supplementu, hiot in thibodaui...supplementu, good goyeri4kt. iwhat it has done for loujsiana....

SUPPLEMENTU,GOOD GOYERI4KT.

IWHAT IT HAS DONE FOR LOUJSIANA.

Speech of Mr. Ernest B. Kruttschnitt atthe Dexnocratlc Meetlng at LakeCbarles on Saturday Last.

Mr. Ernest B. Kruttschnitt, of New Or-eans, was one of the speakers at the Demo-

eratic mass meeting at Lake Charles, ad-dressing the night meeting. Mr. Krutt-echnitt spoke in substance as follows:

Fellow-Citirens--It is pleasant for Demo-,rats tn meiet in party gathering to-day,"hen r single cloud appears upon the ho-rizon, either at ho:ne or abroad, to darkeni.e nicture of peace and plenty, honor andprope ri:ty wh.ch have followed throughoutshe whole land in the wake Democratic suc-o.tss. In national affairs we may extend to'ach ,ther cougratulat'ons for past victories,-•d we may look with moat ierfect cont--"ence to the future, since the electors of theimupire State have recently announced in noo:ncet'sin tontes that the national battle ofi f88 wil he fought and won under theeunme leader as that of 1881, and if we turn:: om the nation to our own beloved State,

have wae less catuse for rejoicing? When we:,gained our autonomy in 1876 we foundhie wpople oppressed with a heavy burden ofdebt, bearing a rate of interest so high as tonecessitate a rate of taxation absolutely ruin-ons to all enterprise and industry; the State.reditcin a par with that of Mexico and Tur.'sy, the courts discredited and jus-:ice nuted out with tardy and uncer-sin hand, the school system a disgraece tomodern civilization, our alluvial lands sub-is at to annual overflow through broken andmLined levees, the great meQtopolis utterlyinsolvent and subject to cotlPReess suits andattack by her importunate creditors, and as;hough an angry heaven would never stayits Land falling so heavily upon our unhappy8tate, the year following our newly-acquiredfreedom saw one of the most fearful visita-tions of pestilence to which our fair land wasever stebjectd. Our people bravely foughtthe terrible battle, but they felt all the gloomend the misery of the old regime still brood-mng over them in their efforts to restore theruined commonwealth to her ancient gloryand prosperity, andthey determined to breakwith thehated past, to discard the old Con-stitution of the carpet-bagger, and to startthe work of .reconstruction from the groundnp. Although at the time opposed to so com-plete a revolution, I now believe that the ac-t'nn of the people was for the best. Whathave we achieved under the new regime ?

First and most inestimable of beneits wasthe fnaland satisfactory

SrrLEXEN.T OF THE STATE DEBTat a rate of interest the same as that paid bythe United States on her bonds. The creditof the State, unless you yourselves destroyit, will within a few short weeks be on a parwith that of any State in the Americaninion; her bonds at thirty-six cents in 1879are now over ninety. Her commercial honorand integrity are restored, and her securitiesare honored on all the great commercial dBchanges in the w)rld. All this has been ac-complished harmoionusly with the assent of

-. - teors, and to their complete satisfaction.-now, my fellow-citizens, I want you tounderstand my position uplon this Stategebtquestion thoroughly. I have had and

1ave

no other interest in its settlement than any,ther good citizen in the State. I never heldone of these bonds in my life, and I neverteuresented one of them professionally oraoterwise. Nay, I never saw one of them.But when I see the Attorney General of theState of Virginia in a Federal jail, when I seethe sovereignty of that proud State draggedin the dust and humblcd at the feet of a Fed-eral circuit judge, I thank God from the bot-tom of my heart that we have no Mahone inLouisiana to combine the lowest dregs of thewhite population with the solid negro vote ina violation of plightedbtate faith: and I thankGod that we hae had at the helm one whoby his energy, tact and sagacity has satisfiedthe pn p creditor at the same time that he

as prdted, the people againstthe grindingdemands of the tax-gatherer. Sch has eenthe public confidence inspired by the Demo-cratic administration tat the State treasury,once unable to borrowimoney even with all thsanctity of a legislative act to guaranteeimbursement to afiscal aget, to, o:dy lewithout special legislation, to obtain allneessary advances from NewOrleans banks,confiding solely in the pubhlic honor.

Legislation has been passed wherebyTx CITY DtBrT OF Naw ORLEANS

has been established upon a basis firm andsatisftory alike to debtor and creditor-ap imuore complex and more difficult ofsolution evet than the Statesabt-.and noth-ing now remainsto insure the pro•eity ofthe .•rescelt City e Poep an efficient citySver enk This prolem the citizens ofNew Orleans hope to solve at the nextcmunicipal eleetion.

If there-was any one carpet-bar evil whoseeffects were more universally felt than any

it was the costly, dilatory, inefficientof the days of Warmoth and Kel=ig. nder our new Constitution the

have been increased in number and in: efi.ecya, nad a careful examination of the

of the American Bar Association.estiie me in sayn that nowhere in theUnited States i Justice to-day more speedilyaitd Stcaotecly Iadnministered than in the

If we considethe per,,'tspD of 1he we ve every reason

Snt, discretion and im-s y thepresent Executive,

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land of and the molSng blrd,thelad which needs but to be otikled with theplow to laugh in the harvest,' the land ofbalmy breezes and eternal spring." Is itcredible that any sane man who reads thetwin a-ticles will in the least degree be influ-enced by the more roseate of the two i

My follow-citizens, I am drawing no fannypicture. I speak of that whereof I "know.Business leads me off into neighboringStates, and not once but over and overagain has my blood boiled as I havenotedtheair of superiority adopted by those whom Ihave met, in comparing their own Statdgov-erumente with ours, and as I listened to thesympathetic tones with which they commis-err. ted us in our struggles to rid ourselves ofa corrupt despotism, far more terrible thancarpet-bag government itself.

