The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-12-24

sissippi delegation in the interest Of the
levees, consisting Of Judge JeffOnds, Col
haycraft and Col. Bruce, Federal Senator
elect, visited the President. These gentle
men had previously visited the commission
upon the lcyees. The President favored q
general system Of lcvees as partial systems,
while protecting one portion, damaged an
other, and that to make the system effectual
there must be concert.
The committee speak highly Of the
Presidents knowledge of what is requisite
to save the alluvisl lands bordering on the
Mississippi, its tributaries and its outlets.
Haycraft and Bruce leave tonight. JEFF
fords remains.
WAsHNeToN, December 22.-Collector
Casey and Doctor Peterson, Of the post
route, departed for New Orleans.
New OrleaDa.
NEW ORLEANS. December 16.-- The Re
turning Board, after receiving another pro-
test from the Conservatives, which they
hoped would be the last, went into execu-
tive session to CONSIDER protested parishes.
The pupils of the Boys High School to-
day refused to allow colored boys to enter
the school house. The pupils having been
informed that the superintendent could set
tie the question and prevent the admission
u NuC COlOICO tuCy appOAANSN ~CA--
mittee to call upon him. The superintend-
ent stated that he was only an executiue
officer, and that the whole matter was
in the hands of the School Board,
and believed the board was in favor
of general school law which made no race
distinctions. He stated that it might be thai
none of the colored boys would be able to
pass the necessary examination, or they
might be wholly withdrawn. More thar
this, the board might deem it necessary t.
establish branch school, and thus dispose
of the question in a way consistent with the
views and feelings of the pupils of the higl
school.
NEW ORLEANS, December ia row
between the white and colored school-boy:
at Keller Market this afternoon terminated
in general melee between the whites and
blacks in the neighbOrhOod. The result
was, one colOred policeman badly hurt by
being struck in the breast by negro with
Delaying pin, aud a number of persons
bruised. During the excitement negro
man fell dead of heart disease.
In the case of j. r. Elan, praying for Q
writ of mandamus to compel the Returning
Board to receive the canvass and pile the
returns of DeSoto parish, Judge Hawkins,
of the superior district court, decided thai
he had no Jurisdiction to issue the manda
mus. as he could not come to any conclusion
whether they were the proper returns Of
not, the Returning Board having been con
stituted for that purpose.
NEW ORLEANS, December 19.-The boys
of the high school to-day repeated theil
visit to the girls high school and forced
the colored girls to leave. Their action
produced some excitement in the neighbor
hood of the school house, but no violence
occurred.
The school board to-day passed resolu-
ton Diminishing all the public schools unit
after the holidays, or until further notice.
The Returning Board Is in session, and il
is understood that they decided Carol par,
ish in favor of Ola and against Benham,
and seated the Democratic claimants in st.
Helena and Sabine parishes. The parishes
yet to be passed upon by the Returning
Board elected thirty-tWo Democrats anC
three Republicans to the House.
New ORLEANS, December 21.-The Re
turning Board has elected Twichell over
Elan, in the Twenty-Second Senatorial
District The votes cast on the second o.
November elected Elan by 385 majority
The Returning Board threw out the follow
ing on account of general intimidation
which gave Elan the majority stated: De
Soto parish, 1919; Poll 2, Red River parish
76; two polls in Nachitoches parish, 201
total majOrity-fOr Elan thrown out, 3S5
electing Twichell by % majority.
Mr. Cunningham, District Attorney o
Naehitoches, is in the city, and AYERS tina
the affidavits on the strength of which thu
board excluded two polls from that parish
are forgeries; that there are no such peO-
pie as these atlantis living in the parish.
1t will be remembered that the testimony
furnished by the Conservatives in the cas-
of Naehitoehes was distracted from thu
board room, literally stolen, and anothel
hand Republican) placed forged affidavi
among the papers before the board, with
out the knowledge of the Conservative com
mittee and after the time allowed to file ties
timony.
On the meeting of the board this morn
ing Mr.. Zachelie called attention to these
facts. He said that Mr.. Cunningham and
other gentlemen from Nachitoches were
here now, and asked that their testimony bC
taken with regard to the forged affidavit
Governor Wells said it was a very serious
charge Mr.. Zacherie made against the
board, that of abstracting testimony. Mr..
Zacherie disclaimed any intention of max
ing a reflection against the board. Cover
nor Wells said the board had ample evi
dence before it to establish the charge OF
intimidation at the two polls rejected, but
had agreed to receive the testimony of gen
tlemen regarding this question, and also on
the matter of the forged returns The
board then went into executive session.
The indications are that they will declare
Dubuclet elected Treasurer.
NEW ORLEANS, December 22.-The Re-
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of yesterday regarding st. Lammany parish.
file an affidavit of Mr.. Haupt, showing that
Mr.. Cousin, of st. Lammany, Republican
candidate for the Legislature, who was
counted in on Monday by the board, came
to him id the Returning Board room, and
asked for the returns from his parish, stat
ing that he had been defeated about thirty
votes, and he and Colonel Lowell would fix
matters up. Mr.. Arroyo, member, pro-
tested against the action of the Returning
Board in throwing out polls Nos. 8 and 6,
Nachitoches parish, which gave the Con.
servatives 291 majority; also, against the
rejection of poll No. 8, Red River parish,
which gave the Conservatives rs majority
also, against the action of the board in al
lowing all the Republican candidates 100
majority at Evergreen, Avoyells parish,
which box was stolen before the votes were
counted.
miscellaneous.
COLUMBIA, S. g., December 16.-The
House of Representatives to-day adopted q
concurrent resolution petitioning Congress
to make an appropriation to indemnify de.
positors in the FreedmaD's Saving Bank
who were led to deposit money there by
the belief that the Federal government
would be responsible for Its safe keeping.
Usage MISSION, Kansas, December 16.-
The Jail with two prisoners was burned.
DEs MONIES, December 16.-0ne hundred
aud sixty disguised men forced open the
jail and hanged Charles Howard, who was
sentenced to imprisonment for life for muir
der.
PHILADELPHIA, December rs. The fol-
lowing dispatch was received in this city
this evening from New York, by Mr.. Jones,
Chief Of Police Of Philadelphia:
Walker identifies both Of the dead men
positively the other witness sure.
T.