, 1876-12-21
aud has its origin With bad mon and for rsrtisan

dad FuHFOsks.
This content IN this Stttc last summer and fall yvaA,
on Tho part nf tia Democracy md Conservatives,
cMtncntty fair and open There fn M motive. A.
am snru there II no purpose, 10 depart from tint
policy.
LOUISIANA.
MonH DEMOCRATIC LoGB roR THE FREEDMAN.
Special DftposcA 10 1hs 7sibuRA
NEW OnExAse, Dec. :!0.--Thc Senate Commit.
tee got fairly To work this morning In taking tcst
mony. Tbs day session lasted from IL 10 near 4
O'Clock, and four witnessed wcrs examined. three
being from Ounchlta pariAh. Tteac wero lien
James, George Shelton, and Jane Loewood, vito
Of Eaton Logwool. They wore calict by the Re-
publ!cans to provo that aueh condition Of terror.
Ism extatcd In onaehtta "a to render the election
there no f4lt and FREQ expression Of tho popular
wilt. Zen Jntnes. col0.cd, was the first Witness
1Ic Is tho Deputy United States Marshal md Poll.
Constable who On tho mnrnlue Of the election, while
on his way from Monroe 10 thu Logtown poll. was
captured by band Of balldozcrs and taken to
what hIs cartors styled headquarters, and shot and
LEFT FOR DEAD.
Ills arm was broken BY charge OF bHckshot. lie
received bullet In tho il!gl and anchor in the
calf Of the leg, and had two wounds In tho head in
ono of which tho bullet still remains. uo looks
much better than ho did two weeks ago, and will
probably recover. IIs story was published In these
dispatches In TnH ThtnuNk Of Nov. -, and
wsa to-day only repeated before the Committee.
Tic testified as to tho partttB who did the shooting,
and attributed It solely to the roason that he
working Republican, Thcro wore usually 200 1tc-
publican 10 25 Democratic votcs cast at tho Log
town poll, but owing to tho fact Of hia being shot
md the consequent arrival Of the ballot.bo1,
no xLKcr1oS WAS HELD
thcso this year. While he whs lying wounded In
Monroc, 4 white man came to his bed with some-
thing in hottie, which hc satd was
medicine scnt by Brewster, leading
Republican, which ho urged james 10 drink. lie
refused. however, and tho man left In apparent
anger. brewster never sent the mcltclnc.
Senator McDonald'a cross. examination failcd 10
weaken the tcstlnony Of tho witncss.
DR.. Lewis. aphysictan In the Charity Hospital,
doactbcd tho nature Of tho wounds Of Eaton Log
wool, and sl1ayod Senator 8aulabusy's fears that
tho Committee might ba taken out OF their way to
bear testimony for dramatic effect. lilo said that
Logwood's wound would
PROBABLY rnovH FATAL,
and ho con!d not be moved without great lmno-
lete danger to his 1lfo.
George Bheitun, cotorcd was another badly
wounded Witness. I1o had bultot hole In his
bEensL and tho bail had been cut out Of his back.
Ills loft fore finger was shot OF, and bullet whs
still remaining In h!a hnnd. Ho carried his arm In
4 sling. 1l(A otlensc had consisted In The steady
refusal to join tic nomocruttc Club At Trenton,
WAetc nc tNcus 1ao 1au feIJ shHu"u11s 10 He
seemed 10 think, apcnt bis time away from home,
md his house Lad been
VISITED Br THE HuLLDozEns
several times. Al last, however, on promise that
he shopd bc nrotccted he had returned homo, and
~, ~, - h.r,s, IT., q, tc,, ~ nnn,oc.,t,n .,h
nie "tlo oesseu nnn W JUN ,u' nG'nustat.e elao.
ITO hau gone 70 Demoefatlo elno mcetlng. apd
stepped out before II was over. On bis way home
bo mot Nj. willie Howard, whom he recognized
~ s"ss' ~ tns. e ia 'no,,I tat -
Howard not 10 ehoot, anu sald no would ION INC
Democratic club but without 8 word Howard
blazcd awaY It him, woundnx hin, ~ icscribcd.
IT. ,vos Io15 ort m , r.,iary h hiaoa to d,oth
~ "Ae la'u wv " s"ns.s :" .s,. u.os. '. 1eahn'
a's co'ofea ote1hcsh oe1ae a!1A'a 70 sacl'
tcr him. Afterwards the Democrats tried to
make him believe and testify that he Wns wounded
hv the Yankecs meaning TIM Fcderal aoldIers.
us..,as - .Set,nrs,I sII.1..d ,hn s"at ~, ,.a..
acuntor mcueaalo e,.c''su 'no 'acs On sFo1s'e
animation That Howard had knocked Shelton down
with stick two YcArs ago Oh recount Of bis At
tennt IN nrntect cnlored woman from Howard.
a.,,s,-.n,,,, .,.,,n,,.,..,.
CoHs1otAAhLn AAoskAAhF
was caused by Senator Saulshurys attempt To elicit
from tho wi.npss plain statement that he did not
t.,s., as.,t.r. +I.t ~ shoot,n. t,t, nj
Sno~ pont.Nu!y 1nas 'nv hnoot'k 1n.o se.,u sot'
orcd peoples hoases WHICH no uia not nimeeit sec,