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The Colfax chronicle. (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-02-10
Further Startling Developments in the
Louisiana Radical Raseahties.
John j. Pickett produced a letter
written by j. Madison Wells:

John j. Pickett produced letter
written by J. Madison Wells:
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 20, 1876.
MY Dear Sir-You advise with me
relative thereto. J.MADIsoN WELLS.
Pickett testified that u gentleman who
Wells knew called on him November
%, just from New Orleans. He told
witnesses the exact situation in New
Orleans. Objection made and the room
was cleared.
When the doors were opened j. IL.
Maddox, special agent of the Internal
Revenue Department.. was on the stand.
Witness had known Wells and Ander-
son twenty-five years. The letter men
toned above was handed Maddox, and
was written by Wells in the presence
of witness. When Wells handed wit
ness the letter, he said be trusted wit
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RRARE CHANCE.
'hEAT BARGAIN IN A FINE
FARM.

'
hit ACRES OF LAND, situated in
~ Grant parish, 40 acres under
s ny fence, the balance is splendid up
my. S: There is good dwelling-house
Issuing three rooms and kitchen,
oSSAe-house, lumber-hOuSe, corn-crib
~, goOd-paying grist mill, run by
S'er' This farm is located in a splen-
,aoek,range, and not very far from
s The stock on the place will
~ "pl with it, if the purchaser wants
ms place will be sold for q very
M ~ amount, and time given ON one
1; the purchase price. For full
ca, eaiarS apply at this Office.
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REALTY PA N o !.
GRAND SQUARE. AND Up
RIGHT, I'D 81 s-~.

From Hon. G. r. Gather, publisher
Southern Aegis, sAshvile, Ala:
"We have received from the manufac-
turer, Daniel f. Beatty. one of his square
pianos. 1t is thing Of beauty, but rot
more exquisite to the eye is the finish Of
its workmanship, tl:an charming to the
ear is the sweetness Of its melody. The
pia. . combines the highest excellence.
to which all first-class manufacturers OF
musical instruments aim. To all who
wish to invest in a irst-class piano we
have no hesitancy in advising them to
send the money directly to Mr.. Beatty
We speak from actual experiment, and it
is with pleasure We give this evidence OF
the reliability of Mr.. Beatty and his in
struments. a.
Best offer ever given. Money refunded
upon return of piano and freight charges
paid by me Daniel f. Beatty both ways
If unsatisfactory, after test trial of five
DAYS. Pianos warranted for six years.
Agents wanted. Send for catalogue.
Address, DANIEL F. BEATTY,
Washington, New jersey, US. A.
oct14
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w No1S4lA< NJ L OAN .
The Returning Board Infamy.
HIGHLY IMPORTANT.
Testimony of Pickett and Maddox.
Wells Proposed to Sell Out the
Returning Board.
He Dispatches a Confidential
.it Agent to Tilden.
He is Willing to take Half Mil
lion; but would Prefer '
Million.
The Offer was Positively Declined.
N. o. Picayune specih of the 1st.l

n. ". flcay uHe Spoclsh VI bhc A>e'
Col. Pickett's testimony before the
committee, in secret session, shows
that Gov. Wells employed Maddox Is
his agent il respect TO the decision of
the Returning Board. After the plan
was fixed up Maddox came on here and
Wells wrote him Maddox a letter, say
ing in substance: "You know all the
situation, inform me what can be DONE"
Maddox engaged Col Pickett as his
agent to 60 to New York aud there see
prominent Democrats representing Mr.
Tilden, and make a proposition for the
sale of the dscision of the Returning
Board. Wells was ready to sell self
and colleaguesfor any sum from half
million to million of dollars. Pickett
| exhibited at New York the letter from
Wells to Maddox to show that both
himself and Maddox were authorized
to act for Wells in the sale. The offer
was positively declined. The answer
of Tilden's friends was that this was
the. third proposition that had been
made to them to buy the vote of Lonis-
lana, but this was the most distinct
proposition of all that had been made !;
but they preferred any result to buying
the Presidency; that if they bought the
election now, they would have to do it
four years hence, and so on forever.
There was another letter written by
Wells to Senator West stating that the
Democrats had offered million dollars
for the vote, and that they must have
, money and troops. This letter wa'
> never delivered to West, but it is il
existence and under control Of wit
ness, who will produce it to the com
. mittee. Various kilograms we're put il
evidence which went between the agen
S here and the parties in New Orleans
: Such is the substance of Pickett's ties
, timony, which will be confirmed b,
Maddox, now on the the stand.
1t is stated on good authority tina
n President Grant has known for COZ
e siderable time of these rascaliy tran:
4 actions, and that this is partly the Ike
. to his Louisiana policy, and that til
suppressed portion of his intervie'
VI early in the winter with Mr.. Hewet
had reference to the facts, and was til
n occasion of his saying then that ii
vote of Louisiana ought to be throw
out.
J. 1t certainly looks as if the Louisiar
y fraud was bursted, and intelligent Den
a ocrats say that it is impossible for I'll
a vote to be counted fer Hayes.
Il WAsHNGTON, Jan. 31.-The plan
, fixed up at New Orleans according
4 Pickett's testimony was after the m
ney was paid for Kennedy, Democra
al to be elected to fill the vacancy on t
!, Returning Board, then Wells was
= resign, and that his place be filed
o some person who was in the trade a.
u get his share to do the work. Kenn
n and Casanave were also to be provid
for. Such is the statement of the pl
given to Pickett by Maddox, who W
* :. the agent for Wells, and gave the lett
of Wells to Pickett.
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A SUPERIOR

