The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1873-11-26

empIoye to refuse To work at the wages Of
Tered; condemuing ii strongest terms az un-
Institiable and indeFousible, all combinations
for the purpose Of resisting the rightful au-
tboiiiy OF any company y Interfering with or
attempting 30 intimidato othcra willing TO
work at wages offered; pledging each other in
no case to employ any one discharged on &C.
count Of iusubordination or combinations to
stop operations on any road by intimidation Of
or interference with others willing to work,
and to promptly inform each other, by printed
circular, Of all such combinations. with names
Of parties engaged Railroad compaaies in
the United States are invited TO cooperate.
No adjustment Of the trouble between the
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia railroad
company and their striking employees has yet
taken place. The company gotta train Of ff-
teen loaded freight cars from Knoxville to
Bristol, being the first freight moved on tho
line from Bristol TO Chattanooga in six days,
Tho company Etill refuses to receive freight
The strikers made no attempt to stop the
train, but aent n committee Of their men on
mn engine to prevent the cOmpany's master
mechanic, who was acting "a engineer, from
placing any uon-society engineers in charge Of
an engine. Mail trains RUN regularly. Tha
men are quiet bub determined, and the cOmpa-
ny is firm The directory met this afternoon
aud unanimously adopted resolution indors-
ing the acting officials in reducing the salaries
and claiming for them the right to regulate
the pay Of employees as they may deem best
-Adyioes from Little Rock state that two
negroes, driving two-horRe team. stole Some
hogs from DIR. Eagle, one of The leading farm
ers of Lonoake county. On missing his bogs,
Dr. Eagle in company with two of his lyins-
men, and Mr. James Sullivan. staitad in pur-
suit, O 10 of the Eagles was an officer. About
dusk the party came mp with the negroes and
took th0m in charge, after little struggle
During the night the two negroes escaped and
reported in the n9ghborhood. which is COM
posed almost exclusively of negroes, that Kn
KIux had attacked thom, and raised posse Of
about thirty negroes to 20 in pursuit of them.
In the morning Eagle and his posse proceeded
in search Of the two hog thieves, when they
we're suddenly confronted by an armed body
Of negroes and fired upon, killing all three
Of the Eagles and mortally wounding Sulli-
van. On hearing Of the Ffrair, The sheriff Of
Lonoalse county summoned fifty meu and
went in persuit of the perpetrators of the
deed The killing occurred near the line of
Pulaski county and Lonoake
The United States Supreme Court has de-
cided, in the case of the state of South Caro-
olina, er rel. Wagner against Stoll, county
treasurer, from the Supreme Court Of the
state, involving the question Of the validity Of
the issues Of the Bank of the State during the
war. The charter of the bank, framed in 1912,
provided that itB Issues should be receivable
for taxes, but the county treasurer now refuses
10 receive them on tho ground that they were
issued in aid of the rebellion, and we're, there
FORE no tender The court below sustained
the objection, and the Judgment was for the
treasurer. On a former argument of the case
in this court that Judgment was affirmed, but
upon a re-argument had at this term there s q
change Of opinion and the Judgment ia now
revpresd. the same Judge writing the opifigrit
the court holding that as the faith Of the state
was pledged for these bills tho holders were
entitled to rely upon that credit and to its pro-
lection The credit of the state could not be
Withdrawn without All open and clear declara-
ton to that effect, and such q declaration was
not made until 1868, by the repeal Of the char
ter, which was too late to render the bills no
tender in the present case. One other case.
was decided by the decision in this, Justice
Hunt delivered the opinion. Justice Rradley
disgented