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THE CAMDEN JOURNAL, ' Published Every Tuesday At CAMDEN,; IS. c., by TRANTHAM & ALEXANDER. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. (In Advance.) On? Year S2 <0 Six Months 1 23 DR, I H. ALEXANDER, Dental Surgeon^ COLUMBIA, S. C.. r ; Office over W. D. Lore s store. The doctor is now on a profe^ional risit toOa-mden, and will remain here for n few weeks. Nor20tf DR. T. BERWICKTEGARE, GRADU A TlfO F TPK B ATIMOR? COLL MX | huntn naviqe Entrance or) Broad Street ? ' I Wm71>rraANTBAM; Attorney at taw, CAMDEN, S. 0. ggfOffice in the Camden Jour* nal office, Cljburn's Block. J. D. DUNLAP, TRIAL, JUSTICE, broad strekt, CAMDEN, SO. CA. Business entrusted to his care will receive prompt attention june7tf. J. T. IIAY, ATTORNEY AT LAW *. Ax*-. :. J , Trial Justice Office over store of Messrs. Uaum Bros. Mpecm Attention given to the collection of clalins.j ~J. W. DePASS, ATTORNEY AT LAW AND Trial Justice. sines* of all kinds promptly transacted. W. L. PKPASS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CAMDEN, S. C. Will practice in' all the State and Federal Courts. JanSDtf T. IL CLARKE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CAMDEN, S. C. office?That formci ly occupied by Cspt. J. M. Dana. jansotf J. D. KENNEDY. P. II. NELSON ? - ^ m onv KENN?U]f (V I ? ATTORyEYS AT LAW, CAMDEN, S. C. J Other formely occupied by Judge J. B. Kershaw, nortsm FREDERICK J. HAY, Architect and Builder, CAMDEN, S. C., I Will furnish plans and estimates for all 1 kinds of buildings. Contracts taken at moderate figures, and promptly and carefully attended to. Orders left at the Csmpbn oprnai. office will receive immediate attention. March] if JOHN crWOLST, PLAIN, ORNAMENTAL, AND SIGN PAINTER, Paper Hanger # Glazier, CAMDEN, S. C. ?ept23.12m Riddle's Hotel, LANCASTER 0. H., S. 0. Having purchased the Hotel formerly occupied by Mr. Jones Crockett, situated on Matn street, I am prepared to receive transient and permanent boarders. Good accommodations at reasonable rates. Stables and Lots free to drovers. JanlOlf J. M. KIDDLE. Be Sure to Stop at the Latham House, CA3IDEX, S. t . (Transient Uoaep, $2.00 per dat.) | :o: tQP'Ample accommodations. Tables supm plied with the l>est the Markets afford. EveI ry attention paid to I lie comfort of Guests. * Bfc2T Persons stopping at the Latham House will be conveyed to and from the depot free of charge. Passengers, without ilieavy baggage, will he conveyed to and from any part of the town, not above L>e.Kalb street, at 2"? cents. flkfcfConnected with the house is a first class liar, which i* located separately frotu the house, and orderly kept. i^rc onveyances supplied to guests on liberal terms, either lor city or country use. jati8-ly S. B. LATHAM, Proprietor. DeKalb House, 15V A. S. RODGERS. Most Centrally Located Hotel in Town. Terms Per Day. AToinmercial Travelers will have everj k ?.t teat ion paid to their comfort. an<l be fur I siishei with SAMPLE ROOMS at thi< I House; an 1 persons visiting Camden wil ^ til ml it a quiet and pleasant home. Special rates made for parlies traveling together, an<l for those who wish to stay i week or more. ? tetr li connection with the house is i r first-cfass LIVERV STABLE, where horse and vehicles can l?e had at all times fu town or country use, at the most ronfor.it ble rates. Conve)unces to and from th depot at every train. declfeti All KIimIk (?f Canned Gooda. of beet quality, tin wear tinted full weitfLfor sale by h\>T: STtliiEY & fcMlf H. VOLUME XXXVII. UNDER THE VIOLETS. BY 0L1VEB WSNDF.L HOLMES. Her hands lire cold : her face is wnite; No more her pulses come nnd go; Her eyes are shut Jo life and light? Fold the white vestures, snow on snow, And lay her where the violets blow. But not beneath a graven stone. To plead for tears with alien eyes; I A slender cross of wood alone Shall say thai here a maiden lies ( la peaoe beneath the peaceful ekiee. Ami gray old trees of hncest H?b Shall wheel their circling shadows round To make the scorching sunlight dim, That drink the menhise from the ground 1 Ami drop ihelrdead tWvesoa her monad, ?j When o'er their houghs the squirrels run, * And through ihe leaves the robbins call, 8 And. ripening in the autumn sun. t The acorns and the chestnuts fal'. Doubt not that she will bend them all. To her the morning choir shall sing Its matins from the