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NEWS OF TILE WEEK.
Compiled from Telegrams of Arcompanylng Dale.
Monday, Jan. 11.
I'efresextati ve Sc'hcm akek made a state
ment on the ith, before the Paeillc Mail In
vestigating Committee, of the disposition of
the $2T5,0n0 check. He says he had the check
broken up into small amounts, at the request
of Mr. Irwin, and distributed all but $10,000
of it to other parties, on the assurance of
Mr. Stork well that it was not intended for
any improper purjwse. He bad no informa
tion to which he could swear positively that
any portion of the $275,000 went or was di
rected to go to any member or officer
of the Forty-eecond Confess, and had
no information that any clerk or other em
ploye of the House received money. Repre
sentative Randall stated before the committee
that Representative Storm, of Pennsylvania,
was ottered $1,000 to vote in favor of the sub
sidy, -which he refused.
Gex. Sheridan has made an official report
concern ing the troubles in New Orleans on
the organization of the State Legiblaturc, in
which he insists that the course taken
by the military authorities was justifiable
and necessary to prevent violence and blood
shed, and that the Conservatives
first called on Gen. de Trobriand for his in
terference. L. A. Wiltz, the Conservative
iIeaker, has alo made a statement, in which
6ays he did not eall on the General for his
interference further than to request him to
address a few words to parties seeking to.
create a disturbance nt the time of his at
tempting to perfect an organization.
The City Council of New Orleans, at the
suggestion of the Mayor, has adopted a reso
lution to the effect that the statements of Gen.
Sheridan in regard to the condition of society
in that city and State, and the insecurity of
life and property, were unfounded in fact and
an unjustifiable libel.
King Ai.moNso arrived at the port of Bar
celona, in the Province of Catalonia, Spain,
from Paris, on the 0th, and left on the 10th
for Valencia aud Madrid.
Queen Isabella, now residing in Taris, has
received an invitation to take up her resi
dence in Catalonia, Spain.
Tuesday, Jan. 12.
A lakge number of Republicans held a
meeting in New Orleans on the evening of
the 11th and adopted resolutions indorsing the
telegrams of Gen. Sheridan, and stating that
his representations were only defective in
that they did not tell half the story of outrages
to which Republicans in Louisiana had been
subjected in years past.
At a large iudignation meeting held In
Cooper Institute, New York city, on the even
ing of the 11th a long series of resolutions
was adopted, denouncing military interfer
ence in State affairs and condemning the dis
patches of Gen. Sheridan.
Ix a recent engagement with the Governs
nient forces in Valencia the Carlists were de
feated with considerable loss. It is said Don
Carlos is determined on a vigorous prosecu
tion of the war, notwithstanding the restora
tion of the Monarchy.
The Republican members of the New Or
leans Legislature have made a report con
cerning the proceedings in that body on the
4th, which in the main coincides with the of
ficial statement made by Gen. Sheridan.
The suit of Theodore Tilton against Henry
"Ward Beec her is now in progress. Mr. Mor
ris, counsel for the prosecution, delivered the
owning speech on the 11th.
The public schools in New Orleans re
opened on the 11th with a large attendance.
Wednesday, J an. 13.
The Louisiana Legislature (Kellogg) on the
I'-Sth adopted a resolution to go im mediately
into the re-election of Lieut.-Gov. Pinchback
as United States Senator, in order to silence
all doubt and questioning as to his title to a
seat in that body, and the vote stood: Senate,
IS to 5; House, 4S to 7.
The National Council of Sovereigns of In
dustry opened its second annual session in
Philadelphia on the 12th. The President's
report shows that the order is located in
twenty States, with a membership of 100,000.
The New Hampshire Republican State
Convention has nominated Person C. Cheney,
of Manchester, for Governor and Charles F.
Powers for Railroad Commissioner.
A Madrid dispatch says Deputy Leon Mer
ino has left that city with 500 followers to
raise the standard of the Republic in the
Sierra Moreno.
The Legislature of Mississippi has adopted
resolutions indorsing the course of Gen. Sheri
dan in New Orleans.
The Nevada Legislature has elected Will
iam Sharon (Republican) to the United States
Senate.
Kixu Kalakaua arrived in Chicago on the
12th, on bis return from the East.
The Illinois State Grange met in secret ses
sion at Springfield on the 12th.
Thursday, Jan. 11.
The Spanish Government bas informed
Germany that complete satisfaction will be
given fur the outrage on the brig Gustav im
mediately upon the receipt of full dispatches
from its representative in Berlin.
Dispatches have been received at Madrid
announcing that several bands of Carlists
have been badly defeated by the National
troops in the Departments of Barcelona aud
Navarre.
Accokpi so to the report of the Secretary
of the Illinois State Grange there are now
1,533 Granges in the State, with nu aggregate
membership of a little over 115,000.
The Louisiana Legislature has passed
a resolution requesting Congress to imme
diately institute a thorough investigation
into affairs in Louisiana.
Both houses of the Ohio Legislature have
adopted resolutions condemning the interfer
ence of Federal troops in Louisiana affairs.
Ex-Gov. Thomas E. Bramlette, of Ken
tucky, died suddenly at Louisville, on the 12lh,
of heart disease.
Friday. Jan. 15.
A Helena (Mont) dispatch says the leather
there was so cold on the night of the 13th
that the mercury in the thermometers froze
solid. Proof whisky left out of doors also
froze solid in half an hour. Four Chinamen
w ho left Helena at four o'clock on the after
noon of the 12tU were fouud the next morn
ing about half a mile from town, frozen to
death. The whisky they had w ith them, in
small kegs, was frozen solid.
The cashier of the First National Bank ol
arlndale, Pa., was, at noon on the 14th,
bound and gagged by two men, who succeed
ed in making off with $10,000 in currency.
The British cutter Lapwing was recently
attacked by natives of Santa Cruz Island, her
crew overpowered and massacred, and the
vessel burned.
Saturday, J an. 10.
A telegram was sent to Washington on
the 14th, signed by L. A. Wiitz as Speaker of
the Louisiana nouse of Representatives, ask
ing the President " to direct the military to
restore the ttatu tjuo existing at the time Gen.
de Trobriand ejected certain members from
the House, in order that the House of Rep.
resentatives may proceed in the discbarge of
Its duties without molestation."
