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TRLEGRAPIIIC NGH'S,
Shrldan' Slander.
Protest from Ie tiding- Mercliants,
Hunker und Cler-yiuieii.
Close of the Louisiana Investigation-
. . Vigors and Kellogg Examined.
Chicago, Jan G. A Tribune's New
Orleans special sajs the matter' of
the organization of the anti-Kellogg
Legislature was clearly unjustifiable,
but the subsequent organization ;of
the Kellocg Legislature was, just as
clearly illegal. Fifty-four members
xvere present the number necessary
constitute a quorum of the House
after the anti-Kellogg party proceed
ed to organize, the old clerk holding
over. Vigors called a roll for a sec
ond time, and only 5'J answered.
Knowing that 51 were necessary,
however, in order to proceed to bus
iness legally, Vigors said: "Fifty
four members answered to their
names; there is a quorum present,
and the election of a speaker will be
proceeded with," or Avords to that
effect. A speaker was accordingly
elected, and to conceal the fact that
there was not a quorum present, the
A-ote was by acclamation. The call
ing of the roll would have developed
the truth, which would have nulli
fied the proceeding. They (the
Kelloggits) now claim that the first
roll-call, to which over 100 members
responded, Avas the roll-call contem
plated by law, and that the proceed
ings were interrupted by a revolu
tionary attempt of the anti-Kellogg-ites
to abtain the upper hand. When
this revolutionary attempt was sup
pressed the House proceeded to
business, the minutes showing that
many more than the requisite num
ber were present- The result is that
the United States troops are sus
taining a usurping and illegal legis
lature. New Orleans, Jan. 6. The situa
tion in the city is unchanged. There
is no excitement. The Congressional
committee to-day examined Win.
Vigors, clerk of the Kellogg House
of Representatives, who testified that
at the first organization of the House
on Monday 102 members answered
to their names; ouly kept a tally
sheet and was so confused by the
crowd that he could not keep the
tally properly. Of the 51 members
answering, three had been sworn in
since the previous roll call.
Subsequently the committee ex
amined Gov. Kellogg with reference
to the White League, his testimony
being a repetition of statements pre
viously made in published, letters
and proclamations. He denied, ab
solutely, the existence of a Black
League. In the course of his exam
ination he informed the committee
that a report had been brought to
him of a conspiracy to assassinate
President Grant. The conspirators
were from a rendezvous in lialtiih'ore.
He exonerated the White League
from any connection with this plot,
which, he believed, was confined to
a few visionaries. He gave the com
mittee the name and address of his
informant.
Kellogg emphatically denied any
connection with or responsibility for
the decision of the returning board,
lie thought their powers excessive
and would not approve of them.
The law was one approved by War
moth in the interest of the fusionists.
At the close of his testimony he
handed the committee a protest he
had received, signed by fifty-two
members declared elected to the
Legislature before he called the
troops to clear the hall of unauthor
ized persons.
The comaiitteo concluded its in
vestigation and left for Washington
to-day.
A meeting of bank officers was
held at the clearing house to-day.
The bankers of the city passed reso
lutions condemning the recent tele
grams from Gen Sheridan to the
Secretary of War.
The Kellogg Legislature met to
day. The House had no quorum.
In the Senate there xvere 27 present;
no Conservatives.
Foster, chairman of the Congres
sional Committee, has acklowledged
the receipt of a proposition from
contending officials to leave the mat
ter to the arbitration of the commit
tee: He has stated that they cannot
consider the question unless certainly
assured that their decision would
be acquiesced in and accexted by all
as final. McEnery and Penn prompt
ly replied affirmatively. Governor
Kellogg, it is said, promised to reply
by letter to Washington. Lieut. -Governor
Antoino said' this evening
in an interview that he would con
sent to no such compromise.
The board of underwriters to-day
passed resolutions similar to those
adopted by the cotton exchange yes
terday, with regard to recent tele
grams from General Sheridan to the
Secretary of War.
The chairman of the Conservative
central committee has issued an ap
peal to the peoplo to be calm and
moderate and avoid all traps set by
their enemies, assuring them that
the sympathy and support of the
entire" Ameriean people are with
them.
