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The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-06-11
Negro Assassins.
They Shoot a Woman in Bed.

The negroes of the Sixth District have
been for some time past rather demon
strative, and the repeated assaults on citi-
zens on st. Charles Avenue have attracted
general attention. We learned last night
of another brutal attempt at murder by
three negroes. It appears that negro
woman, named Elizabeth Roam, living at
the corner of Leon street and Clay Avenue.
has incurred the displeasure of some Of her
race by her regard for white people, and
they determined to kill her.
On Wednesday morning about 3 o'clock,
she was aroused from her sleep by three
negro men, whom she found standing at her
bedside. The men said nothing, but one
drawing his pistol, placed it close to her
shoulder and fred. They Immediately ran
from the house down Clay avenue, closely
pursued by some neighbors who were alarm
cd by the cutlery. Several shots were fired
at the villains, with what effect is not
known.
The woman was carried to the Charity
Hospital, where an examination disclosed
the fact that the ball had entered the right
breast, SCATTERING the shoulder blade terri
bly,. 1t is next to impossible for the woman
to live, as the ball 80 fractured the bone
that it had to be taken out, leaving a terri
BILE wound of Elk inches in width. No ar
rests have been made.
Let us have more SOup-hOuses.
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An Outrage on Private Rights
Pound Catchers on the Ram
page.

The following is the statement of Patrick
Clark, a dairyman, on st. Charles and Con-
stantinOple streets Monday, June l, be-
tween 10 and II o'clock, six negroes and
four white men attacked my herds back in
the pasture, where there are neither streets
nor banq-ettes, and gathered three herds
of cattle, all herded and guarded. and at
tackled the drivers. One negro, named Brit
ton, presented revolver to my wife's head,
but her presence of mind saved her by
striking him between the eyes.
"When the negro recovered himself he fired
two shots at my son, aged Is yeares. The
party then succeeded in driving the cows as
far as st. Charles street, but the neighbOrs
turning ont en- masse, and the laborers
on the street, succeeded in rescuiDg the
cattle and driving them away. A large
party of negroes then attempted to break in
my yard, and my daughters took up stones
to protect the house. BrittOn cried out that
he was the champion niger of Jefferson
City, and it would take Paddy Clark, My
burn and forty-ive Dutchmen to whip him.
The negroes were forced then to leave"
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-06-11
The Work Laid Out, Accom-
plished.
The Grant Parish Trial.
Three White Men Defending
their Rights and their
Families, Found
Guilty.

About 8 o'clock last night, it was made
known that the jury in the Grant parish
case had agreed upon a verdict, and at once
the prisoners and judge were sent for.
A few minutes later, after the arrival OF
Messrs. Ellis and Whitaker, Woods assembled
the bench and the jury We're brought in
He asked the foreman if they had agreed
upon verdict. The foreman exhibited
great nervousness, and for time could
hardly find wordsto form an answer to the
Judges question; at last, however, he man
aged to give nod of the head, and ejacu-
ated, awe have, your Honor"
The court room was hushed. Not spec
tator moved in his seat, and the scene was
impressive in the extreme. About forty
citizens who had learned If the probability
of verdict were seated outside the railing,
and inside sat several attorneys and the
members of the press.
After a moment the foreman was called
upon to read his verdict, and after adjust
ing his specs, and approaching light, he
mumbled out that he could not; "that Mr.
Curry, one of the jurors, can, and ask him
to read it for me-" Mr.. Curry then came
forward and read it as follows:
awe find Cruikshank, Hadnot and IRWIN
guilty Of combining and conspiring on the
first sixteen counts, and we recommend
them to the mercy of the court; and d.
Lemoine, j. B. P. LemOine, Gibbons, HEX
man and Penn not guilty"
There were marked evidences of excite
ment on the part Of several spectators, but
the silence remained unbroken. The jury
were then polled and each juror responded
that the verdict was correct. Woods then
ordered that it be recorded and discharged
the jury until tomorrow morning at II
o'clock.
He then ordered that the prisoners be re
manded to jail, stating that those acquitted
should remain in custody, as other indictments
had been found against them.
Quite q number of friends now pressed
forward, but there were no congratulations,
for every one felt that those acquitted were
yet to be put to further torture. Strong and
brave men felt the blood of indignation
rush to their cheeks at this outrage on
humanity and at the death of the last ves-
tige Of the boasted rights of American citi
zenship.
That our community may know the jury
we give their names:
James Mulvey, white; Alexander Mckee,
white; Timothy Kelly, white; James Dusta-
que, mulatto; John c. Sarris. white; George
D. Wright, white; Charles Barnard, white;
Fulorville Foy, colored; Jacob Wolf, white;
+. 8. Curry, white Prinett, white; John R.
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Horrors Of the Chinese Coolie Trade-Th
Middle Passage !" EcIfpsed.
From the London Pail Mall Gazette

