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OFFICIAL Faper ofthe Parish and City of Natchitoches JAI. H. COSGROVE, • Editor. SATURDAY, -- - NOV. 30, 1e78. To Our Bksiness Men. We propose to issueo on the 21st Decem ber an eight page paper as a Christmas edfrt of the VINDICATOR ; and we will supply beyond our circulation as many eopies as may be desired. This contem plated issue, will contain a terse history of Natchitoches, its early settlement, and personal remenicenses of citizens. Its business, past, present and to come, with a statement of the soil, climate and pro dnetious of the parish, and the quantity of cereals grown. We hope our business men will patronize this effort liberally. Free Government. We are now being burdened with a great amount of useless trumpery in the way of idle talk. It has ever been that the mass of mankind was timid in the assertion of these rights with which God has endowed them, and which are essential to their well being as a free people. When those rights are menaced by a higher pow er, society begets legions of quacks with legions of remedies to assuage the disease. There are, however, as history teaches, but few doctors who suggest a cure. The issue in Ameri ca is certainly plain to the most un pretending "ind. It is one of popu lar liber .. one side and a despotic attempt to subvert it upon the other. The ory of a solid South is simply a subterfuge, as slavery was. It is a means whereby a large faction of Americans' can -be controlled and moved to the destruction of their own Constitution. Because this attempt comes in a different form from what has been populerly taught was the regalia tyran ny endows itself with, but few take alarm. Burke very properly said: "A great deal of the furniture of an eient tyranny is worn to rags; the rest Is entirely out of fashion. Be sides, there are few statesmen so very elemsy and awkward in their busi neas, as to fall into the identical snare which has proved fatal to their pre desesors. Every age has its own manners, and its politics dependent apon them; and the same attempts will not be made against a Constitu. tion fully formed and matured that were used to destroy it in the cra die, or to resist its growth during in fancy." Is any one ignorant enough to sup pose that Radicalism, which repre. seats supreme power other than the people and struggles for its success, evoald brand an attempt to subvert the power of the people under our Conattutiton--"alien and sedition lawat" Yet the effort now being arade under the crafty forms of law is as fatal, if not summarily check ad as any method which might be employed, even to force. And yet, the resistance offered to I theose who are struggling to subvert Free Government in America is de lMjsishing at each effort of the enemy, lstead of becoming more powerfol sad aggressive. The rape of the Ptldenaey was treated with. a levity by American Democratic newspapers, vulgarly esupposed to be the palladi am of liberty, unbecoming the gravi ty of the Iase. And to-day, the threatened deluge of Marshals arm ed with false warrants based on a preaouaeed uncoatitutional law is re gpaded with indifference Ly Constitu tieala jaournals North, and met in this State at least, in a most abject man a. We hoped, and we are prone to" ellag yet to the belief, that civil liber- t In America would find its last rest among the Southern people. eviden ving, in this State, no Tbl ch a sacred heritage. e*mi*h$ by our fanatical wrath, t the ballet box, whic resistance at 1 past mouth swept from'thin the I lauead of being st with rth, I resistaaes gods some of uas rea eaplain to a power which has no right to esquire, and apologise to a faction that has ns right to demand it. 1eat ae cea this useless attempt to assge the disease. The heroic treat met is all that'sleft wherewith to save the patienat. If Free Government is to ealts io America it mnst.be through piMi ple of Democraey. Those prieeiples wbhich assert the right of the 8tates to conduet their local mat teenst baeems them ; to punishab vio Iatlese li liee Reguilations by their ewo law, sad through their own Ceorts. We most take the firm stand that Congress is a body of delegated pewes, and 'thoa powers morus be exertedpou -States, not infdividuals. lulightenedpablie sntiment most srle. Noe steard for that aentiment - t1 es up'eutide the limIts of its ete nrP.a qitsIt esxereie be juadged by M on elrlamstabee., If ex Ssri ave been committed in the u has Iber oheo se mo a foC them L ~ goCveuments of plea ?eeru by