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The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1876-06-24

Raford Blunt, the negro Senstof
from this District left town on Tn.
day last fol the Convention Of Raj:
cal bnmmers, which assemblies in NJ,
Orleans on the 9th inst, to nomin,ts
II. c. Yarmouth as candidate f.,
reform (?> Governor of this St.,,
There is nothing remarkable 10 Il.
departure Of this fellow, nor sin
there he until he departs for mi
and all. but the war.like appeans.s
of this woull.be leader, leads 10 10
say that be is putting on entirely tos
much artillery for the occasion. He
rode to Grand Ecore escorted by four
or FIVE guards, who by the way have
stood watch ahd ward over hin Il
nights for the past two months, armed
with numerous revolvers. Blunt asd
q clansman rode in advance With
Winchester rifle in hand, ready ts
the appearance ofthe-''goggled.eysi
unknown" We suppose. We protest
that this is rather going too far with
a very stale joke. No one intends to
kill Blunt, if he was certain Of that
fact himself, his craven hide vosld
not contain his cowardIy s"uI, and /
armed with forty times forty sixty
ponnlers, lie would never show HE
face in the parish. THIS Winchester
rifle display is all a bluff badly play.
ed, and we beg that It be stopped
war is "two-handcd," and Blnnt eaD
only suffer hy inviting it. The lest
thing he can do is to return u BIB
flock and continue his conversion
souls, for if he continues this display
some one will 60 him a Wincl'es,es
better.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1876-06-24

A delightful .drizxle.drozzle'' rain
On Monday. Corn is made thereby.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1876-06-24
TOWN AND COUNTRY.
Spanish Lake farms want rain.

Our days are warm and nights cool
That's bad.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1876-06-24

If this weather continues much
longer we fear tMt much sickness will
be tic topsc0nence..
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1876-06-24

Ask your neighbor TO send a dollar
and get the vINDlcAToR for the cam.
psigu.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1876-06-24
"A Few Hints to G,rnh,.-

c 1t Is the duty of every D'uoe,st;,
Conservative voter to ra,,;,;n. ,"'s'
the primary organizations of III. n.y.
ty, to register his name upou fl. = I'''
poll book Of his watd and ,o,;. 'a'
attend its meetings. <'!
1t is the right and duty Of No..
citizen To 4" all in his move, ;,
that none but worthy and comno,.' ~,
men arc nominated for office. ''
No Que has II right to compla;, :,
bad me" are nominated and e,ec,.a
if he has not done all in hi, ,ove, ~
prevent such calamity. 1t will ~.
do for inrn to idly sit by and low ~
politicians and those interested in ~
pec"niary part of the Offices to 4, \,
nominations, and then 'loudlyto,onl,;ss
Of the me" for whom they must VT.
Every MINI Who intends vot;,,
the Dethncratic- Conservative t;e..,
should come forward and assi.t !,
naming suitable standard. bearer, :.
the party.
1t is easier by taking an active M.
now in politics to prevent abu,...
than hereafter attempt to cure them
Give the party a good ticket and il
will run itself.
Let the citizens Of every neiehbo,.
hood meet together and select POD
Presidents and officers for their cluha,
ne, who Will work for tlleirgood. they
can devote more time to thsi, hui.
ness when they pat their politics in
safe hands.
As the hard working season isvsr
near over we hope to 500 in ain
weeks all in solid ranks moving IL.
ward to that victory which a uaitsl
exertion will certainly secure.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1876-06-24

Reading matter on every page.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1876-06-24


nomination. He ls not q strong man
as they would say, and the fact of his
nomination BY the Grant Administra-
ton men is proof positive of his weak.
qles /; it means . defensive campaign
on their part, because the platform is
weak from cause, and that cause is
the invitation to review the past acts
upon currency, public improvements
and reform Of the Republican party,
which acts will not bear scrutiny. It
Is reform campaign in other words,
with all the PLATFORM, ACTS and
MEN on the Democratic side, and
only pledges and lip promise by the
very men who have been ;ustrumen.
tai in imporsrish;"g a*d p!~naering
the country, on the other.
Wheeler is said by the Bulletin,
and it is hardly good authority, to be
an average man {; he is far from it even
in the present House. He is a third
rate man in any Assembly; be-
cause he adjusted this State, it is no
evidence Of any thing save shrewd.
ness, and that is certainly not tho
ability we want. Hayes cannot rouse
enthusiasm, for be has no record
to effect it, lis strength Is negative
aud that will not win in politics.
For years tho Republican party has
succeeded through sheer expression
alone /; it now assumes the defence
upon the b'ackest, most damoing re-
cord Of any political party that has
ever excited in this ountry-it.aban.
, 1876-04-01

