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HUMORS OF THE PAY,
“May Heaven’s angels whisper gol
den words as they kiss your darling
cheeks,” wrote a La' Crosse man to
his Betsy only last spring; and now
he wishes Heaven’s angels would whis
pur to him how his breach of promise
suit is coming out, as his lawyer is
doubtful.
Donu Piatt says Long Branch is an
hour and a hall from New York and
but two minutes from h—ll. Two
minutes! Good heavens. We would
advise Grant to be a little careful
how he gets tipsy and stumbles
around after dark, or he might acci
dently stumble in.— Courier-Journal .
One of the stalls in Washington
Market, New York, the other day
displayed a placard upon which was
announced ; “A large amount of Bo
logna sausage for sale.” Directly
under the advertisement some wag
had writen : “Dog cheap.” The pro
prietor of the stall said he never saw
such a dull day in the sausage trade.
At a meeting in Loudon to receive
a report from the missionaries sent to
discover the lost tribes of L” x —- u
IT— ~.,0 nsaea to take the chair.
“I take a great interest in your re-,
searches, gentlemen. Ihe fact is, I
have borrowed money from all the
Israelites now known, and if you can
find anew set I shall be very much
obliged.
Tilts is the true report: Gentleman
(who lias stepped on her dress) —“A
thousand pardons, madam.” Lady
(pleasantly) —“Its of uo cousequence,
sir.” Whai she said of him :—“Awk*
ward, stupid, fellow. My gathers are
all torn out, and I must go home.”
What he said to himself:—“Cuss the
women. What are they always put
ling their d— and trails in a man's way
lor V’
MISCELLANY.
The Democrats elected a Congress*
man in the territory of Colorado by
a majority of 2,000.
liiirmnu .Married Ayniu.
New Yokk, September 16. —P. T.
Barnutn, the greatest showman in
the world, was married this morning
to a daughter of John Fisk, of South
Port, England.
S.vui|inth)' With I.ouislann.
St. Louis, September 16. —A mass
meeting was held last night to sympa
thize with the people of Louisiana in
their efforts to rid themselves of op
pression. It was largely attended.
Gen. William Shields presided, and a
large number of prominent citizens
of both political parties were elected
vice-presidents and secretaries.
Gen. Jackson’s Remains. —lt is
proposed in Tennessee to remove the
remains of Andrew Jackson, together
with those of his wife, from their pres
ent resting place at the “Hermitage”
to the noi them terrace of the State
capitol at Nashville, where a mauso
leum could be erected over them.
Legislative sanction and au appropri
ation will be uecessary, and a move
ment is on foot to request both.
The Washington Chronicle of the
2d iust. prints a letter purporting to
come from Montgomery, Ala., repre
senting Southern white men as a set
of demons busily engaged in murder
ing the blacks; and the Washington
Republican declares that fully a hun
dred negroes are killed every day. It
is by such representations as these that
the Northern heart is to Ue fired pre
vious to the coming elections.
lion. L. N. Trammell is a member
of the Methodist church at Daltou,
and one of its most active and liberal
stewards. He is also a trustee of the
female college at that place. He de*
i dined going as a delegate, which post
was offerred him, to the district con
ference at Lafayette, Walker county,
ou the ground that as he was a candi
date for the nomination to Congress
he could not conscientiously do so, be
cause he believed it was wrong even
seemingly to carry politics into a re*
ligious meeting. We understand that
Dr. Felton attended that meeting,
which is out of this district, aud car
ried with him a bundle of his letters
declaring himself a candidate for Con
gress, which be liberally distributed
among the brethren and dectioneered
for support. Felton is a preacher;
Trammell is a private member of the
Methodist present acting
SEVENTH DISTRICT.
The Course of the Campaign in
the Seventh.
Col. James D. Waddell has taken
the Democratic standard in his baud,
and will give ail aid he can to Col.
Trammell. He will speak at Mari
etta, with Gov. Smith, on Saturday,
and will address the citizens of Polk
during the campaign.
Current News Items.
Paris is reported to have 30,000 be
lievers in spiritualism.
Horn Judah P. Benjamin’s law
practice in London brings him $40,-
000 a year.
Nilson is said to have been sin ging
out of tune iu London, and the critics
there tell her quite frankly that the
lyric stage can spare her.
A corn doctor in Europe begins his
announcement with the statement that
he has “had the honor to operate on
several crowned feet.”
It is intimated that Texas will ex
port this year thirty-five millions in
cotton, five millions in wheat aud
corn, aud ten millions in cattle, hides
aud tallow.
CORRESPONEDNCE.
Note From Jihljcc iVrifflil
Carteksville, Sep. 10, 1874.
Hon. A. Wright:
Dear Sir —We, the undersigned,
your personal and political friends,
would request you to make a few
speeches in behalf of Dr, Felton,
thereby serving his election to Con
gress. The opposition will import
speakers into the district, to advocate
the candidate of the Calhoun Con
vention. Dr. Felton will be unable
to do all the work, and if you can
help him, “beginning at Rome,” the
people, your friends, will remember
you kindly, and some day will reward
you with their confidence.
