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E LICANA SENTINEL. j. 2.. ST.' FRANCISVILLE, LA., OCTOBER 20, 1877 NO. 17 Atmnue? at Law, Clinton. Louisiana. •AjDEE, *er*er at .LaW, -Clinton Louisiana. J. KERNAN, & COUNSELOR ATILAW, Thnton, Louisiana. * in the' Courts of East and s. SLUKER, tAnnori at Latw, -- Clinton, Louisiana. *ce in the Courts of the 5th Ijiatrict. Aug.2'76.-ly j. POWELL, Attnrney at Law, Francisville, Lonisiana. petice in the Parishes of West lFeliciana. and Pointe Counnee. WEDGE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Clinton, Louisiana, ctice in the courts of East and eskana mnd'the Supreme Court of e. . febl7-ly. .m. LEAKE, - AtterneY at Law, Francisville, Louisiana. paticein the Parishes of West Feliciana, and Pointe Coupee. JONES, OtRNEY AT LA W, Clinton, Louisiana. on the North side of the public june 28, '76.--1y PLE JR. JOS. L GOLSAR,. . & GOLSAN, ATTORNEYS AT LAW St. Francisville La., practice in the Courts of West and Pointo Conpee. CKLiFFEI. C. L. FISHER ELIFFE & FISHER, Attorneys at Law. " St. Francisville, La. practice in the Courts of West at Feliciano. Pointe Conllpt and ng Parishes. j une'2M'76.-ly . U. BAL.L, [SICIAN AND SURGEON, S]ayiouS ara, Louisinan, at residence .june 28, '76.. I y. TISTRY. Dr. E. Green Davis offers his services to the people of Sthis and adjoining l'arishes. addressed to him, at his resi ill receive prompt attention. TISTRY! DENTISTRY !! I will attend all calls on he Coast, from Natchez to ew Orleans; also the back I when accessable with a buggy. Ma wishing my services, can pro -bwane by addressing me, at my se. D. STOCKING, D. D. S., '67.-1y. St. Francisville. La IARTINEZ, Pan Street, Bayou Sara, La., DEALER IN Goods, Groceries, Confections, To Wines and Liquors. S'76.--3m. SHOTEL, orerof Caprp a,d Conmmon streets, New Orleans, La. rMFORD & WATSON. PROPRIETORS. ARD,-Two dollars .and fifty er day. - june 28,76-1y. F. IRVINE, Bayou Bara, Louisiana, ISALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN Cries. Provisions, Western t4ce and Geaeral plan talion supplies. ALSO :IVING, FORWARDING DMMISSION MEROBCHANT AND 'E.AMBOAT ./GENT. HEINRIETTA IIOUSE. BAYOU SABA, LA. Ican be procured by the day, weoek )l, and at reasoniable rates. In A" as in the past, the table will PUed With the very best fare the ffords. llegnnt and well fur oome. cbeconmmgti tijg servants itly iiittecnde, ptFtonage aow aatietefation guaraitnteed, IJS FRISYI4N & CO., fth Reoad, St. Franceville, La. I!eter. ste an C.niso Ginl 'hohqeJ 'id4 Reail Dejars in . ishtnsng gooIds, clothPng, oot. , gt +a gJner~ l assortment Ware, hlna and glaess ware. iest market prote pai for cat et ind hdep p SEWMAIN, TAILOR, the Septinel oflice, St. Franeisville La., 'eliian~a SeutinltI A DEMOCRATIC PAPER.. O"ICIAL JOURNAL OF Waev FRtIgsANA. OW-ICIALJOURNAL Osyr o0 BAYou aRA PUBLlSHEI EVERY SATURDAY. S. LAMBERT... PnROPREaFo JNO. D. AUSTEN..............itor. B. O. RHEA................PbllIsAer. Ht. Frameilsville Oct. 3o 'I t SUBSCRIPTION RATES. 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Obituaries, tributes of respect, resolutions, etc., charged as adrertiseutents. BATTLE BUNNY. (MALVERN HILL, 1862.) LAfter the men were ordered to lie dnow, a white rabbit, which had been hopping hither and thither over the field swept by grape and nmusketry, took refuge among the skirmishers, in the brast of a corporal.-Report of the battle of Malvern Hill.] Bunny, lying in the grass Saw the shining column pass, Saw tie starry banner fly, Faw the chargers fret and fume, Saw the flapping hat and plume; Saw them with his moist and shy, Most unspeculative eye, Thinking only in the dew, That it was a fine boview 'Till a flash, not all. of steel, Where the rolling caisson's wheel Brought a rumble and a roar Rolling down that velvet floor, And like blows of autumn flail, Sharply threshed the iron hail. Bunny, thrilled by unknown fears, Raised his soft and pointed ears, Mumbled his prehensile lip, Quivered his pulsating hip, As the sharp vindictive yel Rose above the screaming shell; Thought the world and all its men, All the charging squadrons ment, All were rabbit.hunters'then, AILto capture him intent. Bunny was not much to blame, Wiser folks have thought the same Wiser folk, who think they spy Every ill begins with I. Wildly panting, here and there, Bunny sought the freer air, 'Till he hopped below the hill, And sa v, lying close and still, Men with muskets in their hands, (Never Bonny understands That hypocrisy of sleep, In the vigils grim they keep, As recumbent on that spot, They elude the level shot.) One-a grave and' quiet man, " Thiqking of his wife and child Far beyond the Rapidan, Where Androscoggin smiled Felt the little rabbit creop. Nestling by his arm and side, Wakened from strategic sleep, To that soft appeal replied, Drew him in his blackened breast, And- But you have guessed the rest. Softly over that chosen pair Omnipresent Love and Care Drew a mightier Hand and Arm, Shielding them from every harm, Right and left the bullets waved, Savea the savior for the saved. ... .