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A Mother's Heart.
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A happy heart, wherein hope all aglow
Stirs like a bird at dawn that wakes and sings—
And that is all.
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A little musing over future years;
A heart that prays, "Dear Lord, Thou knowest best,
But spare my flower life's bitterest rain of tears"—
And that is all.
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A little home grown lonely, dark, and chill ;
A sad heart, groping blindly for the light,
A little snow-clad grave beneath the bill—
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A heart that sings, "Thy darling is not dead,
God keeps her safe through,His eternal years"—
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THE DEACON'S INDIAN SUMMER.
Deacot: Jahiel Braden was a solemn, in
dustrious, upright man, but was as kind as
one well could be who had lived so far
apart from his fellows as he had.
In his youth he had been one of the
rural dandies of the region and the chief
beau of the town, driving the fastest
horses and leading off at the village sports;
whether balls, quiltings, weddings or sleigh
0 I rides.
When about twenty.five years old, how
ever, a sudden blight had fallen on his
spirits for which no one could account.
He had danced half the night in wild
glee at a wedding, played games of all
sorts, helped to serve the guests from the
bountifully ladened tables, kissed the bride,
gave her as a wedding present his best
cow,
with a white heart shaped spot on
her forehead, and then went home full of
glee. Next morning he looked as if fifty
years had been added to his age.
He now put himself to work earnestly,
laying out cranberry beds and raising live
stock. He withdrew from his old com
panions as if the sight of them hurt his
eyes, unless he could help one of them ;
then he came out of his shell, but returned
to it as soon as the emergency was over.
Some of the neighbors thought his mind
was effected ; some said he had repented
giving Matilda Day the cow he was so proud
of, and others decided that he meant to
turn over a new leaf, having sown all his
wild oats, and become a sober, settled man.
Still more were the town's people surprised
when, some months after, he joined the
church, and "took up" as he said, "an
orderly walk."
If the saintly old Motherly Braden knew
the spring of these actions she kept it to
herself. When questioned she only re
plied in her quiet way :
"Rejoice with me that this my son who
was lost is found, who was dead is alive
again."
Thus Jahiel moved on, cherishing and
blessing his mother, and clearing and cul
tivating the hitherto worthless lands of the
farm, till death left him and Ketury Perk
ings, his mother's life-long helper, alone in
the great, broad farm-house.
His brother had married, gone West,
made a great flourish in some patent busi
ness and failed. He came back after this
and set up a store and failed again. Then
he went back to honest farming, about
twenty miles away. He wearied for lack
of excitement of "failing," and died, leav
ing a very helpless family.
Jahiel was a man of very few words, and
was slow in uttering those few, but when
action was needed he was as prompt as any
one. He went to the funeral in the blue
swallow-tailed coat, with gilt buttons, and
the same buff vest he had on at his last
dance. They were still his best. _ _
As soon as the funeral was over he said
to his sister-in•law :
"I fear you have nothing to live on ;
come to the homestead as if it were your
own, and bring up your girls to be useful
women. I'll send Timothy over next week
with Star and Buck for your goods. I'll
come in a covered wagon for you all, and
if there are any bills at the store I'll pay
them. I'll see to the doctor and funeral;
so drop all cares from your mind and try
and be happy."
Jahiel Braden had grown to be a very
careless man, in a certain sense of the
word. Although neat and orderly in his
person, in his house and on the farm, he
had laid aside all restraints of society.—
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He came to the table in his shirt sleeves,
and sometimes in his stocking feet. He
went up town and even to church with his
pants tucked in his cowhide boots.
Once he so far forgot himself as to put
on a clean farm-frock Sunday instead of
Monday, and laid a good coat of mutton
tallow on his boots, tucked his butternut
colored pants into them, and in this plight
took up the collection, for by this time he
was a deacon. This was no small delight
to the boys in the gallery, who were al
ways glad for some othodox subject for
laughter during the time of service.
Ketury Perkins was just as independent
of the world's opinion as was her master,
and did as many odd things by way of
shocking its sense of propriety as he did
through absent-mindedness. She more
than once presented herself at church in a
clean suu bonnet and calico sack, and en
joyed the staring of the people, because
she had a black silk gown, a cashmere
shawl, a straw bonnet and black silk veil,
at home, "as good as Miss Deacon Jones'
any day."
You may be sure she did not particularly
like the idea of a lady coming to take her
place "with three citified girls full of airs."
However, she was not consulted in the
matter, and had too much good sense to
throw herself out of a home, so she made
the best of the invasion.
