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DESIDENCEF FOR SALE.

The most desirable residence in town. with
four good rooms. kitchen. ETC.. will he sold
cheap for CASH. Now is the time to apply.
Address WILEY 7. MANGliAM.
nov o5-,f RayvilIc La.
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I. B GARDNER.
J. NJ. CALLAW Az.
J. II NErfLES.
5ssrIs STATES OF AMERICA,


State Of Louisiaua, Ner. 80. 1876:
Personally appeared veforc me, J. F. Kelly.
who being duly sworn, states that he is super
visor Of registration iu and for the parish Of
Rcl,lard, in said State, and that he wa. such
upon the seventh day Of this present month,
at the general election held NJ said Parish for
presidential eiec,cs,, member Il congress
for the fifth congressional district, state and
Parish officers; that there have been reported
10 HIM. in his official capacity, the following
violations Of act No. 9s Of 1872, aud the
several acts ameniasory thereof, by Frank }.
Moore, deputy United States marshal. at poll
No. ) in said parish; that he, said Moore,
was q personal witness Of several particular
act, Of violence, intimidation, AMI fraud at
said POLL committed upon said seventh day
Of November, and that he. said Moore. Was
compelled, by threats of death in case OF his
refusal to do 20, To make affidavit after the
close Of the polls that a quie, ind psaceasle
election lad been held al said poll on said
day; by one Huvsy Willi>ms: that he oiIer.
ed, Al poll three in said parish, to vote the
republican ticket and that certain democrats
there present, threatened to kill him. the said
Williams, if he voted said ticket. aud that in
VI
vote, and did not v",c in said parish Of Rich
land; and from sundry persons that the. 'lemo'
cratic white men, Sesrients'"f said pa1',h,
paraded me woods and sOads Of .aid parish
in arms and with violence, I'm or about the
day Of election, and prevented 10 far rs in
them lay, the Tree access Of republican voters
unto SAID poll. number three and five and
unto other polling places in s"Si parish, con-
rary To law. Aud now, therefore, he, the
. said Kelly, INV psosess shat there was nc
iull, free, mil fair ele,-sson hehi np"n the sew
| en,h day Of November, present. ~ sahs polls
three and i've, or wIttin sssi parish of Rich
! land, within sbe meaning and intent oi ac'
! rs Of 1872 and the several acts amen'iatory
thereof. IF. KELLY,
SMp~risor Of Resitfraf'on-
| Subscribed and sworn baEpre me NOvem
Der 30, 1876, +. A. WOoLFLEf,
| Coxumissioner United States CIc"it Court,
Lonisidna District.
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CEND CSC. to q. =. HOWELL Il CO.. New
- York, for Pamphlet Of 100 pages, contain
ing lists Of 5000 newspapers, aud estimates
-. y g.. ~ - g, D. -sr'- -.
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NOR SALE on GOOD

II A Steam SAW MILL. complete in all il.
parts, together wi,h a superior PLANER
SASH aud DOOR MACHINE and TURNING
LATHE. AppIyto or address
MRS. +. A. KEEL. Delhi, La.
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pxy,H pkxuEas TESTIMONY.

In,erroya,orie. propeunded by the rePubli-
can party to David Frazier:
Interrogatory l.-What is yonr name ,
Place @. residence and occupation! Where
were you on the eth of November la>t, and for
one or two months previous? ..
In,erroga,ory 2-Wha, do ynu know about
the general conduct Of the registration and
election made and held in andEor Richland par
ishst the last elecsion,in November lnste State
IS there was any intimidation. violence, or
threats agains, Npssb'eans Of. the parish (;
frauds, O, other illegal OF wron:inl practices
OF cesrup, infunees, on the par, Of democrats
toward rcpubiian voters, or other csus.s ten
ding to prevent a free, quiet. and peaceable
vote Of all Of the qualified electors Of said
parish. State Enthusiastically oil the facts
within your knowledge, or known To you from
public notorie,y and reliable sources, resahve
TO the manner in which snd rsg .ration and
election were had, held, and conducted in
said parish, rs to anything that might tend to
defeat tho free aud voluntary exercise Of the
right Of suffrage, mo law, or otherwise.
Whether or nut republicans could or could not
vote in said parish with safety To their lives
il they voted the republican ticket. Whether
or not republicans were discharged or threat
cned to lie dis charged from employment in
case they voted the republican ,ick't State
any matter OF thing which caused in'im'da'
lion, any violence or threats, by democrats in
sad parish during the late canvass.
I,terrogaiosy State any other facts
within your knowledge relative to SAID regis
,ra,ioa and election IS il you had been special
iy inserroga,cd about the sane.
ANSWERS
Fiss,-My name is David Frazier; | reside
in Rickland parish, State Of Louisiana; my
occupation Is farming. On the eth day Of
November lasa I.was in the town Of Girari.
in said parish, and have been residing in said
parish iincs u has been made a parish.
Sscond-l know that daring the time nj
registration and revision Of registration in said
parish hands AZ armed men. members of the
kdemncsatic parry, lods over and about the
pesish. visiting she houses Of eolosed rcpubli.
cane dunag shs night time end during the
dsy, ftighsenins and insimidasng them; and
a,ha, ,hey we're to.' ia, L they IL ret vo:e
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RADICAL TESTIMONY,
Made Before the Returning Board
Against. Richland Parish.
80Re Very Interesting Read
fng Coz eur Citizens, ShoWinG.
Why They we're Disfran.
chised and the Depth Of
Moral Dcpravily Of
Some Individuals.

