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The People's vindicator., 1875-06-26

The river ct. this point contin.
aes to rise slowly, and is now just
high enough to worry onr citizens
Who have to come to town on bu.
Sle'aess, forced to pay fesriage or
stay at nome.
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Of the Vindicator Publishing Com.
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Something Of Interest 49,.
Taxes. IVY!

The following correspondents. 80,
be found Of interest to Tic public. '"'
NEW ORLEANS, June IL, 1s7s
Hon. Charles Clinton, State Auditor.
Dear Si'-The people in nv .e..;,.
Of the State-especially in nv SION S.".
torlal District, composed Of tis 'as' "s'
ishes Of Claiborne, Bossier, B;snI%a, h., a,'
and Webster-pay their taxes ~
punctually and thoroughly eH As tl.; az
ability will allow, and in their hsae,,, sIe',
| wish to know from you Officially is.''
how much "grace" they nav hass
this connection, and to what dss,.a' ~
and measure they shall be faressS s'ee %
make payments rs the current r..o %
passes along. '<4'
There is scarcely a man in ~,
Senatorial District, who is or NAV ~
able to pay at all, that viii not 6n., ~
" pay his taxes in time for tioal 's., .s.
tlement without any coercive or ls.s,
process, but the great trouble is t6ss
at present they havo not the mone~ '
and have no way of getting it unt;i
the growing cotton crop comes IN
which will be early in the fall.
In the meantime, the collector. NJ,
derstan1 it to be their duty. n,1s,
your general instructions. to anfc...
collections somewhat, or at least ~
60 ahead and serve legal notice. !" =.
to have matters in sueA condition ~
will enable them to enforce under ths
law final payment at the last honr
But even to this the people genersllr
object, as saIjecting them to a littlH
expense.
But how can this be avoided Nth
safety on the part of the ee,lectens
And how eau back taxes be collect.
ed on land which has ALREADY been
forfeited to the State 7 Is this land
to he reassessed against the individh.
al-the former 0wDer-who may b.
still residing upon and cultivatine itf
And can such land in any case be NJ.
advertised and offered for public sale!
An official answer from you on these
matters is much desired, and may af.
ord much individual relief, and be Of
much public utility.
Respectfally,
W. JASPER BLACKBURN.
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The People's vindicator., 1875-06-26

Why is a church bell more affa-
ble than q church organi Be.
cause one will 60 when it is tolled,
but the other will bo "blowedo
first.
The People's vindicator., 1875-06-26

'Lemme die now" gasped an Ohio
farmer. "I've lived TO see a Woman
GIT thirty:one yards Of cloth into ono
dress, and Pm ready to pull stakes
now"
The People's vindicator., 1875-06-26

We beg to call the attention Of
our taxpayers to the correspond
ence, Published elsewhere, be.
tween the Auditor and the Tax
Collector Of Claiborne parish.
The People's vindicator., 1875-06-26

We made the error Of stating
last week, that the fire occurred in
Holyoke, Miss, when it should
have teen in Mass,
The People's vindicator., 1875-06-26
Letter from Montgomery.
MONTGOMERY, GRANT PARISH, }
June 81, 1875. I