Were not the honor and the fair fame ofour beloved State at issue, well might welaugh at the charge. Think ot it, my fellow-citizens! You who bharded Grant at thezenith of his power I You who faced Gallingguns and Winchester rifles backed by themoral support of the whole Federal govern-ment! To-day you are accused in the face ofthe American people with craven submissionto 300 or 400 unarmed thieres ll

But, say some of these eIrSLANDERERS OF THE FAIR NAME OF THE STATE,a great many people won't vote: the bestpeople refuse to give the necessary time andattention to politics. Now, fellow-citizens,this argument strikes at the very root of "urrepublican institutions. Iwant no Return-ing Board votes ever again cast in this State.We protested for years against the countmingof votes which had not gone into the ballotbox, and I am consistent. I protest againstit yet. I go further. I say that no man,however rich he may be, however good hemay be, however pure and noble he may be,has any right to expect his influence to be feltor considered in a republic if he is too good,too busy or too lazy to vote. I believe thatevery citizen in a republic should be com-pelled to vote, under the severest of penalties,at every election, but until such a law ispassed I believe in ignoring every vote notcast. Whenever I believe differently I shallalso believe that a republic is a farce and afailure, and that the day for a Cesar or aCromwell has arrived.

And now, fellow-citizens, who is this man,Samuel D. McEnery, whom we present foryour suffrages for the highest office in yourgift? I have been told that he served in anhumble rank as a soldier of that same causeso dear to us all, wherein his distinguishedopponent was so terribly maimed; that heever failed in any of the duties of a soldierhas, I believe, never been claimed. I firstmet him at a tinmb and under circumstanceswhich I shall never forget. A committee ofthe United States Senate was sitting in NewOrleans during the Christmas hohdays of1876, examining into the conduct of theelections that fall, at which Francis T.Nicholls had been elected Governor of Lou-isiana. Witnesses had been summoned fromall the bulldozing parishes, from Ouachitaand from Morehouse, from the two Felici-anas, and from many other parts of theState. The State CentraiCommittee of theDemocratic party requested me, as well asmany of the younger members of the bar, toassist in conducting that investigation onbehalf of the Democratic party. To me andto two others was assigned the case ofOuachita and Morehonse. It was duringthis investigation and under circumstancestending to form a very rapid intimacy that Ifirst met the modest and retiring gentlemanwho led the movemens whereby those twoparishes had been

nESOUED FROM OPPRESSION.The details of the campaign have mostlyfaded from my nmind. I merely recall itsgeneral features-the months of anxiety,during which the white people in those par-ishes were in hourly fear of that most terri-ble of calamities-a servile insurrection; theconsummate tact and prudence and firmnessby which he led the people to victory. Afterthose sid closing days of 1876, I saw andheard but little of Gov. BcEnery until hewas nominated by the convention as Lieu-tenant Governor in 1879. He was given thesecond place on the ticket as the representa-tive of that section of the party which hadbeen defeated in the gubernatorial contest.The days had not yet arrived in Louisianawhen factions were so bitter that one body ofDemocrats recoiled from contact with an-other as from a leper. When Gov. )loEnerywas soon after called to the gubernatorialchair by the death of Gov. Wiltz. he exhib-ited a magnanimity and sanse of honor butrarely met in public life and declined to re-voke any of the appointments made by hispredecessor, except where good cause wasshown to induce him to take such action.This course led to the estrangement of thosewho had been his political friends, but fromthat date to this he has administered thegovermnent with an energy and a zealwhich must engrave his name deep uponthe chronicles of the State. He hasbeen identified with every move for her

proess and improvement. He has neveraedto act and to act boldly wheneverion required. In 1883 he ste4teh i hisre to the utmost limits toirotectoir

lands from overflow. He was evence ed for an arbitrary exer ise of Ix werb section of the party-a censurenot ted in 1887, because his conductw and approved bythe Democratic

d the people in 1884. He did note moment to order strong bodies

of to the seat of the late strikes in theaun tritct of this State, at .

THE VERY FIRST SIGNm OF TROUVLE.He has been censured for this, accused ofoverrating the danger, and seeking theatricalffect. , my friends! that is fine talk for

editors and ticias removed to a safe dii-tance from the trouble; but ask the reformplanters of St. Mary, Lafourche and Terre-

oanne, the lives of whose wives and chil-dren were at stake, whether this action was

There is and ever has been a section of theDemocratic party unwilling to believe thatthere was any good in him. In 1883 he wassc•used of exceeding his powers in the mai-terof building levees, and he was held re-sponsible for a contract in reference to theState lands entered into by his predecessor,and over which he had no more control thanyon or L The people answered these chargesby a trimphant vindication at the polls in1884, and the wve not been repeated in1887. But it as be neres to notethe-lines of attack pursued tihe pres-cat aam First carme charge thathe was y of what was denominated

'persona ," that is tfb say that he hadao none bt his friens to oice, and

that those friends were rpt and Incom-ete t -u dl o, the p e 2as When

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magnificent and exhaustive review of theprogress and resources of this State given byGov. MoEnery in his Monroe speech, or theJeremiads of the reform campaign orators ?Will you vote for him who believes in theBtate, who points with pride to her immediatepast, and with hope to her immediate future:or for him who, whatever his own sentimentsmay be, represents those who are weepingover the imaginary woes of the past, andsighing for a vague and indefinite Utopia inthe future 7 One section of the Democraticparty has grappled in a practical mannerwith practical problems in the past, and pro-poses to do so in the future. Will you aban-don it in order to cast your votes for a gen-tleman of high repute doubtless, but whoproposes to give nothing but an experi-mental government, and whose followers de-cline even to give you the details of the ex-periment which they propose to inaugurate?