commence below the publication Of the te,,i-
mony given to the Returning Board against
Richani parish, relative to Intimidation, etc +,
which will b~ continued from week To week
until finished, beginning with the hrs, ON the
record
AFyIDAVITs or J. - KELLY.
SSkTH ~ LOUISIANA e..
Parish Of Orlsans:
J. r. Kelly. supervisor Of registration for
the parish Of Richisnd, being duty sworn,
depo.es and says, tina, lie was the duly ap-
pointed supervisor Of registration tor the par
ish OF Richland, State of Louisiana. for and
duriny the period of registration and revision
Of registration, made and held preparatory
and prior to the las, general election held IN
said parish on the 9Th day OF November. 1876;
that rs supervisor he he'd and conducted said
registration ami clecfiors
Tina, during such slime Of registration md
election there was. as I was informed and
believe, such acts of Intimidation as tenteo u
prevent and did pIeven, a fair. free. and
peacrsbls aud full vote OF all the qualified
electors Of said parish.
That the facts relating thereto are a. fol
bws, from reports ,9ade to me- by voters and
by the cclored people: 49,.
They were told by the democrats tina, i
they voted the republican tick~, they would
he killed. This report was made TO me sew
eral times.
I, came to my official knowledge from re
ports made to me that bands Of men on horse
back rode AT night throug!, the parish, fright
enins the negroes and trying To keep then
Eom voting the republican ticket They (th'
colorcd ,nen) told me that rFr, had the etiel;
TO terrify them, and make them afraid to vot'
the republican ticket The colorcd 'registrz
| ton is $50 vo,ere. The republican vo'
polled Al last election is ESQ odd About IL
or 100 colored republican voters were rePoi
ted to me as having no; voted through fear
This report was made To me by one or tvs
persons. J. +: KELLY,
S~ptrcisor Of R,gis,rdfion,
Perish Of Richlamd, Louisidma,
| Subscribed and sworn before me Novem
Der 80, 1876. +. A. WOOLFLE7,
co-s,issiorer Cni,s{ State Circuit Cours,
Louisiana District.
We, the undersigned citizens and legal vG
tiers Of the parish of Richlsnd, Louisiana, d
state under oath that we believe this state
ment made in tho within repos, Of J. F. he
y, supervisor, is true.
T.B GARDNER.
J. NJ. CALLAWAY.
| II NErflES
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SHERIFF'S SALE.

