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in, jiii ji . .uijpi nun . ... . -i ... i iuuKs j i WMpMMMM :sNw4fc 4ffiMltltirhin1ijM iaii'iffntrrrfmi-aj'MiTJ1tr 1 1 i-1 '" m i umi ..... f .. . tr li" "A'ltEl'UfiLICAtf WXJKKIjY NEWS - PAi12lt THE CKN iUAL OKOAN : OF THE PARTY. ; . ,-; K I- " HN:THI IPAQ E,) t ci :jr;u! j - v. Y7 'HI. CUO WXj Manager. i 8' Vll " jST-Job yoRK.,executost4it ahort noA riiiiJrvi Vj r i ; rjabliship eut in tb wtam U y .'vOffick oil Fayette Ville-' Street In (be '" v. -TT .il' lillS i l- r nolo man Builuiog. tnira noor oyerj.w. Gulley'sDrj Good' tw. . -RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION: On year, - ;. ', - fj ! iO . Si months, - - . Tbreo months, ' , - - . . ' : - ' 1 J . ... ..: ... .. . . .; , .'!k - t no square, one tiru, : i' J t'l1'i io ' r ii - - " """ " 1 I . ' - i . ' t ' i . . i t f.. m i i i , . -. t v, .. hj. -( uiree times. , 2 on Contract tvl vertlsemnts tali Wt r.nrkUAWffirnftAl. .1...- . . ... . . Ijf VARIABLY! IN AJyASICB, H : hi i mi , ( 4 mm 1 1 11:1.1 f i till r - . j .sir 1 " . " IP . iWH a 2's a Sot likl ? ' ' - Lite a vusp; like rn te, : , ' ' JJkc Jt'ifO ,erlik u . - Like owl; line u wheel,. . " TLlkB tho wind-iik0 a tiail, ' 'z- 'Like a.knileUko crow, j - :r ; -Uke tawk; ko a Uoc. - j ' . - , ' " ! Like the h'ea, lik a wccJ, v :' lika a watch, lik the ua, Like a cloud, iiko 4 eed, k .' Like a book, Uke a gun, . Like A 'Mailer lik .tree, . I.ika a lamb, like tLa moon. - ,' Liter m.Wirr, like tune V- for me never to strike again! Like a colt, like a whip, . Like a muusb, like a uull. Like a bell, like a ahin, Like a jay. like a rill Like'a shower, like cat, Like frog, like a toy, Like ball, like a bat, ; Moat of all like a boy. I can see her now her pale face, her wasted foraj; but she can not. come to me acrain. lVnd. O, my wife, vbow ehamefully I abtisea her! It was ot you; Daniel, that dill it. No,' it!; was lioskinsao-t' csnrsed rum J . ;No : fonder, you werp taareiTriomeythose roved you, 'and would not see you abused. They-won't have me in the house. They won't let me live with jou. her mptber to hire:a pasture for the cpraing'sea ow her pale son. s f : r ; .rii o ! : v ;c -5 1 i M -...VI have onell. twill let you have free, if you will f put' up the fences is erj Jeaving their reapec parishs,; both cdmnolitteea Ir ) vhr.1 if j'i a Vu Jl I ;,.NoTBfTrA,portionof the folios vvx?;rxrrr?f? ing iiisagenaiid -letter regarding wnjpanson it migtn ,bo Unqvyn lsiSnamY; appeared in: The ifanyalteratibhad.ri bade in f'lnffoonM:nor one prtff ComebciaiJ of yesterday.-".and. as W returns Vto be passed upon by on-the place," said Hoskins.5 1 ' ' ; 1 ame te question the .Quaker with it is a Chapter tof th ihistoryi of cur ,et BQd.t .-with which; statement here is it?" f ' ? :?1 J respect to lig plans. f 'Theseepaifs reuSleveritsV w -'It is on the! AVink'far'was i cmpletVcTfarniture-fduhd-Ui'way. .mpfele'i:; Com." t i 'twapown ' to Jhe -Board t- the renlr ;,:".uto tfaVhoule, -l1 asdjftitfe oAzfe that i a .return, was to'be .contested. mast have let it. get out repa.r" farm The,i.jrilUej tyere aston, ,,ere;tfi a 11 adiompanled by at ttiof.kremgny -Vipea nV -."It is.indeed. I cannot leave tbe ished .to see the Quaker drmng an testimony, addressed' to. me .bv WnS wh'n 9,.nh ,irniii, ,,-.7- 43 "o'vv"71V,;V.t;I.H: 1 S ps-..wln jStatemehta of the ote X store to look after it. - The bouse is Not 7a irop -more, anieV-till Poor and tei,h5lvi thin honi.i mine affain. Not a" were n itiew to ouy woou, dror, more. Baniel ' till these broad 6 they, burnt up the fences; in fact A TEMPERANuh blUnYi (fields and paslures are again in I would rather sell it than rent it." " Whatwili thee take for it?" in quired the Quaker "It cost me sixteen hundred dol lars." Yes, but thee paid in goods', and charged thine own price for them." "To be sure I did. Akin could mv possession; and 4 the' wife and "NOT A DEOP MOBE, DA2TIEI." children that are living are in yon - 11 7A der rooms, and we are a happy fam- Daniel Ak.n bad become a con- firmed drankard So fully bad he Help me, my God, till all come under the influence of the t r , 4U t come nnuer uuv , accomplished! 