Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1874-11-05
LATE TELEGRAMS.
Tfs PROSTATE Louisiana.

IA z pl1S SSlSSplensr07{ny tueldutI anu :,
rnsting ggopgress. feFreGebs The lead :
eTFs elF OF ID whites however, Will serdin all I
their repurcest for a fair. election, ands seSd =
as Democrats Congress as posi- +
Bile helf>gg claims 81 900 black majority )
IN the regisssation in twenty.three par
ishes heard fro,
Over 200 Was,ants Out In Single
PaSsh. I
HOMER, La, Octobe, 97-Several bod |
les of troops are in varies parts of this
parish. II. Fl. NIaxey. a ht,ublican. says
that warrants are out ior o,.ciS,0ij cjl,zells
Not-a single threatened individtl ms lett :, Z,
or will leave; aTIhers assa Offence OILS
opinion among the Republicansshse asH
ito the effects 6ffHe arrests Saturday smell
of them repudiating the sshole affair a..
trying to shift the possibility. Rumorl
Of arrests are frequent from other parishes.
New IBERIA, La. October 27.-It is
reported Il g. Zach Fournet and Benjamin T
Bertrand were arrested at st. Martins to-
Sday bv,the, United States, Deputy Mar
shsl. The prisoners tried hers yesterday
are still in custody, all offers.to sign bonds
being refused: General Dectouet. one OF
/ the wealthest planters in st. Martins
parish came here to-day: toF sign bonds,
Ibut was refusedsperrission.
& FRANKLIN, La October PA detach
ment Of United States Infantry, IN com
mand of Capt PagesarriHed here tonight.
Their arrival caused much surprise among
all classes OF citizens, as the parish Of St,
Mary's was never. more quiet thar Iab
present, and better and more friendly
feeling exists among the two races now
| than ever before. 4.iA N{1-. 9
orerng B md--More Arrests.
New IBERIA October 30.-Five hun
dred real estate owners Of the parish OF
ST. Martins have just arrived to offer
themselves as bondslnen for seven st. Mar
tinsyille prisoners. MesSrs. Dourcourt, Du-'
gas and +. Garobinie, OF that parish, were
arrested yesterday.
Governor Kellogg Shoots. at Major
Burke and is Shot at Four Times.
New ORLEANS, October 30-In col
,ljsion between Major E. Burke and Gov
earnor Kellogg, Burke drew whip when
| Kellogg drew pistol and fired, grazing
Burke Burke then drew a revolver and
| fred three or iour Intellectual shots. Ma
ior Burke and Governor Kellogg are con
graduated by their friends upon the laugh
ably harmless termination OF the affair.
/ The East India Cotton Crop.
BOMBAY, October 30-The cotton crop
in the Presidency of Bombay is in magnl-
ficent condition, and promises the largest
yield aver recorded. The crop Is q tlLr. tort:
4 niobt in advance OF that OF loi3 flcK-
ing has fairly commenced,
Tbe Election of Tllden Concedcds-Bsts
on Him 100 to 6O--Morrissey Betting
2 TO I.
WASHINGTON, October 30.-Shrewdpol
!, iticians here from New York say tue cleo
tion of Tilden is concededs Republicans
T sre stated to be anxious to trade votes tt
, secnreS Ss,,legislature, thus saving the
sncces lator Fenton, butthe' Dem
Lorrats wanG<. Tinid gamblers are bet
: ting 100 to 6S on Filden. John Morris
), sew is taking all the bets he can get q
t two one.
i Yellow Fever in Charleston.
r WASHINGTON, October 90.--Colone
S Wedges, commanding Federal forces IL
) Charleston, S. c., writes to the War lie
,l / partment that on, account OF the preva
is icnce of yellow fever in that city ne ma
r. rem pved the troops under his command U y
/ Summerville, in that State,
y r.o,Jsis M - y -
J The following special to the New VI
: leans Picayuae explains itself:
- SHREVEPORT, October 29-The at
- tempted intimidation in this portion .
the State has made the White ,peopi
: more determined than ever, ana ther
| is the most hopeful feeling here OF caI
y rying fIouisianah b by z, ,la- 3
I ity,.s5u themselves to eGnt >.s,s5z 5ssess,e
either to vote with them oISot 80 to tn
% polls"
Election News From Louisiana.
NEW ORLEANS, November Pin Net
1oerlSa r"nhi''i->, and Shreveport, TIN
election is progressing quietly Eo-a. die
turbance had occurred up to one o'clock,
| P. NJ. The negroes are voting strongly
with the whites. The United States troops
are encamped within thirty yards of the
| polls at Frankfort.
A Full, Fair and Free Election Mt
Shreveport.
SHREVEPORT, November 2.-Business
is fairly suspended here to-day. The
election passed Oft in Il most quiet and
orderly manner. The ballots are now
being counted. The Conservative ticket
| is ahead in Spring Ridge and Summer
Grove. There is short vote on the State
ticket. III the city it is very close, not
more than two hundred majority either
way. TGAsalectI) of the entire Conser7
vative tici Arzashceded.
The Conservatives claim the parish by
from 300 to 500 majority. Many negroes
voted with the white people,. .-u
Many Republicans admit that the ar
rest of the merchants was bad policy, as
many who had not taken part in politics
since the war, closed their places of bu-
siness and engaged lively in the cam
vaSS.
New York November "A special
from New Orleans says that the War De-
partment has approved Gen. Emory's
action in stopping the arrests made by
Merrill on his own affidavit, and will de-
eide upon the question Of Merrills vio-
lation of orders when-all the reports and
correspondence which were mailed Thurs |
day reach Washington.
What the Northern Elections Said to
fEF the Chattanoogers,
To the political harlots and unpunished |
robbers and murderers Of States who were
ir rconclaveat chattanooga, it said Back |
to your dens of infamy and lairs Of uu
cleanness, yc hypocrltes. plunderers, and
deceivers; crawl into your holes, ye pulit-
ical vipers, whose Shiny trails have mark
ed and bllghted the fairest lands heavens
sun ever shone upon; hide your guilty
heads, ye deiamers Of the American name,
ye fomenters OF civil discord, blood, and
rapine; sneak from tn, public gaze, We po.
litlcal publicans and pharisces, ye msera-
BILE prostitutes whose harlotry has turned
to q by.yord and reproach the very name
Of republican government and whose
damnable crimes haveretarded the growth
of the nc'ion half century, and heaped