jbre. If thee. er awhippd dof *boee. eb1lgteni pub.t is well satisfied with the end reach ed. When corrupt men cease to foment the ignorant and vicious to acts of lawlessness, "outrages" in the South will be at an end. When Southern manhood recognizes in his political opponent an adversary appealing to reason for a better theory of govern ment, and not, as it does now, a rob ber bent on spoliation, the Bull-dozer will be at a discount, and the White League will disband. Troops under Grant aggravated the disease; Marshals under Hayes will irritate the patient to renewed disor. der. The mode of discarding both treatments is for the enlightened public sentiment of the South to de nounce the cause, and manfully resist the attempt to punish effect, without removing that cause. U. S. Marshals. We understand that a United States Marshal with a batch of affidavits and warrants arrived on Wednesday even ing, and not liking the looks of things hereabouts, called for a hack and de parted before night. When the arrest of any citizen of this parish is attempted, under a law which the Supreme Court pronoun ced unconstitutional, and which is null and void, we desire to state, in language of Governor Jackson, of Missouri, to General Lyons, "They will have a d-mued lively time do ing it!" The sovereign people of these States are to make a stand some where, and at some time ; this, we conceive to be as favorable an oppor tunity as will probably ever occur. Our State is to be ruled in but two ways; either the PEOPLE must do it or the SWORD)! We acknowledge that Mr. Hayes and his crowd of mercenaries and tyrants are pursuing a most insid eons policy to destroy all civil liber ty in this country. They are cloak ing their efforts beneath the "forms of law." We have warned our peo ple against this from the very hour we first had the honor of represent ing their views. Let them beware of such an effort. Charles I, Charles II, George III, and Napoleon Bona part are examples of those who built, or attempted to build their own greatness on their country's ruin, through the "forms of law." And let it be remembered, that the great legal luminaries of those days, Coke, Blacketone and Mansfield, sustained with all their power the tyrants in their eforts to overthrow popular liberty. We make the assertion, that now, as a precedent has been furnished so marked and flagrant as the usurpa tion of Hayes in the Presidential con test, all the danger to our liberties asa people lies in, the stretch of the legal prerogatives. Beware, Americans, of the "forms of law !" Text of Justice Bradley's Decision. In the "Grant parish case," Jeustice Bradley decided as follows, and which decision was sustained by a fall bench of the Supreme Court of the United States. That Congress has the right to pass laws to carry out the provisions of the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments no one will deny. The question is, how far this right extends. The 13th Amendment declares that no person in the United States shall be disqualified from voting on ac count of race, color or previous con dition. The United States is given no power to pass laws relative to elections or voting, but simply to see that the States do not mnterfere with these rights. The United States-has only the power to see these rights en forced. The moment the State fails to comply with the duties enforced upon it, the United States is called on tointerfere;-and the interference of Congress, when the State is ready to punish violations of these rights, is unnecessary, injudicious and illegal. To constitute an offense of which the United States has jurisdiction, it mst be shown that a conspiracy was formed to take away certain rights from a person cm account of his race, color or previous condition. he 15th Amendment declares that ht of every citizen to vote States e denied by the United his race, co State, on account of When a 8tatey revios condition. gress has power th right, Con force the amendme wa to en conunt of the indictment c~le first prisoners "with conspiring to Ythe certain persons of African deace from peaceably assembling," The Constitution of the United States de elares that Congrees shall hot inter fore with the right of peaceable as eemblages. On this point Justice Bradley said: Does this amount to an aflirmative law giving the United States juris diction over all personas who shall in terfere with the rights of peaceable assemblages? Clearly not. These are the main points with which we have to contetd, and we submit them