Dec. .nm,I. iS1n-itls.
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unable 10 state tile exact shade.
..2-l am a republican; have been re
publican ever SINCE | b~rsrne u free man.
81 was not candidate for any office a,
the late election. II WAS "a matter Of public
nosoriety thar X. Justice and L. e., We pre-.
sumo, VIM were engaged ia threatening
cOlored people previously to the election.
i-fhey we're threatened with VIOLENCE
such as whipping, shooting &c:
81 cannot give names Of parties discharg
ell or threatened with discharge. did moi
hear any such threats made. The democrat.
n said parish relied more on threats of whip
ping aud killing than OH threats of discharge
from employment
I'll have already given instances in pro
vions answers to cross-in,erro:atories and in
terroga,ories. | also know that Washington
McGee, who was president Of my club, Wa
driven from the parish, as l believe, solely
for political causes. HIS house was fired
into during the nigh,-ti,n-, sometime durjn,
the month o. September, 1876. | am unable
to give the names of the parties who did tn,
firing.
This Niece, who figures so extensively
! in the testimony Of these Witnesses, te.,iiie.
before the congressman, committee, We ar,
informed, that he was frightened of by TIT
,hre~,, Of prominent republican, Major W
+. Oliver-Ep)
IL was asked 10 sign n paper like RI,
one described in this in,eTrosatory, and re
fused TO do so.
81 was not connected with the re. i,s:a
ton Of votes in any manner whatever.
| See answer To eighth cross inierrogatory
lO-See answer 10 third, fourth, fifth an;
sixth cross interrogaior
| Ill was present at the poll on the day o
election, and saw for myself the general feel
ing that prevailed. saw no open republi
can ticket voted, and believe there was no
a single republican ticket voted open in saI
parish. his
DAyID:X FRAZIER.
mark
Attest: =. X Rrss
Sworn to and subscribed before me this Is
day Of Dece nber, 1876.
F.A. WOOLFLEY,
| Comminionsr United s airs Circuit
Court, District Of Louisiams.
'Eva,ive answer and implied lie. NJ
ticket, democratic or republican, was vote,
open, because it had to be folded a: compac.
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brighter dotting the land, not with bat
tleiields but with school houses in which
our chill instructed better than our
selves, will learn to discern the shallow
arts 1.-THE selfseeking demagogue, who
would thrive by playing upon mems ig-
noranoe and passion. We have seen,
within the last few weeks, how little
generosity in the fountains of our pollti-
cal existence has warmed the hearts Of
men and elevated the tone OF public af-
fairs This tells us simply but truly that
party lines are not, and ought not to be,
lines of battle, separating men committed
to deadly strife. II tells us that we, the
people-acting as Nation--should be
sufficiently independent because snffici-
emily enlightened to detect the true IRON
the false in our leaders and in our sys-
tenn. There are few of ns who do not
know instinctively the truth. We are
constantly deceiving ourselves, constant.
ly and consciously allowing ourselves to
be deceived, by circumstance and special
pleading, l shall not pretend that it is
possible for us to escape this indrmity Of
human nature. That which / plead for,
which / have pleaded for all my life, is
that we shall be governed in our public
interests by the same fair. minded and
self.respecting principles Of conduct
which good men bring to their private
walks and ways.
y 4 The Union is indeed restored
when the hands that pulled that flag down
come willingly, and with full hearts, to
put it mp again. ] come with a full heart
and a steady hand to salute the flag that
floats above me-my flag and your flag
the flag of the Union--ihe dag of the free
hearts hope and home-the star.spang-
ed banner Of our fathers-the flag that,
uplifted triumphantly over few brave
men, has never been obscured, destined
by God and nature to wait on its ample
folds the eternal song of manhood free
dom to all the world, the emblem of the
power on earth which is to exceed that
on which it was said the sun never went
down. had it in my mind to say that it is
for us, the living, to decide whether the
hundreds of thousands who fell on both
sides during the battle were blessed mar.
tyrs to an end shaped by a wisdom greater
than ours, or whether they died in vain.
l shall not admit the thought. They did
not die in vain. The power, the divine
power, which furrowed the land with
battle fields, sowing it deep and broad
cast with sorrow, will reap thence for US,
and for the ages, nation truly divine; a
nation of freedom and offreemen; where
tolerance shall walk hand in hand with
whilst civilization points out to
patriotism the many open highways to
human right and glory.
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NOTICE..

