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To Ihe Striate of tlir I'nltnl Mates lluivo the honor to make tin following answer to tlm St-imto u-foliitlnn of tin- 8th lust., inking for Information in to any lntcriercncf by any military ollUi r. or nnvpititof thonrmy of thu I iiltiil.Stat-w wrtlithuorKunlailonorirocrllnjjorthc General Ajicinbly of the .Stuto of l.ouM aim, or cither brunch thereof; nn.v also In quiring In reganl to the ltcnct of nrmwl organization! in that .Ntiitf hostile to tlio (loverniiieiirthcrof, uiul Intent on overturning Mich government by force. To ay that law Its'! men, Tl'lilltXKXCK .V.I llt.OOIi-illHlt, have rharaeterlzed the political all'alr of that State .'hu e lt-4 oiganl.atlon under the Iteconstructloii Act, la only to repeat what hat become well known in u part of lt unhappy history. Hut It may lie proit er here to refer to the election oflHiiS, by which tin" Kepiibheiili votu or the State, tlirotigh fraud uiul violence, wan reduced to a few tliou-miiK ami the bloody tlut oflMjiI mid to hbow that diHird'T there U not due to any n-rt-iit caii-o or to aiiv late action of the Kedcral author!; ties. " I'reparutory to the election A MIAMI I'd. AXI I'.S'lllSltIs:t) CO.VI'I It .( V. was fonncil to earry that election ngniiitt the Kcpiibllcau. w lthout regard to law or tight, and to that end intvt glaring fraud and forgerlo were eomiiiHted In the re turns iiIUt many colored cltlcni had been denied regi-tnitloii, and other de terred by foars trom cabling their baIlot. When the time came for the llnalcanva."., In view of the foregoing fruits, Win. I'. Kellogg, the Itepublleaii i-andidate for Governor, brought Milt upon tlieeotilty side of the I nltcd .Suites Circuit Court for I.ouMana, and against Warmoth and otbvr, who had obtained pecclon of the return? of election, tvnrcscnting that H'vcral thouaiid voters of the State hail Ijwm PEI'tUVKD OFTtin F.I.KC7IVK rtlAS't'llISK on nw:onut of color, and praying that htepi might lie taken to havo their vote? counted, and for general relief. To cna blejilie court to liii-nlrc as to the truth ot tliwc allegation", n tcinporarv rttr.iln Ing order wa lulled ogahiit the defend-. n,io ..itoli ifiii til ntifi i-tin1ll llUri' gunkil with contempt by thou; to whom It was directed. Thee proceedings have been wldclv denounced .ii uu warranta ble Interference by the federal judiciary with the election of State otllcer., but It ! to be rcini inlierv d that by the Firrr.r.s-rii amkndjiknt to the Constitution of the I'lilted States, olitIc.nl cqualltv to colored citizens Is K-curcd, and under the tecoud section of that amciulinent It I prorided tlmt Con gress i-hall have jKiwer to enforce fin provisions by appropriate Icgl'laUon. An act was pacd on the Hist ot May. 1S70, ami auieiidwl In 1871. the object of which was to prevent the denial or abridgment of tlie fiitrrage of citizens on account of race, color, or previous condi tion of ervltude, and It has been hclil by all the Fiiler.il Judge. before whom the question has nrl'cu, Including ,Iutla' Strong, of the Supreme Court, that the protectloli nllbrdcd by thU aineiidment and thee act., extends to State as well as to other clectloiiV That It U the KCTV OF TIIK rF.UF.KAI. cot'r.T.-. to enforce the provlMons of the Constitu tion of the Ciiltcd State and the laws pa"F(ii In pursuance thereof, is too clear for controversy. Section 15 of said act, ; after nuiiierouK provl'ions therein to pre vent an evasion oi me l iiicciuu -uieiiu-mcnt, provides tliat,theJuriHliction of the Circuit Court of the United States shall extend to all case-i hi law or criulty aris ing under ihe provisions of .aid act, and of the act amendatory tncreof. Congress seem, to have contemplated equitable as well a legal proceedings to prevent the denial of sudrage to colored-clt-'.eii'i. and It may be wifely asserted if Kellogg, bill in tint above named case does not present a cao for the equitable Interposition of the court, that no such case can arUe un- lerthuuct. That the courts ot tne rniieu siaies mvi. n rlclit to interien; lii various ways with State election, m as to inalntaln I'Ol.triCAI. F.qt'AI.tTV AXII 1IU1IITS tbereln. Irrcsiiectlve of race or color, Is comiiaratlvely new, and to some teems to be a startling idea; but It results as clearly from the I ilteentli Aiiieiiumeni ot uie