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"1> airrk, Alexandria La. DAIORE & CAZABAT, Attorneys and Counsellors at Law, A LEX A y DMA, LO TJI SI A S'A , No. 3 LEVI\'S ROW.® ooo ® TILL PKACTICE their profession and give prompt ami special at tention to tTie collect-ion of »II claims in the Parish of Rapides, Grant, Winn and Vernon, and .before the Supreme Court at. New Orleans. May IGih 1874. 3-m. _ " • JD ^ o EDWIN G. HUNTER, Attorney and Conncsllcr at Law, ALEXANDRIA, L a. Will practice Iiis -profession in tin 1 »Courts ot Rapides, Grant. Vernon and ad joining parishes ami in the Supremo Court ■^Louisiana. a June 20-tf. © thomas C. manning, Attorney at Law, . ALEXANDRIA, LOUISIANA. • " ïî^ : .~nUNTBK, o a Attorney at Law, ALEXANDULV. LOUISIANA. MTRYAN, ESQ., ; . G Attorney at Law, 0 ALEXANDRIA, LOUISIANA. EGBERT J. BOWMAN, © 0 Attorney at Law. 0 ALEXANDRIA, LOUISIANA. ^v T c T mcglmsey, Attorney at Taw, ALEXANDRIA, LOUISIANA. ^WTfTÎ 8LA0KMAN," O Attorney at Law, . ALEXANDRIA. LOUISIANA. ~ " ROBERT r. HUNTER, o C ÂJ Attorney at Law, # ®" ALEXANDRIA, LOUISIANA. ryiCTORMMtY^ a ■9 Justice Peace, and Notary Pul» lie, ê ALEXANDRIA LOUISIANA. How to U se P aius G rekn*. — T>. *(?.. Rich m o n d. of Ohio, recommends tlie following way of applying this vir aient hngkiller, avoiding tlie danger of the arreuic dust flying in the air and'en teri"g the breath A hogslu*ad of water, with a faucet, is drawn on a wagon to tlie potato field, as a reservoir to draw from. Fill a pail, with water and st'r in n-heaped tablespoon of pure Paris jrreen and more if impure. Dip in an «•Id bmnm, and with it sprinkle the in fested plants. Bright sunshine is the Iretf. — [Country Grritlérenfn. The Grant Parish Case. Woods Has a Little Say. The Motion for a New Trial Overruled, From the-New Orleans Bulletin. Wood» had hi« say this morning on the motion for a new trial in the Grant Parish case. lie tame into.court at about 9:30 o'clock, ascended the bench,- and .proceeded to speak. • IIE STARTED out by tolling what he was going to pass upon, (as if everybody xlid not know) and then took up the several grounds in tjie motion. lie bunched"the first seven ; -he said they may be.taken together, as they are âll to the effect that "the verdict ® as not In accordance with the law. He had bpen an attentive listen er, he mildly informed everybody— of the testimony. He had listened through two trials and he could see noVl Tffercnce between the evidence in the one and the evidence in the other. Tie related what he consid ered the facts, as established by this evidenca It was A NICE STORY, in which were detailed the terrible doings of the white men, and the meekness of spirit, and the fear of the black Si In speaking Of the surrender lie said that the negreos had capitula ted, and when after this tTrey threw down their arms a volly was poured into them by the white men, which not o<8>» r wounded a nimber of tlie negroes but brought do.wn TWO OF TIIE WHITE MEN, 0 (Hadnot and ILiyis) who'were try ing to prevent bloodshed, [Jupiter Pluvius.] He said that Nash had acted without any warrant or au thority, and that after, he had con quered Ward never demanded the Court House, (reason why, it was burned dqjvn), but that lie had with Cazabat, made a pretense of hold ing court. lie said that notwith standing the threats of the negroes, no white man had Jbecn injured [the outrage on Rutland's house to the contrary notwithstanding]. The evidenee showed that Irwin and Cruikshank were, with the banded men, and all in all he thought there was strong evidence in^support of # the counts as to ex tent, and the seven grounds were not well founded.