Lewis Jab vis and Elbert Jackson (col
ored) were hanged at North Hempstead, L.
I., on the 15th for Uic murder, in June, 1S73,
of Samuel Jones. Jackeon made a full con
fession. The hanging of Jarvis was a bung
ling and horrible affair, the rope breaking the
first time, and the second time slipping out of
the latoh-ring. The poor wretch then
exclaimed, For God's sake, make it
sure this time," and the Sheriff's assistants
seized the rope and hauled him up by hand.
when he was strangled to death.
At Norwich, Conn., on the 15th, by order
of the Mayor, a national salute was fired in
honor of the President because of his action
on the Louisiana question.
At the annual meeting of the Union League
Club in New York on the evening of
the 14th a short and spirited discussion ef
the Louisiana trouble followed, the tenor of
which was an approval of the President's
course.
A large meeting was held in Albany on
the evening of the I4th to express indignation
at the recent action of the toldiery in New
Orleans.
Charles A. Stevens has been elected to
Congress from the Tenth Massachusetts Dis
trict for the unexpired term of the late Alvah
Crocker.
A large meeting was held in Baltimore on
tie night of the 15th to protest against mili
tary interference in Louisiana.
TnE Virginia Legislature has adopted reso
lutions protesting against the recent conduct
of Federal troops in Louisiana as a gross and
wanton usurpation of power.
CONCIUiSSIONAL.
In the Senate, on the 11th, after a
spirited debate, a resolution was adopted request
ing the Secretary of War, If not incompatible
with the public interest, to transmit to tie Sen
ate the official report and eomimintosMons of
Maj. Lewis Merrill, of the United . fftntes army,
relating to certain disorders Id Louisiana, and the
ofticial report of Men. Khlory in regard to disor
der? In any way Connected with the late election
in that State A bill was Introduced and re
ferred to eharterthe Forty-first Parallel. Kailroart
Company of the United Sttwq of Allienca. from
Lake Erie to the Mtssotlri River, and to limit the
rates of freight thereon ...Mr. Schurz called up
the resolution introduced by him, instructing
the Judiciary Committee to inquire what legisla
tion of Congress is necessary to eecure to thu
people of Louisiana their rights of eelf-goveru-nient
nuder the Constitution, and report with the
least possible delay by bill or otnervin, and
made a lengthy apocch'iw hb".h lie argued that
the recent action r the Federal soldiers in con
nection with the organization of the Louisiana
Legislature was without warrant of Constitution
or law and a dangerous precedent, lie was brief
ly answered by fr. Morton, who took an oppo
site view of the case Adjourned.
In the House, on the 11th, Charles Al
bert was arralxnnd for contempt in refusing to
answer certain questions before the Pacific Mail
Investigating Committee, and the witness said
he would answer the questions on being o'ilH
bytheHouseto do so.... A rnlUtloii Was offered
aud referred. rolling attention to and denounc
ing the Interference of Federal soldiers with the
Legislature of Louisiana at its recent organiza
tion, aud demanding "the immediate withdrawal
of the military force of the United Statea from
the said State and the condign punishment of
those guilty of thia reckless usurpation'' A
bill supplementary ti the bill to restore specie
pnymente wa Introduced and referred The
Consular and Diplomatic Appropriation bill
($l.:li-l.TH.") was reported from the Committee of
the Whole and passed.
In the Senate, on the 12th, the House
bill declaratory of the 19th section of the act of
1814, to amend the Customs Revenue laws and to
repeal moieties, was passed. . . .Mr. Howe, of Wis
consin, replied ill n speech Of Considerable length
t"Jihe remarks of Mr. Schurz relating f affairs in
Louisiana The report of the I'nited States At
torney for the Western District of Tenuessee in
regard to the troubles in that section last summer
was received, oidered printed and laid on the table.
In the House, on the 12th, bills were
passed Senate bill to remove the limitation re
stricting the circulation of gold.banks to $1,000,-
000; granting to railroad companies the right of
way through public lands, givingthein loo leet on
each side of the central line of the road, and the
right to take from adjacent public lands the earth,
stone, timber, etc.. necessarv lor the construction
of the road, and also ground for stations, not to
exceed twenty acres for each station, to the ex
tent of one station for every ten miles of road,
and providing that all such rights of way shall be
subject to the authority of the States through
which the roads may pass, and that the States in
which railroads may be built under the provisions
of the bill shall have authority at all times to
egulate and limit the charges for transportation.
In the Senate, on the 13th, the Presi
dent's message on Louisiaua affairs was received,
read and ordered printed Mr. Schurz" resolu
tion iu regard to Louisiana came up a unfinished
business, and Mr. Lofinu defended the course of
the Administration and of ieu. Sheridan in
Louisiana in a lengthy speech A bill was in
troduced and referred for the relief of the Tcrre
llutite Indinnnnolis ljiilrnnd Comnanv. suc
cessors of the Terre Haute A Richmond ltailroad
Company, iu the State of Indiana.
In the House, on the 13th, a "bill was
introduced to promote commerce among the
States and to cheapen the transportation of per
sons and property between the Atlantic seaboard
and the Wcsteru'states The Indian Appropria
tion bill ( $4,85.",507) was debated in Committee of
the Whole.. .Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 14th, the bill to
provide for a revision of the laws for the collec
tion of customs duties was passed, with amend
ment reported from the Finance Committee
Uills were introduced :oo.-gauize the Territory of
Oklahama, and for the better protection of the
Indians therein; to empower the southern 1 acinc
Hallway Company to change the line of their road
and to canst ruct an additional branch railway
Mr. Logan finished his speech on Mr. Schnrs
Louisiana resolution, and Mr. Tipton began a
speech in reply A message was received from
the l'resideut announcing bis approval of the
Finance bill, and suggesting, in order to carry
out the provisions of the bill, that the duty on tea
and coffee be restored and that the In percent, re
duction of tariff on the articles specified in the
law of June ti. 1872, be repeated. lie slate that
there is no provision for preventing fluctuation
in the value of paper currency with gold at a
premium of over It) per cent, above the currency
in use, and that it is almost certain that silver
would be bought np for exportation as fast as it
was put out. until change would become so scarce
as to make the premium on it equal to the pre
mium on "old, or sufficiently high to make it no
longer profitable to buy for export, thereby caus
ing a direct loss to the community at large
and great embarrassment to trade, and
suggests as a remedy for these diffi
culties that the Secretary of - tne Treas
ury be authorized to redeem legal-tender
notes whenever presented In sums not less than
$100 and multiples thereof at a premium for gold
at 10 per cent., less interest at the rate ot S'4 per
cent, per annum from the 1st of January, 175, to
(late 01 putting this law into operation, anu dimin
ishing this premium at said rate until the final
resumption, changing the rate of premium de
manded from lime to time as the interest
amounts to one-quarter of one per cent.