HtHRISTIAN RAMSEIER and Rosie Ramseier,
VI heretofore residents of Stark County, o., but
whose place Of residence is now unknown and
can not be ascertained, will take notice that An
thony Vogt. of Stark county, Ohio, did, on NE
10th day OF November, 1876 file his petition in the
court ofcommon pleas within and for said coun:.
tyof Stark and State Of Ohio against them said
forth that they said Christian Ramseier and Rosie
Ramseier gave mortgage to said Anthony vogt
on lot No thirty.six 1867 In Riverside addition to
the town. now city of Massillon. tosecufe the pay
ment Of one hundred and fifty dollars $3.50 &C
cording to certain note referred to In said mort;
gage, and that said sum with the interest accrued
thereon from September 19th 1875, at 8 per cent.
per annum, payable annually, is still wholly un.
paid though long since due, and praying that
said Christian Ramseier and Rosie Ramseler pay
said sum and interest or that said premises be
sold 10 make the same. h'I.t
And the said Christian Ramseier and Rosie
Ramseier are notified that they are required TO
appear and answer said petition on or before the
third Saturday after the 10th day Of May, 1877,
Dated April 5th, 1877. ANTHONY VoGT. y
By G. T. MEYER, his attorney. cJ i9 9Tl ncI
April 5, 1877.
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Baker is always q lively, animated and
agreeable companion; and sketches OF
life, people and scenery break IN often
enough upon the summaries OF status
tical and scientific and agricultural intor-
nation to give the whole work distinct
ly readable" tone. II will surprise a
good many people in this country, per-
haps, TO find that his experience as a set
tier in Macedonia has led him to regard
that country as a good field for emigra-
ton, and that he thinks foreigners may
with safety and advantage invest their
money in farming and grazing there. On
this head his Judgment is certainly worth
needing, and his statements are as inter-
esting as they are novel. He describes
the ordinary state Of the country as one
of fair order and quiet, and declares pos
itively that he found the Turkish officials
neither insolent nor unjust, and that 20
far from throwing impediments in his
way as foreigner and Christian, they,
on the contrary afforded him all the as
sistance in their power in forwarding his
purchase of lands, and in enabling him
to organize his estate and get his people
at work. The report which he makes,
too, of the condition Of the Greco. .Bulga-
riar villages in his neighborhood is very
different from the accounts we have had
in such abundance lately as to the OPP
pressive taxation and grinding tyranny
inflicted upon the rayahs. Doubtless
there are great differences in the condi-
ton of different regions of this vast and
ramshackle empire, but Col. Bakers
book at least shows us that it is no more
safe to generaize in a wide and sweeping
manner about the whole of European
Turkey, from isolated portions of Its re-
moter provinces than it would be to gen.
eralize about the educational condition
of the Middle States of the Union from
the iliteracy of st. Lawrence county. in
New York, or about the social condition
of the Mexican Republic from the law
lessness of the Rio Grande country.
OF the present state of the Turkish
Navy, Col. Baker speaks in the strongest
tel ms of praise; and he sums up the total
of the Turkish military force, after a
careful review of its component parts, at
665, $50 men, 81 900 horses and 624 guns.
He does not undertake to say, however,
how much Of this force exists ION paper"
*Turkey. By James Baker, NJ. A., Lieut.. Colo
mel Auxiliary Forces. Formerly Eighth Hussars.
New York, Henry Holt d Co.
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HENRY WA TTERSON ATNASH-
VILE.

NASHVILLE, My 3O.-At the decoration
services to-day at the National Cemetery
near this city, Hon. Henry Watterson, of
Kentucky, was the orator.
His Grafton was a plea for peace and
fraternity. In the course oft he said
declare here to-day that the South,
more especially the young manhood of
the South, yearns for national fellowship.
1t stretches out its arms to the North not
to build UP national spirit which shall
in word or thought prescribe it, or those
who are to come after it. The present
generation ofSouthern men is in no wise
responsible for the acts of the last. 1t
has no antecedents except those which
illustrate its sincerity and its valcron the
battlefield; its fidelity to its belief; its
fidelity to its leaders; its fidelity to its
self. These are but so many hostages to
the nation atlsrge. Instead ofstigmatiz-
ing it, the victorin the fght should throw
over the South the flag Of the Republic; /;
should placeih front oft the embIematic
eagles Of the State should fold it round
from the dark and the light with tile in
stinct of maternity, tenders ofits crippled
offspring. To the young men ofthe South
the country must look or the resurrection
Of the South. They should carry no dead
weights either in their hearts or on their
backs. The work Of physical liberation,
which Is happily ended, is to be fol-
lowed by greater, grandef wofk-9tiIe
work ofmoral emancipation. A sagaci-
ous craftsmanship, even more than a
generous magnanimity, points to this as
the hope of the white man and the black
man; the real restoration Of the Union;
the true solution of the problems Of life
and labor raised up by the mighty yicis
situdes Of the last fifteen years.
~ War or no war, we are all
-countrymen, fellow citizens; and it is nc
mawkish sentiment, or idle rhapsody
which seeks to bring us nearer together
The day of the sectionalist is over, The
day of the Nationalist has come. II has
come, and II will grow brighter and
.UD5r 'nsc90V gaigi a9I gad
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ONE or TIE MEEKESE.