Constitution, and the acts that have been p.ised to cnloreu that amendment, as the abrogation of the Stato laws upholding slavery results from tlm 'llilrtceiiin Amendment of the Constitution. While the Jurisdiction of the court in the case of Kellogg vs. Warniotli and others is clear to my mind. It scciik that some of the orders made by the .Judge In that and the kindred caio of Antolue were Illegal, lint w hile they are so held and con.ld ered, It Is not to be forgotten that the MANDATKS OF HIS COl'IIT had been contemptuously dolled, mid thev were made while wild scenes of an archy were sweeping away all tho re straints of law and order. Doubtless the .ludgeof this court inadu a gravu mis take, but the law allows the Chancellor great latitude, not otuy in pusiung inosu who contemn his orders and Injunctions, but in preventing the wrong which ho has judicially forbidden. Whatever IliaV UO sail! or uiuugiu oi uiesu iimuLi.i, It was only made known to inu that a process of thu United States courts was resisted, and as said acts specially pro vide for tho iiso ot tho army and navy when necessary to enforce Judical process arising thereunder, I considered It my duty to see that such process was exe cuted according to the Judgement of the court, resulting trom tlieo proceeuings. Through various controversies and com plications tlm Statu administration was organized with William 1'. Kellogg as r.rYvm-nnr. uiilcli. Iii thu discharge of my duty (sec. 4, article 4 of thu Constitution). 1 nave recognized as- me ti"1-'"""-"1 llui Ut.iln It has been bitterly and positively al leged tlmt KKM.OCHI WAS XOT Ut.F.OTF.U. Whether ho was or was not Is not alto, gethcr certain, nor Is It any iiioro certain that his competitor (McKnery) was chosen. The election wns A fllClANTIO FUAUt. There arc no reliable returns; but by its result Kellogg obtained possession of the otllcc, and, In my opinion, has moro right to it than ills competitor. On the 20th of February, 1873, the Committee on rrivllegw and Elections mxin of the Scuatu made a report In which they sav they are atltled by the test I money 'that the. manipulation of the polit ical machinery by W arnioth and others, m equivalent to 20,000 votes, and they add that to recognize the Mchncry Gov ernment would be rccogjilzlng a govern ment based upon fraud hi dellance of thu wishes and Intention of the voters ot the State. Misinformed and misjudging as to the nature and extent of this report, the supporters of McKnery prowid to dis place by force, In some parts of the State, the appointees of Gov. Kellogg, and on the Kith of April, in an cll'ort of that kind, n iiurcitKiiv of cmzK.vs was committed at Colfax, which In blood thirstiness ond bat barlty, Is hardly sur passed by any net In savage warfare. To put the matter beyond controversy, I quote them from tho chartre of Judge Woods, of the United States Circuit Court, to the Jury lit the caw of the United States vs. Cftilkshank and others, In New Orleans, In March, 1874. He said In the case on trial : "There are many facts not In controversy. I proceed to state some of them hi the prcscuccatid hearing of thu counsel on both sides, and If I state as n conceded fact any matter that Is disputed, thev can correct me." Alter stating the origin of the dilllcutty which grew out of the attempt of crsoiis to drive the Parish Judge and .Sheiltr appointees of Kellogg from ofllce. and their attempted protection by colored person, which led to some lighting. In w hich quite a nuiulier of negroes were killed, thc,Ju!gc state Hint most of thorc who were killed jverw taken prisoner. Filtccii-or "Ixteesi blacks had lifted tin; boariU-nndf takcn'refugo Ituder the court huilfc. They were nil. captured. About thirty-seven . men we.ro taken pris oners; the number l not delinltcly fixed. They were lead out by twos alid three mid rhot. Most of tl)'e men "A'yre shot to death, a few Were wounded not mortally, and by pretending toboidead, were afterwards, during the night, able to make their escape. Among them was J.evl Nelson, named In 'the Indict ment. TltK IlKAI IIODIKS of the negroes killed in this affair were left unbtiried till Tuesday, April 15. when they were burled by the Deputy Marshal and military. These persons round Jiny-nlne. dead bodies. They showed tiistol-shot wounds, a irreat ma jority in the heart