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DEMOCRAT.
ST.
LANDRY
M. D. KAVANAGH, Editor.
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OPKliOUSAS, Saturday, mai» h 9. 1878.
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We call special attention to acts of
the Legislature pubiished iu our issue
of to day. Some of them are impor
tant and deserve attention, especially
Act No. 17.
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Adrien Dartez of Vermillion parish, I
charged with the murder of his own j
brother, in said parish, who was ar- j
rested in Texas last December, by G. B. f
Shaw, sheriff of that parish and brought
We understand 1 hat No. 7 has again
been at work in our town, and another
man left here early Wednesday morning
with Iiis face in mourning. We learned
from a secret source that the society
was organized by Dr. Harmon, the great
temperance lecturer, while on his last
visit for the purpose of aiding the U. F. Î
of T. Let the good work go on.
here and incarcerated shortly afterwards
for safe keeping, was taken home Thurs
day by deputy sheriff Lyons for trialf
The charge against him is certainly a
horrible one.
Marpi-Gras .—There was an unus
ually large turn out of mardi-gras mask
ers last Tuesday. Our sister town
Washington was largely represented on j
our street«, and everything went off
well. Our devil turned out in full cos
tume and seemed to enjoy himself huge
ly. Why don't Washington aud Ope
lousas organize a mystic krew of their
own. They could do it aud afford at
home the diversion which so many of
their citizens annually go to New Or
leans to witness.
Col. Bush .—Some days ago the House
of Representatives, passed a resolution
allowing Col. Louis Bush, speaker of
the house, extra compensation as mem
ber ex-oflicio of the board of Liqui
dation. The Col. declined to accept it..
This was no matter of surprise to those
who know him ; especially his old army
friends. He is above all things an earn
est man. He is not one of that numer
ous class that are eternally prating re
form, but fail to practice it when the
opportunity presents itself. Ile always
means what he says. Louisiana has no
more worthy or devoted son than Louis
•Bush. He has served her faithfully,
alike on the field and in the Legislature.
Our greatest regret is that there are not
more such as he in public life in the
State.
Opelousas Greatest Need .—What
we want most iu Opelousas now, is a
dog ordinance similar to the one in
, force a few years since, when E. S.
Andrus was Constable. The census we
believe gives Opelousas a populatiou ot
*500 souls. In the corporate limits, we
■ are satisfied there are over 500 dogs
that c "OiUd be spared to the great relief
too of ihe inhabitants. They render
night hideous by their howling, barking
aud fighting. They are an absolute
nuisance and should either be gotten
lid of at opce, or made to yield a rev
enue to the town. The town council at
its very first meeting should give this
matter its attention. Let an ordinance
be pi;*8 ed requiring every dog running
* at large" wear a stamped collar, not
I*"to cost le.* 8 Ihai) $1.00 and in default of
such collar, let the Constable be au
thorized to him and haul him out
of towii. Tlu' rc are many valuably
dogs in the corp» wation ; all such will be
immediately prov ^d e< l w »th collars, and
therefore protected. For every one of
such dogs there are at least, five listes,
enra and mongrels, not worth a dollar,
all of whom could be s.'iot and hauled
off. Gentlemeu of the town council
give this matter your attention sind r'd
us of this intolerable nu.'^anee. The
dog days will soon be on ufir and one
rabid cur may do more dama.ee iu an
hour than the whole fraternity Is worth.
Our town could be greatly beautified
in a few years, if the owners of property
would only plant shade trees along the
side walks on which their property
touches. There is no more beautiful
tree than the water oak. It makes
ftiaguificentshade; hears transplanting
well, grows rapidly and lasts for
ever, Many years ago Dr. Campbell and
Dr. Littell, adjoining proprietors on
Church street, planted a row of tliese
trees along the whole front of their
property. The cost was iusiguicant.
The small sapplings have grown iuto
magnificent trees, making a dense shade
grateful alike to man and beast ou a hot
day, greatly beautifying the street and
enhancing the value of ptoperty.
How much would it improve the ap
pearance of our town a few years hence,
were the proprietors on either side of
our principal streets to plant rows of
these trees adjoiniug the side walk
liexi winter. They would increase tlife
healthfulness of the town, enhance the
value ot' property and be found a great
safeguard against the conflagrations
Y'hich have proved so destructive iu
some rtf our country towns. In our
opinion it would be a wiso policy in our
town council to encourage the planting
ol' trees 011 the street«. We are now
»boat out of debt, and what objection
conld there be to passing an ordinance,
in part commuting town taxes of pro
prietors, who would plant the water
oak; elin, pecan or walnut along the side
.walks, bordering their property. Think
of it Messrs. couucilmen.
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VOLUME I.
OPELOUSAS, LA., SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 1878.
NUMBER 8.
Party Organization.
