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BUSINE SS D IRE CTO RY .

A K U [•l - ' niil roet ries, (loiIner 2 a n tnd

nA t. D' i4 Strnty.

ItA I.E Ilt-Wood 11and BIlacksmithl Work.. Chur ch Str eet.

PE INI- t'he New Stand•-Ieer (;ardens,f. Fine Wine;. Liquorsnand Cigars. St.lDenis.

ALL.UIN--l-testauIrant, St Deni, Street.

•,EX I, lEEE-- Notary l'ublic, St. Dents

h street.

EVERLY TUACKER-General ('olleetingBAgent and Canvasser, St- Denis street.

B BnROOKSt-Gnns and Pis' tols sold, made and

* Repaired, St. Denis Street.

I LARD ) & CAMPBELL• .Merchandis~andI P'lantation Supplies. Front stre et.

l~ssINlT AM & (CIAPLIS'-At-t orneyat Law. Washington street. a

/1LEA, LEV Y- Fa ily Grocer ie andG• ( e ner al Merchandlze, Front stree t. pt

CASPARI & DFEITRICI-DryI) Go ods, Gr o.cer ies and (iener al M•[ rch andize . Sol e

Ag e nts for Scre w Bottom Shoes. F ront st ree t.

iORGE;A t tZIA-Fa.utlly Groceries, under

C"T Masconic Iod ge, l", St t', 'ee t-G/ FO\TI'C I :1--1I.

h :'s' l~ot el-Favori te

G farmers1 and stranger s' r,.-, r t. St. IDe nis.

rl RHEN -Boot• slid Shoes made and repair-Sedl, St DIeuts Street.

E1 ORG(E W. KEA RtNEY...Recorder and No.l tary Pnblic. Court li on se, -d street. ci

01E••ItY G;E NI S-('harter Oak Stoves and

,1 Tinware, IFront St r eet.

H KAFFEEI-Dry Goods and Uroceries, Front* street.

SIT('HIT 'ENSTEI N-General as• ortmentSDry ( G oods and Groceri es, Fr o nt str eet .

TARRIS . IA F FA.--Dry Goods an d Groceries,I. Front street.i PERCY-- S nrveyor, St. Denis str eet,

j S I MO1 N-Dry Goods a nd Gi'roceries, Wash- .*ï¿½ Ington Street.

"j Af -S-Pl' Gioo ds a nd Gr oceri e s, b elow 111* the Dirt Bridge, Jefferson Street. &

JOlIN RU.SCA-Div Goqods and Groceries,b low the Di irt b ridge. Jefferso n S t ree t.

JNO.GENOI) E & C(O-Dry G oods a nd Groceri es.Washingtotrntreet.

TAS. GENIU S-- Dlry Goods and Grocerie.s,cr -Snr Jelferson andl Amulet Stree ts.

J W. SUDIIATIH-Thie Phoenix-Choice Li-i quors and Cigars, St. Donis Street.

JAS. M. B. TUCKER-Attorney at Law St.tDenis Street. L

AJAS. KIN(-..Watchmaker and Jeweler, St.' Denis street.

J DUNNCKLEMAN.--ILarness and Saddlery,

* Washington st ret.

J C. TICIIEL--G enera l Me rchandi7e,Wash-* in gton str eet .

J. DUCf'ASSE-General Assortment of Mer-* chandize, Was hington slreet.

T H .ST' PFI RENS -L lmber Y ard . int ersec tion"*, Front, Lafayet te and Washin gton st reets.

J J. MIlCO)K & 11RB).--(leneral Whol esal eSanid Retail Dealer and so le A gent for Wa g

ons, Washington street.

T A. DCOITRN.A U- ' ancv and Staple+ I)ry1 koods, Boots, Shoes, HIa t s a nd Clothing,

Front street

L CAR TEL--'Th Gmnl Bar Roon, choiceJJW in es. LignIo r s a nl Cigars, F ront s treet.

LEVY& PIIILLIPS-Full stoc k Fancy andStaple Dry Goods and (Grceries,Front at.

L. DUPLEIX-.-Lad Agent, S'. Denis street .

MORLSE & DItANGUIET--Attorneys at Law,m 12dstreet, corner Trudau. _.

M. H. CARVER-Dry (Goods. Groceri es a ndM. __ _

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-* General Merchandize, Front street.

O SHAFFRATHI-Boot and Shoe Maker,O St. Dellis Street.

O CAPNIARTIN-Goneral assortment ofSGoods of all kinds, Jefferson st-eet.

P. VEULEMAN - Undertaker, Was h ingtonP Street.

P OETE...Baker, Jefferson street.

'ï¿½ETITiTJEAN, LX1DWORTH & C()-Wood.-

I work and Blacksmithing, Corner 3d andSiblesy 8ts.

- VEULE AN---Family and tPlatationA. Groceries, Wash ington street.

S . CALVES.-Dentlst, Jeferse& sareett

B . BUR KE- Cheap Family and WestetrnSGrocery Dealer, Frbonlt street.

C P. HUTSON--Livery, Sale and seed Statie,AL. St. Denis dtreet.

S NELKINS- IDry Goods and Groceries, Je ff .. erson Street, below Dir t bri dge.

SC WI N BARG-General Mer chan di se, Plan.tation and Fam ily Sup pl ies, Front Street..

fll PONS--Dry G oods and Gr oteaOt, Wa•sh. in g ton stre e t, _ _

T LACOSTE-Drugglst and bpothocary Fr ont. *street.