SHORT WEIGHT.-We have state
ment from Washington to the import
that the trade dollars coined at the
Carson Mint are of light and irregu
lar weight. The statement is that a
Government agent, Mr.. Evans, has
visited this coast and made the discov-
cry. The paragraph says:
The most important fact revealed in the in
vestigaiions of Mr. Evans was the discovery
that the trade dollars coined at the Carson
Mint are defective in coinage and deficient
in weight. To such an extent do the coins
fall below the standard that many of them
were returned through Wells, Fargo e. Co.
from China---the Chinese refusing 10 receive
them. They were deficient i'll weight from
one-half of one per cent to two per cent
The importance of this discovery may be ar
rived at when it is stated that the Mint at
Carson, when wholly employed on trade dol
lars, produces about $50 900 day Mr..
Evans says there is no evidence Of frand, and
that the Mint is honestly conducted, but he
attributes the fault to the wan. of mechani-
cal skill on the part of the operatives.
1t is a strange affair truly when a
Government mint turns out dollars
" deficient in weight from one half OF
one per cent. to two per cent" All of
this deficient coin ought at once to be
received by the Government, and if
our Minis are managed by men who
do not know their business they had
best he removed.
, 1876-04-01

COMPETITION FOR PACIFIC TRADE.-
There is likely TO be sufficient mum.
Der of railroad and steamship lines be,
tween the Pacific coast and the East
after while to make competition a.
lively as il is at preasent between the
Atlantic coast and the Mississippi
valley. The Black Hills gold dis.
coyeries will probably result in an
olner Pacific Railroad. \ charter is
being asked from Congress by It's pro.
iectOrs already, under the title of the
Atlantic, Chicago, Back Hills and
Pacific" The proposed route for thi.
new railroad is west from Chicago. to
defect 10 the north and go through
southern Wisconsin, northern Iowa
10 1ankton in Dakota, then up the
Missouri and White Rivers to tGe
BACK Hills, then by easy grades tC
the Yellowstone, and SO on TO the Pa
ci6c, by a route midway between til,
Union and Northern Pacific roads
The Eastern terminus Is to Boston
Mass, and lines already completed
between that city and the West, rnl
in the interest of Boston. are TO. be
used as connecting links.
, 1876-04-01

The So-CALLED "GRANTIsM.-TherG
is a natural aversion among those who
would desire TO respect officials, especi'
ally those having charge of the higher
departments of government, to apply
ing to them derogatory terms either
as indicative of discreditable personal
or administrative traits. Yet it is
now some years since that the late
Senator Sumner, than whom no one
was originally in stronger political
sympathy with the elements that made
General Grant President, characterized
the manner and tone Of his admins
tration as simply Illustrative of per-
sonaI government, and run as if the
presidency were for Gen. Grant and
his friends, and the Senator denounc-
ed it accordingly. He finally summed
it up IN the word "Grantism. IL
cannot be denied that late develop
meBts would more than ever have
iusti6ed Mr.. Summers indignant
denunciations in this regard. Among
the many illustrations heretofore al
fcrded of this character of admins
tration none is more striking than that
afforded By the apparently somewhat
candid testimony Of OrVille Grant, the
brother of the president, before two of
The congressional investigating COM
mittees the other day. This Mr.. Or.
vile Grant does not figure to much
advantage in his examination, either TO
himself or the President. lie con-
cedes that he obtained places for 9th
ers. and that he had said 10 a Phila-
delphia reporter that " he had much
influence with his brother, the Presi-
dent" Although he could manage
certain matters TO some extent " he
did not always find the matters to be
profitable" 1t is to be inferred from
this language that if not always they
somtimes were so, aud possibly Oh
such occasions the profits were suffici,
ent to make up the shortcoming in
others.
, 1876-04-01

SCHEScK AND THE PREsIDENr.-The
correspondence between The Secretary
Fish and General Schenck, furnished
TO the House Committee on Foreign
Affairs, contains some new and curl
Gus indications of the views taken by
President Grant concerning the late
Minister'S connection with the Emma
mine. 1t n ow appears that when
Shenck offered to resign the President
instructed Mr.. Fish to inform him
that he retained full friendship for
him, and regretted the bitterness with
which he had been assailed, and ad>
hered TO the opinion that his connec-
tion with he Emma mine was an un-
fortunate indlscretion, but without
improper motive on his part" Moth
ing could be kinder than this, and
nothing more expressive of that
peculiar moral blindness which has
characterized President Grent's con.
duet toward so many wrong doers in
office.
, 1876-04-01