-- -- . Slw THE PULL COLUMN ADV)BU TISEMENT of our enterprisin d eiti eon, Mi, E, W. Whiteman, on fourth page. Mr. Whiteman is the agent of the splendid steamers of the New Or eans and Vi~knhurg packet line, and the New Orleans and Bayou Sara steamer Ouachita Belle, the advertisements of all of which will be found in his column, and to them we call the attention of shippers and the traveling pub* lie in a special manner. THE MASKED TRAIN ROBBERS. A PASSENGIs's SrORT--HOW RE Es CAPED BEING PLUNDERED. [From the Omaha Herald.) " ON Tln ROAD, Sept. 90.-That train robbery" at Big Springs Station was an interesting occasion and no mistake. I was there, but not by special invita tion. Not being accostamed to that kind of diversion, had I known what was to happen I think I should have waited for the next train. " We rolled up to Big 8prings depot as usually. The night was beautiful, and she mopon shone brightly.. As the train stopped I went out on the platform of the car, where-I found an Omaha mer chant, and we stood and talked there about two minutes, when there suddenly appeared before us on the ground four masked'men, with a cocked revolver in each hand, aimed directly at us. At first I thought it was some joke, but when the devils ordered us into the car "d-quick," and to hold up our hands and make no "break," and called us hard names, I concluded it meant business, and another look at those eight revolvers, which just about that time began to look like mountain howitzers, dbavinced me in much less than a week's time that the evening air was unhealthy, and I had business inside immediately. As I' closed the car door two shots were fired at my friend, hitting him twice in the hand, and taking oft about a foot of the car door casing.. That satis fled him, and he took an inside berth. The robbers followed us. One fired off his pistol in the car, probably to give emphasis to his remarks, which were more f reible than polite. They station ed one man at the front end of the car, one at the rear each with two pistols, and each of the remaining rrdfiians was allotted the task of robbing a row of seats which they proceeded to do each af ter his own style. The first man robbed was a drummer from a New York house. He was order ed to "stand up, hold up his hands, and keep his d- mouth shut," and the search commenced. They took from him $480, and a gold watch valued at $100. The next man had only one arm. The gen tlemanly villain that was searching him happened to notice the empty sleeve. "H--1," said he, "have you only got one arlnF" "Only one, sir," replied the man. . "Well, 1- you, take back ,our stuff we don't want your money. Sit down and keep still." . One of the brigands yelled out as they came in the car; "Hold up your hands, every - , and keep still; we want your money, but will give each man $10 back, and we wont hurt a man unless he makes a break. WVe've kill one mnan, and don't want to kill, any more. but your money we will have; so, 4 you, keep still and give it nup-all of it, quietly"-and much more talk of like character. It was a queer scene-about forty men of us sitting these quietly to let four masked scalawags go quietly through us that way; but what could we do Not a revolver in the car except one, and that at the bottom of a valise. There was no use for any one to make a start. The two men at the end of the cars covered everybody nearly with two cocked revolv eraliable to go oft any moment, for their hands trembled violently, showing that they were themselves excited. So we obeyed orders to a certain extent, but not fully. I didn't. I had my hardes up most of the time, but I found time to put my pocket-hook with $400 in it down be hind a ladies' work basket, who occupied the next seat. after doing which I walked back about four seats and managed to get my watch and chaina off and down behind my valise on the car floor, after which little performance mvy hands weet up good and steady. I then had nothing on my person that I thought the thieves would take, except about $10 in coin in one pocket, and I finally worked up a scheme to beat them out of that. The man who was robbing the. row of seats opposite me was much more expert than the other, and got away ahead of him, After he had passd me about four seats, and while the other one was at least four seats from me the other way, I got up leisurely and crossed the aisle and took a seat with a man who had been robbed, and the