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The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-11-08
An Army Bill.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31.-In the
Sente to day Mr., Burnside intro
duced the following bill to remove
all restrictions now existing in re-
gard to eDlistments of the colored
citizens in the United States
Army:
SECTION l. Re it enacted, etc,
That the word color shall rot he
used to designate any soldier of
the United States army that col
ored citizens shall be entitled to
all the privileges and rights of any
citizen enlisted in an, arm of the
United States army that no dis
tinc,ion shall be hereafter made in
any assignment of soldiers on ac-
count of race, color or previous
condition that all the arms Of the
service, the engineer, artillery,
cuvalry, Infantry and signal corps,
irrespective of col. r, shall be- open
to all.
SEC. 2. That the President is
authorized to fill the Ninth and
Tenth Cavalry, and the Twenty
fourth and Twenty-ninth Infantry,
regiments with enlisted men, with
out preference or distinction of
color; that he shall use his dis
erection in keeping the regiments
above the minimum strength re-
quired by law, by assigning men
for general recruiting and general
mounted se,rAice, AS they aie re-
CURED by these regiments (; and
nothing in the above act shn!, be
so construed that the Mimi and
Tenth Cavalry, and tire ';"enty-
fourth aud 1wenty-f.'h IAfanary,,
are not u part of the United States
army.
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Where q Governor <ets IA.
Wives.
ITexarkana Democrat ]

Claiborne F. jackson, . .pat;,.
of Kentucky, was once Goyerno,
OF the State Of Missouri. IA
joined the Southern Confeder.cr
and died during his term, At .
farmhouse opposite the CITY .,
Little Rock. The most remarl.
able fact connected with the biz.
tory of his life is perhaps the stats.
ment that be married Eve sisten
in one of the most Respectable.
wealthy and distinguished families
in the State that as soon as ons
wife would die he would 20 and
marry her sister in . reasonable
time. OF course some of them
were widows when he married
them. In connection with the
marriages there was q standing
joke told at the expense Of The
Governor, which was, that when
he went to ask the old gentle.
mans consent to marry the last
one the venerable father is report
cd to have said 8. Yes, Claib, you
can have her. You have got them
all. For goodness sake don't ask
me for the old woman"
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-11-08

80 i.-pgteant poicts Oh the
road were held by Turks. retreat
could have been effected with
,olerable facility, but now that the
Muscoviie army may be said to
be in the rear of Pelvna, and on
tie most direct line of retreat. @
retiring movement by the other
routes becomes rather q doubtful
matter.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-11-08
;UTTING LOOSE FROM THE RE.
PUHIICANS.

PoTTsv11LE, Pa, Oct. 30.-At
IL large meeting of colored voters,
held in the colored church here
today, it was resolved to sever
the connection Of the colored
people with the Republican party,
with which they have heretofore
been unidentified, and announce
themselves as'free and independ-
ept voters.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-11-08

FEELING Pulse BY TELEGrAPH =
Some months ago Dr. Upham. Of 6s
lem Mass, in order 10 explain to lis
audience the variations Of the pulse in
certain diseases. caused The lecture
room to be placed in telegraphic com
munication with the city hospital u
Boston, distant fifteen miles, and ~
means of special apparatus the varion
pulse beats were exhibited by vibr
ting ray of magnesium light upon The
wall. These experiments have LATELY
been repeated at Paris with success
DRUGGISTS Advertiser.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-11-08
AUSTIN,
Special Telegram to the Galveston News.

Special Telegram to the Galveston News
AUSTIN, Oct. 26, 1877.
Two forged patents to Texas lands
have been found among the immense
lot of papers of the alleged land for
gerry. One has the signatures Of Gov.
Sam Houston aud Frank White, Com
missioner of the General Land Office /;
the other is signed hy Clark. Governor.
and Frank White, Commissioner. Six
files Of the General Land Office were
also found to-day, which were stolen
from the Office some time within the
past two years.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-11-08
HOUSTON.

Special Telegram TO the Galveston News.
HoUsroN, Oct. 26, 1877.
B. F. McDonough. . well-known citi-
zen, has been arrested for completely in
the great land swindle, at tho instance
of Detective Foster, who is here. Nc
Donough's oniee was searched and :
large amount Of forged deeds was
found He No szssstsd a. NJ inane-
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-11-08
TEE STEVENS BATTERY SOLD.