THE PROPER SENrIMENT.-lt is credi-
table to thedemocratic party, in and ont
Congress, that its representative men
and journals ere calling for a thorough
exposure of rottenness in the civil ser,
vice of the country. They demand that
whatever has been covered up shall
be brought to light, and that "no gull.
ty man shall escape" however high
high his position or irreproachable il
reputation he may have been hitherto
considered to be. In no other way
can purification be effected, and the
opportunity for exposure is felt to be
more favorable at the present time
thar it is likely to be hereafter. The
republican press, where it is unfetter-
ed by party shackles, acknowledges
that the democratic majority in the
lower House of Congress is perform
ing DO more than a duty by ordering
Investigations into crimes heretofore
not suspected, or, if suspected, which
they were unable from surrounding
circumstances TO reach. A fair sam,
pie of the desire for complete IN
earthing of abuses, is contained in the
following remarks of the Chicago
Tribune, paper which has uniform
ly and ably supported the administra-
ton. That journal says:
There is no use in mincing matters now.
Nothing can happen, nothing can be proved,
worse than has already happened and been
proved. Much worse will befall, however,
if the republican party shows any timidity
In going 10 the bottom of the sink 1t is idle
to talk about the disgrace of exposure TO the
eyes of the world in the centennial year,
for the exposure has already been made. The
way 10 recover our lost credit is to pursue
the rascals with the utmost diligence, and 10
lash them wherever found. Then the repub-
| lican party must cut loose from all doubtful
characters, demand new deal, and make lis
| appeal to the country on basis OF clear and
indisputable purpose TO reform the civil ser
vice from top TO bottom. No halfway meas
| ures will answer how.
, 1876-04-01


MR. PENDLEToN's examination be-
fore the committee on war depart
ment expenditures, while admitting
the intimacy between his family End
that of e1-Secretary Belknap, fails to
show that there was any bribery OF
officials in passing the claim Of the
Kentucky Central Railroad Company.
The testimony places Mr.. Pendleton,
however, in q somewhat unpleasant
light. 1t appears that he was admin
istrator of an estate which owned
three fiths of the railroad ecmpany's
stock, aud he was also president OF
the company; but neither his position
as administrator nor as president pre-.
vented his making and executing a
bargain by which he pocketed more
than half the proceeds of the claim.
But after all, it is not Mr.. Pendletol
who is on trial.
, 1876-04-01

THE ALASKA SwINDLE.-The com.
pany which, six or seven years ago,
was awarded a monopoly of the fur
trade in Alaska is making money by
millions, and could have afforded to
pay roundly for the illegal favoritism
by which it was put in possession of its
BONANZA. BY law this lucrative mons
oply was required 10 be given to those
who would make the highest bid for
it; but, in defiance of law and against
the official opinions of two successive
Attorney Generals, Secretary Bout
well awarded it to the parties making
the lowest bid. Nobody knows the rea.
son for Mr.. Boutwell, illegal decision,
but any body who examines the facts
will see that it is decision for which
the favored party could have afforded
TO pay large sum OF money.
, 1876-04-01

A New JERSEY SENTENCE.-There
can be no sadder spectacle than that
of man sixty years old, who has
been trusted by his State and found
feloniously wanting, and who is STAN
ding in tears at the bar Of justice TO
listen to a Judgment which e0nsigus
him to ignominious and laborious I'M
prisonment. At this time, when the
public mind is unusually interested
in the matter Of official malfeasance,
it may be dismally eonsoling to know
that Sooy, the detaulting State Treas
urer of New Jersey, was sentenced
on the 18th ult. TO CONTINENT in the
State Prison for term of three years.
In this case no time has been wasted
in talking of impeachment, and no
difficulty experienced in finding out a
sufficient and legal way of dealing
with the offender.
, 1876-04-01


