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LEON JAKTREMKI ............ Editor W. A. LeUEUR .........Publisher BATON ROUGE, JUNE 14, 1881, A through hlne of railroad from D llrinswick, Ga., to Shreveport, is c ,nce of the future possibilities. It i~ stated lint deaths in New York exceed births by 10,000 a year. t D)uing lat week the births in that i cit,' inumblretd 4', and the deaths Small Iox i, clcrid ,by the Mexican d.f-lors in three day. :, aud hro marks let, it is alleged. by treating the pa ti'.nt to cold drinks of cream tartar litst dissolved in boiling water. The ;Mexicani method ýi worth looking in to. A man named Palmer, traveling :derlot the cognomen of Warhawk, was arrested in Constantinople. Pal mer has exposed many conspiracies of secret organizations in T'urkey. Hle was arrested so that he could be silenced. Owing to the great reduction of the 0 rents of larms in England on account of American competition cutting off the incomes of the lauded gentry, it iN predicted that there will soon be a hlage emigration of that class of peo p!e to this country. .IPertinent paragraphas in the ion 'Iorgan City Review contains this soldit item: A most excellent chicken feed allow is made as follows: Boil catfish to a lenjoy jelly, skin out the bones and mix, tion while boiling hot, enough rice bran the or corn meal with it to make a thick Ilarv dough. Add a little salt and pepper. Inl 'Try thi,. and if it does not make the infar hens shellouat wonderfully we will pay brotl the bill. stolil A ghost who clanks chains is a nui- actin fiance, but a ghost who throws bricks in-cl is positively dangerous. Such am ns- Iler cular spirit has lately been masque- Bagl radiqg about a deserted house in Sout j'hicago, beneath which money is libel supposed to be buried. This san upoi guinary apparition brings to the pas- It time of brick throwing considerable of tl Akill and admirable disciimination, ever for ol, a recent eveniing he knocked ple( Policeman Mattit: O'Connor off a civ hloard fence at the first shot, and sub- ing sequentil carle within an ace ofdis- of c cibhnweling no inquisitive reporter. foe . The 'T.ilhodeamtx Sentiunel tells the th folowing story of a Miad man : There 31 is a mn in this town. who ha, been . uiiwell fo: some time. 11i, frieindi advi.-ed him t; go over to Texais and 1unt visit sour lake, as the water, there ,il t wo'hul eel tainty relieve him. Ihe I de ci1b,:d to 4, 1lbout the lthst of Ma. S ': s tr u, "..: g a , hi s faith i n the cnrt ue of thl- iatl., that ho begali to inn- , 1o - tihlt a\lay, aulld when Ju1 nc ar- i' ]ive d lI :t- well, alnd now he i S ima 1,',,t iat in the l'ari',h bi ctllse' h he h- t. i:st.] of nmaking a l:::n11trl'1 l trill. A. (Ul an 1hmat'r u isiting New voik saw a chaining wollitia on a Pll Jt.cookivli ferry-boat and fell in love in witih he:. lie traced ler to her home fr1 anid learned that shit: wa.sL widow, respectably connected. lie was call- am ed to Cuna, whence he wrote a letter o fill of affectiou. lier friends inquir- P ed and found that he would make a S desirable husband. They rcplied to the letter. HIe responded. She wrote until ther' was an offer of o m irriage and an acceptance and the ti wedding day was fixed. She pre pared her bridal robe and returned to i New York. 