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BASTROP, LOUISIANA.
FRII)AY,t :j : : : SEPT. 10, 1880
A. C TMCME AN S : : EDITOR.
SC-HKOKDKR & McFAKLIN,
publishers.
FOR PRESIDENT,
W. S. HANCOCK,
OF PENNSYLVANIA.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
\\T. H- ENGLISH,
OF INDIANA
For Congress, Fifth District,
J. FLOYD KING,
Omi J.ll, OMREVTOH 1"
Sixth Judicial District—Morehouse and
West Carroll. J. Harvey Brigliam,
Judge ; Ed F. Newman, Dist. Att'y.
Morehouse—Jury terms—First Mon
day in February and September. Ci
vil terms—Second Monday in May and
December.
Thos. W. Williams, Representative.
W. P. Douglass, Sheriff, and ex-officio
Tax Collector.
E. W. Ross, Clerk and ex-officio Record
er of mortgages, etc.
Wm. B. Taylor, Coroner.
The Ouaohita Telegraph turned
into its sixteenth year last Fri
day. We wish the Telegraph
aad its gifted editor the pros
perity which eterling worth so
richly merits,
The handsome but unfortunate
(?) Acklen is making a canvass
for the Democratic Congressional
nomination in the 3d District.
His chances, however, are very
slim. Even his own parish (St.
Mary) will send a delegation to
the convention opposed to him.
An inmate of the parish prison
at New Orleans is trying to
starve himself. He has not eaten
anything for about three weeks,
and has lost about fifty pounds
in weight. It is believed at the
prison that he is trying to play
the insane dodge.
The Covington Farmer says
Dr, Palmer, of New Orleans, will
address the sinners of that town
in a few days. As if there were
any other people in that burg 1
Why need you be so explicit in
describing the Doctor's audience
in Covington?
Tbe St. Tammany Farmer
growls because the New Orleans
Ledger has ceased to exohange
and then boastingly asserts that
it is the bettei paper of the two.
Wo suppose that is the reason
the Ledger "went back" on the
Farmer. We haow that is why
the Ledger let us alone'
The New Orleans Democrat.
This spbndid journal, of Septem
ber 1st, was tbe largest news
aper ever published in tbe
nth. It was issued in septu
e form, every page blazing
with the most imposing and at
tractive advertisements and
choice reading matter. The en
tire make-up of that mammoth
issue attested the superior talent
and enterprise of Major Burke,
as well as the high esteem the
Democrat commands among the
live business men of the Crescent
City. May the Democrat live to
thus gorgeously celebrate the
first day of a thousand commer
cial years!
"Garfield," says John Sher
man, "in every position ooenpied
by him has rendered satisfaction
to his constituents."
"Resolved," said Garfield's
Republican constituents in con
vention at Warren, Ohio, Sept.
7,1876, "that there is no man
to-day officially connected with
onr national Governed against
whom are justly preferred more
and graver charges of corrup
tion than are publicly made and
abundantly sustained against
J«mes A. Garfield, the present
representative of this Congress
ional district."—[N. Y. fion.
THF SOUTH S POSITION.
It is charged by the Republi
can party that the South sus
tains tbe attitude of a belliger
ent power toward the northern
section of this Union. The
charge is utterly false. It is
made for tbe sola purpose of
stiiring up strife. The South is
as true to the Uuion to -day as
New England. Her people fos
ter no animosity toward the
North. They have made time
and again all of the concessions
that a proud people|conld make*
The idea of secession is eternally
dead. Southern people do not
envy the victory won by the
Federal forces. On the other
hand, thinking people of the
South regard the destruction of
the Confederacy as a God-send
and as a priceless blessing.
They have been anxious for fif
teen years to "shake hands over
the bloody chasm" and forget
the dead past by strenuous ef
forts to strengthen and bind to
gether the two estranged sec
tions of our great country, but
designing politicians of the north
refuse to allow an era of peace to
exist.