This veur the people of Louisiana will
members of the Legislature, Sheriffs,
oue-half the Senators, members of the
Police Jury, etc. These elections will
be Ci,1Ied U P°° to elect a State Treasurer,
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take ))lace uilt ie mouth of
November. In our parish unfortunate
ly, 'there lias been a division iu the Demo
ciatic party for the last four years, which
j ias g le;i tly impaired its efficiency as a
p ar [y Organization, and at the last elec
tion resulted in a partial defeat of the
two Democratic organizations dividing
the parish. That this will occur again
in 1878, unless the present rent in the
Democratic party is healed, and on a
grander scale no one can doubt for a
moment. The initiatory steps, so we
have learned, have already been taken
by th« Republicans, and the ouly way to
obviate this is for Democrats to cease
wrangling amongst themselves, come
together at the proper time, nominate a
ticket and elect it. Some there are who
will sneer at this, but all such had bet
ter reflect, that this is a two handed
game ; that in the last camp aign ther
were t w0 Democratic organizations
St- Landry, each having its own exeeu
tivc committee; each having an equal
representation accorded it iu the Baton
Bouge Convention ; each recognized by
equally regretted the sendingof a partial
the State Central Executive Committee
each equally intent on electing the Stat*
and Senatorial ticket, and each number
ing in its ranks men who had never
beeu anything in politics but bold out
spoken Democrats. These two organi
zations, nearly equally divided the party
and the result of the election was such
that neither could boast, whilst both
delegation of Republicans to the L.e
islature. This being the case, how ai
these two factions to be brought to
gether aud made one uuiteü party? I
it by oue constantly iterating and re
iterating false charges and accusations
against the other ? Is it by keeping; up
a constant war of crimination and re
crimination towards each other ? Would
this serve to settle differences of opiu
ion between two individuals ? We think
uot. Common experience teaches us it
would only widen the breach and keej
open, wounds which otherwise might be
healed, aud after all what are parties
but an aggregation of individuals? In
our opinion there is but one way to close
up thi$breach and that is by each side
pursuing a conciliatory course towards
the other; each forgivingand forgetting
each remembering that neither side can
be held blameless for what accurred here
in 1876, when the party split ou local
favorites and not on principles, for the
leaders of the two factions vied wit'
each other throughout the campaign in
support alike of the National and State
ticket aud State Senator. If this course
is pursued the party can soon be liar
mouized. If this is not done the party
never can be uuited. We advise har
mony and we intend to make an honest
effort to harmonize the party and then
when the time comes shall advocate
with all our might the calling of a con
vention to make nominations for every
office to be elected by the people. In
this way and this way alone can St. Lan
dry make her might felt alike in the
couuciis of the party, and at the polls on
election day. It is time this matter
were beginning to receive the earnest
consideration of the leaders as well as
of the rank and file of the party iu this
parish. We don't want to see re-en
acted again, the scenes which took place
iu the last State convention at Baton
Rouge
By
reference to another column it
will be seen that the bill granting State
aid to the New Orleans Pacific road has
passed tlie Legislature. This insures
the early completion of the road and
by next Christmas the whistle of the
iron horse will wake the echoes of our
Atchafalaya swamps.
The road will cross Bayou Petit Prai
rie, at, or near Capt. Carmouches place,
about nine miles from Opelousas on an
air line. The intervening country is
for the most part a heavy forest. It is
penetrated by no large streams, and it
would require but a small outlay of
capital to build a branch road to this
point. This would make Opoiousas a
considerable shipping point, and depot
for the surrounding country. This is a
matter of importance not anly to Ope
lousas, Jhut to all the surrounding coun
try West aud South, and should begin
to receive the attention of our land
owners and business men generally.
In the West the building of this branch
would be at once undertaken and we
see 110 reason to prevent our people
taking steps in the matter at an early
day. Instead of being out of the world
as we now are, the completion of this
short branch would put us in rail com
munication with New Orleans, New
York, St. Louis, San Francisco Chicago
aud Galveston.
The New Orleans Pacific Rail
road . A bill has passed both houses of
the general assembly, and is uow only
awaiting the Governors signature to
become a law, granting State aid to this
road. This wo regard as the most im
portant act of the present Legislature.
It ensures the speedy completion of the
road aud once completed we see no rea
son why New Orleans should not soon
become one of the greatest commercial
centres of the world. New Orleans now
has deep water navigation to the gulf.
This alone has already quadrepled her
gram trade. The completion of this
road to Marshall, Texas, will again
orin^ back that ixutmrnse trade diverted
o t late ymvst ta Gaboon &tuifit. Louis
neces ?«j% greatly
benefitted by the early completion of
this road. It will run through one of
richest and most productive regions
of our great parish and will bring nec
essarily emigration and capital.
The Col. and No. 7. —The Col. was
in town this week, after an absence of
a few months. Ou Mardi-Gras day he
amused himself splendidly up to 11
o'clock at night; after this hour we
saw him 110 more, lie left for parts
unknown. He was black from head to
heel, Iiis last words as he left was I am
"going for water."
Bead notice in another column of the
President of Board of Police.
Some Facts About Silver.
[N. O. Democrat.]
