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Year: 1874

to have the iron-clads at Key West in readiness
to be towed to New Orleans. All there is
available of the army and navy will be con-
centrated at New Orleans in the next Ave days.
There will be no waiting to see what will trans
pire. II on Monday next Governor Kellogg
is not in peaceable possession OF his Office,
the President has pledged his word that he
will enforce the laws and drive out the
usurpers; and if the army and navy are not
sufficient he will not hesitate to call upon the
Governors Of Northern States to furnish State
troops, to the end that the rebellious spirit of
the people Of the South may not extend itself
to other States 'In word" said the Presi-
dent al shall deal with this trouble as
should have dealt with the trouble in 1861
Year: 1874

WASHINGTON, Sept. Is, 1874.


The President was engaged until late
hour last night at the dinner given by him to
the Aztec Club, and it was not until eleven
o'clock this morning that the real situation of
affairs in Louisiana was brought to his atten-
ton. Press dispatches, especially from the
South, are not considered worthy of credence
in official circles but when the At
torney General submitted tho tele-
grams of Marshal Packard there was no
longer need of doubt. AT first the President
could hardly realize that the news was true.
Il sounded to him very like the frst war news
Year: 1874

NEW ORLEANS, La, Sept Is, 1874.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-


The movement of the 14th inst proceeded
entirely from the people. The usurpation
utterly disappeared when its first attack was
repulsed by the citizens Our people may be
said to have engaged, as whole,
in the contest. They were determined
to submit no longer to usury and oppression at
the hands of men not chosen by themselves
The North can form no idea of the robbery
and spoliaton to which we have been sub
jected.


My movement was necessitated by the at
titude of the people. They demanded il. l
am now in full possession of the government
of the State. The colored people are satisfied
and contented


A strong brigade of colored troops, fully or
ganized and armed and in the service of the
usurpation, refused to fire shot in its de-
fence. The most perfect peace and good or
der prevail. We are thoroughly loyal to the
federal government and in the operations of
the past two days there have been no excesses
or violations of law. This government is the
only one now in existence in Louisiana


D. B. PENN,


Lieutenant Governor and Acting Governor
of Louisiana.
Year: 1874

New ORLEANS, Sept. Is, 1874.


A correspondent of the HERALD asking Gov
ernor Kellogg for q clear, calm statement Of
his views of the causes leading to the present
revolution, received the following reply


81 will give you, very briefly, my views of
the whole matter. The election of 1872 was
held under peculiar circumstances. Laws
enacted by the republican party to
prevent repetition of the violence
which in 1868 reduced the republican
vote of Louisiana from nearly $4,000 to
barely 5000, were turned against the party,
were fraudulently used to manipulate the
election in the interests of the fusionists
trated 7 believed and still believe that I
was elected Governor by large majority of
the actual votes cast


During the progress OF the litigation IN the
courts / publicly offered, through counsel
one of the most distinguished lawyers of New
Orleans-that if the other side would produce
the returns in Court I would submit nv
claims to the judgment of any five dsinter-
ested citizens and abide by their decision.
This offer was declined I entered upon the
duties of my office with the determination,
which have religiously adhered to, to do the
best could for the material interests Of the
State. I have secured the repeal of many
bad laws and have prevented the passage of
other acts of fraudulent character, in which
not only republicans, but prominent men
among our opponents were directly in
terested


REFORMS ACCOMPLISHED.


Amid all the troubles which have beset the
State have reduced State and parish taxation
each fully one-third, and measures have been
passed providing for reduction of the State
debt, and constitutional Limitation Of the
debts, both on the State and city; also an
amendment limiting taxation. The obnoxious
features of the election and registration laws
used by the fusionists in the last election
have been repealed, and in the appointment
of officers of registration have voluntarily
rendered to the opposition a representation
which they entirely denied to the re-
publican party at the last election.
These and other measures have de-
privod the opponents of the republican
party of any just cause Of complaint against
the State government. The finding as regis
tration progressed to impeach the farmers, Of
which they themselves were unable, that they
would be left still more in minority at this
election than ever before, if the voters were al
lowed a free, untrammelled, unintimidated
franchise They have, by a long prepared
plan, violently overthrown the government,
even before the election, to prevent an cleo
ton being had, and to prevent evidence that
they had not majority before upon shall
low pretexts of violence and by incen-
diary statements and appeals they have
got together their clans, which they
have organized in secret and drilled
in their club rooms and in the CITY.
have taken possession of the public offices by
i.
no desire to discharge the very onerous and
vexatious duties of Governor but feel it
duty | owe TO the State and to the party to
hold on until relieved by competent authority