Family Machine, embodying the great
est number ofmost approved mechanical
devices to impart positive motions to
the various parts, simplicity of con-
struction, good workmanship, excellent
quantity and quality of work done,
originality, and for completeness OF
display. A. I. GosHoRN,
Z Director General.
J. Il. HAwLEY, President.
Attest-MYER AscHF, ASST Secretary.
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SINGER
S ( WI ING NJ ACH N {.
REPORT.

A Shuttle Sewing Machine, embody-
ing the following points of construction,
viz: A needle bar operated from the
end of Il rotating shaft in the overhang-
ing arm; shuttle supporter i'll n
shuttle carrier, moved transversely to
the feed by means of a crank on rota-
ting shaft a fOur-motioned positive
feed, and a straight needle with its
eyes parallel with the direction of feed.
For the following reasons:
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1873 A street, New York. !.
Joseph Hancock, 157 Bienville street,
n. o.:
Telegraphed as directed. Damn my
interests; think of the best interests Of
forty million of people. tia
JONI L. PICKETT.
Witness declined to explain these
letters and dispatches. s
The committee is holding back details
III their possession, to be developed
when the witness answers fully, as it is
thought lie win in tho morning. ioo-
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Colorado is in the best financial
condition of any State in the world.
She has no State debt, and the
annual production OF her. mines is
eight million dollars.
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= - -
CARD.

> has been extensively reported by
al sewing machine companies ,ans ,
neddlers, that the Manufacture anu
''' .he GROVER & BAKER SEW
f@c " MACHINES bad been suspended
" ,he machines aud the parts could no
10 obtained, 1 beg leave to state
= NE business Of manufacturing the
t..,biuss has ONLY been changed, anu
Y. The supply VIII be larger, and better ae
~ - ' Che sale Of these Celebrated Ma
- more vigorously pushed than
before. The popularity oil the
[oovER & BAKER Machines is hard
~ overcome, and it is only by such
cams and Misrepresentation that many
.. rivals even effect a loan ~ tneir
, GROVER & BAKER S. NJ. DEPOT
char.res street, New Orleans, La.
II. Il. TRUE, Agent.
october 2l-im
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.be C0lfaa Chronicle.
SATURDAY, FEB. 10, 1877.
: PEN AND SCISSORS.

