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THE WEEKLY ECHO. J, VV. BRYAN. TAKE CHARLES. T.A j»_ THURSDAY..... . ..SEPT. 23, 1875. ■ agents. Y Ï.KffMW, ...... S. P. Henry ...... .. Cameron Parish. H. Maionapi)...... ........Mertneutau. Dr. Wm. H. Kiikomn lifts been itppoitiled Recorder of Culoarien parish, vice Johu A. Spence, de ceased, and lias appointed J. B. Kirknmn deputy ïîecorder. The latter is well known as onr Parish Recorder u few years ago, and his appointment as deputy Recorder will pire general satisfaction throughout our parish. Ben is the right tnau in the right place. Capt. Reynolds, of the U. S. Mail propeller, Rauios, requests n& to say that he will always grate fully appreciate the kindness of our citizens iu sending him relief at Calcasieu Pass, during the late storm, uuder the impression that lie wus iu need of it. We are glad to announce to our readers iu the country that the storm did hut little injury at the uur ia,»u™-..v v. Oomnul« mrt he« last ruesd.v, p ass —" r , , Our Parish Democratic Central pursuant to published notice, and called a Parish Convention, to meet here Nov. 6, for the purpose of electing delegates to the State Democratic Convention, to be held Nov. 22. Wo will publish the pro ceedings of the committco next week. The Third Fair of the Rapides Agricultural Fair Association will commence on the Fair Grounds near Alexandria, La., Tuesday, the 12th day of October, 1875, and will continue five days. Any one wishing to see the rules, regula tions, and schedule of premiums, can do so by calling at the Echo office, Lake Charles, La. More Fact* Developed! Having just received a new stork of Boot*, Shoes, Dry Goods, Notions, Hats, ready-made Clothiug, and fur nishing goods, selected especially for tliw market, I would respectfully invite the public to call and examine prices. I'»in offering special inducements iu Furniture. Ladies will find im assort ment of fine Shoes to select from. If you don't see what yon want, a*k for it, at the •• New Store, near the Post office. See the sign, sept !(i E. L. RIDDICK. Sensible Words About Adver tising. The following is from the finan cial article- of the Now Orleans Picayune : " The people who ait nervously iu couuting-houses, or behind their goods, waiting for customers to take them by storm, and making no efforts to let the world know the bargains they have to offer, will lind the seasou very uopropi tiuua. Many of those who have »pent lurge sum* iu hiring drum mers ami paying for other well known appliances of trade, have effected large sales, but swallowed tip too large a share of the re ceipts in such enormous attendant -expenses. The best remuneration lias been found by those who have returned to more legitimate old fitahioued methods of pushing their business. We say it not simply because we are interested in this line of expenditure, but, as our best advice to all who wish to be enterprising and to secure a larger custom, there is nothing now go effective to this end as ju dicious advertising. A little *d -vertiaemsut may be like a gentle touch of the whip to poor Dob bin's horse, "a mercy thrown jtwSy ;** but a liberal outlay is almost eertuiu to bring iu u large return, and this will last even be youd the eurrenl season. Wo do nut believe that any one who has v.lttoblo B®rvicu or de.ir»ble prop -rtv to offor mtu bill ot rmpiog » in*h hnrvent by continuons tumr ; j ness houses left The Equinoctial Storm. From private dispatches we glean the following meagre but terrible uewa of the disasteis caused by the late storm on the Gulf of Mexico : From Galveston : $4,000,000 of property swept away. 150 lives lost. KuIiu'h Wharf gone. Beod ston sunk. Alpha broke her cable, aftd landed high and dry on Strand. Brig Sagita damaged. Schooner New England, ditto. Schooners Thistle, Black Prince, Two Brothers, Florence, Mattie, Lillie, T. K. Dot, Cecilia, Alice Robinson, Augusta, Alice, Cathe rine Minerva, and a dozen more, high and dry on the earth. Livo nia Perkins, total wreck. Some half a dozen or more small vessels two miles inland. From Brasbtar : Indianola nearly swept awuy ; only three houses standing. 