Yours,
Jno. A. Erwin
W. G. Williford,
Jab. G. Lowry,
J. J. Howard.
The original letter, of which the
above is a true copy, is oue of several
which I received upon rny return
from Summerville. These gentlemen
are representative men, and true and
honorable Democrats. They are not
and never have been politicians. One
of the other letters is signed by twelve
representative men of Gordon county,
and of good standing among their
fellow-citizens.
Among other thinv° .‘ v J
nion t > assure you this is emphatically
the people's fight against the politi
cians and uewspaper men.” What
Mr. Editor, ought I to do? Is the
voice of theso people to be disregarded?
Every sympathy I have on earth is
with this class of men. Would it not
be better to try and have a tair and
satisfactory convention ? It is well
known that I atn —I have been for
sometime —wholly opposed to these
conventions, believing that they have
ceased to he a fair representation of
public opinion, and manipulation ia
favor of rings and corrupt politicians.
But if organization is to he kept up
by these conventions, must they not
he fairly conducted? When the coun
ty of Floyd is made, after a declara
tion of the vote, to nominate the can
didate against the express pledge of
oue of the delegates, ought it to stand?
If so, what fraud would be sufficient
to set aside a nomination ?
Augustus R. Wright.
.Il ffOE A. R. WRIGHT.
When the county of Fioyd is made
after a declaration of the vote, to nom
inate the candidate against the ex
press pledge of one of the delegates,
ought it to stand ? If so what fraud
would be sufficient to set aside a nom
ination ? — A. R. Wright.
Editor Commercial .’—lnstinctively
averse as I am to uewspaper notoriety
aud controversy, in connection with
my name, the above fling made by
Judge Wright against the integrity
aud fideJity of my action in the Cal
houn Convention, leaves me no alter
native other than silently to submit to
au unqualified slander, or to repel it,
as I now propose to do. So long as
these reports charging me with treach
ery to my constituents, were peddled
through the streets and in the coun
try, by a set of sore-heads aud whip
per snappers, I was content to leave
their correction to private explana
tion, so far as it would accomplish
that object ; but when this charge of
treachery is heralded to the public
through the|newspapers over the signa
ture of the Hon. A. R. Wright, it
assumes an importance that not only
forbids silence, but imperatively de
mands refutation.
In order that there might be no
misunderstanding as to what “Floyd
county delegate” the above thrust was
made at, I called on Judge Wright
in person for information, and he very
frankly stated to me that I was the
delegate to whom he referred in his
extraordinary communication. To
vindicate his own desertion of the
Democratic party and its principles,
which has never been strong enough
to satisfy him, he seeks to justify his
own treachery to party feality, by
dragging before the public, a private
in the ranks, whose inconsistency, as
he would have it, fully opens the door
to let him out of an organization, the
harness of which never was strong
enough to hold him when not in his
own persoual interest. Such a puny
argument might perhaps befit the
mouth of a shal’ow-pated gasconade,
but for a man of Judge Wright’s ac
knowledged intellect and statesman
ship to come before the public over
his own sign manual, aud plead such
an excuse (even if true) for an aban
donment of his party, and his allign
ment with traitors to it, would baffle
the most profound logician to account
for it, other than upon the hypothesis
of political .dementation, or a cun
ningly prepared pill to administer to
credulous patients as weak in the
Democratic faith as he is himself. To
my mind it only convinces me of what
I was satisfied before the assembling
nf lKa flftlhmm jL'nnvAuiiAn LKoLKa
BATTLING FOB THE RIGHT.
was trimming his sails for a bolt from
the Democratic party, for some time
before that convention assembled. All
that surprises me is, that Judge
Wright’s prolific brain did not suggest
to him a more plausible pretext to
justify his last political summersault.
The truth is, however, that political
summersaulting is a disease with
Judge Wright, and like a Texas
mustang which periodically vamoses
the ranch, his time had come to again
vamose his party, and it would have
required supernatural agency to have
held him in Democratic harness longer.
But when he seeks to kick out of his
traces and charge his defection upon
me, he mistakes his man,if he supposes
that he can, with the mere dash of
his pen, make me the scape-goat of
his abandonment of principles
which ought to be sacred in every
true Southerner’s heart. So long
as the Democratic party could be
worked iu the interest of Judge
Wright, and he could be selected
as its honored standard bearer
for congressional and other honors, we
heard of none of his wars upon wire
pulling conventions, but on the con
trary his eloquent voice was every
where heard shouting, “Great is our
Diana!” but now, when the people
have retired him behind “Lincoln’s
proclamation,” and other lights have
loomed up before them, and not a sin
gle Wright delegate could be mus
tered iu the District, then presto,
change —“down with conventiono and
convention candidates.”
Let us now examine Judge Wright’s
manifesto against both myself and the
nominee of the Calhoun convention.
He charges that the nomination was a
fraud, because, as be says, the “county
of Floyd ia made, after a declaration
of the vote, to nominate the candidate
against the expressed pledge of one
of\the delegates.” This is put in the
form of an interrogatory by Judge
Wright, and iu it two incorrect as
sumptions are made—lst, that Tram
mell was nominated by Fioyd county,
and 2d, that that nomination was
against the express pledge of one of
the delegates. lam the delegate he
had reference to. Now for the facts
which Judge Wright could have avail
ed himself of, n it bad suited his pur
pose as well to have used them.
