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fHE OPELOUSAS lOlRMAL. »PEL0IJ8AS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER H, 1877. Judge Fontenot began the September ; term of the Parish Court, last Monday. That cry for " more rain " has ceased : I we have had "oceansof it" this week. I The September term of the District . Court, for the Parish of Calcasieu, is now in session—began last Monday. Ben DeBar, the actor and theatrical m anager, and Brighatn Young, the King j of the Mormons, died last week. Ex-President Thiers, of France) the , , . , ' . -, s eminent historian and statesman, died on the 2d inst., at St. Germain. Gen. T. C. Anderson has been ap pointed Special Deputy under Collector ] John E. King, New Orleans Custom I House. By last city papers we have reports : .f q bit He between the Russians and ■ n , Vi, , „ f, au " Turks, at T elisat, where the latter at acked the former in their intrenched | jositions, and were repulsed, itis stated, ! r- . . _ : m tli gtv .it loss. I When powerful Russia began war , .. ,, . . . , m , . boastfully against sick I urkey, she j Simply asked other powers to keep j liands off, and even was unwillftg for I Servia to assist her • but it seems now ! servia to assist nei, out it seems now yiat she is willing to take assistance, j let it be ever so small. The Turkish and Russian names are Lard to pronounce ; or rather, many at them we do not know how to pro nounce at all. But we have learned how to pronounce one, to-wit : Plevna. It is said to be pronounced as if written "Plewna. I Attorneys' licenses are still 4 trouble it our forum, though Kellogg h^s passed iway. The tax collector, Judge Gar-1 rigues, this wfëit informed his Honor» j Judge Fontenot of the Parish Court, .that certain attorneys had not taken ont their annual licences, and therefore, they were not entitled to practice the legal law. One, as appeared by the gossip among them, had paid in money, one in kind, and one—it did not appear how he had paid. Some did not want to pay at all, or d$ not think they ought to pay. And one, whose lot was ^tlie hardest of all—to him—did not ' mind the Sheriff making a seizure to forcé payment, but he did not relish the idea of being deprived of the privilege of speech ; he wanted to talk. What is f the use of being a lawyer, if you can't ' 'talk ? There ought to be enough law jf yers in the next legislature to have the item requiring lawyers to pay a license stricken from the statute book. /To require a man to pay for the privilege of talking and giving his lungs a little .'exercise, for the benefit of his health, . before a court elected by the people, is tyrannical ; especially, when some prac f tice the profession silently, in others' f names, and don't pay a cent. " The Great Frederick " performed at Varieties Hall in this place, as published by the bills circulated on our streets, on Thursday and Friday evenings, and * will probably perform again to-night. • Admission, 75 cents; children, 50 cents. The Washington Enterprise thus speaks of his performances in that town : Prof. Fredrick gave two of his popu lar performances on Monday and Tues day evenings at Wood worth Hall. The entertainment's given bv him areentire ly new and original^ His magic is the ■work of a true artisr, and shows years of careful stndy. <\.s a ventriloonist the Professor has noc his equal, and he is the most perfect we have ever listened to, speaking in seven distinct voices. Miss Vonetta, the celebrated Violinist, was introduced on "the stage and her performance on the violin was exquisite and sonl -stirring. and drew down heavy applauses frn&i the audience. Prof. Fredrick possesses a liberality that is notoften found among showmen. He distributes among the audience val uable prizes, without extra charges, and ■whenever his bills are posted he is sure Jo draw large and appreciative honses. We publish an article from tfie New Orleans Democrat, on the subject of a constitutional convention, which suits onr ideas exactly. The Democrat com plains that the Georgia convention had too many able men in it, with their pet ideas, policies and hobbies. ^P'Jrs, Ivke onr legislatures, might have too many incompetent ones in it, without ideas. At any rate, in such a convention, tlie probability is that a large number of tlie members would lie unfit for the task of constitution building; and we see no reason why the State should pay men to do work that they can not do. After a constitution is framed, it has to be submitted to a vote of the people for adoption; let the legislature, or the executive, therefore, appoint a limited number of competent commissioners to fn>me it, amfcgive them sufficient time to' dtf it soberly, carefully, and well. The co«t would be much less, and the work mflcb better. Those who can do the work well, are comparatively few ; and are not always obtained by tlie machinery of popular elections. This plan would dispense with the trouble and expense of an election, and still leave them the privilege of adopting or rejecting the proposed cousHtution or amendments ther eto. " Is this tli®, place," she asked, as she ■wandered dmvn on the barren sands, where a young lad» 7 — a beautiful young lady fell into the water last season, ana was rescued by a gallant young, mail, whom she afterward married > " He looked at her carefully, estimated her at a square 47, with felse teeth, and said : "Tes, ma'am. But I^ou't know how to swim."— [S. E. Mail. « of at <<nmi todten 'funeral notices posted on and said it A traveler says Russian babies are never washed during the inst year. In America the boy babies are washed regularlv by their parents until they are about seven years old. From that time until they arc thirteen thçy may get their feet wet once in a while by some untoward accident, but their faces are rigidly treated on the Russian sys* tern.