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Deacon Jahiel had a peat respect for
good women, and from the hour that his
brother's wife came under his roof he
donned his coat before coming to the table,
and even went so far as to buy himself a
pair of slippers. He threw open the long
unused parlors, and said to the girls, "Make
yourselves at home here."
He soon found there was a great lack in
his establishment, by overhearing his niece
lament the piano they had out West. He
never spoke of it but engaged the minister's
wife to go to town and select one for him.
The first the music hungry children knew,
it was brought into the house ; and still
he never spoke of it. Indeed he rarely
spoke of anything at all.
The family lived on thus very happily
for several years, when all at once they
noticed a great change in Deacon Jahiel.
He began to whistle at his work, and to
sing with the girls. He bought a new
carriage—Ketury described it as a "car
riage like folkses carriages," he even got
a violin and checker board from the garret,
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and for the first time in twenty years played
on them both with zeal and interest.
Passing down the main street of the
village, one day, he saw a buxom girl at
the window, and leaning over the fend he
called out :
"Martha, I hear there is a quilting
coming off before long at your house."
"Yes sir ; the quilt is my own work—a
rising sun, with a square and compass in
the heart of it. Mother said if I ever got
it done I should have a quilting just like
those she used to have when she was
young," the girl replied.
"Ain't you going to invite me, Martha ?"
was the question that startled the village
girl.
"What, Deacon !" she cried, looking at
the hitherto grave man, to discern if he
had taken leave of his senses. "You go
to a young folk's quilting ?"
"Certainly I will, if I'm asked," said
the deacon, smiling. "Your mother can
tell you how expert I used to be at chalk
ing the line, snuffing the candles, and
throwing the apple paring in old times."
Of course he got an invitation, and be
fore many hours had elapsed it was noised
abroad that Deacon Braden was going to
dance at Nettie Borland's quilting party,
and that the folks thought him crazy.
For the first time in a quarter of a cen
tury the deacon set off for a trip to Boston,
and as Ketury said "made all over new !"
From the crown of his steeple topped hat
to the sole of his tallow soaked cow hides,
he was renewed in the outer man. re
had gone so far as to exchange his ponder
ous silver watch for a gold one. In place
of the porcelain shirt buttons with which
Ketury had always adorned his cotton
shirt the deacon appeared with gold studs
in a nicely polished shirt bosom. gold sleeve
buttons, and divers other worldly vanities
such as made great stir in the Cedar Creek
meeting house, but it was only because he
wore such clothes ; others there bad dressed
as well. Yon may be sure the young folks
stared at him as he sat thus, with Mr. and
Mrs. Borland, looking on at the sports of
quilting, and the question was whispered
from one to another :
"What on earth has come over Deacon
Jahiel ?"
They soon found that the autumn sun
had come out in brighter radiance than in
its earlier glory, and that life's Indian
Summer bad come for him, with bright
skies, with flowers, and with the singing of
birds in the heart.
One morning, soon after this, the deacon
called his sister in-law and her daughter
into the parlor, and said :
"I have a plan to lay before you ; I shall
need this house myself now. You may
live beside me in the stone cottage, or I
will build you a little house in the vil
lage."
`•We will stay as near as we can ; but
who is to take my place'" asked the wid•
ow in amazement.
"Yon remember Matilda Day, the girl
to whom I gave my pet cow, Dilly, on her
wedding day ? A few weeks ago I heard
of her fbr the first time in many long
years. Her husband was never worthy of
her. He ran through her property and
then took her into the wilderness to live,
away from all privileges of schools, church
es and society. She buried her oldest
child and was left alone and very poor,
with three young boys.
From boyhood up, I had always expect
ed to marry Matilda, but I was too slow
in telling her so. The rich farmer from
the next town stepped in and married the
only woman I ever loved. I choked down
my grief, held up my head, gave her my
best cow, and danced at her wedding, kissed
her, wished her much joy, and then went
home with a broken heart. It was a long
time before I could see the sun shine after
that. Life and all around me was changed
but my mother. But God came and
brought peace and life, and then I sought
to do all for others for His sake. As time
went on the wound healed but the scar
remained. I knew I was a stupid, awk
ward man iu the esteem of others, and so
I kept out of the way, except when duty
called me forward. I had forgotten that
the world, in itself, had any charms until
you came here and brought the fresh air
and sunshine to these dark, dull rooms.
When you brought the rose geranium in
full bloom it took me back twenty years
when one just like it stood in Matilda's
window. The songs which the girls sing
are the same which she sung, newly ar
ranged and with new names."
"Not many weeks ago, I had, as you
know, some dealing with Garver, the
Western man, who stayed over night with
us. In talking with him I said :
"I suppose you never happened to meet
with a man in your State named Waterson
Blake ?"