In the face of the attacks which have beenmade cuon him, and with the evidence-complet,+ and conclusive--which he had fur-nished of

HIS FAITHFUL STEWARDSHIP,I consider Samuel Douglas McEnery as theincarnation of the good name of the State,

4nd so believing I shall cast my vote for him;at while I name my choice. and while I be-

liove that every man should take sufficientinterest in his party to always have a choicefor so high an office as Governor, I followhim-not as one selecting between two oppos-ing leaders in a civil war-but merely as anhumble private in the great lemocraticarmy, expressing my preference as to aleader. When once the allot is over, if youstrip the 'traps from his shoulders and relegate him to a dishonored obscurity, we sh libid him a regretful and a loyal farewedress the ranks and present the same solidfront to the Republican C(emy which weshould have done under our own chosenleader.

I have followed this campaign closely. andI have read no word uttered by one of Gov.McEnery's supporters Which he need retract ifGov.Nicholls be the nominee at Baton Rouge:not a word which will prevent all from un itngunder him, should he be chosen, in promot-ing the honor and the greatness of the State,I Louisiana: not oneword which shouldcause any Democrat to hesitate to speak fromthe same platform with him' not one wordwhich will cause any citizen of the State tohesitate hereafter to patronize agriculturalfairs merely because the Governor of theState has been selected to preside at tjp it-auguration. Would to heaven we coul saythat much for the other side !

PLAQUEMINES PARISH.

Meeting of the Executive Committee-The Methods Adopted by the Re-formere to Secure a Majority-TheirAction Denounced by a Mass Meeting.

POINTE-A-LA-HACHE, Nov. 24, 1887.The parish executive committee of Plaque-

mines parish mei at Poine-a-la-Hache onWednesday, Nov. 23, and ordered an electionof twenty-six delegates to a parish conven-tion, to be held in the parish at large on Dec.3. This unusual proceeding was prefaced byan announcement from the spokesman of thereformers, the United States naval officer,Mr. H. P. Kernochan, that the committee, atleast eight out of the fifteen, had determinedto carry out a plan of election to enable themto deliver the vote of the parish to the candi-dacy of Gov. Nicholls. A majorityof one onthe committee was obtained by the reformersby sending to Avoyelles parish and bringingback a young man, an ex-member of thecommittee, who had moved to that parish topermanently reside there.

A few days ago the fatherof the ex-mem-ber, in a circular letter, notified the voters ofthe ward that his son had left this parish toreside permanently in the parish of Avoy-elles, and advising them to elect a delegateto fill the vacancy in the committee. Thisletter, accompanied by a petition from thecitizens of the ward that an election be or-dered in the ward tofill the existing vacancy,was taken to the president of the committee,Dr. Geo. A. B. Hays. The president peremptorily refused to order such election: thenthe petition was taken to the secretary, whoordered the election in compliance with thewishes of the people. The election was held;but by the arbitrary rulipg of the chairmanof the committee, sustained, among others,by the illegal vote of the ex-member who hadremoved to Avoyelles, the elected delegatewas denied admission.

The proceeding was roundly denounced onthe floor of the committee meeting, and thedelegate from Avoyelles was openly chargedwith having sold his vote. After a mild de-mand for proof from the accused Mr. JohnDymond drew from his pocket a series ofresolutions providing for a parish election atlarge. The substitute offered by the minor-ity, providing for ward primaries, was voteddown-8 to 7.

The sentiment of the large number ofspectators was strongly adverse to the arbitrary action of a majority of the committee.A r the adjournment of the committee, the

le assembled in mass meeting and adop-.resolutions strongly denouncing thens used to secure the presence of the ex-

o her wk had removed to Avoyelies. In•tion thafollowing preamble and resoln-f swere adoptd:

eas, the clz of the ward which heed to represent biad met together with all

Sformalities and elected a member In his place,who was denied admission by the arbitraryruling of the chairman of the committ , Dr.•eo. A B. Hays;ve

Be it Rea0seiL, That we denounce the wholetransaction as d serving of the condemnation ofall honorable men.

We further denounce as undemocratic the re-fusad to allow the wards a representation basedon the hiRhest vote cast at either the last Stateor national e'e-:tion. and the resort to the unn-sual practice--and one previously unknown inthis parish-to have all th:elegatesput on ourticket irrespective of wards, and not elected asward representatives in the wards to which theybelonged, as ha been customary in the•st-proceeding acknowledged in the comnmf•ee byhe spokesman of. Nicholls and reform (t) to hl

in the interest •4 the candidacy of Francis T.Nicholls for Governor: and, while denouncing ascorrunpt partisan and unjust their action, andthe undemocratic method of elecoting delegatesto the coming Parisah Convention, we neverthe-less accept the gage of battle of the ca•al, andwill meet them on their own gtronud. and at thehands of the iassesbf the Democratic voters ofthis parish, who cannot be bribed or boughtlgive an overwhelming rebuke to their corruptmethods even when covered by the flimsy gauze

o'reorf . PIFJ C.ASB1 . President.LEroNAD Aaaoxo, Secretary.

