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FFLICIANA SENTINEL. A DEMOCRATIC PAPER. OFPWCIAL JOURNAL oF WEST FELICIANA OPraIALJoURNAL CITY OF BAYOU SAIA PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY. 1 S. LAMBERT... PROPRIETOR JaX--- N D. - --- 3 JO33-N D. A: aTEN r Editor and Business Mranager. St. FWanncsy Sept, ,9s, 878 D eanocrallic-(Conservntive Ticket. V FOR STATE TREASURER. d E. A. BURKE, , OF ORLEANS. FOR CONGRESS 6TH DI-TRICT. E. W. ROBERTSON, OF EAST BATON ROUGE. Paris Ticket. POR THE LEGISLATURE. HION. SAMUEL J. POWELL. FOR PARISH JUDGE. in HON. S. Mc C. LAWRASON. FOR SHERIFF. to ROBT. S. PERCY. th FOR CORONR.se DR. L. S. McCRINDELL. pO arn d' We are not responsible for the statements or opinions of correspoind ARMSTEAD IN NEW ORLEANb. wI tiv The N. O. DEMOCRAT of no the 2.5th has the following: oii: There was another little matter agitated by the Repub. rot licans yesterday on which they Propose to make political cap It was a report to the ef, fect that Jce Dutton, one ofthe the witnesses who testified before vill the Potter sub-committee, had, on Sunday night, been wi taken from his home in St. and Francisville, Parish of West whi Feliciana, beaten nearly to 148 death, and finally hung, and tal that Armstead and Duncan, POP two other witnesses, had been cola driven from the Parish. 568 Tracing up the report to If t its source, a DEMOCRAT repor- mail ter ascertained that it came stat from Assistant Collector of have Customs T. C. Anderson. He the was seen and said that, per" reali sonally, he kew nothing, and the that his information was sec- thesn ondhand. the He summoned a, witness, OUnc and that witness said that h apo had been told that Armstead men had arrived in the city Mon- purs day morning, and had said ures. that Dalton was hung. Our reporter started out to Th look up Armstead, and with escar litte difficulty found a promi- parry nent colored Republican who tress volunteered the information ses that Armstead arrived in the week city on Monday morning, by shier the John W. Cannon, 'with TER d nothing on but an undershirt Morg1 and pants,'and had left the Gov. same evening for Donaldson- Rouge ville, (gone to Collector Marks the si house probably.) were SOur reporter inquired why Journ it was that Armstead's state- hest i ment had not been made pub- persor lie, while he was in the city, them and the only explanation he friendl received was that Armstead unmar wasscared. leaves Our reporter then under-. ter to took to find a man who had - seen Armstead, but failed, HIe 11C I was, however, informed that colorde Swazey had seen him, but oper Swazey was not comeatable. sr, Yu Armstead, it will beremem- craticn berd, is the man who made an e n effidavit before the visitig loe o statesmen, to the affect that i187 there was considerablh bull- of their dozing in West Feliciana, and in their tbhe: went before the Potter No ae sub-committee, and testified made. that hie had perjured himself cipated i when he took the oath before colored a the visiting statesmen. gales to A trial piackago of l)r. A. Q. (J. tuoD's Liver Mediiciet costs you lothing, ualgl Post YOu W.ay l've yoir' lifi. Ask br one at Mtu- Ip : j ford's or Blroolksb Dg iStoro. do a IIs EL. TIIE CONVENTION. F • PER. The convention which as -F-Lrci--" embled at Firemen's Hall on _ Wednesday last, was one re IAy'OU SAIIA markable for its representas o rURDAY. tive qualities, the harmony of p RIE its deliberations, and the spir- w OPRIETOR ___ it of good will which seemed ,%T r7 to characterize its members in er. Business was conducted expe- rr , 188. yyet deliberately, and e ritive without any undnecessary in- we terruptions or acrimonious ti ER, discussions. The candidates, with the exception of Sheriff, P` were nominated without a dissenting voice, and the un- bo 'TRIOT. successfiul candidates for that I position bore themselves un- ga 'E der