"Certainly I have a thousand times. Did
you know him ?" he asked.
"When I told him he was almost a towns
man of mine, he said :
"Poor fellow ? he made a sad wreck of
bright prospects. He died poor three years
ago, and left a wife and three boys in a sad
condition; but she is a jewel of a woman.
Every body loves her and all would have
been glad to help her, but she had some
idea of independence, which she wished to
instill into the hearts of her boys. So she
gave the incumbered farm over to Blake's
creditors, moved into the next town and
set up a school for little girls."
"Before he went away the next morn
ing, I drew a check for one hundred dol.
lars, and sent it to the boys 'from an old
schoolmate of their mother's,' and resolved
to devise some plan by which tostart theai
in life.
"The more I thought of it the more I
resolved that Matilda Day would make the
world new yet; and I wrote and told her
"Next month I am going West to bring
her and the boys home. I want you to
stay with us till you get a home of your
own. I never can be thankful enough for
your coming to me. It has broken the
spell that bound me, and brought me back
to live among others; before I only work
ed for them at arm's length. Now that I
love the•world more, my life henceforth
will be of more service."
The old stone cottage was repaired and
furnished before Deacon Jahiel set off
on his mountainous journey; and the wid
ow and her daughters, now nearly grown
up, were rejoicing in the prospect of a new
neighbor and friend.
Matilda Blake, although a mature wo
man almost forty-four years, brought back
more sunshine than she had taken away
from her native place a quarter of a cen
tury before. Her anxieties and sorrows
have softened and brightened the natural
loveliness of her character, and made her a
blessing, not only to the farm, but also to
the church and town.
Indian Summer had indeed come to the
deacon's hitherto clouded life, and his
heart and his house were open afresh to
the whole world. He looked henceforth
more leniently on the follies of the young
and more charitably on the errors of those
who wandered from the right way. His
voice, his features, his gait—indeed the
whole man—were changed from a solemn,
unsympathizing bachelor, as he used to be
regarded, to a genial husband, father and
friend*.
There is nothing like a solitary life to
fix a perpetual winter in the heart. There
is nothing like a companionship with the
good and true, who need aid and sympa
thy, to bring back summer—though it
may be an Indian Summer—to the heart.
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LOUISIANA.
The Report of President Hayes' Commis.
sion—How Its Conclusions were Reach.
ed-31r. Packard's Closing Address.
NEW ORLEANS, April 21, 1877.
To the President of the United States.
In accordance with your request, the
undersigned have visited this city, and
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passed the last sixteen days in ascertaining
the political situation in Louisiana, and
endeavoring to bring about a peaceful so
lution of its difficulties. In view of the
declaration in the letter of the Secretary
of State that we should direct our efforts .
to the end of securing the recognition of a
single Legislature as the depository of the
representative will of the people of Louis
iana, leaving, if necessary, to judicial or
other constitutional arbitrament within the
State the question of ultimate right, and
in view of your determination to withdraw
the troops of the United States to their
barracks as soon as it could be done with
out endangering the peace, we addressed
ourselves to the task of securing a common
Legislature of undisputed authority, com
petent to compose the existing political
contentions and to preserve the peace with
out any aid from the National Government.
To this end we endeavored to assuage the
BITTEIts:ES ANL* ANIMOSITY
we found existing on bo'll sides, so as to
secure public opinion less unfavorable to
such concessions as were indispensable to
our success in obtaining such Legislature
and such general acquiescence in its
authority 2s would insure social order.—
We have had full conferences with the
two gentlemen who claim the gubernatorial
office, and with many other members of
their respective governments in their ex
ecutive, judicial, and legislative depart
ments. We have also conversed very
freely with large delegations of men of
business, with many of the District Judges
and with hundreds of prominent citizens
of all parties and races, representing not
only this city, but almost every parish
in the State. We have also received many
printed and written statements of fact and
legal arguments and every person with
whom we came in contact has shown an
earnest desire to give us all possible infor
mation bearing upon the unfortunate po-
litical divisions in this State.
The actual condition of affairs on our
arrival in this city may be briefly stated as
follows: Governor Packard (we shall
speak of both gentlemen by the title they
claim) was at the State House with his
Legislature and friends and an armed police
ti,rce. As there was no quorum in the
Senate, even upon his own theory of law,
his Legislature was necessarily inactive.—
The Supreme Court which recognized his
authority had not attempted to transact
any business since it was dispossessed of
its court room and the custody ofits records
on the ninth day of January, 1877. He
had no organized militia, alleging that his
deficiency in that respect was owing to his
obedience to the orders of President Grant
to take no steps to change the relative
positions of himself and Governor Nicholls.
