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The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1868-08-08
Universal Suffrage.


Speech of Daniel W. VOORHEES,,
at New Albany, Ind, in which he
expressed his views on the suffrage
question as follows:
I am one of those persons that
hold, first upon the question of
suffrage, that it is not a question
of Federal politics at all. l take
it that no man of honesty, no man
of common intelligence, believes
that Congress has the right to en-
force negro suffrage everywhere :?
[ will read the Chicago platform
that transparent fraud upon the
question-directly. They say they
have the power to enforce it over
ten States, but not power to enforce
it over the rest. It is a question
for the States, and the States alone.
IF the people of any State desipe
to incorporate the negro race into
their voting population, that is
their business, not mine. But /
should never do it, and will give
you my reasons why. Ii the peo-
pie of a State desire to do it, they
have the power to do it, however
unwise that act may be; but the
power of Congress does not extend
to that. No question is palmer ;
and the Democratic party stands
upon that doctrine. But we go
further. We hold that the attempt
to mingle and commingle two sep
arate and distinct races in the CON
troll of one government has, accord
ing to history, resulted fatally to
the government that attempted it.
I have no prejudices against the
black man. / have no preiudices
against anything that God has
made. What right have I? The
humblest and lowest thing of
animated creation has my sym
pathy and my respect, because God
made it.
It is not because I would trample
upon the black man that I would
deprive him of the right of suffrage
in this country; but because the
right right eff suffrage in his hand is an
element of his own destruction as
well as yours. I would give the
black man every civil right known
to the law. Suffrage is not a right
to make contracts and enforce
them, collect his wages, sue and
be sued, testify in courts-for /
would illustrate truth from any
and weigh the witnesses,
and let their evidence so for what
it is worth-but when you ask me
to take that race, into political
partnership with the great white,
conquering race, to whose hands,
and to whose hands alone your
fathers gave the government of this
nation-then, ] say, a sacrilege is
attempted, and / recoil from it.
[Applause,l
= y But if it is the night of the
negro to vote it is inaienable and
why hasn't he the right to vote in
Indiana and Ohio as well as in
Georgia Yet, last fall the ques-
ton Of negro suffrage was submit
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1868-08-08

CURE FOR THE TooTHACHE.-Ata
meeting of the London Medical
Society, DR.. Blake, a distinguished
practitioner, said that he was able
to cure the most desperate case of
toothacRe, unless the disease was
connected with rheumatism, by the
application of the following RENE
dy: Alum, reduced to an impalpa-
bic powder, two drachms; nitrous
spirits of ether, seven drachms ;
mix and apply to the tooth.
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1868-08-08
sIlerfG,2s sale.
SITE OF Lomisiaml

state OF Louisiana.
Thomas G. Boyle Sth District Court,
vs.. Parish of Calcasieu
Silas ~. Finch. No. $40.
DY virtue of a writ of ieri facias
ID to me directed in the above emit.
tied suit, / will offer for sale at auc.
tion, to the last and highest bidder,
at the Court House door of this Par.
ish, in the town of Lake Charles, on
SATURDAY, the 5th da9. Of Septem.
Der, 1858, between the hours Of Ii
A. NJ, and 1 p. NJ, all the right. title
interest and demand Of Silas NJ.
Finch, to the following described
property, to wit
IA Tract OF Land,
situated ia the Parish q Calcasieu,
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1868-08-08
One Of the Western papers Ave

One of the Western papers gives
the following notice: - Il
All notices of marriage, where
no bride-cake is sent, will be set up
in small type and poked in an out
landish corner of the paper. Where
a handsome piece of cake is sent,
it will be put conspicuously in
large letters; when gloves or other
bride favors are added, a piece of
illustrative poetry will be given in
addition. When, however, the
editor attends at the ceremony in
person, and kisses the bride, it
will have especial notioe-very
large type, and the most appro-
pirate poetry that can be begged,
borrowed or stolen from the brain
editorial. -
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1868-08-08
TERMEs EFT CONDITIONS :

. A douze mois de credit, racqu6reur
fOurnissant son bond on obligation
aveC bonnie ct sufisante s6curits solis
daire, portant inter6t 4 huit pour
cent. de date. La prqpri6t6,demeur-
ant sp6cialement hypoth6qu6e, JUS
qu'au Placement du dit bond on obi
cation, principal ct int6r6t. ;
I'D. J. M. READ, Sheriff. :
Lac Charles, 8 Ao1t, 1868.
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1868-08-08
Judicial Notice.

