VOL XXIV.-HO. 12
WILMIirQTOII, N. C, THURSDAY. JANUARY 14, t875.
WHOLE HO. G,770.
WILMINGTON, S. C :
THTTE1DAY. JAN. 14. 1875.
BY TELEGRAPH.
LOUISIANA
PRESIDENT GRANTS MESSAGE
TO THE SENATE.
WASHINGTON. Jau. 13-rNoou.
2b the Senate of the United Matt :
I have the honor to make the follow
ing answer to a Senate resolution of
the 8th iutttaut, asking foriuforruatiou
aa tu any interferiw by any military
officer or any part of the army of the
United States with the organization or
proceeding of the Geiierul Assembly
of the State of Louisiana or either
brauch thereof, and also enquiring in
regard to the existence of armed or
ganizations iu that State hostile to the
govtruinent thereof and intent on
overturning such government ly force.
To Bay that lawlessness, turbulence
and bloodshml have characterized the
political affair of that Slate sines its
organization under the reconstruction
acta, is only to repeat what has become
well known as a part of its unhappy
history, but it may be proper here to
refer to the elections of 1868, by which
the Republican vote of the State
through frand and violenoe was re
duced to few thousands, and the
blood riots of 18CC and 1868, to show
that the disorders there are not due to
any recent causes or to any late actum
of the trdeial authorities. Preparatory
to the election of 1872, a shamefal and
nudisgaised oouspiracy was formed to
earry that election against thrf Bepuh
liouns without regard to law or right,
and to that end the most glaring frauds
and forgeries were committed in the
returns after many colored citizens bad
been denied registration and others
deterred by fear from casting tbeir
ballots. When the time came for a
final canvass of the votes in view of
the foregoing facts, Wm.' P. Kellogg,
the Republican candidate for Gover
nor, brought suit upon the equity side
of the United States Circuit Court for
Louisiana and against Warmouth and
others who bad obtained possession of
the returns of the election, represent
ing that several thousand voters of the
State had been deprived of the elective
franchise on accouut of their color, aud
praying that measures might De takt-n
to have said votes counted and for
general relief to enable the Court
to enquire as to the truth of
inese aiiegatioun.a temporary restrain
ing order was issued against the De
partments which was onoe wholly dis
regarded and treated with contempt
by those to whom it was directed.
These proceedings have been witiily
deuounced as an unwarrantable inter
ference byjthe Federal Judiciary ' with
the election of State officers, but it is
to be remembered that by the 15th
Amendment to the Constitution of the
United States, the political equality of
the oolored citizens is secured, and
under the 2d section of that Amend
ment, providiug tnat Congress shall
have power to enforce its provisions,
bv appropriate legislation. An act was
Daased on the 31st of May. 1870 and
amended in 1871 the object of which
was to nrevent the denial or abrufff
meat of suffrage to citizens on account
of race, color or previous condition of
semtnne, and it bat been held by all
the Federal Judges, before whom th
auostiou has aru-s i. including Justice
Strong of the Supreme Court, that the
protection afforded by tnia Amend
ment and these acts extend to State as
well as other elections. That it is the
duty of the Federal Courts to enforce
the provibions of the Constitution of
the United States, and the
lawa passed in pursuance there
of, is too clear for controvera
Section 15 of sid act, after numerous
provision therein to prevent an eva
sion of the 15th Amendment, provides
that the jurisdiction of Circuit Court
of the United States snail extend to all
cases in law and equity arising under
the provisions of said act, and of the
act amendatory thereof. Congress
seems to have contemplated equitable
as well as legal proceedings to prevent
toe denial oi sunrage w coiorea cm
zens.and it may be safely asserted that,
if Kellocg's bill in the above named
case did not present a case for the
eauitable interposition of the Court
that no such ease can arise under the
aot. That the Courts of the United
States have the right to interfere in
variom ways with State elections, so
aa to maintain political eaualitv and
rights therein, irrespective of race or
color, is comparatively a new. and to
some, seems to be a startling idea; but
its results are as clearly from the 15th
Amendment to the Constitution and
the acts that have been pasted to en
force that amendment, as the abroga
tiou of State laws upholding slavery
results from the 13th Amendment to
the Constitution. While tho jurisdio
tion of the Court in the case of Kellogg
vs. Warmoth and others is clear to my
mina, it stems mut uumu oi mu urueio
made by the Judge in tnat and tne tin
dred oase of Antoine were illegal, bat
while they are so held and considered
'it is not to be forgotten tnat the man
date of bis Court had been contempt
uously defied, and they were made
while wild scenes of anarchy were
weeping away all restraint of law and
order. Doubtless the Judge oi tins
Court made grave mistakes; but the
law allows the unanoeilor great lati
tude, not only in punishing those who
in preventing the consummation of the
rrnnowhtnh hahaaiiiriiniallv fnrhmriAn.