defeat with that gener- BO ous spirit which was to be ex- S pected of those gentlemen. Go The proceedings of the con- T2 vention will be found in full L. in another column, hence it Ba ov. would be superfluous to refer D. to them more particularly in E. this article. We can but coun- ten sel a cordial and hearty sup- J. L. port of the nominees. They war are all gentlemen well knowsn Rl rrespond- in our parish, and peculiarly Sto fitted to fill the positions to W. rANb. which they have been respec. Gry tively nominated. They need Jas AT of no further individual notice at ice Lop ing : our hands. 0 little the lepub- IOPULATION OF ST. FRANCISVILLE. unan h they of de 01711 T'O TOWNs. anal Ii cap- o 17icO ows. le ef, A proximate statement of LiF >ofthe the population of St. Francis- secre before ville gives the following result. Te aittee, Total population 656 ; of unan been which 81 are white males, Re n St. and 174 white females ; total Sons West whites 355. Colored males live ly to 148, colored females 153 ; to- pledg and tal colored 301. Of the total by th ocan, population 81 whites and 7 00'v been colored are absent, leaving gere 568 remaining in this village. gated t to If to these we add 559 re- eader por- maining in Bayou Sara, as is assn came stated in our last issue, we pledg or of have a total of 1127 souls in electe He the two vilages ;-an appaling catn per- realization, when we recognize and ro and the fact that every one of tion o sec- these are PossIBLY subject to larly the dreaded scourge 'An ting ness, ounce of prevention is worth the P it he a pound of cure ;' let us re- Rest itead member this, and steadily nomin fon- pursue our preventive mpeas- at th said ures. Consei _ now Lt to The country press has not ofhis with escaped the scourge which is by and omi- carry ing desolation and dis- reform who tress to the homes of all elas- Conmi .tion sea of our people. Three conven tne weeks ago James G. Brook- partica by shier of the Attakapas REGIS- a cotr vith TER died from yellow fever at the Par hirt Morgan City, and this week Parish, the Gov. Sam Bard of the Baton such o on- Rouge HERALD fell a victim to trks the same dread disease. Both hundre were able writers and their to keep vhy journals have been among the the min te- hest in the State, while their 'ay 25 ub- personal virtues endeared Nm ty them to large circles of ono he friends. Mr. Brookshier was ion.S. ·ad unmarried, but Dr. Bard then,b leaves a wife. son and daugh for Pari erL ter to mourn his loss.-CIIIEF. dell and ie The Democrats of Condordia have tonhave eatended a cordial invitatinn to thle conventi t colored voters of that parish to co0 itnes rut operrite with them in electing Mes- ither ter Ie. sr, Y',unP and King, the Decmo- nominate n cratic nomirntes, to Congress. Carry On motic an the news to, Ihe h'lne-blooded Bour- into norn lbons of west F'el ciara, who courted upon the ig rle colored vote to secure success placed be at in 1876 and repudiated the rigliht W. B II- of their bable friends to particirpate A. B. B id in their primari s in 1878.- C/ierf. the aeult or No such denial of right lhas been 21, Pcrcy d made. The colored peollo patrti- three belt If cipated in t!he waord nmoeliri, and the presid re colored umen wee amtnrg tile dele. A totil gates to the Drmocratic Corserv:t- take a re< ti'e Couover.tion of the 25th inst. here madt Post lyonself Mr. CG/irfherore you sassier tel Spcmk rt:gin, least you ninwi; ngly celving Rh do so e o ,'ea an iju t c . on the c N. PROCEEDINGS DEMOCRATIC.CON SERVATIVE NOMINATING CON tich as- VENTION. FIIEaMEN's I[ALL, BAYOU one re- Sara, La., Sept. 25th, 1878. % resentas The convention assembled at 12 oclock, pursuant to the call of the lloy of Pari-h Executive Committee, and he spir- was called to order by Chas. IL. eem Fisher E-qr., Presoident of the Corn mnittee. U(ov. Wickliffe was unan embers imoLsly called to