From the London Pail Mall Gazette.]
Before the Macao coOlie traffic is forgotten
it may he as well to recapitulate some of
the terrible disasters which attended the
emigration Of the wretched Cinnamon from
that port. These are shown in a statement
drawn mp in the Overland China Mail of
the coolie ships, on board Of which mutinies
broke out or disasters occurred from tho
year 1545 to the year 1872. From this we
learn that evil befell thirty-eight ships dur
ing the period named. On board of twenty
three vessels out of this number, the coolies
mutinied, and in thirteen cases murdered
the whole or part of the crew, including
the officers. But the mortality among
the Europeans was trifling in compar-
ison with that which prevailed among
the coolies. On board the Lady Montague,
which sailed with $50 coolies, 300 lost their
lives. In the Waverly, carrying 400 coolies,
295 died. The same fate befell ITO on board
the John Calvin. Eight hundred and fifty
coolies, making up the entire number Of
emigrants on board the Flora Temple, were
lost in the ship off the coast OF Cochin
China. Out Of $50 who sailed in the Dea
del Mare, only l62 got as far as Tahiti alive.
The Yeddo, which sailed with 4SO coolies on
board, lost 200. Only AZ ont Of the 800 who
started in the Pervidenza, were found in
her when she was discovered off HakOdati,
in Japan, and 600 were burnt to death on
board the Dolores Ugante, in the fire they
themselves had kindled in the vain hope Of
escape. In several other cases, where num-
bers are not given, it is said that great NOR
tally prevailed. OF the total number of
ships referred to, Is were British, Ameri-
can, 3 Peruvian, 3 French, 5 Italian and
Holland, Belgium, and San Salvador, each
contributed one.
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PRECEDENCE ON THE BRAIN.-The Phila-
delphia Press, in an article upon the diff
Guilty with the Princess of Edinburg, says
Queen Victoria long has had precedence
on the BRAIN" When she married in 1910,
Prince Albert was merely the Queens
husband" as Prince George, Of Denmark,
had been in the reign Of Queen Anne, early
in the last century. Her place was the
highest, but Prince Albert was-almost no.
where. So in 1S42, notice was published
in the London Gazette declaring that Albert
was the Queens Consort. In 1857, on the
only occasion when Victoria permitted him
to visit the Continent without her, he was
80 much snubbed by foreign sovereigns,
who treated him simply as the younger
prince Of petty German State, that Vic
toria was much offended. She then created
him "Prince Consort" to raise his status,
bnt, as he died four years after that without
revisiting Germany, it was never known
whether the precedence thus sought to be
conferred would have been acknowledged.
All this may appear to be very trifing, as it
really is, but such things are important to
Imperial and Royal people. Truly has the
old adage declared that " majesty deprived
Of its externals is jest"
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-06-11
Decoration of Confederate Graves

BALTIMORE, June lO.-The graves eff the
Confederate dead at LOudOn Park Cemetery
were decorated this afternOonoon with ap-
propriate ceremonies. Gen. Bradley T.
johnson, of Richmond, delivered an ad-
dress.
A committee appointed by the Society Of
the Army and Navy of the Confederate
States, placed a handsome cross and boquet,
bearing the inscription, "A Tribute to the
Union Dead, from the Confederate Soldiers
upon the cannon guarding the lot IN which
the Federal dead are inferred.
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Texas News.

