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i at ' pe s ad in betau o n ~C~ti·tf a aathoatuodhc sad in 'iseatUs'agettorthe Carw. ' The C.. m t ii raeeived by all sub umrbece Fma a tiat. o.ve.mer 2-, '82. pp.i s.nt 1 s- asI llti ' Blaine refuse 4a:seit i s teporte tel declaration that he Sea st uas plirant for the presidency. BDy psoolefzsrle of the Pensacola Bardo.et.Ofil, the :ydllow fever epi deaost at that place was declared at an dea u - the 16th i-stant The electric current used by Mons. D: pres to work a plºw atthe Munich ZleCtre izal hibition is transmitted over a dirtacce of about 40 miles. Shbreveport's two daily newspapers are :emae"tug the examplt of their New 'Odeans contemporaries, and each claims -.larger circulation than the other. An admirer of t he late General Stone w-all Jackson dled1 recently at Memphis, and hiswill lptained a bequest of $4000 o. the widow of the celebrated soldier. Two prominent citizens of Tenneese,, Mesrs. J. Ib Goodbar of Memphis and S. I Blle of Nahville, have beein indicted .n the litter city for making a bet of -- on the reenl t oa the recent'election A new power.p.ee and decided Im provements in the form and appearance of the paper asie circumstances indica .ing the deserved prosperity of the .uhe report Times that we are pleased to note. Vermo~nt is enrely the paradise ol squnet hunters if the report is true that 18,000 of these little animals were killed iby Ompeting tenUs in 4 recent.:hunt. The wntping teamn is said to hve slaupgh t.red z,000ooo. SWilliam PbholM of Dixon Springs, IIls., kicked Iii six-yeawr-old dauglhter to death foir ey~lig at the dinner table. The smrderer fled and had eluded puresuit up to last ecotiints. If captured he will prelbably be]S lynchted. MAsny of.wa. Louisiacia exchauges are ftled to overflowing Iwith thrilling ro ieesac setittled "Sale of Property for WhJllusits Tnxes/' This serial is une of 'saeishg4t.i.vet---4o the Tax Collector andi the.newspaper ma.. New ifork harnetris Itest wonder in Inerselesliab A ten-year-old nreo named: - lan~tta h.sjnst trotted two mileg there in 4:27*, the blest time on record. She muade the firat .nile in 2:14+, the second in 2.i12, covering the slat half-mile in 1.041. Can sunch thiegs bel In several ofoutr Demnocractic Louisians exclhanges we have de~teeted paragraphs wherein Gen. Butler ofMaissachn etts is referred to in terncs of greu t forbearance if not anbsol u te comptlientlt. Verily, politics m;rke straInge bedli:-llow.atel prl.duees astolledl ing changes. WV e ongriatitete our friendl Editor II. G.Geoolwyun of the (olfax Chronticleu pon, thesrctujel~tiou ef the fifth volume of his ,excellent pe. er. Taking charge of the joarnal tinder tlnifavoralle circemnstaneces I~htesby ueregy,indsl try :anid ability ij-lnoit a perutanellet institlutin an11 a; credit to tile sect-ion in wlhich it is lIul lished. ]'ev. ]lth" r· ryaln, thle poste-priest, Ieblishes aun indigniat curd denying the report lha t lie is no longer posesedl ol the prerogaltiven of a priest. He Ictonly cjerciaes Mall olstol ary fueliols, uet emejoys special privileges, at le'ist one of which is lnot aicllrl'eed to nlly ther nlllli isreof the priesllhod. The origin of tlhce libelnso.rtn llr is Ottlh:ibtled to ntlliee. Thie Shrelveport Tienews is j~sbt a liitle ,rev illnst il (.c nl inet -! l eg I lthe Sellle.cril I tic .milnjorit-y ill the Hiltoise "'.I lee (.iolliollns it. hlondliug hlee cnrrency quiestion ie DeI cenmber-tLhlit. is, if Docelllcr lf h liis vea-r is Ietlait.. Thle iHionse will renll:ii nllciu r H-lCi'plihnii coliitrl utlil the exlliratiion -l'l i* nlaplo'lcinlie. slssit olf Collgress... whlich ncan be extlended unltil lithe 4th of -M-.i ch 188.I. rhleree lhogshetul|s ief nugtr te Itie :ulo .hIJve lw l|e lrcdnel ;te|lceii the le ccitatlie of_ le.1.sts. largweier & J;l.ksoiLce inc IC:Est Inleeteec leustge- p-tish, :ileel the Ceirpi/toleal -Adclrirte is e.l-lighteel with tlhin el rol el ire.u.atrel.mste.d as:oertic.nieit lite high lettxd t iiht Iheil-srilh are as well andaetcel toi lie lplrotichel. eil i\iieti',ie cef ,ingle :as ,lll" th.it' rsl ice theI i t.e~ , . The hleucedsomei.l ,esuelt ieniteel w':.s aclitve.ld bIy thlte. me of .ctoltlll seed emeetl ai14 s1 a hlllcillosplhlltc lef limee' ca lertil i;:cls. East liatcon Ricege Ieas tlheouceccan -(0 eetes ef jilet anich Il-et.c i';i'~~l l ocih. ilece't'e :ei ll . i~ Ci C~lih l~l r.l Vlel'celh ltrcli',esuer%-t of ] .Clt.'