for perusal. The ."solid South" goes up.from the Noeth, Republiean and Demo erat alike joininga inothe,"bowl" ? We t a evey; ve f 'int~nate people. Is there nothing we an do to pleAde thaon upeslj There is a large amount of unnec essary talk indulged in about "Mar shal's arrests," and "Governor's in vestigations." Neither of these events disturb the placidity of the ordinary citizen. He has done noth ing but what he considers right and proper, and what be would do again under like circumsances. He knows of no authority which has the power to arrest him, other than the Courts of his State. He is ready there to an swer all charges. He has no fears of this so called "investigation." He questions the authority for such pro ceedings and utterly repudiates the very idea that he is responsible to any man or set of men, or to any au thority, beyond the Courts of this commonwealth, for his conduct. It being the business of no one save that Court, he moves on the even tenor of his way, unterrified by the threats of either arrest or investiga tion. The Senatorship. Our contemporaries throughout the State are casting about for a success or to J. B. Eustis Esq., to the United States Senate, and many favor his re turn. If our people would pay as much attention to home reform as they do to the election of Congres sional and Senatorial officials we think Louisiana would come nearer being redeemed. What we want is a clean Democrat of the new and vig orous school; some one like Moncure, of Caddo, or Jeffries, of Rapides, in the Senate, but we want an honest Constitution much worse. Let us beg the press of this State to keep down to the "redemption of Louisiana." When that is an accom plished fact, then we can afford to deal with minor subjects. DOTS, War in Afghan is now a fact. En gland has invaded the Ameers do minions. Arrests in South Carolina and New Orleans for violation of election laws continue. Sherman says he is ready to re sume on 1st January next, as the law requires. Hayes has recanted the bloody shirt, and now, since lie has got over his mad fit, is not in favor of giving the South h-11l. The following from New Orleans will be of interest to those who con template visiting that city : A short time before the cessation of the epidemic here a number of German emigrants arrived by the steamship Frankfnl. Not one of these emigrants had been attacked with fever, and during the last week those who were bound for Texas went to Houston. Ten of the latter had been lodging in a house where there had been, early in the epidemic, ten malignant cases of fever and four deaths with black vomit, and not a single one was taken sick. This shows that all sporadic cases are of those who have had the germ of fever absorbed in their system some time ago or relapses, and that the air is free and has been so for over a month from fever poison. Albert Leonard, ex-White League leader and founder of a Society to kill every Radical in the State, is whetting up his little hatchet in or der to scalp his former friends, the white men of North Louisiana. The "merchants and business men of New Orleans" are in favor of a National quarantine which will pro tect them in their "bRanana and orange trade." Baton Rouge had 2700 cases of yel low fever, and 213 deaths; or.about 8 per cent. Baton Rouge vs. New Orleans. Our esteemed cotemporaries, the Ad 'ocate of Baton Rouge and the Demo crat of New Orleans, have watched with much interest the result of the vote regarding the removal of the State capital from the latter city. We see that Natchitoches is placed, in the compilation of the vote, in the col umn-"For New Orleans." We sup. pose this is done from the fact that we voted "against let amendment." We write this for the purpose of correct ng what is evidently a mistake on "the part of our New Orleans friends. Natchitoches voted - "against the amendment" in order to condemn the system, sought to be inaugurated by the last legislature, of framing a fun demental law for a free people. Our purpose was not to vote for either tBaton Bouge or New Orleans ; suech ng our intention we must insist shall be so counted. C - onstitutional Convention Sshort ble deoide the locality and we will be prepared to e o n on. opinion there " The VINDIYAloTor itend respect to the Democratic paris tbhis District, when we claimed the bonors for our parish in the late elec tins. We granted those honors to Sabine in 1876 and In 1874, as a pe roal of our files will show, and we think surely that sueh a weakness on our part as to exalt