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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-03-30

The Mails.

MoNrGoMERY, La, March, 20, 20.
Editor Chronicle
Your editorial in issue OF the
10th, relative to mails, and espe-
CALLS a mail line between Mont
gomery' and Colfax, is pertinent.
1t behooves citizens of each town
to move in this matter. You rec
commended petitions to Congress
man Elan. A petition signed by
by both citizens of Colfax and
Montgomery begging for this route
has long since been forwarded to
Mr.. Elan. He has needed it not.
We expected this when VIM. Nj.
Levy was laid aside and Elan
nominated. Perhaps we may be
wrong in our surmises, but We
think that Mr.. Elam has hardly
time to do anything else than mail
agricultural reports and send his
little speeches out to be read, from
the way they are arriving in this
community. Cannot arrangements
be made with the officers of the
steamer Bart Able to bring our
mail from Colfax and carry yours
III return The Chronicle of the
10th was to hand four days ago
and here comes slipping in the
back issue of the 9th. 1t is too
bad. K
Both mails referred to by our
correspondent were put on mail
boat at this place by Mr.. Pirtle, on
the Friday night before the date
of each issue respectively, 9th and
| 9Th, and both issues should have
appeared in Montgomery on the
morning of the date of each, and
the fact that such was not the case
shows that the mail boat does not
always follow the letter of the mail
contract. Ed
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eile;t that Notwithstanding the in
vestigations have proved the truth
of the several charges made against
those who since 1868 have ruled
and almost ruined the State, the
Governor is requested to order a
nolle prosequi in any cases brought
by the State. based upon facts
found by the joint investigation
committee on public frauds.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-03-30

Mr.. Edmuns, of Vermont, from
the Committee on Judiciary, re-
ported adversely on the House
bill in relation to certain legal dis
abilities of women, and moved 1t
be indefinitely postponed. 1t pro-
vides that any woman who has
been the member of the bar of the
higher court of any State or terri
tory, or District Of Columbia, for "A
period of three years, may be ad-
mitted to practice in the Supreme
Court of the United States.
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The Returning Board.

New York SUP, March goth.
There are many questions arts
ing out of the Electoral Frauds of
1876 in Florida, South Carolina.
and Louisiana, and one of the
most obvious of them is PROFOUND
cd in the following note from a re-
spected citizen of Weston, VT:
"Sir: Have the Returning Boards
in Florida, South Carolina, Louis
lana been abolished since the great
steal was perpetrated? l have
seen no account of 1t if they have,
at which l wonder, as | naturally
thought the Democratic Govern
ments in those States would have
attened to it at once.
G. l.. WHITMAN.
So far as We are aware, neither
of these Returning Boards has
been abolished, and no steps have
been taken to prevent repetition
of such villainies as those which
have put in the White House ii
man who was never elected. The
only difference is that, whereas i'll
1875 all Of the, Returning Boards
were under Republican control
they are now subject to the Demo
Gratis in each State. Thus they
may be- henceiorth be used in fur
therance of Democratic and not
Republican schemes. But the
whole thing is wrong, and, us on,
Vermont correspondent so justly
remarks, it should be wiped out OF
existence altogether,
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Elijah j. Morse of Massachu-
sets addressed the American Tenn
perance Union in the Coo Ger In
stitute, New York. He argued that
prohibition would rid us of half of
the judges, lunatic asylums, and
work houses. He estimated that
ninety-nine paupers out of hun
dred become so through intemper-
ance alone.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-03-30

A telegram to the Political Cor
responence declared England has
asked Russia for defnite answer,
which would show that the differ
ence has become acute, but an i'm
preston in prevalent in Vienna
that Russia will give the required
assurance when the treaty is for
mally delivered in London, proba-
bly, on Saturday, 23d.
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the reverse side is our eagle, one
talon holding on olive branch, and
the other some arrows, encircled
by laurel wreath and noticed
With, "In God We Trust" "Un;-
ted States of America" and "Ope
Dollar" The new money is to be
coined in Philadelphia, San Fran
cisco, and Carson City, Nevada.
Much has been said about the
prospective insignifcance Of the
Uniten States exhibit at the Paris
exposition; but four vessel loads
have already gone and over 400
tons of goods are still to be sent.
The Commissioner General has ap-
piled to the Navy Department for
another ship. Commissioner Nc
Comick will leave soon for Paris,
accompanied by his wife and her
sister, Miss Thurman-daughter
of Senator Thurman.
Murphy, the temperance lecturer,
has left us after six weeks of effec-
tive labor. The temperance meet
ings are still held daily and the en-
thusiasm continues unabated. Bob
Ingersall has also gone out of sight
and out of mind after delivering
three lectures in this city. Some
body recently said that Ingersall
might now busy himself with profit
Ill writing out his own decline and
sall. He is the quadruped referred
to in Goldsmith's couplet:::
"The man recovered from the bite,
The dog it was that died
RICHARD
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GOOD W YN'S
EUREKA YEAST PoUlI
MANUFACTURE n
NEW ORLEANS Ia

