Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 29, 1875, Page 2

1875. JARY 29, TILE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE FRIDAY, J to Bheridan and his military earcor. Ho drow"n parallel between Sharilan fighting the fire and tho Commnnisia fn” init, ne Chieaga and his resiatance to tho White Leaguers, demagoguer, and political pharisees at New Orleans fi 187%, For taehting at the Chicago fira, the desperate clearer whose piat+ form consists in hatred of law and divrogard of the rights of others, and using Federal basoneta forthe common good, tho Governor af [itais mado Sheridan tho abject of special eae! mient itt @ special mexsaye. bur the Grand Jury failed to discredit the soldier. ‘This would bo tha caro in Naw Orleaue, 2 Conkling nididnled the sophistry by which the bandit dispntols tind beer —dirtortod, Yio showed how clearly it reforred to tho ringlendora of th arine4 White Leagto. who were notorious malefactors and property hianditti. Thero wax a bittarrebuko in the paseago in which Conklug ARRAIGNED TIE CONFEDERATE BEXATORG for disparaging tha President and Liourenant- Gonoral of the army, Such a course ho eaid vould not pacify tie Sonthern people or cary the wext Preatdential eleotion, Lhe people of thia country, be ratd. will not forget the memory of Grant and Rhoridan until they are preparcit to dance upon the rave at Monit Vernon, and tear down tho colunm at Bunker Hilt Io reminded tho Sonthern Senators that it owas net tong — sinca tho boast had been privately mado tn tho Honse of Repre- sentatives that tho Confederate troaps would bo paid in coin trom thea Boston banks, and that thoy would water their horscs fa the Ifudsun Kiver. . See: AN OLD FRAUD. A BIG RUGYENUE BWINDLS IN NEW ORLEANS 1X 1xg8-"1, Snertat Diapatch to The Chfearo Tribune, Wasinsatox, D, C., Jan. Somo timo sinco tho firm of Brannan Simmer & Co., of Lous- villo, nent 8 pelitiou into the Hons asking to bo reimbursed for duties on imported sngars which. they were comrelled by fraud to pay. ‘Tho peti- tion was roferred to the Ways and 3ieans Com- mittee, where tho whole snhject was thoroughly invostigated, and to-day the Committee agreed npon a bill granting thoretiof pray ‘Tho amount involved is between 250,000 and £60,000. Tho investigation brouyhs to licht the following. facta: In 1808, while Porry Fuller was Colloctor of tha Port af’ New Orloans, a ring was formed for the pnrpago of emuggling sugar, composed ot) 8, Clark. a notorious gablor of that city; W. C. Gray, Speciat Deputy Collector of tho port; J, C. Whito, Deputy Naval Oilicer; 8. UH. Brown, Starekesper; and R, Ly Ream, Saperin- tendent of Warehouses, all of New Orleans, ‘Tho maunor ot proceduro was to import snvrar and place it in bonded warchousoa, where it conid bo taken only upon parment of tha duties in gold or upon & transportation bond retting forth it was to be traneported to somo finterior jurt of delivery whoo tho duties wonld bo pait, ‘lho an; wottd bo taken ont of the watchonse by media of the transportation bond, bat insteal of Le- ing shipped as stipulated im tho bond, ab would ‘be went to bie store of one Sarita, a meyebaut of tho vity. ‘The trausportation bond and all the papers connceted with the importation WERE THEN pEstnoyol, an) the sugar told in the repnlay co irze of trado, passed tu deulera in Louiviile, Cneimmati, St. oui, Chicago, and other inland cities, ‘The re- ily was that in many cases Lho revenue dete 3 following the matter up would com- pel tho purehucers in these interior cities tu pay tio duties that — shoald AVG been puid by tha New Orleans impener. ‘Tho ding contimted its oecnpation fur a yout or two, till, in April, 186i, Casey took. ehargo as Collee= tor of the (ort, and a ebange in the miner ofices des.toved the facilities for carrying on the busi- n Daring the time that tha ring (lourieh they mado a great deal of monoy. Sulnequantly Clark, Gray, White, Brown, aut Soria were in- dicted for theit fraudulent acts, Intt tue cases have never been purhed, Brown aud Soria made 4 full confession, hupmg thereby to c#xcape punishuent. Erown isnow dead, Ths care agamst Clark was nollied on the yronnd that he was dead, wlale in in fact ho in now Tax-Collector of the First Guu- nicipal) District of New Orleans, and Kellogy’s chief political manager. Tho oflice he holds is by appointmont of Kollog, nud ix variousty ostimated tobe worth from 754,00 to $10u,0u0 annually, a NOTES AND NEWS, THY SOUTHERN COMMITTER, Special Dispatch to The Chieauo Tripune, Wasitxatox, D. C., Jan, 23.—The report is onrrent hore that the Republicans are not pleased with the now Committoe at Now Orleans svcms to originate entirely with tho Domocrats in Con- gress. ‘Tha latest information roveived by tho Republicans here iy that Commiites is giving en- tire guticfaction. ANOLUER BREED ENTINELY, Repreeentative Averill, of Minnesota, indly- nantly denies the rtory that lobbyist O. J. Avor- all, who was caught in Pacific-Mail, is his cousin, There is no relationebip whatever, however much the lobbyist insy wish lo bo appear. NEW IIA, Secretary Delano hus disapointed the frionda of the New Idna Company by obeying tho House resolution, and directing that alt proveediags ponding in the Interior Departwent regarding tie title be suspended, aud the matter turned over to the cour. It had been. siygsested What Delano would doeitaw to recuguize tho resolu tion, ay it way not joint. DIXHONOR. ‘There ian strong prospect that the District, owing tu the uon-action of Congress, will go to protest ub tho tuterost on 210,000,000, on Feb, 1. hay renewed his courage, ‘To-day the Sonate ittce un Elections voted tu report in fayur of ndoitting vim, ‘Lhe report is based on his original credoutials, and not ou those recently ated. It was ogroed thut Kellogg i the Governor of Louiriana, aud that Pinebback lad a pruua-facio rit tu lin seat on his orginal credentials, ‘Lhe voto of the Committes or this Torolution was aa follows: Yuax, blest, 3lor- ton, Authony, Logan, and Mitchell; nays, Messrs, Alcorn, Horiltoa (Md.), oud Saulsbury ; absent, Messrs, Carpenterand Wadleigh, Had ho beon present, Mr, Catpontor would have voted, aginst the proposition to admit, while Mr, Wad~ gh Would probably lave voted in the afirma- tive, Air, Alcorn romarked, after the pansage of the revolution, that, since a mujurity of tha Connnitteo Lad voted for tho resvlation, ha should vote for the admission of | Mr, Piuetsbsck, ‘This docs not absolutely settto the matter, 4 a caucus ling been valled for _to-mor. row morning, Unless the caucus should recon eider its formor action, tho revort of the Etec. tions Comittee must be adapted, COLORADO'S ADMISSION, The caucus expects to decide to-morrow on the admission of Colorado. MILL KIS The Borgeant-at-Atns has fully osamined tho eltcunbtanecs Which ceeasioned the statement thut Bill King fy in the city, aud reports that ake is oyery lenvon ty believe that bo is not ene. (80 the Agoctated Paesay CUSTOMS LECKIVTS, Wasnrxarox, 1. U., Jan. 24.—Tho oustoma ro- ceipta at the following jut for tho week, oud- ing Jau 23, wero as follows: Boston, Now Yo Baltimore. sy, Pbiladeiphia, is ‘The customs receipts at Now Orlenus for the Week ouding tho 1uth inst. were 17,100, TUL COOK COUNTY NATIONAL ANI, The Comptroller hus reveived the report of Bank Examinor Spiuk, in regard to the condition, of the Cook County National Bank of Clseaxo, and hay, upon the recommendation of Senator Logan, which was concurred in by tho Ghivxg delusation, appointed A, H, Murloy, Receiver, [fhe reoular record of Conyreasiunat procesdings wil Pefound nthe Phird Puged 4 shad ——_—- EMES, AT ANDERSON, IND, Special Viepatch to cana Tribune, Anpeusoy, lud., Jan, 33,—Tho largo ‘grain- Warehouses of I’, J. Walueus was totally dowtroy~ ed by fire last night, with about 6,000 bushels of wheat aud corn, ‘Ehore was a partial iusurance onthe graiz. Tho tlro Was evidoutty anothor cave of Inevndjaiism, Luss heavy ; amount aut exactly known, ¥ AT PARIS, MICH, Panis, Mich., Jan. 24.—Harly this morning a Gro devtroyod the dwelling-houss and ehua-store owned by #. I, Mullou, and grocery aud pro- Ywivu-wtore ‘owned by Bovens & ro. Loss, $3,000, Nofusurance, Cause uot known, ae ge NEW HAMPSHIRE SPEAKS, Coxcony, N, Hf, Janu. 2%.