branches high, I And every minstrel rojre of Spring. That thrills beneath the April sky, Sha'l greet her with its earliest cry. } When, turning round their dial track, Eastward the lengthening shadows pass Her little mourners, clad in black. The crickets, sliding through the grass, ] Snail pipe for her an evening mass. At last the rootlets from the trees i Shall find the prison where sbo lies. And bear the buried dust they seize, f In leaves and blossoms to the skies : < So may the soul that warmed it rise! If any, born of kindlier blood. Should ask. What maiden lies below? r Say only this: A tender bud , That tried to blosssm in the snow Lies withered where the violets blow. * "OVER THE WIRES." j T 4_l| T nm and C rirer, i uiusi wu juu ?. how I came to be in the Dnyesville bank in the "wee sma' hours" one dreary 8 December night, son o three years agi. c My name was then Olive ITudson, 1 nnd I was seventeen years old that Mrs. Knight's Dolly, who was not twelve y years old, was half a head taller than ' myself. 1 We were rich folks once, but father ' died and left us very poor. Mother ' struggled along in a weary hand?to.hand fight with poverty till I wa9 sixteen, and < then died. She had rented two rooms ( of Mrs. Knight, widow, also, with two { stalwart sons, one aged father, and two J ; daughters. After mother died I was < adopted by the Knights, and. although T am earning a support as music teacher 1 i in tlifi Hajmvilio academy, T was lika J one or the taoifly when I was in my ' good landlady's home. 1 They were all in good positions, but by no means an aristocratic family. ? John, th^ eldest son, wsg in New York * 1 in a wholrsa'c sugar house; Tom was ' the night watchman of the Daycsville bank building, nnd grandpa?we will ' _ 1. i call hint crandpa?was teiegrapn ujtcm- | tor of the town, while Mary was a mil- ' 'liner, and Dolly stayed nt th<? office, I sending and receiving messages. i Haysville bank building was a Urge granite building, containing the post, office and the hank on the first flo?r, 1 J the fclegrph office and a number of prif rate law offices on the second floor, and 1 i other private offices on t'nc third floor. In the basement wore post office rooms, for sorting the mail, and also the large bank vault. I knew the building well, for I was fond of telegraphing. and spent half my leisure time perched up beside grandpa, ?l:i- i.. r>o..o..fnl|v or rend tho WHIie ue tii-pi j .. newspapers. And that was the bepinninp of iny amusrment at Dryden, the next station. The operator at Dryden was a wit, and flashed nonsense at our ofliep when business was dull. It fell flat whenprandpa was in the office, but if I was there I sent back jest for jest, and sometimes ao hour slipped by like a minute as wo talked over tha wires of every topic ununder the sun. lie called himself I "Lion." and I, for nonsense, signed my. elf "Elephant," laughiop as I did so at the reflection of my tiny finpers in the office mirror. Beyond Dryden, and only five mil^s from Daysvillc. was C- , n lanrc commercial town, t ho nearest railway sta' tion. and wlicie an nffit-e w:?s always , open for the accommodation of travelI era. As I have said, Tom Knipht waa the the night watchman of the Bayesvillo bank building, and a lonely time be had of it. The last mail came by stape ut four o'clock in the uft'Tnoon, und the j post-office was Vacated at six. The bank was closed at three, aud by six j o'clock every office was deserted for the | nipht. 1 At seven Tom was on duty, and grandpa, who was restless at nipht, whs 1 in the ha^it of takinp down some coffeo and luncheon, as the buildinp was only a stone's throw from the house. " * * -1 On the December nieht i nave ai1, ready mentioned, it had stormed henvily i all day. and I hud taken a new class at the academy, coming; hotuc later in the ' day than usual, and excited over uiy r increase in salary. Everybody else had gone to bed, and i I was lingering; over the kitchen fire 1 with Mr9. Knight, dreading the plunge | into my 0<>ld room, where I had allowed * the fire to go out. The clock struck twelve, and Mrs. ? Knight, lifting her face from over the " Are, said : r 'Do call grandpa, Olive; he's asleep 'J on the sofa in the sitting-room, I'll have Tom's busket ready hy the time grandpa has his hat and coat on. I hate to cull him, for he was complaining j of rheumatihui all day. and the ground i9 very wet, although tbo atom is Jam." iL#il 'Let him sleep,' I paid; 'I'll run over with the basket. It is but a step.' 