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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-02-06
The Louisiana Investigation.

New ORLEANS, February 5.-Thomas
c. Manning, Of Rapides parish, sworn
Stated there was no intimidation during
the late election; the negro votes were
influenced by fair argument; there are
no White Leagues in Rapidcs parish; the
negroes not only control the labor qucs-
ton, but demand larger wages than the
farmer can afford to pay.
Judge Trimble, of the Eleventh Judi
cinl District, testified to the fairness of
the recent election; there was no inlimi-
dation or ostracism.
Judge Kelley testified that he resides
in VIM parish, and is Il member of the
Republican party. Previous to the clcc-
ton there had been great difficulty about
getting Governor Kellogg t" appoint II
registrar; the people were impatient as
election day approachcdi Kcidhcimer did
finally qualify for the office sometime
after; the registration was proceeding
quietly, when another person appeared
and wanted to act rs registrar witness
advised the second applicant to desist,
which he did; the parish was in good
conduct, and Il friendly feeling existed
between the races; it is an exceptional
parish. Witness has been elected Judge
three times, ana has never been treated
eycept with respect.
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L.. y. Courts to have Exclusive Juris-
dictiOn.

3 That the District and Circuit Courts
of the United States, shall have, exclu-
sive of the courts of the several States,
cornizance of all crimes and otienSes
against. and violations of the provisions
Of this act, and abtions for the penalty
given by the preceding section, may be
prosecuted in the territorial district, or
Circuit Courts of the United States,
wherever the defendant may be found,
without regard to the other party; and
the District Attorneys, Marshals, and
Deputy Marshals of the United States,
and the Commissioner, appointed by the
Circuit and Territorial Courts of the
United States, with the power of arrest
ING and imprisOning, or baIlIng the Of
Tenders against the laws OF the United
states. are hereby especially authorized
and required to institute proceedings
against every person who shall violate
the provisions of this act and cause him
10 bcarrcsted and imprisoned or bailcd,
~ the case may be- tor trial before such
court of the United States or territories
~ bv law has cogniZance OF the oiiensc
except N respect Of the right Of action
accruing to the person aggrievcdi and
said district-nttorneys shall cause such
proceedings to bc prosecuted to their
termination. rs in ether cases; provided
nothing contained in this section shall be
construed to deny or eject any
right of civil action accruing TO
any person whether by reason of this
act or otherwise and any district attorney
who shall willtully refuse TO institute and
prosecute the proceedings therein re-
auired, shall for every such offence for
felt and pay a sum Of 500 to the person
aggreivcd thereby, 10 be recovered by An
action of debt with full costs and shall
on conviction thereof be deemed guilty
of misdemeanor and be fined not less
than 81, 600 nor more than $1,000. And
provided further that q judgment for the
penalty in favor Of the party aggFieved
against any such district attorney or 8
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-02-06

LOUISVILLE, February 5.-The pre-
parations for celebrating Mardi GraS
warrant the belief that it will be the
most extensive affair of the kind ever had
in this section. Hotels are rapidly NIL
ingup with engagements for rooms and
it Is thought that many thousand stran.
gers will be present. The procession vii
embrace all the municipal organizations,
local and secret societies. Animals from
circuses wintering here, while costumes
and devices will be very varied and elab-
borate The ball at night IN the Expo
sition building will be the largest ever
given here, except that to the Grand
Duke Alexis. Railroads will all sell
tickets at reduced rates.
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r,<itb, possible that banditti exist i"
,... p..,o-, wanna Legislature! 1t really
seems so. The other day the Radical
minority deliberately rrbelled against the
Democratic majority, and drewPistoI' Oh
,B.. Hnor Of the House. The Loui'lsh"
Legislature in the palmiest days Of N"-
Kluxi.n WA never 50 di,graced. Where's
SHERIDAN
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-02-06

ST. LOUIS, February 5.-Whcn Deputy
,Iailcr Rcnard went TO relieve watchmen
Miller and Head this morning, he found
them locked up in cell. Upon exam
nation it was discovered that Robert
Wilmer alias Judd alias Pete Mccarthy;
Gen. Rankin alias Jno. Hall; George
Moore alias Mike Rodgers; and Robert
Brown alias Jno. RittcrhOuse,all notorious
counterfcitcrs, especially the former, had
escaped. 1t appears that about 3 o'clock
4. NJ, Wilmer and Rankin got out of
their cell some way, not definitely known,
passed out INTO the large hall of the Jail
seized Miller bound and gagged him, and
then laid in wait for Head, whom they
treated in the same manner, and locked
them both up in the cell; they then re-
leased John Lee and j. W. Parson, un
der charges of murder; and Dan Barrow
y hotel thief; they then took several
brick from the wall underneath II cell,
crept through the hole thus made into
the ward, and finding the gate in the
outer wall open, escaped without further
trouble. Lee and Parson refused 10 leave
the Jail, and unbound Head and Miller,
but would not unlock their cell door.
The escaped therefore was not discovered
until the time of the arrival for regular
relief
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Frozen to Death.

