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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-02-13

General Sheridan states in precise figures
the number OF murders and maimngs in
Louisiana on account of political opinions
since 1866, and the total foots up 4,256.-JOl
Jet Sun,
We have been watching the daily papers
for the promised report of Gen. Sheridan, to
which the above seems to refer, but have
never seen it, How Gen. Sherdan's footing
of 1856 murders in louisiana is made up may
DO inferred by facts like the following
One of the witnesses who testified before
the congressional committee at New Orlean.
last Saturday was Jos aph L. Clark, who said
he came from Ohio and had always voted
the republican ticket except at the last cleo
ton. He continued:
| At that time large number of settlers
I from the North who were equally repubii
cans and democrats, voted the People dem
Iocratic ticket for reason that he did not Sc,
! how any honest man in tins state could vote
the republican ticket. Properly exposed
! like cattle or vegetables, in that parish is al
ways unsafe Witness never allows his cattle
to 60 exposed without n keeper Forty muir
ders have been recently committee, mostly b,
negroes. There was Il great deal of political
intimidation of Conservative negroes by re
publican blacks. One time witness tried I,
} hold colored meeting, but the coloret
speakers who wanted TO speak on the Con
sentative side dared not face the regr,
crowd, who loudly threatened to kill them il
case they mounted the stand
] Forty murders "by the negroes" IN each o
the sixty parishes of Louisiana in one yea
would make 4,256 rather small number 70
t six years.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-02-13

malignity with which the Republican news
papers Ard politicians follow any man of
prominence in that party who has seen fit to
abandon it because of its corruptions, or dis
loyalty TO free government Gin Loulsiana.)
The above, with an immateaial verbal cor.
recton, is taken from Thursdays Ottawa Re
publican, and is supposed to have special ref:
ercnce to the abuse just now being heaped by
the republican press upon Speaker Halnes.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-02-13

St Valentines day falls this year ON SUNDAY
o.i,r,t The young folks must buy their perfumed
perforated, gilt and horally ornamented station
cry for the occasion on Saturday evening. There
Is NJ law-sgainst dropping the tender missives
into the post Office ON Sunday. There is an ar
ticIe on our second page on this subject copied
from ~. .yiesoias, that may be probably read in
this connection
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-02-13

Both the Illinois Central and the Chicago.
Rock Island X Pacific Ra lroads sell round tick
for e., while at Ottawa, 10 miles nearer Chicago
We must pay $50. Can't we gctu bit of com,
petition betwees the two roads from ottawa 10
Chicago that will give us similar advantage:
At the same rate, round tickets at otiawashouId
cost hut k4UO
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-02-13

The following was tile "unparliamentAry'
passage in the unmerciful castigauon which
Brown Of Kentucky administered TO Ben
Butler in congress last week, and for which
Brown was reprimanded by the speaker:
In Scotland, years ago, there was q man
whose trade was murder, and he carnct hrs
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-02-13

never imagined, when they subscribed on Ger.
tain conditions, that they were making these
conditions with themselves; yet such turns
ont, according TO legal hocuspocus, to have
been the fact The decision we believe, covers
notes TO the amount of about $3.50, 900
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-02-13
France.

The assembly, after an orduous week ON
the constitutional bills, during which the
right centre and all the factions on the left
united and controlled the house, adjourned on
the 9th for one week, without taking final &C
ton on the important bill pending
The municipality of Paris having asked for
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-02-13

The most casual observer and thinker can.
no, have failed TO observe the unrclenting
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-02-13

We sre prepared to club the FREE TRADER
with the following publications, furnishing
both at the prices named, postage prepaid.
The offer is open to old subscribers or new
at any post Office In the country:
FREE Trader and Chicago Weekly Times. 80 IS
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-12-08
Whiskey.

