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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1876.
S? In accordance with our usual prac
tice, there will bo no "J eff." issued from
thia office next week.
fiSfRutherfi)rd B. Hayes will become
President of the United States in spite of the
worst political frauds of ''the Reformers.
Consistency, What a Jewel !
The Reform Democracy always support
honesty when it serves their purpose, unless
they make a blunder by getting on the
wrong scent. In this way they might
honestly err as to the right means of suc
cess. But in every case where honesty
promises success the Democracy will certain
ly be there. But their honesty w not of
a troublesome character, for if success should
happen to lie in the opposite.direction, then
the reformers can be looked for there, with
out a doubt of finding them in full force.
For proof of this we need but look at
Louisiana, Florida, and South Carolina, all
of which, or one of which, at least, they
tried to get by a semblance of honesty.
But when this failed to secure them the
one elector which they so sorely needed,
they had no conscientious scruples about
stealing, or if 3-011 please, robbing Hayes of
just one elector in Oregon. What mattered
it if Oregon had gone by about one thous
and undiputed majority for litres, if they
could only bribe, steal, or rob Hayes of only
one elector, it would be just as good as it
they had won him honestly, for it would
bring to the "Reformers" all the same, the
sweet spoils and public plunder. But in
order to success in stealing or robbing it is
absolutely necessary not to be caught at it.
For the right to stolen goods is not to be
respected especially when found in the
hands of the thief. And so with the Oregon
stolen elector, he is found in the hands of
the robbers, and hence has no rights which
honest men respect. His vote will be like
a Dead sea apple, promising to the eye but
ashes to the taste.
Hayes will be inaugurated President in
f pitc of him and all his aiders and abettors
however much they may profess reform.
SiG over nor Hayes will be inaugurated
President next March, in spite of the
boldest frauds history records on the part
of the reformers, to count him out.
rSCS!DCTUL.
The Reform Democracy under Tilden,
though defeated, lustily swear that they are
not. They saj they are going to have Til
den President on the oth of next March,
or they will get on a "bust" and smash
things. For they are honest themselves,
vote all they can, and are not going to be
cheated out of a single mouthful of the
public plunder they have been feasting
their expectations upon for the last six
months. Poor fallows, and just think of
the hard times ! We sympathize with
them hugely, but then afflictions and Disap
pointments are good for the wicked, for
they sometimes lead to serious reflections
cn worldly matters and even to repentance.
And just imagine for a moment what a
reformed country we would have if we
could only get the Tilden Democracy to
fully repent and confess their manifold sins !
What a tremendous revelation of frauds on
the ballot box they would spread before an
astonished country ? How by frauds they
h d vears ago carried for the Democracy,
Louisima? How they had for years-
?we:led the naturalization papers in .New
York, repeated, changed ballets, false
counted, by aid of Tilden, Tweed and
Morrissey, and thus saved the Empire
State to the Democracy ? Then they
vrouiu also tell us how the bold iy marched
over into Kansas with the bold Missouri
Democracy and wined out the impertinent
Free State men, who did not like slavery
in their midst. Also how nicely they car
ried Pennsylvania in lboit by the grossest
of fraudulent voting in Philadelphia city,
and thus elected Buchanan who brought
cn the war.
And how since the war they had routed
the Iepubhcans out of Arkansas, and how
by killing a few, flowing many, and
threatening all the Republicans in Missis
sippi they had carried that State for the
Reformers by a sweeping majority. And
how, by the same means, North Carolina,
Alabama and V irginia, had been secured
to the same precious fold of Reformers.
And how nearly by bulldozing, intimida
tion and skillful frauds of various hues,
they had come to carrying for the Reform
ers, Louisiana, Florida and South Carolina.
All these facts which would be more
strange than fiction, and a hundred more
of like character, would the Reformers, tell
if by any means they could be be brought
to repentance and confession. Hence what
ever tends to produce this result ought to
be encouraged by every true reformer and
patriot, and nothing tends so directly to it
as the inauguration of Governor IJaycs, on
the 5th of next March. For wickedness
and frauds thrive and grow strong on suc
cess, but wither and die at discomfiture
and failure. Therefore the way to make
the professed Reformers real and true re
formers must be plaiu to every intelligent
citizen.