villain whose plain duty it was to rob me, overlooked me entirely; so I was not otoched, and was the only man in that ear who was not "'gone through.' I think it took them about fifteen min utes to work that car. IN coNJUnCTrON with that of t:e steamer Gov. .Alen will be found the advertisement of the steamer La selle, Capt. Dugas, which fine poessonger packet will run during the entire s-acon in connection with-tire JAllen, in the *Bayou-Sara and coast trade. In establishing this splendid line of packets, Capt. arown is but carrying out a well devised plan to meet the tequire ments and conveniences of the pub lic, and merits a full share bf pa trolage. Mr. Joe. F. Irvine is the agent. [N Y. Mercantile JournaL ] WHAT ONE DOLLAR AT INTEREST CAN DO. However historians may differ on other points, all concur in crediting Ferdinand and Isabella with the character of intel ligent and efient sovereigns. When uhder their auspices Columbus discovered America in 1409, economists would have deemed it wise if they had set apart one of the many gold mines which then came into their posseesion, to be worked forever in the interest of the crown, its products to be.applied as a staking thmd towards the meduetion or the liquidation of the national debt, un til such debt should be paid.. For convenience of illustration we will imagine that such an edict was passed, and as an administrative measure, one hundred" men were detailed to work the mine with the prevision that all vacan cles oeering by death or otherwise shoul'be Immediately filled. On arrival at the mines the colonists learned (if they did not know it before) that gold would neither shelter, feed nor clothe them, apd they wisely detailed one-half their r;ma ber to supply the personal n~is of the colony, while the other half worked at mining .A few years experience showed that the average product was an ounce of gold every ten days for each miner, which on a valuation of twenty dollars was two dollars per day. As that sum was in equity and by agreement divisable with the non-mining party, it resulted that the earnings, all around, were one dollar per da:y, which, allowing three hundred working days to the year, would be three, hundred dollars per annum for each, while the products of the mine were steadily piled up in the Government de positories. But while the colonists were quietly and efficiently fulfilling their mission, a little bill of a dollar was presented at Madrid, and as there o ere no "monies not otherwise appropriated," at the com mand of the Treasury, the officials gave a bond for the same, bearing interest at 6 per cent. per annum, payable wher the gold above specified should be disposed of. The government finally fixed upon the year 1879 as a good time ,to sell, rightly conjecturing that by the demone tization of silver and the presnective enormous requirements of the United States for gold to effect their exchanges, the demand would be uaprecedented and the price high. By calculation they found that the fifty miners had each day delivered one hundred dollars worth of 'metal which, estimating three hundred working days to each year, would be thirty thousand dollars per annum, re sulting for the three hundred and eighty seven years in the magnificent accumul ation of $11,610.000. "But your excel lency forgets," said D)n Penusador to the Treasurer general, "that there is a lien on the fund of one dollar, the interest being added at the end of each year at six per cent." The "magnificos" laughed heartily at the suggestion and jokingly asked the Grand Scribe to Inform them (that is if the paltry sum was not too insignificant to figure on) what that lit tie matter .would amount to. But they were much surprised and annoyse:. when that functionary, after careful calcula tion, reported that the claim of this bondholder on the government would in 1879 amount to the incomprehensible sum of $6,240,000,000 (six thousand, two hun dred and forty millions of dollars.) The council at first accused the sedate func tionary of joking, hut his solemn and re spectable vissage precluded that theory. Then a suspicion of insanity took pos session of the official mind, but cypher ing confirmed the statement. '. Cramba I" growled the President; ' that one dollar has earned 137,468 times more than those ffty workingmen -o rather those hundred workingmen, for it has taken one outside man all the time to support the one in the mine ; or in other words, it would require 13,746,800 men at $1 per day each, from the date of the bond, to pay principal and accrue interest at 6 per cent. on $1 for 3 years," The old philologists teach that nsury means "something that bites." It is a constrictor that crushes and then ewal lows. It is not geinerally known that Osman