HOW THE FIGURES NOW STAND. o

New Orlemlnsime.-Dsemocrat, Nov. 97.Yesterday was a cold, a very oold day in-

deed for reform, though, strange to say, thethe-thermometer pointed upinto the eighties.

-The blue banner which was flung so proud-Ir and hopefully to the breeze, and whichflaunted so saucily and aggressively in thefirat few favoriug gades, yeeterday seemedmareintensely blue than usual, and-hung inInmp nd frozen folds when the news came

over the wires of the victories forfa all of the six parishee In

e were held, that were herd. elittle trick by which the reformers hadmana.ed to present quite a formidable array'of parishes for Nichols at the ontset mayhave had itseffeet upon the uninformed andunthinking, but the result of the electionsesterdy in Onachita Aad De SOto

soeqhl , Washington nd Caldwell willntedly open the eyeof even the dullest

observer and expose the charaotej ofthe elam set upy the licomil

and rm ailent. Aeadia was eaoo den!conted upon for Nicholls and reform. It

dogne solily for Niholls in the tate,sntionoofi1884

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HIOT IN THIBODAUIWhite Pickets Attacked

by Negroes inAmbush.

Two Men of the Guard Seri-

ously Wounded.

The Citizens Turn Out En Masse to

Resist the Attack.

Summary Vengeance Wreaked Upon

the Assailants,

Six Negroes Killed Outright and as Many

Fatally Wounded.

A Review of the Causes Th•t Led to

the Affair.

The Town Now Quiet and lo Further Trouble

Expected.

TrmBoDAUt, ••ov. 23.-The continuedthreats of the negro strikers i2 thiparishto attack this town culminated this ibruningin a bloody fight, in whichfx of the netroeswere killed and five wounded, and two youngwhite men seriously hurt.

After the meeting of the sugar plantersand other prominent citizens on Sunday, thenibre violent of the negroes openly madethreats to burn the town and commit otherdepredations. The citizens of Thibodaux,knowing the inflamed condition of thestrikers, at once took steps to protect theirlives and property. For the past few dayswhite citizens from all parts of the parishhave been coming to Thibodaux.

On Sunday night the situation ha3 be-come so serious that a number of the bestyoung men of the town and; parish weresworn in as deputy sheriffs and picketed onthe approaches to the place.

Monday afternoon and night alarming re-ports continued to come in and the excite-ment increased, Householders, not feelingsecure even with the protection of the cor-don around the town, stood guard all nightor only caught brief snatches of sleep. Moretimid women were

UNABLE TO 6LI AT ALL.and many have not closed their eyes sincethey arose Monday morning. The wholetown has been under a strain of great un-easiness, which was increased from the factthat no one knew when the attack wouldtake place.

Yesterday evening information was re-ceived from reliable sources that the negroeswere combining and that the attack wouldbe made last night. The cordon of picketswas strepgthened, and the coming of theneguges anxiously awaited. The night woreon, Ibwever, and there was no sign of trou-ble. The day dawned, the sun arose, andthe men who had stood guard all night overthe lives and property of their kindred were.preparing to go to their homes, when the

'harp crack of rifles, mingled with the rattleof shotguns, awoke the few citizens of thetown who were asleep and told the men onguard that

THE FIGHT HAD BEGUN.The outmost picket guarding the town

consisted of two of Thibodaux's most re-spectable young men-Messrs. John J. Gor-man and Henry Molaison. These two wereposted considerably in advance of the others.and, the night air being chilly, had built abonfire and were standing near it. About 7~clock they were fired upon by a party of

aoea in ambush. who had evidettiy con-led themselves during the night near the

bonfire. As the report of the guns rang outboth men fell to the ground seriouslywounded, Mr. Gbrman with a bullet in hishead, which entered near the eye, and Mr.Molaison with a severe wound in the lee.

As already stated, this volley alarmed therest of the guard and the whole town, andthe former immediately rushed to the sceneof the firing. Two young men posted nearthe wounded men soon reached them, andimmediately took steps looking to their re-lief. While they were tmns assisting thewounded another volley was fired upon themby the negroes, but fortunately it did nodamage.

In a few minutes the entire guard aroundthe town had rushed to the danger point,and other citizens began to assemble withsuch weapons as they could hurriedly laytheir hands on. As they assembled aroundthe wounded men, half of them unconsciousof i.ow the wounds had been received, therecame

A THIRD VOLLEYfrom th•. negroes in ambush. This volleylike thiecond, did no damage, but servedto unmask the assailants and to indicate tothe citizens who had gathered hastily withthe knowl ae only that there was dangersomewhere, exactlwhere that danger lay.

There was an instant and prompt reply tothe volley, and a general lusilade was pouredinto the ranks of the negroes. In a few min-utes the fight had ended. The negroes re-plied feebly to the fire of the whites at first,but soon became panic-stricken and fled tothe woods.

ArEa TEE EATTLthe wildest rumors were afloat as to the num-ber killed. At first it was stated that fromfifteen to twenty-rive negroes had lost theirlives and that a large number were wounded.After thorough search by the coroner, as-sisted by other citizen, however, it wasfound that only six of the attacking partyhad been killed and five wounded. The twoyoung men who went down under the firstvolley were the only white men hurt.

There was a great deal of excitement intown and throughont this section durina theday, but to-night all is quiet. As a matter ofprecaution, however, the town is still guard-ed by a cordon of armed pickets, and all thewhit in it town are under arms, acting as

S~atement from Prominent Citizens ofThibodaux.