Upon the eve of every presi
debtial election since the war,
tbe old slanderous yell of rebel
lion ha3 "been raised, and the
hearts of the northern people
have been fired toward tbe
South! Ko people on the globe
have ever borne, with such pa
tience, the gross insults that
have been imposed upon the
South since 1865. She has been
beaten with a multitude of
stripes, and has never resented
a single blow. Her position is
one of true patriotism to what
she considers now an "indissolu
ble Union of indestructible
States."
It is therefore unkind in the
Republican party to taunt tbe
South with charges of treason.
The insinuation that oui people
are solid for Hancock because
they desirejthe re-establishment
of ante-war measures is a libel of
the most atrocious kind. The
South is 6olid for Hancock and
Democracy because she honestly
regards him as a pure man, and
because itjis the only party thai
she can consistently endorse.
The South's position ia an hon
orable one and one of which she
will ever feeljproud* While she
may have done things, for which
she is sorry, the South has never
done anything for which she is
ashamed.
And that is the Sonth's posi
tion to-diy.
OUB FUTURE PROSPECTS.
Up to the first of August the
people of this parish never had
brighter prospcots ahead of them
than this year. Everything bade
fair for good times ahead. Labor
had been content and plentiful.
The seasons had been all that
the most confirmed croaker could
ask. Indeed, the future was
bright in all the wards. Since
that time our prospects have
been blighted, Constant tains
have done untold injury to the
cotton crops. Lands that prom
ised, at the lowest estimate, a
yield of a bale to the acre in
July, will not make the half of it.
Grown bolls in tbe field are rot
ting by the million. An intelli
gent planter, who is disposed to
look on tbe bright side of every
thing, told us this week that he
could not reasonably expect more
than one-third of a crop of cot
ton; Thus we find that our fu
ture prospects are dark, indeed.
'Tis true a tremendous corn crop
is made, but there will be no
market for it, and from the pres
ent outlook, the probability is,
that tbe most of us will handle
but little money during the com
ing winter.
Go to Heller & Turner's for a
good wagon.
DOI BTIXG THOMAS.
The Claiborne Guardian pub
lished last week an able letter
from the pen of General John
Young, of Homer, to Franklin
Thomas, tbe iDdependent-Dein
ocratie candidate for Congress
from this District. It seems that
Mr. Thomas has been soliciting
the support of Gen. Young, and
the latter gives boldly and forci
bly the reasons why he cannot
support an "Independent Demo
crat." Thomas has a longing
desire to sit in the halls of Con
gress, and his anxiety for the
position lias enabled him to con
clude that he can and will do
more for the people of this dis
trict than any other man.. He
puts his hand upou his wise pate
and disgorges ^imself thusly :
"The body of men that assem
bled in Monroe on the 11th of
August Was not a convention of
the Democratic party, but merely
a caucus of Gen. King's friends."
Whereupon, Gen. Young de
clares that "few Congressional
conventions have ever in this
district been so completely rep
resentative in its character as
the one that nominated General
King."
Mr. Thomas will find, on the
ides of November, tbe biggest
" caucus of King's friends "
marching solidly to the ballot
box, that evor astonished his
great mind. He will find him
self tbe worst beaten Indepen
dent that ever itched for office.
ELe will find himself sunk into
that oblivion which ordinarily
obscures men who thrust them
selves upon a|people.
It were well for the would-be
Congressman Thomas to "take
duwn his sign" and fall int-> the
ranks of the "King caucus.''
King may die some day and
then—well, then we shall cast
about for another representative.
LATE JTEirS ITEJUS.
Hon. Fernando Wood is dan
gerously ill at his home in New
York.
James H. Rag an was nomi
nated by acclamation by tbe
Democrats of tbe First Texas
District.
Gen. Randall L. Gibson will
take the stump for the Democ
racy in Virginia.
Mr. Wm. Slusher, aged 82,
and Mrs. Nancy Cooper, aged
72 years, were recently married
in Andrew county, Mo.
Sam'l J.' Tilden bas tapped
hie bar'l to the amount of t'100,
000 for the benefit of the Demo •
cratic campaign fund.
Eight brothers of the Cowan
family met recently in Greenfield,
Mo. They were never all to
gether before except once—in
tbe year 1^48.