His main reliance was upon his alleged
legal title, claiming tliat it was
TILE CONSTITUTIONAL DUTY OF THE PRESI-
DENT
to recognize and to afford him such mili
tary assistance as might be necessary to
enable him to assert his authority as Gov
ernor. Governor Nicholls was occupying
Odd Fellows Hall as a State House. His
Legislature met there, and was actively
engaged in the business of legislation. All
departments of the city government of the
city of New Orleans recognized his author
ity. The Supreme Court nominated by ,
him and confirmed by his Senate was hold
ing daily sessions, and had heard about two
hundred cases. The time for the collec
tion of taxes had not arrived, but a con
siderable sum of money in the form of
taxes had been voluntarily paid into his
Treasury, out of which he was defraying
the ordinary expenses of the State Govern
ment. The Nicholls Legislature had a
quorum in the Senate upon either the
Nicholls or Packard theory of law, and a
quorum iu the House on Nicholls', but not
on PackarcVs theory. The Packard Legis
lature has a quorum in the House on its
own theory of law, but, as already stated,
not in the Senate, and was thus disabled
from any legislation that would be valid
even in the judgment of its own party.—
The Commission found it very difficult to
ascertain the precise extent to which the
respective governments were:acknowledged
in the various parishes outside of New
Orleans, but it is safe to say that the
changes which had taken place in the
parishes after the organization of the two
governments on the 9th of January, 1877,
were in favor of Nicholls' government.—
The claim to legality of the Supreme Court
composed of Chief Justice Manning and
associates, who were nominated by Governor
Nicholls and confirmed by his Senate, rests
upon the same basis as the title of Governor
Nicholls and his Senate. The claim of
legality of the Supreme Court composed of
Chief Justice Ludeling and his associates
rests either upon their right to hold over
in case Nicholls' Court is illegal, or upon
the legality of the Kellogg-Packard Senate,
which confirmed the Judges upon the
nomination of Governor Kellogg, and while
it had a Returning Board quorum. We
have briefly sketched the actual position
as we found it. We will now state the
legal question upon which
TILE RIGHT OF THESE RESPECTIVE 00V-
ERNMENTS
depends. The Constitution of the State of
Louisiana requires that "returns of all elec-
Lions for members of the General Assem
bly shall be made to the Secretary of State."
It also requires that "the qualified electors
shall vote for Governor and for Lieutenant-
Governor at the time and place of voting
for Representatives. The returns of every
election shall be sealed up and transmitted
by the proper returning officers to the Sec•
rotary of State, who shall deliver them to the
Speaker of the House of Representatives
on the second day of the General Assem
bly, then to be holden. The members of
the General Assembly shall meet in the
House of Representatives and examine and
count the vote." It will be observed that
the provision of the Constitution requires
the returns of votes for Governor and
Lieutenant-Governor to be sealed up and
transmitted by the proper returning offi
cers to the Secretary of State, and Lhe
same provision is made in substance as to
members of the General Assembly. But
in 1870 the Legislature passed an act,
amended in 1872, which created a body
called a Returning Board. consisting of
five members to be appointed by the Sen
ate, and to "be the returnino• officers I'r
all elections in the State." The act pro
vides that "the commissioners of election
of each poll or voting place shall count the
votes," making a list of the names of all
persons voted for, and the offices for which
votes were given, the number of votes re
ceived by each, the number of ballots con
tained in the box, and the number reject
ed, and the reasons therefor. and to make
duplicates of such lists. and send one to
the Supervisor of Registration of the Par
ish of Orleans, and one to the Secretary of
State. The law further requires supervi
sors of registration to consolidate the re
turns received from the different polliug
places, and forward them with the origi
'
naffs to this Returning Board. The act
further provides, "That it' there shill be
any riot, tumult, acts of violence, intimi
dation. and disturbance, bribery or corrupt
influence at any place within maid pariah,
at or near any poll or voting place of reg
istration, which riot, tumult, acts of s i
lence, intimidation, and disturbance. bri
berg or corrupt influence shall prevent, or
tend to prevent, a fair, tree, peaceable, and
full vote of all the qualified electors, it
shall be the duty of the Commissioners to
make a statement of such facts, and for
ward the same to the Supervisor of 1te . ..-
tration, with his returns of election. awl
the Supervisor of Registration shill for
ward the same to the Returnine. Board.
The Returning Board is required to ins. , 4.
tigate the statements of intimidation, and
to exclude from the returns which it makes
to the Secretary of State, the returns
received by it from 'hose pH, or
voting places where a fsir election vr,s
prevented by the causes above named.