- 6 ' THE EIGHTH GROUND, which relates to the convict Kelly. lie did not consider the simple fact ! that Kelly was a convict, a gUkid | ground for setting aside the ver '0 opinion expressed by him as to! n hal the évidence had established, embodied only such facts as had ! been admitted to be true, bat that ; afterwards that .he, by" request ofj counsel, charged that the defence, admitted nothing, and that they ! must not be ^overiieil by what hojbe hid pr^id. diet. He overruled it". THE NINTH GROUND, was overruled,-because thereüwas — in the learned Judge's opinion—no „d-oubt that the Mulvey who served on the jury was the Mul vey wanted by the commissioners. [No one doubts it.J * ON THE TJBNTH GROUND, after citing a number of authori ties, he wisely.decided J,hat neither the law of England nor" the'com mon law of England hor the com mon law of tne * nited States gives the jury the right to pass upon tlie law, and that, therefore when he so so instructed thejuryin this case, he was right. He overruled it. THE ELEVENTH.GROUND lie disposed of by saying that the THE TWELFTH GROUND could not stand, because the law did not require the_\erdict to be written. It migbt be the rule or.the State courts; but the United States courts need uOt be governed by that. (It lays with the Judge.] The thirteenth ground he rapped on the head by. sayiug that the statements were'not true in point of fact, aud that under tlie true state of the case it -could not stand. It related to the. second • charge of his Honor, delivered, after the re ceipt of a message not received iu open court. He thought the separation of the jury, as set toiuth.in the fourteenth ground, was all right so long as the men fi ho went out Were in charge of the seven bailifls. The. fifteenth, sixteenth, seven teenth: and eighteenth counts he disposed of by sayiug that his charge to the jury was strictly ac cording to the law ami the'evidence he overthrew. He wound up by saying that the prisoners had bad a^fyJJ. and fair trial, which had been couducted with'great hberalityou the part of the prosfcetuting ofliutr. - [Good enough.] And then sorrowfully— or s<? sorrowfully, overruled, the motion. Grant Parish Prisoners. Another Turn in the Tide -! Justice Bradley Orders an Arrest of Judgment and Releases the Priso •' ners on Bail-! 4 From the New Orleans Picayune. Judge Bradfey retuîned To the city yesterday. At 12 o'elock lie took his seat on the bench with Judge Woods and announced thât he had prepared-a decision upon the points raised Jby Mr. M a it , in arrest of judgment and testing the constitutionality of the -Kn-Klux act. " • justice Bradley then read Iiis de cision, a most lengthy,* exhaustive and »intelligent one. • . • Under the indictment, the priso ners were charged ;witb : : L Con spiracy to take away certain rights from eitizens of African descent. 2. The commission of murder whilst engaged in this conspiracy ; ami found guilty of sixteen counts. That Congress hjS' tlie right to pass laws to carry out the provis ions of the „thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth amendments, no one will deny. The qnestioji'jw, how *' 11 ' thj&ïight extends. • Tlio thirteenth amendment; de clares that all persons in the . Uni ted States shall not be disqualified from voting on-account of. race, color or previous condition." The United States is givêu no power to pass laws relative to elections or voting, but simply to see that the States do not interfere with these rights. The United States has on ly the power to see these rights en r torced. The moment the-State tails to comply with the/duties, enforced upon it, the United States is called on to interfere; ami the interfer ence of