and in the back of thu licail. In addition to the dead found, some ciiarred remains ot dead bodies were discovered near the court houc. Six dead lMntie were found under a warc housc.all shot in the head but oueortwo, who were shot hi thu breast. Only one white man was Injured from the begin ning of these troubles to their end. There Is no evidence tlmt any one In the crowd of whites boa- any lawful warrant for arrest of any of the blacks. There Is no evidence that either Nash or llascall, alter the afl'air, even demanded the otllcc to which they had set up claims but the Kcglstcr continued tosit us 1'arlsli Judge. These are thu facts in this case, as I tiuderstsnd them to be ad mitted. To hold the people of JmlsUna, gen erally, responsible for those atrocities would not be Just, but It Is a lamentable fact that Insuperable obstacles were thrown In the way ot punishing these murderers, and the ioallcd Conserva tive papers not only Justified the mas.a ere, but denounced as Federal tyranny and despotism the attempt of United States olllcers to bring them to Justice. FICIICK KF.M'XCIATIO.VS ring through the country about olllce liouling anil election matters In Louisi ana, while every one of thu Colfiix mis creants goes ttiiwhlpt of Justice, and no way can be found In this boasted laud of civilization and Christianity to piinMi the perpetrators of this bloody and monstrous crime. Not unlike this Is the massacre, hi Au gust last, of several Northeii young men of capital ami enterprise wlfb had started the llttlend enterprising town qf COfSIIATTA, Sonic of them were Republicans, and otllci-holder under Kellogg. They were, therefore, doomed to death. Six of them were seized and carried away from their homes, and murdered iu cold blood. No ouu has been punished, ami the Conserv ative press of the State denounce all ef forts to that end, and boldly Justified the brlfno. ' , MA XV JIUTjtDKlia of like character have been committed In Individual cases which cannot licicTiu ilc billed. For example, J. S. Crawford, Judge of the Parish, and the Dlstiict At torney ofths 12th Judicial District, while on their way to court, were shot from their horses by men In nmbuh on the b'th of October, 1873. Tho wlfo of the former, in u communication to thcPcpartmeiit of Justice, tells a piteous tale of the persecu tions of her husband, because, ho was a Union man, and the cll'orts made to seize those who had committed the crime, which, to use her own language, left two widows and iiluo orphans desolate, To say that the murder of a negro or white Itepublleaii Is not considered a crime In Louisiana, would probably bo unjust to the greater part of the people, but it Is true tlmt a great number of such murders have been committed, and so onk has m:i:.v fu.nisiikii, therefor, and'nianlfestly a spirit ot hatred and violence I stronger than ever. Rep resentations were inado to me that the presence of troops hi Louisiana was un necessary ; that there was no danger ot a .public disturbance If they were taken uway. Consequently, early in last sunt, mer the troops were withdrawn from the State with the exception of a small garri son at New Orleans barracks. It was stated that n comparative stato of ntilct had supervened; political exoltcmcut, us to Louisiana affairs, seemed to be dying out,. but thu KONTMUKIt F.LF.CT10X wan approaching and It was necessary for party purposes that tho llamos should ho relighted. Accordingly, on tho 11th of September. I). It, Penn, claiming that he was elected Lieutenant Governor hi 1872, Issued au iutlammatory proclamation, calling upon thu militia ot the SUito to arm, assemble mid drive thu usurpers, as ho designated tho olllcers, from tho State, The White Leiiguers armed mid ready for the cpulllet, promptly responded. On tho t-ninu day the Governor madu n formal requisition nn ,, 111 iwcnnmn , i flin f nt' 17!) mill I Ml, .ll , II, l.CfWlV l v. ..J v, ,vv, in. f-ill,iii I ....if.. l I if Mtft ffMiotltiitlim In oiv.iii'1, i, mii!,u , if. inu w,ni!,ii v,i, i" aid In suppressing violence. On tho next day I Issued my proclamation, com manding tho insurgents to disperse within live (lavs nt'thu date thereof; but before tho proclamation, was published In ;Now' Orleans, organized uiul armed .forces, recognizing the usurping. gov er'nlneiit, had taken forcible possession of the