DesSv VtWUsCUtOT
We wish you xould write M the
new phase Of the w. B. Phillips out
rage in this parish and publish il.
After he bad been found guilty on
two of tho I've indictments found
against him BY the Grand Jury of this
parish, and twice sentenced to iail
and ordered by the Judge Of tho Dis
trict Court to the Alexandria Jail, he
still continues at largo in this parish.
at Celfax. The sheriff, Mccoy, b.
ing himself just such 3 man ~ Phil.
lips, . brother republican and boon
companion, having murdered twe mon
10 this parish from which b. goes free
BY tho su6eranoe Of tho negro juries
that no or bic deputies easily control,
could not very consistently take w.
B. Phillips 10 jail together with bis
deputy, Alfred Shelly, though, indeed,
both Of them stand indeed for the
murder Of old man Needhsm Walters
on tho 30th day Of September, 1874.
Il will Be remembered that this
we'll thought q old citizen was or.
rested BY u. 8. Masshal Snow, last
fall, carried 10 Colfax, Ill at the in.
stance Of w. B. Phillips, who, after
trying to tlackmsil him, suborned the
guard, and taking tho old man iu a
boat dispatched him with . llatchet-
Deputy sheriff, Shelly, beinga party
to e tho killing. They Afterwards
throwing tho body in the river. They
were both indicted by the last Grand
Jury and ordered by Judge Osborn
to be confined in tho Alexandria Jail
until the next term Of court for trial.
and the offenso not being bailable.
they should long since have been in
close confinement. How is it that
this prince ofvillains is still permitted
to be at liberty9 Because, We sup.
pose, he has been 20 active hereto.
fore In annoying 60 many of the citi.
zens Of this country with his crime
and puIjury. The Sheriff, We suppose.
must jsdge him worthy Of this speciai
Rather let us ask What
are tho people Of this Parish to do
when tho Sheriff thus deliberately
refuses to do bic dutyi IL thero any
prospect for . cessation Of crime when
) brace of murderers, indicted and |
to Jail, are yet daily seen
ttee on the streets I
MANI CIr1xENs.
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We saw yesterday o half grown
boil Of cotton from the plantation
Of one Of our young planters in
this parish, which speaks vel
for the coming crop, and without
any serious misfortune, We nay
reasonably hope for tho largest
crop of cotton since the warl
The People's vindicator., 1875-06-26

Ben Butler being inter viewed, saye:
~ have renOunced tho devil and all
his works" If this is trne, it ia one
Of the most surprising acts Of self.
denial on record.
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NOTICE..

Persons ordering JOB
WORK from this Office,
must pay for the same on
delipe'y Of the ,cork.
No deviation from this
rule.
The People's vindicator., 1875-06-26

The steamer Bart Able was at
Grand Ecore on time, Tuesday.
We did not get as usual, a file Of
papers.
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Blunt appears in a card in the Nat.
chitoches Republican Of last week ia
which, leaving aside the personal in
tent Of it in referring to an editorial
in the Vindicator as "a card from the
editor" he assumes two roles at once,
that Of u suppliant and of a bully.
The editorial in the Vindicator to
which he patbetically refers, does not,
to our mind, deter him from doing as
he sees fit in the matter of the negro
mass meeting; no one desires to de-
ter him from organizing, drilling and
putting in trim his clans-we only
INDUCED in a little friendly warning
which We sec was thrown away upon
that individual f; in truth, tho whole
radical party here seem to heed no
lessons of the past, but propose, un.
der their constitutional privileges, /"
to trample upon all rights that the
whites may have.
We do not desire to ''kill Mr.. ~
Blunt" but at tho same time that
does not settle the question az to
whether it would not be better for
society or peace that he were a dead
preacher instead of q live mischief
maker. We, in common with our
whole people, know Blunt we'll too
we'll for our own material good. He
is as responsible for our bad govern.
nnent as any radical here. His posi-
ton was such, that iu failing to pro.
tect the tax payers, he acted q guilty
part, or, if he shonld claim to be igno-
rant, which We say he is, he is not 1T
for the position he occupies. The ring
leaders Of our parish have all been
proven guilty-Blant etill is their
friend and defender. With oil. this.
is it not enough that our people should
be alarmed at any movement looking
to an organization of the blacks,
The People's vindicator., 1875-06-26
State Of Louisiana,
Auditors Office.

