiietence or willful illsregard of the law of tl Republican official; and that the voting wu
The House Committee, tin the 2Mb, examined ome half a dozen colored witnesses the Parish ofOrieans. who tc'tiHed to being ai saulted, beaten or Intimidated by their own r for voting the Demociatle ticket Albert wr hces, member of the Leglnlattuo and thalrmw tit the DcmiHirallo btate Central Corrciiiiden Committee, testified that every effort i adMC3 ukvn by the committee and himself t(iH-ure peaceful election Tie Itlackbiirn rdib e mlttee examined six witnesw in rcferenco t Plaqiiemtne Parish, all of whom U-stlHed tinr regularities on the part of Uw orhcer of e ecu at foil S. anil fraud in registration, as Well ntU Intimidation of colored Democrat by colore. Republicans. The House Commltteei, on tho2th, re eclved some additional evidence In regard to Ihe intlhildatlon of colored Democrat. Charlfi Lewis, coloriMl, said he was a member of tt Couneii of Freedom, of which nearly every prominent Republican in the State was a intra ber. and that among the penalties was death lor any member who erectlonecred tor Democrats. A copy of the By law and Constitution w Idsntllled and filed a evidence. Tho House Committee, on the Hh, examined at length Mr. Veazey, Supervisor of Lafayette Parish, In regard to the returns troP that parish and the protest accompanying them. He said the latter wan written at the Custom' house, and he was told he must sign it to nu" his returns regular, and that the new wUJ sheets were ma-e out with certain pulls rejo t. wh'eh he signwl, after they were nude oiuat t ( ustrtm-hoiiie. Wtnes said the election w lair an.l poceable, and that the statemenuot protest wre from hearsay evidence. I ho cow mlttee then adjourned until Tuesday inornln. "" As a resident of Woodward Aycuue stood at his gate yosturtUy morning a boy about thirteen years oldcamo along with a snow-uhovul on his shoulder; Hat boy como hore want a job? called the gontldman, " Slrl" answer od the boy with groat dignity. " IW h tho snow off my walk and I'll glvo you a quarter," continued tho Avonur Sir! you don't know mo," sild wfl lad as he marchod on, " I am on iy way to clear the walks in front of W' tlior's fourteen lota up here. All our eighteen horsos arolame, and our goldmounted enow-plow is out of order, j olso you wouldn't sue me carrying i shovel around. I'm offering live dollars to any one who will carry it up far as Parsons Street." Fret 1'rcss.
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