Few persons seems to be aware of the
fact that the old silver dollar—the "dol
lar of the daddies"—and the subsidiary
silver coins of the United States, issued
prior to April 1, 1853, were a full legal
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tender tor all debts, public aud private,
without any distiuction. These subsi
diary coins consisted of the half-dollar,
quarter-dollar, twenty-cent piece, dime
and half-dime. Prior to April 1, 185JÎ,
$68,679,507 of half-dollars au enormous
sum of smaller silver pieces had been
coined in the mintsof the United States.
They are all invested to this day with
unlimited legal tender power, aud the
government is compelled to receive
them in payment of its customs dues at
their nominal value.
The " dollar of the daddies "contained
412i grains of silver, aud the subsidiary
coins their due proportion of this weight
of silver—the naif-dollar 2064- grains,
the quarter-dollar 103i, etc. But on
the 1st of April, 1853, Congress, owing
to the fact that, because of the increased
value which silver had acquired, our
subsidiary coins could not be kept in
circulation, reduced the weight of these
coins aud provided that they should 110
longer be a legal tender for more than
live dollars in any one payaient.
No change, however, was made in the
old silver dollar—" our dads' legal dol
lar." That coin of 412£ grains, niue
tenths flue, is still a coin of the stand
ard value of the United States, and was
and is a dollar with unlimited legai
power. But its further coinage was
prohibited by the act of February 12,
1873, aud what the Bland bill aims at is
the repeal of that act in so far as it de
monetized that old silver dollar—" loved
better than all."
What Can Be Done ?—A great many
persons in this country out of employ
ment are in the habit of asking what
they can do to make a living—how they
can go into business for themselves
without capital—how they cau go to
farming without a farm to go on—and
if they are ottered land for only the cost
of entering it how they are to get it,
stock it and work it without horses,
wagons, implements aud a year's stock
>f provisions. Probably the best way
to answer these questions is to cite facts,
showing what can be done by what has
been done. The Southern States have
produced some flue examples of indivi
dual effort iu the way of making a living
under very adverse circumstauces, and
it will not be unprofitable to mention a
few of them. The Newberry (S. C.)
Herald says there are four widows in
that vicinity who have each accoinlished
what many a man would hardly dream
of doing. One while raising four chil
dren without assistance has managed to
make a crop every year, keep out of
debt and pay cash down for all she buys.
Another has the proceeds of one cotton
crop ahead and 3000 pounds of flour be
sides—all the product of her own farm.
Another has labored heroically on her
farm ever since the war and with the
assistance of her children, six in num- j
ber, made a ljving and bought addition
al land for which she paid $1400. An
other has managed her own little farm
since the war and managed it so well as
to have reared several children, kept
out of debt and saved some money
which she loaus out at interest. Hun
dreds of similar cases are to bo found in
the Southern States—and in the Nor
thern States, too. When an American
woman lias a living to make she gen
erally goes at it and succeeds. There
ire no female tramps, they all belong to
the other sex.
He Came Back .—A story is lold of
Gov. Duval, of Florida, which will never
wear out. He was the son of a " poor
white," in Virginia, a stern, strong taci
turn man, the boy, a huge growth of fit"
teen. At the cabin fire, at bed time, ac
cording to the custom of putting 011 a back
log, the old man said, between whiffs of
his silent pipe:
" Tab, go out and bring in that gum
back log and put it on the fire."
Tab went out and surveyed the log.
He knew that it was no use explaining
that it was too heavy, nor prudent for
him to return without having it on his
shoulder. His little sister passing, was
surprised that lie requested her to bring
out the gun and power-horn, as a 'pos
sum or coon might have passed, or the
brother might have seen bear signs.
She bought the gum and Tab started.
He found the way through the woods
into Kentucky. This was about, 1791.
After an absence of eighteen years he
was elected to Congress. À man pf im
mense size and strength, lie started for
Washington, going by. the way of his
old home, to see the folks, who had long
since given him up for dead. Entering
the little cabin door pear bed time, he
saw the identical gum log. He shoul
dered it, paüed the latch string; aud
with his load stood before the old man,
who sat, pipe in mouth, as quiet as usual.
" Here is the gum back-log, father."
" Better late than ever—put it on the
fire and go to bed," was the reply.
Topping Cotton .—"If a practice
sometimes fails and sometimes succeeds,
then we insist.that the error IS in the
practice and not in the principle upon
which the practice is conducted."
I graut that to be true in mechanics,
but I deny that the failure to do good in
topping cotton is chargeable to the top
per. From over twenty years' close ob
servation and practice I am thoroughly
convinced that the good or bad results
from topping cotton are wholly depend
ent upon the season after the topping is
done. If the seasons after the cotton is
topped are propitious for a rapid growth
of tue stalk it will cause the stalk to
fling out succors, and thereby sometimes
prove a serions injury by shading and
rotting the bottom crop of bolls. On
the other hand, ebonhl the season be
very hot and dry after the topping, the
fruit will hold on better, and therefore
be benefitted by the topping. My ex
perience is that two years ont of every
five the benefit derived from topping
was not much more than to pay for
time and labor of topping, and three
out of every five was a loss instead of
rofit ; hence, for the last ten years I
„ave abandoned topping altogether. My
experiments ware tried from the mid
die of July to the latter part of August.—
[Correspondent Southern Cultivator
Bottled lager is recommended for a
morning drink. A new kind of corked
ale probably.
