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Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-01-25
Oregon.

Additional evidence given before the Sem
ate Committee on Privileges and Elections, up
to the 18th, in regard to the Oregon case, was as
follows: c.. c. Jordon, Cashier OF the Third Ma
tional Bank of New York, testified in regard to
the now celebrated Oregon check, that he order
ed Martin & RuDyan To draw a check for SIS, coo
on December &, last, in favor of
Ladd & Bush of Salem. Oregon. Witness
ordered this check at the instance of Col VIM.
T. Pelten Secretary of the Democratic National
Committee. Witness did not know what the
S9,0t0 was to be used for, but inferred it was
for political purposes; only know now the check
was returned unused. Samuel j. TIldes is
Director of the bank in which witness is Cash
Ter. Mr.. Tilden owns SOS 90 worth OF stock in
the bank. Witness was personally responsible
to Martin & RunyOn for the So, 900, and Col.
VIM. I. Pelton was personally responsible TO
witness.
Col. VIM. z. Pelton. Secretary Of the
National Democratic Committee, testified on the
10th regarding the IS, 1000 Oregon check: Told
Jordan it was desired that certain gentlemen in
Oregon should have Il credit of IS 600; it seemed
litigation would arise from the ineiigibliity of
Watts In Oregon, and BillInger, Chairman
Of the Democratic Committee, suggested
the necessity of having money to defray these
legal expenses. Witness supposed jordan UNI
derstood that he (wItnessl old not want the So
TOO transaction made public. Not a dollar was
sent TO any State but for strictly legitimate pur-
poses. The Democratic National ommitte de.
frayed the expenses of part of the gentlemen
who visited some OF the southern States after
election.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-01-25
MiNSiSSiDni.

. Major Howard, of Jackson, Miss. testi-
fed before the Senate ami on Privileges
and Elections, on the 18th, in relation to the in
timidatien of voters in that State at the recent
election. He stated that he knew of at least one
hundred persons. coiored, and he thought they
were mostly Republicans, at Tinnan's polling
place, just outside OF jackson, who were kept
from voting by reason OF their not being able get
through the crowd around the polls, and by
reason of the Supervisors of Election asking
questions OF voters TO take up time, and delay
voting. Is satisfied frem what he saw and heard
that a large number of colOred voters were in
undated tor the purpose of keeping them from
voting. One of the methods of intimidation
practccd was to threaten to turn the laD0ring
men uut of employment. Saw no violence done
any person previous to election day, but knows
that a large majority OF the colored people would
vote the Republican ticket if lett alone.
Judge Geo. I. Swami, Clerk OF the Unit
ed States Circuit and District Court for the
Southern District of Mississippi. testified that,
personally, he saw no intimidation of voters,
but he had been often appealed to by colored
men, about the time of the last election, who
came to him and complained that they
were not allowed to vote, but they were
generally unwilling to go into courts and testify,
for fear of being thrown out Of employment or
OF having bodily harm done them by their pOlit-
zeal opponents, witness stated that one of the
frauds praCticed upon ignorant voters at the late
election by Democrats was to give out Demo-
cratic tickets with lkenesses of Hayes and
Wheeler on them.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-01-25
Eks 1854 Z ~ Et1 Ia sN4
Pars0n and ParishiOner.

--FEL1 EGE2FAEE HsaF -E-G Ia Isr EeTF.fETEaz.HHs4
Old Farmer, T., of Canton, Mass,
became unpleasantly involved with his
parson about going to meeting. The
farmer was greatly remiss in his Sun
day duties, and spent, his Sabbath
morning in his orchard, just opposite
the Westinghouse. The scandal came
to a head when Farmer T., in answer to
pious expostulations, had the face to
say that he was in his orchard to see
that the Christians didn't steal his
apples. 81 Thereupon, and according to
the law as it then was, they brought
him into court and had him fined as an
absentee from the house of God. Next
Sabbath early he presented himself in
the broad aisle and took his seat bolt
upright before the congregation. But
when the parson began to pray he
pulled out of his coat-pocket a big bat
of cotton wool, and proceeded to stuff
both ears with it. The dangling white
ends of it, both sides of his big white
bushy head, did not aid, during that
service, the devotions of his fellow
citizens. He complained afterward
bitterly to the parson. about paying his
parish tax. al don't hear you,,' he
said, "and I oughtn't to help support
you" "Very WELL" said the parson,
"I am in my pulpit every Sunday, and
if you don't hear me it's your own
fault, not mime" "Ah hal" said
Farmer Y. In the fall the parson was
surprised to receive a bill from the
farmer for two pigs. elbows this''
said the parson; " haven't had your
pigs" ats your own fault, parson,"
said the farmer; "them pigs ben in
the pen all summer waiting for ye-and
there's the bill" %
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-01-25
CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATIONS.