1 thank Dotuein iMM r7" you, Iloskins, for those words. I able when he could not obtain the J . means of gratifying his thirst, ne He had become so much occupied nVt et trusted any where else, and hadnegkcted.his family until his with his thoughtv and 8poken in a I felt that: I was running' a great wile's.lather had taken her and the rIgk jQ lettinghim hare g0ods, so I .children to the parental roof. Ue ticed the vagon which by this time charged accordingly ; just as any- had spent all his substance in drink, ha(J Teached the road, in which wad body else would under the cireum- and was kept from the poor-house, kind.hearted quaker be- dances." 1 .only by performing menial services orel menUoned He 8top- d hip "But lliee has riot told me what for hi. food, and by the kindness of heard d5iiinoll tbe ,an thee will take for the place. I will -Thomas Edgarton. a member oithe ff Daniel uged As h& closed iye thee eight hundred dollars for society oi- inenas wno nau . , . . it, if .that is any object tothee, him from his youth, ana wno naa a . . - . . I Thomas Edgerton, who said : strong hope that, in the course of MTk.. ' . time, he would see his folly and "Yes, friend Edgerton, I do." "Thee has promised a great many times tbee'd drink no more. What .realized scarcely anything, and at makes thee think thee will keep thy Iast said "You can have it." v vow this time VI , , v ery we,, oskihs ; mee can TlasowlendEdgmmirlve1113 I ve shall have thy money. By-the-? wivm v r w v a if vr v a v va a u a u vr a va ve ar v But now I feel different from what y, does thee know what has be- I have felt before; my keart is al- come of Daniel Akin ?" most broken, and I feel my weak- " "e hasn't been seen in the 3 T t.i; "i 1 ?n villa rra f ,-r rartt'M tliart a irosi" nt He remained a while longer and Dess5 oeueve uroa w.u iieip- ,i - - 3 I I ntr Tofo I hovon'f loon him 77 air of the ra lDl8 "me- ;"God grant that it may , be so! we may ten tne reacier some Daniel, get in andf take a seat; thee thing that Hoskms did not know. must be huntrry; eo home with The Quaker had that day -received me , a letter from Daniel Akin, stating Ori the way the. quaker drew out that he was at the mines hard at of him all that has been written. worK ana sucKiug vouis mono, turn a cain into the richtpatb. . Hoskins, the leading Kquor seller of the place, had let him have drink ,so lone: as his money lasted, but would trust him no longer, lie was lounging about the saloon one bright moonlight evebjng, pleadine with the keeper to trust him for a drink. His reply was sharp and un m .leeling: "Not a drop more, Daniel ! Hoskins thought long enough over the matter to conclude that the interest of eight hundred dol lars was far better for him than a farm lor the use of which he eif iaK elegant. horse, and riding in a new Hon. -John Sherman and pthr .dii, tainable bnlyf. by inspection of -the. "Jgy- .w -receivea- .wus i . npn lujfuwueu. ciizeus in regarq to tne inside tf the i packages containing note, one, dayv v ' 5? f VP fI have arrived all safe and soiirid; l,- iaic Ui Louisiana. : U; B. ViRAXT. invited to,; be; present; before.; anyi Please go and J get Mary and the' Executive MANsioifec. 