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POST OFFICE.

OFFICE HoURs.-0pens at 6 80 m and
closes at . p m every day except Sunday
Nails for the North close at T.l5 m, and
800 m.
Mail for the South closes at 10 10 an
Mails for Odessa close at 1923 m and 80
pm.
Mails for Warwick, sassairas and CeciIton
close at 1923 m.
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A man came 70 lhe Duke q Weeling.

A man came to the Duke Of Weeling-
ton with a patented article What
have you to ofer?' "A bullet proof
jacket, your grace Put it on The
inventor Obeyed The Duke rang
bell. An aid-de-camp presented him
self. Tell the captain Of the guard to
order one of bis men to load with ball
cartridgsr The inventor disappeared
forthwith, and no money was wanted
on that invention.
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AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION

PENINs. AGRICULTURAL AND PoNoLoGICAB As
ISOLATION -Wm. R. Cochran, President and
Chairman Of Board Of Managers; J. B. Nau-
dain, Secretary. Annual Meeting fourth Sat-
urday in January. Next annual fair will be
held on October Sd, 4th and 9TH, 1877.
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MASONIn-

ADoxGRAM CHAPTER No. 5, R. A. NJ. Meets
in Masonic Hall on the second and fourth Fri
days Of every month at clock, P NJ.
UNION LoDGE No. 5, A. F. A. NJ. Meets on
the FIRST and third Tuesdays of every month
at o'clock, p m Masonic Hall.
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OFFICERS OF CITIZENS NATL
BANK.

DIREoroRs.- Henry Clayton, B. Gibbs, B.
7. Biggs. John a. Reynolds, James Culbert-
son, e. C. Fenimore, NJ E. Walker, J. B.
Cazier, Joseph Biggs.
president Henry Clayton,
CAsHIER.-J R. Hall.
TELLER-John S. Crouch.
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DELAWARE RAILROAD.

Passenger trains going North leave at 7.54
m and 3 l6p m; going South al 1912 a m,
and I 38 NJ Freight trains with passenger
car attached, going North, leave ats .O9 p m /;
going South, at % a m.
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STAGE LINES

Stage for Odessa, with o. s. Mail, leaves
shortly after arrival of the lO.43 am and s.52
D m mail trains
Stages for Warwick, Sassafras and Cecilton
leave shortly after arrival of the l0.43 a M
train
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.e1fliddIetotrn 4irettorp.
CORPORATION OFFICERS.

Town COMMISSIONERS IT. E. Hurn, Presi-
dent; Tuos. Massey, Jr., Secretary; jas Il.
Scowdrick, g. W. Wilson, VIM. W. Wilson.
ASSESSOR &C. E. Anderson.
TREAsURER.-lsaac Jones.
JusrlcE or THE PEAoE.-DeW. G. Walker.
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Coon SAMARITAN LODGE, No 8. Meets every
Thursday evening at q o'clk. Lodge Room
in Cochran Hall, No. 2, Cochran Square.
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A peacock's feather may not point a
moral, but they certainly adOrn tail.
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Nos. Cures. Cents.
l. FEvERs, Congestion, Inflammations, 25
2. Worms, Worm Fever, Worm Collie, rs
3. CRYING-CoLIo, or Teething of Infants, 25
4. DIARRHGA, of Children or Adults, 25
5. DYsEETERY, Gripping, Bilious Cholic, 25
6. CHoLERA-MoRBUs, Vomiting, 25
I. CoueHs, Colds, Bronchitis, 25
8. NEURALGIA, Toothache, Faceache %
8. HEADACHES, Sick Headache, Vertigo, 25
10, DYsPEPsIA, Bilious Stomach, Is
IL. SUPPRESSED, or Painful Periods, 25
10. WHITES. too Profuse Periods, 25
l3. GROUP, Cough, Difficult Breathing, 25
IA. SALT RHEUM, Eryspeias. Eruptions, 25
Is. RHEUMATisM, Rheumatic Pains, rs
l6. FEVER AND AGUE, Chill Fever, Agues, so
II. Piles, blind or bleeding, 80
Is. 0PHTHALMY, and Sore or Weak Eyes, so
10. CATARRH, acute or chronic, Influenza, so
20. WHooPING- COUCH, violent coughs, so
81. ASTHMA, oppressed breathing, so
%. EAR DISCHARGES, impaired hearing, so
%. ScRoFULA, enlarged glands, Swellings, so
"a. GENERAL Disability, Physical Weakness, so
%. DRoPsY and scaBty Secre,ions, SO
26. SEA-SIcKNEss sickness from riding, so
81. KIDNEY DISEASE, Gravel, so
% Nervous DEBILITY, Seminal Weakness
or involuntary discharges, 90
30. SoRE Mourn, Canker, so
30. URINARY WEAKNESS, wetting the bed. =
81. PAINFUL PERIODS, with Spasms, so
30. DISEASE OF HEART, palpitations, etc, / 90
80. EPILEPSY, Spasms. ST. VitGs' Dance, 90
"a. Diptheria, liberated sore throat, so
So. CHRONIC CONCESSIONS and Eruptions, so
FAMILY CASES.
Case tMorocco) with above 35 large vials and
Manual of directions, $40 90
Case Morocco )of 20 large vials and Book, s 90
~ These remedies are sent by the case or
single box to any part of the country, free of
charge, on receipt of price. Address
HUMPHREYS
HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINE co.
Office and Depot No. 562 BROADWAY, NY.
@-FOr sale by all druggists.
CLARENCE ANDERSON, Agent,
mh25- y Middletown, Del
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KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAs.