Congress. when the State is ready to punish violations of these rights, is unnecessary! injudicious aqjl illegal. To constitute an offense ot which the United States has jurisdiction, 1t must be shown that a conspiracy was formed to take away certain rights from- a person on accoonrtt of his race, color or previous condi tion. The fifteenth amendment declared tliat the right of every «itrzei) of the United" StafeSThJ vote shall -not deirietl by tlie United States-or aiiv Sitate on account of hi* race. r* f . i f*; i color or previous eondition. When • V, . -, irpi .. 9 é ■ . * - • a State refuses this right, Congress has power to pass Jaws to tyiforce the amendment. Congress h «iffy 1 so the power to secure these fights against violeuce and outrage on the part ot individuals; therefore, T am unwilling to ^affirm the unconstitu tionality of tii is act» But, le.t us examine the counts of this indictment:. The first count -charges the prison e/s with conspiring. to prevent Cer tain perüoug-of African descent Iroœ peaceably assembling. The. consti tution of the United States declares that Congress shall -not interfere with the right of . peaceable assem blages. *. Does this &moun.t -to ,an affirmative law, giving the United States the jurisdiction over all per? sons ^irho shall interfere with thf right of - peafiéable* aseemblage? Clearly not. • - - The second count is.the sntüe as first. ; . ■ * Th® third cormt declares .that a Conspiracy ^ns formed to take the live® of certnin-oitizens Of African de cent, and withoutdue process of law. All.murderers do.this . Has the Uni ted States jurisdiction of all murders? The fourth count is too vague and general; so are the 'fifth and eighth. Their-vagweness is- s'nch thai 'thiiy cahnot stand. * * i **' The sixth -and seventh counts charge the prisoners With.conspiring against certain persons because they had voted, or xiërè going to vota Not a w(?rd is snid that this was done because of race, color or„ previous condition. -T^is i'd vital'y necessary." The mere interference with the sight of voting is no offense nflder. thejn. risdiétion of the United States. ' • The following eight counts are j fi erai copies of the. first eight, - and must fall with therm I nm accordingly - ot the opinion that the indictment is fatally defec-" tive. Judge Woods than iu a few words announced that'he differed in ôpii® ion with Justice Bradïey, and that they had resolved to certify to a dlf ference of opinion so that the Su preme Court of the United States cpuld" pass upon the-question'. As, however, th& Superior Judge had decided against the validity cf the indictment., it could not stand— for the present, and the prisoners were therefore entitled tr> bail. - Bail in the sum of $5000 for each prisoner was finished, and Ifndnot, Cruikshank and Irrçin set. at liberty, and surrounded and congratulated by their friends. ® l^* A negfo. philosopher's views of the relations Of tlie races Is given in a Macon, Ga., paper a?=,follows: "Yon know de turkey hè roost on.de -fence, and de goose he YoQst on de ground. Yon.'pnll de turkey off de fence and he will git up again. You crop- his wings, but soiné how pr nudrferfte's gwine toget back on de fence. "- Now you prit tie .go*sé on do-ftnee, an lie will 1^11 oft; he-idon't belong, dar. De turkey <im the white man. He's down now, but-is gwine to get up again. De trigger Î8clegoase. Ile bctter stay wliàr he Jjelöng-'* ■ ; lit The advantage of having a good memory is illnstrated by a Ban gor gentleman, who recalls rak ing hay iu a July snow storm about seventy years ago. OK'"Twenty.