DAVE THOMPSON ExPIAINRs.-A Wash.
ington dispatch. dated March eth, says
The House COMMITTEES on pnstoffices o-dsy
heard the statement of Gov d. P. Thomp-
SOD, OF Idaho. He said the recent testimony
of Mr.. Barlow was calculated to injure him,
unless his transaction with Barlow should
be explained. He sta ed his bid for the route
from Kelton. Utah, to The Dalles, Oregon,
was Sl34 500; bat was nnderbid by a man
named DeLacy, who secured The contract.
After some months Thompson's deposit was
returned to him. Shortly after that himself
and Barlow discussed the probability of De-
Lacy's failure. Thompson stated that in
that contingency be should claim the route.
He considered he had claim on the depart
mem, but the department had none on him.
AS result of this conversation Barlow pa.-
chased Thompson's reversionary interesi In
this contract for SIS. 900. Soon after DeIIaey
failed, and Barlow took the route as Thomp.
sons.
, 1876-04-01

The Sioux INDIANs.-To show the
desperate temper Of the Sioux nothing
more is needed than the report which
We now have that they have several
times attacked General Crooks com
mand on its march from Fort Lara.
mie TO Fort Fetterman. Not an In
dian on The Platte and White rivers
but has heard of the fighting qualities
of the " Gray Fox" from the Apaches
and Comanches of the south, and
trembles at his name. Yet they make
bold TO Earrass him. Meanwhile the
influx of white people into the Black
Hills daily increases, and general
war on the North, western frontier
seems more than ever certain. Wig
orous military measures only can pre-
vent, by present risks, greater blood
shed in the future.
, 1876-04-01

WHEAT MARKET.-DuriDg the week under review
the arket has been fairly tive, with several par
ce.s taken at full rates We note sales at 81 72k
but on time, which, counting interests at from Ia II
Per cent. per month will reduce the same 20 81 20
cash Our market cannot bequoie at over 81 20 per
GENITAL for cash sales aud 81 72i for tine Cargoss
are secured for vessels loading, and those chartered
TO arrYe. this know and therefore exporters are
othsh We note the taking of the barque Stratheien
Tor Cork; will be seen by reference to Freiz hts
snd Charters the prioe paid Is full. San Francisco
To take long voyages at present rates rs they antci
pate higher rates when the new crop in Cali
fornia afyices give the estimate surplus Of that
State at 300 900 tons. This increase over last season
viii more than make uDany shortage IN eropor dam-
age to wheat by rain in Australia and also the short
crop IN Chill Continued rains in State retard
plowiDg There Is some cause for anxiety ~ re-
gardingthe seeding Unless We are fav0rel with
fine weather during the next fonr weeks ed no;
look foT very large CT p n the low lands--PorlaRd
PdDsT
, 1876-04-01

CREDIr GIVEN on FALSE REPREsEy-
TATIoNS.-The Massachusetts Supreme
Court has just decided an important
commercial question 10 case where
the seller of a bill of goods was Undue
ed to accept in payment the note of
an insolvent, Known by the buyer at
the time to be so. It was alleged by
the defendant that the note was re-
ceired after full inquiry by the plain
tiff, and that the later had the same
opportunity for ascertaining the per
cnaiary responsibility of the insolvent
A. he himself had. The jury, howev.
ct, gave a verdict for the plaintiffs,
ana The Supreme Court, in overruling
exceptions, declares that " it is not nee
esSary that the false representations
should be the sole cause for which the
plaintiffs parted With their property"
, 1876-04-01
SOME SPECIMEN RRlcKs.-The Wei.

SOME SPECIMEN BRIeEs.-The Wei
ous organization of Washington socie-
ty, as it is called, is beginning to be
generally recognized as one OF the
chief causes of official demo raliZsIion
in that city-,hough each is pro badly
more or less responsible for the other.
Secretaries Fish and Chandler are
probably the only members OF the
cabinet who can offord heavy e1pen-
ses. Secretary Belknap had $4,000
uer annum. On this moderate sum,
for a cabinet officer, were pro duced
splendid and frequent entertainments,
with costly and gorgeous service, COS
tunes of shimmering silk half hidden
under the drapery Of foaming lace,
and jewels which were the envy OF
the ladies of the diplomatic corps.
Eight thousand dollars year never
before produced such luxuries. A
cabinet office must be equal to Alad-
in's lamp in its magic power Of crea-
ling wealth and splendor. Some one
speaks of Mrs. Belknap as q " cabinet
lady," which is q new title, and quite
appropriate, no doubt, amoDg." socie-
ty people" 1t is a pity that such a
costly female article could not have
been kept under lock and key in
literal cabinet, that is, a set ofdrawers
to hold curiosities, and never permit
ted to emerge except to discharge the
proper duties of wife and mother
" Society ladies !'' " Cabinet ladies ="
fJrsooth, and next we shall have per-
haps cabinet sons and daughters, and
cabinet grandsoDs and granddaugh
ters Such mad freaks of " high life
below stairs" or, perhaps we should
sag, low life above stairs, have never
before been witnessed in this demo.
cratic country.
, 1876-04-01