VIM. T. KELLOGG
Year: 1874

1t is with feelings of profound sorrow
that we announce to our readers the death
yesterday evening of Colonel James H.
Wingfeld. New Orleans has few citizens
who were more extensively known or held
in higher esteem. He won distinction
during the war as Colonel of the Ninth
Louisiana Cavalry in the Confederate SER
vice, and carried to his grave the scars his
valor won in battle. But in the fields of
peace he was fully as gallant soldier
Brave, generous. impulsive, energetic and
faithful, Wingield lett an indellible i'm
press on the community ia which he lived
one that will keep his memory forever
green. All who knew him will realize that
he helped to make the world better by
having lived in it. While the community
is loser by his death, his afflicted family
have our special sympathy. His remains
will be followed to the grave to-day, from
the corner of Baronne and Second streets,
by numerous organizations to which he be-
longed, none of whom will mourn his loss
more sincerely than the fire department
of which he was cherished member and
at one time chief engineer.
Year: 1874

The Governor, on the recommendation of
the Board of Health, has selected for the
quarantine officer of the Mississippi station
for the year 1874, DR.. A. w. Perry, who has
for long time been well known as the san
itary inspector of the Fourth District and
the chemist of the board. In his new sta
ton DIR. Perry will have an opportunity to
put in practice the theories he has so long
maintained. and which received the ap-
plause and approval of the Health Conven-
tion Of New York last year, in relation to
disinfectants as applied to vessels under
quarantine regulations. As an energetic
officer who is in love with his profession,
and with an opportunity to develop his
capacity for usefulness, DIR. Perry will find
himself happy in his new position and is
sure to gain new laurels during the coming
summer. But in his leisure hours on his
isolated post we hope he will remember
that those he has served for two years past
appreciate his services and regret that pro-
motion has removed him from them.
Year: 1874

The presence of this gentleman in our
city was not made clearly psrceptible to us
until yesterday, when by chance we met
him on Canal street in company with
Lieutenant Governor Antoine and Mr..
Brown, State Superintendent of Public
Education. In short conversation with
Senator Plnchback we learned that he had
not abandoned. as reported by telegraph
and otherwise, his claims for seat in the
United States Senate. He admitted that he
was claiming seat in the H Ouse to prevent
Mr.. Sheridan, the Fusion candidate, gain
ing admittance, but thought that fact could
not debar him from taking his seat in the
Senate when his right to do go was deter
mined by that body.
Year: 1874

1t is a good thing to have unlimited
credit, but better still to have ready
money on hand for emergencies. The
richest man on the globe, Baron Roths-
child, learned this lesson one day,
when he chaneed to ride in a public
conveyance, and found out that he had
not red" in his pocket. The driver
was furious and demanded his pay
Rothschild told him his name and
gave him his card. Il never heard Of
you; and never want to again; but /
want my pay, and must have il, and
he looked down threateniDgly. The
money king was in haste. He had an
order for a million, and offered the
driver a coupon for fifty thousand
francs ito change" The driver star
ted, the passengers laughed, and Just
then an acquaintance came up, from
whom he borrowed six sous, and paid
Ihe angry Jehu. If it is movement
for even a Rothschild to be without
money in his pocket, you may be sure
it will be even more so for you, The
world never respects state of impe-
cuniosity. 1t Is most uncomforta-
bic state to be in. If you have an in
come of any sort, try not to spend
every cent of it. Have a few dollars
always about you for emergencies that
will always be happening. IF you
gather it up as the children do their
pennies, one at time, keep your stock
good. When you must break into
your last FIVE dollar bill, replace it as
soon as you can. Itadds to your com
fort more than you ever guess to feei
that there is a snug little sum that you
can draw from in case of urgent need.
Philosophy, religion, or poetry to the
contrary, there is no use in being pen
niless. BY common prudence, most
people of industrious habits can keep
little ahead for rainy day.
Year: 1874

II. V. RS Chattanooga Letter to the Gin


natl Commercial.


