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A .. RACI-HAL, SATISFACTION, BUT NO RETRACTION .(p-UBTLISl.Efl1 VOL. 34.1 ALEXANDRIA, LA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1878. : NO. 1I. DEMOCRAT' OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE PARISH, THlE DEMOCRAT is pnblished Weekly at FotUI:, ) ,I.1.Ati per ann uml-Two DOL I.As an:d Plrry C~xrT for six months PAYABLEI [N ADV.ANCE. No sub scription taken for a less period thaD six months. ADVP:RTISEMIENI'r inserted at the rate of ONe. Ot.LuAt nerl square for the first insertion and Ful'ry CeNrs for each snbsequ(int ole. Eight lines or less (brevier type) constitute a square. OBI rWARY NOTICES, Marriages, Public " Meetiual, Cards of Thanks, etc., to be p:aid as wvertisement.s PERSONA CARDS-when admissablo lchrged. double the usual advertising rates. C NSTI UTIONAL AMENDMBNT3. OFFICIAL. To th3 Qualified Electors of the State of Louisiana. OF'ica op S.ECRTARAt ov STATI~, Sr'rars of LOL'sNI, ,, NEw OnL,.Rs, J July 17, 1878. J In pmnlsance of article 147 of the constitution of this State, publication is hereby given to the voters of this State. of the proposedlamendments to the constitution of this State, agreed to by two-thirds of the members elect ed to eftch house of the General As eembly; at its session of 1878, and which are required to ,e published, three' months before the next general -election for Representatives to the Gen eial Assembny, in at least one news per ii every 1'aiish of this State, in which a newspaper shall be published. Said amendments appear nmore fully in acts Nos. 73 and 74 of the regular ses sion 'if th General Assembly of 1878, and 'in act No. 12 of the extra session dof tihe General Assembly of 1878,' which are officially published for the informintion of the voters, and which will be submitted to the people at the next general election,, to be hehl on the Bflth day of Novembe, (next) 1876, in nech a manner and formu that thI pieople n:ry vote for or against each .ingtndirent. ieparately, tanl if a ;ma. j;,rity of the vortes at said election shall approve and ratify all or either of said a'nend:ulntt., the same shall come a paitrt of the constitution.m. WILL. A. S TIO)NG, Secretary of State. 40;oSTrlriFIifT tL ,IiENDlE)I TS. ACT No. 73, R. S. OF 1878. NUMBER ONE. That the seat of government shall be established at the city of Baton Rnge or at the city of New Oiri:ans, as the majority of the voters of the State many determine at the next ensuing election; those-voting to locate the State capi tal at B ton Rouge shall endorse on their tickets, '*For State Capital, B:i tqn Rouge ;" those voting to locate the *e9taL,t New'Orleans shall endorse on 'thedr tickets, "For State Capital, Ne Orlemn&." Stwioe aot, article one hundred and thirty-one) . AC._ NO. 74, R. S. OF 1878. lUMBtR TIWO. Representattves shall be chopon on thlie first Tuesday after the first Mon d1y in November, every two yearn, and the election shall be completed in one day. The General Assembly shall mt et od the first Mond:ay in January. 1i, an&- biennially thereafter, on the gbst Monday-in-January, unless a di eredt day be appointed by law, and theirseesions shall be held at the seati f averament. :(Strike out article seventeen.] S NU' BR TIIREE. After the year 1878, the General As semby shall not have power to levy in any one year for all State purposes more than one per centum taxation, nor shall any collection of more than ode ter Centmn taxation be made in any one year, on the actual cash value of all real and personal property litble to taxation, except in case of a foreign invasion, or a domestic insurrection, and In that event any additional taxa tion shall only be for the immediate perpoee of repelling invasion or sup. pres.Ih insnrreetmo,.. The city of New Orleans shabll n t levy or collect in any one year more than one and oneo-half per centum taxation on the actual cash value of all the real and personal property liable to taxation writhin its limits. No Parish or manic pl corporation, except the