The same law further declares : •• It
shall be the duty or the Secretary of State
to transmit to the Clerk of the ll,,use of
Representatives, and to the Secretary of the
Senate of the last General Assembly, a hat
of the names of such persona as. ace ,rdinz
to the returns, shall have been elected to
either branch of the G , nerd Aasembly,
and it shall be the duty of the Clerk awl
Secretary to place the names of the liep
resentatives and Senators elect s ► furnish
ed upon the roll of the House and of the
Senate respectively, and those Represents
Lives and Senators whose names are so
placed by the ('lerk and Secretary respcc•
tively, in accordance with the f►retoing
provisions, and none other, shall be ct•mpe
tent, to organize the Home of Repre,enta
tives or ►Senate "
HOW NICHOLLS INTERPRETs TIIr. I, tW.
It is claimed by the counsel for the Nich
olls government that this act, so fsr as it
imposes upon the Returning Board the
right of exercising these powers of exclu
sion between the parish sup_rvisor of
istration with his coosoiidated returns and
the Secretary of State, is, when applied to
the election of members of the General As
sembly, of Governor and Lieutenant Gov
ernor a plain violation of those provisions
of the Constitution of Louisiana which say
the returns of all elections for members of
the General Assembly shall be made to the
Secretary of State, and in reference to
Governor and Lieutenant-Governor, the
returns of every election shall be sealed up
and transmitted by the proper returning
officers to the Secretary of State, who shall
deliver them to the Speaker of the (louse
of Representatives. On the other hand.
it is insisted by the counsel for the Kick
ard government that the Legislature has
power to create the Returning Board, and
give it the authority with which the act
clothes it. It is also claimed by them that
the constitutionality of the act has been
settled by the Supreme Court of the State.
But Nicholls's party denied that the ques
tion was decided by the Supreme Court
in a manner that could be considered au•
thoritative. It should be further stated
that it is not claimed by the counsel for
the Nicholls government that the Le;zisia
tore could not create a Returning Board
and clothe it with these powers in rega-d
to the appointment of Presidential Eke
tors, since the provisions of the State Con
stitution on which they rely relate only to
the election of members of the Legislature,
of Governor and Lieutenant Governor.
We quote the following sentence from one
of these printed arguments : -Indeed, as
to Presidential Electors, the mode of their
appointment is by the Constitution of the
United States left to the discretion of the
Legislature of the State. Therefore the
General Assembly of Louisiana might cre
ate any tribunal whatever and confide to it
the appointment of Electors for President
and Vice President. Consequently it may
properly authorize such a tribunal in the
case of the election of Presidential Eke
tors by the people to count the votes and
declare who were entitled to seats in the
Electoral College." As matters stood on
our arrival here, the legal title of the re
spective claimants to the office of Governor
depended upon the question we have sta
ted. There was no judicial tribunal ac
knowledged to be authoritative by both
parties by which it could be solved, for
the reasons already given. THE ONLY
HOPE OF A PRACTICAL SOLUTION was by
the union of so many members of the ri
val Legislatures as would make a Legisla
ture with a constitutional quorum in both
the Senate and House of members whose!
title to their seats is valid under either
view of the law. With a Legislature of
undisputed authority, the settlement of
other questions could, as stated in the let
ter of instructions to your Commisoien
from the Secretary of State, ''be gradually
worked out by the prevalent authority.
which the legislative power, when undis
puted, is quite competent to exert in com
posing the conflicts in the co ordinate
branches of the Government." Within
the last three days this first great step in
restoring peace to the State has been ac
complished. In consequence of the with
drawal of members from the Packard to
the Nicholls Legislature the latter body
has now eighty seven Returning Board
members in the House and thirty-two Re
turning Board members in the Senate. Six
ty-one members constitute a constitutional
quorum in the House and nineteen in the
Senate.
It is proper that we should say in con
clusion, that it was in view of the forego
ing facts, especially the consolidation of
the Legislatures, and our knowledge of the
condition of Louisiana, derived from per
sonal contact with the people, that we were
induced to suggest in our t'legram of the
20th inst., that the immediate announce
ment of the time when the troops would
be withdrawn to their barracks would be
better for the peace of Louisiana than to
postpone such 2noosneesest to ism di►
tant day. The Commiosiosion. `slim se.
rious 4ha,les of political belief, asses tt
Concur in any sketch of a part of dip prob.
able future of Louisiana We have fore ,
borne in this report to express soy *trios
on the legal questions arising epee lbw
foregoinz statement of facts, beams awe
letter cif instruction seemed to earl rot
statements of facts rather than 24 Krim
mion ~f opinion of th. Coasneiesioners We
all. however. indnlge in &Widest berm et
better allys for all races of lamilfinna
Among the reasons for these haywire the
resolutions ,f the Nicholls Legislature mod
lett e r of Cow. Nicholls, herewith eubsit
ted, anal which have already bees give* to
the public, with an earnest hope that the
adjustment which has bees mit of she
political controversirs of Louisiana will be
approved by the patriotic people of allow
tions.