preside as tempo. d expe~ rary chairman, and Chas. L. Fish, er as temporary secretary and J. Aly, and D. Austen as assistant secretary try in- were unanimously chosen. On mo nonious tion the following were appointed a committee on credentials.: Jno. :idates, Lesassicr Thlos. H. Town F. E. t Sheriff Powell Court B. Smith Chas. E. G' Percy J:,o. D. Jemison Robt th hout a Phillis T. Jeff Lee It. H. lar se un- bour and L. Hull. In course of 21 )r that time the committee reported the an following as the accredited dele. es un- gates to the convention : 1st ward a gener- Bayrou ara F. E. Powell Jas. A. Wells Spencer Williams Chas. of Spencer. 1st ward -t. Francisville t Zen. Gov. R. C. Wickliffe C. L. Fisher e o- Thos. HL. Town Sandy Wickliffe. 2d ward Nelson Ball N. B. Riadle in full L. Hull Horace King. 3d ward Ed Ice it Baines J. P. Bowman Jim Scott F. refer D. Haralson. 4th ward Richard i Harbour. 5th ward T. D. Dawson rly in E. Reid D. Ti:ces L. Sanders Aus- ful coun- ten Wm Perry T. J. Lee Tyler eft Wright P. N. Palmer. 6th ward tog Y Sup- J. D. Jemison A. W. Villeret. 7th the They ward J. J. Winn Jno. Lesassier Bennett Searcy. 8th ward Newton ant w Robinson P. W. Barrow Hiram her liarly Strngess Chbs. E Percy. 9th ward wit is to W. C. West C. B. )Smith Robt. are Wilson Vance Hamilton Alex our espec Gross Nace Norflies, 10th ward need Jas T. Phillips W. H. Taylor S. ice at L. Lavergne Robt Phillips H. C. per Lop(z. syn On motion the above report of of 1 the committee on credentials was stru VILLE. unanimously adopted. The roll ern of delegates being called and all of n answering to their names, Gov. !eso I7ickliffe was unacim, us'y chosen inca permanent president, and Alesss C. Bym t of L FisherandJ.D. Austen appointed wort Wneis. secretaries, gred esult. The following resolutions were real of unanimously adopted. prow tales Resolved, That candidates for the tneol tot House of Repiesentativcs, at the hands of the Democratic- Conserva- y nales live party in convention assembled iest to- pledge themselves to stand total by the nominations made by this fort Id 7 Co: vention, and to abide by and sand carry out propositions of reformn in heretofote originated and promul- earth lge. gated by the Executive Committee re- under whose call this convention who as is assembled, and more particularly andc we pledge themselves it nominated and face elected to advocate th passage of whe measures for the retrenchment and pree ling curtailmentof fees, state, parochial dered nize and municipal, and for the aboli- and of tion of useless offices and particu- lowe to larly that of Tax.collector, remit- h r :An ting said office to the Sheriffs of more th e Parishes at reduced commis- er sions.pa re- Resolved, That the candidates for to exe dily nomination for the office of Sheriff neede as- at the hands of the D)emocratic- men i Conservative party in convention, true now assembled, pledge them youth :elves to stand by the nominees not of this convention, and to abide as rea 1 is by and agree to the propositions of and gi is- reform originated by the Executive threats as- Committee, under whose call this as they ree convention is assembled, and more and a~ particularly pledge themselves if of Get nominated and elected to enter into their =IS- a contract with the Police jury of name c at the Parish to do all work for the around ek Parish, in criminal expenses, and nother ,on such other business for which the doing to Parish has under existing laws to suffeie pay, for a sum not exceeding six ant an th hundred dollars per annum-and the four ir to keep and main ain prisoners atTer i the minimum now a'lowcd by lw nations l ay 25 cents per head per day, could Nominations being in order, Lon. S. J. Powell was unanimous- which of ly nominated for the Legislture. Stuart a as Hion. S. Me. C. Lawrason was we dou rl then, by acclamation nomiatcd ace bes h- for Parish Judge. Drs. McCrin- forth it dell and Ball were then put i face in Snomination for Coroner, whe loup w feI on Dr. Ball appeared and declir.ed life, and e so have his name put before the martyr' e convention on account of his unwil 0 liugness to Ihold the office for an other term. Dr. McCrinde I was doing Snominated without opposition.