'But it is so durk; are you not afraid? 'Not a bit;* III slip on ray waterproof and rubbers and draw the hood of ray cloak over my head.' 'Well, if you will, though I am afraid Tom will scold at my letting you RO-' 'I'll put down the basket an I run ind he will never know who left it.' 'Go to the rear basement door; he leaves that open for grandpa.' 'I know.' I erasped the handle of the basket, led hurried across tlio space between lie building and the house, and atole t'.ftly in at the basement door, in pur luanec of my plan to drop the basket I tnd run. In nij rubber shoes my steps were louelesss, and I bad scarcely passed he threshold when I was rooted to the ioor in terrible amazement. Somebody was talking. I crept forward and listened. There *as a man iu the vault, and a light diuno under the door. While I listened some one said : 'There is a confouuded draft here. Did you shut the door. S?#ith ?' 'Yes, but the wind might have blown t open.' '1 bad just time to dart under the itaircase and croueh down wlion the (ooroftho vault opened and a man tame out He crossed the entry, drew two heavy toisy bolts, fastened the door by which [ had entered, and returned without shmine the vault door. I could see in by the dim light and ce two men working at the safe locks >y the stream of light thrown from a lark lantern. There was the outline of a man bound md gagged upon the floor, but I could inly conjecture that it was Tom, for I sou Id not see distinctly. There I was, nicely caged, for it vould be impossible for me to draw hose heavy bolts without attracting noice. .^nd the ba?ik being robbed, that vas evident. IIow could I prevent it ? [ coufc! not get out; I could not reach Tom. Suddenly I remembered the fel grnph office ou the second floor. If I ould summon help from (7 , it was >nly five miles, and there was a long ob for the burglars before they could ?pen the safe. I could creep around the staircase ! [fone of those bus}- men turned his lead I wis lost. I crept softly on nil our-. Muwfj, w.tohftitty, rmi -?ned he s?airs. , Up I darted, blessing my India rubxw shoes, till I gained the door of the digraph office. All was dark thera ind I dared not strike a match. I listened, and then leaving th* door ^pen. groped my way to the well known 1esk and gave 'he signal for C T :ould hc>r my heart throh n* 1 waited for the answer. It came ! Still working in the dark, I sent this message : Burglars in the Bayesvilla Bank vault! Watchman gagged and bound ! Can you send help ? 4 *!.? r\C cnortAnQA in li??" /IgUIII lliu Uli'mj VI tening, but at last the Bound reached uie. Will send help immediately.' I crept to the bead of the staircase, afraid the clear ring of the instrument had been heard iu the vault, but no on? oame up stairs. The windows of the telegruph office faced the street, so I returned, bolted myself in safely nnd sit down to watch. The towu clock gave one reasonant stroke, breaking the dceD silence, and no signs of life were visible in the long stretch of rn?d leading to 0 . I was numb with cold, wishing heartily that [ had not left Tom's basket under the staircase, thinking regretfully of my own cozy bed, when I heard afar off the sound of horses feet. No sister Anne, in Bluebeard's tower, was ever more watchful than I was then. Would the burglars take the alarm ? The building made a corner of two J streets, and I saw eight mounted men dash up the rond, separate, and while four dismounted in front, four went to the rear. The burglars were not prepared for f ? ~k:i? ,n? tins flame movement., iui m<nv ?..v r, lice in front were thundering nt tlie main entrance, the robbers rushed to the rear basement door right into the arms of I he police stationed there. I could hear the hubbub, pistol shots fired.|the shuttle of feet, orieg, oaths, and general confusion, and I slipped down stairs and out of the now deserted main entrance and ran home. Everybody was in bed, and I went to my room and bad a pood crying spell, and comforted my half frozen body in double blankets, U'here I soon fell asleep. All this was on Friday night, and I had no torching to do until Monday so I slept late, but coming down, I found all the family prepared to make a heroine of mo, 'I never knew until mother told me this morning,' said 'J*oru, 'that it wasn't grandpa who sent the telegraph to 0 By Jove, Olive, you're spunky if you ar* li'ilc.' 