We h3v tiv! booor to be ;ow Obviiest
9erv3nt.4.
cti.ts B. LAWIRINCI,
J No. L. }TAKLA',
WAYNK MCVETON,
JAA. R HAWLIT,
JNo. C
P I.'K Alt 1) . 74 DDRL44
The fdirrwinT the address of Mr
Packard to the republicans of the Awe r
S r.tTz ~I P 1.01'141%1A. Extrttyrn
DEPARTMENT
. April 25 1 4 77. I
Ti, Tur nr 1.,41714tA711.%
thiA the fitleenth anniv.rtwry
of the 4urrend-r of New 1 riel/14 he
forces of the Feitesi 4t gee. it beenmee sy
duty to announce to you that the 24 and
eonntenan...e or the national 4overeseet
ha.; been wlthdrawa from the republican!"
~r I.otii74iAtia, and that s eorcratwerit. rPv
olutionary in form, is prat-litany ow the
point of isAurpimr control 4 Akira in this
State. I recall the eirentantaween of the
137 st e!ertoral campai s cn nal, to .haek eras
for the isielity M prineiple Toss then es
pli:-...,1 The rtpublican party, we yn
kn or, enter-ei upon the ease-ate united wail
:tron , z , r than ever before it had eateste4
under itA banners an inessential Awe of
native born citienwr 4 old vrlaig antes , "
dent,s. who, I their boom. be it void. 'till
remain faithful to the priaripien they
es.,ta.sed and the Tovernmene they utppoor
edr. It wan further •tr!stibelse4 by the
ab-ienee in-'' the State or 'lrritation of
that element whose revionn wilheemeee to
t h e Fatl y had hr iuzht it into IriPlerire
h.` , ..! causes c.nrubinesi to kiss Ansa bar
remarkable Aueretse achieved lity tie rwpwb
lir:in party in all Ow! donbefal reclaim,
with one eireption, even where the wibite
predominated. and wbieb pow
114 3 iwsj•wity in the LeigiALetere. Ewalt
where orzanized violence prevailed sow
State ticket carried every ropebficas per
-1.11. and 21 4 0 a nmitber 0f porrialwo wbeek
in the laic Lexi.tator, were reprewinoted by
dem,eratie members
rVFNT4 417 ilx.tarzirn
I hri, Ay iiiromarise the biaswirail ',veer
that hire 'inee neeerred The Geneva
A.senibly met on the 64 al January lore,
organized With a toll legal ism= in both
hf, 0 40, pww.eti law. whiek wove alleavarl
by the loaceentire of the State, and at the
of January loot rawiseand and 4M:wed
the rate tor Governor At this time the
nation was agitated by doubt se to the
result of the Pre/ideated sleeting With
the expectation that Sansei J. Tildes
might ptowibly become Preaidest of the
t "oiled :+tates, and with so hop of seserae
otherwi,e, my opponent in the kat -
paign establilhed a mock legislature and
went through the form of an iaasperstimen
in order that there sight he a assibolossa
of government which Mr. Tiiden, if ham
garated, could poontly galvanise nese vi
tality. In the few days that %Amid
General Nicholls s‘d his adherence ware
encouraged by the unexpected refund of
President Grant to recognise the State
government or to respond to the aeweeitiu.
tional call of the Lezistatere, tbeingic be
questioned the legality of wither. 0,
the 9th of January. before I bad vesreely
taker, my seat in the executive chair. As
White League rose in armed inearreetiow
andby 3 rmtp 'wain took paeampeina
the Supreme (',curt. arsenals and steeinae
of the Metrop.litan Polies, all incase , ' at
the capital. ThAn came nrdzre from
President Brant establishing a atone re.
the practical effect of whirls wee to moire
the inBnrxentyl in the, advastares they lead
gained and to prevent any tient
)419e - , , s them. On the inauguration of
Pre ident Hayes the State sothoritias
made preparrtion:4 to organise s silks
force for the defence of the State covers- ,
wen t. General Nicholls,' police *cued
upon the recruiting officers ant
ed them for treason, without the benefit of
bail or writ habeag corpus.
THE PEE DINT'S COMMi4sP)I
t(-le;:raphedi this fact to President
Hayes. akin him if this was a violating
of the sight ?Ho, and if not whether a re
lease of these men by forte, all civil renter
die, having' been exhattated, would be In
considered The President replied :-
-Your di , patch of the 21 is received.
