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15EO. E. U(iLLESPIE, Editor. NATCHITOCH ES SATUIRDAY - - - April 15, 176. Advertisin I 1les. q are .... $I 2 s naTe..-... 71 i1 I . t 0 (l i 2' tll 5 4. 1( j sq,,ae s... ill 13 ( 1 is 111 t5 I' ,1i0 4 sl :tar' s... 14 4.I I, to l )n :Ita i)l :15 00 S s ur'.e' ... 17 ,o , Ilt 27 nII :15 0( 410 i0) 6 squar-... irI) 64 11 n $2 0 4I) 111 7 squares... 2 Ii "27 1"0 i' ; on il (5I 70 I' ) 1) squareI~s.. 1111 3 Ilt .1i1 nl 7 illI1 15 0Ill 15 qll:a re.. .. 45 1i ill gI)I) 71 11 ) 104111 l5 III Ii squar"s.l ..-. 0'I It rlt (l 9 (11 1 :i1 (ill.01, ) i0) 'L'nulient adverl i l.mllnt .I.5lt 1 s 'qarl' of" li lines iltrevier. ih'st inwrtin, Ea:;ch subse quent insertien 75 cents per sliare. All chllairges ig tlclvertiscenttls to be chlnargel as if ugew. Transicent adlvertismentlls u inst be pait for in aIldvanle. All ,ills with regunlar advertisers ren dereld quarterly. One inch of solid brevier conlstitutes a lsquare. Marriage andl olitl:uary notices b,,eyondi the silmp lllle llaunlll'elent, resolutions or cards of thanks, charged as advertise Inenlts. Rates of Subseription. One Copy oneI year........... ........l.on One Copy six imonths ..... ...... .. ...I) (Payable ill advance.) AGENTS FOR THE TINDICATOR. Rnwell & Chinsman, St., Louis. St. Louis Pulllishing Co., il P. Rn ell & C(. New York. S. 3M. 'Pettelgill & Co. W. 11, Sharp & Co " Thos., .llllntyre. Nw" Orlenus. S"-'All persons deairint to Adve.rtise with us in those cities. 1I"ST apply to our Agents. Circutlation larger than any 1jpa per in the State ontsidc o'f New Or leans or ,hreeport. JURs PAPER IM Ox FILE WITH Where AdIveVdmg Comýreeta ea bek mim. WV. . SHARP & CO., PUBLISIHERS' AGENTB, No. 25 ParkRow, New York, Are authorized to contract for ad vertising in our paper. Our regular packet, B;rt. Able, came to the landing early Tuesday morn ing with a pretty good up freight, Capt Dick Sinnott in command. She is a fine boat for this trade, and our merchants and business men should give her the preference over all others. Many thanks to her officers for a file of city papers. Cotton planting would have been very general throughout the parish this week, but for the heavy rains during the time, which has put our planters be hind with their work considerably. --D 4m- - Thanks to lion. L. A. Wiltz, for a copy of the proceedings of the Convention held in the city of New Orleans on 5th and 6th Jan. nary last. Any one in want of the Eu calyptus Trees can get them by applying at this office. Rain fall for the last six days, ending Thursday morning, 13th inst., 4:10 inches. River rising rapidly. Lucien Adams, Jr., was killed, and Judge Lucien Adams and John King, severely wounded, at a Radical Club Meeting in New Orleans, on the 5th inst. Strangers, Travellers and Visi tors, should remember that L. H. BURDICK has opened a first class Boarding House in our city, Corner of Front and Touline Streets. Those in want of SPRING and SUMMER goods, of whatsoever va riety and quality, should call on our old and reliable merchant J. A. 1)11. COURNAU, corner Front and Church Streets. He has just returned from New Orleans, and informs us, that he has purchased one of the largest stock of Day GooDs ever brought to this market. Gentlemen desirous of suit ing themselves with the finest and cheapest goods in their line, will find it to their interest to give him a call ; as for the LADIEs, he is prepared to please them in every particular, both, in the qifality and plice of has goods. We have looked through his stock, and pronounce it par excellence, one of the finest we have ever seen offer ed in this, or any other place of like size. Call on him and decide for yourselves. A few of the leading ar ticles will be found mentioned in his card in another column. ------ ~ --- - D ces Tecum--A writ com-. manding a person to appear in the Conut of Chancery at an ap pointed day, and bring with him certain evidences, or other things, which the court requires to see; or a clause to that efifect added to a abpe&a to give evidence.