Cleanse Washington and We shall
begin to see a a higher moral tone all
over the country, not only in politics,
but also in business. The theory of
Grantism that place should be used
for personal pecuniary profit, controls
the management of all sorts of corpor-
ntions, and touches even the smallest
cle:k who takes commissions from
those who sell to his employer. Ii
has tried to make greed respectable
and corrupt connivance to!erable, but
fortunately it has not succeeded.
, 1876-04-01

The plan, which has been approved
in committee, to transfer the Indian
Bureau TO the War Department, ef.
fects a large saving Of money and
puts the Indians where they ought 10
be, wholly instead Of spasmodieally
under military control.
, 1876-04-01

The bill passed by the House OF
Representatives making it criminal
act for Federal officials and persons
employed by the Government and also
any candidate for public Office TO solicit,
receive or give any money for political
purposes, is one which commends itself
TO the better class of citizens Of the
United States, and if the Senate pass
es it ana the President approves the
same, will do much in doing away with
political corruption.
, 1876-04-01

New HANPsuIRE has gone repnbll-
can BY about a thousand majority.
The democrats coneede the election
of Gov. Cheney, and of a majority
in both Houses the republicans
claim that they will have from l6 to
rs majority in the House, and from I
70 0 of the II Senators.
, 1876-04-01

The wiser portion of the democrats
ic press is beginning to see that the
only way for the party to make any
sure progress in the confidence of the
people is TO pursue all Investigations
fearlessly, whether the culprits are re-
publicans or democrats. The pofcy of
following a trail ill pair of demoN
cratic coat-tails is discovered and then
precipitateIy abandoning it, does not
strike these journals as either wise or
polite.
, 1876-04-01

The TWEED SUIr.-The long contest
ed suit against Tweed's property, to
recover some S6,OOO,OOO; which he is
especially charged to have stolen from
the city, has ended at New York with
a verdict for the city of six and half
millions.
, 1876-04-01

DEMAND FoR SToCk-We notice the arri-
val in Portland of two men who desire TO
buy 10000 head of cattle for the Eastern
markets. These men are coming east Of the
mountains, and expect to make their pur-
ehases mainly in this valley and Eastern
Oregon 1t is now quite evident that there
will be brisk demand for stock, and with
this demand corresponding increase in
price.
, 1876-04-01

MARSH MIILARD, q well known citizen Of
Portland, and man who had many friends
all through the country, fell from e wharf
in that city few days since, and before be
could Be rescued life was extinct. We knew
the deceased well, and always found him an
upright, honorable man
, 1876-04-01

BABOoCE, al officer in the San Francisco
Mint, is reported a defaulter in the sum of
SO, 900. The BIS seem to have bad time
OF it. There is Beechsr, and Belknsp, and
Babcock, the private secretary. and n5w
comes BabcOck Of the Mint. Ns1tI
, 1876-04-01

CHAKLET LAMAR, formerly keeper of g
hurdy gurdy house in Portland, is now a
stock operator in San Francisco. The mex,
thing for Charley is to becope newspaper
publisher.
, 1876-04-01
TO kDHERTISERS.

r,ss WALK Walla SrArEsHEs has a much larger
circulation than any other paper P"tli-hed 10 tie
I.rritory Of Washington. and hepce offers superior
;nsnocnsnt. Ia xiyertissrs who would reach the
very best class Of paying CUSTOMERS
, 1876-04-01
HIEsrER CLYAER, Chairman.
W. II. BARSUN, Secretary
h,IEs = HARVEY Secretary

It viii be seen that Hon. Hester Clymer, chairman
of the committee which investigated the Belknap
scandal is also chairman of this committee, and no
man better Stei for the position could have been
chosen Mr.. Clymer h a man Of particularly suave
and agreeable address, and, up9uestionably, man Of
great ability. The committee are fortanate, also, in
securing the services as secretary Of Hon James E
Harvey, late U. 5. Minister 10 Portugal. man of
letters journalist Of note and OF varied and
extended nfoI nation whose large acquaintance and
experience must prove OF great value 10 the party.