Auditors Office,
New Orleans, Juno ~, 1875. }
Hon. ". Jasper Blackburn
Dear Sir-Referring to your favor
of the eleventh instant, wherein 500
say ''the people IN my section Of the
State, especially in my senatorial dis
trict, pay their taxes as punctually
and thoroughly as their ability viii
allow" and wherein you inquire "A
to how much grace they may have IN
that connection, will cay this otiee
is aware that among tho tax payers
in the rural parishes there is . clan
who cannot pay their taxes 10 tho
early part of the year without great
injury and sacrifice, and tax collec-
tors have from time to time been On.
Joined to exercise tho utmost ease
and discretion, 60 a. to protect tbe
interests Of the State, without On.
necessarily in8ictiug hardship upon
taxpayers.
This Office cannot of course assume
any discretionary authority in extspd.
ing tho tln,o for payment of taxes %
fixed BY law, ana collectors cannot.
without being derelict, tail to perform
all the formalities and prerequisites
to the payment of taxes BY prescsib.
ed publication Of notices, etc., but
then having complied with oil thsse
provisions they can use their evs
good judgment and discretiss in
granting short extension to such Of
the taxpayers who may Temporarily
bc unable to come up and settle, the
object in view being to save expenses
and trouble, il such can be done
consistently with the interest Of the
State and the duties of tax collse.
tors.
As to your inquiry relative to tho
collection Of taxes on lands, which
have been sold and adjudicated to
the State; tho acquisition Of saeh
property BY tho State renders the
same exempt from taxation, bat q
these lands are occupied BY parties,
it is but proper that rents shoaM b
collected, The collector may proper
ly act as agent Of tho State, asd
make return for oh rents 20 received
as collections from rents Of property
belonging to tho State, for which To
proper commission will b allowed
him.
Tho above, I think, fully ss,sn
tho point at issue; II, howeveF; yoa
have occasion 70 require additieaal
information, please address ~ aaa
l shall cheefally accord tho sane.
Respectfully Sl3y& {osss, ~ ,,,,rov
Auditee.
The People's vindicator., 1875-06-26

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White Labor, Male and Female

Tho attention Of those in need oi
white labor is called to tho following
letter, which has kindly been placed
at oor disposal by the gentleman "a
whom it is addressed. In q private
note to rs, that gentleman says that
he has long known tho writer, Mr..
Putnam, to be q thorough business
man and perfectly reliable.
New ORLEANS, May, 18th, 1875.
DR.. D. W. Foster, Willie Plate, La.
Dear Sir-Having l,een appointed >
member Of the Committee Of Supplies for
tho relief of the poor Of this city, beg
leave to inform you that IL is the wish Of
the Committee 70 find employment in
the country, at useful occupations, for
ail such applicants - may bo able and
willing to work. 81
Numbers Of applicants express them
selves "a willing to 80 into the country
to work at anything for which they are
competant, viz: field laborers, hostlers.
blacksmiths, carpenters, teachers of va
rlons branches, male and female, cooks,
washers and irOnels, etc.
Shonld you or your neighbos be in
want Of any such help, pie .se inform me
what yOu want, what kind of acomf}foda-
tion you have for them, and what COM
pensation you are willing to give them,
and direct how and when to send them.
! am, very respectfully,
JAMRsN PUTNAM,
Member Of fCommltsee Of Supplies
The above dip from the Opelou.
sas Courier, and twin no doubt be
Of information to such of our citizens
~ arc in need Of white labsr. While
Nc have % much land idle, Why should
nnp nikv xrhsfoa Iva ekNwrsu~
The People's vindicator., 1875-06-26

"The way Of the transgressor ia
hard" indeed, the poor ~ carpet. bag
officials Of the South are coming Glow.
y but surely to grief. Stephen w.
Dorsey, Of Vermont, Who claims to be
Senator from Arkansas, has been
obliged to give up bis fine mansion in
Washington City. J. Hale Sypher,
Of Pennsylvania, ex Congressman
from Louisiana, has been adjudged q
bankrupt, and with liabilities at
Sl4O, 900, and assets Of 47a2, he sm,l-
ing steps down and out. Geo. E.
Spencer the unfortunate Ku klux
sham-overdowed -bacon-U; s. Mar
shsl-citises-asrester, has soasged
himself completely, and the Spring
field, Mass, Republican, (administra.
tion journal) Gays: the result Of the
investigation Of his conduct has ef-
fectually killed the last spark Of SYM
pathy for the Southern carpet-bagger
and scalswag officials in the hearts of
tho Northern republicans. What! in
the name Of wonder, will become of
the sweet scented sons Of guns in
louisiana When, oh! when, will
Packard, (and by the way Pierpont is
going to remove the entire batch cf
Marshals, South) Kellogg, Casey, An
derson, Wells, Keetiug, Twitchel and
all that class, who have held high
revil amid the ruins Of poor Louisiana,
60. Alasi for them, their days Of
official career will be numbered-no
more will We hear the clank Of the
Cavalry saber a. they ride their mid
night raids to sustain the LOYAL tree.
again will we stand
10 awe at tho dextrious ballot box
'tuhsrs-and Anderson and Wells
will have in their grand and final re- |
urn, "counted themselves out.n
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The business Of our city is dull
to the extreme. Farmers are too
busy with their crops to come in
town.
The People's vindicator., 1875-06-26

