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18 mÔLlMUED TRI-WEEKLY,
Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays.
J. ciMiOTTU-IÏ HATCH,' G. A. PIKE.
T. B. R. HATC H, ; : : : : Editor.
BATON R OU U IE I
SATURDAY,28, 1805.
Our Agent* lu New Orloan».
Mr*»«*. (ItiDiin A Co, N.wspaper Advertising
Agents, No. b, Commercial Place, Ne» Orlesn«,
«re tri» duly mithoT'icd Agents lo that city for
tli* C aiette and Oimirt.
IIP* Major Tom. Bynum , i» a card
in yogUjrday's Advocate, withdraws
from the candidacy for Oongrww
from this District.
ttcè" We regret to learn that the
little ho1 1 of Dr. S. (<. Laycock , who
accidentally «hot himself in the arm a
few days BÎnce, ha» had to have lits
arm amputated, lie was at la*t ac
counts getting along an well a« could
bo expected under his severe affliction.
Pleasant .— TL« young ladies
and gentlemen in our city are keep
ing up a Berief» of very pleaaant
evening reunions in the shape of
"surprise partieB." These parties
take place alternately at the private
residences of our citizens and are
well atteuded. Music and the dance
and interesting tête-a-tête conversa
tions are the prominent sources of
enjoyment on these occasions. The
fine weather and moonlight nights
we are having, conduce very favora
bly to such joyful recreations.
Maj.Gen.W. W. L oring late C.
S. A., arrived in New Orleans on the
28d, and is stopping at the St.
Charles Hotel.
Gens. Lonohtrkkt and Hood , left
New Orléans en route for the North,
per steamer John lulgour, on Monday
last. They were the invited guests ot
said steamer.
Wanted .—About four assistant
news editors it this office to help read
the Sund iy quadruple sheet of the N.
O. Tines, and at least four boys to
hul l it up for convenience during the
reading process. There is a "much
ness," as Artemus Ward would say,
about this gigantic sheet which quite
overtasks the mental and physical
powers of any one man, and it is for
this reason we advertise for help to en
able us to "do justice to the occasion."
Levee Contracts .—The N. 0.
Star publishes the proclamation ot
Gov. Wklls asking for sealed pro
posals to be sent to the Executive
Office until Nov. 1st for the rebuild
ing of the State Levees. Said pro
posals are to bo opened by and under
the supervision of Messrs. W. W.
Pugh, E. E. Kittridge, Wm. J.
Minor, F. L. Claiboruo, A. D. M.
Haralson, Tobias Gibson, M. M.
Nolan, John Routh and A. T.
Welch, the duly appointed Levee
Commissioners.
Q The time for the bids is rather
ßho.rt. Any one in this vicinity do
nerving to make a bid can see the
Governor's Proclamation giving full
details as to how to proceed, the num
ber of sections to be built and where
situated, &c., by applying at this
office.
rr Counterfeits of Treasury note
coup 0 " 8 are believed to be manufac
tured to a large extent. The only
protection the public have is to take
none unless attached to a note. It
the Treasury Department would, in
addition to thU, redeem no detached
conpons, untold eums would be saved
to innocent persons.
S6gr Some reasons the Mississip
pi Republican giveB for not being a
candidate for State Printer, are not
lacking in weight :
'•Because we have not money to
set up a free grocery in JackoOn, and
knjw we could not be elected without
one. Because there is no chance for
any man who has always been con
sistent. Because our county voted to
repudiate her honest debts, and we
dont want to leive home for fear it
would be thrown up to us. Because
we would not live in Jackson one
year for all the office would pay in
twenty years. Because we dont want
the yffica no how."
the
Tbe President's Address to
Colored Race.
In happy contrast with the extra
ordinary, high-handed and fanatical
manifestos and proceeding* which,
until recently have characterized tbe
Freedmen's Bureaus in this and other
States, stands the able and states
manlike address of President John
son , delivered to a regiment of dis.
charged colored troops at Washing
ton on the 11th inat., and intended to
apply to the freed people of this
country generally. It was a repeti
tion on an enlarged scale and in more
emphatic terms, of the President'#
views and sentiments previously ex
pressed to delegations of colored men
who had waited on him to learn bis
policy with reference to their race in
its new phase of existence.