Tasehon&a, Nov. 2g.-Our labor troublehad about ceased when, on Tuesday after-noon, the people of this town were reliablyinformed that an attack would be made uponthe town during the night. To prevent anytrouble a strong guard of deputy sheriffs waspicketed at all approaches. At 7 a. m. twoof the guards, John J. Gorman and HenryMoldala, two of the most respectable andesteemed young men of our town, were shotf o ambush and perionsiy wounded. Twoof the iefuds rushed to their assistance,and whilethey were atte tinn to relievetheir wounded ocmrades,- hey were again

m ambush. s Luely they were i

-Afearsnstate of excitement arose and thesarmed dsof the town rushed to the

e mc.n They were again fired uponand te wre ned the fire by

ageners f.ussll winch was kept up untilS were sperse. ome six rioters

Shave. beeia killed and as manyone of the s of thetomrths arbve mentione.

r d to preserre theoo t are in perfect

hte; , aresguined frotnt e-' rite pa t overnor.

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ofine in Lafonrche were crowded with ne-

groes, eager and anxious to get out of thecountry. Trains bound for the Cresoent Citywere crowded with darkies.

The troops from New Orleans were receivedat the depot by a large number of the prom-inent citizens of Thibodaux, including theClay Knobloch Guards and the volunteers.There was not anegro to be seen in any di-rection.

The excitement has to a considerable ex-tent subsided, and the leaders of the rioters,it is generally understood, have quit thecountry. At least they have not been seensince the affair of Wednesday. The citizensare determined to preserve the peace andhave organized to that end.

It appears that the trouble leading on tothe riot of Wednesday commenced about tendays ago, when negroes fired on a white mannamed Theodule Baille, passing on the levee.Baille is a sugar boiler, and he was fired upona mile below town. There was some firingalso on Lewis Guion's sugar-house, in whichquite a number of white men were lodged.Several shots were fired at white laborers onthe Leighton plantation, and the overseerwas struck in the face by small shot, butfortunately not seriously injured. BetweenThibodaux and Houma hands under canesheds were fired upon.

Indeed things had got to such a point thatcitizens were afraid to go out on the publichighway, for fear of being

SHOT AT BY NEGROES

in ambush. The Sugar Planters' Associationof Lafourche appointed committee of fiveto wait on the five men who were suspectedof being the instigators of the shooting inLafourche, and notified them that their fol-lowers must preserve the peace. On thatnight shooting occurred at five differentsugarhouses in Lafourche, the parties beingin ambush, and on the succeeding night shotswere fired at three other sugarhouses.

The colored people, who had been movedaway from their respective plantations, andwho had taken refuge in the town of Thibodaux, were being harangued day and nightfor the purpose of inspiring them to deeds ofviolence. Some of the colored women madeopen threats against the people and the com-munity, declaring that they would destroyany house in the town. One could hardly goon the streets without seeing clusters of ne-groes at the different thoroughfares, indulg-ing in conversation that boded no good tothe peace and order of the community. Nota few of the negroes boasted that in case afight was made they were fully prepared forit. Reports were frequent to the effect thatJhe negn oes proposed to

MAKE AN ATTACK UPON THE TOWN,MAKE AN ATTACK UPON TIHE TOWN.and on Sunday morning it was reported inthe country that the negroes had assembledon St. Charles street and were thoroughlyarmed.

It was at this time that the whites saw thenecessityof organiza

tion for the protection

of their lives and property, and to meet anyemergency that migut possibly arise out ofthe present difficulties. Hence it was that inview of existing dangers the citizens of Thi-bodaux organized for the purpose of ma,n-taining peace and good order.

On Sunday at 3 p. m. a mass meeting wascalled and a patrol organized, with a view ofstopping lawlessness ant crime. A companyof volunteers was also organized to picketthe town. The pickets were located in everyportion of Thibodaux and kept up a nightlywatch.

The negroes were repeatedly warned byseveral of the prominent and influential citi-zensof the place that lawlessness at nightmust cease, and that good order must be re-stored and maihtained. During Sundaylarge bodies of mounted men were in waitingfor any emergency. On Monday the negroeswere insolent, sneering at the soldiers andcitizens alike, and proclaiming publicly thewhite people were afraid to fire on them, andthat, under any circumstances, the wereprepared. Monday night some unknownpersons went into Franklin's coffee-house,where there were some negroes playing cards.

THE NEGROES MADE AN ATTACKupon the whites, when fi.ing was commenced,resulting in the shooting of two negroes.Watson, one ofthenegroes, ran two squaresand died, and the uhier, Morris Page, wentto his home, painfuyy but not fatallywounded.

On Tuesdaymorning large crbwds of whitepeople, planters and others, from the sur.rounding i'euntry came into town armed,and with a eatermition to maintain peaceand order. Durin the day the two Coxbrothers, who were reported to be the lead-ers of the disturbing element. were arrestedand iailed, the people being evidently deter-mined to put an end to future trouble. To-ward evening the negroes appeared to havebeen subdued, and the people were led to be-lieve that the trouble was happily ended, andthat there would bd no further violence.

The night passed off quietly, but at 5 a. m.a guard of file men, at the intersection ofSt. Char'es street and the railroad, at thesouth end of the town, was fired upon by asquad of negroes in ambush. The woundedmen were J. J. Gorman and Henry Molaison.Gorman was shot in the left cheek with aslug. which took a downward tendency andpassed out through his mouth. When seenthis evening he was resting easy, but was notpermitted to speak. Mr MIolaison receivedfour shots in the right le;, only two ofwhich have thus far been a

ntracted. His

cost and pants were perforated in fourteendifferent places.