-six Years' Disgrace" is what the Philadelphia'City Item styles the unfinished Washington monument at thé natfounl capitoL 'lliree youngJalie^ walke# from Nor walk to Stanifura, 10 1-2 mile«, tlie other day." on a wifger, thé winner making fiie stance in lw< hours and in>'iuU-8 White Man'« Party in Alabama. At a meeting: of Democrats and Conservatives in Eu foula beat,-last Saturday, the following resolutions were unauimon^ly adopted: ; Resolved Int. That Riulicalisui in Alabama.is nothing more nor less' tîiau a negro party, which has loug since ^ulidified the blacks into 1 hos tility against the whites, and-that it is the b*M»ndea duty of every white, mail, to unite, in like solidity for «elfdcfeuce, and to defeat- the schemes of their banded enemies* Resolved 2ud. That, the hiws which-the negro party-<now'advo cate, and particularly theintiuimus Civil Rights bill, whi<:h-woi*klîtorce our Jit tie boys and girls to U& «edu cated among ,negroes, <leiuouS r ira4>e that.the party is "de.voiit ef. all cial dufcy, aud fatally benfcori uijs chief," nod that we regard «II *Uy themselves will» it, as ow poJi^icul and socud enemi*», and intend 4« treat then» accordingly. . . Resolved 3rd. • Tfiat^,, entertain ing deliberately tliesr ojhuhm ^, we will not give our support to ady candidate for o/licf», who does not openly belOng. to the wjjite. man's party aud stnmd on the vchit^ inan's p 1 ftttorin.—piontgoery, Advertiser. OT " I begin .to utKlörstnn<i your language "better," said my friend, Mr. -Arconft t to- lne but your verbg trouble me still, yon mix them up* &*o with your prepositions*.' , u I hm. sorry ydu find .theni so troublesome," w«s ajl.'l could say-. • I saw ouï friend, Mrs. James, just no\y,"~ "ho eontuju'ath; u She says, she-i'htend;! to- break down l*ousleeping. Am I right, these f 41 Break tip housekeeping, she niùst have said." " o, yes, t remember; b reale up housekeeping." "Why ilfX'y she do tirât?" I asked. • * -■ Because her health is so bro ken into.". • " Broken do'.vn,-yoir should,'say'.'" "Broken do.wp-^oh*! ye« And. indeed, since the r mall pox has -bro ken tip in our city—j" " Broken 'çtit— " " SV thinkfTsJio.'WllJ leave it for a few weeks." ■ • '^A'rlLshe leave her hou.^e alone V "No^ she is afrajd. it will be broken broken -f-how do I say that ?" lirofcen into " " Certainly : that.is what I meant o gay." • * • " " Is her Son to be. marricd'soon V c> No; the engagement*i* broken —broken—* - f" • " Broken on." ■"Yes; broken off:" *" Ah I I had not heard thai;" •*" She is very sony about it. Hér «oironiy bi'Akç the nMvs .down to liTirlast week. .Am I right! I •am go anxious .to speak Etiglish well.." . « i * % • " He merely broke the ne\vs; no proposition this time/' " " it is hard to understand. That young man, her son, is a fine follow' r~A breaker*I think."* * • 1 "A broker, and a.vwy fine fe4 îow.- Good day." So much for the verb "to break." Id^'Aj'oulh I will call George w-as engaged to be nuueied, but, M as fiufttieialjy uuable. to ' caU..iu ;;|J|e miirister., His affianced affair brought to a finale, bu«r kept putting her dff wiUi promise^, sayiug Jie .was not able fo warry, &tc., etc. Finally she said,*" Deah Gaèig, i am wiling to marry you, rf.uo have la live on bread and wa ter." - WeHv well," eried-^G«uge ?r in desperation, "you iuriiiau : -Ihe bread, and J'd try. and "skjrmish around and'liufif upeimugh \<ater." UK THE. a l.'