An address to the American peo
ple declaring Sheridan's recent state
ments to the Secretary of War un
merited, unfounded and erroneous,
and calculated only to servo the in
terests of corrupt politicians, who
are making an attempt to perpetuate
their nowpr in Louisiana, was issued
to-day, signed by Archbishop Percha
of New Orleans, Bishop Wilmer of
Louisiana, and a number ot otner
"clergymen.
The following dispatch Was sent
to Secretary Dtdknap by General
Sheridan to-day; !
The citv is very quiet ,-to-day.
Some banditti made idle threats last
night that they would assassinate
me, because I dared to tell the truth.
I am not afraid, and will not be stop
led from informing the government
that there are. localities in this de
partment where the very air has been
impregnated xvith assassination for
some years. ' ,
Washington Jan. C The follow
ing telegram was sent to General
Sheridan at New Orleans to-day.' ;
I telegraphed you hastily to-day,
answering your dispatch. You seem
to fear we will be misled by biased or
partial statements as to your acts.
Be assured the President and 'Cain
net confide in your, wisdom,, aad'rest
in the belief that all , acts of yours
liax-e been and will be judicious.
This I intended to say in my tele
gram. . (Signed,)
Wm. W. Belknap.
Secretary of War.
New York, Jan. 7. The limes
condemns Sheridan's conduct in New
Orleans. Nothing like it has ever
been seen before under a constitu
tional government. It denies that
the llepublican party is Responsible
for his vagaries.
A Times' Washington special notes
a hesitency among Reublican Con
gressmen in uttering a decisive judg
ment until further facts are received.
All concur in the imbecility of the
Kelloorg government and the tenden
cy of llepublican sentiment is toward
ordering a new election.
Chicago, Jan. 7. The Democratic
State central committee adopted res
olutions yesterday denouncing the
action of the Federal authorities at
New Orleans.
A similar resolution has been offer
ed in the Ohio legislature. Gov.
Allen, of Ohio, sent a message to the
legislature condemning the- interfer
ence with civil government as a dan
gerous precedent.
New York, Jan. 7. Mayor Merrill
in command of upper lied river, says
all is quiet, but Republican officials
are afraid to enter on their duties on
account of Democrats. :
ViCKsnur.G, Jan. G. The Congres
sional committee to-day examined
about a dozen negroes. Their testi
mony did not differ materially from
that of those previously examined.
CrircAoo, Jan. 7. A special dis
patch indicates opposition to the
election of Chandler, Senator from
Michigan. The Republicans have
not yet united on any one.
Our New Purchase.
Mr. Henry Elliott, xvho went to
Alaska last tmmmcr, as special agent
of the Treasury, to look after the
interests of Government on the
islands where the fur-seal is taken,
is preparing a report on the A'alne of
the entire territory to the' United
States, which will have the merit of
being based upon the extended per
sonal observation of the writer. Mr.
Elliott has spent a great deal of time
in Alaska, both before and since its
purchase, and has probably seen
more of its rocks and icebergs than
auy other American. All the stories
of its mineral wealth, and of the val
ue of its fisheries, he says, are pure
fictions. Its surface is a mass of
basaltic rock, which, as all geologists
know, contains no mineral deposits.
What little soil there is produces
little that is useful to man, and the
fisheries which were described as of
immense value when the treaty for
buying the region was pending, do
not yield enough to supply the na
tives. The only portion of the vest
domain which yields any revenue to
the Government is the fur-seal
islands. From the tax on the skins
of the animals taken on these inlands
the Treasury gets about $300,000 an
nually. Against this single item of
revenue Mr. Elliott offsets the cost
of maintaining troops in the territo
ry, which amounts to about $350,
000 a year, and the expense of the
civil establishment at Sitka and in
the seal islands. Without counting
interest on the purchase money paid
Russia, which at six per cent, would
amount to $120,000 a year, the balance-sheet
shows a heavy deficit.