y
you find many minds exclaimed
a public speaker. "Tain't so, by
lingo" responded one of the aud
itors, eff you'd only ask this whole
crowd to take drink, you'd find
'em all of one mind"
Scientific men profess to have
discovered green pastures and
grazing lands in the moon, which
helps to account, we should say,
for all the green-cheese stories.
An exchange suggests as prop
err name for lawyers wife, Sue.
We should consider You-fee-me-ah
as more expressive.
An East India train recently
came in collision with q train OF
elephants, and the baggage smash
err in the forward car had all he
could do to look out for their
trunks. ..-.r- s--
The longest sentence on record
was constructed by a western
Judge. He sentenced a murderer
for life, and afterwards slapped
/ two more years to the sentence
because the prisoner called him
"no gentleman" i.-aF b.
When a young lady begins to
look at the clock and keeps up
steady fusilade of yawns, it is time
for the young man either to put
on his hat or quit talking about
the weather and come right down
to business. 49,
This is the season of the year tc
get off the old joke about the city
girl who goes UP to the cowyart
fence, and drawing the muslil
dress up and about, says coyly
"Oh, cousin John! which is TIL
cow that gives the buttermilk ?"
Senator Jones, of Nevada, ha
suggested that the only way T.
prevent the shooting of negroes
to pass a colorcd game lew re
stricting the killing to certai
seasons of the year.
1t is singular fact that whe
b. men bet hats on the election, tn
winner always understands that
was a nine-dollar silk hat, Will
the loser is equally confident tia
two-dollar hat was meant. at
Mans inhumanity to man is to
familiar to require any explains
ton, but mans inhumanity to w
man is perhaps best illustrated |
the care he exercises in forming
circle around dog6ght, SO that
passing female must climb a lam
post to get a view of the process
ings. la aaf
When troubles o'erpress, al
the future appears vague and dar
~ low painfully does man reali
r that a short night shirt is Insult
a. cient to keep out the chilly eve
e ing zephyrs.
The financial stringency of t
times was sadly shown New Yea
day, when a gentleman of COLI
he who had been keeping the day
g ode gran ole stile," wanted to be
row a half dollar from a hitchi
to post in front of Sol. Kraft's sto
We A promising youth Of only sew
its summers, who had been accus
d. of not always telling the tru
cross examined his father. 81
ther, did you used to lie when J
AZ ~, were a boy p ''No, my son." 81
70 the paternal. who evidently q
M not call the past with any distin
mt ness. "Nor mother, either ?" p
ne, sisted the young lawyer. mo
Oh but why ?" ooh cause l do
see how two people who never t
Al IL
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We have received q letter from a young
farmer, asking us with what kind Of
plough would we plough cotton the
second time, and whether we would use
a sweep eighteen inches broad to lay by
cotton ?
There are hundreds of contingencies
resting upon the points contained in
these simple questions. First, what is
meant by the second ploughing of cotton ?
The first work usually given a cotton
crop is a couple of burrows to the row
designed to throw the soil away from the
plants so that tie hoe hands may easily
get at them to thin out the growth. This
working is frequently not considered as
aploughing, but a Siding" a"barring,"
a running round" etc. When the
hoe hands have chopped through the
crop, the genuine p~loughing then begins,
and we would reply to the above inquiry
by saying that much depends upon the
Seasons, the conditionof the soil, whether
ia high season or otherwise, the advanced
or backward stage of the crop, and the
kind of soil.
If the seasons forebode dry weather we
would advise deep ploughing; if the soil
is high in season, plough shallow, if the
crop is backward, plough deep and close;
if advanced, plough more shallow and at
a greater distance from the crop; if the
soil is light and sandy, use a sweep; if
clay or heavy loan, plough deep and
close. 1t will be readily seen that we
are of the opinion that every farmer if he
observes closely and studies carefully
the nature of his soil, can know better
how to treat it than others a who are
unacquainted with it.
As to "laying by" with a sweep,
there car be no difference of opinion on
this subject. If the cultivation up to
that time has been thorough, and the
crop is clean, there is no necessity for
doing more than dragging a sweep as
wide as possible through the rows. This
working will efiectually destroy any
young grass, and leave the soil so that
the loose top soil will act as a mulching
to the roots of the cotton plants in the
event the next few days or weeks may
be dry and hot, as is usually the case at
that season. The wider the sweep the
less injury is done to the limbs, blooms
and bolls at this working of the crop
Charleston Nelcs and Courier.
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Win ihe HiUal method III Bvlfg enc
ION pfi rdi5sly WV me tfit 10 i tsfg
lmflffant tp ebop ahd fhip out W fbe
earliest possible moment " gefy da
Hfttle That NE youhg plants should
Ffnv FH mpjdiY hHt u i Impossible ~
lhem ~ ~ fhis W crowded tfpfthef
/ They stF#R1la Hpainat sHeH ether Fffv
10 fali aHA slender and eheH ahaiiy
fhinHed buf afe dsp1sed ~ fii over
Whenever this happens fpme lime flspse4
bff0fe Rf0wfH iBifIY Ne9im 10 over
mpidlY then md thin down not ~ a
Gdal stand, bot as near ~ 70 Bs can le
miely w. done Chop ont With . wider
h0e than chat subsequently Had that
thc afmfes between hills may he vide
enough ~ admit the hoe without danger
NJ bfuising The plants. " takes both to.
creased ctfo and time ~ hoe bttwoeH
two hiils iust iaf enough apart ~ admit
The hgr between them " the ridge IL
sharp enough ard soil sufficiently bose
I've The hoes 30 chop advantage0usly u
may be- done before blowing The cotton.
but II the ground il hard 1t il well to
" run around" the cotton IN advance u
the hses. 10 is thought by many that
" barring on" and leaving the cotton on
q rather high and narrow ridge has q two
fold good eicct-the first to make the
soil about the plants warm up mor
rapidly.
This IL probably true, as in the apriDg
the air il generally warmer than the
earth, and the more the latter Is exposed
to the former, the warmer il will get.
The second advantage is that the roots OF
the plant are thereby forced to run deep
and this guards the plant measurably
against subsequent drOuth. The chief
objection to barring off" js the increased
liability of the young plant, not yet
strongly rooted, to fall down when the
cotton Is chopped out. We repeat the
remarks made in connection with the
first working of corn: If the land is
hard, run close to the cotton, and pillow
deep and thoroughly; il it is friable and
loose, use any pillow that will facilitate
work and kill the young grass-the ter
rible May grass which will now spring
up, and is, by long odds, the most trouble
some to contend with in working the
crop. Go over the cotton very rapidly
at this working, as it is very important
to give corn its second blowing and get
back to the cotton again at an early day.
The second working of cotton is the i'm
one, requiring unusual care and
demanding more time, which must be
secured by h%urrying over quickly at its
first working,-SoutherR Cuhadtor.
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Household Recipes.

