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WASHINGTON. D. C, SATUKDAY MOKNINGr, JANUARY 9, 1875.
NO. 39.
VOL. XV.
LOUISIANA COOLINGr OFF.
m
THE COVXTRY DEJuZOVItATS STILL
E eeer fes cxxa.
.CHARACTERISTIC DISPATCH FROM GEN
ERAL SI'EniDAN-HIS REPORT OF DE
TAILS O.Jl THE WAY-FANEUIL HALL
AND COOPEB INSTITUTE JUST WAKINO
jr-uojjKons of vicksborg-foreibn
AND ? MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.
The Associated Press sends 09 a lose letter
Ircm oae Henry O. Dibble, (whoever tht Is.) ad
dressed to Hon. Charles Foster, In which he eon- j
lesae mat ne cas neen a nnn ana consistent
supporter of the Kellogg government since 1872,
hot that now, seeing things from a dlflcrent
standpoint, he wishes to hare the committee
look upon all the transactions of the Kellogg
rrottne as revolutionary and of no account. He
docs not confess to any other inducement for Ills
change except a fresh gush of patriotism and the i
forlorn state of affairs. He does not tell what In
spired the gssh whether It was intimidation or
the seductive wooings oi the White League.
Under theEe circumstances, we do not consider his
evidence of a column worth that space in this
journal.
" The dispatch ceneludcs: "Dibble's manifesto.
I It is understood, foreshadows the programme of
.Louisiana Republicans for the reconstruction of
the State. Prominent partisans hare been en
gaged for some days preparing a bill for Con
gress, providing a provisional government for
Louisiana under military rule. Congressman
Wcrey left for Washington this afternoon and
will, it is stated, introduce the bill at once."
The telegraph also brings to us at 3 a. m. an
other column or two of a memorial of Mr. Wilts
and sixty-two or his adherents to Congress, de
tailing the proceedings of the 4th as they hare
already appeared in these columns. Their re
publication Is unnecessary. The following tele
pram from General Sheridan tells the whole
etorj:
GEKERAL SHERIDAN'S REFORT COMIXO.
New Orleabs, Jan. 8. The following dis
patches published here:
New Orleans. Jan. 8.
To IT. ir. Btlknan. Secrelarv of War. Washina.
Ion, D. C.
1 snail send you this evening a report or anairs
as they actually occurred here on the 4th Instant.
Sly telegram to ycu of that date and those of the
Sin and Cth Inst., are so truthful of the condition
ofaflairs in this section, and strike soneartho
water-line, that the ministers of the Gospel and
others are appealed to keep the ship from slnk
Irg. Human life has been held too cheaply In
this State for many years.
P. H. SnERlDAX,
Lieutenant General.
MISSISSIPPI.
THE YICK8BCRO IBVESTIOATIOS.
VicKsnuBo. Jan. 8. The committee of Investi
gation to-day examined a large number of wit
nesses and developed the killing of four colored
men not heretofore reported. Ike Mosely, living
near Haines Bluff, testified that a few nights alter
the fight Wm. Vauzhan was shot at a funeral
sear there,- that Joe. Cook, Governor Sheperd
rand Emanuel Tabcr, all colored, and neighbors
of his, were taken from their homes by a party of
whites, among whom were Captain Alex. Holman
and Eeade, and were taken to near Mrs. Fox's
and killed. Cook and Taber In addition to being
(hot
BAD THEIR TIIEOATS CUT AKD THEIR EARS CUT
OFF.
The bodies lay on the road several days be
fore they were burled, their Iriends being afraid
to bury them. He (witness) owed his escape to
the fact that he hid In Vaughn's grave. This
witness described the reign of terror among ,tho
.blacks In that vicinity and stated be had Ielt
there and K-ne to Louisiana, leaving everything
behind, and that Captain John Hogan advised
him to keep out of the way.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY LEA
was then examined at great length In regard to
the defalcations of various county officers already
reported, all of which he established by produc
ing the Indictments. He did not think under ex
isting circumstances they could be punished.
Crosby's oond as tax collector was produced, and
what was supposed to be the bond of the sheriff
was another bond as tax collector, wiih no
amount specified In the bond, the discovery of
which created a sensation.
INDIANA.
MESSAGE OP GOV. HEBDRICKS.
Isdiasapolis, Jan. 8. Gov. Hendricks deliv
ered his message to the Legislature to-day In
Joint convention. The message is long and de
Toted chiefly to State affairs. The Governor
closes his message as follows :
"I had Intended to restrict this communication
to subjects that are of special Interest to the
State of Indiana, and bad written all I Intended
to say when it became known to the country that
m tree representative government had been
broken down in the State of Louisiana by mili
tary violence. It Is a fundamental right and
essential to free Institutions that a Legislative
body shall be the judge or the qualifications, elec
tions and returns or lis own members.
"It Is declared In the Constitution of tbe
United States and in the constitution of Louis
iana: it is exclusive, and no power, not even tbe
judiciary, can lnterlere with or question It. It Is
a prerogative of the Sta'e, because without It no
free State can exist. Without any pretext or
domestic violence that right has been taken away
from the popular branch of the Legislature or
Louisiana, and members recognized by that body
bare been driven from the ball by armed soldiers
under the command of United States military
officers and others not recognized by that body as
members hare been seated as such.
"Tbe cause of tbe House or Representatives of
Louisiana and of Its constituency Is your cause,
-and will be the cause of the DeoDle vou reDre-
a cent. So long as constitutional and Independent
legislation suaii dc toe cnoice neia dv tnem as a
right, shall tbe privilege of the people to make
their own State laws by their chosen representa
tives rest upon the right, or only upon permls-ln?
The voice of the people should be so expressed as
to restore that rUht I ask you to protest
against and denounce the usurpation as a crime
to be detested, and not a precedent to be re
spected." MASSA CII USETTS.
PAMTKIL HALL PREPAItlSO TO rnOTEST.
Bostob, Jan. 8. The Journal this alternoon
cays steps are being taken in Fanuell Hall to
protest against any Interference In the organiza
tion of the Louisiana Legislature. The feeling is
very strong not only among those who are oppo
nents or the Administration but with those nbo
are counted as among Its supporters.
TBE BOOSAO TrXMEL.
Boston. Jan. 8. Tbe Hoosac tunnel corpora
tors made tSelr report to tbe Legislature to-day.
They give reasons in favor of a connection with
the Albany and Susquehanna railroad and
through It with the Erie and Pennsylvania rail
road. They have little confidence of any great
advantage from the connections with the road to
Oswego, but believe that very great advantages
may be gained by an extension of the Schenectady.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
DEMOCRATIC SOJIIBATIOiS FOE COSORESS.
Concord, Jan. 8. Hon. Frank Jones, of Ports
mouth, has been nominated for Congress In tba
First, and Hon. S. N. Bell, of Manchester, in the
Second district or New Hampshire, to-day. The
conventions were harmonious, and each adopted
resolutions denouncing the interference of the
Federal Government In the civil anairs or Louis
iana. A CLERGYMAN CHANGES BASE.
Little Bock, Jan. 8. Bev. T. J. Leak, pastor
of the Methodist Episcopal church in this city,
woo signed the card forwarded last night deny
ing the statements or Gen. Sheridan as to the
banditti of this Suite, will publish a cud in the
morning stating that he signed that card under
misapprehension, and adds that upon reliable
and considerable evidence since received, he Is
satisfied the statements of that paper are not
true.
THE ALABAMA COMMITTEE.
Mcvtoc-meby, Ala., Jan. 8. Messrs. Luttrell,
Coburn and Cannon were In Eufaula yesterday.
They examined many witnesses as to the alleged
intimidation, riot, &c on last election day. Also,
one Bepubllcan as to tbe State debt, whose stato
ment in writing wis received by the committer.
'Another Republican witness filed a long docu
ment as to tbe relative voting strength of the
, two parties, and charging that the Democrats
polled illegal votes. The committee reached
here this morning, but left Immediately for
Washington, acd will reach that city Saturday
morning.
The Savannah and Memphis railroad has re
turned to the State the bonds Indorsed by the
State to the amount or 11,000,000, and took In lieu
thereof straight bonds for one fourth that amount.
SHIP CAPSIZED.
Baltimore, Jan. t The ship Grey Eagle
ccrned by Thomas Whitcrldge & Co., of this city,
.capsized and sunk this saorningnt Chase's wbarf,
foot of Caroline street, while being towed aeross
lbeHp to tbe opposite dock. Tbe tug Vigilant
was.earrled nnder by the ship, and now lies under
lier. Tfce top span of the skip were carried away.
It Jiti dajsaagewill probably amount to several
thousand dollars, no lives lost.
BRIEF TELEGRAMS.
"Katie King" has confessed in an autobiography
printed in tba Philadelphia Inquirer of tc-day,
confirmed by affidavits, the imposttra o "which
she h(l bees guilty.
The Democrat or Philadelphia celebrated the
anniversary oi the battle of New Orleans lift
"got acfl oCBSBOcea toe .-, t .
NEWS FROM OTHER LANDS.
GERMANY.
ETTOBTS TO ATTRACT COIH TO EUROPE.
Losdoh, Jan. , S a. m. A special to the
Standard from Berlin says: The Bank Commis
sion hare passed a resolution that the Imperial
Bank buy gold Ingots at 1,332 marks SO pfennings
per pound. In order to compete successfully with
the American Government and attract gold to
G ermany. This action la taken In view of the re
sumption of specie payments In the United States.
SPAIN.
BAILIBQ OT TBI KISO.