.ceeic cv i liasllte ('i olh-e. .~leoftrltd, c!ir;ics to. ae.l- n crllue-el -i Ilmlllcnler of c:ases of avctcue srliculal r tlhe·nulsltistt y c~isling !t.=. !Platientsl I to ll1i.l trit e.fol :ftlo .,lr see--i et;eys. Thcy wirte 1i.lhcv-ed In drhlik ficrh rl - cold ltelr crchimertely lf Ielmlonadel tent ne micciees it'e e rir The hierial eel lee iest wai, li-l0 lce fcmit JfcIlr t, eighit e idi. i eu I ii c , ease w. it longi ttic: ii . c I . h \la,.e'.h . i. i-sh trleat :[llleecuc:li-it' i-eocI cellc 'I t ,iieii gc..tiecic.z i t it|,, e- ei - iii i ~ \.,lInt t leell jee.ilic. tt. '1t itee. ( lat -ci.ec i~,e.e'ce e Ieecl t-s te biUBfth A iA a SHoldeObraanTId , . Jona . Whitcle of the retni Couar, -sIMrs.i PiAs i M. Baker, New Orleans _se.a-Dm.esw t; W. A. Bryan, Iberville bth; 3. cW. Bryan, Lake Charle:.,CEko; I 3. JHyams, WIeat Batoao 3Bonge Sugar Planter; Edmn .d .Maitarin, St. James Creole Fireside; L B. Bentley, Donsld sonville ClrE,. Guen. Jastremkshi, chair man of the FBecetive Committee called the Association to orderand was request ed to preside in the abseree of the plresi dent. Applicatiuns for admisesion werere ceived from Me~rs.Joe. M. Keating and H. F. Brunot of theAascension DeRiocrat, iannter C. deak., of the West Feliciana St.asel and J. Y. 'Gmnore of the Louisi Cna Bugar-Bowl. k as resolved to pro ceed to bnsinees subject t$ the approval of a quorum of the Association when as sembled. 'hhio applications were referred to the Executive Committee, favorably re ported upon, andi the applicants dualy electednmembers of thlqAssocration. Adjonrament until Tuesday at 11 o'lhMk A. M., was voted after some unim portant matters had been discussed, ansd eae members repaired to the ladies' ordi narywhnere'an; elegant lunch tendered by Col. Rivers, proprietor of the St Charles Hotel, was discussed with great relish. Mr. R. . W. Read of the Amite City Indepeadent, better known as " the venerable brother from the piney woods," put in an appearnce at this interesting junotne and essisted in disposing of the ckhicken fixings andchamnpagne. On Tuesday the Association reassem bled, Gen. Jastrenski in the chair, pres omt all the memberes abov namned and Mr. H. G. Goodwyn of the Colfax Chron idcle. The report of the Secretary and Trcas arer, showing a balance of $145 02 on hand, was read and approved. The chairman expressed regrets for the absence of Major Burke of the Times Democrat, and on behalf of the Major and his paper invitl the members to cornm plimentary dinmer in the hotel at 4:30 P. x. The invitation was accepted with h thno at. i i A committee of two, consisting of MessrB. Leake and Gilmore, wHas appoia ted to invite Judge T. C. Manning of the Snipreme Conrtto join the Association at dinner. The committee subseqlienllyi retired and conveyed the invitation to~ the Judge, who eijuified lhis intention td be present. - After considerable discnssion of ,he project it was resolved that the Assoeia tiou offer two prizes, .of $50 each, in money or medals, at the option of the winners, one for the best essay on iudus. trial development, the other for best; esscay on a purely literary sulje:t, the competition to be open to any writer in this State.d E ~yS must be forwarded to the Secretfay at least fifteen days before ithe next meeting of the Association, and