DANDELIoN CoFFEE.-Good coffee
three parts, hard extract of dandelion
one part, and chickory one part reduce
them to a coarse powder, mix, and grind
together.
POLISH FOR OLD FURNITURE.-Take
of % per cent. alcohol one.half pint
pulverized resin and gum shellec, of each
one-fourth unce; let this cut in the
alcohol; then add linseed oil one-half
pint, and shake well.
ORANGE PIE.--Grate the yellow rind
of one fresh orange, take the juice and
pulp of two large oranges; add to them
one cupful of sugar and the beaten yolks
of three eggs mix one cupful of milk
with the whites of the eggs beaten to a
stiff froth bake in puff paste.
Dry BEEF.-Take one pound
of beef, put in a stew pan with one
quart of cold water; let it come to a
boil then pour off the water, place the
pan on the stove, break in four eggs,
keep constantly stirring, add n tea
SPOONFUL of butter, a little pepper, and
very little water; or, omit the eggs, and
add -four instead TO thicken the gravy.
OUT.DooR WHITEwAsHING.-Slack
lime in the usual way mix a handful of
-four with cold water, taking care to
have no Jumps then pour OIL boiling
water until it becomes like common
starch pour it, while hot, into the
Stacked lime; add one pound of whiting
and two ounces of powdered borax stir
all well together in a bucket.
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The Debris Of the system

Must either pass through its natural chan.
nels Of exit, the bowels, the kidneys and the
pores, or, 10 default thereof, poison and dis
order the fluids of the system. In order to
effect the complete expulsion of this danger.
Gus refuse, the organs through which it passes
off must be active and unobstructed Fortu,
nately there is a certain means Of rendering
them so when they are not. Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters stimulate the action of the
excretory organs, and by diffusing a genial
warmth through the circulation, encourage
moderage perspiration. By this triple effect
the exodus OF the focal and other va ste
matters are encouraged, and the system freed
from peril it would otherwise incur. The
action of the bowels which follows the use of
this beneicent Alternative is easy and unac-
companied by gripping, and its stimulative
effect upon the urinary organs very condu-
Give to their local health.
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fsFnstass credit aewfAffH viN DNsFiHH #H
ga mtasgsHt f8gt Nv hieH dfNmN b. hffen
fHe fasHlf ~ NNHaFHf W. eNfTHiN VI laf
Whsf bashgad w elfe e4n he Hbfef'W smlf
Ias. fad eieassNf sAsn eaasffn0f ar1sffy
isom ihe i0ftHfes N a9He dfest efsf
fefbtpH NE bHsbHndN liyff henGNlf flfhil
fhd ha atfefiehee8 hitter 4 Hiefeeshls Hte
81 a4aeef fas chilly seassfaHaf Nfefn8fl9e
slth sfetf hest sna dfYnew NJ ne s%Hfitfe
VI III Hntl5 rafHa n De SIDES thYHilfW NJ
baek ever #sd ~ En- ffs hagtI Fiff Feil0r
feels fnE isisf0aed. tnt dwgy ThfBHeh
Die r1Hrfngh e Becomes gloomy ~deap0ndfHt
HHF FffeedIHgfg TfT@Hfs IN temper IN
stead NJ fssoffiaa Nv ~ %feitshle y remedy as
a few small tasea af ~ tiefeea PafyHtige
feftefa Hnf following 10 their acii6n win
fMe use NJ Golden Medieei Uitef vefy,t0 work
fHe hillary poison Sut ~ fhe system ahd
purify the bfagd. N he play me- part N "
" penny wise and pound foolish" man We Wit
attempt ~ seongmizs Wy sewing the small rost
~ these incidents Continuing ~ suier.
hiq nervous system becomes Impaired and
he i4 ifetful and peevish-a ~ subject ~ be-
come emBrpitpd IN domestic iHftlifitg"
or The good wife may, from her too lab8f-
Gus duties or family eafes, have become suba
ieci r. such chronic affections Ne are peeu
Hafly incident 10 her se2 and beigR reduced
10 blood and strength, suffering from back
ache, nervousness headache. internal fever,
and enduring pains too numerous 10 men.
tiOu, she may become psevish and fretful-
anything but = genial %helpmate. In this
deplorable condition ~ ilthealth, should she
act wisely and employ DR.. Pierce's FtyOrtc
Prescription, IL will in due time, by It's cor.
dial, tonic and nervinc properties, restore
her health and transform her from the peev.
isb, seoldine, fritable-tempered invalid to =
cheerful wife. Laying aside legity
and speaking seriously, husbands and wives,
you will find The Family Medicines above
reliable and potent remedies.
full particulars Of their properties and
uses, see Pieree's Memorandum Book, which
is given away by all druggists.
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W1LHOFT's ToNICl-A SAFE, SURE AMI
SCIENTIFIC CURE!-The unprecedented sale
Of this world renowned medicine proves in
contestibly that no remedy has superseded
the use of this reliable Tonic. No spleen has
been found so hard as not to yield to its soft
ening influence, and no liver so hypertro.
phied as not to five up its long-retained bill
ious secretions, and no Chill or Fever has yet
refused to fall into line. c. r. FINLAY &
Co, Proprietors, New Orleans.
For SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
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AFTER an experience of over twenty