Laws of the State of Louisiana,
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act
An
keg I 'lar session of 1878.
[No. 4.]
An act to amend and re-enact an
approved; March 2d, 1876, entitled
act" regulating the time of holding
the regular terms of the District Court
of the Eighth judicial District, pari!«
ot Calcasieu.
the State of Louisiana, in and for the
P ar ' s h of Calcasieu, shall commence 011
the lust Mondays of April and October "
Sec. 2. He it further enacted, etc., That
Section 1 . Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representative's of the State
of Louisiana, in General Assembly eon
■uened, That an act regulating the time |
of holding the regular terms of the j
Distrjct Court of the Eighth Judicial !
District, parish of Calcasieu, approved 1
March 2d, 1876, be amended and re
enacted so as to read as follows, to-wit :
" I hat the regular terms of the District
Court of the Eighth Judicial District of
all laws or parts of laws in conflict with
this act be and they are repealed, and
that this act shall take effect from and
after its passage.
(Signed) Loi rs Hush,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
(Signed) Louis A. Wiltz,
Lieutenant Governor and President, of
the Senate.
Approved February 1st, 1878.
(Signed) Francis T. Nichoi.i.s,
Governor of the state of Louisiana.
A true copv :
Will A. Strong,
Secretary of State.
FNo. 17.]
An act to amend and re-enact section
474 of the Revised Statutes, "and to
authorize copies from the record in
cases of loss or destruction of origi
nals, to be substituted for such origi
nais in criminal and civil proceedings
in courts."
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State
of Louisiana, in General Assembly con
vened, That section four hundred and
seventy-four of the Revised Statutes
be amended and re-enacted so as to read
as follows: " it shall be the duty of the
cleiks of com t, within three days after
the filing, to record in a well bound book
the petition, answer and pleadings in all
causes, together with any original docu
ment filed with the petition, answer or
other pleadings on which the suit, other
demand 01 defence may be founded,
and within three mouths after ffnal
judgment, to record in the same book
orders of court, interlocutory judgments,
and final judgments rendered herein :
aud in case of tlie loss, or destruction of
the original ot any such pleadings, docu
ments or judgments, a duly certified
copy of the same from the record made
as herein provided may be received in
evidence in any court in this State; and
if such loss or destruction shall take
place during the pendency of the suit of
which such pleadings, documents, etc.,
shall form a part, then the suit may be
continued and prosecuted to final judg
ment, upon the filing in the court' hav
ing jurisdiction thereof, a duly certified
copy of said pleadings, documents, etc.,
from said record so made, and incase.of
the loss destruction or abstraction of
the original of any filial judgment, order
or decree of any court, it shall be com
petent for the judge of such court upon
satisfactory proof made before him in i
chambers, of such loss, destruction or
abstraction, to order, upon the applica
tion of any party in interest, that a duly
certified copy from the record of such
judgment, order .or decree be substitu
ted for such original, and the execution
and enforcement thereof be proceeded
j with as upon the original of such iud»
nient, order and decree, and that it shall
be the duty of clerks of court of this
State within ten days after the adjourn
ment of any term or session of court, at
or during which any bill of indictment,
information or bail bond have been
filed, to record in a carefully bouud book
kept for that purpose, all such bills of
indictment,informations,and bail bonds,
and in case of the loss, destruction or
abstraction from such court of theorigi
nal of any such recorded bill of indict
ment. information or bail bond, it shall
be the duty of the judge of such court
011 proof of such loss destruction or ab
straction, to order that certified copy
from such record of said original be sub
stituted for the original, and that the
trial and further proceedings in such
cause be had as on the originals of such
lost, destroyed or abstracted indictment,
information or bail bond,"
(Signed) Louis Bitsh,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
(Signed) Louis A. Wiltz,
Lieutenant Governoi and President of
the Senate.
Approved February 0th, 1878.
(Signed) Francis T. Nicholls,
Governor of the State of Louisiana,
A true copy :
/ Will A. Strong,
Secretary, of State.
[No. 25.]
A11 act to amend and re-enact section
twenty-six hundred aud sixty-seven
(26G7) of the Revised Statutes of 1870,
and to repeal all laws or parts of
laws in conflict with this act.
Section J. Be it, enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the S ta te
of Louisiana, in General Assembly con
vened, When two or more persons,
some or all of whom are minors, hold
property in common, and it is the wish
of any qpe of then?) qr f ot a minor repre
sented by his tutor or tutrii, to effect a
partition on the advice of a family
meeting, duly convened according to
law, to represent the minor or minors,
said property may bo sold at private
sale for its appraised value, said ap
praisement to O(0 made and the terms
of said sale to be fixed by the fainilv
meeting, and said proceedings to be
homologated by the Judge of "Probates
of the parish in which tlie said minor
resides.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, ete„ That
all laws ar parts of laws in conflict with'
the provisions oi>this act bo and the
same are hereby repealed, and that this
act take effect from and after its pas
sage.
