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J ta t irculton of Atny Country Paper in Ihe State. Rates of Subscription. One Year.....--- ------........... Six Months.......- .......... No subscriPtion t.aken for leas than months. AT. eNO HA TS Arrival and Departure of Maisn. NEW ORLEANS. ARRIVYE: IDEPART : Tuesday 4 P. 3. Monday 9 A. 1. Friday 4 P. M. T'hursday 9. M.. BSaturday 8 P. M. Thllnrday 4 .. m. Sunday 4 P. M. Saturday 9 .. M1. SHREVEPORT. ARRIVE: DEPART Every day cxc(ept Every day except Monday, 9 . m. . Saturdav 9 A. I. TEXAS. ARRIVE: DEPIAR'r : Tnesday 6 A. 3!. Thursday 1 .A. '. Friday 6 A. M. Monday , .. M. WINNFIELD. ARRIVE : DEPART: Thouaday 6 r M. VWedneaeday 6 A. M. Friday 6 P. M. Saturday 6 .. M. MINDI)EN. ARRIVE : DEPART : Taueday 6 r. 1. . Wednesdaiay 6 A. M. Friday 6 P. M. Saturdlay 6 A. M. MIs. MI. A. BURKE, P. M. Special Notice.-Cavil Brav. Esq.. of Vernon parish, is the duly aluthorized agent for the VINSICATOU in Vernon par ish, and all contracts madel by him will be fully ratified and carried out by us. E. F. Pressley and .1. 11. Caldwell, are our agents for Saline. Dr. S. AI. Po t, !f nDeSoto paryih, is the regular authorized trarelling Agent for the Vindicator. SPECIAL NOTICE. No Judicial adrertisemfent will be insertetd in tlhis paper hereafter, un less the Atltorney becomes security for the adrertising bill, which must be paid on FIRST INSERTION, or they will be discontinued. PARISH AND CITY NEWS. shod - - liqu LOCAL GLEANINGS. lice tw The Catholic Ladies of the Aid Society, tow sha are requested to meet at Mrs. M. II. Car- doll ver's on Snoday next, after High Mass- larl Old Cane still climbs the bank, and if imi the Bart Able don t come in next trip, we mm will interview her. V Fine lot wagons at reduced prices furin at McCook & Bro. lice The late heavy rains were, so we learn, Jol "11 general, and considerable damage J. ] has been done. We trust no serious re- Sil ualt will accrue. Loi Go to McCook & Bro. for planta- Dr. Da tion supplies, &c. A. Mrs. R. E. Burke, at the Postoffice, has Jo a large number of the latest noveletts Le which are going cheap. If you want Jo -choice reading call early. Dr. &A B. Connelly, that genial gentle man from Montgomery, was with us on dt Monday, and we were happy to have a shake of his honest hand. Come again pl doctor, and often. Li Rev. T. J. Hough, presiding minister hi at this place, has gone to Shreveport to W assist Mr. Daves in a religions revival. I This is the picnic season, when the ai young men string roses in their hat bands to draw attention from the cus tard pie on the seats of their pants. a ci 054 PLOWS, different styales arnd 4 make at McCook & Bnro. 01 Candidates are most positively assured that nothing rinked nothing gained, and ri that the only way to let people know you are in want of honors ir the shape of g oflee, is to come out in the paper. C QUERY: '"Why will men smoke com rn mon tobacco, when they can buy Mar- n burg Bros. '&al of North Carolina,' at I the same price I" Fob 9 '78-Iy. I Reeves, the man who killed Wasbburn in this parish last month, was captured t in Winn Parish by deputy sheriff Hart- I man and lodged in jail, at this place, on Baturday last. One of the most convenient articles for home is the Patent Shade, owned and sold exclusively by McCook & Bro. CaIll I and see it. Mrs. 3. A. McKenna, from what we learn, is keeping a first-class boarding house and giving great satisfaction to the local as well as the traveling public gr Wtable is supplied with all the deli a" of the season, while the rooms and accomniodations are first-class. Nor TOO LATr-A small lot genuine Cheathem's cotton seed for sale by Mc Cook &, Baro Our railroad people are but little re *ovpd in genuine happiness fronm the yoeman of this section.. That e000 ,'oO"hoped" as all up "right ahavp,"'-Tbe grading goes on bravely in t1alia, and we are slowly but surely s" tar wy to Shreveport. Ron. W. A. Strong, was with us for a hl eai c..Moonay last, and his host Of'ft"d greeted him with every ex JSdl s otfyenuine pleasure. Willie is eatyonag man, and Natobitoehes parish s well as the VINDcATrOR, feel justly Spreoad e soii. [tESTmr WHITES, SOW PIOS FOR 1) bmreed purpoaes. Ap ply to ri:~-l 8Jo J. C. TSRICHELL. -t .cCgpt.Ib . COdi, o of our most pop lgamerchants, returned with his family hem New Orleans on Tuesday -last. Capt Caspati was a delegate to the Coavbiltib of the irder 6f B'nai B'rith. Wy urs e eped to record his robust ealthb. Xakehowi~. I ; ppy by buying a family :'ightfp e~ l ·mLb and scrub broom 1 t a i g e I ~ a B r o . The steamer Texas, as well as the Pool T1 era generally place the VINDICATOR Uln- Amol der many obligations for files of city pa- inertnei pers, as also does the Assumption. The tn 11un "boys" are all our friends and as a whole tIhe phII cnrrent they are too good to discriminate he ties, a tween, so we lumnp our thanks to all the gest the offices both Indlependent t and Poolers, stretlgt tinlnlintg .di. Inrgiie. langoti n namolig 19 1- SACKS Texas Rust Proof Oats which Sjust receivedl at McCook & Bro. and o and fI C('Tos will suller a great deal now from then, v