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Morehouse (Ütaiou.
BASTROP, LOUISIANA,
FRIDAY, : : : JANUARY 28, 1880.
A. C. McMEANS
Editor.
It. y HOtl KOK 1> K 1s, It. M^F^iSLIN
•«•IlKOKDKIi & Mel'.VKLIN,
PUBLISHERS.
The'Seuaforial contest iu Mls
Kissippi is still agitating the p«o
I> I» - of »liù Stat«.
S^uitor PrY (>r . of Alabama.
L üs beeu admitted to the seat
tuade vacaut by the death of
Geo. Hoostou.
Seuator Lamir, of Mississippi,
who whs stricken with paralysis
ten days ago, is said to be slowly
but surely recovering.
____ ^
The Pi^sid^at of^ the U s
States has nominated Philip
Morgan, of La., to be Envoy Ex
traordinary and Minister Pleni
potentiary to Moxico.
The District Attorney of Ca!d
well has reversed the action of
the Police Jury of that parish
in refusing to have their proceed
ings published and tin refusing
to publish the jury list. The at
torney's head is pretty level.
The Sugar Planter says that
"for brilliant qualities, legal lore,
and high mental attainments,
Judge Spoffard stands^jhead and
shoulders above alt other com
petitors for the U. S. Senator
ship." Eight, Hyams.
A little child of Mr. Robard,
of Port Vincent, one day last
week accidentally got hold o£ a
vial of carbolic acid and began
to drink it. It was fwith £diffi
culty that the doctor saved the
child's life^
While Gov. Wiltz and his
family were atteo3ing the inau
gural ceremonies "some of his
admirers'effected an entrance to
Ijis résideuce and ^©ft a life-size
portrait of "the'Governor as a
present to hiajamiable wife:
The Philadelphia Times is one
of tfee best, if net the best papers
in the Union. The Weekly con*
tains reading matter enough to
employ a person a whole week.
It is able, chaste, and eminently
independent
In Maine the Republicans bâve
succeeded in-getting control of
the State Jouse, and the Demo
crats have.ljlike the granger who
was refused admittance into the
heavenly world, gone qff and efc
tablished'a littlejhouse &of their
own. Great is the mystery of—
politics.
■ ' ■ * ►
The Louisiana Legislature ap
pears to have ncf disposition "to
kill time" in nonsensical idleness,
but is getting down to business
in earnest. After the election .of
a U. S. Senator and Judges for
the Cdnrfc of Appeals is over, the
Assembly will dispatch .business
at the rate of "2:40. n In the ap
pointment of committees we are
pleased to notice that Senator
f # , .
Newton is a member of several
The McAvoys, of Yicksburg,
have played three nights, during
this week, in this town, to good
bouses. They have admirably
sustained their, reputation as a
laugh ter-provoking4foùpe. Mrs*
McAvoy, in the impersonation of
the multifarious characters she
assumes, plays her 'parts with a
genius that would compliment a
"Star actress." To witness the
performance of this troupe is to
enjoy a roaring, side-splitting
laugh. Would that we could
have such jolly times oftener.
Wiltz and McEnery were re
spectively sworn in as Governor
and Lieutenant Governor ot
Louisiana at one o'clock on the*
14tb inst., at Odd Fellow's Hall.
THE SEW GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE.
We have read carefully Governor
Wiîtz's first Message to Louisiana's ■
General Assembly. In it we find !
an expression of large views in a i
manly, patriotic manner. He treats j
every subject of vital importance to
the public with trenchant, mas
terly pen. His recommendations
to the Legislature for their earl}'
consideration are terse, pointed
and emphatic. He dodges-nothing,
but meets every issue before that
body, or that may arise before that
body, squarely in tlie face, and
suggests firmly some means of
legislation upon the subject benefi
cial to the State. He insists on no
waste of time in putting into oper
ation the machinery of the new gov
ernment of Louisiana, lie urges
the speedy organization of the Ju
diciary department of the State,
and boldly proclaims his anxiety,
•fipr a^Sudißiary Equally protective of
the rights of the rich and the poor.