DAMON LODGE, No. IL Meets every Friday
evening at o'clock. Lodge room in the
Town Hall
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NOTARY PUBLIC.
John A. Reynolds.
TRUSTEES OF THE ACADEMY.

Hon John P. Cochran, Pres; Henry Davis,
Treas Samuel Pennington, Secretary James
Kanely, B. Gibbs, R 7. Cochran, N. Williams.
PRIscIPAL OF AcADENY.-T. S. Stevens.
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The Pope has $28 1000, 900 in the
Bank Of Italy.
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DIAMOND STATE BRASS BAND.
Meets for practice every Monday evening at
o'clock
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DIRECTORS OF TOWN HALL co.
I'M. Cox, Pres; Samuel Pennington, Sec;
J. R. Hall, Treas; R. A. Cochran, Jas Gull
bcrtson, Jas. H. Scowdrick, VIM. H. Barr.
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THE MILD POWER CURES
HUMPHREYS,
HOMEOPATHIC SPECIFICS.

Been in general use for twenty years. Everywhere
proved the most SAFE, SIMPLE, ECONOMICAL and
EFFICIENT medicines known. They are just what
the people want, saving time and money averting
sickness and suffering Each single specific the well
tried prescription Of an eminent physician.
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lMpL1oHrER.-F. Schreitz.
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Standard of Quality Strictly
Maintained.

While we announce reduction in the price
of our RAW BONE SUPER-PH0SPHATE,
We would respectfully represent to dealers and
farmers that its standard of quality has been
strictly maintained. The proportions of SOL
uble and precipitated Phosphoric Acid, and
Ammonia have never been higher than they
are in the article we are now selling our Gus
toners This statement we make as a bind
ing guarantee.
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The last Report of the Commissioner Of the
General Land Office shows ,s97, 500 acres ofBoun-
ty Land Warrants outstanding. These were is
sued nnder act of 1855 and prior acts. We pay
cash for them. Send by registered letter. Where
assignments are imperfect we give instructions
to perfect them.
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WAsu1Nerox, u. c., November "a, 1876
1 take pleasure in expressing my entire conf
dence in the responsibility and fidelity OF the
Law. Patent and Collection House of GILMoR8
{ Co., Of this city.
GEO. H. B. WHITE
(cashter orae National Metropolitan Bdnk)
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toned, it Is MOTTO be doubted the Returning
B lard acted upon ample grounds, of which
shey are now conceded in law to be the best
and only Judge.
If any one doubts these facts, or the basis
on which these deductions are made, they
will be verified by reference to no Demo
cratic returns published in the Picdyatne
and Democrat of December 10, 1876, and
the Democrat of January !, 1877.
Even after all this process the Democrats
were short of men to organize their own
House. So that nOlens volens they took in
Messrs. Cressy, Role and Tremoulet, de-
fested Democratic candidates from the
staunch old Republican seventh ward of
this city, in which the Democrats have
never run except as fOrlorn hope, each of
whom was declared defeated in Demo
cratic as we'll as the official returns. These
three men were daily used to make up a
quorum until a sufficient detection could be
obtained from the regular House to make
up quorum according to their own theory,
and they still compose part of the seced-
ing House.
And this body, thus lacking quorum of
elected members on their own showing, Or
ganized by choosing Mr.. Bush Speaker, and
the next day, jointly with the Senators, can
vassed the returns, not furnished by the
Secretary of State, as required by the stat
utes, but duplicates of the returns sworn
to by the commissioners of election and su-
pervisors of registration throughout the
State" and pronounced Messrs Nichols
and Wilt elected. The REPUBLICAN noted
this fact at the time, and then, and ever
since, has only referred to the body as, what
it really is, Democratic caucus.
Do not these facts establish, first, the ut
ter invalidity of the seeding Legislature9
Do they not establish the conclusive valid
ity of the State House Legislature9
The Democratic returns also show that,
excluding the vote of the city of New Or
leans, the Republicans carried the State by
1000 and upwards. This after all the bull
doing, the actual killing, terrorizing and
the fraud by which large Republican ma
jOr1ties were disfranchised or cheated.
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Eleventh Days Proceedings.