'They met at the house t' of one of her frienlds, sh. wondering I how lie l,)ok''i. h,' auticilpating a second visi,,; of b, a". . She sav 1,, land sonm mian :,t he, I lkood int s tin ' a .o a t1:4 IlV ll , :\- 1'l,e tf l : t. i ts nlt \ ' "The' new .: d e, u ' l" li ~ s toi''\ 1i , lhil 1o . aItl."; f etilt. bajt cI' ll '1 1 n141c i. .ai :util';,d lu ,te c ni , ou 11 hindll . il, v o:k. "il ;la l -- int,- Vrl t' a :t1 .l at it- a, a l. o ,t th ; r tlen ptnt:- I l r; , i, el." .a her da l anh ld phuioak. le. olt, pht,. im thel rait- thon oft c.strop. n.d tei, "t th our laed . Fairn has ias aeas- tuy and vut t, thex merely to "keep the.plantation up," -well--hadu't he better give hies field a rest ? esW. s sR Aw $ mPifl C,. an Iro' paratus At the meeting of the Army of the suppo Potomac, on the:8th inst., at Wash ington, Gen Sherman, in replying to s 3aEr the toast "the Army and the Navy," "I do took occasion to attempt the vindi- d cation of his character, from the dee charges of vandalism contained inDemo Mr. Davis' "Rise and Fall of the York ft Southern Confederacy," anythii He referred more particularly to whethe the burning of Columbia and endeav- ment a ored to show that his army was not or refi responsible for that catastrophe. used al In the same breath, though, he epitapl threw out the inference that should of Mali South Carolina again cause a Federal about a rmy to approach Columbia, aqd the we are interests of the Government required Sherm it, he would so act as to leave no betore doubt ias to the party who did the "No buLniug. "W Gen. Sherman may say what he plea- from a ses but the desolation which marked two th the passage of his armies in Mississip- do wlt pi,Georgia and through the Carolinas, sensio weird-like, will follow him through it can life and accompany his name on the affairs darkest pages of the history of his throuw country. to a fi This fierce soldier tries to show that 'I've I e President Davis' order to Johnston's doiti t army to retreat across the Mississippi about f1' into Texas was prompted by an utter an eh it ! disregard Ior the lives and sufferings forgel a of his soldiers. pract Gen. Sherman, though, does not sary 1 say that he attempted to prevent the it wil violation of the terms of the capitula- the e tion of Johnston's army, whereby the foreri soldiers of the Confederacy were to be moer allowed to return to their homues and our n enjoy the peace which a reorganiza- but I n, tion of their State Governments, by ck the hands of their citizens, would cone er.haveecured. in lit hIntead of protesting against the defel infamous Reconstruction, which his Solid ay brother was sustaining, while Grant stolidly directed it, he, Gen. Sherman, class ui- acting in concert with his commander- try ks in-chief, sent the Sheridans and the tryh s- Merrills to force the thieving Carpet le- Baggers down the throats of the TI in Southern soldiers, whose rights and folio is liberties he was pledged to protect sion n upon his honor as a soldier. goiu as- It is best, possibly, that the people of cl le of the South threw down their arms, shot on, everywhere, after reading Sherman's to b pd pledges. Yet,he permitted the treach- li he a ery to be perpetrated, and by so do- dist i- ing he justitied President Davis' want him iS- of confidence in the sincerity of his in ti. fioes, by his stern resolve to carry on tine tic the war to the bitter end. not ' And it is doubtful to-day whether vio Mr Mr. D.avis was nut right in endeavor an lD ingi to keep up the struggle at least mis uld until ,ur.e and positive guarantees 'Th had been given that his people would ra. ,.rot Ihe gf:ivel up to the tender mer- M I. ciie.,s of freth, iootelr.,. r tie 1i )V lDtlcl(e will g, down to nl-hittoryt o a patriot with a heart ot A -oak. s plls lrr',rr ' r't snr S iI1,,Ic