State House, tuul temporarily 9VDVEHTF.D THU GOVEllNltEXT. Twenty or moro peojilu wero killed, In cluding a number of police of the city. The streets ofthe city were itained with bjood, mid nil that wns desired in the way of excitement had been accomplished. Notwithstanding the steps taken to show that then; wns no Intimidation of Re publican voters, that there wns such nd mlts of no doubt. The following are six.i.Imenj of the jti:.iNs used. On the 14th of October, eighty ik.'1-soiis signed and published the follow ing at ijhieveport: "We, tho undersigned merchants of the city of Shrcveport. In obedience to the request of the Shrcveport campaign club, agree to ii'p every endeavor to get our employes to tote tho People's ticket at the ensuing election, and In the event of their relusal to to do, or In e.ie they vole the Radical ticket, to reftio to em ploy them at the expiration of their pres ent contracts." On the same day another larger body of person, published in the same place, a paier, hi which they it-ed the following language: "We, the undersigned merchants of the city of Shrcveport, alive to the great Importance of securing n good and lion et Government iu the State, do agree and pledge ourselves not to advance any supplies or money to any planter, during the coming year, who will give employ ment or rent lands to laborers who vote the Radical ticket In the coming elec tion." I have no Information of the proceed ing ofthe ni'TUIM.MI IIOAIIIi for said election, which may not be found Iu Its report, which has been published, hut It Is a matter of public Information that a grcattr part of the time taken to canvass the votes was consumed by tho arguments of lawyers, w end of whom represented each parly licforc the hoard. I have no evidence that the proceedings of this board were not hi accordance with the law under which they acted. Whether, hi excluding from their report certain re turns, they are right or wrong Is a ques tion that uejicuds upon the evidence they had before tnem; but it Is very clear that the law gives them iiower If they desire to exercise It to decide that way, and that-primiaft-i the persons whom they returned as elected, are entitled to the of fices for which they wefts candidates. Respecting the alleged Interference by the military with the organization of the Legislature on the lilt Inst.. I have no knowledge or Information which has not lieen received by me since that time, ami published. My first Information was from papers of the morning of the Mh of January. I did not know that any such thing was anticipated, and no orders nor suggestions were ever given to any millUiry olllecr Iu that Slate upon tlmt subiect prior to that occurrence. I am well aware that any MILITARY t.VTlUII'Klir.Xt K by the olllcers or troop of the United States witli the organization ot a State Legislature or any of its proceed ings, or with any ofthe civil departments of the Government, Is repugnant to our Ideas of right. I can conceive no ease not Involving rebellion or In surrection, where such Interfer ence by the authority of the Gen eral Government ought to be per mitted or can bo Justltled. Hut there are clrcum-tances connected with the late leg islative hnbrocllo In Loul-hma.whkli seem to exempt the military from any Inten tional wrong in me mauer, Knowing mat they had been placed hi Louisiana to prevent domeMlo violence und aid hi tho repression of It. Revolution w.13 appar ently, though It Is believed not really, abandoned, and the cry of Federal usur pation and tyranny hi LouMaua was renewed with redoubled energy. Troops had been sent to the State under requisition of the governor, and as other disturbances seemed Imminent they were allowed to remain them to ren.