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ST. LANDBV DEMOCRAT.
M. IX KAVANAGH, ICditor.
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Editor.
OPELOUSAS. S ATI KDAY, AI'HII, 20, 1878.
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Wecall attention to the advertisement
of that enterprising townsman ot' ours,
"Frank the Baker." No one that has
ever paid Iiis establishment one visit
that can resist the temptation of calling
again. His lunches are all that a man
can desire in the eating line. Iiis bread
and cakes are the best and cheapest the
market effords. Any oue who does not
believe it «an call and see for himself.
An exciting race took place on the
St. Landry course, on Saturday last,
between Pit-re and McDaniel'sroan hoi«c
Bob Daniel and McBride's (from La
fayette parish) roan horse Romney.
Over 1000 people were present from
different portions of the parish and
from the parishes of St. Martin and
Lafayette. Bob as usual was the victor,
and we understand as a consequence a
considerable amount irom Lafayette
was retained in this parish.
As will be seen by reference to our
issue of to-day, C. C. Duson, the present
incumbent, announces himself as a can
didate for Sheriff, subject to the nomi
nation of a Democratic Parish Conven
tion.
Mr. Duson needs no introduction to
the people of St. Landry. He has been
in the Sheriff's office since 1868. First
as a deputy of James G. Hayes; then
as chief executive deputy of E. O. Hayes
from 1870 to 1872, and since 1874 as
Sheriff.
This paper is pledged to the support
of uo candidate who is not the nominee
of the party in convention assembled.
It will support no man who is opposed
to nominating conventions, or who will
not cheerfully submit his name to such
convention when assembled and it will
support only such as arc nominated. It
is a source of pleasure to us to see the
first, candidate for the coming campaign
announce himself squarely and unequi
vocally subject to a nomination of the
party. We sincerely hope the Demo
crats of the parish will discourage, dis
countenance and frown down any and
all independent candidates for any office
in the coming election, and will vote for
and support only the nominees of the
party. Oar reasons for this course are
obvious to the most superficial observer.
It is the only way to restore unity and
harmony to the party and to finally and
effectually heal the dissensions which
tore the party asunder here in 1876,
sent three Republicans to the Leg
islature and put a Republican in the
office of Parish Recorder.
We repeat, let all other candidates
make their announcement in the same
manner as Mr. Duson lias done. Let
them make their fight for the nomina
tion in the convention of the party.
If they get it, let them run; if they
. don't, why let them withdraw and sup
port their more favored opponents,
whether they bo Courthouse or Varie
ties Democrats. Let the party be solidi
fied and then next November let St.
Landry send a Democratic Senator and
four Representatives to the Legislature,
und roll up her 2000 majority for the
l_")emocratic candidate for State Treas
tir «r
l'îio campaign may now be considered
as opened in this parish, and it's time
for the thoughtful and reflecting of both
the late Varieties and Courthouse fac
tions, who Iiave at heart the success of
the Democratic party, to begin to think
neriously on the consequences of keep
ing up the dissensions of 1870. Then it
resulted as already stated in the election
of a partial delegation of Republicans
to the Legislature and a Republican
jHecorder. If kept up this year it may
j-e.Mdt in the election ô£ a Republican
Legislative ticket, a Republican Sheriff
and cOikunly a Republican Senator, for
we don 't pretend to deny the fact, that
with two Democrats running for Sena
tor, Andei "son could carry St. Landry
oasily. Ho beat Garland nearly 400
votes here last election. Calcasieu,
Cameron and Lafayette were with us
then to offset Iiis majority here. We
have not got them now and must make
the fight alone. Eveiy effort we know
will be made to prevent the cordial union
of the two lato factions of the Demo
cratic party. It will be a labor of love
to the Republicans to keep up the dis
sensions of the past. We kuow they
are now trying to fan them into a full
blaze again. If they succeed in this
they will have things their own way,
and a few days before the election all
their honied words to the contrary,
they will meet in secret conclave, nomit
nate a ticket, and elect the greater por
tion of it, just as they did in 1876, when
they made their nominations for the
Legislature, Sheriff and Recorder, only
a few days previous to the day of elec
tion* In the coming election "united
•tve stand, divided we fall." Therefore
let us get together, present a nnited
front, and roll up such a majority as no
other parish in the State has ever given
to the Democratic party.
This can be done and we must do it.
It only requires " a long pull, a strong
pull anp a pull altogether" to demon'
strate to the State that St. Landry is the
Democratic banner parish, and to give
her tire commanding influence in the
^councils «f the party, which she is just
ly entitle d to . ^
A wise man may be pinched by pov
erty, but only a fool will let himself be
pinched by tight shoes.
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VOLUME 1.
OPELOUSAS, LA., SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1878.
NUMBER
14.
Boss Tweed Dead.
AVe learn from our exchanges that W.
M. Tweed, better known as "Boss
Tweed " died in Liullow street jail, New
York on the 12th inst. He was born in
1823 and was fifty-five years of age.
Commenced life as a chair-maker. Stu
died law and in 1848 was admitted to
the bar. In 1852 was elected alderman.