Whatever may be said or thought of
those matters, it was only made known
to me that the process of the Uuitt d
1 Atataa flour t was resisted and as said
act specially provides for the use of
the army and navy when necessary to
aforoe judicial process arising u ere
under, I considered it my duty to see
that snob process was executed accord
ing to the judgment of the court.
. Resulting from these proceedings,
through various controversies aud
complications, a State atlnnui'tratiorj
was organized with Wm. P. Kellogg
as Uovtraor,whio'',iu the dUohfge of
my duty unJrr section 4, article 4, of
the Constitution, 1 hav reognid as
ths government f the State. It hs
been bitterly and pergistt-nilr alleged
that Kellogg was not elected; nhrtlit r
he wait or uot.is not altogether certain,
nor is it snv mor certain that his
competitor, SfcEuery, was chosen.
Tha election was a g'gantlc fraud n d
thero are no reliable returns of its re
ul . Kellogg obtained persuasion of
the office) aud iu my opinion has more
right to it thxu his eompvtitor. On
the 20th of February, 1873, the Com
mittee on Privileges aud Elections of
the Senate made a report in which
they say they ere satietied by testi
mony that the manipulation of t ie
election machinery by Warmoth ai.il
others, was equivalent to 20,000 vote
and they a id that to reooguiztt the
McEhory government would be re
cognizing a government- based UHn
fraud in dollanoo of the wiahes and iu
teution of the voters of the State. As
suming the correctness of the state
ments iu this report, and they seem to
have beeu generally accepted by the
country, the great crime iu Loumiuuu,
about which bo much has been said, is
that one is holdiug the office of Oov.-r
nor who wis obeated out of twenty
thousand votes, against aiiottier whose
title to the offlo- is undoubtedly based,
on fraud and iu defence of the wishes
aud intentions of the voters of the
State. Misinformed and misjudging
aa to the nature and extent of this re
port, the sniporttrs of McEnery pro
ceeded to displace by force iu som
counties of the Str.te tho appointees
of Gov, Kullogg and on the 13th ot
April, in an effort of that kinda butch
ery of oitizenn was committed at Col
fax, which in blood-thirstiness nnd
barbarity, is hardly surpassed by m
ac s of Favage warfare. To put this
mutter beyond coutroviM-sy, i quote
from the charge of Judge Woods of
the United Stales Circuit Court to
the jury in the case of the
United States vs. Crnikobauk aud
others in New Orleans in March 1874
Ho said: "In the case on' trial there
are many facts not in controversy. I
will proceed to state some of tLem in
the presence and hearing of counsel on
both sides and if J state as a conceded
fact any matter that is doubted they
can correct me After stating the
origin of the difficulty which grew out
of an attempt of wbiteersons to drive
the Parish Judge and Sheriff, appoint
ees of Kellogg, from office, sua their
ttempted protection by colored per
sons, wuicn led to some uuntuig in
which quite a uumbtr of negroes were
killed, the Judge states, "most of
those who were not killed were taken
prisoners. Fifteen or sixteen of the
blacks had lifted the bonrds and taken
refuge under the floor of the Court
Houee. They were all oapturtd
about 37 men were tttken prisoners,
The number is not ' dellnitely fixed
they were kept under guard until dark;
tin v were led out two by o and snot.
Most of the men were shot to death
A few were wounded, i ot mortally, and
by pretending to be dead were after
wards during the . night able to make
their escape among them was the
Levi Kelson Darned iu the indictments
The dead bodies of the negroes killed
in this affair were left unburied until
Tuesday, April 15th, when they were
buried by a Deputy Marshal aud an
officer of the militia from New Or
leans. These persons found fifty-nine
dead bodies. They showed pistol shot
wounds, tne great majority in me
head and most of thtm in the back of
the head. In addition to the fifty
n ue dead bodies found, some charred
remains of dead bodies were dis
covered near the Court House; six dead
bodies were found under a warehouse
all shot iu the head, but.one or two
which were shot in the hearf. The
only white men injured from the be
ginning of these hostilities to their
close were Hudnot and Harris. The
Court House and its contents were
entirely consumed. There is no evi
dence that any one in th e crowd of
whites bore any lawful warrant for the
arrest of any of the blacks. .there is
no evidence thai either Nsah or Caen
bat, after the ufl'air was over domuriil
ed their oflices to which they hud net
Up claim, but Register continued to
aot as parish Judge and Shaw as
Sheriff. These are facts in this case, as
I ucudeiatandVlum tojbc. admitteuLllVLmg language,
hold the people of Lousiana ceneraliv
responsible for these atrocities, would
not be just, but it is a laudable fact
that obstructions were thrown in the
way of publishing these murders, aud
the so-called Conservative papers of
the State not only justified the massa
cre, but deuounced as Federal ty
ranny and despotism, the attempt
of the U. S. officers to bring them to
justice, tierce denunciation rang
through the oouutry about office
holding and election matters in .Louis
iana, wiiiie every one oi tne joiiax
miscreants goes unwhipped of justice
and no way cau be found in this
boasted laud of civilization and Christ
ianity to punish tho perpetrators of
this bloody and monstrous crime.
