Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1867-12-05

How It WAS DOVE Tho extSorai- !
aary result of the registration il this
State, which gives an excess of choreds
overswliite voters of two to one. OH of q
total population which includes some +
eight or ten thousand excess of whites.
may be accounted for i'm various ways
In addition to the effect efstbe grossly j.
unjust and inequitable rules -.prescribed
by Gen Sheridan to the RogiStrars, inv
direct opposition to the Interpretation
OF the Act Of Congress by the Attorney
Generaf, we have we'll established facts
OF the gross irregularity and ihsliscrimi-
nate registration of the blacks, that
ought to lnvalidate and set aside the.
Whole registration. from MANY of thu
planters, indeed all with whom we have
had any communication on the subject.
we learn that a very large number of
the negroes who have been registered
are under twenty-one years of age.
Many of them were doubtless Ignorant
of their real age, and the registrars were
generally satisfied with their appear
ance and assumed that they were of the
legal age. Others falsely stated their
age, imagining that they were to receiye}
special favor and advantage from theirl
registration. There is not a plantation
in the State from which there were nots
a number of these Illegal voters regis
tered: There is also another source of
illegal and fraudulent voters. This is
the duplicate registration A large pro-
portion OF the negroes have been II IL
tered more than once. Those liy
near tho borders of the several parish
generally registered in both parish
Those who had registered in the
would come to the city or the near
town and register again. Many of the
registered IN different names. and carry
nfnc
These facts are sufficient to account
for the extraordinary result that the
proportion OF negro voters in. this State
is one to three of the total population.
whilst of the whites there is only one
voter for every nine. The ratio of one
20 six has been considered the usual
proportion of voters to total population
in the States of the North.
In view of such facts as these can 1t
be possible. that any honest man or
party will justify or defend the organi-
cation ola State on such registration 2
Can there be any doubt as to the duty
Of those who are charged with the adj
ADMINISTRATION of tb act of Congress and
the fair and just reconstruction of the
States to set az de the whole proceed
ings IN reeasaz registration, the cleo
ton of q convention, ETC., and have the
thing done over again2-[N o. Times
BooUETs: The following may be of
interest to the ladies':
When you receive q bouquet, sprinkle
It with fresh water; then put it in YES
sci containing soapsuds, this will nutri-
~ the stem and keep the flowers as
bright as new. Take the bouduet ont
of the suds every morning and Law it
sideways (the stock entering first) into
clean water. Keep it in there a minute
or two, then take it out and sprinkle the
flowers lightly by hand with water, re-
place it in the soap suds and it will
bloom as fresh as when first gathered.
The soap suds need changing every
three or four days. BY observing these
rules a bouquet may be kept bright and
beautiful for at least month, and will
last still longer in very passable state,
but attention of the fair creatures, as
directed above, must be observed, or all
will perish.