ST. Louis, December 3.-Tht
arguments in the Avery East were
heard to-day aud consumed the en-.
tire session Of the court. The jury
retired about half-past five, and after
beingout about four hours returned a
verdict of guilty on one count of the
Indictment, the ether three having
been pronounced bad by the Court.
Judge Krum, counsel for Avery, gave
notice that be would file q motion
for a pew trial, and be and Avery
left the court room, il being under
stood that no additional bond would
be required for the present at least.
MINIATURES, December 3.-In the
TAFT & Welmer case to-day, Judge
Hubfel concluded bis argument for
the defense and was followed by ex-
Senator Carpenter for the same side
Judge DIXON then closed the argu-
ment for the Government. Judge
Dyer charged the jury, who went out
at 5:35 p. NJ. A little before III O'Clock
the Jury returned a verdict of gully.
The indictmen: charged them with
conspiracy 10 defraud the re%enae.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-12-08

mitted a freedom of movement which
made his Imprisonment merely for
NAL. Accompanied by The Warder
of the jail and an assistant, be ba.
been in the habit of visiting hi,
friends, taking bis daily drives, ant
passing much of the time with hi:
family at their house in Madison ave
nue.. Yesterday be went out as usu'
al, accompanied by the two officials
After the greater part of the day had
been spent in driving about to vari
GUS places, late in the afternoon
Tweed expressed a desire to visit bis
wife, who, be said, was very sick.
The party drove to the house, and
all three entered and took seats in the
parlor, where they were met by one
of Tweed's sons. In a few moments
Tweed said he wished to step up
stairs to see his wife. He left the
room and did not return. In abcut
fifteen DR. twenty minutes Warden
Durham asked young Tweed to go
up and tell his father that it was
getting late and they must return to
Ludlow street. The young man
went out, and returning in q few mo-
ments, remarked unconcernedly,
Fathers gone Since that time
nothing has been heard of him.
This is the story of the escape in
brief. Ten thousand dollars reward
has been offered by Sheriff Conner
and Warden Durham for the capture
of the fugitive. The Sheriff has tel
egraphed ali over the country, re-
guessing the detention of Tweed by
any one who finds him.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-12-08

THE New York Tribune, referring
80 the St. Louis whisky ring devel'
opments, says that 'the attempt &c
fastea some stain of completely upon
the President himself is wholly nm.
warranted by the facts thus far die.
closed. Nor q it be said that tb.
Republican party has shown the
least sympathy for the participants
IN these crimes, or made the slightest
effort to shield them or embarras:
Secretary Bristow in his work of re.
form. On the whole, the Republican
party viii professionally gain by
this exposure, as any party ought to
gain which unlinchingiy hunts
down and publishes corruption Of any
form within its ranks. The credit is
the greater in this case, because the
guilty persons were prominent in ,hs
party and had been peculiarly inlu-
entail. The spirit which refuses to
grant them any shelter or mercy, and
demands full punishment according
TO the fau letter of the law, is the true
spirit Of reform.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-12-08

THE attention bf Senator Morton
having been called to a despatch from
Washington stating that he favored
the repeal of the Specie Resumption
act, be authorizes the statement that
there is no truth whatever in the re-
port. The position which Senator
Morton took on this question in the
Ohio canvas was clear aud perfectly
distinct. He said in his speeches
that be stood by the resumption act
of last winter as a settlement of the
whole question.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-12-08
A Woman Of Enterprise.
STEoUrsBURG, Pa, November 81

STIoUpsBURG, PA, November a.
A bold attempt to burn the County
Court Court house, in this place, by
a prisoner, was discovered, early last
Friday morning, in time TO prevent
q great loss OF property and probably
of life. The prisoner was a woman
named Frances Stanard, who was
placed in the grand jury room, on
Monday last, to await trial on a
charge of larceny, the jail being in
course of reconstruction. She had
several times made threats that she
would burn the building down if she
was not released. About 4 O'Clock
on Friday morning the janiior's wife
was awakened by smoke in the build
ing, and upon investigating the cause,
discovered flames bursting out OF the
door of the prisoners room. She at
once gave the alarm, and by great eff
fort the fire was extinguisbed. Near
ly all the floor was burned away, and
several Of the beams. Ii was at
first supposed that the woman bad
persisted in the flames, but later It
was learned that she bad escaped by
a window in the room 1t was also
discovered that she had removed the
door from a large base-hurner stove
in the room, aud upsetting it on the
floor, had piled the beding and furni-
ture upon it. No Grace of .he .es-
capped incendiarv has as yet been
discovered. She is a stranger in
this vicinity. She appeared in Jack
son Townshipethis county, about two
weeks ago, and protested to be a
peddler of notions, visiting the
houses in that section to dispose OF
her wares. About | O'Clock on Mon
day morning last 8 farmer named
James Stien, living in the above
township, was awakened by the
presence of some one in his room.
jumped from bed and captured
the intruder, who vas about escap-
ing from a window, and who fired a
at the farmer. 1t proved
to be this woman. He had made a
purchase OF her the day before, and
she had, no doubt, noticed that be
had a large amount of money in his
pocket-book. She had secured the
pantaloons containing the
money, and had them in her posses
sion when captured. Monday be
brought his prisoner to this place,
where she was confined and escaped
as stated. She was evidently a
French woman, about twenty-five
years of age, and quite attractive in
appearance.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-12-08