Not nrilike this wan the niassacm in
August last, wheu several young men
of capital and enterprise bad started
the little' and flourishing town of Cous
hatta. Some of them were Republi
cans and office holders undtr Kellogg;
ad they werethereforudoomedtodeutb
and six of them were seized, curried
away from their hornet mid murdered
in cold blood. No oue has been pun
ished, and the Conservative press of
the State denounced all efforts to that
end, and boldly justified the ciitue.
Many murders of a like elmrsc'er
have been committed iu individual
cases which oanuot hete be detailed.
For example, T. S. Crawford, Judge,
and P. H. Harris, District Attorney of
the 12th Judioial Distriot of the StaC,
on their way to Court were shot from
their horses by men in ambush on the
8th of Ootobor, 1873, and the widow
of the former, in a communication to
the department of justice, tells a pit
eous tale of the j ersecntions of tier
husband, because he waa a Union man,
and of tl efforts made to screen tluw-e
who have committed acriuie, which, to
use her own language, " loft two wi
dows and nine orphans desolate."
To say that the murder of a uegro or ,
a white Cepublioaa is not considered i
a crime iu Louiaiaua, would probably .
be unjust to a great prt of the people, !
but it is true that a great number of 1
such murders have been committed i
aud uo oue hat been punished iher
for, and manifestly aa to them iho
spirit of hat -ed aud violouce is strong
er hao law.
Representations were madj to ms
that the presonee of troop in L u;s
iaua was unnecessary aud irritating to
the people, and that there was no
danger of public disturbance if the)
were taku away. Consequently, etrl.v
in last Summer the troops were tl
withdrawn from the State, with the
exception of a smalt garrison t he
New Orleans barracks. It was claim
ed that a comparative state of quiet
had supervtmed the political excite
ment, aud as to tho Louisiana affair, it
seemed to be dyiug out; but the No
vember elections were eppn aching
una it was necessary, for party pur
poses, that the name should be re
kindled. Accordingly, on the 14th of
Sept tuber, D. P. Peun, claiming that
he was elected Lieutenant Governor in
1872, issued an inflammatory procla
mation, calling upon the militia of the
State to arm, assemble and drive from
power the usurpers, as he designated
the officers of the State. The White
Leaguers, rmed and ready for the
conflict, promptly responded. Ou the
sumo duy the Governor made a foruiul
requisition upon me. pursuant to the
act of 1795 aud section 4, ai tide 4, of
the CiiUHtitutmn, to aid iu auppresaiug
domestic violenoe. On the next day 1
Rhiied my proclamation commanding
the insurgents to disperse within fl"e
days from the date thereof; but before
tlie proclamation . was published in
New Orleans the organized and armed
force, reooguizing the osorpmg Gov-
error, had taken forcible possession of
the ntate House and temporarily soli
verted the governmeut. Twenty or
mere people were killed, including n
tiumbei of the police of the city, and the
streets of the oitv yore strewed with
blood. All that was desired iu the
way of excitement had beeu accom
plished, aiid in view of the steps takeu
to repress it the revolution was appa
rently, though it is buheved not reallv,
abandoned, and the ory of Federal
usurpation and tyranny in Louiaiaua
was renewed with redoubled energy
Troops had bt nseuttithe State under
this requisition of the Governor, and
as other disturbance seemed imnnueut,
they weie allowed to remain there to
reuderthe Executive such aid ai might
be co ue necessary to enforce the laws
of the State and repress the continued
violence that seemed inevitable the
moment Federal support should be
withdrawn. Trior to and with a view
o the late,election iu Louisiana, white
men associated themselves together iu
armed bodies called the Wh to League
aud at t e same time threat were
made iu the Democratic journals of
the State that the election should be
earn- d agaiust the Republicans at all
hazards, which very naturally greatly
alarmed tne colored voters.