too much rain. Cotton, they tell us, is of the I I~blott somewhat retarded by the late cool nights whicho and is afllicted with*"sore shin" and "lice." myriatll Corn, however, is as tine as ever grew ; is avow giving promise of an ahbiundant yield. to le 11 inullen Our District Court assembles on Mon- exteins day,Junne 3d. The business of the term lbeen 1 Illedicii will not, so we understiand, be great. In ned criminal matters the work is surprising ly sumall wheni compared to former conrts This is owing entirely to the julry system, tNitct aided by an uprighlt Judge and ait fearless, during staatllh able l)istrict Attorney. which i New 01 A fall line of all grade goods at ire- cos,,,,trn duced prices at McCook & Bro. and W cure a 1 Mr. Smith, proprietor of the Caldwell etrectet run of Herald, droppedl in upon us tduring the hiiurs week, and we were greatly pleasedil to at io form his acquaintance Mr. Smith re- our ports his parish as pecnniarially and liopi a (politically solhd. Crops are looking cougre promlisinlg, whllile overy bdly favors a t.ered t vigorous pQlicy andi a Constitultional ticiliti three I Convention. privat over 4 PERsoNAL..-Our city Ipeople were much the pa pileasedl to greet Messrs. Jos. Henry, H. '" 11. linatborn, B. Rushing, L. Chopin, W. and II .Zen ha B. Butler and J. N. Armstrong, who vis- that ti itedl us during thie week. These gentle- Ill la - ment report their respective sectionls hard i-tnpe ditlica pf at work with assurances of a handsome will h el retiutri for their Ilalbor. ias The ilependent ste:amboats force shlops: tactor tfreighlts down to 10 cents per bale for would re cotton, but not one of them go to Wash- Plow machi -ington in the interest of thie people of 'rIe ledl river, as Captain Jos. Aiken lid, PiR: and secure al approprianttiln to imuprove f it i the navigation of our river and to se_ ia m cure us high water rates the year m 'mrund. liThat's the dlifference between vial a iaexh the Pooler and the indlependent. Oats. be Mc Cook & Bro. is still receiving at ' )e full line of all styles of goods at low- P sa ty er prices and to snit thle times. part We would (conlnend to the careful at- been or telntio oif those interested the following lag ws ing extract from the revised statutes- Nncee " Sec. 910 :-"Whoever shall keep a grog Goe g. shop or tipplitng shop, or retail spirituous arepT I a' Pmealt Sliquors without previously obtaining a $5 to tueni license therefor front the Police Jnury, Crop town or city authorities, on conviction few, shall be fined not less than one hundredl ecti ar- dollars nor more than five hundred dlol- per'i and, lars and in defatult of payment shall be ally I if imprisoned not less than fifteen days nor talsb we mnore tlhan four months." aud isli, W H. Tunnard, Clerk District Court, Toa es furnishes the following list of marriage to e licenses, since our last report: in, John Best to Sarah Wyatt. age J. D. Hyams " A. E. Gaienuio. re- Silas Anderson " Elizabeth Slaughter. Louis O. Perot " Ant. N. Christopher. BE] ta- Dr. Penn Crait " Mrs. V. E. Terrett. David Allen " Fabby Allen. A. L. Metoyer " Heloise T. Gaiennie. has Jonn Neeley " Frances E. Pouncey. Levi Willis " Mima Robertson. Er 'ant John Buck " Malinda Stewart. ba atle- Buggies and Wagons for sale at re- cal s on duce prices at McCook & Bro. fa ve a Mr. Moses, the eminent New Orleans sht gain photographist, came up on the Bonnie mi Lee Tuesday last. Mr. Moses combines 50 ister business with pleasure on his visit and ho t to will be pleased to meet all his old and fte I. new friends at LAcosTE's HaLL where he mr the and onur yong friend Jimmy Moise will I' hat take the best pictures ever before execu- se ted in this city. All the conveniences of so cn8 a city photographer and as gcod pictures can Ieow be secured, and we hope all of tli anl our citizens will supply themselves. so THE MAILS.-We were pleased to meet eured Dr. RLH. Peterson, mail contractor, du- ti and ring the week and he assures us of a - now great and beneficial change in the mail i5 pe of echedule. From this date we will re- g ceive our mails from Shreveport in 26 b com hours until July let next, when the daily " Mar- mail ceases and it becomes a try-weekly* t ,' at Dr. Peterson, in common with all com- il ly. plains of the roads and we believe his e ,burn complaintjust. Our efforts must be ex etured tended to securing good roads, and ac nart- continuance of the daly service to e, on Shreveport. c Your local observed H. C. Myers hold- t lee for ing a levee on the corner of Front and < 1 and Horn streets, tle day of his arrival. He 1 CIhll seemed the centre of attraction and was the recipient of many egelal greetings at we from those whom we consider honorable arding gentlemen. The moral of thisis obvious, on to and it teaches a lesson, bow good, we u bblic. leave time to judge The lesson is in deli this wise: If you desire that social re isand cognition which a great many honest young men, by integrity and labor have failed to achieve, steal the sacred funds ennine of a school treasury and you secure the yy Mc- boon. Seriously, this hand shaking with felons may be a