GALVESTON, june 1O.-An invoice of -four
has Just been received direct from Kansas
City. Another shipment, Of 10000 bushels
Of corn, is expected from Kansas City, via
Galveston, for Liverpool.
A special to the News, from Rockport, says
it has been ascertained that the murderers
of Swift and wife were two Mexicans. They
were trailed to Mexican rancho on BlancO
Creek, twelve OF fifteen miles from GOliad
The party in pursuit charged the house
this morning and attempted to take the
murderers by storm, but one Of them, Dan
Holland, was killed in the attempt. The
boys then withdrew to safe distance to
await reinforcements. A large party left
Refugio immediately for the scene Of the
conflict.
Mrs. Swift was stabbed in nineteen places
her throat cut to the neckbone and was
shot in the face. Mr.. Swift mas equally
butchered sxespt that he was not shot.
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WASHINGTON.
Photographed to the Bulletin.l

WASHINGTON, June lO.-It is reported
that the report of the special committee OF
investigation into the affairs of the District
of Columbia, will report Friday.
The President to day nominated to the
Senate, }. C. Bancroft Davis, to be Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
of the United States to the German Empire.
The House Committee on Appropriations
have concluded their labors, having re-
ported all the appropriation bills necessary
ment
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-06-11

CIVIL RIGHTs.-A conversation substan-
TALLY as follows was overheard between a
couple of negroes yesterday
"Say, Bill, when dis civil rights done
passed fore Congress, do you know what Use
gwine to do3
mo, Sam; what yer gwine to do 7"
Use gwine to go down to de Brown,
House and take dinner-settin at de same
table wild dem white folks. And den I'll
set out in front, and smoke my segar jes as
big as any Of EN-"
"Gway, niger. If yo1 'tempts to eat
dinner at de Brown House, bets you eats
supper in h-l."-Maoon Telegraph.
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New York Items.

NEW YORK, June 1O.-The sixth annual
convention of the American Society of Civil
Engineers commenced this morning in Tam
many Hall. The convention was attended
by upwards Of a hundred delegates. Re-
ports were read from the various commit
tees.
The storm of last night was very severe.
At Paterson, N. j., several houses were
struck by lightning.
Reports from various parts of the State
show the storm has been widespread and
very damaging. Several persons were
struck by lightning in this city during the
storm.
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Guilty.

In the Superior Criminal Court yesterday
morning, about o'clock, the jury in the case
of the State VS.. Patrick Bowling and Ed.
Coleman, brought in verdict of guilty
against the latter and not gnilty against
the former. Coleman was taken at once
to the Parish Prison, and placed in the
condemned cell
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-06-11

Yesterday A. B. Phillips, who was arrested
a short time since and taken to Bay St.
Louis, returned to this city. 1t appears
that Mr.. Phillips, when he first learned that
Ames had sent requisition for him on the
charge of dueling, absented himself a
short time to see whether Kellogg would
recognize the document. When he learned
of Kellogg's action in turthering Ames's
resolve, he sent word to Officer Per,on, who
turned him over to Duval, who was sent
from Mississippi. Mr.. Phillips, accompanied
by some friends, went over to Bay st. Louis,
where he was most Hospitality entertained
by Sheriff Saucier, who has made such a
large circle of friends in this city. Judge
Chandler at once admitted Mr.. Phillips to
bail in the sum of $4,000, Mr.. Toulme signing
the bond.
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Miscellaneous,

INDIANAPOLIS, June 10.-The Farmers
Reform Convention assembled to-day. About
5000 delegates were present. Committees
on Credentials, Platform, Resolutions, and
Permanent Organization were appointed.
PROVIDENCE, r. l., June 1O.-John Carter
Brown, senior member Of the house of
Brown and Ives, died this morning, aged II
wears.
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CONGRESSIONAL.
Photographed to the Bulletin.
The Sena u.

