Rensselaer Union, Volume 10, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 July 1878 — Page 2

RENSSELAER, . - INDIANA.

General News Summary.

F«O« W4»m«aT®». Taa ordinary piwtxe atauip* by M» Ptataffiro Department during the twelve month* ending June 30, last, amounted to 819,508,618, against 318,181,W8 the preceding year. The ieane of newspaper stamps increased from 31,000,m to 81,096,845; of stamped envelopes and wrappers from #4,616,533 to #4,905,774; of postal cards from about 170,00,080 to 900,083,000. The total amount of Increase la the Issum for sale to the public was 81,975, MK, or 7% per cent., as compared Gen. Sunuait has Insur'd a general order Instructing the officers of the army as to their duties under the law passed by Congress, as a part of the Army Appropriation bill. Gen. Shrnaan calls attention to the proviso of the Constitution and acts of Congress relating to the army, understood to exempt from the operation of the new law, and under which alone will officers of the army permit the use of troops under their command to aid the civil authorities as a ynsar cvmitntH*, or in the execution of the laws. Applications for the use of troops for such be forwarded through the military channel to the Adjutant General, for the consideration and action of Um ProsidenL

J _• J Tna National Agricultural Congress is to meet at New Haven, Conn., on the 27th of August A number of eminent professors and others have promised addressee on the various subjects relating to agriculture. A bill prohibiting the sale of lager Iwerha* been pasted by the New Hampshire House of Representatives. Gubst excitement was caused in political circles in New York City, on the 10th, by the news of the suspension, by the President, of Collector Arthur, of the Custom-House, and the appointment of Gen. F- A. Merritt to succeed him. A. 8. Cornell was also suspended from the Naval Office, and CoL 8. W. Burt was promoted to the position. Gen. C. K. Graham was appointed Surveyor. A CbixaMax recently made application to Judge Choate, of the United States District Court, in New York, to become a citizen. The Judge denied the application, under the decision of Judge Sawyer, of the United Slates Circuit Court of California, in the ease of Ah Youp. Ths Forty-ninth Annual Convention of the American Institute of Instruction met at Fabyan, N. H., on the 9th. Three thousand teachers from New England and the West were present. IX New York, ou the 11th, Sec’y Sherman had an informal conference with the representatives of the late Syndicate, relative to the question of reaumjition. Mr. Sherman expressed confidence in his ability to resume at once, if necessary, and the bankers w ere generally of the opinion that there was nothing in the way of such a course. The Secretary said that, although be could not begin to redeem greenbacks before January, yet it was in hts power to pay checks and drafts upon the Treasury in specie, and intimated that he would soon begin to do so. A member of the Syndicate said, after the conference, that he would not be surprised to sec the Treasurypaying gold on or before Aug. 1. Gold closed in New York, on July 12th, a IOOJa'. The following were the closing quota tions for produce: Na 9 Chicago Spring Wheat, 81.03X01.04; Na 9 Milwaukee, 8t.03X01.04; Oats, • Western, 34035 c. Coro, Western, Mixed, 43049 c. Pork, Meas, 810.60. Lard, 87.30. Flour, Good to t hoice, #4.3505.75. Winter Wheat, #5.100 6.50. Cattie, #8.00010.50 for Good to Extra. Sheep, Hogs, #4.2504.40. At East Liberty, Pa., on July 12th, Cattle brought: Best, 84-7506.00; Medium, 84.40 04.50; Common, #[email protected]. Hogs sold— Yorkers, #4-1004.30; Philadelphias, #4-500 4.60. Sheep brought #3.0004.15 —according to quality. At Baltimore, Md., on July 12th, Cattle brought: Best, Medium, 8&[email protected]. Hogs sold at #5.7506.25 for Good. Sheep ware quoted at #3.000450 for Good.

WBtIT AMD MOUTH. Ths ' yield of wheat in Kansas, this year, is said to be greater, by thousands of bushels, than that of any previous year. A WOMAN, named Mrs. Eltealteth Riley, living in the southwestern suburbs of St. Louis, after an unsuccessful attempt to build a tire in the kitchen stove, a few days ago, poured coal oil from a can onto the fuel, thinking the lire was all out. Much to her surprise. the flames burst out the top of the stove and exploded the can, covering her with a shower of burning oil, which quickly set fire to her clothing. She rushed into the yard screaming for help, when her husband, James Riley, and her daughter, Celia, came to her ssristaoce, and in their efforts to relieve her they were seriously burned. Mrs. Riley lived but a few hour* after tlie accident; - Gov. Gkkb, having been applied to from Marshalltown and other points in lows, for authority to call out the militia to put down the tramps, who were engaged in stopping trains and committing other outrages in various localities, issued a proclamation, on the 6th, instructing the Sheriffs of counties and Mayors of cities and towns throughout the State to be prompt and diligent in preservlng the peace. He calls the attention of Sheriffs, etc., to the jtowers vested in them bylaw to call on the militia of their counties to assist in overcoming any resistance to the enforcing of their authority. In a dispatch, received at Army Headquarters in San Francisco, on the 9th, dated Birch Creek, July 8, Gen. Howard says he found the Indians in force on the height near Butter Creek, and advanced two columns, one under Throckmorton, and attacked the bustites d and drove them from their position to another higher up, which was almost impregnable; but after a fierce assault from different sides at once, the Indians again tied, abandoning their horses, provisions, ammuuition and eamp material. They made for the thick Umber crowning the Blue Ridge, where they made another stand, from which they were dislodged and driven further into the mountains. Five enlisted men were wounded during the engagement, and about twenty horses were killed. It was impossible to state the loss of the enemy. The officers and men are said to have behaved to the beet possible manner throughout the affair. The news from the John Day Valley, on the 9th, was to the effect that the inhalrftante were at the mercy of la«ge number of savages, who invested some 4 «JOO square miles of territory, combining all the natural facilities for a prolonged war. TBb Michigan Democracy met in State Convention, at Lansing, on ths 10th. and nominated the following ticket: For Governor, Orlando M. Barnes; LfeutenanirGoveroor, A. P. Swineford; State Treasurer, Alex. McFarlfa; SeeretaKg of State, George H. Murdock,* Auditor-Genend, W. T, B. Schemer-, horn; Commissioner of Land Office, George ILLordy Attorney-General, A. B. Morse; Superintendent ofPpbiic Instruction, Z. Trueadeil; Mefflber bf Board of Education, E. F. Uhl The resolutions adopted arraign the Republican party for its alleged corruption In office, its un- ■>, wise legislation, etc., and its alleged stealing of the Presidency from the people ami placing a fraud II the Presidential chair; taifaiae Hue Juvsatigation into the Electoral