Lobdob, Jan. 8. King Alfonso sailed from
Marseilles on 1 rid ay morning for Barcelona.
ACCESSIONS TO ALTOSSO'S rARTT.
The Timet' special from Madrid announces that
Gen. Cohrera has sent In his adhesion to King
Alfonso.
ritOBABLE MISISTERS.
The Marqnls de Mollns, the new Minister or
Marine, will probably go to Paris; Rlvas to
Borne, and Quesada to London as ambassadors.
FRANCE.
rRESIDEBT MACMAHOS'S POL1CT.
Losdob, Jan. 8. The rimes' special dispatch
from Paris says: "President MacMahon has de
cided to summon Wm. Dulau, and La Bonlaye,
Baron De Lacy and the Marquis De Castellane,
to a consultation upon the subject of the forma
tion of a new cabinet and agreement upon a pro
gramme of policy. It Is certain that this at
tempt to constitute a cabinet from Wednesday's
majority In the Assembly will be fruitless, but it
Is Indispensable to render the Marshal's situation
clear In the eyes or the cation and proro the im
possibility or any Government security by the
support of the minority that can be depended
upon. Marshal MacMahon will then be frco to
choose a cabinet from those whose programme he
can accept, and this cabinet will be charged with
the conduct of the general election."
A SEW MlMlSTPr.
Paris, Jan. 8. It Is stated that a basis for a
new ministry has been settled. Broglie de Cazes
and Fourton will be the chief members.
THE TOPE'S BEXEDICTIOX.
The Pope, replying to the congratulation: or
ex-Queen Isabella, or Spain, on Epiphany, sends
his apostolic benediction for herself and her son,
Alfonso, and prays God to grant the latter all
happiness In the dtfflult task which he Is about to
undertake.
BEECIIER.TJLTON SUIT.
STILL BUKTIBO A JURY.
New York, Jan. 8. There was as large an at
tendance or people In the corridors ot the Brook
lyn court this morning as on the previous days,
and It required rigorous efforts on the part of tbo
police to preserve a passageway lor the jurors
through the throng to tbe doors leading to the
court-room. About an hour bcrore the doors
were thrown open the crowd which had assem
bled vented their impatience in shouting, cheer
ing, and other ways, expressive ol disapproba
tion. Theodore Tllton occupied a prominent
place In front of the court-room. When the court
opened. Judge Wilson, addressing tho counsel,
asked them what was their farther pleasure.
ANOTHER JUROR CHALLENGED.
Ex-Judge Morris peremptorily challenged
Austin Packard, one or tho jurors In the box, and
he was told to retire.
A FCLL JURY AQAIB.
Tho work of filling np the jury again pro
ceeded. Michael Burns was then acceptea as a
juror. Mr. Beach, of Tilton's counsel, said at
that point he would not interpose any other chal
lenge, but might do so before the jury were ac.
cepted.
BURKS SET ASIDE.
The defence then excepted to Michael Burns,
John F. Taylor was then sworn in. Israel Don
ees, ono of the jurors In the box, was perempto
rily challenged by the prostration, making the
last peremptory challenge for them.
Wm. F. J effrey, flour broker,was the next juror
sworn. Defence then excused Mr. Westman, thus
exhausting their two peremptory challenges.
After consultation between the counsel on both
sides, Mr. Evarts stated to the court that counsel
had decided to excuse Messrs. Huckio and Blunt
from serving as jurors. The work of obtaining
two jurors was proceeded with, and Jno. Mcllann
and Chester Carpenter, Sour merchants, were ac
cepted. The court then administered the usual
caution to tbe jury, and the case was adjourned
until Monday, at 11 o'clock. Before separating,
the jury were sworn to try the cause.
KILLED HIS WIFE'S PARAMOUR.
Cibci&xati, Jan. 8. Hatch McDanlels, a
steamboat captain, was killed at Point Pleasant,
W. Va., last Wednesday, by Wm. WeltzeL The
latter had been absent, and on his return home
learned that criminal Intimacy existed between
McDanlels and his wife. Seizing his shot-gun
he started to find McDanlels, who had just gone
to the river to water his horses. Overtaking him
Weitzel shot him In tbe leg, wounding him badly
and causing his horse to throw him. Weitzel
then walked to the wounded man, and placing
the muzzle to his body delivered another barrel,
containing eleven shot, killing him. Weitzel has
been put In jail.
EXECUTION OF A MURDERER.
Richmond, Va., Jan. 8. Lewis Adams, col
ored, was executed to-day at Pittsylvania Court
House for the murder or another negro, named
Bice Wilson, on the 27th or June last, tbo dis
pute between them arising from a game of cards.
Adams shot his antagonist with a gun.
ITEMS FROM NEW YORK.
The Erlo express due In New York at noon
was wrecked by collision with a coal train. No
body was hurt.
In the United States Circuit Court to-day Cus
tom House Inspector David P. Harris was round
guilty or smuggling cigars and remanded lor
sentence.
Many signatures to tbe call lor the meeting at
Cooper institute are being obtained at tbe several
mercantile and maritime exchanges. Several
thousand are expected to sign by next Monday.
The steam-tug Speedwell, reported missing,
bad on board thirty persons, and was engaged in
some Government work connected with torpedo
manufacturing. As she has not arrived at New
port, where she was bound, it Is reared she has
been lost with all on board.
The Evening Pott prints an account of an earth
quake shock being felt at Newark, Paterson and
vicinity, last night. At tho latter place a flag
man oa tbe Erie railway was so overcome by the
shock that he fell upon the track and was crushed
by the train he was engaged In flagging at tho
time. A later telegram states that the supposed
earthquake was tbe explosion at tbe works of tho
Bendrock Powder Company or a barrel or Bend
rock powder. The shock was felt nine miles dis
tant. ANOTHER OF DANA'S LIES.
A SPICY CARD FROM EX-CONSUL KILEY.
Richmond, Va., Jan. 4, 187:.
To the Editor ot the National Republican:
Sir: In the New York Sun of the 24th of De
cember last I discovered an article reflecting 03
myself which it Is proper I should notice, and for
that purpose will you allow me a small space in
your paper T The article reads thus: "In June
last 110 emigrants were Induced by Zandee and
McMahon, of New York, to emigrate to Vene
zuela, S. A., and on their arrival, discovering the
swindle practiced on them by Zandee h. McMa
hon, they called on the United States consul at
tbe port or Laguayra, whose name was Blley.
When we told our story he began to talk about
the loveliness or tho climate and refused to do
anything ror our relief; and said his Juris'lletloa
extended only to seamen and shipwrecked passen
gers." This is a base lie, for which the editor of the
New York Sun, Mr. Charles A. Dana, Is respon
sible. I gave them money, more than 1 was able
to give them, and assisted many or them In re
turning to New York, as Jndge Busscll, our min
ister at Caracas, knows.
I should not notice this article, as it Is only ne
cessary for Mr. Daaa to advocate a measure to
secure its defeat, or denounce virtue to establish
Its supremacy. He it a man whose rascality and
cowardice make him afraid toenter Pennsylvania
or enter the capital or the nation; and when a
gentleman calls for him at his office to chastise
Im for bis scurrilous articles by tbe application
or a few stripes with the cowhide he runs to his
kennel, like all other cowardly curs.
W.G. KlLIT.
THE TEXAS PACIFIC.
(From the Louisville Conrlcr-JonrnaL
At this date, when tbe loan of credit, simply,
for the Texas PaciUe is asked, although business
Is stagnant and the people are pinched for money,
thedebt or the Government is steadily decreasing
month by month. Now, as we bare said, such a
measure may prove to be tbe lever which will
more out or the path of progress and prosperity
the difficulties which obstruct it; It may start into
new life and activity tbe sow dormant onergles
which quicken tba commerce and build up the
wealth of a country. At any rate itls worthy of
discussion, and entitled to a fair hearing. The
South asks that it shall be considered, because
she believes that it Involves salvation or ruin for
ber. But as she Is about to commence her case
as the recital or her distress and the prayer for
Teller trembles on her lips and generous and Just
men In. the North are bending forward to lJiUn to
ber story, in prances a wild hero of the hustings,
"fresh Irom the people," and determined to stay
there, who. with a voice like Johnny Hook's at
York town, when he bawled, "Beeflbeefl" shouts
"Stop your ears; don't hear a word of all this:
'In the present financial condition of the country
so aid zny.il to glTin anybody or anything."
TEE LATE MORGAN L. SMITH.
A EEMINISOENOE OF HIS LIFE FKOM
GENERAL SHERMAN.
General Sherman, writing to a friend from St.
Louis, regarding the sudden death of Gen. Mor
gan L. Smith, relates the following incident la
his career:
He was Colonel ofthe 8th Missouri at Cairo.
Padncab, and other places, in 1881 and 1S82, and
was with General Grant at Forts Henry and
Dooelson. At Shllob, his regiment was In Lew
Wallace's division. It did not share in the firs
day's fight, April 6, bat reached the bittle-grouod
about dark. The next morning we all advanced
our line about a mile Wallace's division on the
extreme right, next mine; next McClernand's,
&.C., and closed on the enemy, a wooded ravine
separating us. Then we paused for some hours,
our skirmishers engaged in the ravine, and both
parties using artillery across tbe ravine. I was
sitting on my horse, wnen a strange colonel joined
my croup, and alter some time Inquired or me
what we were waiting ror. leaked him who he
was. and he answered, CoIonelMorgan L. Smith,
SlbMUionrl. lexplalnedto him that in the night
General Buell had crossed tbe Tennessee with
three divisions, and was advancing slowly and
cautiously on th e general left, (we could hear his
artillery to our leu rear,) and all we had to do
was to patiently wait until they were abreast of
us. when we could all adranco simultaneously.