Pasha, the fighting officer of the Turk ish army, is an old Burlington boy, but such is indeed the fact. His teal name is John Smith. His father emigrated from Smithvllle, Smith County, and crme to this city, where John was born. He drove a dray for a few years, but after wards entered the ministry and became a revivalist. When the war of the rebel lion broke out he was one of the first to spring to his feet when the Bebel bat teries fired on Sampter, and started for Canada at a rate of speed that indicated his intention to eat his supper at Toronto on the same day he left Burlington. He has never been seen or heard of since, and a great many people who never knew him say they would not be surprised at allit Osman Pasha was our John Smihi All honor to Burlington gallantry ' Long live Osmsn John. Smith Pashal Burli*Fjlon Hawkeae, LAST SPEECH OF THIERS. The follon ing was the last public speech of M. Thiers, deli ered upon his arival at St. Germain in reply to a con gratulatory address from the inhabitants of that old court suburb: "I am very much touched by your visit and by the tokens of affection, (refering to several large bouquets) which you bring me. The voice of, an honorable citizen (speaking to the reader of the ad dress) has always a clainf upon my atten tion. As I have already said, for many years past, I look upon the republic as the only form of government possible in France. Those who, without being able to substitute anything for it, seek to pre vent it from taking root, are the real dis turbers and anarchists upon whom France will soon call to account for the nioral and material injury which has been inflicted upon her this year. You =ay reckon, therefore, upon my constancy in support of the republic; but you must allow me to be not less instant in giving it the epithet ,of chbservative-for it is to be permanent. It must give guarantees to order as well as to liberty, Look at the progress which our opinions have mad this year, and you will see that they are due to the tranquility and the firmness of the country. Let us persevere in this attitude. Calm and determined we shall succeed. For my own part, I entertain no doubt as to our success; everything presages it, and I do not scruple to fore shadow it to you in all-confidence." IMITATION MONEY.--A Washington dis patch says: .Many complaints have reached the Treasury Department that merchants and business men in various parts of the country have been in the habit of printing business cards bearing such a close resemblance to the United States and national bank issues the t many people have been deceived therebY, and quantities of it passed as good mon ey by parties who have gathered a num ber of these cards. Some of the samples received at the Secret Service Division hero are of a character to deceive even observant persons, while they bear upon their face the'fact that they are not real ly genuine.. These issues'arb all' in vio lation of law. Section 5,430 of the re vised statutes forbids the engraving oe printing. of anything in the impression or the likeness of any United States obli gatioqs or other security, or any part thereof, except under the authority- of the Secretary of the Treasury. The pen alty is a heavy fine and imprisonment. Many in dictments have been found against persons on this account, and the department intends now to prosecute to the full extent further offenses of this character as a matter of protection to the community ; the poor and more ignor ant members of which axe very generally imposed upon. ONE OF THE VERY BEST mercant ile establishments in our midst is that of our fellow citizen J. F. Irvine, Esq., in Bayou Sara. We note that str. Irvine is recently-in receipt of a large stock of provis ions and Western produce per steamers Gold. Dust and Belle of Shreveport-all fresh and new and which he will dispose of f t prices suited to the exigencies of the times. -' A FEARFUL RISK FOR GIRLS. The pastor of a church in one of our large cities ;aid to me not long ago. "I have officiated at forty weddings since I came here, and in every case, save one, I felt that, the bride was running on awful risk. Young men of bad habits and fast tendencies never marry girls of their own sort, but demand a wile above susoicion. So, pure, sweet women, kept from the touch of evil through the years of their girl hood, give themselves, with all their costly dower of womanhood, into the keeping of men who, in base associations have learned to un dervalue all that belongs to them. and then find no repentance in the sad after years. There is but one way out of this that I. can see, and that is for you-the young women of the country-to require in asso ieations and marriage, purity for purity, sobriety for sobriety, and honor