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WASHINGTON.
A Powerful Speech by Kel-
logg on the Louisiana
Question.
The Wrongs Of the Black Man
Brought Clearly Before
the Country.
Another Mocking Speech by Beck,
Urging the Need Of au Ex-
ecutive Session.
A Growing Disposition Among
tho Republicans to Sus-
pend tho Dcadlpek.
Belief that the Nomination Of Robertson
Cannot Be Confirmed Without
Compromise.
Disposition Of the stalwarts to Forget
that Grant, Was Not Nomi-
mated at Chicago.
The President Said to Take Sec.
retary MacVeagh's Action
Seriously to Heart.
Arguments Showing tlle Advantage of
Issuing 1-2s 1nstcal of is
from tlo Treasury.
Longstreet Likely to Be Transferred to tie
Georgia Aarshalahip-phe
Utes-.Notss.
The President Said to Take Sec.
retary MacVeagh's Action
Seriously to Heart.
Arguments Showing tlle Advantage Of
Issuing l 1-2s 1nstcal of is
from tllo Treasury.
Longstreet Likely to Be Transferred to the
Georgia Marshalahip-The
Utes-Notes.


WASHINGTON, y. T., March 3l.-The Sena-
t0riai uebatinE-scIluof resumed its session Mt
tho regular hour this morning. 1t was
Louisiana tla3. .1onas. not satisfied with the
tcfeat III Ills contest with Kellogg early In
the week, returned TO the attack to-day, .tltl
wis SO terribly w0rstctt tl,at tie Republicans
pllied him. Senator Kellogg lift no ground
for him to stand upon, md, In replying TO
Jonus' tnlsstatelnents Respecting the I.outst-
ai,a debt, incidentally 11ade onr nf tile must
powerful speeches upon Louisiana politics
Tint has ever been delivered In either llot,sc.
llackncyel us tho sunject is, he gave 1t
new l1fe anil renewed Interest. Ills
spctch WAS lngicat, tlra.latlc, md eloquent.
The Democrats. to whom tho Louisiana topic
Is tispIenstng, a,!d who CHIN to desptse kcl-
logs, wcrv compelled By the l,owcr Ut his
spceel. TO- rc,s,uin attentive listeners. Mr..
Kellogg, since Ills tenure,of ofiee1las becomc
Sucllrr, IL
4 NEW 1,Eyn1.Arioy
to Ills Republican, associates. Hitherto lie
llas seemed to speak sot,lew'lat u,Ittcr IT.
straint, rs 1t wulll1 have bcell inpulttie for
him to have oxnspernteu the independent
Democratic element, but nuw That hfs case
Is settled, llo trcatS thu Louisiana Question
with graphic power OF description
t,ts yccl. ip.ninnl,1. no ,,,,,,nt,rr ,1,,o,,-
,mc1,ts Ttrro .ser. n ,,r,nu.rnf a ~, nar ,"in"r %
speeches during tho luy, but they were Ut
s,,,, ,rors ,vo. siarn co,;,.,n, ~ notoo', sv
Dawes, Logan. mud becl;: fron' wl'lel' It WIS
mado to appear that SENATOR l5ecls's t'sunton
record was iiioru pronounced than has been
auppusGHl. There nre still no indications rs
t0 tho ptobab!o result OF ttIts contest. Tile
Nepnbliea'ls afe alsposea u coils1dcr 1t as
very much more than struggle over
petty u!Ilccs, and they seem to think that
tha~ orc mol,,nr snmr str,u, no,t,cai
sis ~. ."""; ou"' a..oe ,t.' poti
polits, alit! preparing t''o way lor breaking
the Sulld South. So fur NJ tho debnte goes.
tho Democrats aro certainly very mllell over.
mn+chn,f r1thouf-h t,,ny n,,,,n,,nrn t,ut v,,uo
..'o, .','''asu .'ss't su.ao
~ tneli s'1ohses t'eA N!e 1o'lh'k lheii'se4veS
III reserve to contllllle tho contest. The JlE-
publicntls nro efEer tO lnye them Ito 81.
'flleru scuhls to bu
A t;low,So DISPOSITION
, 1881-04-01