From 1853 to 1855 was member of Con
gress. In 1856 was supervisor of the
city of New York. In 1857 held the
office of school commissioner. From
1861 to 1867 served as deputy street com
missioner. From 1867 to 18*1 as State
Senator and in 1870 was appointed com
sioner of the department of public oiks
in which position his mammoth frauds
were committed, the details of which
arc to recent to be again repeated.
His death created great excitement in
New York and many of the old employ
ees of the city hall, who served under
Tweed are wearing mourning. The en
tire press of the city comment freely on
his lifo and death and from these com
ments -we feel that while guilty of every
crime charged against him, other equal
ly guilty associates have not suffered.
The New York Sun says Tweed's power
was well nigh boundless, his crimes
were on the same scale of grandeui and
his punishment, though only the small
est part of it was inflicted by the minis
ters of the law was most complete and
exemplary, yet others against whom
j ustice has not raised her hand are woi se
inen than he was; and greater and not
less guilty criminals sit to-day in high
places of power in our country, and
fancy that for them the evil day will
never come.
Capt. John M. Taylor of Plaquemiue
Brulee, requests us to announce, that by
request he will deliver a lecture at the
Courthouse, in Opelousas, on Saturday
night the 27th inst., on " Education as it
is, and as it should be in St. Landry,"
and that teachers particularly and par
ents of children are requested to be in
attendance.
Democratic Slate Convention.
We copy the following comments
from the Shreveport Times, on an article
in the Alexandria Democrat, advising
that the Democratic party should hold
uo State Convention this year :
We find the subjoined views, with re
ference to a Democratic state conven
tion, in the Alexandria Democrat of
the 20th. There is no editor in the state
who has more authority to speak for
the party than Mr. Biossat, as lie lias
for long years been doing yeoman's
service in the cause, and whose opinions
are always well matured and forcibly
expressed. Yet we must take issue
with him on this question. He assumes
that the Democratic party intends to
vote for Major Moncure for treasurer—
the only state officer to be eléeted. But
is it not to be fairly apprehended that,
if there be no nomination by the party,
we will have a cloud of candidates who
will claim that they have a perfect
right to run as Democrats, as the party
had failed or refused to nominate?
This we regard as an event sure to
happen and will invite inevitable de
feat.
While all must admit the scarcity ot
money and the inconvenience to coun
try people of attending a state conven
tion it would involve very little more
time and expense than the attending
congressional conventions. There is no
objection, per se, to delegates serving in
a dual capacity, ftnd more especially not
where only oue state officer is to be
nominated, as at this time.
There is, it must be confessed, some
grounds of apprehension that a con
vention might operate injury to the
party by the intemperate action of
some of its members. But, on the
other hand, a calm discussion of those
questions upon which Democrats have
been divided in opinion should and
doubtless would have a salutary effect.
These differences of opinion are not so
great as to justify party dissension.
Whatever may have been the short
comings of tlie late legislature, in the
opinion of the mass of the people, they
will by no means justify a desertion of
the party. The interests of the state
imperatively demand that the radical
party shall be kept out of power, and if
the people are displeased with the
course of their servants, all left for
them to do is to elect men who will
carry out their wishes :
A Hoted Iowa Prayer.
[Washington Correspondence Buffalo Commer
cial Advertiser.]
I remember hearing a prayer offered
in a Republican State Convention in
Iowa several years ago—in the presi
dential campaign of that year. A
clergyman of the city of Des Moines
had been invited to open the proceed
ings, but he failed to meet the appoint
ment, «and a Baptist clergyman, who
was also a member of the convention,
was called upon. He reeognized the
importance of the occasion as well as
the value of time, and his succinct, but
comprehensive prayer was:
"Thou King of Hosts; God of the
Freeman, God of Liberty, God of Grace,
descend upon us at this time with Thy
divine blessing. Govern this assembly
day with Thy
presence. Grant ns wisdom to nomi
nate a good ticket, give us our usual
40,000 majority, and double it if in Thy
infinite wisdom it shall seem fit and
proper."
a tiicuu vviiu saur: " wen, uoionei
you dined with the Governor yesterday ;
who was there!" "Well, sir,", replied
v j . V, * , " t/iij sir, rcpiivu
the Coiouel, throwing back his head,
digging his hands deep in his trouses
pockets and spreading wide his legs,
"there was me sir. and beside myself
there were four other high-toned, ele
gant gentlemen from Kentucky, a
gentleman from Virginia, two men
from Ohio, a fellow from New York
and a son of a gun from Boston, sir.
Will you take a drink, sir ?"—[ World.
The Burlington Hawk-Eye give this
recipe for the consolation of poor, lone
females { " Just pour a gallon of whisky
on the sitting room carpet, and it smells
as though there was a man around all
the time."
An low» school mistress was dis
charged because shg stood on her head
to amuse the children,
All Cotton Means Starvation.
[From the Natchitoches Vindicator.]
The Hon. B. H. Hill, of Georgia,
made the following terse and pointed
remarks in a speech delivered by him
in that State. He said :
I tell you to-day, I care not what sea
sons may come, what large crops you
may raise, under existing conditions,
you will ever grow poorer, who pro
ducecotton, and they will ever grow
richer who handle it after it is produced.