(Signed) Louis Bus 11,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
(Signed) Louis A. Wiltz,
Lieutenant Governor and President of
the Senate.
Approved February 16,1878.
(Signed) Francis T. Nicholls,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy :
Will . A. Strong,
Secretary of State.
[No. 26.]
An act to punish the unlawful deten
tion, or removal, multilation or de
struction of public records, docu
ments, books or writings and their
non-delivery by any outgoing to any
incoming officer, qr other authorized
person.
Section 1. Be, it enacted by the Senate
mi4Home of Representatives of the State
°f Louisiana, hi General Assembly con
vened, That, every officer of this State
and of the parishes, cities and towns
ibexcot, upon the expiration o£ Iiis
term, Iiis resignation of, or removal
from his oflice. shall deliver up, with
out delay, to his successor or to a ner
son duly authorized to receive the same,
all the books, records, documents and!
writings appertaining to his office.!
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted etc., That'
every officer of this State, and of'..
parishes, cities and towns thereof, who
wit hh old s or detains from his successor
or other person entitled by law thereto,
any of the books, records, documents
or writings appertaining to his office,
or shall mutilate, destroy or take away
the same from the building or office 1
where they have been usually kept,
shall, on conviction thereof, be im
prisoned in the Penitentiary not less
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such books, records, documents or writ-!
ings, and shall refuse to deliver tlie j
same to the proper authority, or who I
shall wilfully mutilate, destroy, with- 1
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thau one, nor more than ten years. !
Tlie provisions of this section shall ap- i
ply fo any person, or persons, who shall I
nave in his or her or their possession i
hold or detaiu the same, or aid in the !
mutilation, destruction or detention of ,
the same. j
S ec . 3. Be it further enacted etc., That '
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this act shall take effect from and after
its passage.
(Signed) Locis Bush,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
(Signed) Louis A. Wiltz,
Lieutenant Governor and President of
the Senate.
Approved February 16, 1878.
(Signed) Francis f. Nicholls,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy :
Will . A. Stroxg,
Secretary of State.
cases, by preference, in the Supreme
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[No. 30.]
An act to provide for appeals in crimi
nal cases; to fix the return dav of such
appeals, and to limit the time within
which such appeals may be granted,
and to provide for the trial of such
Court.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Semite
and House of Representatives of the State
of Louisiana, in General Assembly con
vened, That iu all criminal cases, in
which appeals are allowable under the
constitution, the party desiring to appeal
shall file his motion, either verbally or
in wiiting, in open court. This motion
for appeal must be tiled in the courts
other than those of the First Judicial
District during the term at which the
sentence shall have been rendered, aud
in the courts of the First Judicial Dis
trict within ten days after the sentence
shall have been redered.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, etc.. That
all such appeals shall be suspensive,
and no bond shall be required from the
appellant.
Sec. 3. Beitfurther enacted, ete.. That
no appeal shall be granted in such cases
aftei the time herein specified shall have
elapsed.
Sec . 4. Be it further enacted, etc., That
all such appeals shall be made returna
ble to the Supreme Court within ten
days after granting the order of appeal,
whenever the said Court may be in ses
sion on the return day, and that all such
cases shall be tried and determined, bv
preference ; provided that should the
Supreme Court have ad journed sine die
at the place of return, the clerk of the
said Court shall at once forward the re
cord and briefs filed with it to the place
where the Supreme Court next
addressed to the clerk of the said Court,
and the case shall be then and there
tried ; and provided further, that the
Judge of the Court, whence the appeal
is taken, may when necessary flx a dif
ferent place for the return of the appeal
when in his opinion such a change will
conduce to a speedy determination of
the appeal.
Sec . 5. Be it further enacted, etc., That
all laws and parts of laws inconsistent
with this act, be and the same are hereby
repealed, and that this act shall take
effect from and after the first day of
March, 1878.
(Signed) Louis Busii,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
(Signed) Louis A. Wiltz,
Lieutenant Governor and President of
the Senate.
Approved February 19, 1878.
(Signed) Francis T. Nicholls,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy :
Will A. Strong,
Secretar y of State.
A lady writing to the New York Times
says : " Without giving any receipts for
making soap, I wish to tell all the hard
worked farmers' wives how much labor
they may save by fnot using such vast
quantities of this article. For nearb
five vears I have used it only for wash
ing dishes and other kitchen purposes.
My family has ranged from three to
twenty-five. I have used cistern water,
limestone water, as hard as possible,
aud hard water composed of other in
gredients besides lime. I find with all
these my plan works equally well. Have
your water quite hot, and add a very
little milk to it. Tlijssoftens the water,
gives the dishes a fine gjqss, aud pre
serves the hands; it removes grease,
even that from beef, and yet no grease
is found floating on the water, as when
soap is used. The stone vessels I al
ways set 011 the stove with a little water
in them when tjie victuals are taken
from them j thus they are hot when I
am ready to wash them, and the grease
is easily removed. I find that tinware
keeps bright longer when cleaned in
this way than by using soap or by scour
A strict Turk is obliged not only to
wash his head, face, neck, ears and feet,
but also his teeth at each of the five daily
calls to prayer, so he very soon wears
out his tooth brush, and those articles
are generally sold in packets of a do^eu.