61876. WMWJpiiSkeii upon? it-i iThetei children." : J ? ; , , . rr i-j t were tlus secured in H the manriervl 1 Friend Edgerton iodover to tlje W j itetepli ; . ' a ii ?jf U J To the President of the United Slates: of the Board, . the ; most careful next town and called on Mary's ';Tri nnNiiflrtiwAf wnri; .-, .,Vi-'- , - 1 " , , . uPWce or your request that scrutiny of every package of i re father, and invited her and the sdvral of Vhev undersigned should turns by it opened, and aa oppor children to go home, with him and prbxe4;townofieans -,and there tunltv- for ; candidates ,, insistins- make a visit Tbe invitation was Witness the canvass by the,Be- upon thevalidity of .the' returns -to accei the aften 3ted, and they: returned with nufHSi wara, oi tne :totate, of 1 appear, personally and iy ..counsel : Quaker to his house. Ori tile f LP"M?a?f ?f ejY?t?s .cast in'iialf bef6&;thebard inWanHinstancea':i noon of the next day the said : T.": 4owrreiurp? were openeqna.in "Marv I want to to the rail-4 y5Te?cKlftn.tea instance before1 action was - -y A ito .; ai :l whave performed. that duty, and taken ubou them ' it has been be- . then left. As the cool evening fell upon him, he, all at once, gave utterance to his feelings in the4 following strain: " Not a drop more, Daniel.' Am I drunk? or am I sober? I am so mber. Xot a droo more, Daniel.'. Did noskins think a drop would fand he advised hira to go to Cali i o -v. u... I ,oo fornia. He told'him to go to New ne. He has got all-got every- York and wSrk wa' round thinIhad: even the Bible my CaI5e- He. decided to do so. mother gave me. He has got the Quaker kiny promised to furnish boots which my wife, with her own parninrrfl- honfrht for Jennie. 'Not a dron more. Daniel ' Daniel. What and children before thec Soes ? Kawon to that, I sav sotoo. I ;I "bould, but they have become nnh ond l'otii. hnt dow I 80 estranged from me, if I went, have the The e nothing but rags. 'Not a drop perhaps they would not believe me. fe,Dls Ithh fcwoB!d tter: they inasirood'aswhnMaryndl should not know where 1 am. I 3 I4oncV had a good want surprise them; and hope to that, too, is gone! 'Not ao 80 cominZ oacK a SODer ma.D' Daniel,' till I have an- nd with money enough to make ana burv as cood as l them comfortable. I prefer that "Not a drop more, Daniel:" that he had laid up a lew hundred dol lars, and desired him to inquire what the place hb once owned coul be bought for. Mr. Edgerton had taken th "Thee would like to see thy wife meiuuu uuvc lucunuueu luunuuub tne views oi, nosKins respecting tne place ; so confident was he that Daniel Akin would come home a sober man, with money in his pocket, that he had ventured' to purchase the place, to keep for him till his return. He wrote to Akin informing him way station, ineei ana ;uneicun- now most respetfully report that on Hevfwrnrntr.fiinnn'i : dren can stay with: Amy," 0 : r our arrival in that city we ifbund full nh! !widnread nnhlinif tn - He went down to thefstafion and i came rep-1 proceedings of a; Returning Board ?! fetched Daniel, arid left him'at his resenting Republican State (organiT por do wo .think that better means own house, where he had previously za$1?I?s . have throughout co- for-"-pernaanentlyw." recording , every conveyed 'some provisions,-? and peraled with, , those -whb.ent '- . at- word and ' act of the'memoers where he was to pass the"night.! It WhfiS&f&rt hose names are whilst engaged in the' discharge of was dark, when friend Edgerton rr uura- u uvy, u ai: ; reached his home. I . h.uvi-li . - w .: ... ,r . . ' -: .T . j -r.j . iwcuuug me wemocrauOTiy ana paving mus, presentca a state- Next morning friend Edgerton ourselves a corre Rmndin JmW1' the rhphni flnfdpri nf " said to Mary, 'Mary,' I suppose- lng" ensued,' a : copyof vhich is ap- witriessmir the canvass; itfmay, bo" thee has heard J have bought Hby' -nde4'.;hereto.'