Wm. Curtis, canal boatman,
has been arrested for murdering
his wile near Sydney, Ohio. The
post mortem revealed that the
woman would shortly have been
delivered of twins. Brute !
Mr. Daniel Dougbtery, who
put Gen. Hancock in nomination
at Cincinnati, was merely the
substitute, for a lew moments, of
the Hon. R. Milton Speer, and
not a delegate to tbe Conven
tion,
Mr. Conkling does not believe
that the New York Democracy
will be divided in the coming
contest and that the Republicans
"will therefore b&fe to put forth
their best efforts to be 'assured
of success. "Conk" is about
right on that point.
Roland Rucker, who was to
have hanged in Palestine, Texas,
on Aug. 27th, cheated the gal
lows by committing suicide.
With a little pen-knife he sever
ed the arteries of his wrist and
bled to death. He was convicted
for the murder of Dr. Giayson
and his wife in July, 1878.
STATE NEWS.
Webster parish will not make
more than half a crop of cotton.
Ex-Gov. Niebülls is spoken of
as a candidate for ^Mayor of New
Orleans.
Mr. Jules Bonnecaze, an old
resident of Baton Rouge, died in
that city last week.
The bridge contractors at Mon
roe are making 10,00') bricks
daily.
The Governor will appoint a
successor to Judge Spoffard in
the United States Senate.
New Orleans merchants ex
pect a big trade from Texas this
winter.
Ttfo fast young men, while on
a spree last week, drove a very
fiue mare to death in Abbeville
Hyams, of the Sugar Planter,
has been on another "bust.''
IIa "got that way" in Baton
Roage.
A brick store has just been
finished in Minden, covering a
space of 18,000 feet. Ik is,the
largest retail house in Louisiana
The Claiborne Guardian quill
driver stops occasionally, lays
down his pen and curses the lit
tle busy mosquito. Wicked man.
The cotton crop of Grant par
ish has not been injured mora
than one-fifth by worms and wet
Weather. Lucky people!
Governor Wiltz retured home
last week from an extended tour
in the great North West. He
has almost regained his health,
to improve which having been
tbe object of his long abseuoe.
The Baton Rouge Capitoliau
and the North Louisiana Repub
lican are calling each other very
hard names. "Let dogs delight
to bark and bite," eto.
The Bnlletin thinks Ouaohita
parish can not possibly make
half a crop of cotton. The worms
are actually stripping the stalk
from top to bottom.
The Clinton Patriot-Democrat,
in speaking of Ex-Gov, Niebülls'
•andidacy for Mayor of New Or
leans, exclaims "Would to God
be was now Governor of Louis
iana."
Mr. Chanfreau, the English ed
itor of tbe Houma Courier, has
resigned his position, and retired
from the newspaper business
He lived three years in the edi
torial harness.
The campaign in Pointe Cou
pee parish was opened on the
6th inst., by Col. K. A. Cross,
Democratic Elector for the 6th
District, and Hon. E. W. Rob
ertson, candidate for Congress in
the same district.
The Patriot-Democrat says
tbe followers of Pitkin, Pardee,
Marks & Co., are beginning to
show signs of life' in East Feli
ciana, and admonishes the De
mocracy to be on the alert. The
Rads will find it up-hill work to
organize their party in old
East Feliciana.
A man by the name of Grider
invited to his home, in Webster
parish, recently, a man by the
name of Waggoner, who was
drunk 1 After supper the two
men disagreed, and the host was
forced to killed his guest in order
to save his and his wife's lives.
Grider has been tried and ac
quitted. Waggoner was a dan
gerous character when under the
influence of whiskey.
Ex-Gov. Paul O. Hebert, is
dead, aged 62 years. He was a
native of Iberville parish, grad
uated at West Point, and stood
at the head of his class composed
'of such men as Hancock, Sher
man and Thomas. He served in
the Mexican war with distinction;
entered the Confederate army as
Colonel of the Third Louisiana
Regiment, and was promoted to
Brigadier General before the
close of the war.
Execution in Louisiana.