TIE disgracefnl scramble for TIE
Offices under control Of the House al
Washington, which has been going
on for the last two weeks, has at
tracted all tie baser element Of the
Democratic party to the Federal Cap
ital, and the true inwardness of una
dulterated Democracy has been pub
licly exhibited, TO the intense disgust
and shame Of all decent people. The
third Office in dignity and Importance
in the nation (tbe s~peakership Of the
House, has been the bone of conten-
ton, and the aspirants for this exalt.
ed position, like mere pot-bonse poll
ticians, as they are, have personally
canyassed the bar-rooms and thor
o~ughfares soliciting votes, while dis
graceful charges, probably in most
instances true, were banded between
them, bargains and trades were made
for the minor Offices, pools on the can
didates have been publicly sold, as
on a horse race or dog fight, large
sums of money have been wagered
on the chances, and John Morrissey
and Bill McMullen championed the ir
favorite with the usual slang, bully
ing and betting Of the prize ring
before did Washington witness
such a disgraceful and humiliating
scene, and if one-twentieth the
charges publicly made during this
dirty scramble, from which Fernando
Wood withdrew his name in disgust.
be true, the first duty of the House
when organized, should be to raise a
to investigate the means
lsed to elect its speaker.
That money has been used freely
admit of no doubt, for the
of the contestants charge it
lpon each other, one party asserting
hat the free trade league supplied it
large quantities to defeat their can
didate who is for protection, the 9TH
err alleging that the hard money men
and bankers of New York, inspired
by Tilden, furnished it to 'lay out"
the i~nfationists. tits almost eonclu-
sive, therefore, that corrupt means
were resorted to, and the House
should be called upon to purge itself
before it dare lay its foul hands 10
affairs of State.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-12-08

THE New York Tribune talks
plainly to the Democracy about the
money question, as follows:
The Republican party in its ma
tionsl convention has taken a credi
table position on that question, ever
when it has erred on others. Th,
Democrats have not only :ascally
demagogues among them, bat have
more than once permitted such dema
gogues TO commit the party, and Civ
en- them q general sympathy. The
Ohio campaign has immensely in.
creased public distrust of the Demo.
cratic party, and if that party now
attempts to evade the currency CUES.
sion, every man who cares for 8
sound currency of the national honor
will feel that Democracy deserves
Teseat.-
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-12-08

The first session of the forty-fourtl
Congress commenced on Monday
last 9th This win be the long ses
sion and will probably run into July.
IL will not be one of very great ben.
eft to the country, as the House,
The first time for many years, con.
tains a Democratic majority, more
than half of wiicb is made up Of
Confederates, who doubtless will use
this, their first opportunity, to make
good as far as they can, the losses
political and pecunisry. sustained BY
reason of their rebellion. Especially
viii the Democratic majority labor to
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-12-08
DUBLIC SALE

The undersigned, assignee Of John NeT. vii
offer at public cutlery, in Somerset borough, on
Wednesday, December %, 1875.
the following property, viz:
No: l. A mouse and lot In said borough. oceu
pied by Mrs. Parker, the homestead OF the as
signor.
No, = - lots In Somerset borough. on the east
side OF theEailroads adjoining Isaac Hugus ami
No. 40 lots in the Lutheran burvirg gronnd
No. J. The undivided half Of 40I IL acres D
land In GreenYilie township. warranted IN thf
name Of Thomas johnson. This tract Is va auabi6
No s II acres Of land in Northampton town,
ship, Philip Klink tract.
No Q, p acres Of land in Northampten town.
SIP, adjoining lands Of John Witt and others.
No. Z. 81 acres Of land warranted in the name
OF Baer ALLOW, well timbered.
NO. :. The undivided half of 49, acres. adloin-
ing Baer Wallow and others. we'll timbered.
No. .. The undivided half Of 20 acres. the An.
dy Logue property, in Allegheny township. This
tract has very fine pine and other timber On IL,
which makes ii valuable.
No. 10. The undivided half OF y acres In Al
leyheny township, adjoining Andrew Miller and
Nc. II. l2S acres in Paint township. warranted
IN the Eams VI John Whitehead. line timber
/, No. l.. 60 acres tn Paint township. warranted
IN the name of John Replogle. aud is wen tim
No. Is. The undivided half Of 400 ..rss no.
ranted In the name of John White.
The undivided half Of 1874 acres, warranted in
the name of John Ham.
No. Is TIL undivided half Of BIZ acres war
raLted IN the name CT GEORGE Gibson.
No. le. leo aere5 uarraateJ n the mama ~
James Whitehead. s. u H - u
No. II. 40 acres warranted in the name of John
Elliott.
70: y. geo acres in the Saltwater District. in
No. l9. One steam saw mill, wyandott Chief,
In good running condition. Complete In All re-,
spects.
No; e; One share of stock in the DaYidsvile
Plank Road.
TERMS-One-half cash, the balance in one
year, with Interest from date Of sale with abprvs
ed security,
JOHN H. UHLA
ueC1 gfoa.f
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-12-08