-vBefnce-,ito it well -tof state: briefly; the . causes old place f I have got it ifittedup," j Will disclpsehat.a conference with which led to, the creation of such a anu. ine emiureu niiaii nue over ?y vtir',rfvp w.pawvwiu nu wvu u ajuMiqiwu auu u van after breakfast aud see it. J I think lnueupon the Returning Board tention to the '.statute whic de- Hioo will iiVAit "'' was ueciinea on ytn ground that Evolves on it powers and duties. of IWjdeovcfef surpnsed to see the changes which fti other Southern Stales had, 'by &eir' t had taken place. , nally to report a. faithful history rebellioriV forfeited all eights to They looked ver the lower rooms' thereof, with such . opinions on- representation I in Congress or ' to first; and oyer the; maneplece? in cerning the game; as . truth and any participation in the Govern- the sitting room was a framel and justice should demand.- Sucii: a re- ment of ; the Uhion' and had been ?i 'i,i:i tUa Jlia ' 1oi; nnA I, ' port we. are now ab toi present, compelled as a Condition of re- ! under the glass, in large golu let- .j . i . . . . - ',,.. . " ' t - ?' , and we take pleasure . in stating suming their former political ,. ters were these wcrds : - tb'at our abilffy-to doso is due to rights, to assent to the Constitution-f ' "Not A Drop More, Dakiel. the exercise pf the courtesy and al Amendments, by1 wiiich in " ' ! Mary, on reading ihese wrds,1 kindness,? the . Returning! Board, hostility to their will those wlib ?? said, "O friend Edgerton, if Cariiel which entitle its members not only had been but late their slaves yefelv' could have "said ; these words, arid to our thanks, but to that confi- made citizens, and although'1! stuck tc ' Vthein, this beautiiil place dence which a just n public extends was their duty to submit to this ; might have still been bis " towards every tribunal which de- political reorganization, the' an - 'Then thee don't know where sires that all its proceajings should nals of the South; and 'especially of j; - V- o i j . i r , be duly presi ated to public suriiti- Louisiana, disclose a wide spread Danielis? asked the Quaker. - Ifc u earn,sr, tW and- Dersistent determination of ''7 "No,T have not heard anything; this publicity would be, attained, its ruling white people to prevent11 ofc4iim for more than three years;' but we should, have felt a delicacy the use of elective franchise by the I "Thee would like to see him, jn requesting any privilege not in colored race, except subject to their again as gopd j were married. I watch; but th a dcop morr nt1ifrVrr and hn irtrv as f?ood - " - ' o - i a rill once had. I once had cows that V u i by express five hundred dollars in furnished my family with Dutter rv -j , ' V T gold to a banker in New "York, and cheese, but , JJLoskins has got them. , 'Not a drop more, Daniel,' till those cows, or others as good, what he had done, and about three months after ho received a letter be the I rom n,m stating that he had sent are mine again.'" I once had this wallet full .of bills; but now not a tnt fiawA T orAf. Nnt. a drnn more. Daniel till this wallet is well filled Put imo l,,e en know where I am, or what I am do- Thus,, while riding towards the quiet farm-house of the Quaker, the whole thing was arranged! When they reached . the farm, the horse with orders to sell it, and remit the, proceeds to him to go towards the money for the farm. 7 Gold at that