N ew O rleans , Sept. 3. —Vil
liere Powell, age nineteen, arid
Achille Thomas, nge twenty-three
both colored, were hanged to
day in {rout of the Court-house,
St. James parish, in the presence
of three thousand spectators, for
the murder of Theodore Gaudet,
store-keeper at Lougview, on the
20th of May last. The prison
ers were led out and mouuted the
scaffold, accompanied by the
Sheriff and Rev. Father Rena
dier. The Sheriff read the death
warrant, and aske 1 the pi isoners
if they had anything to say.
Powell spoke about twenty min
utes, saying he was guilty, but
hoped to be forgiven and was
ready to meet his maker. Thomas
followed, making a short speech,
after which the caps were drawn
the nooses adjusted and the drop
fell at noon. The culprits died
from strangulation in '26 minutes.
Both confessed their guilt, stat
ing the object to be robbery.
Powell said that on the night of
murder they went to Gaudet's
store ;md touk a drink, and then
asked for some goods, and when
Gaudet etoopsd down Powell
hit him several blows over the
haaa with a stick, »hilo Thomas
beat him with a tailor's ironing
board. They then wrapped the
body up and robbed the store
an<l escaped.
The States tliat will Settle It.
The eleotoral votear of New
York, New Jersey, and Connec
ticut will datermino the result of
the election. It would be diffi
cult to name three St&tos whose
people are more industrio us, in
telligent, thoughtful, and patriot
io than then a.
These States send 44 members
to the House of Representatives,
and they cast 50 electoral vote?.
With acceptable candidates on
both sides, and on a fair tr/ar of
strength between the two parties
all three States went for Mr.
Tilden in the spirited canvass
of 1876, by an aggregate major ity
ol 48,000. It will be seen that
this is an average majority <of
more than 1,000 for each Con
gress district, and only a little
less than that for each Presiden
tial elector.
With such à popular Demo
cr atic candidate as W infield S.
HaüOoök , and auoh a tainted Re
Subiioan candidate as J ames A.
Luelfield , ia there any good rea
son for supposing that the result
in these three States this fall wdl
not be a repetition of that of four
years ago? If any of onr es
teemed Republican contempo
raries are disposed to answer
this question in the affirmative,
will they explain the grounds ou
which they base their opinion?—
N. Y. Sun.
Can't Be Undersold.
I am selling for cash, with full
set attachments, Sewing Machines
as follows :
New American, 2 drawers and
drop leaf $35 ; agent's price $40 to
»GO.
New Wilson, 2 drawers and drop
leaf $30 ; agent's price $40 to $50.
Singer style, 2 drawers and drop
leaf $27.50; agent's price $40 to
$50. Plain table $25.
Have a real beauty in Wilson's
3 drawer No. 5. Come and see it.
Wilson, American and Singer
needles always on hand.
J. S. Handy.
A New York dispatch says:
Senator Wallace, chairman of
Democratic Congressional Cam
paign Committee, ia quite hope
ful touching the Democratic sit
uation, and sayB the Committee
is not at all alarmed over the ex
ultant claim put in by the Re
publicans that they will carry
Indiana. He says ho has no
doubt of Hancock's election or
his inauguration.
Most persons imagine that it
is very easy matter to manufac
ture funny things, but it is given
as a fact that Bob Burdette, of
the Hurliugton Bawkeye, besides
destroying his own natural crop
of hair, has effected the complete
demolition of twenty new uigs in
his efforts to make the public
grin.— [N. O. Timea
J. E. Behen employs no agents,
runs no wagons, and has none of
those numerous expenses incident
to the sale of sewing machines
through traveling agents. In this
alone consists the secret of his sell
ing so low aud don't you forget
IT.
At Leopold's—the deliciously
flavored "La Belle Creole" cigar.
WHAT WE NEED.
Hoc handles each 25 cents.
Clivices each 25 cents.
Lap rings 10 cents.
Very best Sweeps $5 50.
Sweep blades 75 cents.
1'low points 25 to 35 cents.
Boys' iron axk' wagons, with ca
pacity 100 to 200 His. 85 to 87 50.
Nice buggy for the baby $10.
First class single-barrel breech
loading shot gun S 15—guaranteed.