The Republican City Convention of Phila
delphia nominated William S. Stokley for
Mayor for another term, by acclamation ;
William N. West for City Solicitor, and
Albert C Roberts f jr City Treasurer. This
is regarded as a good and strong ticket.
The hoarding of silver is still practiced
in the country towns. A recent scarcity
of change in a Western Massachusetts
town, and an appeal to the hoarders to come
down, showed that one merchant had laid
way 17 in quarters and halves, another
had $30 while the postmaster found he had
$45 safely tucked away in his desk. It Ls
no wonder that change is at a premium in
Country towns, so long as people iudule iu
such Jfrolisbscas
Pheasants cau be killed until the first
of January.
C. R. Andre & Co., received this week
a beautiful stock cf new goods
A NEW slate roof has been put upon
valentine ivautz s barn.
A nice line of fancy floods and notions for
Uoliday presents at the Corner Store.
The new fall bonnets are a cross between
a pickle-dish, a soup-bowl, and are worn on
the right ear.
West Point Academy has been constitu
ted a military department, with Gen. Scho
field in command.
Mr. D. 11. Brown, the jeweler, has his
store room handsomely decorated with ever
green and holiday goods.
The highest cash price paid for all kinds
of raw Furs at the City Hall of Fashions.
4t. J. W. Angle.
Fine Hogs. On Tuesday last, Mr. P.
II. Robeson, slaughtered four hogs, which
weighed when dressed, 1529 pounds.
For handsome dress goods and shawls, at
half price, go to C. R. Andre & Co., at the
Corner Store.
Sxow to the depth of twelve and fifteen
inches fell in some parts of New Hampshire
and V ermont on buturday night 9th, inst,
Mr. Peter Robeson, received two of
the fiuest Chester white rirs. last week, we
ever saw. He bought them for breeding
purposes.
As there is but ten day remaining for the
closing up of leap year, would it not be well
to have the census taken of the remaining
bachelors of Stroudsburg.
Go to the City Hall of Fashion for Holiday
presents, where 3-011 will find a large selection
fo useful ones. Bargains in ladies winter
hats. Closing out at cost. 2t.
The best assortment of boots, shoes and
gums, and at the lowest prices can be found
at the boot and shoe store of E. K. Wyckoff,
down town, three doors above the Washing-
loh Hotel.
, How surprised that youns man felt one
day last week when lie sat "gently" down on
the pavement, and how red he got when
he noticed two young ladies passing in the
same direction.
The rabbit and partridge season closed
on the 15th inst. All wiil bear in mind
that 5 fine will be imposed upon any per
son, by the Game Association, for all game
killed out of season.
The first of December was the coldest
day experienced in Savannah for fifty years.
ater lroze in the gutters, and though the
sun shown brightly there was no percepti
ble thaw during the day.
.
The Beethoven Band tendered the new-
proprietor of the Burnett House, Abraham
Lush, with a few choice selections of
music on Thursday evening last. "Abe,"
ike all other generous-hearted landlords,
asked the boys iu.
Beethoven Hop. The Beethoven
Cornet Band of this borough will give
their fifth grand hop, Friday evening, 22d
ipst. Price per couple. 75 cents. Tickets
to be had of either of the members of the
Band. Music furnished by the Beethoven
Orchestra.
A thrifty German, in a Massachusetts
town, whose setting hen wouldn't stay on
her eggs till they were hatched, recently
put his wife in bed for two days, with the
eggs in a box beside her, and therebv
three chickens were sayl to the world.
We were muchly taken in on Friday
evening in seeing '"that same old man"
with straggling whiskers all around his
throat, and a plug hat that was fashionable
in 1812, sitting on a front seat looking at
Prof. Allyne in his "slight-o-hand" per
formance through an opera glass, at
Williams' Hall, and you can make up your
mind that he's the kind 'o rooster Moody
and Sankcy has no business with.
.
