LICIANA NSENTNAE L g 1 , 8 ,NO. 47 ST. I'RANCISVILLE, LA. MAY 18, 1878. ==- ,,i - - - - , ,= , -  = " I ".. I nra'T T fi.? I .i,'.. I alpn a bill al.4 seN l it oIn here,: I will n lAW, ýttorst"I at Law, Bay1I Cliiitouint rw . f"(V ait e " ov Gait, g&,(:JO1UNSELOR AT LAW, WorN (. C(lutoi, Louisiana. ticd in the Courts of East and , IoVN iUn. ICA lAttrerY at!. Law, CAl litlti)t Louisiana. !'ANC1 ietiee n the COutrts of the 5th CL ritict.• Aug.2'7ti.-ly ROC . p D'ELL, AltorncY nt Liw, t i T u. , iana. ractice in the 'Parishes of TIt Pt tFeliciaun. and I ointu Coutºee. .1.ELGE, N . ATlTORNEY AT LIAW, 'liilton, Louisiani , Firaeti'ce ill tihe courts of East and •elicianlu and the Sitpreuec Court of J. J. , W. L.lE, ýevry ears ft A•0tortupy tat 1.n1. ut 7, 1, t.: Frln ittvill , Louisiana. leans t I:ctict, in the Parishes of West t Fecliciaun. :iatnd Pointe C(otlpit'e. A. 1)1 E. .IONES, Le TTOIINEY AT IA A , :te Clinton, Louisiana. iag. 1. ,ceou the North side of the punblic day i i11MPL i. ,l.. * * t. (u .l .ý\, r EiPL'IE & .GOLSAN. ATTOI:NEYS AlT '.AV S\t. Fraicisvill ., ill pactive ' in the Courts il" t I 5iilan n:lPt in o C.:lle ll" '" . t'). ..1.. . . .. C . t. t 1 l It the K .nl"o -,Y a i rl'!'i iOl: , .at an'. ArJ'11 N1-', 1 H1 1ii:1.1t t:. * . .11I D .ry Goo l, rrnlrch, Cill ec'. i.a, (,;t 1'c{ i.:t : . tiint'i i 'o tt'i : il )E.TiT L 'TY. ohb, .Vrl icon to the l",0lit , ! (rntr os: (re'a d e t l (hin, at iir o reicl - , - C," ili ' 'I t" l ' It l attleiltlolt. , TUlMOLT ' i). Y W tATSON B I ODill -T dollars all, fll ifty trT, v heun seces.t' i'.l it" h t n ha, ;gY. lons wirhin . er e , can pro-. i. ne 1). ITtKINt., I). 1º. s., ;t. Fran,*isville, La AF. TIN Z, lilt Sun ou Start , Lyoui Sairla, WIESl D RETAIL DEAR 1I I 'Dry Gcooil·s, Groceries, Confect ions, "I'o 1 ti., ]Cite. and Liquors. TI 0.E'I VACIARO, CarpIe:" I and tOndertaktRDIr, it vill Cri.e l'Opt attention tE all bNsT Bnr, ci n hi e i nprocr i l y thei andalli I'ar 1 e month n at r lsolltllo rates, I efITYr a iE the at, te tbl ill C'oreof plieof ('ailld (tho ry bOst frets, t MIUMFORD & WATSON. Pft. O P It 11 TO, R . BOARDkt -Two dollarst and flfty ednts p or day. SF. IRVINE,A DS Bayou Sara, Louisianaept. '7 OHLESALET AND RETAIL DEALEi T: GirOceries lPorislNSh, vt'of tefl'i'ce i Produce and iltesl'al Plia; to/ion Supplies. ALSO St. F.rarncisvalle L,;., C HEARD 2BOQ ' and SIIIbES FLLICL MADE .A DEM( 1.~ L'V " I -"I OvzcrlAL Jot Bayou (ST.T"NT ST. Ia . "t-.r (V 1R ES I NS 'K' S OLD ST AN D) ' OFFAlLJOi Gaiteus $6. Shoesl $t. 10ot00$ Fan- _ cry Gaiters $V. All made. of .the .EleT i  1 UIATIIrui.I, allid the Pbl3L I WVoIKi UUAUILNT'rI)El'r) PT LEA.SE CUSTOM era. s: LAMI iso. D. At S AICBD & WELL, • anyou & 8am , Ln., .ý F rlan Wholesale atnd Retail Dealerae in -" . 'ANCY DRY GOOD, S h CLOT I'IING, FUItNITURE, One copy, 6 y BOOTS, SI-IOES. , GROCERIES AND P'LANTATION SUP- ,, PLIES GENERALLY dD " ; llTgliet unnriet price paid for cot- [A Square i x+. Space . N O. & BAYOU SARA U. S. MAIL . II PACKEIT I sq're. $ 1. The superb passenger 2 " 2" .steamer, 4 " 4. lid Gov. Allen. } co)l'm, 5. of J. J. Bllti:vo-.....--.....--.......IMaster. , " 8. . St'rECK..- ---- - Ork. I " 20 - Leaves Bayu IIrm fthor New. Orleains J every Ii'ediesdaily after the arrival of the r'or state a cars troll Woodville,a:nt every aturday. o Prish it , ' p. nl. Returnig, leave{ New Or For Parishce le,:rls every Monltllav wlal :Fridilvay,at a, . (o eNr police . ..t AM ) T' E STEA ME R (t obe p ,i.t. . riaIlAiMEI( . 1)U(AS..........-- ..