-Ier such aid as might become necessary to enforce tho laws of the State and repress the con tinued violence which seemed inevitable the moment Federal support should be withdrawn. Prior to and with a view to the late election in Louisiana, white men associated themselves together iu armed bodies, called "WHin: ixaol-ks," and at the same time threats were made hi the Democratic Journals of thu State, that the election should be carried again-t the Republicans at all hazard-, which very naturally greatly alarmed thu col ored voters. lly section eight of the act of February 2S, 1S71. It is made thu duty of thu United States Marshals and their Deputies at the polls when votes are cant for Representa tives hi Congress, to keep the peace and prevent any violation ofthe eo-ealled F.u forceinent Act and other ollciiscsagalnt the laws of tho United States, mid upon a requisition ofthe Marshal of Louisiana, and in view of said armed organization and other portent Ions circumstances, I caused a detachment of troops to be sta tioned In various localities in the State to aid him Iu the performance of his duties and the enforcement of State laws. Of ficers and troops of the United States may well have supposed that it was their duty to act when called iinon bv the Gov ernor for that purpose. F.ach branch .' ,li.i f ..f.ti I. ,!.... , i.i.. i. i ii viiu i,visi.iti,u 4vr.niiui v juuu ill the election and qualilleatlons of Its own member, but If u mob or body of unau thorized persons seize iiud hold the leg islative hall hi : tumultuous mid riotous maimer, and so prevent any organization by those legally returned as elected. It might become, tlio duty of the Kxeeiitive to interpose, if requested by a majority of the member) elect, to svi'I'iiess thi: ni.srnin.k.NCj: ond enable the persons elected to organ ize tho House. Any exercise of this power would hojustlllable under tho most extraordinary circumstances, and it would either ho tho duty ofthe Governor to call upon the constabulary, or, If nec essary, the military forces of tlio State. Hut with reference to Louisiana It Is to be homo Iu mind that any attempt by the Governor to uo the police force of that Stato at this time would have un doubtedly precipitated U iilooiiv uo.nfmi t with tho White League, as did on thu 11th of September. There is no doubt hut tho presence of tho United States troops on that occasion FItUVI'.NTKK lll.OOHlli:il ond loss ot life. Iloth appear to have relied upon tiioni a conservators ot tnu public peace. The first call was inado by thu Democrats to remove persons obnox- I.II9 ,.. ,1...... ..,.,., ,1... I .,.,1.1 111,-., 1 ... 1 I 11119 iu uii'iii 1111111 inu , ' f, i in' 1 1 1' nun, and tlio second was from Republicans to remove persons who had hsuI'IkM seats hi tho Legislature without le gal certlllcates authorizing them to seats, 11 ml hi siilllcient number to change tho inability. Nobody was disturbed hv 1 the military who had 11 legal light ut that 1 time to occunV n seat In the Legislature. Tho Democratic minority of tho IIoue undertook to sclzo the organization by FlIAL't) AND VIOI.KNOK. Ill this ottempt they trampled under foot the law, In that Hint tliey undertook to mako persons not returned as elected members, so as to create a majority) that fatllett 1U they acted under n preconcerted plan and under fnlso pretenses. Introduced Into tho hall men to suptort their pretensions by force, it necessary, and thceonllict. disor der and rlotlous proceeding following am Diets tlmt sectn to lie well established, and, I am credibly Informed, that these violent proceedings wcie part of a pre meditated plan to have the House orga nized In this way to recognize what has been called the -McKnery Senate, then to depose Gov. Kellogg ami so itr.voi.t rio.vtzr: thk oovEnNJtn.vr. Whether It was- wrong for the Governor at the request of 11 majority of the mem bers returned as elected, to use such means ns In his power to defeat these lawless and revolutionary proceedings. Is perhaps, n debatable question ; but it Is rllltli, prliiln llinrii ti-rtiilil lint... 1.. .,..... . . ...v.i, .iv.ii.i a.i,,v ii.V,l 111, trouble If those who now complain ofll- k-jjui inii'rierciico noil iinowcii;(lio Jlotl-e to be organized hi u lawful and regular manner. When thoo who Inaugcmtod DISOllltEU WOIISF. THAN A.NA1ICIIY dlsvow such proceeding, It will he time, enough to condemn tlioo w ho, by such means as they have, prevented the suc cess of their lawless mid desperate schemes. I.IKUr. IlK.V, .1IIF.IIIIIAX wa requested by me to go to Louisiana to observe ami report the situation there, and If hi hi opinion neecsai v to assume the command, which he did on the Itli Inst., after the legislative disturbances had occurred, at t) p.m.. a number of hour after the disturbances. No party motives or prejudices can reasonably be imputed to him, but honestly convinced by what lie lias seen and heard there, he has cluractcried the