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SPEUIAL NOTICE.
Auoiymoi letters, communication, etc.
of any nature whatever, iatended ,for @b
licatis iq the Promxa. nmunet iiwariald
be accompeied by the real name of tha
wvrltef or-elas will be declanes. Whee a
hcif et ne se will be withheld.
be no deviatiun to this rule.
The attention of delinquent
tax payers is called to the notice
of the Tax Collector embodied
in sections 53 and 54 of the rev
enue law, whiqh we publish in
this Issue.
Oar old friend Charley M. ]1
aley,the gentlemanly-and eficien
traveling olerk of Flash, Lewi
& Co., one of the.mot extensive
commercial hbases in the Ores
.nt City, took off his cap to
during this week. Charley is
chip of the old block--smart as
a-steel trap and worthily repre
seats one of the first establish
ments in the Bouthwest. Ev
one hee knorws that he is a so
of Judge Illey and brother
IDIaN mi-m--This mos
delightfdl seasn of oar f~l
weasthe has At st made its as
pe5aowce and we can appreciate
it furthou, with us,iti no
char~aterized by the vadeegate
colors of the forest leaves, whiol
impart so much pietureesqu
beauty to the fall season i
colder omiate, j.
Weather,, Var% Ac.
w bas a hdbt bu4 ira tih
week, which is a dcoideld iii
provement so far as the weather
is concerned, and tle cane is
gradually i:9irtng in sweet
Hess, vey slowly, it is true, yet
at this tme we ar thankful %o
emall favors. An abundant yield
of molasses is still the ery, acn
gretishrioage of sagar in the
cooler is. the conseqaeie. ' hi
oane w=as hverY more juicy and
I ldom so Watery at ;tis season
r hofi year. A sccession iof
fightfrat would be a'beesin
to wagar pr aitets soompsa*ee
by mday, ap weather.
'the sin, of the asne isun
usually large this season. NW
wet. teni ed t weigh a coopk
the other day, as they appeared
to as of unoSQal length, anas
weight, and .,ond one to weigh
sevev pouads and the other sic
These are the first easus we eve
t ited in shioales, sadth reruea
be meay m hi heaie - bit
hen we consider twe pretage
- e of the growin.` -ean we.
dub if they bad. beef* sur*
ed siass the Jh imeheinor lands
hp- ~u mrption,Capt.
haii, has lientered the trade
abicour last, preseating agrf
ly imrprod appeaae
carryIn cgapacity surpesseeth
.oyf ay baLatvigti the besr
sad la tspease m and otblio
use, lo.wb te to
The , eforgetful of
,wesulie = is slowly
, thea . is notl cyo
say pbi enct itezrp@ ti n
hariv~tgo
et vs. Cuter aS d Jetti
The levee discussion has aga
ronght forward the usefuln
f outlets and the effects prods
ed by them on the height o
he Mississippi. Capt. Eads, fo
whose reputation and success.
engineer we entertain the
most profound respect, th'm
he application of the principl
rought into use at the mouth
f the river can be successfully
plied to its whole length.
It may savor of presumption
r one who does not write C.E
Ater his name to differ from
uob high authority, yet we con
ive that good lessons may
earned out of schools as well
a it, and that a close observa
ion of the river and its action
ay count for something.
The late G. W. R. Bayley war
Sadvocate for the closure
11 the outlets of the river, and
drocated this theory on the
ound that the accelerated our
out would speedily deepen the
iver and make the channel suf
ciently large to contain all the
water which would flow from the
pper rivers. The principalillus
ration advanced in support o
his position is, that a deposit
ally takes place in the rive
Blow a crevasse or outlet. Thi
e admit to a certain extent,
e cheeking of the enrrent i
oand to arrest the flow of th
d and mud in solution, an
hey fall to the bott~m of the
ver instead of paing alon
ith the current and being depo
ited along its whole bed. It i
lso true that this shoal is gen
rally swept away by the current
when restored to its former con
tio. AllU of which simply
roves that the sand and mu
deposited at one time an
ved at another. We think
a general rule, a deposit take
place po the bottom of the rive
d un the bank at the same
e, and that this increase goes
a from year to year on alluvial
iam, the bottom of the rives
the banks maintaining thei
elative heights. The jetty system
proved a .success at the
outhof the river from the fact
the concentrated current
as been utilized to wear aws
he shoal water, and the sand so
ashed away has been swept
to the deep sea as the shoa
removed in the river by the
n~am ed flow of water from th
irersioa produced by the
-g of a orevaase
Ou:r attention has been direct.
toi this subject for many years,
wade have never seen any evi
ce- to convince us of the
eppeing of the river beyond
he meore removal of a temporary
deposit. It is proposed to coin
enee this system of improve
ent at Cairo and extend it to
eniphis. Now, aditting fof tbh
e of argument that it saould
all the advaintages claim
f4o it, let us view thu promis
improvement from another
ndpoint and inquire into the
ts which will be produned
She lower part of the river.
