The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-12-29


The result of an interview with
Rev. Henry Bell r"lolcd, WAS that
Bell refused t. haptizr and take him
into the church because he did not
believe his statements sincere. An"lh-
err ro|nrh preacher performed these
li,r> I,r him, In ais statement on
the :a(ln"> hr Charged ". II. Vaughn
and Byron Vaughn, both good c'tl-
Gems, OF hillNy Slick I" commit the
murder 10, which he was ahnNt to Of
fer up his iiir. Knowing the cHF,lar-
Ter of these n1rn. | link these state.
mrnts uitclly unworthy of btlivf.
lii> last Words
were substantially these: "Somc.
thing else is ll:r matter. lived a
Republican all my l;fr and ann ""ln"
to die "nc.' His man"cr at tines
was naughty and defiant, and ,hl"k
it possible he had been led 70 hope tor
rescue from il mob at the last moment.
10 demonstration, however was made
the sheriff Iluvin@ u strong posse for
an emergency, and at o'clock the
trap door was cnt from under him.
There can be no doubt Of M"'Ern-
dou's guilt. The murder of Evans
was II cnwallly assassination, and
the guilty wretch deserve" the stem
Justice melted ont to him. y.
EUROPEAN.
London, Dec. ELLA Vienna cor
pendent of the Times tcleYra?hS tl'a,
although all apprchru>ions Of Scm-
Clio con>ri aclcs and a comp dv;"' at
Constan,inople seem to have disap-
prarrd, the least thing is sufficient to
revive them. Thus the unexpected
appearance of Suleinlan PA>ha ut
Constantinoplc with 10000 men has
given rise to the fear something OF
the kind is impending In these cir
cum>tanccS it is not surprising that
the Sultan aud,his government Shon|'
seek support in parliament and make
it Share in the responsibility for ;
course to he followed. \ previous
dispatch said that the Turkish par
lament, to whom the porte declared
its intention OF submitting the cues
ton will oppose negotiation with Rus
Sia.
The Times correspondent cont
nucS This movement Of SulcimaI
Paslm and other reports of the with
dlawal of the Turkish field force
from about R,ssrad seem to indicat
that in the quadri|ateral necessar
garrison has been left to make til
best defence they can. 1t appear
moreover that their energies will b
taxed, for it is officially announce
that Gen. Todlcbcn has been appoint
ed commander in chief in the Rust
churk army. This looks as if tn
siege of Ru~tchuck is imminent. Like
wise Gen. Zimmerman will probabl
seize the opportunity OF advancin
against Silist,ia. There is nothiu
as yet to Indicate the destination {
l the bulk of the army Of the tzaY'
$ witch, whether to advance on Shnm
5 or to join the force at Ticrnova a,
thence advance ACROSS the Balkan
. 1t will take some time before opc,;
tons on large scale is possible. A
though the movements Of troops fl"
# PIevna in various directions has b
gun some days must pass before Il
$ influence at the front is felt. 1t
n not sufficient merely to send trooI
Q but it is necessary to organize a wM
o supply service for many miles. II
J. is not so easy as catering to the sal
d troop when at Plcvna whc'e stol
r. had been amasSed sufficient to !;
J. for months, for according to the late
h accounts the successive appraran
of snow, lain, frost and thaw h
u, very much broken up the roads.
Russia.
St. Petersburg, Dec. 2l.-The Ca
s. publishes an article on the ca
meeting of the British parliament a
the possible measures of the Engl
TO cabinet. The article declares 1T
Is STA may await without anxiety
l. result of this political episode Il
1t may quietly continue the work VIII
she begun in the firm conviction Il
vt British intrigue will in no way h
{e der the triumph Of Russia.
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