--[Law Dictionary. We will iate again, for the inform ation of correspoudente, that we take no notice of eonmmuniceations an less accompanied with the real name of the writer, howeverpoticfalg they mazy he written. Louder. We once heard this cry nlade to one of our distinguished members of Congress, while lie was makiing a public speech to a large crowd in a I spacious hall, in the city of New Or leans. It, in no way disconcerted him, for his reply was: "'le patient gentlemen, and I will get loud enough for you all before I am through ;" i and so he did, making his voice per meate every and all parts of the build ing, and distiitly audible to every 1 one present. Warming with his sub ject, and being very eloquent, lle gradually approached the Louisiana question, her wrongs, the indignities she lhas been compelled to bear, with the despised usurper as her Govel nor. There were no longer any cries of "''louder" froim the audience, but they all calmed down into attentive si lence, and not a murmur could be heard throughout that vast assembly. Although we do not desire to coim pare ourselves to a distinguished mlember of Congless, but we will say this: that before this camplaign is over, we will get our paper "h''lt" enough to suit the miost fiery and im lletuous. There is one thing we do not prlopose to do, lhowever, and that is to lose our anolnunition firing at long range. It would be the greatest tilly and imbecility to introduce the snlubject matter of the canmpaign at the initiatory prelude, and give the ene mny the chance to attempt to "put their house in older," to escape the heavy blows they may reasonably expect. The game has not yet "bro ken cover," and until it does, do not cry out "hotter," but rather' he con tented, and rest in patience, well as sured, that the work will be done at the pliiper time, and in the proper nlanner, provided, we do not othinid the instincts of modesty, and disre gard all claims of propliety, in order to suit the taste of those who may de. site the detailing of private scandal. We are now making up the record, and reconnoitring the ground before us, and will be able, no doubt, in due course of time, to serve up things as "hot" as any one may wish. There , is no scarcity of material to make things "hot," but, then, when we do get in that pungent condition, we want to scorch 'em to a parpose. Hon. John B. Gordon. In a speech in the Senate of the I United States on March 9th, 1876, Sshowed how rmuch the Government has been defrauded in the collection of the Revenlue Tax on whisky, for the last thirteen years. The sum, ac cording to his figures, is fabulous; amounting in round ilnubers to the Senormous amnount of eight hundred Smillions of dollars; enough to pay tile expenses of an hundred Centen nials, or build a Pacific railroad, not r only to California, but almost around a the world, if there was land to sus fl ain it. After shlowing the radical defects of the Revenue system, and asking the Senate to take somle steps to pre v rent so much frand and partizan se lection of officers, lie thus coneludes: I think it is Buckle who says that there are eras of crimie and of differ ent grades of cliume. Whether Buckle says so or not, it is true. There are erns of crime, and this unfortunately is one of themn. What will hle who shall chronicle these events in tile fiuture call this era in our history f What can lie call it but an era of pub , lic shame, of public theft, of public I prostitution ? It is timnle to begin a reform, and no better place to begin it than in this revenue service. Tlhe Sgreat evil, the towering, the over shadowing evil of thlis day is the love of money and the love of display which mioney penrmits, and tie telnl tation of ,fficials to obtain money [ through official corruption. This is -. the great fact that stands out boldly before us. Hlow shall we exaggerate, then, the importance of throwing e arolund tile collectors of our revenue all tile conditions and before them all tile incentives to honesty which shall a enable them to resist temptations so peculiar to their situation I Can we not do this? Can we not r bury party considerations for suchl a Sresult? Can we not foriget for a time I that we are parties with a great po litical contest before us, and remluem a her only that we are Americans, withl e a republic to save, a reputation to k redeem? If we cannot, if with this Srecord of official crime before us, if with this demton of demoralization Senthroned in the very seat of the d Government, with this gathering flood d of corruption rolling over great and once honored departments of Govern ment, and breaking at last at tile very steps of the Executive Mansion, i if with tihe very foundations of po . litical and of offlicial morality crumb ,ling beneath us we cannot forget tihe feuds of thIe past in the effort to save 0 from thle frauds of the present, then we shall surpass the miadness of Jern e salem breaking into factions while