The old drug store lately occupied by
William Hollinshead, it 13 rumored, will
be re-opened at an oarly day by our young
townsman, Edward Hollinshead. If rumor
proves true, which we hope it ma)', we cau
recommend "Ned" to both the citizens of
this borough and county as being reli
able and competent, and have not the least
idea but what be wiil give general satisfac
tion to all who may chance to meet him.
Remember the Queen Club hop on New
Years' night at the "Burnett House." All
arrangements have been completed to make
this one of the grandest and most enjoyable
social events of the season. The following
gentlemen were chosen to serve as officers
for the evening :
Committee of Arrangements. II. W.
Marsh, E. K. Shafer, II. Drolett.
Reception Committee. I. E. Allender,
W. Postcn, F. Barber.
Floor Managers. Simon Fried, W. S.
Shafer, W. J. Thompson, F. W. Born.
Master of Ceremonies. W. II. Bennett.
Country amusements, or rather enter
tainments, have undergone many changes
within the past sixteen years. Before the
popular way of entertaining people was by
giving staid visiting parties, in which the
"kissing" play predominated. When the
war broke out, and during its continuance,
a change was wroughtin country life greater
than that of cities, and where before recrea
tions such as tea parties and singing schools
satisfied the young people, card playing and
dancing became all the rage, and though
the horrified elderly people fought against
these, to them, wicked innovations, the fash
ion of the times carried the day, and by
and by sober church people could be seen
at an evening party giveu by their daugh
ters playing euchre with as much interest
in the bowers as the most inveterate gamb
ler. It is said the rising generation is
again bringing the old order of thiogs into
lUshioo agaiu.
Donations and Festivals.
A Donation visit will be given the Rev.
G. Iloth, on New Year's day, in the after
noon and evening, at the Parsonage,
Hamilton Square, by his friends. All are
cordially invited to be present.
Committee. -
Donation. The members and friends
of the Middle Smithfield Presbyterian
Church will give their pastor, the Rev. C.
E. .Van Allen, a donation at his residence,
Christmas Day, afternoon and evening. A
cordial invitation is extended to all.
Donation. The members and friends
of the Spragueville M. E. Church will give
their pastor, the Rev. E. L. Martin, a do
nation at the house of James S. Fisher,
Esq., on Monday, January 1st, afternoon
and evening. A cordial invitation to all.
If the weather should be stormy then the
next fair day. ' By order of Com.
An Oyster Supper and Festival will be
held in Shafer's School House, on Friday
evening, December 22d, for the benefit of
G. L. Schaffer, the pastor in charge. The
preparations for the occasion arc in the
hands of the ladies in the vicinity and will
therefore be complete. All are cordially
invited to attend. Should the weather
prove unfavorable then the next fair even
ing. By order of
Committee.
A Festival will be held in the Cherry
Valley-M. E. Church, on the evening of
Thursday, December 28th, the proceeds of
which wtll be to assist in paying the salary
of the pastor, Rev. G. W. Schaffer. The
friends of" the church and the pastor are
requested to favor us with their presence, as
it is our intention to make the occasion as
enjoyable as possible, and all will be cordially
welcome.
By order of the
Committee.
N. B. Should Thursday evening prove
unfavorable, the Festival will be held on
Friday evening.
Pay as you go. The best argument in
favor of the cash plan is the fact that those
who follow it are certain to prosper if they
carry out the principle of "quck sales and
small proGts," and lilcral advertising, and in
the case of the devotee of credit we have
only to point to the business failures constant
ly taking place all around us and which, nine
cases out of ten, are directly attributable to
the credit system. Goods sold on promi
ses to pay will not settle the claim at the
bank. Protest follows, and the inevitable
result is an extension, assignment or bank
ruptcy. No one need to be at a loss to find
those cases; they are by no means isolated.
Those who as buyers, pay as they go, as sel
lers h ive but one price, find their business
to gradually increase, and their customers
generally coincide in the fact that they can
save mouey and keep out of debt by tradiug
with parties who do not tax their customers
with the wages of book-keepers aud the losses
sustained on the sales of those who never
pay. One price, and that at the lowest pos
sible, where no losses or undue expenses are
taken into the account, will, in the long run,
command the most business, and is ever the
most advantageous, to all parties, but
especially so to buyers. The man who tries
running his business on the cash system will
find, iu increased custom, that it pays. An
other important fact will soon be discovered,
and that is it does not take long to educate the
communit' trading with you that in protect
ing j-ourself against loss by having the pay
down, you are consulting their profit in low
prices.