- At a iC y On motion it was resolved to go i Cir r into nomination for ,'heriff, where d upon the following names were teenth 5 placed before the convention : anys, he i W. B Smith, tR. S, Percyv and speech e A. B. Briant. On call for bal;ot princip Sthe i7e-uit was nj follows : Smith n 21, Percy 14, Briant 10. Twenty- atte three being necessary for a choice patty t the president announced thaL there of the was no election. Boards, A motion by MIr. Lesonssier to mentalil take a recess of ten minu:es was of Elec .here made and rejected. Mr Le sassier then moved as follows: Be it resolved that the candidate e A teab Il Sceiving the lowest number of votes Vegetabhe on the ~ecoid ballot be dropped, D ori ltr rTIC-CON- The convention proceeded to a G CON- second ballot, with the following .o suit : Smith 20, Percy 16, Btiant 9. The chair announced that there th, 1. was nI choice.. Mr. B'iant there uat 12 pon withdrew his name from be fore the convention. On the third othend ballot Smith received 21 votes, and Ch, and IPercy 24 votes. The chair an thesCom. nounced that R. S. Percy was duly nominated for Sheriff, On motion ras unan the convention adjourned. L. Fih I CR. C. WICKLIFFE, . and President. C. L. Frsench, ecretary J. D. AUTE, Secretaries. Q,: Jno. As an encouraging evidence of a better S. E. state of affairs at the afflicted town of Obas. E. Grenada, Miss., we note with pleasure the revival of our able cotomporary, the EI. Elar- &Stinel of that place, the edition of the Durs8 Of 21st inst., of which has made its appear ted the ance upon our table. It is draped in the ti d dele. habiliments of mourning, and contains t at ward a list of 215 of the citizens of the place 'Ja. A twho have fallen victims to the destroy- at er. God grant that the "bitter chalice" cil of affliction may pass from the suffer ingFisher yet heroic people of the pest-ridden cFisher ity. sckliffe. -- _ Riddle A GLOWING TRIBUTE. a rard 1Ed w Tott h. The London (England) Standard, H. iDawon an an able article in which a truth-. e rs Aus- ful descriptien of the southern Ile Tyler etctes of our Union is rendered, Ih ward together with a graphic account of mi et. 7th the ravages of the yellow scourge, the eewtoD and the sacrifices, devotion and thi Hiram heroism of our people; concludes tu b ward with the following glowing and we Robt. are proud to say just tribute to Alex our people: lor S. The younger among us cannot o. C. perhaps remember the keen, warm symphathy with which the English art of of 1861-65 witnessed the heroic a was struggle maintained by their south- , e roll ern kinsmen against six fold odds sat ad all of numbers and odds of position, Gov. !resources vantage ground, simply :hosen incalculable. Even those who from Sep ss C. sympathy with the northern states ainted were unfavorable to the cause of a WM. great nation revolting against a were real tyranny could not but fee: proud of our ,ear kinship with that NEa orthe incomparable sa 'diery-so designa t the ted by their enemies-which, on e fifty battle fields mainta'ned a con- DR abled test such as no other race has ever stand in moderr, times maintained and at stand last when all hope was gone, held this for six months with forty-five thou- Drug aord sand men, against cne hundred and mul- ifty thousand, a sender line of itt earthworks thirtyt miles in length ; ion who marched out 28,0C0 stron, Sand : fter six days retieat in the 1'TJ Iand face ofna countless cavalry and over e of whelming artillery and infantry prese and pressing them on all sides surren chial dered