that officer will refer them to special committees to be appointed by the Pree ident. All newspapers in the State were rceqnested to pnblish an uunlouncenment of this aclionu. Motions were adopted.re.sciding the resolution adopted at a previous session, looking;tn ti he appointment of a Record ing Secretary with all office in New Orleans; nmaking eight menmbers a quo rum t'o+r the tLranisaction, of bIsiness, and proividinig that thI oonstittiution may hIreala ter e :nientciet by a vote of two thirds of the imembers presen t at any iregular mllee tig. An elecltio for oftcecrs foir the eisuiuig year was gone into, with the followilog rea ll : President--Gein. Leont J'stremtki. FirstVice President --Major EA. BHulrke. reenotl Vice President-Mrls.A. H. lil del!iBranid. Secreltary t n- i 'lre:isn;rer--L. E. Berit Icy Ie)'. The Pre'Mident alppoilnted the following EIxeentive C(owntt!itte: IMessrI's. W. A. Bryan, Paige M. BIker, Mrs, M. R. Fltl,, ifessrs. II. J. Ifllams. alnd J. Y. (:ilnore. The Secretal-y was directed to address a l::etter to editors anld publlishers ont mnenihers of ithe Associlation in vitil g them ito n.it . The Hiti-ritan anu~ nced Ithat his rt pirt wa;s amonn.st -omp-lete nd nd woild 1,e presented at the ul-xt meeltilg. Tle inew t :Exteulltivi Conlllnit.t(ee was directed to take coigoi:atnce of and rtelort ipoli all ma:tters rteferred to the formner coumilleo nud not disiposted of. A telegr:tnm ws:n receiv-ed from Mr. .. Lanmbcrt of the C'lilton Patrico':- mneerait annonlicillg his iniabilit.y 1 he n r-les-itt. A rusuintin. was adopted heartily up proving th, !rject. of t f: Wortl's Cotton ('enteinuial Extositi:on in 184I, and in viting the pI-'iss of Linisi;n.a ad tither ltatres to iitor the sec;lection of New Orleans ya the phace for hItiliig tio exposition. Mis.s lan Itt.!h A. iiy:sms wias !ect.edi an ho:torary t i-ne-tnit-r of tlie Astsnei-tiot. Rl.v. A. J. Withet-poon of the Utiper Beh ltl ltrit-.,ted tlHe tIPIeIIIets wiith pathtit ts givitg a histoi-T tftlo- Bethel, anti toIok ti't'-ision it aI cknolwhiiK ge tile vnlinatle aid the iistitu&ion and its -',ettsc haqd rcceivt-d fromn l he pre',,,.. It was ei-soivetl that the nexLt Inwetii.g tif ilti Axs.ciatioin hie helt at. New Oil-ntilns til Ilhe 5t1 of Fehbi-iary. I- 1 (,. thi dy i tir,-ectditig l.ardi Grtas itt sctht plU + 1 the Exeui-ivtc om.. initnit l, ee.itt-il- desigt i,,. A.,itjnliltrit to dititier !ilhtwtd, uitI this i~,iir prlotivedl a !ilitant iii finttiel :',::einlsioli Ito !le ver'y flenan~t, retsl.i.l f tIhi: P're:.n Associatior . -Thk labe was -pr+t in thadie.; ot dinary and .slLai. rv.-ph~ulenhe with l e mIa:l.lgith...tr -,,l!, -irit i.-, of -~-th St i. h . I.n eto iis t .iy "-'t i 'v- i- ils-- - ttptrfe -ti-il -i xoiuu m ir -e Otit i n -nn-r a it i a -lalnltst atilthult. ;t _!a i:, k.iT it . -,tr ,fih ore aof a respo da ii the Bee tnJoluc wh)tarrhiner of the aes-1 - ýenrao, asdulele lady mntberes re. rein forced by thds of .MrRi J. Y. Gil more, .is ss yiatias, Garovermne and Kellrey Messrs. Jastre taki, e irning-ig anidigney made appyropriate `speeches in their happiest veins and several toasts were offered and responded to heartily. Au ineitation to attend the Frenlt Opern was reeived frf Mr. Defosses an ac.opted. with thanki, and rafter dtf acknowledgenient of courtesies received at the hands of Col. Rivers and Major Barke, r the Association adjourned, and the members parted with expiessions of liveliest satisfaction with the experiences of their reunion and the hope that all then present and many more of the fraternity would be in attendance at the meeting in February next. ELECTION FRAUDS. Sufficient evidence of the perpetration of wholesale fraud in the recent election in New Orleans has been accumulated to warrant the conclusion that the success of the Democratic ring ticket there was achieved by the most unblushing faleifi