Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 4, 1876, Page 1

- Ohe Chicage Daily Tribwe, VOLUME XXXL FINANCIALs i = e " NEAR AT HAND. Yet No News of Any 'Count Received Yesterday. foticeto Depositors. Manifestly Critieal Condition ot Affnirs at Colum« bia, 8. C. () NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE bav- decided to retire from business, has consol- ' ited s cconnts ith those of the CENTRAL FATIONAL BANK.—Methodist Church Block. ni as deposited with that Bank the neces- sry funds to pay sl its Depositors on demand srequired, o thelr acconnts may e continued {here on the same {erms as hitherto with the (OMHERCE. (ustanding checks and drafts on the NA- 710NAL BANK OF COMMERCE will be paid by ( CENTRAL NATIONAL against balances. T, C. MAYNARD, President. The Long-Heralded Dade County in Floridae at Length Reports. Her Teeming Population Voted Nine for Hayes and Five for Tilden. This Makes the Count in the ‘Whole State Forty-sev- en for Hayes. ‘CENTRAL NATIONAL BANK.E Chicago, Dec, 4, 1876, The NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE hav- g transferred its accounts to us, we respect- ask 8 continnance of the samo with this ‘Bank, and pledge oureelves te sea that your in- {sare served fu every way consistent with The Louisiana Board Ex- pected to Decide for the Hayes Electors. yund banking. Difference of Opinion as to What Mr, E. Maynard, Cashier of the COMMERCE, Is Horse-Sense in Treating \wasaciated himself with this Bank as active Vie-President, and you can thus feel assuved {hst your business will receive the samoliberal frestment it hos hitherto enjoyed, Belog a new Bank, carrying large cash means snd 8 sound ling of disconnts, we feel sure of . ailfying you fully fu all respects, . W. F. ENDICOTT, President. E. MAYNARD, Vice-President, J, McK. SANGER, Cashier. DIRBECTORS. WH. STEWART, of Stawnrt, Aldrich & Co, JIR, MCKINDLEY, of HcKindley, Gilchriat & Oo, the Poll-Lvil. A Plan of Getting Ount of the Present Tronble Bubmitted by Oarl Bohurz, Life in One of the Bulldozed Par- ishes of Louisiana. Affidavit of the Hon. W. R, WL P, ERDICOTT, of Bibly, Endioott & Co. Hardy, District Attorney W, E. ARNOLD, of Barrott, Arnold & Kimball, of Quachita. CHAR V, MARSH, of Marsh & Bros, , EINSDALE, of 1. W, Hinsdale & Co. 5 %:,V AR, of xfifi' Ash & Qo Observations of a Chicago Man in FRANOIB HORGAR. Virginio and Georgia. SOUTII CAROLINA. THE PACTS. Speciat Dispateh to The Tribuns. WasriNgToN, D. C., Dee, 8.—It 13 hard toget. at the exact truth in refation tu the actlon and present attitude of the Administration fn the South Caroliua {mbroglio. Members of the Cabinet, it they have aggreed in thelr officlal ace tion, have not always entlrely accorded In thelr statements {n conversation as to what that ac- tion has been, and o good deal of doubt exists even fu well-tnformed ofiiclal cireles concernlog tho probable course that will bo taken during the next two days. All the information avall- able to-night as to the sltuation here and in Columbia may be summarized ss follows: FIRST, the orders to Gen, Ruger dld not contemplate the diveet Interference of the military Inthe or- gunizatfon of the Leglslaturc. Kor this we Liave the President’s own statement. The troops were to keep the pease nud sustain the J1awful State suthoritics against violence. The Democratfc members {ntended to run over tho doorkeepers and rush {nto tho House just os they did on Thursday, and the oflicer in nmme- diate command appears to have cxcceded his fnstructions In aiding the doorkeepers to halt tbem and examline thefr credentlats. The ter- rible bugbear of military despotisin hos just that much founda tion of reality and o more. SECOND. the orders first sent to Gen. Ruger were approv- ed by all the members of the Cabinet, and TPER CENT ;s of §13,.000 and npwnrd on cholco fuside real e, SmANCT sumant B peT cent. GUIN 1. AVERY & CO.. 150 Lasalle-st, T PER CENT, Cholce Joans on chiolce bualness property at SEVEN $R00 8¢ H; $2.000 a0l §1, (00 AL B SCUDDER & MASON, 107-109 Dearborn-at. HONEY AT LOW RATE E‘lm" Farehouse Recelpts for Grain and Provis; 5,00 City Certificates and Vouche: on Rents and picts, CATARUD SIVRITHAN, - & fank Chanber of Commerce. 28, AR AR~ A ' THE CANADA T Mannfacturig Go. Madison-st., N. W. Cor. Franklin, Haamong its customers the LEADING JOBBING HOCSES In the West—-a sufilcivnt guarantee of the SUPERIOR WORKMANSHIP, BTYLE, QUALLTY of its goods, and of LOW PRICES, Largest dls t Sonl a | were clearly within the limits of the constitu- Scolla Mink Su’nm-, ¢ .Fd Hinkednes, No tional powers of tho President. After the Fine Pur Trimmings a specialty. Dermocrats broke into the Ifouse the queation Alargs and well n::‘bl" ;ifl;vhnl“o.:;:rmd stock of Buffalo, Wolf, 17 goods made to erder at shostest notice. BEAK & BUCHER. arose as to what course should be taken with rezard to the claimants of seats from Edgeficld and Laurens Countics who have no certllicates, Democrats in Columbia expected that Gen, Ru- AMink and Sealskin | gerwouldat ouco expel them, and many Re- Sacqites, Irs of every publicans iere contemplated such actlon, but description, Bestgoods, | all forzot that ~ the troobs were Lowest prices at morely sustaining tha rightful State autborl- J. S, BARNES & CO., ties to keep the peace, and that no call had been made by Gov. Chamberlaln for 70 Madison-st. Iranle Ofices TO RENT IN TXIBE TRIBUNE BUILDING. INQUIRE OF WILLIAM C. DOW. Boom 8 TRIBUNE BUILDING aid In clearing the Legislativo Hall of {atruders. When such o call {8 mada L will be time for the President to cansider what {s his duty in the remiscs. The President is not rumilng the Emlu Government of Sputh Curollnu by mlii- tary force, whatever the Dowmocratic newspopera oy say. TUIRD, gslongas that Legisiaturo does nothing but talk, the dead-lock will probably continue. It any action should ba taken leading to u recogni- 1ion by the Governor of ouc of the two hudles as lefiw!. such recognition, it s believed hiere, would be sustained by the President. It 4 still lioped that a satisfactory arrangeniont will he mude by to-niorrow, and that there will ot be two rival State Governments juzugurated. FOULTIL a falr statement of the ditleulty has been pro vented thus far by Tilden's purtisana fu en- deavoring to capture the Electoral vote. Ite- publicana and Dewmocrats were at tirst wilting to aceept the result us shown on the face of Lhe re- turne, Lat the uawarrauted Interference of “the suprema Court, under circumstanves rafsing a strung suspicion of venality on tho part of the Judges, bus deluyed such “u gettlement. ltad the Demotrntic” emissurles from New York kopt out of tho State there would probably hiave been no trouble. virera, 4 the last mava of the Supreme Court s held by Ttepublicans to cap the climax of usurpation. 