THE SENATE COMMITTEE.


The following is the substance of the tes-
timoDy taken by the Senate committees up to the
18th: Eliza Pinkston was recalled for cross-ex-
animation, and reiterated in every essential par
ticular her former testimoay. Two physicians
and surgeons testified that Eliza's wounds would
hardly account for her debiitated condition and
that she had told them she had recently had a.
miscarriage. Contradictory evidence IN regard
to the condition of affairs in East FeliciaEa was
given by various witnesses, VIII tie and colored.
Henry Smith, colored, related that he was Sher-
III OF the parish and had been7assanlted and shot
in the hip, and driven from the parish in 1915;
had returned twice and had to leave both times.
elements among the whites in the parish, viz. !:
bulldozers and anti -bulldoZers. The former
were victorious in the primary election and their
candidates a cepted the support OF the latter who
continued their operations. Japtain Fuqua and
one other witness testified to b peaceable and
quiet election, and that acts of violence generally
had no connection with politics Lawlessnese in
the parish had been on the increase simply be-
cause the laws were not enforced. The former
enumerated a number of homicides which had
occurred, showing that killing was not confined
to either party orcolOr, as had Been stated. NNa
Additional evidence4given before the Sem
ate Committee, up the 18th, was as fonowR:
John HI. Dinkg, ave, of Ouachita, testified as to
incendiary articles in the Ouachita Telegraph and
Vienna Sentinel in reference to Republican
Randall Driver, colsred, testified 10
having been severely whipped by Captain Theo-
bald, DIR Young and others. incluaing three
cClored men, on the night Henry Pipkston was
killed, because he had refused to come over On
the Lords side" as requested by 1neobald.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-01-25
THE HOUSE COMMITTEE.

The House committees received the fol-
lowing among other testimony up to the 18th
John Ray testified as to Intimidation and acts OF
violence in Ouachita, and that the blacks could
not nave voted the Republican ticket IN safety
he was. counsel for the Returning Board ana
offered to explain their reasons for throwing out
certain polls. The committee declined to hear
him Had advised the Board in regard to
filing the vacancy; that the law governing 1t
was mot mandatory. and the section In relatlon
to the members of both parties not imperative.
o. HI Brewster, Republican candidate for Sen
atora in .0uachita testified to general ntlmlda
and terrorizfng of colored Republicans
money to vote for Tilden, but declined to say
who offered It, The committee decided to report
his refusal to full committee. Nj. Reese testified
that Alfred Bourges, Republican candidate for
Sheriff at the late election, had offered election
officers money to certify that there was trouble at
-PoIr4, Ninth Ward, New Orleans. Gov kel-
logg was examined at length, and said that he
had used no. unfair or illegal methods to carry
the election, nor had he been advised to do 80.
All the members of the House Committee, with
the exception, of Messrs. Morrison, jerks and
Townsend, returned to Washington.
Ex-Gov. Kellogg continued his testimony
before the House Committee on the 18th. He
said that O. b Morgan, who testified regarding
conversations between him (witness) and Ander-
son, had per1fredi himself that there was no
truth in his statements. On the 10th, a number
of witnesses testified regarding the bad character
of Messrs. Anderson and kenner, of the Return
ing Board. This concluded the Iiouse Commit
tees Investigations.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-01-25
Miscellaneous.