He recommends an early move
ment in the necessary preparation
for the removal of the Capitol to
Baton Rouge, and a judicious dis
posal of the present State House in
New Orleans which, he thinks,
should be leased, exchanged, or
sold for the benefit of the State.
He suggests some wise legislation
by which the infirm, sick and disa
bled paupers of each parish may be
cared for, and at the same time
protect the honest earnings of the
masses from the clutches of "heal
thy vagabond mendicants." He
considers the organization of the
State Militia as of paramount im
portance to the public good, and
declares that no young man, who is
not conversant with the duties of a
soldier, should consider himself an
educated citizen of the American
Republic.
Gov. Wiltz thinks some system
of quarantine should be adopted
whereby the city of New Orleans
would not be imperilled, annually,
with a visitation of epidemic mala
dies ; and at the same time he re
gards the habit of shutting her off
from the outside world for three or
four months as a relic of barba
rous ignorance. He suggests, as
the beet plan, that the city be kept
scrupulously clean, and that her
people avoid coming in contact w ith
persons from infected vessels, out
from infected ports. The city of
New Orleans cannot afford to be
walled in one-fourth of each year.
Mr. Wiltz regards the right to
votJ as the ".foundation wall of our
institutions," and insists upon such
legislation as may be most eondu
sive to the maintenance of the pu
rity of the ballot-box. "The exer
cise of the right of suffrage must
be kept free from all improper in
fluences." A free and untrammeled
expression of opinion at the polls
must be impartially guaranteed to
every voter in the State.
We have not space to notice the
Message further this week, but we
tsliâll endeavor, from time to time,
to point out and enumerate some
of its most important features,
thereby giving our readers, who
may not see Mr. Wiltz' s document,
some idea of the views * and opin
ions of him whom they have chosen
as their Chief Executive. Suffice
it to say, at the present, that the
Message, as a whole, is sound, dig
nified and evidently statesmanlike.
bar-room. The most fastidious
iady can call and see no whisky."
What of that? We have seen
many a man in a beastly conai
tion and saw no whiskey., That
don't prove that R|eMeaos has
none.—[Vienna Sentinel.
Phew 1 that wit ! And yon
"have . seen many a man in a
beastly condition," have you ?
„ßakes alive, what a sight! Who?
When? Where? Which? What?
All about it, Walker ! Give us
your grabbling iron ! Take a
smitei McMean» keeps good
liquor. How do" yea like that:
Ahem.
The Democrat pokes lots of
fun at the Times' Savings Bank,
and intimates that the enterprise
is a first class fraud.
The Morehouse Clarion says
that «•McMea^sJwe^uiicotaitt,
■M&rf) ' häS '^ "on^famïïy gro
eery in town separate from a
MOREHOUSE AND IMMIGRATION,
This is one of tiie most highly
favored parishes in ï\orth Louis-1
iana. Its fertility and natural ad
vantages are known and recognized
faraud near.. The fame of the
magnificent cotton fields of Prairie
MerRouge and the splendid planta
tions of the Bartholomew is co-ex
tensive with the name of Louisiana.
Never did a traveler pass through
this parish and forget the wonder
ful fertility of Morehouse soil.
Matay old citizens of Alabama,
Georgia, and Miss, passed through
this parish prior to the war, more
for sport and recreation than any
thing else. They returned to their
homes and have never been here
since ; but the impressions which
the bountiful resources of the coun"
try made upon their minds have
never been erased. They wax en
thusiastic when they speak of our
i'psftsh. I^ence^wC do not third
the assertion extravagant when we
say Morehouse is the richest par
ish, naturally, in North Louisiana.
But it is equally as true that in
many of our sister parishes the
pe op le turn us foot in utilizing their
lands and in acquiring wealth and
prosperity. People, less favorably
surrounded, are doing better, finan
cially, thp'i we. No reason can be
given for it except that they are
more industrious than we. Their
industry is systemized. What they
do, they do well. Their labor is
directed by brain force as well as
by elbow power. No blind steps
are taken. They make every edge
cut.