r Titus thundered at her gates. Mr. President, this is a good year to begin reformation, and this is a good place to originate it. Let us not only unite here without distinc tion of party to rescue this Revenue Depart.enta, but let us unite tile peo ple of all parties and of all sections I inl thile eftfort .to restore honest and . Iure government, and practical, sub stantial, universal reform. SWe continue to send our paper to Sall of our friends, and, as only one . has been returned, we conclude that r they want it, and will become sub seribers; therefore, we ask them to send in tile amnount of the absecrip Stion, which is only *2.00. In this B conneetion will state that we cannot - carry out any forumer contracts of the m Vindicator, and hold ourselves per I feetly free from any responhibility whatsoever in thatparticelar. Easter Sunday. As many have expressed surprise that this feast should occur on the t 16th, and not on the 9th of the pres- s cut month, we have concluded to t give some explanation of the matter, which may not be without interest to t a manjority of our readers. Easter is F one of those moveable feasts, regu:la- ' ted by the changes of the nloon, and t consequently must be as variable as c the moon itself, with this exception, f however, it must always be on a Sun day, and this Sunday Imust be the first, after the first full moon after t the Vernal Equinox. Now for tlihe explination, how, this year it happens on the I6th, and not on the 9th inst., as the full moon was I on Saturday, the 8th, at forty-eight minutes past seven o'clock in the af ternoon, and according to customi, Easter should, thlerefore, have been I on the 9th, the first Sunday after tile first full moon of the Vernal Equinox. The Iproper time for the celebration of Easter has occasioned no little controversy, for we find in the first years of christianity the churches divided upon the question, until the Council of Nice (:'325 A. D.) which fixed the time above stated, for its celebration. It was deference to an cient custom, that led the ecclesiasti cal authorities to adhere to the inetlh od of determlination by the moon, and at tile epoch of tile Council of Nice, there was no oflice of longitudies to determine the exact hour of the full moon, that is to say, the precise moment when the eartil is between the moon anid the sun in a straight line, the line of syzygies. "It must be relnembered" 4says Chambers En eyclopaldia,) "tllat it is not the actu al moon in the heavens, nor even tile mean moon of Astronomers, that regulates the tinte of EJaster, but an altogether imaginary moon, whose periods are so contrived, that the new (calendar) moon always follows the real new moon, (sometimes by two, or even three days.) The effect of this is, that the 14th of the calendar mlloon-which had, from the times of Moses, been considered 'full moon' for ecclesiastical purposes-falls gen erally on the 15th or 16th of the real moon, and thus, after the real full moon, which is generally on the 14th or 15th day." In looking up the sub ject farther, we find the following statement in a French paper, publish. ed by the authority of the Diocese of Nantes : "They have used an easy method to facilitate matters, and sacrificed a little exactitude to simplicity, and this method is still in use, because, it gives results ordinarily exact. The I error besides, is without consequence, because it can only make a difference of one day. This mnethlod gives to tthe lunar monthi thlirty days, when Itruly it has but twenty-nline days, twelve hIlours and forty-cighlt minlutes. This year the ecclesiastical count is in Sdisagreement several lhours withl as tronomny, and these hours cause the full moon to fall on tlhe 9th, instead of the 8th, and following tlhe law of :the Council of Nice thley have been t forced to place la fete tie Pagues, In Sunday thle 1Gth April." It is tlierefore a well established fact, tilhat to-morrow (Sunday) is to I be Easter, with all of its aceompany ing ceremonies; thile young ladies with new dresses, and thle children withi dyed eggs, &c., wlhich to them, forms a very important period of their lives. State Tax Sales. It will be remembered thlat some tiume ago, in the case of Joseph Re boul vs. Joseph Billgery, Judge Cul Sloll decided tlhat the State law Uim posing penllalties on delillnquent tax. payers, and especially thile amount Sthlley have to pay the purchlaser at the tax-collector's sale, in order to re deem their property, was unconstitu I tional