—The Ropublican Btate Committeo, iu weesion yesterday, seut tho following dispatch to Bpeaker Blaine ; ‘The Uepublican State Cuuiulttec, la convention at setubied, wend yreetiuy to thu tras fepablicany 1 tho Gougress of the United States, Stand by the Civil Wighty bil aud by Grout, Sheridan, wud husrmue br their efforts to protect ‘the coustitutioual ngutyof every citizen of the Republic, and the Hepublicans uf Now Mannpeblry wil elaud by yud oa tae cucu Tuva Boy of blr. MORAL DEFORMITY. Specimens of the Ugly Shapes Which It Kometimes Takes. Further Particulars of tho Fight with the Notorious James Boys, The Detectives’ Action Char. acterized as Needlessly Barbarous. Mayor Stokley Makes a Final Appeal in Behalf of Charley Ross. All the Facts Imparted to Neighboring Justices, and Their Aid Solicited, History of the Hu-Mhitx Troubles in Southern Hlinois, THE JAMES DESPERADOES, FURTHER PARTICULARY OF THE Fit AT KEAR~ NEY Special Dispatch ta The Chicayo Tribune, Sr. Lous, day. 2—Tha facts comected wilh the recent enconuter at the homo of the James Drothers Lavo net yet been brought to light. The Kansas City Jounal of Coanacree thins briefly sums np tho eases! Yerterday a rumor reached our city that tho residence of the moth- crof the notacious James buys had been invad- cd by detectives on Sunday night, back of Kear. ney, in Clay County, and) tit a despernte tight hat cusned. ‘ibe’ report gave riso o many sur- mises on tho atreets, some doubts,aud many pre- dictions, yet in the abyenee of facts all oyeions exprerand were drawn wildly. ‘2he arrival of the tram Lint night on the Hannibal © St. Joroph Road at o brought a contirmation of tho story, yet no particnfars, ‘ho attacking party. it ib eid, wero Cour detectives, wie had Jenrned that the to boys, the James brothers, were at homo, On Siuniay uigot thoy visited tho house, and ia atcempting te gnin ingress were thet with opposition, and ® desperate Hight ensned between the inmates of the house and the detectives, Cute auambor of shots were fired of both 4 wo ebots — from tho detectives eileet, ono break jug the eft ow of the mothor of the boys, ond another killing their half-brother, Washo name we failed lo luarn, ‘ho hays, deaso eseaped, and have not been ween aunceo. wounding of the mother and the killing of the buy is greatly rogretted, yet till full partientlacd Of ag authentic nature are ole tained, wo are not prepared tococdenm, Wo hopo tho witair is mot ax rough as report Makes at.” athe Aseented Presnh Jan, 23, reporter of tho Timea bad ay interview to-day with Mis, San nels, mother uf tho James boys, and obtaimed a {nil etatemont of Uhe tragedy enacted at her houve yesterday morning, Sho emphatically de- nies that oither Jesso or Frank James or any of their comrades woro at the house on the night of the tragedy. ‘Tho grenade-shell which exploded and killed her little byy, was 7 inches in diamo- ter. ‘Tho house was tired in four diferent places by menns of tubes Ike Roman candies, filled with cotton, eaturated with turpeutine. All tho mewbers of the family area in saying that heither of the dsmea boys wera prescut, On tho other hand there are unmistakable evidences of anovere tight, the fouce being riddled with bnltcts, and the ground covered in plucos with bluod, "it iv well establiuied that au extra tram wout over the Hannibal & St. Joo italrond, stupping at Koarucy, on the night of tho tragedy, mae way that aight men aboard had two prisoners, “It was impossible to asvertain whore tho train wont, but tho supposi- tion was that it hed gone to Chicago. Itwas said ul Kearnoy to-day that a wennded man was in that neygiborbood, and tho Sheriff summoned a poveo of twenty fae duty to-night, it is aurpoxed, ta capture hiw. Every one condemns tho bar- Hnrona tothad used by tho detectives, aud tho holief is gaining yround that it was a desperate and revengetul vendetta of Pinketton's men for the murder of ono of hin detectives laat sumer, AICICULARA OF THEE: Pron the Kannaa City (Mo) Thtes, . iates reporter paid @ visit to: Kearney last evening, thd gathored the following facts in re- gard to the attempt co capture the James broth- era: Tuesday morning. about half-paat 1 o'clock Mr. Saunols, the stepfather of the James boys, awoke and found Mra. Samuola in the same cou- dition, Ho said ho heard & uuine in tho kitchen, and thought bo mneliod firs, At this he gut ont ef bod sud went out of the door of his room to HO into tho kitehon, When lo gut outside he discovered the went end of tho kitchou ty ue on fire. ‘The louse is tog, wenther-borrded. Mr, S. at onca went around ta the tira and commenced to tuar off tha boards, In tho iueaywhile Mrs. Samuvls had come from her dvom with her chidron—Jolnnio, sed 15 years 5 alittle girluged 15, anda boy aged 1. When who sot into the kitchen sho foun te neygro wotan and ber Lures childeon up, Ars. Samucls wawn quiton the bed utiro. ‘Luis sho tury olf and threw out of doors, Sho then divcoyered something an the tloor which she took to bew turpentine ball. Lt was on fire. Shoe attempted to piok it un, but found it too heavy, be than tricd. to pual it into the Bre with Ler foot, bat fuiled, At this nroment Mr. Samuels came in, having extinguished the fumes, and he tried to lick che supposed ball into the’ fire, but failed. Ifo thon touk a shovel and tirow it into tito tire- placa, Ax ho did this it oxploded, It was omb, of, more corteotly spowking, what is Known as a hand-grenade,—a ball about 1 inch iu dinwetor, and ‘lined with wrought iron, Ag ab oxpluded a portion of it struck Mr. Samuels on tho sight side of tho head, but tuiled to knock hint senselows ; another portion etruck Jlrs, Bamuels a fow inches above tho right wriut, shuttering all that portion of her arm 3 another struck the little boy, 10 yours ald, uuder the third rib, on the left ride, and peno- trated lus bowels; still another piece struck the servant on the hod, but did vo sorigus ins uury, 4 ‘hey enrricd tho little boy ont on tie porch and into the yard, and Le died in two hours utter, Mr, Katuneis now begin to call to Lis neighbors forholp, A Ar, Chiucollor, living about « bait winile diatunt, heatd tho oxplosion und wtarted for Me. Kumuls’ hones, but on hearing several chola wont back, Mx, Dan Ankow, living north. oust ubout a quarter of o iio, beard the eall and wont nt once tu the sceno, Whut follows aro tho facts as detailed, procisa- ly, to. the reporter by Shei Groom, fn tho turning, tho traviot of horses were dicovered, Jeading from the “bara” tog spotin the horse~ Jot. Li the rear of tho iee-house (cust of dwell. dng) werv found the tracks of fuur or five amen, ‘Tho Cuneo, on a diugoual line from the iec-hauie to tho horse-lot, wad found to be mddicd with balls, Inthe horso-lot thera were indications which showed that tho horsod Lad suddenly turned gud went olf in a northwesterly direetioiy, of tho baru, then went into o whoat-ileld. Blood way dizcovered at tho spot and wll slant the route the horsed wont as faras they conl bo traced, On the went side of the bara it wy found that a horse had beeu hitched, Mr, Sam- ucla gays ho heard a horse going at o rapid rato from that point down west ef the honve, through fio woods" ou the rvuth, aad around tho “yeo-houne.”