Almost Frozen to Death. On Satur
day last, Mr. Samuel Warner, a resident of
Pocono township, came to town for the pur
pose of attending to some business and hav
ing an ulcerated tooth extracted. As the
pain was severe he indulged quite freely of
the ''juice de bourb" with the hope that he
might seek temporary relief until the ser
vices of a deutist could be procured. About
S o'clock in the evening Dr. Lantz extracted
the tooth, Mr. Warner proceeded to the hotel
when he took a few drinks, armed himself
with a flask of the "ardent" and started for
home. Instead of crossing the bridge at
"Loeklomon," he deliberately walked to the
right of it into the race. By some meaus or
other he managed to get out and retrace his
eteps to within a short distance of the resi
dence of Mr. John Bowes, where he "froze"
to the fence. Being unable to proceed
farther he cried for help and it seems his
cries were not heard until cansiderablo time
elapsed when Geo. D. Shackelton, Mr. Fred.
Bartholomew and son in looking around to
see from whom the cries came, discovered
him clinging to the fence almost frozen to
death. After considerable exertion his hands
were loosened from their death-like grip on
the fence, to which they were so tightly
frozen, that some of the skin from the palms
of the hands and fingers was torn of! in get
ting them loose. He was immediately eon
veyed to the residence of Mr. Bartholomew
when upon a close examination it was dis
covered that his hands and feet were badly
frozen. After working with him some two
or three hours he was revived, put to bed and
kept by Mr. Bartholomew until Sunday
mortiing when he resumed his journey home.
As the night was an intensely cold one he no
doubt would have frozen to death had he
remained where he was found half an hour
longer.
A Maryland jury lately declared that
a man had come to his death "by an un
known wagon." 'About on a par with this
is the Wisconsin verdict respecting a man
who had been crushed to death in a mill,
when the jury remarked : "No blame can
be attached to the machinery."
Uncle Sam has a pretty good sized
farm still left. According to the report of
Secretary Chandler, C,524,.'i2G acres were
disposed of during the last fiscal
year, for which the cash receipts were 81,
747.215 85. During the year 21,800,517
25 acres were surveyed, leaving yet to be
surveyed l,132,b"05,21 4.53 acres.
The value of exports at the port of Bos
ton thus far, this year, exceeds the imports
by upward cf $7,000,000.
Tlie late II. . Lcvaiuvny.
It is with unfeigned regret we announce
the untimely end of Hardy C. Levanway,
the particulars of which will be seen in an
article copied below from the Mauch Chunk
Coal Gazette of the 15th inst.
Mr. Levanway came to this town in 1S54
from Troy, N. Y., we thiuk, and took a con
tract on the D. L. & W. R. R. under Moses
L. Noyes. The coutract was known by the
name of "Forge Cut Contract." It was a
rock cut of unusual hardness. But after
much difficulty and annoyance he completed
the contract to the satisfaction of all, but
made little or no mouey beyond expenses.
He purchased a lot on Centre street, iu mean
time, and erected a very neat dwelling ou the
same, which is now owned by the widow of
James Carr, Jr. During the war he got a
position in Constructive Engineer Corps, we
think, in the South West Department by
which he made some money. He in a year
or two returned to this place, and succeeding in
selling some railroad stock to President Gar
rett of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, from
which he realized about $1,800. He then
purchased of James Edinger the "Goetz
Bakery" which he successfuly drove on for
several years. This he finally sold to its
present owuer, Jesse Albert, and moved with
his family and E. II. Rhodesjiis son-in law, to
Lehighton, where they went into the manufac
ture and sale of cabinet ware. The factory
in a year or so burned down. Another build
ing was soon put up, which was also burned
in a short time. The buildings were insured
and we learn in all probability nearly covered
the loss. We believe Mr. Levanway did not
go into business again, but lived with his
son-in-law who still drove on the cabinet
business down to the time of his death. Mr.