First; as to the pledge. In the
Couveutiou which elected me a dele
gate to the Calhoun Convention, t//<-
on my own motion, the nominees were
aiked to define their positions as to
candidates, the motion was sustained,
aud I announced myself for Col. Prin
tup, and stated that if chosen as a
delegate, that I should stand by him
as long as there was any hope of suc
cess. I further stated that Lester was
my second choice. I further volunta
rily said that it was reported T wo- : -
1 ‘ nomination ot Col. 1 ram
med, which report I contradicted, and
added that he was not my first, my
second or my fortieth choice; but I
made no pledges that I would uot sup
port him “under any circumstances.”
The convention demanded no pledges
further than au expression as to the
first choice of delegates. So much,
therefore for my “express pledge.”
Now for the sequel. The proceed
iugs of the convention show that
there were seventeen ballots; and the
entire vote of Floyd county delegates
upon every oue of the ballots, was
given against the nominee. On the
seventeenth ami last ballot, Col. Fou
chfc', Judge King aud myself <voted
for Col. Printup, ami the balloting
as published shows it. Upon the an
nouncement of that ballot, declaring
Col. Trammell the nominee, he having
received a majority of the votes of
the convention (not oue Floyd dele
gate having up to this time voted for
him) I arose aud moved as is usual iu
nominating conventions, to make the
nomination unanimous, which was car
ried. Afterwards a dispute arose as to
the count of the secretaries, some as
serting that Trammell had received
only sixteen votes. I knew the con
trary to be the fact, and knowing as I
did, that Col. Trammell was fairly
nominated, aud believing, as I did,
that the questiou was sprung in order
to break up the convention, I so stated
to Judge King, aud we agreed to si
lence the clamor by transferring our
votes from Col. Printup to Col. Tram
mell, which gave the nominee 20 votes
instead of 18, the requisite number.
Now, with this plain statement, I am
willing to submit to any fair-minded
man how much truth there is in the
assertion that Col. Trammell was
“nominated by Floyd county.” He
was fairly nominated, aud so declared,
before Judge King and myself changed
our votes.
I will merely add, that at one time
I was very much opposed to the nom
ination of Col. Trammell and freely
expressed myself as such. At that
time I was prejudiced against him, on
account of the rumors against him as
a lobbyist, but upon an investigation
of that matter, which I was requested
to do, I became fully convinced that
he had been grossly calumniated, and
my feelings towards him underwent a
change.
Upon one other subject also my
miud underwent a change. Though
an out and out Printup man ; up to
the time of the assembling of the Cal
houn Convention, I had but small
hopes that he stood any chance for
the nomination ; but upon as close a
canvass of the delegates, as I wa3 able
to make at the Convention, I was led
to believe that Col. Printup’s chance
for a nomination was second best in
the Convention, and that if Trammell
failed *o secure a nomination, that
Printup would succeed. Hence my
principal reason for holding on to Col.
Printup through the whole of the 17
ballottings. Now my action in the
Calhoun Convention is fully before
the public, and my vindication I leave
to the sober judgement of the public.
I have no “pardon"’ to ask of anybody,
for my action in that Convention, nor
shall I cower under the lash of sore
heads, renegades, false-friends, open
enemies, kuklux witnesses, Civil
Rights allies —etidomne genus.
“Lay on McDuff and woe be he who
first cries hold, enough.”
P. L. J. May.
P. S.—The following is the official
vote of the counties that went for
Trammell, ou the 17th ballot: Catoo
sa, 2; Cherokee, 2; Dade, 2; Gordon,
2; Haralson, 2; Murray, 2; Polk, 2;
Whitfield, 2; Walker, 2. Total 18.
Necessary to a choice 18.
ROME, GA„ WEDNESDAY MORJING, SEPTEMBER 23,1874.
LATEST
News From All Parts.
Immense Mass Meeting in Sew
Orleans.
The City in Possession of Armed
Citizens.
Kellogg Called on tp Abdicate.
New Orleans, September 14. —1n res
ponse to a call for a mass meeting in
Canal street this morning to protest against
the seizure of arms of private citizens,
people began to assemble about 10 o’clock,
and by 11, the great throughfare was fill
ed for several squares, many stores were
closed, and there seems to be a very
general su pension of business at this
hour, 12 m. Addresses are being delivred
from the base of the Clay statue No dis
turbance of any kind has occured.
NEW ORLEANS, 1 V. M.
A mass meeting on Cana! street, adop
ted resolutions requesting abdication of
Gov. Kellogg, and a Committee con
sisting of K. H. Marr, chairman, Jules
Tuyes, Samuel Chapin, Sam Bell, J. M.
Seixas to wait upon the Governor, and
the meeting is awaiting the report of the
Committee.
ANOTHER DISPATCH.