city ot Ne Qrleans, shah levy or collect in any one year more than ,one per cent lam taxation upon the actual cash value of all the r al andl personal prtperty liable to taxati in within its ittidta "The General Assembly shall o thave power to issue any bond or pledge the faith of the State for any nor shall it authorize' any 1 o rosenicipal corporation to is So.iuy bond or create any debt; prljoed, that this shall not prohibit the iSiUe of new bonds in exc1haaun.e for oldbibbnds, where the debt or rate of iWntet is not increaaid. NUMB&R F3UR. The members of thie General Assem blj shall be paid a salary of five hun 4' dllars ($500) per session, and aottal travelling expenses by the near at prcticable route, not to exceed liy dbllars (*50) for any one meiber; revided that if two sessions are 14eld lathe cflFear they shall receive-for thS~teond session in that year a salary oEfly two lhundred and fifty dollars 50) and actual travelling expense CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS. by the nearest practicable route, not to exeeed fifty dollars ($50) for any one member. The regular biennial session shall not exceed ninety days in duration, unless by vote of two thirds of the members elected to each house of the General Assembly. (Strike out article thirty nine.) NUMBER FIVE. The General Assembly ishall not pass any local or special law changing the venue in criminal cases, changing the manner of persons legitimating children, vacating roads, streets or al leys, remitting fines, penalties, and forfeitures, or refunding moneys le gally paid into the treasury; affecting the estates of minors, or persons under disability, exempting property from taxation, creating any monopoly, le galizing the unauthorized or invalid acts of any officer or agent of the State, or of any Parish or municipality; granting any .extra compensation to any public officer, agent, or contractor, after the service has been rendered or contracted for; changing any Par ish seat, or creating new Parishes, ex cept by the assent of the majority of the qualified electors of the Parish, or Parishes, to be affected; i4h all other cases, where a general law can be made applicable, no local or special law shall be passed. NUMBER SIX. The Gbrernor shall receive a salary of seven thousand dollars per annum, payable quarterly, on his own warrant. (Strike out article fifty-six.) NUMBER SEVEN. The Lieutenant Governor shall re ceive a salary which shall be double that of a member of the General Assembly. (Strike out article fifty-seven.) NUMB:,R FIGHT. Every bill which shall have passed hboth houses shall be presented to the Governor; if le approve it. he shal sign it ; if lie does not, lie shall return it, with his objections, to the house in fwhich it originated, which shall enter the objections at large upon its jour nal, and proceed to reconsider it. It, after sncJlreconsideration, ten-thirds of all the members Ipresent in that Honse shall agree to pass the bill, it shall be sent, with the objections, to the other IIonse, by which it shall like w'ise be reconsidered, and if approved by two-thirds of the members present in that. H-ouse, it shall be a law. $But in such cases the vote of both Houses shall be determined by yeas and nays, andll the n:tnes of Imembners voting for or agains.t the i,ill shall be entered upon tht- joirual of ench' l-ouse respec tively. It' any hill shall not be re turned lby the Governor within five lays after it shall have been presented to hin., it shah! be a law,'in like man ner as it he had signed it, unless the General A'seminly, by adljonrnment, prevent its rtlurni ; in which case, within thirty daits, the Governor shall tie the s:tlne, with his"' objections theretoi, in tie t otice of the Secretary of State, and give public notice tliere of; otherwise it shall become a law, ias if lie had signed it. T'lhe Secretary of State shall contmmunicaito said objec tions andl bill so deposited to the Honse in which it originated on. the first day of the mreeting of the next General