MR. M1OLAISON'S STATE-MENT.Relative to the shooting, Mr. Molaison

said, in an interview with a representative ofTaH T1,• F5.-DEMiOCRAT this evening: "I wasone of the pickets stationed at the terminusof St. Charles street. My watch was from12 until 6 a. m. We had quite a fire bujit,but none of us were near it at the time ofthe'shooting. Myself, GoTman, Anslett andGruneburg were fully 250 yards from thefire, discussing matters and things. when ashot was fired and Georman rolled over intothe ditch near by. Gorman was shot about5 a. m. I thought it was a pistol shot. Mr.Marouge aocompanied Mr. Gorman home.Both were gone about five minutes, when Itold Messrs. Anslett and Gruneburg to takemy place, as I wished to assist Mr. Gorma ,.I had gone about 200 yards from Anslettwhen I was shot down."

The shooters were in ambush in a cornfield situated about 100 yards from thepicket lines. Who they were is not known,except that they were negroes. Mr. Molaisonis doing well.

When the fact of the shooting was madeknown in Thibodaux the citizens organizedfor self-protection a company of volunteers,and the Clay Knobloch Guards immediatelyproceeded in the direction of the negroes'settlement and the former opened fire uponthe mob and searched their houses for armsand ammunition, and in about twenty min-utes closed the aflair, after having

CAPTURED A NUMBER OF 8HOToUNSloaded with slugs ai:dl buckshot. Six negroeswere killed outright and four have sincedied of their wounds.

The people of the town of Thibodaux andthe parish generally regret the necessitywhich brought about this bloody affair. In-deed they deeply deplore it, but neverthe-less feel that it as necessary to take imme-diate and vigowjs steps to eradicate an eglwhich threatened to destroy not only thepeace and good order, but the )ves andproperty of a whole community.

Lient. Gov. Clay Knobloclt udge TaylorBeatty Sheriff Thibodaux, CoL I. D. Mooreand others who- were seen express the deep-est regrets at the present condition oftaings, and hope for an early and satisfac-tory solution of existing complications.

th• planters whose places have been madethe ene of trouble thus far are as follows:C. iaard, Claudet Bros., Ernest Roger,the nuion place, David Calder's, OrangeGrove, Troselair & Robichaux, John '.Moore, Jr., and Peter Bergers.

THE MEMBERS OF THE LOU1ISTANA RIFLES,who arrived yesterday, are Capt. C. H. Ad-ams, First Lieutenant O. T. Maler, Sec-ond Lieutenant H. T. Uviatt, First SergeantL. J. Fellows, Seond Sergeant John Duffy,Third Sergeant Moses Corporals Beye andRolling and -,vte arBonnecaze, Auth, Re-naud, Fallen, Munroe, Blaise, Calhoun,Barba, MLongard, Viosea, Marks, Hart, WiI-bans. Hernandez, FaIogl May, Doewer,Au.er, Meyers, Viened, ihneerg and Bey-

noir.The following is the detachment from the

Washington Artillery: Sergeant Vauhan.E.O. Bla raH. Rhoderdom, Ashby, F'red.A. Rube, and Dan Kelly.

_As previously- stated, there was not a sin-negaro to be seen on the streets of Thibo-ux upoyn the arrIval of the troops. Very

little bumnweinwas being ttaneaaeled, and theburden 9f cosveisation had special bearingonthe riot ofyestetday mernlsg. For weeksthe rnegoes ht4 beena making every characterof threat, luking In out-of-the-way plscesa pd .tp innoeente and inoffensiveeities. -;Ti fron abroad were firedS.in thre fields and driven there-

rO ,n te was no possible guaranteefr the Ofeither lifeor property under

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evening there was a rumor to the effect thatthe negroes were massing on the Terrebonno,about a mile and a half from the city. Itwas further rumored that they were thor-oughly equipped, and an attack upon thecity was inlninent. A squad of citizens iu-mediately repaired to the scene of the thre at-ened danger, but the crowd had dispetrod.An attack upon the city is momentarily ex-pected, and citizens and soldhheu are alikeprepr,:l for ay e•i rriemcy that nma:. ere.A guard placed uponll the oitskilrt of thetown was tirld (1n last night by a n•egiLconcealed in a di:ch.

Negro W'omen (',ontlnt:e to atl.e Threat.',But No IFrther Trouble PI iobabli---'"he Cox Hrotihers Relea'aed Fromu Jail.

Tmir•notrx. Nov. 25.-Ti,-,ay Tihod:et:"

enjoyed a day of conmparative quimtt, and abetter ferli•g is existiii among al cla:. .There has been no relhxti ln, hr:w. ivr, ofthe vigilance of citizens and miltary for thepreservation of law and orcltr in ,:li< c,munity and pan ish. Throngmout the dayguards wi-re on the wa.ch, a•. the ,.:ietown and its outskirts wmre th,,ro•ughldy patrolled. Few negroes are to be se n, at-though no obd ction has been uiget :againmtthe presence here of those teaceably in-clined.

