Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 29, 1876, Page 2

2 e e e LHE CHICAGU 'TRIBUivlu: WitDivuo DA L WU v il B cry LOIL, says: “The chronle apathy of Democtats i the North, indleated fn tho steady prices maintalned In all classcs of gecurities, 18 ac- cepted as a puslllanimous determination on theie part to acquiesce fn any solutlon of tho political muddle that may be vouchsafed, nud of course an accontance of Loulslana, Florida, nnd South Carolinn for Iayes, should they be 0 counted.! That 13 tho correct vlew of the feeling hero now. Few, ravo politicluns and office-seckers, worry themselves much, Tho body of busincss mon don’t want any dlsturbance, but desire tho national caso settied, one way or the other, peaceably and quletly. Northern Democrats sent word to a distin. muished ex-Confederato hers to “stand firm,” The cx-Confederate replied that they would stand firm, aond, it Northern Democrats went to war, they would probably furnishas many troops a8 Northern Democrats furnlshed them in the lnst war. War-talk has nearly entlrely eensed here, nnd visitors from the North say it {s tho most quict and peaccable clty they have found fn tholr cause.’” Presently o delegation, moest of them straugers to him, watted upon lilm with a long statement for him to sign, to the cftect that the election fu that parish evas in every way peaceablo and quiet; that there was no ftimidation, and that cvery man voted his lonest eontiments, 1o flemly but po- litely refused to sfgn, They did nat threnten him, bt there was eomething in thetr demeanor ani in the very alr which foreboded dunger. He left the parish the samo day, and says ho wiit never return there to live, Ilo fears nothing from lis immediate neighbors, They would not Injure hini, and would regrot to Lave him fn- $ured; but the brutal bulidozers (o not respect 1ife, and a Republican. is in dangor. 1o prefors 1o live In a freer atrmosphere. . Maklog all allowances for exaggeration and party colorings, it is platn cnough that thera hns lieen a bad state of affaira in the five parishes, and that tho Democrats will ave bard work to set up thelr caso agatnat this mass of testimony, THE PIXKSTON OASD. Among the stacks of afidavitsis one from Onachita Parish, which sets out n story which irnvals. The gencral oplulon is, that cither sido can better afford to be defrauded out of the Presi- dency than go towar, Hoth partles say that ‘whoever goesin thia time will go out by an cmphatle majority four years henee, . " The Democrats have over 3,000 affidavits from colored men, who swear that they voted the TDemocratic tieket freely and without constraint. The Ropublicans nre offsctting this by alarge number of couirter-afMdavits, The usual nuw- her of sworn statementa wero taken at the Cus- tom-Houso to-lay, setting forth, with partieu- lars, the factsof futtinidation {n the five disputed parishes. Nearly overy boat brings wituesses. I V. RaprieLn, A TLAIN S8TORY FROM OKE OF THE BULLDOZED PARISHES. Corresponitence Cincinnatt Gommegcial, NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 25.—Yesterduy I heard n gentleman from ane of the bulldozed parisles glving in his cxperlence. The manner of the man, as well as tha clrcumstances of the case, convinced ma of tha truth of his staterents. ‘This genticmnn was & Unlon soldler from the West, and settled upon a large plantation in Northh Loulsiana {mmediately after tho War. Ho took no part in politics except to vote the Repuiblican ticket and hold the oflice of Justice of tne’ Peace, Iils business wns that of plant- ing, His neighbors, although Southern men, upon all sldes, wero kind and hospitable. ITe liad no troublo untll the prescnt campaign opened. But with the attempt to conquer the parish nccording to the Mississfppf plan, came outrages, dangers, and bloodaled. Tho bull- dozers rado through his plantation nightly; and fired into the cabins of hils Inborers. For two months previons to election hishands had to slcep fn the woods. Much of his cotton yet re- mains in the fleld unpicked. Since August he has not bad light in the houee st night. The armed bulldozers rede by at all times, firlng right and left, and ho feared ussassintlon, One night, at the solicitatton of his family, he re- mained in the woods himscif, All law was overthrown, Four or five negrocs were brutul- Jy murdered in different parts of tho parish, with a view to strike terror into the rest and frighten them into the support of the Demo- eratic ticket. Mo says the electlon ni his polling-place was A FARCE. It was perfectly quict and peaceable, and the blacks, all the manhood terrified out of them, mournfully voted tho ticket they hated.* Just one Republican voto was cast at his precinet, and that by himself. DBofors tho clection ar- rived men would come to his house—strangers to hin—Iook all around, ask mysterlous ques- tiong, fire fnto the alr, aud frighten his hands from thelr work. Iis Immediato neighbors took 1o part in this, but it was all the work of men from remote quarters of the parlsh, done under 4 systematic plan to earry the clection, Indced, some of his uefghbors privately de- nounced the plan, but they wero whipped into line and dare not vpeuly protest. At tfmes armed men wouk! dash furfously up 10 b8 house, warning him to appear immedinte- 1y at o certuin point with his shiotgun, as * Tho nigers were arming and preparfng to mussacre ull the white people, and we must defend vur- Belvea."” He never olieyed this warnlng, for at that very moment his own negrous were efther st work or skulking in the woods to keep from + belug kitled. Ilo eaya all the storlea of *negrocs arming, ¢ negroes marchingon the town,” ete,y were simply lies gotien upto cover warlike demonstrations ngulust o peaceable and docile people In furtherance of tha plan to carry the clection, Right In the busy scason the bulldozers would rlde through bis plantation, throwing down fences, und leaving them down, lookiug for negroes whom they had driven frum their cablns, oud whoe would hide betweentho cotton-rows for proteetion, THE TERROBIAM WAS 50 COMPLETE that his hands finally slept in the woods every night, comlng out n thy morniug, working ull duy, and returning to the woods at night, The blacke upon the nelghboring plantatious were o better off. He knew of two justuuves of negroes who weroe forced to jolu the Democmtic clubs. They afterwards attended a Republicsn meel- ing. The bulldozers made an example of these toterrify the rest. One they shot dend as he was comIng luto town npona load of wood, The other thoy touk from his cubin at night aod shot him to death in the presence of Lis fumily, Tho story of thesa horrible murders I could zot belleve did I not have corroboration from oa entirely difforent source. There fs lttlo doubt {n my mind about it. I lavetred to doubt, but vannot. The horrible story is too well authentieated, Otherwisa