Assembly, who shall act upon the same as above provided. The Governor shall have power to veto one ior more items in any bill appropriating money, embracing distinct, items, while approving other portions of the bill, and the part or parts of: the bill approved shall become law1 .gkOl, thed item or items of appropriations disap proved shall be void,; unlss ''repasissed accordirg tnothe :rule and limtitations prescribed for 4hie.,passage of other, bills over the Governor's veto. (Strike out'article sixty-six.) NulrBR 'NIN.E. No dfflcer; whose 'sisary ii: fied"by the Constitulion. shiall be allowed any fees or perquisites of ofice. NU- BER TREs The jndicial power shatll be vested in asupireme court:in di.trict courts, and lajusticek:of the peace. Tihe tdi. trict courts shall liave original jnris. diction in all civil cases where -the amount in dispaidt eiceeds one hua dred dollars, exclusive of interest. In' criminal. cases, and in all probate mat ters, their jurisdiction shall be hfpTimi ted. They shall have apipelate jnris diction in civil .anits fromq justices of the peace, when the amonut in dispute exceeds ten dollars, exclusive of iii terest. The justices of the peace shbAl be elected by thile electors of each par ish in the manner and with thle gqlai fittiohas to be determined'ib the Gen. eral Assembly. They shall hold office for the term of two years, and their, compensation slhall be fixed by law. Their jurindiction in civil cases'si:ill not exceed one hundtred dollbrs, ex closive of interest, subject to an appeal to the' district court in all bases when the aniounot in dispute shall exceed ten dollars, exclusive of interest. They: shall havP such criminal juris~liction as shall be oirfeirred by laiw." The General Assembly; shall hIave powertd rest in the clerks.fthedistrjet ootj the right to grant suclah orders and 4ti stcll acts as may be deemed necestthrj for the furtheranceof the administrai idon ofjustice. In all cases the power ti.s granted shall be specified and de termined. ' (Strike oat articles seventythred; eighty-five, eighty-six, eighty-seven,: eighty-eight, elghty-nine, ninety.-one, andi one hundred and thirty-three.) NUMBEUrt EiztV . The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall receive, a salary of, seven thousand dollars per annum,- aud the Associate Justices of tie Suprenme Court shall each receive a salary of six thousand Ave hundread- dollars per a5 num, payable quarterly on their own warrant. NUhRER TWeLVE. The General Assembly shall divid@ the State into jua4l~lf' districts,; wlifci shall remain unclha~jidfot fotryears, and for each disstieoeine jddge; leairn;e in the law, shall be elected by a pltu CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS. rality of qualified electors thereof. For each district there shall be one district court, except in the parish of Orleans, in which the General Assembly may es tablish as many district courts as the public interest may require, not to ex ceed the number now authorized by existing laws, except by a two-thirds vote of all the nemers elected to both'branches of the General Assem bly. Until otherwise proviided by law, the district courts now existing in the parish of Orleans shall have the juris diction at present conferred by law; no redistricting or change shall be made so as to take effect during the incum. bency of any judge. The number of districts in the State shall not be less than thirty nor more than forty-five. The General Assembly shall provide by law for at least four terms annually of the district court in, every parish. The General .Assembly shall have power to create circuit courts, to be constituted by grouping the district judges into circuits, and composing the circuit court of the judges of the dis trict courts within such circuits. To direct the place or places of meeting of said circuit courts so constituted, and to vest said circuit courts with appel late julisdiction from the district courts within the circuit where the amount involved exceeds one hundred dollars ($1110,) exclusive of interest, and does not exceed five hundred dol lars ($500,) exclusive of interest. The General. Assembly shall have power, by a two-thirds vote of all the mem bers elected to both houses, to restrict tilhe appellate jurisdiction of the Sn preme Court to causes- where the amount involved exceeds one thou sand dollars ($1,000,) exclusive of in terest; and in case of such restriction, the circuit courts so to be created shall have appellate jurisdiction of the class of' eases thus excluded from the ap pellate *jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. The clerks of the dis trict courts shall be elected by the qualified voters of their respective par ishes, and shall hold 'their office for four years. (Strike out article eighty-three.) NUMBER THiIRTEEN. Each of the district judges shall re ceive a salary, to be fixed by law, which, except in the Parish of Orleans, shall not be less than two thousand dollars, nor more than three thousand dollars per annum, payable quarterly on his own warrant, and which shall not he increased nor diminished dur ing his term of oflice. He must be a citizen tif the United States, over the a~e of tiyenty-five years, andti have re Siied in the State and practiced law therein. for the space of two years next preceding his election. The .judges of thei district courts shall hold their of fice for the term of four years. In the Parish of Orleans the annutal 'alary of the district judges shall not exceed, five thousand dollars, to be paid as above i,'eijded. (Strike out article eigllty-four.) NUMBEi~ FOURT1iEN. In, lien of the office of district attor nuy, establihed by article ninety-tao of the Constitution of 1868, there shall beelected, by the qualified voters of each Parish,, a State's attorney there for,. who shall be a citizen of the Uni ted States, and who shall have beeui a resident of the State, and a practicing and duly licensed attorney at law, for at least two years. Hie shsll receive a salary from the Stite of not less than three nor more than seven -hundred doll~rs per.a anum,,to.be provided by lad upon the basis of representation in the Housc'df Represen tati ves, and pay able :quarterly on 'his own warrant, h nIitall be ex ofileio attorney of the' Parish, and 'receive such salary there fronm as may be lxzed by. the parochial authorities, ;not to:exceed seven hun dredd 4ollars p-r annum; ;e He. sall, morcover, recaivesunch fees of office as may bhe allaiwed by law. In thecity of New trleans the State's attorney shall receive '~ibdi compensation fronm the city, in addition to the. salary above provided, as tbay be established by :iw. He shall be electedi at the lsam itime with,-thoejudgea'of the dis irict: courts, and shall hold his office for tlie term of four years. .NUMBER IFTERN. . .It every, ease where the judge may l)e rrcau.sd, and when hre is not person all Ipterested in the matters in con t'alltion, he shall select a lawyer, ha iui, the tQecessary qualiflcatibns re q'rted for a j dge of his court, to try, edeh eases; 'ail thie General Assembly shall provide by law for the trial o those casees in which thie judge mot be ;personally interestedor when he may be absent or refuses to act.. (S .trike out article ninety.) NUMBER SIXTREN. In order to~jtovide for the estab lishment of the judicial system created by the abpya.ipandments, and to pre vent the evils of an ipterreganum, it is 'lhereby ordained by the people of Lou isiana : j irst+-Thiat the General,- ssembly, which meets th9 first Moilday in Janu Iry, 1879, shall, itlcpordance with the for'egoiDg m anend$BtS, iiiiediately' redistrict;the States,: and provide .for the witjority of clerks, and the eleo tio' bretnmiula jurisdiction of jus tieds Neiipeaee. - Sqeond-~Th~at at soon as the Legis lature shal1 h!ave. aceted as aforesaid, :tie' Gover~Iir els14 b" proclamation ahlil an electiq 'for ~ijustioes of the peae far easparitleeept thepar ish.of Orleans, and for district judges 'in eiach district oreated by the redis tciting, where One or more pariseli have been added, or taken, from the oxist ig judicial aidtrict, and fqg $tate Attvrneeys i s nabove" provided,-excep in the parish of Ortleais, where tbedis trict attorney for. the parish shall be State attorney, Thise.election shall be held'on the sanfr dnay threiughoatithFe State, bhieh 4ay sha lhotvbol;ess Aala .algty nor more. tanu ninety 4ays afteri the passage of said'e. 