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The Washington Star says: /

The Washington Star says:
teThe dispatch from Brooks i the
telegram from the President, pent
TO him last night, declining 70
accede to the term proposed II
the telegram, was the subject Of
some discussion at the Cabinet
meeting to day, and It may BE-
that the President will feel called
upon to decide definitely, some |
time to-day, III the contest. The
refusal Of Brooks to accede to the
reqnent made By the President in
the interests of peace, will very
likely lessen the communication
with that party, and it appears
very probable that advices may be
sent TO the United States forces at
Little Rock, containing the deci
sion Of the government, and ask
ing that all parties shall be made
, to respect it.
New Orleans, May H. Cotton.
demand good, but not general !;
/ four fifths Of the business done BY
brokers; sales 1900 bales; good
ordinary to strict good ordinary
J 15ato16sc; low middIing to strict
/ low middling 17ato17 Be-; middling
!. to strict middling 18to1S3c; good
) middling 1870; receipts $40; ex-
! ports, continent 1881; Great
Britain 2101 !; stock 80. 459; unsoltl
! Al 800 bales. Gold 112.
s Liverpool, May 12-Cottou,
: firm; upland SID; Orleans sgd;
!. sales Is, 900 bales, including I, ON
for speculation and export.
]. Constantinople, May IL There
i is no abatement Of the famine
. The reports from all sections Q
3 the country are Of the most dole
!. fnl character. Many persons hav'
i lstarved to death.
i Willsburgh, Va, May 12.-'Tb'
a oil well Of Harry 8 George wa
y burned yesterday. Loss 35O, 0O0
j Louisville, May s. The verdic
= Of the jury ID the case Of Peter c
Fox, who sued the Louisville an,
Nashville railroad for the loss Q
. leg, claiming s15O, 900 damages
! rendered to day, gave the plaintiff
. e35, 900. Application for ! ne'
trial will probably be made b
the road to morrow.
Nashville, Tenn, May 7.-Josep
a. Blackburn, ex United State
marshal Of this district, was Sci
). fenced BY Judge Trigg in th
United States district court We
8 terday to four and . half years
hard labor ID the state prison, f
). the alleged crime Of foregoing u
8 signatures Of the sureities on b
official bond.
>. New Orleans, May Woo
and Bachimen, principals in u
!, recent duel near Bay Sc. Loui
have been indicated By the gran
jury Of Hancock county, Miss.
Columbia, Tenn, May 4. The
J. is great excitement here to-nig
-: over an outrage committed, by
negro named Merritt Voorhit
! . upon the person of . young lad
!. whose, name is withheld BY ]
s. quest Of her friends. The Wilt
met her on the outskirts of :
city about9 o'clock and acco
s.. plished his purpose before t
a. neighbors, who had been arous
=. by her screams could go to her
ned sistance. The police are ID p
war suit Of the negro.
late The question Of cremation
arly gone no short distance on its y
mite to acceptance when . public me
ags, ing is called to discuss it. Blu
rate has gone further in Switzerla
nxyn | IL H~~.un~~x A ~ Zrsrsnh vuh
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Latest News.