? ‘Threo men woro tracked in @ warthonsterly di- Tevtion for Hume diktanee, and then went to Apot onthe Haynesville rond, where it was found (hut seven horses bud been tied. A navy, louded, Was found in front of the tes-houne, Dr, Serugy; wan visiting Me. Chancellor's houre, neur by, flu had bitchod his hore in 9 closely-fenved lot, When he cate out to return it was missing, aud, ‘has been a¥or sinco, Dr, Sheets, of Creonville, Dr, Allen of Lib- ory, and Drs, Yates and Beruggs, of Koarney, Wera sutmoned ta the mornms. Mrs. Samuels, was eulfering intense pam from the wound, and amputation became ucceryary about 2 iehes below the elbow, Hume vonclasions aro inevitably adduced from the fucty, und sumo surimises may be made up from rumors, Firnt, there was a fight; of thls there is no Moabt, Who tho partics wore iw simply con. eeu, Socond, there Way ga attempt to burn tas house, Donbtlens the parties dia this to frustrate tho family while they were ongaged in the designy, whick evidently were bayed on tho suspicion that the James boys wera on the piutuises, . ‘Llurd, somebody outside of the houve got hut. ‘The suculsch aro follows, based upon rumord; On the night of the battle the in- coming train on the Honuital & KteJue lua, byuud west, way dagyed wbout a auilo muda half Wost of Kearney, and four mon got off tho train. ‘hia samo thing occurred at the samo placa abont & week ago, Again, it is atated thnt ® focomntive and cabvoro left this city nt omldnight, of the enmo date and in it wero several men known to havo boon Vinkerton’s Chicago detoetives ¢ that the lines: ween hore and Cameron wore notin opera- tion ; that early itt the morning the snme engine nn cabooxa were seen to pase Chillicothe, aud it ‘wus undersiond that the James boys were in the caboeso heavily iroved, ‘Lhe conclusion would appear to bo that the mon who got off the train an week ayo wero dotertives who wero on the lay; that they-arcertained what they wanted. aud the caboose of ‘luesday night contained others, nnd Utat others got off the tala when it stopped a mile and s half beyond # etation, ‘Tho pooplo of Clay County, ne faring tho re- Porter could learn, deoply deplore tho affair atl arunnd, They regret that the Jamen boya camo back to their inidat in this‘ manner, if they did come at all, which thoy seom to doubt. duet how fara band of detectives, or anybody elxo, should go in their attompts to captura out laws is not delluitely known, If thoy haya to re- xort to throwing bumbsholly into a family of ine nocent children sand women, tt is questionable Whother their efforts to rid the country of baud~ its will accomplish their purposes, ‘Two wrongs nover nade & right. ‘The hand grenade intros divod on this ocenaion fe eimply barbarous. preset be CHARLEY ROSS, CARD FROM MAYOR STORLEY, OF PMLADELPTIA. Special Lisputeh to The Chicago Tribune, Putnapevrusa, Janu, 23.~—Mayor Stokley, de- termined to leave no stone unturued fo recover the lost chitd, Charley Ross, has addressed tho following ctrenlar to Justices of the Peaco and other prominent porsons lying in the neighbos- houdin whiel it is thought the enpposed abuitet> ors pornted after the abduction : Devt Sites ‘Tho abluction of Charles Nrewster Ross fron Cherian on July 1, 1874, Has awakened unt+ vetsal sympa uctlyp effort in ull parte of tue comity for his recovery. Shive the Killing of the x luirglirs Mosier and Donyines, who. were without out the abductora af the child, at Bay Rage, L. 1, Deo, U4, 1874, mw reward of $5,000 his een. uttered ‘for hin Eeturn, but thas far without result, ‘Tho object of this communication ia to ask Yor persoually to Miterest yourgslf in. the eeareh for the missing child, aud to indhee, if possible, thee “i with your ollicu to oxamiue th ong ey caves, cabins, musplclous house, ye bats, aud otiier localities tu Your jurisdetion where ib mlzht be pessible to conceal Tho chtid, * To thix cud, T give you fest, a deeertption vf thy elild, Tho "accompanying ‘portrait | re— wemblea the eid, but fs not a correct Uko- nee, Ho Wat Ml May 4, 1874, Lis bedy aad timba are sftaght and well-formed; he jwa round, full face, mnall chin, with noticeable dime alg very r fy dimpled banda; small, wetleforined neck; fall, broad Lorotierd ; bright darks Lruwh eyes, WH consid: rable falinets over then; cloar, whita elfa, and heathy complexion ight flazen har OF bik: easily ‘euricd dn ringlets when It uxtemls to the uve’ hair darker at the roots; stint vowlick on lett side, When parted ¢ very light exebrows, Mo talks plainly but -js retiring, and has a halt af putting bie arm up to his eye wien approached by strangers, His wkin now bo etal Ana a ght, with’ hale parted f hag tren ent nineo the abd darker than above deserlted, Sceomi—\ tieseription of the sbittetors, Willtsm Mosher, nlite dohuson, alias Henderson, alias Hen- key allay tanith, Wass about & 8 of ‘nyo, about 5 sInenes hi fh,dark auburn lait, beard hyht waudy, Lwith white, Atthe thie of the atunetion ie wu guineLosrd, porsibly false, and dark mostucke, neu Killed he bad a digit’ colored gaudy) ond mwtarhe apd — wily whisker wehbe 4. He hut abroad, Ligh: fo eyes, big chorle bones, tose detor age separating the nostrild Delug eaten caudug tho tip to turn tightly upwards} square dunitheand ching the fureetinger of the left band was rhriveb dd wway 10% pulut from a felon, tho mall re« mulning ; way nesr-xlghted, Jodeyh’ Douglass, altas Chik, was about 90 Sfeat Gor 7 inches high, mediam by dark, course rod hatr inclined to eur]; red heavy; white tecth, Third—Deseription Of horso snd “buggy used by abductors: Horse dark my or brown, 15 und a half hands high; medium build 5 is believed to have star on the face, or white nese; the iad foot, aud x damp fron Awen or rupture on left side of rump, nese tho tail, ‘The buggy had u falling top, yacht Loy, painted black all over, except pormibly ‘the wheels, wulel, it is thought, wo with red, It was Hed with elotirof's d: a, and hair dyed, of he nay Le the contre, If ou it ia probably A, the eart ast by can wore o dark ch was used by and found ut Day Ridwas A 6 ine in fength, i“ feut all, 8 feot 6 inches wide; originally a Jwat, but recently ultered toa sloop; new bow wd cabin being added, She basa taivy counter 70 aud fale crtwater ; 1a painte.l dark-lesd color, cept aides of cabin, which srw green ; deck of cabii and gangway alongside calla are covered with can- van, Daitted dark-lead color; white bowsprit. ‘There isn square hole, 4 Juches Ly'4 suches, cut in'tho iteck Just abuft the mist, Sho as a patent rudder exteud- juyg wider thy stern, es 4Uth—Facts obtained from lotters written by the sbiluctors from other cnure After Ieaving Ti and Iiehmond streets, Philudelphks, abont 6 och m,, July J, the abductors drove toward Treuton, turough which they sntd they passed on the. 1 July 2, aud, on Leldge etreet, dropped the boy's hat, nm Droad-brinimed, uubleached Panama, witht black ribbon, and without binding, After this they amy bayy driven towara sumo one of the stroums of water emptying into the Raritan or Newark Bay, or jouslbly ds fur ua Newark; but this is very unvertalu, The abductors returned to Pula delphia July 3, whero they mailed letters during the moull, Tu Angit the letters wore mailed from Now York City, und vecusloually from other polute, aa Rondont, and subseguently from New Iiven, New Brunswick, New York, aud Vuiludelpin, down to Nov. 2, ‘Thero is good reason to believe that these inen were jn row-buat onthe Hudson stand near Houniomt for two dasa, About Ang, 27 a lever frou m, dated Sopt, 23 aud postnarkel New Ilwen, stated that “Charla “had been suering from) thé ktoppage of urine, oud that maedielno had been obluinsd by his custodian whieh relieved im, Inquiry of physicians or drag. gists in your welghbortood with) reforeuce to this statement might ead 10 a clew, ‘She abductors probate Vig made alterations to thy boat uhova_ referred to on the Haken River, about Ot 12, Ita not kuown precisely what (ie tHey Legan ving ou'the water, or whethor they ever had the hoy on the best, ‘They may have delivered bi to confederates: after frst leaving Philadelphia, N. B—Information an to the route the’ abductors after laying Piladolphis with the boy is derived eniiroly from their leiters, $ they may "be wholly Aucorrect, ‘They may hive guy in on entirely diiter~ ent dircetion, In view of the enormity and heartlcesnoss of this erie, und the inewleulable suferiug it lus caused, wud Sy 13H causing, tho parents und olber relatives of ho inlesing boy, Luppesl to you for wld, ‘Thu protracted and terrible uncertalnty expt ticuecd by the patenta of the child aa to his fato cannot be deeeribed, To ba axsured oven of bia death would create in them a feel= ing of resdynation ; but not to know whether ho ix living or dead whether, If living, bo te kindly eared for, or the royeray, or wheiber ho is sick or in bealth, ‘constantly oppresses them with torturing suxtoty that fs wellidgh tnendarabl. “Bat it fs need= lees to dwall on this point, Tam conviueed that your sympathies aro awalened in bebuif of this fandly, wnt, on that accoant, believe that you will render all the adsiatance in your power, In addhtlon to the modo of action already muggester Would It be foo much to, axl, yout to dirsoxminaty ju olously the farts sot forth fu this letter, and to ttxe your ntiiost exertions to Mduce ay inay porwons as poeslble to Jolu ia the proposud “ weareh, und — in tho “investigation of auch elfcumustances in your town or u-ighborhood as may appear Hacly to. Joail to the whereaboute