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S ECHO.NOV. 2. 1876.fiTH. Acklen for Garland forI die come of only irt 6 r (he Stale at iniie DiBtaee) for we sent tho follow-t of the Itt-.oeralie d received the fol»iinir.ee, N. 0. iarb t'ongresrional e.-iilen(inl Kloodirn. nt large, Htnl the J. W. BRYAN, the Prelt;ilt;leoial L W. PATTON.ted.)voter of ihe dom ilh Senatorial I)i«-rolumna of your s pr eoeil.ngB that i Sa'urday Ihe 2Slhidiog tnyrelf, for-tarbecue, at Luko acral inritatinn to ab, without regard party affiliation;, s to give expression ouruge all unrogis-ivpendcl to mir call gly gratifying, '.nd iou.-Iy until shortly idenon, the radical from tbia District, lib the negroes, in mm to town from t close around him, lifky they desired,nd r.any acceptedrcre so drunk that incnt, and went so , Anderson around ttruck .Mr. Smith, u row a glass tumbler Ir. T. C. Anderson i, apparently in a if myself and many had accomplished ' rnl-ing a genera!11 the ■whites, and , so as to prey upon ic for political plir-hctnrning B'.csl s0 of 'he parish ol pari-hca in 1S74-dgmcnt of our go .id rthcr disturbance, inricd uegroes. mid g tbemaelves. The mil tho negro Skb-W. W. SMART.r*.Oct, 2», 1870. f Calcasieu 1’. Lewis, tgp from Mr. E ■. wo the under-1 statement. As toxiftttctl, we do re, l»ul the ma-t soy that Mr Tho uoxt moru-oil of Mr. IIuu-;hey referred for ags whilst here,); he was iutoxi-ated to him that i he made upon . He expressed very much. But [euonncing Mr. cally assert that Idress to the as-[ of both ladies in these words: poor fellow, was kou, 1 hope so,y challenges any ico him in it. If ■e to Sugar Town his teeth, and if ion acknowledge ) rates, liars andk we are aasum-n is due us ; bnt, ir opinion freely0 not been por-whom, it comes challenge ; oon-b it is a duty we reminds ns of a iplo to make thiswo not to have Jicnge ? Doubt-1 have heard the dy, of their own u for it in luu-us goine to vote r I can’t, ease ho ro dut court andwant me in hell, and try to send methere.”We will now leavo you to consider as you please, and ff Mr. Lewis Wants any more from the Undersigned, let him apply in person, and I expect he can he accommodated. Respectfully,T. K. HlNOLCT'iS,III E. StNMLETOji,J. W. Lanier.James M. Hanchey, •Tmis Z. Matthew,T. J. Iw™.f tEOKUK T FIT EREVAN,N. T. Nolks.The fallowing dispatch necessitates my revoking my appointment of f' nr polls, to wit: Old Toll Bridge, Delimt Deronen’s store, Ben. Whitman’s, John lie’s. .This leaves seventeen polling places, ns advertised TnAD Mayo,Suprcvia.r of Registration Calcanea (parish, La.New Obieas; Nov. 1st IS,# Thad. Mayo, Supervisor.Reduce tofcvo.. leen petls or less if necccsary. as 1 cannot supply more hLuikj.- T'O late.PETEK WILLIAMS.Chelf Clerk Registrar of votornrTO THE VOTERSOFG'ALCALSIEU PARISH.As there is a report being circulated in this parish for tbe purpose or injuring mo politically in this campaign, to the elicet that I was seen in a drinking saloon taking a drink with one Arnold Smith, a colored man, I unhesitatingly pronounco tbe same n willful, malicious and infamuus Lin, as will be scon by the certificate below. ASA RYAN.tVo tho undersigned proprietors of the different bar rooms in this lown, hearing (hat a report is being eircu.ai.id through tho counlry that Mr. A«» Ryan, me of the candidates f.r Clerk in this piiri.n was seen drinking at the bur wi h ono Arnold Smith, a nozro, we ’ate this method of pronouncing the fume lalse and trithuii any foundation whatev#-.SAM. KINDER,J. A. KINi'EH.AMKDE FARQUE, JOHN DILLON, by JOHN HARLOW,0. HALL.To ihe People of Calcasieu.We itve informed that ft malicious rumor is b-ing circulated in your parish, to the effect that we were intoxicated at Sugar Town, and that E. 1'. Lewis h.nl publicly denounced Benjamin It. Uautt in offensive terms.We pronounce the rumor or stnte-tnent to l*e false and malicious in every pnrticnlar, and eLallengeany individual who was present on that oiva-sinn. to face us with such a charge. Dr. Myers ami Mr. Hanchev, who entertained us that night and were with ns during the entire day. and until we left the next day, will certainly disabuse fair minded tuen of such malicious falsehoods. We hope our friends and the people of Calcasieu will boar in mind that we live fur iiwsy ami that it is impossible for us to me-it and disprove such slanderous charges before the election, and we warn our friends against any other falsehoods that may be circulated to our detriment. Their authors may safely calculate that our absence will place it out of our power to contradict them iu time to defeat tho object, and wo rcspis'tluly ask u simple hearing bc-fore judgment is passed upon injurious rumors, which are in variably put in circulation against candidates a few da vs before the election.The necessity of canvassing St. Landry will prevent onr going again to Calcasieu. nml we submit that, as no one was bold enough to face us, while there, with such maliciously false accusations, he who circulates them in our absence and out of our roach, is a base and