The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-01-16


tempted ilie b0ase vas formed WI
ihe feq0est HAT care should bo take
that no member N the Legislature, u
turned by Tie returning hoard alioul
bo elected from The floor,
This military posse performed u
duty under directions from the go'
ern0r u the state and removed iron
the floor ~ the house thOse person
who had been Illegally seated aud VIII
had no legal right to be there, where
upon the democrats arose mud loft Tia
house and the remaining member
proceeded 10 effect an organization un
der the state laws. In nll this turmoil
In which blOodshed was imminent
the military posse behaved with grea
discretion.
When Wilt, the usurping speake
Of the house, called for troops to pre-
vent bloodohed, 1t was given; whel
tho governor OF the state called for
posse for the same purpose and to Ell
force the law, II was furnished also
Had not this been II is my firm belle
that scenes of bloodshed would hay,
ensued.
Signedl +. II. SHERIDAN,
Lieutenant General.
LIVINGSTON, SUMTER COUNTY, ALA.
January s. - Messrs. Albright ant
Buckner, OF Alabama, investigation
committee, yesterday concluded It,
fourth days investigation at this place
Many witnesses were examined. The
killing of Billing aud Ivey and thu
whipping of the negrOe Nelson Doyle
was proved. There was no proof con-
meeting these acts with political mObs
1t was proven that the difficulty orig
mated IN strife between the negroes
respecting the distributing of govern
ment bacon. Attempts to quell thu
disturbance resulted in Il combination
of the negroes against the whites anc
an attack by the former, who subse'
quently transferred operations to the
adjacent Belmont neighborhood, across
the river in this county, where the
armed demonstration was suppressed
by the civil authorities without blood
shed.
The reported outrages in Choctaw
were proved to be mere inventions
1t was proven that in il county the
United States authorities made arrests,
searched houses and carried away pri'
vate property without warrants. The
same authorities took possession Of the
county Jail. A colored democrat was
arrested without warrant, and impris-
oned without examination. While
the military guard threat
ened to shoot him if he did not furnish
which he could not give.
1t was in proof that Bob Reed declared
that he would carry Sumter county OF
wade chin.deep in blood. In refutation
of the charges contamination of repub'
lican voters 1t was proved that in the
last election the republican vote In this
county was increased thirty-three pei
cent over Grants vote in 1872. This
was sustained by the official returns. .
WASHINGTON, January 9.-An effort
Is on foot to have Kinds succeed Head
ley as marshal of the middle district
of Alabama.
CHICAGO, January 9.--The weather
suddenly turned cold last night, with
u driving snow from the west. Dis
patches from the northwest report eX-
tremely cold weather, with heavy
SHOWS. AT Des Mt,ines the thermometer
fell from eight degrees above to twen-
ty-eight degrees below zero the cold
est for many years, with drifting snow.
ST. LOUIS, January 9.--The ther.
at 4 o'clock was thirty-one
degrees above and at o'clock five de-
grees below zero.
New ORLEANS, January 1.-THE
says the somewhat re.
letter of fudge Dibble, assist
ant attorney general, to Hon. Charles
Foster, which was published In the
papers yesterday morning
was the subject of considerable CON-
ment. During the day We conversed
with very few who took the view OF
expressed by Mr.. Dibble, and
we feel authorized to say the opinion
is his, individually, and is not held by
the leading republicans of the state.
Governor Kellogg most emphatically
disclaims any endorsement of the let
ter, and states that Mr.. d. published II
in the democratic papers alone. with,
out consulting him or other leading re-
publicans on the subject. His own
views are in direct opposition to Mr..
Dibble's on the status of the state gov
1t is raining slowly and has been
all day-the first this season
The street car tops are fringed with
icicles.
NEW ORLEANS, January 1l.-Ex'
J. Madison Wells, president
of the returning board, arrived in this
city to-day from his home in Rapides
parish, and will leave for Washington
at once, to give Testimony before the
committee.
The public schools opened to-day.
The attendance is large. There was
no trouble.
The latest edition of the outrage re-
ports was telegraphed to the secretary
Of war yesterday by General Sheridan.
j. NJ. Sexias, by request of the con-
gressional com mittee, has compiled a
from the files of the Price
showing the depreciation
in value of the leading bank aud other
stocks in New Orleans, aud the esti-
mated depreciation of city securities
Tor two years from August II, 1872, to
August Is, 1874. The following in
-ound numbers, closely approximates
he result: Stocks-bank, ten and a
quarter million dollars; shrinkage, five
md half million dollars; street road
ways, four and quarter million dol
ars; shrinkage, one and a quarter
million dollars; miscellaneous stocks,
hree million dollars; shrinkage, one
million dollars (; insurance, seven and
. half million dollars; shrinkage. two
md half million dollars; city securi-
les, nearly twenty-twomillion dollars;
over four aud one-eighth
=, ;lI;ona dollara Tofol ehrip u a Ua In