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, 1877-10-13
ccrely believe he would hang
bis grandmother for witchcraft
if the law and testimony would
warrant it.
The Good Of 1t,
warrant it.

The Bourbo ms on one side and
the Radicals on the other, find a
great deal of fault with the Pres
ident for using his summer vaca-
tion-devoted by his predecessor
to junketting and hore-races-to
visiting the people and COM
mendlng to them the beauties of
his policy Of union, peace and
concord. To all disinterested
parties 1t is apparent that he
could not have made a better
use Of his time and opportuni-
ties. 1t is only offensive to ex-
treme partisans, who have here
tofore proited by the use of the
elements of sectional discord.
The London Times editorially
commenting on President Hayes
Southern tour, says that in a lit
tie more than half q year the
President has succeeded in break
ing down a compact mass of
prejudlces and in allaying a host
Of conflicting passions. The Wis
ibIe triumph Of his policy is now
being assured. He has this week
begun a journey through the
Southern States which Is intend
ed to show that the work of pa
citication is not far from compile
ton. The Federal Government
has no intention of interfering
in the local administration of the
Southern States. The Southern
States have no desire to disturb
the great achievements Of the
civil war, which have been en-
bodied in constitutional amend
ments. The removal of objects
Of contention makes 1t easy to
re-establish friendly relations be-
tween the people who respect
each other, and the sympathetic
meeting of President Hayes and
Gen. Hampton, is an omen of the
coming time when. the South
and the North will no longer be
separated by the lines Of divis-
ion which the civil war had
traced.
, 1877-10-13


A correspondent Of the Lon
don Times, engaged on one of the
relief agencies at work among
the Bulgarians, sends a hideous
account of the state of the prov
ince. He is at present estab-
lished at Carlova, on the south
ern slope Of the Balkans. twenty
miles west of Kazanlik. In this
place the population, which he
estimates must have been nearly
twenty thousand, there is not a
grown man left alive. For six
weeks the place has been at the
mercy of irregulars OF the Turk
ish army. There now remain
among the ruins of what was
once a beautiful and thriving
town only five Or six thousand
women and children. These
poor creatures hide themselves
as best they may, dreading the
outrages Of which nightly some
Of them are victims. They can
hardly be said to have shelter,
clothing or food, and have sus-
tanned life by furtively gathering
roots and vegetables left in their
ruined gardens.
, 1877-10-13
Sutton Case,

"A correspondent OF the Fort
Townsend Press, sharply CEN
sures us for a statement in our
news columns, in relation to SUIT
ton, saying: ~ should like to
know if all the information he
publishes in his paper is as relia-
bic as that statement; if so, the
community should be very care
ful how far they place any reli
ance in an article published in
the DISPATCH.
Waving the offensive manner
of putting the case, we confess
that our personal view of the
matter accorded entirely with
that of our anonymous assailant.
We firmly believed Sutton to be
a ruffian and desperate, not only
from his own reputed acts, but
from his intimate association
with Garfield and "Cherokee, "
forming the most infamous trio
that ever practlced their devil
tries upon a long suffering COM
munity, and it was for this very
reason that we desired to give
him the benefit of all reasonable
doubt, as we uniformly do in all
cases where We are conscious
that our prejudices run counter
to clemency.
Surprised at the verdict and
punishmentawarded in this case,
our reporter sought the expla-
nation from the very best source
of information-the Prosecuting
Attorney, and gave in the arti-
Gle referred to the conclusions
of that interview. Mr.. White
said he found it impossible to
make the testimony correspond
with the reports which had been
circulated against Sutton, and
hence he was obliged to accept
verdict in accord with the pro-
we'd facts; and that statement
corresponds in the main with
the report Of the argus, which
says: The evidence developed
some mitigating circumstances
which placed it beyond the pow
er of the jury-acting in the ca
pacity Of sensible men, under
their instructions IRON Judge
Lewis-to find the prisoner gull
ty of any other grade of crime. :"
And yet that paper, in the same
article, says: "There can be no
doubt as to the fact that Mr..
White could have prosecuted the
case with more vigor and ear
nestness. In this respect he per-
haps laid himself open to cen
sure" 1t is difficult to compre-
hend how an Attorney who gets
all that is possible out of his
case, can be censured for not
prosecuting with more vigor and
earnestness.
From our knowledge of Mr..
White-which is based u, on in
innate personal intercourse of six
years past-he IS the last man
we would ever suspect of a want
Of fidelity or zeal in the prosecu
ton of a suit. He IS an enthusi-
asst in his profession, and We SIN
, 1877-10-13