WASHINGTON, June 1O.-The Senate Com
mittee on CLAIMS to-day concluded the con-
sideration of the House bill appropriating
about 100000 to pay the awards made by
the Southern Claims Commission in favor of
about one thousand UniOnsts throughout
the South
The committee agreed to report the bill
to the Senate, with sundry amendments
among which is one proposing to send back
to the Commissioners the claim of William
Bailey of Louisiana, on the ground that he
sold certain cotton to the Confederate Gov
eminent, and thereby committed an act of
'lisloyalty which should negative any and
all proofs of loyalty to the United States,
upon which the Commissioner paid his
claim.
THIS matter was fully discussed in the
House recently, when motion to strike out
this claim was defeated by an overwhelm-
ing vote. The principle involved in which
the House thus refused to sanction was,
however, asserted by the Senate committee
to-day by vote of to 4.
A naval court of inquiry has been ordered
to convene at the Navy Yard in this city on
the 18th instant, to inquire into the circum-
stances Of the recent collision between the
United States steumer Gettysburg and the
Lady of the Lake, on the Potomac River.
In the Senate. to day the Committee on
Foreign Relations reported adversely on the
Colorado-Jewett bill, for the establishment
of Geographic communication between the
United States and Asia, and it was indetin-
itely postponed.
The Senate Committee on Privileges and
Elections met to-day, and recommended for
adoption bill providing for electing two
Congressman at Large in Alabama.
The House.
WASHINGTON, June 1O.-The House to-
day passed Buffers substitute for the Geneva
Award bill by vote of l13 to l0l.
The provisions of the substitute bill are
substantially that the amount of the award
shall be distributed: First, to those who
suffered direct losses in the capture, or de-
structiOn of vessels by the Confederate
cruisers; second, to remunerate ship owners
for the wal. premiums which they were
compelled to pay even where they suffered
no direct losses, and third, to insurance
companies whose losses exceeded their
premiums.
The point at issue was, whether insurance
companies generally should be paid for all
their losses, or whether any allowance
should be made for war premiums The
war premium men, under the lead of Gen.
Butler, triumphed, and the Insurance men
defeated.
A bill was introduced to abolish the Board
of Indian Commissioners, which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
The Senate was engaged after the morn
ing hour on the MOiety bill.
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The storm ON Sunday.

NEW YORK, June 1O.-The details of the
storm on Sunday show widespread dam
age. The hail broke an immense number
of windows; two lightning balls exploded
in the large square at Utica. The Catholic
church at Hamilton was totally wrecked
No loss of life reported many barns
burned.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-06-11

An Indianapolis man who went to attend
the opera at Cincinnati tells a pleasant
story on the heightened musical audiences
of that place. The piece was "Faust," and
when the curtain fell on the chapel scene
closing with the death Of Marguerite, the
audience applauded, the bibulous ones
rushed out as usual to get their inter-aet
drink, while the remainder of the listeners
began chatting and tanning, awaiting the
next a act II, Finally when the boy wanted to
that the singers had gone and the opera was
'out." The Indianapolis man says he never
heard an audience get out of place so
silently and promptly as that one left the
Pike
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-06-11

Ireland is each year losing an army of
workers. and yet there are still enough left
to raise increased crops Of food, The esti-
mated increase in the production Of cereal
crops last year was 2,11O.76O bushels over
the production for 1872. And yet during
the year sc, Y92 of the inhabitants emigrated
to other countries, and Of these over seven
ty-six ont OF every hundred were between
the ages of fifteen and thirty-fve, and more
than One-half were males.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-06-11

An aged party in New York is making
ready for the hereafter, and discounting the
Joys of salvation. He has erected q monu-
ment to his memory in cemetery, inscribed
it with his name and the date Of his birth,
and adds: Think Of the redeemed in
heaven singing praises to God and the Lamb
forever aud forever" We tremble lest that
confident party should fall into nnrepented
sin ere he stretches himself under that mon
ment.-Ckica9o Times.
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The GranRers.

MISUNDERSTANDING Pa, June 1O.-The State
Grange ofPatrons of Husbandry commenced
its session here to-day. There was very
large attendance. The main object of the
meeting is to ratify or reject amendments to
the national constitution adopted by the
National Grange, at st. Louis.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-06-11

RICHMOND, June 2.-Robert Douglass, an
old and respected citizen of King William
county, was murdered on Saturday by a
negro named Fredericks, with whom he had
an alteration regarding negroes trespassing
on his premises. The negro struck Mr..
Douglass over the head with heavy stick,
from the effects of which blow he soon died
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-06-11