frauds; declare that gold and silver coin la the money of the Constitution, and that all paper currency should be convertible Into such coin, at the will of the holder; oppose the further reduction of the volume of the currency and indorse the action of Congress prohibiting such reduction, and congratulate 600 In the National expenditures during the' art four years. Tux Missouri Depiocracy met In State Convention, bn the 10th, and nominated candidates for Supreme Judge, Register of l.and«, State Superintendent of Schools and Railway Commissions, all except the latter (A. M. Bevier) being the precoat Incumbents. The platform adopted condemns and arraigns the Joint High Electoral Commission for Ils falthlcasncM In refusing to investigate allegations of fraud; denounces the National Banking system, and demands the substitution of legal-tender notes In lieu of National Bank notes, in quantities sufilcient to meet the business wants of the country ; vehemently opposes a return to specie payments and demands the Immediate re[>ca) of the Specie-Resumption act. etc., etc. News was received at Umatilla, Ore., on the 11th. that the hostile* whipped tack by Gen. Howard had started eastward for the Snake River, along the lidge of the Blue Mountains. In a dispatch to Gov. Chadwick, dated the Otli, Gen. Howard states that he had apparently met the main body of the Indians. He had sent a column in pursuit of those who escaped after the battle of the previous day. « lx Chicago, on July 12th, Spring Wheat Na 2 closed at 95095,ca5h. Cash corn closer! at 38;,c for No. 2. Cash oats No. 2 fold at and seller AugustRye Na 3,60 c. Barley No. 2, 4B»$0«»»<cCaah Mess Pork closed at 89.25. Lard. #6. HO. Beeves—Extra, #5.0005.50; Choice, #45004.85; Gqpd, 84.0004.40; Medium Grades, #3.7504.00; Butchers’ Bbx-k, 82.5003.75; Stock Cattle, etc., #11.5003.50. Hogs brought 83-6004.25 for Good to Clrolce. Sheep sold at #2.2503,50 for Poor to Choice.

FOKEItiN IXTKLI.IWKMCK. A Vienna dispatch of the 7th announces that the occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina had been postponed till August, to give time for the restoration of the railway and for the organization of the future administration of the Provinces. It was stated, on the 7th, that Russia and Turkey had arrived at an understanding in regard to the return of Turkish prisoners of war, and several steamershad been dispatched to bring them to that city. Folk thousand sevbx HUNimr.b bouses have been recently destroyed by fire in Mandalay, India. It is said the Austrian police have discovered circumstances leading to the belief that Nobcllng’s attempt on the life of the Emperor Wilhelm was connected with the intrigues of the Russian Socialists. A Berlin special of the Btii says England and Turkey had concluded- a defensive treaty, the former to occupy Cyprus Immediately, and guarantee the integrity of Asiatic-Turkey. This defensive treaty did not necessarily come witbin the scope of the deliberations of the Congress. Tub Russians place their total war expenditures at 988,000,000 roubles (nearly 8790,000,000.) At Berlin, oh the 9th, a friendly interview took place between Lord Beaconsfield and Prince Gortschakoff, at which the former fully-defended the Anglo-Turkish Convention. The latter replied that Russia saw nothing objectionable in the convention, as she entertained no projects for aggrandizement on the coast of Asiatic Turkey. He perceived no difference between England’s occupation of Cyprus and her occupation of Malta, and would always be pleased with everything tending to strengthen England’s road to India, because calculated to promote the prosperity of the whole world. A correspondent of a London paper stated, bn the 9th, that the Czar did not view the acquisition of Cyprus by England so favorable as did Prince Gortschakoff. A Paris dispatch says the arrangement between England and Turkey, and especially the acquisition of Cyprus, was not favorably received by public opinion there. The Loudon papers, excepting the Daily Xeies, commented favorably on the Anglo-Turkish Treaty. The Vienna papers generally approved of England’s course. * The National Federation of Liberal Associations in Birmingham, Eng., issued a circular, on the 9th, urging an immediate general protest against the virtual annexation of Cyprus and the secret conclusion of an alliance with Turkey. Prince Milan has Issued a procl filiation declaring the independence of Ser via. Berlin dispatches of the 10th say the material ]x>rtion of the work of the Congress had been finished, and the final consideration of the text of the treaty, as agreed upon, begun. The Commission for the rectification of the Asiatic frontier has also reached a conclusion, giving Russia about half of the territory lying between her old frontier and Erzerouin—considerably less than that ceded by the Treaty of San Stefano. ’ Austria and Servin signed a commercial a.nd.rail&a-y.cunventieii on the-9th.—■ IToHiel, flic num who made the first attempt upon the life of the Emperor of Germany, was tried, on the 10th, found guilty, and sentenced to be beheaded. Sir Garnet Wolseley has been appointed Governor of the newly-acquired Island of Cyprus. Accokdino to Vienna telegrams of the 11th, the request of the Porte, that when A ustria entered Bosnia she should make a declaration that the sovereign rights of the Sultan would be respected, bad been denied, Austria replying that she was acting in obedience to European command, and could not discuss a principle. It was stated from Paris, on the lltb, that Americans had obtained more Exposition prizes than Hie citizens of any other country, in proportion to the number of exhibitors. A telegram from Sydney, New South Wales, of the 11th says two native tribes on the Island of New Caledonia had risen against the authorities, and massacred 125 whites and captured two military stations. The British Legation at Constantinople took formal possession of the Island of Cyprus, tn the name of Great Britain, on the 12th. The Cypriotes are said to be pleased with the change of rulers, and have telegraphed thanks to England. " Great excitement existed in Montreal, Can., on the 12th, because of the intended street parade of Orangemen. The Mayor had issued a proclamation several days before prohibiting the proposed demonstration, and stating that he should use. his authority to suppress any efforts in that direction by members of the society. The Orangemen persisted in their determination to parade in a body, notwithstanding the Mayor’s order, up to a late hour on the forenoon of the 12th, when,’ ascertaining that they would not have, the aid of the military under the Police Magistrates, but that the latter would be tfsed indiscriminately to quiet every riotous proceedings, the street march was abandoned. To test the Ifigality of the Orange Assorirtiotf, and its consequent right to parade in public, several of the leaders, including D. Grant, County Master, and John Hamilton, County Secretary, of the Association, wet*, arrested and subsequently released on bail. During the day a young man wearing an Orange lily was attacked by two special constables ami struck across the head. As an Orangeman was proceeding home in cab, late in the afternoon, he was attacked by an infuriated mob, and was very badly beaten. The Orangemen were