Col. STURGIs appears to be
gaining some very substantial
victories over the Nez Perccs.
General Howard has been found
near the Yellowstone Park.
, 1877-10-13

THE Louisiana returning board
members will be tried in a few
days, which shows the story of
the interference of the admins
tratiOn to be pure fiction.
, 1877-10-13

ST. DOMINGO is in the throes of
one of her periodic revolutions.
The Baez party is reported to
have been badly beaten at differ
ent points.
, 1877-10-13

SITKA is threatened with an
Indian outbreak, but it is not
improbable that a small army
contractor is at the bottom of it.
, 1877-10-13
Party Sentiments.

The average party editor OF
the present day never discusses
or alludcs to any question of
principle at issue between the
two political parties, but regards
every personal question from a
party standpoint. They seem
to consider political parties as
rival combinations formed eX-
clusively for the control of the
government and the honors and
emoluments Of office in the in
terest of the successful party,
and the motto: "To the victors
belong the spolls," the sole in
centive to public endeavor.
With them every public act is
measured not by any principle
involved therein, but by it's per-
sonal bearings in relation to par
ty.
The Portland Bee is peculiarly
one of that class which would at
once pass upon the guilt or inno-
cense of a man indicted for horse
stealing by determining which
political party the prisoner affil-
lated with. The editor of that
paper was il Democrat in all his
antecedents, and has never indi-
Gated any change in his political
sentiments in any matter of prin-
ciple, and he cannot to-day tell
wherein he disagrees with the
announced policy of the Demo-
cratic party IN an essential par
ticular. He simply Joined the
Republican party, and like the
New York fireman, he is bound
to fight for the machine he runs
with" In view of the fact that
the Judge before whom Thomp-
son was tried and convicted, and
the Governor who refused Exec
utive clemency, were both Re-
publicans, this editor concludes
and intimatcs that the protests
against the execution of Thomp-
son are merely partisan in their
character, designed to damage
the Republican officials. No one
! in this section ever dreamed of
such Il thing. The convict was
an active Republican at the last
election, his Attorneys and all
who took an active interest in
procuring q communication OF his
sentence were Republicans, and
these facts, it appears, had no
| influence with either the Judge
or the Governor, and the party
view Of the matter was a tigment
of the fancy of brain disorded
by partisan big gotry, which dis
qualities any man from fairly
representing public interests.
The Olympia Courier, the lead
ing party organ of this Terrific
ry endorses the qualifications of
the chief clerk of the Council,
but deprccates the election of a
Democrat, and the Standard, the
Democratic organ, ,jubillates over
the fact that the Democrats, in
the organization of the Council,
secured the election of the chief
clerk and enrolling clerk. Why?
Can any one tell us what clerical
duties have to do with political
principles? and how are they
applicable in this case, in any
way? Tom Merry is clerk and
Tom Reed is President of the
Council. Merry was Republi-
can when Reed was a Democrat,
and Reed is a Republican now
when Merry is a Democrat; the
Courier editor would have favor
ed Merry and opposed Reed then,
and the Standard editor, who was
a Republican when Reed was a
Democrat and Merry was a Re-
, 1877-10-13
CITY AND COUNTRY.
Fron Daily u Saturday.

