The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-08-01
THE NATcH1To0AEs AFFAIR.

The Republican attempts 70 make political
capital out of the Natchitoches affair and
talks wildly about Ku-Klux and armed bands
from Texas, ETC., endeavoring to intimidate
the Radical Office holders of the parish, and
throws out a delicate hint about United States
troops.
| The Natchitoches affair was very simple
one, as We understand it. The Radical Office
holders of the parish, that is to say, the parish
and district judges, the tax-collector and
parish attorney, had committed SO many
outrageous acts, and had piled on the taxes
| SO heavily that it became unbearable, and the
people assembling in mass meeting quietly
called upon the rascals to resign, which two
of fem, like sensible men, did at once. The
two Judges having very guilty consciences no
doubt left, and have come, we believe, to New
Orleans.
This is the whole story in nut SHE'LL and
the sooner other parishes follow the lead OF
Natchitoches, the sooner the villains who
have been robbing us will leave for more con-
genial chimes. Can't we have mass meeting
and ask Kellogg x Co. to abdicate?
The recent trip of Donaldsons balloon.
"The Barnum," from New York, proved
success TIE five daily papers of that city
had each representative aboard, and the
reports are quite interesting. The balloon
assembled at one time to height of $500
feet, but during most of the journey was
kept to within two or three hundred feet of
the earth by means of a heavy drag rope,
which traled along the earth, cracking
of trees like pipe-stems, tearing
boards from fences, in one instance pulling
down chimney, and breaking telegraph
wires Three times the party made landing
and procured refreshments. On one of these |
occasions Miss Charlotte Thompson. the |
actress, was taken on board and carried sew.
eral miles, mu h to her satisfaction. The |
balloon made a final descent upon farm in
Saratoga county, having travelled 400 miles in
26 hours
QUERY.-Did the de .fdcto, when he gave as
reason for signing the odious Registration
bill, 1.-THE thousands of ambient certificates
extant, which We're VIGOROUSLY used in 1872"
nave special reference to the two or three
thousand such certificates issued in the Sec
md Congressional District and used in the
interest of the Radical ticket? If rep )rt is to
De relied on, certificates of this character
We're issuel. If So they We're not only
riuds, but forgerles, rs they purported to be
&c SMILES of those issued in 1870 and were
igned with the names Of the assistant super
-isors of that year. 1t is alleged that his de
dctOship had some knowledge of this transac-
ion. 1t may be that he is now anxious to
prevent those certificates from being used
gain, and in opposition to his programme
IMPORTANT INTERNAL REVENUE DECISION 9
IN the 9th St the U. S. Commissioner of
Internal Revenue at Washington made the
flowing important decision in regard to
lamps on checks: The penalty for accept
lg All unstamped check is precisely the ssme ]
$ for issuing It, viz: $50. The law declares q
nat any person who shall make, sign or issue, l
r accept, neg"tiate or pay an unstamped
heck, shall be liable. II person has sent
} him an nnstamped check he must return it
r stamp it before he accepts it, otherwise he :.
olates the law. It is thus seen that the re-
aiver of an nn>tlmped check is just as liable
II the penalty, and just as much bound to :
&c that it i, stamped. as the is,uer.
Says the Denver Col. Ners: "A man who
i'd be missed from his home about sixty
lies east OF Cheyenne, was found on Sltur-