nearly all conveyed from their hall to their houses In rata, under tlic escort of the regular police, about half-past five in the evening. THE INVKNTIMATION. The Potter Committee met on the 10th. Mr. Butler taing absent. A secret scMion Bheranm was considered. In this letter Mr. Blierman states that the Committee had accepted evidence tending to prove that violence and intimidation had not prevailed at the elections in certain parishes in Louisiana, and could not, therefore, in justice deny him the right, to prove that murder, whipping and all forms of intimidation did prevail in suchpariihes, sufficient to Jeter any Republican voter from casting his ballot. Mr. Bnernian also stated that he was prepared tn submit testimony, at tbe Convenience of the Committee in Washington, to repel tbe charges against him. Information being received by tbe Committee that lien. Butler would not arrive until the 11th, an adjournment was had until that date, A siecial to the Chicago Inltr-Octan says the Committee, at its executive scMion, decided to call for the witnesses asked for by Hec’y Bherman—the Republican visiting *tal«-sm<n to Louisiana.

The Committee resumed its session on tta 11th, Gen. Bntler being present and conducting the examination of Senator Kellogg, of Louisiana. Witness said the elections in that Blate in 1876 were entirely legal. He gave a detailed statement of ttacomposition of the Legislature. and stated that Gov. Packard was legally inaugurated on the Bth of January, 1877, at which time there was a Republican quorum in both houses. Mr. Butler produced a statement Board’s figures, which showed that, after the Board bad thrown ont sufficient Democratic parishes to elect the General Assemble, it was found there were still two Electors defeated, whereupon the Board trrew out uariahf'R and precinct* enough to so cure a majority for the Hayes Electors. Witness acknowledged that from the figures presented such appeared to bo the case. Alter recess, witness testified that on the face of the returns, the lildcn Electors and Nicholls, for Governor, were elected. He believed, however, there was that degree of terrorism.and intimidation in certain of the paruhea as justified the Returning Boara in throwing nut the votes. To the beat of ins knowledge and belief, the returns nona.the unquestioned parishes gave a large I topublican majority. In seventeen parishes there was more or leas intimidation. In the five panshes whe re the Republicans were thoroughly terrorized there was a Republican majority according to tbe register of 6,949. The seventeen parishes with a Republican majority of 7.<XX) cave, according to the face of the returns, a Democratic majority of 10,153. In the forty parishes where all agreed there was no intimidation, and the election fair and peaceable, the colored registration in 1876, which e rome as previous years, was 87,999, and the white registration 72.034. showing a colored majority of 15,965. These parishes returned the following vote: Republican, 65,000; Democratic, 59,392, giving a Republican majority of 6,000 and upward. Witness said that East and West Feliciana Parishes were the most thoroughly llcpublican parishes in the State. The registration of 1876 in West Feliciana shows 399 white votes and 2 218 colored. Mr. Kellogg then related, at length, the events connected with the seizure of the court-buildings, the breakingup of the court and the subsequent appointment of Judges by Mr. Nicholls. Witness said he knew of no reason why Packard and his government were not the legal Blate Government of Louisiana, and the I aekard 1 x-gislature the legal State legislature. Gov. Packard would have submitted bis claims to the arbitrament of the Supreme Court had not Gov. Nicholls reconstructed that court. After Packard had threatened to appeal to th© legal Supreme Court, President Hayes apixrintcd Judge King Collector of the Port, and thus broke up a quorum. The President also appointed another Judge, Morgan, to be Judge of an International Court in Africa. Packard had no chance with the Supreme Court after the Nicholls Judges were appointed. Sir. Potter’s letter in reply to the late letter of Sec y Sherman was presented to the Committee and afterward given to the press. In it Mr. rotter says substantially that the Committee would take the testimony of the “visiting statesmen” and others, but would decline to take testimony in respect to the alleged intimidation in certain parishes, on the ground that such testimony would have no relevancy to the object of the pending investigation. Mr. Potter added: “Should it bit r appear that the specific aots to which you (Sec’y Shennan) refer have any bearing upon the conspiracy or upon the good faith of Weber or Anderson or of the Returning Board in respect of their protests, the Committee will then consider the practicability of taking testimony. and that in contradiction of it or of permitting yon to use instead the reports of such testimony taken before former committees.” The examination of Senator Kellogg was resumed on the 12th. Witness said that, in his opinion, bad Hayes recognized Gov. Packard by telegraph immediately after the former's inauguration, and followed npthe same by an official recognition, the people of Louisiana, including the Nicholls faction, would have created no trouble. He considered Packard elected as fairly as the Hayes Electors, so far as Louisiana was concerned. Gen. Grant had telegraphed to the witness, a day or so before he went out of office, stating that he had hesitated in Recognizing Gov. Packard in