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CUJNN'ýýINJl GII.diid, ATTORNEY' -T LA II. St. Denis Street, Natehilocl.hes, La. WUILL practice in the Court, ;t Naichitochr. I VVabine, Desoto atid Red River arndl in the Supreme Court ofthe State. Wm. II. Jac]., tSncreMaor to .JACK & PIi.aos) Attorney and C'ouWelohr at Law NATCHITOCHES, LA. VILLpractice in thue (Courty of Xatehitnche. SYlblu,. DeSoto, Rest River, Winn, R ipideN, rant,an. d in tlhe Supremie coir of thr h .-Claimsn promptily attendedl to. April 2s 1577. Wm M£. Levy, ATThRXEU AT L.I f. (Has Resumed the Praetiie of his Proft -esioo.) WILL practice ii the Parish and District Courts of Natchlitochles and Red River Supreme Court of Louisiana. United statets ile trictand Circuit Court oft LUnisiiint , I. d1. ;ourt of Claims at Washington. Q" Office in the Lacosie Ihuiilingi (I'p Stairs.) ,] NATCHIITOCHES, LA. May 2t6, IS` J H . CUNNINGHAM, $ttornty & Qounuti or at raw, St. Denis Street, Natchitoches, : : : : La. W ILL give prompt and perstonal at Steutiot to all blusilness 1ent rused to his care Practices in the I)strict and Parish Coorts in tihe Parishes of Natchitoches, Red River, I.eSotsinadl $abihil, aw4l Ietfore the Supreme Court mat Monroe andt New Orleans. .Jn 5 -l. JORIr B. ROBERTSO.V, (Late of New Orleanas,) ATTORNEY & COUNSELOR AT LAW COUSHIA'TT1'A. BED RIVERT PARISH. LOiSIA XNA. Will practice in Conshalltttla, Natchito ethe, Manatield, Many, and in every part otNorth.west Louisiana. Special atten Stion given to Land cases and Successions. Jane 9th, 1877-tf. C.CHAPLIN. C. F. I)RANOEaT. T. P. ('IIAPLIN CtPLL, DRANGUET & CHAPLIN, S Attorneys at aIcw. NATCHITOCIIES, LA. PRACTICE in the District Courts of Natchitoches, Sabine, DeSoto and Red River and in the Supremen Court of the State. March 2-ly. DJA.'L. £. SCARBOROUJElA, ATTORIEY IN FACT. W ILL practice in the District and SParish Courts of Natehitoches, Winn, Sabine and Grant. Af beusiness intrusted to his care wVill receive prompllt attention. Office with W. H. Jack Esl., Second Street, Corner Trdenu x, Natchlitoches. La. Dep.'1. { J N. B. TUCKER, Attorney and Counsellor at brn, OFFICE St. Deail Sreet, - Naitchitoches, La. W ILL practice in the District and Par ish Cotrrtn of Natchitoches, Sabuiuo Dndto and Red River, and the nSuprernme Ooars of the State. All mainewas nutrusted to his care will reoeive prompt attenution. Apr 13-ly Business Cards. J. C. Trio~hel, -DEALER IN DRY GOQD, ,gOGERLES, HARD. WARE, ROOTS and SHOES, HATS, ETC. Hlgbest cash prtx praid for Cotton and Couonry Produce. «t, WASHlNGTON, ST., NATCHITOCHES AI A. h. 3LLA DU) N. H. CAIPI3ILt ¾' ~~ii ~d &t Camphell, 0I, , :. GROCERIES, RARDWARE, Andylaora blrelancisu * Vruw PRO;? k LAVATKim~g'Stroet, :i 'h N~ztcfitochee, La. _ ffje4B1T ah prtce pae.1 fr cotton and T ti~uuyprodnce In aroW' meroahmlise. web 9S -ly. t;4LMMLEY & C;5 *: -1~( - AlP- ! 1Wj1 con w 11ICIIANTS. Vex P@ ACTIu t NUI81 "EOUR IiAIT .`.~C ui '~i *9 ciftn lEZT sT., )khIVc~* Tj. 41W.Or~e& us. 23~~ji ·~~ ~~!i 'S'st6i~·1 I I iteeI lalll'lll l S. CAI In the most gcenial h.tlm:u ever'I usedtl by - sufferers froan pulmonary diseases. It is compotn4lof hert: )luSr'uct, whicll have a sei'citlc etrit on We tlihroat andI lungs; detaches fironu the air rlle all ir ritating matter; (:luses it to be expecto rated, and a;tonce ch(ceh. the intiammation which prodlucen the nusn'g. A dingle doseo C relleves tho most distreoinfl paroxyum, soothes nervonsneset, an t enables the suf. fet to enjoy quimet res.t at night. ehing a pliduant cordial:. it tones the weak stom ahand is epvcially recommenuded for chlren. What othcers say about Tatt's .Expectorant. Had Asthma Thirty Years. BIt aLTIMon FebIrunry3,1, 1RK. "I have had Ations tiriv years, ari.l aecrioud a medicine that had such a haipyv Ot t t." W. F. iOGAN, C"arles St. A Child's Idea of Merit. Nov OuE.\Nss, 'ooremc r nl, r . "Tutt's Expertorant is a fLntlah r name in my houc. My wile thinks it the best medicine in the wor t, and the children syv it is 'rniVr il:'t nml te. candy."' NOAH WOODWARLD, 101 N. Poydras St. "Six, and all Croupv." "Iam the mother of six childr ni; allo them have been croupy. Without Tutt's Elpectiratnt, I don't think they could have survived some ofl the attacks. It is a mother's blessin g." MARY STEVENS, Frankfort, Ky. A Doctor's Advice. *Inmy practice, I adviseal atii'stokeepTu's SExpectorant, in sudden emergencies, for cougl. , croup, diphtheria, etc." T. P. ELLIS, M.D., Newark, N. J. 5old by all druggists. Price $1.00. O1ire 35 Murray Street, NY w York. 11 It "THE TREE IS KOWN BY ITS FRUIT." "Tutt'sPills are worth their w hlt in gnli." * REV. I. R. SIMPSON, Louisville, Ky. "Tutt's Pillsre ar "blecsing of the nine. teenthcentury."