1t fs characterized by the beat Juwyers as o mon- strous perverslon aud abuse of judicial puthority for partison ends, Presidential Electors™ are United Btutes oflicers, neting solely umder @ nited 8tates Jaw, and s Siate Court inight us well attempt to arrest Benators on their way to Waehington, or lotk up Cotlectors sa they could not callect the revenue, 88 to restraln the Electors from the performunve of thoir dutles, It is belleved that the outrage of this performance of the Court will not” be allowed to go further, aud that writs will be served on the Judges to-mur- yow urderlug them to apscur befare the United Btates Clrcult Court sud answer before Judfie Bond to the charge of secking to unlawfully hiuder United States ofticlals from performing the functions of thelr nllices. 8IXTIL, the desporato and corrupt effort to steal the Electoral voto of tho State instigated by partisan Democrats fu the North will, it 15 contidently stated, prove futile, Bouth Carulina voted fav Hayes, and Hayca will receive its Electoral vote. TERS, (LD PAPERS ) FOR SALE, AT T cfs. per Hundred. diply at Tribune Counting Room. NOTICE. m‘gl‘fimnnlnl Bureau of America, OLD PA AY, Spectal Dispalci to The Trivuns. WASHINGION, Uec. 8.—Lhe cxpectation here lbauntey of A2 Proinotion of marriages throughout Q"B irone. - batiable Higtcliee. niade T daad ge; e s uiads £8 | 4o-nfght ia that to-morrow an atlempt will be B eenty roiSRHeRIco o any pare of theoountry, Een /' REAALOF Aoy ot Jdormatin. - AL % | waie' by the Repuplican ofiiclals of the South ! Andries do I‘i‘l‘l‘l‘.“fl‘l':glu{\fl.:‘)«'.:" % ul:’l"f.‘ ; i tho Laurcns and Carolins Luglslature to n{ccz Edgzefield Democrats, und that this tnove will be IDE arted by the Gaveruor witls a1t the pow- er at bis contrul, II thisdues not prove sutll cient, hio will of course call upon the United Stutes for assistance and thus sccure tho sasist- anco of troopa in a perfectly regular manner, CONURESBIONAL. Great numbers of Seuators nud Representa- tives Lavo called upon the President, The -&L‘“MH““: MELTINGS, Stookholders’ Meeting. Ciscauo, Nov. 17, 1870, ‘th X E‘q“fl“%fi meeting of ‘Stockholdets fin Clicagor 1t be beld ut the oflice of the Compauy, | yplformly approve his course. Becretary Flih & n., (o, Mondsy, Dec. 11, 1870, at 11 o'cluck | giag supp’or&puw Presldent [n cvery partfeular, $a3du'up R o agidg ofors stockAniders | Sithougli e did uob approve, te s of 16 | W:‘.T & uh{:"o Raiiroad and far such other | silitary authorities bu South Cuvolina. i 47 Jogally come befors the weelivg CRITICAL. dm'r. HALL, 8acrsiary, Gouyamis, B, Cy Dec. B—1t CHICAGO, MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1876. night that preparations are heing made by the State Constabulary or militia to romoves the Democratfe S%c;knr from the ¢lalr he ocaupies, and eject the Demacratic members of the Edge- fleld and Laurenr County dalegation whom the Republicans cinim wero not legally elected. The report states that they will be sustained hy tho United Stotea troops. Owing to these re- !u)ru, the Democrats aro preparing for No warst. It s feared they will resist the Btate Constabulary, = but Juot the troops, Lurge numbers of people are expeeted to arrive to-morrow o the State Fatr, in antiipation of Hamplon's inauguration. The situation to-night fa critlcal. JOINED TIIE HAMPTON COLUMN. Corumpia, Dee. 2~Two Republican mem- hers (colored), Wyers and Hamilton, have just deserted the Itepiblican sfde and been sworn in Dy the Democratie Bpeaker. Roth_ House are still in session, The Senate has ndjourned tiil Monday, HAMPTON APPLIES,TO THE COURTS. ,A motion wus made m—d? in the Supreme Court. in bebalf of Wallace, Speaker of the Dem- ocratic House, for a mandamus on Mackey, Bpeakerofthe RepublicanIlouse,tocompel himto detiver the reeurns for Governor fn Mackey's Ixuu\-ulo\\ to Willace, as the legal Speakerof hio legal Ilonses ulso amotion for A quo war- ranto on the 1loyes Electors, Both cases arc to be heard Monidny, Mackey, fu the Ilouso this evening, told Wal- lave he latended to remove the Edgeticld men with State Constableyr, Wallavo said the House was Lhia only conservetor of its own order, and could not legally he interfered with by Con- stables or nn{ autside force, and he would resist them with all the power nt Lis command, and would yleld only to United States troops under Geu. Ruger, A QUEER PROCEEDING. Corunsia, B, C., Dew £.~9 p. m.—The Re- rubllmms to-nlght sealed four new members ront Abbeyville County. No protests or con- tests wera lieard, 'The Democratic members with certifleates of election from the Board of Canvassers, wepe in the Hall. RULLDOZING IN BOUTH CAROLINA. AIREN, Nov, 20.—~7Tv_the Fxlitor of the New Y "ribune: 1 had hoped to ba apared from writing accounts of any more out~ nzzes, but the thne haa come when “silencg lias ceased to be o virtue,” und *the fear of man may he a snare whercby we moy be again cutaneied with the P'olw of boundage.” 1 have zalked with o man who lefv his home on the morning of- clection-day, Nov 7, think- {ngto vote at n certain polluud "then go on to his work, When he reachied the place he was told hie could not vote there, The votera pres- ent being nearly all white men, e thought it DLest to lcave quietly, snd go to & poll where there were United Stutes troops, He was fol- lowed by three men, and, when a short distance on Wi way, wea sclzed by them, and the follow- ing dizloguc took place, with inany more oaths thau I sbiall glve: do with the d—— nigger? Wit shall we Let us kill him." #Yes, b{—-— 1et us kill him," sald onother, Qnc ot the white men loosencd his hold and stepped awny. To usc the words of the negro: & T'thought they would kill me sure, and [ eay, ¢ If your golug to kill me let me make prayer, 4 No, yon —— —, you ought to have doae R hon, 1t a pencll el then, ou got paper and pen about you lot me \n?lte n%gw an to my wite; she thinks I'm gzone on to my work, and il Ibe dead I want her to know ft.” “Nol If you had been home attending to her and minding {nur business you would not get his to-dag. . \Wo are going fo stop nlggers rul- inz white folks, we .are golng to have it.” Thuy then sald: ©We will give him ffty lashes apiece.” Thev cut sticks from the road- side, and told the negro to take off his coat and shirt, I loy down on his face, and the com- mand came, “Get on your knees, lean over, tighten up your skin so [ can cut it.” At the first lnsh, the negro says, 1 jumped up, when ons snd, ‘Do you waut me to klck LO“ {n tho mouth? If you do that smain I'Il kick every tooth out of your head.’” ‘Themen tookturns and the one whipping cave his pistol to one of the others. Then two of the white men held theie plstol at the man's liead and sald: *If you call for akl we will blow out your brains, and it 60!! ever tell this you will be'a dead nig- cr. We know you now."” Iie says tho pun- himent woa more thap a hundred lashes, 1t {s our country, an and when they left him le was just able to " crawl in his bloody Clothes to his home, ~uuable fo (];ct to the other poil. This action galned the semucruts one vote, Two weeks ago ft was done, and to-day the