and could not be enforced. This case was applealed to thile Sn preme Court. Last week, Judge Taliaferro rendered thile decision of I tile Court, to thile effect that the con stitutionality of the tax imposed on plaintiff (Reboul) was not the subject of the controversy ; but thlat the val une of thile prloperty involved was shown Sto not he $500 anid hence the Supreme SCourt had no jmuisdictmon. The ap Speal was dismissed. This, we ipresume, leaves Jnudlge SCullnum's decision to slatIld unaltered, I arid a safe-gIuard for thoIe unlfortu I nate tax delinquents whose property is soughlt to be taken fuom themn by a Sset of hIarpies, under the forms of le gal robbery and conlfscation. Thle above is taken from the Or leanian, a weekly paper publishlled in Sthe city of New Orleans, in the inter Sest of the Tax-payers, and anything folnd in its columns relating to the subject of taxation, may be relied on. r If tIle law imposing penalties on de Slinquent tax-payers is unconstitution ail ias decided by Judge Cullom, it is sillmply stealing thile people's money for tau-collector's to insist on them paying it, particularly since they are not able to pay thile high taxes without the penalties, except at great sacri fice, S Let every farmer read the ad. vertisement in this paper of '"Chu fa, and Japan Peas." If one half that is claimed for these crops I by the best authorities be true, I they are indeed a godsend to the SBSouth. · 5; Get your printing done at the VmDItcATo' Job Office. The New South. This is the appropriate name for the country rmaped out by the far seeing and adventurous carpet-bag ger, when he packed his carpet-bag and came down, just after the war, to enter into his great scheme of re generation and purification. There was no thought of self in his under taking, no idea of robbing anybody, or stealing anything that could be found, oh ! no, lie simply "Followed freedom on thie adventurous tide;" his mission was peace and good-will to mankind generally, and to the ne gro, particularly. In order to carry out the aims and intentions of such humane projects, he must first get power, and this could only be obtain ed through the working of the Radi cal party, and the negro vote. To win the negro to his side, hie begins by instilling into his ear the subtile poision of hfatred to his former owneril, and making dupes of them, which lie soon learned was no ditlienlt task. lie obtained pow er; was it for peace i No, far froUm it, but plunlder, plunder every where, was his game; and if any one can truthfully say, that we have not been systimatically plundered fiom 1868, to the present time, he has but a dim idea of w~hllt will fill the definition of such a term. \Vell and truly did lie adopt the ' teachings of the Radical press through out the North. It was Hlorace Gree ley, who said to the young men of the country, "Go West," but it was the Radical party, who said to the Car t pet-bagger, "Go South, go to the t New South, there is your Eldorado, - the land of promise;" for the "South," . says Mr. JJames Rledpath, "as a com pact political power, should have neither courtesy nor mercy shown it. It deserves neither pity nor respect. D Its history is one long, lurid, chroni cle of crime. The nation has crush ed her, and to prevent her rearing her hydra head, mast be driven back ,f at any cost." After listening to such r teachings, is it any wonder that de 'f prayed, corrupt, and dishonest men + caine down here to take advantage of the negro, and find a few debased 1 white men, to enter into their nefa II rious plans of wholesale robbery, and I open-handed stealing? Tluhink of a people already impoverished by a g long fratricidal war, being subject ed to such trials as these? Think of if all the things being constantly enact ed among us, and then wonder, ye I philanthropist, if you can, that ex a traordinary means have been used to d countervail such horrid ind diaboli it cal acts. Is it any wonder that these e adventurers aroused the bitterest feel. , ings against them, when it is known e that they had, after obtaining the pow ver, run ip tnatioan until it n amounted to virtual confiscation i Is , it any wonder that the people of the . South determined to relieve them Sselves of this terrible "crushing pro - cess 9" " S Let any man in, the Northern States, d take a calmn view of the situation, and if acquaint himself of the facts, see n what wrongs have wbeen heaped upon n us, and if hie will then pronounce judgment against us, and continue hirs