I should never glvo It currency. . Altor thoe election he hoped for o cossation of the reign of terror. Dut mntters grew worse, Having carrled the election by such outrageous means, the whites set about gofting up testl- mony to the fact that the election wus in all re- spects fair and peaceful, aud that ALL MEN YOTED THEIR BENTIMENTS| Being a Justice of the Peaco, ho was called upon to swear tho blacks to aflidavits that they voted the Demoeratio tickes frecly and without reetraint, Thoeo offidavits were in printed form, and were for trausmission to New Or- Jeaus for the use of the Democratic Commnities, Mo suys that the poor - bincks did not wunt to swesr avy such thing, but were forced to, or rather that thetr fears were o played upon thut they duve not refuse. Out of 100 that he took thus in one day, hic was confident that 140 will swear that they did not want to slzn their aflidavits. But what wero they ta doi They wero upon the Jund of the Demovrate, They Lad nowhere to #o. They must como uuder the political yoke, and accept the situation, Tho great Repub- Yican party, which they love na the Chrlstiun his Uod, does not protect him. They are left to ttand alone, and they cannot stand. Hosuys he knows of two blacks who were mude Lo swear they voted the Democratie ticket freely und without constralat, who bada't voted 1t at all, but I fact HAD VOTED THE REFUBLICAN, Arother one suld to Lhn privately, “ 11 {s two mllen trom where Tive Lo the woods. My boss (numfug bln) sugs, 40 T do not swear to that uftiduviy, Teannut huve his oxen and wugon to Laul wy wood this winter, 1 cannot carry the woud eo fur. Ibhave uo teum of my own, I have no land to work, txcept what he wives me, Bo I shall have to slgn, but 1 would ruther be whipped ! And these aflidavits will be submitted to Con- gress aud the North us un ovideuce that the Joufsfans blacks voted the Democrutie tlvket freely and without constraint! Do you duubit the geauleucss of thelr conversloni Behwld e afildavita, Bleauthao mutters got WALMEK AND WARMEN VOR TIS PLANTEN, At ono of tbe “swearing wectings,” & resolute black man (whose nawe I have), after the state- 1aent bud been read over to Llw several thaes, sald, *1 dun't waut to sign that, I can’t sign 1L The Justice told Blm not to do it, then, This created much sddltlonal prejudice sgaiust Blg. Mo was reported as o Linderunce to our 1s bard to bellove, But names and partlewlars oroglven with such dircctness that the story van be refuted Jt not truc. In tho namo of hu- tnanity let us be thaukful that this horrd story tan be overthrown if false. The statement wns mnade and sworn to at Monroe, and the wounded tvomaa {s now on lier way to New Orlenns, Ifer affidavit s us follows: State of Loulsiuna, rarieh of Orachita: TPer- ronally appeared before me, the underalgned, Eliza Pinketon, who, belng duly sworn, eays that she llved at Lideville’s, on the laland; and that sk and ber hushand, enry Pinkston, wera in bed at their housc abave, In the- above parlab, Stato of Loufslana, on Eaturday night, Nov. 4, 18705 and, about Bord o'clock In the morning, eome men came to my door and called Henty Pinketon; sald they wera hls Yankeo friends and wanted fo take Lim to Monroe, Iaaid, **Dr. Young, you ls no Yankee," Mr, Togan apoke next, and eald ¢ Dr, ‘Yonng.is not in the pariah;" and I eafd, * , he In; thora he I8 jumplug buck.” When I sald this, Mr. Logan broke tho door open, and they came Into tho room: Dr, -Young, Bllly Parke, and Mr. Logan~{lie reason 1 know him, I saw him at Lideville's often—Mr, Therbold, Frank Dur- ham, ond another TDurham, Peter Clovo- Inod, and fhero was more, but I Al not know them, except Buck Doker. When they rushed in the thouse, the firat thing that took place thoy grabbed Henry Pinks- ton. Dr. Yooneand Capt. Therbold sald, ** You voteno d—d ladieal ticket hero,” Lougan enid, ** Putad—d veil aver hfa face." Buck Baker sald, **Sheknows yon,—attend to hers” and they commenced shooting and eotting me. Dr, Yonng, nftor shooting all the loadsout af hisplstol on Henry, struck me on my head with the plstol. I wan shot in tho brenst and in the log, my throat was cat andmy jnw, sodIwas cut on tho lend withan ox In three different places; my heels ntringa wore cut fnto by Frank Durham. They tled o landkerchiet over lenry Dinkston's month. ‘Thoy cut his ~—— off, saying, ** Weakan him, G—d d—nhim, sowecan get him," After that they {ook lifm out In the moonshine and shot him until he wasdead. Jie begged them not to ki) him, and eald ho wonld voto the Democeatie ticket, Dut they sald, **No, G—d d-n you, when Browstor spoke you look off your hat and hurrahed. We are golng to make yon hurral somothing elee. You liava been pretending to us long enough, and woare golng to kill you,” e had joined the Democratic club torave hls life. They cut my chlld’s throat from ear to ear. 1 asked fhem, **Pleare don't, do not kill my baby, one yeuar ol," They took my kaby and cut ils throat, and thon shot me, and throw my baby iu the Iake. her Eriza W PiNrstoN, mirk, = Sworn {0 and sub=eribod before me this 21st day of November, 1870, Joux . Drixkenovz, J, P, Most people readiug this terrible story will not belfeve it. I don't want to belfeve ft, and wonld rejolco to scc It overthrown, But there was such a man as IHenry Piukston, 1o cannot row Le found, Aund fewill bo observed that names and particulars are given with such dis. tiuctuess In tho afiidavit that the story can be refuted if not true, ‘Ihe worst case yet developed by tho fmmense muss of alidavits taken {8 thut. of Eliza Plnke. ton, nbove glven. There ave others that are very bud, and soms not worth serlous conslder- atiun,” For [ustauce, one colored man swears with great particutarity that on clection-day a white man stood at the polts with n book enlled the “Took of Forgetfulness,” and that every thme a colored man - voted Republiean this ob. serving white man made o mark in his book and saud “Tatiyl” This mysterfous business fright- cued a great many colored men, and they went libme without votlog. Indeed, the afliduvits ove of sl sorts, slzes, and descriptions, but themostof themarostrong, and unless they ean be uverthrown, they leave the Demoeratic cause {na bad fight,—a Iight that will condemn (¢ atmong all candid men, ‘The nest worse case to that of Plnkston's s the murder of two men b East Baton Rouge, Inther and son. They were killed the night of the 12k of April, at the commencemnent of the cumpaign, Two weeks bofore belng kllted, they wers warnied, in writing, to move away within ten days. ‘They were ‘Irightened, nnd, the wit- nesses suy, npplied to the merchant where they did thelr tradivg, o advised them Lo stay at home, attend to thelr busincss, and puy no attentiun to the threat. But death followed. A dozen men came in the nixht aud shot them to death, Two of tho family—- niother and slster—wers