man's back is aniass of Tieallng swounds. One of the white men (Icould give name) is out on bail {rom a charge of hav- lu;i- participated in other outruges. n nnother ense, where o colored man, who was born free, asked why they wanted to kill so many men, he was told:™ ** We huve keen wait- g on Gad Alinlzhty neasly twelve years to clange the nlgger mind and "He huan't done it, 80 we are golng to chango them from Republic- ans to Demnuerate.” In iy otber letter I wrote of n womnn whose nephew was shot u her cabin, and who fel} dead on her floor, plereed by five platol bullets. Shesaw the platols fired. Tho waduing set fire to hlsclothing, and hewas burn- ing after ho woadead. Sherays, ]t was done s0_quick he didn’t say anything but O Lord! O Luid! with every fre””” Tuls and scveral othier cutraxes were commitied after the trouble at Rouse's Bridge, after the United States troops had heen there, peace ind bren deciured, and the soldiers had lelt. The white mien then rode aronnd yelling: *Go to burying, go to burying, we've got three more blneRbinds,” This aunt aud her duuglter Jived tozether, and worked in thu house for white foiks, Tlie womun wos sent for to give evidence abuut ler nephew. The white man of the place told ber: *1f you are golng tu Alken, you hat better move beiore t'au 20; 1 don't know what may happen to your hings before you get back.” She came—the duuchter stayed to cook fora white fumily, While shie was away one day, their homo was burned to the ground. The daughter ran to the Thouse, hoplug to_save a fow things, but it was 8o thoroughly afire, to uso her own expression, e did noy save enough to wrap round o finger-nall. Ma, not” been out hwlf aun hour, ond lof no fire but cuals covered up. I mevor scc s house burn 80; there inust lave heen keroscne all over the floor. It was fircall over.” AsI write, this much-infurcd wownan sits by, stiling the tears as she tells Dow ‘nll my dresscaand bed- clotlics, and nite whits counterpancs, for [ wanted to liye 1ke white folks, and dlshes aud mlugses nre burnt up. Iwent to huut in the ashea for 1% in silver Ibad, but conld Gnd nunei” und then with a smothered sob: L3 never dld no harm to the white folks; why did they do such to mel I thought tocomno u hers aud tell what they wanted to Know and Lad scen, but by the thne I wus dune talking Lere, word camy my house dune burnt up.” Let mo suy here, It takes brave women and conrageous incu to leave home and give testl- mony implivativg thy whites. They koow the risk to Mfe aud property. Is it ‘likely they would do it for the pay of & witness, as some aa- sert] Muny who e from uton uud Rouse's po haye not dared to go ek, thus losing much of thdrrrcl:r. The wile of 19, whose husband was killed, will nost Nkely lose the pay forher own aud ber husband's lubor since Junuary. ‘Thoy worked tozcther in the cotton-fleld, happy fn'their young love, and wera Lo give n shard 1o the land-pwher, Alusl she Is ot there, uud all are afrald to demand justice for her, 50 L Is gathering it all. Bhe 1s tou valuable nwlituess to ba permitted to re- turn, though, as sho sald to mie, with that pathos so pecullar to the race, wi pray the Lord to suffur ine to go ta Court and tell tho truth, and if theirown deeds don’t condemn thum they may ko, Thendf [want te gl? back tony reuplc,l am going: aud If they kill me for telllug the truth, they may do it] my hus. baud died for the truth, aud Iam not afrald to Qie,” I nake no sppeal, but If any wish to contributo te the support of the wumau Whose huuse was burned, or asslst this young widew with her unborn n-)xnd, 1 will recolye and deliver wnything that may be Torwarded to we, 1 have questiuned the blacks clossly to get the exact trugh, and, as 1 want to be eq\ml{ Juat, il Blate thatTam Lofd two of tho large land- owaers (whose names I would liks to give) re- fused to atlow the companics of armed inen to Tide through thelr plantations. Ous hia dinfog-room full of the colored men on hiv place, who rau there fov safety, Bluce writiug my other letter I have received 50 wany letters from friends and strangers, uhuwlnfi such_great sympathy and stron de siroto know the exact truth, that niy duties will scarcely allow thne fur auswerlng all. 1 appreciste and mn thaukful for tho sympathy. I mado these outruges kuown for o suke uf truth, and bocause uly higheat edu- catlon has been to do my duty. leaving the re- suit to (fod. Durinf my twolve years of teach- ing in this Statc I'have alvocated the right of a man tobo a Domocrat, and that ho should Do unmolested {n his opinton; but I wish with wy whole neurt hundreds of Northiern Deuo- cratwould come Suuth with the purpesc of Hud- oy the truth, lumanity, justice, snd the hotior of our uation demand’ that the strong 1s reported to- | should be protecteds Tgyro aro many more deeds as terrible ns those T have related, and theee will no doubt be proved when the United States Court mects. Sincerely and respeetfully, Mantua ScuorIELD. LOUISIANA. NOTHING NEW. Epecial Dispatch to The Tribune. New Ontzans, Dee. 3—10:40 p. m.—There are no devclopments to-day which throw any light upon what the decision of the Returning Hoard will be. Nothing better than conjecture can be given. They are consldering the protests and evidenco which has been submitted from more than Lall the parlshes, and the Repubiie- ans have made a tremendously strong casc. There has been more publicity eiven to the evi- dence, from what havo been known aa the five bulldozed parishes, and particularly to that from Ouachdla, but when the evidence has all begn published, =s it soon will be, it Wil be found that many other portions of tho State have suffered from the suwne lawless influences, though perhaps in a less degree, POLLS, NOT PARISIIES, It should be remembered that the Eleetion law of this State makes no provision upon proof of Intimidation and violenco for leaving wut the vote of a parish from a compilation, but 1t docs providu that the Board eliall not complie the vote cast st any poll or vonngl—uhm where such iutimldation aud violence shall bave been known to have allected the result, The Toard must n:t upou each separately, and the only way fn_ which the vote of a parish could be excluded woulil he by reject- ngz eachi poll in the parish. The strongest cases which the Republicans have inade, outside of the five parishes, are seninst two pmiu in Natch- ftoclies, two_ in Avoyelles, several in DeSuto, two in St. Tam:nany, snd others fn Frankliu and Vernon. Withuut koowiug how the Re- turning Bourd will ducide, Republicans are con- fident that thut body will reject the returns from sowme £f not all the protested polls in < TIE PARISI OF GRANT. No legal election was beld, the Commissioner having been run out by the bulldozers just before the 7th of November, and the Demo- cratic Unlted Stutes Supervisor conducted the thiug timself and made the returns. The He- publicans, In case the returns should be mude in this way, would clect the Hayes Electors, the full 8tate ticket, nhout sixty-seven or sixty- clght out of 120 members of tlic Lower House of the Leglslature, and nineteen out of thirty-alx Scnators, 1f [ were zolug to guess, L should guess it would eltinately turn out about that -+ The city Is perfectly quict. e spateh to ) Nt Yonis, Dee, $—The Herald this morning publishes the following telegram from Senator Slicrman, explaining how the protest of the Su- pervisor of DeSoto kot futo the envelope with the returns of o previous date: Nrw Onteans, Dec. 2, 1870.