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BASTROP, LOUISIANA,
FRIDAY, v : : : : : APRIL 2, 1SSO
A. • M'MKANS : : E uitoh.
I. SCilHoKDK
scnitoiujj
It. M FA Ii LIN
mcfahlin,
rruLisiiEKS.
'r!)e indications are now, that
the Louisiana Convention will be
composed of men who will advo
cate the nomination of Genera!
Hancock fit Cincinnati. The
tone of the Democratic press of
the State favors and presses the
nomination of Hancock. The
press is generally an index,
poiutiug out the popular senti
rn< nt and popular desire of the
people. Iudeed, the press usu
ally sbfipes aud moulds popular
sentiment. Regarding the pr«.-s
. of L ouisiana as an indicator and
an exponent of the popular wiil,
the people of this State may be
counted upon as genuine Han
cock boomers—enthusiastic Han
cock men !
This enthusiasm may result in
a serious mistake, too. An over
zealous anxiety to haVethe gallant
Pennsylvania soldier occupy the
White House, m.iy induce our
Slate Convention to instiuc-t its
delegates to the national conven
tion in such a manner as will do
untold injury to the party.
While wo are not an enthusias
tic Hancock man, we want the
delegates to Cincinnati so un
trammeled as to use all their in
fluence against the old "wishy
washy" Tilden. By instructing
our delegates to vote solidl y for
Haucock, the chances of Tilden
are augmented. Let -nir dele
gates go to Cincinnati unencum
bered.
Grant differs from all other
Presidential aspirants in the
methods he tmploys to outstrip
competitors. He deals in the
magnificence of distance and gol
den silence as his chief political
agents, and they have Well ful
filled their purpose. Without
personally appearing in the con
flict, he has more delegates to
day than any other Republicac,
and the men who have secured
what he has already gained are
the very best mea we know of to
get the additional number need
ed to give him a majority. The
people now and then smash a
oag out of the machine, but it is
quite possible that it will have
tnough motive power left to
make Grant the nominee.
It therefore behooves the peo
ple of the United States, who
desire Grant's defeat to gird
themselves up for a fierce and a
hotly-contested political fight.
In our opinion, one of the most
desperate political struggles is
before us that this country has
ever seen. Our motto should be
to defeat Grant. With a United
effort we can do it. With Allen
G. Thurman as oar standard
bearer, we can do it.
Railroad Meeting.
Monroe, La , March 27, 1880.
In response to a call, theie
was a meeting of citizens of Oua
chita parish at the court house
this day, to elect delegates to
the railroad convention to be
held at Bastrop, April 5th.
On motiun of A. A. Gunby,
Esq., Judge T. È. Garrett was
called to the chair, and Mr. J. E.
McGnire was requested to act as
secretary.
A motion was adopted request
ing the chairman to appoint 25
delegate« to tho convention from
the parish at large. The follow
ing named gentlemen were ap
pointed: Col. llobt. Richardson,
D. M. Sholars, C. J. Boatner,
Herman Meyer, L. D. McLain,
I). A. Beard, Sr., W. W. Guthrie,
F, P. Stubbs, Hon. Fred Eudom,
J. W. Scarborough, Dr. Win
Sandel, H. M. Bry, J. G. San
ders, Leon Gerson, G- C. Philips,
Judge J. T. Ludeling, Wm. Mc
Quiller, W. P. Eenwick, J. H.
Flournoy, VF. B. Sublett, D. B.
Gunby, Sam Kuhn, S. Whited,
H; M. Filhiol, T. N. Connor.
The meeting theu adjourned.
T. A. Garrett , Chairman.
T. E. MeGtriRE, Secretary.
THE S0l'TH : S SISTAKE.
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° ,l ' V
It is an evident
thinking observer that the peo
pie oi the South are far inferior
to those of the X.»rth in point of
methodizing. The reason of
this is what we are unable to
find out. The Yankees-are pro
verbiaiiy notorious for skill and
farsightedness. In every enter
prise in which they embark, dis
cretion and calculation enter.
Before they try to build, they
"count the cosy' In point of
intellect, we of the South -are;
'
equal to our brethren of the
North; but when it comes to
shrewdness and far-seeing dis
cretion, we are decidedly m tin
back-ground. This fact is ex
emplified both in our commerçât!
and political ingenuity. We of the
South act from impulse; our
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Northern friends, irom the keen
. , .
est kind oi cautious reasoning.