present, and have made sworn statements with all the horrible dotails. Thelr testimony i3 vorroborated from severul sources, Including certltied coples of tho coroner’s fuquest held on the bodles. A more complele pleture of wo I uever saw than these two fuces,—the old womun whe lost her husband aud son, and the daughiter whe lost fu them au father and a brother, Thelr fuces haunt me, aud I eay, Can this be truc) Were thero two men tuken out of bed at night und shot Mke wi'd beasts! Ang, If not true, how came these two wotnen hered How conld they tefl such w strafght etory with nothing to base it upont And, more than all, how could these poor faces nssumo that juok of pettied, terrible nugulshd When the truth is outy—and it will come out thils winter, 3 what the Hupublicans here allege fs true,—the Democratie purty must pot, cuue nat, defend it. The party will be damned that sccks to win power through murder,—crucd, cowardly, cold-blooded murder, ‘The American people are God-fearing, justive-loying people. ‘I'licy want noue of this, Ido not say thut all the partisan Republicans allgge hero fw taue; Jbut they are certainly mak. ing out n strong case,—~n cass that will requiio sumo efforts on tho part of the Democrats to get over. Lot us ‘huve the truth, If the Re. publicans seck to profit by Iyfug, let us know it; 1f the Democrats havo carried tive parishics with the shot-gun, let us know it. IL V. R, TUY NONTHERN DEMOCRATS, THR S0-CALLED COLOUED DENOCHATS, AND THH NETURNING BOAND, Ciryespondenca Cincinnati Commerelul, New Ouugany, Nov, %3.—Aun lutaresting fea. ture of this miserablo buaslness Is the frequent calls of delegations of eolored Democruts upon the Northern Democrats now here, Calls I &y, although they are really bought, and would hardly tuko the trouble.to come to New Orlesns of thelr own optlon, 3t happens that threo of the Northern Demacrats now here ure old Abo- litlontsts, and perhaps others were, Lut Julian, Talmer, und Truwbull are amonyg the founders af the Republlcan party, it 1 rewember hivtory correctly, ‘Thoey seem to take a lively iaterest in the uegro's welfure, und It 1s fulr to suy that their lovy for the rights of mon s not lessened ,hy their ulliuuce with the Democratic varty. The othor day § heasd oy, Talmer talking With goine of the waltera of the St. Charles Hotel, 1Us anguage waa reaily noble, ahd the biefoxged walters ould not \_mnlcrimnf how he could bo o Demoerat and a Tilden man und talk that way, Cne ea another, * Hu's u mighty eurions” Democral another suld, 41t oy were all like b we'd he Deuocrats, tooy™ aiie other sald, 11 Tilden {s ke this wen we bave nothlog to fear,” Ablaf cvery Democrat in the United Btates wus us llberal and generous to the black nian us Loy, Iubner, we would have no problem, We would bave uo trouble, o does ot subseribe to the cunstitutlonal venduents ous duy to tratnple un then the next, Gov. Palmer and My, Julian tell me that they o ol wurd Loulriana {f° the State has been carrial by Jurce and Qutimddation ; thoy sy they do not want the State for Tilden unlesa b Tas heen falrly carrled for him. But they deny tho atorles of wholesale intfinldntfon: they eny there hns been same ot it on both shies, but not enough to have carrled the Btate, They affirm thot thelr fn- formntion 19 1o the cifect that the blackaare moro proscriptive against one of thelr race who nets with the whites, than are the whites acainst thelr politteal enemies. They were amused nb tho instanicea which come to “thelr knowledge where black women had discarded thelr huss bands for voting with the Democrats, and where black Democrata had been turned out of thelr chitrelics for the samao reasons, Il the Northern Democrats hero say em- rlmucnlly that they do not want the State If it has been carried by unfalr means, but they ut~ terly dony that thore haa been anything “ltke cnotigh unfale means used to account for the lnree inajority which Tilden has upon_ the face of the roturny, And Hght hereds wherg the Ttepublicans and Democrats dilfer, The latier deny that there hns beon ennu{zh {ntimldatlon 1o affect the gencral result, and the former Ine sist that there has, And the mass of testimony belne gotten up on one slde sud tho other 18 overwhelming, The Hepublicans have the ad- vanfage In liuving control of Government funds n the handa of United Btates Marshals, which §s uscd to bring in witnesscs whose statcments and aflidavits are wanted, But I was speaklng of the Domocrats of both colore, nnd thelr conferrlig together, which aro interesting apectacles. ‘T see & dozen so-valled Temocrats (though T should hate to bet on thelr Demoeracy being ducvr than from thelr lips out) telling Georgo W, Jutlan, Lyman Trum- bull, and Uov. Palmer why they go with tho Dentocratlc party, affords food for reflectionand tigestion, 1 mean when ono takes in the spectnele and glances back into history at the samo time, 1 have been present at some of thosa Inter- ylowa, Yeaterdoy Gen, Garfleld and Job Steventon witnessed o seeno of tha sort, and asked the hlacks several questions. dn o vrevious oceaslon all the visiting Republicans were invited, but did not come, which is to bo recretted, s noopportunities for getting bottom facts should be neglected by either stde, Ono by one the colored men stood up in the richly-furnished parlor of the Northern Demo- crats, and gavo in thelr experfence, Thoy wera above tho nvurnl.'lc in Intelligence and appear« ance. Somne of them own o conelderable prop- erty, and, wonro tokl by the planters who aro here, Al aro respected.’ Ono had been tho President of a Republiean Club n{; to within two months of the election, e took thewhole club into the Democratic party, beeauso he was convineed that all fnter- esta would best bo served by golng with the white pecople fnstead of agalnst them, They all denfed thnt there had been any foreo used; ' but they nd tried the llnrubllcml party a long time, and they had utterly failed In all thelr promisca, The State was in o bad fix; taxes were high, and times hord, They sald they talked it all over nmong themselves, and concluded” to_leave ihe Ropublican Ixpm't.y and give the Demo- crats one trlal, They'all testitied to tha fact that electlon-day was quict: no disturbance, no fighte, no armed men ot the polls, Ono sald that the clection at his place was ** quicter than a_church-mecting,” becauro ‘“‘thero was not cven any shouting.” Then thero have becn sev- cral of thege obsorvations und exchange of ob- scrvations, ‘The effcet 18 to convines the North- crn Demacrats that the election was freo aud fair, and that the biacks did, {n Iarge numbers, with thelr eyes open, and without force or fear, voto the Democratie ticket, They are alrcady well cenviuced thut Tilden won the Stato by fairness, and these interviews only strengthen tlint betlef, DBesides, the statements of these blacks have been taken down for Northern