--- ---......... ster at the rate, Leaves liiMtio'Saria every Dollnday tili' for tlefirst the iartival of thu cars- fron .Vo1 vil, siatrseri'nt m:l every 'rhursila' at 7 ,p. in. 1Returlirn- rat < er((n lug. halvVes New Orlesili ,veiy \\Vednu tic cha, i 1 IC day Ialil Sit i llIV :it a . 1). I. - - alco JOcIN F. IRVINE, Agent ohf llt cun S-- etc., charoe r() WK1 I. ) rittcsf ; "Di)O AS : ai22 Stree , Bayou Sara, La., Ih I>:ile, iin Fancy and Staple Dry The worel I ;ood-. Iiadilte' L)r~e - godr, A tield 1 Whitin Good-, [ousiC keep-. And te c er-' Art icle' Clothin, . And ofl (ll:,i. i' Cal I3 'a and lefe arlea 'Ihosc, IIHosiery. •I'sla fi Ciuler "I') - Goood fort let A irti- I you "n,,ioin-, Fail:cy o Family Gro lItenen S-" ii' IIt used -- .u .Live daie V+' (L' ' (I I oi Your r 5,1Gill. lil I111t ! aind L t .Tict- a'i a fu! line ofd li hl, . aI [i niliataciin ý It ie , t Il ( H rdfyou rew, it ..r G ( ah ware etc. etc. .-,]. n- aI, 1x,,'els v." nat:d variel ai. it Though 112 of ever vtlltiin ill the line of Andl t , -udo l , ',v 1 laid larile-". To iijui t1lli/: t mlalker pl'ice pmd But 1 lark for Cil ) l . An tsk 1 rTo 4so - _ _ ------ AndI all it Ty . (AST''IELL, iyou Ila}. (i Sur,:i. Louisiana, L a IiAI.ltt IN ]'LOWS. A(iRICUILTIURAL I.I1PLE tlitS, hij"l'"s, tn . 55, ilatirw:il't', tlliiis, t'istol., I'itniel, li'ilies MS, lhin Fittin s It oCC oclks, \' lves, ltistiuns, ITlope' , hollow has bee ware, w\ag n 1n( Curi . ..oswrlk, justice ISI' ilhacksnii h's Mt riails, El... Et1 . TIN 'COPPER AN - HIE'T ION MANhis cl tee to setll lwr ltr can be pre plat elsiwhere. inl it to ted WI their iaiiv iuta, t, . eXrin, l iy a pothn " S siilck ami prni'' s Ihe.' .  sin., g '- , . lck IF IIADLIEIR IHOUSE r'atiol Cliuton, Loulsi an, Cover Is ('onstant open for the a1co1teiitidii i tion of the iDtlt I 'eals by t~h, lay, ja ,-(k iir th '"t 1,t xbsble r1' they . El,tuilet. ill well fIuriic ni'aed roolms calls WO  ht 1LrL'OcrediL. tRetpctfoilyL, and LE atN June a ot, ' rr.-l1 Mr. * t arpots Itheir O un a__ utu to a: I. 1 FOR SALE. truly I ---- of gr IANT tE one story building on the old ienin Whitenldl property, is Un lyou SnOU, circu esita:ble fortstore lulse or tealltnaS. P i C iaselr to reniove bhilding wit'hili a tNPl'- ii te t rd tillou. Cpn be had at I barg il. frile Apply to B. W VIIITEMAN. Opt.fi,'77-tf. m .w eJOilN WAGNER-" . nw. In C 'rialL e laker, WhI.'elwrighit fora lbl e will Anld ltlacksinitl. thes fr sl th- SnotP ON Tui WOODVIILE OADn, NEAn a let e erllftr- THE STORE- OF JOHNS BARowN.. onagi i Patroilage solicited. Charges reon'- 'ild i. blo aud satisf tiou gua*ranteed. plt .inar-16Gm. iv HHIR EL . it i I BOO"-K EN EP1IN i civi o at LeAo -o- the ept. l, '7 The undersigned will take a few pupils and f-or instruction in the above scioences, a fut Reasonable Charge- Pr JOHrN D. U.J1TEN FL!LICIANA SENTINEL. r. i for thit A DEMOCRIATIC PP1PF't O.et -L-. --·-*-- _--- -------great t O)IrCIAL JOURNAL uF WEST FELICIANA the j t OFFIlCIALJOVIRNAL CITY OF BAtYOU SARA tAue ti PtbJiLISHED EVERY SATURDAY the pal to fral s. LAM BE T... PROPRIETOR reati JNO. D. A USTEN.......... -F ree .t FralciSvIlleh, Mlay lS, "8. fo* t1 . SUBSSRIPTION .RATES. of gra their I One copy, 6bne'-ear (in advance)...- 00nat | ", ", 6 no. " , .... I 7tt " , " Ri ' t . 100 b' 1O . AD VEIRTISING RA TES: to roc [A Squate is the spance of ten lines solid any brevier.i wlol . ... - ,.-- , .. -e--ia Space.  I I a-i I sq're. $ 1.11:.00 6.50 $ 9.00 5$ 12.00 den's 2 " ".00 5.00 9.50 15.00 2 e.00 ' 4 , 4.00,. 8.50 15.00 2:1.00 ;0.00 pot 4 Scol'mn, 5.00 10.00 1800 :10.00 40.10 four,; " , 19.00 20.00 40.00 50.00 70.00 1 " 20.00 40.00 60.00 90.00 125.00 t'  Annsounclmq Casdidah.s: . ny o a r Site and District offices ...... $- 0 , ce c For Parish offices, ................10.00 'l For police District offices .......... 