The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-08-05
The Destruction Of the Iliad" Office.

i Messfs. Edators-Havlng noticed an afucle IN your
journal concerning the destruction OF the office o.
Blaekburns Homer Had deem it due the citizens OF
Claiborne parish give to the public the facts SO far
! as known.
The Office was entered at night by parties, who had
previously distracted sledge hammer from smithy
by The damage done was not such as an enraseu
mob would be expected to infiet. There was care
flaess about it calculated astonish the most ndlf-
ferent If meant to be destruction, it was ride
uous farce The press lever displaced quantity
OF type pied and thrown from the office, and an
old imposing stone re-broken. The office, IN my opln-
ion being damaged to less than one hundred dollars
There is clue to the guilty parties, and no strenu
Gus effort has been made to ferret them out. When
the act was done, Blackburn absent and the Had
in charge of his son. young of correct habits,
and generally esteemed for his gentemanly deport-
ment; there obnoxious person in the office
the tone of the paper mild, and public feeling was
calm aud almost wholly diverted from political affairs
Strange if Democratic vindictiveness committed the
outrage that such time should have been selected
/ for such a purpose. There are some other clrcum-
stances equally strange which have TRANSFERRED in TINS
parish, and which naturally suggest themselves here.
There is striking analogy between the circumstances
surrounding the killing of w. K. Meadors and the
destruction " of the HAD office; so striking, that
many persons residing in this vicinity have not hesi-
tated to attribute both occurrences to Radical policy
Aeadors revies and insults the whites and rallies 10
his support the loyal leagues OF this PARISH ana amid
scene of political excitement and turmoil which en-
Sues he lives unmoested ; he forsakes the cause OF
| his political prophet, becomes poweress as loyal
Lacquer and dies ma,tyr. Blackburn fosters with
care becoming distinguished an apostle OF liberty,
the various loyal nusances in the parish and sends
abroad his infamous sheet, filed with the venom OF
his hatred and vile ISLANDERS against his political oppo
nens his press is useful to the party; he Is elected
Congress- ard his paper ceases Its Vianous attacks
against the people, and becomes useless to the party
and 10 most careful destruction places it among the
Radical martyrs and its sphere Of usefulness Is changed
and enlarged Whether the Radical party has com
prehensive policy to require an absolute useful
ness from all its members is doubtful, but it certainly
does seem plausible that such is the in this parish
hen men or things that benefit the Radical party be-
useless from defeat or other causes, they have
but to die be carefully destroyed iii order TO secure
and greater Importance to themselves and to
their party. How wonderful party! Verify, truth
is stranger than fiction.
Certain scalawags and traitors proclaim reign of
terror in North Louisiana. Doubtless their SAUNDERS
have been disturbed by visions of the horrible ku-
Klux, and their sensblities have become morbid
through the goadngs Of their guilty consciences.
Blooming cotton-felds, clean as in the "halcyon
DAYS Of yore" and abundance of rpcnlng corn,
together with superabundance Of every kind and
qnay of fruit, perfect quiet except now and then
stray barbecue and perfect security to persons and
property are of the evidences of the "reign of
terror in old Claiborne. Verify it seemeth that when
the land of the rebel boometh, and quiet sits his
heartlstone the hearts of Radicals and scalawags
scken with terror, and 10 their knees smte each
other in fear and trembling.
Let not friends abroad fear for the Democracy
Of Claiborne parish Alive to the interests at stake,
and to the importance of the issues before the
people, prepared for the contest We desire
an honorable peace; deprecate violence, but think,
with the renowned Won Sckingen-
Besser eiu ende init schrecken ais Elm shrecken ohne
ende.'
Should resort to other means than the ballotbox
to protect rights it will be in the faces Of such
men W. Jasper Blackburn, not during their alb
sence; and in the light of open day, not in obscure
places by night.
Respectfully, yours, sESrUs
Since the above put in type, we have received
another letter from the above correspondent on this
subject, from which we extract the following:
Since writing to you on the 25th have ascertained
beyond cor ecture that the press itself not dam
aged one oNar and most of the type was recovered
The corner fractured of the imposing stone was
broken, but did at all damage it. Not case of
type not drop of ink, nor aught in the Office except
the press lever, and other articles mentioned, were
moested:
Blackburn's foreman, Ben. D. HARRISON said, next
morning, "that will be $4,000 in Blackburn's peck
ct" His son Charley who ID pro tenn editor, said, in
reply, "No not $4,000; about $1,000" And all
hands seemed in excellent spirits Harrison said also
that had Blackburn known of the little damage done,
he would not have bought the Sentiment" office and
estimated the damage at about thirty dollars
CorroN CROP IN BosslER.-The reports from this
parish are conflicting. subscriber writes from
Quality Hii that he has the i'll his cotton about
the same as last year, and that of his neehbors
in the same fix. The overseer on the plantation
the opposite side Of the river from this place. in
formed yesterday that he had not seen the least
sign Of the worm yet. The weed was uncommonlv
large and full Of fruit. Some stocks had from six to
eight bol!s open. They calculate to commence pick
ing in ten DAYS two weeks.
THE TAX BILL-The New Orleans Republican learns
that the tax bill went into operation the GOTH
ceived by the acting collector of internal revenue of
that city. The Republican says this bill greatly smp-
fes the collection of the revenues; takes away the
power from collectors and assessors of compromising
the frauds and shortcomings of delinquent and knavish
taxpayers, and lops off large number Of useless and
not too acrupulouSly honest revenue agents and in
spectors.
New COUNTY SITE FOR SEVER COUNTY, AnK.-The
Commissioners of Sewer county, Ark, have located
county site for that county, about nine miles north
of Paraclfta the present Site upon the dividing ridge
between the waters of the Cossatot and Saline Ample
donations have been made by the county for the cree
ton of public buildings and number Of enerprsing
gentlemen have already commenced the erection of
private dwellings. The new place is called Corinth.
THAD. STEVENS ON FINANcE.-Old Thad. Stevens has
come out in unmistakable terms against the financial
policy of the Radical party, and threatens join the
Democrats unless money matters go to his liking
Democracy has pretty tough craw but to our notion
old Thad would be too much for it to digest. No Il
room in the Democratic fold for old Thad or any of
his sort.
CoTToN RECEIrTs.-A New York circular saws the
total receipts of cotton at all ports in the United States
from September LIST, 1867, to the 18th of last month";
are 900 bales against 800 900 bales last year.
Estimates have already been made in New York of the
present crop One bet of $4,000 is offered that it
will not reach 100000 bales
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ACTING U. S. DISTRICT ADMINISTRATIONS to his
starting for the North, Judge J. H. Durell, of New
orleans, appointed Christian Roselus, Esq, Acting O.
). District Attorney for the U. S. courts A better