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OL. I.- COLFAX, GRANT .PAISI. LA... SATURDAY. OCTOBER 21, 1876. NO. 16.
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NASBY.
t Lceedingl T .oab;U oer Qaes.
tun of 2efor.u. t
Coun.sUltr X R'.,.t,
is in t.he ~otm:e av IKxet lli.',
It. takes a great deal tf wear
-tear to be.- a ,. un a.uwt'eraL..
_ than I feel I k:m ..tami ait my
of life, pert icel3y ias L.1,eit, u
S rin his likker m,,ce and
- every dav. Onu nsufli.heut
£flte it'x iWmi4)ibhlae to watW.
he pints and keo :dall tht" sheep
:ly In the fold. I amr !Oln.iul
Sthe eleeshun and ioryr:i.bien
ithat great refortmer, TJien, i,,
Si the pomloi IL kmiu ejy
"fruots av my lab".r, and by
a py likk -r by tie r idhll n it
Sa in deult,,rv aiA ifrekenut
"k, I kin be shoor of both
ty and quantity.
7y last trouble wits nmy wast,
it ti me an entire day to it
traitened. Poll,.k :in, Bialer
got hold of a Noo York Daui
paper, oue winh I bed been
mA authorit-, aun weut
- one bar-room to .nothtr atd
it to every Diwo~urat in the
. They even penetrateto
's, and before I got in, bed
tiheir pisen in that sakred
It contaune I long arti
7- iwin that Tl ehu. our rtatid
birer, wuz cotuuitted, iuole
4 body, not only to hlr l mu, nev
iejit resnutupben, but Itlat
ta reformer uv the reform-.
dgoin so far as to lled e
iever to pay a dul orn
iir war-claxis, never to re
Snigger-servito.od in ,ny"
sad never toappint to ors I
Sit them ez wus titrtid fur it,
as wouldn't steeL.
ITdid thrswhde I wus out i
--=a lundred Dimocrates to '
ito Inieana to vote in the
o, reform in October. '
#bai I returned there wus trot
I was surrounde.I by a bun
diguant Dimocrats demand
me wat I wu goiu to do'a
" for Reform," sed Deekin t
"but I am goin to be paid a
-wd potto.t and them i"
fencec-rilis wia Fedral pikkits
w . 4eez,-d. '
-I atm for Reform," sed Captain
Ih:l'el'er, "but I want pay for
Sihel . thee horses wich John I"'r
a;:n se. zed, wiech he wood'et.t hev
.i.... s bit for Fedral invader',
Wi"., t:ak:.les the government clteer
l' r·eh pusiible for them!"
"I :tai fr Rleform," said Insaker
(;.iva t. "lbt wat is reform to me.
f l k Ln be collector of this dee-
~.,au ,iv tm aff I smiled a sad
.and pe:i.ive smile at th6 chil-hlike
tuuseuse, and, mountin a stump,
--My fr.ends," I remarkt, does
Swt.ie-r ever get higher than its
aoumtaic-iled? Is a Chrstian ever
hetter ti,.tn the Teu Couaumuad
Iaents '? Lhen I hed to explain
to em w :t the teu Commuandments.
was.; Did you ever know a party
to ric :abo,ve the source of its
Strtuý;giit? Ii'a all very well fto
t ,1s v.,e sheet lu Neo York to talk
boat h:ar l money there, for the
ati.,alI Ibou.holders of the Dim
,ex'a.y ti-.re want it; but tio we?
Not uny. We want paper, and
l.,ta uv it, and we're a~,)in to hev
it. What kLan the East do about
res+,,mu ? Her the Dimiocris,
uvy 'tren;h there? Jest enough
to ntol. the pDast,fises in case te
Duwo,'rnsv elect a Presiden:. But
wht, elect s a Dimocratic President?
\Ve uv Kentucky, or Viagtany, ur
Mary land, and uvor Georgy. Ma
sachusetts wants hard money, but
i' our bielkaed Tilden goin back on
Ke-uta':ky, where he hez frends,
fur the sake of Massachusetts,
where he hez'ent a corpora'b
i "An speekin or the payment
auv the claims of Deekin Pogram
anul Captain McPelter, how is the
',vernmuent gomn to refoose it'?
wiu't we the Dimocratic party, we
a-I se:kh as we from the oauthern
Sitar et ? Will there be a member
of Cougress elected in the South
Shose coustityooents didn't lose
fcce rides, and males, and sweet
patat,,es ? Ah, my frends, when
-uaern,;t swept to the sea, he dad
n't re.lize wat a debt he was palin
up winch his very soljers will hev
to pay when we Reformers git
control agin. possibly had them
so'jers knowd that they'd her to
pay for them sweet potatoes, with
the cost uv kolleeshun, they wood
tut her gobbled so many uv 'em.