—fPl uck. m A stranger in this city, the other day, minted ten funeral notices po° " that many street corners, . . was no use for the papers to tell him there is no epedemic here. AU ot tfc notices referred to the death of person.—[N. 0 . Times. Why is a kiss like a sewing machine ? Because it seams Jb goo d. What city doesa kiss resemble? Nice. VOLUME 10. LOUSAS, LA., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 187T. NUM BER 3<i. j The War in the East. London , AufcuBt 27.— The Times eor respondent at headquarters of the Plev «»»' my telegraphs August 20th 9?IHS5 s Pasha received reinlorcements ox l«,00a y este rday from Suleiman Pasha. The Plevna army now numbers 75,000, with 200 guns. Tiie Times' Therapin dispatch, Sunday ] sayC: Tie governors of Adrianople and I Phillipopolis telegraphs: ■ PP JHP Pasha hâs taken Schipka Pass." Los don *, Aug. 27.— The Daily_ N : correspondent, who witnessed Friday 's ■ battle in Schipka Pass, telegraphs lrom GoinyStndeniSaturday: "Ridingback W ard from Schipka through the night I | passed masses of reinforcements—artil ! lery. and infantry—hurrying forward to : Schipka. Their strength is such & I ought to secure the satety of the all important position.'' , , , Ike same correspondent telegraphs j from Bucharest, Sunday : Information j follows me here, that the lighting at the I Pass is still raging, having been again ! renewed to-day, but that Radetzky con (inneg t<> )jold ^ owu j It is now a qiie stion of endurance,.but assaulting party were massed above j them. It is reported that a large nurn I adhere to my impression that .Schipka Pass, as noW held by Radetzky, is safe, and unless Suleiman Pasha cau run a Column through another pass he will wreck Iiis army by thus dashing it con tinually against this strong position. The correspondent, after giving a des cription of the pass, says: On the 21st inst., when the lighting commenced, the Russians were little over 30,000 stroug, with forty cannon. The Russians on this day had laid mines in front of their trenches, which exploded just as the head of the Turkish is is ber ou Moslems were blown into frag ments. By Thursday morning the Turks had so worked around on both Russian tlanks that it seemed as though the claws of a crab were about momentarily to close behind the Russians. The correspondent concludes: Occa sionally at some point the Russians would be hurled clean back out of the wood altogether. I could mark Turks following them eagerly to its edge, lying down while pouring out a galling fire. The troops who Were charged with making the front attdck merely suc ceeded in preventing the Turkish effort to work round to the Russian rear. It was, therefore, decided at noon, to de liver a counter Hank movemeent. Two battalions executed this movement. They had to advance uüder a tremen dous tire from the Turkish mountain guns. The fightiug on the Turkish : ;ront and flank lasted for a full hour, but at last the Turks were seen with drawing their battery of mountain guns near the right Hank, which was a sure sign that danger menaced it if it stayed longer there. , ,, . The left battery followed their ex ample, which showed what the Russians had gained the ridge on the Turkish left also. There remained but the cen tral peak of the Turkish position ; that earned, the ridge would be ours, and our right Hank would be set free from the dangerous pressure on it. renewed fighting is imminent. London , Aug. 27~-A Reuter telegram from Erzeroum, reaffirming the report of the defeat of the Russians at Ivizil says: Renewed fighting' is imminent. Russian retn f(<¥Cements continue to arrive at Alçx andropol. further from tiie pass. London , August 27— A Russian offi cial bulletin, dated Geornisteden, Sun dav evening, says : Yesterday our troops maintained their position in Schipka Pass. During the day's fighting, which lasted from 9 o'clock in the morning un til 10 in the evening, we lost 30 officers and 400 men killed and wounded. Du ring the night the Turks renewed the engagement with fresh troops, and the fighting was still going o desperately at noon, Sunday. When the dispatch containing this information left the pass the Russians still maintained their position. ^ London , Augnsw 28.—The Times Bu charest correspondent telegraphs : It is said that the hills around Schipka are covered with Turkish bodies, and that their loss already has been as great as that of the Russians at Plevna. The Russians still hold the Schipka Pass another battle in expectancy. Constantinople , Aug. 28.— A tels gram from Âdrianople announces the Russians still hold Fort Nicholas, in Schipka Pass. The Turks are attacking the highest Russian positions in the pass. A large nnmber„3f the Turkish wounded are ar^ving at Adrianople. A dispatch from Shumla announces that the Russians occupy Pophoi. A battle is expected. 0 , „ , . Shumla , August 28.—Yesterday Sulei man Pasha made an assault on the Rus sian position in Schipka Pass, at nine o'clock in the morning. The battle, which was sanguinary, Lasted until six in the evening. The enemy,^who were assailed on both Araks, w . unable to resist the attack, and the rurks gained posses sion of all the earthworks at the open ing of the defile. rtl , A telegram to the Times from Shumla also says : Suleiman PashH has captured nearly all the Russian positions. The Russiaus lost 8000 killed and wounded. London , Aug. 29.