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THE WEEKLY ECHO.
J, W. 1IRYAN......Proprietor.
LAKK CHAKLK&. LA •
TO^R» PAY.T~TAT?On8T 5. *?■> •
AGF.KTS.
V. L*«man ...............Mermontnn.
K. A Fairthiw», ........NfMett'n Bluff.
S. P. Hkakt, ........Cameron Finish.
8. MaioRavd ............ Merutèntau.
We were <m Buj'on B<euf, in
Avoyelles parish, a few day* ogo,
and never saw finer looking erop»
anywhere.
St. Landry lies the honor of send
ing to market the firat bale of tho
growing crop of cotton in Louis
iana.
Bov. R. F. Fancher will attend
A meeting of days at Shiloh
church, near Sogar Town, com
mencing on the Batnrday before
the fourth Sabbath in August.
Don't forget the Sheriff's sale«,
commencing Saturday. They em
brace sales of a great variety qf
useful and ornamental goods, wares
and merchandize. Read the no
tice« of sales.
• Washington Cary is in town,
prepared to put down wells and
water coolers, and to put up light
ning rods. Specimens of his work,
in all its branches, done last year,
may be seen all over town. Those
requiring his services shonld call
on him at once, at the T^ake
House, as hi* stay may be short.
Adv. '
Hon. E. W. Holbrook, of Bra
shear, collector of customs for the
Tcche district, and lately Register
of the U. 8. Land Office at New'
Orleans, called on us recently,
while on his way to Calcasieu
Pass. He is an efficient officer,
find has many friends in this sec
tion. He reports mnguificeut crops
in the Tecbe country.
By yesterday's mail we received
the mournful telegraphic intelli
gence that ex-President Andrew
Johnson died July 31st. The
South has lost oue of its ablest
champioDH find truest friends.
Honor to his meinpry, nud peace
to bis ashes. President Grant lias
orderod all the public offices at
Washington to be draped in
mourning, und that the War and
Navy Departments pay suitable
honors to the memory of the de
ceased statesman.
We note in last week's Ope
lousas Courier a long aud appar
ently veiy interesting account of
a Ute visit to oar parish, signed
J. H. 8., which we presume are
the iuitials of ttfltt veteran dem
ocratic journalist, Joel H. 8andoz,
formerly, and for many years, the
able editor of the Courier. It is
written in French, and we regret
that our very imperfect knowledge
of that language does not enable
us to translate nor fully under
stand, the communication. Will
not the Courier favor its readers
nud ours with a translation ? We
will be pleased to copy it.
The Opelousas Journal of last
week baa not one line of editorial.
" Which it is because " Jackson is
knocking into pi divers and sun
dry fat bucks in Calcasieu with his
two hundred dollar Parker breech
loader ; or at least be is trying to.
We will know aoou. Hu bagged
one bandied aud twenty-eight
game birds with that gun in one
day last year, mostly êcuUipox
minor. This is the best day's
shooting we ever heard of, but
Jack so ti was too modest to men
tion it in the Journal. We expect
b» bear a " report " from one of
our own Parker guns shortly. It
is M going off " to Barne»' Creek
thi» flack
Auditor Clinton has resigned,
his resignation to take effect next
December. Governor Kellogg has
Hccepted the resignation. It is but
justice to acknowledge that Clin
ton hns come ont of the ordeal of
the Ute criminal and civil suits
»gainst him with flying colors, find
that a bos rd -'f experts, composed
of 80 'no of the »blest and liest men
in tho State, has recently exon*
er-. ted 1dm fr* m the charge of offi
ci,! iHHlfe-i'-HOCe. We would really
iiko to know whether he resigned
to esc»pc ft consciously deserved
impeachment, or because ho knew
that his enemies were powerful
enough to effect an undeserved im
peachment. The radicals in New
Orleans- are getting to be a very
unhappy family, and we wouldn't
be a bit surprised to see some of
them in the democratic camp be
fore the -centennial anniversary.