The Committee of five appointed by the
Canal street mass meeting, called at the
Executive office about noon. The Gover
nor not being present, Brigadier-General
of the Goveytor’s atari received the dele
gation. Air. Marr, as spokesman, said
they had called as a Committee to inter
view the Governor. Gen. Dibble said he
would convey the intelligence to the Gov
ernor. Alter a brief absence he returned
and made a reply, which at the request
ofMr. Marr was reduced to writing as
follows;
! I have communicated with the Gov
ernor. and he directs me to say to you he
miiit decline to recieve any communica
tion from the Committee appointed by
the mass meeting assembled on Canal
street. He does so, I nm instructed to
say, because he has definite and accurate
information that there are now several
large bodies of armed men assembled in
different parts of the city, who are met
at the call which convened tbe mass meet
ing which you represent. lie regards
this as a menace, and he will receive no
communication undersuch circumstances.
He further directs me to say that should
the people assemble peaceably without
any menace, he would deem it one of
his highest duties to receive any commu
nication or entertain any petition address
ed to the Governor.
•T have received and answered you,
gentlemen as a member of his staff.
‘•(Signed) Henry C. Dibbi.f,
“Brigadier and Judge Advocate Gen-
ernl.
Ljiaic iailliu ’
To which Mr. Marr replied the follow
ing : We repeat that there are no armed
voters, there are no armed men in Canal
street, so far as we know, we came on a
mission of peace, and we believe that if
the Governor had acceded to the propo
sition we brought to-day, which was to
abdicated would have pacified tbe peo
ple ot Louisiana, and might or would
have prevented violence or bloodshed.
8o far as we are concerned, we are pre
pared to pledge to him no violence in
person or property, and we feel no dispo
sition, on the contrary, to assure him
that there should be perfect immunity to
both. The substance of the foregoing re
ply, was subsequently, by Marr’s request
reduced to writing by the Governor’s pri
vate secretary, aud banded to him to be
read at the mass meeting.
Gen Dibble, on the part of the Gov.,
replied: I have to repeat what I said be
fore, that while there may not be armed
men on Canal street, there are armed
bodies within a short distance assembled
on the same call as your mass meeting.
The committee then retired, and soon
after reported the result of this interview
to the meeting. The people were then
advised to go home and get their arms
and ammunition, return and assist the
white leagues, who were then under arms
to execute plans that might be arranged
for them. The people then quietly dis
persed, and afterwards quite a large
number formed in procession and march
ed up Camp street.
New Orleans, September 14.
To the Colored People of Louisiana: —ln
the grand grand movement on loot against
the enormities of the rule of Kellogg's
usurpation, rest assured that no harm is
meant towards you, your property, or
your rights. Pursue your usual avo
cations aud you will not be molested.
The war is against thieves, plunderers and
spoilers of the State who are involving
your race and ours in common ruin. The
rights of the colored, as well as of the
white race, we will defend.
Signed, D. B. Penn,
Act’g. Lieut.-Gov. & Commd'r in Chief
of the Louisiana State Militia.
The people seem to have responded
with alacrity to the advice given them by
Dr. Beard, one of the speakers at the
Canal street meeting. By three o'clock
p. m., armed men were stationed along
the streets ou the Southside.
Desperate Fighting in the Streets
of New Orleans.
Tlie People Victorious over tfie
Traitor Tongstreet, nd lie!
logg Usurpers.
Gen. Bob Toombs Sends G reet -
ing to Louisiana.
Special to the Rome Commercial.
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 15. —The
news from New Orleans, by telegraph,
to-day, is intensely exciting. About
4 o’clock yesterday the Metropolitans
were stationed on Canal street, one
wing, 250 men, with one gun, were
stationed on the north side of the
Custom House, commanding Tchoup
iteulas street. Another division, 300
strong, commanded by Gen. Badger
iu person, with four guns, occupied the
south side of the Custqm House. At
a,quarter past four Badger, with his
men and guns, marched forward on
the levee. The other body of the po
lice prepared to support him and fired
on the citizens. The latter filed a
volley and compelled the Metropoli
tans to return to their old quarters
near the Custom House. Badger’s
army kept on until it had almost
reached Gravier street. Suddenly a
dozen volleys were fired on them,
some from buildings and some from
the streets. Three companies of
White Leaguers, headed by Gen. Og
den and Captains Buck, Gallegher
and Pleasant, charged upon the Met
ropolitans iu the most gallant manner.
They received the fire of the Metro
stright on the charge. The Metro
poAans rushed off towards the Cus
tom House and a volley from the cit
izens brought down 18 meu at the
first ire .
On. Badger was seriously wounded
tv'o sergeants, one corporal and four
oAter officers were killed aud 37 men
wouided. The pursuit of the Metro
politans was kept up almost to the
door of the Custom House. They
were panic stricken. The citizens
sufivTtd somewhat themselves; about
twere were killed. Gen. Longstreet
exeed himself in vain to raliy his
Ragbai cohorts. The White League
capjred 3 twelve pound Napoleon
guy, one Gatlin aud a considerable
n unite iof small arms. Gen. Ogden
cait'.ir, i all the police stations. The
Stwrftouse surrendered. About nine
o’cF/rk this morning the whole city is
in fiosession of the citizens aud peace
anl qu’et prevails.
"he negroes are not molested. They
ha'e resumed their avocations satis
fid and rejoicing. So-called Gover
ntr Kellogg 13 concealed at the Cus
tdn House.
