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THE SEAsoN..-During a residence
of nearly forty years in the South, we
do not recollect of ever having seen
such a fall as the one now nearly pass
ed. Old residents with better memo
ries. recall one or two such in the
time we have mentioned, but we do
not clearly remember them.
During the cotton picking season
brought early to a termination o0 ac
count of short crops andl the propitious
weather for gathering their, there was
scarcely a wet day, or at least not
more than one or two, since then with
several fine rains, we have had no
killing frost, and the cane in this par
ish, has we are informed, improved
sensibly. Six weeks still intervene
betore another year dawns upon us,
and those well improved by our agri
cultural population, would go far to
insure a good crop for another year,
but that they will be so improved is
more to be hoped, than expected.
THE UNKINDEST CUT OF ALL.
Tbe'sew Orleans Times, a journal
claiming for its lf the positon of hav
ing been throughout .he past Presi
dential campaign, the strongest and
ablest Greeley paper in ths State, or
in the 8outh indeed, thus sueers at
the white batted philosopher inl a
paragraph in its last Saturda'ys issue :
. bir. Greeley we understand, will im
mediately commence in the Tribune a
series of papers headed, What I Knotw
Abort Orerwkhelming Majorities.
vp We have tried to make up to
the readers of our paper, by nsang
smaller type than nsnal, for the eur
tailment in the size of the sheet, and
in fact give nearly as much reading
matter as usual. We are not able yet
to give pay definite promise as to the
fututrea, and can only say at present,
that we "live in hope, if aee die in dis
Cr The weather has tinned cold.
Making the Best of It.
The New Orleans Picayune of the
9th i!nst, in an editorial, headed, The tic
Re-elected President, &e., &c,, as- by
snunes for the nonce the role of an in- th
dependent journal, its claim to which Kg
character,we have never been able to on
discover during the Presidential cam- th
paign just over, but on the contrary, wi
always classed it with the most bitter pr
prejudiced and bigotted opponents it
of Grant's re-election. After sharply g
criticizing and commenting on the Lon. th
don Times, on the result of the elec- ty
tion in general, it (the Picayune) Pt
quotes from that journal as follows :
" tiis errors," says the Londoh Times, " were el
error, of ignorance, ht this defense will no rr
lo"g, r hold good. The past must be effaced.
-llormi in the civil scrvice urgently demandsl
a,,poiutnicent~s to otice of persons qualitied to 1
administer their duties. In respect to the
power of the people, Grant's will must fore sb
the National Legislature to sanction reform."
And then goes on to moralize and in
pIhilosophise on its own account, iu
this very sensible, even if not alto- el
gether exactly candid manner: i
And here it is well to remonstrate in ad
vance against a mere spirit of factious op
position to the Administration and its mean- b
ures by the minority, in Congress or out of
Congress, and whether designated Liberal or
,Democratic. The New York Tribuae utters a et
sentiment alike creditable to itself and wor
thy of the occasion when it says: " Gen. Ce
1Grant now has four years' more power,, with si
heavy Congressional majorities, and in what
ever reform he may seek to effect, he will et
have the aid of the Tribune." in
Speaking of the public estimation A
and support, which every truly inde- t,
pendent and otherwise respectable b:
a paper, whether a great city or an ob- w
. sore country one, ought to receive, o0
I and per contra it uses thislanguage. je
It is time that public opinion should cease to tl
I recognize say distinotion between honesty a
and inde c in jourasliam. No paper
r is entite to enjoy, or can decently claim. 01
r public conAdence, while it is notoriously tl
edg to defend and sustain, right or wrong,
the& esigns and the acts of a party or an ad- Ut
ministration. It is equally unworthy and in
decent for politicians in the opposition to as
sail measures, without regard to their instriusic a
Scharacter, for no other reason than that they
are proposed by the ascendant majority. It U
ha long been one of the most peruicious vices a
of the party politics of the county that lead
ers of the minority have been prone to Liwr C
for the defeat of the, good measures of the '
majority, even with more assiduity and in
genuity than for the defeat of its bad meas- P
a ures. In some instances indeed, such party 14
strategists have been detected in giving for
e tive aid to the most obnoxious measures of a
the majority, under the pitiful plea.of thus
le bringing discredit upon their political ana
mies. A
U After expressing the opinion that u
d it would be premature to say, how far s
President Grant will be disposed
hereafter to consult the views of an
honest and healthy opposition, our !