150 lives lost. Wharves and light house gone Rescue and Edith reported wrecked at Indianola. Latest from Indianola and the West: Destruction at Indianola nlmost complete. Only five busi People suffering Beach for with dead ä Reported that town of js >wep , , way . Tow „ of Cedar Lake washed awav, and j for food and clothiug. twenty miles strewn i J away all the inhabitants lost. Informa tion from East Buy that out of 280 human beiugs five only are known to be alive. Rockport and j Corpus Christi inundated. Ter i rible suffering among survivors ot ! the storm everywhere. Relief meetings being held in all prin cipal cities north, east and west. Steamers with provisions, etc., leaving for the relief of destitute. See notice of Mr. F. Combe, the new Agent for St. Landry for the Singer Sewiug Machine. Mr. Combe conies here with first-class recommendations and a reputation above reproach, and was very much esteemed at Lake Charles, where he last resided.—[Opelousas Courier. The Issue Must be Met. From the New Orlenn* Bulloiin. It is too late to talk over the school question, or to utter wordy protests against the Africanization and degradation of the public schools. The issue has beeD de liberately forced upon us, and it must be met. It is not practicable, in our opinion, to assail successfully the present school management so long as ladies and white children lend the sanction of their presence to the infamous thing. So loog as ladies of reputation and high so cial standing consent to oootinuo their Decessary association with the incompetent, ignorant, and, in some oases, brutal and immoral negroes and white men who com pose the majority of the School Board, they hinder the movement for the purification and elevation of the publio schools, and are really their owu worst enemies. Let them abandon the schools as they would auy other abomina tion, and let them take out with them the white childreu, thereby uttering the most forcible and vigorous protest possible. We re assert that the question now is the Africanization, of the schools of New Orleans, and affirm our sol emu belief that the white people being iu a majority of three to one and, paying the money for the sup port of the sohools, will not sub mit to it. They ought not to submit to it, and let the negro Board of ^ n ( jidu im mw aojjiu uumu w> j ffcboo | pjreotoél l»»ore bow thej » , , >MMt fWt - 1 > 1 ■UÀLi— —....... ..... ........ Ex-Governor Wells on the War Path. he complain* or AN editor—silence OB -BLOOD ! From the New Orlenn« Bulletin. We copy the following letter and introductory comments from the Louisiana Democrat of Sept. 8, published at Alexandria, E. R. Boissat, Esq., editor : A REGISTERED LETTER. On the evening of the 30th of August, 1875, after due notifica tion, we were banded the iollow ing letter and made to Bign dupli cate receipts therefor. We give publication to it iu order that the people of the parish of Rapides, who have some vital interests in the matter, may pee for themselves the drift these' matters are about to assume in.our parish. Wo pre sume we are acting right in thus giving the largest publicity to a matter which specially concerns those in whose cause we have humbly and earnestly devoted our best abilities and honest convic tions to champion, and endeavored to lead to good results. For the present we shall forbear further comment, assuring our people that we 6hall be patient and watchful under the threat, but with the sacred pledge that the Democrat shall continue in the even tenor of its wavs and strive to maintain its position to the bitter end : ORIGINAL. New Orleans, La., Aug. 24, 1875. Mr. E. It. Biossat, Editor of the Louis iana Democrat : Sir —You have used the col umns of your newspaper, the Louisiana Democrat, during and since the rebellion to calumniate and vilify me. You have continued your course of vilification up to the publication of your last paper, on the 18th inst. I presume you are prepared for the issue it must necessarily bring about and end if continued. That neither of us shall be mistaken as to the nature of the conflict, and its certain termination, I take this method, as a notification to you, that should my name be used iu connection with any improper re marks through the columns of your newspaper, the Louisiana Democrat, the sequel must be the taking of my life by you, which with positive proof you have medi tated for