-REV. F. R. OSGOOD, New York. " I have used Tutt's oils or torpor of the liver. They are superior to any medicine for b:liary dis orders ever n:ui." I. P. CARR, Attorney at Law, Augusta, Ga. "I have used Tuft's Y eTs fa years in miy familvy. They are unequaled f orcostiveness and liiouse sii." t F. R. WILSON, Georgetown, Texas. *I have used Tutt'i Siedicinewith grcat hbnt f." W. W. MANN, Editor Mobile Register. "We sell fifty, bos Ifutt's Pills to five of all others."--SAYRE & CO., Cartereville, Ga. S "Tultt's Pills have oily to be trial to establish their merits. Theynrork like magic." W. H. BARRON, Summer St., Boston. " There is no medirine sowell ada:pted to the cure "of bilious di'orders :us Tutt's Pills." JOS. BRUMMEL, Richmond, Virginia. AND. A EI Id MORE. Bold by daggitata. 25 cents a bor. Ofice 85 Alfurrrsy Stret, New Yorkc. tf STUT'tSHAIRDYE ZNDORSED. HIGH TESTIMONY. FRO'f TIF P1('IFIt' JOIRY 1L. "'A CREA;9 INVENTIQN has bhcen md Iy H'Ijr. f of w nYork, S whlch re'tores youthful iheauty t t he hair. That eminent em lsrist has succee.led in producing a flair I)e which Imitates nature to per' a n. 1bt Ia h lor; may now r tule'. Price It.( , "31 ri 3ftnrray St., 3e0 1>1<:. 5:;. by oil druUDgie. 11~ ra lr ."rr1 'r -' S. 'r E A Mystery Solved. The Greatest Medical Triumph of Modern Timesi 1fth Al ysterious Channel of Disease Discovered, arlid a Certain Cure Prori ted. 77Te Stomach, Lirecrr and( Bowel, i the Centre ol' t Disease. PIllUSVS I11I( lIll .PM , The Great Anti-Billionus Remedy and Minsmatic Dissolver. PARSON'S i PURG-AT'rIVE PILLS f t Arc tho result of lon .continred Scien tific investigation, an' are Warrantfd to cure all diseases originating in the Stomach, Liver, and Bowels. No grip in pains tfllow the use of these Pills, ' unless tlhe Bowels are inflamed; but Re lief, Inmediate Relief, iI y he relied I upon. As a Common Fa oily Physic PAR I 'S PUIIG A TIE PILLSI Stand unequaled Ifoire the world to-day. By varying the W me according to direc tions, Parsons' Pnrgative Pills effectually Purify the Blool and greatly alleviate, if not entirely cure Dyspepsia, Scrofula or King's Bvil, Rose. Erysipelus or St. Anthbony' 'ire, Ernptionus, and Eruiyive Dieases of the 8kin, Salt Rbenm. Tet le't, R Bgwornu, Sores, Boils, Tumore, e Morbi 8wellings, Uleorations, Pimples 1 and Blotches. /VERY BOX WARRANTED. Most .Col.plete Satisfactioa Guaranteed or No Pay. 4 Full directions' around 'each box. e Physclians supplied by mnall,, P -paid, a for $250 per thousand, in bul aah in advance. We will send these Pills to any relibhte druggist or percbant to sell on commissaion. Agents wanted every- t where. tAL pH4 A it IU3 IAI , ?roprie r k. ..Jt~i e'i3.· ý .: 3 The Bald-Headed Tyrant. Oh lite t lnitest home on earth had I, No thlouglit of nrouh*e, no hint of care Sike a dr'amll of pleasure the days tled by. And Peace had folded her pinions there. tInt one day there joined in our lousehohl r Landl1( A ha lit-lheIaded tyrant from No-inuan's land. Ol! tlie despot (.inec in the dead of night, And no one ventured to ask him why Lik slaves we t eilcnied before his might, " ItiI'- hearts stioodl still when we heard him or i', ver at siul could his jower with staod That. hald -head' d tyrant from No-miatn's Iand. 11 ,l' ordered il, here and lie sent us there IThough ni ver ai word could hit s small lips With hiis toothliless guis and his vacant .1nd1his helnesslimbs, so frail and weak: , rh " rides themi all with relentless hand, lPhis hal-lhaaded tyrant from No-nman's hBALL'S BLUFF. flow the Federal Forces Were Defeat ed There and Driven Overthe Bluff. 