cation and perversion of the popular will ever perpetrated in Louisiana. The can didates of the Independent party have served- notices of contest on their oppo nents, and a rigid investigation of the frauds is being prosecuted. The. Grand Junries of both he State and Federal courts will take cognizance of the out rageous violations of law committed by thle hoodinu election officers and ward strikers of the dominant ring, and there tea cheering prospect that some of tile criminals will expiate their crimes in the penitentiaries at Bjaton Rouige and Al bany. The feeling among the respecta ble elements of the people is almost as bitter against their nuscrupulous politi cal taskmasters as that which culmina ted in the armed conflict of September, 1874, and the determination is openly ex pressed to dethrone the ring and punish its ballot box stuffers and repeaters, by legal methods if may be, but if. t-hose fail, by means more summary. In fact, bihe motto of the Independents and their supporters seems to be-"Fair play or fight," and already they are said to be making preparations to demand the one or give the other in futlare contests. Beside the demonstration against the perpetrators of election fraudE in New Orleans, we also hear of a movement to bring to an account before the Federal courts the Commnissioners of Election in the parish of Assumption who refnsed to count and make return of the votes cast at four of the heaviest Republican polls in that parish. Under sections 5510 and 5515 of the United States Revised Stat utes any person who violates a State, parochial or municipal law bearing upon an election where a representative in Congress is voted for is liable to pros eeiition and severe punishment. It is desirable thatt these cases should be rigidly pushbi.to a definite .-conclu sion in order:that there may be no repe tition of such practices in future ,electo ral contests. The freedom of elections utnd the purity of. the'ballot box are more important to the welfare of the Stale than the success of any party, man or clique, and we do not believe that any cousiderable number-of the respect able Democrats of Louisiana desire to see a victory for thvlir party obtained by falsifying returns, stuffing ballot boxes or suPlpressing votes. Just as they op poued the action of Republican Returning Boards in subverting apparent mjorities, so will they sot their faces against the baldftceed firauds committed by Demo crats at the recent election. A few par Lisans, blind in their prejudice and nl. c:,mpromising in their dislike of any tlhing anti-Democratic, may unblushingly take the yround that one wrong justities the other and that the end to beattained wulrralnta the emlploynlenit of any mleans essoultil :thereto, bitt the fair nli;,led and conservative I1asses will reject the Jesuiltical doctrine aud reflluse to conl ldone Democratic crime on tlhe plea of ilepulblicau misbehlavior. Mr. Grant Allen says that changes in color of fl:wers appear to follow a regnI lar and definite order. All flowers, it would seem, were in their earliest f;rmn tyellow, then some of t hemn became white; :fter tli:t a few of rltemn grew to be redi or pnrple ; and, finally, a comparatively :l;u.i tll nltber acquired shades of lilac, m1:1luve, violet or blue. Evetn the sneces sire stages of a single flower sometinles :ftord us hints of a progressive law of c:lar-chatnge from yellow to blue. For exiample, nod Englilsh forsct-mne-not, ItayQsoils rcrsicolor, is pale yellow when it opens, gradnally becomnes faintly pinkish aiun ends by being blue; and a Lantana noticed in South Anerica by Fritz Mul L.r was yellow on its first day, orange on the secoud, and purple on the third. hS:-lh changes are not rare allimng flowelrs and the color always varies in the same g,-nral di-rection. Every State exchange we pick up has some thing to any about the marriage association swindle, and they invariably wind np with "we told you so," and yet these journala advertised (be swindle aforesaid and failed then, which was the proper time, to warn their readers to beware.