They are made of olive stocks about ten
inches long and half an inch in diameter.
At one end for about half an inch thev
are split in all directions, so as to form
brush closely resembling a stenceling
brush. It is easy to see that they are
not calculated to endure hard wear.
The less particular Turks use ordinary
European tooth brashes, but as even the
most lax among them look on the pig
and all belonging to him as vile and un
clean, they would as soon think of de
fining their mouths with a Russian bris
tle tooth brush as of eating a pork chop
or a rasher of twoon. The shopkeeper,
therefore, swears by the heads and souls
of his father and mother that the hair of
willen ms tooth brushes are made grew
on the back of the camel, the cow or the
horse.
An organ grinder with his organ
IH 2? rn 1 i ?S for the dead^king,
presented a touching spectacle aud his
silent grief was respected—until he be
gan to gr ind out " Mulligau Guards."
Oil has been struck in the Black Hills,
r or the benefit of gentlemen who have
been interviewed by the natives of that
region, we hope it is hair oil.
Washington has a penny restaurent,
it is said that a n*an can get a pretty
tair meal, 'but he must not expect to
draw any very valuable prizes iu his
bash.
Silver aud «^old.
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TIIK 1,A!> * A Gh oktiik sii.vkk mm.
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inauguration of President
Huven I have regarded the repeal of
j 'y 1 -' resumption act as hopeless. Ho was
! P! et *ged to resumption •„ every vote for
! 11 was j'"'' resumption. If John Slier
! u . lilu ' :i t head of the Treasury, holds
' Potion, lie will enforce the strict
4, st and hardest execution of the law,
1. 1111 ,\V S »»derstood that any bill to re
■
^ tu hoard greenbacks and tin
, to . withhold and withdraw cir
i- 1 llatl J r11 lu the tear .of'being crushed by
, ■ c !. ■ emption in gokl. A fa vont
and it is audi
peal tlie clause will now be vetoed. 1
}'. aAe heretofore said that, in my be
' tlllî resumption law has been (he
j il,u V c( - of. the greatest calamity to the
,lusllJ( ' s s interests and prosperity of the
î' olultl '.v. It has had the t fleet of cans
forced 1
tol ' e i" n .trade has promoted a re-1
V, to payment, acid if balances
s 'iall continue in our favor, I expect to j
°" 1 ' money at i»ui with
at an early day.
VV ill the restoration of silver money
mitigate the evils of contraction caused
by the resumption law? That is now
the hope of the business men of Indiana.
II is not as cheap nionev that the peo
pie demand its restoration, but as a legal
tender and coin contemplated by the
constitution. When restored it will be
come again a standard and measure of
value. Before its demonetization silver
was :il par with gold, and when res
tored 1 think it will rise again to the
same level. 1 need hardly say to you
that the value of any class or descrip
tion, ol property greatly depends upon
the înipoi tant uses to which it may be
applied. Silver was money. They
stripped it of that its most important
use, and now say it is worth 8 per con
betöre, and, therefore, it can
not be good money. Is that a fair ar
guiueut as a material for the manufac
turer of ware? Silver will have 011I3
the value which that use can give it
but when stamped with the quality ol
money aud made a legal tender for i ll
payment of all classes of indebtednest
It becomes the active agent of trad
and commerce, measures value and dis
charges debts, and in such use becomes
correspondingly more important to so
ci et y aud .more valuable. Were goh.
«tripped of the quality of money, what
would be the effect upon its value? 1
do not believe the pennyweight of gold
in the beautiful wine-cup is as useful tc
society nor as valuable as the same
weight ol gold in the stamped coin,
which does its busy work in channels of
trade, and the demonetization of void
would demonstrate that fact. I hav«
heretofore sah! that silver has become
1111 important product of this country,
inasmuch as the world recognizes it
as a money medium of exchange, lean
not see why we should not utilize our
large product of that metal to the great
est extent, that may be found practica
ble. Its value as money to this coun
try is too great to be thrown away.
Should experience prove that becausi
ot the increased production of silver
there will be a permanent aud impor
tant difference between silver and gold
Congress is clothed with ample power
to provide the proper and adequate
remedy.
It is objected to the restoration of
silver money that it will be iu bad faith
towards the public creditors. If 1
thought that possible I would not favor
restoration, however important to oui
interests I might esteem it. My judg
ment, however, is so entirely satisfied
that I have no anxiety upon that que«
tion. The question is settled by the
fair reading oft,he public credit act ot
1869, and the refunding act of 1870. Al
the date of the former act it was law
tuito pay the 5-20 bonds in treasury
notes ; but it was contended that be
cause of the circumstances attending
the creation of the debt it would noi
be proper so to construe tho Jaws and
that payment ought not to bo made in
paper. To remove doubt, and settle
all controversy the act was passed It
pledged the faith of the United States
to payment in coin. I opposed the
ineasnres in the Senate and said that its
effect would be to make the law to read
that the debt shall be paid in coin, The
bill passed and became a law. There
upon the debt became payable only in
coin, not 111 gold coin alone but in silver
coin as well, for the silver dollar was
then a part of the coin of the country,'
as it was honored in law and commerce
as gold.