—The Daily News correspondent with Russian headquar ters before Plevna, says: Ihe Turks have been receiving reinforcements more rapidly andin greater numbers than the Russians, and are beginning to take the offensive all along the line. They are also keeping the Russians on the Plevna front on a continual qui vive, by concentrating troops, as if about to attack. - • _ . , London , August 29— Advices from the Russian headquarters at Gorny Studen, dated August 28, say : All quiet this morning. Our troops maintain their positions. The Turks remain un der cover and behind the neighboring heights, out of range of our batteries. The total number of wounded, from August 31 to August 27, is 2480, including 9« officers. The number of killed is un known. Everything is quiet in the di rection of Plevna and Loftscha. the russians being hemmed in. Constantinople , August 29.—Sulei man Pasha telegraphs Aug. 28 as fol lows: Our entrenched bne ot invest ment is only one hundred and titty paces from the enemy's fortifications. We still hold tlie commanding Aliknd Jebet heights. ^ The Russians are blockaded on three sides. Every effort being made to com plete the blockade by cutting them oft from the road to Gabrow>. The Rus sian forces have been cruelly decimated and have retired to their fortified posi it tions. Cannonading and outpost en gagements are carried on intermittently. London , Aug. 30.—' The second edi tion of the Standard has an Adnanople dispatch dated 1 o'clock this morning, which says: "Troops are pouring to the front at the rate of 15,000 per day. These battalions come from Batoum. Large numbers of Albanian volunteers ? "arriving to join Suleiman Pasha. They have changed their old guns for Martini-Henry rifles. No decisive ac tion will take place at the Shipka Pass, yitil the arrival; of reinforcements on" one., or both s'Ait 1 . The Standard's? correspondent at the Russian headquarters, telegraphs under date of Monday : The Tosses up to the present time are no Iff» than 12,000.,on both sides. Gabro\>a^s full of wounded. It is rumored that Generals Radetzky and Demtresky an? wounded. Prince Miry sky seems still to be between Selvi am! Loitsc&a, but communication is so difficult that the fact is uncertain. Beb ro va has been burned by the irreg ulars from Rasgrad. Constantinople , Aug. 30.— Suleiman Pasha telegraphs the following, dated Aug. 29: " We continue to blockade the enemy, and threaten h rs retreat by the Gabrova road. Then \ has been some artillery firing to-day.- Our outposts exchanged musket shot s with the ene my. A recoil noisance ill the vicinity of Gabrova, shows ths# th e Russians oc cupy Elilagach, three ho urs march this side of Gabrova." describing a battle at schipka pass. London , August 31.— Tike Daily News correspondent, tœtegrnphimg from Schip ka Pass August 25, gives a' ju account of the Russian attempt to capture the re doubt which the Turks constructed so as to sweep the road on She Russian rear. This redoubt is still nn taken, and constitutes a great danger to the Rus sians, at is gives the Turks possession of a ridge running parallel to t hat up which the road winds 1500 yarn's dis tant. The redoubt enfilades the road in several places, and the Turkish in fantry, by extending along this ricijje, which is thickly wooded, can practicality render the road impassable. The Rus sian position still remains most critical, iu spite of reinforcements. Gen. Rad etzky, indeed, informed the com m and ant of Gabrova, the day after his arri val, that he had better warn the in habi tants to be ready to fly at a moment's notice. The Russians advanced under cover of trees too small to afford good s heiter, lu a short time they reached within fifty yards of the redoubt; he - re they found the Turks had cut down ».he trees around the redoubt, making ar. abattis over which it was almost impossible to pass. They gathered around the edge, and suddenly made a rush f\>r it, but weredriven oack with fearful l.vss. The soldiers became entangled in ma sses of brushwood, and trunks and liaibs of trees, over which they were oblig ed to scramble, while the Turks poured in ;l terrible fire upon them. At this sùort distance, it mowed them down like gr.sss. Of the first assàult against the redoubt, in which one company was engaged, very few got back to tell the tale. Gen. Rodetzky sent reinforcements and the attack began again, but dispo sitions were made to place a large force in such position 'jjat it could pour a heavy fire into the redoubt to cover the assault until th e assailants were almost up to the parapet. This attack seemed almost on the polJit of success, for the colonel in command said that if the reserves were given to him he could take the redoubt. The officer in com mand of the reserves let them go, but they were nevertheless repulsed. The uext assault was made under the eye of Gen. Rodetzky and part of his staff. Gen. Dimitriofsky, chief of staff, placed himself at the head of the storming battalion, although he had to be sup ported by two men, as he had just pre viously been stunned by earth thrown up by an exploding shell. The Russians advanced steadily, rushed over or through the abattis; they even got into the redonbt and actually held it for a few seconds, but were driven out again. They surrounded the place on all sides, pouring into it a terribie fire, but were again driven back. In the meantime the Turks, to support its defence, began in their turn to attack the Russian position in the pass from front and rear. The Russian losses must be very heavy for the fight continued until late at night, and the wounded were coming back steadily all the time. To sum up, the attack has been unsuccessful. Reinforcements are arriving and the fight will probably be continued to-morrow, Sunday. a is as is the ball reopened again—the turks thus far the victors. The Manchester Guardian received a telegram this afternoon stating that the expected battie along the line of the Lorn, from Aghahasia to Torlak, com menced yesterday and continued all day. Mehmet Ali Pasha, commanded the Turks in person aud attacked the Russians at three points. So far the Turks are successful. the battle of krassan—the turks victorious, loss 3000 to 4000. Constantinople , Sept. 1.