That was a good reply which col
ored barber in that city give to a del
egatiOn of colored men who called
upon him for the purpose of claiming
the right to be shaved the same as
white man. Sir" said the spokes-
man of the delegation, we demand
the right to be shaved here"


1T cant be done" answered the
colored barber.


Then the spokesman came down
with pertinent thrust, saying, Amt
our money as good as anybody's Pr
And the colored barber answered thus:
" Yes, Just as good, but there is not
enough Of it, /"


That covered the case exactly. 1t
was an answer worthy of philoso-
pher. The darkey's money is as good
as anybody's to the barber, but there
is not enough of it to compensate him
for the loss of his white custom.


The barber, in telling me this cir
cumstance, said: Il am a eolored
man and have to work for a living,



and the minute l commenced shaving
darkies, that minute every one Of my
white customers would leave me. The
biggest Radical in town would quit ne
lust like the Democrats. It's contra y
to the nature of a white man to want
to. mix that way with the negroes; and
what's more, they won't do it. You
can't get white man in this town to
shave in a shop where negroes are
shaved; | wouldn't either, if | was
them; and I'm not going to break up
my business to accommodate a few
swell head niggers, who want to put
on all the style Of white meg"


Now, when colored men viii not
admit their colored brethren to the
enjoyment Of equal rights in the bar
ber-shop, how are We to expect white
men to do it?
Year: 1874

THERE seems to be a steady drop


ping off year after year in this country
| from the raising Of tobacco, and a cor


responding increase in the cultivation


OF grains and grasses. Now. this is as


1t should be, because we don't believe


that tobacco returns anything ike an


adequate compensation for the labor,


time and money expended in its cult


yatlon- There was a time when it
paid-in the good old anti-bell,ana days
! of cheap slave labor. But these times


are past, and that character of labor is


no more. On the other hand, the cul-
tivation of cereals and other products
| does not require half of the labor,


and in the end pays better than tobae-
co. In our estimation, the cultivation


OF tobacco has been an obstacle in the


way of the dissemination of higher


order of culture and intelligence In


this country. Doubtless, to many of


our readers, this has the appearance of


being very singular assertion, and
they will wonder what in the deuce
tobacco raising has to do with the dis
semination of knowledge ?" Well, it
has just this much to do with it: Ii is
a we'll known fact that whenever our
farmers are called upon to make up
school for anything ike a reasonable
length of time, nine-tenths Of them
respond with, Il cannot spare my chill
dren from work )" and again, whenever
one of them is approached to subscribe
for a newspaper, buy a book, or any
thing of that kind, they always decline
on the grounds that they have no time
to read them. And why is it thus1
w hat is it that prevents the children
of the land from getting more than
three months of schooling in a year.
and prevents the farmer from keeping
up with the current events of the day?
1t is the cultivation of tobacco. How
is it in States where grain is the staple
and the cultivation Of tobacco is un-
known? There the farmer ranks as
high as the professional man in eul-
ture and intelligenee-there the chill
dren go to school from five to eiPht,
and the younger ones ten months in
the year-and there the farmer has
time to inform himself as to what is
going on In the world, and is the peer
Of any man in everything that consti-
tutes intelligent manhood. We are
glad that our farmers are beginning to
zee and appreciate these facts, and we
hope to see the day when this country
shall take the front rank as one of the
inest gram and sock countries in the
Union. We believe that it has the
natural resources to become SUCH
Fulton (Ky.) Gazette.
Year: 1874

"An Inquirer" writes to ask whether
orchard grass after being ploughed
down will take root and spring up
again"


This will depend very much upon
the season and manner of ploughing.
If thoroughly ploughed under in the
month of August, especially If it is a
dry season, there will be no danger of
its interfering with a crop of wheat.
If an old sod and intended for corn it
should be broken up in the fall or
winter. Although strong, vigorous
grower the difficulty of exterminating
it when desirable, should deter no one
from Its cultivation. 1t has nothing
like the tenacity of blue grass.