The Secretary of War bas telegraphed to
:eneral Augur. A commission will short
ly visit Louisiana. In the meantime the
President desires that the situation r e m a i s
unchangcll.••
The Commission came. In the mesa
time the Nicholls governtaeat had crystal
ize.] into shape. So fat from permitting
th e sittntion to remain nachasgd. it had
broken into the tax collector, ofiee or the
city. had taken forcible control of State
institntions, and had strengthened itself o•
a ll sid e ,. Notwithstanding this, however.
the Commission found the legal Legisia
tnre still in session at the State Homo,
and my title unaesailed and unassailable,
except by f,rre The result of their la
bon; during the two weeks they remained
h ere is known ~f all men. They Manned
a number of members of the lewd Hoene
of Represents:ire,' to take sesta in the
Nicholls house, thtli airing its Retarning
Board quorum.
Prior to the meeting of the Legislator,
the democrats claimed to have elected only
sixty members of the Hones.—see h
than a quorum. One, at Wee of the
members so claimed by them wan sham
on the Ist of January last. No reptshissee
or independent leader would Meese* to net
with the Nicholls Howe, sol irouseipsuee
ly, in order to obtain eves sie arpetweiset
of organization, they bad been esespeibmi
to call to their aid three loss defesied at
the polls. whose election had we pervious
ly been claimed .
A PIRTININT INQCIZT.
The inquiry, therefore. seeme pertiaest
in ibis connection If a &tarslog Boma
quorum wee so effective fee Saba.' its
why was it that melt Teems was igmerei
while it remised Melded as the legal
government of the Seale ? Thee peens
meat bads Returning lisard von= *
sl. Jay ts slink Os ___ kattalbiy
ammessi. ssd sits Legial l ll. l *if P 11 1"
issd ramisal is blpi isiorsta
lasagnas' by ism swiss sV C4llllllllll►
wise. ma sink berisir Ism adbisome4
it is s mow vessmi taws asaysisibisty
isionsgsp sere ispbssosi bossess the
Presidio* sad bap musimpoiss.
RIM' , AL or ?WS ?Seals.
On dor fnibreiron day. dor Prolapse, by
$ Cosa nyder, ars& radio thoonsh die
prem. amain dine no 1' view. fir
ern", neworryiee s bsiJiß se this oisiney
, the *sr. &we ohnidd tot renvoord
' their brined's. Thom trio bed bens
plowed there b, Premise 4 am otelont
diviial eaii 4 the row.nr.r. 1.11.811111111 fir
ileasnisig lingi obis *MINNOW tar woe
, 1 for Provident fondy boggy* rho hod
tie lewd siorroreement bolo sienetiodi. st
mold haw. sootamod sorlif oithoio rlr :s
tereootion of Me". bat the 411/19 for der
withenourei. ;wood lair Lbw oloonmeno.
eso and so rho osaiser cleat rs ono venowil
eiterly indium that IMO rho sorb asp
pmen abaci An lewd igoorrianione +1 Lyme
awn sbrawi.l ItEr. fvoio rho —_
tinsel amiss vonoid I. bawl
fled din :diverse .4noultity imillium4 co
'na g s se the inoto Soar f disidd boor
doenord it viry dory to base soorind rod
thionded ~ oorooremornt N. rho Lt. sum
withiesiwisfrx vh. orrib.ingrai 4thir
bee with th. Loesoisosor tosasseigrarel,
sad rw. pr-iirport , if approws f oim
".4 'ark raw moil Siolors by saber owe
:oar.? s , uorionso to v 4 IMP MI 4SP ..“`eir
-. I fans. thee at orteatains.4
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bwortimi. of Inv smiorremort
were 2.q.- my ?jibes. gat ysold
awe ANS,
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rippobi:ele it3t. ti. :ii
bore • • ..sompols $. Slims
rrampri rtic•r !..-nossissa. sit.- ires Aso.
gybseviitleo4 S r ,he M . isr Air am 'Aim.