con- sumnptlon, . When T see the mass of information of all £orts being arranged here for the loyal North to chew over, I puY that unbappy section, ond wonder i they will not, ono and” all, wish they were dead. Now, n8 to theso colored Democrats, so- called.” They sald nathing iu the confercnces mentioned that would lead unybody to believe that they were Influsnced by fear or the exerclse of forte. But, when one of them falls into c- publican hands, and s assured that his namo wiil not be revealed, Ze tells a different story than twhen amony his Democratie friends. le says ho and every other black man s at heart a Répub- Mean, and that they can never be anything clse. And that un:y went into the Democratic parly “for shelter,? One of them used that very term when speaking to a Republican. He sald the party they lovedt as inen never loved a par- ty, had shown itsel Yuwerlcu to protect than in the exerelso of thelr privileges, Thelr Dem- ocrntie fellow-citizens could, and wonld, nnd did protect them. The Democrats were amply able to carry out every gmmuu' tho Re- publicans were mot,” ‘Tho Itepublicans promieed ecverything and - did nothing. The Demoerdts — corsfed out thelr agreement, **When ono of us belongs to o Democratic cluby™ hie sald, “we feal perfectly sufo end secure, We have friends on eyory hand,—frlends who can do us guod when thero Is n trouble, There {8 nothing to rause hurd feclings between the races but politics, When we o with the whites In politieal matters, all {8 peace, und good-will, and harmony; but, when wo stand out against. them, then trouble begins. Hul, vote ad wWe may, nt heart we aro Republicans,’ . ‘Thls |3 the manuer of thelr talk when awny from the captivating presence of their fetlow- Democrats, I was presont this morning nt the meeting of the “Overturniug Board,” ss the concern s affectionately catled by tho Democrats, Pres- ently it went Into recret sesslon, nnd wo picked upour bats snd left. Nont wers allowed to remuin exeept the ten eminent Nortlern citl- zeus and the ofiiclal reporter, That {3 cuough, If the Bourd can pull the wool over the eyes of such men ws Lyman Trumbull, George W. Jullan, and Gov. "almer, let them pull. ‘Then there i3 £, W, Stonzhiton and other Republle- ous of natfonal reputation on the other side. ‘Iho country Is safe. What such men eannot 8ee {a not worth seeing, The newapnpor- i are In o flurry of worry. They feel that their vonstitutional rizhits are Atepped upon on tenderspots, They talk about # Slar-Chamber and their riizhts undor.the Con- stitutlon (a8 amended, no doubt). They talk of getting up a protest. Individually, Ishall not lvrulcnl. nor shall I abuse the Board for shutting fio doors, There are enough in thers to seq Iafr piny, and to report if there I8 not falr play; and that {s enough. . ‘I'he ono vacancy, which by righta helongs to the Demoerats, “still remilng” unfilled, Mr, Wells suld to<iny that it would not Lo filed, ‘Therefore, the Detnocrats have no- represonta- tlve on the Board that is to_settle a grave ques- tlon between the purties, That is nob falr, But 1 think 1 kuow wiat the trouble fa. 1t1s fearcd that tho two colored representatives might, for B0INY reason nob necessary Lo diseuas, act on cer- taln questions with the solitary Democrat, und thus control the Board agains the volees of An- derson und Wells. ‘There are wheels within wheels here, and ringe within rings, and complications upun top of cumpllcations, 1, 2I. R. TIIE CRESCENT CITY. HOW TUB “BULLDOZERS' GBT UP AFFIDAVITS, Yestorday morning Col. Abner Taylor, the Hon, Charles 1, Farwell, Dr, 8, R. Ilaven, and 3Maf. James E. Beardsloy of Rock leland, mem- hers of tho Republlean Committea which liad gone Lo New Orleans, returned from that city, finding that, taking everything into consldera- tion, there will be a fajr count without them, Maj. Beardsloy wos Inst Bevening found by o TrinuNe reporter, and, of course, had to un- dergo o brief pumplog process. Bald the gen- tewan: it “Of course, you understand that we aid not go down to uffect results, but to fnvestigato the true status of political alfulrs fn Loufslana, it we could. It should be borne In mind that the Peliean State, ona falr expression of tho peo- ple’s volee, {s Republiean by at lenst 25,000 yna- Jority, The result at present Is allferent, Beforo cfther the flepublfean or Democratic Cotnmit- tees started from the North, thoy thought that tho Canvasslugz and Returnlng Board of the Btate of Loulsiane was an frresponsible coucern, merely created by the Gov- crnor. However, without golng further Into detalls, the Committees fouud that the Bourd possessed both powers, mlnisterlal and Judleial, 1t had the right by law to inqulre into frauds, bribery, intimidation, or anything clse that would tend to bring about a different re- sult thun that arising from u free and fale ele tion. They uro nbliged to throw out any ward, precinet, or puelsh, It the evidence shows that there has been a ditferent result from what there would have been had therebeen no intiml- dutfon. 8o far as the law §8 concerned, they have the power und aré under oblization w admin- Ister the law as they find [t, and not to ud- miulster as clther party WOULD LIKY IT. “The Doard fs n responaible body, coms posed of nen who who ure considered ro- fuble. Tho ysrious visitors frun ll?, North, Inuludm% Damocrats and Republicandy on ar- nival Ly New Orloans, were pecelved by the people of all partics, and thero was no ippar- eut disposition to be partlul on account of a differing in politics. The members of the Canvaseing Bourd, when they. usseme blad, showed uo other disposition thun to dischargo their duty according to law, They showed every courtesy in thetr conduct of the tanvusg, without attempt ut concealinent or coyuring of their proccodings, The Democratic Committes uf Five wure not only adwitied to fhe regular sesalons, but all the Demorrats and Republicans from the North were admitted to the exccutive reasfon, and thua hed an oppors tunity to aco all that went on. The Hoand fa uilm;isx'ncll of natlves of Loulslana amd old sete tlers, “ How about the count helng falrly mado?® q;l\‘r!,o'(l the reporfor, '“what prool Is there ofat )" ** Thera fs eyldenco going to be produced by shoth partics—Domocratic und Republican, The Intter will show that intimidation and violenco wore uscd, which changed the result in varlous lmrhllcn. By the Democrats {t will bo sworn lint the electlon was peaceablo and qutfet, and that thero was no Intimfdation used whatever.” “Haw about outrages! What evidence did you find of themin Evldence, sir, of the most hiorriblo character. 