00 . tial (to.be paid invariably in advance.) Transient Advertisfenwts will be inserted iLk' r. at the rate of $1.50 per square of ten lines den rl. for the first insertion, aind 75 cents for each with Sslubsiqcent insertion.et ' I'e'mnrrsaities charged-at transient adrer " tisiitlq rates. ' .ti above scale of rates must be the basis ter I of all contracts .with. adrertisingf agents. Ayp Obituaries, tributes of respect, resolutions etc., eharoed as adrertisements 1i rittet for the. Stenuicle.] Th "DO AS NEAR RIGHI T AS YOU CAN." tins Tilhe world "stretches widely befoio 3ou, relit A field for your muscle and brain a And the clouds maly often float o'er you, thn And ofrtenllcollite tempesnt and rain. ilay Be fearles of storms which o'ertake, you, wheit Pnsh forward through all like a mno; whe. Good fortune will never forsake on, year If you do as near right as you cnll. tnto the emlleenllther the will to do rightly, sew It used, will'the evil eoltund; eUni Live daily by conscience, that nightly 'v t Yollr rest may be pe.aieiful anld stound. d. Ili contests of right never waver; E Lt h|tontyshtiape, every plan, crL And life, will of Paradise savor, if you dot as near right .s you can. plil T'hough thos darkest scanetdal Ully speed, et And strive with their .-u ,ifrsn st ct ll' To inj ure your falluo, enever heed, I But justly and honeslly act, And task of the lRuler of Hleaven T'o saive your lltuie S a mai, wel And all that yoell ask will be given. wil If you do as near r'ght as youl can. cr R. crc frr JUST'rCE TO 'TILDEN. sir It occlurs to us that Sanluel J. Tilden ye ' has been made the subject of much in- ac justice and unnecessary criticism. After wi his election to the P'residlelcy he left pe the questioli of his inaugurationl to the li people and Congress. He seemed to think tv that it did not comport with the dignity ; of the high oflice to which he had beeui bi sc elected to enter into an unscetly scral- to - bloe tor the jilach. Mr. Tilden would N probably now be President had l visi- ct to ted Washington and played the part of ae y a pothlouse politiciani by bullying and p C blackguarding the conspirators. But his i decency at.d patriotism was superior to t] his ambitlon,' aud he sacrificed his aspi- 1 rations for the purpose of avoiding a col- I lisioun which threatened civil war. It t Governor Tilden had opposed a comnis- e li siule and demanded that the people should i ty' inaugurate him into the office to which they had elected him, he saw that he :uu would hazard the peace of the coulntr3, and he did all he could to prevent his friuends from precipitating the country in to a revolution. Charles Francis Adams truly said, a few days siLnce, "that the country at large owes Mr. Tilden a debt of gratitude for the patriotismn and self old denial he exhibited under such trying ;"'' circuustances." After rthe electoral colm mission had performted its dirty work the ii. friends of Hayes were lavish in' their '. praise of 'Ir. Tilden. T he sonth com mended his digunty and his patriotisul. But the developments in Florida have provoked a sudden and unjust tirade of Sabuse of Mr. Tildeu. Many of those who gilt formerly approved of his bearing pending the electoral count now denounce him as EAt a leader who lost his position by cow ardibe. This is gross injustice to Mr. o na- Tilden. He was elected, on the reform platform; to put down corruption, to give th.- south home rule, and tranlquili ty to the whole countr.