leaders of the White League In severe terms, and sug gested summary modes of pro cedures against them, which, though they cannot be adopted, would, If legal, soon put an end to the trouble and dis orders in that Slate. Gen. Sheridan look ing at the facts, and pos,lhlv not thinking of proceedings which would be the only proper ones to pursue hi time of peace, thought moro of the utterly LAWLESS CONItntO.V OF SOCIF.TV surrounding him at the time of his dis patch, of what would prove a sun) rem edy, lie never proposed to do an Illegal acL nor expressed a determination to pro ceed beyond what the law hi the future might authorize for the punishment of the atlocitlcs which have been c0111mht1.1l. 'and the commission of which cannot be succes.-nuiy dented. It I a DF.l'LOKAULi: FACT that political crimrs and murders have been committed hi Louisiana which have pne unpunished, mid which have been justltled or apologized for.which must rest as a reproach upon thu state and country long after the present generation has passed away. T have no desire to have United States troops Interfere hi the do mestic concerns of Louisiana or any other State. On IheOlh of December la Gov. Kellogg telegraphed to me his ap prehensions that the White League In tended to make another attack upon the same day. I made the following answer, since which no comumulcatloiinas been scut to him: Your dispatch of this datojttst rel ieved. It is exceedingly unpalatable to uso troops hi anticipation of danger. Let the State authorities do right, and then proceed with their duties without au tichiation of danger. If thev are then molested the oiicstion will bi-'letiwinliifil whether the I lilted States is able to inaln taln law andorilcrwltliin It limits or not. I have always deplored the necessity which seemed to make it my duty, under tho Constitution and laws, to necessi tate such Interference. 1 have always refused, except where It seemed to be mv Imperative duty, to net in such manner according to tho Constitution and laws of the United States. I have repeatedly and earnestly entreated the people of the South to livk T0trir.TiiF.il ix I'UACi: and obey the law, and nothing would give me greater pleasure, than to see rec onciliation and tranquillity everywhere. prevail, and thereby remove all necessity lor tlio presence of troops among then". 1 regret, however, to say this statu of thing., docs not exist, nor does It exist ence st em to be desired In certain local ities, and as to those It may be proper for me to say that, to tho extent that Con gress has conferred power on me to pre vent It, neither "Ku-Klux Klaus'" "Wliltu League.,'' nor any other association using A1IMS AND VlOLF.NCi: to executu their unlawful purposes, can be permitted iu that way to govern any part of this country. Nor can I see with Indifference Union men or republicans os tracised, persecuted and murdered on ac count of their opinion, as thev now are In some localities. I have 'heretofore urged tho cask of 1. on MAN A upon tho attention of Congress, and I cannot but think Its Inaction has pro duced great evil. To summarize: In Sep tember last 1111 armed and organized body of men Iu support of the candidates who had been put iu nomination for the olllccs of Governor and Lieutenant Gov crnor.at the November election in 1S72, and who hail been declared not elected by the Hoard of Canvassers, rccognietl by all the courts 10-whk-h the question had been submitted, undertook to sub vert and overthrow the Slate government that h id been recognized hyinuln'nccotil mice wilh previous iirece'dciits. The rec ognized .Governor was driven from the State House, and hut for hi llntllng shel ter In tho United Slates Custom House hi tho capital of tho State of which ho was Governor, It Is scarcely to ho doubted that he would have been killed. From the State House, before he had been driven tntho Custom House, a call vviS made Iu accordance with the -It li stitlou of thu-lth article of thu Conitullou ofthe United Slates tor old ofthe General Gov ernment to suppress domestic violence. Under the.u circumstances, mul luaccord unco with my sworn duties MV I'ilOCLA MA'I ION of the 15th of Septculbcr, 1371, was I sttud. This served to reinstate Gov. Kel logg iu his position nominally; but It can not hu claimed that the Insurgents have to this day HiuTcmloivd