In many respects orchard, or cock
spur as-it is sometimes called, is the
most valuable of our grasses. Its val
liable qualities consist in its early
growth, the rapidity with which it
springs up when pastured or cut down,
the quantity it produces on light soils,
and the covering it affords soils which
are apt to suffer after moving from ex-
pOSuTe 10 the sun. w 0en cut IOr nay
it should not be suffered to become
too dry; indeed, it will stand frequent
moving, and in this respect it is un-
equalled, for no other grass to our
knowledge will yield as prolific a har-
vest. Unlike timothy or clover when
cut, its growth is one continued effort
of vegetation; it is the first to grow in
the spring and the last to fail in the
fall. 1t is excellent for sowing with
clover on all soils, especially on dry
ones, as when mown with the other it
springs up so rapidly as to preserve the
clover roots from drying up. The OBJ
lection urged against it by some of its
frequently growing in tufts is not the
fault of the grass but of the manner
of sowing. When put in thick enough
it grows no more in turfs than other
grass and spreads in the same manner.
Two bushels to the acre is usually
sown when it is intended to be mown,
but from four to five bushels would be
much better-Riohnsosd Hhig.
Year: 1874

WASTE NO TIME.-Time lost can
never be regained. After allowing
yourself proper time for rest, don't
live a single hour of your life without
doing exactly what is to be done in it,
and going straight through it from be-
ginning to end. Work, play, study,
whatever it is, take hold at once aud
finish it up squarely and clearly; then
to the next thing, without letting any
moments drop out between. tits won
derful to see how many hours these
prompt people contrive to make Of a
day; it IS as if they picked up the mo-
ments that the dawdlers lost And if
ever you find yourself where you have
SO many things press upon you thatyou
hardly know where to begin, let us tell
you secret. Take hold of the very first
one thatcomes to hand, and you will
find the rest all fall into file, and fol-
low after, like a company of well drilled
soldiers; and though work may be
hard to meet when it charges in a
squad. it is easily vanquished if you
can bring it into line.
Year: 1874

IF your seat is too hard to sit upon.
stand up. If rock rises up before
you, roll it away or climb over it. If
YOU wish for confidence, prove your
self to be worthy of it. 1t takes long
er TO skin and elephant than mouse,
but the skin is worth something.
Don't be content with doing what an
other has done surpass it. Deserve
success, and it will come. The boy
was not born a man. The sun does
not rise like rocket, or go down like
a bullet fred from a gun; slowly but
surely it makes its round, and never
tires. 1t is as easy to be leader as a
wheel horse. If the job be long, the
pay will be greater; if the task be
hard, the more competent you must
be to do it.
Year: 1874

The c. H. and desiring sufficient to off the
become their building have determined to
this entertainment and they neither expense
make this the enjoyable given


order will
of the and provision will be
throughout the entertainment


Hall much crowded they decided
Year: 1874

A man who was seen coming out of
a Texas newspaper Office with split
nose, with one eye and with one ear,
explained to a policeman that he en-
tered the Office simply TO inquire if the
editor was in. And he was in, the
victim mournfully added.
Year: 1874

ten. we took On six or seven more.
We reached Tacoma about twelve. and
found to our sorrow that the depot
which we were in search of was two
miles farther down the Sound. After
dinner, and taking a look through the
large mill located here. which can cas-
lily get out CO. 600 feet of lumber per
day. we took command of small boat
to go down TO the new town Of Taco
ma. which we reached, after a rough
ride on the waters of the Sound, OF
some three or four minutes duration,


The Railroad Co. has built large
warehouse here, together with offices
for their use, and have rented tho
upper story and three rooms below
for hotel purposes, and a botel was
opened therein to-day by Mr.. Black
well, formerly Of Chicago, but more
lately of the Clarendon hotel, Port
land. Everything is fixed nicely for
the convenience Of the travelling pub
lie, and trip will well repay anyone
for the time and money expended.