Iltti0 ROCK, AK, May LIZ.
There is quorum in the House, /.
but three members are waiting in
the Senate. It is expected, how
ever, that . quorum will be pres
ent in the Senate tomorrow.
The factions have had a lively
skirmish just west Of the city.
The Brookites seized the steamer
Sample, aud sent down q compa-
ny of negroes from Perry, who
landed at the State House. King
Whites cavalry force went up and
attacked them, and the Brooks
troops were sent out to reinforce
them. a lively fight ensued,
when, as White was driving them
1 into the Cairo and Fulton rail-
road dept, the United States
troops came up aud interferred
again. Two white men were
wounded seriously, eight Brooks
ties killed and as many wounded.
The Baxterites took several
prisoners. Among the number
: was Col. Graves.
J, New York, May 12.-The Little
Rock specials contain the follow
t ing items: The regulars yester.
day took all the arms at the
arsenal, 10 prevent either Brooks
or Baxter people from using them.
The raft, with arms from up the
river, arrived safely. There was
, great excitement yesterday morn
ing in Little Rock, during . Skin
mish across the river.
= Col. White of Bakers force
J. was wounded in the leg. Aftel
skirmishing for some two hours,
company Of regulars crossed thu
! river, and stopped both parties
releasing train Of cars, which
Bakers men just then had seized
Four Baxter men are repOrtet
killed. Twenty eight Of Cook
70 men were killed andtwo wounded
q The clerk of the Circuit Court
IS were among the number.
Il The regulars have thrown q
ID another barricade across Marx
ar ham street. Col. Rose has tell
n graphed to Gen. Sherman for
le company Of regular cavalry.
id Little Rock, Ark, May IL
re- About 10 o'clock this mronin
id Gen. Pagan, Of the Brooks forces
IN despatched 200 negro troop
81 from the State House to the mort
81 side Of the river with q view |
% intercept and cut off two comp
: MES from Independence an
- Woodruff counties on their way
reinforce Baxter, by the Cali
r and Fulton railroad. The NOV
ment was detected and Gen. Kir
o White, with an equal number
q. Baxter troops, hurried across
az ferry to prevent the effort. Hea'
al skirmishing commenced at ono
aud in about an hour the Brook
~ ties were driven peN nell into 9
- railroad round house. At tt
jnncture, Rose, the Federal CO.
"a mander, sent q detachment witt
- flag Of truce to White and {
Ies handed q cessation of hostiliti'
no It was respected, and, althou'
'eW the Brooksites had thrown do,
ur- their arms, White was not perm
of ted to collect them or to take
are prisoners he had SO gallan1
no hived. The Brooksites return
:. disconsolated and unarmed o.
:, the railroad bridge to the ST
, House. Brooks forces are nea
80 all negroes, Offered BY VIII
~ carpet baggers and scalawa
u from Pagan down, Of deeper
ext fortunes. Special to the Shire
{ OF port Times.
att Washington, May IA re
Vii has been received from Br0o
| 8 ..l...:~ =. <<~ 4 x,S..raa - <t,n tns
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-05-16

The Brooklyn Argus i q
opinion that a kind word Will
always 60 further than . fats
iron.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-05-16

The New York Commercial
Advertiser holds the opinion
that the tax on terrier dogs
should be pro-ratter.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-05-16
One hundred deaths by star
walton are occurring daily at
Angora in Asia Minor.

The Grant County, Iowa,
young men whether from NOR
al or economical motives, are
organizing mo Treat Clubs. :
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-05-16

In Missouri, aftera man has
had five wives die very sud
denly, the neighbors begin to
mark him as an enigma, and
he has got to carry himself
pretty straight or sell out.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-05-16

The New York Graphic says:
''The veto may not split the
party, but it is the thickest
wedge that has been driven
yet" The Indianapolis Jour
nal, . Republican organ, pro-
nounces it the Presidents fu-
neral Grafton.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-05-16

Passengers to the Pacific 81
rail breakfast ID Sierras With
twenty feet Of snow around
then; fonr hours later they ind
wheat four inches high. and
the next day see pear and
peach trees ID blossom.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-05-16

Mr.. Bender, the Kansas gen.
tleman who started a cemetery
on his premises and made a
name thereby, is supposed to
be basking in the sunshine Of
Florida.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-05-16

A Dubuque paper says that
Victoria Woodruff is rich ii I
wit, logic and pathos, strong
in argument and pointed in
applications, bnt she doesn't
pay her printing bills when
she can help it.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-05-16

Phebe Couzins, Esq, doesn't
dress like her brothers Of the bar.
She wears > heavy nix With =
polonaise richly trimmed vifh
black lace, roses II her bceenl,
white frills around her neck -
: sparkling aisrette 4 - 4 y 4
While pleading shs vesE2 :
modest jacket with black vesse -,
hat and plume1, which ~ oftsA
removes whiIe speaking
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-05-16
nd Office, as a trade, Of which