6lSVCmtu OHyS8 FF0CGeuAnNBs
HOUSE, OF REPRESENTATIVES,,
New Orleans, March IA, 1877. 5
The House met pursuant to adjournment,
Speaker Hahn in the Chai2.
The roll was called, and the following
members answered to their names:
Speaker Hahn and Messrs. Darlington,
Bird, Brown of Csddo, Burton, Brown of
Jefferson, Blair, Brewster, Bosley, Brooks,
Blackstone, Carville, Como, Cole, DrurV,
burden, Davidson, Drew, De Laey, Dickin-
son, Dinkgrave, Desmarais, D'Avy, Dejoie,
Devezin, Early, Evans, Elliott, FObb, Gar
dere, Claude, CAN'T, Gary, Gracien, Hill of
Ascension, Hughes, Holt of East Baton
Rouge, Holt of West Baton Rouge, Heath,
johnson of De Soto, Jones, Robert John.
son, Keeting, Lane, Lewis, Lastrappes, Ma
gloire, Martin Milon, Moore, Paris, Routon,
Romero, Swszie, Snaer, Seveignes, Shelton,
Watson, j. G. Watson, Walker-64.
Prayer by the Chaplain.
PETITIONS, MEMORIALS AND RESOLUTIONS.
Mr.. Hill offered the following resolution,
which lies over:
WHEREAS, Under a resolution passed by
this House at the last regular session there
were number of men employed as special
sergeants-atarms and special porters; and
Whereas, The chairman of the Commit
tee on Contingent Expenses has issued
vouchers to said special employees; and
Whereas, The Auditor of Public Ac-
counts has refused to issue warrants for
said vouchers; therefore, be it
Res0lved, That the chairman Of the Com
mittee on Contingent Expenses be and he
is hereby instructed to call in said vouchers
and destroy them in the presence Of the
committee, and he lie hereby further in
strncted to Issue new vouchers to said
special employees against the contingent
fund appropriated for this House st the last
regular session, and the Speaker shall sign
the same.
Mr.. Hill offered the following resolution,
which lies over:
WHEREAS, Certain members of this
House have agreed TO remit their mileage
to the State for the extra session, as per
resolution offered by the gentleman from
Madison; therefore. be il
ResOlved, That the chairman Of the Com
mittee on Contingent Expenses shall not
issue vouchers to said members for the
mileage as Aforesaid.
Mr.. Davidson offered the following reso.
luton, which lies over:
WHEREAs, In the early part Of the regu-
lar session Of 1877, 3 committee was ap-
pointed 70 investigate the Metropolitan Pc
lice; and
Whereas, This was not done; therefore,
be il
Resolved, That the said committee ID
hereby instructed TO make such investiga-
tion, and report to this House before The
close Of the present session.
Mr.. De Lacy offered the following resOlu.
tion, who was read and adopted under q
suspension Of the rules:
Resoltsd, That House rule No. &c be and
the same Il hereby suspended.
NJ eraeien offered the folio wing resolu.
fI0a which we reed:
WnKaEAs, Nc 81 }. Barrett. sf Rapides.
daily qieqied mamhoE of fbis Horse. was en
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SENATE CHAMBER,
New Orleans, March IA, 1877. 5
The Senate met pursuant to adjourn
ment, at - NJ, Hon. c. C. Antoine, Lieu
tenant Governor and President of the Sen
ate in the chair.
On 8 call of the roll the following Sen.
ators answered to their names:
Present-Messrs. Blunt, Birch, Baker,
Cage, Ola, Hamlet, Harper, Kelso, Sutton,
Stamps, Twitchell, Wakefield, YOung-l3
Absent-Messrs. Allan, Bostner, Breaux,
Bryant, DucrOs, Jr., Demas, DumOnt, Ellis,
Eustis, Garland, George, Goode, Grover,
Kelly, Landry, Ogden, Richardson, Rob-
ertson, Steven, Wheeler, Weber, White,
Zacharie-23.
No quorum,
On motion of Senator Blunt the Senate
went into secret session.
After secret session, on motion of Senator
Harper, the Senate adjourned until tO-mor-
row at twelve O'Clock M.
L. LAMANIERE, JR.,
Secretary of the Senate.
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twelfth Days Proceedings.