In his address to the colored
troops, the President most earnestly
and distinctly tells them that the
destiny of the freed people is now in
their own hands, and that what that
shall be depends upon themselves.
As the Louisville Journal appropri
ately remarks in its resume of the
address, he jireaches to them an ex
cellent sermon, and his text is In
dustry and Self-control. The object
of the President is to benefit the
colored race through social elevation
to be effected by industry, the con
trol of the passions, morality, order,
obedience to law, and faithfulness to
obligations.
He directly tells them—what
would be nonsense and trifling ad
dressed to a company of intelligent
white men—" I want them to under
stand that, so far as I am concerned,
I do not assume or pretend that I am
stronger than the laws or course of
nature, or that I am wiser than
Providence itself."
This is well adapted to disabuse
the childish notion of the negro that
the President can do any thing he
pleases, law or no law. In the course
of this feeling and thoughtful ad
dress Mr. Johnson hints that if the
continued existence together in peace
of the two races in the United States
be found incompatible, " Providence,
that works mysteriously but un
erringly and certainly, will point out
the way and the mode and the man
ner by which these people are to be
separated, and they are to be taken
to their land of inheritance and
promise, for such a one is before
them. Hence wu are making the
experiment."
In these sentences, as if forgetting
for the moment whom he was speak
ing to, ho addresses the whole coun
try. In alluding to the negro "land
of inheritance and promise," be
means unmistakably the country
whence the negro originally came—
Africa. Who knows what Provi
dence may design in regard to that
land of thick and appalling darkness
in connection with the eveuts that
have taken place in this country ?
May not the negro, sent here to be
Christianized, elevated, educated by
contact with the Caucasian race and
in the brunt school of experience, be
returned in due time civilized to his
native home, to be there used as an
instrument in the hands of Provi
dence to reclaim and disenthrall it
from the gross horrors to which lor
cen'urieB upon centuries it has been
subjected 1 Piovidence indeed works
"mysteriously but unerringly and
certainly."
Toward the close of his speech, if
we may so term it, the President
broaches the subject of the possibility
of the commingling together of the
two races in a state of freedom
about which he has evidently grave
doubts. It is "a great problem before
us," he says, whether the "colored
race can be incorporated and mixed
with the people of the United States
—to be made a harmonious and per
manent ingredient in the population."
"This is a problem," he continues,
"not yet settled, but we are in a line
to do bo ." "Are the digestive pow
ers of the American Government
sufficient to receive the element in a
raw shape, and digest it and make it
work healthfully upon the system,
that has incorporated it T That i»
the question to be determined." It
is indeed the question, or one of the
questions, to be met, and it is a groat
question, an immense question
whose solution will have a tremen
dous influence one way or the other
upon the future of this country as
well as upon that of the colored race.
The President understands the negro
character well ; aud hence the
doubts ho liafl, whether the freed
people will prove themselves equal
to the requirements upon them in
order to their continuance in this
country as a part of the free popula
tion ; whether they will work indus
triously and continuously ; whether
they will practice morality and vir
tue themselves and respect them
selves and others ; whether, in a
word, they are capable of self-gov
ernment as portions of a free commu
nity. H Mr. Johnson had not known
well what he waB talking about he
never would have raised such ques
tions as these. If he had belonged
to the ranting dogmatic school of
philanthropists, whose profound ig
norance of the questions they discuss
is usually the exact ratio to their
positiveness and the crudities they
enunciate, he would have grown
grandiloquent before the simple fact
of universal emancipation, as though
that accomplished, all is accom
plished in any way connected with
the whole subject. He is your best
friend who tells you in a proper spir
it your faults. The President haB
exemplified this rule. He tells the
colored people of the country what is
necceBsary they should fully know
and feel, if they can know and feel
anything j what it is for their beBt
interests they should thoroughly and
practically understand and show
in their conduct. He tells them that
the most important part of this lib
erating business for them is yet to
come ! And so he reiterates, as if
apprehensive that his grand controll
ing idea should not be dauguerreo
typed upon their brains iueffaceably,
the absolute necessity—in order to
their existence in this country in a
state of freedom—that they should
govern their "passions," develop
their "intellects," and apply their
^'physical powerB to the industrial in.
terests of the country and he de
clares to them that "that is the true
process by which thiß question can
be settled."