—Mehemed Ali Pasha telegraphs as follows: On Thursday morning a strong column of our troops from Rasgrad and Surinas snohler attacked the Russians near the village of Karahassan 1er. The fighting was desperate. The village was taken and retaken several times, but finally carried by the Turks. The enemy was defeated and retreated in disorder, pursued by our troops About five o'clock in the evening two other columns from Surinassonhler crossed the Lom, and 'forced the enem to abandon Haldaragez, and fall bac on Pop. My headquarters are at Sekar, from whence I proceed to-morrow to join Ahmed Eyoub Pasha, who is en camped at Karaliassarler. The troops engaged at Karahassanler were the Rasgrad and Eski Djnma divisions. They captured a cannon, four ammuni tion wagons, 2000 rifles, a large quantity of uniforms and military equipments. Baker Pasha greatly distinguished him self. We lost about 3000 killed and wounded and the Russians 4000. Renter's Shumla dispatch says : The fighting lasted niue hours. The posi to tions carried by the Turks on the right - " • * ~ — 1 " uii I knows. bank of the Lom are Telibeler, Spa lar, and Karahassanler. London , September 1.— Osman Pasha reports reconnoissances iu force from Plevna, in one of which one hundred Russian cavalry were killed near Ilichad, London , Sept. 1.—A correspondent of the Times reports Thursday's battle : Three Turkish brigades, two battalions A and two squadrons of cavalry advanced from near Rasgrad. Mehmet All and Prince Hassan took position on a high hill, commanding an interrupted view from R&sgvad beyond Osniaii Bazar. The Egyptians participated in this bat tle. The battle field extended 15 miles. The Russians gradually 'gave way, and by 5 o'clock were scampering from the field. . . The Turks are scampering alter them. in fine style. The report concludes: The Russiaus were now in. full retreat in every direction, and by sonset the Turks had proved, for the second tune, that they are not only capable of meet ing the Russians in the open field, but also of driving them from their strong ly intrenched positions. In ten days the Russians have lost the magnificent double positions of the Lom and Kara Lom. What may happen next no one FURTHER FROM SCHIPKA PASS. London , Sept. 1.—The Times says: The tight for Shipka Pass is gradually developing into operations on a large scale. The Turks are moving over hair a dozen passes. They may be only irregulars or flying detachments, but it is also possible that they are different links of a combined operation, which may gradually develop itself. ESTIMATING'THE RUSSIAN LOSSES. London , Sept. 1.—It is impossiUe to tell what the forces the Russians had engaged numbered, nor cau their losses, as yet, be estimated ; probably they were not heavy,except around Krassan, by which name this engagement will be designated by the Turks. THE RUSSIAN DEFEAT ON THF. LOM. London . Sept 1.—Later editions of [ the News and Standard publish de patches from their correspondents, who were eye witnesses of Thursday's bat tle, which confirm in detail the serious Russian defeat on the Lom. Both cor respondents agree that Bopki had been abandoned and the Russian position completely turned. The Turks are con tinuing the pursuit. Baker Pasha, un der whom the Turkish cavalry charge was made, and who had two horses shot, is with Capt. Briscoe, one of his statt, reported missing. THE CLOSE jOF THE WEEK LEAVES THE FAVORABLE POSITION— turks in a and determined to press their advantage without delay. London , Sept. 1.—The week closes favorably for the Turks throughout the whole theatre of war, and as regards Schipka, although Suleiman Pasha has not succeeded in driving out the gar rison, lie lias almost completely block aded it. The latest Russian bulletin almost admits that he is master of the situa tion for the time, as it says the Russians are ignorant whether he is about to re tire and renew the assault, or attempt a turning movement. It is therefore ap parent that he has his choice of action, and from the fact that he has pushed a recon noisance to Kickelagatock, which is within the northern slope of the Bal kans. He seems to have chosen a turn ing movement. 1 | ! j I j j ! j ! the war in asia. London , Sept. 1—The news from the Asiatic seat of war is most conflicting as to the present movement of the Rus sian army under Gen. Millihoff. Mukli tar Pasha asserts iu his official dispatch, which agrees with the latest advices from Bezeroum, that it is retreating; whereas, a telegram from Kwruk Dara, of the 8ame date, declared that the Rus sians had advanced from Versts. A Russian bulletin, however, admits that in the engagement on August 25, the i\irks succeeded in capturing tlie heights of Kiseltope, although their attempts to turn the Russian left were repulsed. As regards the engagement in which the Erva'i column were engaged, on the 24th and 2.8th of August, at Igdir, al though they may be in themselves ut terly unimportant, they show that tlie Turkish right is operating on Russian ground and, though the Turks may never advance a step farther, yet, it they should sucked m stopping the Russian offensive itor sonîe weeks longer, there is an end to it for t.his year. ANOTHER TURKISH VICTORY Constantinople , Sept. 2.— Osman Pasha telegraphs from Plevna August 31, as follows : " We have made* a " . ot , fensive recönnoisance in forces .issaiust the Russian fortifications at Pechau (probably Pelishal of the maps, " v <j miles east of PleVna,) and encounte.'e« the enemy half an hour 's march fro.'B Plichad. " After two hours' desperate fighting the enemy fled. We carried three redoubts by assault, and captured a gun, many horses and arms. The Russians, who numbered 30,000, lost heavily ; we slightly. a report of the same battle from russian sources. London , Sept. 2.