A widow about forty years Of age, liv-
ing on High street, and having the repu-
tation Of being one of the meekest and
humblest ladies in Detroit. pulled hair
with her servant girl before breakfast the
other morning, dubbed two boys from
the gate before eight o'clock, had a fuss
with a neighhor about parrot ere the
clock struck nine, run peddler out Of the
yard at ten, ''sassed" two ofthe Sanitary
police at eleven, and az high noon she
threw ashes over the alley fence on a
man who was swearing at balky horse.
During the afternoon she was engaged in
working the motto, LET thy light
shine. ."--DetrOh Free Press. ~ n
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ROAD NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that petition VIII be
presented to the Commissioners Of Stark county,
at their next session June 4th A. d. 1877 praying
line, to-wit Beginning at the present terminus
of the county road running north and south In
Lake township in said county, and terminating in
the Centre road, at the Southeast corner Of the
Northeast quarter of section IL in township IL, OF
range s, and running thence north on the east
line Of said section H. and the east line OF section
s, In said township TO or near the waters edge OF
the branch of the Tuscarawas river, and thence
northerly along the west side Of the water course
or as near the same as practicable, TO the Union
town and Paris road A PETITIONER.
April Sd, A. D 1S77.-may3-7ew.
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"All are but parts Of one stupendous whole,
Whose body Nature is, and God the SOUL
That changed through all, and yet In all the same
Great in the earth, as in tn ethereal frame,
Warns In the sun, refreshes In the breeze,
CLOVIS in the stars and blossoms In the trees
Lives through all life extends through all extent
Spreads undivided, operates unspenti
Breathes in our soul informs our mortal part,
AS full, as perfect, in hair as heart
AS full, as perfect, in vile man that mourns'
AS the rapt seraph that adores and burns
To him no high, no low no great, no small,
He flls, he bounds, connects and equals ALL
-POpeS Essay on Man
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LEGAL.
Legal Notice.

Z Henry p Blake, william D. Blake, Theodore
GarlOk, whose places OF residence are unknown
Henry T. Wing, assignee OF b, " Renick \ Co., OF
the State Of New York, and Caroline shietten-
helm and the unknown heirH OF Pphilip
Marker, deceased late OF Stark county, Ohio,
whose places OF residence are also unknown,
will tako notice that urah Il. Feather, OF STARK
county, Ohio plaintiff did on the 0lst day OF May,
Pleas In and for the County Of Stark In said State
OF Ohio against them, the above named parties
and others defendants setting forth among other
things that said Urlah r, Feather has The legal
title 10 aud is IN peaeeabe possession OF the iol'
lowing described real estate situate In said Coun.
by and State to-wit: Being part Of the northeast.
quarter Of section Q and part Of the Northwest
quarter Of section 10, township 10 ranges now
known and designated as 0ut-lot No "a In tue city
OF Canton, and more particularly described as
follows: Beginning at the northeast corner OF
out lot No, 25 in said city, now owned by the
DiebOld Safe and Lock Co. and IN the south line
Of Mulberry st.; thence north 6l0 east along said
line Of Mulberry street 29l feet 70 the tout line
east l75 feet thence south t414o west 24O feet 70
the north line of Jefferson street; thence north
S7lSo west along said north line OF Jefferson street
29l feet TO the east line Of the Safe Works lot
aforesaid thence north 29o west al0ug said line
li2 feet to the beginning containing aud eS.lOO
acres and setting forth further that the above
named defendants claim Some Interest IN saiu
premises; and praying, among other thingsthat the
title Of said Uriab Feather 10 said premises be
auieted and that said above named defendants be
decreed TO have no interest title or claim 10 or In
said premises, and that the title, claim and inter
est set up by said defendants, or either OF them,
In or TO said premises be adIudged and determ.
ined 10 be null and void as against the title of said
Uriah r. Feather, and said above named defend
ants are notified that they are required TO appear
and answer said petition on or before the third
Saturday amer the Afth day Of July, 1877,
Dated NAV 81, 1877. 7.-lw
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General Franklin's paper from the
Philadelphia Times, and exposes the in
side history of the infamous tampering
with General McClellan's plan of the
Peninsula campaign, by the Stanton eli.
que. 1t is but simple justice that the
story should be told. Mcclellan and
other officers have been shorn of their
laurels, and made to occupy false posi-
ton in history, that partisan malignity
and bigotry might be stated. But the
truth will out.