consequence of there haying been a commission appointed to investigate the result of the Louisiana election. Referring to the McVeagh Commission, witness had heard, last fall, that the Bherman letter had been found among D. A. Weber’s papers, and that Mrs. Jenks liaxi procured possession of it through her intimacy with the Wc-ber family. Mrs. Jenks had called upon him in New Orleahs and spoken of the Sherman letter. Witness never attempted to induce Anderson to make a fraudulent protest, and did not remember of having conversed with him regarding the S retest after the election. He had requested nderson to return to bis parish, and had given him money to go back, but he remained in NewOrleans and spent the money. In regard to the 825,000 loan made from a Chicago National Bank, witness said he borrowed the money to pay his own private debts, and that no portion was used to pay members of the Returning Board, or in securing any Haves Electors. He did not know that members of the Returning Board had been assured tbat they would be provided for. In answer to questions by Mr. Potter, witness stated that he first heard of the difficulty about the Electoral returns from Anderson on his return from Washington. Anderson admitted he had opened the envelope. and had scrutinized the certificates, and had left the impression that he (Anderson) had discovered the defect. He did not remember who was present in the room when he signed the second lot of certificates. None of the other Electors had signed the second set. in his presence. He had no knowledge at alHiy whom the names were supplied to the second set of certificates. THE LOUISIANA SUB-COMMITTEE. , No witnesses were examined on the 6th. On tta Bth, D. J. Wedge, of East Feliciana, testified tbat he was Chairman of the Democratic Pariah Campaign Committee. He detailed occurrences in connection with Anderson’e departure from the parish and the efforts to aecure his return to complete the registration under the law (the registration closes nine days before election): Anderson did not return until three or four days before election. There were over 400 Democratic votes unregistered. CapL DeGray, a prominent Republican, told witness before election that it was the purpose of the Republicans to have no ticket in the field, so that the pariah could be thrown out; DeGray refused to vote, saying it was no use, that it was all a farce. Witness went with Anderson' to Baton Rouge, where the latter signed the returns (which he bad previously refused to do) under oath before a Justice of the Peace, after which witness paid him between S2OO and 8300. It was not necessary to make any protest, as the election was peaoeiul and quiet. On cioss-exam-i nation, witness stated that he paid An-der-on the amount of his voucher on a bill on the Parish Treasury, which was insolvent; his object was to get Anderson to complete his woik. He (Anderson) refused to sign tbe returns in Clinton; was premised cash for his warlant for fear he would not complete his work without such payment; paid him out of campaign funds; did not consider there was anything wrong in making such payment: would not have paid Anderson for the purpose of inducing him to do wrong; heard Anderson say that Col. I’atton furnished him transportation from New Orleans to Bayou Sara. Witness said that in 1874 the negroes voted almost solidly for Republicans; in 1876 they voted the Democratic ticket. Thomas McWilliams (colored) was sworn, and stated that tie lived in East Feliciana: up to 1876. belonged to tbe Republican partv; know Cant. DeGray; oonsideied him a leading Republican of the parish: he told witness to inform their friends that there was no use voting—that the vote would be thrown ont. DeGray had known witness as > Republican; it was wen known that he (witness) had joined the Democrats. and he had so informed DeGray after they had talked about the election. John I).'Lee, of East Feliciana, testified that, in 1876, be voted the Democratic ticket: in 1874 voted a mixed ticket. Before the election DeGray and Campbell told witness there would be no Republican ticket in the parish; tbatthis was the programme agreed on down below, meaning New Orleans: knew that DeGray was in the habit of consulting prominent Republicans in New Orleans; he tDeGiay) was really the head of the Republican party in the parish. Witness was present when Packard and Lewis made speeches in the parish, when the Republican speaker was made to take back what he had raid. < Here a xiiscursion between members of tji'c Committee arose as to whether or not the question of intimidation should be gone into, and it was decided in the negative.) Witness stated that in 1874 the Republican majority was about KO, hw* ©eve: al Democrats were elected to tbe parish offices: there wasa split in the parish, hn* tbe RepnhJican State ticket received about 800 majority. John 8. Lanier, of East Feliciana, testified that ire was a planter and Clerk of th© District Court; from conversations he had with the lead era of the Republican party, he inferred they would put mi ticket in tbe field. Anderson had told witness that, if Nash was pnt on the ticket fm Congress, the election would be all right; otberwroe not. The warrant cashed for Andarfon afterward fdHnto witness' hands, and was paid into the Parish Treasury at its face value for taxes. Witness i.ubmittedacupy of the indictment found by the Grand Jury May 20. 1872. against Thomas H. Jenks for embezzlement of BU.< W as Tax Collector; tbe record shows this indictment was noUt proued May 22 of the same rear:

also, another indictment, which was similarly disposed M; there was a civil pns'©«ling against Jenks fur the amount of the deficit. Witnesa finds no i*dietiMa4 aaaiart L. B. Janlti. In answer to a question by Mr. Reed, wjtaeaa ©aid Jenks might not have known of bin indictment. Jesse Harrison (colored) testified that Prince Jones, who lives at Jaduon, told him that ('apt. Butler (Republican), before election, came to tea house and advised him not to go out on clc<tlou day unlaaa he-wanted- te vein the Democrat ticket. T. B. Reed, of Maine. Republican member of the Rnb-CommiUee, left, in the ofternoon. for home. Mr. Cox, of Ohio, was expected to arrive oo the Sth. to take Mr. Reed's place on the Committee...' .» On the 9th, Geo. L. Smith, the Collector of Customs, in answer to questions by Mr. gave the date of bis appointment and cn^K^pdecensor; also submitted a list of his regular employes, showing all the persons employed!* discharged since Judge King's appointment; slmi. the books showing tbe laborers employed in the warebotue and other departments at twenty-five cents per day; there are about forty persons so employed. | A note accompanying tbe telegraphic report of tin- pn>oeedings says the object of the Committee in calling fora list of the customs employes is. pnibaniy, to get the name of Rimpson's friend who witnessed tbe alleged bribery of a member of the Returning Board.] No other witnesses were examined, on the 9th. Col. Joseph M. Tomlinson, Chief Clerk of tbe Collector of Customs, testified, on the 10th. as to the employes in the Custom-House. It being shown there were some omissions from the list of employes made out by him and submitted the day before by Collector Bmythe, Tomlinson was requested to perfect the paper so it would show all th* employes, since Collector King's appointment, with the dates of their dismissal, reappointment, etc. William Williams (colored) was examined relative to the affidavit made bv him and submitted to tbe Committee in Washington as to the conversation between Dix, Fiske and Hobbs that Weber aid not sign the Anderson-Weber agreement, and that Anderson did not swear to it. Witness waited on them st the St. James Hotel, and saw Anderson, who told witness be was in a hurry; that parties had been after him to sign a pajier which he did not intend to sign, but wan going away.. After this party had left the table Dix told him the man’s name was D. A. Weber. This was on Saturday, the 16th of November, the day before Weber was killed. In the cross-examination by Mr. Blackburn, witness did not seem very positive about dates, and did not remember Weber was killed in March. Witness said he did not authorize any, one to put in the affidavit the statement that Weber said he was going home, and the portion in which Seymour's name is mentioned was npt read to him. Witness finally admitted' he had been confused by Mr. Blackburn in his explanation of the contradictory statements as to whether he had been told Weber was present or not at the time the Anderson-Weber protest was signed. ' H. T. Hobbs testified that he was present some weeks before in Dix's office, when a con eolation occurred as related to Williams' affidavit. Wilder told witness Weber did-not sign the We-ber-Anderson agreement. Dix came after witness, before breakfast, on the morning of the conversation before W illiams. Witness knew he wanted Williams to swear to the conversation. Dix was afraid witness would go back on him, and wanted him to make an affidavit of what had been said. Wilder told him ( witnesa) that he and Anderson went to Seymour’s office together when Anderson signed the paper; that no one else was iHesent. J. F. Kelly, Supervisor of Registration of Richland Parish, testified that he made up the returns, and brought them to the city soon after the election; delivered them without protest: inclosed with them were three affidavits of intimidation and violence; one of the parties he would not believe on oath; did not make an oath to the paper published ns his affidavit in the Sherman report ; believed some of the statements made there arc true, and some not true, though the reports, at stated, were made to him by the parties named. Witness detailed at length the occurrences between the time he came to the city with the returns and the time of his final protest, showing that efforts were made by prominent Republicans to inddee him to make a protest. He gave the names of persons in the parish who could swear to violence and intimidation, and went up and brought some of them to the city. He did not feel justified in making a protest, and would not have made it but for the persistent efforts of Gov. Kellogg, Campbell and others, urging hizn to do so. Hiram Smedley testified, on the 11th, in reply to a question by Mr. Cox relative to the Anderson-Weber agreement. He said he saw the name of D. A. Weber signed to that paper by J. W. Jones, Notary Pumic; only saw Jones sign Weber's name once: didn’t know whether the paper was a single or double sheet. About two months ago, before Dix went to Washington, witness had a conversation with him, and he (Dix) said they wanted him to swear he had seen Weber sign the Anderson-Weber agreement, but he could not. To Mr. Blackburn, witness stated that Jones had the reputation of signing other people's names and fixing up crookedpapcra; to the best of witness’ knowledge and belief, when Dix and Wilder certify that Weber’s name was signed to the Anderson-Weber agreement at the date given, they certify to a falsehood. Witness told Seymour a few days before that he knew his certificate was nntrue. E. L. Weber was examined by Mr. Cox as to his testimony given in Jackson, Miss., in 1866. before the Boutwell Committee. Mr. Cox read from a report of the Committee questions propounded and the answers given by Weber at that trine, asking the witness whether they were true or false as to each question which relate to violence, intimidation, threats, murder and all manner of outrage, as charged at that time, including acts of Regulators. Witness said his testimony was given then in most cases from information received, and proceeded to explain the circumstances under which he testified at the instance of Gov. Kellogg, and said many of his statements were made for political effect; that he knew at the time they were not true; some of bis statements he believed at the time were true, but knew now they were untrue; his stit'ments were not willfully false, but made from hearsay and imagination; he was .never warned away from the parish; had no information that would justify him in making those statements. In regard to tbe Bherman letter, witness said he found it in a box sent from his brother's at Bayou Sara to his father-in-law's warehouse in Donaldsonville; found the letter after Mrs. Jenks’ visit: showed it to no one; tore it up at onoe, because it exposed his brother's wrongdoing; his brother told him there was no use protesting the iiarish. Witness admitted he baa been indicted, forfeited his bond, and afterward, at the suggestion of the District Attorney, made a false affidavit in order to have his bond restored. Witness said the visiting statesmen who made the promises were responsible for the protests made byWeber, Anderson and others. In answer to a question relating to his indictment, witness turned to Mr. Cox and Baid, excitedly, “ You Republicans could use mylbrother. who is dead; today you could use us on the stand to swear to any kind of a lie that you wanted in order to support and sustain you; to-day if you can't use me as your tool, you propose to ruin me.” Gov. Cox disclaimed any such notion as that rinprttfid to him by the witness, and said he wanted to give the witness an fippotrirttity to vindicate himself. E. L. Weber was recalled, on the 12th, and testified regarding occurrences in.yZest Feliciana Parish. A suit was pending against witness for nearly 816.000; he said he did not go back to the parish and settle the affair, because his wife was afraid for him to go back. On cross-examination by Mr. Cox in relation to his connection with the ixfrislature, and his absence from the Packard Senate for ten day s, witness stated his object was to elect Pinchback United States Senator; Pinchback paid witness #I,OOO for expenses. Witness then explained his return, later, to the Packard Senate, and submitted a portion of tbe #IO,OOO of warrants on the State Treasury received from Twitchel), as security of good faith to carry out the scheme of passing an appropriation bill of #600,000, ont of which the Insane Asylum claims of #IO.OOO held by witness, were to be paid. Witness, failing to get his claims cashed by reason of the collapse of the PackardGovemment, retained the col'aterals. without being able to give any very goal reason why he should retain them. Witness said nineteen of the Packard Senators were interested in the half-million scheme and Packard promised that the bill, when passed, should become a law. Witness said he was a member of an association in the Senate in 1875 and 1876 (when it included Gov. Antoine, T. C. Anderson, Twitchell. Burr and others), for corrupt purposes. There were nineteen of them. They received #30,000 for passing the Levee bill and #30,000 for passing the State-House bill. Each member of the association received #2,000 of the money. Twitchell was President and T. C. Anderson, Treasurer of the Association.