of the child at any time sluce the pialuctlon. A reward of $5,000 will bu paltl to any peraon who will return tle boy, or who may sive fii formatlou uading ta his recovery, Any tuforinntlon, yout may oltaty shoubl be sent to the understynd, or fo Guorge W, Wallag, Superlitentent of Police, No, Bu Mulberry street, ‘New Xork City, Rewpcetfully yon, W. 8. Sox dais, 20) 1375, Mayor of Phiiadeph eo NORTHERN KUKLUX, THEIR OPERATIONS 1N SOUTHERN ILALINOIs, From tha Guiry (UL) Rndletin, The spirit of lawlessnesa now rampant in Kouthern [ilimoi must be stamped out, Tho courts aud focal offleors of tho law havo boon overawed by luwlesa man, Who have brought dla- grave upon thia part of the Binte; aud ara ap~ parently afroidto do their duty. . . Not long ayo & band of diyguised men in Willlamson County visited in tho night time the revidguce of old man Vaueil, aged nbout Gd years, took him from his howe and hung him on u treo ‘until ho was dead, Not long ago a baud of disguleed men, in Willlameon County, visited in the night time the rosidenco of a mun into whose custody a obild of lus own had beon placed by tho Court, aud in- formed him that they had reversed Judge Dutta deeision in the caso, and that if he did not give {ho child to the motler—adissolite woman, it is waid—they would hang him. ‘ho man oboyed the decrey of the Supreme Court of tho Williatus son County Ku-Klus, Not lon aga a bandof dixgulsad men in Wil- jamevu County visited in the might time the resi dunce of a eltizen who had beon ordarod to leave the county, and discharged w volley into tha Louse, “hey were drivou off by the citizens aud fried of his, who returned tho fire, Not long ago, i Williamson County, old man Huthogor wai oxtauinated im tho day time on thy highway, and #inco then many igon Lave beon lulled’ or wounded in this veudotta that Lad ity origin in political differences, Not long ago—unly a fow weoks—flve or gix of the Bullinger oxsaasing, with shot-guus in hand, wore on the cars between Mudiwon and Curbondale boasting that thoy wera iu search of Lumen game. A great party of huutors! And thivis the ninoteenth coutury, and this the civilized State of Mlinvis ! Not long syo—only a fow weela—one of tho Ulcudersen dcuauwing, against why rumor re. tiken by IteTORY oF ator with it than without it. ported an indictment found, armed ta tho tocth and full of whisky, went tu tho county-neat of Williamson County, walked into tho residanes of the State’s Attorney, demanded of him informa. tion concorning the action of the Grand Jury, and that ho shoutd have proccodings agaiaat ih disvontinned, Not long ago—only a fow montha--s numbor of the Williaweon County aasassins were at Ar na, Union County, on tho day the Democratic Congrorsional Convention was held. Ono of then approached the Hon. N. I. Casey with a drawn pistol and proposed to Kilt him becaitse tho wouldsbo assassin suspected hin of the lel: erimo and mirdomonnor of having aided in tho defeat of a gontloman who waa a candidate for nomination before that Convention. Avother wonld-bo assassin on tho samo occasion, with qatol in baud, was soarching for a gentleman — then & momber of the General Assembly—to Kill him un suspicion of net being a truco Demo- erat, ‘This, and more, io the account of Williamson. Not lung ago, a mob, undisguised, at tho Town of Carbondalo, in Jackson Counts Jed by a prominont citizen. —n gontieman who has bern since honored by the Guvernor,—nattemptad to take # priaoner from tho Sheriff uf the county and hang hit Not tong ago, a mob undirguised, at tho Town of Murphysboro, in Jackson County, took @ negro from the jail and hung him, a woman Placing tho ropo around tho raseal'a neck. If mob-law is over fustitiabla it was in this eaye, and wo do nat much blame the Governor for only ixaning a Hiltlo “proclamation,” and then letting the affair drop. ‘Pho Governor is human, and cannot bo oxpeeted to be very onergetic in an effort to punish the summary executors of Justice on a negro guilty of the rapo aud murder vhife woman, Phis for Jackson, =Not long ago disguteed mon in Randolph County vinitod the resulenee of e nogre mani tho night time. tovit him out, stripped his back naked, whipped him aud urdered him to leave the county, Vhus for Randolph. Not long axv ainob attempted to take ont of tho County Jail of Alexander a murderer and hang him, Dut the olfivera of the few in Alexander aro not fearful meu, xed tha mob was “ induced" to not execute its intention, ‘his for Alexander. Not long azo a band of diaguised mon in Saline County visited, in tho night time, the res~ idonce of a citizen, took him out of his bed, and, on his own porel, with pistols at his head, mada him dance for eoveral hours, ‘Tho band, on tho some night, visitod the residence of another cit- izon, took bim out of bed, and beat him. They gave him notice that, if he gave tis band reasou to visit him azn, doe would be killed. ‘Chis for Saline. Not long ago—on the 15th of tho prosent month--a band of disyuisod mon, twelve in number, visited in thamht time tho residenve of William Sloan, in Johusen Count, and das inanded admittance, aud this fullowed, as related by the Vienns Yeoman: Sinan opened the door, when, to hla horror, ho he— held dozen men, all mawked ind dbegutset ‘beyond recognition wy ‘Sloan th y ltd Near that ho be vas fn’ tho table of “ nbumng ile ebiiteen, and bad come to eee about” They then demandd toseo a litte chit of Slows, which was produced, and eayefiliy examine, No marks of vlotence being vieiblo on the child's body, the Ku-Klux informeit Sloan that it wad well for iim that tho. child's Waly ¢howol no marks of fad treatment, aud adnionbhing hha to be carefub as to how. be freated hiv eiidren, for they would call on him ar horses und tude away. Before they deporited @ hunch of hckor atts door-yarid, We eupipons. they hed the ewitehes to give Slow Lo uiuicrstund the inannes of the punishinent in store for him ff he failed te con ply swith tebe ne After leaving Sloan's hong fa they ware mat on the road by Mi nity Dut tht nol offer to stop or di auy way rece witle hata Mr. Daim says thers were about a dozen of the Kus Kins, ‘That some rody horsey and qome mule, but thut both Woreos und men ware Fo completely dlsyuteed ug to render It utterly Inpoxsible tu recogulze ther, ‘this and toro for dohnton, —Wo have only partially tuld tho wtory of Egyp- tiaa Ku-Kluxism. ‘Lo theso facts woe enll the attention of tho Goveral Aswonibly, and iu tho namo of tho Inv abiding people of Egypt demand an invest lion, ko that a remedy, “short, sharp, aud deci sive," may bo apphed. ——. THE DAILY RECORD, DIAMMOND-ROBBER CAPTURED, Spee Vinnatch to The Clacaco droune. Minwaukry, Wis., Jan, 23,—Uorinan Kindling, the alleged Austrian diamond-robbor, who ox- eaped from tho city under peculiar cireum- stunces, telegraphed Tine Tiunvse at tho thne, hha beon captured ut Sioux City, Ia. WISCONSIN FARMERS. The Polittent ite Garhered At Madison fold Animnted argu ment Over the Desirability of 1 ME tatlic Basis for the Exchange Medin, aud a Procrustenn Rate of Interest. Special Draputch to The Chicago tribune, son, Wis.! Jan, 23,—T'he second day of consin Stato Agricultural Convention haw been of equal intorest and equal iv attendance To-day it was opened with an elaborate papor by the Hon, M. K, Young on tho uced of organization amoug producers. Mr. Young urged vory stron the necessity for organization among” farmer: He opposed a foreod resumption af xpecio pay ment, tho National Banking wystom, tho Reci- procity ‘Treaty with Canada; fayored an iucome- tax; thought tho ballat sould bo made compul- sory, ote, An animated discussion followed, N. E, Allon roud a paper on the value of Jund- plastor, of which ho is anonthuyiastic advovate, Ho would apply it to clover, and dif fora from anyone farmers in believing it should bo apphed at or befure the time of sowing the need, and be thoroughly incorporated with the soil, La answor to ques~ tous, Prot. Danichs xaid the value of lime, wh! apolied to voil, was in hestening the decomposi-+ tion of orgauic matter. L, 1L Benton read a woll-written paper on farm-machinory, naming the great amonut of work which can bo porformed by ils oid, tho groat economy in such work, aud the indirect help to furmors by giving Hem more tino tor study, ote, as tha the principal advantages of sich