Prompt Action dy Gen. Canby.
—A petition from the people of the
parishes of Caddo and Bossier, was
recently forwarded to Gov. Wells
and by that gentleman turned over
with hia endorsement, to Maj. Gen.
Canuv , praying for the immediate
adoption of measures to forestall cer
tain insurrectionary designs on the
part of a reckless and lawless por
tion of the misguided colored popu
lation in that section of the State.
Whereupon, Gen. Canby , with char
acteristic promptitude set about to
meet the emergencies of the case, as
will be seen by the subjoined letter
addressed to the Governor. The
spirit of his reply, as the True Delta
justly remarks, must meet with the
approval and endorsement of our
citizens, for it furnishes another evi
dence of his desire to restore per
fect security and confidence in all
parts of his command :
H kadq'bs D efaktmknt 0* LoülSlANA.)
New Orleans, La. Oct. 21,1865. J
Iii» Excellency the Governor
Slate of Louisiana.
S ib : i have the honor to acknowledge
the receipt of a petition from tho citizens
af Caddo and Bossier Parishes, in this
State with your Excellency's endi rsement
of the 19th inat», and to state in reply that
I will order an additional force of white
troops to Sh'eveport, and will place the
whole subject under the control of an in
teliigunt and discreet officer.
I think it proper to state to your Excel
lency that Commanders of Posts are re
quested to keep themselves fully advised
ot the state ot feeling among the public
in their neighborhood, and to koep the
District Commanders constancy advised
of any dangers of the kind anticipated in
this petition. Indiscreet or improper
offioers are removed as coon as their unfit
ness is discovered, and arrangements have
already beta made to disabuse the negroes
of any wrong impressions that may have
bean imposed upon them.
Very respectfully your ob't serv't,
E R.S. CANBY,
Major General Commanding.
iSrThosewho live to benefit oth
ers are the happiest of morula.
President Johnson ok tb* Mon
roe D octrine .— Tha New York cor
respondant of th« London Herald re
lates the substance of a conversation
said to have occurred between Presi
dent Johnson and a prominent Demo
crat on the subject of the Monroe
Doctrine. The Democrat vehemently
urged the President to adhere to that
traditional policy, to which the latter
replied to the following effect :
My mission is the Union. I f«*el
that if I can, within my term of office
restore all tho States to their former
relations wiih each other und with the
Union, and can bting about as well a
harmonious, if not »11 absolutely fra
ternal feeling between North and
South, I shall have merited the ap
plause of my countrymen, and earned
an honorable place in history. To the
restoration of the Union—in spirit as
well as in fact—I shall bend all my
energies. I shall permit no foreign
question to interfere with the full de
velopement of ray scheme for such res
toration. I have enough to do w ith
out devoting attention to other mat
ters. The Monroe doctrine is all right.
I believe in it. But there are greater
principles at stake than those involved
in that question. When the Union is
restored it will be time for talking
about foreign aggressions on this con
tinent. I shall do all I can to rank«
the Southern people happy, and to
palliate the bitterness of their defeat.
ßf A late English work on dia
monds and other precious stones,
says that but a small portion of the
gems sold and worn are genuine.—
The diamond mines of Golconda
have given out, and those of India
are rapidly failing. The scarcity of
real gems has been met by the in
genuity of counterfeiters, who manu
facture spurious gems that frequently
deceive expert connoisseurs. Large
quantities of false gems are made in
Birmingham and Paris, and shipped
East, where the Orientals seil them
to credulous European travellers as
the real article. Nine-tenths of the
diamonds now flaunted by Shoddy
and Petrol ia are mere paste orna
ments, for which their wearers have
given fabulous buhib.