In the House, on the 11th, the In
dian Appropriation bill was further debated in
Committee of the Whole.... A communication
was received from the Sergeant-at-Arms stating
that Judge McArthur, of the District Supreme
Court, bad issued a writ of h'llxa corpn in bebaif
of Irwin, the recusant witness, and asking for in
structions. A resolution was then adopted that
the Scrgcant-at-Arme be directed to make careful
return to the writ of hnbea Mr put that the pris
oner is duly held by authority of the House of
Representatives to answer in proceedings against
him for contempt. ...Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 15th, several
bills fort he relief of persons were passed ...Mr
Tipton concluded his remarks on Mr. Schorr'
Louisiana resolution, and Messrs. Logan, Freling
huysen and Saulsbury joined iu the discussion.
In the House, on the 15th, G. F. Hoar,
from the Select Committee on Outrages in the
Southern States, presented the report of the
sub-committee which had been to New Orleans,
and stated at the same time that the committee
had voted to proceed forthwith to the State
of Louisiana to continue the investigation. The
report was ordered printed, but was not read. It
is to the effect that the election of 1872 was a
fraudulent one. and that of 1874 was determined
by the Returning Board, whose "arbitrary, un
just and illegal actions alone prevented the re
turn by the Board of a majority of Conservative
members to the lower house." The committee
recite at length the facts relative to the attempted
organization of the Legislature Jan. 4, and
conclude as follows: "Your committee have
not been able to agree npon any recom
mendation, but upon the situation in
Louisiana a it appeared before us we are all
agreed." The report is signed by Charles Foster,
William Walter Phelps and Clarksou N. Potter
In the rase of Irwin, the recusant witness, a
resolution was adopted directing the Sergeant-at-Arms
to make careful return to the writ of
habfut tor put that the prisoner is duly held by
authority of the House of Representatives to an
swer proceedings against him for contempt, and
to take with him the body of Irwin belore the
court when making such return as required by
law Adjourned to the ISth.
The London Daily Telegraph pro
poses to permanently enlarge its pages
by increasing the length of the present
columns and by adding another column to
each page. It will then be the blanketest
sheet in the world no profanity meant!
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THE LOUISIANA TK0UCLES.
Xlie President Heond to tlie It
tjitcwt lor inlormalion.
The President, in answer to the Senate resolu
tion adopted on the tth, asking for information in
regard to the recent proceedings in Louisiana, re
sponded in a special message on the 13th, an ab
stract of which is here given:
To say that lawlessness, turbulence and blood
shed havo charactprffted the political nffhirs of
Louisiana since Its organization under the itecon
struCtion acts, the President says, is only to re
peat what has become well known as a part of its
unhappy historv. He brit rty reviews the leading
eveuts of the past few years the election of 1N6S
and the bloody riots preceding and follow
ing that evr.ut; the shameful and tiudis
Siiised conspiracy to carry the election of
1872 against the Republicans; the glaring
frauds and forgeries committed in the returns;
Hie suit brought by Gov. Kellogg in the United
Status circuit Court; the decision ot tnat court
in Air. Kellot'i? s favor, ana ins subsequent as
sumption of the office of Governor. The Presi
dent says, that the courts of the United States
have the -fight to interfere with State
elections so as to maintain political equal
ity and rights therein, irrespective of race
or color, is a new, and to some it seems a
startling, idea; but it results as clearly from the
Fifteenth amendment and the acts to enforce
that amendment as the abrogation of Htatc laws
upholding slavery results from the Thirteenth
aiimmliiienti Th jurisdiction of the court being
cl'nr. Its Judgment was properiy executed. He
had in the discharge of his duty under Sec. 4 of
Art. 4 of the Constitution recognized Mr. Kellogg
as Governor. It was not certain that he was
elected, and it was equally uncertain that Mc
Knery was elected. Kellogsf obtalueu possession
affile office and in bis opinion had more light to
it than his competitor.
Assuming the correctness of the report made
by the Senate Committee on Privileges and
Flections to the etlect that to recognize the
McEnery Government would be recognizing a
government based on fraud, in defiance of the
wishes and intentions of the voters of the State, a
report which seems to have been generally ac
cepted by the country at the time it was made,
the great crime iu Louisiana is that one is hold
ing the office of Governor who was
cheated out of 20.000 votes against another
whose title to the ofllce is based on fraud and
in defiance of the wishes and intentions
of the voters of the Stste. The President then
referred o the butchery of citizens at
ColiUx, which he characterized as an affair
which in bloodthirstiness and barbarity was
hardly surpassed by any acts of savage warfare.
The facts, the President says, are admitted.
To hold the people of Louisiana responsible
for these atrocities would he unjust, but it is a
lamentable fact that in-uperafile obstructions
Hail been thrown in the way of punishing these
murderers, and the so-called " Conservative"
papers not only justitled the massacre but de
nounced as " t'ederal tyranny and despotisln"
the attempt of United "states officers to bring
them to justice. No way could be found in this
boasted land of civilization and Christianity to
punish the perpetrators of this bloody and mon
strous crime. Not uulike in its lending feat
ures was the Coushatta massacre. No one has
been punished and the "Conservative" press de
nounced all efforts to that end and boldly justilied
the crime. The l'resideut relates additional out
rages, to w hich more or less prominence has been
given in the public press.
In conseu'iencc or representations made to him
that the presence of troops in Louisiana w as un
necessary, and that there would be no disturbance
if they were removed he had withdrawn all troop
from "the State early last summer with the excep
tion of a small garrison at New Orleans. On the
14th of September D. H. 1'enn, who claimed that,
he had been elected Lieutenaut-Governor in
lt72. issued an iullammatory proclamation, calling
upon the militia of the State to arm. assemble and
drive out the " usurpers," as be designated the
officers .of the State. The White Leaguers, armed
aud ready for the conflict, promptly "responded.