ing Office, as a trade, OF which
they are unworthy by reason
Of their incapacity and dishon- |
esty-such an affection on
Louisiana snrpasses the over
flow, as its consequences are
more enduring; but for a re-
dress Of this grievance we need
not look to Congress, as the
remedy is in the hands of the
people and the State authori-
ties.
Now if Gov. Kellogg would
make the combination of the
Judiciary and MALTA that the
spirit of the law, and the phil
osopby of government con
templates, and send a squad of.
Metropolitans to each parish
with preemptory orders to the
officials to strictly enforce the
IVagrant Act, without regard
to race, party or previous con-
dition, and victimize all fit sub
liects and have them incarce-
rated in jails until after the
election, he would perform an
act of craftsmanship that
would immortalize him-and
the good people of the State,
when freed from the contami-
mating influences that now sur.
rounds them, would elect eff
cient men to all the Offices, an6
we would hereafter have nj
more trouble about corrup1
j, State or Parish Governments
! Yours, Respectfully,
L. w. BAKER.
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A beast of 3 man. in ST.
Adams, vt, has won = wager
Of SO by eating - boxes Of
sardines, / quart Of raw pea
beans, and / pound Of bar soap
within three days.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-05-16

They were going = put :
man out Of . San Franchise
theater for creating : disturb
ance, when = voice cried,
:. He's all right he's killed !
chinaman !" and they let The
man alone.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-05-16

William Henry Price, Treas
urer Of Carroll county, Iowa,
has lost the respect of the COM
munity by defaulting for only
5000.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-05-16

Two heads are better than
one-especially in a barrel.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-05-16

O, bother cremation We
have to earn our living and
we don't want to be compelled
to urn our dead.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-05-16

Cremation is already in
vogue in Chicago. A girl who
undertook to build q fire With
kerosene introduced it.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-05-16

A Michigan editor calls
another a SWIVEL headed idiot
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-05-16

Says the Macon (Ga.) Tele-1
graph: SMr. Willingham, Of
Southern Georgia, this year
plants three thousand acres of
corn and two thousand acres
of cotton. A gentleman who
was at his residence a few
days ago, says Mr.. w. is sur
rounded by all the comforts of
a Georgia home. His cribs are
filled with corn-which he
raised his smoke house is
stocked with homemade ba-
con, he has a hundred mules,
q thrifty flock Of sheep, in
Guiding forty lambs, plenty Of
hogs to make his meat next
year, fine cows, and plenty Of
milk and butter produced al
home. Go ahead, Mr.. Viii
bingham. y
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-05-16

Montgomery is organizing q
County Tax Payers League.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-05-16

The murder of Morris Wright,
Sheriff of Green county, Ar
kansas, has resulted in the rev.
citation of a strange conspira-
cy. Wright was a nefarious
publicrobber, and was believed
to be assisted in his schemes
Of addition, division and 81
lence by q county clerk named
E. X. Seeley. About a year
ago the Court House was burn
ed down, and afterward the
clerks Office. Wright and
Seeley reported that a large
quantity of county scrip and
important documents had been
consumed. Before his death
| Wright told his wife where she
would find a box containing
valuable papers. Upon exam
| ming the contents of the DO,
over $4,000 in county scril
was discovered. !. Seeley, th,
ex-county clerk, was at ono
arrested, and confessed tina
the Court House and Office ha,
been burned to conceal a defal
: cation of over $50. 900.
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- -
Subscription, s. in Advance.
7I...caa, ~ q oroan;zino 3
County Tax PAYERS, League.
A Michigan editor cans
-
Two heads are better lnan
one-especlally IN q oarfei.
One hundred deaths by star
ro.;on ara occurring daily at
Anoora in Asia Minor.
The Grant County. Iowa.
.,.,,, J. Non vbather fr6m NOR
!, s. economical motives. are
o-rar;,;nc mo Treat Climbs. y
William henry frlce' treas,
-. lost Tho r..sract If the com.
,.,.;tu hv defanlt;nc for only
:. on
Mr.. Bender, the Kansas gen
tlenan who started q cemeter,
n.m. therehv i snnnosed i,
q 10 sl;nc IN tho sunshine 3
r,or;ao
-
In drifting through the worl'
OF sin and sorrow who OF q
s.;n;star nth . sal.rv ~ soo
flo0 ner annnm who ever refue
q : $3.50. - .a,;co,
An
Ex-senator Doollttle, ono
SO prominent in National pc
nlcs, ana an abe man, ns
accepsen tue ps a Tres
dency OF sne lineage ohlse
slty. Salary, %, oOo q year.
n M;ssonr; after ) man h,
had five wives die verv su,
donlv tho na;chhors hso;n
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-09-11
QUARANTINE.
PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR.