" Let them rave."
"How can a Sinner Approach
«öd r
Mr. Editor:
I saw in the Echo of the 17th June
the above question ; ami also, your as
surance and request. I therefore pro
ceed to answer the question to the best
of my ability, humbly imploring the
assistance of Almighty God, who is too
wise to make a mistake, and too good
to err.
1st. To approacli God, we must be
lieve that God is, that He exists, and
that He is the rewarder of him who
diligently seeks Him. He. Il— G. Thou
sands l>elieve this and go to hell.
God is willing to be approached.
Ez. 33, 1!. He has therefore revealed
to sinners, hnw they may approach
Him, and find salvation.
Aud as Moses lifled up tho serpent
in the wilderness even so must the son
of man be lifted np : That whosoever
believeth in Him should not perish,
but have eternal life.
For God so loved the world that He
gave His only begotten Son, that who
soever believeth in Him shonld not
perish, hut have everfustining life. For
God sent His son into the world to con
demn the world, but that the world
t 1 -rough Him might be saved. John 3,
14-17.
All this mit? tin believed by the pinner, and
ynt ho may tx^it n gail'jr dis'nnce Iront G»d.
Whitt mort I du I» l>o ««rod ? ip a question
which wnt propounded by tho jailer to Pant
and »Him, and recel t ed Mod'* owo »newer by
tho mouth of tho inspired writer, believe on
the Lord Jeane Christ and thou shall be saved.
Acts IS, 30-:tl. Also AcU 13, 38-39.
It is certainly a (dousing took to talk about
the wny to Qod to an anxious soul, such ne I
address In this short commnairat'on. The
only way to approach God is through Jesus
Christ, the saviour of the world, who will
have all uten to be eavod and come to the
knowledge of the truib. I Tim. 2, 4. For
there ie one God, aud one mediator between
God and men, tho man Christ Jesus. 1 Tim.
14.
It it certainly the duly of overy man and
woman who hears the gospel to believe that
J#>tis Christ died for them, a» taught in the
follow ng passages, which I hope all who me
totere- ted will aeart-h up and read, John 3, 14—
17, 4, 42, M, 1, 29. 2 Cor. 5, 10-19. 1 John 2,
3,4,14. Mat-J8. II. I Tim. 4, I«, 3, 4, 6, ».
Tit. 2,11. Hew. 2,9-10.
Conditions of being bterd in prayer or ap
proaeb te God.
1st. Ton matt come with all your heart.
Jer. 3», 13-13.
24. Tew must come, be!loving Mat. 31, >2.
3d. You mutt eoma forgiving Mark 11, 25,
Mat. IS, 23, 33.
W< an you have consecrated yourself to God
you will, I hope, believe, aud humbly pray, be
disposed to luquite ills will, and as they did
on the day ol Pentecost. Ask what will thou
hare me to do? What shall we do? Or yon
may he like the etiouch of eld, desire to go
down in'o the water with s»me minister of the
Cot pel. Thus take ap vour march far Heaven,
be*!» • life of obedienoe to God and continu#
until death, and you will reeelvo a crown or
Ufa. Kov. 3, 10. And now I humbly pray,
that God may make you happy in tho Lord,
and ev*r lead yen by His unerring spirit, in
tho piths of dory and purity while you live ;
end in doath savo you, with aa evortastiog sal
vation for Christ sake. Amen.
M. ScAMonone*.
Beaumont, Terns, July IS, 1873.
Telegraphic Brevities.
Washington.
Washington, July 26—The fol
lowing diopatobes have boon re
ceived by tbe Secretary of the
Navy :
Navy Yard, Pensacola. July 26.
To Hon. Secretary of tbe Navy,
Washington, D. G.: Keep strang
,
ers away from here. Tho fever is
raging at Barancas. Sixty-five
cases—seven deaths.
G. H. Cooper, Commandant.
Navy Yard, Pensacola, July 26.