matter of pleasure with f tle re- some, but the public regard it as bad i the taste, to say the least. . TThat RAN S@ronM-On Saturday and Sun "right day last our vicinity was visited by one rely in of the heaviest rain storms of the season. surelyy The electric display, on Sunday night particularly, was as great as it was us for sublime. The scintillation was so rapid i isboth as to almost render the distinction be 17 ex- tween flashes impossible,' while the at. illie is mospbere was completely and fully p parish charged. The editor, returning home at j jstly 81 p. m., felt the shocks perceptibly while he was effected by electricity as if IFOR nader the inflnence of a weak battery. Violent and sudden headaches were com plained of by scores of our citizens. The atppop- rain' fell in torrents during the whole family night, while the wind was strong. Since laast. then, we have had daily showers and a to the warm atmeesphere. BBrith. It was announced some time ago that robust a patron saint of the newspaper press had been selected; but a coontry editor in fefmily forms us that "hie patrons rin't forward broom ing their subscriptions any more prompt b o than formerlgy. The Antecedents of Disease. from dh Among the antecedenuts of disease are th p~otism inertness in the circulation of the blood, degrada Ali unnattuarlly att;"nuatted condition of As lons the phiysiilul* ijudiieting that the life stained, cnrrent is deflic'i'ent ill nutritive proel"'- sati; hi ties, a wanll., haggard lock, inability to di- the mid ge-st tlhe food, 14s5 o'f appel'ti'te, sleep and111 willing strength, an1ti a senIsation otf ono at oral nj4'ilg i langour. All thlese may he regarded , cri Ingil amolng the indicia of approaching lisnS.e inv th which will evelntually attack tilhe systeml We and overwhelh it, if it is not hituli, lip I tint: wl :andl fortittll ill adlvalce. Inligorate, of K'i thenl, witlhout loss (of tillme, llakieg clhoice dlalgerl of the greatest vitalizing agent extanIt, private Hostetter's Stomach littlers, an elixirl' ''111hose1' which lhas given health andll vigor to his cow, mllyriads of the sick antd debilitaltedtl, whichlli a str is avouclllhed by physiCianlls 311and anylysts to deat to he pure as well as effeti've, which is Fedel immelnllsely popular in this colntlry, a11nd our pe( extensively usedl abroadl, :and wlhich has despolt, 1een for years past one of tile leadlillng fronll ti medlicinal staples of America. MIay 4- It redlerIl day, w Our Town and Parish. rey her, thl Natchitoches is a town of aloult 4')0O inllhali- our pet tatis, situlated ioi CIane river, a stllrealm navigable alidin during thel willnter seaselon by the largest class hef ste'allmlboats, an11d within four Iuilrs of leld River, th ' which is navigahle during the i entire Year. The Whlite New Orleans Pacific Rlaillroad, now in coull'rse of the "''e: construlction, will pass within ten nliles, South Prey 4and West of us : efforts Ilave been made to se- 4 altned (cre a tap roald which we are certain will be ade etifected. At present we are witlhin 4(1 hours had st ruln of New Orleans, per steamlielllr, and within Is even hours of Shreveport, where railroadl colllni- the fo , caltion is open to all Western and Northern the iniarkel s. t~~ Onur towu has three churchles, Catllolic Epis- trillil hopal and Methlodist, (the latter in course of teled colnstrluction), attenlded by large andl growing vatisn rco\l'"egatiInl. hile leecn(erens churches of thb i same4' dlenominationls allel tie IlBltist, lre scat- blatal! , tsredl throughoutocl the parirsh, afforlding reli'rio n .ludinl I tflilities as good as ill any sectionll. Wli have CLe, three hlandsome school ullildlings, and nulnmerloul its n private and publiC schools in the town, whilst ence over 40 public schools were. sustained dnrillng H 3 tihe past year in Ihe parish, through the public servat scholol funlldl kite. Pulllic educatioln is attracting great atrentiol!, "el and ldurillng tile elle year which'll thle native citi Zn11 has h:ad control of thele it has been shown into t - that thle implllortance of a goeod conlnlon school they ' Seducation is not to be overlooked. Soanle troll- little ble has beenI had in scuringll the servicesf of fie tl einpetellt illnstructors. bult in a short timelll' all a dlithiulties no110w alttendinIg our pulblic schools atgain will he overcomeI' tlll'" Natchitoches has over 40 stores and business Such llhouses, bleacksmitll shops, andl wagon andl cart Iel 'e shops;l while there 1is a great demand for manle11111 lfactorie's none llave yet sprulng tp. A Feundry' State 11 weeoell pay we'll lere, as also welldll wagon atltd the w f plow factories, cotton, and wool nmills, planing wed machine's etc. than )f 'Ihe towen aend parish are growing some inth Spopulation, alndl reeunperating trom the long rulle idicoc: ' of (the (lrpet-bagger anld ignlorant Ilnegro; as in No e f. ct tlhe State and thle whole South. The pelpl- dtone lation of tilhe palrish is abollt 21(.00. while there Denu e is ample rooml for ten times that number -not l ore thlan one-truthl of the areablle land beillg in Repr cullivatiton. Thle soil aroun0d