SEALED instructions will be Issued by tho
Government to thu Commissioners 70 tl1e ILL.,
tcrnatlonal Monetary Conference ut Paris.
Ttte instructions will not be opetcd till tha
Commissioners reach Paris. England will
not send q representative 10 tllo Conference,
, 1881-04-01

CITIZENS of Grand Haven nre making all
effort to secure stcamers 10 snpptant tho
Goourlch liners OIL tho route between CHI
cngo allu Grand Haven.
, 1881-04-01
cite Gtfla11re.

sDT Itrsons nntt'ac to ,ntrctnss toltcs of TtiE
CHICAGO TRIBUNE at He.rs 4iDtncfes a,ul m rua-
trav f'nHs There Chteago 1nrsts art sod 1c1t co-
(cra faror bB repairing The fdets to This oee. ufu-
Ing full particulars.
, 1881-04-01

a nAr1p thnw llas set i'll nfter the recent
heavy snowfall In Ohio, atll It Is feared that
there Will be consequent rapid risc in the
rivers, Which may result iii considerable
III
, 1881-04-01

JOHN A[cCU1I.0ualI, tho motor, will sail
from New York NeXt Tuesday for London,
where lla win I'LL q four weeks engagement
ut tho Drury Lane Theatre. lie appeared ii,
Memphis last night for the Inst Tins bcfora
l{a tlGparturc
, 1881-04-01

DUNNO the eight months ending Feb. cs
1T',siS persons left Canada to 1nnku their
their homes III this country. Tho Canadian
Government Is alarmed Mt the exodus.
, 1881-04-01

TItE International Cotton Exposition to bo
held ut Atlansa, Ga, next Octobor, promises
to be a SUCCESS. All tho stock allotted to
New York, S.5 600 worth, was subscribed for
two hours after the books were opened yes
tertlRy.
, 1881-04-01

SMAI1-rox prevails to an alarming degree
among tho natIyu Inhabitants of Honolulu.
Tho white inhabitants lave so fur escaped
tic disease.
, 1881-04-01

THE Chicago Vcsse1-O Owners Association
has voted a Tux Of 5 cents per ton oil all ion-
nagc represented BY the membership for tho
PURPOSE OF the organization.
, 1881-04-01

Ex-AI.p. Jo1rH NfCNALLy, who represent
ct1 tho Seventh Ward In tho City Council
from 1873 to 1880, lict1 yesterday Of pneu-
|
, 1881-04-01

Dumso the monti, uf March 1861 500
pleccs representing ss,7D,4oi, were coined
Mt the Philadelphia Stint.
, 1881-04-01
ft[f)IIJING.
N]LL0UGHBY, HILL { CO.
All Goods Sold
ID A I COS +"
AND MORE TOO.
Not too more, Dast just
more enough
ITO BE UNDER
no BE UNDER
AND MORE TOO.

Any Of these dark 'EASTERN
BRANCH" Clothing Stores that
surround US, and run by Resident
Managers.
] $4,000 Suits 1--WE don't take off
3one Suit, except the one we wear)
!of Mems, Boys, and Children's
Suits, now on hand and ready for
J you to buy in our three great stores.
Mothers, walk over from State
3st. to our great Store, cor. Madi-
:son and Clark-sts., and you will
save more than enough to buy
your boy q hat and pair of shoes.
, These Statc-st. "fellars" say they
can get FIVE dollars more for Suit
than we can. Hadn't you better
see if it's so BEFORE you buy.
, 1881-04-01

TItE experiment Of lighting portions Of
London last night with tho Brus!l-Sle,nen
electric light wns entirely successful.
, 1881-04-01

Mayor IIENntcK. ut Cleveland, has been
by tlto Republicans.
, 1881-04-01

NEAnEr 1000 Immigrants arrived at
Baltimore during the r,;lst mn!lttl.
, 1881-04-01

TIRE father of the Nilit!st, I,oassakot1, las
attempted to commit suicide several times.
, 1881-04-01

CLEARING weather nnd stationary or lower
tcinperatlro for this region to.lay.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-05-25
The Death of James T. Fields.