1t is regarded by many slpxz
housekeepers as not only good, hfI
very best thing Of the kind tlq1
ever tried. Only give this
HOME PRODUCTI0x
a fam trial. and you will hardlyl|
patronize it.
1t is a pure, excellent and 81
preparation, and is SO pronounl|
Drs. VIM. G. Austin. G. j. B;<kknl
J. j. Lyons, OF New Orleans. VII I
examined the recipe for making ! i
To THE LADY OF THE HouHud
As it is the special province q \
keepers, practically, to test sfid1|
the culinary line, and 10 judgd 1
merits, your attention is respsd''d'
vited to the EUREKA YEA1
DER.
All Of the leading family p'n|
New Orleans deal in in it.
p. n. GOODWIN, Manufid5'
l22 Terpsichore ~
New 0dsn|
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-03-30

Like the Home journal we hold
that tramps, loafers and drones, if
foInd upon or around the farm,
should receive peremptory orders
to 'move on or go to work.
There is no room for these animals
in the country, bet if they wish to
earn an honest livelihood, and be-
come good citizens, they should
be offered the opportunity. The
pillow, spade and hoe may become
their Goat of arms, if, by earnest
labor and unfaltering diligence,
they prove themselves worthy to
wear these emblems Of natural
royalty.
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There is much uneasiness at the
growing strength of the great rail-
roads aud their influence on poll
tics. 1t is charged and believed
that the great railroads, headed by
the Union and Central Pacific,
have organized an immense com
bination. The receipts of these
roads, aggregated, are greater
than those of the United States,
and SO powerful is it becoming that
there is serious danger to the lib
critics Of the country. Some mem
bers of Congress claim that that
body has power to control the rail-
roads, and that this ought to be
done. A bill for that purpose has
been proposed, and will be intro
duced, regulating pro-ratage and
other questions.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-03-30

The parish of Aeension recently
took a vote Of her people on the
question of selling liquor 'on Sun
day. The result was thirty in ia
vor of sale and 39S against it.
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There was frost evey month of
the year 1916, and it was known
as "the year without summer. "
The New England farmers called
it eighteen hundred and starved
to death"
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Trus, orthy advices from India
state that the Mahommedans are
greatly excited about the over
throw Of Turkey, and serious trou-
BILE is apprehended.
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A Columbia, S. G., dispatch of
he ODD, states: The chairman of
= he fraud commission in the Sen
,te. yesterday publicly announced
hey had ample evidence to secure
he speedy conviction of ex-Gov-
,rnor Chamberlain for his share
II the crimes against the State.
The resolutions, however, which
passed the House Wednesday,
passed tie Senate Thursday, 10 the
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still En Limbo.

Tom Anderson has not yet got
clear Of the clutches of the law,
nor is it foregone conclusion that
this eminent fraud will get off scot
free, the remarkable decision OF the
Supreme Court to the contrary
notwithstanding. Attorney Gen
eral Ogden has fled an application
for a rehearing before the Supreme
Court, in which he recouDts in an
able manner the points in the case
and argues SO forcibly the intent
and meaning Of the law and its
direct application iii this instance,
that reversal of the decision of
the august tribunal may be looked
for with tolerable certainty.
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Every angry man thinks he is
right, and nine out OF ten can see
that they were wrong when anger
cools. The tenth man is fool.
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1t is now thought that the pres
ent session of Congress may extend
into August.
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Washington Letter.
WASHINGTON, D. G., March 9, Z!

people do not give their entertain
ments earlier; so as to avoid being
in such a rush and hurry and
crowding of one thing into another
the last of the season. But they
never learn, and it is invariably the
case that the week or ten day pevi-
Gus TO the advent of the J entail
season every day AMI evening ars
nothing less than a perfect wh;rla
zig of festivitieg Last things
have a flavor all their own, too.
Everybody goes TO last receptions
add hops and soirtes because they
are the last. There is no enjoy
ment in them and people are glad
when they are over. The Presi-
dents last levee, given Tuesday
evening of hast week, was simply a
heated, rerspiring, uncomfortable
crowd. On Tuesday evening fol-
lowing Secretary Evarts' mansion
was thrown open for their last re-
ceptlou of the season, and the
throng there was SO great that
one could scarcely raise an arm or
move except with the crowd. But
Mr.. Hayes last reception, on Sat
urday afternoon. was worse than
all the rest in that respect. Many
thousand persons were in attend
ance and fully two hours were con-
sumed in getting through the
White House. The heat in the
corridors was intense, several la
dies tainted and one was taken
with commissions. One of the
things that nervous and ailing aud
fainfing people never will learn is
to keep ont of crowd.
Mr.. Hayes wisely received bare
headed. His greetings were as cor
dial as his. wife's who has such
wonderful store of kindly smiles,
and another rather i'll naturedly
speaks of "Mrs. Hayes chronic
smile" She wore a maroon silk
and velvet she had appeared i'll
half dozen times or more this
season and held bunch of daffo-
dis in her hand. Four or FIVE la
dies assisted her in receiving,
among them Mrs. Evarts' and MIR.
Sherman. Three Misses Evarts
were conspicuously present, one in
black velvet, one in two shades of
steel blue silk and one in sky blue.
The oldest OF these three sisters is
a most pronounced brunette and
the other two very light blondes,
pale blue eyes and light yellow
hair. Miss Schurz, still in mourn
ing for her mother, wore black
Grape trimmed dress, sack and
hat.
The silver bill having become a
law, Secretary Sherman has al
ready taken steps to cary out its
provisions. The day after its pas
sage, indeed, he sent telegraphic
orders to Philadelphia for the
manufacture of dies sufficient not
only for the mint there but for
that at Carson City also. Both
MINIS will begin work on the new
coin at once and before three
weeks pass IL Will be issued Tor
general circulation. Although both
the President and Vice President
have openly and decidedly pro-
claimed their disapproal of the sill
yer bill, yet the country at large
appears to hail its passage and its
becoming law with Joy and glad
ness; settlement of any kind, in
fact, would have been gratefully
received--the people glad to fluid
bottom somewhere at last. The
new dollar will have on its diverse
side the head of the Goddess of
I.iherfv moor Goddessil wearing
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The Legislature adjourned on
Tuesday, 10Th.
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There will be meeting Of the
State Central Committee of the
Democratic Conservative party OF
Louisiana on the first day of May,
1878, in New Orleans.
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oror business you e. y,
0EOI Is to go Per g M
any worker Of either 81, ~
own localities. Psrt'cuiss ~ -
worth IS free. Improve ~
ct this buiness. 49,
CO., Portland, Aslss.
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AGENTS.

Mr.. A. A. GooDwIy. of Alexandria, is
an authorized agent If the Chrome IL.
and will contract for advertisements and
receive subscriptions.
Messrs. MCCAIN a. Bro, of Mont
pomery. are our authorized agents.
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/. W. PATTON,
Pres'd't State Central Committee
Middletown transcript., 1878-12-07
Trustees Sale Of Real Estate
hEOIDUE UF
MAI. JAMES CHIFFIN'S LAND.
RESIDUE OF