VA ARLINGTON, Oct. 3O.--McKay,
'he ha,.t.r 81 The celebrated
Stevens Ba-tals, has just returned,
lua il rs said TIA, he has sold the
u,atter. BOT he dtcllu, s to state
TO = hN. government it WINS sold.
IL is reported that the amour,
reuijzeA from The sale is $1,000
900. The ship will be transferred
to Europe early next March.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-11-08

MExICAN6nvER. Yesterday the
appropriate committee Of the Cot
ton Exchange met to discnss the
question of fixing some valne. as
regards local business, on Mexican
silver in circulation. and adjourned
fill to-day. when il - expected
Anal action will be taken.--[Gal-
san1un Eewu, OF. ~.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-11-08

A maniac in New Orleans locked
his doors and set fire to his room.
Police officers and firemen forced
an entrance, and he discharged his
pistol in their faces, and then
hacked two officers severely, with
q sabre. He wss finally shot.
The contract for making the
Bayou Choupique Drainage Canal
has been let, at $1700. The con-
tractor has commenced operations
with a full force and, it ia thought,
will complete them in two months.
A statement of the tax rates of
twenty-four States is quoted from
the New York Commercial and Fl
nancial Journal, which shows the
Louisiana rates as nearly twice
the amount of any other, and four
teen times greater than those Of
Massachusetts, which pays the
lowest rates.
Iberville and West Baton Rouge
are wanting to know how it is,
that their levees Gun not rect i've
some attention from the commits
sioners. They say that in some
paris their levees have entirely
disappeared, and leave them ex-
posed to serious if not imminent
danger.
The Ouachita river is now in
fine boating order as high as
Trenton.
A joint stock navigation COM
pany has been started. under the
name Of Bayou Pierre River and
Bayou Winsey Navigation Com
pany." The particular objects Of
the organization are not before MS,
but we suppose them to be for the
purpose of using the slack water
Of those bsyous in the interest Of
local traffic.
Bienville parish elects . repre-
sentative TO the Legislature to fill
the vacancy caused by the death
of Mr.. Cockerham.
Attorney General Ogden has
gone to Concordia Parish to
assist in The prosecution OF the
venerable, colored embezzler.
Dave Young, who is charged with
appropriating $4,000. school
funds of that parish.
The South Pass jetties and the
Barrataris Canal scheme are
entertaining delighted readers
with . newspaper tilt, for che gar
land Of public appreciation and its
consequent reward. The State
Register obligingly devotes q page
TO . copy Of the letters of Cap
tains Cowden and Eads, the
champions of their respective
theories. Louisiana will enconr-
sge both, without q doubt.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-11-08
War k0tes.

LONDON, Nov. /, l P. Mt
appears from . Bucharest tele-
gram. dnted last night, that ef-
forts are being made to gain
possession of the Plevna and
Ruhovoa roads.
The Rouruanian force which has
been stationed between the rivers
Vid and 1skra, Yesterday made
. reconnaissance along the Danube
in the direction Of Rahpvs. Al
vadeni they found q Turkish
detachment occupying some earth
works.
The Roumanian report states
that after . brief cannonade the
Turkish magazine exploded, and
the garrison rstreated in the
direction of Rabova. Two COM
panies Of Roumanians occupy the
redoubt.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-11-08

-diate Charge OF violating the postal Law.
by transmitting illicit correspondents
He gave bond of $1,000 and -. =
leased.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-11-08
BRYAN,
Special Telegram to the Galveston News.
BRYAN, Oct. 26. 1877.

Special Telegram to the Galveston News.
BRYAN, Oct 26, 1877.
Yesterday about A o'clock p. NJ,
Green Christie, a young man about ~
years old. while driving in wagon
from the Agricultural College with q
child of q Mr.. John Farquhar in his
arms, was fred upon by some unknown
party concealed in the brush. four shot
striking the child and two striking
him. At present neither is dead, but
recovery is very doubtful. There is no
clue to the would-be assassin. Much
excitement and indignation have been
created here by the crime.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-11-08

Magnolis Grange No 312
Patrons of Husbandry meets Cd
the 4th SATURDAY,, of each month.
J.. M. Nichols is master OF the
above Grange.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-11-08

MEXICAN SILvER.-Jhe qnot*
ton committee of the Cotton ~.
change yesterday quoted Amer
can silver at SO, and Mexican "
yer, including dollars and quarter
at 5.-[Galveston News, Oct. ~
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THURSDAY. NOV. 8, 1877.