, , ,
lhe Southern p< ople unde taue
. , I .
an enterprise with a détermina
tion to succeed, believing
tin
success will reward their effort: ;
the Northern people undertake
an enterprise for the sake oi
policy, realizing the fact that
there must be a recompense foi
exertion — that the "laborer is
worthy of his hire." Hence the
superior thrift so palpably dis
cernable among the people o 1
the North. Tho closest kind of
reckoning precedes the every
act of both politicians and finan
ciers in Lhe North.
The South should learn a val
uable lesson from our friends of
tho North. In this article we
shall confine ourself to an appeal
to the people of this Congres
sional District to imitate the
people of the North for one time
in one respect. In the North,
Congressmen are not swapped
at the expiration of every term
of office. In the first place, good
judgment is exercised in the se
lection of those officials, and
if ihey prove to bo true and
worthy of the cocfideuce re
posed in them, the people ex
press their appreciation of them
by retaining them in the same
position. Hence, the Congress
men of the United States from
the North wield an influence in
the national legislative halls of
this country far superior to those
of Southern Congressman. And
the reason is just that which we
have stated. It is not for any
Want of talent among the mem
bers from the Sou h. Iu that
respect, they are the peers of
any men on the American Con
tinent. But the difficulty exists
iu the simple truth that our
Congressmen do not hold their
positions long enough to famil
iarize themselves with the in
numerable intricacies which at
tend the mode of modem legis
lation A Congressman is elected
from tome Southern district, sent
to Washington, performs his
duties for two years, or six years,
as the case may be, and at the
expiration of his term another
bigoted, self-conceited chap who
claims allegiance to the^same
political party, comes up and
wants to take the position of a
man who has, iu every respect
discharged faithfully and assidu
ously the labors devolving upon
him. And strange to say, the
people of the South give ear to
the entreaties and appeals of the
now aspirant, and, nine times in
ten, send a strange man to the
national capital to take the place
of one who is familiar with the
whole machinery of the Govern
ment. Right bore comes in the
explanation of the South's weak
ness iu that body of distinguished
Solons. See what an influence
Blaine, and Garfield, and Conk
ling, and Randall, and Logan
and many others from the North
wield in the councils of this na
tion. Why? Because the poo.
pie of that soction have kept
them in the same harness until
they are conversant with the
whole process of national law
making. The newly-initiated
tyros-from the South are not ca
pable of grasping and measuring
am s r ith those trained giants of
the North. Why then make
theâe changes? Why not, when
a man is found faithful, capable
nnd willing, keep him in harness?
Why not imitate our shrewder
friends of the North in litis one
respect at least }
We see now a disposition
among some of the people of this
c ; e8ilioüill District to swap
^ . ^ repreSei)tative for iin
- , i • i „
untried auu inexperienced oue.
Why this? What is to be gan.ed
and how much is probably to be
lost by tile swap. Gen. King,
our present representative in
Congress, has undeniably proved
himself willing, anxious, and de
te: m:ned to do that for which
the people elccted him. His en
ine people eiecieu niui. xits en
. . , , . ,
t;r lime ana energv are devoted
, " ., ,
to the weiiaro and prosperity oi
r
,
the people whose servant no is.
pie
His diligence to official busiuess
Las won for him fame which
many of his more experienced
compeers may justly envy, He
is in the harness, and, as our es
teemed contemporary, the Clai
borne Guardian, says, "he knows
lhe lick i! is done with." Let
us of this District keep General
J. Floyd King in the national
Legislature. Let us learn from
experience that a "change is not
always for the best." While we
bow, with the profoundest re
spect, to the superior talent of
our Monroe contemporaries, we
must unequivocally remind them
that they are committing the
South's mistake when they ad
vocate auother than King for his
successor. It will take a long
time for any man to learn what
King already knows; therefore
let King stay where he is. In
short, we Want King sent back
to Congress from this district.
Let us make no more mistakes.
The Presidential campaign seems
already to have reduced itself to a
few easy and simple proportions.
Sherman is the only man that carry
Ohio ; Hendricks is the only man
that can carry Indiana ; Horatio
Seymour is the only man that can
carry New York; Tilden is the only
man that can carry Kentucky,
Grant is the only man that can
carry Illinois ; Bayard is the only
man that can carry Delaware ;
Allen Ct Thurman is the only
man that carry West Virginia ; Ex
Governor English is the only man
that can carry Connecticut ; Ran
dall, McClellan and Parker are the
only men that can carry New Jer
sey ; Judge Settle is the only man
that can carry North Carolina ;
Judge Field is the only man that
can carry California, and Gen. But
ler is the only man that can't carry
Massachusetts. Any one giving
the situation as thus presented a
moment's attention can easily see
who will be elected President.—
[Philadelphia Times.