Ry Bf ctiou 8 of the act of February
28th, 1871, it is made the duty of U.
S. Marshals and tbeir deputies at the
polls where votes are cast for IU-pre
sent a tires in Congress to keep the
peace snd prevent auy violation of the
so-called Enforcement Acta and other
offences against the laws of the United
States, and upon a requisition of the
Marshal of Jj.iuiaiana aud iu view of
said armed organizations aud other
circumstances I caused a detachment
of troops to be stationed in various
localities in the State to aid him in
the performance of his official duties.
That there wi intimidation of Repuh
lican voters at the ele.otion, notwil h
standing these precautions, admits of
no doubt. The following are speci
mens of the means nsed. On the 14th
of October eighty perspsis signed and
published the lollowing at hhreveport
"We, the undersigned, merchants
of the city of Khreveport, in obedience
to a request of the Shreveport Cam-
paigu Club, agree to use every en
dcavor to get our employes to vote
the people s ticket at the ensuing ele
tion, and in the event of their refusal
so to do or in case they vote the Radi
cal ticket to refuse to' employ them at
the expiration of their piesent con
tracts.
Ou the same day another large body
of persons published in the same place
a paper in which they used tne follow-
We, the undersigned, merchants of
the city of Shreveport, alive to the
general importance of securing a good
and honest government to tho State,
do agree and pL'dge ourselves not to
advauoe any supplies or money to auy
planters the coming year, who will
give employment or rent lands to la
borers who vote the radical ticket in
the coming election." - , , . . . ,
I have no information of tho pro
ceedings of the returning board for
said election, which may not be found
in its report whioh has been published,
but it is a matter of public information
that a great part of the time taken to
canvass the votes was consumed by
the arguments of lawyers, several of
whom represented each party before
the board. I have no evidence that
the proceedings of this board were not
in accordance with the Jaw.
whether in excluding from", their
count certain returns, they were
riirht or wrong, is a question that
deiiends npon the evidence they had
before them ; but it is very dear that
the law gives them the power, if they
ohoose to exercise it, of deciding that
win snd prima facte the persona whom
they return as elected, are entitled to
the offices for which they were candi
dates. ,
Re"peotiag tho alleged interference
by the military with the organization
of the Legislature of Louisiana on the
4th instant, I have no kuowledge or
information which has been re
oeived by me since that time and
published. My first information
was from the papers of the morning
of the 5th of January. I did not kuow
that any such thing was autioipated,
and no such ordera or suggestions
were ever given to any militaiy officers
in that State upon that subject prior
to the occurrence. I am well aware
that any military interference by the
officers of the United States, with the
organization of a State lgwlutiire or
auy of its proceedings, or with any
Civil department of the government, is
rpug'jatit to our ideas of government,
1 ean conceive of i o case not involving
r-lelli.u or iuiurrectiou where such
interference by authoiitv of the Gen
eral Government ought to bo permit
ted or can be jrHtined, but there are
e;(cumtnce connected with the late
Legi.tlutive embrogHo which seem to
exempt the military from auv inten
tional wring in that matter. Knowing
that they had been placed iu Louis
Una to prevent domestic violence aud
aid iu the enforcement of the State
lawa, the officers and troopa of the
t nitcd States may well have supposed
that H wastlieir duty to act when called
npou by the (roveruor for that purpose.
Each brauch of a legislative assembly
ia the judge of the election and qnah-
ncatiou of its own members; but it a
mob or a body of . unauthorized per
Fens seize end hold the legislative hall
in a tumultuous and riotous manner,
aud so prevent organization by those
legally returned as elected, it might
became the duty of the State Execu
tive to interpose, if requested by a
majority of the tnenibers-eleot, to sup
press the disturbance aud i enable
the persons elected to organize the
house. Any enreiso of this power
would only be justifiable under most
extraordinary oiruuinstanoee aud it
would then be the duty of the Uovern-
or to calljupon the constabulary, or if
necessary the military forces of Uio
State. Rut with reference to Louisi
ana, it is to be borne in mind that any
attempt by the governmeut to use the
police force of that State at that time
would have uudoubtably precipitated
a bloody ooulliot with the White
League as it did on the 14th of Sep
tember. There is no doubt but that
the presence of the U. S. troops upon
that occasion prevented bloodshed and
tue toss of life, lloth parties appear
to have relied upon them as conserva
tors of the public peaoo. The first call
waa made by the Democrats to remove
peraous obnoxious to them from the
Legislative hall, aud the second was
from the Republicans to remove per
sons who bad usurped seats in the
Legislature without legal certificates
authorizing them to seats, and iu
suuioient number to change the major
ity. No body was disturbed by the
military who had a legal right at that
time to ocoupy aseatin the Legislature.
