The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-23
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EChdElrsbbH NeWH hHG JOuff6fsI
RoBsE's BRiDaE,, A1HEN CourTY, 9. G.,
Feb. A goodly number Of turbu-
lent and roguish negroes have found IL
Impossible to get homes around here.
The land owners desiring to rid the
community oil the worst element Of the
race, have refused to employ them on
any terms. 10 use the language OF one
OF the blacks, "they are determined to
bring the whites on q level with the
Blacks" To ensure this end they have
resorted to. fence burning, housesburn-
Ing, etc. Mr.. Thps, II. Weathersbee,
who lives at Reuse's Bridge, had good
many freedmen Of this ilk on his place.
10 be In accord with the neighbors, and
TO forward his own interest, he dis.
charged them. He has felt the force Of
One night last week they set fire to
his fence In several places, then pro-
eeeded TO his field, where his plows had
been left on the previous evening, and,
with an axe or hatchet, breke three out
OF Ave plows into fragments. =. The. re-
naming two they carried of, and he
has not recovered them yet. I've or
three nights later they stole hisssaddle
horse, very nice animal, carried 1t to
Augusta, Ga, and sold It. Mr.. W. pur-
sued and captured the, thief, who
AIoNth W ps TANK SbhlliuBSs u negro
whom Mr.. w, had discharged from his
services short while ago. While Mr..
w. was In search OF his horse, his store
was broken open and robbed OF a lot OF
bacon. To show the spirit OF the me-
groes, / heard one of them remark
when Weathefsbee recovered his horse.
Never mind, the niggers made him
pay for 1t by taking his meat he never
gained anything by It," That was
woman, with q number Of young chill
dren to support, with no home to take
them to,
Major j. e. Grassland, most efficient
AND courteous gentleman, has been ap.
pointed trial Justice by his Exeelleney
Gov. Hampton for this place, but that
does not stop the mischief, as Ii is
catching before hanging" Can, must
we stand itP We know not at what heur
OF the night we may be aroused from
our beds by the light of an incendiarg's
torch applied to our houses, fences, etc.
John Hankihson, most Infamous
scoundrel, has q tract Of seventy-five
acres Of land near by, and on 1t he has
housed about twenty OF the worst
negroes In the section. or course 1t is
impossible for the farmers for miles
around te keep any stock at all.
don't think q negro around here paid
pttS .shhpb5h tuAs oBtHG VI I1lhmHGI-
lain g pets amused themselves by tear
ing down the tax notices that the agent
had posted here, Very little work is
going on; the whites seem to have lost
interest In farming, or trying to farm
with such poer and uncertain labor, the
negroes mostly expecting TO 90 to
Columbia or Charleston to attend the
United States Court az witnesses Id the
"Ellentoh riot cases, and thereby make
a spec, are quite careless about con
traeting for labor at all they expect to
see their idol Uorbin sometime in April
ALREADY AT IT.
The Hayesltes Making q sharp right
for 0ficess
Especial to Ceurief.Jcurnal
WASHINGTON, Feb ia shap fight
IL going on In the Republican ranks for
Cabinet positions. The idea Of Sect.
ring prominent Southern Democrats
has been abandoned. Any use OF La.
mars name In such a connection il i'm
pudent and unauthorized. Ex Senator
Key and Representative Hancock. OF
Texas, are men toned, but ] have no
idea that Hancock would accept. The |
more probable selections are Pool and |
Settle, Of North Carolina, Alcorn, OF
and Josh Hill, OF Georgia |
1t is conceded that Evarts can be Sec
rotary OF State IL he pleases, and that
Stanley Mathews can also go In. II
Mathews refuses. then there will be
a show for Ex-Governor Moves, or
Of Ohio. EJmunds
and Hoar are strongly pressing Glen
eral Bristow for Secretary OF the Treas
ury. The Grant influence is bitter at
the very suggestion of such q selection
as Bristow. Logan is spoken OF for
Secretary OF War, and Hale for Sec.
Rotary. OF the Navy. Governor Lowe,
OF California, banker aud business
place. The idea is growing that none
OF the present Cabinet will be retained
by Hayes. Don Cameron has the best
show to hold on, IL be desires TO do SO.
Hayes, however, Ia giving out that he is
not committed to anybody, and has sent
a dispatch here TO that effect. Nor
ton q friends expect him to be the ruling
spirit Ia the new dynasty; but John
Sherman aud Edmunds are apt to rank
him In court favor. The common, talk
liz that Hayes. like Falstaff, is going to
purge and live clearly by disearding
the carpet baggers. rs..a.
... .... HlGH-HANDED.
An Editer Arrested for an Expression Of
0pinten. H. sa5
.. Especial TO Cincinnati uommereal.l
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1g.-At 10 o'clock |
this merning the President entered the |
Cabinet room and Immediately stim. |
mpned the Secretary of State, the Sec. !
rotary OF War and Attorney General to |
i conference. The object OF this unex.
pected summons was entirely unknown |
10 those or the Cabinet who were called,
and they. naturally hastened to the Elk.
seutive Mansion. Secretary Fish ar
rived fret, and after some minutes
came the Secretary OF War and Attor.
aey General. The President called the |
Attention OF the Cabinet Ministers to |
IN ineendiary article which appeared In |
, Sunday paper published in this city,
and known as the Sunday Capital. The |
editorial was given great prominence In
he paper. and the Objectionable fea.
al