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BASTROP, LOUISIANA,
FRIDAY, : s : FEBRUARY 13,1880
A. C. McMEANS
EpiTOR.
F. SCHHfOEDEK, ....... ... B. M'FARLIN
SüHROEDER & MoFAUUN,
PUBLISHERS.
WANDERING ULYSSES.
Ex-President Grant is the most
famous man that lives. Iso peo
ple of the earth, bat have heard
of this illustrious man. His fame
has reached the ears of all na
tions. In hia circumterrestrial
voyage, the eyes of the world
were upon him. To us of the
South, Grant's fame is regarded
iu an unenviable iight. Our
prejudice, which is the natural
outgrowth of former hostility,
precludes us from extolling and
boasting the fame of this wonder
ful man. It is natural that we,
whom Grant oppressed in by
gone days, regard him with a
cautious and skeptical eye. Like
the heroes of ancient Troy,
Danaos timeo, et donas ferentes.
Neyertheless, we must admit
that he, whom we fought with
such fierce desperation about
Richmond, and who exercised
such a tyrannical and relentless
sway over us after we had laid
down our arms and furled our
weather-beaten banner, is to-day
the, acknowledged hero of the
world. With an adamantine
stubbornness, and an unswerv
ing firmness, he stood like a
statue throughout the excitement
of that period of our history,
when the Electoral Commission
was the central focus of the eyes
of the nation, and when wild
rumors were rife that the coun
try was upon the verge of a
gigantic civil war. Happily for
us, and for the whole Union, the
great question was settled amica
bly — though wrongfully — and
Grant tacitly left the country.
In all of his wanderings he has
preserved a dignified reticence
upon all qoestions pertaining to
his future designs. He has been
gpoken of, written of and a-sked of
as the next President* Foreign
potentates have broached him
upon the subject. Far-seeing
politicians of this country have
endeavored to extort an opinion
from him on the subject of a
successor for ihe usurper Hayes.
All have failed. When he re
turned from his European trip to
the United States, he was liou
ized from the Pacific to the At
lantic, and from the Lakes to
the Gulf. Hungry politicians
haunted him by day, and inquisi
tive newspaper men by night.
During the exciting scenes of all
the ovations and receptions that
were tendered him, Grant wa a
the same taciturn, imperturbable
uncommunicative man that he
was in the presence of the
crowned heads of the East. He
has never publicly expressed a
desire to be the next President,
Yet, if the Republicans elect the
next President, oar opinion is
that Grant will be the man. Of
all the aspirants in that party
"Wandering Ulysses" is the man
whom we would rather see placed
in the Presidential chair. We
believe the next Chief Executive
of this nation will be a Republi
can, and, by the go3s, deliver us
from the sway of a Blaine or a
Sherman. Give us a true Dem
ocrat, or give as Grant.
We have received the first
number of the Monroe Bulletin,
a six column paper published by
Wm. H. Gay le and edited by
Wm. T. Atkins, The Bulletin is
neat, tidy—pretty. If the first
copy contains a specimen of
what the paper is to be, a rare
treat is in store for the readers
of the Bulletin. We wish the
new paper and its enterprising
owners an abundant success.
JgyNew Orleans hand-made shoes
for gentlemen at Peterkin's.
OCR JURY SYSTEM.
A bill is before the House now
making the agreement of nine
jurors out of twelve a decisive
and final verdict. The bill was
introduced by Mr. Heidenheim.
Upon its introduction it was de
feated, but its author has man
aged to have it reconsidered.
As in all human affairs there are
weak and imperfect features in
our jury system. Iu hundreds
of instances long, tedious, vexa
tious and costly lawsuits termi
nate in a farce, because of the
obstinacy or non -conviction of
one juror. One man has the
power, under our present system,
to annul the decision of eleven
men. The eleven men may have
what they regard as positive and
conclusive evidence upon which
to base their decision. One man
inayfail to construe the evidence
and law in the same light. Tu
the end the one man may be
right. He may have weighed
the testimony in the case more
cautiously and discreetly than
his associates and arrived at his
conclusion from a basis of more
mature deliberation. The far
sightedness and discreet firmness
of this one juror may be. and no
doubt frequently is, thu salvation
of an innocent person
We oppose any such a jury
system as that proposed in the
bill now before the Legislature.