ODD FELLOWS JUSTICE. - As q
matter of information to the readers
of the DISPATCH belonging to the
Order, We publish the following:
BALTIMORE, Sept. 2O.-At the ses-
sion of the Grand Lodge of Odd
Fellows this afternoon the appeal of
Benjamin F. Reynolds, P. G., from
the action of tie Grand Lodge of
Rhode Island was acted upon, and
the report of the Committee on Ap-
peals, sustaining the action of the
Grand Lodge of Rhode Island, and
dismissing the appeal of Reynolds,
was adopted. This case has been
one of active controversy in the jur-
isdiction of Rhode Island since July.
1873. Reynolds was charged with
conduct unbecoming an Odd Eel
low, in calling the Noble Grand
Unity Lodge, No. 2, of that juris-
diction liar, accompanied with
profane language, and he was tried
and expelled from the Lodge, The
Grand Lodge of Rhode Island sub
sequently sustained the action of
tho subordinate Lodge. He appeal
ed to the Grand Lodge of the United
States. which to-day sustained the
action of the State Lodge.
The SHOOTING OF PETERSON. The
name of the party shot by John
Moss yesterday near Steele's Land
ing, an account Of which was pub
lished in last nights DISPATCH, is
Peterson, respectable farmer living
on Snoqualmie prairie. The unfor-
tunate affair resulted from a contro-
versy in regard to the payment of a
balance of eleven dollars, due from
Moss to Peterson. It seems that the
parties had met in this city previous
to the shooting, and Moss had paid
Peterson five dollars on a bill of six-
teen dollars, with the understanding
that the balance of the money was
to be paid at Renton, to which place
the parties both proceeded together
on the cars. They got off at Steele's
Landing where Peterson obtained a
horse, which they both took turns
in riding along the road. Peterson
says that while he was riding, Moss,
who was walking behind, shot him
through the back, the bail en-
tering the left lung. about two
inches from the heart. Peterson
then begged Moss not to kill him, for
the sake of his wife and childen.
and before Moss had time to fire
again, he spurred up his horse
and was out of reach. He finally
made his way back to Steele's,
where, fainting from loss OF blood,
he was lifted from his horse and
carried into the house. DR.. Cal
houn, who was in the neighbofhood
at the time, had the wounded man
brought into town. Moss immedia
tely took to the woods and escaped,
and although the Sheriff and large
posse are in parsuit, he has not yet
been captured. Peterson is resting
easy and may possibly recover.
SINCE the introduction of the fe-
male postmasters girl goes np to
the window and says, "Is there a
letter for Miss Margaret ROBINSON"
Eyes" says the female postmaster.
"here is one from John McJones.
New STEAMER The lumber for
new steamer, to De built for Capt
Smith, of the Comet, for the White
river trade. was landed at Lakes
shipyard at Belltown yesterday from
the Eroonort mi11s
, 1877-10-13

New Jersey has a man who
can preach in five languages, but
can't pay his bills in one
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-09-14

We must lght!" Give us arms!" Call out
the troop5" were the cries from a thousand
men.
DIR. Beard stepped forward, and in glowing
words, called on them, in behalf of liberty and
Louisiana, to defend their rights They must
bring their arms, pitch their tents upon the
neutral ground. determined never to leave there
until the last vestige of Kellogg's rule had been
uprooted from our soil. II they needed food,
their wives and children would gladly bring it..
Go home get your arms said Mr.. Marr.
Come here again at half-past o'clock. and you
will fud leaders to lead you ON to victory"
1t seemed scarcely second before armed
men began to appear in every direction. Old
armories and gun stores had been ransacked
to find something military. One man had an
ancient Roman broadsword. taken from some
theatres green-room; another bore as his only
weapon q keg Of powder; old muskets. disa-
bled shotguns appeared carried ON the should
ers of old and bending men.
Those having arms rapidly coalesced into
squads. and these squads were organized into
companies by officers who moved here and
there among the crowd. and then marched up
the street.
At the same moment that the meetingibroke
up the papers appeared on the street con
tanning the proclamation of Lieut.. Gov. Penn,
Gov McEnery being absent from the State, de-
claring the McEnery government organized and
calling on the citizens and militia to arm and
drive Kellogg from power. This proclamation
also appointed Gen. Fred. n. Ogden command
er-in-chief of the militia.
1t having become apparent that the object of
kellogg's military forces, then assembled down
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town. was to dsperse the mass meeting and ar
rest the leaders of the people under the lately
| discovered crime of State treason, messengers
were at once sent to the various offices Of the
White League and other forces In waiting, each
| at its own rendezvous, with the information that
the police was determined to precipitate q fight
and that conflict was. therefore, unavoidable.
| Accordingly, at o'clock. Gen. Ogden put his
forces In movement from Felicity street down
! Prytania and thence down Camp. Shortly after
portion of Gen. Angefl's command about
twenty strong, under Capt. McGloin, occupied
the City Hall. in order to be In possession of
this important position. and the Central Police
Station. Care was taken at once to break up
the telegraDhfc communication between the va
rious police stations which centred there,
The Citizens Forces.
A few minutes later the Crescent City White
League and auxiliary bodies, with two home
made cannon, marched UP Camp street to Poy-
dras, along which they prepared to form their
line OF defense under Gen. Ogden as com
mander-in-chief and Col Behan second in
command. Protector White League of the
Second District, Battery C, and Company E.
G. c. w. L., Capt. Peasants, formed on Delta
street. Thence the line extended up Poydras in
the following order:
Company A, Capt. W. T. Vaudry; Company
B. Capt. C. FL. Lord; Company c, Capt. s. Fl.
Buck: Company G, Capt. D. NJ Fitzpatrick;
Company K, Capt. Ed. Flood; Address Com
pany. Aliens Company; Dupre's Company;
Company F, G. c. W. L., Capt Mcintyre; Phil
lips and Tennyson's Company; Romans Com
pany-which formed the extreme Of the line on
Poydras street, being stationed at the corner Of
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Spent is the storml our skies are fair,
Fair every sign of this glad cline,
And blown through all the liberal air
The promise Of a bounteous time;
But ye lie dumb, as all unwise
OF that great deed your hands have wrought,
Nor recking, though with streaming eyes
Our hands these loving gifts have brought.
Still from your Martyr seed shall spring
The flower Of freedoms fadeless bloom;
And still the grateful years will bring
Their tribute TO your patriot tomb;l
And kneeng on this haliowed sod
That holds In sacred trust your clay,
Our children looking up to God,
The vast, unmeasured debt will pay.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-09-14
7 N M E M 9 r T A. M
SEPTEMBER la, 1874.