L. was a man of good natural capacity,
which was much improved, by education.
He wa3 educated at Watertown, N. Y., as a
civil engineer, but his taste and capacity for
management, soon led him into the business
of contractor. But it was difficult for him
to keep free from the dissipations and moral
looseness associated with that vocation,
and the harvest of dragon's teeth which they
in many instances produced, was hard to reap.
But over thyse and his apparent unsuccess
ful attempts at reformation, we would willing
ly spread the vail of charity, ascribing it all
to the weakness of poor human nature. For
notwithstanding these defects he had many
good traits of character, lie was a man of
unusual social qualities, and in his best sea
sons and moods was a person with whom it
was decidedly pleasant to meet.
Those who knew him iu his best days will
be most astonished at, and keenly regret his
unfortunate means of leaving the world, which
had ceased to be sunshine and joy to him.
The following is from the Mauch Chunk
Coil Gazette :
On la.-t Saturday the charges of fornica
tion and bastardy was preferred against II.
C. Levanway, a well known citizen of Lehigh
ton, by a young colored girl who has for some
time been employed by the son-in-law of Mr.
Levanway, with whom he has lived for years.
Levanway was taken before Esquire Snyder
and gave bail for his appearance at court.
The a iiair created a good deal of talk, as the
principal in it was known by everybody. On
Sunday Mr. Levanway endeavored to b;iy
arsenic at the two drug stores in Lehighton,
and this fact added considerable interest to
gossip in reference to the crime and arrest.
Some persons went so far as to say that Mr.
Levanway should be imprisoned, as they
feared he would poison th ; girl, but fature
events proved this supposition to Le entirely
unfounded. On Monday night Mr. Levan
way requested Mr. Amnion Klorz, Dr. N.
13. lleber and W. M. Rapher to call at his
house. The gentlemen soon after repaired
to the residence of Mr. Levanway and found
him in his room up stairs in a very perturbed
state of miad. lie had drawn up his wi!l
aud sow 2 oiher rapcrs Wu.-u he submitted
to Mr, Rather, who is a lawyer; but that
gentleman, noticing the excitement under
which Mr. Levanway was laboring, told him
that this matter had better be attended to
at another time. Levanway insisted, how
ever, on knowing whether the docun e:its
were in legal form, and at length Mr. Rap
sher said they were. During all this time
Mr. Levanway had been walking up and
down the room iu a feverish state and he
frequently drank from a pitcher. He was
now noticed by Mr. Klotz to drink something
from a cup, and as he did so he walked over
to the bed, threw himself upon it, and said :
''Gentlemen, I have just taken two ounces
of wine of Co'chicum. I don't think I will
last more than four hours."
The astonishment of the party can better
be imagined than described. Dr. Reber im
mediately took steps to relieve the unfortu
nate man, but it was some time before he
could be made to take anything. During the
night Levanway constantly said he did not
wish to live, and declared if he recovered he
would take a dose large enough to kill him
next time. On Tuesday h" laid in a semi
unconcious state, and G o'clock died.
Dr. Reber, after making an examination
is not convinced that the girl, who is very
young, is enciente. There are a good many
ugly rumors afloat in Lehighton iu reference
to the connection of other parties with the
crime, but they are hardly well enough foun
ded to be given currency here.
The following is from the Mauch Chunk
Democrat :
Until within a very recent date, there
lived within the preeinctt of the quiet borough
of Lehighton, a gentleman answering to the
name of II. C. Levanway. When wo refer
to him as a gentleman we mean just what
we say, for, bating an occasional overindul
gence in liquor, we would be guilty of false
hood were we to assert that his integrity as a
gentleman was ever doubted, and, although
a rank Republican, we, in common with
many others, always loved to listen to his
oddities not because he was such, but be
cause he appeared to be so very sincere iu all
he said, and men, acting from disinterested
motives, are scarce in these degenerate times.