To Hon. Secretary of tbe Navy,
Washington, D. C.: Strict quaran
tine npon Fort Barancas. No com
munication except through our
quarantine post. The command
ing officer's wife is sick. His (the
commanding officer's) duties pro
viding for the »ick are arduous.
The fever is of a very malignant
type. Ladies and children of the
post are nearly all down. Please
inform the Secretary of War.
G. H. Cooper, Comd't.
Death of the Editor of the Gal
* veston News.
Galveston, July *26.—Willard
Richardson, founder and editor-in
ohief of the Galveston News, diod
this morning.
Death of the Vice President of
the Western Union Telegraph
Company.
New York, Jnly 26.— George
W. Mumford, Vice President of
the Western Union Telegraph
Company, died in Paris, after a
brief illness.
State Elections This Year.
From the New Orleans Bulletin.
Elections occur this year in sev
enteen States, to wit : f
Kentucky..........Monday, August 2
California.. .Wednesday, September 1
Arkansas.......Monday, September G
Maine.........Monday, September 13
Iowa.............Tuesday, October 12
Ohio.............Tuesday, October 12
Virginia........Tuesday, November 2
Kansas........Tuesday, November 2
Maryland.......Tuesday, November 2
Massachusetts.. .Tuesday, November 2
Mississippi.....Tuesday, November 2
Minnesota......Tnesday, November 2
Missouri........Tnesday, November 2
New York.......Tnesday, November 2
Ne# Jersey____ Tuesday, November 2
Pennsylvania .. .Tnesday, November 2
Texas...........Tuesday, December 7
Iu Kentuckv a Governor is to be
elected to succeed Preston H. Les
lie, a full State ticket, and mem
bers of the Legislature. The State
is democratic by a majority of forty
or fifty thousand.
Caliiornia elects a Governor in
place of Acting Governor Roinu
lado Pacheco, Lieutenaut Gov
ernor, whose term expires in De
cember, aud who was elected on
the ticket with Newton Booth,
elected to the United States Sen
ate. Three tickets are in the field,
the democratic, republican and
independent. California was a
democratic State from 1852 to
1861 inclusive, since which time it
has been chiefly republican. It
elected a democratic Governor in
1867, democratic Supreme Judges
iu 1869, and an independent Gov
ernor in 1873.
Newton Booth having been
elected to tire Senate of the United
States, his office is filled by the
Lieutenaut Governor. The inde
pendent party iu California seems
to hold the bilance of power at
this time. Lccal issues enter so
largely into the canvass that it is
uot easy to say whether the ma
jority of ' the ; voters in California
are now opposed to the Grant ad
ministration qr not. Whether re
publicans or democrats are in the
ascendant there it is quite certain
that the groat majority of the peo
ple favor home rule, low revenue
tariff aud a return to a specie
measure of values.
In Arkansas thore is to be the
form of au «lection in which a
democratic Legislature is to be
chosen. Tho State is democratic
by a majority io large that the op
position has so hope nor chance.
In Maiue the election is for
Legislature, tire republicans in
that body now haviug a majority
of 54 on joint ballot- The repub
lican majority in the State in 1874
was 11,397. Maine has, since 1854,
, given uniform republican majori
ties ranging from 3115 to 32,335.
She polls more than 126,000 votes.
Iowa elects a Governor, State
ticket and Legislature. Total vote
over 200,000. The State has-been
uniformly republican since 1852 by
majorities ranging from 2364 to
60,039 in 1872. Her last repub
lican majority was 25,078. Repub
licans in her Legislature have a
majority of 16 on mint ballot. Her
Congressional delegation is 8 re
publicans to 1 opposition.
Virginia eleots a Legislature.