1. A. Shot well, a Confederate of tice, inll the 'PhiladelphiaiTimes, gives the following account of the defeat of the Union troops at Ball's Blufif, and thei death of their gallant commander, Col. Baker, of California: Qpl. Eppa Hunton, of the Eighth Virginia, having~deployed his men along it little ridge, advanced and engaged the Federals a few minutees after 1 p. m. Sharp musketry firing ensued and continued during the next two hours. Here was the fatal mistake of tihe day on the Federal ºside. In the long range duello the Confederates had all the advantage. I So Ithin was their line that nearly every man could have the shelter of a tree or stump; whereas, their own shots could hardly miss the dense line of hine coats. Thie Virginians and Mis sippians being accustomed to tile ritle, miost of them old hunters, rare ly missed their man. Climbing into the lops of trees, creeping through. the tall grass, or concealed in the gullies, they plied their weapons with murderous havoc, especially among the Federal otticers. It was very ; poor management to allow this to go I ont. Had Baker ordered a couple of reginments to sweep the woods he *onld have cleared his path of all these death-stinging homnets, and marched into Leesburg. The Fede I ral position at this time was upon the plateau of the bluff, some 600 yards in front of the rliver, where I there was a cleared hfield of ten or twelve acneres, with 'a shallow ravine, or hollow, running through the mid ille of it. The artillery was planted to sweep this clearing in front, while the flanks were measurably protected I by a series of steepl) hills and rocky I ravines, all overgrown with scrubby, stunted pines. By 4 p. mi. the last of the Federal troops had crossed and were drawn up into horse-shoe shape, with the point of the shoe fronting the ten acre cleared lot, six hundred yards from the river blutf. But the loss in otfti I cers h11d greatly crippled the effec tireness of the force. Lieut. Col. .Wistar, of the First California, had been killed, and his regiolent much shattered. Furthermore, the Con federates had been memnforced by the remainder of the Seventeer thi MIi5 sissippi, perhaps six hundred 11141 kets, and time Eighteenth Mississippi was within one mile, advancing rap idly. Per contra, the Virginin regi. I ment had exhausted its ammunition, and no one knew where the wagon trains could be found; war was a new a business at that date. Men could be seen crawling about, searching the boxes of thme dead or horrowing car I tridges of their comrades--to get one c mtoi'o shot. Col. Hunton dispatclled his adjutant to say to General Evans: a "My powder is out; what shall Ie do f" "Fix hayonets amid run 'emI into the river!" quoth "Old shanks" ( (his regular armny sobriquet)', who I had just taken a liquid reinforceerent, I eq( oueat to 10,000 men. It was tinir some decisive nieasure, for Col. Baker had ordered his riglit wing to advanag and Aaubthe little ridge wisenee 0gme rel buletB. Fortunately'kor the onfederates, at the moment this amovement began, I there was heard the pattering foot- I steps and jilnging canteens of the I Eighteenth MisMesippi, double-qiuiek- * ing through the brush; then a wild, terror-striking yell ; then the eimal- t taneons erash of 1100 muskets, each I hurling its leadeni contents along tiem 1federal left and center. The effect .1 was electric. The roar of this mud- 1I ' deu, blinding, rakihg volley was like 1 I the crack of doom. to the already de- I mnoralized Federals, moost of whom I were under fre for the first tine, A 9 strange report ran Along the line. at that Gen. Joe Johnston, withI0,000 fresh men, had jest arrived. Col. Hiker himself, remarked to aWir id I that le had seen Johnstoir, mnounted a on a white horse, ridinjg hi advince I of his troops, beckorimg with 'hiis ' hand. for tlem to advance. Baker, * - Cil. Cogewell, - Major Harvey amd I others were at the time working the r battery, wlhich had been deserted by I all save one or two offceres-it being I plalnly exposed to' the deaidly fl'Iof the concealed sharp-shooters, 'thie ' rifled 6-poonder could tiot be used, . I Seeing that the crisis was eome-ti Confederates assonming the offetipitf I and closing upon him fropi three , sides, wh~it 1e riter Mt. hi. back Ge, Baker, whose only fawlt was inexperience, torned to tls. (Niyneset saRthe lres feeble khpe. "Csshliwg( to I the ueafrS'bwttatioo, bpealing to 44 the~ir Stqte ld ·ot*(Teled entre~atedi $i Bis voie;'o nl oas crac evetn in the Confederate ranks, urging A imtploring his men to charge and save the day and themselves. Thuns inci ted they began to move, but with thalnt weak, wavering irresolution-a " suro precursor of failure. Baiker gal loped to lead them, but was instantly ti