The Special Committee on the privileges,
powers and duties Of the House in counting the
Electoral vote examined several witnesses on the
18th, among them Secretary Chandler. He was
asked whether he had sent any dispatches to
Florida since the late election in relation
to money. and he replied he had not. Being
asked whether he had sent a dispatch to
Florida stating that troops would probably be
sent there to keep the peace, he answered he
probably had. lie was then asked whether he
had sent 1t on his own motion or upon some one
else's. and he declined to answer this question,
basing his refusal on the ground that he is q Cab,
met officer. THE decided that he must
answer, AMI gave MIN until Wednesday next to
comply.
M. A! Clancy, late stenOgrapher OF the
Natiohai Republican Committee, testified on TIE
10th regarding a'number of dispatches forward.
ed by Messrs. T.. Chandler and W. E Chandler
to various parties in North Carolina, South Car
DINA. Florida, Louisiana and Oregon. On Nov.
Sthe, following telegram was sent TO each of the
parties named. Gen, Martin, Tallahassee, Fla. !;
S. b. Packard NewOrleans; Gov. Chamberlain,
Solu'Abia. s. c.; Senator Mitchell. Portland,
oregon; and Geo. c. Gorham, San Francisco:
we are absolutely certain of Is votes for
Hayes If your State is safe, and Tilden is sure of
tne rest. Can you certainly defeat all Demo-
cratic attempts by fraud, false counting, or
tribsry to capture it? Answer when sure.
~ 1tSignedf Il.
- We III. Chandler, a member of thc Ma
Republican Committee, was before the in
Vestlgatlng committee on the l tn, and was ask
in Florida, did you receive any
letters or kilograms from any member of the Ma
tiona in which mention was made of
money or trOops:" - illness replied
while in Tallahassee he became
counsel for the Governor OF Florida, and
other Republican candidates, and fought not to
answer without the consent of my clients, whom
i VIII advise to give me permission to answer. :"
committee, after a private consultation,
unanimously decided that the witness must an
BWcr the QAeStIOn. and there cnnlH no no nriU.
legged com munications between the attorney and
his clients as against a committee of the House.
Nltfess refused to answer a similar question in
to Louisiana. .rs4
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-01-25
II

In the Senate, on the 18th, Mr.. Freling-
huysen presented a petition from business men
of Newark. N j., asking that the Electoral vote
be counted, without regard to p ,rty considera-
lions. Referred to the special committee. Mr..
Booth called up a resolution submitted by him
Monday last in regard to the counting Of the
Electoral vote, and spoke at length in favor
thereof. Mr.. Paddock introduced a bill to
authorize the removal of distractions in the
channel of the Missouri River, and to repair and
protect tie levees at Omaha, Plattsmouth and
Brownssvrl1e; Nebraska. and Sioux City and
till Monday. :. !. In the House Mr., Knott, Chair
man of the Judiciary Committee, reported in the
case OF Barnes. the recalcitrant manager of the
that the House las a right to compel the preduc-
ton of teleerams by officers of the telegraph
companies. Barnes was brought before the
in c%hargesof the New Orleans office. but that
should he againabe placed in charge Of that Of
ace, ana shauid. the telegrams be demanded.
then offered a resolution declaring that the re-
Spouse Of witness was not sufic ept, and re-
handing him to the custody of the Sergeant at
Arms until he shall have produced the kilograms
and been discharged by order of the Hous,.
Adopted-yeas, 1sl; nays, 70. Mr.. Knot,
from the committee to ascertain the priv
oral vote, made a report from that
committee. Synopsis of the report published in
another column.) The report, together with the
minority report submitted by Mr. Burchard, of
I'oS 49, N
before the House a message from the President
stating how the money appropriated by the River
speech by Mr. Reagan, in which he severely
criticised the action of the President in regard to
that bill, the message was referred. Adjourned
till Monday.
In the Senate, on the 18th, a number OF
bills of a private character were considered,
when the report of the Committee on Rules, pro-
viding new rules for the government of the SEN
ate. was taken up. The committee reported an
to the third rule, 80 as to compel the
attendance of absent Senators whenever il shall
be ascertained that a quorum Is not present.
discussion the Senate went into eXecu-
tive session and soon adjourned 49,. VIM Or
ton, President of the Western Union Telegraph
Company, was before the bar of the House. at
by counsel, to 0nswer the charge of be-
ing in contempt of the House in not appearing
before the Louisiana investigating Committee
and producing certain kilograms Mr.. Orton's
pleaded Illness as an excuse for his nom
attendance. The answer and the whole matter
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-01-25
A French M0ther.in.LaW.

She had succeeded in marrying her
son, and naturally undertook the man.
agement of his household.
Presently the son died, but she con-
tlnued to advise, direct, and worry gen
orally her daughter-in-law:
Then the daughter-in-law married
again, but still the old lady insisted on
bossing things.
A friend essayed to convice her THAI
she could have no possible right to III.
terfere--tbat the new husband W.
nothing to her. r.
"~NothiugP" she cried, "he nothino
to meP Why. am l not his stepmotHe r.
ln-law ON his wife's side?"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-01-25
A New Tribe of Indians Discovered.