Next came the law of July 14, i$70
to refund tho national debt. That act
provided tor the issue of new bonds to
the amount of $1,500,000,000j bearing 4
4 - •?»« 3 per cent interest. The bonds
so to be issued were to be exchanged
tor the outstanding 4-30 bonds " par for
pal, 01 sold for coin, aud the proceeds
were to be used iu redeeming the 5-20
bonds. In the first section of the law it
was provided that the new bonds should
be made '• redeemable in coin at the
present standard value." That law
gentlemen, had no uncertain meaning!
1 he new bonds were to he'substituted
tor all outstanding 5-20 bonds. They
were to be sold for
were to be sold for coin, and it 'was to
be made a part of their language that
they >}lia.l be ■ redeemed in coin of the
present standard value."
My views on this subject were recent
bv . ot , 8u .%ient importance
by a distinguished citizen of New York
to call ror a review and answer by him
selt. He had unquestionably given the
phraseology of the laws relating to the
bonds a closer study than I had, for it
was m the line ot his business and his
profits. I had examined these laws with
no profe8§iqçal or business purpose but
only as a citizen interested iVtRian
cial policy of the country. He found it
usetu 1 to h s#,gu,"er,t te show, if'po£
?Ä/1 tl,e , a . w l1nt,er w 'hich the pub
ic debt was being refunded required
the bond to be paid in gold. He used
this language : " Yet I am supported by
the opinion of illustrious lawyers iu the
land that gold payments or the debt
are required and assured by the refund
ing act of 1870 itself, which indeed men
tions generally com 11. its first section •
but then its fifty section to cany Zi
the act, excludes sjlvef and sneciX
commands the Secretary of the Treas
ury receive only gold coin as the coin of
deposit and payment." I am sure it
will astonish you after hearing the pas
sage read, to learn that the fifth section
has nothing whatever to do with the
provisions and sajes of the new bond«!
ÎL pr 2 Y Iw fortl I i8 . an(1 110 more—that
the Secretary of the Treasury might
for two years receive gold on deposit
aud issue gold certificates bearing a low
rate of interest, and that the deposit
might be withdrawn at any time after
thirty days upon ten days' notice, and
25 per cent should be retained in the
Treasury to pay the certificates and the
residue used to redeem the five-twenty
bonds that it was criticised by this gen
tleman for using the words "gold and 1
coin " as synonymous in a public sneeeh. 1
n .1 I • « !
, . ■ . j - - , public speech,
yet to maintain ins argument he asked i
it to be believed that coin and srold coin !
are loosely used in the same sense in dif- I
toi ent sections or one of the most im
portant laws of the United States. Gold
certificates were to issue only upon gold
deposits ; but in the second section the
bonds were to sell for coin, and in the
first section they were to be redeemable
in coin of the present standard value.
The solemn assurance given by that
law to the public creditor was that the
bonds issued under it should be re
deemed iii gold and silver at the weight
and fineness then fixed by law. Upon
this subject I have no new opinion to
express.
In my letter accepting the St. Louis
nomination for Vice President I said
gold and silver are the real standards of
J value, Indeed, I would rejoice if our
supply of the precious metals was suf
ficient for the wants of our trade and
commerce, but we all know that it is
insufficient, and we also have <1 paper
currency, aud therefore I have opposed
the policy of a forced resumption ot
specie payments, based upon contrac
tion, by withdrawing the Treasury notes
from circulation. The Treasury note
has been a safe ciin- ncy, and the peo
ple have had confie ice in it, and have
not asked for its " deuiption. W hilst
it is a safe currency, it is also a cheap
currency in the se e that it does not
represent any int. est-bearing obliga
tion of the goven nent. In that res
pect, and in the respect that it is a legal
tender, it is a better currency than the
national bank note. Because of these
views I have urged the repeal not 01.ly
of the resumption clause, but also of the
provisions that sought to substitute
bank notes for the outstanding Treasury
notes. No higher duty rests on the leg
islators of this country than the prompt
.uid final settlement ôf financial ques
rions upon a right and permanent basis,
From (he farm and the shop and the
market place there conies the earnest
ippeal for final decision, that as far as
may be finance may be taken from poli
tics, so that under a stable adjustment
confidence and prosperity may return to
every interest.
A Darkey 's Discourse.
My 'scourse dis mornin' will be from
de fust varse of the twenty-fust chap
ter of de Rebelations.