—Yau have been misled by a statement in yonr Monday's paper in eaying that Mr. Stoushton’ and T disagreed a8 to thie DeSoto retieny, for buth of us ngrewd that the one copy of the returns had Lecn opened by the Supervizor, and his certiicate and afMdavits addeds but this was withont fraudulent lutent, and conld have been sent 1n without opening the packuge. An to nll this Mr., Stoughton and I perfectly agreed. JOiX SHERNAN. TILE CASE CLOSED. spectal Dispalch to The Tribune. NEw ORLEANS, Lce. 2—8 p. m.—The case be- fore the Returning Board was closed this morn- fng, when the time for receiving evidence, which hadd been extended at the request of thie Demo- cratic couuscl, closed, The Board has since betn i consultation over the evidence, No intma- tion hus yet been made of when they will arrive at a declslon, but {t will probably not be before onday. . Thlnye\'nnlnz Benator Blierman and Gen, Gar- field, of Ohto, Mr. Stoughton and Gen. Van Al 1en, of New York, and Gen. Harry White, of Peunsylvauly, left for the North. The Hon. - Job E. Stevenson, of Oblo, fs the anly onc of the gentlemen from the North invited here by the Presldent who still remains. These gentletnen have all been assiduous in thelr endeavors, siuce they hava been in Now Orleaus, to get A CORRECT INSIGNT into the equitics of the Louisfana campalgn, and they have no doubt been successful, nnd have gone away with perfectly clear fdeas upon the aubject. . The report wlileh they will, in_a few days, make to tho President may be relied upon by the country os bosed upon the closest and miost impartial personal observation. The represenitative Democrate, including ex- Gov. Palmer, ex-Senator Trumbull, George W, Julian, and Gen. Smith, who have somewhat recovered from the panie intowlichthe Onachitn testimany threw them, will remain until after the Board shall have promulgated its decislon, FLORIDA. THE LAST COUNTY. Nrew Yorx, Dec, 3.—The Times' spectal from Tallahasses says the official return from Dade County has arrived, and has been announced by the Chatrman of the Returning Hoard as 0 for Jiayes and b for Tilden, making s total majority for tho Republican Electoral tivket In the State of 47 on the face of the returne. One precinct of Dnde was thrown out by the County Can- vassers for {rregularity, but it gave Huyes & ma- Jority. QUIRT. TALLANASSEE, Fla., Dec, 8.—The day hos lieen quiet. The lenders on each sldo are busy pre- varing argunents for the Hoard, They will be read in the morning. JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. DELIEY TOAT NE WISIES TO MAKE AN ELEC- TORAL DENEDICT ARNOLD OF NINSELY. Bpecial Dispatch to The Tribuna Nzw York, Dee. 8.—There is considerable ox- citement to-day among leading Ropublicansover rumors that one of the Electors for Massachu- setts will cast his vote for Tilden, and thus clect him. The person Is supposed to be James Rus- sell Lowell. Ithinkit is o scare which was started by the publication In the Witness arguing the tight of avy Klectorto vote as he Iikes. The following conversation with Gen. mc)ilu, ‘however, treats tho mater very ser- ously, OBN, BICRLES ud‘l, {n addition to what follows, that the will' be made kuown in Boston on Monday, T'he convorsation Is proof of a long interview of wore or less significance, oud ia as follows: Q.—~M(zht not Gov. Hayes, after all, lose tho clection on account of some disqualitied Blectory A.~—I do not scc much zrmund for appretiension on that ecore, ‘Fhe laws of tho ucveral States seeni to proyide adequate remedien for thcae contingenclel and when further legislation {s necessary such tlon seetus to be promptly taken, as in the cas Jthode Jaluna and Vermont TUE GREATSR DANGER, in my onlnlnn,l. 1n the posslbility thst some Elect- or miny befound who, furoua reason or another, may e persaded to give s voto for Tilden in violatlon of the trust repased in him by the poople of kis State. 1 bieard Just night from a sourco, cutltied to tho ut. ‘most respect, that such an Electar might be fonud in Massachusctts, Jloretoforo such apprehensions lisvebeen confined to (L suppusitlun it some colorad Elector in South Carollus, Loulslana, or Florida might yicld to welghty argument, bat NO ONE IMAGINED TIAT NASIACHUSETTS wonld be batrayed. My Informant traced a curiona rulation between some vecent articles ia the Nation aud n well-known disciple of that puper in the old y State, and he jntimated 10 me that we miust be propated fo ues & distinguished couvert (o lla viows @wong the most eminent and honored numes on tho Plectoral tickot of Matwachnseits, Indeed, it s AN IMPHESSIVE RESPONSIBILITY resting upon such and every one uf tie Inh Electors chosen fur Hayos that he holds i his hauds the power 10 say who whall rule this couutry for the nest four years. Suppute wotae Wiue-grower on the Ithine find the pawer and the rizht to nause tho succeasor to the Emperor Whiliam, oe some slik. wasver 1 Lyons could dispose of his aingle ballot tathe prevent Regunaof France, and recall the Napeleonic dynasty to tho throne, or make Gam- betta Prevident of ‘tho Irench Republici In our present political situation just this power belongy t0 each aud every ono of the 185 Electors ehimed for Hayos, A chungo of oueplecestho Den &:ratic rty in pawer, and with 1t bho patronuge of our mummrm and the diractiup of Ite policy for the next four yeurs. ‘The wholo country has ¢ edeer- est interest in the houorable [ullllment of tho obll- guttona uccupled by the Presidential Electors, snd thie 14 my apolegy for ropeating even Ttil WELL-AUTHENTICATED RUMOR mentloned to wo last night. 1t may bo lu;ipoua, for cxample, that the Lleclor to whom 1 refor would g3y, **Thicre 14 vu Iaw compeliing me, and I Bave made u0 oxpressod pledgo vote for & particular candldsio, on that an Elector i» bound to vote with (s pacty taan offahoot of the recent system of (onventious and party discipllue, Whea Con- stitutlon was foruied, aud for some thino after is adoptiun, the Presiacntial Electors were PIEK TO VOTE FOL THE MAN OF TIELR CHOICH, aud an occasion hay arlsen now™ (su mixht the Elector say) **when It scema_proper to me Lo ro- turn to the ea:leuul:u, and cast my vote accords 1ug o tho dictatea of my own Judgmaeat, drrespect- {75 of the wishes of the party with which 1 have been ldemtided.’ Gaoh o ailo, or others l equally honorableand patriotic, however mistaken, couid alone infiucnce the gentleman named to me. NEBRASKA. ANOTHER MUDDLE. Bpecial Dirpatch to The Tridune. Wasnixeros, D. C., Dec. 3.