Besides, he was just the sort of a man to
make his mark almost anywhere, and so he
did politically at least, in this county. In
deed so invaluable, almost indispensable, had
his services become to the party in power,
that a political meeting of any consequence
without him would not have been dreamed
of. And not only was he a power in the
Radical ranks, but he also knew how to make
himself felt. At County Conventions he in
variably figured as head of a committee
mostly on resolutions and without him a
meeting of the kind would have been incom
plete And but for his fincerity, our depar
ted friend would probably be living to-day;
but he implicitly believed in the equality of
all irrespective of "color or previous condi
tion," and, strange as it may seem, his faith
was destined to cause his ruin. Poor, poor,
fellow! His voice will no more greet us at
County Conventions, and in his death the
party of his choice have lost one of its staun
chest members. But we anticipate ; for this
obituary would be incomplete were we not to
state, first the remote,, next the more im
mediate, and lastly the actual cause of his
sudden demise.
Now, as already observed, deceased had no
prejudice on account of race, color, or previous
condition, but this absence of all prejudice
would probably never have resulted in his
destruction, had Mr. Levanway not been a
widower, nor harbored in his household a
comely colored girl of some fifteen summers.
"A word to the wise being sufficient," it will
scarcely be worth while that we should say
more.
"There's danger in assembling fire and
tow ' as Pope has it, and although the former
could not, in the natural order of things,
nave been burning very brightly, tho tow
came to grief, hence the trouble, which ter
minated in tho sudden departure of the gay
old gamester! We have thus far spoken in
riddles, but since the truth must needs be
told we may as well relate plainly what trans
pired. The young colored girl, it appears,
claims to be enceinte, and on Saturday last
swore out a warrant against Mr. Levanway
as the father of the expected hybrid, and
although he easily obtaiued bail for his future
appearance, the matter so preyed on his mind
that on the following day already he medita
ted suicide, if we may credit the story that
on Sunday he made several vain attempts at
purchasing arsenic. The next we heard of
deceased was that on Monday evening he had
s.mt to .Mr. Amnion Klotz, Dr. N. B Reber
and Hon. Wm. M. Rapsher, three of his
neighbors, to call at his residence to witness
a codicil to bis will. They went, and on
their arrival in his room found the testator
in a rather uneasy, disturbed state of mind.
He was pacing the floor, and every now and
then was noticed to take a draught of water
out of a pitcher placed on a 'stand in the
chamber. In the codicil referred to, it is
stated, tin? testator devised $o(0 to the color
ed girl in question, and then, having satl-fied
himself that his will was correct in tvery
particular, he ouce more paces the floors
walks up to the stand, and from behind the
pitcher produces a cup, the content of which
he is seen to swallow at a draught, after
which b.e cooly informs tlnse present that
"it is done," that he has just taken to ounces
of wine of colehicum, and shall .lit;. This
was at 7 o'clock on Monday evening, aud
notwithstanding all measures taken 2 coun
teract the effects of the poison, Mr. Levan
way gradually sink, and in less than twenty
four hours breathed his last, a victim of a
strange infatuation. Deceased was about 02
years of age, while the asre o the colored girl
alluded to is stated at l.r. More might be
said, but we forbear, having already stated
sufficient to "point a moral or adorn a tale."
THE TERROR IN LOUISIANA.
TESTIMONY OF GEN. JOHN It. RROOKE THE I
SYSTEM OF THREATENING, AND WHIP-j
PINO AND KILLING A COMPLETE REIGN
OF TERROR EVIDENCE WHICH COL'LD j
NOT BE CONTROVERTED.
One of the witnesses called before the
Louisiana Returning Board to prove the !
cruelty and violence practiced by the Demo-1
crats of the State to enable them to carry j
it for Tilden was Gen. John R. Brooke, of!
the United States Army, now Lieutenant j
Colonel of the Third Infantry. General !