—A Russian official dispatch, dated Gorny Studeni, Sept. 1, says: All is quiet toward Rustchuk, Osman Bazar, Loftcha and the Balkan passes. There was fighting before Plevna oh August 31, from 3 o'clock in the morning until 4 in the afternoon. The Turks, numbering 25,000, were re pulsed along the whole line. The Rus sian loss was 600. colonel valentine baker missing— the turkish victory confirmed. New York , Sept. 2.— A cable special to the Herald says that Col. Valentine Baker, who was seen leading a cavalry charge of the Turks with great but rash gallantry at the battle of Karasan, is missing. A Russian account of the fight claims that the Russians had only 3000 infantry with ten guns, while the Turks num bered 20,000. The Russians were rein forced during the day, but without avail. The Turks continually increasing m numbers. The Russians admit the lo3s of 500 in killed and wounded. Constitutional Conventions. : A of able jurists au ' MM" INew Orleans Democrat, Aug. 31st.] The recent Constitutional Convention of Georgia embraced too large a num ber of able men and prominent politi cians. Each of them had his hobby, his pet idea and policy, and employed too much of the time of the convention with able speeches and fiery debate. The mostathonghtful and deliberate of the body were very much dissatisfied with the result, and so we think will be ihe people. The time and circumstan ces were not favorable to that close study, investigation and comprehen sive statesmanship which were so much demanded for a satisfactory conclusion of their labors. There are some wholesome changes in the instrument which was evolved by this convention, but we think that the defective and unwise changes pre dominate. This experience suggests a plan which strikes us as a far wiser one than that of revising our State consti tutions through these large political bodies called conventions. It was the plan which was pursued in New York when their last constitution was adopted. This was the appointment of a board -J able jurists aud statesmen, selected from the different gestions of the State, and representing the several clases of the people, to which was assigned tge duty to prepare and reduce to proper form and language the varions needed amendments of the constitution anu report the same to the Legislature for their consideration and approval or re jection. In this manner our own Civil Code and Code of Practice were pre pared and adopted. That was a much more laborious and difficult work than would l»e the preparation of a constitu tion. If approved by the Legislature, these amendments and changes could be submitted to the people, without the expense and the inevitably unsatisfac tory and embarrassing accompaniments and results of a convention. When cau you be said to glassware! When you buy a swallow tumbler and goblet. [ j, )t0 a petty t | K! c hasm i The Battie in the Balkans, THRILLING DETAILS OF A FIVE DAYS FIGHT, WHICH IS STILL PROGRESSING I — HEROIC BRAVERY OF TIIE RUSSIANS AND DESPERATE VALOR OF TIIE TURKS. A Gen. Gourka said when he occupied j 1 the Schipka Pass that with ten thous | and men he could hold the pass against j ! the combined Turkish armies, and it , j seems he was correct. Last Saturday j I Suleiman Pasha attacked this strong j position. Cable telegrams from London, j of the 25th, describe the lighting which ! followed : j " Do yo 1 ' see that long, narrow, crooked channel, worn through solid rocks by ! the swift torrent which, after eomplet tlie work ages ago, dwindled away brook I Do you see how widened here and there, allowing patches of veudure to obtain a slender foothold, and even clamber up the loVver slopes of the rocky wall, while a few fir trees stretch their bare arms helplessly over the cliffs far above? Look closer, and among the dark green firs you will see still darker objects, which gradually resolve into black mouths of cannon. Gaze ahead of you at that iifily heap of debris just where the road tarns, and yon will see, as did the Turks, rows of the same black mouths gaping straight up into your face. Above, below, on either hand are the Russian intrenchments. The Turks saw those, and, to do them justice, did not falter. Up the winding road inarched the solid columns. In the front ranks were men used to mountain warfare— men who had hunted Montenegrins through their Wildest fastnesses. Word was given to charge, and with savage yells Suleiman's veteran butchers sprang to the attack. But those black-mouthed guns were not there for nothing. They broke forth into one long cry that was echoed rom the valleys to the hilltops on every side, and were re-echoed from a FOREST OF RUSSIAN RIFLES that were suddenly thrust over the re doubts. The Russian tire was so well planned and executed that for a few moments the Turks were beaten back, but gathered themselves, and elamber _ over the dead bodies, pushed for ward. MEN FELL BY THE HUNDREDS, and in falling hindered their living coin rades. Frantic with rage, the Turk's rushed to their death, for the Russian riflemen behind the trenches coolly moved them down until the road was literally paved with corpses. The Mon tenegrin regulars suffered most, but not until two battalions had been cut to pieces did Suleiman order his favorite troops to withdraw. A council of officers was liekj, THE BLOOD OF THE TURKS WAS ON FIRE, and it was determined to take the re doubts at all hazards. The men needed no urging forward. Battalion after battalion charged with all the impetuosi ty and recklessness for which the Mos lems are noted. Time after time they were repulsed, with tremendous slaugh ter. . When darkness set in no less than THREE THOUSAND DEAD BODIES were piled up on oue another in the narrow defile, and the Russiaus were still unconqiiered. At daybreak Wed nesday morning it was evident to the Russians that the Turks were about to adopt a different style of attack, for