ST. PAUL, February But one fatal
result is thus far reported Of the terrible
storm of yesterday and last night. Near
Owstowana last evening Mr.. VIM. Grid
lev was frozen to death while on his way
to his farm, and his companion 50 badly
frozen that he will probably die. The
railroad tracks are nearly all reported
clear tonight, and all trains are expected
i'm on time tomorrow.
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VOL. II.
as'heelluq 2eelstsr.

Gold closed III New York yes'sF"'!
at ll44.
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Joseph l.. Clark

Joseph l.. Clark
sworn-Is of St. Mary's parish; from
Ohio originally; always voted the Re-
publican ticket until the last election
ut that time large number of settlers
from the North, who We're equally Re-
publicans and Democrats, voted the Peo-
pies Democratic ticket, for the reason that
he did not see how any honest man in
this State, could vote the Republican
ticket
Mr.. Hoar ordered the reason to be
stricken out.
Property like cattle or vegetables cx-
posed in that parish, is always unsafe;
witness never allowed his cattle to go eX-
posed without keeper forty murders
have been recently committed, mostly
by negroes; there was II great political
intimidation of the Conservative negroes
by the Republican blacks; one time tho
witness tried to hold colorcd meeting;
the colored speakers who wanted to
speak with the Conscrv atives,
Dared not face the Negro Crowd,
who loudly threatened to kill them
in case they mounted the stand. W hen
the United States soldiers came there
they disseminated the report that the
negroes would be disturbed; it was fire.
Gucntly asserted that the negroes would
be cnslavcd if the white party got into
power; in my own precinct sixty colorcd
votes were cast Tor the Conservative
ticket, which owing to IL compromise be-
tween the whites and blacks would have
swept the entire parish but for the extra
ordinary efforts put forth by the Kellogg
party; there was no intimidation OF Re
publcans and we determined there should
be none; magistrates, Judges and Others
are regarded as very corrupt men; own a
part Of sugar plantation which cost
1000; cannot tell the value OF such
property; voted, though Republican.
against his ticket because the honest men
on on the ticket had their hands tied
Pinchback Anxious.
WASHINGTON, February 5.-Pinch'
back has resorted to unusual means OF
addressing memorial to and distrlbu-
ting it among the Senators, urging them
to take speedy action on his credentlal
as Senator from Louisiana, and saying
that his own good name and the Interests
of that State suffer by delay.
Carpenter ConsOIed for his Defeat.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, February 5-Scna'
tor Carpenter arrived in this city TIN:
evening from Madison. He was met a
the depot by 10000 citizens, who de
tnched his horses from his sleigh anC
drew him through the principal street.
amid enthusiastic demonstrations. A
Ncwhill House he made II brief Response
promising to address his fellow citizens
before his departure for Washington.
Small PoN.
CHICAGO, February 5.-Through neg
/ ligencc on the part of an inspector for thu
I Cook county poor house, an 9ppIicanI
was admitted attacked with the SINAI
pox, in consequence of which Iarg'
number of the inmates have taken TIT
disease, which now RACES feartulIy IN tina
institution. Thirty-seven persons arr
.,id ,n br suffering from it.
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Infamy Passed.

The preamble to the bill WA, adopted
by 2l9 TO %, and Mt o'clock the bill
was placed upon its passage. The vote
on the passage of the Civil Rights BIZ
was, ayes, 1913; noes, 70.
Messrs. J. Amber, Smith, Stoddard,
Critchfeld. Lowndes, Rodcrick K. But
Ter. Sloan. Brombergand Phelps, RePuo-
leans voted in the negative.
No demonstration either on the h'"F
or in the galleries, followed the announce
rncnt of the vote.
The House then proceeded to vote on
the bill and amendments. The first vote
was on Kellogg's amendment to strike
out of the House bill all in reference 70
schools, and it was agreed to by a large
majority but without the yeas and nay
The next vote was on Mr.. Cessnas mo-
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HOUSE.
The Previous luesIiOn Called.