Brooke is a Pennsylvanian. and is a gentle- i
man of the highest character for integrity, i
lie has been stationed tor .several years ;
past in Louisiana, and for some time prior !
to the last election had command of the!
troops in the ,;bulI-dozed" parishes. The j
Democrats do not attempt to deny orques
tion his evidence, which was substantially j
as follows : "In the parishes of Louisiana, I
just prior to the election, there was a coin-!
plete system or organization of the white '
or Democratic part-, which had the effect j
of terrorizing the blacks. This was especial- j
ly the c-jse in the parishes of East Feliciana
and E;st Baton Rouge, the blacks of which!
came to me in larg;? numbers, telling roe of j
of threats made and acts committed, which
caused them to fear the consequence of any
free political action on their part. The
threats were as follows : Discharged, bod- j
ny injury, and in som-? cass extending to
death, in case they (the blacks) did not
join the Democratic clubs and vote the
Democratic ticket. I have been told by
many black men of both of the parishes
that daring the winter and spring last past
many of their people had be n killed aud
beaten by parties to them unknown, who
came in the night, disguised and armed, in
squads numbering from ten to fifty, who
would surround a cabin, take a man out
and either beat or kill him. This occurred
so frequently that the blacks often for weeks
at a time slept in the woods away from their
houses. I became satisfied from the fre
quency and similarity of thess reports that
this was a fact. After I took command
there were but few outrages of this kind
brought to my knowledge. Among those
I saw was one Colman Brown, a colored
man, who was then suffering from a bullet
wound in the thigh, which he averred was
was inflicted by a man named Mansur, who
was arrested and bound over to appear in
court. This was about the first of July.
Another man, named Gus Jackson, colored,
came to me about the last of October, who
had a bullet wound in the head, still open,
which he averred was made by one Bedus
Townsend, on the plantation of John A.
Riley, in Mast Felinciana. The reason he
gave for the shooting was that he (Jack
son) would not join the Democratic club.
About the first of September a man named
Paul Johnson was taken from his house at
night by a party of armed and disguised
men. lie has never been seen since. This
told me by his father, who said he saw
the disguised party at tho house, and traced
them to a point on the Comitc river, where
he averred many other men had been taken
in a like manner and never heard of alive
afterward. The old man was very much
frightened, and feared he would be visited
in a like manner soon. Shortly after the
first of September a man named Monroe
Beaeham disappeared under similar circum
stances. Johnson lives near Atkinson's
store, near tho East Feliciana lino. Bea
eham lived near a place called Redwood. 1
have seen men with what appeared to me
to be marks of a rope around their necks
and on their wrista, and which they told
me were such, end were mado by men
placing a rope around their necks or
wrists and tying the other end to the pom
mel of a saddle, and then starting off at too
brisk a pace for them to keep up. Then
were several of these eases. The names ot
these men I do not recollect. I sent them
in most eases to the sheriff of East Baton
Rouge with their complaints. As to peace
and order and obedience td law, I do not
think there tfas much in the back part of
the parish of East Baton Rouge, or any
where in the parish of East Feliciana. This
is based, of course, on what information I
could get from the people of those parishes
and the. officers of mv command away from!
my own station at Baton Rouge. Many
Democrats in the town of Baton Rouge, I
do not not now recall the wards, admitted
to me on more than one occasion that many
violent acts were being done in the back
country which they did net approve of.
The organization of the Democratic clubs
partook of, as far as I could judge and ob-
serve, a military character. My instruc
tions to my subordinate commanders were
to be at all times prepared to prevent disor
ders, collisions or blood shed in whatever
form it might appear. This was for the
reason that the civil authorities, especially
in the parishes of East and West Feliciana
and E;ist Baton Rouge, had on former oc
casions been powerleso to prevent collisions
and bloodished. In most of the cases they
were unable to arrest the perpetrators of
violence on the part of citizens of the par
ishes, fearing to exercise their legal func
tions through apprehensions of violence to
thcmsel ves. As an instance coming under"
my personal observation, I would state that
about the middle of June last I was coming
down the Mississippi river from Vicksburg
to New Orleans on the steamboat "Katie."