1 1ad neeess Lo at lenst fifLy afildavits, and there were at Jeast 160 of them, detalling every phaso of cruelty that horror might suggest or that could be practiced upon auy human betug, Thele naturg could hardly bo believed, 1t sectus alntost boyond the ken of man Lo imaging un{- thingso hurrible in this nge of enlightenment, in the nineteenth contury. I could hardly bellove that we live under a freo governmont when I read thuso documents. Bub worst of all to me wasthe fact that in support of these utlidavits wero somo of the LIVING AND MUTILATED VICTIMS, and theso pubjects :&mku far lotder nnd moro cloguent than words, Thelr sufferings nnd anguish- touched our very souls. Iwll just F"“ you the substance of ono atlldavit, cover g L?m facta of this fearful bulldozing. oor negro In Ounchita Parish lay ek and iterally belpless, Ho was requested to oin 6 Demckratie club, Ho stated that o was sick. The ‘“bulldozera" fixed a time when ho should llulu. and {fhe did not by that tims he would he visited, The colored man_ knugw what that meant. The night came. Tlo was still slck. The mob cama_und dragged hlin from his bed. Hewas then laid upon o log, slrlguml and given u bull-dose—100 laghes on tho buro back. Lis body Is n Jiving and terribly lacerated wit- ness, Tho storica “of Inthmldation ure so hos- rible and _monstrous that unless one would sco '.{:u nc,t,unl victima ho could scarcely belleve then,! H1i{ow about evidenca on the other sido?" ¢ That {s another matter. In relation to the evidenco produccd by the other slde, they have Tundreds of afilidavits of which the folloiving Is correct copy Paniait o OUACHITA, BTATE OF LOUISIANA,— Personally appeared boforo mg, the unuorsigned ntithority, 2 who, bclni' sworn, deposis and says' that he ' voted the Democrtic tickel at tho Oradys Houes Procinct, Poll No, 1. at the general clection, Nov. 7y 1870; that ho voted sald ticket voluntarily, without. feat, or Intimia- tlon of any kind, or any inducoment in the way of reward; that he knows of no intimidation prac- tised upon any votor In order to Induce him to vote the Democeratle tcket, ——, Swaorn to aud subscribed boforo mo thie —— day of Novomber, 1870, o % This afldayit,” continued Mr. Beardsley, 1¢4¢ should bo borne In mind, fs placed in the hands of the samo Lnlldozers who commitied the outrages. They go to a plantation where n number of colored men ara ut work, They have these aflidavits In blenk by the hundreds,” They have forced into their sorvice n colored Justice of tho Peaco, whom they carry with them. Tho afiiduvit is not allowed tobe voad by thesadown- trodden men, but at the pofut of the gun the negrots aro COMPELLED TO BIGN THEM IN BLANK, and that s the character of the testinony which the Demoerats are getiing up to rebut us, Why, onc of the Crimlual Court Judges told mo that over 1,000 negroes were killed within o year, yot not & man was srrested for thoerimés, Let anegro or o Kepubllcan retall- ate or fight to protect himself, ho {s hounded down and brought to justice,” “What do you think tho result will hoi" “That 1 can't tell. The evidence befora tho Canvassing Bonrd will deterinine that, 1f they decide there was Intimidatlon, they know what todo. The vur{ men who wers bulldozed come to Republican X{eadquarters and say that they bhave signed aflidavits such as I have rglvcn YOl and they can uot protest, for they huve littls crops fu the flelds, and thefr families aro amony tho Regulators, who will murder them in re- tallation, it they ugenk tho truth, aud for that reason they bez'to be Jeft quict. Buch is the atatoment of hundreds whom I have heard of and sowe I'vo scen.” . SHERIDAN. 718 RETURN TRIF FROM NEW ORLEANS, Spectal Dispatch to The Tridune. Caino, 1il,, Nov, 28.—Gen. Phit Sheridan ar- rived In tho city last night and left for Chicago on the afternoon traln, o is accompanied by Stafl-Ofticors Sackett, 8wift, Sheridan, and For- sytho, Quite a number of peopla.called on him at tno St. Charles Tlotel, and representatives of the press sought fu vain to Interview him in re- gard to tho sitnation below, but ho merely ox- pressed the opinlon that things were all right, and that he had no upprebension of anything aarming or serlons, 1 hear from other sources, howaver, that obstructions were found nt elght different places on the rond as he came through, and that the locomotive was thrown from tho track at Stono Foint, und the engineer serloualy Injured, It wus {mpossibie to tind out how wnuch teath thereis In the re- port, the Genoral and stall belug very reticent about unything that occurrcd on the trip up, NORTII CAROLINA. STOPENDOUS FRAUDS, Spectal Dispatch to The Tribune, Wasmnoron, D, C., Nov. 23.—Information from the Republican manngers &y North Carolina has beea recelved here fndl- catlug that o very sorlous contest for the possession of the Htato is sbout Lo Lo begun by the Ropublicans, throuzh n contest ofthe election fn more thantwenty conntles,, It now sppenrs thot when the Republicans ascor. tained that they had cast nearly 10,000 moro votes than when they carrded the State on a formner oceaslon, thoy went quictly to work to ascertaln tho character and extent of the frauds by which the Democrats bad beaton them. The apparent convesslon of the State by the Repub- licans THRLW THE DEMOCRATS OFF THEIR GUAND, and the former had a pretty clear fleld for thelr seerot nvestigations, and these lhave now ns- sumed auch shape as to justify the Chalrman of the Republican Comnittee in entoring u formal protest against the Governor giving the Electoral certlficates to any one untit the facts of the election in over twenty countles ean be brought to tho atfention of the proper oflicers, The clection of onoof the Democratic Electors lias been sscertalned boyond question to be In- eligible, ns ho held the office of Commissioner of Svuthern Clalms. Iiis case will make it pos- sible, If need require, to_nontralize tho adinis- slon of the Democratie Elector in Oregon. Ratwou, Nov. 23,—United Btates Sonator Tausow, whose terin oxpires noxt Marcl, was to-lay re-clected Lo the Senate, The proclumation of Gov. Bragden of tho re- sult of the recent clection n this State gives Tilden » majority uf 10,178, with threo- siall countles not yeu heard from olficially, e NEW JERSEY. COUNTING TIB VOTE, TurxtoN, Nov, 28.