We shall never sanction the ver
dict of thre8-fourths of a jury
composed of twelve men. Better
stick to the old, time-houored
custom.
FEMALE EDITORS.
The Claiborne Guardian and
Richland Beacon are discussing
the reason why women do not
"take to" journalism for a sup
port.
The elitois of both papers
talk like lunatics upon the sub
ject. If the argument and ideas
they advance came from the
Sentinel, whose editor is the
great apostle of Vienna temper
ance associations, we should not
be at all surprised ; but when
the long-headed Guardian and
the matter-of-fact Beacon mar
vel why ladies do not become
editors, our surprise culminates
in astonishment. We had ex
pected better things of them
Our opinion of men and things
is full of deceit. We are upon
the point of never passing judg
ment upon another man. Our
conception of Shakspeare's gen
ins, Milton's sublimity, Pope's
rythmical powers, Moore's pa
thetic grandeur, Poe's touching
sentimentalism, and Walker's (of
the Sentinel) block-headism was
derived from and predicated
upon, their pen pictures. But
since the editors of the Guard
ian and Beacon have deceived
us so wofully, we do not know
but we have been deceived by
all the authors we have ever
read,
The question agitating the
Guardian and Beacon is one of
the simplest we ever heard dis
cussed. It seems to us that the
verriest fool in Louisiana could
give the reason why women do
not become editors. The ques
tion is too simple to admit of a
moment's discussion. We are
ashamed that men of such short
sightedness and indecision be
long to the journalistic army of
Louisiana. More plainly, we
think that the Guardian and
Beacon are both laboring under
a severe attack of absentmind
edness, They know the reason
that women are not editors.
They do not think. They are
too proud to ask a gentle, lamb
like womam Hencc they grope
on in blissful, though willful, ig
norance. We are sorry for them
We shall break the spell of ig
norance. The îeason that wo
men are not editors, and the
very best of editors, is the sim
ple fact thai their husbands are
an
too "fetched" lazy to attend the
babies while the long-sufiering
wife writes the editorials.
Were it not for man s laziness
we should have a host of intelli
gent, powerful, female editors.
Monroe, Bastrop & Pine Bluff Rail
road.
Capt. W. T. Hall-says he will
give one thousand dollars toward
building a railroad from here to
Monroe.— [Bastrop Clarion.
There are two hundred or more
property owners in each of
Morehouse and Ouachita par
ishes who could do likewise. It
would be ample to start the en
terprise and once started it
would go the end as sure as fate.
We have been told that the
money is aheady pledged in New
York to build the road from Pine
Bluff to Monroe, and that it
would come out but for the in
difference and want of encourage
ment along the route. The peo
ple are so accustomed to a
wagon and a bad road that they
actually diead the noise and tu
mult and expedition of a forty
miles an hour conveyance.
If Morehouse parish was in
any other part of the United
States, it would have been tra
versed by two or more tracks
long since. und the lands, instead
of being offered to suit purchas
ers, would be fortunes in the
hands of their owners.
Two or three conventions have
had the subject under advise
ment without any perceptible
advancement. The big crop of
1879 is a good basis for another
and m'ght be utilized to forward
an undertaking that would be
like injecting the riches of the
Comstock Lode" into a high
way between the two parishes.—
[Monroe Bulletin.
A MOTHER-IN-LAW.
Perhaps no human being in
the universe is tbe subject of
more ridicule, and the object of
more sarcastic innuendoes, than
the poor, hapless mother-in-law.
