National Republican., 1873-11-13
DEPARTMENT NEVIS.
TERRIBLE SITUATION IN LOUISIANA.

TERRIBLE SITUATION IN LOUISIANA.
Attorney General Williams has received let
ter from Mrs. Alice A. Crawford, widow OF
Judge Crawford, murdered lately In Louisiana,
parish, louisiana, In which she says; You
are, doubtless, aware Of the deliberate and
co'dbooded murder OF Judge T.. q. Crawford
twelfth judicial district OF the stale Of Louisi-
ana. That crime aud horrible deed, which has
left two widows aud nine orphans desolate, has
also thrown the whole country In such n state OF /
ircpldatlon and fear that ! cannot forbear stat |
ing the fact TO you, Ia perfectly terrible to be
compelled to i've IN the county now; people are |
think; II IA even worse than it was during the |
war; for then. II men would make pretence Of |
patriotism to the south, they were safe. Now
no one knows he IA safe. SIR, " the President |
does not send US protection, an,i that speedily,
the best men In our community will be mur- |
OUR sher sns se aGtSaa o os ss, Iur
citizens because they nave felt some interest In |
tracing up these assassins.
self.pteservailon Ia the strongest law Of ma:
ture. and even !, woman as am, feel afraid OF
being murdered because l so naturally have
taken deep interest In having the murderers
Mrs. Crawford forwards the following as a
sample OF how they do things In her section Of
the country:
Bill MCDANIEL ! will drUp you a few lines
about the negro school that you are now teach
Ing. Will give you until Tuesday morning, the
"
Tues,lly at ~ o'clock, and n you are there, then
cannot walk for month; and il that viii not DO
take warning m ga and leave, Wc would have come
| and whipped you without giving you notice, but
we thought that We would give you little time
| TO get away. We Will be there On Tuesday pre-
pared to Kill you " you are not gone. We have
stood the school, sir, as lo1g as possible. IL has
become, perfectly disgusting TO the whole neigh.
borho0d, and we intend to put sto,I TO II; aud
| II you don stop u you will he dealt with very
| seriously.
NAVAL NEWS.
Commander Arthur p. Yates, ordered TO the
command OF the iron.clad steamer Manhattan,
at Philadelphia. Lieutenant Commander Rich
ard ?. Leavy as executive officer o. the Man.
haitian. The following were also ordered TO the
| Manhattan Lieut.. Thomas Perry; Masters Ma
than 4. Mica and Newton 4. Mason; Assistant
SURGEON Z. =; Durr, and First Assistant Engineer
Moore, to New York navy yard. Commander K.
X. owen, from the Norfolk navy yard, ordered
% command Of the iron-cl1d Iron AN AMahSpsc, At Nor, Nor,
Naval observatory to tho Manhattan. Master
A. d. Speyun, from the Vermont TO the Kansas.
SABINE % ,SS Manhattan Ffsa RsSa
Engineer Edwin Wells, from duty at New Haven,
Conn, to Washington, In connection with the
81 Sie or SS
nected with experiments on steam boilers. First
, | ASSISTANT Engineer JOhn Lowe anu SecOnu hs-
sistant John n. Smith, from Washington navy
yard, and second Assistant II. X. Rhoades, from
Juniata, to the Manhattan.
'a FINANCIAL EXHIBIT.
The following were the balances in the Treas
ury At the close Of business yesterday Cur
rency, a. Isa 22obi special deposit OF legal tend
ers for redemption OF certificates OF deposit, tl2
O60 0O0 coin, t,q, ,Oi9 90; including coin cern
, cafes, s,6So $50; outstanding legal tenders
u t369, ,3i3,3it.
:. Tue receipts from internal revenue sources
a | yesterday were Sit, b,si6.2+.
n COMET DISCOVERED.
= A telegram from the Academy Of sciences o
q Vienna TO the Smithsonian Institution an
II nounces the discovery OF a faint comet hsvinl
e right ascension Of i6 hours and minutes, and
> deciinstion north OF 22 degrees and minutes
e moving southwest; daily motion, degrees.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Thomas Powers, late assessor Of internal reye
r nue. Second district Of North Carolina, was yes
% terday appointed collector OF that district, vic
It George =. Peck, suspended for malfeasance u
"a once. Peck was arrested, and bailed 10 appea
before the uBited States Circuit Court at Ralel lgl
~ The following are the customs receipts at tn
Te principal ports for the week ending November
New YorE, q, ,436, ,sIaT9; Philadelphia, Sis, ,9oi 6
Baltimore, St3s, ,45I.o2: Boston, S2s, ,6I0.23.