city cotemporary reproduces remarks 1
of the New York herald, copied be- I
t low, and winds up its article by hop- I
R ing that the President will verify the t
a- prediction ot the London Times, take
ofa lesson from the developlments of the
e- past, and learn that the best, and in
the long run the weightiest opinion of' 1
the country is retlected in the ilndt -
e pendent prtess-in which rank the
Ie Picagune claims to hold a prominent
position, and we a very humble and
unintinential one.
c Four years ago he was elected by a lia ing.
e vigorous Republican organization, with its
ranks solid and compact anti its nlisnic~u yet
n to be coinmplcted. lie unuilly r-gardled it as
a a point o honor to adhere to the ,oliy of the
paltv tt whic·h he was indebted or his nomi
10- nation ad election. He ia now ind.-pcudeint
eof any dietilctive 1olitical orga:nizatluon, and
will owe ils success to Ieoplle of all shades of
d poiLtical opinion. ie will, therefore, he free
to mIIark out a course' titir himself and to follow
it in spite of the advisers wcho have hereto
on lore surroutded him. lh so doiug it is by 110
meansl imlpioable that he may tind hilseif
oplposed icy the Congressional politicians who
us iow proftess to be his warment sppowters,
but v. :.se sl-tiih schemes, has e come so near
accompliahin' his defteat. In that event the
lot .iberals and Temiocrata may. after all. become
the instrumnicts through whom he will be en
th abled to secure place and justice for the
no Southi, reconciliation between all the States,
suibstantial civil service, reform aud a liberal
r- ization f of our lolicy. towards the unrfortunaot
ed Cubans.
, Rich!I Hare ! and Raey!I !
to By the mail one day during the
ar week, we received a copy of Woodhull
S& Clatdiu's Weekly, published .in New
York, by the celebrated or rather no
torious Meadames Victoria C. Wood
hull and Tennie C. Claflin. Not hav
al ing much curiosity to inspect
v. its contents, we threw into our
si- waste basket, until we noticed in an
nd exchange, the article we copy headed
or with names ot the pair. On examina
t tion we then found that the number we
a had received, was one of the identical
e issue spoken of in our extract, as worth
-* 3 per copy, and containing Miss Ten
a nie's expose of a criminal connection
, carried.on for a long time with Mrs. Til
toea, wite ofthe celebrated Theodore
Tilton. Editor of the Gold/m g. by
to the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher. The
og lady editress, is by no means mealy
r- mouthed in her details, and asseits
Smoreover that the reverend Henry,
g preaches every Sunday, to at 16ast
et twenty of his mistresses. We have
e referred to this disgusting matter
t, merely to show the state of society ex
. isting in the metropolis of the United
States, among the saints, 3o that what
it is among the sinner's, may be easily
colneCivcd
The End Not Yet.
We understand that the late elec- T
Stat
tion in this parish will be contested, pat
by the counted out candidates, before thdi
the United States Court, on the pol
ground of fraud, or omission of duty, co
on the part of the Registrar. How fai ton
this charge is well grounded and bn
will prove effective, remains yet to be gre
proved, but that there is grounds for u"
it is acknowledged, and asserted by it
gentlemen of this parish, outside of tuu
the Republican Party, whose integre- tee
ty and honor is above question or dis ti',,
pute. wh
That hundreds of legally qualified ten
electors, were swindled out of regis- fda
tration, by one device or another, is gui
plhin and palpable as the light of the ab
day, and has been openly boasted of or
by the Registrar and his unscrluplous i.
supporters, and justified by precedent pa,
in the Republican party. sul
Notwithstanding all these opposing for
elements, the Republican party of IRa- lin
pides, might have been in the main fea
successful, had it not been for the un
blind stupidity and folly of those mi
leaders in it who controlled the color- re.
ed vote, and who insisted in every a,
case, except where they could not pos- b
sibly help themselves, in nominating ill
colored men to offices, which they were an
in no possible respect, qualifted to fill. t.