~lhis morning a representative of TazTIMES-DEMOCtEAT, with some Of the military,visited a number of the plantations in thevicinity of Thibodaux, with a view of asyer-taiting the exact condition of things in theselocalities. MIr. R. IT. Allen has one of thelargest plantations in Lafourche. It is situ-ated immediately in fr ont of the town andemploys about 300 laborers. Mr. Allen saidthe strike had coat him about

ONE-THIRD OF HIS CROP,and that the demoralization among hi .e-groes was so great that some of those-re-maining were rendered totally ubfit for duty.He doesn't blame the negroes so much as thewalking delegate, whose chief b:miness forthe past few months, he says, has been tcharangue and iil-adsise his less intelligentbrother. o

The splendid plantation of Mr. AndrewPrice, about t. mile and a half from the city,was also visited. Mr. Price said that he lostabout one-third of his sugar crop in conse-quence of the strike, but that there had beenno trouble on his place. The action of thenegroes, he said, was a surprise to him, es-pecially as he had made arrangements withhis hands for the grinding season. For twoweeks they had worked with seeming satis-faction and no complaints were made. Whenhe found that tns strike had actually beenordered and the laborer, had withdrawnfrom the fiends hie endeavored to arrive atsome amic able adjustment of exist:ng diifi-culties, whatever they might be. Time ne-groes, nevertheless. left the place.

Within the pat day or two the old handshave been quieldy returning, and wheneveraproposition to return was made in good fithMr. Price has never failed to acctpt it. i-ocharges all the recent misunderstandingsbetween the whites and blacks to negroschool teachers and barbers in the town ofThibodaux. These people, he says, are re-ally doing nothing but inspiring the igno-rant and hard-working negro element to law.lessness and strife.

A negro by the name of Lawless, who wasseen by the correspondent, rents severalacres of land from Mr. Price, and is workingtwenty-six hands on his own account. He isnot s striker, but, on the contrary, is work-ing faithfully and industriously. He makes$3000 worth of cane every rear, which hesells to Mr. Price. He deprecates the presentstrike, saying that there was no cause what.e er for it.

Felix Boyd and Mat. Brooks, two of the re-turned strikers o, Mr. Price's place, say thatthey were urged to a strike by the Knights ofLabor of Thibtodaux, of which they weremembers. The Knights insisted on the strike.promising six pounds of meat and a peck ofmeal to each striker while out of employ-mint. The first week they kept theirprom-ise, but after that time confessed their ina-bility to further provide for the strikers.

Mr. B. A. Wormald's Laurel Valley placewas also visited. His laborers were quietlyreturning with the promise of protection.The woods and cane thickets in the imnme.diate vicinity of Thibodaux are

FILLED wrrT FUrTIVE NEGROESwho have abandoned their homes in thetown. A number of volunteers out lookingfor bodies of ne-roes supposed to be killed inthe affair of Wednesday, report the negrowomen as still threatening the peace of thiscommunity.

The bodies of three dead negroes werefound this afternoon in a thicket on Mr. Al-len's Rienzi plantation, on the other side ofthe bayou. They had evidently been jhot inthe affray of Wednesday, and takink refugein the thicket died there without assistanceof any kind. The report of the coroner isianxiouslv awaited, and although prom-sed to-day had not "ap to a late hour this

evening been forthcoming.It is, however, understood that fully thirty

negroes have sacrificed their lives in the riotof Wednesday, although returns thus farhave not equaled that number. Quite anumber of darkies are accounted as missingbuit whether they have been killed or 'skippedthe country" is not known.

Yesterday morning Judge Taylor Beatt;i,received an anonymous communication fothe effect that his life was in ;eopard- JudgeBeattie has incurred the enmity ofthe ne-groes by the part he has taken in the presentaffair. In a conversation with a representa-tive of THE TInF.s-DsrocaaT yesterday thejudge stated that he .adeveral times beenwarned that the assassin was on the watchfor him and that his life was in his ownhands.

He further stated that he had exhaustedevery means within reason to bring the ne-gro to a sense of his real condition* that hehad advised him time and again to beware ofand avoid those who would plunge him intodifficulties with which he was wholly unableto cope; that he would afford him the largestprotection with respect both to life and prop-erty, but that when the shot of Mondaynight was fired there was nothing furtherleft for him to do save that of assisting thegood citizens in the preservation of law andorder. These peoples it was stated, had beenthe means of doing incmealculable damage inthe parish. Their attacks upon .he people,he said, was not only unwarran.,d, but pre-meditated and malicious, so that question ofthe

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-over the blacks or vice vera became the allabsorbing question.

Capt. Adams, of the Louisiana Rifles, prof-fered the servies of his force to protect thejail in case- Williams. one of the agitators.against whom there is much feeling, andwho surreunered to-day, was incarceratedtherein, but the sheriff, in consideration ofthe fact that there was no legal justificationfor his arrest, concluded to avoid the re-sponsibility of holding him.

On all the plantations, as far as heard fromthe laborers are returning to the fields, andexpress themselves as ready and willing toresume work.

At noon yesterday some shooting from am-bush by negroes was repos6d about twomiles from town, on the other side of thebayou. The attack, iris stated, was made onrecently imported lacorers, none of whomwere injured. A detachment of the militaryvisited the scene of the shooting, but conuldascertain nothing beyond what is statedabove.

A rumor was afloat to-day that there wasabout to be an uprising of the colored peo lein Terrebonno parish, brought about by thesame causes as those which produced theriot in this place. The white people, how-ever, are fully prepared for any attack thatmay be made in that parish.

Messrs. Gorman and Molaieon, who wereinjured in the affair of Wednesday, arerapidlyon the mend. The Louisiana Riflesand a detachment of the Washington Artil-lery are stationed at the courthouse, but atnight are picketed on the suburbs of thetown.

Gov. McEnery, who it was thought, wouldbe here today was telegraphed by Lieut.Gov, Knoblo. h that his presence atthis time was unnecessary, peace being tos'reat extent rgetored. About 8:30 o'clockto-night the notorious Cox brothers were dis-missed from the jail and led out Jo BayouLafourcho where they swam the stiam andmade their escape in the thicket beyond.