'I gave up when four of them pounced on me from one of the upper rooms. They must have got there during the day and hid there.' I tried to make th?> knights promise not to tell my adventure, but could not. Before night all Bajcsvillw knew l ow Olive Hudson caught the burglurs. I was in the office with grandpa, when over the wires cauie this message : 'What docs Olive Hudson look like' Everybody iu Dry do u is talking of bii great exploit.' CAMDEN, S. C., AUGUS I flashed hack : ' What do'you suppose sucli a woman ' would look like ? She is nearly six feel fall, broad-shouldered, and loud-voietd, a perfect elephant.' 'Was it really yourself, Elephant ?' 'Dear Lion, it was.' 'Do you know, T want to see you. I arn going to New York to day, but I'll be back next eprinir' If be onme to Rnv sV'H" be did not f">e I ran aw:,y io a fit f shyness. In March n wonderful thine;happened. My raoiher's brother, who had been seventeen years (nearly nil "iy lifetime) in Cuba, came out to New Yorl^ /onnd ( ?ne out and took me into a life .of ease i and luxury, making me pet in his splon- i did house. He was a bachelor, over i fifty years of age. handsome and well l informed, and with large wealth. < He introduced me to old friends' of < his, and tny circle of acquaintance < widened eery day. I was entirely i happy, for we loved each other well. i One day uncle Georgo brought home < to dinner a stranger who was introduced / as: i The pod of my old friend, Olive, Mr. i Robert*.' I made tnyselfagrceable as io duty i bound, to Mr. Roberts, a man of thirty t 01 thereabouts, with a face that was ( downright ugly, but pleasant from the : expression of frank pood humor nnd in- t telligcnce upon it. We talked of every- < thing, and I was surprised at the congp- j niality of taste we soon discovered In r nn animated discussion of heroines, Mr. 1 Robert", turning to uncle Georpe said: "You were kindly inquiring this r morning about my fortune since father t died, but I did not tell you one little f episode. Refore I was fortunate enough c to obtain my present lucrative situation, I was fur a time telegraph operator in a small place cnllcd Drydon. and then I heard of a real heroine, of whom the world wiil probably never hear.' I knew what was coming, but kept my face prefectly composed to listen. When the 6tory was finished, giving uncle George a sly pinch; to keep Tiitu quiet, I said: 'What kind of a looking person was the wonderful heroine?' 'I never saw her, for although Bayes- j ville was the uext station to Dryden, I i never went there. But she was described , to tnc 3H fall, strong and aiasculinc.' ! 'In short, my dear Lion.' I said j gravely, 'she was a perfect Elephant." I Suoh a stara as greeted me I am ccr- i tain nevrr came upon Leo Robert's face j before or since that hour. is eyes 11 dilated until I thought pop imtof I.U <Jc?r, utfiy lace, aiidSTs mouth opened in utter amnremcnt. Finally he remembered his manners and gasped : 'Pardon me, I?was ?t really you V 'Uncle George. I said, 'will you be ' kind enough to introduce me properly ! to Mr Robert's? I believe lie think?* i your niece mu>f boa1- vnur name.' With a fl >ur:sh, uncle George arose and gravely introduced : j 'Mr. Ij^fi Roberts, Mi"s Olive Hud son ; Miss Hudson, Mr. Roberts.' After that we could not certainly be ; strangers, and Mr. Roberts came often I to dine with undo George. And one day tliTe was a wedding, where the bride was very small, buried in lace and orauge blossoms, and the \ hriiloornom wna tirdv and good naturcd, ! 1 but it was a truo love match, a fit end- i ing for the flirtation commenced at I Dryden atA Bayesvill, "Over the I Wires" , The Conflict of Jurisdiction?Posi- < tion o\ South Carolina. The denial Sy Judge Kershaw of the 1 motion to tran for to the United States ' Courts the pro eeding* against the Revenue officers Wso killed Amos Ladd, is ( spoken of by partisan newspapers in the I North as if it tad no other foundation j than judicial fa;Vy, and no other warrant j than the nnxiejr of a "Confederate Brigadier," recently elevated to the 1 bench, to disp^y contempt for the Federal Government. In point, of fact, there is no publi^ officer in South Carolina more liberal and less reactionary thnn Judco KeVhaw Ilis political