r.,
New Orlea ans, March Is, 1877,
The Senate met pursuant to adjournment
at twelve O'Clock M, Hon. C. c. Antoine
Lieutenant Governor and President of the
Senate, in the chair.
On call of the roll the following Sena.
tors answered to their names:
Present-Messrs. Blunt, Buroh, Baker,
Cage, Ddmont, Ola, Hamlet, Harper KEEL
so, Sutton, Stamps, Twitchel, Wakefield,
Weber, YOung-l5.
Absent-Messrs Allan, Bostner, Breaux
Bryant, Demas, DucrOs, Jr, Ellis, Eustis,
Garland, George, GOOde, Grover, Kelly,
Landry, Ogden, Richardson, Robertson,
Steven, Wheeler, White, zacharie-2l.
No quorum.
Senator Wakefield in the chair.
On motion of Senator Twitchell the Sen
ate adjourned until tomorrow at l2M.
L. LAMANIERE, JR.,
Secretary of the Senate.
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Mr.. MilOn called up the folIowinl
ton, which was read:
ResolUed, That the chairman of \
mittee on Contingent Expenses Is
instructed to make q report to this Il
an lbemized account of expenditure
during the regular session OF 1877,
manner of disbursement of the $28.
tlngent fund appropriated for the us
House of Representatives. and
amount is remaining on hand.
Mr.. Darlington moved its referenc
Committee on Retrenchment and Re
Mr.. MilOn moved to lay the motion
table.
Lost.
On the motion to refer the resolr
the Committee on Retrenchment ,
form the yeas and nays were orde
resulting as follows:
Yeas-Speaker Hahn, Barringtop
Brown of Cadd0, Burton, Barrett.
blackstone, Carville, Como, Cole. /
Drew, DeLaoy, Deioie, Deyezin
Evans. Gardere. Claude, Gary,
Hughes, Holt of East Baton Rouge, i
Of DeSoto, Jones, Keeting, Lewis,
Magiloire, RoutOn, Raby, Souer, I
Seveignes, Shelton, SHINES, Tolliver
lngtOn, Walker-40.
Nays-Brown of Jefferson, Blair,
Davidson, D'Avy. Elliott, Hill of Ast
Robert johnson, Lastrappes, Milcn,
No quorum voting.
On motion of Mr.. Drew the 10,
adjourned until tomorrow at
O'Clock NJ.
ROBERT F. GUICHARI
Clerk of the House of Representa-,
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Tae ChamberIain Correspondeuce,