MAI. JAMES CHIFFIN'S LAND.
By virtue of an order of the Orphans Court
Of the State Of Delaware in and for Kent
Vendue, on SATURDAY, the 2lst OF Decem-
dletown Hotel, Middletown, New Castle
County, Delaware, the following tract of
land. viz
No. ALI that certain farm or tract of
land, situated in Blackbird formerly Appo-
quinimink) Hundred, New Castle County ana
State of Delaware, ard known as the Money
FARM and now occupied by Benz. Money,
and designated on the plot of the return Of
the frteholdeFs appointed 10 divide said lands
by the letter A, bounded on the rst by lands
of John Young, on the west by-Webster,
and on the north by lands Of Thomas S. Mer-
ritt, and said TO contain, according TO a re-
cent survey thereof l4i4 ACRES, be the
same more or less.
ALSO, at the Smyrna Hotel, Smyrna,
Kent County, Delaware, on the same day, to
wit: SATURDAY, the 2lst Of December,
1878, at 3 o'clock, P. NJ, (by virtue of the
same order.
No. 2-.4ll that certain other tract. piece
or parcel of land situate in what was the wes-
tern side of Duck Greek Hundred, now Ken
ton Hundred, Kent County and State Of Del
aware, known as ''The Trump Farm now
occupied by Benjamin West, aud designated
on the plot of The return of the freehoders
by the letter B, aud adjoining lands Of Mrs
Mary Sbahau and others and said to contain
SO ACRES and SO SQUARE PERCHES, bt
the same more or less.
ALSO, at the time and place, last men
toned
No. All that certain tract of Woodland
situated in Kenton Hundred, County and
State last aforesaid, designated on the plo
of the return of the freeho!ders by the lettel
G, adjoining lands of W. II. & Preston Lee
lands Of Robert Hill and others, and said lc
contain 46 ACRES and square PERCHES
be the same more or less
| The same being the residue of the dover
| lands formerly laid off and assigned to thu
widow of the late Major James Chiffins, de
ceased, and will be sold for the benefit of tn,
heirs legally entitled thereto
Attendance will be given and terms mad
known on the day of sale BY J. ALEXANDER
FULroN, Esq, the Trustee appointed by saic
! Court to effect said sale.
BY ORDER OF The COURT:
Dover, Nov. 26, 1878. Attest.
H. TODD, Clerk
/ TERMS.-Ten per cent. of the purchas
money must be paid 10 said Trustee on th
day Of sale, and the residue thereof must b.
secured by reccgnizanee in the Orphans
Court, with sufficient surety, to be approved
BY the said Orphans Court, at its next term
10 be held in Dover, on Tuesday, March 25th
A. D. 1879 The percentage 10 be paid OIL
the day Of sale will be treated as a part Of th,
purchase money if the other terms of sale b.
complied with, otherwise it will be forfeited
for Noncompliance
Plots of the Land will be exhibited at salt
sale ALEXANDER FULTON,
dec 7-3w TRUSTEE
Middletown transcript., 1878-12-07
washington Letter.
WASHINGTON, D. G, Dec. 4, 1871


The opening day of Congress was
not Of special interest in either House
Senator Blaine made an inquiry into
the subject Of equal rights Of voters at
elections, and Representative Hood
sharply critized that portion of the
Presidents message which assumes that
voters in the South were intimldated
At the November election. He called
attention to the fact that there was
intimidation by Government officials
unconstitutional oficials-in New York
CITY. and that Mr.. Hayes had omitted
to condemn them. Nothing was done
or proposed as to the contemplated
investigation Of the "cipher des-
patches. It seems to be understood
that, unless the radicals precipitate
such investigation, the Potter Commit
tee will, at an early day, undertake
the work. There is, as heretofore said,
a disposition on both sides to evade
the discussion of disturbing questions
until later in the session.
Mr.. Thurman stated a profound
truth when saying that under our form
Of Government there had been and
must ever be two parties-one party
of the people and the other Ct class
and privilege Any candid man who
reads the annual message Of Mr..
HAYES, or the reports Of his Secretaries,
viii not fail to see that the party which
is not of the people, but Of class and
privilege, is the party to which those
gentlemen belong. Even Mr.. Schurz,
red republican as he was, and theoret-
ical Democrat as he thinks he is, IL
vents new Federal offices and asks
Congress to appropriate money for
them. The Secretaries of War and
the Navy cling to the old abuses and
the old excrescences. The Attorney
General asks for money to pay a
! legion Of officials unknown to tLt
snirit or letter of the Constitution. In
all the messages and reports ordered
| printed by Congress yesterday there
Is not suggestion that any superhu
Gus officer may be dropped, that any
dollar Of money may be saved to the
taxpayer, or that the methods o.
Government may in any way be sim
plifed. Imagine such documents com
inc at time like this from Seymour
Bayard, Hendricks, Tilden, Thurman
and the Cabinet Officers they woulC
have around them! To consider thi:
is to see the difference between a party
of the people and party Of class ant
privilege-between Democracy ant
Republicanism.
Secretary Sherman recommends
and the recommendation deserves con
sideration, the issue of Certificates 0
Deposit of ten dollars and upwards
bearing interest at the rate Of 3 6'
Der cent. and fundable in 4 per cent
bonds at any time within year atte
issue. and the proceeds to be used il
retiring the 6 per cent. bonds. Simila
schemes have been prepared before
and It il likely something Of the kim
will be authorized at the present ses
sion.
The season of cold is as tardy a
was the appearance of the heated tern
last summer. Dandelions are bloom
ing in the public parks to-day an.
the air is as soft and warm q ApriI
The city is filling up fast. Ever
train brings scores of season visitors
Altogether, the season promises to b
brilliant one. SoLoN.
Middletown transcript., 1878-12-07
Correspondence of the Transcript.
DOWN IN KENT.
FRrpER1cA. DEL. Dec. ard 1871