That the Democratic minority of the
House undertook to seize its organiza
tion by fraud and violence ; that in
this attempt they trampled uuder foot
the law, that they undertook to make
persons not returned as elected mem
bers, so as to create a majoiity; that
they acted under a preoouoerted plan
and uuder falae pretences introduced
into the hall body of men to sup
port their pretensions by force if ne
cessary, and thatoouflict, disorder aud
riotous proceeding followed, are facts
that seem to be well established, and
lam credibly informed that these vio-
tout proceedings were a part oi a pre
meditated plan to have the House or
ganized and in this way recognize what
baa been called the Mounery debate,
then to depose Governor Kellogg aud
se revolutionize the State government.
V nether it was wrong for the govern
ment at the request of the majority of
the members returned as elected to the
House, to use such mesus as were in
bin xwer to defeat these lawless snd
revolutionary proceedings is perhaps
a debatable question, but it is quite
certain that there would have beeu no
trouble if those who now complain of
interference had allowed the House to
be organized in a lawful and regular
manner. When thote who inaugur
ated disorder and anarohy have disap
proved of such proceedings it will be
time to condemn those who by such
means as these have to preveut the
success of their lawless and desperate
actions.
Lient. General Sheridan was re
quested by me to go to Louisiana to
observe and report the situation there
and if in his opinion neoessary, to
assume the command, which he did
on the 4th instant (the legislative dis
turbauce had occurred at 9 o'clock t
in.,) a number of hours after the1 dis
turbaaoe. No party motives or prejn
dices can reasonably be imputed to
him but ho was honestly convinced by
what he has seen and beard there.
Louisiana has characterized the
Ieadersof the White Leaguers in sevci e
terms, and suggested summary modes
ofproOfcdiiriLwtfus
thougn tney cannot be adopted, would
if legal, soon pnt an end to the trou
bles and disorders iu that State. Gen.
Sheridan was looking at facts and pos
sibly not thinking of the proceedings
which would be the only proper course
to pursue in time of peace ; thought
more of the utterly lawless condition
surrounding him at the time of his
dispatch, and of what would prove a
sure remedy. He never proposed to
do any illegal act, nor expressed the
determination to proceed beyond what
the law in the .future might authorize
for the punishmout of tue attrooities
which have been committed and the
commission of which cannot be success
fully denied. Itis a deplorable fuot that
atrocities and murders have been com
mitted iu Iiouisiana whii h have gone un
punished, and whii'h have been justihtd
or apologized for, which must rest as a
repiOach upon the State and country loiig'
after -he present gnnentlon has passed
away. I have no desire to hav United
States troop j interfere In the domestic
Concerns of Iiuislans, or any other State.
On the ninth day of December lait Gov.
Kellogg ttilegvaphed to me hi appruhen
liou thai the White IieHgue Intended to
make another attack upon ths - State
House, tn which, on fie same day, I mads
the following answer (since which uo com
munication has been sent to him.):
Yotir dispatehes of this date Just re
ceived. It is exceedingly unpalatable to
use troops In anticipation of danger. Let
the State authorities bo right, and then
proceed with their duties without appre
hension of 'danger. If they are then
molested, the question will be determined
bather the United States Is able to main
tain law and order within its limits or
et."
I have deplored the necessity which
seemed to make It my duty under the
Constltuilon and laws to direct such interr
fereucet. I have always hesitated, except
when It seemed to be my imperative dviy,
to act in Such a manner under the Consti
tution and laws of the UulUd States, lbare
lepeateJIy and earnestly entreated the
psuple of th ioutb to live together tn
ae and rilsy the Uws, and imthlr-g
well I k'8 W greater pleasure than to
les reconoiliatimt and tranq'illitv every
where prevail, and thereby remove all ne-
resaliy lor the prtS'-uce oi iro"ps among
them. I regret, hoxever, to say that this
sat of things Uih not exist, nor does Its
filstonce swui to be dsirvus in some
localities, and as to these It may be p.cper
fur me to say l)at to the extent that Con
grew has rviil.Tie I power lipnu me to
pruvcui it. tli'T Ku-Klux Klaus, Whits
League, or any other assassins lining arms
aud violence to execute their unlawful
puitKHies can be permitted In that way to
govern any part of this country, nor can I
se with luilitHreneo true men or itsputdl
ctns ostracised, persecuted aud murdered
SJ account of ihelr opinions, they'ars in
mils localities. I base heretofoiw urged
the cause of LouiMana upon the attention
of Coiigivait, and 1 cannot but think that
its Inaction has produced great evil,
"To surmliM: In September last an
armed organised body of men In the sup
port ot candidate who bad Immi put in
nomination fur the clHces of Governor and
Lieut. Governor at tho November election
Iu and who had beeu declared not
elected by the board of canvassers, recog
nized by all the courts to which the ques
tion had been submitted, undertook to
B.ibvert and overthrow the State govern
ment that hart been recognized by nie tit
accordance with previous precedents. Ths
recognlxed Uoveruor was driven from
the Mate House, and but for hU finding
shelter Iu the United States Custom
house iu ths canitol of the State ol which
he was Uoveruor. is scaicely to lis doubted
that he weuld have been killed. From
tlie Slate House, before he had been driven
1 1 tns lYs'-oni-liuiue, a call was made lu
accordance with the f urih section, fouiih
art Of the Constitution uf thu Tiiltcd
States, for the ui J of the genet al govern
ment to siipiui'M iluiiiosUc violence. Un
der those vlrcnnistances, and lu accord
with my sworn dalles, my proclamation
of the 15th of September was Issued.