Strange the Times did not
recoguizo the fact that, accord
ing to the sentiment of the
Louisiana and Mississippi press,
Hancock—Gen. Winfield Scott
Haucock—is the only man that
can carry those two States. If
Louisiana and Missippi aro to
be iguored iu the stupendous ef
fort to make a President, then
the distinguished Hancock "will
be left." About the only thing
we can predict now is, that when
the Cincinnati Convention meets,
we shall see what we shall see.
It seems to us, however, that
Thurman can carry other and
more populous States thau West
Virginia. If the South will unite
upon him, he will be our next
President
Patent Flour—Hams.
The highest grade patent process
Hour manufactured, just received;
also the choicest sugar-cured hams,
plain and canvassed, at
SCHDSTEK & S I LBEKNAGEL 'S.
JUST RECEIVED
A lot of 10 two-horse wagons,
which I will sell under New Orleans
priées and guaranteed.
J. S. HANDY.
Heller &
thimble-skein wagons for S65
s heavyj
S65.
overflow equal to that of 1874.
STATE NEWS.
The Franklin Sun fears an
At Columbia, the Ouachita
river lacks only four feet of
spreading itself in the streets.
The King boom has reached
every parish in tho District ex
cept Ouachita.
More than one hundred horses
and entiles were killed by the
gnats in Richland parish.
New Orleans will have on her
best clothes this week entertain
ing the illustrious Ulysses.
The Bulletin is the only paper
published m Avoyelles parish,
the Villager Intving recently sus
pended.
In Vienna there is not a va
cant store or dwelling house.
Some man,, with spare change
might do well to build in that
town.
Maiksvilie hogs are dying with
a disease ot which the people
are entirely ignorant. It seems
to be a kind oi epidemic,
For the last two weeks, the
people of Riyviiie have been
engaged in building skiffs and
repairing levees.
It cost the people fifteen dol
lars to carry a negro prisoner
and ins guard from Delhi to
Rayviile last week. But theu the
people have plenty money !
A white boy, 10 years old,
win e riding on the lever of a
horse mill in Ascension parish
last week, was caught iu the
baud wheel find had. his brains
mashed from his skull.
In Tensas parish the other
day the gin house belonging to
Mr. W. H. Goldman was set on
lire by lightning and burned to
the ground.
The negroes iu the parish of
St. John are on a strike for
higher wages on the sngar farms.
It is thought the Governor will
be compelled to call out the mi
litia to suppress the riot.
The splendid steamer, Maria
Louise, sunk tu the bottom near
the mouth of Red River recently.
No lives weie lost. Her cargo,
consisting of cotton, was nearly
all saved.
"A young lady" is boarding
with the editor of the Bossier
Banner, and she weighs only 11
pounds net. She has not been
with the editor long, and yet he
seems to be proud of her com
pany.
The Grand Jury of Bossier
parish, at its recent sitting, gives
an encouraging and flattering re
port of the condition of the peo
ple of that grand old parish. We
seldom here of any out-laws in
Bossier.
The editor of the Beacon has
been whiliug away the dull hours
iu huutiug and chasing rabits on
the court house square in Ray
viile. That probably accounts
for the Beacon's half-sheet last
week.
Th j horse thieves, spoken of
in the Clarion last week, that in
fest Grant parish, have been ar
rested and are now iu jail. Tney
are said to bo notorious charac
ters, whose services should be
given to the public institution at
Baton Rouge,
Tho Ilichiaud Beacon declares
its intention to support Gtu.
King for Congress in the comiug
election, The Beacon's head is
generally level, and never more
so thau when it advocates the
doctiiue that, "the lunger you
keep a statesman in Congress,
the more efficient he becomes."
Them's our sentiments, Mau
gham.
Schuster & Silbernagel have just
received another shipment of those
spiced Russian sardines ; everybody
' wants them. Pure fruit jellies in
j two-pound cans and five-pound
covered wooden pails. Gilt edge
description, green and dried.
JURY LIST.
APRIL TERM, 18fU.
f i üs t week,
(leo Spencer John Harrison
W K Pettiss
J A Peterkin
(ieo 'I" Ellis
BS I laddick
\V (I Shelt on
S Aug Leopold
Tims'Lee
F S Johnson
J L Smith
Win Henderson
Geo Spvnx
A X MeNeal
IÎ AN" Waltman
James Brrks
O 1' Causey
John Cain
Mark Matthews
Tobe Hammel
GW HiginboihaiiiJohn A Pratt
Judson Wood Green Bonner
DeTiip Hammel Jauies A Pratt
Ishnm BlaekshearJ C Blakemore
Haywood Hurrel J W Jones
Joe Davenport
Win H Freeland
J !I Burnett
II II Sanders
Wesly Lavenport Dave Moore
Edmund Tliarp G ran vil Smitl
SECOND IVKKK.