Our Subscribers will sonfer a
favor by advising the proprietor
Of any irregularity in receiving
their paper.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-11-08

Mr.. Allen Gilley is our authorized
agent for the Echo, and any receipt
given by him for dues to the Lake
Charles Echo, will be recognized by us.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-11-08
TITLE l. BILL OF RIGHTS

L
anv distinction between prusecu-
items by indictment and those by
information, the Legislature de-
clared Revised Statutes. Sec.
977,) that "Prosecu:ions for Of
lenses not capital may be by in
formation, with the consent of the
court first obtained" For public
information only, we explain that
an indictment is written accusa-
ton of an offence, preferred to,
and presented on oath by, grand
Jury while an information is a
written accusation of an offence,
presented by the Attorney Gen
eral or District Attorney, from his
own knowledge, and without the
intervention of grand jury.
The fifth amendment to the
constitution of the United States
wisely provides that "no person
shall be held TO answer for a capt.
tai on otherwise infamous crime, I'M
less on a presentment or indict-
ment of grand jury, except in
cases arising in the land or naval
forces, or in the militia. when in
actual service in time of war or
public danger" This amendment,
however, applies only to prosecu-
tons in the Federal courts, and
we consider itimportant that some
such limitation should be incor-
porated in the State constitution.
Any crime punishable by impris-
onment at hard labor in the peni-
Tertiary is an Infamous crime )"
and before any citizen should be
required to answer therefor we
think the charge should be pre-
ferred to, and presented on oath
by, grand jury. A grand jury is
sworn specially to diligently i'll
quire, and true presentment
make" of all matters and things
given it in charge. Before re-
curing a citizen to incur the ex-
peuse, anxiety, hazard, and often
disgrace, of public trial by jury,
it hears and examines the wit
nesses against him, and twelve of
its members must concur to find
an indictment. On the other hand,
the prosecuting officer Of the State,
while he is presumed to act only
upon sufficient inquiry, may, under
our law, file an information against
any person, for any offence not
capital, without hearing any sworn
testimony to support the charge.
simply with "the consent of the
court first obtained" Everybody
knows that consent is never re-
fused. and that frequently District
Attorneys are allowed TO file
batch of informstions at once,
without even going through the
formality of handing them to the
court for inspection. Indeed cases
are on record in Louisiana where
the uprestrained indulgence Of this
:" one man power = has given Dis
trict Attorneys such poor topin-
ions of the safeguards of the
grand jury system Of investigation,
and such exalted views of their
own power, that they have fled
iniormations for infamous offences
for which, at the very same term
Of conrt, the grand jury, after .
thorough examination, had solemn
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-11-08
Uneasiness at CoDsta,stinople

UMeaAiness ut CODstasitiMOple.
LONDON, Nov. LA special
Vienna to the Times says: The
uDeasinsss ct Constantinople
about Ghazi Pasha's army is by
no means gronndiess. Ii is true
there are the roads In the direction
of Widdin and Uratza. which do
not appear to have been closed.
lbnt these avail little for supplies.
and are vary poor substitutes for
the Sofa road in case of retreat
from Pievna. While there were
only dstachments Of Russian
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-11-08