-Lake Charles Echo. The sweeping statement of our Calea Ciii; c·Olltelmllorar)- toes~ the C~IHIEF munch in2jlst ice. When the aitlrilage associa tion furore was yet- in its incipiencuy we adv-ised cantion in dealing with such conce'rns; later oil we et.x.esseda decilded opinion that tiny were unreliable, and tlt.lhough a uimltntber of priopositions to advertise them were matde to us, we dtec.lined them all. It is a remarkable fcet that the Patent Office is the only department of the govern ment that isseifaupporting. .Inventors and lr:tteuters thronp.lout the country will find iheitir interests l:rotooted iby placing ltht.ir itsne:i.s in the h:inds of PrcLbrny & Green, who hatve had years of esxperience as solici totas in tI:a variou:s d-ptreiuentsa at Wesh irtto-o. I. (C. tnhte s rit na 4 4.tl To beandidt e atrii e~d tbse repo.ds ton the fertile brain ofd If rckleni himself, fro tow fe s to ntleut the at blihedy r the eateffort s as theten making toi circumvent the e ill of te ople of thbbig Tird the district ona expresed at the polls toan sec ferte for himself the position to w ehie his fepublicon cfmpetitorh was overwhelmingly elected. A mn of a more retiring and modest dispositior, after being ent down upod so heavily, not only by his politic f the oppoents bt y his owpressed party as well, anould have afor himatral inclination to withdraw from the public gaze for was sea so, while a realy sensitive candidatest who hled been so* treated might wish to crawl into a hole and draw the hole in after him, bnt oer Aekig n is made otf sterner etal-he is a veitables umpolitical alloy of cnpper naturalnd zincli-anation e doe not phdrawopose to give p ubl fight for sea in Congress for such a trifleas an adverse popular majority of something like 5000 votes. Mr. Acklen is after the certificate of election which belongs to Senator Kel logg, anrd failing in the- effort to secure a plurality of the votes cast in the dis trict, he evidently hopes either to induce the State compiling offioers to destroy the Republican preponderance by reject in-g certain returns, or to obtain the certificate from the Governor on the grouiid of Senator Kellogg's alleged ineligibility. No douGt Mr. Acklen at tached peculiar signiticruce to the un seemly declarations made in his interest to the people of the Third District by Governor McEuery during the recent, canvass. Probably there is not another instance on record in this country where the acting Governor of a State hirs gone so far or said so much in behalf of one candidate or against another as did the Chief Executive of Louisiana with refer enceu to Messrs. Acklou and Kellogg a few weeks ago. His a.hjuratiou to the people to remember that they have a Demoucratic Governor was susceptible of a conitruc tion that does violence to the general estimate of what should constitutie an impartial and honorable public official, and it is quite probable that Mr. Acklen has bcen encouraged by this very emansrk to solicit at the hands of the Governor a certificate of election which under every considieration of law,.)reeedent and right should be given to another man. The frivolity of the claim that Senator Kellogg is ineligible on. the ground of iron-residence in the district becomes doubly apparent when urged by his Democratic competitor. According to our intormuation Mr. Acklen has been almost continually odt of the district the past three years.