this town is all111 had ( n' vial alnd as rich as any in tile a orld, while it 1is State inexhanstablee. Farmers raise Cotton, Corn, a for Oats. Sugarl Cane. IRice (highlind) Grasses, To' a for le accee; anil our climate moakes this seclion con indi' genial for thie yield of grains of all kinds. As lchel v- stock counlllltry tis is unuarpassed. Our win- nd ters are Imildl, never beginuing before the early C part of Decembler. and rarely continuing late'r C. tha:n the last of Febrnary. dMuch Rttention hlas crati it- been given,. witllhin the last two years, to the im- hen1 provilng andll rearing o' cattle. holulses. sheep a1n der r ng Ihogs. alld witllin a shorlt timll tllhs sectiol will - snecessfullyv colmpete with anyll in the Unioll & .n thým og Giod land canl be had for from #2 to $2) per days acre. The prl'i(ce leing regulated by inIprOVe,- paCl us melts. location &c. lounse rent inl town Ifrom a #5 to #2e peer molntlh. Good. ceemfortable tenle- ture .enent Iloluses rent readily for $11 per molnlth. Wht I Crrops arel cultivated on the share system, very and on few paying wages. had As a honle fr an agricultural population tis ell section has few to equal it. certainly Inone sn ll11 I 1- perior, and all sulch would meet with a hearty pro[ and generous welcome. We desire. and especi- poll! be ally invite mechanics, agriculturists and cape to d talists from the North to come among us, "to or obey the laws. forget all prejudlices. work hard" port anld to aid us in building lIp our town and par- TI ish, and bringing prosperity within our gates barn Irt To all suIch we say. coao ! We have the IernES il ge to exchallge for your brain and muscle. trod _ge All Our New Orleans Letters. and - tiand tisn Number One. He ter. - pre er. BEING PREFATORY TO A CANDID CoL b. STATEMENT OF TIHE POLITICAL con SITUATION* san nie. -"le ey. NEw ORLEANS, Mlay 22, 187S. wo EDITOR OF VINDICATOR: No, Noting with great pleasure the una- up bated zeal with which your paper advo- Jan re- cates the right, regardless of what is the falsely called "popular condemnation," me but which is really the roar of the "ring- tal 3ans sters," It has occurred to me that you th( anie might like to place before your readers as 501 1ome account of matters and things po- da; litical in this great city, as well as of int how a majority of us city folk think and Co and fedl in relation thereto. You know we col e he are on the eve of the opening of a new to will political campaign, the political horizon foi is not a very pleasant one, and a little an ecu- self-exahnination may not be had for the ad a s of soul. There is mud in our own political th ures pool, the people generally cannot see to tih the bottom, but the spectacles of expla- th 11 of nation and discussion may aid them TI somlewhat. if meet In order to better understanding, it is fa well to take something of a retrospec- of du- tire view. There is an old latinl roverb pt o of a -erperienfia docet but I anm eintirely sat m ail isfied that there are mllly very intelli i re- gent people aho arc incapable of being taught by experience. With such, the 4 in 26 bitterest experience means silnply- pl daily "well, may be things will turn out better ci ekly. this time." a oin- tAbnother reason for retrospection is that com- itmay arouse us' to efforts to openour o i e his eyes and see ourselves as others see us. Ii e e x- Self.satisfaction is a dangerous thing in mnd a individuals, and fully as dangerous in a commonities of men. li :e to I do not propose to go further back on b our political track than the fourteenth of September, 1874. For years previous to hold- that day we had been struggling in all a and orlinary vays against usurpation, des- 6 He potism atid spoliation. Day and night the brains of men were busied in dens was ing "peacefilr' and ILlegal" means of stings deliverance from the oppression that was r arable on them. I worked freely with my fel vious, low-citizens, but I always told them that there was bht one remedy for force, and i,, we that remedy was force. Warmotbium i is in and Kellogism meant simply brute force, al re- and that exercised by unnittigated brutes, and to talh of overcoming It by 1 bonest "leg~al' means, or through the majesty of 1 have the ballot box was mere twaddle. This fnfds conclusion had long been reached by re the others than myself, and it forced itsef on the minds of so many at last that on g with the fourteenth of September, 1874, it with found open expression in crmed revolt s badd and the easy overthrow of the cowardly miscreants who had so long lorded it over us. No man could have watched El Sun- our long agony more closely or with more of Interest than I did, and through y one out all it was as plain as the nose on a season. man's face, that the whole strength of night the enemy lay not by any means in him w was self. On the contrary, he had always rapid powerful allies .from the ranks of our own people-let, from the "money pow 1n be- er," (the banks, brokers, insurance com ;he at. panies, &o., that deal in every species of fflly evidetceeofpnblic indebtedness, good, bad and indifferent.) 