DIBD:
At Saratoga Springe, New York, on the 3d of
B«pte~her 1866. Mrs ANNA Mo'XtRMICK, aged
S3 year«, mother ef Jossrs MoCoamct, of tbla
SPECIAL NOTICES.
FIREMEN'S
OPt-A-ÜNTI} ZB-A-XjXJ
TO BE G1V£N AT
PIKE'S H ALL s
saturday evening, nov. 4th, 1866,
BY THE M KM H EKB Of
Independence Fire Company No. 2.
MANA0KR8:
J. 0. Charrotte, I'. Capdevlelle, Geo. A. Pik«,
J. R.T. H lynes, P. Burg, Jr., Johu Gas*,
L. Jadot, M.Oritnary, R.J McCabe,
F.Traban, Iret-ùe Pujol, J. V. Jaetrewski.
INVITATION COMMITTEE:
V. Trahan, B. J. McCabe, P. K. RII«.
A. Kowalski, Ph. Machet, f., J. McCabe,
4. 0. Charrotte, J. M Tracy, P. Oapdevielle.
RECEPTION COMMITTEE :
J. M. Pujol, Frank Uelt, F. Cooney,
Oeorge ('letter, Joseph .tban, J.J.MIUhell,
L. Legendro, A. W. But»», Georg« Olrnler,
FLOOR MANAGERS:
J. R. T. Hayn««, II. Abramson, R. Caaadefisai,
n. J. MoCaba, P. Burg, Jr., C. G. Breckenridge
L. Jadov, John lian, Felipe Castro.
(V The proceeds of the B ill are to be applied
to the puicbaae of Hone for tbe Company.
SUPPER AT HALF-PAST ELEVEN O'CLOCK,
Which will be given under the supervision of tbat
excellent caterer, N. A ktoihe .
J3F Lad i e* ar« requested to present their In
vitations at the door.
GRAND MARCH AT KIQHT O'CLOCK.
UENTL.KAIKiV'8 TICKKTS #3 00.
NOTICE TO BAKERS J
THE price of Flour being $10 per barrel, Rakers
will give IS ouncei for a dime, the ensuing
week JORDAN HOLT,
oci24 Mayor.
120.
Mississippi Hotel,
CHARTRES STREET 120
Corner of St. Louie,
NEW ORLEANS, L. A .
MR t AU BERT, who«« furniahed rooms. Char
ira« street. between 8» Loula and Toulous»«,
w*i» »o wall kn wn, baa Just opened the Missis
sippi Hotel, No. 14) Chartres street, corner of St.
Luu
TRAVELERS will find In the above establish,
ment FURNISHED ROuMS, at moderate prie»;
they may also bare their MEALS, by tbe d«y or
by the week.
All will meet with tbat comfort which, for ten
year*, has been found In Atraaat's Houle.
octlS-an
J^ATER! LATEST! !
75 Bags Obcice Heavy Oats,
300 .. White and Yellow Corn,
60 Barrels New Wheat Flcur,
40 .. Apples,
1000 Po inds Extra Clear Bacon Sides,
2 Tierces Sugar Cured Hams,
As alto.
Coal Oil, Powder, Shot and Caps, Soda, Watar
sad Cream Crackers, Ginger Snaps and Boston
Biscuit. JOSHUA BKAL.
dc us
Shawl« and Cloaks.
POPLINS AND DELAINES.
OLOTHINÖ,
BOOTS, SHOES, TRUNKS, &C.,
—AT—
JACOB KUHN'S
WHOLESALE AND BETAIL 8T0HE,
THIRD STHKKT,
NEARLY OPPOSITE THE BANK.