On the same day the Governor made a formal
requisition upon him, in pursuance of the act
of 1795 and Sec. 4 of the Constitution, to aid in
suppressing domestic violence. On the next
day he issued his proclamation, commanding
the insurgents to disperse witlnu five
days from the date thereof, but before the
proclamation was published in New Orleans,
the organised and armed forces reorgan
i.ing, a usurping government had taken forcible
possession of the Slate-House and temporarily
subverted the Government. Twenty or more
persons were killed, including a number of the
police of the city.
The President insists that there was great in
timidation exercised at the recent election,
aud instauces the agreement of the mer
chants of Shreveport as demonstrating the
fact. He also refers at considerable length
to the efforts made to control the election aud
so manipulate the vote as to assure the as
cendency of their friends and the defeat of the
Republicans. By Sec. of the act of Feb. 2S,
1H71. it is made the duty of the United States
Marshals and their Deputies at the polls where
votes arc cast for Representatives in Congress to
keep the peace and prevent any violations
of the so-called Euforcement act, and other
offenses against the laws of the United States,
aud upon a requisition of the Marshal of Louisi
ana, and in view of said armed organization and
other portentous circumstances, he caused de
tachments of troops to be stationed in various lo
calities in the State to aid him in the perform
ance of his ollicial duties.
Iu regard to the alleged interference of the mil
itary with the organization of the Legislature of
Louisiaua on lhe4h. he bad no information which
had not been received by him since that time and
published. His first information was received
from the papers of the morning of the 5th of Jan
uary. He did not know that any such tiling was
anticinated. and no orders, 110 suggestions, were
ever given to any military officer iu that Slate
uiKin the subject prior to the occurrence, lie
was well aware that any military interference
by the officers or trojps of the United
States with the organization of a State Legisla
ture or any of its proceedings, or with any civil
department of the Government, is repugnant to
our ideas of government. He could conceive of
no case, not involving rebellion or insurrection,
where such interference by the authority of the
General Government ought to be permitted or
can be justified; but there are circum
stances connected with the late legisla
tive imbroglio in Louisiana which seem to exempt
the military from any inientional wrong in that
matter, knowing that they had been placed in
Louisiana to prevent domestic violence, and to aid
iu repressing it. The revolution was apparently,
though it is believed not really, abandoned,
and the cry of "Federal usurpation" and "tyr
anny in Louisiana" was renewed with redoubled
energy. Troops had been sent to the State nnder
the requisition of the (iovernor, and. as other dis
turbances seemed imminent, they were allowed
to remain there to render the Executive such aid
as mitrht become necessary to enforce the laws or
the tate aud repress the continued violence
which seemed inevitable at the moment when
the Federal support should be withdrawn.
He had no information of the proceedings of
the Returning Board for the late election which
may not be found in its report, which has been
published, but it is a matter of publicinforniation
ahat a great part of the time taken to canvass the
votes was consumed by the arguments of lawyers,
several of w hom represented each party before
the ISoard. He had no evidence that the proceed
ings of this Board were not in accordance with
the law under which they acted. Whether,
in excluding from their count certain retnrns,
they were right or wrong, is a question thai de
pends upon the evidence they had before them,
but it is very clear that the law gives them the
power, if they chose to exercise it, to decide that
way. and. ftrima facie, the persons whom they re
turn as selected wjre entitled to the offices for
which they were candidates.
Each branch of a Legislative Assembly is the
Judge of the election and qualification of its own
members, bat if a mob hold the legislative hall
in a riotous manner, and so prevent any organi
sation by those legally returned aa elected, it
nvght become the dnty of the Executive to inter
fere if requested by a majority of the nienv
bers-clect and enable the House to orgaiiir.e.
With reference to Louisiana it is to be
borne in mind that any attempt made by the Gov
ernor to nse the police force of that State at this
Mtno would bavo undoubtedly precipitated a
bloody conflict With the White League, as it did
on the 14ih or September. There is no doubt but
the presence of the United States troops on that
occasion prevented bloodshed ana the loss 01 me.
I'.oih parties appear to have relied upon them as
conservators or the public peace. The first call was
made by the Democrats to remove from the leg
islative hall persons obnoxious to them, and the
secoud by the Republicans to remove alleged
ujurpera.
That tho Democratic minority of the nouse
nnnTtock to seize its organization by fraud ana
violence; that in this attempt they trampled
under foot the law, in that l hey undertook to
make persons not returned as elected members
so as to create a majority; that they acted under
a preconcerted plan, and, nnder false pretenses,
introduced into the hall men to support their lire-
tensions by force, if necessary, and that the con-
mct, disorder and riotous proceeding following
are facts which seem to nfl well-established, ana
I am credihiy informed that these violent
proceedings were a part of a premeditated
plan to nave the House organized iu this
way; recognize what has been" called the Mc
Enefy Senate: then to dct se Gov. Ke'loffsr.
and so revolutionize the State Government.
Whether it was wrong for the Governor, at the
request of the majority of the members re
turned as elected in the House, to use such
means as were in his Dower to defeat theBe
lawless and revolutiot.ary proceedings is
perhaps a debatable question; but it is
quite certain that there would have been no
trouble if those w ho now complain of illegal in
terference had allowed the House to he organized
in a lawful and regular manner. When those who
inaugurate disorder or anarchy disavow such
proceedings, it will be time enough to condemn
thooe who. hv such means as they have, prevent
ed the success of their lawless and desperate
schemes.
The President then .details the circumstances
under which tien. Sheridan was sent to New Or
leans and justities or excuses the terms with
w incn he has characterized tue w lute Leagues.
He deplores the necessity which seemed to
make it bis duty to interfere. He had earnestly
entreated the peopln of the South to live together
in peace and obey the laws, and nothing would
give him greater pleasure than to see recon
ciliation and tranquillity everywhere prevail,
and thereby remove the necessity of send
ing troops among them. He regretted to
say, however, that this condition of af
fairs does not exist, nor does its existence
seem to be desired in some localities; and as to
those, to the extent that Congress had given him
power to prevent it, neither White Leagues nor
any other association could be permitted to gov
ern the country with violence, nor could he see
with iudill'erence Union men or Republicans os
tracized, persecuted or murdered, as they arc in
some localities.