2nd, the so-called 'me at "conservative element" in politics-the pptibly element that knows not what it is to be g aasif actuated by stern principle, that mocks attey. principle in other men, and hsat believes in always accepting the half loaf, even e com- if they have to fill the hollow space in i. The their bellies with husks. whole I say that these combined classes of men were worse than a dead weight Since around the neck of the people at large. and a Their onatural timidity had its baleful infinence over others, and their active dealing in any and every description of go that paper issned from State or City, by the tesaad thieves in office, imparted strength to rtoriin the enemy that they could not otherwise rward- have hoped for. Of course, there were exceptions to the rule I have idi rompt- ated, but they only served to illustrate what stern virtue is, afld to keep hope from dying ill the breasts of othltet.. mned ; The most appalling feature in the des- argue di potism that was on its, was tlhe utter sio-caller dlegradation uand corruplltion of theli Ienchi. the othe As long as the ernine of justice is in- again t stained, I argue that civilized society is Hayes c sat; but when it beconles draggledg in ernors tlhe mire of politics, judges being the ann, wh willing tools of despots, anid lawyers would r liei1g with eachi other in fawning and fledged cringiug betotre these judtlges, then, well Were uu:nyt the heart of 181 sink within hitn. tion. It We had reached this revolting condi- Inountent tion when the hitherto unhroken sn:ece" was irri itf Kellogg imiltilled himn to the uuo-t tul ilis: dlangerous of steps-tie seizre ot our fort conl private arms. This was the lIast straw. is not a 'Thlose whom he had coime to regard as sequent Ihis cowardilly serfs, rose in their Iuightl sihle to alil st ragleled Ihis so-ealledt governmuellt I thu to death in an hour. sligltes Federal bayonets then overpowered that if our people uand replaced the form of the had bee dlespot, but its soul was annihilated, andl the Sta front that day umust he dated Louisiana's biildin redemrption. Without the act of that out thi day, we should have coutinued in slavery. such cc Previous to the fourteenth of Septem- of the her, then, there hadl been two divisions of both GI our people. 1st, the peace party, the law- olligat abiding party, ( when there was no law!) ana in the "Conservative element." 2indl, the ation. White League, the party of resistance treneie the "extremists." the mn Previous to the fourteenth, the first pullers inamed element manaiged to control, and But i had steadily run on to worse, without to a ci even an occasional ripple of good. On ing thl the fourteenth, the Star of "Cotserva- of the tismi'- so-calledt - paled, and resistance "Extre triumphed. But federal blyonets glis- foregoi P tened o'er the field, andto-called "conser- The vatism" again reared its head, and it. beeni a . blatantly asserted itselt up to, and in- and co scliuding the Baton Rouge Convention, when 1 where it ev ni demanded a recognition of der wi its iname in the ensuing campaign der; a Hence, the cognomen-t"Democratic Con- lic cre servative party-the heavy tail to our tasinin kite. cs of W'ell, under this name the people went deadly Sinto the struggle at the ballot box, and muine o I they won. T'o my mind, a name was of accept f little consequience; the struggle was one the a1 Sof freetdom against despotism, of virtue the "C s against cornruption, of property against 14th o thieves, of civilization against barbarism. The SSuch were really the issues, and when thing. t men tell me the white people of this peace, y State would not have sticceeted without must I1 I the word "Conservatisr 'attached to the credit gw ord Democratic, I tel them it is worse tor at n than a poor comupliument to the race- it is pI prin . idiocy.e ne in No, the fourteenth of Septenmber had toil I l done two great things; it had secured a nally, t Democratic majority in the House of oppos in Represenltatives at Washlington, and it Yor i had consolidated the white people of this isianis is State, andl our success at the polls was better Sa foregone conclusion. But there were "extr u individuals-demogogues and selfish only Ssc ,hemers--who had their axes to grind, caller I and they kept up such a noise about folly P; "Conservatislm" as to frighten our Demo as cratic managers from their propriety; i- hence, the long and rediculone title un 'll der which our hIanner was raised. out We won the fight, but Wells. Anderson & Co., would not aldmit it, and the early oelr days of Jamnuary, 1877, found Nicholls and of ;Packard, with their respective legisla- of t6 1 tures, each claiming to govern the State. from th. Where now were the "Conservatives" lette ry and the "Extremists f" What relation his had they to each other, and to the exist- New isu ing status? I mean the leaders, or more man rte properly the managers. - The fight at the disci ci- polls had been won, but who was going the I ;' to do the work of winning the more Im .A' portant fight before us ? ar- The situation was plain. Packard had the es barricaded himnself inside the Statehouse, vati