Carl Scl'urz has gone to Southern
Germany.
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The weather is very hot.
The People's vindicator., 1875-06-26

~ while a child, BY then seeing on
the back OF an almanac Arnold's pic.
ture, represented with q double face.
and the devil standing at his elbow,
tempting him with q purse Of gold n
one hand, while he brand,shed in the
other a threatening dart. In this
Interview with Stephen Shrewsbury.
ne asked my father if he remember.
Cd calling to Gee him when sick, du.
ring the siege, and having seen at bis
brothers house a man dressed in
homespun. This being perfectly re-
membered, he went on to say that it
was Major Andre in disgnise, and
that his brother Edward had confess
ed the fact to him, but said that he
had been deceived. Thus, it appears
that I Andre, however fascinating by
hls talents and department., was not
entitled to the commiseration OF
Americans, as an honorable, but m.
fortunate foe. In two instances, at
least, he acted the part Of an insidi.
oos , spy, corrupting and decsiving
With falsehoods and mean dissi,nula.
lion. He ought to have been hanged
70 Charleston. In Johnson's life Of
Green, vol. I, page 200, in = note,
We ind ''it was an universal belief in
q ne British army, as in the city Of
ch9flestop after ito fall, that Andre
'sd been in tho city In the character
" a spy during the siege. There is
'o* living, (l62) in this place, . |
espectable citizen who acted in tho
'ommissary, department in the British |
'rmy during, and after this siege !
md another of equal responsibility, |
md whose means Of information were |
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-09-08
JUDGE WILLIAMS
REGULATIONS of Respect Passed in the SUI
perior Court.

A meeting of the members Of the Cumber.
land Bar Association was held at II a. m yes
terday to hear tile rep TT OF Massrs. L. d. M
Sweat, j. O'Donnell, Esq, and General j. d.
Jesse u6en, the committee on resolutions on the
death of Hon Fl. Will disappointed at a
former meeting. President Howard presided.
The resolutions were read by Hon. L D.
Sweat, chairman o: the committee, and were
unanimously ado ted. The members of the
Bar then adjourned to the Superior Court,
where President Howard announced the action
Hon. L. D. M. Sweat then addressed the Court
concerning the death of Judge Williams, in a
few we'll chosen words. He was followed by
james O'Donnell, Esq, of the committee, who,
after speaking of the deceased, read the follow
ing resolutions:
Whereas. the Cumberland Bar Association was
called upon by the sudden and unexpected death OF
last the loss of one of Its most active and
honorable members, who has won our lasting re-
CARDS by his genial disposition and active exertions
Resolved, That as counsellor at The bar, and
Judge of the Municipal Court for the city Of Port
land, he ever proved himself man of sound judg
ment incorruttibe integrity and unquestioned abii
ty:
Resolued, That while our Association has lost q
valuable and useful member by the sudden visitation
of an all wise Providence, society will miss citizen
universally respected for his courteous manners gen.
erous pulses and genial disposition, whose manly
department in all the relations Of life will long be re-
mtmbered.
Resolved. That the widow and children Of our de-
ceased brother have heartfelt sympathy and con-
dolence in the loss of fond husband aud aectionate
iather whose memory will be cherished in this COM
munity where he labored faithfully for the public
good.
ResoIyed That a conv NJ these reaolutions he pre-
sented the Superior Court at its next session and
also that copy of the same be transmitted to the
family Of our late brother.
Judge Ssmonds replied in very appropriate
manner, and then adjourned the Court until
this morning at IL o'clock
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-09-08
Meeting Of CoIored Voters.