-. He conductcd the canvasi with admirable ability, and P it is unjust to censure him for doing what was comnmended in him at the tiime civil war was inlninent. We make these colimments in justice to Mr. Tilden, is and not with a view of tacilitating any s, a future aspirations he may cherish for the Presidency. The frauds by which Mr. I Tilden was cheated out of the Presidoln my could  lihe nuile terribly hbideleO wi ith JMr. Tilden as the Democratic candidate for the Presidency Wl 1H80. Having gone dow uniter the tide of corruptiwi , it seems that he should impersonate the L greatinfttiot0il atonement by becoming I. the next standard-beareor. iuhshlis, aI A question for tl4o future conlSleort4oiA of the Petrnorqtic party., O, a ,ulmitation for Mr. 'Xiko4l ttus. been str~lgthquel ,by The fo the patriotism withl whiphll be. stlpitdittd ed by Ct to fraud for tl4 atko of. p 4asce j 4l he san, chit great interests f ,te,.cqglntt. But, Wei : ed r agree .withthe St. & .Ais A~Jebicclie p Ie tnouth,' opipiop t4at "the Democracy.cauuot gf- prdvihiui fo tp go inteotho next PresiLdentia,con- its banu, hglrtlibadL DaP! with a lere- Sentillypt and fall of gratitude.. If Mr, Tilden shalL be erfowain their free choice in 1880, let him be nomi- water a nattd by all means; if not, then let Mites of some one else he. Parties counot afford caine se to recognize the nmere personal claims of protect any one. lt'he Democracy did their flows. whole duty to iMr., Tilden in 1870; thly ees, fro exhausted the obligation between them distane and".limu. If there was a failnro of duty at ed and all we do not. say that it Wvas at Mr. Til- ken lin den's door; we ouly assert that it was foundt [ potfht the Democracy's. 'There is no ter and Sfouryears5ldl debt of gratitude resting levees, eoQ thel party, in, favor of d\r. Tilden, or bed of 0 any other mlan, and at will not do to aa- so gre: sert that all the conditions of success river t centre in the late D .ruatl0 Presiden- twenty Stial candidate Alone. f SMr. Tildlen's have friends desire-to pr ilthis name on its are let dI naked merits it 184, it cannot be forbid- above -s den therm; but if the southern States, have . ? with their large, solid Democratic vote, wdr tl persistently object to llim, and bar his Loggy entry, it might be inviting certain disas- about is ter to disregard the protest.''"n-ri pihis ening been 1 tiApe erl. Fro T'HE I ROPS. tance . . {N. 0.,Demnocrat.- lets o The New York Tinws of last Friday con- contil " ailns thirteen culmlus of telegraums from belon tal, portions and sections of the Union river m* relative to the growing crops. Never has andri a ioor.i Ilatterinl showingu been lmade ditioi n, tlhan thcse telegrams prophesy. There board liay be sections of the coulltry, it i. true, no lo iu, where the cr'ops arm not unusually large ; a111 i; where they even fall behilld those of last R , year; but, taking the whole colutry Shre into co~nsideration, the crops of 167eI, i n al the present promise is not blasted by The a sile ultifreseel calamiity, will bring the the United : tatesthr lalgest amount of moon- rive ey they have over received for their pro- abuI l. ucts. of pi Everythirg has tendtl to insure large the crops this year. The winter was exce'p- Mis tiolnally mild, the spring early, and all plhuting from four to six weeks thei ied, elrlier than ust'al1. Just the proper pecl taet- omuont of rain fell andll no more; so that, the as tfar :as the weather is collcernedl, 1878 an is perior to anlly year since 1859. koc in New England the crops are three tha weeks earlier than usual; the hay crop the will be one third larger; t he toL:acel sev crop the largest since 1873; the corn rive R. crop nnich larger than last year. and sil fruit mlore pleultiful than