TENNEssEE's new United States
Senator-Key-is a true successor
of Andrew johnson. On leaving
home for Washington last week, his
fellow citizens turned out in process
sion, and with music and amid much
enthusiasm escorted him to the de-
pot. OF course he made a speech,
and as q true successor Of Andy
johnson, concluded as follows: 81
am going TO launch my little bark
upon an unknown sea, a rough and
tempestuous sea. | do not know
what will be the fate Of that bark,
but l viii say that if it goes down
amid the contending waves it will do
SO rih the flag Of my country mall
ed 10 The mast.n
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-12-08
me speakership Decided.

WASHINGTON December, 5.-The
scufle of the r~apacious army of Dem
ocrats over the few Offices under the
control of the House of Representa-
tiyes eliminated yesterday in the
nomination of Michael c. Kerr, Of
Indiana, to be Speaker, by a vote o.
80 against SO for Randall, G for Cox
and / for Sayior. The contest led
off with Randall twelve in the real
on the FIRST ballot and fourteen on
the second, with a gain of three fol
Kerr and four for Randall. On the
I third ballot the detection of Missiour
aud q Jew scattering votes sent Kerr
up thirteen, while Randall remained
at his old igure. thGs giving q deci
siye victory for Kerr. The defeat Of
Randall was much Influenced by the
presence of the Tammany crowd Of
bummers and hangers-on, who have
long been odioGs, eve in the eyes Of
Democrats.
Inthe contest for Clerk, there were
nine candidates and six ballots. The
Pennsylvania seventeen voted in a
body for G NJ. Adam, Of Kentucky,
thus insuring ais success, as against
Cr;ttenden, of Missouri, the next in
strength. This was in retaliation for
the conduct OF Missouri on the Speak
ership.
For Sergeant-at-Arms there were
Eve candidates John G. Thompson,
of Ohio, went through on the first
ballot, having ll3 votos, the next in
number having but twenty-five votes
Fitzhugh, Of Texas. carried of the
poorkeepership, against seven COM
petitors. BE was Sergeant-at-Arns
of the Confederate Congress.
James Stuart, OF Virginia, before
the war Postmaster st Alexandria,
was chosen Postmaster oEer nine
contestants, and Rev. j. l.. Town.
send, of Washington, Episeopalian,
over three opponents.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-12-08
Escape Of Boss Tweed
He Visits his Home and there
Eludes his Keepers.
Ten Thousand Dollars Reward offered
For BIS Capture.

NEW York, Dec. An that ful.
ness of time for which be had been
waiting, VIM. NJ. Tweed, the boss
thief of New York city, escaped from
bis keepers, or rather they sat quiet
ly in the parlor ofhis house whilst be
was allowed to 20 where be pleased,
and after q decoFoas interval OF time
gave the alarm that the prisoner had
gone. The New York papers of yes
terday give a great variety of details
as to how the escape was carried out.
Ihe Times says that nominally un-
der restraint, and supposed to be
safely detained IN the Ludlow Street
Jail, this notorious criminal, since
his committal there. has been Der.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-12-08
ChasfIsing a Tramp.