People generally, editors collec
tively, and some of the married
men of this parish particularly,
are eternally casting unpleasant
insinuations about the woman
they once approached with such
stupendous feelings of awe, fear,
and anxiety. To this last class
of people we propose giving a
small batch of gratuitous advice.
We have no patience with the
editorial mother in-law fun-mak
ers, and shall pass them by, be
lieving that they will reap the
reward they deserve by an ever
lasting compunction of con
science in the great hereafter.
Any advice we might offer an
editor upon this subject might
result as did our suggestions,
two weeks ago, to the father of
a crying baby"—make some
body mad, Hence, the woman
who is so unfortunate as to have
an editor wed her daughter can
not consistently expect any con
solation from us, save a good
big pile of trne, heartfelt sym
pathy. But the mother-in-law
of other men—say farmers, mer
chants, bar-keepers, gamblers
and "loafers"—shall ever hear of
our battling for their rights—
their tongue rights.
We claim that the mother-in
law is one of the most indispen
sable elements iu the wife sup
ply immaginable. Think of it !
Had it not been for her you
never would have been the cher
ished (?) and devoted (?) hus
band yon are. We claim that
the mother-in-law has an inalien
able right to lift her voice in
thunder tones against any pro
test the hnsband may make to a
wife's most whimsical and non
sensical desire. Why not ? Is
not she the mother, and there
fore the anxious well-wisher of
her daughter, whose happiness
she has simply placed in your
.
brutal bauds It the plaint ive,
pleading tears of a wife cannot
|m«#e the stony, stubborn heart
j*fof a stingy husband, then shell
hifliVbomb-sheU him—with the
tongue-lashes of an irate, tooth
lees mother-in-law. That plan
will make him "hump".
We claim, furthermore, that
t he mother -in-law h\s a right to
dictate when and how much earth
chiUl sb .tll be whipped by the
husband of her daughter. If in
a passion of unbridled auger the
father applies the rod too se
verely and too continuously to
the rear department of a rude
youth, and will not heed the ex
postulations of a fond wife, then
the presence of a mother-in-law
upon the scene is not only nec
essary. but absolutely indispen
sable.
Agaiu, we claim that the
mother-iu-rlaw has an incontro
vertible right to live with her
daughter. 'Tis her daughters
husband's duty to support, if
need be, the dictatorial old lady.
Tis his duty to go when she
says go, and come when she
says come. If upon the qve ot
making a transaction which will
uffect the interest of his family,
the son-in-law should counsel
with, and ask the advice of, the
g^od old mother-in-law. This
will make her call him "son."
She will speak of him as a good
provider, no matter how trifling
he is. She will, moreover, keep
the wife in a docile and tracta
ble frame of mind. In short,
everything will run as smoothly
as greased lightning. Life will
be sweet. Ail things will go well.
Take our advice and be con
vinced, We shall ever regard
and treat the mother-in-law as
the benefactor of the human
race. "May their shadows never
grow less."
We hope the mothers-in-law
of this parish will appreciate our
defense of them sufficiently to
force every son-in-law they have
to send us two dollais for the
Clarion.
TOWN OliDlNANCE.
AN ACT to provide a revenue for
the town of Bastrop, to levy and
collect licenses, taxes and to de
fine the uuties of the collector of
said town in relation thereto.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the
Mayor and Council of the town of
Bastrop, That an advalorum tax of
five mills on each dollar of the val
uation of the real and personal pro
perty, situated within the limits of
the corporation of the town of Bas
trop, and upon which the State
levies a tax, as shown by the State
Assessor's tax roll for the year
187'J, adopted and ratified under
Act No. 20, approved February 9th,
1880, shall be assessed, levied and
collected in current funds for the
purpose of supporting the corpora
tion of the town of Bastrop, for the
fiscal year commencing June 1st,
1879, and ending June 1st, 1880,
and of promoting the public interest.