record exhibits kim to the people as a man of advance^pews and progressive , policy. Since hMl election to a Judgeship, lm has cscfijred politics and has not made a political speech Loyal to his oblipatinns. pur. find elevated, Judge Kershaw cannot he forced a hair's breadth beyond the line of his duty, as he conceives it; no; will he fall short, nf itm full Innirth uy <? ihi'i r? i/icum > wi mv -^and breadth of his <Liy. Tnat he elands upon ground, in deriiug the motion on behalf of (he Revc'lie officers, is evident (o any one whcWill take the pains la ponder the elabori<c opinion in which Judge Kershuw diauues the whole question. The prcss^enerally liave no conception of its forehand weight. We do not know that theynre willing to be enlightened, but it U important that the position of tho Sta^r, in this matter, should be undersloodiiy those willing to understand it, and to therefore give such n summary of thqdecision as will make its various poini clear to even n cursory reader. I. The United Stnti< Revenue laws are passed in pursuaocdof power given by the Constitntion to rongress to collect taxes, du'ies, irnpojs, excises, and to make all hiw< neoe??/1v ?<< carry i"'o pseeipi n any of (I e K-ir ted powers vesled in I lie governue | of'he United Sia'os or in any cf its'V psrtments or r officers. 1 II. To execute the tn hng power nnd i collect the revonuo of thHUuited States the Congress had the r/iit to pass all t tho laws necessary and pdper to protect r the ofticors of the Qovcr^ucot while hi the discharge of that duy. If, then, IT 0, 1878. Gniigrecu ha*, in fact, exercised |h*e power of legislation to the extent claimed by the prisoners, and such legislation was necessary and proper for carrying info execution the taxing power of the flovcrnrrent. the constitutionality of the Act cannot be questioned. Iir. Ry refennce to theterins of the Act relied on (Revised Statutes, section 643) it will he seen that to authorize t> transfer of erimirn! prosecution, under hat Aet. from the State to lh?* United States Court; it is necc-sary ; That the person concerned shall be an officer appointed under, or acting by. authority of a Revenue law of the United States; or, a person acting under, or by. author* ity of any such officer; 2. The Bet on nccount of which he is cal'ed in quea* tion must l^ave been done under color if liia nr of some Revenue law. or hi nceount of some title or authority nlaimod by such officer or o'her person under some revenue law. 3. The case must be transferred from the State f/ourfc to the United States Court for 'rial, into the Circuit Court next to be bolden in the district where the Bame s pendingIV. Tn the case under consideration It is not denied that the prisoners, at the ;imo complained of. wero an officer of ;he Revenue department and liisassiatmts. The only questions, therefore, ire: 1. Was the act done "under color" if their or any Revenue law ? or, 2. \rc they called in question "on account >f any rieht. title or authoiity" claimed >y them under any Revenue law ? V. "I'llis act done ny inc nocnur iffieors. in (bin case, was the shooting o denth of a citizen of South Carolitn. lor whom they had a warrant of arrest in a eharire of violating the "Internal Revenue laws"?an offence which was tothing more than a misdemeanor. A wnrrunt to arrest for a misdemeanor can under no circumstances auhorize^he killing of the person cbarg< d ind hence it is not such an act a9 can )c said to have been done under "color >f office." An net is.suid to be done undercolor tf office when it is evilly done by the :onntenaneejof an officer. Nir can the killing of Ladd be said o have bc*n done under color of any Revenue law or of any right or authoriy claimed by such officer under any law >f the United States, for there is no law >f the United States which authorizes, >r appears' to authorize, such an act. VI. The prisoners claim that the silling wns dnnc in necessary self-doence is a Common j*aw ^leivnci'f 1 lues not erist hy virtue of tlis proces* duiiiK-d to br in the hnnds of the officers, >r the authority of the Statute law therewith they were clothed. The kill* ng was an act done, not in execution of ho warrant, but in the defeuce of the person of the individual. It was justi. iuhle, if at n'l, not because of thrt pres??icv of rh-: warrant. hut by reason of die conduct of the decons-d. VII. But again, if this case is transferred to the Circuit Court of the TJni* i~J :> fin- ihs nnrnOMA of IC'l II UI'IOV u\i IUI ??V |/U. ? v. being %itried" at the next term of Court. The Constitution of the United States confers judicial power "only in the cases" provided for nnd enumerated in Artie!