- - n. -
, 1877-03-15

Some years ago tho Legislature OF Pennsylva-
MA created new cuuntY und called It Cameron.
Thut tho name Ut tAe State bus not been changed
TO Cameron Is due, perhaps, to the reverence oG
old S1AoS for tho MrnloFy of WILLIAM PENN.
Perhaps no man In tha country Inns ever ub-
ta!ncd such All oYershatiowfnv routrol Of State
d. that exercised 10 loAs BY SIMON CAMERON.
lie began political life as the ctllt,r OF Demo.
cratic newspaper, i!rst At noylestown anl after
ward Ut Harrisburg. but that dcll WAS too small
for him. Ito became banker, engaging ut the
samn time In railroad and other enterprises, IN
all Of which, It may be sail to his credit a.
skIlliul operator, hc never lost anything, but
laid tho foundations OF Ills present fortune. In
ls45 ho Induced the Legislature to elect him to
tho unlted States sena,a 70 III! q va
cancy.. Ills term expired iny 1sso. 1a
1885 tho Stats voted for ,7tass-AxAa
and elected Dcsaoeratiea In n.}fature,
JOHN ". FoRSsY wa4 the caucus not tnea for
SENATOR, but, when tho vota was taket, 6ixoN
CAMERON WIS elected. having aatlated nutn-
hef Of the Democratic members that he was tla
better nan Of tho two. AZ the Chicago Coa.
yentlon In 1850 he controlled tho vote Of Penn.
sylyauiA for himself fu< President, but was nut
~ powerful oses tho delegations FROM other
States. In 1861 he was made Secretary VI War
BY Ar. LsxcoIs, who next year appointed htn
Minister to Rua&ta and tnado AiE. STANTON Sec
rotary Of War. lie did not 60 to ltussta, but 10
1867 expressed n wish TO be Senator, aud tho
Legislature elected him, which act they ro-
peatcd in 1878. During tue whole period froui
1851 to tho present day Ae has controlled the
Federal Patronage and the politics Of pennsyl.
yanta- a year and half ago le induced Prcat
, 1877-03-15

dent GRANT to appoint his son, J. y. CAMERON,
Secretary Of War. nnd now, having reached II
yenrs, lie Eas resigned Ills epnt In thu acnntc
In favor OF his son. lie communicated
bis wts,ca to tho Legislature, and sent his sol,
to Harrisburg. Tic members OF tic 1.cglsla-
turo asked young CAMERON II he wanted to bo
elected; 1,o said shat 1le did :; forthwith tho
party went into caucus, md every member pres
cnt except ono voted that CAMERON. Jr..
bo elected to succeed hts father. This Is tho
nearest approach to inhcritablo honors that has
occurred IN American politics. 1t ID common
thing for some Of tho proprietary families In
England 10 hare tho younger Aot1s Of tho fnnity
elected to Parliament from boroaghs controlled
by them. The selection OF his sun 10 succeed
him In the Senate, nud the unanimous obedience
Of The Legislature to tho selection, shows the
proprietary power exercised by the venerable
sIMox CAMERON over the State Of Pennsylvania.
There hare tccn hard tllngs entl and published
concerning atMoN CAMERON, but through his
long lifc, atal all Ills bitter personal and poitt.
cal contests and struggles, Ie has been ab1o to
obtain from tho Legislatures Of Pennsylvania
anything and every rything which no asked or re-.
quirctl. 1t Is not probabte, however, Tint tho
powers Ut tho CAMEnoHs Will survive tho
founder Of the family. lie owes Ills success 10
bis peculiar gifts, and wien he sl,all pass otr
tho stage II ts not probable that the Legislature
wlli remain III the cortrui Ut tho family.
, 1877-03-15

tntcrcst-brartnS paper. but tho probability
Is, that the bontls conld nnt 1iavc
bccn marketed at ALL Tho mnr;In of e'o, ,e01, 900
francs 10 not represent Tho difference in fay"r
Of pspcr-moncy. As the italian report '!cn,on.
ssratcs, those non-Intcrcst bearing forced loana
do not really envn money; they must be re-
carried simply a. hcrutc measures to save the
Government. Tho Government loses IN tic
rise Of prizes mich moro than tho interest.
sftH0nErT1 md FiHAL1 wrote their pat,cr to cos-
vince tho italian people that tho irscticcma61c
papes-moncY that war had bred was too danger
Gus to bc allowed to exist any 1onger In tEn,o
Of peace. VtcroR BONNET repeats tho lesson
to tho French, and wo put It 10 tho public Of
this country that the time has como for the tis-
appearance Of tho war-bcgotten, pan!e-profuc-
lug, irrcdccmablc 1cgat-tcndcr.
, 1877-03-15

ribs, and 7i1c for do short clears. l1ig'lwtnes
wcgc steady, at sl.o4 per gallon. Flour was IN
iatr demand, and steady. Wheat rluscl 1I6c
lower, at sI.s.,H for March and $1.oJ1S fur
April. Corn closed &c lover. at 3sXc for April
and 4232kc for May. Oats closed tirner, at 32IIfc
for April and 3i3<c for Mar. Ryc was quiet, at
6o{a0a}h<c. Barley closed IL higher, At sic for
March and 50.<R5lc for April. Hogs wcrc In
better demand, md were stronger, closing at
&4.h0(9525. Cattle were acttvc nnd firm, sell.
Ing nt t3.001j.50. There WAS n good demand
for silecp, ut S3.50l5.75. Ono hundred dollars
IN gold would buy s1046a1f In grccnbacks ut
tho rfnse.
, 1877-03-15