—A card has been lately published by Miss Frances E. Willard, editor of the recently-suspended Chicago Evening Post, in which, after declaring that anybody who will is permitted to lead a forlorn hope, she says that that alone explains why, before the times were ripe for it, she and her sister came to tbe front as managers of a metropolitan newspaper. Miss Willard gratefully thanks the press for notices uniformly gracious, and patrons and subscribers for substantial encouragement given, and announces that she will hereafter be found in herchosen place among the Temperance workers of the —Mr. Ira D. Sankey publishes * cardin the New Haven newspapers emphatically denying the oft-repeated story that he traveled about New England some years ago vending patent medicines. In Alabama they chew the tassels of the fir-trees as a substitute for tobabco, which reminds us of the old adage, ‘•Be fir-chewers and you’ll be happy.” Chicago Times.

■ISCELLANEOUB ITEMS. —A famous angler advises killing flab as soon as they are caught —John and Ida married. Lived in Idaho forlorn, ’Cause John hung round that tavern. And let Idaho toe corn. “ ft sWfflß. wfl! kfllpotwobugs. Catch your bug and put him in —A schoolmistress is said to be a “ strapping woman” in the eyes of her pupils. —Little boy, at the opening of a proposed spelling-match: “ Let’s start fair, grandmother. You take Nebuchadnezzar and I’ll take cat” -r-What is the difference between a bare figure and an ancient song? One is a nudity and the other an old ditty. —Chicago Com. Advertiser. —ls you wish to preserve continual harmony in your family, the great secret lies in being sometimes blind to things you do not care to see and deaf to things you do not care to hear. —The Brooklyn Union-Argus has discovered the difference between the weather and the baby—“ One never rains, but it pours; the other never pains, but it roars.” — Buffalo Express. —lt will work no harm to you if you do a kindly deed even to a bad man. The glorious sun shines on many a dirty spot and doesn’t feel that he has in any way injured himself thereby.— N. Y. Herald. —ln the spring the maiden's fancy Turns to thoughts of making hay; With a matrimonial view, she _Flu telh much and plays cnsjueL Ent the young man does not tumble. And, with mercenary view. He considers that it's cheaper —London (Uni.) Advertiter. —Sal Ary is the young lady that everybody wishes to secure.— Whitehall Times. Ann Uity is also much admired. — Boston Post. Poll-I-See has many attractions.— New York Commercial. Allie Mony is fascinating—so long as she remains his grass widow.— —Graphic. —A number of States have passed Bankrupt laws, to take effect when the National Bankrupt act, by repeal, shall cease to operate. This, of course, will cause trouble and make people move about from State to State. If a man cannot be a National bankrupt he might as well continue in business.— N. 0. Picayune. —Rev. O. B. Frothingham thinks there are no classes and no caste distinction in this country. Just let him put on a last year’s winter suit and a straw hat, and ask the hotel clerk to let him have a room on the parlor floor, that’s all. He will learn something about the infinity of distance that never occurred to him before.— HawkEve. —A scrawny-iooKing individual came into the office this morning to advertise his wife, who had left him, that people should not trust her on his account. He asked the bookkeeper the price, and when told said, in some surprise: “Is that so? Why that’s what I paid to advertise my first wife. I thought prices might have come down.”—Danbury News. ■ . . —He quoted Scripture when he said to his father who stood at one end of the switch and asked his son to catch the other end on the fly, •* It is better to give than to receive.” But he found a passage in Shakespeare equally appropriate when, finding that the game of give and catch was prolonged beyond endurance, he murmured, “This is very like a whale.”— N. Y. Herald. —There is no ridiculous nonsense about the honest Deadwopdians. The most vigorous waltzer at a dance there last week excused himself at half-past eleven because he had a stage-coach to rob at twelve. What a rebuke this is to our giddy, procrastinating, selfindulgent votaries of pleasure. That man is bound to rise—even if the whole community have to pull on the rope.— San Francisco News-Letter. —A woman has applied for a divorce in Cincinnati on the plea that her husband obtained her on false pretenses. She says that he claimed to be in a profitable livery-stable business, and to be also the legal heir to a large estate in Germany. After she married him she discovered that both of these allegations were false. The Judge seemed to be unwilling to release her from the bonds under such circumstances, and her attorney obtained leave to amend the plea. v —“Sophronia, dear,” he began, as he led his new wife out through the farden, “twenty-five years ago, when was a young chap, mother gave me a quince-seed which she discovered in the crop of a pigeon, and 1 planted it here by the wall. This great quince tree is the result. I burieamother near it at last, you see) and now every year the pigeons come and make their nests in it in preference to any other spot.” Sophronia broke into a long, soft, gurgling laugh. “ What amuses you, dearest?” he asked. “ Hahahaha! hohohoho ho! Hehehehehe!” she answered him, “I was haha thinking what a hehehehe strange quince-seed-ence!”— N. Y. Graphic. —A curious case camo up before a Baltimore Police Court, the other day. A naughty boy named John Wilson, it appears, delights to tease his companions, and, the other day, possessing himself of a live crab, he gave into its grasp the nose of a boy named Eagan. Despite his utmost exertions Eagan could not rid himself of the crustacean, and it was only when the bystanders rent the crab piecemeal that the boy was released. To avenge this insult to her offspring Eagan’s mother soundly whipped young Wilson, who thereupon had her brought before a court for assault and battery. Ihe Judge, however, apparently consider* ing honors easy, dismissed the suit.

Ghost Stories.

Of all the abominable practices of w|iich sensible grown people can be that of telling ghost stories to en is the most abominable. The man who would do it ought to be tied up in a dark cellar and be, danced around by a troop of Jack-p’-lanterns till daybreak; and the woman Who would do it ought to be obliged to forego spring hats and pull-backs, and dress in ghostly white the rest of her lifeWho believes in ghosts? Does anybody? Did any person living ever see one, without the help of the imagination? * Children’s minds are new—they easily receive impressions, and first impressiors are lasting. What unimaginabl* terrors the poor little things have suffered through the indiscretion of their elders in repeating before them some silly story in which a ghost figured! They learn to be afraid of the dark. They will not go to bed without some one to sit beside them until sleep comes, lest the ghost may put in an appearance. And if they wake in the night they cover their heads in the bedclothes, and lie still and tremble, and