dismiounted, the volley which slew his superb steed wounding him also. But without pansing he gallantly 1 rushed forwam d and was at the head of his mene-tlhe place for a brave h ,General to die, if tall he must-when a beardless youth emptied live bar. a rels of his revolver into him at twen ty paces, Four of the balls took ef feet, the first passing throngh his brain! At this mioinent the diostile lines i were within a stone's throw, and both i advancing. The Federals, seeing the P - fall of their leader, halted. Some 9 soldiers seized Baker's body and ran 5 with it rearward. This started the S t rest, and a general retreat took place, 'i though several brave fellows moved tl Sso slowly that haud-to-hanud fights P raged along the whole line during the cil next ten minutes. Many of lho South- tl erners also stopped at she cannon, oý which they wheeled around and en deavored to lire upon their late own- e ers, but could not succeed. After- It SVard one of the- guns was found to Ii have the hall put in before the pow- W der-a very good ,reason for its ref.- ft - sal to explode when solicited. The b Stemporary failure to pursue enabled PI f Col. Cogswell-now in command-to tt I rally a portion of the survivors on Ce Sthe brow of the bluff, but he was lI himself bleeding from a wound; Col tl + Devens was in like condition; all aI + regimental order was lose, and the It I huddling of the men on the bill ren- a 3 dered the Confederate fire, which was Srapidly closing in on all sides, so much ih :mlore fatal. Suddenly the Seven- Il I teenth Missinssippi came in the flank rc I with a terrific volley and ended the Sbattle. Tlhen ensued an awful spec- he tacle ! A kind of shiver ran through tr ithe huddled mass upon the brow of the cliff; it gave way; rushed a few t` Ssteps ; then, in one wild panic-strick- of f eo herd, rolled, leaped, tumbled over the precipice! The descent is ti inearly perpendincular, with ragged, it jutting crage, andta water-laved base. to Screams of pain and terror filled the . air. Mon seemed suddenly bereft of di reason; they leaped over the bliuff with muskets still in their elutch, Pl threw themselves into thie river with out divesting theomselves of their la heavy accoutrementa-hence went to the bottom like lead. Others sprang down upon the heads and bayonets of i1 I tlhas below. A gray-bailed private-, a of the First California was found with his head smashed between two rocks I by the heavy boots of a ponderous gli t "Tammany" man who had broken his own neck by the fall! i The side of to the bluff- was worn smooth by the H number sliding down. it All the afternoon a steady stream In I of wounded men had been painfully to ºworking down the zig-zag path which o led to the narrow beach, where the boats touched to convey them across at to Harrison's Island. The large bat teaux had already secured a full load fo when the rout began. The rowersat shoved off, but a great wave of fogi - tives rolled in upon the , and hard ly had the boat reachetPomid-current S' than all went down, and scores of in human beings, previously crippled, a were swept away to unknown graves I a The surface of the river seemed full of heads. Man clutched at man, and the strong, who might have escaped, S' were drugged . down by the weaker. ' Voices that strove to shout for help fi were stitled by'&~i~ torbid, sellen wa- he ters of the swolb~a liver and died of away in gurgles. It is strabge how at persons abou.t to drown turn to thein a fellows for strength; they may~be in to mid-ocean, with no chsunce for any, at yet will they grasp one another and at sink in pairs. Capt. Otter, of the asE First Calitornia (an appropriate name lil ft* a swidiner), was found after the 'as battle with two meni of his companay Ia clutching his neckbaud. Bad be at- et tempted to save them, or bad tley he seized and dragged him down? One thi oficer was found with *120 in gold di in his pocket; it had cost 'his life. o' Col. DevJeos escaped by swimming m his horse across to the island,,though W hoth were slightly wounded. Iii lAlrave YT. Lady. dOiphc~pad Zeaop·.1 . Week before last th.