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s• i 1 smapir tire
sewn tower 4 ...geri ine-di
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tem pinr .rirsisioutimir sod sisseisme
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fr.". jproarnisimst ovise "or lbw mul
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rose sYrllllo‘lll Ant leo boriiis
few, seer mil fief -o-oof oilloyases yen
bye, vollorremy s. limmlesee 1 1 1141birellP
primiciiplai in Lowisimos %WIMP %of Ms bib•
tor oisemr. 1. 1b... ob. Ibirvir w !pi
hod, awe by sr .t lbw low mosso so
bere l.ewi slosslogb semi, apy
Ambit T. all 1 oromed pork paisiser.
foostisalw. sei s w smog 1.3 a posilliMily
tisk awl *Ass syrysrf
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edam Hera is • jpri loud 4 we*
dm boo On asiosisy is 4. 404 mum.
plow set Ass *sir wigglier* lismosr,
aid way bwrtsr. they bass siselogr Aso
so is* aboist air Wait arm suss
so the posser. 4 s frissfy, 4 rum
brim * t base ems dbous as bees_ sr
bees ass diemera tie goisriois 4 am ••
bare aislibi everts 4 Asir gram OP.
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swinge is dhow brake - Maw ow mos
dom. they ars foil et sins brassose
and !Nisi /UT wit bressologg Wei vs
Ow tapir 4 34rm.ramiise iseseposol
*sly ter grow Ow tr siestkor is slab 617
sr. isftressoa Ws biros Wit dhow Aar
s ohiregided boor osissobsod swi rum
sod diming the wink/ beer '.4 $
glormest err seibel by so on* *foam*
They bed issalusiirir op talk alma nor
bans issombiss. aid irassell soi boor sows
nay wield hors ID sea so tiny soda
*alb. To w aa fowl* 4 s arigiisors
isms sI hibissimp soda boss ssmill as
losipmensows e, dom. wog. 4 414111111 P. aas
isoropreigy. They bud or truppimilms so
gesoir. kswr the inietep their radii
bon kneed s sebj•e• ',Pry wig Ism is.
soprostise ties doom isiburi woo sus of
desir Itussoissgs sal eakwir.
And ibis Nib lbw viols +seri 7%,
opearompul ray ire •Nr-rr• .iftLer esagivisse
rn ignorant. Tip rarity swab •
ebelogs st !wort sal tow sober s siiisossio 4
prows is signor s perwasig
fawns "Ober whoa sr iairsrisy. roe
As room Ansi; was way Ass is. bus by
the twos donned, misuse miaow dim
wives frnal sU ea' tutus be man* is it
It is '.nor. friwygows 644 sow 4tve • Er"
booneros. nom sr, nisioory sorsiambilido
is whirls is new Au. s rot. 1104•8114
are split is pow.. by to. Notieghisss ors
sowir drommr. by 4 f 4 me, per
ones it , logrisorstos istn .forisis &Mk
whieb is prastirsily iwniraid. J gibs
ysolig rum AI lAA* :boy Tarr •
Com b► Irds.
Fir a Fit .4 bilors...---4'..swa
itte 'if 2 1), this nee boor. obi rig
inn k• tied to pail me rner emit the wet,
sad enek ',h4 s sow.
Fr•r z Ft it Extrwriettiv, mud ►+ar—
'r) the irr vriihnwirw. sw 1 spelle m. Abe ie►
awl ma Anil bur awesome--
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Fir s Fit of
yee.l
s*4 rimil the *moo owe.. 716.7
will toll ri tbe end ef smaition lbw
rove will lone be row bad ebstaear. ohm
earth your pave. ermoospnion row Illibow
sad An warm row mowLer wed emir
For a Pa 4 Deor mileoey—leob dee lee
Rani damp wborb qool btrollo roe on
tbio week owl in those wilob be bong
proinieed to his foilowert ie doe seas. I.
pee Otto boo Imo*, tit "mob Syr Asvh
w.bis wad oindris. as 4.404 will 11011011imn:
Mods he wile balm it a Sower mei wawa
IMO ilia beim with owe blooming In Ibis
his...
For all Fair 4 Dash/. Peeplevity 3a4
Year—lrlietber they toniert the beefy
sisal ; whether they are 3 leml s the
shoolders.
I. 16.4 we drip heart. the hi
Waft le $ rairmal ewer. whit* say %a ow
listl 0.. floc ea hew it *see the ilasas
reyseessa : "Vim dry harem so she
Lori. sad avaama :bye
For Net 4 Itelawiwy— Leah shwa Le
the belt swil the Mai and gait the lei
end the siliesed ssd deessomil sari
they will Robe yes wrieseil 4 seeelphiee
is, 4 year ollSeeimea
A 'lmmix* shoot lastsor dor adest
kiwi of IC-11 is the ftlhosiag tiathiag
mars : row shot 'senior lissitum
dies the stitshopport ; die ghe
:ratio victoria% mil orris isintemod tut os
whisky. Vbst it this poor wistary
motor
LI-C 41914•111110111.131 ; Wiley WI& 4
irasisiippi. bay boss argeissia
tbe Trassry. is p 4 ?mesa
NO. 114.
I, will,
imiesebrateb-