M II Robinson
Henry McChunr
R B Tray lor
M L Johnson
David llayden
Rich Bayley
('has Thaxlon
W A Velde IS
C K Vaughan
T ( ) Leavel
Henry ( 'lieshire
B W Smith
Charlie Causey
Joe Hegge
WE Risor
Bob Temple
Mitchel Levy
John A Williams
(«eo Hughes
R 11 Lanier
W I» Arant
Arthur Neal
J K Merry weather A C McMeans
J P Rorax
Frank Ilolloway
J ( i Sandidge
Dallis Seals
( has Williard
J F Causey
Geo Thompson
Aaron Morrison
R I) Marble
Collie Roberts
thi1u) wkick.
J M Anderson
I lenry Allen
Siafoii Peters
Henry Johnson
Barnes Travlor
W E McMeans
Joe Tliarp
R W Elliott
Joe McGowen
J F Bussey
( !eo Fudge
C W Eason
A SMcKlwee
II K Marshall
J Campbell
John C'o.v
Wm Kmbling
W A Hatch
J G M ifhie
Henry Bailey
Jas Caldweli
Henry Caslow
Henry Evans
J R Burns
Nick Brown
Elijah Hughes
C D Hayden
J G Harrison
Harry Wells
Henry Johnson
CLOSING OUT AT COST.
Now is the time to save money.
B. C. Tatum is offering his eut ire
stock of merchandise at cost. Give
him a call and he will prove it to
you. Take your money there,
spend it, and be happy. All goods
new—no old goods of any descrip
tion. Read the following list of
staple goods and be convinced that
lie is sel' ! »»s at cost:
Lowells, per yard, 11 [e; Jeans
from 20o up; stripes, 9 and 10c;
domestic, from 7c up; clothing—
pants, 55i! up; coats, 50c up; Ih - m
calicoes, 7e; flannels, 18« up;
hats, 3Ue up, boots. §165 up;
brogans, $1.10 to $1 .25; Ladies
fine shoes, $1.10 to $1.95 ; wo
men's coarse shoes, 80 cents to
$1,25.
And everything else in propor
tion.
LIST OF~LETTEPiS
Remaining in the Post Ollice
f_.r the week ending Thursday at
noon :
M L Batchelor, D S Butler,
Loyd B Butler, Messrs James &
Carson, Geo Clay, G E Hum
phrey.
J. M. T URPIN , P. M.
See card of Mrs. M. A. Win
frey iu to-day's paper. Read it,
ladies.
DAISIES ! !
In calicoes ana piques—just re
ceived at
Schuster & Sii.beknaoki.s.
New Advertisements.
'STRAYED OR STOLEN.
From tho Spyker plantation, on the
ni«ht of the 2Cth ult., a dark mare
mule—almost black—about 15 hands
high, with knee of one hind leg swollen
A liberal reward will be paid for the de
livery of said mule, or for any informa
tion leading to the recovery of «ame
GEO. A. SPYKER.
MILLINE11Y STORE.
Having just received a large and va
ried assortment of Millinery Goods, such
as straw hats, lacen, ribbons, artificial
flowers, and everything belonging to the
millinery business, 1 am prepared to ac
commodate the ladies, who arc request
ed to call and examine my goods.
Store— Iu the room adjoining Mrs.
Collins'. M ME M. A. WINFREY.
NOTICE TO BUILDERS.
Sealed proposals for work on Clerk's
office and.painting the roofs ot the jail
and Clerk's and Sheriffs offices and
Judge's stand, will be received by the
undersigned until 10 o'clock a. m . Sat
urday, 10th of April; 18<io. Bids may be
made for all the work together or sepa
rat rly. Specifications cau be seen at the
office of James Bussey. The committee
reserve the right to reject any and all
bids- W. T. HALL,
JAMES BUSSEY.
MUMt«W.TOias £V:-*--:uv.
The partnership heretofore existing
between R. ii. Todd and T Huijy
B'. L'hum. a.s attorneys ut l.iw. i,;V
<-il !>v mutual i'liiwre, m take, jhw '
from ami after March I-- >. ... 1
finished business of the Iii
pending in the courts are hei-eiv' '
ferret! to David T .1.1, Ks.p. i r . t '' c "
who will represent us in the - ' ."m
and trial if tl- -ame Fees d:.,"'^,,
tlrm must be paid to either fus, or
authorized agent
V.li.'Mlil),
J UAMK.V HRIGIl\\[
Bastrop, La . March :51st. 1SA1.