I/'. Sir S iWhat 'wiii bocume of (;en. -Sher tl0 1," ug t TIE DAILY ,AIL. As aln evidence of the wishes of the Ne, ipple in regard to the mnail line suip- i a plied by the dashing propeller, Mon- E ove ing Star, we reproduce the following one fror, the l',ointe Coupee Banner : low, Our mail arrangements at this place M call- are horrible. The mail tromn New letter Orleans for this place which reaches quit- P'ointe Coupee post-office at 9 o'clock c, ke a Sunday morning lies there till one cl e o'clock Monday and only gets here at d to : o'clock 1. .t.. Monday. All mail ,,, She matter deposited in this oftice after 3 fer of o'clock I'. li., Friday, remains here ia I the till :l o'clock P. M., Monday, then goes to l'ointe Coupee and is retained c pre- there till Tuesday night or Wednes- 8 ed to day morning. This is an outrage on Itoutl . the community and we hope that the ( ring l'ostoifice l)epartment t Wtashing toin will come to our relief. We , w ould hl glad if a daily mail were tw, astablished between lHatou louge iI ant 1li iiriet Landing and a daily { ;o- niil h.twrec n Neiw hoId anid WVater I i..i tlhe above tihe lPostmllst erlt ikes i;,,.:. \vili Unil|erstanl n ihow leces It lll n' I i a l'll l i ine of this chalracter is to I ihi- ih; r ... oi .i lOlui.ediate steps should 1 n:iti' le, h uak , to sieIre itN otltiotllinti i to l id. h,, Dnah -u ill tt u il the Pacific Rail p- at W 4d ti cmpllete r1iniiig oiider to t i, - n . lii- t l oit, after which it can be trans \ '\ o rk. lclnct lant plach'ed in n Tec sfil l'rln-I )i cueon- iihg , r'de to inl flroun the month of, a lin of F pi- hiistory siys tla:t a ship ,FairV sent to boutlh Anterica in 181!1! to col to th, leet t'tl)lite fmrom the colonies of Spain l laniter wa. s ink near the mouth of the Rio -priced de al Plata, with $9,!0t),t000 aboard. biiysical ,ho Iliteitey is sn1pposed to lie to-day he loofty at the bottoni of the ocean, in a strong mcdi- iron safe. An expedition has just s sugar sailed from Philadelphia to recover fnds he the treasure. The leader is Captain exation Charles A. Jones, who has already e ephis made a fortune in the South Ameri can wrecking business. He goes it an iron paratus for rinogv t . dee supposed to covet th$ 4ollars. eUnnMwA VS. TWr SaOw S eoU oT.T "I don't see that it makes muabh difference to us," said a S irginia Democrat yesterday, "bow this New 1 York fight comes out. * We can't lose anything. Conkling will fall very suddenly below the political horizon, St whether he fails to receive the indorse- to ment at the hands of the Legislature, Sg or refuses to allow his name to be used after counting noses. The same epitaph will be written over the grave of Mahone, when we bdry him by O( about 30,000 majority this fall, which nf we are certain to do. Ever hear what d Sherman said about the Solid South b 0 betore he left the Treasury." Ci e "No. Was it anything good I" "Well, it struck me as good coming Sfrom such a source, and goes to show d two things : First whatradicalism can do when organized by the help of dis Ssensions in the other ranks, and what it can't do under any natural state of afftairs. When Cornell was elected C is through the Kelly bolt, Sherman said t to a friend of mine who told itto me: at 'I've repeatedly warned then and I'll do it again for the last time. They talk pi about the Solid South as if it was not er an element to be considered. They I gA forget the important fact, it has once practically secured the votes neces- I ot sary to elect a President. Next time I le it will not do so, because