# Ill, Section 2. If the United States Courts have jurisdiction of the matter involved in this controversy, it can only be unr'cr the clause which declares that the judicial pow. r shall extend to 4'all cases in law and equity arising under the Constitution and laws of the United States " It has been uniformly held that the term "all esses" includes offences icrainst. the laws and Constitution of the United States, and that the Federal Courts had jurisdiction in all cases of that character where Comjress has express!j/ conferral the jurisdiction and provided the punishment. Congress has not, however, conferred nn any Court of the United States jurisdiction of the crime of homicide committed within the limits of a State, except where, by reason of the cession of territory and jurisdiction, the United States had exclusive jurisdiction. VIII. Nor could Congress confer ' -l- - T? _j ^ fy jurisdiction upon ine reuerrn unuim except in cases arising under the Coo5titution and laws of United Stales, nod depending on the exposition of the Federal Constitution or laws in respect to something which the law prohibits or enjoins. Now this is a caso of homicide arising within the limits of the State and to be determined wholly upon the principles of the Common law. and cannot depend upon the exposition of any law of the United Stutes, Constitution or Statute. It is not, therefore, a case included iu the judicial powers conferred bv the Constitution, and hence the United States Courts could not entertain jurisdiction. IX. Nor has Congress attempted in the Act in question to legislate beyond its Uonstitutional powers. After pro viding how the cases described shall be transferred to the Circuit Court, the Act provides that "the cause shall thereupon be entered on the docket of the Circuit Court, and shall proceed as a cause originally commenced in that Court." It is manifest that, no cause was contemplated "> be removed under the Act except ?uch as miuh' have been originally comiinmoi d in that Court. ?'ut to exorcise criminal jurisdiction in Common law eases was not within the implied powers of the Federal Courts, and to give them jurisdiction it is necessary for Congress to make the act a crime, to affix a punishment to it, and to declare the Court which should have jurisdiction. mt NUMBER 4, Conceding that Congre'-a had the right to confer jurisdiction upon the Circuit Courts to ' try" a case of murder committed by an officer of the Revenue while executing proros. th- re is no Act which does confer such jurisdiction. There is no break in the chain of reasoning. Tho argument, on its face, is without flaw. It must he admitted by counsel who contend for a transfer of the case that there is room for wide difference of opinion. For the United States Government, as for the State Government, it is important that the question now raised, and raised often before, shall be authoritatively determined. No such determination cau b? had cxeept through the Courts of last resort, in tho State and the United States. No appeal to force on either side, no snap-jndgnient, will put an cad- ' ? A* 4. C * .! A ;o recurring conmcis 01 jurisuiouon. The desire of Judge Kershaw is that his decision shall be reviewed, and, of course, he is prepared to acquiesco in the ruling of the Supreme Court whatever it may be. This is the sentiment of the people of the State. They have no desire to come into collision with the United States Government. They have had enough of turmoil and agitation. They stand on the laws of the State and of tho United States, upon the bed-rock of the Constitution. In this there is no more thought of "rebellion," no more "disloyalty," than there is in the dater* mination of any citizen to maintain and defend, by every lawful means, his rights of person and property.?Newt and Courier. The Results of the Investigation. WHAT HAS BEEN PROVED 80 FAR BY THE POTTER COMMITTEE. Tho Potter committee have proved, beyond successful rebuttal, things bolicved to ho trup, hut not absolutely proveu to be true before, to wit: That .u. _i?