, 1877-01-18

against, thf $ = n anew. and for a,snt. +h.,
for Greeley &. .|for Grant arsin. il nerd s.r.
prise no o1 - he al,antions ti1e Reuhiicrn
ia.

Prise no q he abantIons tile Republican
interest as ."-. The Democratic.
THE SENATE COMMITTEE.
NEW ORLEANS, Jun. 17.-Tha Senate Com.
n,sttro conducted the examination Of Ouacfjla
far9sh today. tohn II. Dfnkgraye tcstificd 10
lncehalarJ art!c1ca In tho Uulcfta 7txgraph
,eiicra, and faying II trouble ensucd tho
1altesswcrc alrcndy creased ;also that resolutions
were adopted t1nanisno,,rly at tho I)cnocratic
mneet1ng tn hi9nrnc !ndortlng the action OF John
Republican tlckct, md advising all ot,crs Is do do
iakcwi'c, and that hc had been threatened and
torctt, to leave.
T., Randall DEiscr, colorcd, testified 10 having
Waa Heen se'crc,T whIpped By Can't. Thcoboide. Df:
men, on the night Henry Plnkston was killed,
heca!sc lie hun refused 10 como over On tlls
Los!,s a.. side. t. a. requested BY Thcobo!ds.
snmue! sitns, coIorct, tcstitlcd that tho eiec.
tltn at Foil Was peaceful.
:, samuel i3artlncr, United States Supervisor Of
Webster PaFltt, testified that at t'alf i Thomas
creighton and others took and counted the bal.
lois against the protchk nf The Supervisor and
other officials; that the parish lad always been
Republican up to 1871.
). y. A['nre, eolorcd, Of R!chtani Parish. tes.
tilted 10 bulldnzlng md intimidation; that hu
an;i others wrre afraid to yote tho Republican
Gcorgc Dixon testified to tho same effect, and
that he had been notfAcA to lcare tho parish,
an!l t!id ~ to save hs life.
+. II. TnicE, attorney. testified that tho cleo
tlon WIS lair and E'eacetn!, and eontradicted tho
tcstimony nf ssoorc and other witneeeea tn tna
did not exceed fxN,
THE SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE
resumed r consideration Of the Parish OF STest
Samuel Carter, Charles Wilson, Daniel John-
soti, md .Iohn y. Richardson. all eoorcd. tcstf.
:led I" buildoz!uC aud intimidation bY white
l,gn,'s rats, an'l .hc killing Of Hilbert Carter,
d'zera, tlic names Of several of them being
given. Nlclar,l:un testified 10 armed men being
It tie polls at The Court-1Ioutc OH the day OF
ttle art etrrflon, xnd that ex-fior. Wycklltfu
tttlth ny the polls. and when q negro voted tha
Democratic ticket he wrote on tue negro's reg.
/; Il; Lexi;;, so!ore.l; .a!d hls and other col.
orc'l ,el!ooIs 1.a been bro':cn mp bv hnlldozcrs,
Willie Irvine and Alr. Grouse. lie fired tack.
and WAS arrested and fined by Esquire Ringgold
for disturbing the pcacc.
john Il. DinsRr.ve testified to having In biz
-. with one bla,le bsokcn oil, and bloody, tounu
at riukatons after the murder.
Wehbes, fay-'o!lcetor and trperviaor OF tho
parish a"ore to threat: against ihc lives oi a,lu'.
that two toll hin they had beeu offered S5i,0 To
Ill! se:,ator Weather, hut declined 10 give their
names. Gave the natnts Of jack Russell,
Ephralm Arsnstr'!ug, t;[licrt Carter, and 1ks
had been killed there for their politics. and that
1nany eolnrc1l lntn liul COME to him aud
complained Of trclug WHIPPED for the same rcs-
sou. Wltne" reflected upan siaJ. Bascom and
ttttr army uccss, whnn lie Thought sympa.
thzvtt with tlie brlh!ozcrs, allA lad allowed
them TO take negroes out Of tl!e military linct
an't whip them.
.1nln Ii. kcnnart1 testified that he visited hb
plantation In Wcet Frlciana during the canyasa,
nnd all lie sar was iatr and PEACEFUL nud that III
conversation with p. 4. Wcbtcr after tie cleo
tLAt tl!r election was fnr atitl pcac,.nbte.
Mai. &. II. Inscutn, L. =. d., denied empl.at-
ita,ly t!Ie statements 1T Wcbl,cr 70 fur a. they
referred to him mil thr military, and saiA be
had investigated the killing OF Gilbert Carter,
aud rrport"i the facts IN headquarters: also
lolA HIN this election was lalr mud peaccable ns
far az tic k1cw.
Lieut.. Juwar, Ut the Thirteenth Infantry. tc,::
titled in relation to going from bayou Sarnst.
Investigate the alleged uprising OF btacks, ant.
found one wliu tutl him the blacks we're tired Of
httnr whtpted and shot at, and were organizing
IL resist AMI kill The men charged with whip
ping atnl shouting. The blacks were to have u
iacctin1 A. certain ttrc that night. lie weht
Captain Ut Tie Club llc hn,l heard Harrow
explain 10 leil. Drnnlc that Carter was killed In
trying to escape.
tirSrrr Washington. Robert Rro,ks, Matt
Carroll, aud Lehul .Jolinrnu, tptoIed, testified
that they hal yHtct1 tho Dcmocrafc Ticket will
ingly. except Carroll. wIIo sud he had voted It
because llc wanted to stay tttcrc.- Tho others
said they besnnEel to 4 colorcd Democratic
Cinb numbering. l5'.
Chairman Morrison ard attaches Of the House
Committee Lett fur Washington tonight va
Jagksun.