I regard a- the election of Cornell as a certain he forerunner of another split in the De be mocracy of New York. We'll get ud our next President on this account, 6a- but I don't believe we can run the by gauntlet again. Before that time ald comes you will see the Democracy in line for the plain purpose of self hie defense, and when that is done the hs Solid South will settle the controver sy. As Mr. Sherman has never been an, classed among the idiots of the coun ter- try, his prophecy will be watched we with no small amount of interest. et The Richland Beacon gives the t following item with a "moral" conclu- - sion: He was a colored man and was I going to marry : had bought a suit of clothes, but his merchant had no shoes that would fit him and refused to buy them at another house for him; he had no money and was terribly distressed. We tried to persuade him that it would he better to marry in his brogans than go in debt for finer shoes, but he said that would not be fatshionable and lie could not r violate the rules of fashion on such an important occasionk He compro t niised on a pair of cowhide boots. 5 Trhis incident has a moral fmo both rd aes. Do you see it? NEW AD 1)VERTI4EiMEKT'I. to Apple and Cider Vinegar .t"1 Iwrei'iv'netd tWL lw oni draft. Two ItPrrIels Strutl 1' lhioict. P III l Apple nd Cider Vinegar. To, in" ciaitti ois iiuyt'r sainlpd(l will Li t'urnished Eou, ip ai_.tio_l. O)SMIIUA I'EA I.. Oat Meal- A t'rsh stock unw in stor'k a IId c'l, sleat the Famuuily (G'roely it' .JOSII',A HEAL. Green and Roast Coffee. EEREEN CFFEE..Vario grade' and prices. O()AS'1' COFFEE..Excellent quality. at Faro SGrie v of' " J•OSHUA BEAL. Engle Milk. For f'rtsitm' anIId I)purity of quality, Feed t h)abies on Eagle Milk andu buyl it at iFanily O(ro Sundries ! Sundriest FINE CREAMERY BUTTER.. Fancy New Illinoia, e SUlGAR CURED HAMS..Choice Winter Cared. SUGAR CURED SHOULDERS..Small and Choice, t SWISGRUYERD CHEESE.. Best Import. CIItItCE A. SUGAR.. Beat Lmlisiana. P I'OWDERED SUGAR.. Ben t Loui* I B iana. CFIOICEILOUISIANA RICE..Strictly prihe p NEW C OP COFFEE. Rio, prime and 1 Choice, due by to.nmorrow's packet and for sale at Family Grocery of JOSHUA BEAL. Sjune 7th, 188l. ORDAGE You will find a good anssot ment of all size, rope and - twine, at tore o" ANDREW JACKSON. e Grita and Large IHominy. ( New stock, excellent 1lualitl, it Flamiiy Itro r(c ot JoShUA IIEAL. t lY Iw.l'nonN.(0)rnge4 sndicu 7ocor nuts. I Now inll sto'ic at. Family (,iual'uy Eof' .it 7 ,JIOSHIUA AHEAL. erc N4-%w (CRl chli [ItIre' Sirimrps) (('atl nii ntsu 'just splentid" :nid are now on supply. at. Family I ,rve:'y of ,I()tSII(UA HtEAL. Dentistry ..--Dentistry. DR, B. , BIUPREE, B ntilt, BATON ROUOE. LA.. TJJAVING JUST FURNIMSHE] IlIS OF. Stie with all the latst infliorvemi'nt of thl. art, ofli'ra is proftflMsinal services to the hctizene of laton Iltg ll ainRlli'(uijlZ cotlu.try. ()hlice at 1 'i di (' ' on Maio Ktret, beI'tweren Church and Fifth stre('t,. S- Call will 11,,4t wit l pr* ompt att,'etioN. All wor, dtlon with sHatisfaction to patrons altl fullS guaranteedl. n ' KID0ELL & HINRICHS, Architects and Builders, NEW ORLEANS and BATON ROUGE. LA. RE PI'REPAIEI) TO FtTRNISH PLANS andL Etimates, and execute all city and plantation work in their line, on the most fa Bargains i Bargains !! r Ladies', Misses' and Chlldrzini' shoes slightly damaged atone half the orign nal tLat Jni.no.54 li oRO.NFI LD'S. Witting' Wares I a IT PAYS TO INVEST IN. York, 'o "andl States having faile to to time, the milkmaids of section' are "bowed down