for honor. There is no rea son why the young men of thibs Christian land should not be just as virtuous as its women, and if the lobs of society and love be the price they are forced to pay for vice, they will not pay it. I admit with sadness that not all our young women are capable of this high standard for themselves or others, but I believe there are enough earn est, thoughtful girls in the society of our country to work wonders if faithfully aroused. Dear girls, will you help us, in the name of Christ? Will you, first of all, be true to yourselves and God-so pure in your inner and outward life that you shal have a right to ask that the young man with whom yo6 marry shall be the same? The au fL1 gull oe dishonor is close beside your feet, and in it, fathers, bro hers, lovers and sons, are going own. Will you help us ti our, great work ?" JOSEPH VACARO, $srpenter and U drderta fl -u Will give prompt attention tal busi ness in his line in this andaQJbinn.t P ishes; jibt 154 76.--1 M OMO.P'TIAL. [At L, Vresinsky's old stanadt] Bsaou 8ara, sa: . FAHIONABLa BOtya 8 H0OE MAXKdt Respectfully solicits a share ofthbpulal ic patr6nage and guarantees . ,bthietlph O THE PUBLIc" wet FmuciANA, deJu I is177. . To parties .living in West. I eiMirts who shall at any time desire n1p'_Wfp t sional services I wonld atepeetfdll av nounce, that they have but to addret me at St. Clauide, Waterloo int care Ao Mesers. EdWin Vigne, or R. Potuetla All calls from the citizens of this Plt; ish so addressed will receive prompt at tention and respdose P. G. A. KAUFMAR~, D,. ICAD & WEIL Bayou Sar, Las,, Wholesale and Retail Dealers ira FANCY DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, FiTiNI t) , t, BOOTSI SHOES, GROCERIES Ai) PIARTATIOI S87P PLIES OE~AFE .ALI Y. girHighest market- prie paid st qet ton. OSEPH STERN, Adjoining Post O~fice, Foot of the Hill Mnt. Friincirevila, iq Retail Dealer In DRY GOObDS CLO1HI iO,/ H oAf CAPtI Boots and Shoes, Glass and W odes Ware, Tin ware, Fsuily and Faxi cy Groceries Western Pre duce andPPlantation Sup plieb Generally. ALSO FURNITURE AND SHINGLES, E'Highest market price tid fet e4t ton: July27, '76.--l. . T. GASTRELL, Bayou Sara, Lonubstf~R DEAI.ERt I . PLOWS, AGRICULTURAL IM1' q ments, Bridles, HaZr ss,Hardwaire, Gpna' Pistols, Pemps, Pipes, Miachine Fitig Cocks, Valves, Castinges Ropest. eolloiii Ware, Wagon and Carriage "eoOdlrow] Blacksmith's Materials, Etc.,Ete . TIN 'COPPER AND SHEET IRO1 0 A *D UIFACTORY • Also Agent for the celebrated "CHARTER OAK" Sk-OVEf; Urie, Garrett & Cottman, Brinle; ans H. Hall and other plo*st8 Allan'. Hore Hoes, Wood's Mowlng Mthihies Hore! Hay Rakes, all of which I Wil garavn-. too to sell lower than eae beh pti'ehaaed elsewhere. Grangers and others Will "id it to their advantage to call and examine mdS stock and prices before pncahasiag elsea where. A IdEALER A wanted ti everytownin tbh South for the cef ebrated WEED E WE WE. MACHINES. The easiest learned, lightest running most durable and popular maebine made. Received the highest award at the Con-. tennial. Special inducements offered.- Address Weed Sewing Machine Co., No. 182 Canal- Street, New O(leans, La, Jane 1, '77.-lyear. BE.STT"S P.JIRLOR PO R G A S.-2 Elegant styles, with Valuable Improve= me- .. New and beautiful soloe stopse.-- Over one thousand Organiets- and. Masi-" clans endorse these organs and, reoo- mend them as strictly first class in tone, Mechanism and durability. Wartsnted for six years. .Most Elegant and Latest Improved. Have been awarded the highest pre mium in competition with others for Slinplielt ,.Duaralllty, Promptness, and Piano like action. Pure,. sweet, and evenly balanced tone, orches- tral effects, and instantaneous aecese which may be had to the re price list address DANIEL F. BEATTY V'ushington. MAKE HOME HAPPY. A Pientiftul Bnpplw o - . Good Beading and Beautifal WILL DO IT. THE OINOINNATI WEEKLY STAR, A ne eight-p feP rith48I4leel Sthe, cr o arl i te. e t, d publlah·d for monoy. It is inepiendest in (politec. gives nll the nies.. end, besides mnuch oher good reading, every number hu hree or four acl ubleribtrfeio , s receiesr a eo p ot the bmautiul engrav tl Poowpa On's IS a4ben." sine 24n35 inch,.. end c 0up ' of THS 8TAE ILLUSTRATED ALMA refwuse. alwasthe mit liberal in the cmcmonictehu bonenmemgin work. To earl rfen deeirislatept Ci the pkitore e snac v·es e o~ t g pper, bYm always been vlgorolis advo the rights of all the Statesa. ad wIes emon the Clrt I0, srig the Justioe of local ..... n. i nthe a t1lL. p ee Fnll to whom we have lad 7 the piCture, "xxa IPIM'I h tm'FsglemI." by sylyng eo can 4hse in its sed another ageslnt' en g ,of same nine, whio we ave jehper teltetu pgic.re, oam Ds5bi. 380 W.Isewt 8l,~ OTheleea, t. MAKE HOME PLEASANT -