The present Legislature contains
a Conservative majority on joint
ballot of 90 votes. Her Congres
sional delegation, chosen in 1874,
is entirely democratic. Total vote
iu 1874 was about 178,0001
Kansas elects a Legislature,
which, as it now stands, has a re
publican majority of 58 on joint
ballot. In a total vote of 86,172
for Governor in 1874 there was a
republican majority of 13,293. The
State was admitted in 1859 and
never gave n democratic majority
Maryland will elect State officers
and a Legislature. Her present
Legislature has a democratic ma
jority of 49 on joint ballot. Con
gressional delegation all demo
crats. Total vote iu 1874,128,880,
with n democratic majority of 14,
126. The State has been uniformly
democratic for the past nine years.
In 1860 it gave Breckiuridge a ma
jority of 4394.
Massachusetts elects a Governor
vice William Gaston, and a State
Legislature, the present having a
republican majority of 88 on joint
ballot. Her Congressional delega
tion is composed of five republi
cans, four democrats aud two in
dependent. She has given repub
lican majorities for the past sev
enteen elections, except in 1874,
when a democrat was elected Gov
ernor. Total vote in 1872, about
193,000. Republican majority at
the last election for Congressmen,
1874, 6591.
Mississippi elects a Legislature,
the present giviug a republican
majority of thirty ou joint ballot.
In any fair election trie State will
give an anti-radical majority.
Minnesota elects State officers
and Legislature. Since 1857 the
State has given republican major
ities ranging from four to twenty
thousand. In the Legislature the
republicans have a majority of
three on joint ballot. Total vote
in 1874, 94,107. The contest in
this State will be close, with a fair
prospect for the democrats.
Missouri elects a Legislature.
Her total vote in 1874 was 2(H,
660, when the democratic majority
was 37,452. In the Legislature the
democrats have a majoritv of sev
enty-two on joint ballot. Congres
sional delegation all demcrats. _
New Yoik elects a Legislature.
The total vote for Governor in
1874 was 794.959, when Tilden's
majority was 38,549 over all. In
the present Legislature there is a
democratic majority of 16 on joint
ballot. The Congressional dele
gation stands 18 democrats to 15
republicans..
New Jersey selects a Legisla
ture iu place of the present, which
has a democratic majority of 17 on
joint ballot. The last vote of the
State was 181,333, the democratic
majority being 13,233. The Oou
gressioual delegation stands five
democrats to two republicans.
Pennsylvania elects Governor,
etc., and Legislature. At the Con
gressional election iu 1874 the
democratic majority was 19,540.
In the present Legislature the
democrats have a majority of sev
eD on joiut ballot. The Congres
sional delegation stands 17 dem
ocrats to 10 republicans.
Texas elects a democratic Legis
lature by a vote of about two to
one, having in the present Legis
lature a majority of niuety demo
crats on joint ballot.
Ohio elects State officers and a
Legislature. In 1874, Bell, dem
ocrat, was elected Secretary of
State by a majority of 17,202.
Iu 1872, in a total vote of 448,
897, Allen's majority over the next
highest candidate was 817, Stew
art, prohibitionist, receiving 10,277
votes. In the Congressional elec
tion of 1874, the democratic ma
jbrity vjas 26,753. In the present
Legislature the democratic major
ity on joint ballot is 15. Grant's
majority in 1872 was 34,268.
Louisiana.
Ouachita Telegraph, 16th : Mr.
J. W. Scarborough, a planter of
this parish, bas handed us a stalk
of cotton bearing evidenoe of a
new enemy to the cotton plant.
Tbe cotton caterpillar eats, as is
generally known, ODly the foliage.
This stalk has limbs barked, as the
squirrels bark a tree, and at all the
intersections of limbs and branches
a deep incision is made into the
wood, while most of the leaves are
left undisturbed. . The stalk, we
are assured, is a fair specimen
taken from thirty acres where the
worms might be counted by the
million. Mr. Scarborough says
that tbe worms placed together
greedily devour each other. They
•re of n variety of colors and
stripes—some black striped, some
green, and others entirely «Lite.
The thirty acres referred to, Mr.