'The termseof ti "flitceers~ ele~id at Isidaeletiouf bai expira. at.be general electibwot' -88), and ,he limitation on t4ee-ana.ge of 'istricts, "0ofteer than ionee every four years, shall not ie considered as' CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDM1DNTS. having effect before the general elec tion of 1880. Third-That the jhdicial system, as established by the constitution of 1868, shall remain in force until the expira tion of the thirtieth day after said elec tion, excluding from the computation the day of the election. Fourth - The adoption of these amendments shall not vacate the of fices of the present clerks of cotrts in each parish. NUMBER SEVENTEEN.. Article one hundred and thirty-two of the constitution of 1868 ahall be ab rogated. NUMBER EIGHTEEN. The Superintendent of Public Edo cation shall receive a salary of thirty five hundred dollais, payable quaiterly gq his own warrant. NUMBER NINETEEN. No license tax sha:l be inmposed on the State, or any parish on msuici'i authority,on any mechanical trade, manufactory or factory, except "such-as may require police 1regulatioqs, in towns and cities. NUMBER TWENTY. The Legislature is ailthorized to exx empt from State; municipal or-parish, taxation household;goods, such as tn:- niture, wearing apparel, tools of trade or-profession and family portraits, not exceeding in aggregate value the sum of five hundred dollars. ACT NO. 12, EXTRA SESSION OF 187$8. NUMBER TWENTY-ONE.. Strike out the first part of article 142 of the constitution of 1868, which reads: "A university shall be estab lished and maintained in the city, of New Orleans. It shill be composed of a law, a medical and a: collegiate de partment, each with appropriate f1cul ties. The General Assembly shall pro vide by law for its organization and maintenance;" and insert i "Thie ni. versity shall be maintained.. It shall be composed of a law, a medical and an academical departmnent, and such other departments as may be established by law, each with appropriate facaulties; PROVIDED, that the law and medical departments already crganised shall continue in 'the city'of New Orlealis, and the academical and other idepart ments may be located elsewhere in. the State." MJISEX ANEOUS. E. & B. JACOBS, Cotton Factors -and= IMPORTERS & WHOLESALE DEALERS - AI - DRY GOODS, GROCERIES., HARDWARE, CUTLERY, GUNS, BOOTS and SHOES, LIQUORS, TOBACCO and cll.tiRS, TEXAS STREET, SHREVEPOR T, WITE ARE PREP RE: T. FILT, VV orders for 1~ i ati d Tes, a con, Flour, Sugea:"dilffepantd £lto'ther articles, both .stapl1 apd.,fa eyj4, the Grocery and Dry q'gods l n'ee that may be neededr.by, merohatýr planiter. Ordler. :sent to us; accompanied writh cash, cotton or'accepted drfts on New Orleans, wll reeelve 6it !Eipr opt and eaLe 1U4ttetUton , We guiradtee every arti S we sell, and prom.se fuPll and ensii~satisfaction it a' l salesof bct toi Jik&kB.JACOBSi.'j cretton or zct q. My uIR " h ip Ocenti. a2,18 wD-1m. . ., lIO Wept 8xtta mr..t, 4fim clyiuaU q:. NOTICE OFELEOTIO pURSA .. TO. A PROCLA iA Stion-po Hist]xoellendy, FtAikor·"iP Nionou.s, Governor of the SBtte. ofTLou isiana, bearing date, tie Fourth day of September; A. D. 1878, '1l the*Juliffel d elretor$ of the. Pariah. o Rapides .are hereby notified tltat an election will be held on Tuesday, the Fi'th'day'i of Novemier, A. D? 1878,' "' z For -One itateTriesuirer, :: One Representative .from :the Fonrth Conigressional District, comprising the Parishes of Rapides, Vernon, Sabinhq Na hitoches, Grant, Winn, Red ,Iver., Dito, Caddo, Bossier, Webster and Bienville. TiWo Representatives for the'Parish of Rap!des Ohfoe ar sll nJdge, , One Sheril,. One Coore,. - ; Also