over our victory ,this year, should not rouse so mauch venom and spite on the part of our Sbiese eoOtemporary. It shows an over Uensitiveness which~ we annot comprehend. At the Root. Our esteetmed friends in Caddo parish will pardon us should we dif fer, as we most positively do, with them in their mode of proceeding in the face of Leonard's polinode. We had thought, and still think, that to pursue the old way of resisting fed eral encroachments on the rights of individual citizens of States is but tri fling, and that too in a most indecent manner, with the very serious issue now before us. The utter folly of de fending, by legal quibling and meta phor, the personal liberty of a subject of this commonwealth before a fed eral court has been already amply demonstrated, and we risk nothing in asserting, that such is the very ex tremity to which our opponents in vite us. Louisiana has before her a great mission, and she, the greatest sufferer in the sisterhood of States, must show herself equal to the task. We are to join issue on and decide before the courts, the exact bounds of Federal authority ; the precise limits of Fed eral interferance, within the States. Invitings ig.gstigatien, and meeting it however succesfully, is only beg ging the question and settles nothing in the end, as it has settled nothing in the past with tomes of pro and con testimony already compiled. Let us consider then, our defence, and determine upon what ground the Federal authorities base their claims for the subversion of the reserved rights of the States. Leaving the appointment of super visors (under Sec. 4, Constitution U. S.) for future consideration, we beg to call attention to the authority under which Mr. Leonard proposes to exert his efforts in beholf of Hayes and his stalwarts. Art. 15 of the constitu tion says: "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, eolor or previous condition of servitude." Now, we are no lawyer, buti we In sist that no individual citizen of a State can be called within the scope of that amendment, and no "appropri ate legislation," however ingeniously worded, can give legal vitality to any effort of Mr. Leonard's or the Federal courts under that article. It provides in plain words that "no State" shall deprive any person of his rights on account of his race or color. This State has not done so, nor attempted to do so. On the contrary she has amply provided for their protection, both by constitutional and statutory law. Justice Bradly has already de cided the question of "police regula tions," and that decision has beeneus. tained by a full bench of the Supreme Court of the United States. The ques tion now to be mnet is, whethler the Federal government has the right to come within the body of the States and arrest and punish individual citi zens thereof. Congress posesses such powers only, as are granted by the by the constitution. There is nothing in Art. 15 which is capable of being construed to grant such authority as is claimed. On the contrary, the meaning of the Article is plain and perfectly expressed. It provides that "neither the United States nor any State shall abridge the right of suf frage on account of race, color, dEc." It s revolting to common sense to say that admitting the charge that indivi duals had maltreated negroes, the Federal authorities could step in and punish them. Her remedy is against the States. We insist this constitutio.,al battle will be fought on principle. That there will be no shuoking the issue; so that we may settle for all time the question of Federal interference ia elections. State Credit, Our telegrams bring-to us the start ling intelligence that the interest fund for the payment of the interest on the State debt far 1878 will be shabort $230,000. Is is not in order for another bond scheme to be promul gated. This, added to $550,000 in terest in arrears during three years 1875, 1876 and 1877,. make the gross sum of nearly 8800,000 of interest which our poverty striken State is unable to pay. It will require but a few years for the State to owe as much interest as principjl, by this showing. Hayes haes. talked of his Southern policy as if it deserved especial cora mendation. It has been, from the very beginning nothing but a dis gusting reward of the scoundrels who stole States, and put the fraud in of hce. The Southern policy of Hayes in this State was Wells, Anderson, Smith, and every other Radical thietf in offeial possition, to the utter dis gust of decent people. II Buell's testimony to the N. O. Dnecrat, published elsewbere, leaves Mr. tiayes in the interesting prediaa nt of fomenting iudicial persec. tio o the South, not to vindicate law, r political purposes alone. 