grief ;' wandd.at laqt were engaged in the beaa occupation of viewing the s:e nery from the fence tops; Neverless, at Witting's may be found the choicest cream At cheese and finest Goshen but. . ter at lowest quotations---The VDJ g whale catch this season hav- mom, ing proved un profitable, many oi; wiseacres are laying in a sup- MIfia It ply of Witting's boneless cod. Sfish-Last week the streets d of New York were so ' slushy id that many ladies were carried : over them'in good-looking po 'I licemen's arms--Wardoff the Ik evil effects of a damp atmos t phere by partaking of Wit ting's finest imported wines I. . and liquiors, prepared express- gto Le ly for family use - The reet rd South America confederations 1004 ,in have fortnightly "meets" on he p e- the field of battle-Chili has L ret swallowed up Peru--Buy the ht most durable and reasonable cutlery at Witting's--When lc the railroad to Clinton is an elf- assured fact, will the cows ,he continue to walk in at the er- front door, mother? Not if en you buy condensed milk at Witting's child-The up-river packets are loaded down 'to the guards,a fact which seems the to herald a prosperous pring l. -Witting's have sold three- Mal was fourths of that tinware spoken { nit off last week. A score or two no of good bargains still left- sed each member of the New Or- 4 "; leans Mystic Crew will wear adly a badge with the words "Wit rrr ting's Wares" inscribed there for on-The new reduced-rate )uld ferry has no doubt hastened not two or three prospective mar- B01 ,uch riages-Cheap crockery ware K' pro- ar Witting's-Cotton is going c, ots. up in price.-The rice crop last year was a poor one-3 t poun'ds of the best for a quar . ter at Witting's-The Rocky Mountain mining camps are ritel hidden in snow--0atmeal is Sthe best muscle builder, try SWitting's-It has been ascer- U tained through the late census A returns that printers -receive more presents.and still more FU abuses than any other class of millionaires.-Do you wish e to increase your weight? o Indulge in Witting's Wares -A goodly number of trayv N elling dramatic companieS ki Shave come to grief during the a pnpast winter-Have you seen r. the beautiful play 'of "The = l u.Best Five Cent Segar" at Sptihe Witting's ? Played daily toJ. Tr almost empty boxes ?-"The EAL. Best Five Cent Segar" or the a sugar-cured, air pressed, one HN. bit Ham!- The depressing in fluences of a rainy day have S IA". often been averted through j auts. the medium of Witting's best , E. coffee-A cup of good coffee! -You ca(n buy either at Wit rLo tin 's--Sittiny Bull has sur Srendlcred himself ftr the price istry. of one anuth-organ-Chelap est assortmlent of fancy and staple groceries at Witting's. ius ov. Commdunoore Vanderbilt once - n tttlo said that he attributed his M:,:, longevity to the. daily use of att",,ti, stewe(l cranberries - "they ,,,,, must be good," he added- Finest cranberries at Wit IS ting a's - Under the central 0ders, arch of the great St. Louis bridge there hangs a sign with AN, the letters "W. W" on it. i ,t a| Why does it creak with the winds ?-And what is is ob Sslightly ject ?