Without a great change, the Southern
States are destined to become so many
plantations, practically owned by North
ern people, and the Southern people so
many hireling slaves to work them !
And in this condition you will reap
scarcely the wages and not half the
respect you accorded your former slaves.
And yet, the very reversed of this fate
is in your pqjver. Under the present
policy the next generation of Southern
people will become the poorest, the
most powerless and the most contemp
tible of earth's inhabitants, while un
der a wise policy, the next generation
of Southern people may become the
richest, the most powerful and the most
respected of people. Which destiny
will we choose?
But, you ask, how can this better des
tiny be secured ? I will tell you.
First make cotton your suplus crop !
In these five words lie the Samson locks
of your future power. Make your own
fertilizers l»y resting, cropping, grass
ing and manuring your lands. Thus,
you become indépendant of the guano
merchants. Your cheapest and safest
line of transportation runs from your
own fields and hogpens to your own
barns and meat-houses. With no debts
for your supplies, you will need no ac
comodation credits at two per cent per
month.
Thus you become independent ot
brokers, cotton factors and lien mer
chants. You can sell at your own time,
to your chosen buyers and will get your
own money. None of these things can
a planter do who plants on credit and
borrows money to buy his provisions.
But, you say, the Western States
raise provisions so much cheaper, we
can make more money by raising cot
ton and buying from them. This is the
teaching of figures, and a greater lie
was never taught.
Now, I affirm it is cheaper for you to
raise your provisions then to have them
brought from the West and given to
you at the nearest depot free of cost
and charge. How is this ? In the first
place, if we raise 5,000,000 bales of cot
ton we will get no more money for them
then we would get for one-half that
number. Then, out of the same amount
realized, you pay for raising the 5,000,000
just double cost of production. Halt
the labor and supplies employed in
raising 5,000.000 bales of cotton could
be employed in raising supplies with
out reducing the value of the cotton
crop one dollar. But half this labor
would raise more than you needed for
SU ? r on 6 could employ much of it also in
enriching your lands and improving
your property in many ways.
Then you would come to the end ot
the year with your crib full of corn,
your smoke-house full of meat, your
family full of smiles, yourself full ot
indépendance and your pocket full of
money for investment. And how would
you invest it? In cotton factories on
the waterfalls which God has sent all
through your country to run spindles.
This would make you independent ot
Old and New England both. Then,
also you would mine your own imple
ments of husbandry which would make
you independent of Pennsylvania foun
drys and Massachusetts work-shops.
In a word, every improvement would
be built up in your own country, and
all the profits of those, improvements
would go into your own pockets.
Go on as you are now going, making
cotton your chief crop, and slavery is
the doom of your children and your
children's children forever. A people
who depend on other people for food
and clothing are and must be slaves.
H<>n. J. II. Acklin.
A Washington correspondent of the
Chicago Times says, Mr. Joseph H. Ack
lin, who is entitled by the recent action
of the house in the election case of
Acklin against Darrall for the third
Louisiana district to preface the syl
lable " Hon," to his name, is the young
est member of that body. He was born
in 1850, and is consequently only 28
years old. He is a rather small though
compactly built man, with a personal
appearance which is dashing, to say the
least. By many judges he is accounted
the Apoito Belvedere of the house, that
distinction Having previously been con
ferred by common consent upon the
Hon. Gilbert C. Walker, of Virginia,
Ackiin has jet black hair, parted neatly
in the middle, with one of the rnoSu
beautiful black curling mustaches ever
seen, and a pair of black eyes which
are simply indescribable. He is a na
tive of Nashville, Tenn., and was edu
cated at Belmont, the summer home of
his parents, who were Louisiana people.
He graduated at Burliugton college,
after which he went to Europe and took
degrees at two of the universities there.
He returned to his native country^ and
engaged in the practice of law in Nash
ville and Memphis. The cares of his
estates, however, weighed upon him,
and he was forced to abandon the law
to look after his plantations. I will tell
the story as tolu me. I do not know
how many plantations Mr. Acklin has
charge of, nor how many acres any one
of them may contain. The term " plan
tations" is good enough for me. It is
vague, irresponsible, and suggests an
infinite reach of magnolia groves ; cot
ton fields with countless negroes in
bare heads and cotton breeches, bend
ing over the cotton bales, as I have seen
in the pictures of my geography when
a school boy. However this may be,
there can be no reasonable doubt that
Mr. Acklin is destined to cut a figure in
Washington society, for he is not only
of an ancient first family in a cotton
state, with youth, beauty and wealth at
his command, but he is a widower ot
five years' standing. Mr. Acklin has
the chivalrous bearing of his section,
together with that nameless ^ascnation
which attaches to a handsome young
man who has no wife to care for him.
Under the game law now in force,
deer must not be caught or killed be
tween February 1st and August 1st.
Wild turkey are protected from April
1 to September 1.
Quail, partridge and pheasant must
not be hunted between April 1 and Sep
tember 15. ,
The whipperwill, sparrow, fanch,
oriole, bine-bird, swallow, nighthaw
and blackbird must not be caught or
killed at any season, except when de
structive to the grain crop. .