—The complica- tlon a5 to the Nebraska Electoral vote will not Do necessarily scttled by the assembling of the Legislaturo Monday, The Legislature has been called by special request of the United Statea Attorney General, for the purpose of caring a defect fn the law relative to the timo within which the Electoral vateshould be count- ed. Under the prescnt Iaw techuleally It could not be canvassed until January, when the Legls- 1ature meets, This was the case four yearssgo. That time the Governor canvassed it, as he pro- posed to do mnow. No objection was made. The Attorney Genera), however, was concerned lest technfcalities might beurged against the valldity of such acount, and desired tho Legislature convened that a law might he rflued authorizing the couut of tha ;’nlo on the 6th of December by the Legis~ lature. IT HAPPENS, HOWEVER, that at. the last clection a netw Constitution was, adopted jn Nebraska. That Constitution, while providing that the present Legislature showd contiuiie until January, also provides that ne new Jaw could e passed alter the ndoption of the Coustitution except on three days’ notlee In cach House,—in other words, that no law could be passed until the cnd of the glatlt day from the time the Legisln- ture couvened. ‘The point is mow rafsed that, although the present is a Legisla- ture elected under the old Constitution, it 1s Yound as (o making a pew law by the six-day provision of the new Constitutlon, so that, in act, the law authorizing the Legislature tocan- vass votes before January cannot be conatitu- tlonally pussed UNTIL BIX DATS PROM TO-MORROW. This point {8 marde by Nthraska lawyers here. T2 1t is eustained, the convening of the Legisia- ture by the Governor will be nugatory, a8 that Dbody will not be ahle, under the Constitution of that State, to canvasa the vote before Jnnnnr}i or to enact a law permittingz it to be canvassed prior to the 6th of Desember. I THE STATE, 1o, the Wettern Assoctated Iress. OxAnA, Neb,, Dee, 8.—~Tho excltement over the movement of the Democrats yesterday in, ctitionine fur un Injunction to ‘restrain’ the tepublican Electors from casting thelr vote, I8 very great, and incrensing. Leadiug Rnpnbhu ans clalm that there is” no danger; that the District Court of this county has no uutlority wver Electors, who ave Federal oflicers, neting underthe laws of the United States. Efforts will be mude by Repuvlicans, IT neceseary, 10 carry the matter to the Supreme Court of the 8tate. Hearime Is set for 4 o'clock to-morrow afternoon. ‘The most powerlul lawyers of the Btute have been enzaged on both sides. The Democrats in the Eumlmn ndmit that Hoyes has over 15} votes. Strenuous effurts arc bring made by both parties in regard to the extra sesslon” of thu Lemisluture, called for mnext Wednesday—the Republicans to have a quorum, ana the Démocrats to prevent one belng pres- en A SCHEME DY CARL SCHURZ AND OTAERS. S, Louss, Dec. 3.—Ex-Scnatars Carl Schurz aud John B, Henderson and other prominent men of this city liave forwarded aletter to the President of the United States Senate relative to cotnting the Electoral vote, with o request ibat he lay it before the Senate. They eay the present condition of the country calls for some action which shall settle the political disquictude. The clause in the Constitution respecting the canvassing of tho Electoral vote is quoted, and pronounced Indefinite and lable to divers construction. The attempt to canvass the vote in Joiut sesslon of Congress is depre- cated as certaln to raise partisan lssues and DEVELOY A BIRIFE which may prove most disastrous to the coun- try. The lctter then proposes ns a remedy that the whole matter shall be referred to the Supreme Court of the United Btates. t urged that that fs is the only ¢ribunal from which a falr and unpar~ tisan devislon—one which will satisfy the whole l)eople—um be obtalned. To ellcct this, the' utter proposcs that the two Houses shall Ini- E’:ve he three weeks preceding Christinas in ming and agreeing upon & constitutivnal awendment, placlng IN TUE SUFREME COURT the duty of eanvassing the Electoral vote. The most of the State Legislatures meet immedi- nth{ after the holiduys, when the amendinend couid be submitted, and the latrer holds to the u[ilnlnu that the amendment would be ratified without aclay, 8o that it could be made a part of the Consfitution, and apply to the present election. utl of the Presldential candidates, it 1a nrged, would recopnize th wisdom of this course, und both the Republican apd Democrat- f¢ Leglslutures WOULD RATIFY IT. The letter dwells ut Iength on the wisdom of removiug the_important matter from o tribunal likely tobe affected by party strife. FIXED. THE CINCINNATI RNQUIRER DISPOSES OF 60V MAYLS, Special Dispatch to the Cineinnati Enquirer. Cotunpus, 0., Dec. 1.—~Gov. Hayes bns mado & new move in tho Presidential gome, and has made overtures through Stanley Matthews, Job E. Btevenson, Mutat Halstead, Dick 8mith, and otlier of bis intlmate friends, to prominent Soutberners to induca them, and through them their sectlon, to acquiesce peaccably in his elec- tion, and to give his Administration theirhearty support, This movement hasheen on foot for several days, but fu renlity ouly assumed definite shape in this city to-day, when Col, W.H. Roberts, of the New Orleans Times, met him with a view to arranglng, if possible, the terms of the scttlement. It had been the orlginal plaa to have Gen. Lamer, of Mississippl, meot Gor, ilayes, bat upon that gentleman reaching Ctuclnnat! and conferriug with Hulstead, ho thought it best to give Col. Roberts a letter to Iluyes explatuing his views on the situstion, snd authorizing hiin to uct iu bis bebulf, It appears that the Southern 1oen bove been sssured that it s the deslgn and intention of Haycs to cut loase fromn the carpet-baggers sud’ sculawag Republicaps,of the South” and also the Grant element of the party in the Nurth, and to rally around him the support af the leeml. Cop- gervative, and Democratic element o the South. Col. Raberts bruught letters from Jub E. Btevenson to Huyes and W. H. Groes- beck frun New Orleans, pud was also strougly {ndorsed by other Revublicans in the Boutl. Stunley Matthews, Halstead, and otliers mot lu confercuce tu Cinciuvatl on Thanksglving- Day, und the result of thelr cogilations was a dispateh from Matthews 1o Huyes, telling him that, lu view of tertaln contingencics, it would bu extremely desirable for the Governor to con- ciMute the Cunservative and Liberal Democratie clunent of the South by offeriug it pawer, Ylw.