d teachings and doctrines that we should o iall be driven from our hearths and h. omes, then we will say that chrlisti s anity is a cheat, and holy religion a n fraud. SSheriff's Sales. Robert W. Simmons vs. W. WV. Breazeale. Sale of land on the 6th May. lMarcelin Tauzin vs. R. E. Burke, SAssignee of 'rT. Lacoste, Bankrupt. Salel of House andl lot on Front Street. . Saturday, May 6th. W. M. Levy vs. Gaston Roqne and SJ. E. Roque. Sale of land, May Gth, t Clemnence Dngas vs. L. H. Burdick. STimes otfice, 15 April. A. B. Sotulpayrac vs. D. H. Boullt, Jr. Sale of lands, May 6th. J. H, Stephens vs. Harriet Prm Sdhoumme, wife of Theo. Prudhomme, C sale of Gin House and one acre of if land, on a credit of 12 months. May 6. Succession Sales. t Succession of Winm. Joyce. Sale of land, household and kitchen furniture, nApril 27th. Succession Sale of J. J. Patton. .ale of land on Spanish lake, April 29th. e Succession of Remy MeTire. Sale of land and household furniture, April 27th. SJoseph Welsh applies to be appoin ted administrator of the Succession of John Deegan, deceased. Marie Azelie Dasilva, applies for the administration of the succession n of John Dasilva, dec'd. That Damned rConfederate House. It would do you good to hear some of Sthe truly loyal, who have just been i. choked off fromt a full teat, denounce . the "Confederate Houtse," as they call it. It is hard, they think, to be Iprevented fromn robbing the Govern is ment they saved, and that too, by y the very men they saved it from, but n somehow or other they don't get much Ssymnpthy. They stand around hotel bar-rooms t and swear feebly, accept an invita - tion to drink sadly, and theth contem plate the ruin of their hopes for the remainder of their stay. It didn't use to be that way tifteen years ago. . If anybody took occasion to doubt thde purity of anybody connected with 'the Government then, he was imme - diately damned for a "Copperhead" g and pounded like a dog. There were no arrests in those days for anything , of thdt sort.-[Correspondence St. e Louis Times. Whatever the size of her shoe, the Washington Star tlhinks there is no t doubt that Mrs. Belknap "put her foot in it." News of the Week. The following official order has been issued: The Headquarters of the Army are hereby re-established, and hereafter in time of peace, shall be at Washington City, and all orders or instructionus relative to military operations, or affecting the military control and discipline of the army, issued by the President, through the Secretary of War, shall be promul gated through the General of the Army. AI, nioxso TAFT, Secretary of War. Cen. Merrill denies the statement that he took a bribe while Judge Ad vocate, in Tezas. Barton Kendrick was found dead in his room, in St. Louis, on the 5th inst. lie was formerly Secretary of ex-Gov. Warmouth. There is to be an Irish Rifle team, at the Centennial, to compete for the chaminpionship of the world. A clored Convention was held in Nashrille, Tenn., on the 4th inst. Mrs. Ben. F. Butler, died at the Mzssachusetts General Hospital, April 8th, of Cancer of the throat. Forty-two Japanese youths passed over the Fort Wayne railroad, en route to Philadelphia, where they are to attend school. The remedy for newspapers that are "hard up," according to the Min den Democrat, is to demand the cash in advance. (We'll do it.) The President has had a slight at tack of apoplexy, which alarmed his frienids very much. New Irish potatoes in Goliad, Tex as, March 25th. The ten citizens of Baton Rouge, who were arrested by warrants from S. B. Packard, U. S. Marshal, and President of the Radical State Cen tral Committee, were welcomed home by a monster Mass meeting, composed of all classes of citizens. It is said that Secretary Bristow is weary of his position, and will soon I resign. It is thought that Congress will I continue until after the National Re r publican Convention. Rain fell in New Orleans, to the amount of 54 inches, on the 7th inst. Mr. Joseph E. Winner has patented a process which completely destroys t any kind of stamp, bond, &c., when " written on, for cancellation. f The Lafourche Union has, as its motto, "Justice and equal rights to all men," and quietly takes the Judi cial printing from his confiere, the ' Republican. ]Hawaii, is the Kingdom of the 2 Sandwich Islands, eight in number, in Sthe middle of the Pacific ocean. 