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LAKE CHAULES, PAEISH OP CALCASIEU, LA., SATURDAY, FEB. 15, 1868.
[NO. 1.
THE WEEKLY ECHO.
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fa—FIVE DOLLARS per
ice.
ÖVEHTISINO :
Per Square (10 lines or less)_____ .Si 50
Every subehuent insertion------ 75
Announcement of candidates for.
office. J..*.............. .$10 00
Advertisiiients sent in for publica
tion, whei thare are no directions, will
be insertecln English and French, and
when tim» is pjA'anited, will be con
tinued un il amers are received ; and
«harged M lorlingly.
Liberal ; iscount to those who adver
tise by th< yetr or quarter.
No cred > wll be given for Advertising
or Job w rk, except by special agree
ment.
Cards, ïtaüncr merely the names,
business nd;pn*ce of residence, with
paper ini lutbd Twelve Dollars per
annum.
MgrAll ludcial advertisements must
be paid ft 1 01 the last day of publica
tion, or o tbs day of sale.
Past . ai— 11 was a Friday, on
one of 1 te canal boats, crowded
with paiseagers, and the dinner,
as may 13 mpposed, was not over
good. ] nl there was a beautiful
cut of fr îc) salmon, about a pound
and a ldf or two pounds, just
before e reverend father of the
Church, i good natured and jolly
old mai nothing averse to the
good th igs of this world, as his
rubicunc bee and rounded pro
portions rally testified. This he
.slipped [lietly on his plate, ob
serving ) ihe company m a com
posed w y " Ladies and gentle
men, ti i is a fast day with me;"
when a ig fellow, with red whis
kers, opposite him, stooped across
the table, cut the bit of fish in two
halves, eating out as he carried off
one half : f ' Bad scran to ye, d'ye
think nobdy has a sowl to be saved
but yerselr '
" An ho^Bt man is the noblest
work of tb Lord," enthusiastical
ly exclairad a hardshell baptist,
and then fter a pause he added :
" But theLord hasn't had a job
in the woid for fifty years."
An Akcous Task!— Fair in
valid: "br June, I do feel so
bad ! Do please, make me a
tumbler o: brandy and water as
liot and stmg as you can—and—
.and just njke me take it whether
or no I _
AUDIlbR'B OFFICE,
Stas of Louisiana,
Ng Orleans, Jan. 4, 1868.
JToDÀvTD .* READ, Esq., __
Tax Ciector, Parish of Calcasieu.
Èm: J
The State3onstitutionaI Convention
How in Seaion in this City, having
passed an (rdinance levying a tax of
one mill up4 the dollar on all taxable
property, fcpey the expenses of said
Convention you ar e hereby directed to
proceed inumiately to collect said tax,
the same tel» reported by you as the
Gpnventio Tax/' and to be calculated
upon tiie asssment of 1867, and paya
ble "only iithe legal currency of the
United Slat*" _ .
You are ) pay to the Treasurer of
the State r Ihe end of every month,
under all sums collected by you
under thisifdinanoe, less the «mount
of Jour counission, which is the same
us \or thf collection of other State
taxoA; and to make your final settle
menü Xor tb pame on or before the 1st
Äp^Serty in your parish
on
the assessment of 1867, being $.......
the tax will be $......-..
Inclosed is a copy of the Ordinance
referred to. 1
Verÿ respectfully,
H. PERALTA Auditor.
If there is no assessment for the year
1867 take the one for 1866.
ORDINANCE.
Be it ordained by the Constitutional
Convention of the State of Louisiana:
The Warrants issued by this Conven
tion for the pay of members of the
Convention and the officers thereof,
shall be received by the Sheriffs and
Tax Collectors of the State in payment
of the Tax of One Mill per cent, levied
by this Convention by Ordinance passed
on the 24th of this month.
Be it further ordained, That the Au
ditor of Public Accounts of the State
shall, as under existing laws in relation
to the collection of Taxes, superintend
and control the collection of said Tax
of One Mill per cent., and shall give
immediate notice and instructions to
the different Sheriffs and Tax Collectors.
Adopted in Convention at the City of
New Orleans, this 26th day of Decem
ber, 1867.
JAMES G. TALIAFERRO,
President of the Constitutional Con
vention.
Attested :
Wm. Vigebs, Secretary.
Succession of Hilaire Escoubas.
NOTICE.
T HE creditors of said succession are
hereby notified to make themselves
known, and present an account of their
respective claims, and the titles, if any,
by which they are established, to Mrs.
Hilaire Escoubas, Administratrix, West
Fork, Calcasieu, or to Louis Leveque,
Attorney of the succession, Lake
Charles. And all who may be indebted
to the same are requested tc come for
ward and settle.
E. ESCOUBAS, Administratrix.
Feb. 15, 1868.
Succession de Hilaire Escoubas.
AVIS.