Neste or eggs of all wild birds, except
those of a predatory nature, shall not
be robbed or destroyed. All this under
a penalty not exceeding twenty-five
douars for each offense.
The First Gun.
opening of the campaign in ouachi
ta—meeting at monroe.
the nicholls government endor
sed—third party* agitators de
nounced as radicals—city nomi
nations.
[Special to theN- o. Democrat.]
Monroe, La ., April 10.—The cam
paign has opened in Ouachita. The
State and city governments were en
dorsed by the people. A large mass
meeting of the citizens of Monroe, called
by the chairman of the Democratic Ex
ecutive Committee to nominate a can
didate for mayor at the ensuing city
election in May, was held to-day at the
court-house. The meeting was the
fullest ever held of the kind in Monroe.
Mr. S. D. McEuery offered the follow
ing preamble and resolutions:
Whereas, the success of the Democra
tic party at the general election in 187(5
has been a cause of congratulations for
all good citizens of the State of Louis
iana; and
Whereas, the said party has faith
fully kept its pledges in making needed
reforms so far as practicable in all de
partments of the State government ; and
Whereas, the city government, under
Democratic rule, has been economical
and just, and the rights of all classes
preserved, irrespective of color or party
affiliation ; and
Whereas, in order to carry out the
successful redemption of the State and
city government from the misrule in
augurated by the Radical party, there
is a necessity for the Democratic party
to be united ; therefore be it
Resolved, That we deprecate any in
dependent movement or third party
formations, and emphatically declare
that all such movements are the off
spring of a selfish ambition and an at
tempt to subvert the general good and
to subordinate the welfare of the peo
ple to individual aggrandizement. Such
movements are only attempted by dis
apQpinted politicians, a class who live
upon the hope of obtaining office, and
are willing to sacrifice honor and prin
ciple or to affiliate with any party that
holds out the inducement of obtaining
the same.
Besolved, That at the eusuing city
election we will class all persons who
attempt to organize an iudependeut
ticket as Radicals and as attempting to
revive the Radical party.
Besolved, That we denounce any at
tempt to bring into the city canvass any
other issues than those of a purely local
character.
x fi. G. Cobb, seconded by Franklin
Garrett, moved to strike out all of the
preamble beginning with the word
" faithfully," which motion was sup
ported by R. G. Cobb, Franklin Garrett
and W. P. Renwick, who particularly ar
raigned the Legislature for failing to call
a convention.
The preamble and resolutions after
being fully discussed, and being, as well
as the general policy of the State gov
ernment, sustained by S. D. McEnery,
W. W. Farmer and F. P. Stubbs, were
adopted by an almost unanimous vote,
there being only five dissenting voices
in the crowded house.
Mayor Endom was re-nominated by a
large majority, Tlnis have the people
at the first political meeting of the can
vass fully indorsed the Nicliolls govern
ment. ' Ouachita.
There seems to be a lively revival go
ing on just now in favor of hanging.
Our hanging statistics show an exceed
ing large business done in this line last
year, both legal and extra judicial, and
the promise for 1878 is even more flat
tering. The attention of the entire
country has lately been attracted to the
State of West Virginia, where a num
ber of iynchings have just occurred. It
was found upon investigation that while
Judge Lynch liad provided the hempen
necktie for more men in West Virginia
than have been so accommodated in any
other State of the Union, that not a sin
gie man had ever been sent to the gal
lows by the courts of that State ; that is,
all the hanging has been done by the
mob, none by outraged justice. This
fact has caused a strong re-action in
public sentiment on the hanging ques
tion not only in West Virginia but in
other States as Well, and it has been
generally resolved that in future if there
is any hanging to be done it shall be
done by order of court.
Iowa, which a few years ago abolished
capital punishment, has reconsidered
the patter and re-established it, and
will, in future, try to compete with
other States in this business.
Altogether, there is the best of reason
for believing that the gallows crop will
be larger this year than for any past
year. This will have the effect, it is
hoped, of decreasing, at the same time,
the number of murders and the Iynch
ings. for which l'attér festivities we are
»etting rather too hoted.—[New Orleans
Democrat. _
Blue Ribbon Incident.
*
[San Francisco Chronicle.]
" Pard," said Happy Jack, as he looked
sadly at his reflection in the mirror of
the saloon corner of Third and Mission
streets, "I aint the shadow of myself,
am I ?"
The bar-keeper was gazing with dim
eyes at the returned prodigal. His
emotion was too full for tears.
" I could stand it no longer," said the
colonel, as he thoughtfully examined
the elbows of his coat and struck a
match on the shining edge of his panta
loons. " I'm back in the fold."
The bar-keeper spun a glass toward
the colonel and reached under the
counter. "The old thing?" he asked,
with a smile.
The colonel paused a moment to sub
due the wild yearning of his manly
breast, " No," said he with an effort.
" I've got to go slow at first. Give me
a good hot whiskey." As the-fluid
struck the soles of the colonel's boots
his friends pressed round to offer words
of
de
gr
to his home in a hapk
of hope and cheer. The colonel was so
deeply affected by the unexpected con
gratulations that he had to be conveyed
! p
with their crops as we had anticipated.