A combination or compromise was e
twice, to our knowledge offered them, tr
by which they could have elected the th
majority, to the most important offices l
of the parish, but they obstinately re- de
jected it, and in the maia we are glad lit
that they are given a lesson which :
whether or not they avail themselves nu
ot, is what they wanted, and which a
they will have to learn thoroughly be- bl
tore they can hope for any sncess. to
We wish to be understood perfectly, ar
we do not countenance illegal meas- bc
ures to elect or defeat any one, but we. o
are utterly and estirely opposed to
electing men to office, who have not to
the first essential qualification for bl
what they aspire to, and in their de- t
teat we shall have the consolation that ti
f abler men are supplanting them, for if ti
the choice has to be made, give us at .
any time a kmave even, before a fool,
t although of course we make no per- ul
r sonal allusions. r
I BON VIVRE Ic.-There is pretty
r 1 good living to be had in Alexandria ti
now by those who have the necessary R
pre-requisites for its enjoyment. 'The A
market is plentifully stocked with the i
e finest and fattest beef, mutton aPld 1
e pork, and. loads of tat ducks, geese
e and other wild fowl are coming in daily I
n from Catahoula Lake. Fall vegeta- t
,fbles are scarce, as the drought has in- P
te'rered with Fall gardens. We no- a
tice a few turnips are brought in.
Plenty of sweet potatoes, and in fact I
d of irish also, though these with every
other edible brought from the city, I
notwithstanding the low price they I
can be bought for there, sell so high t
I here in consequence of low water and
e high freights, that but tew can aftord
to buy them. Such times as these
d show the necessity of railroads, a need
f which we are afraid we will suffer
from for some time longer, as thiugs
Slook at the time of writing this.
ho THE ELECTION.--s in New Or
ar leans at the last dates received, so it
Sis here that all sorts ot reporta are cir
- culated, as to the general result of the
he late election, each party claiming it by
a- a small majority, but the fact is noth
tt ing definite was known at the date
refered to, EXCEPT that frauds had us
doubtedlg been commtitted, which would
as undoubtedly, be rerealed and remi
be died. The N. O. Republican, as much
ll to be relied on as any other political
w paper in that city, closes an article on
o- the election in these hopeful words:
d- Need Republicans despond We say, em
v- phatically, not Victary is theirs--in the State
certain, in the tci probably. From ,ixteen
t to eighteen thousand Republican tickets went
into the ballot boxes in the parish of Orleans
Son November 4. We have confidence they
n will yet be found there. Not till every hon
ed t, vote is conted, and every fraudnlent vote
obeeked of, can we beive that te Republi
a- cans have been defeated.
.al ~ Judge John Orsborn of the
th Ninth JuIndicial District and Capta'n J.
l- G. P. Hooe, registrar of Sapides both
on lett here last Monday for New Or
il leans.
e The IIndge's object may easily be sur
y mised, and as to the .Captain's, per
e haps he felt a little uneasy, and has
y made for the city thirnking like another
tconscience stricken individual who took
y, refuge within the bar of a Court
at House while Court was sitting, that
e in a multitude of Counnselors there is
r safety, through perhaps he may find
r. out he ha" jaumped out of the frying
ed pan into the fre."
y l1 Dan Rioes famous trick horse,
Excelsior, Jr., is dead.
The Public Will. PrI
The highest human authority in the United
States has again ratified the principles of re- W
pubiesnism. The only despotism known in have
this country has for the fourth time condemn- mor
ed the old Democratic, aristocratic, sectional the
poliey, with its one-sided construction of the forn
constitution, and selfish statesmanship. The dent
competence and jurisdiction of the tribunal seu
to'whom the appeal has just been made. and di&L
by whom it has been decided, can not be thea
questioned. It is composed of the people of a real
great nation, acting in their individual and Ti
collective sovereign capacity. This power is gral
superior to all statute law, to the constitution grat
itself, for these latter are merely the crea- suit
tures of the popular will, framed for the the.