The United States, is therefore pay
ing a large sura for the empty honor
of possessing a vast, desolate region,
which is totally unfit for the home
of civilized being3, and can never bv
any possibility be anything but a
burden for the country to carry.
Iron Smelting in Oregon.
The S. F. Daily Call says: Ore
gon takes precedence over California
in the matter of Iron smelting. The
Oswego Iron Works, located on the
Willamette River, are in operation,
and have a capacity for turning out
ten tons of iron per day. The ore
worked is said to be of the best qual
ity, and as Oregon has an exhaustless
supply of timber, found in nearly
every part of the State, the smelting
at these works is done with charcoal,
which costs nine cents per bushel.
The ore is found about a mile from
the furnace, while the lime is
brought from San Juan Island and
Puget Sound. The . editor of the
Stockton Independent, in conversa
tion with a gentleman from the scene
of the works, ascertained that two
and a half tons of the ore Avill make
one ton or more of pig iron. The
Central Pacific Railroad has tested
it for car wheels, and nnrehacoi
tons for that purpose. The charges
are pus into iue lurnace every half
hour in about the following propor
tions: Thirty bushels of charcoal,
100 pounds of orf TOO
limestone. The cost per ton of man-
uiauunujj me iron is about as fol-
iuws:
Iron ore at furnace $10 75
Charcoal, 150 bushels, at 6 cts 13 50
Limestone, 500 pounds ; 5 00
Superintendence and labor. . . 4 00
Total cost per ton $33 25
The iron is now selling in San
Francisco at $19 per ton.
COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY,
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA,
The "Oregoniau' on the Ixmlsiana
(Question. .
We make the following extract
from the leader which appeared in
the Oregonian of the 7th inst. It is
a plain statement of facts, and while
it has caused the Bulletin to become
enraged, the latter has been utterly
unable to deny the facts as stated by
the former. As is well known, the
Oregonian is edited by one of the
most ultra Abolitionists in our State.
Therefore it cannot be said that the
extract is written by a secession sym
pathizer; as is customary by the Rad
icals. The Oregon tan say
. " When the Louisiana Legislature
met, last Monday morning, there
were no indications of trouble. Not
withstanding the scandalous conduct
of the Returning Board in reversing
by canvass the verdict of the people
at the polls, there Avas a manifest
disposition on the part of the ag
grieved peoplo to submit quietly un
til relief could be had through the
ligislative branch of the go'ernment.
Kellogg had telegraphed to the Pres
ident for more troops, and the Presi
dent had honored his requisition.
So on Monday morning the State
House was guarded by. squads of
United States soldiers and Metropol
itan police. The Legislature assem
bled and the lower house duly organ
ized. The usual formalities seem to
have been complied with such form
alities as the appointment of a com
mittee on credentials, the election of
Speaker, Sergeant-at-Arins, etc.
An officer wearing the uniform of
the United States army appears on
the floor of the House and asks that
certain letters be read by the Clerk
of the last House. Objection being
made, he orders a file of soldiers to
remove the officer elect of the House
and install Vigors, the former Clerk.
This is done at the point of the Unit
ed States bayonets. The committee
on credentials presents its report de
claring certain persons duly elected
and entitled to seats. Vigors, the
usurping Clerk, presents a pretended
list of members. The Federal officer,
General Do Trobriand, announces
that these constitute the House of
Representatives of Louisiana, and
commands all whose names do not
appear on .Vigors' list to leave the
lloor. They decline, and are forci
bly expelled by the troops. This is
done at the point of the United
States bayonets. The Federal officer
next orders Vigors to call the roll,
aDd Speaker lltz
geant-at-Arms to
Again the Federal
directs the Ser
remove Vigors'
authority inter-
A'enes. With a wave oi nis sworn,
the Soldier-Speaker declares "this
no Legislature, and Wiltz no Speak
er." Thereupon the Conservative
members withdraw.
Throughout this narrative we have
assumed that the troops which ac
complished this outrage (for it is
nothing less than an outrage of the
most atrocious and dangerous char
acter) were United States soldiers.
The comments of the New Orleans
press clearly indicate this to be true.