machinery, Among the dinadvantages ho named the “fact that, on small farms, it wooms necoasary to purchiade & large quantity of machinory; that many machines are sold at extravagant prices, and aro ade of poor mt torial. Mu thonght the Patent laws should be amonded #0 a8 to redueo tho priev of this wa~ chinery, AMr. Bement eallat attention to the fact thuta greater evil to many farmers than high prices for farmemachmery was the poor euro given it, In tho afternoon, J, W. Smith, of Green Bay, road a vary eurufally proparodl paper on * To Past aud Present of Agriculture.” It showed much study ns to tho past, aml took a vory hopes ful view of the futuro, of farming in tho Nurth- went, 10 ITon, W. W, Fold, Secretary of tho Siato Agricultural Sovicty, road uy yery carofully pro- pared paper on Interest on Money; a igh Tate Ruinous to Productive Indastry.” In this pupor the ovila ta labor of high raves of interast were presented in stromy language. ‘Tho posl- ion was tubon (it money used ux such is not a commodity, and honce it cannot bo treated ay 5 commodity. It was urgod that tho Goneral Goyornment should isto all the money, and should detormino its valuo by fixing’ tho rate of interost, which nhould bo ata point be- low tho ayerage profit resulting from productive industry. A spocio basis, aa used in practico in all nations, was characterized a8 9 delusion, deceit, and a fraud. ‘This papar was warmly applauded. Lrevident Bascom, of thy Stato Univorsity, was “called ' on, and {no a brief speech of wonderful clearness, aud forco charactorized the paper os boing ay bad as it could be, Ho insisted that money Was & commodity, and gave a briof hin- tory of tho origin of money to sustuin this posi- tion. Lank-notea aro not monoy ; they are sim. ply promises tu pay monoy, and thoir value de- pends gololy on tho falth in tho abilily and Willingnous of tho powor issuing them to rodeom them on demand. A specie basis, or issuing paper currency only dollar for dollar of hg metallic currency, was advocated, Ag to rates of inturcst, ib was holt that this = whould = be ~—sregulated = #im- ply by the supply and demand. A lay fixing nlow rate of interest wauld not bring a supply, It was simply a question with capitalieta in which way they could make the moat, by loaning their money or engaging iu business. If thoy could uot get tha rite they thought the money worth, they would engayo in business for then solver, and thus uso their money, Ib was claimed that it wae just as logitimate, and a» much @ business transaction, to loun mousy ab the curroat rates of iuteroat as to oll wheat at market rates. Mon paid high prices for money simply bocanso they thought they could do bot- ‘The mout animated divcussion of tho Convention Solluwed en the question, participated in by Provident Stilson, Who sustained Soeretary Fiold, aud sovoral others. fn tho evening Prof, John Murrish read a val- uasble paper on buil-formation gud provess of culture. ‘The practival sugyostion was that thor- ough and froyucnt culture te of docided valuo. (. W, Maryatt gave a lecture on apiavulturo, take ing rather a 10n0-colored yiow of the prot and pleasure of Duy-heopings LOUISIANA “NIGGERS,” They Wave Rights Which White Men Must Respect. Tho Question Is, Have Thoir Rights Been Respooted ? Remarkable Clash of Testimony Given by Army Officers, Maj. Merrill's Version ‘of the Shre sport Kroubles. It Is Flatly Gontradioted by Ool, Morrow, Gen, Emory's Aid. THE LOUISIANA INVESTIGATION, MAY, MERMILE'S TESTIMONY, New Onteans. Jan, 2%—Mnaj, Lowis Merrill was before the Congressional Committeo yester- day. Lis teatimony was given too Into for trans: mniesion Inst night. [t was as follows: I have been stationed in Lanirtana since Ortober- part of tho timo fn New Orlane, Have been fn Shrev port, ‘Tho Red liver country is in a deplorable cone dition, and withant the peraenice of troops there Is no falling wit would happen, Colored met are tert fed, umd constantly fear violence, White Iepublicans Aro ostractted, I know theto wis na freo expression of politieal views, and tho control was tn tho hands of a few mien, leaders of {ho Conrurvative or Whites League party, ‘hey would tiky to overthrow the State Government, There stl exists arpirit of hostility to the Government, Thero fe antagontam to cant righia, An smupartia! election could not have “been Ueld in that Several mnvaacrea have had in contine tho colored people, after the Couwhatts marssiera ite rematn at their homes at or falr election could have been Whito Republicans aro kockally oxtracteod, Haye no personal kuwwiedyo of the Cou- shatta matders, When T visited Sheveport -thero was ‘but Hitle xemblinca of law; thera waa a voluntecr pos Heo, tat it bad no authority tout. it would not bo safe fora stranger (0 travel through the Red Iver country and declare bimselfa Hepubliean, Am oftico was varant in that rection, und two gentlenten, who converend with ie abont ft, stufed that they would not dare uevept « commission, I tank: that the people generally constdey that if 4 man $44 Tepnblican he cit have no diteyrity, Tt would make no diterenco how honest” Republican offichila might be 3 they woukl nut be reapected fit office or out, Tan engaged in makini a report of all mat eucted atl polldcal murders on Louisiana since 186 Ta mnmerous fastances, colored men wers deterr from veting because of fear engendered by masierc Tdo not kuow of a plugle justanes where a colored man voluntarily voted (he Demnveratfe tfekef, Do not Delleve a Repubifeau speaker would have been toler= cl; iu sone instunces ho minht have got half through, but under ost circumstances he would have deen drawn foo a quarrel, (hon fo might havo trled to avold i. Do ‘uot Rave apy” pesiiive Knowledgo of ‘the "existence uf white Lesgio “fn Shreveport, but think thero was cue, hers wan un organiztion of white yecple, Swill furnieh tis Cotmlttee a copy of my. oficial reports of the condition of ftatrs in Lutsi= att previoas to the lust election, ‘Thera were uilver= sol threata at discharging colored mon if they voted the Itepublicnn ticket, ‘Those throats had thele off To Mr, Maralal: t did not obtain all my Jiu sation froin ono side, My reports ara based on information from vurious sources, TL itavo no po- A biss or prejulica iu this matter, 1 have had averaitions witit Kellogy, Paekurd, Pierson, Twitel Ray, und Fiekl, but they did not inituence my ton” a particle! Do not know that Pierion and, Cwitelell bad anything to do with the Legisiature, My “conclusions are nude from observations reports mado by subalterns, ‘Tie chlet crime that colored people ate guilty of fa petty lireeny, My ex- periones i that they ace very weherally trnthqil, T cousilcrable intimate kuowledyo of the rico. to Paris the uegrocy ure deliberately robbed betore wot the Peace, 8 a class tho Demo. erats aro the moxt Intelligent in the country, ‘Tho whito men commit eritnes uid are not piuislied for thoir omeuses as sirletly ax negroes ares ‘The white people generally assert that there have been mal- admintetration and corrupt men in the Situ ome ‘Taxation han been unreasonably igh, ond the white ile regard the State Goverument us Uppresalye, Crong-exam-mation resumed: N “ard offs Io athifean nieating in Caddo Parfsht 3 i thw lant election thy colured men did not yote there or regivter freely; they dil not dare to, When L wan up the river on election day, many colored people esto on me to kuow what they shutild do about being discharged Leeause of thelr having yoted the Repube Hea ticket. Jn Caddo Larivh thero are nt least volored men did not wight. think no fr leld in Loutdana, 500 colored mien out of employment for that rowsou, Thad proof that 100 negrors wers "diveharged fereuro they — refueed to to vote ax thy whites demanded, ‘Tle cousequence is and will bo Quit tacso unfortunates will take to the woody, oul must steal or slarve, T made aftidavite apainst suite resdeuts before a Unitert Stites Come iniesioner, oping thereby to aroitse a feeling anon the best citizens te indueo tho worst to obey thy civil ‘Tho clvil law Was nat roalted in that instance, To dndie Near: Have never acon baudthills calling an einpioera tu discharge employes who did not voto te Democratic ticket, but have seen notices to Hat effect. ‘TESTINONY OF LIEUT. DERUDIE, ‘This moruiny, all tho momborsof the Congres- siunol