.y From tlio Loul sy UJ«_ C i im -i er-Jon ri»àl. seven Graiyfe^ with a tnember^ » c£al>0^t uTi^ nundfoüL* The Alabamau State Grange in prep^rinff t<i co-operate with , the Geurgitt'UN-itnfee In tne. matter of direct trh'de wich "Enroj^e. *1 ; O. H. Relief, Se^tetaif «f n »tioiuil Utr &nfe^ was in 1s4t a mm identot Miweatii»*» l»wm lining Jbeen sent there to ofie« its $rst tel egraph office^" , 3 t ^ .Some.rtf tlië Iowa granges have adopted the practice of ifppotnt^ng one of their- mrtribfer a« eéîWW, whoae doty it is to.'prepare » paper for the succeeding uueting, . J im 8i* special .depotie^, whose entire d«uty it is to visit e^cli grange iu the .State,. control tbe work, and see'tfcat perfect «ystein i* intrcxtuoed inttf the conneH« ol all, - . . It is proposed to- haveia conven lion of putrous i^ ths ci^ft^MU bus, Miss., on tl^e lth of JuJyj jpext. Delegates f rom every ' grange ut Mississippi aua^teftt Alabama will be iuvited to ÄTTtTiidT Questions oL much importHucelvill be discussed? Th<TPatrou& àir work under -'the same" Charter, - Ihe »»ihie ehttstitYi tkuis;aud bylaws, peaceahl^tind iu opler, aadjthcy Wwk ^'stertta(ici»l ly and harmouiouslyj w;tn. » uuity ôf pfirpose that makes ft'tT?« rsj»tffsÊHflb# , ôl M Wo .. ..... , , tnoMi '^h'Wérfitl orgjthizn .world.'., •■'f; . s-l ! &rt*: A MissiHslppi Gran h offering tu enty-five-duilars for tlie benticont tuid the largest, uuaiber from oue aCre of land ; .fifteen dol lars for the-largest nutfiber. of gal ihn«.f*tnii one acre ttnif ten dollars fcog of any age raised 4P 'W^Wton couuty. - fhe Patrons' cß operative store at WiTfdn,-Iowa, was èorhmériced ; iii March, 187.2, with a capital During" thé balÄnCe"' of*that year they sold $?4,0ti0 worth' of goods» In eleven months .of lMT.f fhey sohl $31, OOO- -Worth. All good^fiwefti sold aJt ten per yent. abov.e cost, "and everything is satisfactory with those who inv«<(tcd. The Reformer J*resliy té.rian:8$iï • o'd of Th'ftâtR'îlihia <leclai-'é<t tiiehi séB'es-a'sêt,:of asses' by rt'soiving »against»' taking ihto the meullèrt*krp t>i" a theiVMphurch patrons «>t- -Hus bandly or any person, belonging, to a secret.örder. ^Vere the.foo^-J^,ilier to stop awhiie at JMuladeipf^îa. tlie undertakers there ^wl4 be^ kepi, busy-iu putting troin sight ». race® of bigots.[—Farmer aud Mechanic.® jlopkinsvilki New Era:- 4 'Seve ral of our exchanges, tho Courier Journal and Paducah Kentuckian among them, have stated that' Mr. M. IX Davie, .the Master ot^ -thi« State Grange,, ieß» -'ean^Kdatê .for Congress.in this'district. It is Col. Winston J. J)i\yjf. State Deputy, and brother ot' tlie Grand MjfSterf who .is.a can-did ate for (digress. Mr. M. 1.^.-: Davie, is «ÈêroÉing him self oxcliisively to the iutfsrests ofo the great faVmers' move^eui; and, we believe, by. s nô polftieaT aspira fions whatever: We hope ' the pâ pers named will do hi?M tho- justitx! to correct tSe erfor"indicated." Hon. ÎX W. Adanis, Ma.stef nf tiie" National Grange, says: "On all qu^stibns invcih'fng prtiiirsttf oi ^er, f I kî grange may appeal*-from th^Mastar to the Uotwe, but. on all iiuestious ^-i^iistittttiopai .law, .tb« Masters decision is iiiiaL. subhict, however, to ati app^iï tt? : tlie ïfas tet^ot tln Sr.tte' or^tîw National timnge. In the snb^gflinatc graii a motioir to adjourn - is not, in order, but the Master silould pt\» cesd.'to OlOse^as soon'as. the -fame Irfts nrri\ ? e i d."af the business "finish ed. 'lire g*fingo should fir a rtll< neves tohokl a meetiugit<fft,er JO o'clock. Tlicgraage may close, at ter irii^iafiqn >u any decree of any kind "'"at-oho meetfng. "If, .should 'éojîimënoe fi'itti "fh^ first and- run th*ougti to the fourth' 0ïrd]et)iîififeï^A, again. No busmen except initia tion# Ptlicr than reg ular meetings,., am) regular meet - % ings arc tho>b.Specified in tl^e by laws m fwh. There .»hould b<; it slioi t WM:«w-a6 every - nacting. A tie dcclrh's a question' lost. No nieml^r should be allowed t > eifter o*r leave by I he Stewai-y oi Gate"keeper during, the opviiiug or elding cei>mi»tii»*s. v