He explained to me the position ot his own regi
ment, in the valley below, and raid there was a
force In Iront of blm which he thought he ought
to charge. I advised him to lay low, and perhaps
they wonld feel forward for bun, when be could
knock them to pieces. Ho left me, and In a short
time I heard the firing or skirmishers, and very
soon three or four full volleys, when silence en
sued In that quarter. Smith soon reappeared,
sat on his horse with his right leg across In front
cf the pommel or the saddle and said it had oc
curedjust as I bad said, and that he.had 'knocked
them. His manner was so nndlslurbed, so per
fectly cool, and be stemed to comprehend so well
tbe whole situation that I was at once attracted
to blm. Alter tbe battle, when we were rejolclng.I
asked lor the regiment and General uraut as
signed it to my division, and I gave him tbe com
mand of a brigade. With the exception or a
short period when he was absent, seriously wound
ed by a ball in his hip, received at Chickasaw
bayou, near Vleksburg, he served with me during
therestof the war as a division commander, and
I always esteemed htm as one of my best prac
tical otneers. He was pcrlectly familiar with the
drill from the company up to a division, and at
Memphis In 1803 his was the model division of the
army. In many battles In which we were alter
ward engaged his force always bore a prominent
Sart, and his p ersonal conduct always drew from
leneral Grant and myself the highest praise."
THE QENTENNIAL TEA PARTY.
A HURRICANE IN A TEA-POT.
.4n open letter to ilrt. Gilleeple. president of the
TIYnirm'f National Exteuttte Committee of PhlU
adtlphta:
Madam: Your attention Is called to the fallow
ing extract which appears In tbe Boilon Poif.
TUB CESTEMtlAL TEA FAETV.
A good deal of surprise Is expressed about the
smallness of tbe amount or money cleared by the
Centennial tea party which was held In the ro
tunda or the Capitol on two evenings or the week
before last. It seems tbat tbe receipts reached
about 19,000, while It turns out that only about
2,00 were cleared. That the expenses should
have amounted to over tS.OOO, when most ofthe
articles and materials used were contributed gra
tuitously, as well as tbe free use or tbe rotunda.
Is deemed preposterous, and the natural belief
under the circumstances Is that there was gross
mismanagement and extravagance In conducting
he affair. Cor. Botton Pott, 291a.
You are aware of the bitter feeling which has
been aroused In the District concerning tbe Cen
tennial cause In Washington. With the exception
of the butterfly element, the great substantial
mass or citizens wish to Inquire why our Centen
nial preildent, by well-directed diplomacy, has
been entirely set aside. Who Is this New York
chairman who sports two names, who supercedes
our Centennial president, wbo arrogates all
power, who Insults and afterwards Ignores
Georgetown, wbo hoodwinks Congress, and at.
tempts to lead the virtuous, patriotic women of
the District T A number or Congressmen haro
declared their Intention at the time was to vote
the use or the rotunda to tae District or Colum
bia, and not to the Washington tea corporation
alone. We would ask the illustrious descendant
ot the great Benjamin Franklin why a citizen
born In tbe District was not given the power to
collect our mites and sheckels before they are
turned over to the honetl Centennial rundT
If we must bare a new fledged citizen for chair
man wby are we forced to take one who has had
two living fathers at the same timet Was It
necessary that she should circumnavigate tbe
world In company wltb an illustrious statesman
before she should become our cbalrmanT She
calls herself an "adopted daughter." We ask
Mrs. Gillespie If adoption does not apply to
minors and not to women after they have turned
the tender corner or a quarter or a century? In
tbe name or the worklngwotnen or the District,
and to this noble class Olivia" has tbe honor to
belonc. we would tenderlv ask Mrs. GUlesnle
how many thousands or dollars It costs to adopt
an aged child, and also li we are expected to pay
in the same proportion ror our adopted chairman?
Bespectlully, Olivia,
or the Philadelphia Prett.
The Maples, 1
Washington, Jan. e. 1575. (
ilrt. Otlletpte.
TTPHOID PNEUMONIA.
ITS FREQUENT FATALITY AND MEANS
OF PBEVENTION.
The frequency of deaths by typhoid pneumonia
and kindred diseases Is a solemn warning to all
persons In delicate health to guard against the
vicissitudes or our chaaglng climate. Clear and
warm In the morning, cloudy and cold In the
evening; pleasant to-day, to-morrow rain or snow,
we can scarcely reckon upon two successive days
or equal temperature, and a chilling humidity is
tbe prevailing tendency. A common and frulttul
source of colds, pneumonia and other derange
ments of the Ionics Is almost entirely overlooked.
Most houses are heated by coalj fires. There
always escapes more or less gas irom these tires
into the atmosphere or the rooms. This gas, com
bined; with tbe air exhaled from the lungs of the
persons In the rooms, however unconsciously It
may bo breathed. Is certain to vitiate the blood
and produce debility, especially or the lungs and
muceus membranes. Persons going from such
atmosphere, thus debilitated, Into tbe colder and
chillier air out or doors are;almost certain to ex
perience some sort or congestion. If the reet are
ficrmittcd to become damp and cold the danger
s still greater.
The diseases produced thereby are generally
colds, catarrh, derangements of the liver and
kidneys, and these grow into pneumonia, rheu
matism or typhoid fever.
It Is difficult to avoid such exposure, but some
times little timely precautions will ward off
disease, such as keeping a vessel of water upon
the stove, which absorbs the poisonous gases la
tbe room, watery vapor having a strong affinity
for the carbonic acid gaa which Is the poisonous
element, eating healthful, nutritious and easily
digested rood and wearing warm clothing always
clean and In ameunt regulated by tbe changes
ortemperaturo from Indoor to out and from warm
sunny days to damp, chilly nights, or to storms.
Every person, however circumstanced, may exer
ciso these precautions to a greater or less extent,
and thus avoid many of the diseases prevalent
during our winter seasons.
The severity or whooping cough and scarlatina
diseases, now prevailing among children. Is ag
gravated by these same causes, and might bs
mitigated Dy tbe same kind or precaution, and
tbe lives or many or the little ones thus saved.
"An ounce or prevention Is worth a pound or
cure"
gone to'the BAD.
BORN IN A BROTHEL-REARED INACOL
LEGE AN ARMY OFFICER'S WIFE-A
CHEYENNE BEER GIRL AND NOW AN
HEIRESS.
The Colorado Democrat says: Special Detective
H. S. Brewer, or Covington, Ky., has been spend
ing a short time In Denver, Pueblo, and Cheyenne
on tbe lookout ror s girl whose real name is Ella
S. Blackwalk, but whose name at this time is
Maude Carlisle, a well known courtesan ofthe
worst type.
On Tuesday Brewer obtained a clue to the
girl's whereabouts lie was alter, and at once pro
ceeded to Cheyenne, where, after some difficulty
ho Identified ber, and induced ber to return with
him to Cincinnati to assume a fortune left her by
the death of her mother, who was, during the
war, one or tho. gayest and dissolute women In
Cincinnati. This woman died about two months
ago, leaving property to tbe amount or sixty-five
or seventy thousand dollars, with no heirs except
this lost girl, the former inmate or one or the beer
and concert nans 01 uneyenne.
A brief outline ofthe girl's Hie was given our
enorterlsst night by Mr. Brewer. She Is the
daughter of a noted gambler of Columbus, Ohio,
where ber-mother was born and reared. Black,
walk was shot and killed In a fray at the Iron
dad" in Memphis, at the close 01 the war, leav
ing his mistress, Maude's mother, the proprietress
of a noted Cincinnati bagnio. The child was
reared with the greatest of care and solicitude,
and was never permitted to see or know ought of
her mother's life. In the seclusion of a seminary
at Greenville, Ohio, the girl grew np and ac
quired a first-class education. without so much as
a breath of suspicion as to her parentage or
family connections.
BAboat three years ago Miss Blackwalk dis
covered ber origin and her mother's mode of life.
Sbo at once left school and insisted upon going to
ber mother's den In Cincinnati. This was posi
tively denied ber. Her mother consented, how
ever, to her taking up her abode in Covington
Kentucky, where an old lady companion was em
ployed as her guardian. The precaution or the
tond mother to save ber daughter from ber own
fate only hastened the fall.
At Newport Barracks there was stationed. In
1S63, ayoungoffleer named Thrallkeld, with whom
Miss Blackwalk became acquainted, and whose
mistress she became, following him wltb his com
mand to Dakota, and finally to Fort Laramie,
traveling as bis wile. Becoming tired of garrison
life and Tbrallkeld's neglect and brutality, she
deserted blm and came to Denver, where she
went Into a bouse of Ill-fame, and finally took
refuge In the gold room at Cheyenne, where De
tective Brewer lound ber and Identified her. She
first denied ber name and identity, and called
upon ber Mend to protect her from the attentions
of the detective. But on his production of docu
mentary proof of her mother's death and the pub
lished reward offered by her mother's executors
for the discovery and Identification of the lost
child, tbe hardened and fallen girl consented to
return East, She came to Denver on ber way to
claim her fortune to obtain some family memen
toes and proofs of her identity, which were in s
trunk held for board by a well known courtesan.
The girl announces her Intention to keep her
mother's house as she kept It when llvlnr. She
says ber life has been wasted. Dissipation and
exposure have already made sad bare with tbe
once handsome girl. Consumption has set its
seal upon her, and. a few years must cloio be?
vicious career.