-Shall we with the com iELD's. ing Spring's ethereal mildness ,res keep abreast of the times by Sdealing at Wltting's ? i'Y ' }--. ý S , 1 I1 ,: ::· · .1;a ý . ýy F C ý zr ~Ul~~~;.?r ~F, I41 MAIN$ DR ýs Line nit Mu lily SPRING 0j ead p T n 10A mes andO Idr 'ae PA.kS ilk.Gibb UI4Ol s rmox" 1,· Apr1 1 p .lW M1. . snd lots of oth Novelties t oflW o d particular attention to the P IT ' o00 Pieeis ef gm eiq i4 hil4' r' recent lire in New York, inm I offe dticr'ao+e 100 Corsets worth one dollar .tiwrda, ale Speelal jguaeemen atWGt i -aeuses 3 r':` < The prettiest loAe of Whitta'md Colored Table Danskal T do 1 i a.d Lines of all klcim and quality and all Domestic tnd epIGeitl tiethNl inw the stle of a handsomely corttd'P btl oBM.1 ar. p a5rn ever. : vb.9. rhird Str* rolou * &'Lk , Ct2r . # W,.a . ...... . -, . DR# 0G-0IUT, Bogel's Old Stand, - - BATON ROUGE, LA. EEP8 CONSTAITLY ON HA WlD A FULL AD WELL SELE TED oSTOCK Ot K Fresh Drugs, Medlcines. fancy Artictes Cutlery, Pistols, Cartridges, Shells, CineuP, Tobac M actotha I ,ell tell Caster OilnTr f ttlm a Carti le n uP fer, b otn p - co, Meersha im and Briar Pipes, (lerttes an p Papr o and all brtles onetl into atNew as Drug Store, and at reasoanlePrCe5. Agturt for Lodre' anjdTe.alnwttkSOe']er b rwated Prtp~tlolS, Dteck a Russlan Kumiso, Lrdeth'S Fresh and Genuine res outherinCor. pNatuy'sractl y PMred Whit ead alsoh afull line of Colors an 01 and Ready tieei Paint h, MYnlshes, heeurpentine and ~ew York Boiled ad nt ,in~edw Ol, Lard, N'Jeetsfoot Light Oils. Protrietor offMallon's Conditlon Powders for stork, eto. Orleans prices. ...t.... ...icinal Waters. iaesh, I t bottles, Cl n Pa . a n •abolute PrO. tectiun against Moths, Milew and !nfectln an , s E.sier .... .y .., s h new. MRS. JACOB PIPER'S FURNIURE AHO UNDERTAKIN ESTIABUSHMENT, (PIPER & BRADFORD'S OLD iTAND,) MAIN STREET, BATON ROUGE, LA. Dealer in Bedsteads, Armoirs, BUREAUS, AND CHAIRS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, Parlor and Bed-Boom: Seta, Ctche m'aiture Atl various other articles at the lowesat rket pr e Metallic and Imitation Cases, CofLins o ait kinds, with Ber arscwhen re u t, .k.notawn t iat nnyt hourls. Also, Woven Wire Mattresses. These Mattresses are so wen awn thIt its t ecersary to elarge upon their merits. Their superiority over all springs is they are elastic, noiseles, durable, leeanly, healtb tlr ans econoitaol. The utty Wire is an improvement. coisting of a lrsge wire put on the fabric,which makos a stiff tulge and pM entsitsbeint on the fetd rl. Noother Mattress possesses this feature. guaranteed years. NEW DRUG STOEW On Third Street, Near Boulevard. 1. STEENSEN, Doctor in PharlXaOV PotI roah yrat eneigped in th1 t 1ine inlN.'w Orien! t'keF plea| llr' in PI ,) 1) tnti ! ',,ic ot thie v it s agte1 i iciit'. that. b \avin K cor n l tr 1 ' .r h or Ol the , "A T I:mýE I 1)11R)0 iIO tIE. on 9'ft T ah er't, nir- " ne ( A "' º U Id. b bpa a ,utn l rc Poed ai'I frepi IIK tttllt o T r, L1,,G," ,HE MICA L PA' EN. M.DICINt.' TOILET AaN Fl s p,. A1tTIlLE, P EIF, 31E1'.Y. ant., a fl ,. f i , i , r' :,I)I:IE, . li of whirb he' wIll an . ,tr r~tt'g1m Ul 'l at the Iuwe gluert t ehisr rlu. exp)rti'r" al'l* knowll (It of Inat'mr tcy and C(.. ...4. . "r elllHl him to conduct the Prescriptiors ýepartmlerz t In a manlner that must maintain' ftrt 1h" I'hnrrglul itn iti t 'tnt s hich Pl l icirtt atr rt.I pihlic of New Orlelau have been been pleased t t ii . T he Enghill Frenl rn e anl and Doanlh Lanntt ~ n es ,oken. . T I AGENT lOR' "o .,URGTE1L.WiC ATFRIIEPMATIC REMEDY .Ag HUMPERT & CO., LOTEL..L R ILL ..LS, ST. LOUIS, MO. THI CELEBRATED MILL? MAKE THE FINEST QUALITY OF Corn Ieal, Grits, Hominy and Rye Flour IN QUANTITIES TO SUIT PURCOASERS. THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST! Orders from Baton Rouge and vicinity will meet with prompt attention upon applicatio n to AGENT VFlt LOWELL MILLS!. augly ()reele lizeait,,ap e calved "t r my (ýtvU L I y 4 Ye-d Apple Vii ' S . Try it J A0UU