- He has one law shingle hanging out :at Franklin, another at New Orleans tnd a third at Washing ton, and if he hnasn't spent any more of his time in the New Orleans and Wash ington offices than in the one at Franklin, precious few clients have over been.able to consult him at his professional head q narters, so to speak. lIowever, Governor McEnery, who is known as a bitter partisan and a nima whose firmness is often mistaken for obstinacy, may rcconcilo it with his idoeas of right to give a certificate to Mr. Acklen who wasn't elected. Prominent Demo crats here and elsewhere in the district asserted juist after the election that Senator Keilogg would not get the cer tificate, and perhaps they spoke authori tatively-we don't care to discuss that matter just now. Our present pnrpose is to demonstrate that Mr. Ackleu is working like a heaver to get into Con gress on a minority vote, and that it is a libel to call him apathetic. The atteii tion of our respected contemporary of the Picayune is particularly called to this point, and we beg leave to suggest that "Acklen's Activity" or "Acklen's As anrance" may bo appropriate when an alliterative head-line is desired, but "Acklen's Apathy," when any thing af fecting his owe interest is concerned, never! The existence of a prehensile tree in certain islands of the Pacific is reported by Lient. Honghtoun. The branches of the tree send out long, slender tendrils, which touch the ground without taking root and twine about any objects within reach. These, tendrils contract after a time so that they do out touch the ground, and in this way they often lift objects of considerable weight around whilchl they have become coiled. Thei' tree seems to be allied to the banyao, which sends slender fibres from its branches fdown to the ground where they eventually become rooted and form new stems, which have th se same function ; a single tree thus gradually extending into a complete itrest in which the trunks are united to each other isy thebraucheis. 5Fran'k Leslie's 'opunlar Monthly. The Docomber Number brilliantly c!osis the volume of this favorite magazine, and we re mind our readers that now is the time to sub scribe. The opening article is a mpst interest ing history of " The Bank of England," by Kichard 3. Kimball, there are nine illustrations with a picture of the foender, William Pater son. N. Robinsan contributes "Segovia," and charmingly deseribes that quaint Spanish city. ' Hats Off," will repay the reader, as will also .A Beauty of the Last C-entury," King Her. : ecca' and its Pil rr"ms." S" ee ng by Telegraph,"tc., all of which are anely ilies trated. Thb- department of fiction is very i r esting, for. besides the continuation o" a "Whited iep'alchre." there are admirable stories, skstchea, etc.. by Oscar Zurich, K. V. Hastings, Marguerite Aynmar. Eleanor Kirk, etc., etc. 'The poems are by favorite writers, sever~a of them beautifully illustrated. Thera are also a variety of short articles; paragraphs, etc., on ail sorts of subeo.ts, asd exeeingly entertain ing and inetrmctuve. The 1.. pages quarto are crowded with good thing-, litarary and Artistic. There are over 103 embellishmernts, and a hand OsO3m colored front i.iee, eotitled "Little Snu. bam." A srhiele mumber is onltay 2 cents, or $3 a ryasr -syoaid. Address. Tas.gL I -As Lgaarm, Pchlistmur, ;,. 15 and -'Park Piaesn, sNew York. t.ingdthry.olce "y~ a ie" ......i" house. - td-n ib Mr. J. W Cao yn odi (irsrime, fell dead while gatheringloor byo his farm in at.n S Lan pdry. i A little son of Judge Stkt of Madisba4 parish came tnear dying T from eating orange peel. A colored man n amed Dick Goridfin was run over and killed byr the cars near Washington, St. Landry parish. A report that Hoef. dTom Green -David sonof Livingston parish bad been sbot and killed proved to be noinaded. A loeomotive and eight freight cars on the Morgan railroad were thrown from the track near Racelandlby running over a cow. Henry Harrison fell into the river in front of Mrs. Weltam's plantation, St. James parish, and was drowned. Hirri son was drnnk. Charles darrie, a colored boy, was ac