to the State au thorities AIIMS I!i:i.O.N0IMl TO THIS HtUt' I or that they have. In any sense, disarmed, On tho contrary, It is known tlmt tho ! same armed organization that exhlcil 011 tlio 14th of Septemlicr, IS7), In opposi tion to the reorganized ShitoGovernineut, still retain their organization, cqutquiciits luul commanders, and can bo called out at any hour to res.t the Statu Govern ment. Under these- circumstances, the same military forcu hod been continued In Louisiana as was sent under thu llivt call, and uuilci' tho same general Instruction. I repeat, the task I'saumcd by the iroups la not a pluisaiit cut) to t'icni; that the army 1 NOT COMI'OSF.0 OF LAWVl'HS, capatlour JtulgiiiK at a nrincnl'a notice Ju.thow f-riliey cun go la thu nmltite nacce of law ami or ler, und that It wns lm ponlbio to ulve spcollte Instructions pro- 'A vlillng for all potilblo contltiRonclcs that might ntio. The troops were bound to act upon tho Judgment of tho commanding of llcor upon each oudden romlm-cnry that arose, or await Instruction which could only retch thorn nrtcr tho tlneatonoil wrongs had been committed which they were oiled on to pi event. ltshotild bo recollected, tto, thatupon my rccognltlniof tho Kellogg Oovernnicnt 1 reported the fact, with tho grounds of the rccognliluti, to Congress and Hskcd that body 10 tal;a action tu the milter, other wlsa I should rccnnl their llcnrn ns arnut. cscoaco In my course. No action bns been taken bj'thatbody. and I luvo maintained the tiisll on III irked out. Ifrrrnr tins lii-i-n committed by thu army In these mailers, it has nl.vaya lucn on tho Ma ot prourvntlon of good order ami tlm milntciinico of Isw and protection, and ri lled credit upon tho soldiers; and. If wrong has resulted, tho uiauiB is wiiii uie luruiuoiii elements sur rounding tlitin. I now earnestly nk tint 1 uch ACTION nit TAKF.N nV CO.NdllKSSi tp leave my dutlci psrlccily clear in uvuiihk milium nuairx or i.timsiana, ctv Ing as-ur.mco at tlio mine tlmu-that what CVCr mar be llotto liV tl.lt hndv In tlm nrmn. lie, will lio executed according to Ihe spirit and letter of the law, without fear or 1 over. I herewith transmit espies of documents containing more specific- information ns to tlio MitiJert matter ofthe re-ol-Jtlon. ..IStgoctl II. S. n ANT. Lxiicutivk Mansion, .Inn. 13, 1H75 ConniKHION JIIIIU'HANTN. C. CLOSE, (,'tlieral Commission Merchant AM) DKALf.Il IN LIME, CEMENT, PLASTER, HAIR, &c, Undor City Nntional Banlx.. I WILL erlt In rar-lnnit lots nt mniiunu-lnrcra' prices, luldlne Frelutu. COF2-EY, HARRISON & CO., (-"ucccsfora tu I). Hunt ,t Co.) FORWARDING Commission Merchants And Dralirs In FIOUR, GRAIN and HAY, No. 03 Ohio Lovoe. WOOD RITTENHOUSE AND BRO. FLOUR AND GENERAL Commission Merchants No. 138, OHIO LEVEE. JOHN B. PHILLIS AND SON, (Succcnors to Juliu 11. PldllU) FORWARDING AND Commission Merchants And Dealer In HAY, CORN, OATS, FLOUR, MEAL, BEAN, etc. Agents for LAFLIN & BAND POWDER COi Cornor Tenth Stroot nud Ohio JLovoo. . 1). Muthusa, i: C. Ulil. MATHUSS c UHL, FORWARDING A ml (I'em-iitl Commission Merchants Di'iitei'd ill FLOUR, GRAIN, HA.Y AND PRODUCE, GL Oliio Xaotreo. K. J. Ayitit. 8. I). A)iet. AYRES & CO., And Ei-iKiut Commission Merchants No. 78 OHIO LEVEE. rpitl'.ltll Is mint fun m Ihe I. C'lironios I'M 'Civ than any minted or printed hlory that lull been Khru li Uie public for 3 cunt, Neier befiiiebat lieen arcordeil to any pictuiiinrtettil idi-tiuiii. the im, ul:irlly ll.f.i- Chronios baiu uttalntsl. Kle, tix bv twenty two Imbes. Price, ten dollars per lulu. Addle ' onlrl'H tu J 1". ItYIIIIlt, Piibiuixr, I 111 eland, 0 SPiC( I1A ItIIvy,VItIl-.For a i.r of HPUVJV.VJVJ Chllla which my Indian ' Affile Itemed)- will not effectually eradicate from I Ihe ayatem. Only U) cents for full tllrectluua lor eompouudluK Ihi medicine. Satl.lclloii Kir nnti or money refunded. Aildivit ii. W . RUSSELL, Mineral Siirtncs Ohio, ItfO-ll-il-lli-lVTlW n I'll VNICIAXfS. TyiUMAM It. SMITH, M. D. IIKSIDKVCF.: No 21 ThlrtM-nth trt 1. tvrcrn Wn.ldngton arenas nml Walnut atrrtt OFFICKi North aide of Eighth atiwl be lwtn Commercial anil Washington Tenne. Q W. DUNNING, M. D. ItKSIDKNCKi Corner Ninth and Walnut Itreet. OFFtCr.i Corner Sixth street and Ohio Levee. OFFICT HOUItS: Fromi). m. tolJm., and from 2 to sp m. TJ)R. W. BLAtrw, Gorman Physician. OFFICII' nmler's