The following letters have been made
public by Governor Chamberlain, at the
special request of Stanley Matthews, and
are the letters alluded to by Mr.. Blaine in
he Senate on the seventh instant:
WASHINGTON, March 6, 1877.
Hon. D. q. Chamberlain, Columbia, South Carolina:
MY DEAR STR--I have not the honor of a
personal acquaintance with you, but have
learned to respect you from my knowledge
Of yOnr reputation. take the liberty Of
addressing You now, with great distrust Of
the propriety of doing so, prefacing it by
saying, that speak without authority from
any one, and represent only my own views,
The situation Of public affairs in South
Carolina Is too complicated to be discussed
at length in 3 note, and yet impresses me
As one that ought TO be changed by the
policy Of Republican statesmen in such q
way ~ not only to remove al the c0ntro-
versies that disturb the State, but to re-
move oil embarrassment arising frOm it to
the party in other parts OF the country It
has occurred to me TO suggest whether by
your own concurrence and cooperation, an
accommodation could not be arrived At
which would obviate the necessity for
the use Of Federal arms to support
either government, and leave that to
stand which was able to stand Of
lt1oAls Duc1 course would re-
lieve the administration from the neces-
sity, 50 fer as executive action is concerned,
Of making any decisions between tbs con.
ticting governmental, and would place you
In 3 position making the sacrifice Of what
You deemed your abstract rights for the
sake Of the peace Of the community. which
would entitle y0u to the gratitude, rot only
Of your own party, bot Che respect aud
esteem Of tbs entire country. lraas that
you win pardon the liberty have taken. a
ny motive e 70 promote not only the public,
but your psreOnal good.
Win eEsae respect,
STANLEY MATTHEW'S.
Appended to the foregoing letter are tia
following Lines ~ NJ EVafts;
DEAR GoEEANDnA have read this letter.
and roApegBsd with Colonel Haskell and
AanNtot aDEdcA, on fhin subject, 90 inter.
outing g ua ell should be very glad TO
ed b 4olatien 81 fhe difficulties Of the ST.
1ailou. 1nd especially to hear from you
1reedtI1 With my compliments % Hrs.
tt4utszzziH, 4ourF. very truly,
WILLIAM n. 'EFARTS
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EXTRA SESSION.
THE SENATE.
Tenth Days Proceedings.

Tenth Days Proceedings
SENATE CHAMBER,
Kew Orleans. March 10, 1877. 5
The Senate met pursuant to adjournment
at u NJ, Hon. C. G. Antoine, Lieutenant
Governor and President of the Senate, in
the chair.
On call of the roll the following Sena-
tors answered to their names:
Present-Messrs. Blunt, Baker, Cage,
Dumont, Ola, Hamlet, Harper, Kelso, Sutton,
Stamps, Twitcbell Wakefield, YOung-l3.
Absent-Messrs. Allan. Boatner, Burch,
Breaux, Bryant, Ducros, Jr., Demas, Ellis,
Eustis, Garland, George, GOOde, Grover,
Kelly, Landry, Ogden, Richardson, Robert
son, Steven, Wheeler, Weber, White,
Zacharie-23.
No quorum.
On motion of Senator Twitchell the SEN
ate adjourned until tomorrow at 10 NJ.
L. LAMANIERE, JR.,
Secretary of the Senate.
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ct us now examine some
FAcTs CoNCERNIN c THE HOUSE