-. and emoluinedts i return fur its support. Talstead also furnished Roberts with & leter to Huyes, Indursing hlin hlghly, and commendiug his mission to hls curnest aitentiun. Thia maruiug Col. Roberts wrrived Lere, and was wet at the Nell House by Gen, Comly, who 100k hitn to ece Goy Huyes. " The trlo dined at (ien. Coinly's house and”had a three hours® cou- forenco togethor. Hayes talked very freely, und fnformed Col. Roberts that he had made up Tus milud Lo cut fuosu cntirely from the Graut- st of the Ropublicun party and Lhe carpete baggers und Ecalawagzs with which ft Je Infeated and Joak for his suppost to the better class and umru'sllrlullu of {ts wembers, and to the con- servative and lberal Democratic masses. Ho clearly indicated that he bad o sympathy with the Kelloggs and Chamberlaius ‘ol tha Bouth, and directly stated that ho thought it would be fur tue tuterest of Bouth Caroliug and Louislana and the whole country if Hampton was de- clared__ Governor of the former Btate aud Nicholls of Louistane, Jlo declared that hio was perfectly willing to divide the oflicol patranage of the Bouthern Btatus amony the Conservative Republicans uud Liben Demoerats, and lcoked to them for that hearty support thut all honest menshiould be witling to secard to wny houest Administration. After this oxpression of sentiment by the Governot the foll owmi"flnn of operations was agreedupon: Col. Roberts will start for Wash- {ugton to-nlght, snd npon Lis urrival thers ho will lay thy matter befors Gen. Lamarand s caucus of the Southern nembers ol Congress, wha will take the matter juto cunsiderution. Then Lawar and Gen, Wade Hanpton wili coms to Ohio and visit Gov. Hayes {n person sud dotl- uttely srrange the terma of the agreement. It is thouglit thut there will bo but little trouble in easTylog Lis axswogement fmso clfect, for the Northern Republicans will be so eager to get their own notinations confirmed by toe Senato that they will force that ly into acquicscing fn the confirmation of the Bouthern Conservatives and Liberal Democrats. The Southern people, ft 18 belfeved, can be entirely controlled by Lamar snd Ifampton, as they will sce that, as they can- not have Tilden for” Presldent, the next best thing for them to do {8 to make terms with, Ifaves that will enable them to rid theneelve: of the earpet-haggers, and I)llce the control li thelr 8tato Governments In thelr own Land, Willlam M. Corry and Theodore Cook, of your city, accompanled Gen. Lamar to \\'nshlnxton!n the nterest of this plan, and many other promni- nent Demnocrats are understood to be in sympa- thy with It. Cinctanati Commercial, Dec. 2. Mr. Witliam 11, Roberts, the managing editor of the Nuw Orleans Times, on his way to Wash. ington, where he spends the winters as “the stufl correspondent® of tho Times, stopped in Columbus yesterday, and had n pleasant inter- view with'Gov. Hayes, Ilc was able to grive the Governor full particulars of the Loulslana situa- tion ns scen by the Democrats, and he was cn- abled to sce that many much worse things could bnppen the South than the inaugurazion of Gov, Hayes to be the President of the Unfted States. DENIAT, BY COL. ROBERTS, Spectal Dispateh (o The Tridune. WASHINGTON, D). C., Dec. 8.—Thers has been pencral talk to-night over a Columbus dispatch to a Cincinnatl paper purporting 1o give the sabstance of an {nterview between Gov, Hayes and Col. Roberts, of the New Orleans Zimes. The latter gentleman is much annoyed at tho dlstorted shape in which the matter has been printed. He makes the following statemcut in regard to the subject : On my way from Cincinnati to Washington I rtopped at Columbus to wee Gov. layes. 1 wan there not accredited for unybody Lot jor the New Orleans Tomes. 1 had n letter of Introduction from Mr. Halstead, of the Cinclnoati Commercial, and one from Job Steventon, had a convorea- tion with Mr_ Hayes wome two or tureo hours' dnratlop, perhaps, At the houre of Uen, Comly. We talked of the Bonthern situation very frecly, and Le expreased some ree fi:ch that the pacitication of the touth had not e completed and the whole Southern question settied. 1 had no anthority from Gen. Hamplon or Mr, Lamar to make ary proposition Jooking to nconference, nor did 1 state that 1 had any author- 1y, e arked me no guestions about that atall, Hie rpoke favorahly and very pleasantly of Mr. Lamar, Hosald that Gen. Hampton's course dur- ing the canvass had becn o conservative once. Touching the matier of the last election and the Presidental question ho said nothing, OUACHITA. LIFE IN A BULLDOZED LOUISTANA PARISH. Special vurrespondence of The Tribune. New Onueans, Nov. 20.—The testimony of Eliza Pinkston before the Returning Board yesterday produced a profound seusation throughout the city. The ghustly woundswhich she carries, and tho ahmost tragic mauner in which she told her terrible story, together with the fact that she falnted from weakness during its delivery, had the most harrowing effect upon all who heard her. Gov, Palmer expressed him- self as shocked beyond measurc. She used the names of the parties {mplicated, and they are nearly all horeto refuts her testimony. At- tempts will be made to prove an alibl of all the parties. It fs difficult to belleve that any human being would be gullty of such atrocities, but, as Gov. Palmer says, it {s very evident that the woman hias been most foully deak with by some one. of CAPT. CLATTON HALE, Sixteenth Infantry, who has beeu statloned at Monroe for s long tlne, Is In the city, aud his testimony will be taken before the Board, Ina conversation which I had with hle this morn- ing, Capt. Hale said that the testimony of somo of the*negro witnesscs should be taken with some allowance, as, owing to their terrifled con ditlon, they were likely to exuggerate, He sald, however, that he had been stationed in the South most of the timo slnce the close of the War, and e had secn # great deal of this law- 1cssness; but he bad never, in all his cxperience, scen such & determination to carry things to extremes as lad been shown dur- fng the last campdgn in Ouachita Parish.’ He sald that the case of Eliza Pinkston was the most horrible that had ever come under his observation, or that he had ever read of. The woman came to kis headquarters fu Mon- roeina dreadful condition, as sho had becn hunted since the murder of her husband and child by parties interested fn destroying her testimony, and she was so terrified tbat, when- ever she heard o step fu the hall, she would spring up and scream that * They are comiug " and cndeavor to escape. He stated that ho thought it prudeat, during her stay in Monroe, to place a guard about her for protection, and he did so. In auswer to wmy lugquiry as to whether he belleved her ssory true, he said that, from his general kuowledge of the muuner fnwhich matters had been conducted thore, and the fact that the storics of many otliers agreed with that of Elizs Piuketon as to events suibsequent to the murder, it was his oplulon that it was BUBSTANTIALLY TRUE. Capt. Halo is an officer of hich standing in the army, aud his opinion, considering tle otlicial position In which he has been pluced, is worthy of respect. Among the many witnesses from Ouachitn, none gives n more clear and connected history of the bushrangers' war there, popularly