'LATER—I P- M
-3he State House surrendered at 7
bclock this morning to Lieutenant
Governor Penn’s militia without firing
aguu. Gen. Penn’s militia is about
HOOD strong. All the State and city
property, poliee stations, arsenal, and
police aud firs alarm telegraph arc in
possession of the White League troops
Kfllogg is : u the Custom House under
th 4 protection of the United States
triop3. Jackson street policegStatioDS
unter command of Gen. Longstreet
armeported just surreudered,
i STILL LATER,
fvervthing has surrendered and
thej people are iu possession of the
House. Penn i9 installed as
acfmg Governor, Gen. Ogden as com
mander of the militia aud Boglan as
chfef rf police. The war is over. Sam
Newmau is killed, Badger is dying,
and Nellogg, Dibble and Longstreet
arc nut to be found.
LATEST.
MtEnry is installed as Governor
and Penn as Lieutenant Governor.
Gen. Eobt. Toombs is making a
magnificent speech of congratulation
in etousideration of the victory over
Kelloggauii his usurpers by the citi
zeus ofNew Orleans. Great enthusi
asm hire. Reb.
Louisiana Redeemed.
TbL Patriots Triumphant and
Lie State in the Hands of
the People.
JT-k’Mayor of New Orleans issued a
procing: •talatory the j people.
KrSiHeni men of the State advised
moderation and the people have gone to
their usual avocations.
PERFECT PEACE.
With the exception of the federal sen
tinel in front of the Custom House not an
armed man is to be seen on the streets
of the city, and quiet prevails through
out.
DISPATCH TO GRANT.
A dispatch lias been sent to President
Grant requesting him to recognize the
McEnery and Penn government, which is
in quiet and peaceable possession of this
city and State.
Grant issued a proclamation ordering
the Patriots to disperse in five days, but
no attention was paid to it until after
they had accomplished their work.
Within the five days allowed by the
proclamation it is supposed that the gov*
eminent under the new auspices will be
fully established. The best opinion is
that at the end of five days, finding all
quiet, the government will let things rip
ple. No one knows of any constitutional
machinery by which the Kellogg govern
ment can he restored.
THE WAR DEPARTMENT NOTIFIED.
VV ashington, September 15—The fol
lowing dispatch was received at the Wa
Department this evening:
Nsw Orleans, La . September 15.
Hon. H 7. W. Belknap , S ec’y of liar:
The Kellogg government has been over
thrown. and the State is in the hands of
the legal government. Everything was
conducted in a lawful manner. Quiet
and good order prevails. No excesses
were committed. The negroes were pro
tected. The citizens are returning quietly
to their homes and business. Perfect
harmony exists between the present gov
ernment and the United States troops.
(Signed) li. S. Richey.
THE FEDERAL TROOPS CHEER THE
VICTORS.
Atabout two o'clock p. m. some three
thousand of Gen. OgdenV militia, armed
with the captured guns, moved from Jack
son square en route for the armory on
Carondalet street, and as they passed the
Custom House, the United States troops
stationed there gathered in the windows,
and taking off their hats, gave three
hearty cheers for the citizens, which was
returned by'the militia with great unani
mity.”
Louisiana’s Redemption.
The McEnery Officials being In
stalled all Over the State.
Talk About an Extra Session of*
Congress,
THE REVOLUTION IN NORTH LOUISIANA.
Sheevepobt, La., September 16.—The
rightful officers elected in 1872 have
been peaceably installed in all parishes,
so faf-as heard from, in North Louisiana.
There has not been nor will there be a
single drop of blood-shed. The move
ment has been conducted by leading prop
erty-holders, business and conservative
men in this and adjoining parishes inclu
ded. But the Kellogg infamy is dead be
yond resurrection, troops or no troops,
(Signed.) J. C. Moncuke,
A. H. Leonard,
W. J3. Eagan,
WHAT PENN SAYS —THE COLORED TROOPS
REFUSE TO FIRE ON THE WHITES.
New York, September 16.—A dispatch
from D. B. Penn to the Herald, says:
“The North cart form no idea of the rob
bery and spoliatton to which we have
been subjected. My movement was
necessitated by the attitude of the people
who demanded it. lam now in full pos
session of the State government. The
colored people are satisfied and contented.
A strong brigade of colored troops, fully
organized and armed, and in the service of
the Metropolitans, refused to fire a shot
in its defense. Perfect peace and good or
der prevails. We are thoroughly loyal to
the Federal Government, and in the oper
ations of the past two days lhere have
been, no excesses or violation of law.
This 1 government is the only one now in
existence in the State of
of the cabinet meeting this afternoon,
was an agreement that the following
dispatch be sent immediately by the Ad
jutant General of the army to General
Emery, commanding the Federal forces
in Louisiana.
War Department, Washington, D.
C.; September 16—Under no circum
stances to recognize the insurgent govern
ment of Louisiana, within five days from
the date of this proclamation to the in
surgents. Such action will be taken as
the emergency may require.
By order of the President.
Signed: E. D. Townsend,
Adj’t General
New Orleans. September 15.—This
morning there is a general resumption of
business There are no gatherings of the
people or evidences of excitement in any
quarter.