At quarter after II o'clock after sew
ernl speeches had been made, the most
noticeable of which were those of MessrS.
Phelps and Shanks, General Butler called
the previous question.
In the coure of his speech, Mr.. Shanks
caused the equal rights plank OF the
Democratic platform of 1872, to be read,
which created bursts of laughter all over
the House, and which was again and
again renewed. When he announced
that he would offer it as preamble to
the bill, Mr. Butler accepted it.
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Deem Love and Affection.

and life long attachment and his entire
nnworthiness of such entire devotion.
These letters were published entire
during the early stages Of the scandal.
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Comparative Cotton Statement.

Washington, Pa, papers please copy.
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minutes after the regular hour when the
proceedings again opened Tilton took
his place on the stand and ten minutes
more were consumed by the defence in
searching among their papers for letters
REQUIRED for identification. These were
read bv Sherman, one dated September
-, 1866. recounted Mrs. Tilton's love for
her husband, which was lthe letter stated }
greater than ever and declaring she
was happy in his love. This was identi-
fed and placed i'll evidence. The wit
ness said that Annie referred t,sin her
letter. was hi, sister Mrs. Lester
another letter dated February IS, 1868,
stated that on Sunday she was prevented
from writing to him 10y II visit from Mr..
and Mrs. Overingtons THE letter declared
she was always faithful to him; lad ever
been and would be ever more. Letters
from Tilton to his wife were also read
and placed in evidence. An cpistle
written fom Laportc, Indiana. contained
the information that he was reading Il
book entitled Griffith Gaunt, which
was Il story of jealousy. 1t WAS foolish,
he went on in the letter, to be jealous
without cause, but if with cause, much
more So Another letter was written in
the cars in Northern Indiana, in 1866,
reviewing and crticising the book,
Griffith Gaunt) which he
stated he had just finished
it contained good plot but was not well
well written, and he had imbbed from
it none of its principles. In II letter
from Quincy. Illinois, December, 1850,
he says he has just written to his little
girl and longcd to be home; he never felt
AS he did this winter or had such home
sickness over him. Mr.. Shearman read
an additional number of letters written
bv Tilton to his wife while on his lectur-
ing tour, and all of which breathed of
Deep Love and Affection.
and life long attachment and his entire
unworthiness of such entire devotion.
These letters were published entire
during the early stages Of the scandal
The Portland daily press., 1875-08-31
WASHINGTON.


WASHINGTON, Aug 0.--The storm of yester-
day was more destructive of property than was
at first supposed Near the banks of Tiber
Creek, about thirty houses were flooded to
depth OF nine feet. The streets in the vicinity
OF the navy yard, never before known to be
oover1owed, were covered with water from
few inches to two or three feet deep. Eleventh
and Twelfth streets east were sufficiently flood
ed to float an ordinary boat. La some loca titles
the street cars ceased running, The merchants
on pennsylvania avenue have sustained losses
to the extent of thousands of dollars, owing to
the backing of water into their cellars from in
sufficient drainage. The destructive effects of
the unprecedented heavy rainfall may be seen
IN all directions. 1t is stated that the destruc-
ton OF the dam separating Rock Creek from
the Potomac river involves loss of 100000.
Contracting the Currency.
The Secretary of the Treasury has directed
the destruction of $500 400 in legal tender
notes, that amount being 80 per cent of the
national bark notes issued during the month,
so that the outstanding legal tender until fur
Their notice will be 1854. 245, 708.
Interesting to shippers of Lumbers.
The Secretary of the Treasury has decided
that hewn pine timber commercially known
as squared or sided, is subject to duty at the
rate of 1 cent per cubic foot and not 20 per
cent. advalorem as heretofore held by the de-
partment.
The Tripoli Officially.
A dispatch was received at the Navy Depart
ment today from Rear Admiral Worden, re-
affirming the statement that the in suit to our
consul at Tr;poli is amply atoned for and salts.
factorily settled.
Further Transfers of G old Refu ed.
There have been several applications received
today for transfers of gold from New York to
San Francisco, but they have all been declined.
The gov-rnment has issued a considerable
amount of gold recently in purchasing silver,
and there is no probability that The treasurer
will make any additional transfers on account
Of these applications.
TRANSPORTATION of National Bank Notes.
The treasurer and the express companies
have settled the questions concerning the trans
pOrtation of Ma iOnal bank notes by agreeing on
a basis of 81 cents per $1,000
The Portland daily press., 1875-08-31
shipments do-2ooo bbls -four. $4,000 bush wheat,