I observed about G 30 o'clock one morning
a bod- of armed men on the boat. Upon
inquiry I learned that it was a company
going below Mount Pleasant to flank a body
of negroes, intrenched on a hill. The com
pany numbered about twentj men, :.ud
seemed to me thoroughly organized. They
had with them a negro . prisoner. They
were landed about two mile below Mount
Pleasant, and they marched in that direc
tion. I afterward learned from parties at
the place that day, I think the sheriff of
of E ist Baton Rouge for on?, that this was
but a small portion of the force at Mount
Pleasant. What they did is a matter of
public notoriety. In Baton Rouge parish,
in the town of Baton Rouge, ami the two
wards next below the town, on the river, I
do not think there was any reason why a
voter could not vote as he chos?. In what
is called the back country, which includes
the balance of the parish, I think the sys
tem of threats, whipping ami killing, winch
has existed for the past ten months, has so
completely terrorized the timid blacks that
but few of them would dare to vote as they
pleased. As to the fact of many black men
having been killed by unknown persons, I
would say that I know suc h to be the case,
from examination of the inquests, v.hiea
did not cover all the cases found dead, for
the reason, given to me by the coroner in
person, that he had been notified to hold
no more inquests in the country, and was
threatened with violence to himself if he
did so. In East Feliciana parish the re
cord of the vote cast there for the Republi
can ticket would seem to indicate a com
plete terrorism on the part of the Republi
cans of that parish. My own judgment,
based upon the information received from
a large number of black Voters of this
parish, is that the threats made and th
acts committed by the whites against the
blacks, or, in other words, by the Demo
crats against the black Republicans, were
of such a nature and of such a force as t
deter the Republicans fh: votirrg as they
chose vr at uIL'
Gen. Brooke vrarj subjected to a s vere
cross-examination by the Democratic law
yers, but his testimony was not impaired in
any way.
TlIS case of Cim. vs. F. A. Beamish 0:1
charge of embezzlement and furg ry was
tried at Wilkes-Blxirre court on Wednes
day and Thursday. The case is one grow
ing out td' Beamish's use and misappropria
tion of the school funds of the Fourth Dis
trict of this city while he was Receiver of
Taxes in 1872. Abundmt evidence was
brought to prove that the duplicate book
had been altered and the amounts changed
while it was in his possession - that leaves
had been cut out entirely ; that large
amounts of taxes had been paid to him that
he had not credited ; that he had collected
larger amounts than the duplicate called
for, etc. The counsel for the j rosecutiou
were Messrs. St urges. Palmer, lloyt and
Ricketts ; the , counsel for Beamish were
Col. Woodward, Col. Wright and John
Lynch. The trial occupied two days, tlni
case being given to the jury on Thursday
evening. Friday morning they returned a
verdict of "guilty. Justice has evidently
overtaken him at last. Jtscrauton City
Journal .
PUBLIC SALE
OF VALUABLE
REAL ESTATE.
Furniture, Household Utensils,
Horses, Wagons, Harness,
Tools and Farming
Implements.
By order of the 'Tooono Mountain irue Company,"
will bo soM at Sale upon the piMniM ou
Thursday, January 25th, 1877,
at 10 o'cl.x-k, A. M, the valuable REAL ROTATE
known ad the
"Pocono Mountain Housa Property,"
situated on the Xarth and South Pikr, about twoiiiilos
North of Tannorvilo, in ltxono Towu.-lm Mi'urc'
county, Ia., Vuiitaimng
647 Acres and 9 Perches,
more or lea-, about sixty aervs bits eWrvd. Ihi
improvements aro a lare Hank li.rn, a , ,
COTTAGE 2 rooms, a TENANT HORSE ri'-'t
1 rooms, ICEHOUSE, SUMMER HOUSE, .J"'
Ac, Ac. "
Also a larga stock of valuable
Furniture and Household Utensils,
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Carpets, Matttujr, Chairs, Tables, Solas, I'ianx Ih I
Clothing, l'til-tvrs, Roisters, Staves, 1 ive Proof ' K
md Silver Rlaied Knives, Forks, Spoons, Caster,
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gl Bay Horse, 1 Black Horse,
Dearborn Wagons, Carriaces, Lumber Wa?ons. f leicb.
Sled, lurk Rack, Plough, Taols and farming imp.c
ruents. Also sou double Harness, Sinel Harness, on
lejaut Ladies SaddK Array Saddle, terd W'4
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