Delphi, September 16.—G. McN.
Brumly, Gov. McEnery's appointee to
office of tax collector, was installed into
office by the citizens, who gave three
cheers to the outgoing Kellogg appointee,
Mr. Jones, for the courteous manner in
which he surrendered the office, which
was followed by loud anil enthusiastic
cheers for the new elector who redeemed
Louisiana. -All officers of the parish are
McEnery men.
A large number of 4 colored men attend
ed the meeting and participated in the re
j oieing.
Franklin parish will install her McEn
ery officers toeday.
Washington, September 16.—After the
adjournment of the Cabinet the President
stated to the agent of the American Press
Association, that he had nothing to make
public just then, but during the after
noon he would give to the press whatever
news the government might have, and
also any change of action on their part.
At the cabinet meeting this a. m., the
Attorney General was instructed to pre
pare another document on the situation
in Louisiana. The nature of these docu
ments will not be made public nt present.
By some it is thought that the document
will be a proclamation convening Con
gress in extra session, others, it is
thought, say that it will simply relate to
the general situation, and counsel moder
ation. The Attorney General aud his as
sistants are engaged in preparing this doc
ument, which will be submitted to the
President at an extra cabinet meeting,
which is called for 3 o’clock, this p. in.
If the paper is approved it will be given
to the public immediately after the ad
journ meut of the Cabinet meeting. A
dispatch received here this a. m. states
that the Lieutenant Governor has issued a
call for a meeting of his Legislature to
convene on the 20th The opinion is ex
pressed here that if this Legislature shall
assemble before the expiration of the
live days mentioned in the President’s
proclamation, will doubtless render an
extra session of Congress inevitable.
This is the opinion of the President and
officers of the Government.
District Attorney Beckwith and Sena
tor West have had several consultations
with the Attorney General this morning.
They are confident that Kellogg will be
maintained. About a year ago an order
was issued, directing General Emery to
pravant any interference with the Kellogg
government. Timorderwas in the evi
dence on Monday at the time of the Penn
demonstration, but owing to insufficient
troops was not enforced. Yesterday an
order was issued by the President direct
ing the 3d Infantry to proceed to New
Orleans from Holly Springs. General
Emery, who was there when the order
was received, accompained the troops to
New Orleans. Other troops will be im
mediately sent there. A dispatch was
received there this morning, stating that
Kellogg had taken refuge on a revenue
cutter with all his papers.
The Louisiana revolution has staggered
the administration and they will do noth
ing within five days. There can be no
doubt that it is their present intention to
restore Kellogg
It is said that Grant is very angry.
The tone of the Northern papers is per
plexing, many of the most ultra Republi
can papers arguing that Louisiana has ex
ercised the divine and conceded right of
revolution. During the five days it is
both hoped and feared that the white peo
ple of Louisiana will “not dull device by
coldness or delay.”
LOUISIANA.
What the Government is going to
do-Kellogg Must be Sustained
—5,000 Soldiers en route
for New Orleans.
Washington, September 16. —This
morning the Cabinet session lasted
only half an hour, but at it, it was de*
cided that the.
KELLOGG GOVERNMENT MUST RE SUS
TAINED,
and that the power of the government
should be reserved for that purpose, if
necessary—when the cabinet separa
ted for the purpose of allowing each
member to study the question more
thoroughly, to prepare some sugges
tions as to the best practicable method
of arriving at the determination.
Upon separating, it was agreed that
another meeting should be held at 3
o’clock p. m. At this last meeting,
which lasted over an hour and a half,
a long and earnest discussion ensued,
as to the best means to be adopted for
restoring the Kellogg government to
power. Each member of the Cabinet
presented his own views on the sub
ject, but no final conclusion as to de
cisive action wa3 reached. It was,
however, decided to notify Gen. Emery
that on no account could
THE PENN GOVERNMENT EE RECOG
NIZED ;
and that at the end of the five days,
mentioned in the President’s procla
mation of yesterday; that if the so
called insurgents had not dispersed,
and left the Kellogg power in peace
able possesion, such action would be
taken by the Government, as in its
judgment, the emergency requires.
This notice to tien. Emery is not
meant to clothe him with any authority
to restore Kell.igg iu power, but sim
ply to convey him the determina
tion of the authorities here.
In the meantime the President and
his Cabinet will consult from day to
day and perfect a plan of action to oe
carried out. After the expiration of
the five days, should the Penn faction
in the meantime not have dispersed,
the President aud all his Cabinet will
not hesitate to express their utter con
demnation of the course pursued by
Kellogg in surrending at the first sign
of danger, and flying to the protection
of the United States troops. They
also state that in deciding to sustain
Kellogg, they do not undertake to de
cide the question as to who
13 RIGHT AND WHO IS WRONG
in this business, but simply to main
tain a decree of the United States
Court, which decree has never been
reversed by a higher tribunal, and
also to preveut the establishment of a
any day be followed by other States in
the Union.
The President this afternoon direct
ed Gen. Emery to take measures ;to
prevent the Penn government from
drawing or using any portion of the
State funds, and to carry out this or
der at all hazards.