On Tuesday evenining, 10th inst.
a tramp called at Mr.. IIamersly's, a
Traverner's Woods, and asked for &
glass of water, stating that he was sc
hungry, and be had no place to SLEEP
at night. Hamersly took pity on
him, took him in, gave him supper, q
bed to sleep in, and breakfast next
morning, When be was leaving,
Mr.. Hamersly noticed a great
improvement In his personal appear
ance. The night before he was thin
and spare; the next morning be was
fat and pussy. ~Suspecting hat some
thing might be wrong, Mr.. Hamers-
ly proceeded to examine Mr.. Tramp
critically, and found that he had ap.
p%ropriated to his own use numerous
articles of Mr.. Hamersly's clothing,
which be had put under his own
rags, and had stuffed his wallet full
of such useful articles as be could
find about the premises. Having
the dead wood ON MI. Tramp, Mr..
Hamersly snatched him into his
meat house and locked him in, and
kept him confined until no went to
the woods and cut a big black-gum.
He then returned to the meat-house,
unlocked the door turned out Mr..
Tramp, and bid him cut ana run.
obeyed orders with military,
but be had not cleared the -door-sill
before Mr.. Hamerslv commenced his
part of the performance, giving him
the blaek-gum switch for every jump
for about half a mile. He laid on
the stripes fast and heavy, and bet
ter time was never made from
Taverner's Woods to Potts Mill, and
never did a tramp get better paid for
the abuse of hospitality than Mr..
gave this thieving rascal.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-12-08

THE debt statement for November
shows only a small decrease, the
amount being $3.50, 600. For the
four preceding months the decrease
was sl0,29I, 900, or over two and
one-quarter millions per month. Dis.
bursements for army and navy pen
sions, amounting to over s 5000, 00o
during the month, was the cause o.
the comparatively small debt redue.
ton, although that is tour times
greater than the reduction made in
the corresponding month of last year.
The entire reduction made in the
public debt for the four months OF
the present fiscal year is SIC, III 900.
against s4,l4s.9O7 for the CORES
ponding months Of last year.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-12-08

AVERY, late chief clerk of the In
:ernaI Revenue department, has been
convicted at St. Louis as a member
of the Whisky ring. 1t was doubt
less through him that the ring receiv-
ed information of the movements oil
the officials, and were thus enabled
for so long a time to evade detection
and nnnishmenf
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-12-08

The Committee on Contested
Seats in the next House of Represen
tatives will find material for the en-.
tire Winters reading in the case o.
Judge Abbott against Rufus s.
Frost. in the Nth Massachusetts
District. Tie papers iu the case ill
a FOX FIVE feet long. Two feet hve
in, hes deep, and twenty-one inches
" de, and weigh over bali a ton.
When the patriarch jacob, being
on his death bed, said: benjamin
shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning
he shall divide the SPELL" be had no
reference to Benjamin Harris, OF
Maryland, the red mouthed rebel
candidate for Sergeant-at-Arms OF
the United States House of Repre-
sentatiyes.
According to the report of the Su-
perintendent of Public Printing, the
total cost of the printing, binding.
lithographing, etc, done for the Gov
eminent during the year ending Sep
80, was l 1860, $50 for the
Congressional Record. There are
now in all departments of the office
hundred employees, with a
paw roll of $4,000 per month.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-12-08
Thousands OF wOrkmen Thrown Out
OF Employment.

P~oTTsvILLE, Dec. 3.-In conse.
quence of the overstoeked condition
of the Eastern markets and the close
of navigation, the Philadelphia and
Reading Coal and Iron Company
will tomorrow direct the stoppage OF
thirty of their forty collieries in this
region; the remaining ten, having a
producing capacity of 1000 tons
daily, to continue to supply furnaces
and railways in this vicinity. About
five thousand men and boys re thus
thrown out of work. Twenty-Five
individual collieries will also suspend
during the week, and it is thought
that by December Is the suspension
will be general, and that over Ten
thousand people will be out of en-
ployment in the Schuylkill region.
The suspension NAV not last over
two months, though fears are enter.
tanned that work will not be resumed
until spring.
The Iron trade continuing dull,
orders have been issued by the Read
ing Coal and Iron Company to stop
work at their various ore mines,
where six hundred men are now en-
ployed 1t is claimed that enough
ore has been mined and stocked ready
for shipping, to supply all demands
until spring.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-12-08

THE Centennial Committee on
Opening Ceremonies have selected
VIM. NJ. Evar;s as orator, and H.
w. Longfellow as poet for the occs-
sion. A grandson of Richard ID.
Ice, of Virginia, will read the Dec
Iaration of independence.