AFTER an experience of oyer twenty
five years, many leading physicians acknow
edge that the Graefenberg MarShaPS Uterine
CathOltcon is the only known certain remedy
for diseases to which women are subject. The
GraefenJerg Vegetable Pills, the most popular
remedy of the day for billiousness, headache,
liver complaint and diseases of digestion,
Sold by ali druggists. Send for almanacs.
Graefenberg Co., New York.
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Established b Years. Always cures. Always
ready. Always handy. Has never e ttailed. Thirty
millions hare tested il. The whole world approves
the glorious old Mustang-the Best and Cheapest
Linimeut in existence. q cents a bottle. The
Mustang Liniment cures when nothing else will,
SOLD BY Alt MEDICINE VENDORS.
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THERE is an almost complete equality
in the worlds sexes. In France this
balance is most nearly attained, where
for every 1000 men there are l,OO7
women In Sweden, to 1000 men there
are 1,064 women, while in Greece, to
the same number of males there are but
1898 Greek women In Paraguay there
are only / 200 men to every 1850 women,
a state of things mainly due to the raw
ages OF the Brazilian war.
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LIE short lease of popularity which

THE short lease of popularity which so
many preparations have experienced proves
TO r demonstration the superiority OF HOME
STOMACH BITTERs over them in its medical
virtues. especially in the cure of Chills and
Fever. Dyspepsia, and Liver Disorder. Pre-
pared b7 Home Bitters Co, st. Louis, Mo-,
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INFORMATION worth thousands to those
out of health. Self-help for weak and nerv-
GUS sufferers. Facts for those who have been
dosed, drugsed and quackcd. The new
Health journal teaches all. Copies free.
Address, Electric Quarterly, Cincinnati, O.
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A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN must be
healthy, and to continue healthy ard beau
tiful, you must take DR.. J.. H. McLean's
Strengthening Cordial and Blood Purifier.
1t imparts tone and flush to the skin. strength,
yigor and pure blood. Dr.. j. II. McIean's
office, 5l4 Chestnut St, st. Louis, Mo.
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What Is DO0Iey's Ieast Powder.

Do you ask, my friend? 1t is made from the
purest and strongest elements. Among them,
cream-tartar made from grape acid expressly
for these manufacturers The result is that
the biscuit, rolls, waifies, cake, bread and
pastry produced, are beyond comparison.
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DIR. RICHARDSON, of England, who is
now recognized as a high authority on
matters of domestic hygiene, says that
sixtv-two degrees Fahrenheit is the right
degree of temperature for health, and
that those engaged in literary or artistic
work cannot possibly be to careful on
this point. If their labor be prolonged
or severe, the temperature may be al
lowed to run up to sixty-fve degrees, or
even seventy degrees. The same rule
applies to all sedentary persons and
children studying. Our rooms here are
ant to be at least ten degrees too hot for
healthy persons.