A VIS est par le présent donné aux
créanciers de la dite succession, a
l'effet qn'ils aient à se faire connaître, et
à présenter une note du montant de
leurs créances, et des titres sur lesquels
elles sont fondées, i Madame Hilaire
Escoubas, Administratrice, à West Fork,
Calcasieu, ou à Louis Leveque, Avocat
de la succession, Lac Charles. Et tous
ceux qui doivent à la dite succession
sont priés de venir régler leur compte.
E. ESCOUBAS, Administratrice.
15 Fév. 1868.
GEORGE H. WELLS,
Attorney at Law,
Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, La.
Practices in Calcasieu, St Landry
and Lafayette.
Feb. 15, 186a— ly.
LOUIS S. LEVEQUE,
Attorney at Law.
OFFICE, LAKE CHARLES, La.
Will practice in all the Courts of the
Eigth Judicial District composed of the
Parishes of St. Landry, Lafayette, Ver
million and Calcasieu.
Feb. 15, 1868.—ly.
Lake Charles Male and Female
ACADEMY.
r [E present session began, Monday,
23d Sept 1867, and will close about
the last of July 1868.
Charges in specie or its equivalent in
currency, payable monthly.
Board, lodging and washing, per
month for children..............$8 00
For young men and young ladies, 9 00
Tuition in English department... 2 00
Students furnish their own bedding,
lights, toilet soap, table and toilet nap
Striot attention paid to the moral
instruction of students.
J. W. BRYAN, Principal
Feb. 15, I860.
PUBLIC NOTICE
1 8 hereby given that from and after
this date, I will not be responsible
for any debts contracted by Theogene
Broussard, in the name of the partner
ship firm of Broussard * Co.. I hove
instituted suit for the dissolution and
settlement of said partnership.
JEAN CASTE3L
Mermentow River, Feb. 15, '68.—3t.
AVIS PUBLIC
E ST par le présent donné, qu'à partir
de cette date, je ne serais pas res
ponsable, pour aucune dette, contractée
par Theogène Broussard, au nom de la
société commerciale Broussard a Oie.
J'ai institué les procédures judiciaires
pour la dissolution et le réglement de la
dite société.
JEAN CASTEX.
Rivière Mermentow, 15 Fev. 1868.
Probate Sale.
Estate of Paid Augustin, deceased.
B Y virtue of an order of the Hon. the
Court of the Eighth Judicial Dis
trict of the State of Louisiana, In and
for the Parish of Calcasieu, there will
be sold at public sale, to the last and
highest bidder, by the undersigned Ad
ministratrix or through the ministry of
a duly commissioned Auctioneer, in the
Town of Lake Charles, on
Monday, Maxell 2d, 1968,
the following described properly, be
longing to the said succession, to wit :
A CERTAIN TRACT OR
Parcel or Land,
fronting on Lake Charles, and described
by act of sale from Louis Lefranc and
wife, to said deceased, Paul Augustin,
dr., passed before W. H. Haskell, Re
corder, on the 2d day of May, 1867, on
ile and of Record in his office, as being
oounded North by Lake Charles, East
by land of Mrs. Anselm Sallier, now
Dr. W. H. Kirkman, South by
md West by land of Arvillien Farque,
measuring Five and a half arpents front
on Lake Charles, by Forty in depth,
containing one hundred and eighty-one
and 47il00 acres, all lying in Section 38,
Township 10 South, Range 9 West,
South-western Land Distrust, with all
the Buildings and other Improvements
thereon. .
A. LOT OF LAND,
in the Town of Lake Charles, together
with the Improvements, bounded North
by property belonging to Estate, East
by Ryan street, South by public square,
and West by lot belonging to Estate of
Hilaire Escouhps, measuring 71 feet
front on public square, by 90 feet on
Ryan «street.
Another Lot with Improvements,
lying North of the one just described,
fronting 90 feet on Ryan street, by 71
feet in depth.
Another Lot fronting on Ryan
street 118 feet, by 71 feet in depth until
it strikes the North boundary of the lot
belonging to the Estate of Escoubas,
then 100 in depth, bounded North by
lot of Wm. Levy, East by Ryan street,
South by last described lot, and West
by lot of Escoubas and this, said Estate,
together with Improvements.
c Another Lot fronting 71 feet on
Pnjo street, by 144 feet in depth,
bounded North by Pujo street, East by
lot of Wm. Levy, South by lot of said
Escoubas, East and Wert by lot belong
ing to this said Estate.
Another Lot adjoining and lying
West of the lot just described and of
the same dimensions.
Household and kitchen furniture; f
head of wild cattle (more or lees;)
6 head gentle cattle, (more or less;) l ox
cart; 1 wheelbarrow; 1 skill; 1 yoke
oxen; 1 double barrel shot gun, and
other articles too tedious enumerate.
