The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-12-15

effect, j cause it would rouvinrrtlr Mex
lean government: ami rro|l" that the
military pnIiry was not tcinpnrAr'', but
would he continued till c%l,lr stealing
was di>cuni.Hcl. IN ;ilsNrr to Eornrv.
of Alabama, Ord expressed the opinion
that he recognition Of Dinz would have
a statutory etlrrt. rs trn'lin" to promote
quiet aud stability in Mexico.
GENERAL.
a passenger from kiny>trrc, Oh the line
Of the Northeastern Railroad gives the
details of IL lri~htlul arcid"n; which oc-
c!llrtd at that place 81 "Wednesday last.
A travelling >hoH' company had stopped
at the town for The purpose OF relieving
the natives Of all their spare change and
in order more successfully to carry out
this prai<cwortIy Object had with them
a balloon, by means Of which one of the
company aSce'Hrh into Tie air. and went
through certain gymnHStr performances.
This exhibition was free of course, and
urrW al lnnri>r crowd. When the hour
for the balloon ascension arrived the
town and surrounding country Were alive
with the natives. most ~ negroes, who
never havin" seen Il balloon before look
eh upon the Who!" prescribing with It
mixtnr" Of awe and curiosity. BY dint
OF persuasion two nrt,rnsS consented to
|"ld the roj,rs Of the balloon while il was
being Inflated Wit! hot air. When every.
thing was in readiness, IL man in a pair o!
II = 4 I
was chceyrI lu>'ily. The balloon sway
ed violent! y to and fro, and the arronaut
took his seat upon small hnr which ,lan-
S|v'! from tn" air ship and gave the or
der to cast loose. The ncyro,o lcosrA
their holds upon the ropes and the bal
loon shot upward like an arrow from a
bow. To the CONSIDERATION oithr crowd.
however. il was seer tl:at one OF the ne
;,rnrs had become rntanylrl in the ropes.
and WAS being borne alult with fearful
rani1i:E. With Il wonderful presence of
mind the unfortunate tlarkey yra>tn,l the
rope with his hands. and, after diScnyu-
Eihy lis feet from the ropes, climbed to
the bar upon which sat the .lnan i'll red.
Instead, however, Of remaining upon this
comparatively secure perch, he let 20 his
hold and began sliding down the rope
again; and, upon reaching the end, he
let ~ entirely, and was dashed to the
earth. having fallen through space of
abont sixty feet. The crowd were 50
completely awc-strcken that not one
would dare approach the prostrate man.
After some liItint:me, however, several
gentlemen who were near by went up to
the negro and found him bleeding pro-
fnsrly from the month and apparently
unrnnSciouS. At tie last accounts the
man was still alive, but it is Hardly pos
sIhle for him to recover. The atronaut
succeeded in making 4 safe landing
The following is Washington special
of the New Orleans Democrat
Whatever armi>ticr or amity there may
have been between the Hayes admins
tration ana the Democratic !, rty in the
senate is now at an end. The svotes of
Stanley Matthews, CIN>t"aNeA ant! Booth
which seated Kellogg, axe regarded 10y
th. Democrats 4 receipt in tuli of all
dues arising ont OF the Southern policy,
and from this time on the Democrats viii
not interfere to save Hayes from the
vengeance OF Conklng, who is now the
unIiSWutcd master OF the Republican ma
jority in the senate.
This moreover, is only the beginning
of the war. Hitherto. Spencer and Dor
sry have been let alone by the grand ju-
ritS Of the States they misrcprcscnt, for
reasons Of policy which no longer have
any weight. Now til" war is to he open
ed alcng the whole line and John Patter-
son will soon have company.
Warmoth expects Kellogg to oppose
the confirmation of Lawrence, and is
very bitter against him.