time commanded a high premium, and the five hundred dollars became eight hundred be fore they reached the hands of friend Edgerton. Akin requested "Amy, thee Can put on another ... t . La ai, iqriini .v. ill ? i o 9 m v i . n a ' i i - . r. . ainvi wan plate. r t n j U't I li - n a - tered the house. As they seated Bj'this time he had reached the theselvta befpe the fire, the Qua- i0 wu a deed givinthe M :tA.: L matriA kcr said to his wife! 4 -J. al t.:J : iir-- yiC9t wuere 1 ur luruiciij iceiivvi, and leaning up against the fence mnoo a Tnn rr limn in tilenCQ II viewed the. desolate place by lhc",,e ,s ' I his letter he aaid : "If, per . .. - . I ttarf.-fnr filiform:!" - . , - U ; the light of the moon, and hieyes : " chance, I should ever; break my ranged over the house and farm, ' The good Quaker felt confident resolution, I shFhavlicured a once his- owrii He :then saidHo Daniel would kep his word this home for 1 my wife arid tchtldren. I himself: "Once I owned this house time. At the end of a few days pref however, that they should and farm. Hero I was born. . liere everyunug was i rauin9. x ne not know nything of this for the my father and mother d the oride of their hearts :.7. ied. I was old horse was , harnessed, and be- present. 11 1 live to come home I ifts; but' I fore daylight Daniel; Aikln was on wUl Mary tbe deeds wittf my brought down their gray hairs with his way to the railway station; He own 13ndsytf qt, yori can 'do it. sorrow to gan my heart could -1 tne grave!. Here 1 be- naa not oeen , i.c-ncc.Nb'W lbat the fam is bought you married life, and all that the night when the words, "ot a Kad better stock it, for I will stick wish was mine.; Hero drop more, isamei,;; were uuercu. I lo my! m6tt6: Nbti a drop more,! took' comfort together He was missed from his custoraarylj pi;, . u -rr. ' , l Marv and till Hoskins caraV and opened his haunts; but it: was supposed be had ; i Anotbei" year 'passed ' away.;; By rumshop, and now he calls it his. gont on a spree, and so nothing was tni; . tima ,friend -Edgerton 1 had In "that , south room my children j thought of his absence. -No inqui- 6tocked the farm "with young cattle were born and there ray Jennie i ries were . made, tor an were glad and sheep, the fences were put in would thee not?" "Oh, yes, indeed I should." . "Let us walk up stairs." As they iwentupth5 front stairs Daniel .slipped down the back ones, and took his stand Un the 'front room. When they returned, Mrs. Akin noticed a stalwart man starid ing in the room, with his back to the door and started baok. for ah instant. The Quaker said : r "It is aJriend, Mary." ?-r Daniel turned around; but in the man ' with , the heavy beard -and moristache Mary did not" recognizej. her, husband., Daniel advanced tQ the spot where Mary was standing, and, in. a. voice tremulous with emo tion, exclaimed f Don't -you knQW me Mary ?" , We leave the Teaders to imagine whatJthe meeting was. Friend Edgcrtbn said he ma'st go aad rce Amy, and,' addressing himself to Mary, said - 4,;.. j: i :- 'Mary, this house anclfarm are thine.; , Daniel his got the papers and will give, them to-thee: 4 Thee can stay as long as tbet likes; thee will live 5 happily once more, for that, (pointing, to the frame over the mantlepiece), jNot . a 3rop more, Daniel,' is his motto no w and will - be as long as he lives." 1 'Daniel and his wile fell on their knees - before- the Lord.' T Their prayers were j tni rigleo! with7 many tears;: but in their'-future lives those prayers were; found to beans Vefed.