Between this place and Summerfield
we notice that out little ploughing has
been done. On some far ras fences have
been reset and logs burned, but others
seem neglected so far. There must of
course be some good reason for the de
lay, but we cannot avoid making notice
of the difference between the present
stage of farming and its advancement
one year ago. However, Claiborne far
mers are known to make long strides
on the home stretch. We mean to say
that the yield is almost always better
than one would suppose from the out
look early in the year.—[Claiborne
Guardian.
Dancing masters seldom have any
money, but are always taking steps to
raise some.
Honor the Supreme Court.
[Lake Charles Eclio, April lith.)
The N, O. Democrat, naturally indig
nant at Thos. C. .Anderson's escape
from punishment, in his recent crimi
nal prosecution for knowingly uttering
and publishing as true the forged aud
counterfeited Vernon parish election
returns, has overstepped the limits of
propriety, by a virulent attack on the
Supreme Court of the State, on account
of its decision on Anderson's appeal, and
on the application by the Attorney Gen
eral for a rehearing on that appeal.
The effort of the Democrat to fasten
on the Supreme Court the responsibility
for Anderson's escape from punishment
is alike unseemly and abortive, and we
regret the attempt, first because it is
unwarranted, and secondly because it
is unbecoming the recognized organ of
tue democratic party of Louisiana.
The Democrat distinctly charges that
the decision on the appeal " was a poli
tical one ;" that it was an "arbitrary
and insolent decision ;" that it "seemed
so much in the nature of a job that all
men were certain no reasoning could
avail with the court.'' This is a serious
charge to make against the highestlegal
tribunal of the State. If true, the live
Judges of the Court (all concurred in
the decision) ought to be impeached,
and made no less infamous than the Re
turning Board itself. If not true, what
shall be said of the journal that dared
to make it ?
The present Supreme Court of Louis
iana is compose,d of Judges whose repu
tations for ability and judicial integrity
stand high throughout the State, ft is
absolutely essential to the maintenance
of law and order that those reputations
shall not be unjustly tarnished ; because
if the court of last resort is a political
court ; if it sanctions jobs ; if it is inso
lent and arbitrary ; if in any instance if
shows a fixed and settled purpose to
strain the law and the authorities for
the great overruling purpose of releas
ing an infamous and convicted criminal,
then it follows as an inevitable result
that the injured aud oppressed citizen,
instead of appealing to the law for pro
tection, will be impelled to turn away
from the temple of justice, and to seek,
by an appeal to brute force, to work out
his own salvation from the evils of op
pression and crime.
In view of the notorious fact that the
Ludeling Supreme Court was a polit ical
court ; that its judges were avowed Re
publicans, who did not even deign to
"strain the law and the authorities,"
when they stood in the way of tl^eir
political purposes, but contemptuously
trampled them under foot; in view of
the fact that while the judges of the
preseut Supreme Court are democrats,
there has been au abiding conviction on
the public mind ever since their ap
pointment that they would scorn to lie
swayed by political or personal preju
dices, we fail to see what duty to the
democratic party of Louisiana its ac
credited organ, theN. O.Democrat, per
forms, in furnishing the republican party
with a deadly weapon for an assault on
the judiciary department of the demo
cratic State government, by these public
and grave charges against the highest
court of the State.
In the decisions referred toit appears,
(and no one, not even the Democrat
disputes it.)
* First: That there was a serious blun
der in the framing of the information
against the accused, which resulted in
such a variance between the information
and the evidence offered by the State to
support it, that the State was compelled,
after going into the trial by jury, and
on the trial, to ask leave cf the court to
amend its information, in order to open,
the door to the admission of absolutely
necessary evidence to sustain it. Did
the Supreme Court draw up that in
formation ?
Secondly : That even after the infor
mation was so amended, the evidence
of the State, absolutely essential to a
legal couviction of the prisouer { viz :
the forged instrument which the infor
mation, as amended, charged him with
having feloniously uttered and publish
ed as true, was fatally defective and
insufficient, and therefore legally in
admissible as evidence against the pris
oner, because it lacked the certificate
of the clerk of the district court of Ver
non parish, which, by express law, was
neceasaru to give that instrument any
legal value or authority Whatever. Did
the Supreme Court ever see that docu
ment? Did it ever see a copy of it, until
after Anderson's conviction, when it
came before it, embodied in the trans
cript of appeal ? Did the Supreme Court
prepare the evidence on behalf of the
State, to be used on Anderson's trial
by jury, and did it compare that evi
dence with the law of the case, and see
if it was sufficient to maintain the of
fene charged ?