called a campalgn, than the ITon. Witliam R. Hardy, the District Attorney pro tem. of Quachita Par- fsh. Mr, Hardy {s the gentleman of whom Capt. Clayton f{alespeaks fn such compliment- ary terms as to his courage and integrity. ina report which the Cuptalu sont to the War De- Y,anmam. an relation to the assassiuation of Dr. . H. Diokgrave and Prinus Johnsen, and tho attempted nssassination of Eaton Logwood and others. MR HARDY {3 what s termed herc o ¢ curpet-bagger,” and he bas ol the characteristics of o gentlemany, it Tama judge. Hois a notive of Indlana; en- tered the Unlon Army In February, 15402, as pri- vate in Company B, Sixty-third Indlans Volun- teer Infuntry; nnd. at tbe closs of the War, was discunrged as Captain of thesame company, e afterwards fimnuuwd from the Law School in Loulsville, Ry, and in 1363 exercised his fm“‘ American privilege of mnoviog to Louls- s, whiere hu bas remalned until the present time, and where, ho says, he intends to remaln, unless something cvell worse occurs than hus Nsppened yet, und hls bed hers bas not been al. ways one of downy ease, a8 his statement will show. Mr. Hardy's father, Mr, James G. llardy, 24q., 15 & well-known merchant aud pork-packer in Covington, Iud, The following, his sworn stutement, embraces nearly all the polnts of in- terest, except the Pinkston cuses MR. UARDY'S APFIDAVIT. 1nTeD STATER OF ANARICA, BTaTs ov Louisis axA, PAlSM 0P OnLEASK.—Do it romemnbered that’ on thls, the 2ist of November, A, L. 1878, Lefora me, the undmw\nefl l!lll\urll{ pers sonally canis and appeared ‘Willlam K. 1lany Who, Baving been by e duly sworn, deposes snd syes ';'Im condition of affairs in summed ur in few neytence: of Mr. Kellogg, in 1872, and united plai bas been pursued 16 convince the l)&wplu of the Stats and of the Unlted Stulvs that hie election was_In favor of Mr. McEnery and his tlcket, and the Kcllogg Government was au ueur- tion, Pl,‘,h. almple troth fn regard to that election la that the opponcnts of tho” Adminiatration and the Republicsn party {u this Htate fused, depending for the succesaod thelr schemen in the co-vperation of Lhe tavernor of b Slute The Hloctlon Iaw of Loutsluna gave power ta the Qoverno? 1o appoint the Registears fur he different parishen. Tho Regiatrars bad the pusscsaion sud toutrol of the roglutration el velerw, the Uxing of tho vatlng places, ‘and the appolutient of Couuls- sloners of Klection, ‘The ruturns of election were @ be raada ta the tegistrar ot the parlah-seat, aud were thero counted, and rejurns Disdy b{ him w tho Goverpor, 1o be by the Uuvernor lald before Retnrniag Board, of which he waa tho Chalr- The Uovernor appoiuted the Keglstrars, and ad general superyision over thelr aficial conduct. Feglatrution of Republicans was MINDERED A% MUCH A8 FOSSIMLEY Loulslana may be Since the clectlon stent, continugus, b The the fxinyg of the votiug places wus postponed until 20 laty that volers did noy know where 1! \c{v weio to Be found, and I large Jtepubliean parfshes the votlng places were fized at such iuconvenien placea a4 thut the colored voters could uot, an fd not, reuch them oun election-day in time tu cast thelr ballots. This schome was | plamued; it looked peefect on puper, snd promised wuccesd; but, nolwlthianding the disad- vantages under which the Republicans Tsbured, 1t {a bickigved by ull unblssed permons that the fepub- Jican ticket Fecelved the majority of the yolus cast; and tho conclusion would seem fnevitable from (ha fuct that thu Governor bud the returys opened out of tho pressnce of tho Hotural boal h aud theteby yed thelr vahia a4 ovidencin ‘hese ‘§E FIVE CENTS, - ref ,‘{rt not, and never were, amoog the arf: ;R ibf tho Binte. A they been undonbed! T at Bree Sieknary for G ernne ot oy Q3 cket, nnd a falr and_honest count of {he ® . tuslly cast Intended, there conld not have -4y valld reason why any Heturning Doard nol have canvassed tho returne and report- Jreanlt to the Secretary of State: but they uppreased, and the Lynch Returniug Uoand, king these retnmny, e J lcenfldur{ evidente, wer empslicd i vy From that day to this, TIE CRY OF URURPATION has been the whole capital of tho opponents of the Tiepublican party In Onachita Parish, in Louisians. The clalm hus been ro persistent thut peoplo tinally began to think that a great wrong hail heen done, and that reatly there was a Democrmtic majority In this State: when tha fact is, that, If any man will take the trouble to exmoine tha, registration-1ists, it will be found there Is, and ‘heke ulwnys han laen sinco the dnte of the rceisteation of 1808 and the ldnrllfln of the Fifteenth Amendment, a clear Ree ruh ican majority of from 10,000 to 15,000 yotes n thia State; for it may beset down as a fact that :Lré’e‘i{;‘a::.: of every hundred colored votora are Be- ‘The Fuafon scheme of 1872 haying failed, the plan was adopted of forcing the Jepublican otlis cials to reslgn, by calling on them in bodies of armed men, and demanding their surrender of offices. This plen scemed to act mo well inthe gmm\ry ihat 11 wan detennined toapply it to the Q:.-M:a u‘mcm-; which culminated ta &e aflair of 'Fhe nest plan was ABSASSINATION OF THE LEADING REPUDLICANS, white and hlack, and that ripened into the ** Min= tasippl plan® futeoaified; and that plan is the tormntlon {nto gompanies, regularly oflicered, en- Tolled, and armed with brecch-loading carulnes. These companiex, thus armed and cquipped, call l.hemst'l‘\vl:s +'clubs;" the proper name gl *bull- dozers.” They mectat leant once a week; the men are aworn to obey the officers. Whenever nn peeassination is made, it is done with a shiot-gun in open dl{: Iimmediately after, all tho companies in the vicnity assemble at their ?Ilul of rendezyour, and make sach demonstra- fons, under the pretext of preventing the negroes from rising, as deter them frem wmaking any dig= cluaures or conveyuz any thformation tu 1he offl~ cer of the law; and. if needed, they will shoot or P Koo e Sy 80 that 1ho nssassin cacapes detection In the confuxion. i e last and inost cffective move and partof the plan was to COLRCEZ THE COLORGD YVOTENS TO Join rTna DEMOCHATIO CLUB. a8 been sccomplished by threats of dise nd refunnl of food; also, by falr promlac people are poor: the cotton-crop #hort, and has matured unprecedentedly early; tho prospects of eupport until the next _ plantiog time, to the colored man, are glovmy, THe ianats urally attachied to bis locality, Under the circom- rtances be feels in danver if he fafls to join the club, thercby Incurring the cxtreme displcasure of the Democrate. Once in, he i1 told Lint bie daro not vole the Mepublican ticket, us they have his name, and wilt ‘O RpaR and nunish him after the clectlon ly he does. They will not allow him to organize into clubs sa Tepubiicans. The Jeading colored men who haye made the attewpt v been Assassinated, Thay will not allow the colored people to attend thu meetlngs where tiepublican speakers are to ad- drese the