MY FRIEND'' Of THE CITY AND COUNTRY
are respectfully Informed that I have In my »tore
TUB Stall KOMMT A«» LATEST STYLES Ot
SHAWLS,
CLOAKS, NUBIAS,
ROYAL AND IRIfH POPLINS,
PLAIN AND FIGURED DELAINES,
FRENCH AND RNflLTflH PRINTS, POIL DM
OHCVRK, RLKtCHKD AND BROWN
BHKKTINSS, CAS'IMKRICB
AND 8ATINKT8,
BALMORAL
And
HOOP SKIRTS,
WHITE AND II KD
FLANNRLS, OORSKTS, nSlR NKTS,
HANDKRRCHIKFS. BTKFL,IVOHY AND PRARL
BULT BÜCK LBS, PKRFtlMBRY,
LACKS AND ED IINOB.
—Alun —
tfl» most complot* awf^htmkst of
RKADt-MADE CLOTH1NO, SHIRTS, COLLARS,
CRAVATS, UNDERSHIRTS AND
D R A W E R8 ,
And
TRUNKS, VALISKS AND TR AVELINO BAGS.
##- Vp«M 1*1 attention Is called to the bargains
I am now enabled to ([ It » in
BOOTS SHOES I
Hnvlnn hontrht a *ery large lot direct from the
manofactorlas.
9J- Call and examine my be ntlful stock of
NKW GOODS,
And eonTince yourself of inv fa(t»rneas to sell
A Uootl Article at a I^ow Price 1
J A COIl KIJUIN,
Third St., opposite the llank,
octlS Bat ob Kouni, I .a.
IS. FENDLER,
DRY GOODS, CLOTHING,
J EWE LBY, szo.,
Third Street, Oppomlto the Ilauk.
RESPECTFULLY INF0KM8 HIS FPIENDS,
that be has just returned from New Turk with
A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF
FANCY & STAPLE DRV GOODS,
CLOTHING,
CLOAKS,
BOOTS and SHOES,
HATS and CAPS, Ac., Ac.
—ALSO—
CHOICE SELECTIONS OF
J" B W E Xi Y 1
CONSISTING OF
WATCHES,
DIAMONDS,
SILVERWARE,
KINGS, .
CHAINS,
NECKLACKS, Ac.,
—-And—
TIIK GENUINE BRAZILIAN PEBBLED
SPECTACLES,
ALL WARRANTED TO ItE
o* Tiir.
FINEST QUALITY AND FINISH,
wHioa
HE CAN SELL
BELOW NEW ORLEANS PRICES !
WATCHES and JEWELRY neally repaired
and warrantetl.
JYotary Public*
I WOULD most r#Hp»ctful y arm-ui ce to my
friend« and the publl ■ neuerally, thai, 1 am
now prepared to make InventTlea, Appraise
ments, Partition», receive Will», make Protests,
Matrimonial Contracts and Inatrumeuta ol Writ
Ing, to hold Family Meetings, and Meetlnga ol
Creditors, Ac
All business entrusted to me will be attended
to with promptntisa and dl-pat h.
JNO. M. THACY,
JtmUrf, of Vie Peace and Notary Public.,
octli office, Corn«r Tuird and Lmr«l8t«.
"OUR HOJSH.''
I HAVE OPENED "OUR IIOUSK," corner of
Main and Lafayette streets, with a large sup
e>y of
WINES, LIQUORS, ALE AND BEER.
Lunch alwavson the side table, at t e 1 .weat
prices. Mixed Liquors are much better and at a
lower price than any house In town
Call »od sample " J ok ," i*tf< of the uorater
House, presides at the Bar. Paldlc opinion teat«
EDWARD ALLEN.
Furniture at Cost Prices.
A BAUMSTARK re»peetiuily Inli-ruis hi"
. Menu« and the pub.ic genera ly. tuet he i*
now closing ou' hia large assortment of Furniture
conalatlng of
ARMOIHS, BEDSTEADS BUREAUS, &c.