lE8 filled with armed men, and he had the best troops of the United States to back him. All the wiles and arts, the "peaceful" derv and "legal" ways of so-called "Conserva- off; tism." could avail nothing against him, He had even filled the room of the Su- err preme Cot rt, (his right arm, under the "vil ,ID Constitution) with armed men. We tai_ could easily inaugurate Nicholle, but we must lop off Packard's right arm at the and same tite Could we do it "peacefully," tiw "legally ?" Not a bit of it. Could, or i. would so-called "Conservatism" do it? 1itH No, it was not in their line. How then? This was work for "extremists," for the ina- "White League;" and on the 9th day of Ivo- January, 1877, they did the work well; t is they established the Nicholls govern n", ment at the point of the bayonet. Es- 1 LD88 tabliehted it, did I say ? Yes, but not so Col you thoroughly, not beyond all cavil or care, the iers as they could and would have done that pot po- day, if so-called "Conservatism" had not ool s of interfered again just as the Supreme Dii and Court was taken. The military men in ' we control knew that all they had to do was new to open one embrasure on the Packard ool iOz fortress and demand instant surrender, to ittle and surrender it would be; and they so for the advised the civil authorities under whom ste tical they were acting; but the "Conserve- an te to tives," so-called, were at work again, and pla- the lalfloaf was advised and accepted. eem The idea was that Grant would be mad mu if we troubled Packard, and then "all the de it is fat would be in the fire;" so they called tpec- off the troops and inaugurated a cam- fe verb paign of so-called diplomacy. We had set- cut off Packard's rightarm-the Supreme elli- Court-and Grant had not lifted a tinger .eing -'had not even growled; but terrible re- hi ,the sults at Grant's hbnds might follow if we hi ly'- plied up some cotton bales in Ex-' es etter change Alley, and pointed a gun at Pack- - thtard's belly! athrt Wonderful fatuity! Fetal lack of po e our litical eagacity!-in Grant's utter si e ng. lence on the subject of seizing the Sn us in preme Court through force of arms, the u "extremists" argued Grant's entire wil- I ek n liUgness that Packard should fall. He ek on had never said more than that his troops ihhof should interpose to stop actual conflict, asall and to the military mind there was no des- more danger of contlict in taking the den- State House than in taking the Supreme ievis- Court. This was a logical conclusion. ns of Has it ever been supported by subsequent revelations! Yes; a gentleman of bigh t was standing here, was informed by one of iy fel- Packard's chief legislltors- a Louisiana etat an nann-that for three drys subsequent to the seizure of the Supreme Court, they ftbioc hourly expected the demand for surren- I force, der, and that they would surely have itated surrendered at any time in fifteen min 't by utes. After that, as they found us fcr Thy of bargain, instead of fight, of course, they, is determnd to hold on. ed by dtr itseef This will be marked by the future his hat on torian as a most important epoch in the 74, it history of our long struggle against the reolt curse of Radicalism. It was the supreme rardly moment of the crisis through which we ded it were passing; it was not availed of; the atched councils of so-celled "Conservatism" with prevailed; we passed from the manly po rough- sition of snecessful aggression against te on a fiagralit wrong-aegresston that com gt oof manded the applause of outside commu nhim- nities-and we lapsed into the low chan allway nel of huckstering high and undying of our principles for a half loaf of bread. o But even after all this, another oppor e coe- tunity presented itself for our complete taleeoof redemption. On the night of the 3rd of od,bad March, our civil authorities received an -called authoritative dispatch from Washington, ,s-the that they could go on and take Packard's -s to State House without fear of Federal mo mocks lestation. They did not do it, for "Con eli lie servative" reasons. Subsequent accounts f eeen from Washington told us that Grant's in, evn tst question on the morning of the 4th, was whether Nicholls had full possession sees of of Louisiana-that is, whether he had weight squelched Packard completely-and he tllare.e was surprised when answered in the b ateful h aotwas the peculiar political states ttoiv ofat that particular mqpent? Why. clear by the by, that Grant was more than willing to ngth to retire from offce having the Louisiana hgrise question settled, and that Hayes would herre have given his eye teeth to come into of hersod- lice with no Louisiana uestion to settle. lustrateA happier disposition o things, for both ep hope te parties, could not have been imug ind; ordnlinary political sagacity would argue directly for it; but one branch of so-calitd "Conservatmhln" could not, and the other branch would not see it, and again the half leaf policy prevailed Hayes came into otffice to findl two Gov ernors antd two Legislatures in Louisi ana, when, goodl Methodist as he is, he would rather have encountered