hundreds were seen digging aud throw ing up breastworks. Previous experience had taught the Turkish commanders that the Russians were dangerous foes. Two batteries were mounted before noon, and from these .j ' SHOT AND SHELL w^re poured into the Russian defences, wit'h considerable ettect. At the^ same time' corps were at work, busy diggiug zigzag trenches, through which the men mfo -bt be able tc^ advance under the Russian* guns, anil the latter speedily transferred light artillery so as to com mand the pits, and no serious attack was made. Affairs began to assume a serious shape, howe ver, for the Russians "'ere in greatly in.ferior force and could not endure a regular siege. Their hope now lay in reinforcements. The Gattliiig guns of the lurks, that day again jivsserted their sqperiorit> over any other cannon, as the Russians suffered the Joss of several hundred men, while the Turks remained quite out of reach. Anticipating that Drous ■f liinsky might be reinforced, Suleiman, ua Thursday m orning, renewed ins di rect assaults. Fighting was begun as early as 5 o'clock. In the midst ot a terrible cannonade, with desperate cour age, the Turks advanced along the trenches, which gave so little shelter that they finally abandoned them and dashed acrossed the open ground and up to the redoubts. Three times they were repulsed, but the Russians were greatly exhausted and could not hold out much longer. Just as they were despairing, and ready to yield, a fresh battalion of Turks swarmed up the field with fierce yells, but were res ponded to by still louder shouts as Radetzky's troops appeared on the other side of the intrenchments, and hurled t heinselves upon the fated assailants. They were JUST IN TIME» An hour later and the Turks would have forced the Russian positions and been , «-I*,*™ of <l:it »L ';V PflSS. masters of the situation at Shipka Pass It was one of the dramatic events of the war, and as such will go down into his tory. Our correspondent, who accom panied Radetzky, estimated the Turk ish losses during these three days light ing, at six thousand, while the Russians lost one thousand, iucluding killed and wounded. The very latest dispatches indicate th at fighting is still go ing on. Single men in one respect are fortunate The annual domestic break-up and j spring moving: doesn't trouble them much. There are nice apartments tor single gentlemen on every side. Land- j ladies like single gentlemen. I hey giv«3ittk' trouble, they do not make a ; 'dnuss " in their rooms, they are, gone j all dav aud only use the room to sleep in. Married women as lodgers are a ; troUbUPto other married or unmarried women ' more '■waiting on. imreisa natural , antagonism between the amllartv and j her ladv lodgers. Either the lady lodger ! is,rt suited with the care the landlady j takes of her apartments, or landlady is not suited with the manner in which not suited lady lodger spills things on the carpet, .scratches furniture and throws things around, It makes a great difterence sometimes in point of careful handling whether you own your furniture or hire it. A correct and harmonious adjust ment and balança between lady lodger and landlady is an exceedingly difficult and delicate piece of social mechanism. ...— ^ A magistrate in Iowa refused to une a nvil» for fcissinw •» trivl iffiiinsb her will, ! man 1« Kissing a J,» ' 1 i bccftos© the COlli plilin ftli t vwi» ^ ^ ingly pretty that nothing out «m ov f r ; whelming sense of its diguity prevented Bazsiise is lîis IVaitie. A REMARKABLE DISCOVERY— OSMAN I'ASIIA, WHO WON TIIE GREAT BATTLE OF PLEVNA, PROVES TO BE NONE OTHER THAN THE FAMOUS FRENCH MARSHAL H AZA IX E. ( I I i I I j [chii 'tigo Iiiter-Ocean.J New York , August 24.—The Army and Navy Journal to-day publishes the following : ^ft is confidently asserted in England fften private information that Osman | Pasha is none other than that celebra ted fugitive from French prisons, Mar shal François Ochilre Bazaine. This intelligence is by no means improbable. Bazaine was always an active and stir ring man, and the circumstances of his public trial in France were such as to shut him out from a career in any army of Christian Europe. Like most 1 rench ofiieers of rank, he had served in Algeria, and in so doing acquired considerable knowledge of Arabic and of the Arabs. Besides this, he served in the crimean war in command of the Foreign Legion, and afterward as French governor of Sevas topol. During that peri d he naturally made many Turkish acquaintances, and therefore there is nothing more natural j than that he should go to Turkey in the j hour of his need. It is no secret that, j Bazaine was a strong Bonapartist, and that his treason to France in the inter est of the late emperor is indulgently looked on by the imperial government. In Turkey, where Bazaine's master was the best friend of the sultan, Bazaine would be received with open arms by those of his friends, who knew his value in any capacity of trained soldier. That lie should have concealed his identity with the utmost care is equally natural, and had not war come it is possible that lie might have concealedittill his death, but. war with Russia, his antagonist of t wenty years ago, could not fail to bring Osman Pasha in contact with the peo ple who knew GENERAL BAZAINE AS GOVERNOR OF SEBASTOPOL. Whether tlie secret leaked out through souie Russian officer prisoner in his hands, or some English or French at tache who had served in the Crimea and recognized Osman Pasha, is uncer tain, but tire character of his fighting at Plevna, a stubborn defensive battle, is curiously like the first day at Gravelotte, though the difference of force on the enemies' side l ed i.' j i ' i to a happ ier issue. The WorkingsmEN's Party .