CURRENT CAPITAL TOPICS.
J3tF0BTASTTH0CBIZNas IK CADI
SEX YESTERDAY.
EVIDENCE TO TJSTAIN THIS ACTION OF
THE TRESIDEM OVERWH SLJIING
THREATS TO ASSASSINATE HIJI-CAUCU3
TO-SIOUT-SOUTHEBN OUTRAGES THE
BURNED MAILS AND TREASURE-BUTLER'S
LOUISIANA BILL, ETC., ETC.
At the Cabinet meeting yesterday all the mem
bers were present except Secretary Delano, who
was represented by Assistant Secretary Cowan.
Tbe session lasted from noon until about 2:15
o'clock. The Louisiana troubles was tbe princi
pal subject or conversation. Additional Intelli
gence en this subject was presented for considera
tion. The conversation on the subject was, how
ever, adjonmed without any definite results
having been reached.
Tho special message of the President relative
to Louisiana will probably be furnished in time
to be read at Cabinet meeting on Tuesday next
and transmitted to Congress tbe same day, to
gether with a mass ol documents relative to cer
tain events which have transpired In the South
within tbe past few years, which are In the course
of preparation at tbe War Department and the
Department of Justice. These documents con
tain well-authenticated and overwhelming evi
dence of the existence of armed leagues In most
of the Southern States, whose purpose It is to
I overthrow the legally constituted governments
controlled by Bepubllcan officials, and bring all
tbe States ot tbe South within the control or tbe
Democratic party.
It Is the sworn purpose of these armed leagues
to effect their object either by fair or foul means.
Tbe documents also contain authenticated and ir
refutable evidence of Innumerable outrages com
mitted on both wblto and colored Republicans
some for political purposes and others out of pure
wantonness. Some of this evidence Is furnished
by men of such high character as General Mc
Dowell, commanding the Division of the South,
and is made np partly from personal observation
and knowledge and partly from reports of subor
dinates In whose veracity and judgment the Gen
eral reposes the utmost confidence. Other evi
dence is furnished by distinguished private
citizens and Government officials in the South
whose Intelligence and truthfulness cannot be
successfully Impeached. The whole of this evi
dence will justify the conclusions reached by
General Sheridan, that there exists In Louisiana
a spirit of defiance to all lawfnl authority and an
insecurity or lire wblcb Is hardly realized by the
General Government or the country at large. It
will prove that Sheridan Is as wise In Judgment
as be Is prompt In action, snd will justify also the
wisdom of the President In sending him to Louis
iana to quell this spirit of deflaneo to lawful
authority, and give security to human lire and
protection to citizens or all classes and all colors
In the exercise or their legal and constitutional
. rights.
It is probable tbat tbe President's message ac
companying this evidence will cover all the action
or tbe Administration since the requisition or
Governor Kellogg for troops to put down the In
surrection in September last,and also include
copies of all correspondence, military orders and
Instructions or every nature relating to this sub
ject. The message, It Is understood, will also
deal with tbe present status of the State govern
ment, and will once more Imperatively urge upon
Congress the necessity of taking action which
shall determine the status of the State finally, or
to sustain the President In recognizing the Kel
logg government, wblcb government havingbeen
recognized and sustained by both tbe Federal
and State Judiciary, has become the government
de facto, and as such has, nnder tbe law and
Constitution, been entitled to the recognition and
support of the General Government. It is possi
ble that tbe President may recommend a solu
tion of the difficulties by tbe authorizing of a
sew election, with safeguards for an honest and
nntrammeled exercise of suffrage. The fact will
be disclosed by tbe message tbat there bare
been no new Instructions in regard to the use of
troops Issued to tbe commander or tbe depart
ment in wblcb Louisiana Is sltnated, and tbat
Governor Kellogg made bis call upon General
Emory for troops on Monday last by virtue of
bis requisition made in September, and that so
orders emanated either from Washington or from
General Sheridan In regard thereto.
REPUBLICAN CAUCUS.
In accordance with the call, there will be a
caucus of the Bepubllcan members or Congress
tonight, at 7:30 o'clock, for tbe purpose of taking
some action in regard to the condition or affairs
South, and more especially In Louisiana. It Is
expected that tbey will agree upon some definite
plan of action upon tbe subject.
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S DECISION.
On a question submitted by the Secretary of
the Treasury, as to whether claims for an allow
ance for stamps, nnder section 3,42S,Revlsed Stat
utes, are tarred by tbe provisions of section 3,223,
Revised Statutes, when not presented within tbe
time prescribed by said section, the Attorney
General decides in the affirmative.
THE BECUSANT WITNESS.
The case of Mr. Irwin remains In (o(u quo. As
will be seen by the proceedings In the House yes
terday, be will remain In tbe personal custody of
Mr. Ordway, the Sergeant-at-Arms, for the pres
ent. He Is still in a very feeble condition, and
bis transfer to the jail at present would simply
be an Infliction entirely unnecessary. The officers
of tbe Pacific Mail Steamship Company are in
tbe city in force, and seem determined to press
tbe investigation to a close.
THE COMMITTEE.'
Messrs. Sypher, of Li., Wells, of Mo, and
Barnum, of ConiL, have been appointed a sub
committee of the House committee on Pacific
railroads to consider tbe petition or Col. Scott
and others, asking relief for the Southern rail
road. The House Judiciary Committee hare agreed
to make an adverse report upon the bill provid
ing ior the creation of a new State out ol portions
of Louisiana and Texas.
BILLS AND PETITIONS.
Mr. Lewis yesterday presented in the Senate a
petition from members of the fire department,
District of Columbia, protesting against the pro
I osed decrease of salaries as proposed by the
Morrill bill, and asking for an Increase, which
was referred to the Committee on the District of
Columbia.
Tbe same gentleman also Introduced a bill to
aid tbe Washington ahd Ohio Railroad Company
in the conjunction of their road to the Ohio
river. The bill provides tbat tbe Secretary or
tbe Interior be authorized to Indorse the guaran
tee or the United States on the bonds or the road
to tbe amount of 130,000 for every mile or the road
between Washington and the Ohio river, a total
distance of not exceeding 390 miles.
THREATENED ASSASSINATION.
During tbe past three days the President has
received four anonymous notes, two of them from
Baltimore, threatening him with assassination if
be does not at once recall tbe Federal troops from
Louisiana. One of them kindly suggests tbat be
make peace with God, as he will surely meet the
"deserved fate of Abraham Lincoln." .In this
connection It may be stated that before the fact
above-mentioned was made public a thoroughly
reliable gentleman stated that In conversation
with a Baltimore lady (t) whose name can be
given yesterday morning, she expressed a wish
that "there was another Wilkes Booth, as there
was work for him to do." The gentleman ex
pressed surprise at such sentiments, wben she
replied that "Grant was s greater tyrant than
Lincoln, and that desperate diseases required
desperate remedies."
CHURCH PROPERTY:
The subject of taxing Church propertyls again
to be agitated. It will be remembered that the
bill providing for tbe present government pro
Tided for tbe appointment of a commission to as
sess the value or all Church property in tbe Dis
trict. Tbe duty was duly performed, and the
bills for taxes made out as in tbe case of private
property. With a view of haying this action re
versed a committee of clergymen, consisting of
Rev. Drs. Sunderland, Addison, Grey and But
ler, held an Interview wltb. the Senate Commit
tee on the District of Colombia yesterday, and
were listened to wltb -marked attention by the
members of tbe committee. They argued tbat
in most countries the Stato helped to support re
ligion, but here tbey proposed to bare religion
support the State; In other words the law bad
put tn embargo on religion. Tbe law was also
discriminative, Inasmuch as all charitable and
edaestlonsl institutions were exempt, and nnder
this cxcmtUoj some rcUglooj sects htMlfflmesaa
and valuable estates free from taxation, while
others who only owned the ground upon which
their churches stood bad to pay such taxes that
some of their congregations could not stand lt,and
would have to cease worship. A large number or
lawyers bad expressed tbe opinion that tbe tax
Imposed by the Commissioners was unlawful,
as they could only collect taxes upon property
"as provided by law." Under the law the prop
erty shall have been assessed before taxes can be
collected thereupon. This property bad never
been assessed, and therefore no taxes could le
gally be collected. The matter could be success
fully contested by law, but the reverea. "tie
men preferred to seek remedial legislation.
OFFICIAL MAILS AND TREASURE
BURNED.
All the Department malls for the Nertb of
Thursday, as well as the currency In charge of
Adams' express for the North, were burned In the
railway collision and fire on the Baltimore and
Fotomao road of the same night. In consequence
the malls bad to be duplicated yesterday. This
occasioned the performance or double duty by
many or tbe officials, and made the day an ex
ceedingly bnsy one. The treasure boxes, with
their charred contents, were returned to the De
partment by the express, and the packages hav
ing all been registered can be easily duplicated
and forwarded to their destination without loss to
anybody further than the cost of new notes. The
Western and Northwestern malls, which go by
the Baltimore and Ohio railway, were unaffected
by the accident. Tbe only pouch saved from tho
burned car was one small pouch from the South
destined for Baltimore.
SOUTHERN OUTRAGE COMMITTEE.
A fall meeting of the members of the Southern
Outrage Commltteowas held yesterday, and It
was agreed tkat the sub-commtt'ee Messrs.
Foster, Pbelps and Potter bad entirely ex
ceeded their authority In the manner In which
they had acted while In New Orleans. They
were sent there to take a survey of the situation,
and ascertain as far as possible, by observation
and Inquiry, the state or affairs, but with tbe dis
tinct understanding that if it became necessary
to take testimony the entire committee should be
telegraphed for, and they wonld at once respond.