IN pursuance of an order from the
/ Hon. James M. Porter, Judge of the
Eighth Judicial District of Louisiana,
to me directed, notice is hereby given,
that a special term of the said District
Court, in and for the Parish of Calca-
sieu, viii be holden, ON the third Mon
day, twenty-frst day Of September, IA.
d, 1868, at the Court House in the town
of Lake Charles.
Isl al CHARLES GLASSPOOL,
.. Clerk Dist, Court
Clerks office, August 3, 1868.
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1868-08-08
q Z. - 80 gqNnEEEclEg
Vemte de Sheriff
Etat de La Louisiana.

Fiat de la Louisiana.
Thomas o. Boyle J SINE Cour de Dist,
vs.. Paroisse CaIcasieu.
silas M. Finch. No. 825.
I'm vertu dun writ de feri facias j
IL moi adresse dams rafcaire ci-des-
sus intituE6e, j'offrirai en- vente pu-
bIique, au plus offrant ct dernier en-
ch6risseur, a la Maison de Cour de
eette ParOisse, en- Ia vile de Lac
Charles, SAMEDI, 5me jour de Sep
tembre, 1868, entire ii heures du ma
tin ct heures de rapras- midi, tous
les 6rOits, titres, inter6ts ct pr6ten-
ions.de SiIas N. Finch, aux propri6-
ties suivantes. savoir.
uUm Lot de TePPes &
situ6 dams la Paroisse Calcasieu, pres
Lac Charles, sur la Riviere Calcasieu,
ct connu CONNIE lot Quatre, de See
ton IN, Township 10 Sud, Rang6e Q
Quest, conteuant quarante-neuf ct
4llO0 acres, ensemble avec toutes les
batisses ct authorizations qui sly
trOuvent, cOnsistant Ell
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1868-08-08

near Lake Charles, on the Galcasieu
River, and known as Lot Four of
Section One, Township 10 South,
Range 8 West, containing forty-nins
4Il00 acres, together with an the
Buildings and improvements thereon
erected, consisting Of a
STEAM CIRCULAR
s "A W MILLS
machinery, boilers, dwelling house,
out houses, excepting two buildings
belonging to w. I'll. Haskell.
-- FERNS AID GoEBEHCNs
j Twelve months credit, the put
chaser to furnish bond with good and
approved security. ain solido," con-
ditioned to bear eight per cent per
annum interest from date, aud the
property to be and remain specially
mortgaged until full and entire pay
ment of said bond and interest
J. II. READ, Sheriff.
Lake Charles, August 8, 1873,
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1868-08-08
" Avis Judiciaire.

Avis Judiciaire.
I'm vertu dun ordre de THon. James
IL MI. Porter, Juge du Huitiame Dis
triot Judieiaire de Ia Louisiana, 4 moi
adress6, avis est par le present donn6,
que, nm terme special de Ia dite Cour do
District dams ct pour Ia Paroisse Calca-
sieu, sera tenu Il tToisieme Lundi,
vingt- et-uniame jour dc Septembre 1868,
en- Ia Maison de Cour en- Ia VILE de Lac
Charles.
CHARLES GLASSPOOL,
Grefier Cour dc Dist.
Bureau du Greffler, s Aodt 1868
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1868-08-08

Old Goggles says ne is bound to
get a wife-and young one at
that. He should get the wife first.
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1868-08-08
UN MOULIN-A-SCIE
CTRCUT.AIRE. ,

bouaIoires, machine, maisOn de resi-
dence, appoints, ETC., except6e deux
batisses eppartenant a wv. ii. Has
EEL. - - -------- GO - = -
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-09-18