A touching account of James T.
Fields death is given in the Journal
Of Education, which will be read
with interest by our boys, as he is
the author of 'What l would do if
| were boy again"
On Sunday morning he was in
his usual good spirits, and ran across
Charles street to Mr.. T. B. Aldrich's
house, which is directly opposite.
Here he spent some little time chat
ting pleasantly. Walt Whitman,
who breakfasted with him a week
ago last Saturday, in company with
Mrs. Celia Thaxter, was struck with
his remarkable flow of good spirits.
On Sunday evening he was at home
with his wife and Mrs. Thaxter;
Mrs. Lodge, and one or two other
personal friends, being also present.
At about nine o'clock an alarm was
sounded for the fire near Charles
street jail. Mr.. Fields went to the
bay-window where he could look up
the street towards the fire. Soon
after Mrs. Fields, who feared the ef
feet ofthe excitement upon her hus-
band, proposed to read for the en-
tertainment of the company. Ac-
cordingly they all took seats, and
Mrs. Fields began reading. She
had been thus engaged about ten
minutes, when her husband made
peculiar noise, which she thought
was due to some humorous passages
she was reading, and she spoke, ask
ing him if he was laughing. He
made no reply, and she arose and
stepped towards him; just then he
gave a slight groan, his head dropped
forward, and all was over before she
reached his side. The family ply
sician, DR.. Ahlborn, was called, but
death was instantaneous.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-05-25

Will A. Strickler-and number
of able addresses were delivered
Good Tempiar.
Yes, that was rousing meeting.
and ''our Will" is ousing tenn
perance man and a good presider.
Miss Alice Harpold and w. w.
Harper will be delegates from the
Nj. 4. Church, and Mr.. A. Rogers
from the Baptist Church, to the
State S. S. Convention to meet in
Parkersburg.-h. n. Register.
Ideas are like boards; mendo not
have them until they grow up
Exchange.
That's not true, either in sound
or sense. First, men are not men
until they are grown up. Second,
boys have ten ideas capering about
in their noggins, while one slow
notion is trying to drill its way
into mans Uranium.
FISH SToRY.-Rev. Riffee caught
a pike at Chalfant's Mills the other
day,which weighed twenty pounds.
Upon opening it, it was discovered
this huge fish had in its 'insides'
a perch nineteen inches long; in
side the perch was.a sucker9 inches
long; inside the sucker was large
bull-frog; inside the bull-frog was
a bunch of wool, and carefully
wrapped up in the wool was copy
of the dog law passed at the last
session of the Legislature. Weston
Democrat
Now if the editor of the Democrat
had just been snugly wrapped up
in that copy of the dog law, and
that Rev. Mr.. Riffee had stayed in
his pulpit and had not gone fishing
and had not caught that pike, the
world would have been just too hap
Ply to wag.
Messrs. Swami q Warren feel
themselves called to start Charles
ton daily paper to be called the
call. We hope the call they are
called to call into life, may never
have call to call a halt.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-05-25
west Virginia University.
MoRGANTowN. Nav - 1881

MoRGANTowN, May II, 1881.
DEAR SIR: | desire to call rorr
attention to the approaching Com
mencement exercises of the Uni
versity. Rev. P. B. REYNOLDS. of 81.
Adams, will lecture: Rev 7 r
Thompson, of New Jersey, will.
preach the Baccalaureate sermon :.
Hon. c. E. Hogg, of Point Pleasant
VIII address the Literary Societies
Hon. VIM. H. Travers, of Charles,
ton will deliver the Annual Adj
dress before the Historical Society.
The undergraduate exercises prom
Use to be of more than ordinary in
terest. These, together with the
closing examinations, will occupy
the time from June I'd to June 9th.
inclusive.
You are respectfully and cordial
ly invited to be present.
Very truly,
ID. b. PURINToN,
Acting President.
The above Chilly Duxp is at hand,
and all friends of advanced educa-
ton will do well to accept the cor
dial invitation, both from selfish
and patriotic motives. The ser
mon Of Ex-President Thompson
and lecture Of Prof. Reynolds will
of themselves well repay the trip
to Morgantown, and there is moth
ing SO conduces to the efficiency
and success of college or UNIVERSE
ty as well-attended commence
ment. A large attendance inspires
the students, and the students and
faculty in turn inspire the visitors,
who return among the people as so
many active friends, and agents of
the institution. We are sorry, Bro
Purinton, but we can't come Iunles
you come down and take in the
Sunday School Convention for the
FREEMAN.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-05-25
James T. Fields.

The late James T. Fields ere
membered Whittier, Howels, Aid
rich and Lucy Larcom in a very
handsome manner, be4ueathing to
each the sum of $1,000. They had
contributed largely to his success as
publisher of books and magazines,
but it is by no means common
thing for publishers to thus remem-
Der those upon whose shoulders they
have climbed to fortune. Fields,
however, besides being generous
man and an enterprising and Judlc-
ious publisher, was an author hlm-
self and had an authors apprecla-
ton of the value of good literary
work and generally the il, inadequate
compensation for it: Those who
minister to the bellies rather than
to the brains of mankind, are mu-
nifcently rewarded. Commercial.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-05-25
"Tell it Not i'm Gath"

ED. FREEMAN 1t is consum-
mate folly for a state, nation or mu-
nicipality to talk of dealing right
ously with the people, and at the
same time license the sale of
whisky within their jurisdiction.
Infdels talk mockingly of hell be-
ing abolished" but the statement
is false, so long as men are licensed
to sell alcohol as a beverage on earth.
Think of men licensed to kill their
fellow men licensed to make fools
and murderers, thieves, robbers, in
cendiaries and beggars of their
neighbors "Tell it not in Gath,
nor publish it in the streets of
Askelon" Would a man be thought
a philantrophist who would clan
destinely seek to introduce into a
city, or community, yellow fever,
small pox, the plague or cholera?
Nay, verify; yet it is our deliberate
opinion that he would be infinitely
above that man who seeks to ruin
his fellow beings for time and eter-
nifty, just for the sake of gain, by
selling alcohol, to be used as bev-
erage. God pronounces a woe upon
the man who "Giveth his neighbor
drink" But how about those who
give the dram-seller authority to do
that very thing. There is blood in
the whisky traffic, and it will
cling to somebody's garments when
they can least afford it, and will
stand up before them like dark
spectre to haunt their guilty souls
in the regions of that mysterious
beyond. We would not, for all that
there is in the whisky traffic, live
in misery with those unfortunate
victims one year, and at the same
time feel that we were directly, or
indirectly, the cause of their ruin.
Talk then about the righteousness
of the license systeml Yes, if Ii
censing the sale of whisky is right
eousness, then the devil is the per-
sonifcation of righteousness. All
such balderdash comes from the pit.
Public sentiment is. being terribly
aroused on this thing Of a Christian
country licensing men to murder
one another. The streaks of light
are to be seen in the moral horizon,
and the great moral sun, with his
bright smiling disc, will soon dissi-
pate the moral gloom that has hung
about US for centuries, West ,Vir-.
ginia's brave temperance workers
are not going to be left in the rear
either in this grandionward move
ment of the temperance army.
Temperance will triumph, and will
triumph before long. -, ...,..,-
.oeuf.rl ost = rasrsfa~ 4ii1l 3 j9il
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-05-25

Inc object of securing a prohibit
p n law, is not to make people tenn
perate-not to redeem even the in
o oeompeerate, but to protect the inno-
JslC from the horrible, devastating,
IGemorallzing influence of the
mquor traffic, Law does not pro-
5 5oSe to convert the sinner, but it
1 tb propose to protect society from
VIC wicked act of the sinner.-E1.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-05-25
Our Letter Box.
FOR THE WAR.