- Several rjearr have .passed : away since the above events : occurred, arid -Daniel Akin,t ,nowj an., earnest Christian' man, " still slicks -to ; h,i jriotto, "Not a drop mnrV, Dan'l." harmony with the usage I of the will. This was manifested, byi the i Board. We were, however, re- violence, outrages,7 and murders 1 : i. Iieyed from all .embarrassment by perpetrated, in.that State just pre- 1L receipts of its formal invitation ceeding the Presidential election of hereto annexed, delivered i to us 1868. They - Willi be found ; smfeitr and te the gentlemen who attended in various t Congressional reports.; oIj atjthe request of a the . Chairman of From these it jappearsr that oyer . the Democratic Committee inviting two thousand persons were Silled, oi the attendance 4 of j five gentlemen wounded, and otherwise injured in from each delegation as spectators that State within a fe.w weeks tof and witnesses of the proceedinins the Presidential election of that-k Of the, Board, .and this ; invitation year; that half the State was over-. ; . was accompained with an offer to run by violence, midnight raids, i furnish stenographic reporters se- secret murders, and open riots, ; Iwtrjy.each". committee to.be whleh ;kept the people in r; constant present and make a full ; report of terror until n the Republicans sur- nt all the proceedings and testimony, rendered all claims, and then the and to secure the daijypublieation election was. carried by , the Demo- ; thereof by tnelpres3i0TheT under- cratsj-i : l; m r - ,' - n sinecl made arrangements for that he PasIj of Orleans, which purpose with the proprietors of contained 0 010 : votes, 15,020 of the daily newspapers printed , in which were e nured, and which in New Orleans;; dythiis, rhaps, the spring had given 1 13,973 Re- , - there and elsewhere, a havoi been publican .votes, .in tiieU cast .for. yjU. enabled to give such -proceedings General Grant but 1,178, a' falling antl testimony the widest circula- off of 12,795 votes. r Riots prevailed - W ....1 r '! -.' -Vl tion. Injustice to the Board, it Ior weess, . mung t ew.; yneana, should also - bow Btafed that this with scenes of blood; and KuKIux . v; . . - ' - . am A A m M 9 1 A. privilege was freely accorded by its notices were .scawerea. inrouguouv, 2lu ' ti :i s I tho pifv warninir nnlnrwl , mpri not to vote. -.L -i'fiti.jj:' . ';f:.nr, In the parish of - Caddo . there, were 293 Republicans, ,? who, dn.the n?i, spring 01,186 .carried j the parish,, j !whicb;iafhefai gayp, to ; General Grant but pne yotp; and tjiere also v :f bloodyriqts" occurred Jtfi j,.rf t ;-vl j In the parish f of .Stir-Landyj u tho ? 1 Republicans had a registered ma jority of 1,071; and In the spring of i if . that year "carried it by. C78 votes bns .wJhilstin the fall not a:vbte Washiq cast for General -Grant; --whilst for VJ Seymour andi Ulair' the Democrats" 'A cast the' full 1 vote f of tho parish; 4,787 votes, and there ; occured one ' ' o of the bloodiest riots on record1' in4,i yJ whl-h the KuKIux killed fUid memWrs withdut solicitations, and that they cordially v united with us in a desire to have : these "proceed ings ' published x throughput ; the country , t TieJ ; jspru tiny iiri vi tetany the Board has been, constantly ex ercised day by day. Both com mittees5 have been in attendance be fore the . Board;, with .f their- stenD?; graphic reporter, and in addition a privilege :to both f committees of Inviting -peiitleixin' ,.from States Other than : Lrouisiana , has r , been sejvieral ,time availed of. .'--'As the ret urns were opened , " whether con iestedpr bptl th'epapera indorsed have beenlfreely i tendered to the committees for; examination, . and haye usually been carefully in 1.1 V - r 7 I i
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