—The Now Jersey Board of Btuto Canvassers mot In the Senatu Chambor to-duy Lo count the ofiicial vots of the State. The result for Electars is: Tildes, 116,000 layes, 103,515; mujority, 11,915, John Y, Fos- torand Johu L. Murphy filed 8 protest against the clection of Benjuuin Williamaon, one of the ‘Tilden Electors, for;the reason that Willlumson held the position of United Stutos Comumisslon- ery un ofllee of profit, und under the laws uf the Undted States s not ellgiblo to the offies of an Elector, The recention of the paper was debated, and finally the Buard refused by u votoof 4 to 4 to reculye tho protost, on the ground that they had no right tu consider tho questivo, —— CATLIFORNIA, 'TIY OFPICIAL VOTE, 8aN FrANCHiCO, Nov. 26,—Tho Eccretary of Btate last night canvasaed the vote of the State, giviug Hayes 73,003 voted, and Tikden 75,811, Marlon County wus not fucluded, the returns not having been recetved, but will noy afect the result, The Becretary of Btate eoys, unofliclally, there will be a conteat, probably, between Poas checo and Wigginton, candilates for Congress fn the Fourth District, on the following grounds: 1n Monterey County the Bupervisors canvosseld und certilied the returng to the County Clerk, In that certificate an error lu the foollug wusmade. The Ban Lorenzo pre- cluct shows two more votes for Wigeinton than were aetually cast, Tho County Bfurk aubiu. quently changed the footings to vorreapond with thic firures. As Pacheeo has but ong ios Jorlty, it s expected Wigginton will cuntest, an the ground that the cerilficate of the Surtr— visor wus s tluality, and the Clerk had no right to chango the fzurca, THB YOURTH DISTRICT, Sy FrANQ1300, Nov. 28.—With refcronce to the inpending contest o the Congeressional election In the Fourth Diatrlet, Republlean lead- era hero way that If Wlfilnlnn vontests (hey Thava evlilonce ot hand of frands in 8an Beaito, Fresno, Merced, anid Muntcrsy Countles, n cors rectlon'of whieh will giva Pactieco o dectied majority, The frands nre alleged to have been in conncetlon with naturalization aud regiatra- tion, and to implicate certatn County Judges, MICHIGAN. TIE OPFIOAL RETURNS. Currespondence Detyolt Toet, Lansiga, Mich,, Nov. 25.—The Board of Stato Cunva ssora concluded tho count of the voto on Presklentinl Electors to-day. Threa countles, viz.: Chippewn, Mackinae, and Schooleraft, by the neglizenca of thelr county offleers, fallto Tiave have nny voice fu tho election of Prestdent s time. On account of tho returns being Incking from tho alove-namod threo countles, tho eanvass of votes for State officers {5 post- poned nntil some future time, belween now and Dee. 15. The foltowing Is the vole by countics on Presidential Electors: Coop- Countles, Alenna Kalkaska . Rent.oen Keweenaw. .oo Murquetie Mason, .. Mecosia. Menomin Midland, . Missaule Monroo . Monteulin ... Muskegon,. Newayio.,e GQakland, Oceann Ogenttt Ontony Usccola Otsego Ottawn.., Presquc Iele, Torcommon,. Snginaw, Sanllac,. Schobleral Shinwnssce, Clair, Joseph Turcoln ... Van Buren Washtenaw Wayne . Wexford ..o The hlghest number of votes cuat for o Hayes Elector was 166,53, The highest number cast for o Tilden Elector was 141,005, Plurality for Hu_rca, 25,180, Greenback (Cooper), 0,005 Pro- libition, 7663 Amerlean, 71, MINNESOTA. THE OFPICIAL VOTE, 1, Paut Pioneer-Dress. The followlng are the oflicial roturns upon Prestdentlal Eleetors and Congressmen, as mada from the oflicfal returns forwarded to the Llo~ neer-Press by tho County Auuitors, Yhe Presis dential vote s complete, but four small coun. tles fu the Third Conwressional District aro not yot roportod: . THE PRESIDENTIAL VOTR. I870, PREBIDENT, g & Counties, § g 3 = H T 1 487 U a Iy Stone. Ifue Eurth Cloy.: Cottonwood ,, Crow Wi Lrecbarn, Goodhus . Kandlyohi },mk: nul Parle, Martin,... Mecker, Total iz o] EXTCERTY) PINAT CONUGNESSIONAL DIxTAICT, 1ur-puil, o 10,718 i), 731 1, 010 17,005 0y, 1870--Ktrait. Wilded TIIRD € 1874 =Lk, INDIANA. AN BXTRA XLECTION, Spectal Dispaled to The Tridune, InpiaNAroLts, lud, Nov. 43.—Gov. Hen- drlcks has glven another evidence of his bitter und contomptible paréfaan nature by tho death of Mr. Cree, Benutor from Madison aud Delu- ware Counties. The Republeans have the op- portunity of electing his successor, thus making the Benato o tle, “The Lecislature meets Jan, 4, und thero f6 pleuty of time fn which to hold tho eloctlon beforo then, but Hondrlcks' pro- posus to keep tho nrgunizution of the Benate In the hunds of the Democravy, solely for the pur- posa of securing the miuor ofiices, by postpone lug the date of clectiug Orec's successor untll of Jawuary, If tho Bennte woro n tle a compromiso would ba effected on tho electton of oflicers, but Hendrlcks does nway with the necesalty of “n compromise hy coolly keoplog the Itopublicans oub of one of ther pomber, until the organization s L-omylnlcd. This f8 {ho Democrntic reform eandidate’s filea of honesty aud politienl falrmoss. ANOTHRR NEIRESENTATIVE DEAD, A, AL, Bioddards Joink Representative-eloct from Montizomery and Tarke Countles, dled Inst Saturday. Ho was an Tdependent bumu- creaty and hie will be aucceeded by o Republican heyond doubt, This whi gtve the Republicans six majority on Joint hallot, KENTUCKY. NOW A RERTUCRY JUDGR * BULLDOZED ! A COM- MEROIATL TOURIST. 79 the Editor of The Tridune. Cii10A60, Nov. 28.—Tho inclosed Is a copy of part of tho contents of o lebter just received fram one of our commercial travelors, dated Lexington, Ky., Nov. 26, and may to of sufll- clent importance to publish asan evidence of the oxcited stato of feeling at presont oxisting In tho Bouth: When 1 get to Loulaville T will declde better whnt conreo to puraue about prolonging my trip South, My fmpression now fx that It willnot pn(. A Chl- cago man {4 regarded na nlmost & curloslty in this 8tato, nnd 18 lovked npon with distrust and auspi- clon, Tolltics In the all-abrorbing fople in biiainers places, stroct.corners, hotels, eto. Thero {8 no apparent Intereat In business, War (s talked froc. Jy among the natives here. Yosterday while on my way trom Covington, on {he Kentucky Central Railroad, & gentloman from Cincinnatl (a Hayes mlnf entered into. mn argament with 8 Kentucklan (a “Jndgo eo called) whon *1tho Judgo™ drow hissix-shooter in the ear amd attempted lo enforeo his argument swith thnt mo- dinm, but was pravented by the conductor of {he traln, Tho Judge occupled tho seat In front of e, and after ho had covled down komowhat lio turned around in his seat and ingnired of me, **What might your poiitica be, young foller v The experlence of o few maments before had buen o warning to me, and 1 lost no time in declaring my loyalty to ‘*Sumuel J.," and was rowarded by ;‘l:‘nly for you" from the Judgo, Huch is Ken. ucky, VIRGINIA. TH® POURTI CONGRESSIONAL DIBTRICT. Nxw Yok, Nov. 98.—A dispateh from Rich- mond, Va., snys tho Stato Board of Canvasscrs yesterday declded toablde by the returns of the votea cast for Representative In tho Fourth Vir- ginla Distrlct, and glve the certifleate to Jorgen- son, Republican, Tho Board refused to comply with tho request of Hinton, the Democratie can- dldate, to attnch to the certificates statement charging tho Federal milftary and civil authori- ties with interfering with the election. Ilinton has given notlco of contest, NBw Yonk, Nov. 28.