Police" Jurors, Justices of the Peace and Coistablet to be elected by the, qualified electos pf their: rLespee tive Wards.. Also' to vOteffor thi-+itiieattloi .ior' jectien of thin Propod medma4g of the Constitution .tdopted by the Gene ral:Assemby of the:"altti at its' s8biton of.1878,- under. Ac~P No; 1.3 and'No, 74; Regular Sesson. of 1$78, and, under Act No. 12, Extra Session -ofi8. -I$. SThe Polls will, be opened in each Blee-' tion precluotiJn said Parish ofLRapjdes,. from tntt hours d'f 8e4en o'clck'A.'tl. until six o'clockf':- ,M ~I on the: faid., date above mentioned, .to-Wit: TUES DAY, the FIFTH da of NOVEMBER, AAD. 2187$; for the ptir'loe ofec uiving theyvote aot f , ;g&lfied voterd pC the Parish of laapldes, underthe supervis p9n of tie 'cotmilsioners of electlorf,;t DE sppottet by. bhe authoritits.deaig iated by aw... a, - 'i electiot to` baicoduted'ikitd re ,trriºg id~aberdink t9 ta4f:l'- .:... J aherlff's O cep Parish of Rap ideg, 1878k : : 'on: *B .BO~eBINJMON, Sheri of toe Parish of Rapeos.. Oct. 2-tde. SiTURDAY NIGHT. Placing the little hats all'in a row Ready for church on the morrow you know; Washing wee faces an' little black flists, Getting them readyand At to be lssed; 'Pa&ttiig them Into clean gar tsiaund - white; Thbt is. what mothers are, doing-to night. Spying out holes in the little worn hose; Laying by shoes that are worn through the toes, Looking o'er giarents so faded ani Who but'a mother: knows where'toobe gin? . Changing a buttion to makelt'~ook right-- " . , . That is what mothers are.doing ,to Calling the',little ones all :roundab ler chair,. . = flearing themlisp forth their eveniln prayer, ' Telling .them: stories of :Jesusaof old, Who loved to gather the lambsLtq.His 'fold; Watching; they listen with weary de light Thalt 'is what;'mothers:are doing 'to night. Creeping so 'softly to take a last ,eep, After .the little ones are all .asleep; Anxious to know if the children are warm, Kissing each little face rosy an';bright, That is what mothers are doing to night. Kneeling down gently, bside the white " bed, ' [lowly and meekly she bows down her head, Praying as only a mother can pray - "God guide and keep them from going astray! . PLATFORM OF-TRw DEMOCRATIC- CONSElRVATIVE PARTY THE STATE ( LOUISIANA. ADOPTED AT BATON ROUGE, ON T 6TH DAY OIP AUGUAT, 1878; 1. That tthe Democratic Conserva. tive Party of the State'of Louisiana, in conrvention assembled, do hereby reit-' erate all the-pledges contained in the party platform adopted in July, 187,6, and particularly the following, to-wit: "We hereby pledge ot" r party to the satisfaction of all the legl. obligations issued by the Stale of Louisiana;' to the most strenuions dffirta in the direc tion of reform, and an ecinomicial:'-d ministration of the government, especiti ally to the abolition ,of al unnecesary, public offices; to the redpuction ofghe fees and salaries of office to the stanmd ard of a fair renumeraton ; the conse. quent reduction of taxation to thi low eat possible limit comsmensurate with the necessary expenses of the governi ment; the preservation of the public faith, and the, urtailrmeut of the: dan geoun.ly larg' ` patrnage of the chief executive of the State." 2. That the'interedit'f the :induAtriat 'and wealth-producing classes is of par 'aipount importance to',the .people of tdie United States; those whose Jab.pr ind 'enterpri'se produce weatith should ie secure inmits enjoylenti Oir '*k; mest sympathy is extended:to the~ lat boring classes who have been thrown dat of .employment by .the rajnous fl ISnacigl pilicyiind uoinjdlh igilaion oif ithe Repubhean party, and ae:pledgoe the Demogtratic,party to.arrever tlof this polic,andi to a restoration of.all t'ri'ghts thtey are enfltled 'to :pionu'ti ascendapey ;to.poset·. :- :. . 