in has been eni since tile war. I New York the crops ks are over twenty days earlier than last aln ilden year, with a considlerable increase in net I in- acreage. Rye, oats, buckwheat and corn After will he 20 per cent above the average in we loft Pennsylvania, iand probably yield the ri' the largest crop realped in that State for an tlinik twenty years. th lusit West Virginia and North Carolina re been both report crops earlier and looking bet- sti oram- ter and a larger acreage of cotton in in ounld North Carolina, anod the biggest cotton of visi- crop since the war is confidently expect- D it of ed. In Georgia there is a decrease of 10 N and per cent in the cotton acreage, and a ti ut his large increase ill wheat The crops of In or to that State will yield en increase of from tl aspli- 10 to 15 per cent above the average. io :a col- In Alabama the acreage of cotton is about ti ar. It tle.same as usulal; the corn crop, how- ti m mlis- ever, is the largest al--nmolst prolllns should uing since 1859. In Ohio the wheat crop c which will be the largest that the State ever a it he yielded , in Indiana the increase in wheat t untr3, will be 20 per cent over the best year a Mt his since 1853 ; in Illinlois 50 P)er cent over t (try in- the average. In IowXl the increalse in Adams wheat is calculated :t :30 per cent anLd inl at the fruit at 20 per cent. Ill Wisconsin the 1 a debt increase in the wheat crop will be 30 per dd self- cent, in blinesot:ta 30 per cent, Nebraska trying '25 and Kansats 10) per cent. III Keintucky ah co n- les toblacco will be raised than last year, ork thle but inore wheIlllt, oats, rye a1nd cornl. In a their Arka:las the yield of cere:as will be 15 thco ol- per celnt tbove' the averalge. riotill. In fact, fronm all portions of the Unilon l have collies tile Sailie news. It is diiflicult, rude of perhaps, to unak, a general estilmate of) so who the expected crop as colmliared with past pendillg -yea s, but judging from thle inunensc Si e as amounlll of new lanlld Ol)Otled up ill KIan y cow- ss, Nebrlska, MiinesiotXL anl(l Iowa, andll to Mr. the inlcreaseld acreage inl tile ,iouth and(1 refor Westl there seolls to ,1 ('no reasonll to Loon, to doult tlht thero is anll iuncreaso of from 15 a aiiill- to 20 per cent in the land cnltivatedl this nducted year over last year, L1111 aln 3lllosat eqllll iti, ald probable inlcrelso ill yield to the acre. r ioilig Of course, it 15 too early to priiilict al'y thetille thing with accuracy, bhlt the presellt e make crops now in thle grounhl and their proll Tilden, ining conditioln ollight to be sliliciollt to i gg aly dishlel the gloom niow overspreadingll tile h for the conntry alnd to ilnspire so1me collidollceC, SMr. ,vell ihey do natthe t ot at on1 d the Chcurso r elll- of "harl tni nes" that rests upol tile OU (t LEVEES- loll a big .BLETfI'L TO CAPT. AIE~NF thM (ION. this w[lhoi l. W ;I., 4iT SONr- tMETHING agreed as ABOUT THE NEW O)LEANS ing the al F RESS. navigatiu hence it i The following is from a letter address- conmmissi cdh by Capt. Aiken to Ion. E. WV. Robert- by the co slt, chairman. of the LeveeCoitundttee: when I tl Bed r verA gu Shreveport, La., to its give uis a nounth, distace about 500 miles, was, ment on prdvious'io the building of levees along ameudul ips ban-p, a shbal streadi having a rise cs to al and fall of friomn eight to twelve feet, ov- hundred erflowing fits bamills daring every high lars to water and inundating the country for and a miles on either side. As the country be- to get. 1 camne settled, the planters built leovees to is n protect their lands from the anlunal over- for the I flows. At