The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-01-02

} duced on the trials before commiss 10.
? ers, fraud was substituted for viatcnc
: little pains being taken to conceal u
/ fact. Heard of Octrages committed
Feliciana, Concorila, st. Mary's. s
Landry, Bossier, Rapidos, Red Rive
Grant and other parishes, but not in
manner 10 authorize official actor
: Throughout Caddo, Natchitoches, Oh
achita and Tensss parishes s.a-Sign c
terror was inaugurated, and Is still
maintained, and which will long cor
tinue. Deputy United States Marshal
Mcconnell, Bancroft anu Bancroft sen,
reports. Mcconnell writes that in Ten
sas the Democrats Told the Republican
they must not hold NEE tings; that six
ty FIVE Republicans were killed, and
large number of negroes joined tn
Democrats to keep from being killc /
NEW ORLEANS, December 81. - II,
Potter subcommittee met this morn
ing. Present: Hon. Garrison n. Pot
ter, chairman, and ex Governor Cox
Oscar Arrago, Secretary of State, pro
duced records of his office relating {,
the election Of 1876.
Z. G. Deslcnde, Secretary OF State
under Kellogg, testified To the siIiNine
| of his signature u the first set of Re-
publican electokal certificates; signed
it December G; don't recollect signing
any second set during Christmas week.
Witness also testified that he furnished
to Governor kellogg, during August,
1876, blank commissions for supervis-
ors of registration and clerks, 10 be
used by Geo. L. Smith, the present
collector of the port, while running
for Congress in the fourth district.
Judge Billings, of the United States
District Court, testified To request
having been made upon him TO return
the first set of Republican certificates,
as it was alleged that they were infor-
NAL. Judge Billings declined TO grant
the request, and subsequently a second
set was handed in to hlm
Peter Joseph, a Republican cloctor,
testified tn the fGcts already known
about signing the first and second set
of Republican certificates.
j. d. Kennedy WAS OK lmjnei, and
declared he had not spirited away the
negro Kelly, as had been charged by
some of the Northern papers. In fact,
Kelly was now, and had been for some
months, in Washington
Messrs. Raymond, Lloyd and Ma.
loney, clerks in carpet house heae,
testified TO having found in their store
on September 10 bundle of docu-
ments left there by and addressed to
Mrs. Agnes jerks. These documents
were produced before the committee.
The most important was one purport-
ing to be the alleged original "Sher-
man letter."
Chairman Potter made statement
to the press to the effect that these
documents had been dropped 10y Mrs.
jerks for the purpose of imposing
upon the committee. lie declared that
the sc-called copy of the Sherman let
ter was forgery.
The committee then adjourned to
Wednesday.
There seems to he no alternative but
for the State to default on its January
coupons on consols. The State au-
thoritiess express the belief that the
entire interest will be paid within
three months. The funding board, in
executive session to-day, adopted the
following:
ResOlUed, That the Governor of the
State of Louisiana be directed and re.
quested to publish the following no.
tice: SIN view of the fact that under
the existing laws, tax collectors are
not called upon to- settle their accounts
with the State until January 90, 1879
and as the result of this fact, only the
small sum Of $S4, 1904 is now to the
credit of the interest tax fund OF 1878
therefore, notice is hereby given to the
holders of the State bonds ana cou-
pons due January 1, 1879, that this
important subject will be submitted to
the Legislature, for action and remedy,
upon its assemblage. ~ NOTE The
Legislature meets; Monday.
NEW ORLEANS, December 3i.-At
the meeting of the yellow fever COM
mission to-day Senator EustIs stated
that the sergeant-gt.armsr reported that
DR.. Smythe declined to appear before
the commission.
Mr.. Hooker moved that subpenas
be issued for such witnesses as the
commission think proper to have. Car
ried, and the sergeant-lt- ARMS ms ruct-
ed to issued hereafter subpelas to wit
nesses whose evidence was desired.
DR.. G. B. White, formerly president
of the board of health, testified that
persons may come here from infected
districts and even die of the fever with
out causing spread of the disease
believes yellow fever can be imported /;
does not believe in the germ theory ;
quarantine strictly enforced would di-
minish feXRI epidemics here the fever
of the past Summer was similar TO pre-
vious epidemics, except that larger
number of children were attacked. He
gave his experience IN regard to disin-
fecting; favors both quarantine and
local dislnfection.
Mr.. Hooker requested DR.. White to
furnish the commission with such data
as could be obtained from his reports.
WASHINGTON, December 81. = The
superintendent of the New Orleans
mint has arrived at his post. The
mint will be opened In two weeks.
The superintendent will then COM
mence the purchase of silver bullion
in lots not exceeding 10, 600 ounces /;
the price to be paid being fixed by the
mint bureau of the Treasury depart.
ment. 1t is expected that IN buying
silver he Will procure large numbers Of
Mexican and trade dollars, especially
the former, at the bullion price fixed
here. When lots of more than TO-
600 ounces of bullion are to be pur-
chased for the mint, it will be done
at the regular weekly opening of bids
at the Treasury,
The Teller subcommittee have post
poned the time for their departure for
New Orleans, from Thursday evening
till Friday morning.
CINCINNATI, December BIN J.
w. Morgan, hailing from Brown coun-
ty, Kentucky, created quite a commo-
ton upon the floor of the Chamber OF
Commerce tc-day by borsewhipping
Mr.. Charles Mcguire, of the firm OF
Mullane 81 Co., heavy dealers in grain.
Morgan was arrested and lodged In
Jail. He states that the trouble grew
out OF wheat transaction. Morgan
was apparently intoxicated.
WASHINGTON, December 31.- The
Treasury today made another call for
redemption Of 20 bonds, cDnsols OF
1867. The cal! is for $40, goo, half
registered, half coupon.
NEW ORLEANS, December 3l.-Busi-
ness Is restricted, owing 70 rainy
weather.
BALTIMORE. December 3f-The