Block, (up-atalr), eornar Kljthtli ntrret anil Washington avenue. i.AWYi:n.s. OAMCEL P. WHEELER, IN- Attorney at Law. OFFICII Ohio Irec, over room forniirly occupied by Flrtt .Votlonal Uank, c.vino. it.usots. ULKEY & SON, Attorney, at Iiiuv. OFFICII! Klglilli Street, tietween CommeT clal mid VV aUliigtnn avenues, W',iri1,nc'"juey j CAlltO, ILLINOIS Q.HEEN & GILBERT, AttorncyN anil CouiincIoi-m u. -far in Jinw. OFFICII. Ohio rooms 7 and 8 over City National Hunk, William II. (inrn, ) 'n','""i" f . - "-"if." - '"O ILLINOt-J Milt-si l-reil'k Olll-ert 3 Cy-'tieH-ial nttrulion given to Aitralrulty and SlrainUat Undue,,. I'll'S. PITS CURED FREE ANY perfon Mtn'eviiijC from thenlove ilsi-ae l-t nsii.teit toudilrrs Ir I'rlrrauila Irlnl txitlle of hl ineitirliiv will t w forwimltit FltHH IIP Pl-ll'l. U l-.frll.lt..lllfarUl, .h.llm.l...l. the treatment of PITS OR EPILEPSY a study fur years, ami lie will warrant a cine by the ute of Ills remedy. Do nut full In K-nil to him fora trial bottle) it eotla notlilmr, and be WILL CURE YOU, No mailer linvv Ions flandlnp your tne may be, or how many oilier remtuhM m-iy bate faile.1. llrtular- aril te-tlintnlalsient tvllh FREE TRIAL DOTTLE. Address. DR. CHAS. T. PRICE New Yolk. M-ii-a.d.tn ly MINir.I.I.A.MIOVN. SOUTHERN ILLINOIS Normal University. NOTICE. 'there will Ik-nn oiiortuntly f-ir Mudfuli I.i enter llii- t'id,TUy, immediately after Uik liol idaya, on .Vlonilny, Jiuuinrj- Jlh, 1H7.1. Tuition N iitu In ull nho arc tent by Cuiinlv Suierliiti-ndjiH, .upi-n l-or-,, Judges or by it lttiieient.illti-Ill-trirt. To tiirh, au lm-ldent.il n-eof'lvro Dolbirii Id i-barged i-t-r term, ui-eoril-ing to Oll-MatlUr 1.) ollii p, I li 1 1 Ii it In Die .Vol mi! I)tuti linrut It s,ill-rlerni hi the -n-.niloiv li, mrinieiil tti.uo, ami In Uu- I'llin.iry or Model Deiiatt iiieut e.'.m Tin- Iiixf rnclloii Ih Tliorouuli. uiul enibraee- VViltlnp, Dniulni-, Shipliig, CkI- i-iuviiii . iiii.i I. nil iiuuii, in Ullillliuil lOUll Illr Common and IIIkIi luinl utilities, aud Ijitiu nud limk, lllght r .Vlatbematlra, CI emltlry ami Philosophy. , j linod iHKinl ran K bud ut le.isoliablr inici S.". 51 In v.'i.ui i t r w it- . Tin-Spring-Term will oiieu Jlnnibiy, Marell isth, i",3. .i.uhih itoiiAirrs, m. n., l:H--tl-d.'iW M-crelary CENTAUR LINIMENT The gTint tllttivtry of tlio ( age 'I here Is no lilu which tin- Centaur l.liilmriil will not K jV ifl'ete, no tMtllliig which It ps.X(4 will nut rlilnlue, amino lame--Pri lsi, which It wilt not cure -ttta ' nm 'I'bU Is Mroiis language, but it i inie t is in, iinniDiigi me m-lpe Is iniulttl around earli elirular rnntalnlnc rertiCralet of bottle A nonui'tniii'iirea oi nitiimaii 'iii, neuralgia, lock Jaw, iraius, awrlllugs, MUldn, t-aViil brt-ant., ttoUoiiciin biles, foizen livt , gout fall rlieum. ear arhe, Au , and Uu- leclpv of Um liniment will lie tent grails to any one It I I lie moat wonderful healing mid ntii.iellelng will Uie world hat (T produced It ttlls iih uu aitlclt-letuie dl-t hII, and It i lis beeaU'e It llres Jiml what ll im--tendt to do. liiie bollle id' llictviiiimrl.ini lnenl fur niilnmls (elliw wnii.pti) Is urlh u hundred dollars lor riarlneil, sliinlnl or trailed lioi-se-i and mulct, anil fur rnw-wtirm h-ei,. No f.imlly or lock-owner can all'nnl to he w it la out (Viilalir I.luiniint. Price, .HI cents, large hottliuM .1 II !(0S X CO , M Itroadway, New York CUSTOItt.V ii more than n nibtitute fur ' Cwdoroll It is theonly eafenitlrleln ex hit mi- which la Uic Ii, nvnl.He thu bowels, t-nii) wliiilcolle nml pridlure naimul ltt p It N pleasant tu bike Childien ntcd not cry and liiuthcra may fleep 0-7-wly OIIU Illustrated Catalogues -o 1875 op EVERYTHING roit Tin: GARDEN! Seeds! Plants ! lumploments, Fertilizers, eta nnmoerliig 1 73 prijci anu commune utc Uautlfulaloral mailed on receipt of SOcenta. Catalogue, without pUtei, fret to oil 35 Cortlandt St., NSW YORK. AGENTS WANTED ion Pro.rowler'a Gx-oatWork MANHOOD, WOMANHOOD, THEIR MUTUAL INTER-REliATIONS Lovci Its Ijiw, Powers, 4c. AUKNTH ait) aelllnif from 13 to 23 rnpiei n day ieiiil for K-clineu iaye and terms to agents, and ce why It tells lusler tluui any other book Ad-ire Nalloual I'libll.hlnx (,'o , l'hitadcliihla, l'n , Chicago, ills , orht Iult, IIudm. t-KtMM. lik rnx Lm. atiUihtinf 1 1I4IH UllMH WllMl.Mr. 1 H. HIWT. ll.il Be trim Co., VI tntimtr, " ths.