guidance of publihe servants, auid for the pro- froe
tection of individual rights against the exao- was
tions and oppressions of the strong hand, his
whether official or private. The constitution, il
whether written or traditional, depends sole- T
ly upon this same popular will for its exa- the
tence, for without it it could not endure for a ex
day. A constitution is defined to be a system it it
of laws adopted by a community for its own cdl'
guidance. It is not sacramental or unchang- the
able in its character, but may be altered, sire
amended or abolished altogether by the pow- ten
er that gave it being as readily and properly Att
as may an ordinance or statute founded upon reu
it. The legislative. executive and judicial d- cou
partments of the government are strictly he
bound by its mandate, ; but the people rise he:
superior to it, and control it. Even politi- .I
cal parties are not bound by it. In their plat- ran
form they may propose measures without of
limit, even though ihey strike at the essential lati
features of the written instrument, which is slot
justly regarded as supremely binding upon all of 1
3 until repealed. For the popular will is mere- co
ly mandatory, but in no respect executive or car
ministerial in its character. The people, when I
represented in their conventions by delegates act
duly chosen and clothed with the proper of I
authority or at the polls, speaking through the ma
- ballot-box, address themselves to Congrt as, cia
to the President, to the States and to the Leg- the
islatures of States in the language ofparamount str
N authority. Their voice is the utterance of in
sovereign power, and establishes the rules for hot
the guidance of all. As the popular will thus
expressed is ppreme, it is despotic, and that
is all th despotism we can have in this coun
, try, for despotism is nothing more nor less
than irresponsible power. It isthepriviledge
of every citizen to assist in directing this iopu- I
e lar will; to instruct the people, and to argue net
before them any cause that the advocate may wil
deem for the best interest of all, or without agi
LI limitation. But to rail against adverse de- pre
cisions and arraign the free voters of America tui
as despots, because they reject what the " do get
a not like, and adopt measures that appear to pol
them to be wise, is to defy lawful authority tre~
and stir up sedition. 1
The constitution is our highest written law, ant
but yet is subject to mutations when it fails dif
to satisfy the popular expectations. The we
amendments to that instrument and the re- Sol
construction laws enacted to enforce them, an,
I being the latest expressions of the popular ,e
e will upon vital points, are well defined charts an
for our guidance, Practically, they are para- otf
O mount, and for the present, at least, not lihkely wv
t to be changed. They are to be obeyed in inr.
letter and in spirit, and should be respected wl
or by every well disposed citizen on account of Co
the higlh source from whence they emanate. bey
It is idle to indulge in post mortem retlec
t tions. To say to eight millions of voters that set
i they have departed from the Virginia and dil
Kentucky resolutions of '1d is to sulject one's cli
it self to ridicule; for three-tifths of themorn are to:
unacquainted witn the profound emanations ho
so long and dearly cber:shed by the frields of o'0
r oligarchy, while half of the remainder under- tel
stand and repudiate them. Whlt was done so
by the old statesmen eighty years ago was a
vwell enough at the time, and perhaps wisely fa,
done, but their sons and grandsons of the pre- ti:
sent day are entitled to the some privileges tel
ia they enjoyed. It can not be possible that all th
the political wisdom perished from the earth re
' with the last of our revolutionary fathers. fro
to And it is more than doubtfu!l whether they ra
could, if alive at this day, organize a better 1,
e system of government than their posterity ih
1 have built up. If the will of the American bl
pcle lebe really a despotism, so be it. It is
Sone that must be submittedl to until those who ot
do not like it can have It changed by common re
consent. There is no appeal to any other at
t- tribunal-no revisory power to listen to com- at
n- plaints and reverse the high decrees. he
But we d:ny that there has been any tr
0- abridgment of personal liberty since the war. si
I.That is, no person has been deprived ci a
natnual right. There hi.s :,en an c-teaive
et levclii:g of inequalities. The down-trodden
slave has been elevated to the same political
ry ulane with his former master. The tongue of
his philanthropic friend has been loosened to
Sspeak in his behalf whenever and whereverever
he may think proper. Thought has been set
bh free by the war fbr the first time in the hiIto
ry of the nation. There is no penalty even
tor sanling the government in tile most un
rd just and unreasonable terms. Special and
class privileges have been abolished, and the
se road to preferment and prosperity is open to
ed all who have the industry to struggle for and
the intelligence to achieve a higher position. t
er There is nothing like tyranny or oppreasion i
g fostered by our laws or encouraged by the
dominant party. Never before in the history b
of America have we aproached nearer to a
conditiou of general prosperity and hapliucas
than we are now since the seal of contlemnna
Stion hat been placed upon the system of peItty:
it tyranny that ailtiuted a portion of the country i
during the first half century of our existence
as a nation. The nation and this State, as
he well as others, are burdened with heavy
debte, which were incurred in purchasing the
by liberty we not enjoy, and which bears alike
th- upon the innocent and the gutilty. The latter,
however' monopolize the business of comp!lain
ite ing of the taxes the rebellion imposed. The
Sformer rega d the advantages we have obtitaLu
ed as cheap at any price. All that there is of
std tyranny and oppression in this burden is felt
Sby those who are not responsible for it equal
st- ly with those who are, and yet do not com
ld plain, though they have the better reason to
do so. Time, however, will eventtlly soft. n
Sthese asperities, and grladually the people will
o consoider and adopt further plans of progress
and improvement, taking care, however, to
guard with jealous care the great reforms they
em- have already secured.--(N,, O. Republicsam.
mate
en Taarcmnv WILL Avnait. r.-By fiRgures
ent that a.re hourly proven incorrect the Time en 1
ans deavors to impress on the public mind a con
hey viction that Mr. Kellogg's vote for Governor
ion will fall materially short or that thrown in
ote favor of General Grant for President. It is
wb hispered arqbipd that a .cunning scheme of
fraud is hereby attempted to be covered up.