Scarborough tells ns, looks as if
the cotton stalks had been limbed»
with a frail.
Two freedmen, farming in an
other portion of the pariah, about
four miles from tows, make a simi
lar report- The cotton caterpillar
never eats anything but cotton—
will die first. Is this worm a new
enemy? Or have these farmer»
both the eottou and grass worm ?
We should like to see specimens of
these worms.—[Shreveport Times.
Auction Sale of Schooner.
B Y consent of tlie owners, and under
their act of procuration I will self
at public auction, to the highest bid
der, at the Court Hotue in the-'town of
Lake Charles, Calcasieu parish, La., oa
Saturday. September 4,1875,
between the hours of 11 a. m. and 2 f„
m. , the lumber Schooner " MARY
LEE," with her sails, rigging, tackle,
yawl boat, anchors, chains, and all
other appurtenanoes, on the following
terms and conditions, to wife:
The purchaser will be required to
pay one-tbird of tbe price of adjudica
tion in cash on the day of sale ; one
tliird thereof three months from the
day of sale, and one third! thereof six
months from the day of sale, and to
execute his two promissory notes, each
for one-third of the price of adjudica
tion, payable to my order for the use of
the owners of said' schooner, respect
ively in three and six months as afore
said, bearing eight per cent, per annum
interest from maturity until paid, with
at least one gooti and solvent surety in
solid**.
The proceeds of said sale will be ap
plied by me; tinder said! procuration,,
to the payment of the claims against
said schooner and owners. All creditor«,,
whose claims have not been presented
to the captain of said schooner (Capt.
Jack Nelson) are hereby notified to pre
sent their claims to me, duly sworn to,
or to George H. Wells, Esq., Attorney
at law, at Lake Charles, La., at least
three days before said day of sale.
D. Hi LYONS,.
Sheriff of Calcasieu parish, La.
Lake Otaries, La., August 5, 1875.'
NOTICE
I S HEREBY GIVEN to all persons
indebted to the estate of Ann R.Van,.
deceased, by note or otherwise; to
come forward and make payment or
other arrangement, within twenty day»
from this date.
ALFRED MOSS. Adm'r.
' August. 5 ______________
DENTAL NOTICE.
D R. P. M. LEE. (Dentist) having re
turne i t > Lake Charles, offers his
services to the public. Satisfaction
guaranteed. Can be found at the Star
Hotel. August 5 —3m
To All Tax-Payers.
TN CONFORMITY WITH AN ACT
JL of the Legislature of the State of
Louisiana, entitled "An Act to provide
a revenue for the support of the State
government of Louisiana, and the man
ner of collecting the same, " approved.
March 9, 1869, the undersigned wil
assess the property ef the parish of
Calcasieu, for one month, commencing
from the 1st day of August, and ending
on the 1st day of September, 1875,
from 10 o'clock a. m. to 12 o'clock m.,
and from 2 o'clock v. m. to 4 o'clock r.
m., of eaoh day, at the office of the Re
corder of the parish of Calcasieu, in the
town of Lake Charles.
D. H. Lyons, Sheriff, \
John A'. Spenok, Recorder, v Calcasieu.
Asa Ryan, Clerk, of )
LAKE CHARLES
MALE AND FEMALE
ACADEMY.
a The undersigned respect
fully announces to the citi
j'j*» zens of Lake Charles and
jhAJB vicinity that he will open hi»
first session of the Lake Charles
Academy in the Masonic Building, on
Monday, the 30th of August.
All brandies of » thorough English
education will be taught, and especial
attention given to the higher mathe
matics.
Lessons will be given in the lan
guage« if sufficient applications aye
made to justify the formation of classes.
Board, from 68 to 612 per month.
Trots:
Primary Department, 62 per month.
Grammar Department, 62 50 p6r
month. Payable monthly.
O. M. MARSH,
Principal.
Jnl y 29, 1875—ly_____________
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