The planters of Morehouse do
not act upon any principle of econ
omy, neither in the expenditure of
money nor labor. There are some
exceptions, of course. But as a
class, our farmers are digging a
living from the earth by main
strength and awkwardness. It is
true our laborers are a race of peo
ple who have no spirit of progress
about them. They care nothing
for the advantages of well-directed
labor. Very few of them (we speak
of the colored labor element) have,
any desire to accumulate money.
A mere subsistence satisfies
improvident desires. And this fact
brings us to another point which we
desire to notice in a few words.
The negro is not only improvi
dent and therefore unenergetic, but
he is dissatisfied with his condition
and with his surroundings. This
makes his citizenship worthless and
unprofitable. Thousands of them
are leaving their old homes and
seeking a new country. We hear
of many who intend to leave this
parish. Now, the question for the
land owner to solve is, what can I
do with my farm ? We answer,
tenant it with white labor. Let
the planters and land owners of the
parish organize an immigration bu
reau, whose object shall be to so
licit and aid emigrant white people
to make Morehouse their home.
As the dissatisfied, Kansas-fever
stricken negro recedes, fill his place
with an energetic, industrious, in
telligent white man. Such a class
of labor will develop the great re
sources of our parish, unearth the
prodigal wealth that lies hidden in
her bosom, and thus place us on
the sure road to prosperity. There
are multitudes of white men who are
anxious to cultivate our rich lands.
All they want is an assurance that
thev can obt ain tfae ae land s . After
mocii reflection, we are not snre if
the negro exodus, to the South, is
not a blessing in disguise.
Without a revolution in our labor
system, we are sure that our parish
will never take the position to which
her fertile fields entitle her. We
want a tide of white immigration to
pour into Morehouse. They will
be welcomed and the right hand of
fellow-ship will be cordially ex
tended them.
The daily expenses of the
House for clerks, sergeant-at
artns, door-keepers and pages
will foot up $66 50. This is
$3 50 less than the amount al
lowed by the new constitution.
Parish scrip of 1878, issued
by Grant parish, is worth seven
ty-five cents on the dollar,
theirj-. of
STATE IVEWS.
A negro shot and killed Mr.
0. P. Balph in ."Franklin parish
one day last week.
The farmers of Franklin parish
iro in good financial circum
sr;iije°s,
Mr. John 1) Fisher in a can
dilate for the M-yorality of
Baton Rouge.
The negroes of Fast Baton
Ivouga have the Kinsaa fever in
a very malignant form.
The Madron Journal warns
negroes to loo!; before they leap
into the snowbanks of Kansas.
<&i. D !Li la**- week a drunken
father tried to cut his sod's
throat. The father is iu jail et
Ilay ville.
Tlie Police Jury of Richland
parish will build a fire proof office
for the preservation of public
papers and funds.
A negro boy was caught in the
machinery of Mr. Coke's gi-i near
Delhi last week and killed in
stantly.
The extremely warm winter
will do unsold injury to the cane
crop of this State. So thinks
the Sugar Planter
A young lady living near N hw
Orleans, accidentally shot and
fatally wounded her sister last
Sunday.
Dr. August Capdeville, one of
the most prominent physicians
ol that city, died in New Orleans
last Saturday.
The mother-in-law of General
Hoocfr, and his son, J. B. Hood,
Jr., are visiting oil friends and
relatives in Texas.
The Vienna Sentinel wants the
negroes that are dissatisfied "to
get up aud get out" of the way
of people who are a> xious to
make Louisiana thert home.
A negro mnn and his wife made
last year in East Feliciaua par
W© bet
those negroes do not want any
Kansas in their*n.
Baton Rouge is rapidly im
proving every day and is begin
ning to assume the prosperous
appearance she hod before the
war,
A thief stole the Bible and
hymn book from the Episcopal
Church in Columbia. The Her
ald offers $200 for the rogue.
Big reward.
Steve Brown and John Royal
of East Batou Rouge, got iuto a
row, and Steve mortally wonnded
John. Both were "exodusters."
Steve now slops at the Sheriffs
hotel.
Capt. Jas. Ford has notified
us by telegraph, from Vicksbnrg,
that he will be here to-morrow
with eighty good broke mules.
Wait ! and aee tLem before pur
chasing.