about the year 1860 these lev- have the ees, from Loggy Bayou to Alexaldria, of Congi distance 200 miles, had become connect- cure as ed and contilluons, presenting an unbro- the imp ken line on each ')aunk. It was soon V found that the concentration of the wa ter and inlcreased current, caused by the levees, was washing out and lowering tie John r bed of the river, anud the effect has been actual - so great that along this sectioP of the top of t s river the rise and fall is now as nmch as worked - twenty-live to thirty feet, and the laLus his earl a have not been inundated for years. There becaine s are levees standing to-day, four feiet high address I- alove their base, that the highest floods Benton h. have not touched for years. Since the and dei a w'dr the levees have been extended above bittenr is Loggy Bayou to Robinson's,. distance side of 3- about twelve miles, and the sanle deep- girl, I in uling or lowering of the river bed has elected been the result. where From Robinsion's to Slteveport, dis- copy c taince about ninety miles, there are out- Costnll lets on either side; the levees are not him in n- continuous and cunnected as they were for thl t below ; the lands still overfow and thell ie be arI river is gradually shoalthg. Below Alex the pr as andrin the river is i1 about the slme con- free »1 dte dition as when first navigated by steam- ilg in *re boats, viz: no perfect system of levees. en il 11 no lowering of its bed, ogielt outlets, and 'eral h Salllllnual overtlows-. is lii srt Red river runs its entire course below or par :ry Shreveport through allnvial soil simnilar from it' il all respects to that of the MississJipli. tion by Th'ere can be nb disputing the facts as to elect( the the lIed river levees having lowered the t lme on- river bed and, deepened the channel as fui ro- above described. There "are thonsands of people living on its banks to testify to rge the truth of this statement, and as the A ep- Mississippi and Red rivers are similar in l avi ind all respects except as to tile volume of in ti eks their waters, it seems rea:sonable to ex- to CC 1per Ipct that a perfect systetl of levees on liol, hat, the Mississipli wonid deepen that river qsai L178 and Inprove its navigation. . Il fact, it is to ' known to old Misissssippi steaiuboatleull in iree that tha permanent depth of water on her crop the shoale-t bars had been increased by was l ce several feet along the sections of that aski corn river that had been leveed, and that domi and since the breaking of the levees this deep- mal been enring process has ceased. It is also on :tops known to them thlat bars form opposite Tih last and the river shoals below anly perma- lin 3 in nlet break or crevasse ill a levee. wln corn As to the effect of jetties on river ihars hiii ;e in we state that Silaggy Point bar, on lied sp4 the rive" seventy-tive miles above its lmonth, la e for and Alexandria bar, three miles below sw the town of that nIlate, had always, nutil 11 olina recently, been almost impassable, oh- mi bet- structions to boats in low water seldom 3n in in these seasons ha:virg depths over them otton of more than fifteen to twentyfour inuches. apect- During the low water season of 1876 the of 10 New Orleans and Red River Transporta lnd a tion Company placed jetties made of wil psa of low ina tresses on saggy, and in less it from than lifty hours the depth of the cll:a- t crage. iel had increased from twenty inches to 1e about five and a half feet. After the high wa- at how- ter of the following year had subside", ii ronoii- the jetties were fillud intact and the crop channel so deep Snd well defined that