The case of Louisiana had been heretofore
urged upon the attention of Congress, and he
thought its inaction had encouraged the evil con
dition of affairs. He then briefly summarized the
events heretofore elaborated as the circum
stauces which justify the continuance of the mil
itary force in Louisiana.
Tbo task assumed by the troops was
not a pleasant one to them. The
army is not composed of lawyers capa
ble of judging at a moment's notice of just how
far they can go in the maintenance of law and or
der, aud It w as impossible to give specific instruc
tions providing for all possible contingencies
that might arise. The troops were bound to act
upon the judgment of their commanding officers
upon each sudden contingency that arose, or
await instructions which could only reach thein
after the threatened w rongs had been committed
w hich they were called on to prevent.
The President says that upon his recognition of
the Kellogg Government he reported the tact,
with the grounds of the recognition, to Congress,
and asked that hody to take action in the matter,
as otherwise he should latte their silence as ac
quiescence in his course. Congress had taken no
action and he maintained the position he bad first
taken.
In conclusion he asks that such action be taken
by Congress as to leave him perfectly clear iu
dl-al If u? with Louisiana affairs, and assorts that
bodv that whatever it may direct him to do in
the "premises will be executed according to the
spirit aud letter of tho law, without fear or favor.
Falchcs In the Wrong 1'Iacc.
One of Uoston's best-known mer
chants, noted for his shrewdness and
penetration, had a test case presented a
short time since and came oil victorious.
As it is an illustration of this millionaire's
penetration in great business affairs, we
cive the story here.
" It appears that the merchant wanted
another gardener upon his country es
tate, near Boston, and an individual pre
sented himself for that office.
" Understand the business?"
" Yes, been in it for years?"
"Whom had he lived with last? The
applicant mentioned a gentleman, the
merchant was well acquainted with,
slated he left for no fault, but that his
former employer was going to Europe,
had sold his estate, and had no further
use for him.
" What wages do you expect?"-
" Eighteen dollars a month."
This was astonishing low for such a
promising-looking, sober man, and the
shrewd business man rubbed khis chin
thoughtfully and reflected that it was a
bargain lot; but "wasn't there some
thing wrong about it?" His habitual
business caution even in this compara
tively trifling negotiation did not forsake
him.
" Call to-morrow at this time, and I
will have seen Air. , your former em
ployer, and give you an answer."
rl he gardener turned and began to
walk slowly away; as he did so he dis
played two patches on the seat of his
pantaloons beneath the line of his round
about jacket.
44 Hallo! here! come back here," called
the merchant; 44 you needn't apply to
morrow; 1 sec I sha'n't want jou."
The astonished applicant stammered
out something about his knowledge ot
gardening and good character, but was
cut off short by this practical observa
tion: 44 Don't want you, sir; the patches on
your breeches are on the wrong side. A
gardener's breeches ought to be patched
at the knees, not on the seat. You won't
do for mc." Boston Bulletin.
Ljcanthropia.
Clos-f.lt connected with outbreaks of
lupine rabies, of which we have authentic
accounts as early as the thirteenth cen
tury, was the remarkable superstition of
the middle ages termed lycatUhrypia&
belief that human beings were tempora
rily transformed into wolves (or 4- were
wolves" as they were called), in order
to satisfy an unnatural craving for hu
man blood. It is well known that the
wolf, when rabid, exhibits a peculiar
change of habit and character. It quits
ihs customary haunts in the forest re
cesses and displays no fear or hesitancy
in entering towns and villages, where it
boldly encounters dogs, men and other
creatures, attacking them furiously, bit
ing and tearing them and then continu
ing its dreadful course of destruction.
Brera relates that at Crema, Italy, in 1804,
a mad wolf descended from the mountains
and bit not only a vast number of animals,
but thirteen persons besides, of whom
nine perished of hydrophobia. This
peculiar audacity of the rabid wolf, and
the fact that a human being suffering
from the disease often imagines himself
personally identified in some manner with
the animal that bit him, were doubtless
largely concerned in the maintenance of
this superstition at a period when, as
Lecky observes, the air was surcharged
w ith the supernatural. But, in fact, this
able may be traced back to mythological
ages, and the existence of the 44 were
wolf " has been attested by Herodotus,
Pliny, Strabo,' Virgil, Ovid and other
ancient authors. Most of us remember
the story recounted in Ovid's 44 Meta
morphoses," of Lycaon, King of Arcadia,
who entertained Jupiter with human
flesh, in order to prove his omniscience,
and was punished by having all his sons,
save one, and himself, transformed into
wolves. Popular Science Monthly.
It has been well said that the value of
a gift does not depend on its price. Love
or friendship hallows the slightest token,
and when the idol of your heart 13 ex
pecting a holiday present of a diamond
ring, and you give her instead a twenty
five cent cake of soap, it is worth at least
twice that sum to see tke angelic look of
resignation that settles upon her beauti
ful face. Brooklyn Argut.
The Lore Story or a Dahl Feasant.
An arlist In Sweden, telling in the New
York'jf'iWa, recently, his story of adven
ture, interwove with it a sketch so touch
ing of honest love and child like igno
rance of the world that it 10 worth repro
ducing here, though more briefly. One
evening on a mountain side he was try
ing to sketch his sleeping guide, when a
fine young fellow, dressed in the pictur
esque JJahl costume, whom he remein
bered to have seen in a village some
daVs before, approached him. lie had a
forest of auburn curls and big gray eyes.
and a melancholy expression on his face ;
and was in his holiday costume leather
ureeciies, massive shoes with ponderous
iron buckles, the peculiar leather apron
of the country, a bright blue jacket and
a square-cut waistcoat of yellow, em
broidered w ith scarlet flowers, and flaps
lying low -on his hips. He carried a
heavy bag that might weigh a hundred
pounds and hold two bushels on his
back, but stood as erect as a young fir.