—The present is really a first rate time for * ? starting of a new party of some kin«. ; and a Workingmen's party or any other 1 kind of a party that lias in view the ac complishment of legitimate objects, and that is managed by men of honesty anu sense, will have something more thai) a chance of achieving a brilliant success. This, iiowever, is a bad year for dema gogues and blatherskites, and the ill luck which has befallen a good many individuals who prided themselves on being " eminent statesmen," ought to be a warning to some of those who have suddenly gotten it into their heads that the Lord has called upon them to take charge of the government of the nation, it may turn out that the Lord has no intentions with regard to tlieni except to deliver them oyer hand and foot, to «fçilphia Telegraph. DIEU : PEFFERKORN—At the residence of his par ents, in Opelousas, on the 3d inst., James Sam uel PetfeI'korn son of Emile Pefferkoni and Lucia II oilier, aged 9 months and -t days. Iii«! l.cllrn Remaining in the Post Office at Opelousas, La,, Septen i ber 1st, 1877, and if not. taken out before October 1st, 1877, will be sent to the Dead Letter Office at Washington D. Areeneau A Bridges Anderson Bates Aaron Barber Frank DeBlanc miss Lesima Dangerfleid Reuben Drethierry Alex Eluque Sylvestre Farr W B Franklin R Grigsby Luke Gardiner John G Gary Adolphe Harang mous Harisou G W Heurtevant M Harvard Emely Henry Blaemore Juli n James Jackson Henry i Kirk wood Henry Lewis mrs Phillis Lafeeye J H Lonzo Maria mrs Lauis Tum er Lewis J W Meyer Morris Wilburn mrs Orelia Martin miss Emuia McBride Robt Newton W V r> OfFate nitne widow Porsitor mrs Arthur A Rivers Henderson Rowzer Thonms Singleton Napoleon .. Shields Joseph 'J Sharry James Summer Colby Steen H N Sliipp Albert Scott Rarniall Simon Dodley Sillon Edward Stone Margaret Seymour Alex White Jeff Williams mrs Margaret Williams Henderson Young Henry CIIA8. M. THOMPSON, P. M. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. £.osl ! About 20 miles abc. ye Chicot, a bay American horse, no brand, a white spot under his mane on right side, a lump on right shoulder near spot. Any one finding said horse will be liber ally rewarded by applying to GEORGE McDANIEL, Sept 8-4t Bayou Waxia. Our Price List -OF- G Vegetable Seeds ? Specially adapted for cultivation in LOUISIANA Now ready, and mailed free on application. peter ïie*»eb*oi* a co. Market Gardener« and Seedsmen, 35 COKTLANDT STREET, sept 8-4t NEW YORK. j j a ; j a ; ' cenëaux. M„Vtù byPaiüin Arce.ieaux and east , iiv 1,^,^ mil£n ov,n. containing ihirty-ttve acres j u ; m< nr ! Terms—i'.» be soi.' on a credit or twelve j months ^^ ....^..1 aud security is j V uiciai. advertisements. me kief's sale. PARISH COURT, PARISH OF ST. LANDRY. NO. 1853. HENRY TRICON FOR USE, &C. VS. JOSEPH D. LAFOND. By virtue of a writ; of fieri facias issued out of the honorable Parish Court, in and for the Parish oi' St. Landry, in the above entitled suit, and . » >ne directed, I will proceed to sell at publie auction to the highest bidder, at the Courthouse of said pal ish, in the town of Ope lousas, on SATURDAY, the 6th day of Octo ber 1877, at 11 o'clock A. 51., the following des cribed property, to-wit : A certain tract of woodland situated on the west Fori; of Plaquemine Bnsiee. iu said parish Landry, bounded north by Azerm Ar ept 8 all costs and C. C. DUSON, iff of tho Parish of St. Landry. r otice of a »ti«mstkation. PROBATE COURT, PARLSHOFST. LANDRY, NO. 3%4. ESTATE OF HUGHEY DONNELLY. appointed administratrix of the estate of , Hugliey Donnelly, deceased, late of the par a j i ö i, 0 f st. Landry.' Therefore, any iiersott intending to make op position to said atn>oiul ment, will 11 le the same : in writing in mv oiîice. in the town of Opelousas, r ; i within tentlayi tvom the present notice, jamks o. chacherk , cterk. Whereas, Margaret P. Donnelly, of the parish of St. Landry, has applied !>y her petition to l>e ' m W ADVERTISEMENTS. T isl of Jurors. S tvtf, of L ouisiana, Parish of St. Landry. Be it Known tliut we, tli bei« <>f the Jury Commission, 28tli <lav of August A. D., lb. Clerk 's office in tlie town of Ope of St. Lanrlry, for the purpose of vi on R, of 1877. and all. undersigned mem did on tins the *17, meet at the 1U8US. parish «ira wing a - - - ,, „ ot -District j„fv for tlie October term of Court. 8tu ■ 'Court, parish of St. Landry, muter Secu iVei 44 of the regular session — . imiiiViers being present, Mayo one of sau. niernhers in presence of the others, drew from tlie general venire box, one at a time, the nan» * of tfie following fifty persons to comP< Grand and Petit Jurors, tor the ^' s *Yfbiv of said Court, commencing Monday the 22d day oi October A. D.. 1S77, a li*t ot whom was then and there kept by ilie Clerk of tourt, James C>. ( 'haehcre ; und in our judgment a Jury required for tin' second and third week ol tue term, we then and there proceeded as m draw - the first tifty .jurors, to draw tlurtj add! for tiio tional names, to serve as Petit Jurors second week, and thirty additional names to serve as Petit Jurors for the third ■ term of said Court, and wt ilid thi'i veek of tlie • the clerk and Com "and there place the names I'lac nami.s : a i* Uuillory Kniest Dejean ... Edmond Tvler... I M E Martel Adolphe Taylor.. I Jos c Rouniue j Alexander Webst. David Miller Lucius David — '.ouis Dcville Edgar Fux_ Chas A Roy S O A intrus George Darkins Pierre Briggs... - Uriah Green W Wall ^ t _ j Rodolphe iteed.. j cuarlcs Belfour j mission uui II»>I1 ami urac v drawn, as aforesaid, for each sépara.'