years. I send this, a registered letter, thak.it may reach you, and I kuow you have received it. I have re tained certified copies. The alternative is with you. I want no udvautage. Respectfully, J. Madison Wells TUe Centennial Bell. Meneely à Kimberly, of Troy, who are making the bell donated the city by Henry Seybert, Esq., have, upon application to General Hagner, and upon the in dorsement of the War Depart ment, received permission to se lect several cannon from those now in store at the Walervliet Ar senal, to be cast in the bell. The selection will be made from can non which did service in the Union and rebel armies duriug the late civil war. It is the purpose of Mr. Seybert and of the city authorities to have the bell in position iu the tower of Independence Hall on the Fourth of July, 1876. It will thus have both a national and centen nial significance—that of a coun try grown in a oentnry from a Union of thirteen States to thirty eight, and a population increased from 4,000,000 to 40,000,000. The object of the special cannon need in the casting of this bell will be to carry ont the idea of peace in the blending of North and South, and quite in keeping with the spirit of one of the Bible inscrip tions which will be cast npon the bell : " Glory to God in the high est, and on earth peaoe and good will toward men. —[Philadelphia Commonwealth. California has done nobly. The returns are still incomplete and coming in bat slowly, yet enough is known to show that the demo crats have elected Governor Irwin by a plurality as largo as the en tire independent rote, and have also secured an overwhelming ma jority in the Legislature. Tho proposition for a Constitutional Co&vention is defeated. The vote, so far as the returns are com pleted, gives Irwin, democrat, 43,000; Phelps, republican, 25,000; and Bid well, independent, 18,000. This great democratic victory is something like » revolution. Ala meda County, across the bay from San Francisco, nlwavs the banner republican county of the State, has given a democratic majority of over 1000. The cry at every pre cinct was for a return to the days of democratic honesty and fair dealing. Governor-elect Irwin is a native of Butler County, Ohio. He went to San Francisco in 1852, and iu 1861 and 1872 was elected to the Assembly. In 1869 he was elected to the Senate, and ie elected in 1873, being president of the Senate pro Urn. under Gov ernor Booth. He was elected to the Senate again, and became act ing Lieutenant Governor- He is now filling that office. From 1866 up to March last he has been adorning the editorial chair of the Yreka Union, and has there had «n excellent experience for the new position to which he has been called.—[Phil- Comm onwealth. American J ustice.— Mr. Thomp son brought a suit against his neighbor Harrison. They were both friends of the justice, and the case was heard before a jury, and both parties told their story, when the justice said : " Now, ef yon find that Mr. Thompson telled more truth than Marrison, then you find for the plaintift ; and ef Harrison telled more truth than Thompson, then you find for the defendant." —[Ex. you ~ MASONIC. Office of D. D. G. M., 13th Masonic District, _ Opelousas, August 20, 1875, To the Masters ami Wardens of' Hum ble Cottage Lodge No. 19, Hope No. 145, Magnolia No. 197, Mount OMvot No. 194, Orphans' Friend No. 185, Evergreen No. 189, Lake Charles No. 165, and Mallet Woods No. 99. Brethren—Take notice that in pur suance to powers vested in me by the M. W., Grand Lodge of Louisiana, I will convene a District Lodge meeting at the Hall of Humble Cottnge Lodge No. 19, on the 14th, 15th and 16th of October uext, for instruction. R. W. John C. Gordy will be present on the occasion, and assist me in the exemplification of the work. A punc tual attendance on your part is earnestly requested. Yours fraternally, JAMES KAY, D. D. G. M., 13th Masonic District. Masonic.— We have been handed the following Masonic information for pub lication : „ . R. W. John C. Gordy, one of the members of the committee on work, will visit the following Lodges officially and at the dates herein Bet forth : Hope Lodge tf*. 145..........Saturday Oer. 8th Jlntnble Cottage No. 19......Wednesday *• M'b Magnolia No. 197.............. " * 2 ™ï Mount Olivet No. 194.........Saturday 2™ Orphans' Friend N ». 