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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-07-20
Acklen's yindication.
Claiborne Guardian.


We are gratified to learn that the
sensational and scandalous stories
concerning the alleged bad conduct
of Hon. j. III. Acklen, Congressman
from this State, are completely dis
proved. Mr.. Acklen was charged
with having made improper advances
to lady at Welckel's restaurant in
Washington city, and to have at
tempted violence. Gen. Rosser, the
scandal states, iBterfered in behalf of
the lady and inflicted personal
chastisement on the gentleman. Gen.
Rosser denies the story and all par
ties concerned offer most substantial
evidence to exonerate Mr.. Ack len.
We are gratiicd that this stain is
removed from very promising
young politician.
Lake Charles Echo.
Hon. j. II. Acklen's triumphant
yindication of his good name in tAe
matter of the Aeklen- -Rosser scandal
was so sudden and complete that ex-
Gov. Hahn, a conspicuous Louisiana
Republican, recently returned from
Washington, says that the scandal is
no longer even mentioned in Wash
ington, and that AclSlen is really
more respected, if possible, now than
before this ridiculous and baseless
slander was put in circulation.
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Address: CHEF. Donaldsonville. La.
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We hope the celared people will
turn ont and register. and vote when
the time comes. We are having a
fight with corruption, and want them
to help establish good government.
Colfax Chronicle
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-07-20
TINSMITH.

II OUIS j. RACKE, Tinslnith, Mississippi
H street, at Lemann's old stand Orders
attended to with dispatch and satisfaction
insured.
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NOTARY PUBLIC. Etc.

7 G. MATHIEU, Notary Public and wri-
- ter of all kinds of claims against the
United States or State Governments, office
next door to Rybisli's drug store.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-07-20
SODA WATER MANUFACToRY.

CODA WATER MANUFACToRY, H.
y Hether, proprietor, No. II Mississippi
street. Soda, Mineral, Seltzcr and all kinds
of aerated waters manufactured, and sold
at lowest prices.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-07-20
BARRIER SHOP.
CIGAR DEALER.

E0SE REBERT, Dealer in Havana &
81 Domestic Cigars, Tobacco, Snuff, Pipes,
etc., cor, Mississippi and st. Patrick streets.
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BLACKsMITHs, Etc.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTING.

ID j. GREEN, House, Sign and OInamen-
He tai Painter. Railroad Avenue, near
Claiborne street. Paper-hanging and Caleb
mining in superior style.
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ATToRNEYs AT LAW,

Frederick DuffeI, r. Prosper Landry.
nUFFEL g. LANDRY, Attorneys at
~ Law. Office on Chetimaches street,
just back of the Court-Ho
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-06-06
Not Ridiculous, nj All Events.

One thing is changed anyhow. The in
vestgaton into the electoral frauds has
passed entirely out Of the category Of ride
ulous things. No one seriously disputes its
grave Importance any longer.
There was never very good ground for
fldiculing it. An investigation which
threatened TO expose the invalidity Of the
title to the Presidency OF the man who is adj
ministering the Office is hardly n laughing
matter. If majority of the voters have
been cheated out of the right OF clccting Il
Chief Executive Magistrate. it would seem
10 be a wrong of too much magnitude to be
turned OF with snecr.
We scarcely believe that even Mr. JONI
SHERMAN or Mr.. RUTHERFoRD Is. HAYES feels
like laughing very loud and very heartily
over the investigation at present and as It
proceeds the mirrors Of their private apart
ments will undoubtedly often reflect wry
faces.
That the Presidency Of the United States
was obtained for Mr.. HAYES, not 10y honest
votes, but by fraud and corrupt bargain,
made in his name. is not thing to laugh
at and unless the evidence already before
the committee shall be disproved, no one
can doubt that II was so obtained.
We apprehend the solcmnity Of the case
to the parties Immediately concerned will
not diminish as it progresses.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-06-06
Not that Man, but the Other.

Mr.. Committeeman REED would fain have
It understood that JAMES T.. ANDERSON is
the man whose character is mainly in issue
In the Investigations Of the Porter Commit
tee at their present stage. This is an entire
mistake Mr.. JAMES T.. ANDERSON is not the
man. Mr.. JOHN SHERMAN i the man while
the person ultimately affected in the great
est degree Is likely to be Mr.. RUTHERFORD
j. HAYES.
Mr.. ANDERSON, on his cross-cXamnatinn,
admitted that IN his testimony on u former
occasion, before n committee Of the senate,
he tried to carry out his implied bargain
with JOHN SHERMAN, and Suppressed as
much truth as possible without swearing to
lie" This. OF course, was wrong in An
DERsoN; but then he is making all the
amend for this error in his power, by dis
closing the whole truth now.
All this is Of little comparative impor-
tance. 1t does not help the ease Of JOlIS
SHERMAN in the least. The character Of
ANDERSON is quite as good as Mr.. SHERMAN
supposed it TO be when he addressed TO him
that fatal letter with which SHERMAN was
confronted on the witness stand. and the
authenticity of which he dare not, on his
oath, explicitly deny.
II Mr.. SHERMAN had supposed ANDERSON
TO be a man OF the character Of GEORGl
WASHINGTON he would never have thought
OF inducing him to commit wrong
rs he plainly sought to tempt him
To do by his Satanic epstle. Mr.
SHERMAN considered ANDERSON an unscru-
pulous. trading politician, and he traded
with him, in the name Of Mr.. HAYES, and
professedly by his authority. for the Prcsi-
dency Of the United States which ANDtR-
BON happened TO have the power TO deliver
and did deliver.
Blackening ANDERSON does not Wilton
SHERMAN. II Mr. Committeeman REED sup
poses it does he labors under n dolu-ion.
This view is not our own merely, but il Is
that taken by the astutc editor of the first
Republican journal Of the country. Til,
Nelc York Times, referring to ANDERSON
says:
" The documents he supplies cannot be dsapprovoi Cd
explained away by showing from hs own mouth that be-
Isl liar. aetuated nom rst % last ty "a motives Mr.
sHERHAss authorship ct the letter at;rhuiod 80 ham
not disproved by the revelation of AsprnsoSs -uili
Mr. snKRaANs equiyocauun. with the document IA d!
hand contrasts painfully with his positive ooclara
tons TO newspaper sponients and his valiant cha
lenge to the committee. that he must now establish tn
fasty vt the paper submit 20 ue unavorahle inteI
trctauOn which the circumstances suggest
The stone that rests on JOIN SHERMA'
cannot be lifted by any amount Of denuncia
tion, whether unjust or just, of JAMES 1
ANDERSON That fatal letter Of his cal
never be unWritten
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-06-06
Prof Scclcy and the Board of Health.

In public address on the work of the
Board of Health. delivered by Prof. CHARLES
\. SEfLEY ON Tuesday, the lecturer criH-
ciscl the Health Department of this city
In much detail. lie attempted to show. in
particular, that the decrease OF mortality
in New York was not really due to its labors,
as has been claimed 10y the officers of the
board and further, that Prof. CHANDLER,
the President, wrongly attributes the often
sivc doors which aillct this city to the
slud;c acld which is 50 abundantly used in
the various manufactures at Hunters Point
aud in that vicinity.
We shall not now discuss the controversy
in relation to the death rate. further than to
say that we regard the decrease OF infant
mortality in New York. which subject We
considered more fully few days ago. a.
strong evidence Of an increased hcalthiul-
ness under the administration Of the board.
A. to the Objectionable character attribut-
ed to sludge acid, Prof. SEELEY character
tied that substance ~ perfectly innocent of
all the odOrs and smells complained Of. lie
admitted. however. that docaying fish and
pork were to be found by the acre at Hun
tcr's Point where they are compounded
into fertilizers; and that the final process in
preparing the compound Is to throw sludge
acid on 1t, thus giving rise 20 II peculiar
smell. He conceded that this smell came
across the river into this city when the wind
was east; but In his opinion the disgusting
odors to which the process gives rise are
caused by the putrofyng fish and pork, and
not by the sludge acid with which they are
treated.
Now, 1t seems to Us that this amounts to
little more than saying that pure sludge
acid does not smell very badly; but what
the Board of Health objects to, u we under
stand it, is the peculiar smell" arising
from the application of that acid TO decay
ing organic matter. as described by Prof
SEELEY himself. His own statements attest
the existence OF such smell. and also show
that the Board Of Health Is right in assign
ing the origin Of the odors. Whatever their
cause, to the oppostebank OF the East river
The Indictment against the Commissioners
j. based on their alleged neglect to suppress
smells said to originate on Manhattan Island
itself: but here we have the testimony Of an
uniriendly critic that the nuisance really
comes from outside. Prot SLrLLYs evil
dcnce on this point strengthens the case Of
the Board Of Health, while there was moth
ing IN ANYTHING else he said which can be
Justly held TO weaken il.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-06-06
Political Wisdom Indeed.

Our esteemed contemporary the Mr. York
Times, has never proved its right 10 be con-
sidered the leading organ Of the Republican
party more conclusiycly than in it, treat
ment of the evidence laid before the
Potter Committee by the witness JAMES
L. ANDERSON, who during the election
of 1876 was Supervisor Of Registration
for the parish of East Fciciana In Louisiana.
Unlike a number OF silly and besotted jour
nails OF its party the Times does not over
look or despise the vital and well-nigh con-
elusive portions Of that evidence; aud 1t
does not allow its hatred or its contempt
Ger ANDERSON to mlsleld it into rejecting
proofs which are quite independent of his
character, and which, rs they stand, are
fatal both to Secretary SHEEMAS and Sem
ator MATTHEWS. The comments Of the
Times upon these points are 50 Iudirlous
and so adequate that We copy them here in
full in the most conspicuous manner, only
marking in italics certain passages which
are peculiarly emphatic;
"Inuiicous Republicans imagine that the bad char.
bcter Of the witness ustfcs Them In ignoring evidence
which does depend upon h, character and m pick
Ing flaws In his statement as demonstration OF the IN.
Of the accused They would conduct the cas- as
sharp lawyer would defend his client in a police
court caring very little for the melo' that secure ac
quittal provided only that result be- effected
So far, however, as this investigation i, concerned
the public will pay much less attention to the TECHNICAL
ties Of legal procedure than to the broad moral bearing
OF the evidence adduced. Evidence may be insu3i en
to convict this person that Of specific offence, or t.
prove that he acted corrupty otherwise wrongly ~
infinitely a charge would have to be proved in erin
inol court And yet the evidence may create ncradi
cable impression both to the nct Of seonluc
and the d.scredt reflected ON the party il
whose supposed interest tle person acted AMBER
sons credibilty asa witness is easily demolished Tn
testimony that rests upon his word must be corrohorate
before II can be accepted having any real value Bu
the documents he supplies cannot he dsproycd or es
planned away hy showing from his own mouth that he /
har aetuated irom hr-t to last by base motives Mi
sHtRAASs authorship Of the letter attributed 10 him
not disproved by the revelation OF ANpHRsoS's guilt Nj
sRzRAASa s2dsOeaoa, U he document ia III. hand confirm
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-06-06
ANOTHER TOICE EROM TIFE PHILIDEL-
PHII NORTH IlfERICIN


To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-.SD'; II Is init
mated that effort, being made tupoach Audeisons
testimony IN the Louisiana fraud Investigation, Oh the
ground of his being a "Wurthlcs' 'a-aAoui'
llaNm. loou employed ~ compo,itur In the North
im.i,ii orc. for umc. had abundant opportunity
at ohscr,lul Mr. Audcr.ons depormcn from day day
ana have no Hesitation IN asserting that he invariably
attended To has duu., earnestly and satisfactorily At
hi, instance and under his direction the composing
room was made of the ccanest most attractive and
most comfortable TO ho found any where never knew
him intoxicated or harsh or unci, in his demeanor to
the employees subject To his orders
To those who know him best the charge Of vagahond
ism presents itself one of the tnucst concc,ahc As
c street eams would put it, Anderson has the bug "
ON sherman, Matthew'S and Hayes, nnd they can't
shnkrit CANpuR.
PHILADELPHIA. June 4.
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A cru.hIne weIgMt Of ryIdenee.

III70T w I|IT77T ITT- 0TT- -
Tho worm will turn when trod upon, and 1t Is
htlo wonder that Anderson. caio,ed by Matthews dc.
ccNcd hy Hayes, plunIercd hy Harlan aud hulAed by
sherman rises confront them, aud rosouis their 3D.
treatment hy the exposure OF the devices 10y which they
sought TO spurn him after they had used him. lnsUp
ported hy ausht his own wor MI story would have
good deal Of dramatic interest. but corroboraicd at
every point by ample documentary evidence, It fixes
crushing weight upon the four characters who Agure IN
IT, and stamps them with guilty knowledge o the nature
Ai.lersons SERVICES and the bunshns effort tocNade
rewardng him, winch has resulted M his pulling down
upon them Tie temple OF fraud he had reared Tor their
ncl uuunnN.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-06-06

To THE EDIroR OF THE Sun Sir: Pray say
whether tc Jul-e, of the General Term OF al, supreme
Court o Sew loh ingalls, Daniels, ami rutlrr-are lc
galy and Justly entitled Ia adjourn said term Of SAID
court from May rs toJu, 80 asst seems they have done,
and thi, drsmte OF the tact that business much i'm
purtanc' WHICH came before them week luufc pre.
Ntuu- Ia stl Hd nurWient Yet rcuA, iitr lDd 60 the
d,inmrnt Of person, interested Il looks tn mo Though
AN f outuuD go two months und -FOUR DAYS was very
long uliVr such circumstances
shall nnd II very difficult II not impossible, 10 yet
along uil July so without some money which shall
gciNe out of certain case which was hgah by saii
Judges few weeks ago, but whch they did not dccie
before thcY adjourned However suIpOse they viii not
lo,i my trouble. Very respectfully, IuvkKIN.
IA 4
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wrong; and gross wrong has been done to
the Bannocks. But we are not TO look for
such action from the Fraudulent President,
whose Administration, for its own purposes,
will do anything to plunge the country into
another war a. bloody, rs costly, as unjusti-
nablc and needless Us last years war with
the Me- pcTtcs
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-06-06
\ Low. Cheating Conspiracy.


1t is on its face n low cheating conspiracy; as
vulgar ythng OF that sort very well be scheme
concoctcd lor the purpose OF making appear that
tam person was elected President who was not elected;
last desperate device defeated party rescue
through its shameless leaders their lost fortunes At the
OF free Institutions themselves II belonged To his.
tory that project base and revolutionary should be
exposed to the last action aud syllable
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-06-06
SUNBEfIfS.
The Louisiana sugar crop has boon 9

much improved by recent heavy rainfalls
Lemons sixteen inches in diameter grow
abuudanuy in the mild ncishborhood Of Galveston. Tex
Tho Jews in North Carolina have pro-
scented n fine suit clothes the Governor o the sato
In the South Carolina public schools
there are nine hundred aud forty coorcd chiirc
than whites
Southern papers say that one stalk Of
cotton could be prontaby grown on plantations whcr,
two now grow.
Georgian papers say that Alcck Ste
pcnss following at prcsc larger at Washington than
It's In his native state.
Old politicians about the crossroads
Virginia agree that the reputation party in that state
is las dead as door nail"
Tho planters throughout Virginia com.
plain Of the lily in the tobacco leaf aud lear that the next
crop will he short for want Of plants
BY paying n double fec entrance is OBJ
tanned to tile Paris Exposition as carly as SAN The
building is not open to the general public ans.
w. w. Corcoran, the wealthy banker OF
Washington Is about TO start In that city literally en-
dowcd art school in connection with hts art gallery
Americans in Paris this season pro-
the whiskcy unusually bad The German armies
seriously damaged the cognac raising dsrct' aud their
entire recuperatOn has not been as yet possible.
The ancient landmarks Of st. Augustine.
Fla. are yearly disappearing by the hands VI AMI
time aud 1t will soon be transformed from dngy, oil
scmi spanish town to brand new American one
According to annual custom. n party Of
Americans in Paris visited May 20 the little cemetery
OF rcpus where Lafayette is buried and placed pot
flowers growing in American earth upon his tomb.
The Frcmdcnbidu Of Berlin announces
that one golden and i've silver weddings VIII he cee.
bratcd in different European courts this The golden
wedding will be that Of Duke MaSimian Of Bavaria
Lord Macaulay said that in his expe-
riencc proficient IN oriental tongues he had
an ho 9. n. Z n pf n
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-06-06