Section 2. Be it further enacted,
etc., That all taxes and licenses as
sessed under the laws and ordi
nances or the corporate authorities
of the town of Bastrop, against the
property of any person, firm or
company situated within the limits
of said town of Bastrop, are hereby
declared to be a lien and privilege
on the immovable property of said
person, firm or company, for the
amount of such tax, any alienations
thereof or encumbrances thereon
notwithstanding until the same
shall be fully paid.
Section 3. Be it further enacted,
etc., That the tax collector for the
town of Bastrop, be and is hereby J
authorized and required to proceed
within fifteen days from the passage
of this act, to collect the taxes im
posed by this ordinance, and he is
hereby authorized in case of failure
or neglect of any person or persons
to pay the amount of taxes due by
them after ten days previous written
or printed demand having been
made to process in the same way
and manner, and he is hereby
clothed with the same authority to
collect the taxes due by such de
linquent as is vested in the State
tax collector under existing laws of
the State of Louisiana, and in the
event of a seizure of property to
pay the taxes, interest, costs, pen
alties, etc., no one will bid at the
sale of the property an amount suf
ficient to pay the accrued tax, in
cluding interest, cost and penalties,
and in SHCtt event, the tax collector
f or sa i c i town is hereby authorized
to bid in such property for and iu
[behalf of the corporation, and to
make a title to such property in the
name of the Mayor of said town ;
provided that any person whose
property has been sold for the pay
ment of taxes due the corporation
of Bastrop, shall have the right to
redeem the saine, within the same
time that is granted to parties
whose property has been sold in
payment of State taxes, and pro
vided that such party shall pay to
the saifl corporation the same cost,
interest, penalties, etc., that is re
quired under the laws of the State
to be paid by defaulting tax payers
to the State.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted,
etc., That this act shall rake effect
and be in full force from and after
its passage.
Approved February 9th. 1880.
S. H STIVÉES, Mayor.
R. R. Ross, Secretary.
New Advertisements.
not;içe.
All parties wanting Brown's Fertilizer
Distributor will take the following
measurement of wagon: Width of bed,
outside measure; diameter of hub.
PRATT &■ HARRINGTON,
febl3-lui Agents.
Charles Winkler,
lock and gunsmith,
Bastrop, Louisiana.
Will repair gunp and pistols on short
notice. Satisfaction guaranteed.
notice"
Is hereby given to all parties having
guns or pistols at my shop that unless
they come forward pay charges and
claim their property within teu clays
from this date, the same will be sold for
amount duo me for repairing.
CHAS. WINKLER.
Bastrop, La., February 6, 1380. 2t
SHERIFFS SALE.
STATU) OF LOUISIANA—Fourteenth
District Court, parish of Morehouse
Mrs. Surah M. Spyker vs. J. G Sau
didge, administrator, et. ut.
By virtue of an order of seizure and
sale issued by the Hon. 14th District
Court in and for the parish of Morehouse
in the above entitled suit and to me di
rected as Sher'ff of sa id parish and State
I have seized as the property of the de
fendants and will proceed to sell at the
door of the court house, within the
hours prescribed by law. at public auc
tion, to the highest bidder, on
SATURDAY, the 20th day of March,
1880, the following described ] roperty,
to-wit : Lot number 5, section I, and
northwest (juarter of northeast quarter
and northeast quarter of southeast quar
ter section 12, township '20, north range
four east. Lots 1, ii and 3 and northeast
qnarter of northwest quarter and south
west quarter of southeast quarter sec
tion 1. township 20, north range 4 east,
and lot I, section 36, township 21, north
range 4 east, and south half of lot 4, sec
tion 36, township '21, north range 4 east.
Lot 7, section 11, Doitheast quarter of
northwest quarter and lot '2, section 1*2
and south half of northwest qnarter of
sectton 12, southwest quar er of north
east quarter and northwest quarter of
southeast quarter section 5, township
20, north range 4 east aud northwest
quarter of northwest quarter, section 12,
northeast quarter of southwest quarter.