OVER FIVE THOUSAND TROOPS
have been ordered, and are now en
for New Orleans.
Rear Admiral Mulaney, command
ing the North Atlantic station, has
been directed to proceed to New Or
leans with the available force of bis
fleet, which is, perhaps at most, only
three vessels. The action of Penn
has created considerable excitemeut
throughout the North, and is cou
dr'O’ued by the leading papers.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S VIEW.
Attorney General Williams to
night, in a lengthy interview with a
representative of the New York Asso
ciated Press, said the so-called Kel
logg government has been established
and in full operation for about two
years. It has been repeatedly de
clared by all the courts of Louisiana
to be the only legal government of
the State. It has been repeatedly re
cognized by the President, and implic
itly by Congress. The President, in a
special message, called the attention
ot Congress to the subject, aud stated
that if they took no action, he should
feel bound to regard the Kellogg or
ganization as the lawful government
of the State. Congress declined to
legislate about the matter. The
question is now whether Kellogg or
McEnery ought to he Governor or
whether or not. There were frauds
or irregularities about the electiou,
but the question is whether a State
government that has been fully organ
ized for nearly two years, and recog
nized as such by all the departments
of the government, State and Nation
al, can be properly overthrown by the
armed populace of a city in which
the seat of government is located by
means of violence and bloodshed.
Admitting all the wrongs charged
upon the Kellogg government, can
these proceedings be permitted to
stand as a precedent ? Are the gov
ernments of the States of this Union
to be determined by promineiameutos
and violent and bloody outbreaks as
they are in Mexico and South Ameri
ca. Ido not see how this can differ iu
principle from tin: Arkansas case. Mr.
Brooks claimed that he received a
majority of the votes at the election,
and I always believed that he did.
Baxter, however, was the duly install
ed Governor of the State of Arkansas.
Brooks relying upon the claim that
he was elected, displaced Baxter by a
coup d’etai, but the President refus
ed to recognize his right to hold the
office obtained in that way; that was
a decision against the Itepuhlicans
and in favor of the Democrats. Fol
lowing this precedent, I do not see
how the President can recognize Penn.
To do so would be to hold that a po
litical party defeated or claiming to
be defeated by fraud at an election
for State officers, might, if opportuni
ty offered, take possession of the State
by force, and so substitute violence
and anarchy for law and order. I
believe it is the duty of’ the general
government to put down the lawless
ness, whether committed by Republi
cans or Democrats. The President
has not been governed by party con
siderations in these quarters, and has
oftener decided for Democrats than
Republicans, in respect to Southern
difficulties. Whatever may he said
of men aud things in the State of
Louisiana, the proceedings of the
President in respect to that State have
been from the beginning in conformi
ty to law. His course in my opinion
will not now he changed. There is
not a sensible man iu the United
States who does not kLow that the
seizure of the State government of
Louisiana by Penn and his adherents
is in utter violation and disregard of
all law. Cau any reasonable man
expect the President to become a par
ty to such a transaction? With res
pect to the election, it is impossible
to determine who was chosen. The
returns have never been canvassed,
and they were made up in perjury,
forgery and fraud. I have never be
lieved that the McEnery ticket was
elected. It is absurd to suppose that
when Virginia and North Carolina,
and nearly all the Southern States,
including those that are generally
Democratic, went for the Grant ticket,
as is pretended, especially when the
candidate for Governor on that ticket
was an unreconstructed rebel Colonel.
But it is too late now to go back to
that questiou The issue now is
between law and order on the one
hand, and violence aud disorder on
the other, and upon that issue the po
sition of the President is now a satis
factory oue.
Miscelaneous Telegrams.
The Republicans of France are jubi
lant, and certain of triumph on the second
ballot in the house election.
Douglas’ majority for Governor of
Maine will exceed 11,000 The Republi
cans carried every county in the State.
The detectives of Hudson, New York,
are sure they have found Charlie Ross.
Charles Vandervert, grand master of
the Odd Fellows, is dead.
The old Knoxville Whig will be revi
ved in a short time, under the editorial
management of its founder; Senator
Brownlow. The prospectus to that effect
will appear in the morning papers here
to-morrow.
Portsmouth, N. H., Sept. 15.—Trie
Democrat- te-day elected Moses 1 1.
Goodrich mayor by twelve majority, and
carried the aldermen and common coun
cil, gaining Central City for the first time
since 1858.
Portland, Me., September 15. —One
hundred and ten towns give Dingley 21,-
576; Ditcomb, 16,347. Last year Ding
ley, 18,928; Ditc imb, 10,625; Williams,
temperance candidate, 975. The elec
tion secures a Republican United States
Senator.
Washington Notes.
Washington, September 14.—The Mex
ican veterans are to-day celebrating at
Marshall Hall the anniversary of the cap
ture of the city of Mexico Salutes were
fired from the arsenal and forts. On their
way down the river Gen. Albert Pike de
livered an address.
' The President has recognized Thomas
John Elmore British consul for Georgia,
and AugsTritsel Austrian consul at New
NUMBER 39.
Bloodshed in Alabama.
Armed Negroes Fire on Unarm*
ed White Men —A Party
of Whites Rout Them.