Aud I saw a new heaven and a new
yetli, for de fust heaven and de fust yeth
was passed away, and dar was no mo' to
When I think, bruddersand sisters, of
de recent risin' up of the workin' men
of do country ana 'inandin' livin' prices
for dere labor, I feelsswell iu my bosom
.le knowledge of what may come atany
time, not specially mentioned in de good
100k—fori saw a new heaven and a
new yeth, for the fust heaven aud the
tust, yeth was passed away. De time
1111 cumin' for which we've prayed. I)e
A 'hite folks' trials and tribulations have
•eguu, and de new heaven and de new
veili is neali. If could 'press upon de
niuds of de listenin' congregashun de
fact dat dar salvation and dar future
pended on dar turnin' from dar ebil
ways and lookin' for de Sabior, 1 would
lie willin' to leab dis land befo' my time,
and walk de golden streets of do New
Jerusalem, whar water-melons and cat
fish are nevefteeen ; but a niggah will
be a niggah. When de new yeth comes
ind de white folks stand whar we now
■dand, den we cau sing 'Der'll be no
more sorrow dere.' We'll own de rail
roads ; we'll owu de steamboats; we'll
ib iu the front part of de house and de
white folks in de kitchen. We'll run
the banks and de postottices, whar (bress
le Lord) we can get letters ebery day,
iud not be pendent on postmasters dat
;in you one ebery three or four months
while de white folks gets 'em ebery day ;
we'll run de hotels and get de best of
beefsteaks 'stead of liver and shank
»ones—For I saw a new heaven and a
new yeth. Things is gwine to turn
round. De bottom is gwine to be top
md de top is gwine to bo bottom. Bress
le lamb. De great day am comin', and
it only 'mains for you cullud folks to be
-itaudiu' and awaitin'. Keep on yo' ar
mor of faith. Gird up yo. loins with
strength. Take de staff'of righteousness
in vo' hand and put on de slippers of
lioliuess and march up de hill of Ziou to
le new Jerusalem whar, restin' in de
«hade of de trees wi'i white folks keepin'
le flies oft"n you, you can shout and
sing forever—For 1 « - w a new heaven
iud a new yetli. ] •• time 'proaehes, my
hearers. We may >t all lib to see de
iew yeth, but if w -iie in de faith we
may see de new h- ven. I now 'peals
to you sinners in di room, u hose hearts
is hardened and whose neck is stiffened
ro make one mo' efloit to slink« off' de
I Hilden of siu befo it is to«« ; one
mo'effort to put on de robes; .«!;« mo'
effort to sing de new soi>^; one mo*
< ff'ort to pray de new prut ; so ,l;.t when
called 'pon to quit de miseries and de
trials and de goodnesses of dis life yo'
feet will be planted on de rock aud not
Hi de 111 iah ; and glories of de new heaven
rt "ill descend, like fallin' snow, and wrap
you in an embrace as soft as chillun's
arms—
I wish to'nounce a festival for next
Saturday night; and would also say dat
ir some of the niggahs heab would
change der clothes and not come into
dis house sineilin' of de kitchen it would
be mo' 'cepternate. After de hat is
passed and a song sung, de congrega
shelum will pass out and de elders will
main lor business. For I saw a new
heaven ahd a new yeth, for the de fust
heaven and de fnst yeth had passed
away, and dar was no mo' to see.
Lightning .—A worthy-couple during
a thunder-storm were discussing tho
ca «??Tr? n . the coarse of nature.
Who invented lightning?" inquired
the lady.
" Benjamin Franklin," promptly re
plied the husband.
At this astonishing intelligence the
lady paused awhile, 11s if reflecting upon
the achievements of the inventor, and
finally manifested her appreciation
thereof by the'exclamation, "Cussed
tool, wasn t he 1 "
Miss Von Hillern says she "hates
awfully to have women kiss her." Sorry
we can't agree with you, Bertha.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Woticc of Town Election.
Tlie qualified eloctors of tlie town of Opelou
sas aie hereby notified that an election of seveö
members of the Boanl of Police of said town
will be held at Opelousas on Mondav April 1st.
1878. the polls will Ue opened at !» o'ciock a. m.,
ou said dav and closed at 5 o'clock v. m .; and
supervised by three commissioners of etcctors
to be appointed by me, according to the
amended charter of said town.
„ JAMES RAY,
President Board of Police town of Opelousas.
mch 9—it
_ JFound :
December, 1877, in Bellevue, near Capt. Mont
gomery's place, a large plain 18 karat gold wed
ding rinif, with four initial letters and the word
" Married to .Vor., 1864." The owner is re
quested to call on the undersigned, prove prop
erty, pay charges and get the same.
CHAS. N. EALER.
1 <)u8a8 - on 8aturd
JUDICIAL ADVEKI'IMK.lfENTM.
MALEi
PARISH COURT, i'ARTSH OF ST. LANDRY,
no 1953.
PETER JACOBS V8 TmTlE A. CARMOUCHE
By virtue of a » t of fieri facias issued
out of the honoral' > Parish Court, in and
forthe pariah of St. I. dry. in the above entitled
suit, and to me dire «1,1 will proceed to sell
at public auction, to e highest bidder, at tho
Courthouse of said pu -ish, in the town of Ope
SATURDAY, the 23«! day of March.
M-, the following described
1Ö/Ö, ill 11 u tllKn ,
propertv* to-wit:
a certain engine OD the plantation an ( Ui ! . t , ,,e
poatewionof a !phoncoOoaeau,on Patit Prairie.
Tenn^-Canh. I(UhON<
utcii sheriff of the parish of st. L uuùt £.