It now makes io material dliferewe bow
Louisiana's vote is cast in the election college,
the and by letting it go.fcr Grant the Democratic
managers hope in a measure to disprove the
J many well sustained allegations of cheating
th the kepublicans 8tate ticket out of its just
does.
Or- The limes makes a similar attempt in the
contest between Beauregard and Burke, keep
ing tally for the latter ahead, no matter how
tur- the lallots counted out mysbhowto the con
- trary. On Sunday, however, it seems a new
and aninstructed reporter must have been
has ent to duty at Mechanics hIstifute, for while
her its regular tabular statement still keeps Burke
inthe lead, the writer of the introductory
DeOk comments innocently confesses that he has
fallen two hundred votes behind his die
'Ot tigished military rival.
hat whatever hopes the organ of the fusioniste
may have of seeing aneesfully, eonted out
SMeErs. Kellogg, Besamregarud or others, we s
ind sure it may as well be laid on the dead shelf;
for it is determined, beyond reasonable doubt,
1ng that the State has gone Republican, and means
are already provided for a careful, thorongh
and impartial revision should, by bogus re
turns, any other showing be prasnted. The
will of the people is in fivor of an honest elec
tion, and the power is behind the people to
insure it for tb.m.--[! o. 0.,,T,,,,,.
President Grant Congratulated
-Possible Cabinet Changes.
WAsarnOTOtl, November 6.-Those who
have conversed with the President and his
more intimate friends in Washington darin g
the past month will remasmber that they a l1
formly predicted seh a result of the pre- d
deutial election as has just occurred. Theym
seemed to poeses data from tslemen in
different parts of the eontry w sih j M m et
them in their hopes and prospects now fully and
realized. to b
The President to-day received calls of con- ths
gratulation, in addition to numerous tele- t
grams of greeting, and also announcing re- lSret
sults. lie expressed thanks to his guests for 11
these manitestations of friendship, and, apart "co
from the political principles involved, said he T1
was gratitied that the people had vindicated ase
his private character, which had been as- 44,
sailed duriag the canvass. o
That there nill be at least one change in
the Cablnet at the commencement of the 0om
next presidential term there is no question. not
it is known that Secretary Fish, has repeat but
edly expressed his wish to be relieved from the
the pusition of Secretary of State. This de- ona
sire will be galified at the end of the present It
term. There is probal.ility of a change of 1r.i
Attorney General. Judge 11 illiama recently it
remarked to sme fricndt that, although he l
could have been elected Senatior from Oregon, clos
he declined betwg a eandidaste in order that tak
he might retmain inl his presnat otlic., sigl
There is goi.d reason for stating that any sin
remarks with regard to other membe;s All
of the Cabinet Mould be mere spncu- Pa
lation, but it iony be said that the commis
sions of all of themn will expire on the close to t
of the present term, thus necessitatung new rftt
commnissions t t those serving as Cabinet offi- the
r cers after t:ae fourth of March next. he
It is too early to anticipate the President's B
action in the ftasire retorlsn and measures wh
Sof the admainistratioi, fuilrtr than his inti
mation to-day that he will so shape his offi- m
cial conduct as to meet the expectations of quo
the oountry and to unite the people in the
t stimnpet luds of peace while by all means
in his power promoting their welfare at for
r home and abroad. Go
t - rea
"Political Proscription."
e - cut
In our evening contemporary of the 22d, we we
e notice an article nuder the above caption,
Y with which we beg to say we entirely ot
t agree. Our brother of the Telegram gives ex- by
pression to tibtse sentimettsi of generosity and ca
a fairness which animate the conduct of every
0 gentleman, and in a spirit of respect for the ton
o political rights of others which anunatesevery me
y true lover of freedom.