A Patrol Established at Houma.Ho~wna, Nov. 2.--The Vhibodaux riot has

created some excitement here, and measureshave been taken by the authorities to pre-vent a similar outbreak in Houma. Thetown is patroled every night by specialguards, and the utmost vigilance is exercisedby the citizens. Vague rumors are heard onthe streets of threatened violence and incen-diarism on thepart M5 the negroes, putthesereceive only the measure of considerationthat they deserve. The prevailinm feeling isthat no outbreak.will occur, but it is tborghtbest to be provided against any contingencythat may arise. A negro from the countrywas reported as tin to purchase a quan-tity of ammunition this morning, and wasiipmediately notified by Mayor Smith to leavetown.

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ment of eit co:sive hair falitg••hiaother cseo catl rt with a oortainty heor evenr atsi.u di for it. It was becomingitcreasred blief that dots were subtsome unknown d:acsor which causeiess to human teinaE. Cases of thishad .been r-u•ght •rlbthin his view, andinduced him to give a good deal of l•tn'to the subject.

In one insta'ie, Mr. Wheeler said. atleman--an artiat--bhad aIrie blackdog whose coat had seddenly becomein fact almost white, and it was beingin such large quantities that he could nothad in the house witlnut everything.'tsouched being covered with hairs. Thistleman had a bea!r ttfnl head of hair whefrsr spoke about the 'log, bunt uhen heagain the next year he was quite baldialrso said the femitla ert'ant thatthe dog had lust nearly the wholehair.

For himself; he was convinced thatcontinnous electrio current was theactive and efficient hair etimutiantof theIt was a remedy of great therapeuticwheo used as an aocessory to otherede t.

Primarles Called In Lincoln Perii,;RuSTON, Nov. 22.-The Parish Demi

Executive Committee met here to-dayall the wards represented, as follows: A.Taylor, chairman, ward 1: J. P. Colproaie for A. H. Colvin, ward 2: Dr. J..Robinson, ward 3: Amos Davis, wardJudge E. M. Graham, proxie for J. S.ward 5: 0. A. Heard, wards 6 and 7.

Mr. Davis moved to elect one delegate f-each pollue jury ward direct to theConvent.n.

Judge Graham offered an amendmenteach ward to elect delegates by primTtion to the parish convention, andvention to elect six delegatee to thiConvention. Colvin, Graham andvoted yea, Davis and Robinson nam.i.nendment was adopted, and Dec. 15

selected for primaries and Dec. 19 ft-parish convention. t

Having Their Coffins Mssd.

Dr. Henry Hiller and wife, ofMass., do not like the idea of theirbeing consigned when dead to theowooden cotus, and are havingfor them two ponderous caskets 'ahogany. which they hope may'beto endure for untold ages. Mrs.says the common Jooden ofito pie.es forty-eight hours afterearth receives them. The Hillers$10,000 on their new coffins, wbeauties of mechanical and artlt -Each casket consists-of two parts, or i'words, each body will have two cofinsininner coffin is composed of mahogany,air-tight by being completely envcopper. It rests within the outsideon two elegant brass supports, whichsent the big paws of a lion.

It is on the outside casket, howeverthe most lavish expenditure has beenThis is of mahogany also, the intei1iolned with copper the mountings ofter being noticeably ine. Everytains a group of figures, and it is-hatbeauties of the carver's art are madeeut. Everyfigure is carefully andmade, and stands out in bold andrelief. Each panel anzi'ts figures munprovided weeks of labor. To enumsymbols and figures which the artistparted with a living flourish to the rof the dead would be to rehearseof all the familiar reproductions ofmate and inanimate in decorativelion rampant here, there a fierce-griffin, birds of every species. fishes•plants, trees, the bow and arrow, ete,in central positions are seen Floraandcherubs blowing trumpets, tna '"harps, Apollo vth his lyre, upitthunderbolts, Neptune with his tridThe caskets have been constructedHiller's house. He says he has been$50, 00 by a prominent showman tothem,

Massage.The art of massage is of great an

There are always some kind folktake the time and trouble to searchdown into the annals of the past andmit to us the facts they there find rOn the questiou of massage, those whtraced out its history tells us that thiswas p'aeticed in very early timesChinese, and that the Greeks andalso resorte4 to its aid, evidences ofappear in the literature of those twocountries.

This ancient art has been revived,present day, on the Continent and inca, as well as in England and is beingextensively practiced. I have •poktmassage as a a)ec!anical mode ofment-and so it is: but those who usto perform it ought to have someknowledge concerning their work asfinker-dexterity, The masseuse hasherself acquainted with the itthe function of the tissues and mwhich she is clled upon to opeorattherefore some study of books on thisthe subject is required. Then therenecessary dexterous manipulationsquired: there particular movements tibe learned from actual demonstranothing but patient practice willmanual dexterity needful toprocess.

The general term of massage ineeral kinds of manipulations; thesedesignated by French names. One•fis known as Egfeiuraue; this consist•istroking the pars under treatmell&?stroking increases in stre gth, andnates in a firn rubbing of the skinpalm of the hand. Under the effecttreatment, hardness and dryness

give way to softness, and the effect _soothing.

Another form of treatment isrissage. This process c sists inand kneading and rolling 'hecles; a form of massage brougnhoases where the patient is Oeprifrmity or accident from takingcise. The advocates of massagethe use of p~trissage also soot.,vigorates the overtired and fatilg tethose who have gone through an, -amount of physical exertion.

Tc amtmenatl s a rapid meehanmeat used as a stimulus for roaction organs which are inclineddormant.

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tiy; performed i4 a rapid

wse' et formed ints ,arnty apa