3. That Fpaneis .T. Niclole, ly ,V prdidniit and" stiitesrain)ilie .manage ,ment of the madiyd'tlicate iU~eedigi - ,ihg out of the succese- of`tlhe party in I87a, and reaultingjn: , fi' rpi qlah lishmient of ths people-s government in fIoie oisiai d'eservesthie gratttif!e il all:outsianiaa; hat his wisdim;,jusa tice-and irodeiati~, in. the admlaistra tiifl'bf hls'lah igtriist Is ii a~trit'a"ccoaiA with the prlncipiletsahirtitu'ned by hifei in accepting the nomintation,, and i s won for him ,the respect of all as- the gpvbenor of tthe whole people of Lodo'ui ijna, and entitle hiiP to the support of all who love good.rerument.: - 4. 'Btrh we remember with gratitude1 'thie`he ~t anid patilotic efferts 'dfGen eral P ` NOgden, 9id the' citizert e4il diera of Louisiana noder lir, c .talj: establishment and ,maintenance of t people's.governm'e't of this State. 5. That the vote ofLhuiihtsua at thl election in the, year Ji76 was cast.f.r Smubel J. Tilden fo President and ,Phomas. A. Hendlrick'is for Vice Presi. dent' by a majority of over'8,000 vobti;~ and.- .was' fraudulently -eohnted f .ufur 'Rutherford B.,kayes and Wilpia,, A, Wheeler, unor' the poretense, that the resaui -ss'ae O mpllshied by inthiida tion. and wholesale murder, ,and.tha the failure ot the Republieaun:party to. produce witnesses to shstain 'thjse charges when invited 'to doe soby the Potter'- cmmnittee is. a. conafitasiof 'their inability to maintain theirallegal tions hil o't)f'the'fal~t' of the charge ~hemsetvesi, atid that thlre-ieelt'-oftlif investigation ;f sb.e s.aid committee is An affirmative proof that there waa no fo.uOdatiton'fdt tlie faile add njuj t hobarges andallegatiis.; ' . 6. That the recent:admissinn of W. P. Kellogg is a Senator from this'tise wac an abuse of partisan, power for. a transierte pairtisap putpose, and' ii bieaeh of tie "OCdititution, wihi, aii erest esqh Sto e tWo 8ena'totsi to be ghosen by the 'Lesislature theasof-. that long before Kellogg's adia~jsti lit had bAeetrc~ilýti ely' settled that 1eheoll1piieAsseqhly., Ar uthe a ¢rsor: n beyond the competence of the Unitedt States Senate, by a post mortem rec ognition, to galvanize into life and-leg islative power nother assemblyI: of whoso existence there is o token' upon the ;.statue books of the State, and which dissolved before gaining ,recog nition c-!aywhere, and that, in view of the "iii~rededented character 'of -the case; a revisiono:,by the' Senate of its actio .on. this snbject is due.to jnustic 7. Thbt sae regprd with serious dise iatisfacto 'tliB indifferehce andb opii aition bof'the members .of the i Naional', Congress: to a system. ofinterjal . im proyemenits, teo develp 'tie, Industriebi and :restore the ;p.f iperity'g of the Sonthep aiphe 4loppw tet fiStatr ,and we, :urge ours, 8ent,grl and .~ .epre. i'entativesto tuey thilr utmost endBeav orse I oirdert foskenbre'ulibl nity f a tipf as wil'Jaad@ te;peedy ogpl. oreixr ofthb Texiagp cifto Raiiriri' td' or.neaitvtie thlrty lstondpioradil of laitd,".ai ~d ! S ni of leeesi4pro theil ifssssilppi in verfloiB,' l6'ot travigatiod adequate to;,the as bts comme e,rw.ic maaures:.rwinautin an character, and1 beond' tro.1 'of' tt es'irpee Stiae-" 'oven S. T; hat: we cnrIiUa ,:gePdors.t memorialnf ithe .Chwamber p Cormcrce of New" Oflcas to 'Coniigress' iW behalf of:tbh 8ou.th. Aumri a~f, avpdBra'zilIau sterashlp oiiue,.eall p' .Ip,gor',Rep retentatites- in 'Congress to= urge` for paid line the :mail'cdbUiact'vis NewOr': leas, with a!sibstid . nisuch r.amo,_ as, s- bopn cajieds for, ,i4.order,to f cjlltate ' the opeid~ig 'F this ,tride, to sch 'great and valeuablelmjiortaice of the.e We#.tand South,,maki gk, r:1e highbway for the .tt #nl, :sale of our Mrpun gran filouii ad :other produts` ad bhirginig io retO-d tli+h artidlir he prducte, of Sut ' Aegrica S , ftwhieh cofee alone onsttiee a trade4f mch in'first b ito1t'is atn b ri: r a 'e Louisiana eiAmud end,ý tJ a Oai banking system bo.abolished anti. a4 tional bsak'ihiotsiesfreiited','; d' +' Usti i thereof tilegoveree t fil tthei nited States. shall igune anequg a ~ opot.fL treasury notes, commonly kgw' i as "greenbacks," and we also deiitilthe upconditional and '.d m4iate fepeal of therbesumptiona -soae ; d ii are t:i~Mtera bly opposed ato ther oaiFD pel opur sued by