st 3 ever not a single boat ha:td a Ilonllt's detent- I wheat tion at that place throughout the entire 1' t year seasol (fall of 1877). which was one of 1i t over usunal low water. During the fall of Ii use in 1877 this same company placed jetties on ct and ill Alexandria bar, when there was hut six- O in the teen inlches water, and t:oats had, after 1 30 per putting off all cargo, founld it imponssible braska to pull over. The chalnlel iluunitiately t ttuck y deepened, aLd altllhough thle river conl st tyear, tinued to f;ail for seeeral weeks after rn. In ward there was at no tilmll throughout be l tile season less thliln fnllr antil aI half to( five feet water. Freighlt char'ges yv tilhe Unilon Ioats were lvweredl one-thirdl at once ill lilclt, consequence of this improventeAlc N. .iiate ol' JOS. A. AIKEN. it l past Ol rccll't of almove, Col. Rohbertsonl ilunense writes as follows to Capt. Aiken: nK a a AlrINGTrON, D. C., May 1, ld78. th~ ami Calt. Jos. A. Ailkel, New Orleans, La. s to earsirS-Your ftvor of the flirst iln fro n 15 stallt isjnst receivedl. I considelr the tes te tetis tilnony of Capt. Leathers befiore the colll i, equl lit.to as of very great IlllportLnce, anrd le are. would ask yout to urge upoln him to iltcare ict aly- fully rcdllce it to writinig, and send it i , r it s 3yo hlave statedl illn yoIr letter. 'lThe irrroll- abluse of the New Orleanls lpaplers seems ·inut to to me entirely out of plhce, not that I ithe care, lbut they are injuring the c:ise and illuleilc, oplpoiigy al es incas ire that aiuglt be ill he Cilsi troliucelwhich wouhl hi)e imeuctit to l tile our peoplle. If the DIumoe, lt, Picaynne San:id "l7,rs w'ill itielt t .e'i•'" :tild ag l' "port a hill and seill it on here, I will in trnlluce it for them. and let the House telkn" a vote ui"t. The great trotlble in this wihole quest iot is, that nobody is agreed as to the 'bost mlanner of protect iug the alluvial lands andll improving the navigation of oho Mississippi river; hence it is of great importaluco that ia coumutissioi, isuch as that recolumllniiled by the conmlittee, uhoeld be appointed, when I think something will be done to give u's a pelmauu'tt systemlu of improve ment on the river. I salil other nmy amendmeilt to the IHouse, which propos a es to appropriate three millions eight - hundred and.seventy odd thousa:d dol Slairs to close the erevasses and raise r and strengtlhe the levees, and to get. that bill through I think it D is 1is much as our people can ask. for the present: if it fails, we will still have the colnmnissiou at the next seCsiolt; Li of Congress, agal pcr anp he able to so - cure a.suthicient appropriLtiont to make - the irmprovemuulot. n Very truly, your friend, E. W. ROBERTSON. to John C- Fremont is reported to be in an actual dcstitution. lie begat~ life at the to top of the hIdder and Ihas industfi1usly as worked himself down to the bottom'. In is his early days, as " the pathfinder,"' he e becalmtie fa;llots an:d ritch, and paid his Il addresses to a da:ghter of Thoiuntas 11* ( Belintot, bile ''Old Eullioil' repuilsedl he and dooulnced himl withI unumealrsa'rt v lbitterness. lie, however, got on the blilti ce side of " Old Bullion," after I:marryiug the !p- girl, with whom he eloped. Hle weas ins elected to the United States cSenate, where he tigured as a sort of abbreviated is- copy of Ullntfalo Bill." His eccentric tt- costuttme and semli-theattrical habits nlade not him more widely know i than aliy titness ore for the statibo would have done. Ii 185; i.e he bccaunc the Frei t' iliers' candidate for ex- the presidency, rand " Freetman,"fiteelsoi, ou- free spelech and Freentnt." was the tak im- ilg battle cry nuder which he was bent eso. en in a hard toutghlt contest. As a get: id 'eral lie wa- cliietly famlous of " taki:n his life in his hand," .utdi mnaking no oth low or particular use of it. lie was retired filar frou th armyl in a tangle. of disqualifica i. tion and disgust. Had Freiuonlt been s to elected Presidentl in 183136, secession anll the t hegreat civil war wotuld have datedl I as four years etrlier.