# Franklin 8un . merely mentioned the fact that, a young lady of that parish (we forget 'tl lebr'nine) had 'l led a negro who Oa wasntthorgplirig to outrage her. Y~om. hi citisens if that perish we learn that ,;p the family owitlie young lady were ct removing froni one house to another Y4 in the neightbrhood; that some of e' the hoqsaehold effects were still in the P1 house" 'they were ngdaimgj from at B night ' that the yeatryindy" *ias left A alone to guard them; that she loaded o' l gun,. and placing it near' the -bead N m0fh11er bed, she laiddowsand fll *' asleep.' She was awakened from her oi sleet'byr thle grasp oJa thind upon tl her throat. Sh attemopted 'to free SE harselPf grasp, apd gq. th el ame Itime oesesaion of th)gq.I in the &r~ she was thrown upon a theloor; but fortnnrtnatey *tithit remtilh l of the geou which alth seiued with. one hand, au4 as -the brute Wra, trying to 6 accumpltsh hiis findibh purpr, placed a the sosszio of it tohils head, andptil * al; the triggar and killed hidi dead, ta and thus saved herself from outrage f and rid..Ih..WIJIktoisIz.hasih mon. t star. This is4 brief account of the af- ti tair as we learu it from parties who ptofidi o Lknow the faists. O (;j o~ Nhp jipn Like the Present. Time. domircia: "Well Donald, what shlthA e sany 3dmisonajs fist, and * i.T dram 'efterwards--wHll that do?' 6 Donald $1ciubSk frt i1psy': "Woe 'A iflp pleagate,: 1, .nd! say; rdfam enoo, and besineas prapylolyw- hi Judy. Ut A Story that Reads Like a (Chapler1 . I from Les Miserables. Among the numerous nmosa-grown old tomb-stones in the graveyard of Williamsburg, Va., is one which bears the following inscription : Sacred to the memory of1 $ARAII tII'IIILL. Who died at the age of twenty-live, slaiun with her two infant daughters by lher own husband : she was fair to look upon, pure as snow and beloved by all who knew her. )Divine Provdee1ncel - alone knows why she hadi to perVish I so iaiserably. This epitaph, some of the words of' which are hardly legible any loniger, Sis the only r'ecord left of one of the most terrible tragedies that ever took place in the old I)ominion. It was in 1798 that Johian Semphlill, a young man1 , who said he was from SSanta Crruz in the West Indies, .ar rived at WVilliamusburg and settled there as a tobacco planter. lie hadt plenty of money and was able to pur chase about one thousand acres of the tinest soil within a short distance of the old town. 1 Being aplparently a gentleman in every sense of tihe word, MI. Semp hill was admitted to the society in his new home, and a year later ihe was married to Sarah Jones, a beauti ful heiress, the weddiug festivites being celebrated with extraordinary i promp and splendor. Io'course of time two daughters were born to the young, couple, and everybody predicted a t long career of cloudless happiness for them. Alas ! How terrible those brighta anticipations were to be disappointed. It was on Christmas eve, in 1601O, that8 a strange looking man, in a sort of I military uniform, appeared at the house of Mr. Semphill who was in ( Richmond at the time. Mrs. Semphill t received the stranger in the parlor. "Do you speak French, madam," he said to her in very broken English. She replied in the afiranative. f"Then, madam, please send your two nurse girls with the children out t of the room." t She did so, and looked interroga- a tively at her visitor. The latter lies- iu itated a moment. Then lie said in a c tone of deep emootion. "Poor lady, I have terrible ti. ' Fdings for you." S"Heavens!" she cried, turning very pale, "my husband-" "Your husband is an infamous vil r lain." "Sir !" she exclaimed, indignantly. t "He has basely deceived you. He C fis an escaped galley slave, a thief and b º. a murderer I" .t She attered a heartrending scream. I º .Do you tell me the truth f'" she p grasped. "He is a Spanish thief, and was sent a to the galleys of Barcelona for life. He made his escape firom thence, endff tfled to Cuba, where he robbed and murdered a rich planter. I am hero e to take him to Cuba, where the scaf- y fold surely awaits him." C The afflicted lady had becomec strangely calm. I -'Sir," she said to the stranger, "be fore you arrest him, will you permit t me to hold a private interview with e -with-" "His.tr e name is Joan Cefirio. If you will ret me remain in an adjoio ing room until be returns from Rich meaood, where he has gone, I uoder- A stand, you may see him privately." "I expect him back every moment." Half an hour later, Cefirio, ailas Sempihill! made his appearance. His r wife brielty told him everything. He I few. into a terrible rage. He elhot . her through the heart, and rushed out i' of the roome to the nursery, where ihe stabbed his two little danghters. Next moment the Cuban ofiler, who had rushed after him, grappled with him, and succeeded, after a desperate c struggle, in shackling him. 