185....Monday " 2»tb Evergreen No. 180............Thursday 28th Let the Craft take due notice thereof, and govern themselves accordingly. DIED : Hawkins —In Lake Charles, on the 16th inst., at 2 o'clock a. m., Emma Louisa, daughter of J. A. F. Hawkins and Mary M. Collins, aged 1 year, 1 month and 19 dayB. "Iu love she lived, In peaoe she died ; Her life was asked, But God denied. We laid thee iu the silent tomb, Sweet blossom of a day ; We just began to view thy bloom When thou art called away. Bear her out softly, This idol of ours. And make her a bed among the flowers. We lay thee in the silent tomb, Sweet blossom of a day ; We just began to view thy bloom When thou art calledaw*y 1 ___ r OU are hereby commanded to sum mons by publication in the Lake State of Louisiana. PARISH OF CALCASIEU. To the Sheriff or ant Constable, Greeting : Y OU are hereby nions by publ Charles Echo, for four successive weeks, Daniel MoCorquodale, to be and appear at my office at my residence in the Fifth Ward of said State aud Par ish, to show cause why judgment should not be rendered against him for fifty-four dollars and forty-one cents coin, in favor of 8. A. Fairohild, an opeu account, at 10 o'clock a.m., first Monday, first day in November, A. D. 1875 ; heroin fail not. and make due re lurn of this citation s showing how you have executed the same, this Septem ber 14th, A. I). 1875. JOHN S. STANLEY, Justice of the Peace, Fifth Watd, Cai rn ion pariah, La. sept 23 JL STAR HOTEL. JULIEN EICH AED ..... Proprietor. LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA. T he above named hotel. will be kept for the accommodation of regular and Menaient B »arder* ---- .Nopain« will be rpmed on the part of (bo proprietor tv meke nil who stop with him feel comfortable. As it i« bie wish to pleitro all who may favor him with a call, ho solicit* a «hare -.f the public patronage. Livery end Fed Stahl* attached. Höret« oarefully attended to. feb20 1 IOTJSK, JAMES A. KINDER.. .Proprietor,, LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA. T he above-named house has re_ cently been renovated and put in neat and complete order. The traveling publhr will And it a comfortable and pleasant place to stop. A square meul.and n comfortable bed can be had at all times of the d»y and night A Bor Is aituohed to the Hotel, where the best of liquors and ciga-s are constantly kept. No pains will be spared by the proprietor to make those patronizing the house feel comfortable,, and go away satisfied. A Feed Stable attached. Horses, carefully attended to. no2U ly T. gmNNBR, Liberty. .....h. c stone, Galveston.» Skinner & Stone, Cotton Factors AND Wholesale Grocer» Nos. 75 &, 7G STRAND, Next door to Texas Banking & Ins. Co. Galveston, T« sur. —oo— Consignments of Cotton, Wool and Hides Solicited, Oct. 21. '71.-Iv. J. C. PATTERSON, THOMAS CATIEN, Galveston. Corpus Chris/i. Patterson faden^ (Successors to James A. Mulvi:;:,) COMMISSION M EUCH ANTS AND dealers in Hides and Wool, Ga-lvostou, Texa.s* CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED. iiov 7 '74-Gui Park, Lynch& Co. Auctioneers and Gen eral Commission Merchants, STRAND, GALVESTON, TEXA : . Orders for all kinds of Merchandise, filled at lowest prices, with cash in hand, at 2 % per cent, commission for buying. Prompt attention given to receiving and forwarding. A stock of Corn, Oats, Bran, Hay and Corn Meal always on hand. nov 7 '74-ly Ii. UEOIERSE. M. IiASKEIi. LeGIERSE & Co., 'Wholesale Grocers, AND IMPORTERS OF LIQUORS and C IGARS, STRAND, Galveston, Texas. nov 7 '74-ly 1IIUB. A. OARY. W. A. 0LÏVB1MI GA11Y & OLIPH1NT, COTTON FACTORS, No*. 102, 16 4 ami 166 Strand, OAIiVEBTON, TEXAS. Libornl cash advances -taadö nu ^oooris 0 * monts. Bagging and tios furnished at luw»*' price*. _ J* 17 lL in for an D. re you Cai Wallt», Lande» & Co. Wholesale Grocers, AND DEALERS IN Liquors Tobacco's, Cigars & c * 106, 108 4k HO Strand Gal veston Texas. nov 7 '74-ly THE N. O. BULLETIN, PAGE M. BAKER...............-......EDITOR — ** A Journal devoted to tho defonoo of tb® ' nler eat* und right« of tho oomwnnity. THE DAILY BULLETIN I« published Morning and Evening; T** fljl xubioription in advanoe, $12 ; Hull Yearly, *ß • quarterly. #3: