The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1889-02-23

MONROE, La. FEBRUARY %, 1859.
~ TIE TRIBUSE's TALES.
seriesi Of silly stories Intended to
'ia''f y Discredjt the South.
WASHINGTON, Feb. l7.-TSpecia, To
N.sDs Picsyune. 1.-The New York
Ttlbune' Iehashes b story that y coIOred
d<l81ts TO the recent Shipping League
con V0NtiOD. WAS excluded from the
ps.tfGfaJj and pretends that the inci
deht,, which was really u trivial epis-
ode s3eSssVerY disgusting 10 MIR. H asst
inssx tsiAWtimiugtoB, Del.
;ssM kd,Hastfngs,' says the Tribune,
alsU naFxaies the following instance OF
tho intolerance Of the Southern mem
bess Of the convention: Mr.. Hastings
and Mt. Sperry Of Wilmington were
directed by ine committee on public
lueet4nks Of the league to invite Sana-
tor ybSndlet 10 address the couyep-
tiaA eA Friday evening. Mr.. Chandler
aeeeibsGA the inviiation, but on Friday
4heHfMgs Mr.. Hastings said tbat the
Solid ,H0pth appeared in full bloom at
ike0Retln9, and the omniitee in the
pefS0h OF one Colonel Wood of Louisi-
spa, who objected to Mr.. Chandeliers
speaking, saying that General Hooker
a. mississippi objected to speaking
loM the Same platform with Mr..
Chandler, 81
Fe'sMf. Hastings, after some sharp
words with Mr.. Woud, which came
near ending In a disturbance, observ.
fnk la the committee ihe old time
sptItt of trucking 10 the South, said
abst's they had better inform Mr..
Chandler that he was not wanted 10
address the meeting. Senator Chand-
jer, hearing Of this, remained away
from the meeting altogether"
.iTbe Tribune has quite long story
Seeitiug the alleged experiences of TWO
egents OF the department OF justice
sent to. West Carroll parish, Louisiana,
10 Raiher testimony in the suit of the
heirs Of Sterling r. Austin against the
United States, Involving about $780,
600 for cotton said to have been seized
by the federal forces In Louisiana and
Tie Tribune states that e. Ricil-
lpond was sent to West Carroll ia
November last, and secured statements
and adldAvlis to show that Austin was
disl0yal during the war, aud that this
fact could be shown by one +. A.
Cooper. The Attorney General noti-
lied the attorneys Of tho claimants in
WA0hingt0D that dispositions would be
taksu 10 the case.
The Tribune goes on 10 say that this
,ipformstiou served to bring forward
one Of the claimants, n clerk In the
YvF0 ri mn ~ os9f hn fol
of, measures 10 defeat this proof be-
fore, tho witness should take the
stand ID testify.
Lyon and E.. Richmond to Oak Grove,
drst witness.
woods settlement In West Carroll par.
Lob, In. they put up for the night al
r. p. P0ole's, a prominent physician
OF che parish, intending to resume
their Journey to the house of their
wituese, four miles distant, the next
.morning.
5si They had given no attention to the
feet that their progress along the road
had been watched and inquired about
BY, horsemeu passing and repassing,
but the reason soon became apparent,
for They found to their surprise that
the claimant had anticipated their
vtsit; that their witness, Cooper, had
been induced to sign statement con-
trary to the one made to Richmond in
November last, and had actually +.
his business for parts unknown.
In the course Of the night of their
stay In this neighborhood, a genuine
Louisiana kuklux reception was given
them. About dusk DR.. Poole's house
WAS surrounded by armed men and
q some twenty shots were fred around
'andsinto 1t, to the terror of his family
and guests.
.s In the morning the usual skull and
bones notice was found attached to his
premises warning the government Of
ficiais to leave The country Immediate
~. After night passed on guard and
behind such means of defense as were
available DR.. Poole advised his CUES Is
that further attempt to find Cooper or
longer stay in that neighborhood
would be at the risk Of their lives.
Acting under these admoni,ions aud
their own apprehensions, Messrs. Rich
mcnd and Lyon made u hasty exit
from Oak Grove and abandoned their
attempt to secure Cooper as govern,
uent witness.
Ten days afterward this same Coop.r
appeared at Grand Lake, Ark, as a