The southeast quarter of southwest
quarter aud the southeast quarter of
northwest quarter section 1, township
20, north range 4 east Lot 1, section
12, and southeast quarter of northeast
quarter, section 12, and northeast quar
ter of northwest quarter of section 12,
Southeast quarter of lot 1, section 11,
south half of northwest quarter of sec
12. Lot 2, section 12, southwest quarter
ol'northeast quarter, section 12, and
northwest quai ter of southeast quarter,
section 12, and northwest quarter of
northwest quarter of section 12, north
east quarter of southwest quarter, sec
tion 1, aud southeast quarter of north
west quarter section 1, township 20,
north rauge 4 east, south half of south
west quarter, section 36, east half of
southeast quarter, west half of southeast
quarter and south half of northeast quar
ter section 35, township 21, north range
4 east, west half of west half section 1,
northeast qnarter of northeast quarter
and west half of northeast quarter of
northwest quarter seotion 1, west half of
southwest quarter of southeast quarter
section 1, township 20, north range four
east. Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 and east half
of south west quarter of southeast quar
ter and east half northeast quarter of
northwest quarter, section 1, township
20, north rauge 4 east and the south half
of lot 5, section 36, township 21, north
range 4 east, known as the Horace M
Polk plantation.
Also two-thirds of the following de
scribed lands: Southeast quarter of
southwest quarter, section 30, township
21, rorth range 5 east, southwest quar
ter of southwest qnarter of sonth-east
quartei of section 25 and west half of
northwest quarter, stfeiton 36, townshi
21, north range 4 east. Lots 3 aud
to
J section 31, township 21, north range 5
ÄLht ÄS
qnarter, Bectton 30, township 21, north
range 5 east. Lots 1, 2, auti 3, the west
half. Lot No. 4 and east half of northwest
quarter sec 36 towuship21 north range4
east; the south half of lot 2, west half
of lot 5. w est half of south half of north
west quarter and t^rthwest quarter of
southwest quarter, of section 36, town
ship 21, north range 4 east, known as
Thos. I and Thos. R. Polk place. The
said two-thirds interest of said land be
ing designated as all that part of the
land last above described lying west of
the division line estublished by an ,act
of partition between Geo. M. and Jas
G. Sandidge and Bettis H. Polk on the
7th day of April, 1875. All the above
lauds are situated on west bank of Bayou
Bartholomew, parish of Morehouse,
Terms of Sale—Cash with the benefit
of appraisement.
WM.
febl3-6t
P. DOUGLASS,
Sheriff.
FOE SALE.
Cheap for cash, a very desirable resi
dence, two blocks from the public square,
twenty acres of land, good garden, or
chard, etc. Apply to undersigned.
janl6-lm H. C. WRIGHT,
sheriff's sale/~
STATE OF LOUISIANA — Fourteenth
District Court—Parish of Morehmw«
W. T. Hall vs. J. M. Levy and M. Lev®'
No. 5515.
By virtue of an order of seizure and
sale issued by the Hon. Fourteenth Dis
trict Court in and for the parishof More
house, »State of Louisiana, I have seized
and will proceed to sell, at the door of
the court house, within the hours pre
scribed by law, at public auction, to the
highest bitMer. on
SATURDAY the 21st day of February,
1880, the property pointed out in the writ
to be seized, described as follows, be
longing' to J. M. Levy: His residence
situated on Washington street, and com
mencing in thb centre line of said street,
at an iron pin thirty feet east of the'
middle f the east boundary of lot No.