This served to rehistate tlov. Ktillog to
his poahlnu nominally, but it cannot be
claimed that the insurgents havs to this
day surrendri4 to the Slate auihoritiis
thu amis belonging to the Stale, or that
they have lu any ssnss been Unarmed ou
the contrary It is known that the same
atiuual oi'Kanixallon that existed on the
14th of .September, 1874, In uniwisltioit ti
the tiew Male government, hi ill retains
their oraauhutloii, equipniruis nnd com-
maudois, aud can lie railed out at any
hour to resist the Slate government.
Uuder thrte circumstances the same in II
Uiy force has been continued tn Louisiana
as was sent there under the Hist call and
under the same general Instruction.
1 tepeat that the tatk assumed the
troops is not a pleasant one to them, that
tho army Is tint composed of lawyers,
cupable of Judclt n at a iuobjciiU notice of
Just how fur lliey ran wo, hi the mainte
nance of law aud unlet, aud that it w as
Impossible logivt) specific Instructions pro
viding f ir any possible contingencies thfit
might arise. Tlie troops weie bound to
act upon ths Judgement of the command
ing officer upon each sudden rntitlligelicy
that arose, er wait Instructions, widen
could reach tl.em after thu tluaaiened
wrong had been commit led -which they
were called on topieveik.. It should be
recoils le4 ton, that upon my recrgnltioii
of the Kclli'Ug gnveiumnlit 1 ieiilnl (he
fact with Urn grounds ol lecogutlioli to
Cm tress, and asked that body to take
action lu tlie matter, otherw ise. I should
regard their silence as an acquiescence in
my course. Ko action bos been taken by
thu Unity, and I have maintained the po
sition I heii marked ont. lr error has been
committed by the army in these matters,
it has always been on the side of the pres
ervation of good order, the maintenance
of law and Hi proteetlou of l.fe. Their
beat ing, reflects credit on the s Idlois, aud
lr wrong has resulted tne blame ts with
the Interested elements surrounding them.
1 now earnestly ask tnat such action lie
taken by Congress as ts leave my duty
peifectly char iu dealing wilh the affairs
of Louisiana, giving assurance at the same
time that whatever may be done by that
body la the premises will be executed ac
cording to the spirit aud letter of tlie law,
without fear or favor; I herewith traus
mlt copies of documents containing more
specific Information as to the subject mat
ter of tne resolutions.
(Signed) U. 8. Ghaut.
Exkcttitb Mansion, Jan. 13, Wb.
ELECTRICISMS.
' In the Democratic caucus at Iidian
apolis, on Tupfilny night, Holman re
ceived 84 snd McDonald H votou for
the Senatorial nominations. The bnl
ance of tlifi votns were scattering"
Nevada elects Sharon, Republican,
to the U, 8. Senate.
Pinohback has been re-eleotod to the
ture (so-called), xbe vote stood as
follows: Senate, 18 to 6; House, 48
to 7.
Ex-Giv. Bromlette, of Kentucky, is
dead. '
Bpeoio shipments from New York
yesterday 1,(KX),000.
The Union Bank of Jersey City has
suspended.
rinehback has buon confirmed in
the Louis ana bogus Legislature in
joint session, ns V. S. Senator.
The proceedings in the Beech er
Tilton trial are too indeoent for publi
cation. Yesterday with Authors,
Er Jaukh T.
The Empty Heart;
OR
husks:
Br M 0 fliu,(o,
FROM MY YOUTH
UP.