The existing disposition to proscribe worthy Pal
r, and inlttential gentlemen: . because of a
I diflerence of political opinion. must and does
a work nothing but woe and misery for the
Southern people. A more truly Republican 1
i, and Democratic spirit inlutt animate our art
Ir people before real prospe it y can be domiciled gat
a in our mliidst. The extent to which this spirit 1
-i of pro.rriltl ont e -trlta .t'etionl of our people t
y aul d l.' i. iredtilcli i: auy other coumuinity. ma
n incd.edi, we ha:le heard it -riouusly questioned ma
d whetter oul:r je-olt'j. wil'l. c t: uite to rFiit by
Col W'llia:onil stld h.is fltliy, be having gn
become a-i-t.diitl. tbe
F- 'rom everly so'ial circle this spirit of pro- q,
t seription excludtes sonmw nie, who, but for this
d ditieereicc of opillir,. would ie a welcome and do
a chlcri.sh'd;t.it. '1i th.e clhuch, the cturo p
e roonl, ill ublic p~,es, ii o, te.:is awl pulic the
i bodis' .,,d (where we udi!,t expect ito iln1 it lat
Soverbi rue by coneideratio'a of' personal in- int
r- terests) in the Halls of Tl'rlt, we find thesamet S
le spirit rallmpant. To this fact the South owes ,l"
Sa large plrtiju of her plresent woes. The nut
ly fact tlrat a large po:ton of Iler li ltds lie o:t thi
- tor la-k of cnligra:tiot-th.at every publie - rai
IS terprise lamnguiishes i'm want of capital. To it
11 the South oew s v.hat \cer of butttr tfkeling yet thI
h rell:'illsih the h,-airt of the North, because lt
'. from this Ioeliii hIu sprung all thie: out- ,.
V rags vthi'h h:vtti ,erlt tiltw tinal cause of on
or Not h l ,t itert, a::r di(st lt. ir : t for th
y that thiling, our ilith iitn laud would to-da il
in bloissum, as the rot. tb
is We shall take plealsui; in otbserving toward pi
io our coullte lpora ly. and the section our peopl( to
in represencl: t bvy the TelegII , the courtray let
er aln conllsitio, for tlheir -,plitical riguRts he
n- and opiuio:n. whi:h a:linate his article, ant l
he:s' that it iii no. crarm to be itself con- in
fY trolled biy t spirit o prai:.,worthy and de- tb
r. siral,e,-- ,inrrport likru .d.
e Woodlt:I l & Citrflin.
:al Zi
of - hi
to A New Y.;rk anecil !to tht St. Louis Deno- B
Cr ca t c a's ,(f t,.e o V oliell : n:
tet C hall. v. hi,. t!:ey ,t!uan red. is fully de- it
teriinled to puiiiisi themlt. Hie has letters
en from Cilafln aiking for $-oO. and says that h
'n- seven mlonths ago se reptatedly demanded h l
d ,r.y, andl sent himi a proof of tile artcile, d
he whirji he threatlnued to oulllish unless he at
to pa:id for i's £uel.reSit n H,. e refused, and she as
Ud now pullblishs the a:ti'e, It is nuderstood a'
m that several Iprollmintllt titunciers, among them A
Oi ilhi*y Clws, nH ll'us Iti Htch end Jay Gould, ca
le will ctift io oiinl ar attiuumpts at blackmail ti
ry hb these won,:. I
Thera will doththi,,s t.H rich developmente ti
c at t*-' t1.,'. Th,- obtaili,-d considerable n
na- nlttny fronl Vaiherloilt tllne time ago, but 11
t i e inalily reftisd to gi\ inroe, and they have 7
ry tially tri,d to raise f'om other parties.
ce Challis lr bein ,lrmit', all the aid he de
I sires, and it i tbt- ig.-ral r ,tpinion that they d
7Y (:'tan not escal,p. 'lheir counlsel has advised E
he them to phiad guiity. on the cha:rge of sendtling
ke obscene matter tlhriugh the Inalil, as ullnisuh
her, Inieut for this o*;.ini will tie niuch lighter i
u- than for erimiial libt.l and attempted black- i
he nmail in cae of Ch:lis. lThe publicationl of
I-o the Beecher slander hits calused great indigna- i
of tion against them, arid ineilovtd allU sympathy, t
elt xcept of a few free lovers r~ad some of their
al- perusoal friends.1
m The party who printi.1 their paper will
to probably turn 8tate' evtidelce. It is said he
tn has several articles in typl slandering promi
S neat me, and will .testiiy th.t Clatlin told
emO him that they were intededl for extorting
to money, and would not be published if the
hey aecnseda parties paid handsomely for their
suppresion. Both wogmeu say they are bank
,rapt, and eomplain that lawyers refuse to de
tires fend them without exorbitant fees, which
ea they can not pay. A messenger from them
ton- visited several prominent lawyers last nighti
nor and to day, but they all declined to do any
in thing in the matter.