A good no-top buggy 877 50.
A good top buggy 8100; cheaper
kind $85.
All of t!ic above, and whatever
else you need, can I«- found at
HANDY'S, without going any
further, and at prices that compete
with many larges places than Bas
trop. Call on him and he will
prove it to you.
Election Bets .—If willingness
to put up money on Hancock's
elecHon is an indication of suc
cess, he will undoubtedly bo'th©
next President. Mr. George
Wilkes, editor of the Spirit of the
Times, desires to bet $10,000
that Hancock will be elected.'
The Brooklyn Eagle thinks Mr!
Wilkes' bet will not be taken for
the reason that men who are
willing to take chances on Gar
field cao got better than he offers.
It says: "If wo are not misin
formed, the odds in favor of
Hancock in sporang circles is aa
100 to 60.—I Yicksburg Herald.
Tue Delhi Times has been re
vived by Messrs. Murphy <fe
Bagley. We bope the Times
will prove a success this time.
Large lot erf furniture at Leo
pold's.
The celebrated Shepherd Fluting
Machine at Leopold's.
New Advertisements.
FOR SALE OR RENT !
The storehouse» now occupied T>y T.
O. Leavel & Co. Possession {riven the
list of October. D. M. EV \N3,
.Sept. 3. K. T. TAYLOR.
jjlorehouse College!
Ti'ie first session of this institution,
unde r i. f ,s present administration, will
opeii Ma
lloiiilay, Sept. 13th,
Terms—^3 per month, strictly in ad
vance. F'ur further particulars apply
to KEMPT UATLETT.
FOR SALE.
My entire pi a.ita'ion, on Bayou Bar
tholomew, cous. : s'ing of 1075 acres, 400
acres in cultivation and 6)<> under fence,
some of which .yielded one and a half
bales cotton per a»'re All in good re
pair. Fine dwelling and plenty of
weather-boarded cabins. Also a small
vineyard of select grapes, and a very
choice oicliard. Also .one 15 horse-power
engine, $1HU0, all uiv corn, fodder, and
farming utensils, good i.iowing machine
and rake and 2 good copper evaporators.
Terms, $20,UUU, $2000 casi'i, balance on a
credit of seven y wars, with 8 por cent,
interest from dato of sale. If the inter
est is paid promptly, the purchaser will
be allowed the use of the principal of
his notes. ii. H WARD.
NOTICE.
STATE OF LOUISIANA—Parish of
Mr-rehouse, 6th District Court.
Whereas, James McCrory has petition
ed the Court for letters of tutorship of
heirs ofThouias Hill, dee'd
Notice is hereby given to all whom it
may concern to show cense within ten
days why the prayer of the petitioner
should not be granted.
Bp order of the Court,
K. W. ROSS, Clerk.
SUCCESSION SALE,
STATE OF LOUISIANA—Parish of
M orehouse, 6th District Court. Suc
cession of Thomas B. Tnrpin, dee'd.
By virtue of an order of sale, issued by
the Hon. 6th District Court, in and for
tie parisn of Morehouse, Stato of Louis
iana, and to be directed as Sheriff of
said parish and State, I will proceed to
sell, at the late residence of T. B. Tur
pin, deceased, at Boone Ford, Bayou
Bartholomew, on
WEDNESDAY, the 15th day of Septem
ber, 1880, within the legal hours of sale,
all the personal property belonging to
said succession, consisting of two mules,
10 head of stock cattle, more or loss, 20
head stock hogs, more or less, one ttvo
mule wagon, one cooking stove, one
bedstead and bedding, one skiff, etc.,
Terms of sale—Cash, at not less than
the inventoried appraisement. And if
any of the property should fail to bring
the inventoried appraisement in eash.
such articles or property will be imme
diately reotfored for sale on 12 months
credit for what it .vill bring.
WM.P. DOUGLASS, Sneriff.
EXCELSIOR HOTEL,
OAK RIDGE, LOUISIANA,
OPENED BY J. WM. DAYIS.
Commercial travelers and the travel- 1
ing public will always find h rt ?'" ( ;'^ 8S
accommodations at this house, jlyou