one hundred and uinet.v-two, in block
thirty-two in said town, whence an um
brella china bears south 33^ degrees,
west 23 5-ltJ feet, thence, south 80 5-4
degrees west, 386 1-10 feet to a -loint
3 y-10 feet east of west bonudary of
Vine street, thence north J degrees west
seventy-live feec to a pin set, whence a
red oak 10 in. marked X bears north
teu degrees west, 4U 2-10 feet, thence
south 80 3-4 degrees west '265 4-100 feet
to a pin set on section line between sec
tions twenty-five .Mid twenty s ; x, town
ship twenty-one, north range five ei>st,
thence north along said section liue
120 1-10 feet to set pin whence a pino
10 inches marked X boars north 80 de
grees east 52 2-10 feet thence west 675
'2-10 feet to a pin set on Washington
street, vheucè a hackberry 12 inches
marked X bears north 50 3-4 degrees,
west 22 7-100 feet, thence south 6 1-2
degrees west to the place of beginning,
containing 2 53-100 acres of laud more
or less.
Also twenty-two 50-100 feet off the
west side of lot forty-five and all of lot
forty-six in block number 6,iu said town
together with all the buildings and im
provements thereon situated: and espe
cially the following described laud be
longing to Mathew Levy, to-wb : First,
his storehonse aud lot described as com
mencing at a point on Madison street on
the Southern boundary of block six in
said town,one hundred aud 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, thouce east thirty
two feet, thence South seventy-one feet
thence east 32 feet, theuce south 70 feet
to the pla:'e of beginning. Second, his
residence, described as the north tit'ry
feet of lots 105 and 106 in block 13 iu
said town, said lots having a front ol
fifty feet on Washington street by a
depth of three hundred feet back or ea«£
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 Morehouse.
W. T. Hall vs. James Campbell et al.
No. 5514.
By virtue of au order of seizure and
sale, issued by the Hon. 14th District
Court, in and for tbe 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 lilt- court bouse, within the hours
prescribed by law, at public auction, to
tilt; highest bidder, on
SATUKDAY, the 2lst day of February,
1880. the following described pioperty,
and described in the writ as the north
li*lf of lots No. one hundred and seven
and one hundred and eight (107 and 108)
block No. fourteen (14) fronting
seventy-five feet on Washington street
by three hundred feet on Cypress street,
and seventy-five feet on Vine Street, to
gether with all the buildings and im
provements situated thereon, with all
the rents and re. ennes for ho year 188'),
or due thereon saitl property being sit
uated iu the town of Bastrop, parish of
Morehouse.
Terms of sale—Cash, with the benefit
of appraisement.
WM. P. DOUGLASS,
janl6-6t Sheriff.
High School.
Hamburg
This school for both sexes is doing
better than ever before.
The second half session begins MON
DAY, FEBRUARY 16th inst-, and will
continue twenty weeks, or five months.
One hundred dollars paid down will
cover ali school expense, except books
aud music, for a pupil for the time men
tioned.
People with average children and
ready money are invited to send to us;
BUT NO OTHERS.
New furniture, including two fino
Pianos, will be on hand the present
month. D. C. B. CONNKRLY,
feb6 Principal
The Boss Coffee Pot.
PATENTED 1878 & 1879.
THE BEST IN THE WORLD.
Makes coffee in one minute equal to
the best French Dripper. Saves one
fourth the coffee. Price only $1.00. Call
and see it at the St. James Hotell, Bas
trop. La. J. J. CUTHBERf
NOTICE.
Is hereby given that no goods of any
kind must be sold on our account except
on authority of a written order with
either of our signatures attached thereto.
R. H. JONES,
R. II. JONES, Jr.
» Bastrop, La., January 23d, 1880.
foe sale.
AT A VERY LOW FIGURE FOR
CASH a desirable residence in Bastrop,
with half a square of ground- Also 35
acres !and in the limits of the corpora
tion. Apply to
NEWTON & HALL, Atty's.
for sale or lease.
Modoc Plantation, on Bayou
omew, containing about 500 acres, lov
in cultivation. Excellent houses, gin
house, press, etc. About two and a hau
miles above Lind Grove in Morehouse
parish. Terms exceedingly liberal Ap
ply to Hon. James Bussey, Bastrop, bn.
D C. MORGAN, Agent.