—A Times' Rlichmond (Va.) dispatch says: “It s understood that, should he become President, Tilden will give the Attornoy-Generalship to Judge Jolm A, Meredith, of Richmond.” The correspondent [mys 1iim a high compliment s a fino lawyer And honorable gentleman, ALABAMA, THE UNITED STATES SENATORSIIP, MoxrcouEnY, Ala, Nov. 23,—The Scnate nnd Houso voted separately to-day for Unlted States Senator. ‘The Democratle’ eaucus, in order to prevent nn clection being made by the Republicans concentrating on one of the Demo- crats, ngreed this morning that the Scoote Democrats vote solld for Mr. Pugh, and the House Democrats solld for Gen. Morgan, Tho cancus meots agafn at 4 p, . The Re- publican voto of the Scnate and House apgre- #ates 24, and, cast entirely for eithor Pugh or Morgan, a8 the Democratic vole now stands, would elect, MOSLOAN NOMINATED, Moxraourry, Nov, 28.—Gen. John T. Mor. gan hns received the Demnocratic cateus nomina- tion for United States Senntor, nnd will bo cleeted to-morrow to succeed Goldthwalte, RIODE ISLAND. TUE INCLIGIBLE BLECTOR. © Provipence, R, L, Nov, 28.~The Governor has cailed an oxtra session of the General As- seimnbly, to meet fn this elty next Friday, to clect a Prealdentisl Elector In place of George Ii. Cl?fl{ss. adjudged by the Sdpremo Court In- cligible, TIIE NEXT IIOUSE, WO WILL BB SPRAKER] Spectal Digputch to The Tribune, Wasmx~aron, D, C., Nov. 23.—The Speaker~ ship conteat hus hardly begun, so far ns surfaco Indications go, but it is well understood that o definlte plan hos been arranged in New York, There seems to bo & remarkable unsnimity among Democratic members fn the bellet that Mr. Tilden can be dictutor ot the Mouse if he chooses, aud that the person whomn ho desig- nates will bo the caucus ehofee. 'The best opin- fon {8 that Mr. Tilden's chiofeo {a between Ran- dall and Cox, Both of thess gentlemen have o better knowledge of parllamentary rules and tho customs of the House than any of tho other cundidates mentioned, and one at Jeast hos the bulldop courago and physieal energy which It {s sald Mr, Tilden desires in the neiv Bpeuker, Bayler I8 not much spoken of by tho fow East- ern men who have arrived, ‘The friends of Raudall eay that ho WILL DE T LEADING CANDIDATE it ho wishes the place, Ife scems to bnse his candidaey In part upon the twenty-second Jolnt rule, ns hoalone of all the candidates men- tioned bas committed himsclf to the assertion that that rule Is st} in forco, Hrrlu]{cr, of lllinola, has beon mentloned within a few days by some of Lis frionds ns & posalble candldate. ” The ITouse will not, how- ever, bo npt to seleet #o new o man. Howitt wonld be obliged to refuse it on nccount of his health, which i very poor, and which haa been wneh enfeebled by s duties ss Chairman of the Natfonal Democrutic Comumitteo, i GOV. HAYES. A SENSATIONAL STORY BPOILED, Dispateh lo Cincinnatl Commercial, Corustnus, 0., Nov. 27.~There {8 no founda- tlan whatover In faet for the prepostorous story which orlzinated with a Democratic paper here, and has been made a ecusation of st other voints, to the effect that (lov. Hayes has glven up the Presldential election, or that ho hus com- municated to Senator 8herman at New Orleans, or with the Committes at Washington, on the subject, . The fact {s, that, sinco the November eloc- tlon, a8 before, Gov. Hayes has appeared con- tent to leave the result in tho hands of those who aro legally charged with the responsibility of President-making, and hos in no caso Inter- fered to fnfluence, the officers or tho rommit. tees, At the same time, his assurances from every quarter entitled to confidence, that bo " hnd recelved the vote cast for o majority of: otho Electorul — College, have bean so definite and nutbientio that it {4 impossiblo that ho s entertained any idea of vefusing to accept tho respousibilities of the Presldontinl oflice, should the assurances by reulized by the oflielal count, Qov, Huyces i8 a mun difticult to scare, coax, or hully, and, during tho prnlmxt;od period of sus- ensa in which the Democratle politiclana have anzcd on keeplng the cauntey, by thelr offorts todefeat tho honeat voto in thibdisputed States, Tio has apparently been sutiafiod to awalt oftlelal results calmly, though without any affectation of ind(fTeronce on thy ons hand, or appearance of bruvado on tho othor, B. 3. Loostia, KANSAS, THE OPFICIAL FIGURES. Torekds, Kaw, Nov, 26.~The State Board of Canvassers to-day devlded not to {asue cortiti- cates to mombers of tho Leglslature from Barier, Rusk, Hooks, and Kingman Countfes, thero not belug votes cunough cast In sufd countles to entitls them undoer the Constltu- tion to representation. ‘The total votv for Electora f5: Huyes, 78,8433 “Tilden, 87,009; Temperance, 110§ Anierican Alljunce, lfl. e a— CORRIESPONDENCE, THX BDUCATIONAY, QUALIFIOATION, 19 the Editor of The Tribuns, BunviNgroN, fa., Nov. 37.~Whlle the peoplo wro strugullug for o more perfect and purer form of republican Governinont, it is painfully obylous that of ull reforms that have utterly falled to recelvo the attentlon of the intelligent maas of yoters, both Republlcan and Democrat de, the * right to voto™ has recelved tho lcast, “There have been few olectlona, 1f uny, siuco the organization of this Govermment, oxcept pere hapa sinall township or county elections, or in representative diatricts, whero the majority was 80 grge ns to preclude B0 hopo vr chance of euccess on tho part of tho miuority, that have not been currled by politieal trickery, foul- handed dishonesty, and unmistakablo fraud. Ia all the Jargo citics of tho United Btates, down ta the small towns of 3,000 or 4,000 Inbubitouts, ab [ returned conviet, 1y any election, do wo find a4 onrnasertion. il (] s fusty i e : > fyAnd Inger; Yok ity Ol an ey 0 b o L .“"::::ircint,- n(:u“:rm Wil il st 10,000 Ty e State af Towy oy it SO0 b, uajoty T oo, gve 1ittlo whisky anil n few Qollars ) rlx:)y third-rato butnmer that (n Tortnnaty L:n’i'l? Ibu"l:“'rg;?:m:n |\ lth-km. Ulmhm‘:;lx'mgt Eiblog o oy Orleans, Mempiis, ‘and pjt s, fi l";"“f t{l‘iin‘;im' lmv~n done, oud can do agnls.: s infamous practl respectablo ull.ll.mll of t%ncz: Jfiffifi"y'ffy“r:.’m danger ty thy gyl 1 v mands nn timmediate and ‘:"n( FiRernment, do- "o sight menedi conitionnl refley l'l“’.(!h%“‘cf 2L ynnrl:cy (&":-l;?;'::‘mm or qualiiled clectlon lield 1t s preciset, o degenctRbEvery Conatitution of it Gr‘:‘tfi"lus(:fi{?qml e :u ;E‘;}o%‘;‘::i‘:n;?t"](t’ armed with tie m?wnll':} mem oot makes lrlmnlruamnn, and cvey ull excrelse of that, Bt when, by timidation o & of frawd, najoritics nro rcfifim bl()lm:lli"”'f(lle‘ thon tha honeat votor Is chieated af his. righ he tho electivw (ranchiso, from which, 1 1E1L, 0 luimlfl:)l&trfilum there fs o n[;[lcnl iy rreat deal lins been safd o ' tio Tallotbox, ‘thous “ald e puslty o respectabilit fifé‘.fc' lu“n,lmr;luychbucmmi‘ pfllyllltun ml]msh:ll:llfi: a_disreputal or liag been, aod s, In tho Lluzfi!