TIE cOlored citizens met in mass meeting in
Newbury street church vestry on Monday eve
ming, in accordance to notice so to do. They
made choice of Rev. D. n Mason as chairman
and q. A. hurry as secretary. A committee
of three was appointed to draft resolutions aud
report the same to the meeting While the
committee were drafting resolutions, there was
call for Capt. E. P. Talbot, who occupied the
time in a short speech, in which he expressed
his views as to which party was the best friend
of the colored race, the Democratic party or
the Republican party. He showed by a logi-
cal argument that all We have gained, as re-
CARDS freedom and political rights was granted
by and through the Republican party, and
those we h we not yet gained are withheld from
us by the Democratic party.
The committee then reported some resolu-
tions in favor of sustaining the Republican
party at all hazards as the only political party
ravoring the black mans interest. Several
gentlemen spoke, sustaining the resolutions,
with considerable animation and spirit, among
whom were Messrs. hurry, Bisbee, Rasmus,
Ruby, Harris and Mason. The resolutions
were passed unanimously. The meeting was
then adjourned until Friday evening at "a
o'clock.
81. A. MURRY, Secre tary.
Portland, Sept G. 1875
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-09-08
Brief JottinGs.

Tom Butler of Boston, the referee in the sin
gle scull race to come off on the 18th between
O'Leary aud Davis, has declined and another
man will be chosen.
The sea serpent is reported to have estab.
Iished branch flee in Penobscot Bay.
Mr. G. s. Hays restaurant on Federal street
was entered by burglars Monday night, and
S25 10 money and five dollars worth of goods
stolen.
The Republicans of Deering are reminded OF
their caucus this evening at o'clock.
Persons who wish to take lessons on the
piano forte will find something of interest to
them in the special notices.
Mrs. G. G. Howard will appear at Music
Hall next Tuesday evening, in her inimitable
char cter OF "Topsy."
The Heroes will play game of base ball
with the Gravel Snatchers on the Western
Promenade, next Saturday afternoon at two
o'clock.
The team of j. F. Small ran away on Myrtls
street yesterday, and one of the axles was
broken.
The Reform Club will hold its weekly meet
ing tomorrow evening at the Allen Mission
chapel.
The PRESS nine beat the Mountaineers yes
terday. by score of to 4. TIE typos had
little help, but then probably they could have
done it alone if they had tried real hard.
The steamer Charles Houghton will not maxi
her regular trips to-day, being engaged for th'
Worcester party. A programme for three
more trips down the lower bay'wi!l be found il
another column
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-09-08


Article 4th-This fee as we'll as hat of ton
mage, shall be paid in good money.
Article 5tn-B-Sides the fees of anchorage
the shipping that touches at Annapola will be
subject to the other imposts of the port, already
established or that may be established.
Article 6th-The steamers of the Panama
Railroad Co are not inc uded IN the decree, as
they will enjoy the exceptions agreed to in
their respective contracts.
Article 7th-Accouot of this decree will be
gwen to the National Congress.
MALAGA DUTIES.
The following circular explains itself:
UNITED STATES CONSULATE
Malaga, July 2, 1875. J
Hon. John L. Cadaoalader, Assistant Secretary
of State, Washington, d. G.
Sir,-I have the honor to inform you that
the new tariff now being laid on goods I'M
ported and exported to and from this port, for
clearing the harbor (tariff No. in the pamph
let copies of the Royal Decree establishing
these tariffs which were Enclosed in my des-
patch No. $780, dated the 18th inst.) IS equival-
ent to about rs cents per ton on the merchan-
disc usually sent to and received from the
United States
Unfortunately the bills of this tariff. 90 far as
1t affects our trade, falls upon merchants in the
United States. from the fact that the general
majority of he shipments from this port to the
United State are made upon cash orders; and
the export duty will be charged as part of the
cost; and the imports from the United States,
principally slaves, are shipped here for sale for
account of American merchants, and the land
ing duty goes into the expense account AS
vet nothing has been done toward clearing the
harbor beyond the collection of the duties lev
led. The Marquis of Guadens has filed pro
test with the Collector of Customs denouuc ng
the tariff as a monstrous job But as four
ffths of the revenue to be raised will be paid
by foreign ships and foreign subjects but little
hope can be entertained OF present relief. This
added to the existing to mage duties makes an
aggregate of ABOUT 81 Al per ton to be paid by
the Ships and owners of the merchandise
which she briggs 10 or takes from Malaga to
the United States.
have the honor to be,
your obedent servant,
A. M. HANCOCK,