'Hayes says , has enough of that southern policy. Phavewe. Tom Andesrpo and Mat are our "ex mp .. - Cedit only del~sive-, io . A. Walmeley 'thotight and bonst his goods for cash. UNPRECEDENTED ATTRACTI0 N! OVER HALF A MILLION DIS TRIBUTED. LOUISIANA STATE LOTTERY COMP1ANY. This Institution was regularly in corporated by the Leg islature of the State for Edu cational and Charitable purposes, in 1868, with a Capital of $1,000,000, to which it has since added a reserve i fund of $350,000. ITS GRAND SIN GLE NUMBER DRAWINGS will take place monthly. It ner er scales or postponeR. Look at the follow ing Distribu tions: GRAND PROMENADE CONCERT DURING WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE THE EXTRAORDINARY SEII-ANNUAL NEW ORLEANS, TUESDAY DEC.10, 1878. Under the persoual supervision and management of Gen. G. T. BEAUREGARD. of Louisianua. and Gen. JUJBAL A. EARLY, of Virginia Capital Prize, $100,000 Notee...Ticekets at Ten Dollars only. Halves, $5. Fifths, $2. Tenths, $1,. LIST OF PRIZES, 1 Capital Prize of $100,000...$100,000 1 Grand Prize of 50,000....50,000 1 Grand Prize of 20,000 ... 20,000 2 Prizes of 10,000.... 20,000 4 Prizes of 5,000.... 20,000 20 Prizes of 1,000.... 20,000 50 " 500.... 25,000 100 " 300 ... 30,000 200 " 200.... 40,000 600 " 100.... 60,000 10000 " 10.... 100,000 APPRO:KIMATION PRIZES, 100 Approx;unmation Prizes of) $200 . 20,000 100 do. do. 100... 19,000 100 do. do. 70... 7,500 11,279 Priz e. aiuounting to.... $522,500 Wr'ite fr;Cireularsu or send orders to M. A. DAUPHIN, . P.O. Box 692, New Orleans, La AR our Grand Extraordinary Drawing are under the supervision and MANAGEMENT -or Si e. Q. T. BEAUREGARD, of Leasana. -AND--. -Gm. JRBAt A.aIIr x1EW Al R I)1' M I|',L I lsEMI 1: H'rS, PERRY IOUSE, No. 4 Baronlne Street, Corner Canal, New Ovlean-s. ril'lS 1I()l'8 has had a tlorolgll ver I hauling in Ihl, way etllfainhig paint ing :and fturnihing, and is now roady to receive its fr'rli ed Iiver lPllllatrons and I heir fIrinds. Ev\cry ellbrt will I,e used to make their x,,1a' as comlti: tab.i,1 s Ipos Tel .is ;,r transient :oard :..'t , per day' W ith m1 1 1 h. thanik. ti a ll a! ipao!"!na e( i rt'tlltil!Illlll't is r ,osppetfitll y solie ,ted: 11l1S. C. 1'EI?1'Y. I', lv No. 7, (';It't l+ I .! ý i, t. IEsltimiate Parish Ei-xpelse. N h 1 . Pr e , '., lc!'. "'I, . : thn tille Ihm . l'r,.>i a., '.I :1 . th. at:1: ,' ; ic ' it .che.,. Estlilllatelo the alh o utl! liI ' llrq i:' ed (r1)' the payment of fthe Expenses of I this l'arislh flr the year' 1M79, viz : Sit l's s:l:1.,, per annuml, exc'plt mlaliuiin }11 i, ilnn r in jail, cone\'yiig pliso, er.t s :, l'.niutn tiary; expeues in plrsuin: criminais outside of the Parish ; conve\ ing "priso nery fromn aomher State under 1equisi tioti; exetliting prisoners coiidemnled to death. and the colh'ction Iof tlorl'eited Ilholds. 'Two thousatnd dollaris, x2)iI(III 0(1 Clerk Dist. Conrt, salary per inltnll ,30 00 Clerk Police ,ur. . " ' 00III Parish Att'Iorney " 3100 I Parish Trensurer .. .. " 3i) i Parish Constable " " 150 00 Magistrates &. Constables Fees, 300 00 Pay and mileage of mItnberst of Police Jury, 700 00 Pay of Jutrors, 15100 00 Pay of Witnesses, 800 00 Paupers, 500 00 .Jail Expenses for maintaining prisoners, 800 00 Contingent and general expenses 3550 00 $11,700 00 Very Respectfully. (Signed) A. E. LEMEE, Parish Treasurer. Mrs. Phillipine Kalhn Will continuotihe tbusiness of the late Abraham Kahn and has removed her stock to tilu store room under the Mason ic Lodge on Second street. A full line of staple, fancy and family groceries constantly on hand and at rea soniable pricets. Sept. 7-6m. FOR SALE. ONE Second hand Ruggles Jobber, in good condition. For Terms and price apply to E. C. PALMER. & CO. Fe". 