Shipments do-2O00 bbls -four, $4,000 bush wheat,
900 bush corn, 1900 do oats.
U s1NNArI. August 80. Pork is quiet and steady
at 20 o. Lard steady; steam 1870; kettle 134 0 14c
Bulk Meats shoulders firmer ssc clear rib liz q
12c; clear sides at l2Ac Bacon firm; shoulders 9sc
clear rib lSc; clear sides 13c. Hogs are active and
firm good grades scarce; stoekers at 90 e 20 com
30; receipts 1850 head Whiskey is in fair demand
and firm at 10.
INDIANAPOLIS, August 30.-Flour at % q co.
Ear 64c; Shelled &c q &c Oats 40 q 45c
SAVANNAH, August 3O.-CoI.on quiet Middling
uplands lac.
!nsaLnsToN, August 80. Cotton quiet; Middling
uplands at 1890.
NE@ uRikANs, August 30.Corton is quiet Mid
ding uplands at 14ac.
NEW YoRK, August 3O.-Cotton steady; Mddling
| upands at l4sc.
MOBILE, August 3O.-Cotton nominal; Middlirg
| upands az IA q 1.lc.
The Portland daily press., 1875-08-31

Seventeen tramps were arrested in Railway,
n. j., and locked up last Friday. They swore
revenge, and on Sunday three barns were
burned and two lumber yards were set fire bnt
the latter were extinguished. The total loss is
$4,000.
The Mohassuck Encampment. 100 f..
left Providence yesterday on visit to St Al
bans.
The steamship Republic has arrived in New
York.
Henry Mclaughlin. ike ring po,itcian. who
was stabbed Wednesday night will nrobabIy
die He and his companions were DRINK 90
we'll as those with whom he had III. fight.
Jaffrey and others, who were arrested state
that Mclaughlin Iuade the first attack on
them, and they acted 10 self defence One OF
the party was boy only u years old,
The trial of the alleged Georgia colored con-
spirators commenced yesterday. The testi.
money was not opened.
The crew of the bark Amelia of Ouebec.
burned at sea, were picked up in an open boat
and have arrived at New York.
1t is reported from Toronto that the steamer
Rothesay Castle has been raised She was Sc
riously damaged and will not resume her trips
for some time 10 come.
New York river thief was chased from the
| cabin of the brig Laura Gertrude by CAPT
| Risk, who fred twice at the thief, The fellow
| Jumped overheard and was not seen to rise
| again.
Latest dispatches state that the affairs of thu
| bank of California are in much better coudi
! ton than was anticipated and resumption is no
| impossible.
The Portland daily press., 1875-08-31
Lre * shepard,s Failure,

New YORK, Aug 3O.-The suspension of
Lee & Shepard on Saturday involves the New
YORK firm of Lee, Shepard & Dillingham;, and
this morning the acting partner, Mr.. Diling-
ham, mace an unconditional assignment 10
james Miller the publisher.
a private telegram from Boston gives the IL
abilities of the senior firm at 100000, but
Miller and Other prominent publishers who are
well Informed in regard to the business of the
house say the sum involved will not exceed
$1,000 and that they will probably be alb e to
pay 90 cents on the dollar. The New York
branch is comparatively new, of which Lee &
Shepard are two-thirds owners the renal ming
share being owned by Mr. Dillingham; The
debts OF this house amount to about $150O0O
Miller, the assignee, took possession, and after
making liberal allowance for bad debts and
depreciation of stock he estimates the concern
will b. able to pay the debts in full.
Boston, Aug 3O.-Nothing definite can be
ascertained as to the exact status of the affairs
OF the publishing house of Lee & Shepard of
TINS city, whose suspension was first made pub
lie this afternoon. The firm are busily engag-
ed preparing statement of liabilities, which
are mostly confined to Boston, New York and
London houses (paper dealers and binders)
They place them under $600,00 and expect to
pay above 80 cents OF dollar. No statement
of assets has been arrived at. Mr. She oard. ir
of the Boston house, is IN New York attending
to the affairs OF the branch Fl I'm there A
meeting Of creditors will be called soon as
statements of assets and liabilities are prepar-
ed. No assignment has been made 10 this
city.
The Portland daily press., 1875-08-31
MASSACHUSETTS,.
A Sad Casualty,
Two Girls Shot Dead by the Accidental
Discharge Of a Gun.