A friend and subscriber away out
West, writes to an acquaintance in
this city among other things: "I
am more than pleased with the
FREEMAN, and mark with delight
;ts growth from week to week. It's
influence will be felt in the great
temperance reformation that is
sweeping over the land, and it does
nv soul good to see that Ike has
enlisted soul and body for the war,
and not for zone hundred days." as
he did in the late ''onpleasantness."
The battle-cry of this campaign
now should be, eve ask no quarter
and will give none" with a deter
mination never to surrender a post
to the enemy" This didn't exactly
come to our box, but we have a
way of getting hold of good things
both from friend and foe; and it is
proper just here to say in defense
ofour war-record, as that has been
the chief business of many "Giner-
ais" during these years of peace, that
Uncle Sam only asked us to go out
one hundred days to save Washing
ton, and that we went; and if our
surrendering to Jackson at Harpers
Ferry saved to Uncle enough of Fed
eral rations and supplies to tide
him over the crisis, oughtn't we to
be proud of our record? Our opin-
ion is, we ought Our friend is
right as to the war against intern
perance We are in for the war,
and with the rallying hosts of noble
women and brave good men, will
fight it out on the line of prohibi-
ton, if it "takes all Summer" and
all Winter, too.
POSTALs.
CHILLICoTHE, O.
The last FREEMAN failed to put in
an appearance. | like it too well
to miss a number.
G. r. JOHNSON.
You shall not miss another, nor
the last either, if we have to walk
over and bring them to you between
two days.
A card from Steubenville, Ohio,
closes thus cam in receipt of the
FREEMAN. Like it very much.
Will send contributions for its col
umns shortly M. B. REESE"
That is glad good news for all our
readers. Since writing the card,
Mrs. Reese has been among us, in
her grand good work and ours, and
promises that the FREEMAN shall
bear toour people some of the fruits
OF her earnest heart and hands, DUR
ing the campaign before US, in
which she has most profound and
active interest.
RAccooN, PRESTON Co., w. VA.
Send paper hereafter to Evans
VILE, same county. I love the
West Virginia FREEMAN.
J. G.. MORRIS
there's an avowal that all lovers
would do well to pattern after. Bro.
Morris don't go soaring among stars,
uscoursing on music, moonlight,
ana flowers, and wandering through
sunny South-Sea Islands, "sqush-
ing tropical fruits in exstatic dem
onstratlon of his passion; none of
inns, but simply, II love you" We
love you,"
were not half to the bottom of
'he box, but must desist now.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-05-25
AMONG OUR EXCHANGES.
Their Notions and Ours.

and judgement, tolike the girls and
Parkersburg; but it is little mys-
ferrous that he should go from Par
kersburg to Marietta to see pretty
girls. We hardly know how about
the corn salve business. What Dan
should want with salve or plasters,
when going to see the girls, Is what
puzzles us.
The proposed railroad on the 9TH
er side of the river will miss Will
Jamestown by about six miles.
This should not be; if the company
would consult their interests they
would keep to the river bank. Look
into it, gentlemen.-Leader
This is how it looks to us, taking
connections and all interests into
consideration.
The Leader says there are nine
prisoners confined in the Marietta
Jail. We have but two in the
Wood county Jail at the present
writing. Our chaps, it seems, are
being the "goodest" just now,
whereof we are glad. ys A.l
The State announces Murphy
Temperance Meetings in Charles
ton. Why is't our friends don't
keep the FREEMAN posted prompt
ly, so that we can post all our
friends promptly?
OFF WITH $25, Information
reached the Office of the Shenandoah
Valley Railroad Company several
days ago, that J. H Hyde, the agent
of the company at Berryville,
Clarke Co., Va, and also express
agent at that place, absconded with
IL package that he had received by
express on Thursday last, contain
ing s25, 400 and intended for parties
who proposed starting bank. He
took the package and skipped
away. His horse and buggy were
captured a short time after the man
disappeared, but up to Saturday
night the thief was not recaptured,
although four detectives from Bal
timore were placed on his track
1t is almost impossible for the par
ty to escape and we expect to hear
of his arrest ina few days.-Hagers-
tom Herald. ...
Well not have any Mr.. Hyde in
our w. P. & C. r. R., so hide-beund
in conscience as to hide S25, 900 of
the company's or anybody's funds.
At the Prohibition Convention
in Raleigh, NC, every county in
the State was represented and the
delegates were composed of both
parties and both white and black
races. The popular vote on the
prohibition amendment will be
taken on the first Monday in Au-
gust.
We are reliably informed of one
or two parties who intend to sell
whisky at different points in this
county. In about six months such
parties will be adjoining the county
Jail Randolph Enterprise.
That has Il business ring. The
jail is healthy place for a man
who persists in defying law, and
there should be no respecting of per-
sons. H.,.
The railroad boom has brought
mum Der of wide-awake men into our
county prospecting. Give us the
railroad and the population of Wet
eel in 1890 will be 10000 at least
Wetzel Democrat.
You shall have it, and if you do
get 10000, there'll be population
enough left for all of us, all along
the line.
The town treasury of Weston is
this year the recipient of 500 as
town tax on retail liquor licenses.
= Weston Democrat.
Yes, and the town will be the re-
r IL +;oooe c7OO ~ b;IIc
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-05-25