He said "good evening" in his own way,
and offered his hand, then laid the bag
down and sat upon it. He looked at the
artist's sketch and then desired to use
the pencil. The artist added a piece of
paper and the peasant wrote on it one
word 44 Telsla." He scrutinized the art
ist closely for a moment, then rose
wearily, as if disappointed, ana began
emptying his leather sack. A good sup
ply of barley loaves, a bottle of brandy
and a considerable wardrobe came out
before the peasant had reached the ob
ject of his search a bit of blue ribbon
carefully wrapped in cloth. He showed
this to the artist and pointed to the word
lelsla. 1 he American could not but
understand that the name and the
ribbon had something to do with each
other, and, finding the Dahl patois incom
prehensible, he brought his sketching
into play:
" I hough it was nine o clock at night a
soft, mellow, subdued light still pervaded
the mountains. 1 rapidly drew the pe
culiar Dahl shoe, with its sole of birch
bark extending beyond the toe, made the
peg in the middle which answers for the
heel, and decorated the instep with a
bunch of streaming ribbons. The Dahl
man trazed intentlv on it. Dointed to his
own feet and shook his head. I tried a
second time and sketched the peculiar
woman's head gear of his village, with
the long, thick plaits elaborating tne
hair, which I adorned with ribbon
streamers, simply indicating a woman's
profile, the whole of it not much bigger
than my thumb. As I went on I won
dered whether I had hit it. I heard a
deep sigh, and a big tear spattered on
the paiier. My Dahl man rose with an
over-joyous face and went to where he
had piled up his stock of bread, and
breaking a loaf in two handed me half
of it and offered me his brandy bottle."
That awoke "the guide, who had been
glum over the loss of his own spirits in
a fall; and he reached out his hand for
the bottle as soon as the artist had fin
ished his modest swallow. Then the
Dahl man burst into a flood of talk that
asted an hour, when they ail went to
sleep. In the morning he should have
forgotten all about the visitor had it not
been for the bread he left. As they were
feasting at dinner on birds, shot on their
way down the mountain, the guide, swal
lowing a huge mouthful, remarked:
"It is good bread, even 11 it was
kneaded with tears."
44 How so?" I asked.
'Why, the Dahl man-
" Well, what about him?" I inquired
44 What did lie want? What did he mean
by Telsla? Where did he go to?"
i'ardon me, worthy sir," saia .kricK-
son, with a certain degree of constraint;
I have done the work as guide for a
good many Englishmen and you are the
first American, but you see strangers
might kind of laugh at the way of feel
ing or thinking of our poor countryfolks,
and that young fellow's story might seem
to be foolish to you.
"But what did he want?" I asked.
44 That poor Dahl boy saw you when
vou passed through his village. The
coming ami going of a stranger there in
summer time is an event; in winter it
would not have had the same effect.
Hearing, after you had left, that you
were an American, he packed up every
thing he had in the world, his clothes
and his tools, for he is a blacksmith, and
bas been on foot for the last three days
and nights following us, and he wanted
to join you and go across with you to
America, wherever that may be."
44 Why? what for?" I inquired.
4,-Oh,"it is quite a story. He told it all
to me last night, and 'most snapped his
heart-strings in the telling of it. He
waited until you were asleep; for though
he had plucked up courage enough to
follow me so far, he was afraid to tell it
all to me. Telsla was the freshest,
rosiest maiden in the village. I remem
ber her well three years ago. She was
sixteen then. How pretty she was in
her sheepskin jacket and her blue petti
coat! Modest and pure-minded was she,
and no one could say a word against
her. She was the daughter of the inn
keeper and her condition was a good one.
It was a merry house and in winter a
constant round of feastings took place.
Telsla had a good bit of learning, but,
what was better, she was a tidy house
wife and rang well and had a good heart.
I think she must have loved our friend
of last night, though obody could ever
say that she told her thoughts.
44 Two years ago that girl's father mar
ried a woman from the Mora country. I
have nothing to say against the Mora peo
ple, only they are apt to try to hold their
heads away up, like geese, and lord it
over the simple Dahl folk; and so Telsla
and her step-mother did not agree very
well. Then trouble came when Telsla's
old father died, and the Mora woman
claimed most of the property, and a law
suit, which is a scandal among the Dahl
folk, was likely to set in. All I could
make out of the story was, that one fine
day Telsla sold out to her step-mother
all her right in her father's estate, and
in desperation-like walked alone to the
coast and got on board a cattle-boat at
Gene and went to Stockholm, where 6he
took ship for America. There ain't much
that is strange about that, for lots of our
people have been going to America.
44 Either because the Dahl blacksmith
had not been quick enough in telling his
love, being a modest kind of fellow, or
whether they had a quarrel over a bit of
ribbon, certain it is that while her lover
was absent Telsla went away and left
the country. All I could learn was what
he told me, and he has been eating his
own heart ever since and living in the
dark, though it happened most a year
ago. He wanted to go to America in
search of her, and thought perchance
that you might have some tidings of Tel
sla, belike seen her. Now, I am only a
guide and not one of those stuck-up fel
lows like the Mora people, who think
they can learn nothing. So when he told
me his long story I opened the pack and
took out that book you carry with
the maps in it. It took mc an
hour to explain to the poor, simple
fellow that in this world Sweden is
but a tiny speck, and that America is
most all the rest of the earths I took
him right off to that cliff there, where
there is a clear fall of 1,000 feet to the
jagged rocks below, and I bade him toss a
pebble into the depths, and said to him,
4 That little stone is Telsla; America is
that waste of stones and splintered rocks
and gravel below there. Do you think
you could ever find that little round
white shining pebble again, you have
lust thrown down? The stone Is lost.
44 This seemed to strike him, and that
neither he, nor I, nor you, sir, nor anv
one else save Cod could find for him
where Telsla had gone to. He seemed
stunned at this, but men in love arc
mostly either up in the sky or dow n in a
pit. Mill lie kiiiu ot liung to the idea
that you might help him. I told him you
were a painter journeying about to draw
waterfalls and mountains, and that vour
business might not let you have follow
ers. That it cost a heap of money ;
fortune to cross away beyond the seas
to America. 1 did not say you did not
nave a kind heart, lor 1 have no reason
to think to the contrary, but I put it to
him, that as 3'ou nail never seen lelsla,
with the hair of gold and the deep blue
eyes, how could you ever have known
how she looked, so as to be able to ti ll
hnn about your having met her in Amer
ica? But he declared that vou had drawn
her face. I made him believe, after a
longtime, that he had come on a fool's
errand, and that he had better return to
his mountain side and go to work again,
and pick up heart, because, if he put his
trust in uod, and lelsla loved him: she
would be sure to 6end him lidings some
day.