Iof. ls0xEsoLI, In hts lecture Ia New York
t evening on "Polltical Questions md Au-
era" disappointed tho expectations Of all
ose who had put their faith In the rumoss that
;: celebrated Illlnois orator would take this
asion to critictsc ind oppose the policy ol
tstlcnt HAYES and Ills new Administration,
tho contrary, hc warmly and eloqueutlY
uEscd and supported tho plan Of paciHca.
'n aud sclf-goyern.neut In tho South,
hiring that the President had taken proper
i noble means for bringing about unity and
rndshlI, and for burylug hatred and liscorl.
commended tho course OF Ar. HAYES In
cctIng hls Own Cabinet without reference to
-ty ur politics, and expressed entire satlafac.
y with the appointments, individually md
iectl'cis. In l. word, Col. 1aoEHsoLI full
csl III, protn!au to "giye the President the
It lit IN ilis puwer.'
, 1877-03-15


Nr. THOMAS HARE has loNg been known iu
England as writer upou the subject Of popu-
lar elections. Ills aim has been to discover
soElu plan whereby the popular will can le
definitely asrcrtainctl anil carried out In every
clcctt1n. Ills theory has been tlat this end cal,
best bu secured by tho alternative system Of
yoting,-that IL to say, that caci voter shall have
thu privilege OF naming on hs ticket tic pau,es
vi as Iaany candidates for m Office AZ be tL!uks
proper, these naI1es 10 bo counted 10 tho ortcr
ot preference; that when the vote for candl-
date NJ. shall fall to elect that person, then 1t
ahal! b. counted for candidate No, 3, md 80 on
This gentleman has prepared and las had pub
lshea In a New Yorl; paper plan for clccting
President aud Vlee-prcs!dent Of tho United
States. Substantially, this plan is that each Of
the ten millions OF votess IN the United sta.ea
shall vote direct for President, aud shall name
on tho ballot. ia tho order Of preference, all
candidates to whom bis vote shall be transferred
In case tho yote shall fall to elect the tlrsk,
Thus tho voter shal! dcposit paper With names
thereon numbered !, 2,3, 4, 3, q, aud 20 on,
Upon counting the whole ballots, II No. l fall
of majority, chen the ballot shall 10 counted
Tor No. e. and, It insufficient to elest hln, then
to No. 3, In this way the eanyasscsk arc to slft
al! tho baliots given tn tho United States until
they are all counted Tor two persons, aud tha.
eapdtdate having the greatest humber shall bc
declared President, and tue one hnvlng tho next
highest shall bc yicc-Prcslient. It Ia hardly
worth while wasting time 10 Iiscuas Tits plAn ol
electing President. The learned author e7t.
IDENTITY wrote Ia blissful tguorauco Of the politt
cal System Of the United States, tn tho aLseucc
of any knowledge as to the existence VI State
organizations, anl Of the whole election bust
ness Of this country. la England the only clcc.
, 1877-03-15

| The Illinois Senate yesterday closed Its doors
md went into secret scsston Tor the first tfn,o
since 1903, the subject OF all this attempted
privacy being the nominations made by Gov.
3EvEK1DoE, previous to Ills retirement, Of men,-
,cra Of the managing boards Of tho State chart-
,b1e institutions. It WAS Democratic more, this
,tar-champct discussion oi matters that have
Always heretofore been nctcd upon IN public,
md wholly without success In Inspect Of Sc
:rccy, for our dispatches from, Springfield Eivo
full report Of tho heated debate which pre-
:cdcd the final rejection by tho Senate Of tho
,x-Gorcrnor's appointments.
, 1877-03-15


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