_. .1 ..... _r i?i :j j T ... vue uicuiurai vuutb ui riunus auu i/?u* isiana, which were given to Hayes, belonged to Tildcn. Leaving out of consideration ihp State of Florida, which no honest man will deny to have been stolen, we will take up I<ouisiana. As to this S:ato the Potter committee has clearly proved : 1. That a conspiracy was entered into by certain Republican leaders, the object being to hold no election in East. Feliciana, Grant and other Democratic parishes, 2. That the fact that no Republican votes were cast in East Felioiana was Republican leaders not to vote, as it would have a better effect than nil the affidavits that could be produced. 3. That for a period of two days after the election the Republican leaders admitted that Tilden and Nicholls had carried the State hy a heavy majority. 4. That when it became evident that the election of Hayes depended upon the result of the State, deliberate preparations were made for the purpose of defeating the will of the people as expressed at the polls. 5. That in pursuance of this plan, protests, forged and altered to to suit the occasion, wore made for the parishes of Kuat and West Keliciana, whereby a Democratic majority of over 2,800 was changed to a Republican majority of 500. 6 That the supervisors of the above named parishes were prevented by pro* mises of reward made by John Sherman and others from exposing such forgeries. 7. That on the 27fh day of November, when the returning board proceeded to sum up the result of their labors, it was discovered that while Packard and a Republican Legislature were elected, Ilayes was defeated. 8. That after the above date, and in order to securo the electoral vote for FTayes, forged protests were made for Richlanl and other parishes, and the returns from Lafayette and other parishes changed so as to increase the Republican vot*, 9. That affidavits bearing fiotitious names, and the namoa of dead men, were manufactured in the oustom house, and upon such affidavits various Demo erotic polls were thrown out 10. That the sets above recited were known to soma of the visiting statesmen and received their approval. 11. That the electoral vote of the State as counted before the two houses of Congress was u forgery. 12. That John Sheruian. now Secretary of the Treasury, and ut the time the personal representative of Hayes, was guilty of subornation of perjury. 13. That the leading parties necessary to a completion of the fraud were promised by him protection and reward. 14. That the fraudulent President, in fulfilment of Sherman's and Noyca' promises, has rewarded with office every scoundrel connected with the great crime both in Florida and Louisinua. 15. That Staniy Matthews, a Republican Senator from Ohio, and Justice Harlan, a Judge of the Supreme Court, had guilty knowledge of the fraudu' 4 kv* irrltiisk t K A Wnto r%( lent iniUSHUllUIIB VJ nmvn ???v ?w?v I/I Louisiana was stolen, and personally interested themselves to reward aud protect the criminals. 1C. That Senator Morton and Gen. Garfield, both members of tho cleotoral commission, know when they voted to cnuot the vote of Louisiana for Hayes that it was both fraudulent and a forgery 17- That Senator Kollngg, who assisted at tho forgery of the I^utsiana returns, has since Locu guilty of secretin!; the witiiofttcs. IS. That not ono of tbo criminals who assisted to perpetrate the colossal ADVERTISING KA1ES. Time. 1 in. } col. j col. 1 col. T week,$l 00 $300 fdtKrTtS"W * 2 44 1 75 7 50 12 2? 20 *> /_ 3 " 2 50 9 CO 15 25 - 24 00 4 " 3 00 10 50 18 00 27flO 5 " 3 50 11 75 20 50 31 00 6 " 4 00 12 60 22 76 24 00 7 " 4 50 13 25 24 Tfe1 '57 00 8 " 5 00 14 00 20 00 40 00 3 mo? 6 50 17 00 82 00 50 dO 4 " 7 50 l!?t)0 4' 39 50 59 00 6 " 8 50 2+00- 4000 O+OO. 9 " 9 50 80 00 59 00 105 00 12" 10 25 35 00 68 00 120 00 BT Transient advertlseoent# taast be tocom- . peniyfrUbthe^totonlTlliMrOy., . ^ ^ crime of the age has been punished, .but that all but two?numbering over a hundred?have been provided with office by Hayee' direct order or request, ana in souie cases by and through bit continued and peraistont interfere nee. With few exception these tacts ate proved, exclusive of the testimony of either Anderson or Weber, notwithstanding that the committee has only fsirlv entorcd upon its task.? ton Pott. The Merits of Paper Collars. The raao who had paper collars for sale was haranguing a crowd on the esplanade the other