The New York herald., 1874-10-31

| law only those who have registered and present
have had abundant proofs that the radicals have
committed the most glaring registry frauds in
peatnR, and have seen the certificates OF negroes
who had registered In q number or wards and dts
posed OF their certincats to democrats for from
twenty-five cents TO one dollar each. The registra
ton IN the city shows about one vote to every
,hree OF tne population. Tne seventh ward is ialr
practlsed. In that ward the census gives popu.
latlon Of 7,77l coored and l0,699 White residents.
Under the clever manipulation OF the radical
registrars, these 7,77l colored residents (men,
women and children) have yielded bounufu har-
vest OF 2456 coored votes whereas the loos9 white
residents only give =, I01 votes In other words,
you cannot find three colOred persons OF every age
and sex IN that ward who do not own at least one
vote between them. whereas IL takes nve OF their
less favored white neighDors to produce solitary
voter
PALpABLk REGISTRY FRAUDS
The total registration in the city Is, In round
numbers, 1900, OF which 90 coo are whites ana
legal voters the city, that fully Is frauds
have been perpetrated. Some lew may be charged
most OF the devitry resorted to to carry the State
Tor the third term party. The returns from the
parishes parishes indicate great radical frauds IN many
majority, showing nearly double as many blacks
as whites. sixteen out OF the aty-two parishes
FIRST to last, the registry ONCE being
The supervisors and clerks drive. or ride about,
locating one day here, the next miles distant. and
registering all the negroes they can. They have
taken special pains to visit those settlements
where blacks are in great majority and registered
have halted beside the road. and, opening their
books issued papers. and iOding them up moved
S Wn ne limits Of
st. Martin Is comprised vast territory known
as the bayou district, situated between the
Vulnerable DaHus. THIS country is entirely
composed of islands and peninsulas, accessible
white population, mostly swampers. This district
polls $50 solid conservative votes. ana for this
Supervisor has deemed proper to ignore TINS Sec
tion Q: the parish, pretending that MS lie would
be in danger should he go there.
"These men had, therefore, TO row." says the
Bulletin distances varying from fifteen to thirty
miles, and then walk over fifteen miles TO reach
the registration ofice over eighty OF them had
accomplished this patriotic duty up TO the 22d
inst, and some one hundred and fifty more must
closed.r
When the whites have such difficulties to en-
counter as these ana overcome them 1t proves
that they are determined to make one last des.
perate effort to free themselves from negro rule
by peaceful means. IT. as Governor Kellogg claims,
the blacks in registration are only about Six
thousand ahead, / have no doubt but the conserva-
ves VIII win the election. unless IT Is set aside OF
tney are counted out. The democrats are
BUYING UP TIE kEGIsTRY CERTIFICATES OF THE
BLACKS
Is debarred from voting. Then hundreds declare
that they win either stay away from the polls or
dates Tor Congress Is buying certificates from all
the whites he can through agents; but In num-
purchased certificates and tnen handed them over
to the democratic committee, who return them to
their owners. In this way the Congressman-to-be
Is beaten at his own game OF fraud. But 1t Is USE
less to talk OF these frauds. l have ridden from
ward to ward ana made personal investigation 80
as to speak intelligenty, and II is very evident
tnat the administration tools have been guilty OF
frauds 80 glaring that Congress dare not iall to
give relief BY ordering an election by military
authorities. Whenever party is beaten win
appeal to Congress for this action. Every army
ireely) sympathizes with the whites and expresses
the hope that the army may be Withdrawn and an
opportunity given the people TO direct their own
atfars even TO another revolution. II that
ordered every state officer would become camp
follower or step out gracefully rom his office be-
fore the bayonets OF an outraged and long suffer-
Ing people.
The Canvass Com mplete-Both Sides Conf
dent-The Democrats Avoiding Any
Appearance OF Intimidation OF the
Blacks.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 80. 1874.
This has been day OF quiet, and both parties
now that canvass OF the city is completed, feel
confident Of q majority on Monday in the State
election. But lew cases OF fraudulent registry OF
democrats are found, but many negroes are regis
tered several times.
The democratic leaders. to avoid giving any ex-
cuse for the charge OF intimidation OF the blacks
! have decided not to have the grand torchhghr
/ procession which was to parade to- morrow even.
I ing.
The naturalization Question.
NEW ORLEANS, Ocr. 80, 1874
The following Is regarded as settling the gues-
ton OF the jurisdiction OF the Second District
Court to naturaize aliens:-
Act A. OF 1865 section IL, says that the Third,
Fourth, Filth and Sixth District CourCs ol New Or
leans snail nave concurrent jurisdiction in all
civil cases whatever including wrlts OF naturall-
Zatlon, In which the First and Second District
Courts OF New orleans shall also have concurrent
JURISDICTION.
Five Persons Seized as Accom- pIic es in
the Coushntta Outrage.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. ao 1874.
United States Marshal Packard to-day received
q despatch dated Camp Merrill, October %, via
Shreveport, October 20. from his deputy reporting
the arrest OF five persons charged with compiiciiy
IN the Coushatta outrage.
Prisoners Arrested In st. Martins
Parish-Demonstration of Property
Owners, Four Hundred Of Whom Offer
Baii-Liberation Of the Imprisoned
Citixens-Arrests In Iberia Parish.
NEW IBERIA, Oct. 30 1874.
The names OF the parties arrested by the Deputy
Marshal OF st. Martins parish to-day are p. "
Huval, Eng Durio Charles hebert, Edgar Hebert,
z. T. Fournet Dorcourt Dugas, Benjamin Ber-
trand and Nicholas Garborinio.
The property holders Of ST. Martins to-day,
numbering about 500. headed by band OF music
marched into town, with attorneys for the pris-
oners, to offer themselves as bondsmen. The attor-
not nraa az NM m a III a