« ) ™sek> ill seiiarate envelopes, and sealed and liuloiseu the same with the week, tor which they were t.. .iM-i tivclv drawn, which said envelopes, con V , 1 nù sàid naines, were then and there placed 1 i"iu a jurv box provided fur the purpose, ' i after depositing said names therein iw .aid. was sealed and locked by us and I iu tlie custody of tl^ Clerk ot the Court for use at the next term of Court. LIST OF GRAND AND PETIT JURORS FOR FIRST WEEK : RESIDENCE,: Grand Prairie Plu.iuemine ..... .Near Washington Faquetaiqne ..........Coulee Croche . .Grand Coteau Nez-Piquo Bel lev ne Bayou Chic.jt Church Point .' Washington Platiiiemiiie Bayon Chicot Washington Robert Covo Elm Bayou Point-aux-Loups Plaisance 7 Bayou Chicot Plan tiemino BeUevue ".'.V. Mallet Poiut-aux-Loup .. Bayou Tcehe Mallet 7 Châtaignier Bayou TCclie Near bpelousas Big Cane BeUevue Plaisance ...... Chutalgnier Öpelousas Ville Plate Queue Tonne Webb's Covo 7.. Near Opelousas Washington Queue Tortue (near) Near Opelousas ... Bayou Petit Prairie Coulee Croche Plaisance Washington Grand Prairio ... Bayou Petit Prairio Bellevue LIST OF PETIT JURORS FOR THE SECOND W Gritlin Richard Higlitower ... 1. A Black Michael Seandling Philemon Miller Octave D.vjean Isaac Richard T S Fontenot CUas Clay Jacoues Bordelon Richard H Gardiner... Lucien Bacon - Dorsin Prud'homme. . Lucien Dupre François Ardoin Thomas St Andre T S Richard Girand Forest Dupre Plaisance John Stuart Louis Aubespin E Plonsky A'ex Hebert Leon Lemelle Leo tio.leaii Emile II Copiuen Ernest St Armand Frederick Ehrhardt .. Emile Vidrine Alphonse Godeau Eugene Richard .... WEEK : M R Wilson Auguste Fruge Albert Ware Henry I> McBride . JamesD Andrus ... Edmond Deville — Lucos Leblanc Sifroyen Lavergne. Artelus Latleur — Jos a Euli ' ie L( .j,. U ne _ ,i.. Belle vua Point-aux Loup Bellevue Church Point Prud'homme ..Flat Town Prairie, Queue Tortue Coulee Croche Biliaire Covo Barry's Landing Waxia Point-aux-Ltmp Plaisance Near Washington. Bayou Petit. Prairie Bayou Bceuf Bayou Chicot Plaquent ino Robert Cove Big Cane Opelousas Grand Coteau Flat Town Prairie Plaisance Grand Prairie Near Washington Plaquemino *7 T. Washington Bayou Chicot François Ledoux Jr. Dncoudre Ledoux James O Reed j"nseph Valéry Isaac F Littell William Carpenter Joseph H Andrus Robert B Sloan Alcée Hebert Sol Bloch Gernnd Matield Oneil Soileau Isaac Dupre George Kimbell S R Proctor Offutt Lyons Otis Lirnt fiir Campbell LIST OF PETIT JURORS FOR THE THIRD WEEK : • S \M KS • r esi lienc ÎÎ : Julius Meyers - - - Opelousas A C Devillier Ernest Deliailton Belaire Covo Thos B Fontenot " " Julien Louis J Fontenot Anse Aux Paille Frank Malbreax Church Point Ulysse Lutteur Belaire Cove Bello Donato Near Opeloiisas Gustave Derousseau Mullet LO Cozine Wash ington Onezime Deshotel Grand Prairio William Chield Piaqueinine Narcisse Bihm Coulee Triffer or Mennento Plaqnerulnn Mamouth Bayou Tficlio Faquetaique _ Old Grand Priurio Béni Andrus." Bayou Tèelie ,T D'Miles Prud'homme William Young Plaqucmine Ridge Arther Daigle Point Noire Euphroisin Hebert Coulee Tritfe Dejean Dusras Coulee Croche Alex Nezat Jr Prairie Basso Jos L Bourque Plaiiueioine Francois Rideau Plaisance Wilson Lemon Bellevue Vaucherie Boutte In witness whereof we hereunto affix our signatures, this 28th day of August a. D., 1877. C. MAYO, P. J. LEFEBVRE, D. DURIO, JOHN SIMMS, O. CHACHERE. Clerk. David Roy. A L Harmon W R Ashford Lucien Robin Eloi Savoie iV res tide Ort ego .. JAMES Four Farms for Sale. Oue of thirty acres, one of sixty-five, one eighty, and the other of one hundred aud thirty-seven, all near Opelous«T^uid improved. For further particulars apply to THEOtfCHACHERE. Sept. l-3tn y .Vol in. rt> L/ dings, it and 40,000 first quality cypress shingles we re quired to roof the Franklin College building at Opelousas. Bids to furnish that amount quality of shingles, and deliver them on the Franklin College grounds, will lie received up to the 20th of September. The lowest and best bids will be accepted, cash. ;eepted, and payment 1 JOSEPH M. MOORE, CHARLES N. EALER neut made in JAMES H. HOUSTON, C. C. SWAYZE, Committee in charge Franklin College property. Sei>t l-3t j i'dk'iai. a »vehtise.ments. pebiilc sai.e. ESTATE OF CLARA JOE. By virtue o.' an order oi! the honorable Par ish Court, of the Parish of St. Landry, there will be «old at public auction, to the highest bidder, by the undersigned administrator or by any dnly qmiiillert auctioneer, at the hist resi dence of the deceased, in Opelousas, in the parish of St. Landry, on TUESDAY, October ■2d, 187", the following described property, to wit: , .t , One lot of ground situated in, the town of Opelousas, being the last residence of Clara Joe, deceased, with all the buildings ami im provements thereon, bounded north and east br property supposed to belong to the liclrs of Kate Adams, south by property of Mrs. Joseph Williams, and west by Court street. Terms and Conditions.— One-third of the pur chase price for cash, and the balance payable in one, two ami three years from day of sale, purchasers to furnish their notes for the credit installments, with good aud sufficient, security to the satisfaction of the administratrix, special mortgage and vendor's privilege retained on the property sold to secure, payment of said notes, which are to bear eight per cent interest from their respective maturities until paid. seiit 1-51 DELPHINE Jî Administratrix. N .totice of tableau. PROBATE COU RT,PARISH OF ST. LANDRY No. :«23. ESTATE OF JEAN DUGAL. Whereas, Maria Castillo of the parish of St Landry, tutrix of the minor children issue of her marriage with Jean Dugai deceased, having tiled a fa'.lean ot clasicillcatiou and annual account of the above estate, accompanied by her petition praying for tlie homologation of j the same. { And whereas the prayer of said petition has ~ n order been granted by an order of court, bearing date August 27th, 1877. Now, therefore notice is hereby given to all persons Interested to make opposition to said tableau in writing at my otlice iu the town of Opelousas, within the time required by law, why the said tableau should not be homologated and confirmed. JAMES O. CHACHERE, Clerk. sept l-jfs