Said a member or the committee yesterday after
the meeting: "ir Mr. Walter Phelps Is correctly
reported In the New York Triounr.andhe doubt
less is, I will go to New Orleans to satisfy myself,
in have to walk, before I will subscribe to or
approve It." The trouble Is, tbe three gentle
men named thought that they might establish a
triumvirate, settle the difficulties In their own
way, play umpire and make and unmake the gov
ernment ol the Stato as It suited their purpose.
That tbey will sot be sanctioned In their acts
will be fully demonstrated after their expected
return to-day.
MR. BUTLER'S LOUISIANA BILL.
Mr. Butler's bill to provide ror a legal and lair
election In the State or Louisiana, and to guaran
tee a republican lorm or government, provides
tbat an election shall be held on the fourth Tues
day in May, 1875, for State officers and members
of the Legislature, nnder the superintendence of
three suitable persons, to be appointed by the
President. These persons are to select two
others, one from each political party, as State re
gistrars, to make a new registration or the voters
or tbe State. Each parish Is to have. In like man
ner, two supervisors or registration or different
parties, with two clerks.
The superintendents are In like manner to ap
point commissioners of elections In each election
precinct from different parties. The ballots are
to be publicly counted at the closing of the polls,
and the resnlt certified by tbe commissioners;
tbe persons so elected to serve to the end of tbe
term for which they would have served had tbey
been elected In 1872 and 1875.
Section 22 of the bill authorizes tbe President
to nse any part or the army or navy to carry out
the provisions or the bill, and appropriates $200,-
000 to defray the expenses or this registration
and election.
The bill Is an elaborate one and goes Into de
tail In tbe arrangements, being substantially tbe
bill Introduced by Mr. Butler last year.
THE PH1NTING.BUBEAU.
Tbe following paragraph, which we copy from
tbe Evening Star ot yesterday, exhibits. If the
statements therein be true, an alarming Irregu
larity or carelessness on tbe part or some official
In charge of tbe preparation and Issuing of the
special paper upon which our legal-tenders and
other Government securities are printed:
"An Incident occurred this morning before the
Honse Committee on Banking and Currency
which produced quite a sensation among the
members or the committee and the spectators.
The attorney ror one or the New York bank note
companies drew attention to a sentence In tbe re
port oi tbe Secretary of the Treasury stating that
not a piece of the fibre paper upon which our
Government Issues Is prlntod had ever been lost.
Assbowlngjhat the Secretary's Informant had
mislead him, tbe attorney threw upon the com
mittee's table a bundle containing one hundred
sheets or localized fibre paper that had been
manufactured by the Government, and bad coma
into tbe possession or tbe bank note companies.
Tbe attorney declined to say how they came In
Sossesslon or this Government paper until Mr.
IcCartee, superintendent or the engraving and
printing buieau, could be present to be Inter
rogated about this slngnlar affair. As It la un
derstood generally tbat tbe fibre paper Is a pro
tection, and a point having been made or this by
tbe Department, it would be well to hare this
branch or tbe bank note printing controversy
tberoughly Investigated, as the Secretary and
the community may need Information on this
point. This matter may be explained satisfac
torily, but tbe public will demand that there
shall be a system adopted that Is absolutely safe.
Tbe paper account between the Department and
these New York bank note companies has been
closed long since, and yet the above named one
hundred sheets or fibre paper are remaining over
and unaccounted for."
PACIFIC MAIL.
The Committee of Ways and Means In the
morning resumed the Inquiry Into the Pacific
Mall frauds. The first witness was Mr. Parsons,
M. C, from Ohio, who after being sworn, read a
written statement substantially as follows: "That
when the subsidy wss granted by the Forty
second Congress be was a practicing lawyer In
the city of Cleveland, Ohio, and marshal or the
United States Supreme Court; tbat three years'
ago Mr. Stuekwell, who bad long been his client
In Cleveland, and whom be knew well, asked blm
at a time when be was not a member of Congress
to assist tbe Pacific. Mall Company to obtain a
subsidy. Thereupon be collated statistics orald
given steamship lines by other countries; the
relative cost of vessels built in this country and
on tbe Clyde, tic. He bad always been In favor
or subsidies to American steamship lines, and
took occasion at the time he was consul at Rio
Janeiro to recommend to tbe State Department
the advisability or giving a Brazilian subsidy to
an American line. After the subsidy passed and
his labors In its aid bad been completed. Stock
well sent for bis bill. His connection with tbe
subject was public, and be did not see anything
wrong In practicing his profession while be was
marshal or the Snpreme Court. He was paid by
Stockwell 112,000 and by Irwin tl,600; no other
money was ever directly or Indirectly paid him.
01 this amount he paid Sl.tXX) to his brother In
law, who assisted blm. He was employed by
Stockwell seven months before the subsidy
passed. No person was present wben Irwin paid
money to any person, and had no knowledge of
any money being paid to any member of Congress.
He did not deliver the argument he bad prepared
favoring the subsidy, because It was found that
tbe Senate committee before which be was to have
made the argument were so unanimous In favor
or tbe subsidy that It was considered unnecessary.
He never asked any member or Congress to rote
lor tbe bill, and never called with Irwin upon
any member or Congress In Its interest. He
sever employed anybody to assist blm, and Irwin
never told blm wbo be bad employed to assist
him. He bad bad stock speculations wltb Stock
well before tbe passage of tbe subsidy and since;
it was ma private uosiness; no lost money, How
ever, on the outcome."
Bepresentatlve Scbnmaker was next sworn,
and testified that In 1872 he was attorney for the
Pacific Mall company, Mr. Stock well and R. B.
Irwin; wss at the time a practicing lawyer; was
sot at that time a member of Congress; bad been,
Is now, and has been re-elected to the next
House; In May, 1872, he bad a cheek for $275,000,
drawn by Richard B. Irwin, and indorsed to or
der of witness, given blm by a client In a con
fidential capacity; thought he took it to the Bank
of Commerce, New York, to have It certified; be
declined to state from whom he bad received It;
bad It broken np Into smaller checks by the
Brooklyn Trust Company, and sent tbe small
checks to persons as directed by his client, re
serving as his fee 110,000; In breaking tbe check
the Brooklyn Trust Company bad made a mis
take, and passed $125,000 to bis credit; the error
wss subsequently rectified, and the amount, less
$10,000, sent to bis clients. After a good deal or
questioning tbe witness stated tbat the cheeks
were all sent to the Pacific Mall Steamship
Company to Mr. Stockwell; he also said that
before he would sacrifice bis honor as attorney,
by revealing tbe secrets or bis clients, (one of
whom was now In Jail,) and without their eon
sent, he would be willing to walk out or Con
gress; also, that be bad never bribed a member
or Congress, In the Forty-socond House or any
other.
RECORD OF FJRE.
Chicago, Jan. 8. The Garden City Fertilising
and Rendering Company's buildings were burned
last night. Loss $15,000. Insurance $5,000.
A fire broke ont at Honesdale, Fa., yesterday
morning at 3 o'clock In Seamen's Jewelry store,
Front street, and spread rapidly on account of a
high wind, destroying thirteen buildings, two of
which were brick and the others large three-story
frame edifices. Twenty-two business firms are
burnt ont. Coynes' hotel and Snyder's large dry
goods establishment are among the ashes. Tbe
loss Is estimated at $100,000, lnrarance $85,000.
PRISON REFORM.
THE INTERNATIONAL PRISON CON
GRESS OF LONDON AND ITS RESULTS
A SECOND CONGRESS TO BE HELD
AT ROME.
To the Editor of the National Renub llean:
Sir: Early In 1871 the two Houses or Congress
passed a resolution authorizing the appointment
ot a commissioner to represent the United States
in an International Congress on tbe prevention
and repression of crime, to be held In London the
following year. Having been designated by the
President as such commissioner, and furnished
by the Secretary of State wltb a general letterto
all the diplomatic and consular representatives
of tbe Government In Europe, asking such co
operation as tbey might fitly render In the ob
jects of tbe mission, the undersigned spent tbe
summer and fall ot 1871 In negotiating with the
various European Governments with a view to
securing official representation In the proposed
Congress on the part of said Governments. The
proposition was everywhere received with favor,
and tbe resnlt was tbat some twenty.five Govern
ments, In the Old World and the New, were offi
cially represented In the Congress, the whole
number of official delegates being over seventy.
Tbe representatives of Institutions, associations
and law departments of universities, with the
commissioners appointed by Governments, made
np a body or four hundred members, or whom
sixty were from this country, most or the States
as well as the General Government sending ot&.
eial delegates.
Tbe Right Honorable tbe Earl of Carnivon,
now Secretary or State ror the Colonies In the
British Cabinet, was president or the Congress.
Before Its final adjournment, tbe Congress
created a permanent international penitentiary
commission, charged primarily wltb the duty of
devising a uniform scheme of international peni
tentiary statistics, and secondarily, with that of
deciding the question of another Congress, and
fixing its time, place and basis of organization.
This commission held a meeting at Brussels last
June, at which It was unanimously voted to call
anoti'-cr Congress, to meet Is Rome next year,
tbe delegate ZZZ 117 .pledging a cordial wel
come from the Italian Government. The com
mission felt more than Justified looking upon It
rather as a duty to convene a second Congress,
moved thereto by the many signal results pro
duced by tbe first. A detailed exhibit or these
results would occupy too much or yonr space; let
me ask attention briefly to a fewor them.