Every thinking man will at once
recognize these proceedings as extra
ordinary and without any precedent
in law. The Constitution of Louisi
ana makes each house of the Legisla
ture judge of the election and quali
fication of its members. It does not
confer upon any Returning Board,
much less a United States army
officer, any power to decide who
shall and who shall not be admitted
to scats in the Legislature. The sole
function of tho Returning Board is
to canvass the vote, detect irregular
ities and submit their findings to the
legislative branch of the State gov
ernment. After that, each house
can, under the Constitution, admit
contestants who have been rejected
by the Board. The lower house lnvl
exercised this constitutional prerog
ative, it seems, and Certain persons
who had been declared not elected
by the Returning Board, had been
declared Giected by the Committee
on credentials. Just here the Feder
al authority intervenes, pronounces
upon the law and the facts, drives
Representatives from their seats and
installs in their places the Avilling
tools of a corrupt and vicious Exec
utive. Gen. De Trobriand was obey
ing the orders of a superior officer
the General commanding the depart
ment of the Gulf. That command
ing Ganeral is subject to the orders
of the Secretary of War, and the
Secretary of War receives his instruc
tions from the President. It is thus
made possible for a President at
Washington to make and unmake
Legislatures in distant States; to
tear down and build up State govern
ments, and shape the local policy
and destiny of communities to his
own pleasure. If our statement of
the facts be correct, then in the
scenes of Monday President Grant,
be it wittingly or unwittingly, ap
peared in the character of another
Cromwell, dispersing the parliament
of a sovereign State save the right of
the strongest.' In all condor, being
impressed with the national signifi
cance of the events now transpiring
in the South, we ask: If such things
are possible in Lotiisiana, are they
not also possible in Oregon ?"
A Timely Word to Young Men. :
Young man, go to work. For good
ness sake quit loitering around the
stores and saloons. Earn something
for yourself, and don't sponge your
living any longer; because the "old
man," or the "old woman," don't see
fit to drive you out to work; and
when you get a few dollars ahead,
don't go to a saloon and fool it away
punching ivory balls over a table
with a whip-stock. Be a man. Show
the world that you are able to earn
an honest living by patient and per
sistent industry. Quit loafing. Buy
a saw and go to sawing wood, if noth
ing better offers. It will give you a
sharp appetite for your hash, and
you will have the proud satisfaction
of knowing that yon have earned it
honorably. i
The Louisiana Frauds.
FIFTY-FOUR EEPUBUCANS AND FIFTY
TWO CONSERVATIVES RETURNED TO
THE LOWER HOUSE FOUlt STRONG
CONSERVATIVE PARISHES LEFT FOR
THE LEGISLATURE TO CANVASS RES-
IGNATION OP MB. ARROYO, A MEMBER
OF THE BOARD. ;
From a correspondent of the Tribune.
New Orleans, Dec. 24. The Re
turning Board, contrary to expecta
tions, completed its work this after
noon, rushing through with the nine
parishes hastily, and adjourning be
fore any one looked for it. The count
now stands: For the lower house,
Regublicans, 54, and Conservatives
52, with four parishes, DeSoto, Winn,
Bienville and Grant, all overwhelm
ingly Conservative, referred to the
Legislature for action. In Bienville
there were no Radical votes at all.
and in Winn, only two. These par
ishes elected five Conservative mem
bers, which Avould have given the
Conser-atives a majority. Thev are
referred, however, to a Radical" Leg
islature and thus the game is played
completely out.
Mr. Arroyo, the Conservative
member of the Returning Board, did
not attend this morning. He sent in
his resignation at an early hour,
which is as follow:
New Orleans, Dec. 24, 1S71.
To the Honorable, the President ami
members of ihe Returning Board
Gentlemen: I hereby tender my res
ignation as a member of the return
ing board, a pla,ce which I was tender
ed by you without solicitation on my
part, and which was accepted by me
with great reluctance, and only in
view of the important service I might
render my native State. I am com
pelled to adopt the present course
by the rulings of the board in the
last few days, in returning to the
Legislature, as elected, members who
were unquestionably defeated, rul
ings which, to my mind, are so clear
ly partisan and unjust, defrauding
the people of Louisiana of their cho
sen representatives that my self-respect
will not allow me to longer re
tain a seat on the board. I have the
honor to be, very respectfully,
Oscar Arroyo.