Our representatives will be safe
ont this question, and ea the North
ern Dimocrata will git their whack
in, they will be satisfied or the
jusiis av the claims. Wat else
he v we to consider in the nmatter ?
"And es to the offises, where
doe'+ Samyouel Tilden git his sup
port from in his own State ? Is it
out in Delaware county, where the
pe ctle make much of skool-houses
tand churches and sich, them twin
destrotyers of Dimocriasy ? No!
Baster street and nieh is hi.
a.reuth. Is John Morriser, and
J.,hn Kelly, and Oaky Rall and
,3 i [ McLaughlin a supportin or
hinm? Metlnrks they are. Her
tLey experienced achanlge uv hart?
Her they got so good in ther ma
t;or yeers that they won't take an
otis, or see that ther tirends her
tm? Is Tilden aouia totake his
tone from Delaware eounty, or
from the cities where he gits his
majorities?
"Oh, ye uv little faith! I am
ashamed av yoo. Don't trouble
about the spoils till yoo msee the
thieves opposia uw him. Go home
andrepent. I oughtto wash my
hands ur yoo, but I will stay aiNd
Ileed yoo awhile yit. Go hbnme
and be content with wat v~or
lee-lers are aloin. The Daoerat
wichi asks qu. sti ,us is lout..'
An.ti ie LDe kin :a',[ I weit int,)
tua,)L'., adl It er taLkel a d.rink
or tW,, a.l laui, -lt i; ,)b iniger
Ssoill's illlderitt, sepaarated. The
Deektu furot to pay for the hkker,
SauI left it to be e(har;.;ed to me.
Bse tom stopped in the middle lof
a denl.nii: anto Inv to.- e" l,uiitkens
fer bhein on the stump such an
impnious wre','h ez Ingersoll, to re
ir.irk that taki hlikker andi gittl,
out withoua, p.iySu f.ir it wats a i--,t
outrage. I think everythiug is|
right here now. We renoo our
strength like the eagles.
PETaoK.ECx V. NASBY,
Reformer.
- Toted,, Blade.
United States Lands.
UNITED STiTE LAND OJFFICL.
Ktegi.ster's Ofic e,
Natchltc-hen , Augu.t 31, '; ti
W. J:aper Blackburn, Editor Horn.,
Iliad:
Stea--In a Lite number of out:
valuable paper, you seem incilntu
to think that, by the late act u
Congress, the radUroad selection.
within this Laud District have re
verted to the Uulted tates, and
are now subject to eltry.
This is na,t the case, and it,
order to satfsf those iaterested.
from who a I am in daily recaip:
of letters on this isubject, I wi:
state that no new othicial ustrut-
tions have beenu received at this
oDice in relation to railroad selec
tions, which are still teserved, anui
not subject to entry, either as
homesteads or otherwise.
The Act of Congress reads as
tollows: "That section 230: of
the United States, confining the
lisposal of the public lands, in
the States of Alabama, Mississippi,
Louisiana, Arkansas andl Florida,
to the provisions of the homeateal
law, be, and the same is hereby re
pealed; Proitded, that the repent
of said section shall not have th.
effect to impair the right, com
piete or inchoate of any home
stead settler, and no land occu
pied by such settler at the tunt
this act shall take effe-ct, shall be,
subject to entry, pre-eumption o,
sale; And, proided, That the
public landls affeced by this act
shall be offered at public sale as
soon as practicable from time to
time, and according to the pro
visions of existlug ltw, and stial,
not be subject to private entr
until they are so offered."
My impre- ion is that public
lands are still subject to borne
stead entry; and the only new
feature added by the law Is t.,
throw open to pricate eudry all such
lands, after they shall have been
tirst offered at public sale. KRil
road reservations are not affected
by the act, and remain withdrawn
from sale as heretofore. I remain,
sir. Respectfnlly yours, etc,
L. DrtPLE, Register.
A Pau.osoPaHcr. FoaRECst.--it a
was at the market house yesterday I
morning. Uncle Cuffee Perkinson, f
of Prince George's, and Tom Slote, i
of Dinwiddie, were diMscussing be- .
tween slices of succulent water- 8
melon, the political issnes of the t
day. Said Undle Cuuee, "I ain't t
gwine ter vote that radical ticket t
eny more." "Why" maid Tom. a
*'Well, maid the old man, "Ie
dreamt I was in hell last nightl"
"Did you see any radical offleers
there?' "Yes, I did," msaid the
old fellow, "hell was full of '"m,
and every officeholder had a nigger j
boidi' tween him and do km" i
e The Senate of the Forty-fifth
Congre.s.