A new tribe of aboriginal Indians
has been discovered near the headwa-
ters of the Brazos, who have been so
quiet that even their existence has
heretofore been unknown TO the Gov
eminent or any of the whites. They
have never asked for ponies or blank
cts. Their tribe is called the "Plato,"
and they number about go. They
have been living with the Comanches,
and have behaved like little men. Very
recently, however, they have notified
Col. Hatch that they desire to go to
Wescalaro Agency, at Fort Stanton.
They represent that they are very poor,
and that if they are transferred it will
be necessary to furnish them two or
three weeks rations of beef and a
military escort. They are to be trans
ferred and fed.-DenUer Nee0s.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-01-25
Thomas Guthrie once related

Thomas Guthrie once related an
incident which gives a striking idea of
the o~vercrowded condition of the cleri-
cal profession in England some years
ago. He visited Mr.. Nisbet, the well
known London publisher, and saw a
private carriage leaving the door from
which a large bundle was given out.
On passing this bundle, which lay in
the lobby, MI. Nisbet touched it with
his foot, saying, "You'l not guess
what that is? That contains cast-off
clothing for the families of poor clergy
men of the Church of England. Ire
ceive and distribute a large quantity of
them every year, and they are most
thankfully received"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-01-25

J.. c. Moore, .colored, of Richland Parish, tes-
titled to buldozing and intimidation there; tlaf
he. and others were afraid to vote the Republic
can ticket. Geo Dixon testified to the same eff
feet, and that he had been notified to leave the
parish, and did SO to save his life. p. II. Toler,
attorney, testified that the election was fair and
peaceable, and contradieted the testi-
mony of Moore and other witnesses
to the contrary. A number of colored men tes-
titled 90 bulldozingi and intimidation by white
Democrats in West Feliciana, and the killing Of
Gilbert Carter, colored, President of the Repub.
lican club, by bulldozers, the names of several
of them being given. A number of other colored
men testified that they had voted the Democratic
ticket willingly; that they belonged to a colofed
Democratic club numbering $50 members.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-01-25
Ineligible Electors.

Gen. d. NJ. Frost, the alleged ineligible
Missouri E~lector, testified before the Senate
Committee on Privileges and Elections, on the
18th, that he was chosen Elector and received
the certificate; he did not attend the meeting of
the Electoral College, however, and his place
filled. He produced the pardon removing
his political disabilities, issued by President
Johnson October Is, 1855, and his examination
terminated,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-01-25

Somebody has discovered a bonan-
"a OF a cod-fshing ground north of
Cape Harrison off the coast of Labra-
dor. 1t is $50 miles long, swarming
with cod so numerous as 10 make bait
unnecessary, and of finer quality than
ever taken in their usual haunts.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-01-25
FOREIGN.

Gen. Julian Queroga, a prominent mill
tary officer of the late Lerdo Government,
who had retired to his rancho in Nuevo
Leon, after the flight of Lerdo from the
capital, was shot at Monterey, on the 18th,
b yorder of Gen. Torvina, a partisan of Diaz.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-01-25

WEST AMI SOUTH. g d.
The extension of the Central Branch Rail-
road from Waterville to Washington, Kan
sas, was formally opened on the 18th.
The steamers Calumet and Andes Were
sunk by the breaking of the ice gorge at
Cincinnati, ON the 18th.
Gen. John NJ. Palmer was nominated for
United States Senator by the Democratic
cauca of the Illinois Legislature on the
18th. g.. ..stt '. d.
EX-Gov. Isham G. Harris has been elect
ed United States Senator from Tennessee
for the long term. 10 o."
At Dayton, KY, a suburb of Covington,
on the night of the 18th, Mrs. Minnie
Blasen, wife Of a carpenter, arose from her
bed after the family had retired, took her
To-day old infant. and, proceeding to the
river, threw herself and babe into the
stream and was drowned. 1t is thought she
was deranged.
The Louisville, Paducah-and Southwest
ern Railroad, with all its belongings, has
been transferred to the Louisville, Nash
vile and Great Southern line, making the
latter, perhaps, the largest road in the
South. .....
The funeral services and burial of the I'M
recognized victims of the Ashtabula disas
tertook place on the 10Th.
The Illinois Legislature, in joint session,
commenced balloting for United States Sem
ator on the 18th. The result of the first
joint ballot was: Logan, 9S; Palmer, So;
Davis, 8; Anderson, Z; scattering, 3.
There were no absentees in either house.
John d. Layman, Lucius Layman, his
son, and George Bradbury, a lad of IS,
were instantly killed by the explosion of d
threshing-machine boiler at Bloomington,
Hennepin County, Mimi, OF the 10Th.
A bold attempt to rob the express-car on
the outgoing Chicago train OF the Chicago,
Alton and ST. louis Railroad, was made on
the night of the 18th. Three masked men
entered the car at Burlington Crossing,
just inside the city limits, oyerpowered the
messenger, and went through the
safe, which contained about $25 900 in VAL
uables. In the hurry of getting off, how
all the money packages except one contain
ing $143. Three men, supposed to be the
robbers, were arrested on the following
day.
Daniel Price, colored, was hanged at
Warrenton. Mo-, on the 18th, for the muir
ner Of Samuel Taylor. Tayior's wife, who
was convicted of being an accessory to the
murder of her husband, and who was
shown to have been a paramount of the ne
gro, is now serving out her sentence Of %
years in the Penitentiary.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-01-25
EAST.