--lIel. I"inds DID NOT STAY LONG. fy to - sthe A colored mlan, living in New York, ar in having adutired a colored . idow liviing to of in the next block above, but being afraid i Ox- to cone out boldly and reveal his pas S on ion,. went to a white maln of his ac river qlaintance the other day, and requestetl , it is to write tile laidy a letter asking herhanll tret in niarriage. The friend wrote, telling r on her in a few lilies that the size of her feet l by was the talk of the nleighb orihotd, andl that asking her if she coultd not p1re therc that down a little. Thelauaneof the colored deep- man was signed, and lie was to call a also on her Sunday night for and answer. posite 'he writer of thcletter fact ithe iigger ermi- limping along the street, and asked himi what the widow said. The lali showed *r lars him a scratched Itose, a laime leg and.l i 1 Rled spot oi his scalp where a ha nlldfuLof wooil hoith, had been violently jerked out, and an below swered in solemun tones : "She didn't siay I, ntil nmnOit , anld I didu't stay dar moru'n a , oh- minute.-Brooklyn Eagle. r tlhem COMPLIMENTS 7ti tIc Mississippi editors thtas colmpliment elortc- each other' of wil- VWe have heard, but do not know that ii less it is true, that Mrs Lake, wire of the edi a ca- totr, writes the principal articles t.hait ap ches to pear ill the Jacksonl Tim'es. Sonmie oftheln gh wa- are heIavy-specially the iulldozing ssidec', dos.s.-Blrookhla vel Ledger'. u i te Whllether the report which the inuedilll ed that soneti editor of tihc I. d:crc says that he hals detelt-i helard lie trtie or not is a matter of Iii a entire lpublic concern, ibut if Ie will get his owls onII of I wife, if he has one, or sinte other 111:1c's i fall of he has not, to write a few "heavy' arti ctties on cles for the. Ledger, lie will conlfer irfavor but six- uOi tlle reiders of tihat jionrnal. is lpa: d, after per would tihus b greatly imlproved, .ntd pocssible doobtless, gain largely in circula idiately titii.--Jacksoun ime1s. Ver co lt_ salfter- ir Aliother luntitier of tlheu Suitl iou glhout tilliily lhas been heardl froni. Smllitlh. half to Collector at Chiieaiio; smliith. Pltyimicstir I bv the il tlhe arllly , Sllirth, Collcetor at Nw'\ t, once ini Orh-lnis: Smcith, Ciicetor at Citncinati : and this morning, .nlSith, Consul to "(;: IKEN. latz. This nioldl ftnmily is recceivin'g re uohertsoln ognitici nct at.hel titds ut' the iat tionl ["f Nco less th 'lct -icgh -tei p5'r.cit'cwets , 1 ,78 killed lcy tlh' Miillapoli'ciu' ill explosion. s,,La. S ieilatio, contitnuestole rifl'as i, th ' iLrt origin ci" ttco xplchcsion. Tice thiil)3" of tirhte- \r. Chrictia of thi tire origitatitlg ii r t he t he1- the friction of dly s lln~us. onnllllt~lllu :ti1r the c aomii tl t'exlohsivet'. gas ge' cotrl frac utru ill tlust.. td it t, i• Call cIt Muilcinr 'Is or llBrooks' I),.uc ter. "rhe storo and get a trictl ],ckci~ It l)r. A. Q. rs ecems Simmons' Vegetable I.iver Mectdicice. It. ot that I costs you nothing and may s:avo your m cseo and' life. it t be in -.. . , iuctit to C A lady in Mount Sterli:g, Ky., picayUne nighteen years old, habs beu married six ccci ag.ec' years a:td Ihas thc-e childrel.