cidentally shot and instantly killed by his brother, Wm. Harris, at Bayou Ra Wus, St.. Mary parish. The new depot of the Morgan railroad at Alexandria has been completed and trains now arrive and depart there with nvaryinglyegularity. The body of an unknown white man, evidently a foreigner, was taken fromn the river opposite the Bourbon planta tion, parish of St. James. The St. Tammany Farmer says that two Tprominent citizens of that parish who recently went hunting brought homee a fine lot of amnunition and two so!lguns. At'tle recent election in Livingsraon parish the people voted upon the ques tion of locntingSthe parish seat. Centre villi received 362 votes and Port Vincent SJamues Thomas was shot by Gustave Eloi, in St. James parish, on the 5th inst.; and has since died. Both men were col ored. They quarreled over a game of cards. Hon. Jno. W. Jones, who was chosen additional District Judge for Caddoparish at ihe recent election, has qualified and entered upon the exercise of his official functions. Citizens of Alexandria will hold a meeting o- the 30tlh instant, to devise ways and means to secure a reduction of the exorbitant rate of taxation imposed upon them. Mrs. Mary Parsons, wife of Mr. A. M. Parsons, committed suicide on the Wil iow Glen plantat3in, near Delta, by taking strychnine. Morbid jealousy led to the act. Geo: Watson, a lunatic from Caleasieu liarirh, escaped from the insane asylum at Jackson, lohwering himself from a sec ound-story window by smeans of sheets tied together. The four-year-old son of Mr. Charles Dozierof Pineville, Rapides pairish, was burned to death last week. The child went too near the hearth and his cloth nlug caught fire. A warehouse on Mr. R. A. Warmold's Laurel Valley plantation, Lafourche par ish, was destroyed by fire. A pumping engine and a few barrels of sugar were in the building at the timte. Two colored men, Shedrick Taylor and Albert Juke, had a quarrel in St. James parish, during which Shedrick fired at his antagonist and seriously wounded Jake Bradford, a bystander. Rev. S. S. Lee of Union parish had a narrow escape from death by poison. l.e took eight grains of morphine thinking it was quinine, but was saved by the prompt application of antidotes. Mr. Joe Drawvdy of East Feliciana, aged -,2 years rode fifteen miles to vote for General Herron for Congressman, and died suddenly while dressing to go to the polls. His death was attributed to unu usual exertion and fatigue. Shreveport had a big fre on the 5th inst. Seven buildings were destroyed, including a.large clothing stors beloag ing to M. Levy, a saloon and beer garden owned by Mr. Roos, B. Wolff's dry goods store, a drug store belonging to T. C Lewis. and two warehouses owned by Messrs. Kahn and Lewis. The totakJoses .is estimated at $125,000; insurance, $100, 910. Several other buildings were danm aged. A Liberal Offer. For twenty years the American Agriculturist, now in its forty-third year, has been recognized as the leading Agricultural Journal of the world. Notwithstanding its past wonderful career, it now enters upon a new era, and pro poses to excel its past accomplishments-mov ing forward to fresh conquests. The October numnber appears in a new cover, new dress, new type, new engravings, with new artists, and additional editorial writers, making altogether the most superb periodical of the kind ever Issued. From this time forward the American Agricuiturist is determined to avail itself of the best brain power, and the first artistic talent in the country. The proprietors have but to point to its past record as a guarantee of their promiscs for the future. Never before in its career was the journal so prosporous as now, and at no time since the first year immediately faltowing the war have subscriptions come in so numerously as they are now coming. Price ft 50 a year. Single copies. 