2.tt New Or eans. La I R II ILOODI Parsons' Purgative Pills make New Rich Blood, and will completely change the blood in the entire system in three months Any person who will take I pill each night from 1 to 12 weeks may be restored to sound health, If such a thing be possible. Sent by mail for 8 letter stamps. I Johnson & Co, Nov. 16 4w l: III•• I ll I I JUDICIAL ADVERTISEMENTS. SUCCESSION SALE. Succession of Alexis Cloutier, dec'd. PY virtue of an order of the Hon. Judge of the Parish Court of the Parish of Natchitoches, and to me di rected, I will proceed to sell the follow ing described property belonging to Alexis Cloutier. deceased, at 12 o'clock M. at the door of the Court House of this parish, on Tuesday, December the 31st, 1878, to.wit: The plantation whereon Marie Luce Bertheling Rachal resided, at the time of the death, of her husband, Alexis Cloutier, on Cane river, in this parish, including five arpents front of land on said river, between the plantation of Widow Dalechamp amnd that formerly known as the Francois Gaiennie place, and on the right bank, bounded above by the plantation of Able Serse, and be low by that of Francois Adle, now own ed by Alver M. Day, containing live hundred and thirty-eight 84-100 acres, 463 79-100 acres of which are in Section (71) seventy-one. Township (6) six, Range (5) five; and seventy-live 05-10U acres, of which are in Section (79) sev enty, Township (6) six, Range (8) eight. Terms and Conditions of Sale. One third cash, one third payable March Ist, 1880, and one third March 1st, 1881, with 8 per cent interest front day of sale, on the credit terms, and sub ject to appraisement ; vendor's privi lege and special mortgage retained on the property sold to secure payment of credit terms, purchaser to execute his promissory note with personal security in solido to the satisfaction of the Ex ecutor. J. A. DUCOURNAU, Nov. 30.-5t. Daut. Test. Executor. NOTICE. Successionl of Edward H. Lewis, dec'd. ,QARAH JANE L. LEWIS, Adminis tratrix of the Succession of Edward H. Lewis, having tiled in the Clerk's Office her final account. of administra tion. Notice is hereby given to all whom it may concern to show cause within ten days from this date why said account should not be homologated and her bond cancelled. Witness the Hon. P. A. Simmons, Judge of said Court, this 25th (lay of Noveum ber, A. D. 1878. JNO LAPLACE, Nov. 30.-2t. Dy. Clerk. Sherif's Sale. P. Serdot Prudhomme vs. Samuel Nevere Tutor Carrie Brown. Parish Court, Parish of Natchitoches. No. 1816. BY virtue of a writ of seizure and sale in the above entitled and numbered sunit and to me directed, I have seized and will offer for sale to the last and highest bidder at the door of the Court House in the city and parish of Natchi N toches, on Saturday, 4th day of January, 1879 the following described property to-wit: A certain tract of land with all the improvements, buildings thereto belong ing, known as lot No. 2, containing 40 77-100 arpents, situated on the right bank of Cane river descending, bounmed above by lot No. 3, purchased at the same sale by Philamona Metoyer, wife of Obin Rounqus, below by Lot No. 1, pur ehased at the same time by J. C. Metoyer in the rear by lands of Mrs. Jean Bap tiste A'igestine Metoyer, in front by Cane River, together with ,aother tract of land .known as part of Lot No. 2, containg 5 6-100 arpente situated on the J·It bank of Cane river desaeending, bounded above by Lot No. 7, below by Ifyp. IIertzog in tie rear by Lot No. 3, in front by lot No. 1, all of which was purchased at the sale of the property of Francois Gassion Metoyer, in the suit entitled Flavie Metoyer et. als. vs. Jo. seph E. Dupre, ils et als No. 8041 on the )Docket of the District Court, by the said vendor, to satisfy the sum of Five Indre'd Dolhlar with N per cent inter. est fromtidate until paid, to-wit: Decent her :tlist, 1Sti75. Terms o/f Salc. ('ash-with the benefit ofappraisement. D. Ii. BOULLT, JR., Nov. a0 Sheriff. SU('(ESSION SALE. i,',cc·nsio,i ol' Mari,' Adelaide Marriott'. ) Y VIRTI'E of an order of the Hon. .) orabhle Parish Court of the Parish of Natchitches I will ofler for sale at the dloor of the ('ni't Hofuse in the city of N;chilt ehetr at 12 o'clock M. on 1Montda! the :3tfth t(day oqf December 1878. the fillwinRig property belonging to the A certain tra't of land with the buiil ing, andio imirvemlents thereon, situated in the Iarish of Nathlitoches about three miles below the l4 Mile iL'erry, on both Ibnks of ('One river, having a front of t w. arpenit onl Itlth hanks of said river and contaitning in the aggregate ninty liven arpents. nuore or less, about 80 ar pents on right bank, and about 15 ar pliis on left bank; said tract is bounded above on the right hank, by land of Jo seplh B!agoui .tn and on the left bank above by land of A. Lecolnto and below on right bank, by land of J. I. I). Metoyer and below oi left bank, by land of A. Leeonlte. Terms of Sale. Orne third cash and the balance payable in two equal annual itistalhnents in one and two years fro'm day of sale, with 8 per cent interest fron day of sale. Thel purchaser to give his two promissary notes, each