Sei.ma, September 15, 1874.— The Sel
ma Times has the following special dis
patch :
Dkmopolis, Ala, September 15.— A
difficulty took place in Greene county, be
tween this place and Forklaud, this morn
ing. Dr. Miner, of Forkland, on visit
ing a patient on the Rowe plantation,
six miles from here, found a large party
of negroes in arms and drilling. When
asked whet they meant, they told him
that negro blood had been shed, and that
they were determined to have white. On
his return to Forkland, Dr. Miner report
ed what he had seen, and the citizens seat
two unarmed white men to pacify the
negroes, and to let them know that the
report that any of their race had been
killed was false. Upon approaching the
negroes, these white men were tired upon
and both wounded, one seriously and the
other mortally. This morning the whites
to the number of thirty or forty went
down and dispersed the armed negroes,
killing and wounding several of them.
The negroes numbered two hundred.
They are the same negroes that stopped
the government rations and have held
armed posession of the public highway
ever since. When tired on this morning
they dispersed, but they are reported to
have reassembled, and declare that no
white man shall pass the road on pain of
death.
The county commissioners’ court of
Dallas county, composed of two negroes
and two white men—all Republicans—
adopted the following resolution .• “Asa
court we are unacquainted with any vi
olence used toward any citizen or any
person in this county, in consequence of
his political opinions, expressed or enter
tained, as an American citizen.”
Crime and Casualty.
FIRE —GIRL BURNED.
Bridgeport, September 14.—A fire last
night destroyed the dwelling of Geo. S.
Hungertord. His little girl perished in
the flames.
DEATHS FROM YELLOW FEVER.
Washington, September 14. The
navy department received information to
day of the death, from yellow fever, of
Chandler, superintendent of improve
ments at the Pensacola navy yard, and
his wife, on Saturday last.
FIRE IN CHARLESTON.
Charleston, September 14.—A large
brick building on Meeting street, occupied
by T. S.jNipson, dealer in shoes, and by
H. Baers’drug establishment, was burned
on Saturday. Loss $55,000; half insur
ed.
SEVENTH DISTRICT.
Felton the Instrument to Break
Down the Democracy.
Walter Brock, of Haralson, and Will,
L. Goodwin, of Bartow, Loading
Radicals, Give Their Views.
As the canvass opens in the Sev
enth Congressional District, it is be
ing clearly developed that the Radi
cals are playing a deep game to insure
the defeat of tho Democratic nominee.
It is true they are making some show
of nominating Maj. Zack Hargrove,
or some other pronounced Radical,
witli the hope that Felton will carry
enough disaffected Democrats to se
cure the defeat of Trammell; but the
indications as to what their real inten
tion is that they intend to vote solid
for Ihe “independent” candidate on
the principle ibat “a half loaf is bet
ter than no bread.” This view of tbe
ease is strengthened by the declara
tion ot Mr. Akerman, the “Ajax” of
the party, corroborated by the posi
tive statement of ex-Beuator Walter
Brock, who is in power in Haralson
county, that the Republicans are sat
isfied with aud will vote for Felton.
Now in view of these facts, how
can the true meu of the District aid
aud abet in this nefarious coalition
by voting for a disorganizer ? Shall
the unsullied patriotism of the people
of the “banner District” of the State
he besmirched in the filth of such an
unnatural association ? We cannot
believe it! and will continue to hope
that all their personal preferences aud
prejudices will he yielded cheerfully
to the judgment of the Convention
composed, as it was, of the true men
of the party.
A reporter of tbe Herald hunted
up William D. Goodwin, cf Bartow
county, who will be remembered as a
Radical member of the Constitutional
Convention of 1868, and of the suc
ceeding Legislature.
Reporter.—Mr. Goodwin; what do
you think of the political status of the
Seventh District?
I think it splendid. To use an old
expression, without meaning to be
disrespectful, the “rogues seem to have
fallen out; honest men stand some
chance now to get their rights.”
Reporter.— Do the Radicals intend
to run a candidate in that District?
I do not know, sir. I can answer
for myself that I am in favor of one
running, and a simon pure Republican
at that. I am a Republican from
principle, and want no half-way man
to run, if any one man is run.
Reporter. — Who would you desire
to run ?
I want Walker, Harvey, Akerman
or Dever. As matters now stand, I
believe we cau elect either oue of the
four.
Reporter. —Will either of them
run ?
I do not know, but hope they will.
Reporter—Suppose no Radical does
run, what will the Republicans then
do ?
Vote for Felton, of course.
Reporter.—But why vote for Felton
sooner than Trammell ; Feltou says he
is a Democrat?
Because the electiou of Feltou dis
rupts aud disorganizes the Democrat
ic party; it produces and encourages
splits in the party, that will break the
back of the ku klux Democracy. I
am the enemy of the Democratic par
ty as such, and because it is the ene
my of free speech, and ostracizes a
man for his political opinions. I be
lieve Felton an instrument in the
hands of Providence to tear down that
infernal organization ; but, understand
me, I am for a good Republican be
fore Felton.
Our reporter, in order to find a
place where there was good room for
cursing, left this doughty old Radiea
tn con I off— A ilnniJ. Hr.rnLL