sweat, and wish they could hear somebody’s rooster crow, so that they could be sure morning was coining. Grown people thoughtlessly repeat stories of the supernatural, and descant upon signs, before children, never dreaming of the trouble and distress they aracatuthg. 1 Not long ago, a sweet little girl came to us, with tears in her eyes and terror on her face, and in trembling tones asked us if wo believed that breaking a looking-glass was a sign of death? Upon questioning her, she told us with a great deal of evident distress that she had broken a mirror, and that her aunt told her it was a sure sign of death in the family, and the poor child’s nearest relative being a dearly beloved mother, her fears had turned to her, and she was well-nigh distracted at the thought of losing hen She had not slept the whole night before, she said, and we mentally wished that we had the power to put that idiotic old aunt into a strait-jacket and feed her on broken looking-glasses “ till the day of Pentecost.” One sign we believe in sincerely—when you find a person who is continually croaking about this tiling and that being a sign of coming misfortune or death, it is a sure sign that there is Something lacking about the mind of that particular person. - Gan any reasonable, sensible man or woman believe that if God was about to take us hence, He would cause us to break a looking-glass in order to warn us? Would He send us an intiinati< n of what was coming-by the tick of an insect in the wall? or the crowing of a broken up sitting hen on Lhe doorstep? Let us be done with such absurdities! Life is too real, too earnest to be fooled away in any such manner as t his. Let the other world alone. God will take care of it. . But let us entreat you—whatever absurdities of ghost and spirit conversations you may indulge in, let it not be before children—for you make them unhappy, and plant within them the germs of a supernatural feat;, which will torment them all through life.— Kate Thorn, in N. Y. Weekly.

Anecdotes of Victor Emmanuel.

After the first fervent outburst of affectionate reminiscences which succeeded the death of Victor Emmanuel the Italians began patiently to gather up all the details of his life, and the result is now given in enduring form. One of these histories, made by an inhabitant ot the Valley d’Aosta, recounts many anecdotes of his life among the simple mountaineers of that region. They illustrate the amiable character of the King, and the readiness with which he dispensed with court eeremohies wherever the cares of State permitted him to escape from them. One year, during the life of the Queen, he went thither with her and with his children. While he was standing one morning at the door of the house in which they were staying a peasant woman arrived with a basket of eggs. The King helped her lift the basket from her head, and gave her a piece of money which was more than equal to the value of the eggs. But still the woman did not appear satisfied, and said that before returning she would be glad to see the King. “ But lam the King.” “ Never!” said the woman, injher mountain patois, and with a burst of laughter. “Do you think I will believe that a beautiful woman like the Queen would marry such an ugly man as you?” The King laughed and went in to relate the anecdote. The rough mountaineers, a proud and heroic stock, who, notwithstanding their loyalty, preserved their independence, sometimes addressed him with as much freedom as if he had been one of themselves. “ Pay attention, you stupid creature,” said a guide to him one day when the King crossed a perilous place on the mountain pass without sufficient care. But the King laughed and. took no offense. Another time some of the inhabitants, knowing that the King would pass a certain place, waited there in order to give a petition into his own hands. They thought that, as the priest always went last in the procession, the King would do so also, and let him pass on, giving their petition into the hands of the dog-keeper, who was gayly dressed in livery. They did not know for some time of the mistake they had made, but the following year, when the King passed that way, they gathered around him and begged him to drink from their flask of wine. The King drank, and the flask is now preserved in some cabin as a precious relies— Rome Cor. N. Y. Evening Post.

A Snake Story.

Jennie Wurtz, a German girl of New York City, who is summering at Shohola Creek, and her cousin, Miss Wolf, went trouting in the Shohola on Tuesday last. At about four o’clock in the afternoon, having caught nearly one hundred trout, they started for home by the way of “Ball Hill,” a place noted for its rattlesnakes. After they had walked about half a mile, Miss Wurtz stepped upon an object that moved and threw her down. Regaining her feet, she saw two large rattlesnakes, ctawling into the rock and underbrush. She had stepped upon one of them. With a stick that she had seized, Miss Wolf cut one rattlesnake in two. Miss Wurtz struck at another, but missed it. The snake that Miss Wolf killed was five and a half feet in length, and had thirty-two rattles. The girls took the rattles and continued on their way to the summit of “ Ball Hill.” Hefe, while resting, they heard frequent and distinct rattles from the foot of the hill. They walked to the edge of the summit and saw that the rocks beneath them were covered with rattlesnakes. Gathering together a pile of -stones, they threw them in quick succession among the reptiles. Ten minutes later not a live snake was visible. The girls descended, and found ninety-eight dead snakes, measuring from two and a half to six feet in length, and from three to thirtyseven rattles. Tying a string to two of the largest, and, dragging them along, the girls reached home at about dusk. On the following morning two neighbors brought from the den the remaining Falla {.Fa.) Car. N. Y, Sun. —Bishop Burgess, the newly-elected Bishop of the Diocese of Quincy, 111., is a stately gentleman, In freight an inch over six feet, and of commanding presence. He is now fifty years old. « —Dr. Haley, in advocating spelling reform, sa y ß that 30,000 duplicated consonants appear in every copy of the London Times, exactly one-half (15,000) of which are totally useless. —Miss “ Little-Women" Alcott is said to be suffering from overwork.

A General Army Order.