night, as follows; ' Here, gentlemen, is the champion pa per collars or the globe, uuequaiee lor style, duration and finish, although, it lakes a loo* time te make a finish of it. You can wear one a week, split it, and lo! you have more collect. And when I think of the oceans of beer that will annually dribbh down through all theae r collars, I feel like a brewery. Everybody should wear these collars; no one can keep house without tbem. They pro* mote longevity and restore gray hair to its fetural color. They improve the complexion, purify the biood, and force a beard or mustache upon the smoothest face in six days. They strengthen the appetite, and will remove tans, freckles, corns sad baninos They will curl the straightost hair in ten mieutep. Every mo* man should buy a box for her busbtpd; . they willVollsr a man in the club room, billiard hall, political caucus or free lunch, regularly and promptly 'at 9 o'clock p. m., and drag bin k^106- A man cau't swear with one of tuem on. Businers men should make their office boys wear tbem. aa tbev are infallible and absolute preventives of wWbkting. Hotel keepers thould buy them, as they won't let the wearer eat too much. They are wsrrsnted to burst toothache of three years standing, nenraglis, rheumatism, broken heart, prairie mange, consunip* tion, dyspepsia and blind staggers."? Cincinnati Saturday Niylit. i ; A Hstrd Tntt*. , Ten.or a doren men were enjoying the hot weather which baked the shingles on the ferry dock saloon yesterday, when n a stranger stalked in and inquired of the bartender: 'Have 30a any mint 7' *Ycs sir.' vu the reply. 'And yon have sugar, lemons, gin, brandy and so forth V I have.' jar, . ? interest in each face, and kindly Mild : 'Gentlemen, I'm going to treat every liar in this room. Let the liars?the monstrous liars?como forward.' Not a foot moved. 'Gentlemen,' continued the stranger, in a plaintive tone, 'don't be backward. Juleps wait for all.?Everyone of you who is known as a liar will please stand up.' The st^^Mer's face betrayed keen die* appointm^^as lie ordered a rousinc big 'mint' for himself, and oot a word was spoken in the while he slowly sip. ped the oouling fluid through a straw* When he had finished be wiped his mouth and said; Well, every truth teller in the crowd will now stand up.' Each man rose up with the promptness of a soldier. 'And sit down again,' softly said the man 00 lift mniln fnr ill* f)nni* They would have sat down on him, but great truth tellers are poor runners, ?Detroit Free Preu. For The Last Time. There is a touch of pathos about do* ing, even the simplest thing "for the last time." It is not alone in kissing the dead that gives you strange pain. You feel it wlieo you have looked your ^ last time upon some scenes you have loved?when you stand in somo quiet city street, where you know that you will never stand again. The actor play ing his part for the last time; the singer whose voice hopelessly cracked, sod who after this once will never stand before the sen of upturned faces, disputing the plaudits with fresher voices and fairer forms; the minister who has preaohed his last sermon?these all know the hid* den bitterness of the two words "never again." How they como to us on our birthdays as we grow older. Never again?always nearer and nearer to the very last?the end which is universal, "the last thing" which shall follow all last things and turn them, let us hop*, from pain to joys. We put away our boyish toys with au odd headache. We were too old to walk any longer on our stilts?too tall to play marbles ou the sidewalk. Yet there was a pang w'neu we thought with our merry thoughts for the last time, and life's serious, grown-up work was waiting for ua. May it not be that these, too, shall seem ta tho light of souie fur off day as the boyish games seem to our manhood, and we shall learn that death is but the opening of the gate into the new land of promise ? Girls in attendance at ohorch festivals in Missouri ask two hundred dollars for a kiss. This may soera outrageously high, but the kisser pays only ten cents down and the balance runs oa one hundred years. Love is deaf as well aa blind. If it wasn't, how could tho tondrils of woman's affection wind themsevles about tbo muu who talks through his nose ? Tho moet despotic government cannot so abridgo froo speech as to prevent men from saying "il'a a nice day.