NOTICE.
All parties indebted to us are required
to come forward and nav sa-no to \„./
Simon, who ha.s been' authorized liy us
to collect and receipt, and all pers.ms
having claims against us are also re
quested to present them to him for pay
ment.
WOLFF A SILUKUVVJHL.
IF- TISDALE
G
CABINET n.\urr&l v \f)
UNDERTAKER,
Bastrop, La.
Always on hand limnetic and other
* n i :!, ; sU ' ts ' ''»'hn trimming.
All kinds ol Furniture mauufact-nvd
and repaired on short notice and at Iii
ing rated.
TO THE PUIiLlC,
Having purchased tlm busings r„rm
erly conducted by Mr. li. Silberim-ol
Sr., I now otter tho ent re stock of go7ids
at cost, as 1 want to make room lor an
entirely new stock of gonds of lieiu r.d
Merchandise, which will be selected
with great care and will beoll'eredat
prices to compete with any house in the
same line of goods.
Al!H OKI!LiBER,
Successor to I! Siibsnine'el Sr.
Having sold my entire business to Mr.
Abe Oehlber, 1 would, respect fully solicit
foi him the patronage heretofore ex
tended to me.
B 81LBEKNAGEL, Sk.
NOTICE.
.Land Office, New Orleans. La,)
February '&>, |.*S;l. ^
Notice is licrel", jrjy.-n thai the fol
lowing named settlers have filed notice,
of their intention, a* the Clerk's office of
Morehouse parish. La., on Saturday, the
•id day of April, iSStl, to make iioal proof
in support of their claim, and secure
tinal entry theieofat the expiration if
thirty days from tin- date of this notice,
viz: Harriet ilightower of ^Morehouse
has made bome.sto;]<l appli ation No.
4Ü2 fur tlie K hiUt oft he N. E. «inarter
o^i,i ,ioii M, 1. 211, a. if. it r,.. .ii,,,..
(list. . La., and naines the following ie
her witnesses, viz : iVnni»« Fiekitt, L.
V 1 . <!yrd, .1. () 11ig-htower, iind .(ohu
Pickett, of Morehouse parish, La. Also
Sel inn, Handy (widow) who made h<une
stead application No. f»J7 for the south
east (piarter section v!:'>, T N. ii. Ii E.
and names the following as ht r \s is-
nesses, viz: W G. RawliugS'oi, 15. M.
1 laddick. («eo. IL .Johnson, B. 11. 13rod
liax, of Moiehouse. j.ar'sh.-La
W. M lU'taVLLL, K' girder
KOTICE.
S l'A TE OF LOUISIANA —I arish Court,
Parish of Morehouse. In the matter
of the Vacant Estate of the late Y\ m.
Stephenson, Deceased.
Whereas.^ 'I. Hail, lias petitioned
the Court for letters of Curatorship on
the vacant, estate of tile late William
Stephenson, deceased intestate.
Notice is hereby given to all whom it
may concern to show cause within tit
days why the prayer of the said peti
tioner should not, be granted.
By order of the Court,
E. W. ROSS, Clerk lJist. Court.
NOTiGE
Stolen from the rack at Oak Ridge
about e,it;ht weeks ago, a dark bay horse,
a blaze face, both bind feet white, hid a
scar on left shoulder caused from Fis
tula, also a bald scar on the back, has a
heavy mane and fore-top, blind iu right
eye, goes ail gaits, being a splendid
pacer, about 1-> years old. On close in
spection, white spots will be seen all
over his body. Any information lead
ing to Iiis recovery will be rewarded \iy
FRANK GILMORE,
Pra irie Mer Rouge, Morehouse parish,La.
DRESSMAKING !
AND MILLINERY STORE,
Miss CARRIE WHITE, 1
In connection with dress-making, cut
ting and tittirg, stamping, plaiting, etc.,
has added a nice line of millinery and
fancy goods, hats and bonnets, of the
latest styles, lor spring and summer.
Old hats made new.
Charles Winkler,
LOCK AND GUNSMITH,
Bastrop, Louisiana.
Will repair guns aud pistols on short
notice. Satisfaction guaranteed.
John It. Kudisill,
MONROE, Louisiana.
[Near the railroad.]
Dealer in staple groceries, and ev
erything usually kept in a first -class
grocery store
ATTENTION !
Mr. Mat Levy has still for sale a lot of
furniture, cheap for cash. Call at hi*
house lor prices, or on
S, A. LEOPOLD.