The Returning Board returned seventy
four Republicans and fOrty-three Demo
Gratis, in all III, and three vacancies lone
in Grant parish, where the supervisor
failed to hold an election, and two in East
Felieiana, on the ground of no legal cleo.
tion).
The reasons for these three vacancies are
obvious. Grant parish, with the memory
OF its great massacre, was probably in
such condition as to make it unsafe for
the proper election officers to make their
appearance. At least they did not.
In East Feliciana there was not Repub-
loan vote, although at all previous cleo
tons the majority of its people have shown
themselves to be Republicans.
So much for the vacancies declared by
the Returning Board. Notwithstanding
the fact that ffty-eight might be assumed
As quorum Of liz, the House of Repre-
sentatives has always required sixty-One,
and had, at each days session, sixty-eight
members present.
The Democratic returns virtually admit
and acknowledge sixty Republican mem
bers; ct any rate, they show the Repub-
licans carried parishes which returned sixty
members.
They openly acknowledged and returned
ffty-six Republican members, but sup
pressed the returns for the House from Madi-
son, having tive members, and st. Martin,
also having two members. But these very
pariahes they acknowledged to have given
maiorities to Hayes and Packard Of say 1000
in Madison and seventy-sev in St. Martin.
The suppression of the returns from these
two parishes a. to Representatives in the
House is a case Of throwing OUT to effect
m organization Of their bogus House.
The style, manner and sanafroid o.
shrowinR out thsSe parishes to effect their
purpose qasts AL the performances Of the
egal Returning Board, even according q
the widest and most romantic and fetitiou-
descriptions, IN the shade.
So We have come pretty near establish.
4ng our legal Lsgislature By Democratic
aafhority, and without the aid Of the regu
lsz legal and constitutional method Of re-
turn o. without any other canvass or com
pislua than that Of our enemies.
let y now proceed to analyze the differ
enea nstween the number Of Republican
established by their returns, or, say sixty
and che nunber We claiEa. sevonty-four
eatda "a The three vacancies.
These fouFieen comprises 1hEss from Eas.
Baton houEe, two FROM 4slshsuaa, two
Aam Queohifs, two from West Eelioiana,
sne from Websgel, one izom Lafayette, one
m Yernsn and fwo from Ds soio.
testimony beioss both eoneEsaaisaai
nhowa the DsEnoezatlo nasurne
from Baton Rouge Msehouaa, Ona.
ehila West Eelielana wafe aeoonl.
HI'shsa te||d1zine and iafl1I A
stsitF 81 their ffs9 zse lsr
efaaEIed3sa 1e sieesisn
t1. tat 1aF ok ta0
11 = no.
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On motion Of Mr.. DsjOie executive SEES.
sion was ordered.
Executive session being raised, the House
was adjourned until tomorrow at twelve
O'Clock NJ, on motion of Mr.. Robert John
son, of Terrebonne.
ROBERT F. GUICHARD,
Clerk of the House of Representatives.
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WHICH IS THE GOVERNMENT?
The Facts and Figures Which An
swer the Question.
FACTS CONCERNING THE SENATE.

FACTS CONCERNING THE SENATE.
The Senate of the State of Louisiana is
composed of thirty-six memberships.
According to the returns of the Returning
Board, added to the members exising before
and holding over, there would be nineteen
Republicans and seventeen Democrats.
The Democratic returns agree with these,
except as to three members-Hamlet, Blunt
and Weber.
The testimony before both the congress
sional committees shows abundantly the
grounds for returning Weber from the dis
trict embracing the Felicianas and Pointe
Coupee, and Hamlet, from that embracing
Ouaehita and Caldwell, and nobody pretends
now to doubt the intimidation sufficient in
those parishes to affect the returns.
The high Electoral Commission has said
and decided, THAT the Returning Board of
Louisiana is a constitutional body under a
constitutional law. and a vacancy in its
number does not vitiate its proceedings
We must suppose then it had adequate
grounds, and the law makes it the best
Judge of grounds, to return Blunt from the
district of Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine
and DeSOtO.
So much for these three Senators. OF the
other sixteen the Democrats make no ques-
ton, for they have accepted Breaux, De-
mas and Wheeler in their Senate, and on
the sixth of March introduced resolution
calling on the other thirteen by name to
take their seats with them, or they would
be made vacant
The whole nineteen were present at the
opening of the legal Senate in the State
House, voted in two additional members by
contest, and continued tie attend the meet
ings of the Senate till the eleventh and
thirteenth of January, respectively, when
the defections occurred.
This covers all the proceedings of this
session excepting the ballots for United
States Senator, which DO not require quo
rum of the Senate.
These proceedings cover the organization
and election of officers, the returns of mem
bers to the Legislature and action thereon,
the count for Governor and Lieutenant
Governor, and all the statutes and enact
mentA that have been passed, and renders
their legality unquestionable.
All Of this took place with the eognizance,
concurrence and executive approval of W.
P. Kellogg as Governor, whose It'll is IN
questiOnedi and what took place elsewhere,
without his recognition, can not have the
force of legislation. Then, as we are surely
entitled to one Legislature, and as surely
entitled to only one, there can be no ques-
ton that that in the State House was the
true one.
The retirement of some of the members
on the ground that some of their political
leaders thought the defensive arrangements
of the State House did not favor bulldOz
ing can be of no force, and whatever they
did elsewhere can have no more force than
if they went home.
Let us now examine some
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THE SENATE.

The Senate of the Forty-ffth Congress
met in extra session on Monday. The
following is list Of the Senators so far as