Thirdly: That.the information, even
after being amended, charged Ander
son and his co-defendants with having
feloniously uttiued aud published as
true, the forged and counterfeited in
strument declared on in the informa
tion; not in their capacity as officers of
the law, (as members of the Returning
Board) nor in any other official capacity
whatever ; but so charged them simply
as Thomas C. Andersou, James Madisou
Wells, et alias ; whereas it was apparent
that to sustain a conviction under the
offence charged in the information, it
was essential that the offence (not for
gery, nor counterfeiting—they were not
charged with that—but feloniously ut
tering and publishing as true a forged
and counterfeited public -record) should
have been charged as having been com
mitted by them in their dfficial capacity
as members of the lie turning Board;
bescause as private individuals, not act
ing, nor professing to act, in any official
capacity, their uttering and publishing
as true a forged and counterfeited elec
tion return could not have injured or
deceived, and could not have been cal
culated to injure or deceive anybody ;
it being of the essence of the offence
chargea that the act of " uttering and
publishing as true, a certain altered,
forged and counterfeit public record,
to-wit : the consolidated return of the
parish of Vernon, made by the super
visor of registration," should have been
committed with the intent to injure or
deceive somebody. As previously asked,
we inquire again, did the Supreme
Court draw up that information 1
The simple truth is, the reason and
the only reason why Thomas C. Ander
son and his associates in the most in
famous and gigantic crime ever perpe
trated against a State and a nation are
allowed to go unwhipped of justice, is
because they Were not properly charged
with the crime, and because on Ander
son s trial there was a fatal variance
between an essential allegation in the
information against him, and the évi
dence offered to support it.
The Supreme Court considered the
case on appeal just as it would have
considered a case of the State against
John Jones on au information for felon
iously uttering and published as true
ah altered, forged and counterfeit check
on the First National Bank of New Or
leans. Th« honorable and honored
judges of that Court shut their ears to
popular clamor, and their eyes to the
rejoicing of the public press over what
be the legal
conviction and just sentence of Ander
son, and consulted only the transcript
of appeal, the oral and printed argu
ments of counsel, the law and decisions
of the courts bearing on the case, and
the solemn oath of their high office, and
rendered their decision accordingly. All
honor totliemforit. If they had yielded
to propnlar pressure; if they had ren
dered a political decision; if they had de
nied to Thomas C. Anderson a single
right they would have accorded to an
iu^TtvJ o'f! ^nl Cl ï U T (1 ,T ith Utte ,' ; !
as tiuc a foiled check, they would
nave dishonored themselves and their
office, and would have deserved the
odium which the N. O. Democrat has
so indiscreetly and unjustly sought to
fasten upon them. It is precisely be
cause, in this important State trial, the |
Judges of the Supreme Court of Louis
iana have shown the State and the coun
try that in no case, aud under no cir
cumstances whatever, can their decis
ions be influenced by any political or
personal consideration, that their de
cisions in the Anderson case will stand
a perpetual monument in honor of their
ability and integrity.
A jviaii Who IVever Smiles.
1 he Springfield (Mass.) Republican
says :
Gov. Rice is asked to pardon one
0 Donne!, of Millbury, from Charles
town penitentiary, and a gentleman
who recently visited the State prison
thus tells Iiis story: Gentlemen, said
the warden, 1 want to bring before you
one of the most remarkable cases we
have iu the prison. Wecall him "the
man wno never smiles," aud 1 wish, be
fore he comes in, to tell you his story.
He seems to be a man of more than or
dinary ability, one of the better class of
substantial, frugal, Irish citizens, who
owned a small place in one of our
manufacturing villages, where he re
sided with his family of grown-up sons
and daughters, all permanently em
ployed and in comfortable circum
stances. The old man had a fine gar
den on which lie bestowed his leisure
hours, in a part of which was a fine lot
of cabbages. It seems that the boys in
the neighborhood had a habit of tres
passing on the old man's garden until
he had determined on getting rid of
them by firing Iiis girh to frighten them !
ayvay. One night, hearing some one in *
Iiis garden, lie took down his gun, and,
getting behind the hedge, filed into the
garden, as he claims, without aim or
seeing any one to aim at. Hut the re
port of the gun alarmed the neighbors,
who, on rushing into the garden, found
the lifeless body of a young girl shot
through the heart. The old man, when
told what he had done, was struck
dumb. He was arrested and sentenced
to imprisonment for life. He has now
been here for ten years, and his face lias
become as mai ble there is no hope,
nothing but the sali remembrance of
that dreadful night. In Ireland they
have a superstition* among the young
gi ils that whosoe\jsr on Hallowe'en
shall place a eabbagp over the door will
marry the first youfig man that enters
the door afterward, i And this, it proved,
was the errand of t!|e young girl in the
old man's garden, j But instead of a
wedding she found a grave.
, G etting Names f0k Bad Purposes.—
in all the papers of ( t h e flashy sort, as I
well as some that cljiim a higher stand- j
ard, may be read She advertisement, i
^ our name neatly printed on fifty ;
cards for ten cents-4postage paid,'' etc.
Every printer knows that the cost of
; cards furnished, which are of fine board,
together with the work and postage,
will cost at least ten times ten cents.