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City Book Store,
tt JOB H ' ' J f 1 Villi S (K
Magazines and New York
Daily Papers, Bow Bells,
Fiank Leslie, Codey,
Demorest, &c, &c.
For mis 17
CONOLEY 4 YATE3.
J.it !l 10-
Enterprise Manufacturing
Go's Coffee Mills, c
THE BEST MILL manufaotuisil for Bpsml
Kyjniiem and lurblli,Y. Krery mil
warranted, rorwleat mtuulKcturei'i pitM
at lb M w Uardwar Ilouae of
UILKS A MUKOHIHON. .
J 10 .
JEW ADVISTISIitESTS.
filerry Christmas and Happy Nav Year
T ALU
BROWN & RODDICK,
4 5 M-iMtKJST STH1C1ST.
Santa Claus1 Headquarters
DUY GOODS of Every Description suitable for
HOLIDAY PRESENTS.
EEHEHBEH THE LITTLE FOLKS
TOY8 per New York steamer this day.
LADIES' MOSCOW BEAVER ENGLISH
WALKING JACKETS, suitable for
.. .. , ... CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.
Just received tie Largest Lino of BLACK ALPACAS we hare
ever litul. Pricea at leant 10 pur cent, lower than our former prices.
ti" We advise all who want anything in our line U tall early in the morn
ing, as wo get so bus v it is impossible
BROWN & RODDICK,
Sao ss
ATTENTION 1
FOR THE FAIR
BUY
DfuY aD,
CLOTHING, Boots, Shoes Hats, Trunk's,
CROCKERY, CHINA AND GLASSWARE,
AT THE "CHEAP CASH HOUSE" OF
M. FRANK & BR0.,
ilu S
At 153.00 per Ton, Cash, or $00.00, payable 1st of November, next;
N A. V ASS A ACID PHOSPHATE,
At $33.00 per Ton, Cash, or $3& 00, payable 1st of November next.
WR QUAHANTKE that ths rsTlous Blghflraiteof oar rsrtlllssrs shall bs rally Maistairbo
R K HRMIORRS, PrMldflht,
U. NoHSK, TrMiirr,
t). U OHArtfUN, NHrloUndsnt,
Jo S
M1SCILLAHI0TJB.
' TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES,1
"A FLOATING CITY,"
--..',-: -
"BLOCKADE RUNNERS,'!
"MYSTERIOUS ISLAND,"
"DOCTOR OX,"
"EIGHTY DAYS' TOUR, Ac,"
By Jules Verne.
"DRAPER'S INTELLECTUAL DE
VEL0PMENT OF EUROPE;"
" YESTERDAY WITH AUTHORS; "
"nrrnERTO," a story
OF YESTERDAY,
Dy Mrs. A.jD.T, Wljitney.
All for sals S' tbs Oitv Book Stokb,
By CONOLEY & YATES.
Jaa
A SPLENDIO HOLIDAY PRESENT.
Tbe Carolina HoascboM MaiaM,-
AM ILLUSTRATED MONTHLY oi eholos
Litaratura, alll bs iMucd from Uis Golds
biiko Ma-nmoia Orvioa oommencln w tli
Jknuary, ISIS. Tbs Brat anmbnr will b- nadr
lor m-iiiloa br Ueocubar lstb, and tb parkxf-
lual wilt b iiulilUhed eaoh nwdlng moiitb
th(iriftr wllhout Intarrniitlon. No adraa-
Uk will bs glectbd winb ettbsr talsnter
uai.lul can oommand to renjfr aa:h laans an
aurauabl and InstrnottTS eomprndluia of
eaoloena ring.bv papular wiltara, both boms
and aiiroau.
The Carolina Hotuehold tfagadae
will be lar;s -iag, elsIity-roliroolniDn
muDtblv.aaudMBiaiT Pfiotsa on tmtaa doos
nater and bomutifullT llluitrated. It Is
thoroughly souttara snterprias and Its sucoaas
Is alrradi fully awored. Tbs publiabor maaua
to roan 11 a nrai ciaaa monmiy, mai, uuom id
troduord In tha family clrcla. Is sure to bs
eagerly watched for and carefully iireeorted.
IU"K)KTKAIT QALLEHY" will urovs an
tttracttra feature, lbs Janoarf sambsr will
cod tuln a lire-hie picture. or
. EX-GOV. Z. B. VANCE, ;
snd biographical aketori, to lis followed In
cacb snooeerlliig number with photographs of
other prominent statenmen, dWIiiea, &0.