& J?’fl{f’fi} inutinous trew, that respeetable men will uk. no part whatever in cf cetions, when thle ur: sove 18 tho cansa of all our polltenl eyits, J In only wlien a comiunlty sces iiself, n onat dplizht, robbed, Voota anl- brosds HopD will rise up snd go to the polls and wine gut th mob, as n tho recent munlelpal nr:cunn u’[ Chiengo, The importarce ‘of denositing th ballot s Inmontably underratediby the bys ne: 2 men of the country, And there” ought to he“- inw fu overy Stato compalling eycry lawfu] vnu: :::’ 5](2 3: :ll:lc;‘;:cx:‘l)l‘u' on :vcry‘ ¢lection-lay, anq & DIere par Ll Ioj\tln: Iren% ma, partloan candidate, by n effeetive remedy.for- tho pol with which our country ’?sm{f.flsfi"flfl,{ doubtedly lles In an cduentfonal qualific. tion for all voters, Knowledgo 15 power, aud Ignoranco fs defeated at cvery” pon in every gamo DA/ & superfor hxt«{llnuure and if there is one duty more than another (hef onght to be done, and peremptorily too, by Cungrcu 1t 1t next. sosslon, nfter tho prospcet. vo Presidential muddio {s sctifcd, that work fs to aubmit to the Leglsintures of every State an atmnendment to the Crmnmutlnn.pmvl«lluz a strlct educational qualifieation for every ong now Iawfuily entitled to cast his yote, Buch an amendment would, no doubt, doprive some re. spectablevoters from coming lo thie polls,while, a1 the other hand, it would shut out, B mass of ignorance from both partler, and leave suchmen n8 -John Morrisaey the alternative of spending thelr timo at their buoks, trvlig to get an edus catlon, - or in thejr nmblmq-liulfi;—bm. de- prived of the rizht to keep any one clso there, There is no doubt that - by such- a Jaw the negrocs of the South would for a short tima be excluded {rom Lhic polls, leafing the whites for # time In undisputed control of” the hallot-box, but to balanco this Joss, however, wuuld be the “low white trash ¥ of the country, Which,when waighed on these seales, will be found, to the astouishment of alost cvery thinking man, to Dalanco the black welght la the ather 5¢00p; ‘Lhe Ignorance of both parties checkmated by thid plan, would bring about to o cortaln extent alimited compulsory education, which moro than anything else fs needed to arrest the gror- Ing lawlessness that -overridus too maay see- Alons of the country, ‘Then would coma o racs between the flifterato white and black man for citizenship, with an increased demand for school-honscs and schopls buoks, upon which rests, alded by the socla) ana religfous influcnco of the country, the only hope of a'better citizenship and permanent R?m\l{l}c. I TRBURE COMMRNDED, To iha Edltor of The Trivune. RemrvaroN, nd, "Nov, 27—The present “ glectton muddle,” as it 5 termed, hos its pood 8 woll as bad'efeets, and prominént among the former 18, it has iriven the people an oppor- tunity to decide which of the Chicago papers considers *“truth mightier than partylsin,"— and whichin your excellent paper has beena loading feature since the elcction was held, ‘Though n Republican, I read Tie TRIBUSE for its relfable informatlon priucipaily, for all that & Democrat hng to do to substautiate his ssser- tion that “Tilden I8 elected, dead sure,” Isto refer to Keenan's Chicago ZYmes ;7 and w bitnd partisan of the othor side to checr his heart Wwith the nsacrtfon that * Haoyes is the nest President," 18 to seek comfort {n the good, but sanguine, Jnfer-Ocean. But you have handled this question with such dué consideration to veradty,—though you don’t _encourage s fellow worthacent *'to bet hls bottom dollar, —it 1ias had tho offect of preparing both partles in tnge of their respectivo defeats (for one ust be), and when defeated it will fend the losing one tosubduo thefr partfsan feeling and submit to the ‘falr and honcst deelsion of thoso to whom such deefslon legully belonga, Auditls that inlsslon that » cvery journal in the land of both parties ought to perforim, Instead of fllllnfi their poper with fmprobalile sensationsand Y bluliing* thre: TRespectfuls 1y, eten « A THAVELING AAN. A RADICAL CURE. I the Editor of The Tribuns. Cnrsco, Ia,, Nov. 27.—I take this method o1 cxpressing my views on the greut notional struggle. Flrat, it appears to me that we are on the eve of another war, and how to eetile this question Ia what tho peaple want to know Now, in my Judgment, there Is only onc way, and it fs this: Lot tho Jaboring men of this ua- tlon rise up cn mass, and say to those leaders of contention Loth North and South, “If you bring about another war, you must {ight it out yourselyess we will not fight it for you, aud i vou don't acttle it, we, thu poor men of the nited Stntes, wiil chop your hiends oft_on the ock," B, Vax Loas. MISCELLANEQOUS. - NEBRABKA, Speclal Digpatch (o The Tribune. LincoLn, Neb., Noy, 28.~The otlicial vote of the State, convassed to-dny, with threo small countles to hear from, pives Ilayes 31,05%; Tik den, 18,5503 Cooper, 2,8005 scattering, un . THE REBELS, Hpecial Dispatch to The Tribuns. Apniaw, Mich,, Nov, 28.~Joseph Gray,awell kuown citlzen of this county, who bought & furm in North Carolinn and settled with bis fawily five ycurs aigo, had written to friends lh?: 1 has beesi warned to leavo .because of Repu! 1ican sentitments, und, for the sakie of his {ly, proposes Lo sacrifice property and ‘}:{E Mr, Hasclton, Anulgnbarlnfi farmer, also fr the North, comes with hiin for the same cause —————— THE PROHIBITIONISTS, Wasninatox, D. C., Nov, 38.—The Board :vl Managers of the Natlonal Teuporanco !oclem}i have udopted a resolutlon, reapectfully l‘ 2 earnestly requestiug the Ilouse of Represen! I. tives to concur, with th least posaiblo deln{;‘ fl tho passage of o LIl pendiug fu that b 1’; aud which hea twiee passed hi Bouato of the United Btates, 1 provida for tho appointment of o romml!:llun rt« nguiry to investigato and yeport upots ‘n:‘w sults of the tmfl{’u in uleoholle Myuors b e nection with crime, pouperisu, - the i ?(ull health, and the moral, nm!nll‘ aud ll_m: vemm well-belng of the peaple, su also -finu{w llcensa sud probibitory legislation fu tho se Blutes, 3 ———— APHIC_NOTES, New YoI:ELEfa%. 03, =The Citlzeny 'fi, ll,‘:: Journal of this clty, has passed fto the f ‘.imx vontral of Miehaol J, Heffernan, fopncr ly e of the Irisk Feopie und Ameriean Lells = o Br. Louis, Blo., Nuv. 3, —Tho nlm‘c‘_u i Judge Kuight took L'l“"" m«uvflrluu ol be- tunded by nearly u{:‘:u%lrumrx“: 'l'lhn o 2 ©Oneo Tho LINES :l::{xugrl(‘l‘-'; ot Caurts closed out of pespect nismemorys {ARDS, aw Youe, ot Bh-Tis uilrd o ment was brought to a close to-nicih e D;ou deteating Daly, 800 to 232, and Josep! k{ cault Dion defeatiug Rudoiphe, 800 to :&Jn:l;l;?l rmon ot tlmtolmmuuntlnlml.Iludolphel P N, Bl d and Blusson ure thed for tho u{.:'{";;nh e, third prizes. Garnfer tukes :“ Stabiprize and Joseph Dion takes the billtar fur the beat general averakey : uia's Productions. cn]lllr‘:r)'flrbb’"uufl 100 of Ker Dr. Btockton, & suceasful {nx}fim 1D paui Couuty, Cal, l":“;‘u“::‘ufl-‘#l:%{ Early g(.,;? R 8 | o ucre ;«‘:‘::infl;fl;n& uucrbhu lJ!lIz-cx‘:I :::ll“"l‘fl“"‘r“ e Is stock of wubullL Bfl“?:ll;:lf:mu eunrmo:l‘um"‘::fi‘fl'l;, pounds year, six of which wolyl:c »;lwml_' wud est welghlng 33 0 ihy largest mlg“ u&“ lurge oues aro 3 suinller onesk