"louknaw they are very honest in
these parts, so when he asked for the lit
tle scrap of paper on which you had
drawn a woman's face, and which he had
held in his hand all the time, I refused
at first to let him have it. The poor
fallow begged dreadfully hard. "Now,
as I suppose you sell these things, 1
made bold then to make a kiud of bar
gain about it. It took you, I suppose,
not over a half-hour to draw that pict
ure, and I thought one whole day of my
service as your guide was worth about
as much as the picture, eo if you are
agreed to it I will buy it in that way for
the lad. The Dahl boy will certainly re
pay me the price of this little picture
either this winter or the next, when I go
through" this village. Or, if you hold to
your picture and must have it, as you
w in stay at tne porphyry worns to-mor
row, tins very night l can cross the
country and get the picture back, and
having hired you a new guide for a day
or so I can head you off again and join
you that is to say, if 3rou are not of
fended with me for the liberty 1 may
have taken about the picture. These
love scrapes always get other people into
trouble. That is all, only Dahl men and
Dahl women love through life and death."
44 iour poor Dahl friend is welcome to
my little bit of a 6ketch, which has real
ly no value," I replied.
1 mused for a moment over tins sim
ple story, when Erickson thanked me
warmly and added: "He wrote some-'
thing which 1 promised to give you,
and my guide took from the lining of
his cap a scrap of my sketching paper,
which I had dropped somewhere, and on
which was penciled some laint charac
ters. 44 1 gave him my sacred word that
I would beg you, whenever vou went to
America, to put this in your postollice,
if you have any in your country, so that
it might rcacn 1 eisia tnat way. 11 was
a good idea of the Dahl man."
"But, Erickson, my good lellow, what
is written on that paper?" I inquired.
44 Only this," he replied: 44 On this side
is 'To Telsla, America,' on the other 4 If
this ever reaches you anywhere, for the
love of God! write to me, so that I may
join you and keep my heart from break
ing, iou Know wno 11 is mat writes
you.' "
Uoes anyone m this wiuc land know
anything about Telsla, the one with the
golden hair and the blue eyes?
Snappy People.
We know persons so genial that their
face is always full of sunshine, and there
is no night there. When they have
trouble you can hardly tell whether they
are crying or laughing, the wave of tears
dashing against a bank of smiles. But
we meet others who are explosive and
gunpowdery under slight provocation.
There is such a thing (who would nave
thought it?) as a snappy editor. When
you enter his editorial rooms he does not
look up for a long while. You stand
with your hat in your hand thinking
what a luxury it would be to be asked 10
sit down. While you are meditating
the best way of attracting his attention
he suddenly looks over his shoulder nud
spits out, " "tYhat is it?" I here is aiiasfi
in the eye and a venom in the tone that
make you feel yourself a villain, though
previously you nad supposed yourseii
honest. Before you get through telling
him what you want he is at another edi
torial and he finally puts you on by tell
ing you he cannot attend to it now. You
back out with apologies for interruption,
but inwardly resolving lhat you will
never risk your life again in an editorial
sanctum.
There is such a thing as a snappy rail
road conductor. When he announces
the name of a depot he bites off the first
letter and the last syllable. It is at
your peril to ask him the name of the
next station. While you are deciding in
which of your eight pockets you put
your ticket he gapes upon you devour
ingly, as much as to say: 41 1 have you
now! You expected to get a ride with
out paying for it, eh?" If you venture
to tell hjni that the car is very cold he
will freeze you still worse w ith a wonder
ing stare. If you ask why there is no
water on the train he will throw over
you the wet blanket of a curt reply, and
that is water enough, lie is snappy
to the old lady who is too long getting
off, and the old gentleman who is too
long getting on; snappy about where
you put your feet, snappy about where
you set your valise. Before many miles
all the passengers feel the contagion
from having been bitten by such a snappy
disposition, and so they get snappy too.
Y'ou have noticed, furthermore, the
snappy merchant. After you have asked
for a certain style of goods he halts be
fore showing them, as much as to say :
44 Do you really want to buy, or are you
among those who do nothing Jut go
a-shopping, and are you going to take up
my time for nothing?" He talks over
the counter in exasperating monosylla
bles. When you point out a defect in
the fabric he asks: 44 Do you expect to
find anything perfect under the sun?"
While you are meditating whether or not
you had better take the goods he says:
"You need not have it if you don't want
it!" As you quietly suggest that you
saw something a little cheaper at the
next store he howls at you: "Go there
and get it!" As you g out he slams the
door after you, and you go down the
street with irritations all over 3'ou, just
because you came in oontact with a
snappy merchant. -
Suavity is an art that we all need to
cultivate. It pays to be gentleman or
lady. Porcupines are fit for nothing but
museums. Most of us need to have a
smoothing iron run over our tempers.
Many people get np 10 a cherry heat at a
moment's notice and do not always cool
off so quickly. Some are like hot jour
nals on the railway cars a little friction
and, lo! they are on fire, and it takes ice
and salt and waste and time to get
things running smoothly; and then there
is no saying when they will be on fire
again. "If we had more of the spirit of
Him concernine Whom it was . said,
"Grace is poured into Thy lips," we
would all cease being snappy. Chrhtian
at Work.
A Nantucket fisherman whilst re
turning home the other night was struck
suddenly by something which knocked
him senseless in his boat. On coming to
his afTisa a fain bo. fnnnd that A large
duck had flown directly against his neck
wun sucn xorce as to aui liseu at once,
for it lay dead In the dory.
ALL SOUTH.
An injunction against a New Have
manufacturer of vulcanized rubber for
dental plates was recently rendered val
ueless by his strange condtn t. Being
summoned before the court at Hartford,
it took four men to get him on bond the
train, as he said he had a warning that
the train would bo wrecked; and when
he reached the court he declared that it
had been wrecked and he had been
killed, his spirit only being present be
fore the Judge. Being asked why lie had
not obeyed the summons before, he said
he had been advised not to by 44 the
Lord Jesus Christ." The Judge told him
that 110 cant was wanted there, and In;
remarked: 41 That's what 1'estus said to
Paul," and as nothing more could be got
out of him he w as supposed to be crazy
and was discharged, and is Mill at work.
on his rubber plates.