two full fltedged devils in the White House. Were I at all predisposedl to supersti tion. I think I should at this particular Snoment htave concluled that Louisiana was irrevocably ipredesltinedtl to discord and dlisapp!initment, anItu that bunian ef fort could do nothing ifoir her; but there is niot a trace of slluperstition in me, con- OV se(u1ently I inevitably hold matt respon sible to himself I think it may le asserted without the slightest fear of sucessful (contradiction, that if the counsels of the "Extremists' had been adopted on the 9th of January, the state lHouse. like the Supreme Court building, would have been taken with out the firing of a gun. Also, that if such counsel had been taken on the night of the 3d of March, we should have put both Grant anti Hayes under everlasting L obligations to us, and have had Louisi ana in pretty good condition for recuper ation. But this would have been "ex tremeism," and that did not chime with the maclhinations of the private wire pullers. But it is time this letter was drawing to a close, and I will finish it by direct ing the readers attention to a definition of the two terms "Conservative" and "Extremist," as it is forced on us by the foregoing relation of facts. The Louisiana "Conservative" has been always for peace when there was and could be no peace, always for law in when there was no law; always for or- to f der when there was and could be no or- fu der; always for preservation of the pub - lie credit when by tdealing in, and sus r taining spurious and fraudulent eviden ces of indebtedness he was striking it a t deadly blow; always for the compro I miie of fundamental principles and the f acceptance of the half loaf, never for e the assertion of anything. Such was e the "Conservative" before and after the t 14th of September; such is he to-day. i. The "Extremist" has asserted every a thing. He asserted that there must be s peace, that there nlust.be law, that there t must be order, that there must be public e credit, through fair dealing with credi e tor and tax-payer, that fundamental s principles must he sustained, and that he never would divide the loaf of honest d toil with thieves and plunderers. Fi a nally, he took up arms and wiped out all f opposition to his assertions. it Your readers can answer whether Lou is isiana would to day have been worse or is better off under the management of the re "extremists." I say "extremism" is the ih only genuine Conservatism, and the so d, called "Conservatism" of the time is it folly or worse. o- AMICUS CURVE. n- Republlean Tricks. D1 Donaldsonville Chief. '1y ad "Hou-" Robert Johnson, a member la- of the late House of Representatives te. from Terrebonne parish. opened a on letter that was entrusted to him in otU New Orleans for delivery to a gentle ,re man in Terrebonne. The trick was he discovered, and Mr. Johnson shuns ng the public eye as much as possible. m- Mr. Johnson, if he desires to retain ad the confidence of the great conser se, vative and republican masses had he best brazen out his crime. Tom An ul" derson stole a State and they let him o- off; why should Mr. Johnson be con 3m: demned for opening a letter Such the "villification" of Johnson will cor We tainly "disturb the peace of the State the and injure our farming interests." ly," "What Louisiana wants is rest." Po 'sit litical agitators will take notice ! sn I - - - - - t Our Special Wonder. ell; (Morehouse Clarion.] We desire to know of the Caroll t so Conservative and Madison Journal are, their opinion as to the probable sop rhat port the Democratic-Conservative not nominee for Congress from . the 5th :me District will obtain in the parishes an which they represent, and whether or kard not the river Democrats are prepared Ider, to again "swap off" their eandidate ty so for Congress for magistrates and con hom stables, as was done when McCranie trva- and Morey were running. aend And the Carroll Conservative pre mad sumes to lecture other journals on I the democracy, and talk of its 25 year's cam- fealty to party. Bah! had reme A Utica doctor is about to run a tele i~k6 phone from his offiee to the residences of if we his patients: Death is being made easier Ex-w every year.-Wilkes barre Times. IMW ADVERTISEMENTS. Hi PHOTOGRAPHY! 1846 Established in 1848 B, & C. MOSES, Of New Orleans. JAMES C. MOISE, Of Natchitoches. WILL OPEN IN NATCHITOCHIES I W LMay 15th 1878, at the LACOSTE 5 HALL. We are prepared to take at exceedingly 2( low prices, Ambrotypdl, Gems, Ferrotypes, Poroelaintypes, rvorytypes, Photogr ahse, Chromo Photographs, Microscopic do. Life Sue, do, 1 S In every style of the art. B We guarutee our work equal in execa- 1 B tion and $ihh to the best Photographic - s Establishment in the United States. 