people, and, when they did, the Demo- crats visited upon them the severest punishiment; and, ina word, they wero REPT IN CONSTANT TERROM Their condition of body and mynd hasbeen, and ie, miserable, and umeh Lo the sympathy of every fair-minded and’ honorable man and ‘woman {n America, The situation of the old Unlonmer, and ex- Federal ofiicera nnd eoldiers, and Northern men. is as Lad, If not actually worse. They are treateid aa beneath the dignity of ahigh-toned **bulldozer' and original Seccaslonfat and Disgniomst. Al meays arc adopted to persccule and _coanoy thcm, and make them feel that they are hold {n contempt by tho higi-tonel clivalry. ” Bvory eflut 13 wad 0 RUIN THEIR RUSINESS, The colored peaple arc told not to be cmployed hy them: that thelr word In not 10 be_relied upons tiiat they will gise them bad advlees and the wo posslble construction is placed upun their conduct, o matter how good and fulr their {ntent, 1313 also represented 1o them (the nesroes) At the Ttepublicans ure helpless, and cannot detend them- Felves, much lese protect them In euse of weeds while, on the otiier nand, Hemocrats ciainy thiat they ond thelr friends have all the arus wnt ammunition, and uce ready” and wilins 1o atind y Lt em, “Tie Bemoerati pollticlans of Ouachita have no love for the Union, nu propes les for the flag, and have the must perteet conteabt fur the ariny. The riding zenerotion. have na Lioal- edzo of the Constitdtion, and, ticrefoiv, biterly diare; it. The laws of tie United & Q equally disreganied; yoi they Bssiiue 1o be i clan, and cndeavor ta create, shape, and direct public opinion. ¥ron tho very start, the purpoio war apinuly avowed to carry the btate Democrutic ut all haze arde, and st WHATEVER COST OF BLOOD AND MONEY. ‘They rald, **If’Tilden iu elccted, we will mako our Siate go right.” If Hayen wns elected, they ‘wonjd wpeet the State Goverument, and then thera would be a military Gusernments which the e fesn to prefer 1o Ar. Packard. The trath ie, th prcrent stato Goverument Is not what It should be; ut, consldering what it hus had to cantend with, 1t 14 rerarkably that tore blunders have not been commitied, The misfortune s, that the puwer of both State and Federal Govemnment hus not been felt au it ehould Le, by arresting and Punlnfln the Icadurs who have most certainly violated tho lawa of the United States, by interferiug, by intmlda- tion and threaty, itk the eloctive franchisc. The conditiun of nTairs with tho Union men, tho colored inen, and Republicans, in Ouschita Yarisl, du;vllrfs alf other political questions. 1t i & miatte® LIFE AXD DEATH ; and, {f tho Government fulls In it4 obiigations, Republicaus In Ouachita Parish have but une al- ternative, und that s, to quit the country or join the Democratic party. Thispractleally defeatstho Tesultsof the War. ‘The rat indlcation of 8 purpots o ase vlolenco and ntimidation to Republicans was the making by 3r. §, W, Downs, u \tlnnlul living in Ouacbits, of an afiidavit before V. J. Q. bnker. Parlshh Judge, the purport of which was, that one Size- more. of Caldwell Parish, had told hlw, on his yay fromn Monroe to Columbia, that he, Downs, had better not meddlo with palitics in this elcc- tion, or there would be hell to pay. 3Mr. Size- more_helng 8 Republican, the Inforénce was that the Iepublicans woeuld play the &dll, =~ The' Parlshes of Caldwell and Ouachita constitate & Senaturial District. Ouachita has, on a fulr vote und count, at least 1,000 Kepublican mwority, Caldwell 'has about 200 Democratic wmujority, There was, therelore, NO GOOD REASON ;ley the Republicans in Ouachita should want coy e Mr, Meredith, of Coldwell, recoived the nomi- nation for the Senate from the Domocratls party for that Sonatoris] Diatrict, and, ina lelter pnb- 1isbed fn the New Orlvans Picayune, substantially nbandoned the fight. This occurred soon after his nomination, Tho matter of the afidavit was bronght to' the sitention of Mr. Sizemore, who sald that ho had been entirely misrepresented, The nost fudicstion was the shooting {nto the houses of Mr. David Faulk and Mr. 1sanc_Oarrell, Jr., Ju the alght, e, Faulk eaine to Monroo on tue’ folluwlng day, in appareutly great trepidation, accompanied h( hia wife, who waa an inval Thoy remalned in Monros for a conaiderabla_tin Ar, Faulk made aflidayit befors W, J. !t Buker, s Judge, alleging that bis bouse kad Leen shot into, and that he did "not know who did it. The Deniocratic leaders had It reported on the strocts tho nest day that the stoating woa done by ne- groea, The next night after the houses of Faulk and Garreis had Leen aliot into, the bouso of Capt. Chumbiles, du thewate tmuiedlate nelghburboad, WAS 10T INTO, Capt. Chambllss, with hts family, hud come to Montoe, appareutly greatly alazmed becauss of the shootfoy into the house of 3. David Faulk, Capt, Chiambliss had left a young wiap, reccuily frun Alabaow, o charge of Lis house, who cuma 10 Monrue aud mude ofiidavit befora W, J. K. iker, Parlah Judge, that some one xbot ut hiu after night, ‘Phis Bappened about tho L8th o August, 1570, . Mo Democratic leaders alleged that the shovtiug was dono by negroca; aud ene Frank Owen, u vol< ored man, recently from Alabaiia, hut at the tang realding ou the adloluing plantation af M, Neble, was arrested, charyed with laving dons the shoute n3. A prelimivary examinatlon washold before Jindce Novere ay. Eyery witness who coatd throw any Hgut upon tho aflalr, was esamined by Julze Kay; and, after the ot wearching Investization, there was 3 complute sud utter failupe o ke out u case aguinst the sccused., "Notwitbstandiug thie, bo was committed to where bu v now confined, not becausy thove is o eveidvnco azuinat bim, o the prospect uf vitsiu= log any, but for the reasun that 118 LU# B WQULD NOT B SAVE 1¥ RELEASED. Binca his confinement fu jail, tho othur prisviiors thereln contiued avoryawere the fallee, seised the Leys, and opened the dovrs of thele cells,and made thelr exoupe, Owens, finding hisaelf at liberty, cumo duwn-stairs with the balance, stepped out Wwpon tho sidewslk, sutveyed the sisdation, saw tha opportunity, and deliburstoly returued ta his call aud lald down. | 1€ be la e guilty wrelch who ahot into Chawmbllsa’ house, why did e not avall kiueel? of that opportuulty aud eifectually avold punlsli- w ent? Heferring sgain to the ahootlng futo the house of Mr, David Faulk: having learned of the circume stances, 1applied to him'to furnish we with all thy fuforwation Ju bis posscasion, avd, 1f posaibly, with e namo of yames 0f tho pErson O persuns Whum Lo suspected of belng the gullty party. His teply wus INSOLRNT AND INSULTING} bo sald, **You kpow who did the shooting.” [ wado 00 reply; but his retort was greeied with a bearty laugh Ly a leadivg Lemocrat who stood withlu hestiog. ‘A few days afterwards, 1 was waited upon by M. Willlams, a citizen of tho partsh, living in tha noizbborhood where the the shousing vccurrody (Coutlaued oa the Fifth Page) et e e e i St e A