'time I niews of the horrible tragedy spread ( like wildfire through the old town, ~ a0an in less tihen twenty minnte@ A large concourse of people hiad gath- , eked in front of Semphill alias Cethio's p house. Vociferous threats to lynch t the wurderer mere made, and thme j deputy sheriffs, who were promptly. I on hand ro arrest him, had the ut- " most difficlty in taking 1im to jail, Trhese he was chaioed to. the floor, * Iaviag threatened to oloti sicide. ,The yillain was hung on the 17th , of May, 1803.-ICincinnati Enquirer. t The Iteral~of Advex'tisng. IAtlants ConistiltoiJn The great panic out adi the yj. unmbe'f advertisang fnlly ene-third at · one fell blow, iodsa the times became harder, advertisements iis, first class papers were correspondingly de ereased. At the bgining of this yehtr the agre~glite alIbsuimt did not exceed thirty.per ovt of that of the prospor0aUda'iIb tibr? the panic. E But the tidelbs h tartlied-not in the t Atlanta-alone, but in every other city of the onatry. The Meiliphis and Nashville papers are, for an.example1 , erowded to excess. S oq are, many others. The Coastitmatioms (eels the thetige, althengli not t';he Oxt nt of o somtof its coniterapioahlos. It is a change for the better. We -believe it indicates ute coming 9( prwoperity. It certaioln stows that business men havi~e aibeittidt hope 1f6 despari that instead of sbhrtining sail leo' a fioancial storm they are spreading sail for .hvog-fBreeeaeese--that they see ln she iamediate fUitmBre gagnifi cent crops and through them a health ful 'retern to coammecial ease and msterial. plepty. Hence they pidver tise. What is more natural ? They oi tiot beek' thiis tuining time eheep anod ridiculon methos, but they hopfully employ the best means of reaqhnag the poblic. SMORE Ta~p F IvT CJGARET rTEs.-A venerae y~man onphylin.~ ' ett the othli night of not fe inu very tl 'ellt I'e ecstoned 9t was"'thee sat- ag amtee,'te *.boys gPro him'," at.1 - had smoked a whole .peckap ,fr them. ' 'r OUR COUNTRY PR ESS Gleanings. tf Crops and Candidates. (Sabine Southron.) Fromn all parts of Sahine we hear flat tering accounts of the crops, both cot ton and corn; and with anything like S;half seasons during the next four weeks, a the best of crops will ibe the result. Our ti k flrmers are killing gratss in a hurry, the fi lest Prooft of which we see none of them I loaHIting round. ti DLeSoto parish has live candtidaites a- e nloLncedtl in the )Democrat for the office tl of Sheriffl All of tthem announce them iselves subject to the Democratic nomi. a tinting convention. *lt Railroad Joy. (l)DeSoto Democrat.) a Our people arc highly elated over tihe t' rail-road lprospects and very little lire- a ference is expressed in regard to either a Sof the three routes mentioned above, to an ;d the people generally believe that u tihe company will do the best they can v for the town. After they are through at this place, g we understand one line n ill be run di rect to Shreveliort anid one direct to S SMarshall, both of which will be complet- f' ed at the earliest possible titiw. 1d Printer's Ink Tells. V (Richland Beacon.) ti The El Dorado Eagle has over thirty- S five annuaucements for oftice, all the ti c way down froth Congressmann to justice e1 of the peace. The only difference be- ri tween Arkansas and Louisiana aspirants seems to be the superior intelligence of d, the former manifested by their using the t press to make their wishea known. In Louisiana, or in Claiborne parish at lent, t still bunting in the popular method of A f securing the place -Claiborne Guardian. That's the way it is over here too, Mr. I Guardian. They all wait to~be nomiga- cl ted and then expect their names to be al anneu ced free of charge, as a political b , duty. el Nothing Like Trying. re Colfax Chronicle. 