New Advertisements.
NOMCE.
Is hereby given that no poods of any
kind must bo sold on our account exerpt
on authority of a written'order with
either Of
B. H. JONES'Jr.
Bastrop, La., January 23d, !Hr'U.
SUCCESSION SALE. .
STATE OP LOUISIANA—Paristi Court
Parish of Morehouse. In tho nat
ter of the partnership of Sandidgc &
Bro.
By virtue of an order of sale , ironed
from the parish court for saifi parish
and to me directed as administrator
and liquidator of the late partnership of
Sandidge & Bro., I will, on
THURSDAY, the 5th day cf February,
1880, offer for sale, at nnblic auction, at
storehouse of Sandidge fe I -o c i Bayou
Bartholomew, the property bel<jn ra r.;r to
the late partnership of Sandiiige -Je I!
wnich failed to sell ai the o.;.^ hi K «,
consisting of cattle, oxen, wag mis,
blacksmith tools, mules, iron saie, a;>d a
remnant of goods, wares uu-1 ui<chan
dise, etc.
Terms of Sale- On 12 month - ere it,
the purchaser to give wi:\ ;»p:- • -ti
security, with a per eeut im», h* :rr>m
day of sale,
J AS ö. SAX
Administrator am Liquidator.
Per Newton & Hall, Attorneys.
NOTICE.
Land Office, New Orleans. La., I
January 16, 1880. t
Notice is hereby given that, the follow
ing named settler# have tiled notice ot
their intention to make final proof in
support of t heir claims and secure final
entry thereof at the expiration of thirty
days from the da;« of this notice, viz :
Emanuel Jones, of Morehouse Parish,
Louisiana, who made homestead appli
cation No. 277 f l north half of north
west quarter of northwest quarter of
section 22, township an, north of range
5 east, Monroe District, Louisiana, and
names fhu following as his witnesses,
viz.: Gns Jackson and Sylvester Jack
son, of Bastrop, Morehouse parish, La.
Also John Jackson, of the saine parish
and Stat«, who made hounestead appli
cation No. 354 for the sooth half of north
West quarter of northwest quarter and
southwest quarter of northwest quarter
ol section 21, township 20, north of
range 5 east, at Monree District, La.,
and names the following as his witnesses:
Henry Jackson and Cato Hostlow, of
Bastrop Morehouse parish, La.
Also Luke Francis, of same parish and
State, who made homestead application
No. 0, for lofs 23, 5, (j, 7, and southeast
quarter of southeast quarter of section
three, township 20, north of range 5
east, at Monroe District, La., and names
the following as his witnesses, via.
William White and Wm Hunter, of Bas
trop, Morehouse parish, La.
WM. M. BUK WELL.
jan23-5t
Kegister.
IT. S. MARSHAL'S SALE.
Timothy B. Edgar vs. Miss. Valley Nav
igation Company of the South aud
West. No. 8585.
Iu the United States Circuit Court for
the fifth Circuit and District of Lou
By virtue of a writ of fieri facias, to
me directed in the above entitled suit,
I will proceed to sell to the highest bid
der on
SA '■ URDAY, the Gth day of March, 1880
at 12 o'clock m , at the main ertrauee to
the court house, in the town of Bastrop,
parish of Morehouse, State of Louisiana,
tiie following described property, viz:
In township twenty-two, (22) north
range seven (7) east in land District
north of Red Ki ver. The north half ol
southwest quarter, section (6) six, also
in township twenty-two (22), north
range six (15) east, in same district. Lot
eight («) and tiie east hait of southeast
quarter of section one ( 1). Also lots 2,
7, anil 8, ami the south-west quarter of
the northeast quarter and the west half
ot' the southeast quarter and the south
west quarter of section twelve (lij Also
the southeast quarter of section eleven
(11.) Also the north half of the lmrtli
west quarter, and the southeast quarter
of the northwest quarter of section thir
teen (13). Also the southeast quarter of
the northeast quarter and the northeast
quarter of the Southeast quarter, and the
south half of the southeast quarter of
section fourteen (14). Also lots 5 and
10 ai d tlie east half of the southeast
quarter and the southeast quarter of the
northeast quarter of section t wenty-ope,
(21.) Also the southwest quarter and
the west half of the southeast quarter of
section twenty-two (2'4.) Also the west
half of the southwest quarter aud tlie
southwest quarter of the iiinrcUwest
quarter of section tweuty-six (2li). Also
the northwest qnaiter and the West half
of the northeast quarter aud the south
east quarter o£ tlie northeast quarter
aud the north half of the southeast quar
ter and the southwest quarter of the
southeast quarter and the east half of
the southwest quarter and the southwest
quarter of the southwest quarter of sec
tion twenty seveu (27). Also lot one
and 'tlie south half of the northwest
quarter and the southwest quarter of the
northeast quarter aud the north half of
the northeast quarter and the southeast
quarler of the southeast quarter of sec
tion twenty-eight (28). Also the north
east quarter of the northeast quarter of
section thirty-three (33). Also the north
west quarter of the northwest quarter of
section thirty-four (34) in all 2421 (jy -10U
acres.