STATE or LOUISIANA
Executive Department, Z
New Orleans, June ID, lot4.J
WgEREA.. An act of the Legislature, approved
March IS 1855, entitled can act to esta dish quar-
an.ne for the protection OF the State" provides
that the Governor Of the State shall issue MS
proclamation. upon the advice of the Board OF
Health, declaring any place where there shall be
.eason to believe pestiient. contagious OF IN
factous disease exists to be an infected place. and
stating the number of days OF quarantine to De
performed by the vessels. their passengers, OH
GERS and crews. coming from such place or places;
and !.
Whereas. The Board Of Health OF the State OF
Louisiana has this day officially informed me tAa1
the following named ports are infected Places
viz: Al, ports In the islands Of CUBA, Porto hico
and Jamaica. and the por. Of Denarara. IN South
America; also, the port Of Pensacola. State u
Florida. In the United States. anu has recommend
ed that all vessels leaving any of said ports on
and after June Is. 1874. shall! be detained at quar-
anime stat.ou not less than ten days.
Now. therefore. I. William P. Kellogg. Governor
of the State Of Louisiana. issue this my proc
ton declaring the aforesaid ports infected places
and requiring that all vessels. together with on
GERS, crews, passengers and cargoes. leaving sucn
places, or having touched or stopped at any OF
them. on and after the fifteenth day OF june 1874.
shall be subject to quarantine of not less than
ten days. or for longer period. as may be cons'o'
cred necessary by the Board Of Health.
Given under my hand. and the sea! OF the stare
hereunto attached this thirteenth day OF June. IN
the year Of OUT Lord eighteen hundred and
seventy four. and OF the independence OF she
United States the ninety-eiShth.
WILLIAM P. KELLOGG.
By the Governor:
WILLIAM WEEKS. ,-
Assistant Secretar~ OF State !elo
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-09-11
a UNION ASSOCIATION.

Our friends OF various iragmentary par
ties, having found themselves in the Deni-
ocratic tolls. manifest q natural desire to
escape. /. IS especially the case since
the whole plan OF the Democratic cam.
paign seems to have contemplated til:
suppression Of its name with reservation
Of its purposes. Apparently foiled by
the failure Of the attorneys who prose.
cuted the Fusion claim before Congress,
it has been tie Democratic purpose to Or
ganize an armed force and carry the
elections by force and intimidation. This
seems to have verged Oh Instruction,
the armed drill having been con.
Quoted with all the method Of declared
war. The Democratic party has been. in.
der an alias, put on war footing. Who
eve, heard in the United States Of dis.
cussins politica! questions with Hardee or
Upton as a text book? Who ever knew.
instead of the legitimate campaign wea.
pons of Bourbon whisky or Milwaukee
lager, muskets with bayonets and cases
OF fixed ammunition provided at political
Headquarters: When was it ever before
known that. instead Of discussions ar
ranged to cone of between eminent
speakers in distant parishes. armed men
should assemble by hundreds. order all
voters who We're not natives and some who
were to genounce their Office and eligibility
to office. and quit the State. while lawful
voters Of the State are killed o. threatened
with death if they assemble peaceably in
an organized political association: These
things have neve. been known De.
fore. except il Pennsylvania aud Rhode
Island, when an instruction against the
federal and State laws was contemplated.
There are abuses actual and alleged il
the State and city administrations: there
is great disturbance IN the public credit.
Many citizens who have no hostility to the
form of State or federal government
had given. their adhesion to
common organization intended solely
for reform Of these alleged abuses.
They found themselves the victims
Of Democratic trick. They find that
if these reforms are accomplished it will
be claimed as the exclusive merit of the
Democratic party, while if the organize
and insurrectionary scheme shall
succeed they may be held accountable
to the United States as accouplices
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-09-11
WANTED.-.VARIETY,