1 SApril 27'78-tf. SHENR A. WALUSLEY, S(Successor to M. H. CARVER.) - DEALER IN SDBY GOODS, ;e GROCERIES, n BARDWARE, SSHOES, BOOTS, ta CLOTHING, S. CROCKERBYWARE, &C., &O., id Also a general line of Plantation sad ie Family supplies. he May 4, 1878. as NOTICE. to Having sold out my entire stock to s HENRY A. WALMSL Y, son of C. L id Walmeley Esq., Ibeg to solicit my old of. friends and customers to extend to him le. a share of the patronage hitherto so ith liberally bestowed uaon me H, dAVE UNPRECEDENTEOD "NE"W RRVOLI triges. A &`138WI 1ITIft1TIOPIjj $50 For a OVER HALF A MILION DIITRIBUTED. of Cat where. tore, Bob ORGD LOUISIANA STATE LatesetC styles, re Lion, sen LOTTIRY ICOMPANYGi PI1ANO to close and Seco class ni prices tli of Instri tere' so This Illustrat Institution WATER was regularly in- Dealers, corporated by the Leg- Geneal i islature of the State for Edu- premiun cational and Charitable purposes, 1 in 18608, with a Capital of $1,000,000, 1 to which it has since added a reserve 1. fund of$350,000. ITS GRAND 81N- Kirkpat GLE NUMBER DRAWINGS will tes wan take place monthly. It ser er scales or postpones. Look at the follow. olists re ing Distribu- or or r tions: per for r ~PIA1'~O Beatty't e tiful in Rivals succesfi ea few now ne SGRAND PROMENADE CONCERT prew e Sano $1: ii WAR 1 it during which will take place ready, It iugton. 11 THE SEXTRAORDINARY D ie . R Me Dea e SEMI-ANNUAL valuab is find th. believe now & 111fil B1tiS per was it ,es jectior ons pl -:)AT(:- tgere le- 1y. II ns NEW ORLEANS, stimni ins oomfo Benso kin highs er- TUESDAY JUNE 11, 1878, b ad has t plasta Dn jim Under the Personal Supervision and GRJ oe ach MANAGEMENT G oRj or ito --- ** GR~ Po Ge. 6. T. BRA UREGARD, of Louisiana. GR -ANrD- GB roll Ge. JBAL A. EARLY, G real Of Vslrinia. o0p rive For 5th ble shee . - ole ir or invi ared sow late coa- Iapital Prize, o' ble pro- AAAes~ bros 10000000. oido ear's bor for san tele :es of ~asier NOTICLE FPe * Tickets are $10 Only ; DA Halves, *5; Fifths, *2; Tenths, $1. WI Fr 1848 - - LIST OF PSIZES, 1 Capital Prize of $100,000. .. .$100,000 1 Grand Prize of 50,000.... 50000 I Grand Prize of 20,000 .. 20,000 9 Large Prize' of 10,000.... 20,000 4 Large Prizes of 5,000.... 20,000 CHES 20 Prizes of 1,000.... 20,000 i :OSTE 50 " 50.... 25,000 1 0T " 300 - 30,000 PI dingly 200 200.... 40,000 600 " 10.... 60,000 Ia 10,000 " i0....100,000 APPROIXIATION PRIZES, i 100 ApproemetioS Primes of .0 100 do. do. 10..0,0 exece- 100 do. do. 75... 7,500 raphio -- - is. 11079 Prizes, amoanting to......- 5 kam. 6. t. HI UIlElI, 6f Ieuisau. I Cii. JUDAL A. :1111!, f iriaIIus. Write for Ciroularufr sent ordir to M. A. DAUPHIN, ~I'RIN, P. O. Bs eGN, New Orleans, L5. & O., ion sad REGULAR MONTHLY ktoo DRAWING of C. JIly 9th. I to him CLASS gO-CAPITAL PRIZE *8w0, ieto a Whole Tickets, P.00; Halves, 51.00. rE ! * May 2-.... NEW ADVERTISEIEN'f1S. REVOLVER FRE e*wih , triges. Address, J. 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M:lant t1rer 11 a1'. Dealers, 40 East 14th St New Yoik. AI Geneal Agents for Sroningers (JClebratei premium Organs. 21 l1 Soldiers and Witluwse:s altI-t\ get Pensions by writini 1 to .11 Kirkpatric, Cambridge, Ohio. ,Ilagit ira tes wanted as agents. ' Another battle on h igh llI prices War with iniop- 11 olists renewed See Beatty's latest Nwshia per for full reply sent fIue. 1Before hui in, PIANO or ORG ýN read my latest circnlar Beatty's celebrated Pianos & Organ, bled ii tiful instruments! Challenge cimnarison ' Rivals are jealous of lay slleces. ! .l\tt succesful house in America! (coniniunid a few years ago without a dollar. sal-"s Snow nearly $2.000,000 annuually. L.iw-.t prices ever given, elegont hIosewiool 11 ano $135, 16i stop Church Organs. '11 ;, WAR tremendous bargains now \\' .\i ready, Address Daniel F. B1atty. Wall iagton.'New Jersey. VEGETINE, DOCTOR'S REPORT. H. R. 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For which money is used interchaeper ble at par with Gold and Silver, in a ad fiolent quantity as to promote industry, invite immigration, and develop the re sourees of the country, is what the CININNATI ENQUIRER Claims is the only remedy for the ills brongat upon the couotry by Legislation and Laws, enacted for the bectfit of a Monied Class, and the oppression of' La bor and Industry. Government Credit esstains our Bonds for the benefit of the wealthy, let the same Credit SUTSTAIN GREENBACKS For the beneft of the People who sistain the Government. SDAILY ENQUIRER, per year : $12 00 i, $1. WEEKLY ENQUIRER " : 1 15 Free of postage. Agents wanted, Send for specimen colpes. FARANA IcLEAN, Publishers, Feb 23-3mo Cincinnati, Ohio. 50,000 TAX NOTICE. 20,000 STATE TAX COLLECTOR'S OFFIcE, ( 200,000 Natchitoches, March 28th, 17s8. . 20,000 'THE jpublio are hereby notitied that 1 25000 Lam now prepared to collect State and 30,000 Parish Taxes and Licenses now due. 40,000 The following discounts are allowed by 60,000 law on taxes paid during 100,000 April 3 per cent on Tax Bill May 2 " " Junel " " L. N. LANE. M 8, Kareh 30*tf State Tax Collector. '10,000 FROM HER ASHES. 7,500 The Phunix has put on new life and now caesters for publie favors. J Warren Suddath j has taken charge and DAN now dispenses the ohoiesst ALBRALNDIES, **T WHISKIES, LIQUORS, C1GARS, k&c. In LICH ST. LOUIS BEER ON DRAFT. 4 Dea't forget, ye thirsty, the PIi(ENIX on St. Denis Stteet. Feb. 24.y1 Mt. A. Durnn, L Phyiacian and Surgeon G ~eagomery, La. .I. U. DBumITER, -dealer in ,a~c. OBOORRIES P8OMr BrSFt33, Natchiitecles, La,