1 The French have invited proposals B for thirteen thousand five hundred t hogshead, of Tobacco, from the States s of Maryland, Ohio and Virginia. a None from Kentucky. -Mark Twain is worth $60.000. It lpays to be fumnny. It is alleged that the Grand Jury , of the Superior Criminal Court, in Stends irvestigatting the late riot at B the Mechanic's Ilstitute.-N. O. l'ic. SIt is denied tlrat thire President hais B expressed a preference for Conkling. s Rain almost every day this week. S Go to J. A. DUCOURNAU'S to buy your Yew spring and &ummer Goods. We hope there will be a full at tendanrce of tre Parish Central Conm mittee at thire meeting called for Mon day next. It is iniperetive that ;an early organization of the people should take place and our initiator.y committee meeting should be attend. ed by every memiber. S While on this sulject, we should like to know what the young men pro pose doing this coming campaign Will they act like rational beings and grapple with the subject intelligently, I or slink around as so many machines? If too young to vote at the past elec Stions, it stands to reason that many have reached the voting point during thre intervening years. Let the young Smen bring all their intelligence, in I, tegrity and patriotism to the front to meet the political issue sensibly, I manfully and honestly. They should recognize the folly that brought dis I aster in the past, and the necessity of , using firmness and judgment if we would triumph next November. 'f Will Mr. Frank Morey, member of Congress front Louisiana, be pleased r to rise up and explain the natdre of Sthe services he rendered in Washinag ton to the North Louisiana and Tex as Railroad Company, for which they paid him a fee of eleven thousand dollars ? We have a right to pro pound this question to Mr. Morey, e because lie is a pLublic servant, and ' the people of Louisiana are stock e holders to the amount of $1,122,(000 in that railroad company. If Mr. I Morey will not rise up and explain this small transaction, we would res Spectfully suggest to Gen. Gibson, Mr. Levy, and Mr. Ellis the propriety of ; interrogating Mr. Morey about it upon the dfloor of the House of Iepresenta tives-[N. O. Democrat. For Cheap and Fine Goods call Son J. A. DUCOURNA U. "Neither Pierrepoot nor the Pres " ident appear to care much who stole a the letter of the former."--[Detroit J Free Press. Colnie, now; that won't do. Say ap pears or at once abandon all thoughlt of taking that contract for writing the Centennial English grammer.[-Con rier-Journal. Subcrib to the Vindicator,-- Subscribe to the Viu dieaztor, Natchitoches City Cemetery. TIHE I{EiPOnIT OF REV. J. S. WHITE TO TUE SUiISCItllERiS, FOR TIlE REPAIRS OF TIlE SAME. lHaving solicited a subscription from the people of this city, for the pur pose of inclosing the Ceimetery, and to pllchase a house and lot to be do nated to the corporation for the oc cupancy of a Sexton, as custodian of the Cemetery, and who should repair, when needed, the fence, gates, &.c., we would hereby acknowledge the liberality of many of the citizens, ianid submnit to them this report of subscriptions, collectious, and expen ditures. Total amount of subscription T17 75 Total amount collected 1.1 50 Amount uncollected 53 25 EXI'ENIITCRES Purchase money, for Sexton's house $151 00 Lumiber bill of Martin & S. ,ith, after deducting donation, 30 00 Bill of J. C. Sullivan, 15 days work, 30 00 Bill of Derzilin Hertzog, 18 days work, 18 00 30 post at 20 cts. each, 6 If) Dlrayage, 75 Total $235 75 Total excess of expenditures above subscriptions, ~l8 00. Total excess of expenditures above collections $71 25. From the above, it is apparent that to pay these accounts, every dollar of the subseriptions will be needed, and eighteen dollars more, and yet the ac tually necessary repairs are not linish ed, in order to mnake this Cemetery respectable. In the name of the dead and civilization, may we not still ap peal to the public for the comnpletion of this work t In the name of justice and comnion honesty, may we not appeal to those subscribers that have not paid their subscriptions f The property has been purchased, and these repairs made on the credit of these subscriptions, and every dollar collected, has been so appropriated, and more. The remaining subscrip tions are now due, for work rendered, and if not paid, must full upon our self. While we thus appeal to some of the most directly interested members of this community, we must com mend the example of the few Jews, that are citizens of this town, to whom, without exception, we have applied, and without exception, have received a cash