All of whi :b is i> g >■'«' c ndilion, aud olfere<. at
coat prices Call noil procure bargains, at the
store, corner of L.» u'C! and thuicj streets.
octl9-tf
J. LEFEVER,
LAFAYETTE STREET,
»ext doob to
L. KONDKRT '8 BOOT A SHOE MANUFACTORY,
BATON ROUOK, I.A.
JJE8PECTFULLY informs his friends and the
publie generally, that he has on hand a complet»
stock of the
FINEST FALL AND WINTER GOODS
Aa4 1* ready to far Dish gentlemen wltl1
Salts of th« Luteal end Richest Style«.
IV*All order* promptly tatouM. oct 17-tf
CA NDI D AT ES.
FOR ATT'Vj GENERAL .
Mr. Editor— You will please snnonnoo
Hon. ANDREW S. IJKKKON, of Knat
Baton Rouge bh u candidate for the otJice
of Attorney General of the Btate ol Louisi
ana. at the approaching election.
ouf 17 pd alANY FK1END8.
W* are authorized to announce Dr. M.
K8I EH, of Hhreveport, uh a candidate for
Hecrotary of fckate at the election to bo held
lu November.
FOR TIIK STATIC HKÎÏATK.
Mr. MUnr~ Pleaae announce M aj. J. M.
TAYLOIt, a» a candidate for tho »tat«
Nonute to repreaent thin pailah In the Gen
eral Aeeembly, and oblige many of your
friend» an well ua hi«.
MANY FRIENDS.
B aton U oook, L a ., Oct. 18th, 1865.
FA. Gazette dk 0>m»t:
i'lenso aunoonoo Dr. R. H. DAY ona
of the oldest citizmia and phyelciana of
thin I'urieh aa tho People's Candidat« for
Htato Bui it tor from Euat Baton Rougo—
Elootlon, Novombor 6tb. And oblige
a HOST OF FRIENDS.
FOU STATE HKPKKBKNTATsVK.
Meurt. Miter»— You will ploufto an
nounce Hon. JOKDAN HOLT, preaout
Muyor ol thie city, aa a candidate for Hop
roaontative to the Legialaturo from this
Pariah, and he will bo supported by
oct'24-pd. MANY FRIENDS.
ifeuri faliUrrt— You will plngso an
nounce JOHN F. McCAA, Esq., uh a
candidate f<>r RapreaenLative, lor this par
iah, to the State Legislature. His numer
ous lriende will support him.
T ub friends of IIRNRY W. WALSH
are authorized to announce him as a can
didate for RuproHcntative to tho Législa
ture from thin purish, snd solicit for him
tho generous support of the voting popu
lation.
Wt ara authorized to announce W. <%
MoOlMSEY as a candidate for Repro
sentative to the Legialaluro from Eaat Ba
ton Rouge; and to aay, that he will moot
with the cordial support ot
MANY FRIENDS.
Ed. Gazette und Omet— Please announce
El». 1». CHEATHAM mh a candidate
for Ropreeentslive t>> tho l egislature trum
East Baton Rotigo, ana oblige
MANY VOTERS.
M. Gazette and (hmwt - Pieuse announce
EDWARD ALVEKNON as a candidate
for Representative from the Purish of East
Baton Rouge.
pd MANY FRIENDS.
Election JYolice !
IN OHEDIENCK to a proclamation from his
Excellency J a MSS M adisok W ei.i ,», (loeerrior of
me State o Loelalana, an election will be held In
tbe Parish of East Baton Rouge, on the
FIRST MONDAY OF NOVEMBER, 1H8S,
be tween tho hours of 9 A. M. and i P. M., for the
purpose of electing a Uotoi nor, Lieutenant Hot
ernor, Hecrelary of State, Auditor, Treasurer, At
torney (I. lierai, Superlniendent Of Public Educa
tion, one Representative from the Third Congres
sional Oistnct, and one Senator and two Repre
sentatives to the State legislature for this Pari h.