ident of a Democratic club, officially said
of Democratic cards of recommendation
for cclored men:
1--WE hope that hereafter, when any Democrat
desires to employ colored man in any capacity,
he will ask to his card and if none is produced
will refuse to employ him?''
Is it a forgery that the Chattanooga
Union said:
ssSutfer any and all taunts of tyranny until after
November, and then-well, we would rather be a
nimble squirrel than white Radical?"
Is it forgery that the New York World
said of such speeches of Wade Hampton
as we have quoted:
"We have found them to be the candid and per-
suasive utterances of an honest and courageous
man? t .tHraA
And if these are all forgeries, why is it
that the Charleston Mercury said:
''Private advices from our most strenuous
friends at the North request that we should pro-
test against the imprudent expressions that have
escaped some Southern speakers since the ad-
journment of the National Democratic Conven-
ton. 1t is questionable whether at this time any
thing is to be gained by too much reference to
things that jar on peoples nerves. What we
want just now is to VIM"
If these are not forgeries they show dis
tinctly that the policy of the Democratic
party, should it succeed at the polls, will
be the forcible overthrow of the govern
ments of the Southern States. That will
necessarily produce civil war.--Hwper's
WeebZy .r rs f. et.s.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-09-18

thought we would elect Captain Grant
the marshal of it, or in his stead, should
he decline, John Maltby, afterward Brig
adler General.
az was one of the committee to call on
Grant. He said he was beginning busi-
ness, and should have to decline entering
into politics. We therefore chose Maltby.
Grant went on with his store, selling har
ness, saddlery and hardware, and got into
the firm at last. Lincoln was elected
Grant said from that time that the Sorth
would fight. / could not bring my mind
to contemplate this, but the Captain SEEM
ed to be positive, and from that day began
to speak oftener of his military education,
his debt therefor to the country, and to
talk with me upon the capacities of the
North to raise troops. About that time
he wrote q letter, so expressing himself,
to man in Missouri and this letter Albert
D. Richardson, unknown to Grant, found
out and inserted in his book. When Sum-
ter was attacked we all looked to Grant,
Smith and Maltby. The former went to
work at once, accepted the presidency of
recruiting meetings, and we three, with
Rowley, afterward on the staff, went to
Galena and Hanover and raised that COM
pany for three months service. Sixty-two
men out of eighty odd afterward enlisted
for the war.
"In this season I saw new energies In
Grant. A larger career had opened be-
fore him. He dropped stoop- -shouldered
way he had of walking, and set his hat
forward on his forehead in less careless
fashion. And yet he never seemed to have
an ambition above regimental rank, and
all his talk with me was upon the best
place in regiment that / should try for.
| He became a carpet -bagger then, and /
saw him as he left Galena with his traps
in hand.
Rawlings he cried, 'if I see any
thing that will suit you I'll send you
| word!
"Do, Captain
az took my sick wife eastward soon af-
| terward, and saw in the New York IrS-
| 6une that Grant had been made a Brigadier
| General, and also found letter forwarded
from him. saying: Rawlings, / am en-
| titled to a Captain and A. A. g.; guess
you had better come on and take it,"
therefore withdrew from regiment that
! to be independently useful, so inexperi-
enced, I Joined Grant at Cairo
"He had an office in the great bank
there, and I was amazed at the quiet,
| prompt way in which he handled his mul-
| titudes of letters, acquisitions and papers,
sitting behind the cashiers window-hole,
with a waste basket under him, and or
derlies to dispatch business as he did it,
Beyond my friendship for Grant,
felt that was going to be attached to a
man equal to the enlarging situation.
And so I have remained with him ever
SinCeW ii Sts.t fe -u- .r-
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-09-18
Grant and Rawlings.