How then, can men make this traffic
pay? It is claimed that the lists of
names of thoughtless young ladies and
innocent girls, as w:clI as those of young
men and boys, gathered by advertise
ments of this kind in every city and
village, and at almost every post office,
command a big price when offered for
sale to men who dfcal in literature of
that kind which poisons the young mind
and prepares a foundation for a blasted
life. In the hand^ of these soulless
wretche^ the preserved lists are an un
crin g guide to the iWarthstone of almost
every family. The cards are somewhat
nice, but circulars offering books and
pamphlets, sensual and beastly, at high
prices, will doubtlejss follow. It may
be that the advertisers of cards do not
want the lists for sale, and are themsel
ves the vainpires.upon society who take
this method of getting addresses for a
nefarious traffic, lie this as it may, the
thousands of names sent for cards thus
advertised, are on adangerous journey.—
Sigourney News.
The Giiost op a Dog .—This week, on
the 8th inst., a neighbor came to George
Dealil, of Meiser, of Snyder county, Pa.,
and told him his dog, " Old Rover," had
killed some of his sheep, and said that
the dog must be.shot. They took the
dog out in the woodland shot him dead.
The same evening tflie dog came home,
round the house find through the yard,
as if to tell the fàthily that he was in
nocent of this s'Seep killing. George
Dealil, Messrs. Deabl, Ed Mengis, Mary
Bowl and Jeany -Mengis, all saw the
dog. Mrs. Dealil #ent out to look, and
called " Rover," jihen the dog disap
peared at once. 'Gen. Dealil and Ed.
Mengis went up to the woods again to
. rhe Moffett register is losing its grip
in Virginia. Thejeceipts have in some
quarters fallen oft: fifty per cent. The
Auditor of PubliijjAccounts has issued
a drcular requesting the co-operation
of all officers of ®e law in its faithful
executiou.
IDATES.
For Sheriff.
Mr. Editor:—You will please announce my
name as a candidate for re-election to the office
of Sheriff of St. Landry, at the election in
November next. Subject to the nomination of
the Democratic Convention,
c. c. duson.
see if the dog wa ft there yet, Wd found
the body in the g'anie place,
Procwdiug» of the Board of Police ot
the T own of OpelouMaa.
Monday , April 8th, 1878.
The Board of Police of the town of Opelousas,
met pursuant to a call of the President, Present* i
Dr. James Ray President, Messrs. C. Mavo, ;
W . O. Bell, C. N. Ealer. Kmilp Dmvitn 'tnef
P T ' U ^ on ' lt0 ' * lQd j
P. J. Lefebvre.
The minutes of the last meetings were read 1
and approved. j
The committee appointed to examine the •
books and accounts of the Treasurer and Col- 1
lector submit the following report: !
_ Opelousas , April 8th, 187k Î
We the undersigned committee appointed to |
examine the books and Vouchers of the Treas- i
tirer and Collector, would respectfully report,
that we have carefully examined the same and !
find thfjiu correct, and have cancelled the vou-!
ehers that were in the hands of the Treasurer. I
The following statement of the Treasurer !
we find to be correct, and recommend its tmbiî- 1
cation with the minutes of the Board. " j
Respectfully sumbitted,
EMILE DONATO, i
W.G.BELL.
yearly statement.
P. J. LEFEB VRE, TREASURER, IN ACCOUNT
CURRENT WITH TOWN OFOPELOUSAS.
RECEIPTS :
Balance on hand 7th April, 1877 $86 03
Town taxes 1,431 54
Town licenses 1,794 50
Market rent 630 50
Fines and penalties 27 00
On account courthouse fence... 200 00
Total receipts to 6th April, .1878
EXPENDITURES :
Jail ami ci iniinal fees
Indigents
Redemption of outstanding war
, Ja ÄSL P Ei'V
warrants
officers salaries :
JT Healey bal' to 14th Jnly 1877.
J T Healey bal' com. July 1877
$4083 54
$4,169 57
52 35
227 10
700 97
j D Richard clerk to 18 July 1877
OVoorliies " from 18 July 1877
(J M Thompson constable from
14th July, 1877
P J Lefebvre treasurer in full..
P J Lefebvre assessor in full...
Paul Richard night constable..
F F Peri'odiu on account asatty
136 45
34 49
23 05
01 15
Expenses for market-house
lins and graves for pan
donation to fire department.... 150 oo
contingent :
•of
paupei'8
Special constable
Hauling dead animals
Inquest and post mortem exam
ination
Tools and repairing same.
361 40
75 00
50 00
9(1 00
35 00
38 20
20 65
26 50
68 00
21 15
$867 14
$324 50
internal improvements :
Making and repairing bridges
labor on streets and court
bouse fence and hire of cart
and mule for hauling dirt &c 1659 (X»
Lumber bills 262 46
Hauling lumber 32 20
$1,953 66
Total expenses from 7th April
1877 to 6th April 1878
To balance on hand 6 April 1878
$4,138 32
31 25
$4,169 67
memorandum :
Amount of outstanding warrants unpaid
7th April 1877 $1,083 26
Amount of same paid since, to date 700 97
Balance as per old warrant book $382 29
I certify that the above statement is a true
and correct transcript from the booRs of the
town. P. J. LEFEBVRE, Treasurer.
Opelousas, La., April 6th, 1878.
On motion the roport of the Committee was
approved and ordered to be spread upon the
minutes and that the bonds of the Treasurer
and Collector be cancelled.