for one third of the price of adjudication, payable respectively in one and two years from day of sale bearing eight per cent per annum interest from said day, Vendor's privilege to be re tained and special mortgage granted to the property to secure the payment of the credit terms of the purchase money and the sale to be made with the clause of non-alienation to the prejudice of the privilege and mortage aforesaid. JOSEPH J. METOYER, Nov. 30-tds. Administratior. Sheriff's Sale. Clark and Bryan vs. A. E. Johnson. Parish Court-No. 1620. B Y VIRTUE of a writ of Fi. Fa., is sued in the above entitled and num. bered suit and to me directed, I have seized and will offer for sale to the last and highest bidder at the door of the court house in the city and parish of Nat chitoches, on Saturday the 21st day of Dec.i 1878, the following described property, to-wit; North fractional half of section No. 17: lot No. 3, of section No. 7 ; and the North half of section No 18, Township 6, Range 5 West, containing 493 Four hundred and ninety three acres situated in the Parish of Natchitoches. Terms of Sale: Cash, with the benefit of appraisement. D. H. BOULLT, Jn. Nov. I6-tds. Sheriff. Rare Chance to Invest Money. Splendid Chance for Debtors. T HE undersigned Agent and Assignee will sell at Public Outcry on Saturday, 28th day of December, 1878, at the Court House door, in the town of Natchitoches, without limit or reserve, all the Notes, Accounts, Judgments, Mortgages, Liens, and other rights and credits, and Goods, Wares and Merchan dise, transferred by the late Col. R. E. Burke to his creditors by contract of as signment, dated the 13th day of Juno, 1872, duly recorded. Also the undivided half interest former ly owned by the said R. E. Burke in the Quissenbury place. Said place consist ing of about 200 acres, most of which is highly improved, situated 3 miles below the town of Campte. on Red River, Also the undivided one fifth interest in the Lac des Mures plantation, situated on Red River, above Campte. Also the undivided one fourth interest in the Harrison & Levy plantation, on the Bon Dieu. This sale will be made to enable the Agent and Assignee to wind up the af fairs of said Estate, and settle with the creditots thereof, and offers a good op portunity for those who are indebted to it to settle up at a discount. The As setts can be seen at my office in H. A. Walmsley's store, at any time from now until sale day, and any information will be furnished on application. SC. L. WALMSLEY, Nov. 2. Agent & Assignee. NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby given to all parties holding claims a,-ainst the succession of Henry Harrison, Tate of the parisn of Natchitoches, dec'd., to present them duly proven to me or to my attorneys J. II. & M. J. Cauningham within 30 days. FRED WILSON, Nov.16 Administrator. SHERIFF'S SALE. Writ of Fi. Fa. on Twelve Months Bond. BY VIRTUE of a writ ofFi. Fa. issued by the Hon. Parish Court of the par ish of Natchitoches and to me directed, issued on a twelve months bond of Am broise Deblieux and Marzelie Deblieux, aided and authorized by her husband Alexander Deblieux, in favor of Aaron H. Pierson, Syndic of the creditors of the succession of Jean B. Cloutier, Sr., dec'd. 1 have seized and will offer for sale to the last and highest bidder at the door of the court-house in the city and parish of Natchitoches, on Saturday, the 21st day of Dec. 1878, the following described property, to-wit : 1. A certain plantation situated about seven miles below the town of Natchito ches, on both sides of Little Red River, and containing about 476 superficial ar pents and being the same acquired from J. J. Lambre by public act on the 20th November, 1827, with all the buildings and improvements thereon. 2. Another tract of Land on the right bank of Little River descending, con taining about 211 44-100 arpents bound ed below by the tract above described and above by the land described in No. 3, the following tract, with all the im provements thereon, the same acquired from J. B. O. Buard by public act on the 16th February, 1862. 2. Another tract on the right bank des cending said river next above the tract described in No. 2 above, containing about 117 85-100 arpents, more fully des cribed in the inventory, and the same acquired from Joseph Soldlini by public act on the 22d December, 1858. The above described lands will be sold as the plantation. Term, of Sale: Cash. in ready money without the ben efit of appraisement. D H. BOULLT, Ja., Nov 16-tds. Sheriff.