1 Friend Cosgrove is trying hard to get the good, old-fashioned people of Ntchi toches to shake the shells off their backs and build a miaature railroad of some r - nine or ten miles in length, in order to P Sconnect "ye olden times citie" with the Cl outside world. That's right, neighbor, Swake 'em up. Weather and Candidates. p Alexandria Democrat. lii May's awfully bad spell of weather cheeked np on Thursday last, and up to " this present writing, we can write in P complimentary and fair terms.of its is clerk's behavior. Professor Tice's "pro- is buble weather" for to-day to the end p I the mouth puts I Aown thus.iu his -T mkanae; falling ilmeter, rising te=i perature, with 'dody, threa1tend weather, accompanied by localrainsa Sstorms. Candidates are already darkly to t front, and are throwing -out their ak h misheres ata lively pace. In the spri g days of our political life, we seed to a Sstirred up at these local and panri C " manifestations, but now, i the adt ntl of our days we look on with some chalance at the sidetteo who stasnw ht for some friend on the q *i eie fora ' ing office. Uneasy is the thistle that encireles the brow of ye oee er ! Correct. % Rural Times. There is a growing demand in tis country tor Professional school teacless. 7 And not mere nsubstituted who make the ci school a eatch for trestdy pubia6 . p The necesity is rtged for tesebers, we desire and work for a repntatioo. d make it a profession competin t a highat places by way of tdi. j. And we are persuaded that this e is well founded. Takes a Whacl at Ijyers. i Bossier Banner. "Jiodg" " oent V. iyrs u E of the R~epublican lights ofItobt;, B has not fared anle as well as PM Gleo. L. 8mitb, and ot7Zera. While are enjoying n'to tbt edlies, Mr. y is bettg taught that the asof a tranlaresseaor is rosgh. '"Judge M - was Treasurer of the Shoob f SNatchbitohebs parish, in the days w I the Radicals m Yed and rulniesigh a generally. 411 at onuc Mr.*Maredis r. peared, and simitaneonuly, of the School Fund also .' Whisthet the dlsiappsbraace 61I had aytlhingttdo. with toe antce of the othei, is a u she ·gcod !pdopld orN K '. eIjow Mg. Myers bespt en trace the e9npectlpnad jwW t) Vrestles! with lits eir e from a Natsaitooll jail stuampointa 6e66byd, JudgeI! !(p , .~:i! i (Wifed~n N. 0:'16ihiijd6. 1 W The boly objection th4a ifiat 4 orged,wishbany t redegof jpldlbeflity against investigating Mr. Hayes tidtI to the Preideue ' eene from those a who apprsheq) that such.aectioo will disturb the qniet anI repose of .tb cotntry, sdid bring confusion to kI * the branches. of indesatry. We "en I ey5on in sueb objection. As wel might a man whlose bnamOe w# .Jº-i 'ded by a burglar at night refaoe to ejecthim, wien hehad sfflcientft6 ce at hand, upon the ground that- In do ipg so be wopul4 disturb,the reposp of hie family and cause a scene o€f coO fusion. Can it be posible that'the besideiii of this country will be confuced an.d the peace at" 1fftid 1e1troy4 1 Congre es hfegd tapes l.eght to investigate ,bwhich may 'iaol tn njewtmeo olfan onlawfiul oater I I Uioe. Morehatee Clarion. We hope the people of Morehoule par ish Will be true to themselves; aw hsa t allow a few.growle s aud4 -chr opIo*es seekers to deceive them into ignoring party lines in the commo cuimpatgu.. ' Hrwmonyp" WitUi bt to insure .iuedes. i will not do- f sors to depend usnon the nosrteions.- QI. sp eny that. they will nut po ticke i the field in this.- The be watihlug eis' waiting thtmto tak vantutage s , 'rseomsionse aeme go tea* a agnncis SW prim d, b _A ts ~ ~ ] eue~~b" arq&"DhIh OUR SENATORS11l1 P Js Sablue Entitledi ISabine Southron.] The approaching election is one of more than ordinaay magnitude to the people of the State of Louisiana. The ruin which has been anuflete' in all the materal interests of the coni try by dishonest and incolmpetent of ficers should bestire every friend to his country to an active iunterest in the selection of compitel mlen in this election. Reforms of the most imipor tanct character are needed and desir able, which can only be effected by the choice in the ensuing election hct honest and capable mtniz to make uind administer the laws of the country. We are satisfind that a suiticient in terest is already being felt by the real and substantial men of thie contty, and the most important consideration to ensure success is harmony ana( unity of action by the democratic par ty in the nomination and support of good and true men. We feel assured that the people of Sabine will now, as heretofore, he found in the frount ranks, contending with the whole vote for the caIuIse of democracy and liberal governmen