The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1875-01-13
DOMESTIC MISCELLANY.

Louisiana.-A most fragrant and shameful out.
rage has been perpetrated BY United States troops
upon the people Of Louisiana. The State Legis-
lature assembled in most quiet ard orderly man
ner on the 4th inst, and proceeded 70 orsanzet ~
the election of permanent Ulcers The Hon. Mr.
Wilt Conservative, was elected Speaker. A clerk
was then elected, who at once proceeded TO call
the roll and to swear in members The organlza-
ton of the House showing working force against
the Kellogg usurpation, two staff othcrs and hf-
teen armed soldiers entered carried from the Hall
several members not declared elected by the re-
:. arr ~ - q tnescil
Legislature, knowa to be IN fave o. the nslrpsiior.
The Democratic members now quietly withdrew. :
| leaving the House without quorum. Tue paper,
North and South. violently denounce the Outrage.
In Congress, Thurman. of Ohio, and others, ask
Congress to demand of the President. by whose
authority this violation of peoples rights has
been perpetrated
The Me,o York Herald says: Even if the con-
servative members did wrong in admitting to the
| House Eve men whose election the returning board
had not certified. that wrong was no reason for his
interference with the bayonet Nor even if the
fallacious argument was made, that the troubles
without the legislative halls justified interference
within, would the facts sustain the theory. For
though the testimony is conflicting as to the condi-
ton of New Orleans--Gen. Sheridan declaring that
the spirit of defiance to lawful authority cannot be
|
Foster, radical members of Congress- both affirm
that the city is now as orderly as New ork-one
| fact stands out clearly, that the troops have not
fred gun or made an arrest. There is no visible
reason Why peaceful Legislature, assembled in q
subdued city, should be molested By military force.
The law condemns the President. aud the facts, so
far as they are known, fail to even extenuate bis
acts.
Thus stands to-day the verdict of the nation
a verdict not rendered, but suspended. The peo.
pie have been reused as they have not been for
years. for the question is which transcends the
| boundaries of Louisiana ard concerns the whole
country. 1t is not merely whether banditti rule in
that State or whether it is plundered or misgov-
erbed The passions of its people, their errors
and suferings become secondary to the question
whether the President of the United States has
dared to lay violent hands upon nalienable rights.
! The country turns from New o cleans to Washing.
ton. There was the deed done that stirs the
| American people. They demand TO know, whether
10 the United States. rebellion still fingers or usur.
nation has begun, and it is not to McEnery or
Wilt or Kellogg that they address the question,
but to Grant"
| According to the Heralds Arlington special,
Secretsry's Fish and Bristow, aud the Postmaster
General stated 10 an interview that they were not
consulted with reference 10, Dor did they see the
dispatches sent to Sheridan by Beknap, saying the
President and all the Cabinet approved of his pro-
ceedngs
| Resolutions have been introduced in the Senate
of Virginia with regard TO Louisiana affairs
The following items are from the Richmond cor
respondent ST the Lsnchbsrg Ne,os
Merchants Tax.-The decsioq of the Supreme
Court Of Appeals in the Merchants License Tax
case 1.-THE Commonwealth Us Moore q Goodman)
has been so long and well foreknown that il falls
here rather fat aud STALE if not Improbable now.
1t was formally delivered here last week by Judge
Christian, all the other judges coucurriDg. 1t
completely sustains the tax, reversing the judgment
of Judge Guigon of our Hastings Court. The re-
markabe thing about this opinion of the Supreme
Court is that it was SO commonly known long be-
fore the case came up for argument eveD pub
lished it myself weeks, if not months before. |
recolect very we'll hearing State official reply to
the question: what he thought OF tae constitutions
atty of the tax, that be knew nothing about the
constitutionaity of the tax be had carefully abb
stained from reading the so-caed new constitution.
but that be knew something better than that, and
that was that the Supreme Court Of Appeals would
sustain the tax.
Blacksburg College General James Fl. Williams,
one Of the recently appointed visitors of Blacks
burg College, has resigned, and Governor Kenper
| has appointed DR. John Philip Smith, OF Clarke
county, to the vacancy.
Professor Elected The Board of Visitors of the
| Agricultural and Mechanical College elected DR..
imual K. Jackson of Norfolk. to ill the profess.
orship Of chemistry aud technology made vacant by
the resignation Of Professor Davis.
School Year.-The House OF Delegates has passed
bill which will probably become law, providing
that hereafter the school year Including the pre-
sent) shall end on the 3lst of July, instead of on
the 3lst of August.
Mineral Specimens The House of Delegates has
passed bill to provide cases in the rotunda Of the
Capitol for the exhibition Of specimens Of the min
erals &c, OF the State. This is good idea, and
if properly carried ont very valuable and inter.
esting collection can soon be made, which will teach
visitors as we'll as our own PEOPLE, something of
the varied resources Of the State
American Board of Transportation and Commerce.
| The delegates from New York to this Convention,
which met early in December in this city, have
reported to the Chamber of Commerce in New
York. La abiding to the discussions of the body
| they say: Among other things elected was the
existence of necessity for and unfettered
| avenues for the moving of freigbts from the West
to the sea board marts OF the East; and. while
| some favored the construction OF Canals and 9TH
ers the building OF Railways, for this purpose, It
seems to &c conclusivey evident that the consun,.
nation OF both plans is necessary TO satisfy the
needs OF our overgToTD commercial aud agicul-
tural industries.
The deliberations of the Convention also de-.
veloped unanimous spirit of anlmadversion upon
tne existing management OF main trupk lines,
| and general sentiment that the system of redu-
plication Of certificates of Railway Stocks. where
by an increased freight tariff is necessitsted for the
purpose of creating dividends, is exceedingly re-
prehensble and justly censurable. Not only the
West but the South as we'll is interested in this
great question, which, if prosecuted to successful
termination, aud if honestly and faithfully carried
out in accordance with the spirit of its inception,
and with no faint of speculation about it, cannot
fail to benefit, Incidentally the entire country.
Your delegates do not deem it out OF place to
embody in this report an expression of their CRATE
full remembrance OF the hospitality extended to
them, and the other members of the Convention,
by the citizens of Richmond during their stay in
that city, and it is all the more pleasant to note
the generous kindness of our friends of the South
at this time, as indicative of renewal of the great
raterna bond OF nationality that bound US together
10 the earlier history of our country, and which
We trust will continue to grow stronger with the
years that are TO come"
Chicago The recent call from Denver to the
Rev. Arthur Mitchell, was genuine surprise
to him, as we'll as to the public, and he felt con-
strained promptly to decline it. He is too impor-
tant aud useful where he is for his people to let
him Co. We presume the only special attraction
which this new field could offer him, would be the
milder climate Of Colorado, which would be less
trying to his health aud that of his family, than
the cold winds on the shores of Lake Michigan.
At the Church of the Pilgrims, Brooklyn, there
was celebrated on New Years Sabbath service
which is familiar to DR.. Storrss people. but will
be novel to most other churches. The children of
the church, seven years after their baptism, are
brought to the altar by their parents, and after