The Bulletin will be monotonors, COM
mon place and even dull. In attempting
to say that certain gentleman, can.
didate for Office. of course is good clean
sort Of fellow, it falls into the old
stereotyped phrase thus:
Louisiana can well be proud Of SO gallant
and talented sou. and the interests OF the
State ard the welfare OF it's people will find
in him fearless champion and worthy
representative.
If Louisiana were to grow proud on
every similar occasion of mutual
admiration. she would have her tail
feathers spread out all the time. Half a
dozen or SO of people up the country may
be momentarily proud Of the object Of the
Bulletins alteration, but Louisiana as
such knows but little and cares less of
either the hero or his panegryist.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-09-11
NEW ORIEANs REPUBLICAN, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER II, 1874

for deeds of violence never conteM-
plated by them. These reformers Will be
found constructively in arms against the
State and federal governments. They WILL
pause. There is no obligation on
them to sustain q movement founded IN
fraudulent representations to them. ana
exposed as an intended resistance to the
lawful authorities Of the land.
There seems now the same violence OF
feeling which accompanied the withdrawal
of Louisiana from the Union. IN that
case there was question Of property In
vestment, of State integrity. Of foreign
invasion. Now there is no such issue.
Acts and words of violence then pe:yaded
this city against citizens Of other States,
and moderate men who could not approve
the acts of the dominant power. At
that date conservative men. who neither
wished to join the one army nor the
other, formed Constitutional Union
Association. They united Wings. con-
servatives and moderate Democrats.
The conflict between native born and i'm"
migrants ceased. and those who worked
the restoration of peace and the preserva.
ton of the Union combined to check the
possible oppression Of the victors and the
maieyolent intolerance of the vanquished.
The same feeling seems again abroad.
There are niany who feel no allegiance
due from them to the federal government.
and no obligation to obey its authority
beyond the degree Of force it may exhibit.
There is the same violent intolerance
against Americans who have migrated to
Louisiana, and determination to defeat
the constitution and law of uniform, SUI
frage by the means indicated.
Circumstances being so similar, may it
not be vel! for those who wish to effect
reforms, without bringing the State.
through instruction and martial law.
into collision with the United States, to
adopt the appellation suggested with the
objects stated! They will keep the right
side of the law. They can nominate or
choose the best candidates. and they will
not. as Associated Unionists, be liable
to outlawry and legal prosecution as
accomplices to the armed league to defeat
or overthrow the State government.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-09-11
4 CARD.

Tn. grand drawing OF the single number tickets.
Louisiana state LOTTERY. vii! take place on
SATURDAY NEXT. tho twelfth day o: septem
Der. 1874. at twelve o'clock NJ. over the rooms OF
the company.
THREE CAPITAL PRIZES OF $4,000
EACH.
Only 10000 Numbers.
Tickets Only $40.
The puf!ic are invited to witness the drawing.
The doors Will be opened at quarter 20 twelve
o'clock II.
En,~a,c. n, Yrnor street. seq ;. %
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-09-11
PROCLAMATION.
THE ASSASSINATION OF RED RIVER
PARISH OFFICEKS.
STATE OF LOUISIANA. J

STATE OF LOUISIANA
Executive Department,
Sew Orleans. Septemoe. ). 1874.
Whereas During TIE morning OF Sunday, August
- 1874. a. the Mcfarland plantation, il! the parish
Of Bossier. about forty miles east of the Texas
inc. HOMER J. TWITCHELL. ROBERT a.
DEVICES. CLARK HOLLAND. ". }. HOWELL.
FRANK S. EDGERTON and NJ. c. WILLIS. peace.
fu! and law abiding citizens o. this State We're
cruelty murdered ii. cold blood by bod: OF armed
and mounted men claiming to belong 20 an organ.
zatior known as the White League OF Louisiana:
Now. therefore. I, William Pitt Kellogg, Governor
of the Stat. Of Louisiana. with view. If possible.
o: bringing thc perpetrators OF this great outrage
60 Justice. and Of preventing the repetition OF such
crimes in the future. DO issue this my prociama.
ton Offering . reward Of FIVE THOUSAND Dol.
LARS eac!. fo- slel evidence shall lead 20 the
a.res: and conviction OF the SAID muIderers. or
any o. them.
iiye1 under my hand. ana the seal Of tbs State
hereuato attached. this third day Of September.
in the year .: Lord eighteen hundred and
seventy four. and of the independence Of the
United States th- ninety ninth.
WILLIAM p. KELLOGG.
81 the Governor:
r. ii. DESLoEDE.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-09-11

luton is so apparent that no one can mis-
take it who knows the condition OF AFFAIRS
in this State, and the assumption IN IT
that the colored men should not exercise
their right to vote unless they vote the
Peoples ticket, is so revolving to the idea
Of freedom and the exercise of the elective
franchise that it shocks the sensibillties
of any patriot.