Tutus and Coinmoxs :
On a credit of one, two and three
years from day of sab. Purchasers to
furnish their notes with satisfactory se
curity to the Administratrix in solido,
and residents of this Parish, to bear
right pear oeni. interest per annum after
maturity until paid. The lands remain
ing specially mortgaged and vendor's
privilege retained until fall and entire
payment of both principal and interest
Acts of «de before W. H. Haskell, Re
V *t purchaser's expense. Fur.
chasers also furnishing Internal Reve
nue stamps for sale« and notes.
CELESTE AUGUSTIN,
A ilmtni i itnd rit.
Lake Charles, Febrnary 15, 1868.
Tente Publique.
Succession db Pact. Augustin, Sr., déc.
E N vertu d'un ordre de la 8me Cour
de District dans et pour la Paroisse
de Calcasieu, Etat de la Louisiane, il
sera offert en vente publique, an plus
offrant et dernier enchérisseur, per la
soussignée Administratrice, eu par un
Encan tear public, dûment commission
né, en la Ville de Lac Charles, le
Lundi, 2me Jour de Mars, 1868,
les propriété*» ci-dessons décrites, ap
partenant à la dite succession, savoir :
lo.—UNE TERRE,
i Lac Charles, et décrites per acte de
vente de Louis Lefrano et sa femme, au
dit défunt, fait pardevant Wm. H.
Haskell, Recorder, le 2 de Mai, 1867, et
enregistré dans son bureau, comme
étant bornée au Nord par le Lac Quirles,
à l'Est par les terres de Wm. H. Kirk
man, au Sud par
, , et à l'Ouest
par les terres de Arvillien Farque, me
surant cinq arpents et demi de face sur
b Lac Charles, sur une profondeur de
quarante arpents, contenant cent qua
tre vingt-une et 47jl00 acres, b ton*
étant dans b section Na 38, Township
10 Sud, Rangée 9 Ouest, Dissrict des
Terres Sud-Ouest, Lne., avec toutes le*
Bâtisses et améliorations.
2o.~Un Lot de Terre,
situé dans b Ville de lac Charles, avec
tontes les bâtisses et améliorations, bor
né Nord par les terres de b succession,
Est par la rue Ryan, avec une face de
90 pieds, Sud par b place publique,
avec une face sur b dite place publiquè
de 71 pieds, et Ouest par b lot de la
succession de Escoubas.
3o.—Un autre Lot, avec toute«
les bâtisses et améliorations, situé dan«
b Ville de Lac Charles, au Nord du
dernier mentionné, et borné Nord par
les terres de b succession, Est par b
rue Ryan, Bud par 1e lot No. 2, et Ouest
par 1e lot de b succession de Escoubas,
avec une profondeur de 71 pieds.
4o.—Un autre lot de terre, si
tué dans cette ville, au Nord du dernier
mentionné, avec toutes les bâtisses et
améliorations, borr ' au Nord par b lot
de Wm. Levy, Est par b rue Ryan,
avec une face de 118 pieds, Sud par la
lot No. 3, dernier mentionné, et Ouest
par b lot de b succession de Escoubas,
avec une profondeur de 71 pieds, jus
qu'à l'encoignure du dit lot de b suc
cession de Escousbas, et de la, une pro
fondeur do cent (100) pieds.
5o.—Un autre lot de terre, si
tué dans cette ville, borné Nord et avec
une face sur b rue Pnjo, de 71 pieds.
Est par b lot de Wm. Levy, Sud par b
bt de b succession de Escoubas, Ouest
par les terres de b succession, avec une
profondeur de 144 pieds.
6o.—Un autre lot de terre, si
tué dans cette ville, borné Nord et avec
une face sur b rue Pujo, de 71 pieds.
Est par 1e lot No. 5, dernier mentionné.
Sud par 1e lot de b succession de Es
coubas, et Ouest par le lot de ———,
sur une profondeur de 144 pieds.
_ Meubles de maiôon; ustensiles de cuù
sine; 6 tètes de bétee à cornes farouches,
(plus ou moins;) 6 tètes de bêtes douces,
(plus on moins;) une charrette à bœufs;
une brouette; un esquif; une paire da
bœufs de tire; un fusil double, et une
quantité d'autres articles dont rémuné
ration serait trop long.
CoxnrnoKB:
A un, deux et trois ans de crédit du
jour de b vente. Les acquéreurs four
nissant bars billets avec ooutions per
sonnelle«, solidaire, résidents de cette
Paroisse, i b satisfaction de l'Adminis
tratrice, payables à elb ou son ordre,
portant intérêts à huit pour emit l'an de
bure échéances jusqu'au parfait paie
ment Les terres demeurant spéciale
ment hypothéquées avec privilège du
▼endear; en faveur de b dite succession,
jusqu'au parfait paiement du principal
etdeaintérêts.
Los actes de vente pardevant Wm. H.
Haskell, Recorder, aussi ks Stomps da
Revenu pour les ventes et les billets,
seront aux frais des acquéreur«
CELESTE AUGU8
ÀdminisL
Lac Charies, 15 Ferner 1868,