ONl.T TWO UOLLAKS A TEAB
and each sanserlbet can mske a choice of
Tsasa mot BSArjTisvt.lAseaCsaaaviMes,
tle or eob t4 x UO Inchea, via: "The Plndlag
0" the saviour In tlie I ample," "The Hadoa
na." or -King Lear Dafvlng ths Storm," fur.
warded on rcl t of the subaortptlnn price.
Kltber of the Kngrarlnga Is worth double the
prlee aok d lor tha bjagailoe.
asr any onaaemllngaolub of Be will re
oeira en extra subarription tree. Single oof)lea
MeenU. free by mall. m min'hs subsor.e
tion, without the Kngravlog, tl.
Agcrnts Wantad K very vyher.
Addreae JDL1CJS A. BONITI, Publlaher,
SselU : .,, . Uoldabore. N. Q.
In fact it la mixture of everything.
for na to wait ol uL
45 Market Street
ATTENTION!
AND HOLIDAYS.
YOtTR
17 Market Street
WE OFFER
OUR STANDARD FERTILIZERS
For the Heaaon or 1875, dnlivorwd on the Oars, at Our
TZ7 $ ctorJ W following 7
IlIi2lUCJli:i PItlOENi
SOLUBLE NAVAS8A GUANO
NAVAS8A GUANO COMPANY
WILMINGTON, ai. C.
-1-4&w4m.
HIHCILLABILOU.
Tolacco Leaf and Cotton Rant
, 8KMI-MOKTHLT.
Largsat elreaUUoa of aa Trade Jovaalla
the Soothsra gutes. subsorlptlon g pas
annual.
Tobacco Leaf aM Cotton Hant
SDPFUMSMT WBKKtT.
Over Hen Buiiilred gratuitous clronlatton.
Poet paid apeolmsn copies to Poet Offloes la
adjoluing countUa of tne Carollnas.
J. B. MORBIS,
- Proprteior.
dee 90 U
OFFICE
Garden City Cinar Masnfaetoiy.
NCW YORK.
All Cljtara at anthorlssd Naw. Tork Paetori-
I ke (hoapeat Hones In
. . ,.Hauw
ran teed aa represented
. ' . w vmwf mu turn
uulj ouedealliigeioiaalrelr In (llgara.
CHAs.KAHPKOWIOzjs BO.,
. . ., forth Kroot Street,
to8-'ai Wlimlagto,M.t
inu In th. tt-. . .1 . t. -
Our Livlnsand Our Dead.
Prospectus of 2nd Volume). -Nawssas,
. tt, Augass 10, 1874,
fcOtra Liviwa aid Odb Dun" mm
alter be publlahedaa a Saml-MoBtiily Main
3 per year In ad ranee. '
eur ue information oi those whs are not fa
miliar with thla enterprise, I state that tha
. hlef object or the Magaitne will be to publlah '
the Heoord that Horth Uerollneand bar laJlanl
aoldlers made In tbs late War between Ue
HUtee," to gather ths materiel tor the see of
the future h tutor Ian, end to perpetuate tlie
memory ol tboao bra re mea, ofliocre and
prWetes, living or dead, who abed laperuduble
glory npon their natlre HUte.
In addition to ths Was Rboobv e Noara
Oa bolim a, t be Magailne will contain aketehee
of every section, eeunty, oity and town of the
State, written by competent end well-Inform-S4
pereons. ttu eiata Uwn mmntmU, Sta
periodical, in hAioA eU cUim a ear eftueas
thouU takt Intmit end arid.
The Magaslne will take the place of ths
newapaper, harlng name title, published by me
during toe peat twelre atontbe.
The firit number will be leaned Wednesday,
September th, IH74. In the meantime, I ra.
apectfullr aek old aubaorlbers who deal re to re
new their subecrlptlras, and all others who
wlah toe Magaslne, a remtl eraatpUy, aa the
change end Improvements require eoneUerahle
outlay, and reedg emxy la Beaded.
fl. 0 POOl
Addreaa, Mil further notice, "Ooa Liviaa
abd oca IJBAB, hewbera, K. a, or BeJeigh,
North Oarolloe. '
Bxobangos will plsase oopv, ' . .
anglfl . I-
Horso Blankets,
Haddlea, Harnefs, Trunks, Traveling Rags,
Dollars, Bridlea, Hamea, TraosChalna, Whlpa,
Spars, Horse Bruihes, Feather Lua tore, and a
general assortment of Saddlery goodsas
obeap aa goods of seme sua ' Ity can .he bought
In the stAte.
. S. TOP HAM at CO.
fZe-ne-Sf
nov tt
nnisiTssin nb,
WBATLT KJCRUUTEUAT
rlllii I lisU be ebortma wotlee ami ea
an te moat reeoeble teresa.