Lnve-tigntig Committe were present, Liout. Derudio tentified : to the eayulry, and ayo been stationed at fartinaviilo, «Went there lust Octoberthe Qa her last, “Went fora United States Mauruhat to elp rerve write at Brox Beige, Wily ao dolug @ mon waluted ux with three cheeta for the White When ut Beeanx Lrfdgo, the colored people in- forited us that the white men had robbed them of their fitearina, and aslo wa tones arrest, We were told that if we mado un urrest, the prisoner would bo res- ned. We tool ono prisoner, and on tho way some mien talked to bim, but T could not how what they: ead, We arrested another man on tho following day, and’ took both te St, Murtineviile, On election & wo wero short’ distance from Bt, Martin. ville, und, when crossing a field, naw a squad of non that a usin told ie wero White Louruers, We met Kom colored Incn, Who told ue thet they had not voto, and dared nok, unlem they yoted the Dito eratte Ueket, whic (vy would uot do, Beveral days afterward was at New Iveria, where T saw a cortego of about 309 monuted mex, wha must have learned where the prisoners were, ‘They gave threo cheers for the White League, and uaa bind of mus, ‘Theso quen appoired 10 sign for the prisoners, — Uulled States Comufuatoner itiddle tool their bond, Wo did niot yo all the way back to Bt. Martiusvilly that night, but remained at & gentleman's house 1 VOU, nnd started for St, Martinavillo next day, ‘Tho wilueus stated, in roply to 6 question by Br, Frye, that 160. negra families wero driven away by planters who Fo {ued to employ them, In staiwer to whether thig was dn conmeqmence of tha rexolutlons passed on Batnrday Inst, clght or nine uegrovs reported that bunds of white mun woro riding through the country, compelling the 'plantera to discharge. the negrocr, Witueas further teatited that ad it not been for thy troops thera would huva beon no reyintration of nogrocs, unl, over as it Waa, there was hota freo and, fale elvctlou, Referring to the White League, he over vawthem drilling, but heard that they did. the Teague att, fn a inmber of casos, takon arina from negroes; tuat be heard of 8 great many negroes being ont and hung for stealing, but never witnessed anything of tho kind, Ifany eltelion wera held thera fo-tlay hy negroes would not be permitted to vote, but white leputilcaus might bo permitted to cast thotr Lullots, ‘The complaint by the Democrats was not ugilust dishonest olticiuly wlone, but ogulust them ay being opublicann, Me, Frye having concluded his interrogations, Mr, Marshall cross-examined the witness ot xomo longth regarding tho royletration, tho po- fitieal comploxion of jurics, the munter of troops, ete., fu the parish, but did not change . the tunor of the statomonta wade by tho witness toany remarkatlo degreo, Counsel for tho Conservatives then proponnd- od a fow questions, with alike roault, oxcopting in tho case of tho discharge of colorad mon, which the witness modifled by assorting that ho dhl not know whether or not the contracts be- tweon the omployer and Inboror had expired, ‘Tho next wittess called was CAPT. Js Ay GAOE, who haa been statfoned in St, Martin's Parfeh sfuco Ler, Ale wtatoment, in reply to a queetion by Mr, Frye, way, that be had bourd of tho organization of the White Leaguo 3 heard it from imembers of Lotls politi. cal partion + thut tt was a political organtzatlun, whose object way lo place du power thelr cutididates, Colored mich wud Stepublicaus belleved that the Lasquo would attempt, to pluco In power thele candidutos at all baze ards, Tho result was an futhmidation of the colored qvn, One of hie oflicera reported intimidation at Breaux Bridge, 'Croops were uvecawary to protect the {uterestw of tbe colored men there, Understuod that 4a vote tho Republican ticket fe Lo bs followed by a dine charge. Kuow thy Kellogg otticlals there, ‘They are natives of the State, aud are called sealawuge,! Can't form au {des a8 to thofr ehutucter, a4 the Couservattsa complaint fs aguinet both the Kellogg Government aud the Republiean party, wud tho dixposition of the white Couservatives there is uot to give tho itepublie« 4 free und eqval Fights, ‘There is opposition to he vurluenth wid Fifteenth Amendncuty, Heard a con- sation between Col, De Bline sud a United, Bintes haf, fn witch Do iifene suid, If tho whlle pou plo are to Le arrested fur thu discharge of thy negroes who voted the Hupublican ticket, make out your Wi runt for me now,” and that Me would discharge bis own worvant If be sy yoted, On thy morning of tho election, » Supervisor came ‘to lim wud ovked fora Posse, wiying that there would bo a rlot unless a poewe was furnished s that Lo iufersied many men of but parties that bo would not permit auy trou Peactably election vould not be held, he woul not per Tit apy to be held; that, subsequently, the men who had leit tho polls for their guuy xcturucd without them, and the élection was pear Mr, Marsball then crossesumined tho Gaptain ot some length, eliciting the infuriating that the colored Tien were jutimidated by white men riding about (ho country, and continued bis quvstivios ae to the Kellogg Government and ita olfeck Upon tha people tn tls Vielnity, especially thy conwryatlve whites) witness lating that it Wea tow ceriuly ealen$ the resauu of tle tho feeling on tho part of tho not “thoroughly convermnt wits the ‘jury: ryalem, Wituoss admitted that his opinions were formed monty front fufortnation obtatned from tee Rroea, Ho bad very little interconrse with the Cons eetvatiyes of the cointry, Ho admitted that most of tho statements made by him were upon hearsay, The Republican Clerk of the Court fs under fudletment for nuirter, “Don’t think tho Untted States Marshal could have nado arresty upou warrants without saxlstanco of tho United Ntates troops, Doubtless the xending of the Metropolitan pollca ‘tuta that country by. Kellogg tn part of the ronson for xo muelt bitterness of feeling againet the Ropublienna, Ho auld ho, heard great complaint ayainat oppressive taxes, aud ae been Snformed that the people have had to nbandon thelr lands becaueo they were Unable te pay tho taxes, Con aidora tho whites tu that country as unrellabie au tow Regraes, onsorvalives ; wan con. HENNY A. Monnary, Tioutonant-Colouel of the Thirteenth Infantry, tontified, Ie said: Thavo heen in tha army ainco 1812, T bara been twive appoluted by the Department Commander to ine Fiect ferent porifonn of (he State to sce what wis the general condition, T have been through Conshatte, Lincoln, Wastdngton, and Gadd, and all tho parishes to the mouth of the Red River, and have never lM any citizen express any hostility toward the United States, To attribute the “uncertain — conditten of tho State, In the first place, to the doop-seaterl opinion on {he part cf the people that fhey have defrauded of thelr righiaot the election, Sec- iy) that they feel themroives to have been imposod Upoti hy sume Of the processes of law, ‘There fs aleo 9 feeling on the part of the people that fs more jmagin= ary than real, fe relation to tha negr hey do not. Tegard (he black mon an exactly entitled to the position that he occupies, For instance, in tho Parish of Nat chitoches a ju if black men, not one of whom could witte jus natn, hat eat in a caxe involving $100,000, That was retarded by both parties as some hing that was not right, | found oleawhere that there was an opinion that the colored man had been placer, iv powersion of more luspertsuce thay bis education cnutled him to. 1 didn’t look into the ehuracter of tho Beato oflleials, wa I did't deem it my duty, aso mili- tary otiver, to cto ao, ato the feeling of the conslition bo- y the racen, aut whot it is to be atirinuteil to. ol, Morra A tulked freely with ull ned of PrO~ blo fu relation to tho negro, and, thinking at that tine that the election had bren varred hy tho Couser tives, I was wzious to kaow what elect it woult have upon the conditlon of tho blark man—whether the power that had bor azquited would bie uaed to op 3 him, or Whether ho would be allowed to go furs and ctjoy the — privileges guaranteed him by “the” general dawa™ of “tho lund Constitution. With few exceptions = was answered t the negro would haye. nono of his rights tukult away from him, ‘These rigita would be guaranteed to iin; thera would bo uo eifort to eure tail them din aty’ res ‘hero were exceptions, where it was rail the darkoy would have to take a cant, Init, aaa rite, te bost clata uf puoplo—T could name soiue of them if necessary—expressed the former opinion Mr To what do yot attribute the dis turbhe Jon between the:racos 7 Cal, Morcuw—T had Iittle opportinty to witners any- thing of thatwort, I was told ovecywiiere, by oMicers and eltizens, that thore wan uo dilliully at Slircveport. Teaw Gen, Merrill and other offivers, #0 Kove me att aecotnt of the disturbed condition,’ Ttalued with a many colored people, when Leantt get holt of but’ very few conld give mouny iuformution, sav but” ono colored man” who could rive ony information worth anything. Ho a Baptist mtnixter, He reomed ta deplore the” condt= tion of the State, ‘an hoped that thinga woukl yet Better, Ite seemed tg by Conservative Ia hia. vows, Lita fetend of Me, Kellogs, TL teported that thers wwe no nvecasity for tho ee of troops in Norther, Louisiana. Tboliove that my report was considered vory acceptanie, for 1 kuow that i wan received by Mr Morey, Repreaoutative for (hls District, who exy-reased IMuisett to mo thut it wag au entirely fair and aauly rte TLwaw a pert of my apeclal duly te look into goof Lient, Hodgeon, ‘Lhe resiil of my tives tigations was that Tembodied charges against lila of havitut used tho roliftary Hursily aud uniiecessurlly, Col. Morrow read from his report the result of lis examination into the [fodgsou affair, Sub- stantially, tho offendes of the allicer wera bis ritdo treatmont of Mr. Htoy, whom ho hind at- restod in the nighttimo and insulted while lio had him in charge, his indocent reply to Judga ‘Lrimbull, ‘when the lattur muned lity writ of habeas cotptts, and his Papteetion in cuttlug the wires of the Western Union Lelegiapl Gom- pany. Me, Zacha From your obscryation thranghout the State. do you think that, i€ under @ freo and fair election Republicans of ordinary ability and Lonesty: were elected, the people would subuiit to the ollieurs #0 vlevted 2 Col. Morrow—T da hellevo aa, for tho rennon that, in Natelitoches Pariah the Sheri, belug s far man, and fairly elected, told mo that there was ho disposition to inteFforo with bly work. Mr. Zachary—Did Conservatives aver claim rrora than thal they wero entitled to be inducted to onic to whieh thoy wero elocted, Gol. Morrow—Thoy elainied nothing more, Mr, Zachary—Wero citizens ready and willing to bolp in cxeouting United States proveasey iu that weell a of conutry 2 Col, Morrow—Gen, Merrill and Judge Levize ine formed me Hat Were wus such a stato of feeling thers that the United States Marshal could not execute proveswes imuided, ‘She question became n practical ong whether I could get refiable persons uf Bareveport toarcept tho poaftfon of United States Marshal aud perform tho duties, Gen, Merrill informed mo that Jule Levizo ‘had “tried that, tut could nob got auybody to accent the position, I 1aulo inquity 1 tued. ta wolf Teottld yet any citi zen ty'take the piace, Soma vaniex were yiven fo me, T handed tho nunier to dudyo Levizo, who sald they were excellent meu, and thut he would by glid ta give otticatuany of them, On the day following ho ap- pointed a Deputy Murehal, and, for all I know, ho is tuere yot, I was informed ‘by citizens that, if tie Mepaty Marshal wos fnterfered with, they would farnivh a powso to asaist iin, Me, Levize 1 raw fu relation to that ; he fuformed mo No himself would amake one of a porsc und ga out and assist this posse, Q.—~4s 1b fa Your kdea of the character of the poopie 4u the parishes you went through af to peace nnd ors der? A,—Wels, sir, if tho repeated protestitions of thu people are to he relied on, theca 44 notitug that they desire more than to lave peace restored to the cuuntre, and, to Toul at tho country, Luould wy tt needed it, Q.—Didiyon notice any resulta that contd bo attrib wed to Dad government? A.—Fenees aro, down, hhovaes abandoned, ‘Throvgliout the whois eum: try it looks to mo ‘Uke w country which on arty Id qaurched through, I do not know whether tt can be atiributed to Lad government. Tho people always complain of the’ government, ‘Tho peopla Bec hayo fallen ito. ‘a do- gyoudency, — Thore dora not seem to s ordinary American vitulity about them, Iwas told at Colfax that the general colnplaint was that money aunt not justice determiued decrees of court, Twill furnial a copy of my report, Tt embodies tho resulte of iny {uvextigations in thy Hed Itiver parishes, Q.—What do you think wonkd ho the proper remedy to apply tu tho cure of tins deapononcy 7 A.—Well, sit, T om no statesman, nud the Louistana question ia einguyered =the §=best minds Jn the conntry, and it is hazardous for ou army aflicer, Anexperlencod in statesmaush)p, to hazard any upinlon on that subject, I'm euro of ono thing,—that, if it weru possibio that tho natives of Lousiana could ba brought under 4 Government of the Bta would havea most material effect upon public senti- ment, Q.—Was thero any dispoxsifon on the part of whttes fo tatablivh rehoola? A. mado inquiries in mora instances than onv, Tatated to some persona: ‘Tha uuexro bas his freedom 5 he has something that cannot bo taken from him, the right of voting ; le {# to live ‘with you, and you should educato hitt, ‘Tho nnewer ‘was that money bad been levied, raised and atoten, Me. Marshull—Ts {t not the dosiro of the poapto to have a good Government, iu which they can trust fe- curely tor protuctlon ‘of yorson und properly ? Ajttho people statrey of all thug to uve Peace ably and quitly, if (heir stalemeuts ire to by foliod upon” From my | knowledgo of American churucter, I bellovo that every Amerie can community would prefer peaeo and quict to turmoll and dilvorder—that there is acarvely a coms nuunity Ju tho Unitod States that would not submit to an impartial oleetion, Br, Baraball—Would nof neonte profer oven a zaili- tary government that woutd deal wquitubly with them fo tho present atato of utarehy aud dingulet? Av—L was told many dime by Conservatives and thorongh Kepublicans that the iniyorsul arwcrtfon of the peojto ‘Was that they Suiinitely prefurred a military goverti« ment to the present Stute Government, for they thought that things would bo fairly adminiatered by army officert, If they got coutyul of the Govgninent (lng Ahougut they woul! not bo plundered, TL havo na hodtution in vayng Wat were fs capitalist, anxious to invest my money, Loufsiana would be the last Bute in” tho Union wherp I would invest it, Any ono acqualuted with Boathor, character knowa that they are more intolorant of dif. ference of oplulou than thore persons whe dune from amore uorthera latitude, 1 wouldn't hesitate to tuke any runidonee iu any portion of Louldlans, or expreny my Republican tdvis, Where u white mou f4 thought tocousort with negrees, thero ia always w fecling agatust him, Thero ls no dhayguising the fact the former condition of he negro affecta the minda of the whita venple, Ido bolteve if un efectiun wero held tn Luttiai~ jana, 1 o perfectly fair und impartial manner, withuut tho presence of “United tutes troops to fuduence voters, aud withousany of tho ordinary clap-trap moeanw of iutimidation ou the other slde, tho people of Joulsiana, from my knowledge of them, extending Srom one section of the. Btate to anather—I dp Lolieve tho people of this Blate would subuit quietly toan election, and ablde by the rewult, Sir, Hoar—ula Wn very interoating and Inportant opluton of yours, Tdy uot think a white wan would, bo upheld for swindling a darkvy of bis proporty, ‘They would despise bitn, Col. Morrow read the reanlt of his examina Gon of Dr. Bault aud the Topudlican editor in Natchitochos, besides other prominent mon of tho party. Dr. Bault ‘mato no anewer to tho questions, aa he had determined to absiain from politics. The ‘Conservative answer to tho faery whether ro- sistance would bo mado to » United States Mur- shal inkl arrests, was that if would not if he conducted Limpelt like a gontioman, Q,—What are your politica, wo for aw an army officer has ony. polities 2 AD am a Grant wan oud & fried of tho President, Col. Morrow said, further ons 1 have uo duubt that, if the eapla of Louisiana tuko the Government {utd thelr Own batuls, a tuunsteous effort would Le anadu by them to keep perfect order, Lentered the wrmy su 1802 um from Michigan, sud was Colloctur of Gustoms fur the State of Aiichigan duriug the aduiulstratin of Mr, Juhuson, Wituess reluted & conversation he had with Mr. Leonard, of tho Sbroveport Zines, who stated that tho severe urticles in his paper Tuyant that the peoplo should exert themselves: to tho utmost to protoct thoir rights. Col, Mor- row suid the condition was not wholly due to bad Governmonut, His ovidence was livtoued to with a great deal of attention, FOREIGN. Tho French Assembly Stil Engageg on the Constitutional Bills, An Amendment Formally Recognizing the Republic Likely to Bo Defeated. Conflicting Reports of Army Movo. ments in Spatn FRANCE, THM CONATITUTIONAL 11.U8 18 THE ARSEMDLY, Patus, Jat. 28.