The new Tacoma is located upon y
hill, some 250 feet above the warers of
the Sound, and an extensive city is
laid ont here. Business is very quiet,
the excitement over the terminus hav-
ing all died BIT don't look like
being a big city all at once.


Tomorrow at $50 we start for home
via the first through train from Puget
Sound to the Columbia river-time,
five hours and a half Yours,


LIGHTNING.
Year: 1874

The Chicago 1'rt6m,e'S New York
special says an attempt was made on
New Years to kill Judge s. d. Nor
ris, formerly District Attorney of
Brooklyn, with an internal machine.
As the Judge was absent at the time
the box arrived, it was put aside until
his return. Yesterday when Morris
opened it in his bedroom. surrounded
by his family, on lifting the lid the
snap of a spring was heard, and all at
once It was seen chat tile box was an
Internal machine.
Year: 1874

Young ladies subject to nervous debility in
summer ought to beware of taking too much
exercise. They should. as much as possible,
lie quietly on the sofa and suffer their moth
ers to fan them.
Year: 1874

AID FOR THE LITTLE OSEs.-The ladies of


Leigh-Street Baptist church, having formed


themselves into Sunday-School aid So


ciety," have clothed forty little ones so as to
enable them to attend Sunday school and
now that their funds have given out, intend
opening tonight in the basement Of the
church a festival to replenish tleir treasury
and ask the assistance OF the charitable. n


large number OF children yet need clothing,


and it is only by this means that it can he


furnished them. The festival will continue


several evenings.
Year: 1874

Tug OYSTER CONFERENCE.-THE members
OF the General Assembly from the oyster
section Of the State were in conference again
last night, and failing to reach definite
conclusion adjourned to meet again tonight
and resume the discussion Of the subject.
Year: 1874

HADA FIT-A colored man named ALI
son Lewis had jt at the Police Court yes
terduy morning. Wien lie fell TO the floor
be struck bis lead against one of the panels
Of tie bar, half an inch in thickness, and
>plintereu .hc wood. The unfortunate man
received an ugly blow upon his head BY The
fall.


A colorcd boy named Payne also fell in a
tit near the corner OF Fourteenth and Main
StrcctS Yesterday morning.
Year: 1874

HusTIsGs CoURT.-There was no business
interesting to the public transacted in this
court yesterday. The contract for the re-
lnoyal of the courtroom fixtures and clerks
office has been given out, and it is expected
that the removal will take place at al early
a
Year: 1874

At q meeting OF the state Executive Committee
Of the Independent Temperance Party, held yes
day, the following preamble and resolutions were
adopted, wiz


Whereas it the earnest desire OF the several rep
reSentatve temperance committees which met at
Albany the first day Of October instant that there
should be cordial union OF all prohibition voters IN the
ticket would command the largest support and,
whereas all efforts to secure such union upon such
ticket have failed and is believed that unity OF
pose and action Is OF more importance than
the particular names the ticket 70 be
voted, and whereas the candidates for Cover
nor and Lieutenant Governor nominated BY
such conference have declined such nomination,
IN the interest Of conciliation and harmony and
whereas the gentlemen composing the prohibition
earnest friends of prohibory legislation and ire
pr0achable citizens, therefore,


Resolved That the deciension of Judge Groo and Dr.
Sutton be accepted that the entire ticket nominated at
Albany be withdrawn and that this executive Commit
do nominate the following ticket the ticket
OF the independent temperance party viz :-For Cow
Myron H. Clark for Lieutenant Governor James
L. Bagg: for Judge of the Court of Appeals Horace "
Rowland; for Canal Commissioner, Daniel Waford for
State Prison In spector, Ira Bell


Resolved, That we ask our friends throughout the
vass the end that the largest possible vote may be
cast for the ticket thus nominated.


Arrangements were made to issue an address
and the frst number OF campaign paper In q lew
days. also for the prosecution Of o vigorous CAM
paign. The Independent Temperance headquar
ters are at 68 Reade street.