at last I ut 8000 bayc:nets and sabres. It is this people, the o- flower and pride of the great Eng. lish race on whom a more terrible, i of more merciless enemy has fallen. a *o There car, he now no division or Tbi sympathy as there is no passion 11 to excite and keep up the courage seven eriff needed for the occasion. Yet the the p,, men and women of the South are rrence true to the o!d tradition. Her Titto ion, youth volunteer to serve and die in per tey 1em the streets of plauge-stricken cities art." bide as readily as they went forth boys a of and grey-haired ,men to meet the tive threatened surprise of Petersburg this as they volunteered to charge again july27s ore and again the cannon-crowned hills of Gettysburg, and to enrich with 3to their blood and honor with the FEL of name of a new victory, every field the around Richmond. Their sisters nd mothers wives and daughters are AFTO: tue doing and suffering now, as they to suffered from famino disease inces sant anxiety and alarm thoughout The t td hefour years of the civil war. tution There may be among the various cX, nations of the Aryan family one or Pt two who would claim that they ougi il could furnish troops like those Iboh Swhiich followed Lee and Johnston, MI SStuart ana Stonewall Jackson. But Swe doubt whether there be onee ed ace besides our own that could se!nd n- forth its children ;y hundreds to sr in face in towns desolated by the yel- o r low fever the horrors of a nurse'. d life, and the imminent terror of a ie martyr's death. H- P on. E. J. Ellis is adoing good service in Ohio. - At a rousing Democratic rally O in Cincinnati on the nine . teenth instant, the ENQUIRER says, he made a magnificent d speech, devoting his attention t principally to the infamous attelnmpt of the Republican party to repeat the villainy o of the Southern Returning Boards, throth the instru a mentality of the Supervi.ors The cI Sof Election. etr For rpartic A trla I package of )Dr. A. Q. Simnion Vegetable Liver Medicine can Ie hadl M Sfree ofcharllicge, at Miumtrd's or lioo.iki, i)llug Storce. J l1 The Worst cases of Costivenese, Indi gestion, Chronic Dyspepsia, Bilious Colic Nervous or Sick headache, have been entirely cured by Dr. Barter's Liver Pills.-For sale by all druggists. Why will you suffer with a shaking Chill or a burning Fever, 2 doses of Cu ban Tonic, the, Gceat West Indies Fever and Ague Remedy, will stop the Chills aud Fever, while one bottle will cure hem up for years. Try it. LIFFE, NEIv AD EI VRTISEMENTS. President. ELECTION NOTICE. STATE OF LOUISIANA, SwERaIw'8 Parish of West Eeliciana. Office. ofa better Notice is hereby given that there will 1 town of e a general election hold in this parish rary, the Tuesday iSih of Noveanber 1878 itior ofthe for the election of the following officers, its appear- to-wit: State T:easurer, Congressmlan pein the 6th District, One Member of the Lcgisla 1 contains tlre, Parish Judge, Sheriff, Coroner, Io th place lice Jurors, Magistrates and Constablesl , Sdestroy- also to vote '1,or' or 'Ageaiiwt' the Con sr chalice" stitutional Amendments. ho suffer Polls will be open from the hour of 7 st-ridden o'clock a. am., until 6 o'clock p. m., at the following precincts and polling places: 1st ward Court House, St. Francisville, E. and Firemen's Hall, Bayou Sara; 2nd ward Star Hill; 3d ward Baines' pond 4th ward Laurel Hiill; 5th ward Grange Standard, Hall; 6th ward Cat Island; 7th ward a truth- Row's store, Tunica: 81h ward School southern House; 9th ward Courtland B. Smith's endered, 10th ward Brick Church. That it shall be the duty of the Coin- n count of missioner, themselves, or at least two of ' scourge, them, anid the Deputy Sheriffs to -"arry I on and the returns and ballot box'js to the re (; ncludea turning officer and clerk of court. f JNO. J. BARROW, and we Sheriff and Returning Officer. bute to Sept28 7;0tl. RAIL RAOD NOTICE! 