subscription, and are yet, taxed with their own Cemetery; were thile very people to whom I could appeal, with tihe very least show of justice. Would that many who are more directly interelsted-whlose an cestors and famuilies are hurried here, and are yet so sadly neglected, were even, in proportion to their means, equally as liberal, or eren just. De linquentscllt have a standing invitation to settle. Respectfully, J. S. WHIIITE. Our Washington Letter. Washington, D. C., April 4, '76 MORTON'S CIHANCES for the Republican nomination are mnluch stronger than tlhey would seenm to be at first glance. The darkies are beginning to understand that Graint's iimiiediate connection with all the scoundrels whllose misdeeds are beiing Ibrought to light by thle denloecratic House is so palpable that tile Con vention mnay not dare to nolminate him, and Morton wjil be their next choice. IHia adlhesion to Pinchback, wlhen the best men and coolest hleads in his party knew tlhat to admit Pinchback to a seat in the Senate, to I which ll he had no title, could not fail to injure tile party, hlas made Morton Stile new Moses of tile negloea. It is evident that Mortoni cares for noth ing but his own success, and that hIis strength does not lie in his poIpularity I witil tle leaders of hllis lparty, but with the Republican negro voters. Thie party managers favor Conkling, because it is accepted as certain that neither party can win, if it fails to carry New York. The 35 electoral votes of that State will, to a certainty3, decide the contest ; and if Conkling can coutrol the delegation for that State, hlie will be in a Iposition to com mand the nomination. If not, Mor ton will be the strongest man. FRAUDS! FRAUDS! FRAUDS! Henry H. Finley, of St. Paul, Minn., who was employed by tihe Intelior Department as an attorney to work iup tile frauds in the Land Office, has discovered evidence of tihe most startling character implicating ex Secretary Delano, ex-assistant Secre tary Cowen, and two United States Senators. Upon reporting these facts, a few day ago, Finley was notified tllat hIis services wese no longer re quired, as the Government dlid not think it necessary to continue the in vestigation any further. A witness before a committee of thIe House, several days since, stated that Tranor W. Parke paid John De lano, son ol Secretary Detlano, *i2, 000 for thile patent for the Emmnna mine tract, and that thle patent was issued unoon fraudulent papers now on tile in the Department. Jolln Delano hias been slubpmnaed, and turther de velopenments may be looked for. SECRETAIRY ROBESON is also implicated in tile most gigan tie as well as tlhe most petty kinds of frandL--from depositing $1,500,000 of government funds with tile bankrupt house of Jay Cook & Co., to bolster up tlheir fallen fortunes, to having artic es of furniture for his own use made in the Navy Yard shops at Government expense. TIIE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC EXECU TIVE COMMI3TTEE, whose headquarters are at 131 F st Washingtonu, has completed its organ ization for anpai n ork, and ill llelder t lie Eli Ectio of lor. A. anlliks, the residenit s'crtarl, tende eflective a:il to local 'or ization ler Iover the lliion.. M r. liizati, w all Virginian by hirth, has beei an dllstrions dElenEocrit for ore thana qlurter of a c'lenturv. Silnce thie t iiiantion of the War, lie ihas been c stanltly on the wilg, elElea.orin. to harmonize aind consolidalite into to, ; great, piowerfil, nationa;l party, the delmocra;ltic organizatiolns of tir eel er:al States-and all tlhi.s at his o4 expense. There are v.I v few 'ireIn inent democrats ill the U'ilion whl - Mr. al:tks does not know personallr Thie national cOlnllmittee could hardly have selected a more useflul man ft their secretary. I had nearly forg. ten to, add tlhat Mr. lhlonks is ano . comllplishled journalist of many yeli experience. P'OMEROY IItiuIVlVrs. It is a fact Ilot geierally known per. haps, that ell-Senator Pomeroy wl did not g-o out of the Senate in a blaze of Lhlory. a few years since, ha" the hardihoodl to expect to sncceed Senator Janeiis M. Ilarvey, of Kansat, whose terlm expire:s March 3, 18 77, The commilttee which investigated, e rather lhitewased, Polleroy, in tile matter of his attempt to bribe State Senator York, virtually brought in the Scotch verdict, "Not Proven". although thile testimony adduced show' ed, HEyollnd the shaIdow of a doubt, that he was guilty of tihe charge pre. ftirred against him. Strange as it mnay