1All who have been residents
i ower Louisiana for some
eats must admit that at tim
ith - the crooked stream which
hey propose to a w
iPo more water 'than o
ibe river a engry to the gulf
d the eces e nequety tou.
t detriment, a
o sea throg
y lmr oviae: on
bankmineat re
will follow improvemoen
uapper steame, WAokM ill
hrqe the food of water toth
If instead of retarding it. Suao
hangeismay improve navigation
Itere, but will. rain us who oc
-upy low lands.
The idea presents itself to us
in a very forcible manner, that
ofr oly security depends oa
having safety valves, through
Iwhich the surplus water may
-,ind its: way to the gulf,, and
thereby relieve the bed of the
river.
Death of the Hon. D6siri
Le Blanc.
The melancholy intelligence
f the death of Judge Desire LI
Blanc reached us too late to
'ustify other than a simple pub
licatioz of the funeral notice
n our last issue; but we deem
it due to one of so much promi
ence as a public man and highly
onored citizen of the parish to
yve a more extended notice ol
the deceased.
The work of which the present
rticle forms a part, being in iti
biographical portion merely
auxiliary to the talent of the en
raver, requires nothing beyond
a mere sketch of the principle
ncidents of life, especially ol
iuch as connect the iudividua.
with public.affairs; and althougt
in the present instance the notice
of those incidents would natur
ally lead to a discussion of many
nteresting points in the history
f the parish and State and of
its political parties, yet the limits
nil designs of the work forbid
n relation to them anything
more than a passing notice.
It is to be regretted that the
record of his somewhat excentric
but extraordinary powers liver
mnly in the recollection of his con.
emporaries or in mutilated frag
ments, which might otherwise
have been transmitted down kt
posterity as a glorious monumenO
o his peculiar fame, and a valua.
ble legacy to local history. It is
to be further deplored, that the
writer has been deprived by cir
cnmatances beyond his control
of full access to the friends and
connections of the departed for
isch facts and information as
would more readily facilitate him
in the accomplishment of the
present task. With such meagre
data and information, however,as
have been hastily collected, we
will attempt to portray a eharac
ter, which, in many respects,
was singularly inimitable.
Desire Le Blanc was a native
f Assumption, in which, with
he exception of several years
assed at college in the State of
Missouri, has constantly. re
ided, and here his career is
recognized to havb been one of
he most eventful, exciting and
interesting of any man ever born
within the limits of the parish.
His personal influence, unbound
sway over its inhabitants un
der all the mutations of party,
ial institutions, municipal
regulations, in fact, on all ques,
tions affecting the interi.al rela
tions'of the parish of whatsoever
nature, were wonderful, and we
ight even add, often magical.
The wand of Prospero w
ever wielded with more magi
powar. To him wastruly appli
ere en~fasn gal. of the parish,
nd, indeed, such was the
at magnetism of the ma
hat he often, in defiance of pu
ie opinion, compeled the most
oyal subkfaission to his edicts on
all pubsli measures, a
parochia affairs. This, however,
was notthe result of a spirit o
dictation,. but .dioe under tb
rmi convictionu that a promp
acquiescence in his opinion
bout public matters would enre
o the benefit of his people.
But how was this persons
pularity and ascend ency over
is fellow-citizens acquired ? Our
swer is, that in .early Jife he
ecame the trusted deputy o
ela Hubbard, who, when the
parish was first founded, was fo
any years the industrious and
rtelligent judge of the Parish
ourt, which, at that period.
possessed a more extensive juri
iction than now; and the labos
f the old Parish Court being
much greater, kept the youn
eputy busily employed, giving
him that practice in his delicate
nerous and intricate duties that
makes perfect.
Soon thereafter he becam
lerk of the District Court
Sherif in which offices he con
tinued as long as he pleased
and to whomsoever, upon h'
oluntary retirement therefrom
his mantle fell the names of h'
successors were not difficult
evine. The election of the ean
didate who had his preference
and support was assured beyon
a reasonable doubt, for he neve
houldered a man he did not
take through. What office h
he not filled in this parish
ember of the State constitu
tional convention, member o
the Legislature, Parish Judge
ustice of the Peaee; in fac
very public position within th
gift of the most devoted consti
tuency any man ever had was
bestowed upon him.
Some twenty-four years ag
Judge Le Blanc was admitted t
the bar, more from his acquaint
nce with the practice than the
theory of the law; or, mor.
properly speaking, by reason o
a knowledge of the routine of
the re'cords and judicial pro
eedings of the parish derived
from an uninterrupted experi
nce of more than forty years
t might truthfully be said o
im that he was the walkin
library of the official archives o
Asumption parish. He coal
11 without hesitation 'all th
cts that had been passed; giv
the names of all the parties
those acts; the titles of all litigat
ed cases, and even the names o
the attorneys employed in each
suit. Whenever, after the mos
iligent search had been -insti
uted by another and proved un
vailing, it was only necessa
o invoke his aid to have th
esired documents. We migh
o on ad iyginitum to show b
what other methods he becam
amiliar with the principles
leadings, practice and theorie
f the law; that he had listen
or years to the arguments o
uch eminent jurists as JC. and
Adam Beattie, Judge Ilsley
Charles Andrew Johnson, Col.