15 cents. Addrese, Orange Judd Comoany, 751 Broadway. 1New York city, N. Y. By special arrangement with the publishers, we are enabled to club the American Agrficu turist withthe Cmia. at the low price of S3Sper annum in advalnco for both papers, postpaid. Copp's Settler's Guide. The third edition of Copp's Settler's Guide, a popular exposition of our public land system, is before us. It is edited by Henry N. Copp of Washington, D. C., the well known author. - Its price is only 25 cents in paper and 75 cents in cloth: 8ay 114 pp. The chapter on surveys is illustrated, and shows how to tell township and section omrners. etc. Ithe chapters .a homesteadsz. re-emptions, and limb; ceattra contain the atest rulings and instructions. Every lettlr a.nd land mat should have a copy of this raluable little book. Why Wealgme. What makes lo'eCwsta ologne welconste Cs every lady's toiesjee is itstUsing frstgpee and ritb, flowery odor, ...... ,:+ + Has purchased t wp a hsf CbmO the Pnbio a a tee t ANT N .o-or~~d.r GENERAL AT PRICES THAT CA1N' BE UNDERSOE Railroad Avenue, one Block from1e th LOOK FO1 THE SIGN OF THE CALL AND EXAMINE OODS AN 1 COMPETITION DE I THE OLD RELE IOUMlAS STREETS, DONALDSO kN. . V 1 ---DEALER N-x r Goods, HI.ATS , CAPS, NOT21%X ZEPHYR WOOL, FANCY GOODi .oN,, OArS MA5 GREE.N AND DRIED FBmTB, &ýour Rraut andLger Scotch Ales, Canada.t..ir: rL9 Parties desiring fine Clothing, Booms, and well to call and examine my stock before peChsiTwn DONALDSONVILLE AND NEW ORLEA1B TRI-WEEKLY COAST PACKET. v' ESlRED BRIVE QAST I(E Sbteanwr Belle of the COo t, P. A. Char et, Master, Edw. Nicolle, Clerk. Leaves New Orleans ever TUESDAY at 11 A. x.. THURSDAY and SATTUBDAY at 1 x.. returning down the Coast every WEDNESDAY, FRLIDAY and SUNDAY, in dayight. - For freight or passage apply on board or to B. RIVET. Agent, Levee, head of Customhouse street, or Company's office, 46 Camp street, New Orleans. " DONALDSONVILLE AND NEW ORLEANS TRI-WEEKLY COAST. PACKET STEARER ASSUMPTION, (In place of BELLE OF THE COAST.) P. A. Charlet, Master, M. H. Landry, Clerk, Leaves New Orleans every MONDAY at 12 i., WEDNESDAY at 12 w., FRIDAY at 12w ., com in~ down the Coast every TUESDAY, THUBS DAY and SATURDAY. For freight or passage apply on board or to B. RIVET. Agent Levee, head of Customhouse street, or company's ofogp, 40 Camp street, up stairs. Clerk on landing at all ties to receive freight. Regular New Orleais and Bayou Sara Passenger-Packet. TIHE FINE PASSENGER STEAMER . Jno, W. Cannon, J. C. LIBANO. J. II. MOSSOP, Master. Clerk. Leaves New Orleans Every Wednesday and Saturday, at 5p. m For Bayou Sara and Coast Laudings. RETURNING DOWN: Passes Donaldsonville Mondays and Fri days, between 3 and 10 o'clock P. M. FRED. ROGGE, MISSISSIPPI ST., Opposite R. E. Lee Hotel. I would respectfully inform my patrons and the public generally that I have at tached to .my barber chop bathrooms where COLD, WARM oR SHOWER BATHS may be had at all hours during the day. VEINDAHII PRIVATE BOARDIN --$Y FREDERIC BAThI, Art., 75 Conti St., New Orleans. Near Morgan's Texas Depot. F. L TLREPAEU IER, Watchmaker aid Jewoeler Mississippi St., next door to.post-o.Mo SDoialdsonyile, "La . Old gold and silver bought. Cloeks, watelshe audjewteerv sold ad repaired. A ROWS, Agent, Reamoved fwrom Ria4*read * qMtoe Chelimaches sad A st1eets "r l Corner Eiaaeppi Btretot an Good 13onrd andi Lodging attlwe4 nitqei; Beot wines, liqiora, egitra atnd~ tobacco 'a the- bar. P. REDDMNOTON, Corner Vbneiee A coomplota stocol e~i l ways onh ant. _ Prexcri$º aatý oa . piled at all kc'ra, d ; =onn 1.1.1 ___· (Successor to tbqea44,qep4, BILAC K.SRt How~ . 1inilroaodAventa.w4 r -#J D0NA a~~FJZ~ All ordea: . ecoted l- eat ', i Use oouibwy to rd sr ebl 2rtee of melee, etc.. wh~n jei* 'n warrantthe rigs,' Plante t f their advrautageo'%~ hut their work elawhere, x it, F. RW aMPt, til Cornr iss~p m.4 : P Lil A r _.i~~ X