t -
The present Seuate consists
uoatuually of sevent)-ftunr mem
hers, but there has been a vacancy
for some lime from Ll.ausiana, antd
the death ,.f Senator Caperton, of
S\est Virginia, reduces the actual
uuamber of S.n.Ltor., at present to
sevenyv-two, of whom forty-four
tee llrtpaabhcaun, of varying de
grees of partisanship, and twenty
Scihgt are Democrats. The Senate
of the Forty-tifth Congress will be
itcreased in number of members
by the two from Colorado, and as
the vacabcy from Louisiana wilk
aLbo be tilled, and a Senator to sauc
- eed the late Mr. Caperton will
.lsit, be cLhosen, it will have a mem
bership t4 seventy-Max, requiring
r bir't -niue to constitute a majorn
ty.
Of the present members of the
-.uate, forty-six bold over for two
,r more years. Twenty-seven of
hbese are Republican and ninetee,
i)emocrats. Senators for the full
,erma of six years after the fourth
,f March next have already been
-Icted in Iowa, Kentucky, Missin.
'Ippi, New Hampshire, Oregon,
thbode Island, Texas and Virginia.
Five of the retiring Senators are
b:epubheans and three 'are peao
'rats. In the next Senate the
number will be exactly reversed,
rive of the Senators elect being
Denocrats and three Repnblicans.
In Maine the Legislatture elected
in September will choose the
United States Senator, and Sena
r,'r Blaine, who now holds by
iGuernatet(ial appointment, wllI
undoubtedly be sent to the Senate
for the full term. The election t.
a Republican Legislature in Color
ado gives the Republicans the two
Senators from the new State. Ad
ding these two and the one fron,
)laine to the three Republican
Senators already choter., the lie
publuanus have six of the new
uuemtbers, the Democrats five, and
.he p,litics of the remaining nine
een Senators, of the result of the
.egusl.tatve elections in those States
ia which the Legislatures which
-,;.dl elect Sentors have yet to be
-r&e-en this year.
Without including these nine
:een, the Repullican strength iL
thui ty-three and the Dem..ecratce
'wentt-four. Two of the nineteen
Senators to be elected aar to fill
vacancies. The remainiug aeven
reen, eleven are Re-publicans and
+m: are Demnor~ts. Provwded the
:republicans elect but six, they
will have a majority in the .enate;
whie the Democrats, to obtain a
majority, musat gain the two vacant
seats and elect thirteen Senators
for the farll term, or, in all, fifteen
of the nineteen.
The Democracy will more than
hold their own in the States in
wham Legislatures that will elect
Senators are to be chosen. Tue
pro4abality is that ten of the ni
teen will be Democrats; there is a
chsace of eleetng thirteen, but
scarcely a pominihty of. electing
more. The probility is, there
fare, that the Bepabicaae will
have forty-two and the Democrats
thirty-four members in the next
Senate, with a kir chance that
the Bepublbhcan will have only
thrty-ninme and the Democrats1
thirty-seven., In sny event there
will be an increase in the Demo
cratic strength an the Senate over
what it is at present--Ltroi Free
Press.
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Pari hbu six hundred Lnger
nail door, scratching for a liv
iag.
A Plagne-Stricken City.
Mr. Alexander Sinnot, telegraph
operator in the Western 'Unio.z
Telegraph Company, who was de
tailed by the superintendent in
New Orleans to go to Savannah
and remain during the epidemic,
writes on the twenty-ffth to a
relative in this city as follows ;
" After a somewhat tedious jour
ney I reached the 'City of the
Dead' Friday evening, feeling very
welL This is a sad place.* Every
place of business is closed and the
streets deserted. There is not a
house in the city that has not been
infcted with the plague. The
people think of nothing else, and
as a consequence one hears noth
ing but tales of the sick and dying
and their horrible suffering. They
all look upon me with wonder, and
are expecting re to go under all
the time. I was the only pasaen
ger on the Savannah train when
we changed cars at Millen, and at
every station the crowds of gaping
idiots, who looked as though they
had been scared' neigh nunto death,'
would make remarks about the
solitary paasenger, saying, '1 would
be dead in a week ?' -Another vic
tim for old Jack!' etc.; all of which
would have a tendency to weaken
rsome folks' nerves; but as I have
'been thar' before I gave it back to
them as fiat as they sent it. I
can not say when I will be able to
leave here. There seems to be no
hope of the lever subsiding untd
the frost, though it may be that
bwhen the men who are now sick
recover I can be spared, or be sent
u some other plagued place."
WaJkington Chrmnile.