t is They will be defended by Connselor Howe,
of the wl known .etmbe lawyer, generally en
up. ggeby thieves, marderers aid the lowest
ow clas ofrascals. The article on Beecher was
ege, shown seviral days before its publication to a
stie wealthy member of Plymouth Church who
the was told that it would be worth 'J000 not to
ting publish it. He declined t4p notice it, angt
just laid the matter beforeBeecher, who approved
his acions ad said the story was too ridicn
the .pasuto.receive any attention. Notwithatand
sep- ing the seisure of " he papers yesterday, news
how stands appear well supplied, but they charge
con- from fifty cents6 to 3 a copy.
new
ben
rhile The New Iberia 8ugar Bowl, in its excellent
urke review of the plnttiona en the east side of
tory Bayou Lafonrhe, has some interesting items
has on the labor questis At Ravenawood, Mr.
dis- J. Lyall's plaocluvated b nerai they
get onehalf ofevery thing, beng Irisaed
slate with feed for ~trpirns until thnen- corn
out comes in. Nextyear they are to fmniah their
as- own teams apd feed them. Mr. Jco. Barril
helf; leaux worked on shares, givi the laborers
onlt, one-half the sugar but no molasres. He fur
cans nishes the mules but one-fourth Qf all corn
augh made is reserved for them, after which the re
re- mainder is equally divided between Mr. B,
The and the labores. These o .tracts for three
dlec- years, to cultivate not lees than fifteen ar
e to pents of cane each, cad agree to cat one-half
the wood and haul all
The Election.
WHAT HAS BEE-N DONE. WHAT MAY DO3 ,
AND WHAT OUGHT NOT TO BAVY
DEi DONE.
Of course, the Uadetermined condition of
political matters lv satisfaction to none,
and the delay in flinlshing results of any sort
sases all kinds of suspicion of foul play.
Developmeat of illegal and fraudulent pro.
ceedings are being brelght to light, however,
and the proper parties are collating evidenet
to be used before the returning ofecers and
the courts.
Such assertions as these are made : " A bo
brewer voted his fifteen employee at every
poll of the ward in which they lived." He
is " wanted."
This dodge was generally practiced, it is
asserted. t
"The State Supervisor, after reoeiv
from the police the list of veters
dead and not found, submitted them to
cammitte of fusionists for revision." We d4
not know that there is atly law against th
but, if true, it will have weight in making up
the case for the general contest which ses
unavoidable.
In Jefferson parish, at a strong Bepubliess
poll, where 400 men are ready to swear they
balloted Republican tickets, the box was
sealed and the United States supervisor ea
eluded from the carriage in whteh it ra
taken to the State House. When he gla it
sight of it again and it was opened ar a
single Republican vote was found in
All who participated in the plot will 4%IC
Parish Prison to-dag, and in the end, pa
get a free ride to Baton Rouge fact, we
to think our prophecy, that a hundred
fifty persons, high and low, will be seat to
the Penitentiary as the result of elect!i,
afrad, will fall below the truth.
How will a contest be made is a Gas
which puzzles the winds of many. Can tw
sae erate governments be erected and
f question of legitimacy decided by the ý `
tion and sapport of one of them by the
government .
If the question involved should be bre.g
for decision into the State courts, weaml th
Governor and member of the LegislatAs. be
reached?
In deciding the question of eaes ~roe I
deprive vetenof their rights, it met a..
cumbent to show not only that regai
e was refused, hut effort to vote was mad
refused by the election commissioners i
other words, must not every means pvts
by law have been exhausted before the a
can be appealed to
What will the thirteen Republican Sea.
e tore holding over do in ase of rival goveer.
ments?
These are nuts to be cracked.-{N. 0.3
psblican.
Caddo Pariah.
e -
n There is a significance in the following
article from the Shreveport 1r;a of Tues.
t At "the dawn's early light," yestesag
.e morning. the dusky cohorts which had bees
marshalhd from every portion of the peish
d made theim appearance son Texas steet,
a by their metromolitan compatriot~ with thi -
great and goct man, Re4. John BItyd,
their head. Before G A. M., the coutho
Ssqureo ws densely packed with th i:.
s polling places were at the back andl
do dor, ot the courthouse, and immnense d-anl
: pat)e'iUI' nlld pressing wea required to seacc
' thie ioestiimabll right of franchise. It is too
t late, rand we are too mach wearied, to ester
into a detailed account of the proceedifne.