In the case of Caddo parish, Avhere
seven polls were counted on a gener
al charge of intimidation, Merrill and
his troops were overrunning the par
ish at the tune of the election, and
had arrested several citizens, among
them J. J. Horan, Conservative can
didate for the Legislature. This
makes the charge of intimidation, as
against the Conservatives, rather
amusing. 1 here has been no excite
ment, no outbreak, nor is there any
probability that any Avill occur. Just
now no plans are suggested. The
city is perfectly quiet.
RESULT OF THE CANVASS.
New Orleans, Dec. 24. A Bulletin
extra has the following regarding the
returning board:
The decisions of the evening re
sulted in a final decision regarding
the parishes of Claiborne, Caddo, La
Fourche, Lincoln, Rapedes, and St.
Martin. The parishes of Grant, Bi
enville, Winn and De Soto were re
ferred to the Legislature, that their
several cases may be adjusted. The
representation, as returned by the
board, now stands, Democrats, 52,
Republicans 54; making a majority
of two for the latter. Although it
will be observed that neither party
is given a quorum in the House, it is
somewhat suspicious that the board
did not take unto themselves a suffi
cient number with which to organize
the. Legislature, that is, a quorum.
However, it suited the purpose of
Wells and Anderson to make the re
turns as above, and doubtless they
know that there are three among the
returned who are sailing under Con
servative colors, who upon an emer
gency, would offer allegiance to the
Kellogg regime and repudiate utterly
the cause of the people. All the
parishes before the board on Thurs
day, Avere largely Democratic, but
by extensive doctoring and manipu
lation they were returned as follows:
Caddo, three Republican; Lincoln,
one Republican ; Claiborne, two Dem
ocratic; St. Martin's two Democrat
ic; La Fourch, two Democratic.
Bienville, Grant, Winn and De Soto
are thrown out, making a represen
tation in the House of 52 Democrats
and 54 Republicans.
By the throwing out of the above
named parishes and several polls in
Caddo parish (seven were thrown
out to overcome Democratic major
ities) , Moncure is beaten by nearly
2,000 votes.
OVERWORKTNG TJIE BRAIN. Soft1
ening of the brain is becoming a
more common disease than formerly;
as it is utterly incurable, attention
should be given to its causes. The
softening is caused by an inflamma
tory condition or a gradual degen
eration of the substance of the brain
arising from intense excitenientj as
a result of study, of the use of spir
ituous liquors, or allowing the mind
to dwell on one subject unpleasantly
especially when there is no real
causej or conjectured injuries, or
injustices and the like, moping over
them, cherishing thoughts of them.
This lamentable malady comes on
with a sudden bead or earache,
at another time with difficulty of
speech, or numbness, or con vnls ions,
or paralysis, or actual insensibility;
at other times there is simply a de
cline of the power of the senses,
sight, hearing, speech and the men
tal powers generally. IlalTs Family
Doctor
Goes Wrong. "Everything goes
wrong," said an Illinois farmer wip
ing his eyes. "The grasshoppers
cum, the hired man broke his leg,
wife died, barn burnt, and I've rid
for three days and cant find a woman,
who wants to marry.''
Wiuuemucca Itaiiway Bill Passed
the House.
The following is a copy of the Bill
which was introduced by General
Nesnathiajad passed by the IIouso
on the Gth inst.