A French crnti on American
living, says : " Your break.at is
a mistake. Usually, immediately
afier you rise from your beds, you
partake of a heavy meal of eteaks
or chop., garnished with potatoes*
f,tlwei by t':ree or four eggs, and
surrounded by hot rolls and back
wheat cakes Tbhe digestive or
gans of a healthy person are not
now in conditiou to receive such a
meal; not till two or three hour.
after ooe has awakened do the,
recover from the apathy which
sleep prduoues. In France, Glr
many, I'aly, in cvilized countries,
in the Last, throughout the Wers
Indies, among the English, Span
ish, and French Creoles, this l;aw ot
our nature is recognized and re
spected. You may be less prejo
di ed against Iu) suggestions it I
furnish you with illustrations from
a colony of Anglo-Saxon origin in
stead of French. Let me submst
the mode of living muung the
white inhabitaatj of Barlbdues,
which is simalar to that i most of
the Antilles. On rising, a cop of
coffee and biscuit, then a bath;
then the males of the family pro
need to their places of business,
nusualy abht 7 A. M, sad at this I
hour pndesional, menarchanats, and
bankers may be found at their
olmcees; st about l0 A. M. a large i
portioo of their duties for the day
are performed. So much sespon
siblity is removed from their
mmnds that they are in a it condi
tion to digest a substantial meal.
They return to their homes fot
breakfast, when they pautake of
ish sad chops, seompsaied with
the inevitable ric~, and foftowed
by fruit, the whole washed down
with dlarer or bitter ale, sad a esp
of cuoe or tes after the meal The
next i s sd atmeal for the day is I
tliamer. This s usually taken be
tween 5 sand 7; and, if poeible I
this meal bhold be idsm her r
the day's work is over,
Education Brown.
Education Brown gets it prett
hard from his ttadical brothern;
in faeet, they pitch into him worse
than anybody see. Jasper Black-,
burn, in speaking of the manner
in which the public schools of this
State are managed, says :
" But is not this about the man
ner and style in which the whole
º pubtie educational machinery of
Souisiana has been rua for the last
four years, under the manipals
tion and management of the in
mlaulate Brown, the iisurted
mougrel hybrid trum the tormga
slums of nnmral prostatuoma ?
hLost assuredly it is. And. yet
decenut Bepublaaans are expected
to continue this programme by
the sanction of their votes. They
will not do it, and moe but rogues
and rascals and moral prostitutes
could either expect or desire such
a thing."
Bottled Bumble-Bees.
No man can tel when a boy of
nine ir ten years is going to break
out in a nsw spot. A Case farm
Lad, wao has be.. noted for his
quiet demeanor and steady ways,
all at once took a notie to hunt
humble-bets. He armed himself
with a wide-mouthed bottle and
tramped many a luckless stinger.
After securmng them be had no
further pleasure except to see
them crawl up and down the
sides of the bottle and whaeek
their stiagers into esah ether. He
was out early yesterday monmh~
gathering all the bees while they
were benumbed, aad whit be
entered- the houe fur brekfhaet
hued aboot thirty overgrown, wick
ed-looking bt.able-bees. They
were peaked into the bottle heads
and taile sad other ways, and the
father eatehing sight of them.
spoke up : 0
" See here boy, I don't want
any more of this fooling armnad
after bees. After brseakt yeo
leave that bottle out doors, and
uon't bring another bee aromnd
his boeom."
The boy placed the bottle be
hind the dining-room stove. I btre
was a gentle ire, and the bottle
had no cork. The family had got
through with the irst cup of c0;e,
when they beard something going:
" Jg-riring-cg- o - -ng long
-rong-g-g-gF
The Ire warmed the hem up,
and they left the bottle to warm
the family up. It was a business
tffair, and the bees went in to do
their best. The boy slid out at
the tirst alarm, but the old folka
Nonrished their napkine until slid
ing out would have done no good.
The old gent got a sting on his
left ear and another on his head
at the same second, while tbe old
lady was punctured in the sboald
er and yelled " Murder!" with all
her might.
" Maul--mw I em " rheted the
old gent, waerm the butter disb
mround and getting another amedle
into his neck.
"Police Police!" squealed the
old Ilay, diving, under the table
s a big be aeted oa the lobe of
her ear.
It was a very even gt for a
while, bet the, the ma gut d w.
atllr and she Sew for a bed
roeom, the o's deep bems ver e
shouting: "Gium the eamphber,
Besy !" and the other queaking
ourt: "If voe lew me go for &
doetor !"
No one kows what beh ee of
the boy. Hems supermeds pi
ang Seted under the ..u
head eof sume stuted there-te
o. the eommous be k. a Loe g
ly toward lume, but he r s
that his receptiom will he rdehL
-Wild (hi