0 Scannot i. warm u heroic south- TIliE Train on the W. F. R. Road will S run reguarly on Otedllesdays anid d odds Saturdays, until lurthler notie. Dsition, J. 3URRLUSS MCGEIIEE, simply pres. W. F. It. R. C. io from Sept 11 7rtf. state= we of a I'I. i AIL.. N. 1'. PIILLIIS' tinst a HAILE & PHILLIPS, It fee: 1"i Ili that NEW TEXAS LANDING, LOUISIANA. 'Signa- Co h, on DEALERS IN wi a con- DRY GOODS, GROCEHIES~ is ever till and at HARD KARE ', held Cutler-, Tin and hollow Ware, ton I thou- Drugs and Medicines, Paints, -nd ad Oils, Dye Stulls, l'erfluery, ngt l·l , II; ts, Shoes, hlouts, trong Clothing. Saddllery, n thIe I'AT'NT MEDICINEIS. lover- ISpecial attention to I'lhysieianal intry Iprescriptionls. ii ren MFnets MILLWOOD e, the Eng FEMALE INSTIrTUTE, 'rible, Jacksomm, Louaisianua. allen. Tn of 'iis Insfitution will open on the ission 161h day of September 1878, UI ago Scventt-six puplils have been en rolled t th the lpast -yel. A tacnlty of seven expc riohnced teahchs h.e renldered tlhis one of the best schools in the south welt. Her Tuition altd Board, (includtli,,Wah wsin) lie in luer tlems u'entty tricks in Col'ialte 1)e cities artment t 107; in $ '17 ... D Lt.... tluent $--Z Sen.d for ca~algualle. boys - MJISs M. McCALMONT, the Principal rg- IMRS. L. V. SCl l." Igain july27-7T. 'inucipal t Music. hills with the FELICL/.NqA COLLEGLLqTE terAd INSTITUTE. are AFTON VILLA, WEST PELICIANA they PARISH, LOUIISItA. war. otion will commnence oil Monday, Sep tember 16th, with a full and able corps ious of expe!ienced teachers. Sor PIupils will have the benelit of tihoer othey h11 anid careful instruction in a conifort able houe. For tar lher information address Ion MRS. V. Z. IhOWELL, Principal, But '. F. . Istitte, .i nly2h78-n. Bayou Sara, La.t en!d --------- ~ _ IC SOUTiIEMIN S1 ANDA R , l'at- . MIr , 1. O 40,00 Ech. E r r mes, Indi- MAX FISCIIHFn. lilious Colic AUGUST have been Icr's Liver s. Liver W. orner o Fron Streets. a shaking 11_ You ,S t L. YOes of0 C ., Lt; Idies Fever the Chills AVE CO 'es Ion rmatrbe will cure times, rull and complete liia,. Wth goods, Ladies Dress Goods, lie o _ er'as rticles, and a gc.neral ",ssert. faiocy act ad staple dry goods: 'TS. Victoria Lawns, Nainsooks, Swiss Mulls, Piques, Bi-h, snr:Iu's op Lawns, Linen Law, i ques, Grea Linen Mo his prish dines, Organdy ier 1S8S Muslins, French g oicers, Percales, Jri,h Lin agressnlan env, Bobbiner Bars, SLegisla- Laces and Curtains oer, Po- Paraol, large oistables, ty. Um brel the Con- las, assorted styles and qualities. Cali our of 7 cot, Bleached Cottons, . in., at Camrbrics. Sheetilng, gplaces: Childrens Cassi ncisville, Gonts ra; 2ndnts 'a pond; Cassimores, I Grange Cottonades, 7th ward Jeans, Denims, Tick SSmith's We invite an' inflpectior of our . assortment of Ladies, Childreus, Me the Con- and Boys Hosiery, and Kid Gloves, Li it two of Thread, Gauntlets, Tics, liblons, to 'narry broideries Laces, Ruclli Cors, Corset Sthe re- dies Ready-made Under wear, etc., Pe tfumery, Toilet, Articles, and notions. l, We have oni hand also, a fresh and we )flicer. selected, stock of Clothing, Boots, SIh li:ts and Caps and a general assortmea S of gentlemens under-wear and furnishifn goods. Dealers in Fancy and Staple groce Provisions, Western Produce anid Pllantation Supplies. Agents for sd mill the renowned Singer Sewing Machine and its var:ions EE, att achments. it. C. . I'E(CIA L OTIC'E( '-We are the ownr IILLI.S iers of tlhe oltstanin g chlinlls and inldelt. S l IInesses ile d to the late lirnl of Mtan ' Fislher & Co. IANA. IThe Citizens of East IFliciana, Pointe Colupe', and W\ ilkinson County, Miss, will inll it to their interest anl atdivarl iage 1to open up a trade with tie. Allr IES , from n a brona p iomptl, :and carnefull [t Ill ighelst market price paid for cot. tonr de.cryi, in U11' TE, the ol led olie al. it. ast .tig) Imo, Art Uw I ER ijl1 (5.7$ 3 u