cowardly slanderer.Respectfully submitted.E. T. LEWIS.LAURENT DUPRE.THE RETREAT.Oct. 23,1876.Hon. J. W. Bryan,Editor Lake Charles Echo :I write to encourage and urge you on in vour noble efforts in the cause of democracy, and to congratulate yon and tho democracy of vour Senatorial District on tbe satisfactory adjustment of your Senatorial troubles, which I have uo doubt will result in tho election of one of your purest, best and most talented men, iu tho person of Henry L. Garland, to tho Senate, and in the overthrow of that arch traitor to his race, Thomas 0. Anderson, who was a leading and influential member of the lie-turning Board, who so shamefully overthrew the legally elected State government, and placed in its stead the fraud known aa tho Kel-logg usurpation. Mr. Editor, I have uo language to express my anxiety for the success of our national and State ticket. It seems to mo that all that we have that is worth living for politically, is involved in this groat struggle. Our political rights have boon denied us, our constitutional privilegestrampled under foot, our property taxed beyond onr capacity of endurance, even to confiscation, and for what are we thus taxed? To enrich scalawags, carpet-baggers and thieves in office, and out of office. This thing must stop, nr wo will be mined financially, and degraded politically. And how can it be stopped? Only by a change of rulers. If we are in favor of retrenchment and reform we must vote for Tilden and Hendricks, Nicbolls and Wiltz. If they are elected we may expect to have equal laws, nud privileges, and eveu-handed justice meted out to all. But if defeated, we may expect a continuation ol the most corrupt, tyrannical and thieving government on earth. Then stir up the boys; tell them to remember that Muj. Hardy Coward, Ilees Perkins, Sr., Henry Moss, Michael Neal, John Henderson, Jacob Ryan, Sr., and others, traveled from the west side of the Calcasieu to Opelousas, in 1828, to vote for Andrew Jackson for President of the United States, there being no precinct nearer for them to vote at. Tell them to remember that those noble patriots now sleep in patriotic graves in the midst of their parish, and will they, their descendants, 48 years later, refuse or neglect to lose one day to go to the polls aud vote al what I regard the most important election ever held iu America? Sir, I roted for Jackson in 1823 myself, and have voted the democratic ticket without a scratch or n blur from that I day to tbis, and I assure you that I have never seen an election in which I thought the South had more at stake than the present. It is very natnral that I should feel au abiding iuterost in tbe success of the democracy of Calcasieu. I was married there more than 4-5 yearB ago; have a daughter and kind mother sleeping in her soil, have many devoted relatives and friends both dead and living there, whose memories I will ever cherish with reverence and undying respect. I have always watched her elections with the deepest iu-terest, and rejoiced over her successes.In conclusion, permit mo to say ono word for my parish, Yeiuon. We are determined she shall be as slie always has been, since her formation, the Bauuer Democratic parish in the State. We ought to poll about 750 votes. If wo do, we will give the national nud State ticket at least 700 majority. Kellogg received more votes than auy other radical ever did in this parish, aud he only received 27, aud I feel sure neither of their tickets will get half that number this year.My dear sir, I know mv time is nearly up, but still I pray to live to see Louisiana, my adopted State, rescued from the grasp of vampires, blood-suckers, adventurers and thieves, aud to see tbe reins of government, both national and State, placed iu ihe hnnds of able aud efficient patriots and statesmen, who will administer the government with an eye single to tbe best interests of tbe people.I remain your very bumble servant and fellow-domocrat, John II. Smart.INFORMATION FOR THE REPUBLICAN.Messrs. R. L. Lucket, W. H. Pipes and Geo. A. Kelley, beiug a special committee to investigate tbe affairs of the Bayou Bieuf and Crocodile Navigation Co., reported to the Legislature last winter that they Imd “ discovered the startling fact that the best and most liberal estimates do not figure tbe entire work performed, up to the present date, at more than eight thousand five hnndred ($8,500) dollars,” but “ that E. Gantt, the tho Superintendent of said Bnmf and Crocodile Navigation Co., places tbe total amount of expenditures up to Jan. 1st, 1876, al $73,560. The Committee say further : “ Now to explain these large expenditures a statement is placed before your committee, and strange to say, not a single voucher has been produced to substantiate tbe correctness of said statement. With bnt few exceptions no namos are mentioned as to the parties to whom the several payments were made, and tho dates of said payments aro entirely ignored iu the statement furuiauod your com-
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