The first act or the Danish Government after
the return or Its commissioner from London was
to issue a decree requiring Its prisons to be
thenceforth administered on the principles ap
proved by the Congress.
In Sweden the Influence or the Congress has
been conspicuous, not only In producing Impor
tant legislative reforms, but also In stimulating
private benevolence. To cite a single example:
The Queen Dowager Josephine was so moved by
the report or tbe two commissioners from that
country that she at once set in motion a project
lor founding, by private subscription, a reforma
tory Institution for criminal children on the model
of Mettray In France, heading the paper herself
with a snbscripton equal. In our money, to $37,&oo.
Tbe King and other members er tbe royal family
lollowed with liberal benefactions, and then tbe
citizens ortall classes. The result was a contribu
tion sufficient to found two such Institutions
Instead orone, as orlgially contemplated, where
upon a wealthy gentleman proffered for one ofthe
schools a farm or 600 acres, with all necessary
buildings ror the accommodation or 150 children.
The Congress made a profound impression on
public opinion in Norway, and greatly stimu
lated enort, both public and private, towards
prlscn reform, though not in a manner so marked
as In Sweden.
Nowhere, probably, have the doings at London
produced a Quicker or wider effect than In Swit
zerland, several or tne awiss cantons nave
adopted, or are In course or adopting, new penal
codes and Improved penitentiary systems, and In
Neucbatel the effect has been tu cause amag
slncent.bequest or nearly a million ot Irenes to
be devoted to the establishment or a great Insti
tution for reclaiming and saving neglected, ex
posed and criminal children.
Nor has Italy been less prompt than ber sister
States In pushing reforms slneo the London Con
gress. Her Government has rounded three agri
cultural penitentiary colonies on as many Islands
In the Tnscan archipelago. Into which are eligible
to be dralted the best-behaved and most Indus
trious prisoners from all tbe prisons ol the penin
sula, after baring served ont at least one bairof
their terms or sentence. These prisoners are
wholly employed In agricultural labors chiefly
the culture of the vine, the olive and the cereal
grains. Tbe plan works to a charm. It proves a
wonderful stimulus to good conduct and indus
try In the prisons, and any serious Infraction of
rules or good morals In' tbe colonies Is declared to
be a rare exception, especially as It is Instantly
followed by tbe return of the culprit to tbe stricter
penal regime of the prison.
The Congress of London has resultea In the
establishment of normal schools for the profes
sional education, theoretical and practical, of
prison officers In several countries; notably In
Sweden, Switzerland and Italy. In this last
named country there has been founded at Rome
what might almost be called a great normal col
lege for this purpose, Into which are gathered
four hundred young men, all ot whom bad
learned, practically, some regular business,
either that of agriculturalists or mechanics, prior
to their admission to the establishment; an ad
mirable condition, since prison officers ought to
be able to direct the labor ofthe prisoners as well
as administer the discipline.
Three national commissions a parliamentary
commission In France, an Imperial commission In
Russia and a royal commission In Italy have
grower out or tbe Congress, or rather out or tbe
movement looking to the Congress, since they
were all created during the Interval between the
first visit or the United Slates commissioner to
Europe and the actual meeting or the Congress;
and that visit was. I think, distinctly recognized,
in each case, as the moving cause or their cre
ation. Each of these commissions has now been,
for more than two years, engaged In an earnest
study or the whole penitentiary question with a
view to practical reforms In their respective
countries. And a new roral commission Is llkel v
soon to Issue In England for a fresh study of
the ssme question, tho application for which
was explicitly declared to bar6 grown out
of the Congress or London by Lard Hampton,
better known as Sir John Paklogton, wbo headed
the deputation that presented the prayer to the
Minister for the Home Department.
Let me add, in passing, that there has never
probably been sobroadanatlonal or International
inquest en any question as that of the great par
liamentary commission orFrance, composed as It Is
of twenty members ofthe National Assembly and
an equal numberof distinguished specialists from
outside. This commission has summoned before
it, to give t heir views on the penitentiary question,
sot only all the leading prison officers and other
specialists of France, but has also Invited gentle
men from foreign countries to contribute their
knowledge and experience to the work in whlcb
It Is engaged. 1 bare myself bad tbe honor twice
to appear before the commission; the first time In
1872, the second In 1874. The commission has al
ready submitted sundry bills to the Legislature
as the result of their protracted and very Intelli
gent labors, and others are still In course of
preparation.
Even tbe far-off empire of Japan bas felt the
strong pressure of the London Congress, and, as
the resultbas adopted anew penal code, by which
many crimes before punishable by death are sow
punished by imprisonment.
But probably tbe most valuable result of the
Congress Isa volume or International penitentiary
statistics, furnished by seven Governments, tbe
only ones tbat filled up the formulas sent out
by the permanent commission, though other Gov
ernments nave promised for the future. This
little book may be, and Is, only a small begin
ning, bnt It Is undoubtedly the germ or a vast
body or such statistics which will ultimately be
collected, year by year, from all parts of the civ
ilized world, and which will. In time, become an
Invaluable aid to legislation on all matters con
nected wltb crime and criminal treatment.
In view of the remarkable breadth and Import
ance or tbe results, thus rapidly and Imperfectly
sketched, members of tbe commission did not hesi
tate to declare, at the late meeting In Brussels,
that the penitentiary question Is to-day. In Eu
rope, twenty years In advance of what It would
have been but for the initiative or the United
Slates In 1S7L The full meed of praise was given
to our Government ror its action, and It is still
looked to for leadership in this matter. Will this
Government now draw back and take so further
part In tbe great work which It has so well begun
a work In which our country, In common wltn
all others, bas an equal that Is to say, a vital
Interest ? That might well be If tbe work had
proved a failure; but this Is so farfrom being tbe
case that all history might, I am persuaded, be
challenged to produce an Instance In which an
International conference, depending solely on
moral Influence for success, has produced, so
speedily at least, results so wide, so solid,so bene
ficent, and so likely to prove lasting.
To show the Interest taken In high quarters In
this work, let me say. In conclusion, that since
my return from the meeting In Brussels I hare
received from Lord Carnaros a letter of con
gratulation on tbe doings of that mieting, and
particularly on the determination to bold another
congress in 1875, similar to tbat over which he pre
sided In 1872. E. O. Wises,
President or tbe Permanent International Peni
tentiary Commission.
Eimirc House, Washington, d. C, Jan. 8.
PERSONAL.
Hon. Thos. B. Keogh, or North Carolina, ar
rived In the city yesterday.
Senator Anthony has been confined to his room
for a few days wltb a severe attack of rheumatism
of tbe throat.
Among tbe arrivals yesterday at the Owen
bouse were Captain H. B. Nichols, postmaster at
Norfolk, and Colonel James D.Brady, ef Ports
mouth, Virginia,
Miss Ada Sweet, of Chisago, tbe only lady
pension agent In tbe country and receiving tbe
heaviest salary of any female in the employ of
the Government, Is In the city.
Bev. William V. Tudor, D. D., or St, Louis,
formerly pastor of Mount Vernon Place M. E.
church, In this city, bas arrived, and, wltb his es
timable lady, will reraalnrforafew days at the
residence or Mr. S. T. G. Morsell, Wl M street
northwest.
Hon. Jno. M. Francis, editor of the Troy Tines,
and wife are at Wlllard's. Mr. Francis deserves
wall at the bands or Washington. He bas bad
tbe courage to tell tbe truth about District
affairs, and bis statements have been vindicated
by many recent events. He Is a frank, plucky,
Independent Republican editor, wbo nates flun
key s , political or otherwise.
ANDY JOHNSON STOCK LOOKING UP.
Mxxpbis . Jan. (V Tbe Appear 1 Nashville,
special says Johnson's stockls going up, his oppo
nents not being able as yet to settle on anyone
against him.
FORTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
AXOTHXH DAY WASTED IX DEBATE
IX THE SENATE.
THE INFORMATION NECESSARY TO INTEL
LIGENT DISCUSSION BUT JUST ASKED
FOB-PASSAGE OF TBE NAVAL APPRO
PRIATIONSREGULARS AND VOLUN
TEERS JAPANESE INDEMNITY PRI
VATE BILLS.
FSIDAT, JAWCAET 8, 1875.
SENATE.
Mr. PRATT, from Committee on Pensions, re
ported adversely on various private pension bills,
whlcb were Indefinitely postponed.
Mr. KELLY, from Committee on Public Lands,
reported favorably House bill granting right or
way through the public lands and depot grounds
to tbe Oregon Central Paelflo Railroad Company.
ADVERSE XXTOBTS.
Mr. INGALLS, from Committee on Pensions,
reported adversely on House bill granting pen
sion to the widow of Bear Admiral Wlnslow, and
It was Indefinitely postponed.
Also, from same committee, adversely on bill
in reference to compensation of pension agents.
The bill wltb the advene report was placed
on the calendar.
Mr. WRIGHT asked to take np the bill to
abolish the Western district of Arkansas, but
Mr. CLAYTON stated that he bad amendments
to offer.
After some discussion, on motion of Mr. SAR
GENT. TBE HAVAL APPROrRIATlOa BILL
was taken np.
The following amendments reported by the
Committee on Anuronrlatlona were arreed to:
I Increasing tbe appropriation for the Nautical
j Almanac to $20,000; increasing the appropriation
I for the naval laboratory to 120,000; reducing by
$50,000 the appropriation for provisions tor offi-
vlso that repairs on steam boilers and machinery
be done in the navy yards when practicable; In
creasing the appropriation for heating and light
ing the Naval Academy and school shops irom
$13,000 to $15,000: appropriating $5,000 for trans-
invv rtriTi nl itfTl iMvellsin wslthnnt rnnni
appropriating $20,000 ror payment ol discharged
! soldiers ror clothing not drawn.