The Journal Of Chemistry thinks that the
potato is deteriorating and that person
should be detailed by Congress to 90 to
South America and select specimens from
the healthiest wild potato vines, bring them
by good cultivation to proper degree Of
perfection in their native habitat, then i'm
port them to this country, 80 that American
agricultqrists may obtain seedlings~f Origi-
nal health and vigOr.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-06-11

A London letter says of the Cars visit ::
"All the efforts which have been made to
galvanize public opinion into a show of cor
dial welcome have conspicuously failed; and
the cold civility with which his Majesty was
everywhere received was unmistakable.
The Duke OF Edinburgh's marriage has
never been popular, and it is to be feared
that it may be fruitful source of inconve-
nience, and, possibly, even danger
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-06-11

At recent English wedding, while the
bridal party were kneeling around the
chancels, the groomsman poked the groom
in the side, he laughed, the bride laughed,
and so did the bridesmaids, and the clergy
man retired in high dudgeon from the
church; II o'clock came, after which no
marriage are performed; 30 that they had to
go home and spend twenty -four hours Guilt
waiting serious frame of mind.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-06-11

The new vest has deep pocket that COM
pletely hides cigar, so that the man who
asks you for the mate to that can never
bring blush to your face by discovering it
after you have told him, :. haven't anoth-
or; . fellow just gave me THAI
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-06-11

French ladies always roll their simmer
dresses in wrapping-paper, when packing,
and thus preserve in them fresh, stiff APP
pearance-Fdskion Paper.
American ladies rolls bundles of paper
under their dresses, and thus preserve q
fresh, stif, protubcrant appearance.
HeQigyino La. q.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-06-11

They tell Of q hen which fioated down the
raging tide at Mill River for some distance
in the barrel where she was laboriously
covering" nineteen eggs. She attended
strictly to business during the food, finally
brought up in friendly harbor, and has
since left her barrel with nineteen chickens
Is her heels.
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The Heated Term.

RICHMOND, Va, June 1O.-The mercury in
Richmond to-day was 100 degrees in the
shade. There was one fatal case of sun
stroke yesterday, one case to-day but not
fatal.
G.. w. Campbell has been arrested near
Blacksburg, Va, for passing counterfeit so
cent notes. The names Of number of
others who are known to be dealing in bogus
money have been ascertained, and will prob
ably be arrested.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-06-11

The Prince of Wales is credited with
having been the donor OF the sixteen thou
sand dollar of diamond solitaire earrings
which Mile Schneider sports before the ad-
miring gaze of Partisan theatre-gOers.
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A Horrible Mn rider.

The Carbondale, ILL.,, Observer, ola late date,
relates the following most cruel and inhu-
man murder in Williamson county:
zone night last week peddler stopped
to stay all night with family consisting of
mother and two daughters. The mother
was called away during the night to see a
sick neighbor After the peddler and the
girls had retired to bed, the husband of the
sick woman came to the house, and after
locking the door leading to the peddler's
room, told the girls that if they did not pro-
duce the money belonging to their mother,
supposed to be about $500, he would kill
them. They persistently refused to tell him
where the money was, whereupon he drew a
knife and cut the thrOats of both the girls.
Meantime the peddler. hearing the noise,
broke down the door while the murderer
was seaching for the money, and quick as
lightning shot him dead on the spot. He
then went to the house where the mother Of
the murdered girls was, it being the nearest
house in the neighborhood, and broke to her
the terrible news. When describing the
murderer the sick woman swooned away,
with the exclamation: My God! it was my
husbandv And so it proved to be. I'm
doubtedly the idea of the villain was to kill
the girls and obtain the money, leaving ev-
erybOdy to suppose that the dastardly deed
was done by the peddler. Even-handcd
justice decreed it otherwise"
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-06-11

A brace of Georgia lovers, aged eighty
three and eighty-five respectively, have
inst been united in holy wedlock. As they
are both off the active list, they offer good
wages and comfortable home to any young
couple who will come and be to them, as it
were, "a panorama Of married life"
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The Election for nator.

PROVIDENCE, r. l., June 1O.-The Legis-
lature. in joint convention, commenced
voting for Senator today, and after two I'M
successful ballots adjourned until to- morrow.
Burnside led the vote.