,b, Inc New York World put it
n mus; Gen. Garfield appears to
fRuI an enemy into Senator Conk-
n, ns 5 brains to steal away his
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-11-19
The Hula.
X. H..
Who owned the Loiein 7

1 have no word to say in behalf of the libidinous
posturing. and impure illusions, known the
ancient hninhuid, says the editor of the advertiser,
but almost in the same breath he has accused the
Rev. s. f. Bishop of Islander, in saying that, even
the decrepit paganism of the land had lifted up
its eprous visage to greet him 1.-THE King with the
bestialities of the hnlahnia."
The hnid ,eas performed AZ alluded to by the
Preacher; and truth is not Islander, AZ this editor
knows without having to be told so; and the hula
performed "orgy not to be confounded' ~
unless by himself-with the meies of praise and
recitations of achievement chanted in the pre-
sence of Chiefs" and two of which he quotes as
samples of what he alleges have been COMPOUNDED
with the hula. That such chants might have been
sung, am no more disposed to doubt than that
the school children sang songs of welcome upon
the occasion; but feel assured it would be
easy for one who has ever seen and heard the
huia to confound with it the one as the other.
"What an offense to u Frenchman to corfound
the Marseillaise with the can-can," as the 4dre,-
tiser attempts to do the meie and chaunt" with
a huid, danced by half nude females whose every
| motion and every word is Indicative of lascivious
abandonment, calculated to subordinate the NEIL
| tai and moral nature of the beholder to the sway
of grovelling and debasing instincts which it is
the study of civilization and the work of morality
and religion to correct, to govern, and to guide.
| Again, and on the eve of the Kings birthday,
| the hula performed, and i'll the presence of
numerous spectators in the palace grounds, among
whom was an attache of the 7. c. Adrertiser
office,-possbly there to again "transcribe " the
"outponrings of simple and faithful hearted
| people," and to prove to other simpletons, the
purely epic character of the performances and
the lofty morality inculcated by the animated
postures and poetic contortions Of females dressed
above their thighs, and acting under the leader
ship of the moraiist Ioane, more vuigary known
as the "Hawaiian Dandy" unfortunately de-
cency forbids Ne, 6atim translation of the
| chaunts" sung to, and in time with the gestures
of the hula upon this occasion. And in this parti-
cular am therefore unable to rebut by the actual
comparison of meies the positive inference of the
4drertiser, that nothing impure was uttered. Per-
haps the ADLER sophster of that paper, trained to
| the reconciliation of irreconcables may be able
to smooth the wrinkle, or again bemoan the fact
| that there yet some who are unable to appre-
ciate the tune poetry of motion and vocalization
embodied in the hula OF be constrained again to
cry out in bitterness OF heart, that if such things
can be-" then is all poetic outpouring, and effu-
sion of the heart, bsstial and pagan"
|