The bin was then passed.
In answer to a question from Mr. Boututell,
Mr. SARGENT said the amount appropriated
by tbe bill was a little over $18,000,000, which was
a little more than the amount appropriated last
year. Ihe principal Item oriscrease was for coal
ior ships. The items of Increase made by the
Senate Committee on Appropriations were small.
Mr. MORRILL, of Vt. from the Committee on
Public Buildings and Grounds, reported, wltb
amendment, the bill to donate to the State or
Oregon a public building, lot and material,
situated at the Dalles, Oregon.
DISTRICT or COLUMBIA.
Mr. LEWIS Introduced a bill to aid the Wash
ing and Ohio road in tbe construction or their
road to the Ohio river; also, presented a memorial
oi the fire department of tne District of Oolum
bla. Committee on the District or Columbia.
SBER1DAX I2C LOUISIANA.
The unfinished business being the resolution of
Inquiry Into the conduct ofthe military In Louisi
ana -was taken np.
Mr. BAYARD said two years ago he had In
troduced a resolution or Inquiry, addressed to the
President, as to the conduct or Major Louis Mer
rill, or tbe United States cavalry. Then, as now,
the Senator from New York Mr. Co.iklisqj
had offered an amendment lcavlntr It discretionary
I with the President to answer. That resolution
wltb the amendment or the Senator passed the
Senate on March 3, 1873. and to this day the Presi
dent bad treated It with contemptuous silence.
and with a full knowledge of tne conduct of
Major Merrill In South Carolina he had been sent
I to fresh fields and pastures new In Louisiana.
But tbat was a small matter compared with the
present exigency. Never since tne days of the
devolution bad the American people been brought
i face to face with such grave questions as those
now confronting them. It Is whether this Gov
ernment is to remain one oi iree ana equal states,
or whether It is to be merged Into an absolute
military dictatorship. He said the remarks of
the Senators from Indiana, Mr. Mortos.1 fmm
Vermont, Mr. Edxcuds, and y. j..:.,
Mr. Looab were tended and were calculated to
obscure the question, and by partisan appeals to
divert the minds or the people from the true mer
its or the ease. What were the facts? In States
with three and four times the population ofLonls.
lana the election returns bad been tabulated and
promulgated within less than a week after the
election. In great cities of equal population with
that State they had been tabulated and pro
claimed within forty-eight hours. But In Louis
iana tbe returning board was occupied In canvass
ing tbe returns within a fraction or two months,
and In every case or dispute or doubt tbey de
cided in favor of the Kellogg party. He then
Jroceeded torevtew the dreams tacces of Monday
est In New Orleans. He claimed that the Con
servatives bad on Monday lawfully organized
the Legislature, there bring a quorum present,
He would now say sotting asnothe swearing In
of five members. But he asked the Senate he
asked the American people was there anything
In the Constitution or the laws to warrant the In
terference of tbe President InLonlslana. But It
was only a lear or the same scd-blstory of Louis
iana for tbe last two yean.
Mr. B. then quotwWrom.a'speeon or bis made
on the Louisiana bill in 1873, where he warnel
the American people tbat the dangers menacing
the liberties or Louisiana menaced at the same
tint the liberties or all the other States.
A PROPHET I2f HIS OKJ COU5TRT.
What he had foretold then bad come to pass
word for word. The policy or tho President, In
stead ol being modified, bad been doggedly inten
sified. Lieutenant General Sheridan is sent se
cretly to New Orleans to dragoon the people or
Louisiana into submission. Scarcely there three
days, having no Intercourse with any but the ad
herents or Kellogg, be sends out bis dispatches
over the country. He wonld not say one word
against whatever glory or renown accrued to this
officer. But be was the servant or tbe people of
tbe United States, fed and clothed by tbem, edu
cated by them, and was not their master. Has
be forgot tbat by the Constitution of his country
the right or tbe people to keep and bear arms
shall not be Infringed, that they shall be secure
from unlawful searches and seizures, that no
man shall be tried without indictment by a grand
Jury. Sir, this Issue cannot come too soon, ir
this cavalry officer, with bis bloody sword. Is
stronger tbsn all oar personal guarantees of
liberty. It Is time tbat we should know It. Let
us see whether tbe dispatches sent by this officer
do not prove him unfit to breathe the air of a re
public. In a three days' stay In one city of a
large State he proclaims that whole State to be
a lawless community. But there have been re
plies to these communications of General Sheri
dan. Mr. B. then read from the resolutions
passed by tbe different exchanges in New Orleans
and tbe bishops and clergy ana others, pronounc
ing as calnmlnous the statements of General
Sheridan. TJie meanest man of all there, said
Mr. li, was 'the peer of General Sheridan In
every respect. Reading from the dispatch or
General Sheridan asking that Congress proclaim
the Wblte Leaguers banditti, Mr. B. said that ir
there was tbe tone tbat once existed at the White
House
OEBXBAL SHEBIDAX WOULD ITXTEB AOAIS SIOX
bis name as Lieutenant General of the army.
Did this dispatch sound like an American oracer?
Did It not rather sound like the commander of a
band ol Janissaries, asking for Instructions from
some Oriental despot? In a time or profound
peace he asks that Congress shall pass an ex pott
facto law, that be shall try by military commis
sion and murder bis own lellow-cltlzens. Ashe
(Mr. B.) said, ir tbe proper feeling existed in
high quarters General Sheridan would not re
main where he was five minutes. He had nroved
himself utterly unfit for bis position. Instead of
conciliation, kindness and obedience to tbe civil
law, be rushes at once to set up a military despot
Ism. We talk of Russian rule In Poland, and yet
what Russian officer ever penned a dispatch or
such remorseless cruelty as this. We read that
Secretary Belknap sent a dispatch to General
Sberidan that "the President and all of us ap
prove of your course." Every feeling of disgust,
of horror and of Indignation whleh I bare for the
man who could send snch a dispatch I bave for
those wbo r.pprovo It. He believed tbat the
American people would repudiate "all of us"
who Indorse such action. Mr. B. then quo'd at
length from the decision or the Supreme Court In
the Mllllgan case on military commissions. Gen
eral Sheridan holds out threats which are dis
graceful to the cloth be wears and to the country
of which ho Is a citizen. The proposition is now
here
ruisxxTED ron the first tike
tbat the President can, of bis own motion and bis
own discretion, adjudge that sufficient domestla
violence exists as to warrant blm to Interfere In
tbe organization or a Legislature. So tar as right
Isconcerned.thepeopleofLoulslana hare as much
right to pass upon the qualifications or the mem
bers of the two Houses of Congress as Congress
hss to pass upon the qualifications of tbe mem
bers of tbe Legislature of Louisiana. What
bas been done in Louisiana to-day may be
done In New York to-morrow and in Massachu
setts tbe next day, and It can be done in this Cap
itol on the fourth of March. II President Grant
can break up the Legislature in Loulslana,he can
wltb a single brigade or troops Interfere In the
organization of the Congress on tbe fourth of
March. He will have tbe same right to sustain
tbe Clerk or the present House with troops, and
allow him to call suchnsmesas be pleases and
organize tbe House as be pleases. There wonld
be no physical power in Congress te prevent It,
But the American people would stand In the way.
They will visit upon the beads or the offenders all
such violations of law and right.
He said this movement now was an attempt to
feel the popular pulse, to see bow far power could
go. If the American people were Insensible to
the wrongs or their fellow-citizens In Louisiana,
depend upon It they would feel themselves, and
In a broader manner, tbe same disregard of their
rights and liberties.
HI WAS GLAD THAT BO TLIV8T COTZB
had bees put over this sew usurpation; that there
was so pretence of obeying tbe civil authority; no
sham of carrying out the decrees of a corrupt
court; but it was the plain, open, naked band or
the soldier, and It was for the people to meet tbe
Issue. The history of Louisiana was as old as
the history or the world; it was the history of
resentment against oppression, against tyranny
and wrong. Give those people a government that
bas some regard for tbem and their Interests. He
could sot forget that to-day was the anniversary
of the battle of New Orleans; a day the results of
which were as glorious and as welcome to tbe
people of Delaware or of Maine as to the people
of Louisiana, Shall the glory or that day be
diminished by tbe shade of this? Is tba honor
to be eclipsed by the disgrace which Is now come
upon it? It may bave been mlstakenjadgment
aid blab party feeling whleh has carried the
Executive tins fir, but ho hoped the American
people would let him understand that bis hand
must be taken from tbe throat ol Louisiana.
THE TEBBXS8XXXA8SACRX.
Mr. CLAYTON submitted a resolution ealllngr
on the Attorney General to eommunlczte a copy
ottheteport of the United Slates attorney lor
the Western district ol Tennessee on tbe massa
cres committed in that State.
Mr. COOPER moved an amendment, and also
all communications on the subject which passed
between the Executive of Tennessee and the
President of the United States on the same sub
ject, Tbe amendment was agreed to. and the resolu
tion passed without objection.
YOTISQ 03 TBI LOUISIANA RESOLUTION.
The question then being taken on the amend
ment of Mr. Cobklixo to add to the resolution
of Inquiry Into Louisiana matters, "if not, in his
judgment, incompatible with the public inter
ests." which was agreed to ayes 32, noes 20 Mr.
Hamilton, of Texas, votltg with the Republican
majority, and Mr. Fisto.i and Mr. Febrt, of
Conneetleur, with the Democratic minority.