Seized in the above suit
Terms—Cash on the spot.
United States Marshal's Office, New Or
leans 20th dav of January, 1680.
J ack whakton,
United States Marshal.
a
United States Marshal.
SHERIFF'S SALE.
STATE OF LOUISIANA—Fourteenth
District Conrt, Parish of Morehouse.
W. T. Hall vs. James Campbell et al.
No. 5il4.
By virtue of an order of seizure and
sale, issued by the Hon. 14th District
Court, iu and for the parish of More
house, in the above entitled suit and to
me directed as Sheriff of said parish and
State, I have seized as directed in the
writ, and will proceed to sell at the
door of the court bouse, within the hours
prescribed by law, at public auction, to
the highest bidder, on
SATURDAY, the 21st day of February,
1880. the following described pioperty,
and described iu the writ as the north
half of lots No. one hundred and seveu
and one hundred and eight (107 and 108)
in block No. fourteen (14) fronting
seventy -five feet on Washington street
bv three hundred feet «"■ cypress (street,
oàa seveniy-nve feet on Viue Street, to
gether with all the buildings and im
provements situated thereon, -with all
the rents and revenues for the year 1880,
or due thereon r said property being sit
uated in the town of Bastrop, parish of
Morehouse.
Terms of sale—Cash, with the benefit
of appraisement.
WM. P. DOUGLASS,
janl6-6t Sheriff.
IMPROVK, STRENGTHEN
and PR c.SERVE the EYES
— «y USING—
Wendell's Perfect Fitting
SPECTACLES & EYE-GLASSES.
—FOR SALE BY—
UP. S. ROLLE1GH,
JEWELER and OPTICAN,
bastrop, louisiana.
Spectacles and to suit any eye. Gold
rings, breast-pinâ, ahirt-studds, brace
lets, cuff buttons, watch-guards, and
everything to be found in a flrst-class
jswelry shop, inctuding the celebrated
Calendar Clock , price only $15. Spe
cial attention paid to repairing. All
work guaranteed.
Country orders promptly attended t<^
Weddifltr rings made to older.
• janj • P. S. ROLLEIGH.
SHERIFF 'S SALE
STATE OF LOUISIANA - Fonrtonth
District Conrt—Parish of Morel,,,,?!
W T Hall vs. J. M. Levy aim II Levy
.No. 5515.
By virtue of an order of seizure w
sale issued by the Hon. Fourteenth Dil -
trict Court in and for the parish Moral
house, iState of Louisiana, I have seized
and will proceed to sell, at the door of
the court house, within the hours ore
scribed by law, at public auction, to ihê
highest bidder, oil
SATURDAY, the 21st day of February
1880, the property pointed out in the writ'
lo be seized, described as follow» t. e .
longing to J. M. Levy: His reside,,^ .
sitnated on Washington street, :»«d com
mencing in the centre line ot" said street
at an iron, pin thirty feet east of the
middle of the east boundary of lot Ä).