When Faction loosed the fellest BROOD
That lust e'er spawned, or hate has n,lrsed
To trample out In tears and blood
Our freedom as thing accurst,
And terror stalked our land again,
And fraud and rapine ruled the hour,
And on the necks Of conquered men
The slave and bastard strobe to power;
Thine was the wisdom to defy
The doubts that palsied ripper years,
The stern resolve and courage high
To front the future with It's fears;
Thine was the lightning's bolt that blazed
Full in the tyrant's covering face,
And thine the red right arm, appraised,
That smote him In his pride OF place.
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q
Derse. as the police were about to open fire. The
crowd on Canal street was. at that time,
very large. particularly around Clay
Statue. Most OF these were non-com-
batants. lookers-on, and not q few OF
them ladies, but. here and there armed men
could be seen In the crowd and at the corner Of
st. Charles, Company A, Of Angelps command,
Capt. Borland. was stationed as skrmshers
Believing that the police were really going to
fire. most Of the lookers-on fell back to the side
street, but some still fingered around Clay
Statue and many sought galleries and roof-tops,
from which TO witness the expected fight.
Their flank and rear thus cleared. the main
body Of the police, with three guns, under
Badger, marched down Canal to the levee. leav-
ing Longstreet behind with small force
Here they took up position with
their right resting ON the old iron building, In
thecentre Of the street, since removed. and their
left Just in front of the Mobile depot.
To meet this movement Col Behan ordered
companies A. B and G, Of the Crescent City
White League, to the foot Of Poydras, where
they stood opposed to the Metropoitans.
A few minutes after, at a quarter past 4, Capt
Glynn's command, consisting of Company e.
Crescent City White League Capt. Peasants,
and Protector White League, of the Second Dis
trict, Lieut.. Guibet. with one gun, marched
down Delta street and formed In line inst
in front Of Morgan's depot. where the men were
partially protected by some hay and other
freight on the Levee.
The Fight.
This had scarcely been done when the police
opened fire on the citizens. particular
~ on Company a, which was the most
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From 10 o'clock the crowd around c,av Statne
increased rapidly in numbers. and within
an hour there were some four or five thousand
persons collected there. The appearance Of
half a dozen well-known gentlemen on the gal
iery of the Crescent Hall opposite. with tables !,
glasses and papers, the paraphernalia of
speakers. caused the crowd to surge over to
that corner where. bare-headed and with up
turned faces, on which the hot sun glared pitt
fessiy down. they waited for the watchword
IL came alter long list Of grievances read
py MIR. Mari. in formal demand for the imme-
dlate aod1cation of William Pitt Kellogg. At
liiese WORDS. the crowd burst forth In the wild
est applause and cheers, in shouts that bore evil
uehce that the movement was successful; that
the people accepted the demand for Kellopg's
apdlcatlon as the issue of the day: were deter
mined on it; would insist on it. and would tlpht
Tor 1t. The die was cast. The meeting had been
called simply to defend the right of orr neonle
to bear arms; but when the people met together
lhelr enthusiasm grew so strong their strength
became so apparent, that they lost sight Of their
original grievance, and demanded that the
tyranny that had so sorely afflicted them should
end at once. From that hour the Kellogg oov-
ernment was oomed.
The history of that memorable day moved
rapidly after this. committee was chosen to
bear this demand and challenge of the people
of Louisiana to Kellogg. In half an hour thew
had returned and reported. Kellogg was gone:
Kellogg was missing; Kellogg was not to be
seen; but in some secret hiding place he had
mustered courage enough to refuse this de-
mand.
What must be done now?n asked one of the
committee,
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-09-21
IN LoUIsVILLE.
The President and Party Received a
Hearty Welcome.

LOUISVILLE, Sept. THE coming Of
President Hayes and his Cabinet, the diff,
erent Governors and other distinguished
guests causes an entire suspension
OF business and an assemblage about the
depot.
The Presidential party arrived here at
ll:'3 LIN. Ia charge Of the reception com.
mlttee and escort. President Hayes stood
on the platform Of the car, his left arm BY
his eide and the right on bis breast.
The President and escort arrived at the
Gait House at 1910 pm. His EXcellency
and Mrs. Hayes were introduced to the
people by Gen, Murray. DR.. Stuart Rob-
lns0n, ~ request, delivered the address
Of welcome. The Doctor concluded his
address to his fellow-citizens as follows.
"But as this gathering Is In the holy in,
terest II peace aud brotherhood, | deem Il
an honorable tribute 10 the Christian min.
istry that you have selected q minister Of
religion to give %utterance to your senti.
rents In Offering this heartfelt welcome,
allow me now 70 present for your heart.
lest welcome the President ofthe United
states"
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-09-21
BEFORE PLEVNA.
General SkObslOff Loses Five Thousand
Meu-ThO GraVltza RsdOubt Filled with
Dead and WOuRded-Ths Turks Make
Several Intellectual Assaults and Suffer
a LOSs OF Ten Thousand Men.

LONDON, Sept. 1.-THE Daily News's
second edition publishes The following
special: bucharest, Sunday night, Sept.
l6.-COl. WELLESLEY has just arrived from
the Russian headquarters before PleVna.
He reports all quiet there except an in-
termillent ding around GriYica redOubt,
which is still held by the allied forces.
Military operations really closed Wednes.
day evening, when the Turks recaptured
the double redoubt taken by Gen. SkObe-
lOf. When the Russian CO~mmander-in-
Chief could not or would not send rein
foTcements to hold this redOubt, II was
only to evident that the attack vas at
an end. The Russians have not, however,
abandoned their position, aud do not
seem disposed TO do so; on the contrary,
they aye lOrtify Ing themselves. Suleiman
Pasha has, It Is said, made q junction with
Mehemet Ali. II seems probable that
their combined forces may attempt some.
thing against the army OF the Czarowitch,
which had been already obliged 10 retire
before this junction was effect d, may now
be forced to retreat still further, although
the Imperial Guard, now arriving rapidly ,
may put another face on affairs.
A correspondent, who describes Wed.
nesday's battle, says Gen. SkObelOh lost
1000 men In attacking the redoubts. He
luet INV muAS ~ uglAAub I've Au AAAWGu5t
proportion OF officers were killed or
wounded. Only one commander Of a regI.
ment lie alive, and scarcely q head Of a bat.
TALON is left, Two OF his stan were killed.
| saw Gen. SkObelofl in his tent at night.
He was quite calm aud collected, he
said, II could do no more; my detachment
is half destroyed; my regiments do not
exist; | have no officers left; | have lost
three guns" "Why did they refuse you
reinfofcements," l asked, who was TO
blame ~ blame nobody" he replied,
vt is the will OF God"
LONDON, Sept. Il --Oiicial Russian bull.
letin dated P0rldin Saturday says: "Bom-
bardment Of Plevna was continued yes
teTday, The Turkish batteries scarcely
replied. MajOr.Generais Skobelod, Drag
onaurod, and lmeretinsky, have been pro-
NOTED TO Lieutenant-Generals ON the
18th instant the Turks placed three g.
pound mortars between 5chipEa and Fort
81. Nicholas and bombarded the fort. Cn
the l3ih we lost 10 Killed, and III GA The
lfth instant.
LONIoN, Sept. 1.-THE Illness b..
chaiest correspondent telegraphs as FOL
lows under date OF Sunday A dispatch
reached here this morning from Imperial