Mr. SCHURZ said be desired to speak on this
subject, but was not prepared to go on now, in
consequence of indisposition.
Mr. CONKLlNG.ln the course of discussion on
a motion to postpone the further consideration of
the resolution, said the Senator from Delaware
Mr. Bayard bad levelled many or
HIS KXXABXS AT OKIT. BHERIBA7,
on the theory tbat he was In command on Mon
day when the proceedings took place at the State
bouse In New Orleans. His (Mr. C's) Informa
tion was that Gen. Sheridan was not then In com
mand. Further, the Senator Mr. Bayard had
criticised tbe President as being constructively
present on that occasion. His (Mr. G.'a) Infor
mation was also that the President knew nothing
ofthe occurrences until they were brought to him
as tbey were to the rest or us by the telegraph.
He thought It rather an anamalous circumstance
that this debate should have gone on for days on
a resolution or Inquiry calling for facts, and those
who took part In It were assuming to know all
about It As It had gone on In this way, perhaps
It was well to continue it,
Mr. TIPTON wished this matter to be post
poned till Monday to bear further from the peo
ple, wbose representatives we were. They were
moving in this matter, they were becomlag
rapidly Instructed In law and the Constitution.
They bad already moved In the great commercial
centre ofthe country. He waa glad to see tbat
the Timet and the Posf bad united with the Tri
bune and the World In denouncing what he coa
sldered the most terrible military usurpation
which bad ever taken place In this country. His
people had been cursed wltb the plague of the
grasshoppers, and he did not want tnem to be
afflicted with the worse curse or the unlicensed
United States army.
Mr. SHERMAN opposed any postponement.
ir this resolution had been
couched is proper txrxs
of courtesy It could bare been passed without op
position In one moment. He denounced the at
tempt to excite the cause as unjust. The Sen
ate, he could assure the country, would deal with,
this question properly and rightfully, and If any
officers of the army had done wrong they would
be held to answer ror It. Bat It was unjust
and wrong to arraign these officers on the Incom
plete evidence before us. There Is a dispute as
to the fact', and until we have the facts he again
said that It was wrong snd unjust to denounce
the officers of the army. Let us have the facts,
and then we can act, and he (Mr. S.) was satis
fied that there was enough ability and enough
patriotism In the Senate to deal wltb the Louisi
ana question, and to deal with It properly and sat
isfactorily. Mr. STEVENSON said he did not believe
there was one man In this Chamber who would
applaud, under any circumstances, such a dis
patch as that sent by General Sheridan, asking
lor authority to Institute military commissions.
Mr. SCOIT said this was a question which
shculd be discussed without any beat- He would
not trust blmseir to speak or this matter nntll he
bad all the Information In his possession. We
should not forget tbat In 1813 Congress tor two
weeks debated whether tbey would reverse a ju
dicial decision
ArncriKO as orriCER or the abxt.
That officer (General Jackson) had disregarded
the writ of kabeat corput, and locked up tbe
judge, to prevent him from Issuing another writ.
So now be (Mr. S.) wished to know all the facts
In this case. He wanted to know how the second
officer in command In New Orleans got Into that
State-house; be wanted to know by whose Invita
tion that officer first came there.
Mr. THURM&N denied the assertion or bis
colleague Mr. Sherhab that the debate In this
matter was premature- When Federal soldiers
Invade the balls ot a Legislature, It cannot be de
bated too soon. When Philip Sheridan sent a
dispatch asking the President to proclaim tbe
citizens of Louisiana banditti. It was never too
soon to debate It, and such things would be de
bated as long as there was an; pretence to free
dom In this country.
Mr. SARGENT asked If it was to be ignored
In all this discussion, all this denunciation of
military Interference, tbat the
TIBST CALL TOB TBE MILITARY CAKE EEOX MR.
WILTZ,
the usurping Speaker, and wben the military ex.
pelled. at hia behest, men wbo were legally
elected, this nsurplnz Legislature expressed its
thanks.
Mr. SARGENT then went on to speak of mur
ders and outrages In the South, which he said
could nqt be whistled down by the wind, and
your subsidized press cannot do it. He Instanced
the Coushatta parish massacre as a specimen
brick of the proceedings In tbe Sonth. He would
not try the men who were guilty of these mur
ders and outrages by military commission, but ir
it was constitutional bo did not know but what
It would be effectual.
Mr. WEST said last September, when the re
bellion took, place against the Stjlte government
of Louisiana, the President Issned his proclama
tion commanding 'those in rebellion to disperse
and lay down their arms. This the White
Leaguers had not yet done; they were still In re
bellion, and It was these men whom Sheridan
called banditti these men who had not yet re
turned tbe arms which they captured from the
State. -
Mr. CONKL1NG. Has
TBE SEBATOK OOT A LIST OT TBOSB ARMS?
I would like to know what they are.
Mr. WEST. Yes; here Is the list : 2 mountain
howitzers, COO Spencer rifles, SOO Winchester
rifles, CM Enfield rifles, 93 Spencer carbines and
1,500 bayonets: not one of which has been returned,
and these men who have not obeyed tbe Presi
dent's proclamation are now In rebellion against,
the United States Government.
The discussion was further continued by Htssn.
Howe and Merrixox.
Tbe question being on the amendment ol Mr.
Morton "and also any Information he may have,
as to tbe existence of an armed organization la
the Stale of Louisiana hostile to the government
of that State and Intent on overturning such gov
ernment by force"
Mr. MORTON argued for Its adoption, and
said there waa no donbt of the existence of this
conspiracy to overturn the lawlnl government of
the Mate, and that the presence or the troops
alone prevented their desires being carried out,
He said this White League organisation ramified
all through Louisiana, Alabama, Arkansas and
Mississippi, and their design was also to over
throw tbe State government of Mississippi. If
the President has information of this kind it li
very proper that we should bare It
He did not think It necessary to defend PhiL
Sheridan. He did not write like a lawyer, but
Just as he ielt, and as an honest man would write.
Where is tho man that will deny his statement
thst "there Is intecnrlty or lite and property in
tbat State?"
THIRE HAVE BEES MORE MXTT KILLED
In Louisiana for political reasons from 1854 down
to 1874 than have fallen In all your Indian wars
for twenty years. It looked to him as If there
was a concerted plan to obtain possession of all
tbe Southern states, and by murder and terror
arive ont an vestige oi tne itepuDlIcan party.
Then they will have tbe whole South solid, and
all tbey need will be two or three Northern
Slates, Which they can easily get, and thus se
cure control of tbe;eleetoral college. He denied
tbat he bad said the whole Southern nnlA am
murderers. He did not believe that; but be did
believe that, as he bad said, murder was rampant
In many sections or the South. He was
glad to meet the Southern gentlemen on tbe
floor, snd clad to bear tbe sentiments wblcb
they expressed, but those sentiments were notex
pressed elsewhere. Those were not the
BEXTIUE5TS WHICH PREVAILED IX THE SOUTH.
Mr. GORDON said if the Senator meant that
be uttered sentiments on this floor which he would
not ntter In Georgia nor in Fannel ball that Sen
ator uttered a libel on bis character.
Mr.MERRIMON said the statements which
be bad habitually uttered In this Senate be bad
uttered In North Carolina
Mr. MORtON repeated that those sentiments
were sot the sentiments which operated in tbe
South.
Mr. GORDON. Tbey are operative in Georgia.
Mr. MEERIMON. They are operative in
North Carolina.
..Mr. SCOTT asked to reftr Mr. Mkbbixob to
the case or Mr. D. Sehenck, a member otluo bar
of North Carolina, who testified that he was a
mem ber of tbe Ku-Klux organization. He asked
tbe Senator If this man had not been elected to
the bench In North Carolina.
Mr. MARRIMON. Yes: and: there Is no more
quiet and orderly district in tne. United States
than bis district, where every man, white ami
black, enjoys his liberty.
Mr. SCOTT asked whether
THIS JUDGE HAS BOT BHOT'DOWB A XXORO
In the streets of one of the cities of his district,
and was ho ver brought to trial for it.
Mr..MERBIMON said the facts were that tbe
judge had teen assaulted In his own office by a
drunken negro, whom be Implored to leave, and
whom he finally shot down In self-defence, and he
was Indicted, tried and acquitted. They bad a
Republican Governor in North Carolina, and this
Governor, in bis recent message, had stated that
everything was orderly and peaceful throughout
North Carolina.
Mr. SCHURZ submitted tbe following, which,
be said, be would ask to take np on Monday and
speak to:
Retalved, Tbat the Committee on tbe Judiciary
be Instructed to inquire what legislation by Con
gress is necessary to secure to the people of Louis
iana their rights of self-government nnder the
Constitution, and to report with the least possi
ble delay by bill or otherwise.
Mr. MORTON continued at some length tn
discussing tbe condition or affairs In tbe South.
He quoted from tbe election returns of Georgia
to prove that tbe Republican vote in that State
bad
DECREASED TBOJC 100,000, IB 1883, TO 5,000 IBlSTL
Now, no (.explanation could account for this. It
was evident that this, enormeus decrease In the
Republican vote came Irom intimidation, murder
and terror. He alluded to a ease which had hap.
pened In Troup county. At the last election sev
eral hundred negroes bad been deprived or their
Tctes. He also quoted from the testlmony-as to
tbe election In Rapides parish and tbe Intimida
tion which was practiced there. He read frxm
the minority report In tbe Kuklux lnyestlgatloo,
to tbe effect tbat the negro and the wblte nun
could sot live as equals, and that wben tbe party
(SCO Third F-nse.)