t. We claim the privilige iu this elec tion of presenting the candidate from Sabine Parish to fill the vacancy in this Senatorial District in thie next cl ection, which right we have every reason to believe will be accorded. In the numerous selections of candi dates to fill that position in this dis trict, Sabioe has never had that hlon or of presenting a sIlngle cnnlidlate. As the claim of this parish lhave never been urged, we do not by any moans make it a subject of complaint, hut claim that the right of rotation and an equal distribution of office should be shared fairly and impartlaly with each other. This claim is not set up in thcin terests of and particular man or set of men, but in behalf of thIe whole people of the parish, and nnder the full assurance that our claims wilb Ie respected, and that we will be alls to present them with no honest and efli cient reptesentative. (Desoto Democrat.] The Sabine Southron claims the privilege, for that parish, of pvcesrnt ing the Democratic candidate for the Senatorsbip from this District. Now we are willing for Sabine to I"Ive it, provided she has the most sunttllj person for theposition. We wantt hle best man in the District to fill the ofice regardlessof what parish he Jives in. Th -Sootkronalijns it lby ig)i' f re tatid to din ee, and asserts that 'abino *ter bid t'he honor of iresenting a saiiehok odidate Now we beg leave tq qgr with the Southron, and ask , b tole where Hoo. R.. L. AJIm st oo ba frqm when he was in the ,fie cei rtainly was from the "FrewBbatu of Sabline." Now utlon that grond*Bsoto woeau he intitlel to the 49fce, for although Hon. J. B. Jam w"s once elected to the otlce, le was conoted out by the Returning 8ord. However, we would scorn to m it by rotation, and it there is aj PDesoto aspirants, wbo have umn teter claim than that, we adviso them'to haPlot their horns, and' 9uit the-face. Pat the best man farward yea have, and if no more suitable candillate, in point of fidelity to thi pper y, and honesty of pprpose, as well ablty, can be presented, yen'o will dbubtiiss get him nominated; but ebwaid a better man be presented . say other parish we are in favor of not considering the simple ideaa of ~6tjtiqb. ..t tiqa. XL 0flOt S'IFPHENS. Be Jas ily Enaged hi Prepuainn ", uepily to Pottar.i 'ii ý h kes Up the fadi 4- (reitwords of lu .0 .qs and MexilMizatihnTh , N. 0. Democrat, aWshbinston, May ld.-ltop. A. i. bes to basly engaged to-nlight pte aspepgoh in reply to Mr. otter, bche,,proposesto deliver t.in.bb t o to-Morrow in leiN o4 a peirdoaul iAh to many Ietter reoeived thni . f(eieu:n the $ tiqunb., dislairuingt "yma thy with any efaortto unseat Peeasidept Hayes. Whe House he ss, hilba moaerd fight to pestiwa jute title thau,'9gPltmastsr Geneiy vetos! ýat~suIttoh totilea of a iet hie ea, TheFor th, ongressi~t wi\ll e mdr rbigh to Jgrtore llth an~t~.i t'o Scognie the defeated contestanit,' 'r. F Tilden, these-Mr:- i wonld have to Isend a file 9f soldiis. to hbe House ofl I Representa;vlie to iveal't a Democrat wheom he aught, consider to ha'da been 0 Mueicanlze obr labtittis h rel.' et lidently u-to a solid Sputh to 'pil jI Sthe bulk the Democratic, Imu orrty ip lthe hiet Hose bmf Repesetitaft hn I Senate being ualreaidy seoured. y hi ej - Remembering tpQencouragen~euf.l11 f the Northera Detocrats in 1860 ai extended tibe te othertf - Stbd ate tdo Scpdq, an4 the manaer in w hiol their rmises of aid and comfort were "u)r lled, can thbe'Soithei' people ilftorfl h j in,:this evolutiaues y movement with tbe certainty that when the ,iggvituhle ) hour of peril comes, they wilt againtfl left unassisii. mi* meet t.i, storm *touts North once. wore united by this attempt to receive an issui whone settlemient wis forced by'pnbtic opinion upon an unwilling Congress in the dark days of Febrasry,1877?" - hn civil war over the 4isputed elec t tibtm was imminent and patriots trmn ). bled for the esate of Repthblibafi thsti 5 tetiRos, the S~athern memberes , ~rn u. gre.s avoided the danger, by compelling e the c6mpletion i6the eleckrd~ l ecifit mit n d dler tolaw whivbh bodypart icada Ctn . gress had enacted. But 40W the. .reu'o i sentatives f 'kqi ern States, k with a very few exie one, have joiucd u t nlontewn to ubt'ers the ressltN oh m. remand the rpsutto thatanar~hy iSum a which, less thsa two years ago, ItV #a6 saved by thir eftorts.