The same Committee also reported favorably
upon the following claims viz:
C. G. IJuson jail fees $19 00
C. M. Thompson stationary &c 1 90
Adolph Stagg registration of voters of the
corporation 25 00
C. Mayo drugs 4 75
C. M."Thompson removing dead animals
and burying pauper 10 00
J. W. Jackson advertising names of delin
quent tax payers 15 00
E. s. Taylor justice of peace fees..»» 5 30
On motion the board adjourned sine. die.
JAMES RAY, President
Attest: O. Voorhies , Clerk.
Proceeding* of the Ronnl of Police of
the Town of OpeloiiMns.
Monday , April 8th, 1878.
This being the day appointed for a meeting
of the Board of Police of the Town of Ope
lousas, the following members of said Board,
elected on the. 1st instant, as per certificate of
Election and oath of office recorded and on file
in the office of tho Clerk of the District Court
of the Parish ot' St. Landry, were present, to
wit : Dr. James Ray, Victor Lastrapes, Chas.
N. Ealer, P. J. Lefebvre, C. Mayo, Emile Do
liato, and Win. O. Bell.
Dr. James Ray presiding.
On motion Dr. James Rav was elected by
acclamation as President of the Board of Police
of the Town of Opelousas.
On motion of Mr. Ealer, Resolved, that the
salaries of officers for this term, lie and they
are hereby fixed the same as the last term.
There being no applicants for any of the
offices under this Board.
On motion, all tho officers of the old Board
were re-elected by acclamation to their same
offices.
On motion Resolved, that the bonds of the
Treasurer and Collector be fixed the same as in
1876.
\_On motion Dr. James Ray, Emile Donato, and
Wm. G. Bell were appointed Street Commis
sioners.
On motion the Board adjourned to meet on
Friday the 19thinst.
JAMES RAY, President.
Attest: O. Vooriiies , Clerk.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
I
j
i 1TI Ä f T71 n f f
; ÜläSt6r I ül8iSu6r I •
THE NEW BAKERY,
Kept by C. Brand,
ALIAS " FRANK THE BAKER,"
On Hellevvie Street,
NEXT TO BODEMUIiLEB'S SHOP,
BREAD,
CAKES AND
LUNCH
always on hand. Specially for Easter and du
ring Court
Regular walls of Bread, Pies and all sorts of
Cakes. Also warm and cold lunch served at
all hours during the day.
Esp Country people take notice.
Clieap for Cash.
April 20-tf
J% m otice !
I am informed by Mr. S, C. Faulknerof Faulk
ner« Ferry, (upper St. Landry) that he has in his
possession a stray horse mule, about 15 years
old, fourteen hands high, light brown color,
has been in that vicinity since December last.
By proving property and paying cost of adver
tisement the owner can have his property.
Address Mr. Faulkner at Churehville P. O. or
the undersigned C. C. DUSON,
April20-5t
Strayed or Stolen.
From tho undersigned, on Bayou Waxia, ;i
two year old brown American filly ; has a large
white spot in the forehead, one hind foot white,
branded on shoulder thus: Ef. Left the plan
tation last January. A liberal reward will bo
given for her return or for any information that
will lead to her recovery. *
April 20—tf
WM. DUCKWORTH,
Bayou Waxia.
JUDICIAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
S
HEBIFF'S SALE.
disïrictc °URT , parish of st. LANDRY,
"
lalanne bros. vs. kinchen w. mc*
kinney.
By virtue of a writ of fieri facias, issued
ont of the honorable District Court, in and for
the Parish of St. Landry, in the above entitled
suit, and to me directed, i will proceed to
sell at public sale, to the highest bidder, at
the Court House of said parish, in the town of
Opelousas, on SATURDAY, the 1st day of
June, 1878, at 11 o'clock a. m ., the following
described property, to-wit :
1st. A certain tract of land situated on Bayou
Cane, bounded east by river Mermentau, south
by Bayou Plaquemine, containing eight hun
dred aud eighty acres more or less.
2d. A certain piece or portion of land situated
on Bayou Courtableau, parish of St. Landry,
containing nine hundred and one superficial
arpents, together with all the buildings and im
provements thereon and being all that portion
of the plantation commonly known as the Allen,
Thomas or Belle vue plantation, lying below
the canal or ditch, bounded north by the Bayou
Courtableau, west by the canal, east by the
property of Thompson et als., and south by
land of Ford and Anderson. Seized as property
of e. Gantt.
Terms—Cash.
C. C. DUSON,
apl 20 Sheriff of the Parish of St. Landry.
CHBBIFF'« SA LE.
PARISH COURT, PARISH OF ST. LANDRY.
No - lsm -
QUEYROUZE & BOIS \ S. HENRY D, Mc
BRIDE.
By virtue of a writ of fieri facias issued oat
of the honorable Parish Court, in and for
the parish of St Landr .in the above entitled
suit; and to me directed, I will proceed to Bell at
public auction, to the highest bidder, at the
Co " "—
lousas
1878, at
nnmcrtv to-wit :
All the'contents of defendants store in Church
Point, as per inventory on file in Sherifl s omce.
tenu «- c ^ 1 ' c. c. DUSON
apl 20 Sheriff ol the Parish of St. Landry«