—In the Assembly to-day (hy debate on the Constitutional bill of M. do Ven. tayon was resumed, ‘Iho Hight move tho wilh. drawal of all the constitutional monnutos beforg the Chamber, Tho motion was rejected, M, Labouiaye then moved an gmendment tg tho Ventavon bill, providing that’ the Covern. ment be composed of # Xenate, Chamber ot Vepntics, aud Premdent of the Republie, wha whall Lo chief of tho oxcentive power. MM. La. houlaye suid tho object of his amendment way to revall tho fact that tho Ropublic wan the ex. isting Government of I'rance, and to conver that Inct into a Inw. A Repubtio alono couli xive tho conutry security, while amouareby weg an impossibility, M. Ho Labatvetiors opposed tho motion, and demandod the restoration of the monarchy, M. Louis Blane onpowed the creation of Presidoucy, which liad boon fatal tu tho le. public. ‘The coup d'etat would have beets avon ed if the Presidency Lad not beau ostablisued jn 1843. ie moved that the clause concerning the Prenideucy road at falluws: Tho Gaverutieny, of France is a Renublic, lis speech caused great oxeltemont in tho House, Tho debate wis closed. ho Right suceecdod in carrying a motion that a votu bo taken to-norrow, atid tho pitting was adjourned, ‘Yho position taken by M. Blane is bollevod to indicate a division inc the Republican ranks, which will lead to the deteat of M. Lahoulaye's amendment implying a formal proclamation of the Ropublio, rd SPAIN, ‘THE CANLISS ATTACKED. "ay, dan. 28.—Tho National army has ad. vau. «on the Cartisty, and hus already taken voveral of thelr strong pouttions, King Alplioneg ia with bis army. HeEspaxs, dun. 23.—Don Carlos will personally command the teoopsin the battle which 16 im ponding to fustrato the cilorts of the Alphousisy to reliovo Pampoluna, GOD IN THE CONSTITUTION. Speeches Mate and Resolutions Adopt. ed in the Convention ue st. Louly, pected Lnapatch ta The Chicuso Pritwnuc, Sr. Louia, Mo., Jan, 24.—Tho “God in th Constitution” Convoution got dawn tu work to day, which means that tho discussion of th mannorin which a Supremo Lelug should reeoguized by the Constitution waa thoroughly discuwed, Astrong point is being mado by thoge in attendance in citing Stato Government recognition of a God as 5 resson why the Gen oral Govornment should recognize stich a being, Mr, Nonderson interested the few present thit morning wilh somowhat Jongthy speoch. II sant too much importance was giver to tho ground taken by cath ists. Any individual who would afim that the many iugenioue —mechanigns of tho presont day were not the result of human ehill, but wero simply clancs happenings, ‘vould ho langhed atts of aunround mind, tn Huitely more folly ia te by fouud in tho atheis's doctrine, Darwin la TMZ PHINCK OF ATHEISTS AND THE PRINCE oF FOULS. If ho takes his position to make monoy alone, be iwastiila greater fool. He quoted a number of passages from Seripture, aud stated that if her dil not prove that the world was ated by God they proved ucthing. Ho wont on to provo from the sourco that Christ formed all nations and fs all-powerful over them, Io wont on ty provo that if any uation refuses to Kerve Chrit at shall porish, Mr. D, S. Vorris, of Sparta, Tl, eatd there was a wont of harmony betwoon tho yenert aud local governments,~—tho differences boing in Christian vbyervauces. ‘Lio General Gor ernment knows no Sabbath, ‘ho President travelu, Congroxs somotitnes sits, mails aro car ried and-somotimos distributed on that day. ‘This bad example of the oflicors of tha Gonorl Government is boing followed by thos of local Rovernmat's thoy feeling at lit erty to bo o9 independont as higher oficials, Even in Sparta, whera tho people a oxoptionally moral aud religious, teains we driven through the streots om Bunday withost being arrested and fined. Ife was in favor of UESTRICTING ALL LIDEWTINISM, avon to the re-cnactmont of the Lluo Laws of Connecticut, Mr. Glonn considered that tho resolutions should be so amended as to not decluro that the Biblo was aupreme authority, but ouly that pst of it which relutes to civil affairs. ‘bie would Frobaply inect the views of a large number wba could not otherwiue indorso them, Tho Rey, J. GO. Wells did not believe that the object of tho movement was to place our Cine tinn institutions on an undeniable basis, ‘this pet phrago had a great fallacy, All things wer created for moral onda, and God's governmest is moral oyor nations ay well ag individuals, Tbe aris of thoso institutions ig in God, and hence they require uo logal basis, Tho phraso caus ‘ono to Loxo sight of divine authority by GIVING PROMINENCE TO HUMAN ENACTMENTS. It is simply desired ta scvure to these instita tions tho protection of the law, not a basis, lu lead of placing our roliglous institutions 024 legal basis, we should gim to place our civil: stitutions on a moral basis. RESOLUTIONS, ‘The following resvlutiony wors adopted unst! mouly + Ateaolvet, An the Christian institutions of thie nile. fo not intrings upon the righte of uny clazs of citize-) but aro the bulwark and gafeguard of all right, ther curing for these tustituiions an explicttly legal basld gue futdaucntal lew can be hit na mauuer lutolertt und proscriptive. dieaatved, ‘Lust tho facta of tho nation’s Wo api {4 duty to God unite in requiring an explicit acknowlels iment in its weitton Conmtitution of its relution to 6 aa the author ef ite extutence; to Christ as ite Buty aut tho Bible ag our supreme authorily, Resolved, That, while it ia not the province of Crd Govermuent to ehforco religious worahip or obsne atices, this Constitutlonal recognition of the cute Hon of our Quyernment with Clrdetionity ty vecrtat not to metals the Ghrintiny religion, Wnt to afd tu Pe rerving snl matutauing tho Olssiatiun iustitulss aud waged of our nativn, [10 the Associated Pr WANE OF MAIMONY, fr. Lous, Me., Jou, 24,—fhe National Te form Convention mot again to-day, nud Proside+ Wolla, on taking the chair, offered his resigot tion, on the ground that he had been led w le fieve by what ho beard fost might that he a not in full sympathy with the views nnd object of the Convention, and had been severely eo atted for tho basis upon which ho had placed movement in his opening addrorx, Ho thet proceeded to dotine hig position, Ifo didn’t I gard this aso political movemont. Lt was mer in ite obaracter aud object, aud bad no politi siguiticance, He didn't believe thero 13 su crivia that the euccesa of this movement all that stands between civilization barbarism, ‘he Governments of Crores Home, und “Egypt were all wanting ‘88 is ours, yet tho absence? Christiamty didu’t atfect thor prosperity. Mt didn't believe in legivlating hia foliow-citiz! into a reverence for either a day or a book; a not believe tho object of the movenfut ety pie our Christian institutions op an undeu!l eval basis, fot t Was stated that there was no necoslty a the Prosidout to resiya, wad be tually ovucldd to rotain the chair, het Rosolutions introduced Inet night wore thet taken up and discussed, one by one, Yat verbal atondmenta were offered, some of ¥ were adopted and wome rejected, aud tho sores wore Hinally passed substantially 54 sented. this some res ae THE OHIO DAIRYMIEN. 4 O:zvenand, O., Janu. 28.—In the Dalryn® Convention to-day tho practice of skin milk to be made into choase was discuss was very generally opposed, Cul, 8, D. Hare of Bummit County, doliverod an address 02 nowing worn out soll, The following oitiecra wore elected: Preside W. A. Jenkins, Portage County ¢ Bocrotsrt &) ‘Cronsuros, 8. D, Harris, Bumtait County sagt responding Secretary, W.L, Lawrouoe, Coy! Jounty. ‘Yoo Convention thon adjourned, 0 Pry. Jan. 27, 1978, enme ‘ ‘ cree 3