Stl<l election to be holden at ihe places, and io be
supervised by the Commissioners appointed by
the Police Jury as follows to-wlt :
1st Precinct, (Court llouse.) N. Wax, F.Trahan,
and John O'Connor, Commissioners.
2d Prsclnet, (City Hall,) J. D. lilouin, Joseph Me
Cormlek and B. McCabe, Commissioners.
4th Preo.nct, (at Delatt'.), Tout Mills, Robert
Malloy and William Fields,Commissioners.
6th Precinct. (Highlands), Paul Kleinpeter, Dr.
J. 11. Hugurtand Dennis Daigre, Commissioners.
7th Prtelect,(Haralson), A. Dliou, B v. Burnett
and J 0. Foreman, Commissioners.
lUth Precinct.(Burlington, removed to Morgan's
storr). W. J. Uslier, H. R. Uralsam and H. W.
OreriiW' II, Commissioners.
nth Precinct, (Sandy Creek), J. 0. Der. ham,
Wm. Kelly and A. Pennlngatnii, Commissioners.
For the Information of all voters I annex h-iet-10
the qualifications of voters as establishe d hy law :
"Every white ale who has ittained the age of
twenty-one ye ire, anu who has beei a ■ »anient of
the State twelve month next preceding the elec
tion, and the last three months thereof in the par
ish in which he ofTi-ri to vote, and who shsil be a
citife' b of the L'ulted Sûtes, shall bava the right
of voting."
In addition to tbe feregolsg qualification, every
• lector is required to produce the amnesty oath
prescribed in the P. esldenl e proclamation, either
of tbe 8th of December, 1S6J, or that of Ihe JMHh
of May, I«'&, sworn to and subscribed by him be
töre competent authority
"1 do »/lcmniy swear or affirm, in the presence
of Almighty Ood, that 1 will hereafter (aitnfully
«leferid the Constitution of tbe United Slates and
ihe Union of tlie States ihereuuacr. and that I
will in like mauoer, abide by and Mthfully sup
port all laws which have been made during the
existn g r belllon with reference to the emancipa
tion f slaves. So help me Uod."
This oath I Imperativeon snd after Ihe 2Bth
day of May, 1885 and will be rigidly enforced. It
«111 oe understood, at the same time, that those
who are excittdwd from the benefits of this amnesty
oath by any of the list ol escepilons contained in
the proclamation, will not be allowed to vote un
less specially pardoned by the President.
In all other respects this el,ction is to be con
ducted in acwrilance with the provisions of the
Constitution of lH&2, asd the commissioners of
this election are directed to make their returns
without delay to the undersigned.
EU. COUSINARD,
octl7 Sheriff Parish of East Baton Rouge.
COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE
—AT—
BATON RUBOR, I.A.
My School will re open oa Wednesdsy, Nov. 1st.
Board and Tuition |40 »0 per month.
Pavablt! $tfX) 00 In advance
balance 1st March.
Tuition alone 10 00 per month.
Payable 140 00 in advaace—
balance 1st of March.
Modern Languages will be taught when tbe
w«nts of the School demand it, at an extra charge,
as low as It can be mar'e.
Boarders will furnish their own bedding, wash
bowl and pitcher, towel«, < c.
W. UN MAO RUDER.
R atos Rouoi, I .a., October 11'b, 1865.
FOR RENT OR LEASE.
A FINK PLAN * TtOfV Jo tb* Parish ot
lb*r*iil* t th« JBÜii
lv«r, *jx lüllfcl b» low tl>« t«»»n of
having a Large Tw-ntory DWKI.LI.NO HOUSE
There are about I40 acres of Wed two third« f
which Is cleared for <-u)tl»»tlon-laod not sul-ject
to overflew. For particulars, apply at thi' Drug
Store of JA b TRKMSKI A McCORMICK.
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1. o. o. f.
THE Regular Weekly Meeting of
DK 80T0 LODQK, No. 7, I. O f
0. F , 1» bald at their Hall, on Main
street, nearly opposite the Sumter House, every
THURSDAY BVKNING, at 7 o,clock