Hero is a specimen of the queries
that the editors of ladies' journals have
to answer: " T. V. would be so thank
ful for M.'s good advice. Her dear
lather is lying at the point ol death.
hat would M. recommend for mourn
ing? l. . thought a sleeveless crape
tunic would look well for best dross, but
does not know what material to have for
dress; would she recommend J ami's
chord? Mie is afraid paramatta is too
expensive. And what can she have for
her second best dress, and how can sue
have it made and trimmed? A ml what
can sue have lor lier HiouMers that
would do through the winter? T. V. has
three little girls; what can she have for
them for their grandpa dresses and
mantles and hats?"
The division of the Supreme Bench
of Maine on the question whether a
woman can be a Justice of the I'enco
has occasioned considerable comment on
ill hands. There is a rather curious
coincidence in regard to the manner in
which the Judges are divided on the
question. I he live whosaythat a change
n the Constitution is necessary arc now
living with their first wives; the two who
say that no constitutional change, but a
new statute, is necessary arc living with
their second wives; and the one who says
that no change whatever is needed,
cither in Constitution or statutes, is liv
ing with his thifd wife. roitltnd (.''.)
irgux.
There is nothing like order, system
ind regularity in all things. It gives an
nward self-sat isfaction w Inch is better
than rubies. What a virtuous glow, for
instance, must have warmed the heart of
a gentleman who has just died in Texas,
and who has left behind him the record
that for fifty-eight years, at daylight on
each Christmas morning; he had stood in
the door of his house, barefoot, in hit
night-clothes, and played on t he fiddle
the Scottish air of 44 Killiccrankie." Wc
venture to say that among the million
inhabitants of this city not one celebrat
ed Christmas in such a barefooted and
nielodhms manner. AT. Y. Mtil.
The first services at Independence,
Tex., were held In an extemporized
church, the building having been previ
ously used as a saloon and gambling
place. 'I lie first Sunday after the pre
liminary services, just as Kcv. Mr. Pierce
had began his sermon, a gust of wind
6truck the building and blew a card from
one of the rafters. It was the 44 ten of
diamonds," and fell face upward upon
the open Bible. lhe circumstance-
seemed to disconcert the minister, where
upon old Felix Bobertson stepjied up,
and taking the card said: 44 Well, Par
son, you've got him. The devil has
thrown up his hand already."
A Dublin cabman has made his ap
pearance in a police court lor Having
while under the lnliuence 01 winsuy
driven his cab, with five women in it,
into the canal. 1 he cold water appears
to have revived a part of his senses, but
his only regret to the constable who
came to his rescue was: 4' Save the
mare, never mind the women." Two of
the latter are not expected to survive the
shock and fright.
A Wisconsin grasshopper, according
to the reliable ccnlleman of the Brook
lyn Arfux, recently fell upon and crushed
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in tne rooi 01 ainwauaee cnureji. :
trust that the reliable gentleman will
amend, however, by adding another
grasshopper and stating that the building
was the work of a jncw oik inclined;
because it is quite difllcult to believe it
as it is now. fiuchctster h mocrot.
Some very sugtresti vc figures conic.
to vs from Great Britain, where it ap
pears there were, in l7o, 2,yit art
schools with 'J81.100 pupils. In the me
tropolis of America, the third city in
population in Christendom, its only nit
school, which gives more than elementary
instruction, is in danger of closing for
want of a few thousand dollars to keep
it going.
If you say to yourself, 44 To day I
mean to be happy," it is a ras-h promise,
a hasty project. But if we say, "To
morrow 1 mean to give some one pleas
ure." it is an amiable intention which
will rarely deceive your hopes. Such
conduct is generous and delicate in the
extreme and cannot fail to bear good
fruit.
P R S V K Y P 11 r C T M N,
V It K P TfTSl'l! C P T S T N
The above letters were written over
the Ten Commandments in a Welsh
church, and remained there a whole cen
tury before they were interpreted. By
the use of a vowel they form a two-line
verse. The answer is as follows:
Persevere ye perfect men, .
Ever keep these precepts ten.
The London ,Sititrrliy lltvine finis
in Mr. Bancroft's tenth vol time not a
tingle eloquent passage. "The narra
tive," says the Jievieir, 44 stagnates
throughout at a dead level of wearisome
mediocrity." The London Atlw.tto um says
the book is " tame, discursive and in bad
taste."
Philadelphia ladies protest against
the desecration of the sidewalk with sa
liva. They claim that the inalienable
right of the American man to spit docs
not extend beyond the theater, the
church and the gutter.
A Milkman Makes a Funny Mistake.
A New Hampshire milkman has just
struck the tide that4 leads to fame," and
if he had the traditional cuteness of the
"universal Yankee nation" he might
have taken it at the flood and reached a
fortune too. He kept a stock of the ar
dent in a milk can. which somehow got
mixed up with the others, and when he
gave it a shake the other day he thought
it was only w ater that swashed about in
side, and so proceeded to fill it up with
milk in the orthodox milky way, and
sent the niixture.to market. Of course
there was a I112I1 time among the con
sumers; all the babies began to crow as
they never crowed before, the nurses took
lis nt the bottle.
n t;iink uiouj - - i --- -- ;
iust to see if it was "right for baby,
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placingtneir nanasover men um"mir"'
meanwhile, and turning up their eyes
with that mysterious thankfulness so
well expressed by tSuirt v Vmnp when
she remarked after a pull at the teapot
44 and wich it is gin." Even the heads of
families displayed a sudden fondness for
the lacteal fluid, and the stock was soon
disposed of. At first everybody thought
that the milkman bad, perhaps, struck a
whisky spring on his farm, and iT he had
been as sharp as his Yorkshire forefath
ers his fortune had been assured.
But he was simple enough to explain the
mystery according to circumstance, and
as he didn't promise to repeat his mis
take every day there is a good deal of
laughter at his expense. Brooklyn Eagle.
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