Louis Bush. Hall, the Nicholls,
by, Gentile; Miles Taylor and
a host of others equally accom
lished in the profession, and
how all the pleadings had pass
under his observant eye an
roved as so many examples an
eaoon lights to assist and Maid
he mind in legal instruction.
Another wonderful faculty o
is mind. consisted in an smoes
*ntuitive power to recognize th
ames and laees of individuals.
erhaps he might have bee
ed a uaturai physio t
ora man possessed of that
went of mind which enableshi
t identify by the fetares de
cendants of all menorwoe
that he had ever knowan, intan
aneonsly.
To mention all -the numeron
traits of his mind andcb
I`sd transend thetimits of a
iograpioal obituary,ld we are
inded hby- the iaita extent
f our already crowded column
abridge this work of love.
Desire Le Blanc's stature w
of the ordinary height ; his for
clined to portliness ; his comi
lexion' brown; his hair dark,
tigled with gray, and his ey
hazel. His countenance was in
elligent and always lighted up
with a smile when in the a ot
speaking, and its expressio
ild, cheerful and benvlerlt
indicative of contentmrent .a
appiness; yet it evinced mun
ecision and firmness of p
His manners were amiable, un
ffected, kind and conciliating in
high degree His conversation
was entertaining, abounding i
umor and playful wit, and neve
rcastio or severe, unless of
ense, either supposed or real,
was given. Then there would
ise sudden ebullitions of pas
ion, which his friends always
egarded as a "tempest in a tea
pot," almost invariably provok
g mirth rather than reseptment.
A kind husband and affection
te parent, a zealous friend, he
has left behind him, independent
if his public career, an unsullied
reputation and a memory with
out reproach-a memory the_
will long linger after death
the snow lingers behind th
Alpine cliffs in midsummer.
Desire LeIlamc.
[N. oP.bsymn, 'S.]
Ou Friday last ..dge Desire
LeBlano died at his residence
in Assumption. Yesterday, on
motion of the former partner oi
he deceased, Winm. B. Mills,
., the Supreme Court ad
ourned in respect to the memo
ry of Judge LeBlauc. Eloquent
remarlis were made by Mr.
Mills in submitting the motion,
and by Chief Justice Manning
in granting it.
Just tributes were paid to the
memory of the deceased, who
was a patriotic citizen, an able
and honest lawyer, and a res
pected member of society.
Judge LeBlane occupied sev
eral positions of trust and r
sponsibility. He was a me
ber of the Constitutional Co
vention of 1852, a member
the Legislature in 1861, Par
Judge of Assumption in 187
nd former Sheriff of the parish.
During the war he was th
partner of Mr. Mills; afterwa
>f Gov. Nicholls, and lately o
Nir. Guion.
By referring to sections 53 and
4 of set 96, extra sessiop of
1877, tax payers will see that
he duties of the Tax Collector
re imperative. These sections
ead as follows :
Sec. 53. The Tax Collector shall, on
he first Monday of November, file id
he office of the parish recorder a
ailed list, giving the names of all
ons whose taxes remsain unpaid, as we
the amount of said taxes, and th
filing thereof shall operate a le ei
ire of the property upon which s
taxes*are levi ; and fr:lm the date o
uch filing said taxes shall bear eigh
r cent per annam interest, and n
ther penalty shall be exigible,any pre
ious law to the contrary notwithstaad
ng; on the saccond Monday of Nov
ber he shall post at the door of th
Court House a copy of said detaihl
ist, and publish the listso filed twice
during ten days, notifying delinqent
tax pefrs tat on the first Monay o
)ecember, sad from day to day there.
fer in the order in whih said hist
made out, he iill proceed to sell, with
ut appraisement, at public suction t_.
roperty of said delinquent tax pa
hpo which said amount of taxes is due
ided. that the delinquent shaliba
he right of pointing out the
obe seined and sold to pay
Sea. M. That on the day fixed
the commencement of said sales,
Rom day to day thereafter, until
laid list shall haye been exhausted, the
collector shall offer the p fo
-le at pubhlic ection to bihe s
lidder, for cash s the bid to be
ed shall be at least equal to t ahe;
mid costs.
CHAS, TUIAC,
Tar Co(letr.:
:, i o.
L cSubo'e to he ?ou~
uly $3 per .wwu&, 'I
IAd s~I w.# ~f +-humo
beg irm of Beamis hwvld,New
rIo saaed 38 years, 6 Uonths
d 5 days, a native of Portland,
e., and a resident of that city for
35 years.
IMPORTANT
AkNPAL P1'
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FALL . 1..N.R tOOD
AUCTION FOR CASH
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be eoavinced tom, .!:.
DRY GOODS.
'be b hbt at uýy81n.hrr
loney than in New O(Me s.
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BAL.MORALS, POPLUNI8,
Dh1.AINES, &c,,
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