the, Repblicaa party, wbereby,, the'volume of the 'currencyias codtracted:=? below+th busi sIP gairements 'the oudpntry, ap4fiaI . ores, depression of business and pan-.. per twagee's htive 'beec n'entiled. " We demindt ta.he iep tl 6.. il'laliimpos ug :;atax;,pon thl airQnlItioa'of Statse i t l at'it s is tie'+ens'6 of "t'hs'eon .rention tht at-l btoltadi'nd obllgationiii' of phe Nationa Governpmet should. be paid ,in ,the. Igoal tender greaent.4ai dotes °of tk Unifteli Sl:ates excet whiere iktiisethert4vi ja" a °I t tei originalw, isnti l e !rt1 re is-,. ued. ' We~ftirthe, demand: the tp.al ritginalt lawSereatiigt the lbliasdebt by which thje, .obligati$ of the .cous trybhave lteen miadi hore onerous a. aid wie reioiimmond'If Itit uit' d 'itate treasury notes shallkbe 'made ,eceieatw bly for ala.dne, pauIic a14,riv4tee, t cadin eustom . ·ds. 11. That is the ensti e aiid' Jid rment of this Conetloku that.ithLeiLeg iblature of .this State.r atita.snext sea sion, ehthld, aproust fpr.efllt'ng " c' 420 'tihabttitn terel W to Sfin d asp lo stin lshI ie*=i6tnile tinet+lthe. ,Staf isg n , 2.ý T,a. l9 n f.vorijn$ a. U fotr..8 o 6 stutiona1' Conyintl~oh It lh" isf ' I pdsed= ito tipladc e: or ', fntefei with the.nuneppeLt ,ptl j ts 4, gaoe'n.we . o;. '.B 77, , or.. / .-- ... Gz'14TL:.xul I~ l'tr lO ,Wi- Ru .on itheuuoatio to anyroathe tr e e i iecsnse It heds to, demaud-sb sfly e ion. Tr 4tya,-thel t eot s fucroti t oho" a 'res an t poresgn,,omesItuaind toitsin to ay ga~pg te pl.r ftends to demand astisfaetiour. 'V'eri tallhiy d ;dan'd our'hltlmy A sed lies a less tbeattih 'beari, w e -yi s "i" f -., U p f tt~ en, no .,onehlia. toryphrases or; h ooeyedt- *rdas:bi t hiiher bold andstabtio~rwi.utbs, of nd'whdmathey.nay. AlTo* 'ie'te a to an anecdote, it ppplies bQtte &iT !hefigore thsap n .awarkI:r a ite 'argument with:ALn Wbrrget Es'$ lishmsn iti Londbti, ;rhi'i *titie ;a 'd mataet i 'his pp.lp; jn.,pT', , e ?o iba Bull "tol! eT ,t~ the hmont n46in 'Jhn ·irear Ireland we tit first and, jaw:after.",- I may differ with Pat in his-method of vindicating the honor of bhis coun try, but it .was the 'only,means at lhis commaial:;. He my .have-ad Ja his mind the wrongs of his,,eountry'for" eenturres; Our wrongs are olo re recent date, still there ire a few who seem to forgeti thew; m trsacherous and stupid, inedeunust they be! We, of the. - iTe, intend op give a good acg o urselves at;. the ballo, box... Aa.to ;e cartridge box, it ,'Q "- s ,:.st ,in the pine. woods, iikIe I ao igs of a luna. .ti. The 'Sit1i ' l" eomparison.: makes: us a litte more irate never author bbihiee ' ai in : pia ed tbh Jackass thakt: kkedblti-below eoni ;tempt. sBesiy" 'S lfer'anq t. o ?Qurs, fore , nTd a ;re a P. S.-From -6b+- bo wore the Gray: "Itil er rack Sjoke w " 4 ý i % ley .re nember Bull iun," INCI E+'WT O i .:PL.GUl HARTRENDING ACCOUNT OF, THE SW. { FERIN' S0 EM'R D..AR The papers briety chronicled the:- death of Mrs. -Ed. Barrfbw, 'Jr., yes. terday, .Ibux the: snfieringw of the 'lad dy on tie *ifei'teed South remaiat1 tI !a: a daughter oa Mr. J. G. Math'_ erh and- married- Mr. Barmo. Sir.h Mr.: arrow was ýwi on Main stree t and -ash:is business kept him in the .nith most .Khis tirie, he' Wklifrbtihde to Melhis. Wren+hi tfe ~ibroke out there he re-. moved her to a boardinng t bou" thie toun ridi wnt- 1-o. for , raI sor b, n e .e where skhewuil'boadinga and a as a. Dr. Johnu Y 'Lc , 31 ving tegr:.W+ s' t.boa )oard her until the Itr of .hr husband. She and' Mk -Wiggs,; with':.b B8rt 4~f 2 ddrS ', iea started-or' 1), ,a+ w thery odver p t:is nh 'ii Be %'~ 'fused. to' take the saidi'tiheyrw1t.7 compelled" to see _tood and -shelter .sewehlire.. M"M'wBars o i a- -lb Oa. a datt9i4e aItaaioua,.t the $tme3ondat . plk'ainnn ef,*eelipn n roiall e around fr~li sef Smpo + In t +o J~ouse "o "th road,: : 4 ya ain beghe r..O.a . foor+ ý.osome placeg tb.t1 _+ septaeot duit$ t ` ptapnd~-orL!et' ,r3.h s, 'Ne. :sake ,rh, e t~+: t i k a gag die./rla hri t posareds f uffugt + dier wta es afe ! his+, hatevr, +but.+> liledf om :ptre r!i.,