Lucille Western, the well known actress,
died i'm New York City on the nth.
The New York Chamber of Commerce has
petitioned Congress for the removal of the
War tax on banks and bankers. 1854
Three Claddagh fishermen, blown off the
coast Of Galway, ireland, during a terrible
gale, We're picked up in an open smack on
the sixth night out, by a passing vessel,
and landed in New York ON the 18th. They
had suffered terribly, n dtwo OF their com
rades were drowned. 80
James Gordon Bennett, one of the parties
ipsntsin the recent duel, sailed fer Europe
on the 13th.o ltsasz Ta ia4lr q 19d
Alex, Barton, Cashier Of the National
Bank of Fishkill, n. Y, is charged with a
deficiency o ffrom $5O, 900 to 800, 900, and
the Bank has temporarily suspended pay
mert fOsgsFf 9G1G BID |Fft .'#s"
Ten schooners of tle Gloucester fishing
feet astonishing, and doubtless lost, and
the crews shaves probably persisted. The
scheoners carry on average Of ten men each.
Daniel Marcy is the Democratic candi-
date for Governor of New Hampshire. rns,
The Massachusetts,. Legislature COM
menccd balloting for United States Senator
on the 17th.. TIE first ballot resulted as
follows: Boutwell,, i9e;; Hoar,3 SO; Abbot,
80; Rice, IT; Bullock, a; Seelye, 4, eSan-
ford, /. ."T'i
The suspension of Orrin, Benedict Co.,,
hat manufacturers of New York, with liza
bilities of $3.50, 900, throws out of employ
ment $50 operatives in their factory at Beth
ell, Connecticut. -
The Union Trust Company Of New York
was a few days since defrauded out Of 1854, =
900 by a skiilfully forged check. Horace
E.. Brown, a tombstone broker. has
been arrested for completely in the affair.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-01-14
The Committees Duties.

Some of our taxpayers appear to
misunderstood the object of the meet
ing held on Friday night to consider
the ~advisability of a city government.
We are requested to state that the com
mittee appointed at that time are to ex-
anime the charters granted to Hamii-
ton and Austin, estimate the probable
cost to be incurred to provide funds
for running such a government as re-
quired, including salaries, etc., and
then submit their report to a meeting
to be held on Tuesday evening, where
the matter will be duly ~canvassed and
an economical form of government
agreed upon or rejected. II agreed
upon, a tull statement will be written
out setting forth the limits of such a
charter and the provisions 10 be made,
and then presented to the taxpayers
for signatures asking that such a form
of government be granted by the Leg
stature.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-01-14

We yesterday published Senator
Cassidy's bill authorizing our County
Commissioners to issue bonds not to
exceed sixteen thousand dollars. The
object of the bill is to provide for the
borrowing of such an amount of
money in case of necessity, but it is
doubtful whether the Commissioners
will find it so necessary. The so, 600
out are due in July next, and if
possible will lie redeemed at maturity
without issuing new bonds. The
county finances are now in a very
healthy condition and the passage of a
bill now pending in the Legislature,
virtually doing away with the Hospi-
tai and Contingent Funds, will put sew
erai thousand dollars now in those
funds into the General Fund, so as to
apply on the payment of the outstand
ing bonds. At the very iarthest, not
more than $4,000 will be borrowed i'll
case there is not enough money on
hand to liquidate the indebtedness, but
it is more than probable that it will be
unnecessary to issue any new bonds.