one hundred aud ninety -two, in block
thirty-two iu said town, whence an»um
brella china bears south' 33£ degrees,
west 23 5-lU feet, thence south â
degrees west, 386 1-10 feet to a point*
3 "J-10 feet east of west boundary of
Vine street, thence north i degrees west
seventy-five feet to a pin set, whence a
red oak 10 in. marked X bears n§rth
ten degrees west, 40 2-10 feet, thence
south 89 3-4 degrees west 26.") 4-100 feet,
to a pin set on section line between sec
tions twenty-five and twenty s : x, town
ship twenty-one, north range live east,
thence north along said section line
1:10 1-10 feet to set pin whence a p4i*o
10 inches marked X bears north 8(J de
grees east 52 2-10 feet thauce west 675
2-10 feet, to a pin set, on Washington
street, whence a hackberry 12 indies
marked X bears north 50 3-4 degrees
west 22 7-1U0 feet, thence south 6, 1-2
degrees west to the place of bcrinnin«
containing 2 53-100 acres of land more
Of less.
Also twenty-two 50-100 feet oft the
west side of lot, fojty-fi ve and all of lot
forty-six in block number 6, in said town
together with all the buildings aud im
provements thereon situated: aud espe
cially the following described land be
longing to Mathew Levy, to-wit: First,
his storehouse and lot described as com
mencing at a point on Madison street on
the Southern boundary of 1 block six in
said town, one hundred and thirteen and
50 hundredths feet west of southeast
corner of said lot, running thence west
sixty-four feet, thence north one hun
dred and fifty feet, thence east thirty
two feet, thence South -seventy-one feet
thence east 32 feet, thence south 79 feet
to the place of beginning. Second, his
residence, described as the noi'tli fifty
feet of lots 105 and 106 in' block 13 in
said town, said lots having a front ot
fifty feet on Washington street by a
depth of three hundred feet back or east
between paralel lines, all of said lots of
land, together with all the rights, titles
privileges* and improvements thereto
belonging.
Terms of sale..Cash without ap
praisement.
WM. P. DOUGLASS; Sheriff.
Jan. 16, '80.
SHERIFF'S SALE.
STATE OF LOUISIANA—Fourteenth
District Court, Parish of Mo:ehotts%
Todd & Brigham vs. Heirs oft^sau
M. Chapman et. al.
By virtue of a writ of seizure and sale,
issued by |he,Hon 14th i. t. Court,
in and for the parish of Morehouse, in
the above entitled suit and to ine direct
ed as Sheriff of said parish and Stale, 1
have seized, as directed iu the writ, aud
will offer for sale, at the door of the court
house, within the hours prescribed by
law. at public auction, to the highest
bidder on
SATURDAY, the 7th day of February.
1880, the following described property:
to-wit: The "lidivided seven-eighths
interest, in the east, fractional half of
fractional section thirty -three and <tl of
section thirty-four, township twenty
north of range seven east, containing
408 acres of land, more or less, with all
the buildings and improvements thereon
situated, said land situated in the parish
of Morehouse, State of Louisiana
Terms of sale—Cash, with the benefit
of appiaiMement
WM. P. DOUGLASS, Sheriff.
Jan. 2,1880
Lehman Bros.,
New York.
Lehman, Dnrr <fe Co.,
Montgomery, Ala.
Lehman, Abraham & Co,
COTTON FACTORS
—AND
Commission Merchants,
Cor. Gravier & Baronne Sts.,
£. Lehman, )
M. Lehman, > NEW ORLEANS, La.
H. Abraham )
W. A. PEALE,
COTTON FACTOR
——AND—
Commission Merchant
Nu. 02 Un lau St.,
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana.
John Chaffe & Sons,
Cotton Factors,
AND GENERAL
Commission Merchants,
NO. 52 UNION STREET,
NEW ORLEANS.
NOTICE.
Is hereby given that no goods of any
description must be sold on my account
except on authority of a written order,
with my signature attached thereto.
Persons who hold accounts against
me are also notified to present sane for
payment at once. J- D. HOWELL.
FOR SALE. ,
A very comfortable residence, en lin»
of the corporation, brick well,
garden spot, servant's house, «table,
corn crib, etc., attached. Apply to
jaul6-lm B. V. MCDONALD.