Commissioner Campbell OF tho Department OF
Public Works reports that since Jane l. ls77 ms depart.
nent has collected $40 72 % from persons using Crotch
water Tor shipping and building purposes rAls $4,000
tnpr collected in the previous year by George
Cauhec who Lad contract Tor furnishing Croton wate
" ships and " builders
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-06-06

The diine-novel reading boys who try to
follow the evil examples held up to their almi-
ration are coming to grief jus, now. On Tues
day ADOLF BALpscHNIrDER. lad OF rs. who
asprcd to be one OF the bold highwaymon Of his
Imagination. was sentenced t. State prison. at
hard labor. for eight years. Perhaps even moro
lucklcss-ior thcirtcrms u confinement are not
donned-wcrc WILLIAM GsrFNEY. JACOB LIEN
wEpEE. and JAMES MckENDEY. boys under II
years Of age. who perpetratcd daring bur-
glary and were yesterday committed 10 disci-
plluary and reformatory institutions.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-06-06

Tho WooD Tariff bill met the fate ycstcr-
day which was iorrshad1wcd 10y the voting Of
the day before. Tho motion TO srkr ont the
cnacting clause obtained f3i yons against 100
nays. Nearly score OF Democrats OF the
PENNSYLVANIA pcrsuasnn voted yen; some half
dozen Republicans voted nay.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-06-06

not speak the language. and did not render any
service comparable TO his own in making a
President.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-06-06

The subcommittee Of the POTTER Com
mitteo sent to Florida is already at work. Yes
tcrday they began investigating tho two
returns from liukcr county in that State,
the first Of which gave the TlLDEN electors
23s votes. and the HAYES electors 1i3.
while the second gave the former 80 ana the lat
ter 1870. The cX-Clcrk Of Baker county. who
helped mako the canvass OF the vote. sworo that
the first Of these returns was the true one. In
the second two precincts were omitted.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-06-06

Whatever outlay Mr. Jol1N EoAcH's polite
attentions to Senators may have cost him. the
money was probably invested. After listening
on Tuesday 10 Mr.. KrnNAN's indignant protest
the Senate Yesterday voted 20 TO IS. 10 attach
the Brazil steamship service Job - the Post
Route bill. but To make the contract one for five
years instead of for ten rs at first proposed In
other words to vote away million and half
Of the peoples money instead OF three millions
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-06-06
Nanntor MA1LAcE Id Pcnnsvlvnnln Is

Senator WALLACE OF Pennsylvania is re-
ported 70 bee preparing nm address 90 the people
protesting against any attack upon the title ~
the Fraudulent President. Il is 90 be- signed by
himself, HlIs1rB CIYMEH. and o,hor members
OF Congress whom he can cct. Mr. WALLACE
is Of course. intensely anxious that the origi-
nal bargain between HAYES and the Texas
Pacific for the contamination Of the fraud
should be observed 10 the letter. and its fruits
duly gathered by both parties. Mr.. WALLACE
WIS Nice-p President II the TeXns-pa'ii, before
Col. scorT sent him 10 the Senate. Nj CIYMEE
It may be. would like 90 be considered Mr.. WAL
IAcrs candidate for the senate. in the remote
contingency II Mr.. ScorT's permitting Demo-
cratic minority In the LEGISLATURE; aud IL l. not
Improbable that theytickia his fame with somr-
thing OF the sort. But Mr.. CLy2irR mas rest MS
surrd that his ambition Will bee better served by
remaining with tho Democratic party against
both Tom Scorr and the Great Fraud. lie has
Il good character. and he ought 10 keep it,
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-10-11

Mr.. Bennett takes for the subject of
his graves this week, the physiognomy
of the Editor OF the TELEGRAPH. Mr..
Bennett has not before undertaken the
reproduction ON wood of the human
features. How far he, or Mr.. Mealy,
the photographer, has missed the coun-
terfeit presentment Of the TELE.
GRAPHS chief, we shall not undertake
to say, any more than that they have
made a very good picture from very
poor subject.
We should be pleased to present to
the readers of the TELEGRAPH, en-
cravings of any OF our leading citizens
who will call In the aid of Messrs.
Bennett and Mealy.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-10-11
Read and Reject.

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