The same Bill has been introduced
in the Senate by Col. Kelly:
A Bill granting the right of way and
depot grounds to the Oregon Cen
tral Pacific- Railway Company
through the public lands of tho
United States
Be it enacted' by ihe Senate and House
of Representatives of the Uniteil
States of America in Congress assem
bled: That for the pui-pose of aiding in
the construction of a railway and
telegraph line from a point at or
near Winnemucca, on the Central
Pacific Railroad, in the State of Ne
vada; thence northwesterly to and
across Goose Lake valley, and by
way of Sprague river valley to the
waters of the middle fork of the Wil
lamette river in the Cascade moun
tains; thence down said river on the
north side of Springfield; thence
crossing to and continuing pon the
west side of said river to the waters
of the Columbia river via Portland,
Oregon, there is hereby granted to
the Oregon Central Pacific Railway
Company, organized under and by
virtue of the laws of Oregon, on tho
sixteenth day of September, eighteen
hundred and seventy four, and to
their successors and assigns, a strip
of land one hundred feet wide on
each side of the central line of said
road, and the necessary lands for
depots, stations, side tracks, and
other needfull uses in operating said
road and telegraph, not exceeding 10
acres at any one place; Procided,
That the locations for depots, sta
tions, and side tracks shall r.ot ex
ceed for the whole line of sail road
more than one location of 40 acies
for every ten miles of the same, and,
when made upon surveyed lands
shall conform to the Government
surveys thereof.
Sec. 2. That said company shall
within six months after the location
of any section of 20 miles or more of
their said road, if the same be upon
surveyed lands, and, if upon unsur
veyed lands, then within six monti
after the survey thereof by the Unit
ed States, file a plat of such located
section, together with proof thereof,
with the register of the land office
for the district wherein said located
section be situated; and upon ap
proval thereof the same shall 15
noted upon the township plats in
said office, and thereafter all dands
over which the said line of road shall
pass shall be sold, located, or dispos
ed of by the United States subject to
such right of way so located as afore
said; Provided, That the line of said
road shall be completed within tei
years thereafter; Provided further,
That the Oregon Central Pacific
Railroad Company shall have the
right to take from the public lands
of the United States, timber, storjo
and other materials necessary for tho
construction of said rood.
RAILWAY PETITIONS.
Porcmio linrinnr Tint it in a f . i r llio
Winnemucca railway are requested
to forward them t Hon. B. J.
Pengra, Washington, D. C, as soot
as signed.
Kailroad Meeting.
At a meeting of tho citizens of
Union county, called to consider the
subject of aid by tho Government to
the PoY'tiand, Dalles and S.dt Lake
Railroad, Hon. James 11. blater was
elected chairman, and S- Elsworth,
secretary, and. the subject of tjjo
meeting stated briefly by E. S. Mc
Comas, and discussed by several
gentlemen present. Whereupon the
following, committee viz., L. S. Mc-
Comas, S. Elsworth, Daniel Chaplin,
John A. Childers and Benj. Brown,
were appointed to suitable arrange
the business of the meeting, and
soon returned the following memo
rial; To ihe Congress of the Um!ed States:
The people of Union county in mass
convention assembled in La Grande,
Dec. 31. 1874, do hereby respectfully
memorialize and ask your honorable
body to pass the bill now pending to
aid in the construction of the Port
land, Dalles and Salt Lake Railroad.
Said proposed road will furnish an
outlet commercially for a large scope
of country, domain of the United
States, favorable for settlement and
inviting immigration .whenever a
thoroughfare is opened, and we, tho
people of said county, directly and
vitally interested in this great and
important measure, have reasons to
expect that the Government will be
as liberal to us as has been her histo
ry heretofore in measures of great
national and public importance.
.After due consideration the same
was unanimously adopted, ami tho
chairman and secretary directed to
authenticate copies and "forward to
the delegation from Oregon in Con
gress. On motionthe proceeding of this
meeting were directed to be furnish
ed to the newspapers of Eastern Or
egon, Washington, Idaho and Port
land dailies for publication.
On motion, meeting adjourned sine
die. JAS. H. SLATER,
S. Elsworth, Chairman.
Secretary.
Good Suggestion. The New York
Herald suggests that if leading Dem
ocrats, such as Pendleton, Hendricks,
Allen, Seymour, Thurman, Tilden,
Beck, Lamar, Bayard and Gordon,
would hold a conference, and agreo
to mutually support one another-and
act in concert on all great questions
of currency, trade and finance, it
would result in great benefit to the
country and very materially strength
en the Democratic party.
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