BosToN, Aug. 30.-A sad casualty occurred
at Hopkinton, 20 miles distant on the Boston 8,
Albany L. r. yesterday. Mrs Ryan. widow
lady, has family of six children. Yesterday
morning son, Morris, aged 16, took loaded
gun and started down stairs to shoot cat.
Just as he began descending the stairs a sister
him to kill the cat, caught hum by the shoulder
and pulled him back The gun dropped from
his hand, falling on the stairs and sliding down
them. On The third step the hammer caught
and snapped the cap, exploding the gun. Toe
muzzle was pointing up siars where the boy
ana his sister were were standing with two
other sisters, aud the charge, which was of
large shot, took deadly effect among them,
The elder sister was struck In the face and in
stantly killed. Another younger sister was
struck in the temple, while the other shot took
effect in the leg OF the boy, Morris, and in the
arm OF the third sister. Surgical aid was at
once summoned, but the two girls who had
been struck ia the head,wer far beyond the
reach of help. The wounds of The other two
were attended to and they are doing we'll.
The Portland daily press., 1875-08-31

Leaving prenatal homicide out of sight, this
rue applies also among the "godly' people OF
France. They take no physical exercise except
of the very lightest description. they have no
athletic games involving strength and muscle.
Their trades are confined mainly to faDcyowork,
which can be done indoors. Their farmers farm
small patches of ground, -mere play in COM
parison with the work done by our Western
farmers They avoid all severe bodily exer-
ton, walk but little ride on horseback still less
and do nothing that involves active, strong +,
outdoor SPORT This is the true secret OF a
dwindliDg population, and when combined
with prenatal homicide, as it is practced in
cody, Ultramontane France, sufficiently &C.
counts for the fact that the population of that
country is decreasing 80 rapidly every year
The application of Archbishop Lynch's
proposition therefore shows that he has made a
very serious error, and that be has at least been
very silly 10 allowing his sectarian anImositles
ano preludices to run away with him so far as
to charge this infamous crime upon people
who happen to be of fferent form of religions
belief than himself. Comparing France with
its 'chaste and God fearing" people with New
England with its "ungodly" people, Arch.
bishop Lynch's argument is in the nature of
boomerang, which has returned and seriously
injured the sender
The Portland daily press., 1875-08-31
MINOR TELEGRAMs.

Mayor j. H. Leparke of Rolegh, n. c., died
yesterday morning after brief illness.
jeremiah Mccarthy of Newport, r. l., was
seriously injured yesterday afternoon by the
explosion of a torpedo at the torpedo station in
Newport.
Neither the Merchants Exchange Banks nor
the National Gold Bank of San Francisco,
opened their doors yesterday.
Half million in gold was transferred to San
Francisco in addition to the sum alrady
given.
The Atlantic mills in Lawrence resumed
work yesterday morning after seven weeks sus-
pension. The stock on hand has been well
sold out and there is prospect of steady work
for thousand operatives.
Rev. VIM. Vendever, the negro pastor of the
Shiloh church in New York, was run over and
killed by railroad train yesterday morning.
Steamship Scandinavian has arrived at Mo
bile. and the Memnon and Gamma at New
York.
The trial of Westervelt, charged with kid
mapping Charlie Ross, commenced in Philadel-
phia yesterday.
Six stores were burned in New Rochelle, n.
Y, yesterday morning. Loss $50, 600; insur-
apce small.
fire yesterday morning in the office of the
Brooklyn Argus did damage to the amount of
$4,000
A Halifax despatch says the bark Cherokee,
before reported ashore at NJ 4gd len island, be-
came total wreck Two schooners laden with
goods from her have arrived in Pictou.
The Portland daily press., 1875-08-31
A Hint 10 the Lem,

The cause of laenness, when there is no positive
disease which produces it, is an imperfect assimia-
ton of the food The weight of the body undoubted-
ly bears marked relation to-, and increases pcopor-
tionaely to its height, when is properly nourished
with discriminating God. Hence. when we see tall
person with ''sab' sides and hollow cheeks, we have
right to infer tbat his blood Is thin and watery and
his constitution delicate. Hosetters Stomach Bit
tiers is peculiarly serviceable to THU, delicate people,
since it strengthens the digestive and assimiative
organs, and is consequently powerful auxiliary in
the blood manufacturing processes, which in state
of heath ought TO be- and thoroughly performed
An increase of muscle well as fat, is result of
using this sovereign anti dyspeptc, appetizing and
generally corrective cordial.