A CORRESPONDENT of the Hartford P0sl
| at Washington, reports an interview with
General Rawlings, chief of Grants staff
| The following is the principal part of the
| conversation:
~ was born a few miles from Galena, u
said General Rawlings, "and moved in
| there when 1 was in my twenties. Soon
| after entering the bar, 1 got by some luck
or good word, the law business for the
| leather and hardware store of Jesse Grant
1t was large, fine store, built deep, with
| only place below for sizing the skins,
which were tanned at Covington, Ken
/ tucky. don't know how General Grants
father got into business at Galena, but
there was q Mrs. Lee living there, half
sister to General Grants mother, and her
house was next door to mine.
"Her favorite topic of conversation was
Capt. Grant, or Ulysses, as she generally
| called him, who was represented to me as
the flower of the flock. He had been in
the army, at West Point, in Mexico, and
Mrs. Lee represented that he had made a
particularly handsome figure on horse
back. had quite curiosity at least to
see this member of the family; for, up our
way, we had great idea of Mexican war
soldier, the extent of our heroes being pri-
when it broke out, and was almost crazy
to get permission to enlist. -
"Well! General, did Grant come at
asst ?" @ %
eyes; | saw him under these favorable
anticipations a. few days after he came.
had previously seen all his brothers, and
not one of them but was a sagacious,
business man. I looked cautiously at
Grant, and under his simplicity saw the
marks of power given him by nature and
command. He was not tanner at Galena,
but clerk, sat on the store counter and
related incidents of Mexico, a country that
seemed to have stirred him with enthu-
siasm by it's beauty and resources, and he
holds the same regard for it still I got to
know General Grant slowly and respect
fully, and it was not till after the begin
ming of the war that I found out that he
had any specific liking for me"
"Well, General, I see you are coughing.
I will ask the rest another timer
al am talking too much, but I'll finish.
The war matter grew before Grant had
become half acquainted in Galena. He
was not an arguer on politics, but he had
been an old line Wing and cast vote in
1856 for Buchanan. l was p Douglas
Democrat and took the stump there.
Grant told me that he had great admira-
ton for Lincoln He had read as they
were made the speeches between Lincoln
and Douglas, and said it was nice ques-
tion to say who got the best Of the argu-
ment. We counted on him as Douglas
Democrat, though all his brothers were
Republicans Some time during the cam
paign John E. Smith, soldier of the
Mexican war, burst upon the town with a
magnificent display of Wide.Awakes,
whom he had drilled secretly. This NOR
titled our side good deal and we resolv-
ed to get up similar organization We
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-09-18
GOD-GRANTLTICTORT.
BY sHoRNBERY.

THE nations voice rings out once more, "
For him who led his hosts before,
To grid again his armor ON, l
Till one more victory shall be won. +
That glorious chieftain, then, we greet,
Who never yet has known defeat, A
And at the front the banner plant,
Emblazoned with the name of GRANT
Z God GTdnt-d speedy Uict0Ty--s
Z Once again our battle cry shall be, 4z-s-1
And once again we'll beat the men
Who fought us four long years in vain
No rebel horde could e'er Withstand k-il
The fury of his warning hand;
No fearful, mean hypocrisy
Could long escape his watchful eye;
STRAIGHTFORWARD TO the end he'll go
Past seeming friend and open foe,
And fight it out on Freedoms line,
Beneath the Unions stars divine. fes
S God -Grdnt-0 speedy DtctOfy-- q ~
Once more our battle-cry shall be,
And once again We III beat the men
9 Who fought us four long years in vain
"'Twill take all SUMNER but at last,
TO know the nations trouble past, U.4
Shall well be worth the hard campaign;
SO each one to his post again Ri
8 Trust God and keep his powder dry y
Pause not till rebel colors lie
PROSTATE where now they boldly faunt-
And thank kind Heaven that Grants US GRANT
GOd-Grnat-G speedy gictOTy-- K.
y Once more our battle-cry shall be,
m And once again we'll beat the man
se Who fought us four long years in vain
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-09-18
The Rosecrans.Lee Correspondence.

THE letter of General Rosecrans to Gen
eral Lee was evidently written in the in
terest of Seymour and Blair. 1t is accord
ingly couched in the language with
which the Northern Democracy are wont
to approach their superiOrs. General
Rosecrans draws near to General Lee with
his heart in his hand, to learn the condi-
tions, wishes and intentions of the people
of the Southern States" He had forgot
ten that General Lees conditions are writ
ten in a parole which he took at Apo
mattox Court House. They require him
to obey the Iasos in force so1ers he resides
Perhaps General Rosecrans never heard of
those conditions. 1t would have been be-
coming in General Lee to have reminded
him of them before reciting any Others
General Rosecrans proceeds to say that
he especially desires to "ascertain the
sentiments of those brave, energetic and
self-sacrificing men, who, after sustaining
the Confederacy for four years, laid down
their arms and swore allegiance to the
Government of the United States" The
spirit of self-sacrifice which enabled Gen
eral Lee and his men to lay down their
arms at Appomattox certainly requires a
certificate from somebody to establish it.
General Rosecrans ought to have put it in
the form of an affidavit. Without the
solemnity of an oath it might be ques-
toned by some people, and might fail to
pass into history as veritable and undis-
puted truth, especially where it is known
that General Rosecrans is no friend of
General Grant, and that he might seek to
disparage the latter's military achieve
ments, by making it appear that Lee and
his army were not captured, !, but laid down
their arms in a gush of self sacrificing
patriotism V
Generals Lee and Beauregard, in their
answer, acknowledge that peaceable Sc
cession and the restoration of slavery are
no longer possible, and that they consider
teese questions settled. General Lee then
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-09-18
gnetry.
LUKE LATHER.
AFTER HOOD.