Waamaarox. July 10. Gen. Sherman, in a general order, invites the attention of all officers of the army to a section in the Army Ap»riation bill providing that “it not belnwful to employ any part of the army as a posse comitalus or otherwise, for the purpose of executing the laws, except in such cases and under such circumstances as such employment of said force may be expressly authorized by the Constitution or by act of Congress.” The order contains the provisions of the Constitution and acts of Congress understood as intended to be exempt from the operation of the above section, and authorizing the employment of military forces for the purpose of executing the laws, namely: 1. The Fourth Article of the Constitution, declaring that the United States shall guarantee to every State in thia Union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion, and on application of the Legislature or of the Executive (when the Ixjjjslatnro cannot be convened) against domestic violence. 2. The Civil Rights tew (Bees. 1,984, 1,989 and 1,991 of the Revised Statutes), which makes it lawful for the President to employ such part of the land or naval forces or of militia as may be necessary to aid In the execution of a judicial process, or as shall be necessary to prevent the violation and enforce the due execution of civil 3. The Elective Franchise law (See. 2,002), prohibiting the presence of troops near the poHs. unless it be necessary to repel armed enemies of the United States or to keep the peace at the polls. 4. The Indian laws (Secs. 2160, 2,151 and 2.152, R. 8.), which authorize the apprehension of every person who may be in the Indian country in violation of law, examination and seizure of stores, preventing the introductions of persons or pmpsrty into the Indian country contrary to law, and also in destroying and breaking up any distillery for manufacturing ardent spirits, set up or continued within the Indian country. 5. Sec. 2,460 of the Revised Statutes, authorizing the President to employ the military force to prevent felling, cutting down, or other destruction of timber of the United States in Florida, and to prevent the transportation or carrying away of any such timber as may already be felled or ent down, and to take such other ana further measures as may be deemed advisable for the preservation of the timber of the United States in Florida. 6. Sec. 5,287 of the Revised Statutes, making it lawful for the President, or such person as he shall empower for that purpose, to employ such part of the land or naval force of the United States or of the militia thereof as shall,be necessary to compel any foreign vessel to depart from the United States in all cases which by the laws of Nations or treaties of the United States she ought not to remain within the United States. 7. Sec. 5,297 of the Revised Statutes, which makes it lawful for the President, in case of insurrection in any State against the Government thereof, on application of the Legislature of such State, or of the Executive when the Legislature cannot be convened, to call forth such number of the militia of any other State or States which may be applied for as he deems sufficient to suppress such insurrection, or on like application to employ for the same purposes such part of the land or naval forces of the United States as he deems necessary; and Secs. 5,298, 5,299 and 5,316, authorizing the President to employ troops to enforce the laws whenever, by reason of unlawful obstructions, or assemblages of persons, or rebellion against the 'authority of the Government of the United States, the execution of the law is obstructed. 8. Sec. 5.577, authorizing the President at his discretion to employ the land “and naval forces of the United States to protect the rights of the discoverer of a guano island, or of his widow, heir, executor, administrator or assigns. The order concludes as follows: Officers of the army will not permit the use of troops under their command to aid the civil authorities as a notse comilatus, or in the execution of laws except as authorized in the foregoing enactments. When applications for the use of troops for these purposes are received, they must be forwarded through the military channel to the Adjutant-General for the consideration and action of the President.

State Fairs.

Indiana, at Indianapolis, Sept. 30 to Oct. 5, Alexander Heron, Secretary, Indianapolis. Ohio, at Columbus, Sept. 9 to 13, John H. Klippart, Secretary, Columbus. Illinois, at Freeport,, Sept. 16 to 21, 8. D. Fisher, Secretary, Springfield. Missouri, at St. Louis, Oct. 7 to 12, G. O, Kalb, Secretary, St. Louis. , Michigan, at Detroit, Sept. 16 to 20, J. P. Thompson, Secretary, Detroit. lowa, at Cedar Rapids, Sept. 16 to 21, John R. Shaffer, Secretary, Fairfield. Nebraska, at Lincoln. Sept. 23 to 27, D. H. Wheeler, Secretary, Plattsmouth. Oregon, at Salem, Oct. 10 to 18. E. M. Waite, Secretary, Salem. Wisconsin, at Madison, Sept. 9 to 18, George E. Bryant, Secretary, Madison, Minnesota, at St. Paul, Sept. 2 to 7, B. C. Judson, Secretary, Farmington. California, at Sacramento, Sept. 16 to 22, Robert Peek, Secretary, Sacramento. Vermont, at St. Albans, Sept. 10 to 12, Henry Clark. Secretary, Rutland. Texas, at Houston, Oct. 21 to 26, James F. Durable. Secretary, Houston. Georgia, at Maeon, Oct. 28 to Nov. 2, Malcolm Johnson, Secretary, Macon. Pennsylvania, at Erie, Sept. 23 to 27, Thomas J. Edge, Secretary, Harrisburg. New Jersey, at Waverly, Sept 16 to 21, W. M. Force, Secretary. Newark. Central Ohio, at Mechanicsburg, Sept. 3 to 6, J. E. Shepherd,Secretary, Mechanicsburg. Colorado, at Denver, Sept. 24 to 28, John Armor, Secretary, Denver. Southern Onio, at Dayton, Sept. 23 to 27, J. A. Miller, Secretary, Dayton. New York, at Elmira. Sept. 9 to 18.

PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

—Princeton has made Gen. Sherman an LL.D. —He is the Khediv of Egypt—not the Khedive. —Bret Harte has gqpe abroad to his little Consulate. —Jo Jefferson indulges inthe responsibilities of a grandfather. —The Earl of Beaconsfield is still dandy enough to be particular about the fit of his lavender kid gloves. —William Cullen Bryant argued that literary men should be possessed of independent fortunes, to do good work. —Senator Bruce, of Mississippi, is said to bear a strong personal resemblance to King Kalakua, of the Sandwich Islands. —Charles O’Conor, when he was eight years old, was a newsboy; al least he used to act as carrier of a paper printed by his father. —Miss Alice Hooper, daughter of Mrs. Samuel Hooper (the divorced wife of Charles Sumner), is the affianced of Mr. T. Balfour, of London. —I do not recall an instance where I was tempted to use a foreign word, but that, on searching, I have found a better one in my own language.— Bryant. „ —Charley Ross’ father has expended about SBO,OOO in the vain pursuit of his stolen child, including $20,000 raised for him by the citizens of Philadelphia. —The late Prof. Henry made twen-ty-two inventions and discoveries, not one of which he patented, preferring to leaye the fruits of his science for all to profit by who would. —Two prominent Albany physicians are wearing shoes made from the skin of Sam Steenburg, the negro murderer, who was recently hanged at Fonda, N. Y. —“The course of true love never did run smooth.’.’ At Higganum, Conn., a loving couple, after being divorced twice, have just celebrated their third nuptials. , ' —Miss Tabitha A. Holton is the first woman ever admitted to the bar in North Carolina. She is the daughter of a clergyman, and but twenty-two years of age. 11 —Samuel Williams, the oldest printer of New York, and a fellow-journey-man with Thurlow Weed sixty years ago, has just died at Rohdout, N. Y., aged eighty-nine. —When Joaquin Miller first began writing poetry he made Goethe rhyme with “teeth." But he has been reading up since then, and now he makes it rhyme with “quotha.” —Bismarck never sends away a manuscript or a letter without carefully revising it. “It is no credit,” he says, “to be right where it would be Inex* qukable to be wrong.”