FREDERICK, DEL, Dec. 3rd, 1878
travelling on the "iron trail' from
Wilmington to Delmar one gains a
pretty good idea of the Diamond State,
her soil, her productions, the clay of
her land" her towns and villages and
perhaps, from association, some little
about her people; but to know Della
wareans as Delawareans; to know
them as a social, hospitable and unos-
tentatious people one needs TO cross
the thresholds Of their quiet, comfort
able homes, where the stranger il al
WAYS welcome and is soon made to
feel as much at home as though he sat
by his own freside. In truth, the
hospitality of Delawareans is proven
bal, but that is not what your cores
pondent started out to write about.
In the by-ways Of our State, lying
beyond the shrill shrek of the loco
motive, are manyquiet, happy, culti-
waited and prosperous communities
where the financially solid, though un-
pretentious and hospitable Delawarean
may be seen in all lis glory. Up and
down the State such communities are
to be found, but it is only of one Of
these that we are now going to treat
and that e Frederica. 1t is six miles
from the railroad at FELTON, to this
quiet, cozy village-six miles through
level stretch of pretty farm-lands tc
the narrow main street that, after one
or TWO uncomfortable bends, goes
down to the spacious warehouses on
the banks Of the Murderkill, out Of
which the grain-ladened vessels have
sailed for almost a century. Here, six
miles from the bay aud six miles from
the "neigh of the iron-horse' we find
neat, I'VE cannot say pretty quiet
pleasant and prosperous village Of
s5me eight hundred inhabitants, who
are hospitable from the heart, demo
cratic clear through and satisfied with
one mail in each and every twenty
four hours. Here Indifferent braRchei
Of trade are well represented aTA tn,
display Of dry goods and gT6cerie
Middletown transcript., 1878-12-07
GENERAL NEWS.

The strike of the oyster shuckers at
Norfolk, Va ended on Wednesday
L. S. Allard was shot and danger
ously wounded by his son Cad at
Hot Springs, Ark, on Friday night.
The suit of the widow Oliver against
ex-senator Cameron for $4,000 dam
ages, for alleged breach Of promise,
will be tried in few weeks.
a large number of inspectors and
watchmen were discharged ron~the
New Orleans Custom House on Nom
day, under orders from Washington.
There were white frosts at New Or
leans Oh Thursday, Friday and Satur-
day. No deaths from yellow fever
have been reported in that city for
four or five days.
A New York tramp named Conl-
ton, left Augusta, Ga, on Monday
night, with 500 belonging to the
Young Mems Christian Association
and its Secretary's overcoat.
The steamer Cotton Valley was
sunk by collision with the steamer
Charles Morgan, opposite Donaldson
vile, La, before daylight Sunday
morning, and from15 to 20 lives were
lost.
Governor Nichols, of Louisiana, has
returned from Tensas and Concordia
parishes, where he made personal
investigation Of the recent troubles
| He refuses to make known his conclu
sions at present.
A gang Of masked highwaymen en-
tered Trabing's Rancho, twenty-eight
miles north Of Fort Kinney, w. T.
on the 29th ult., ordered the EN-
ployees to "throw up their hands,
and then rifed their pockets and plum
dered the store.
At the local election in Plainfeld
1 N. J., on Tuesday, Hooper, Democrat
was elected by about 400 majority
The Republicans elected both Free
holders. 1t is believed the Counci
will stand six Democrats to five Re
puhlicans.
The prospect of resumption wa
discussed in tue Cabinet meeting OF
Tuesday, and the opinion was ex
pressed by the President and heads 0
Departments that everything was il
excellent shape for the resumption Q
specie payments on the lst of january.
"a series of riots" is reported a
Jackson, in Breathitt county, KY.
which began last Monday week. Th'
trouble seems to have arisen from al
) attempt to rescue a prisoner whom !
Sheriff's posse were conducting to jail
. The result is that mob holds th,
town, and the Sheriff's party the cour
. house and jail f; that "picket firing i
! kept up, and many persons hare beer
killed and wounded;' and that tn,
Governor has been appealed to, bu
a has taken no action yet. Among thos,
fatally shot in the riot is the County
Judge