LUKE LATHER was barber, sirs;
And lived at Islington:
He used to soap his customers,
And laid it thickly on.
And yet he was no flatterer,
For often he would carp
At what they said, and being blunt,
He took them up quite sharp.
Twas very strange a man so pert
Could so expertly shave;
But though no one could better scrape,
He never learned to save.
His circumstances being straight,
All things with him went wry;
His fqnds7were low, no doubt because
He held his head. so high.
For it was found by all who crossed
The threshold of his door,
The more he took their boards away,
He bearded them the more.
And SO his customers fell off,
Because his tongue ran on,
And since no folks came in his shop,
He found his income gone.
He tried to borrow, but his friends
Had so unfriendly grown,
They left him to himself, and yet
He could not get loan.
He thought " How cold this cruel world" |"
On it's wide waste adrift;
And went and pawned his shirt, for he
Was put to such shift.
He pensive grew, through lack OF pence,
And melancholy eyed;
And getting quite beside himself,
Committed suicide.
Aud so he passed, a childless man,
The victim of despair,
(For though he hair had often dyed,
He died without an heir.)
And having nothing else to spend,
He spent his latest breath;
And al who once had known him said
1t was barbarOus death.
-Chas,oberS' Journal.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-09-18

A MAN in Hudson City disputed the un-
dertaker's bill for the burial of his son.
Thereupon the undertaken opened the
grave and broke off piece of the coffin
to substantiate its fine quality, and is now
to be prosecuted as q resurrectionist
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-09-18

A CELEBRATED naval officer tells the
following anecdote: On one of his cruises
the sailors saw comet, and were some
what surprised and alarmed at it's appear
ance. The hands met and appointed q
committee to wait on the commander and
ask his opinion of it. They approached
him and said, We want you to enquire
about that thing up there" "Now, be-
fore / answer you, first let me know what
you think it is. "Well, your honor, we
sprung leak" '
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-11-04

NEW PAPEKS.-We have received and
welcome to cur table and exchange list,
the Journal Of Education, published at
st. Louis, Mo-, and the Western Afanu-
fGctUrers' Review and Railroad Journal,
published simultaneously at Indianspo-
lis and st. Louis. The Journal of Edo
cation is q enterprise, and the num-
Der before US is the second of the first
volume, 1t Is q small octave sheet, well
printed OIL clean white paper, and makes
a handsome typographical appearance.
1t is devoted to educational interests all
over the country, but more especially in
Missouri. The character of the articles
is altogether diesctie, and the Journal,
we predict, Is destiRed not only to be s
great fsvoTite with but q great aid to
teachers and others engaged in the noble
work of education. The Western Manu-
.Ideturers' RspieU and Railroad Journal,
with the number before US, commences
its second volume. 1t is devoted to the
interests Of Western manufacturers, the
advancement CT the railroad interests,
and Is a faithful advocate OF the laboring
classes. Il is q small folio, printed semi
monthly at the very low rate of n dol
lsr 8 year,
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-11-04
What was Done at Grand juno.
fien.

At an early hour in the morning 6
telegram was received from Grsnd juno.
tion TO the effect that about 500 armed
negroes had marched to the polls and Ia,
ken possession, swearing they would not
permit q white man or O Democrat tc
vote there. Gen. Granger having been
notified, 81 once (sbout 10 o'clock Sent
forward q detachment OF the 25th in
fantry, who arrived On the scene about
twelve O'Clock. halt an hour after the de-
psFture OF the band, who, in some way,
were advised that the soldiers were en-
route, and decsmped, not caring to come
ia contact with Uncle Sam's men. Up
to 114 o'clock the Radicals, through this
force, had everything pretty much their
own way, but after thst time, and until
the ,,,cee o. the polls at four O'Clock,
votes were uaintsTTuP.edly poiled. The
vote polled was, in The total-6eymour
and Blair and Leftwich - and Grant
and Colfax -, Mum - and Smith