seem11, this man tells his friends (lIe has friends, because lie possee es wealth), that he is positive of be. in, returned to a seat in the Senate of the United States. lie lives in style in one of the most fashionable Ilcalities of the city, and is especial ly assidulous in his attentions to cit izens of Kansas who are temporarily in Washington. A NARIROW ESCAPE FOR THE EX-SE3 ATOR. A few weeks since, a young girl, he:ting a baby in her arms, called' 11upon a lady of this city, whose name is prolinently connected with an ef fort to refot in abandoned women, and asked for relief. The girl told the old story. A year before, she had come to Washington to secure em. ployment. An accident threw her i: the way of ex-Senator Pomeroy, who. represented that lihe had great ingn. ence in the Department, and could ' seeure her a position. He put her oft, from time to tims, with variomn excuses, but managed to keep lie hopefil of ultimately securing a place To make a long story short, he proved her worst enemy : and the girlea. became a mother. She told her story to the lady above referred to, upum whom shie had called for relief, and was advised to go to tile wife of the ex-Senator, and repeat her tale. She f finally consented, and with her babe in her arms, wended her way to the princely residence ot the ex-Senator, and timidly rang the bell. She told , the servant who responded that she ~ desired to see the lady of the house. "Here she is," was the reply; and the servant pointed to a richly attired e lady who, at that moment, emerged l from the parlor. "What do you want, girl '" imper iously demanded the mistress of the "I-I-I came to t-t-tell yon"-aud h iere thie poor girl faltered, and he - half decided to leave without explai~a ing hier mlission. "I-I-" " 0, speak out, girl ." intsrruptel , .irs. ex-SenaItor, "itf you have any Sbulsiness with me, let me know it, at oniice. Don't stllldl there, staimier ing like and idiot." Here, the last remaining partielef tthe unfortunalte girl's courage demee ed her, and, falteringly sayving, "I I think I have made a mistake in the 'nmnhlber of the hIlouse,'" she delparted with her habe. 6 It was, doubtless, exceedingly lk._ for the ex-Senator that his wife diU e not get down to the "bottom facta"ia thie case. SC.D. S If 3you walnt the latest btyle Hat, go to J. A. DU(COURYAF'& DIED, On Monday April 10th, 11, at Crisis Plantation, Natchitoches parish, La, af ter a short illness, EMMA LEMEE, wife of William S Campbell, aged 43 yeah. Thus passed away a loving, kind adA devoted wife, and fond and indulgeUt mother She leaves behind a largefami ly to mourn her loss, amd many, lay friends, to deplore her untimely eld Washington. ISpecial T.legraphic Correopondeace 61 tr Courier-Journali Washington, March '27.-The judil ment of the United States Suptae0 Com t in the cases from Kentucky ii Louisiana, involving the enforceseI acts, which has been so long deferna has come at last. It creates a mnrkdI sensation in Washington, and reall marks an epoch in the history of th court and American politics. Set years ago the court did not dam t grapple with and set aside the ret* olutionary legislation of a Radical Congress, for fear that it would itself be swept away. Hence any amount: of dishonorable and cowardly evassio of a sworn duty. But the advent Of a Democratic House of bepresental' tires, and the improved tone of pib lic sentiment, have put nerve into the judges to do their duty. The decision of to-day, if it doeS not go the full length, certainly 90 very far in the right direction. The following is a summary of the points utiled, which I have received from the very highest legal sources ; The first case is that of Reese Wn Forshee, fiow Kentucky, who were indicted for refusing the vote of a * gro because lie did not present prod that lie had paid the tax as required by the laws of Kentucky. The e' ond was the celebrated Grant case. In the first ease, the court ll that the third and fourth sections d the enforcement act of May 31, I185 under which the indictments We*s found, were unconstitutional, beesno general in their character and not confined to the hindrance or preve" tion of the parties' right to vote 0 account of race or color. There wa no other statute to support the i-' dictment. In this decision the chief justice and all the judges concurrs, except Mr. Roscoe Conkling's nom' inee, Ward Hunt, of New York. In the Grant parish case, the court ruled that the indictment which wa found under the sixth section of the