, ullttike it. that election never passed edf'mre
" uietly. too fas as we could see, there was r,
" loud or violeut language it.dulged in, and if
rL there was a drunken nanw in the crowd we
1 taiil to see him.
it Mr. KIeeting didn't seem to be pleased with
!the way toe electiom wAs going and claimed
i that a number of colored ed nragau failed to
g 't :an opportunity of voting. If so, bb ha
of only hinsuelf to blame, as the Radicpi ne u
" thro;lshout the parish were (evidently l
,I'eigu) concentrated here in order to brang
thet: trom under the moral influence of the
Splanters. It would be a gratifying reflection
It to know that the schemer's cunning had over
Y leaped itself--that the engineer had been
to hoisttl by his own petard. These neg"r+e
Il would ha v had ua.ple opportunity of voting
Siun their own warda, and, we repeat, if any of
Sthem failed to do so it was the fault e the
Radica n managers in brfu tog them here.
After the polls were closed the negroe
were drawn up in line, marched off, and, we
learnm. got up a little election of their own at
Zion Church or some other saintly locality
but we could not ascertain how OGrley ...
zo- Brown and the Liberal ticket came out a4the
thands of the malcontents-rather roughly,
le- it is safe to assume.
rs At the hour of going to press last night we
at hadtl not heard definitely of the resaolt itn the
tud other precincts in the parish, but it is evi
Ic, dent that ye have carried the eleetieo. It is
he snpposed that at Moelingeport the wie
he against Randiealiesswas almost aunit,
od at Siminmer Grove our majority was about
em At Woodlawn, oil the river below, the 1b.
Ild, cals had a majority, though it-was Impmelble
ail to say how large. The vote above FerryV
I.ake will be all one way-for theL Iber
nte ticket. At Spring Ridge we wib h a
ible majority. There were 1120 vote polled at
ut this box, of whicq we might edy odth
re 750 ; some think more,
de- WE M-'ST NOT BE CnBx u.anl-Fromka -
ey deunce placed in the hands of the ite
ed Stat-s authorites we think thge e an be as
nug doubt that immense frands in registrgthe
slh- have been committed, as well as more
ter if not more easily proven, frandsu in the
ck- duclt.ofthe polling. Ten thousand, more
of I .u, affiidavita have been made, in eom
w- with the enforcemnent act of Congrepn, y
by, ties denied enrollment as voters. These
nir all made by RItpsabioss, and as they ha
generally attached to them proof that -
will alanta were votere hI the eame e *
he where not rejected two years 'iage, it
ni- cosulusive that their statements of thli
old grievances are corret.
tnR This point, however, must fnally be deeiM
the ed by a higr .anthority; but that the mI
eir rnet eneaver .to smeur the thonas ds eh
ik- Republicans propj rpesentations *l1 ha
de- made, we are not permittd to doubt.
nich The alleged ballot box stakUng in tL ek
sm Jettfferson parish, St. Helela and elsewl W
ight care not to comment up n antil the
ny- have developed the whole.truth, bdt we
as earnestly strive to secaure ,t~eL pnrity of
,w, ballot as least as did the Democrats last
enaramy.
ret Loniana i* a Republican State. A
ve ty even of her whitte people, left unt
to a would keep her so. h will of' be pplee
who this respect has eour fuallest spipaihy
I to heartiest snpport.--[N. O. Zepshlies.
vd A SccassrtL Donoz.-iLt may be
licn- prising, but we believe in a fact, that h
and- dreds, if not thonseds, oolotrd men
ews been precluded registration by the
arge outrageous trick, which seems to have heW
practioedsza tih, prlahe generally.
I Whenever an ignorant or stupid
colored man applied for egistration, no
bent if his hair wa gray, he was samuinted by
le of regitrar somewhats fbllow: "
tems Regitr-' Ama yeou tweraty-pa "
Mr. The harsh and peremety maner of
thy dress ausally prevented the appuliant sta
aed mering out more than a simple
corn " , Ys, sir."
their Register-" How do ye. haew ye. e
ril- What year were you born in P_
re Colored applicant (worse eounsed)-
fur- don't know, sar. I fet sir."
corn Register-" Then getat of her. If
f re- can't tell whe yo were boa, hew -e J -
r. B, swear you are twea~ty-on Leave."
hree And from this decisbion there wasm no I
Sar until the emnremat s t provided
-half whioh is being largely breught inte rleql
tion, w'e undestnd.-t[.{. '. Rpnmibs.·.