T HALLER-Buok's Brilliant Stoves and* Tinware, Washingtol Street.

T BARNET-.-Dry Goods and Groeeries,Front* street.

T TtZ.iN--illitard Room and Bar, Front

''SCl.ho.AN--Wholesale and Retail Merhbot-general assortment for the trade

• JACK...-Attorney at Law, Pd street,s'aorner Trudan.

W m. JT-Boot and Shoe Maker, St. Deals

W POWE LL- Physlealn and Snrgeon,_

t. Deals Street.

Professional Cards.

M . A . D iunn,

V'yacian and SurgeonMontlomery, La.

lE. Jd. CUValVwIN'GR .7?1,A41'fAYr AT LAW.

,4 Cuondet Street , NEW ORLEAe S, LA.W ILL attend te J nd December terms

ot tthe DIea esomrts at his old home

Dmn. 'EE. *•Taclk,(neessoCr to JACK & P1ssaox)

Attorney and COotnelor at LateNATCH'ITOCHES, LA.

W prsetle Ia the Courts of atchitoches.Si be, DeSoto, Red River, Widn, l•apies,r•- t, •l4 In the Supreme Court of the1r u l#O"rmtly attended to.

. m 3. Levyi

7ATORNEY AT LAW.S as. autuJee the Practiee of his Profession.)

S eWetice I"i the Parish- and Districtrts of Natchitocles and Red River

SLousiana, Uited States Di.-arCourt of Louailana and U. S.

Oaxa at Washington.SOdes in the Lacoete Building (Up

:t ï¿½u TCHIITOCIIES, LA.ras Ign,

MORSE & DRANGUE''T,A TTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT

LA J1.Office on Second Street,

NATCHITOCIIES, LA.

May 26 1`77.

('. Chaplin J. TI. Cunningham. T. P. "haplin.

CHAPLIN, CUNNINGHAM & CHAPLINAttorneys amnd Counselors at Law.

St. Denis St., Natcliitoches, La.

-TIJL practice in the courts ot Rap-1•1 ,hes, Grant, Winn, Sabine, DeSoto,

Red Rlver and Natchitoches, and theSunpreme Court of the State.

Claiips Plromptly atteltded to in anypart of the Union. March 25--1y

Jon.V . . i.obIO RTSO.,(Late of New Orleans,)

ATTORNEY & COUN8~LOR AT LAW('OUSHATTA,

RED RIER I'ARISII, LOUISIANA.

Will practice in Coushatta, Natchito-ches, Malntield, Many, and in every partof North-west Louisiana. Special atleii-tion given to Land cases and SurIccaioil.

June 9th, 1~77-tf.

Dr. W .B. PorweJMEDICINE and SURGERY:

OFFICE on ST. DENIS STREET,

NATCHITOCIIES, LA.

Calls to the Country promptly at-tended to.

Refer s t o D rs. F. ,ohn fon. .. J. Stephens, C.Hllamlin and G. E. Gillespie. Messrs. Bullard& Ca'mpbell, Carver & Taylor, Trichel & Aireyand Col. It. E. Burke

April •.-ty

Business Cards. F

C. A. BULLARD- N. II. CAMPBELL

Bullard & Campbell,-DEALERS IN

DRY GOODS,GCOCERIES,

HARDWARE,And General Merchandise. th

C6rner FROST & LAFAYETTE Street, w i

Natchitoches, L a. loi[IG]flEST cash price paid for cotton and TILl conntry produce in cash or merchandise.March 25-ly.

Peter TVe-u.lena1, co-DEALER IN-

FAMIL Y GROCERIESA full a:ssortment of WV.t.r,-P. rER con-

stantly on hand.Snectal inducements to C•sIt Customers.

WASHINGTON STREET, B

Natchitoches, La. L

---'------------------""-----------1. C., "Tricohel,

--DEAt.ER IN-

DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, HARD- 1

WARE, BOOTS and SHOES, iiATS,

f ETC.Highest cash price paid for Cotton and

Country Produce. n

WVASHING' ON, ST.,NATCHITOCHES, LA.

R. E. B133UX3.•,-dealer in-

} FRONT STREET, Natchitoches, Ll.

C. L. WALMSLKY. it. It, WALMSLET C

C. L. WALMSLEY & CO,COTTON FACTORS

-AND-

SENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS.Perdido St., New Orleats) Lab

at March 25--1y.

Od O o ar Ch o php in;

ot COTTON FACTOR

-AND--

COMMISSION MERCHAN T,No. 65 CARONDELET ST.,

- July I -lv New Orleans.

i s F . . aï¿½r anell,

(J-AME3 A. GRESHAM. Manager)

30...... CAMP STREET......30NEW ORLEANS, LA.

PRINTES, BOOKSELLERS-AND-

n STATIONERS'And publishers of the

z, LOUISIANA ANNUAL REPORTSVOLS. 28 & 29.

All kind of LAW, MEDICAL and SCHOOLiA. Books sent by mail.as Address as above,no Lock box 847, New Orleians.

T. 8S FOSTER JR.,WITH

ORR & LINDSEY,-- MtANUFACTURES AND JOBBBERS-

BOOTS ard SHOSSST. LOUtIS, MO,

July 14-6m.

I.D. WORRALL;WITH

i met

4 SIMMONS' HARDWARE CO.,,-IMPORTERS OF-

Up BJRDWRE J CITTLI~ST. LOUIS, MO.

Jblj 14-6m.

L. C.ASPAI.I. M. 1) IETIICII.

Caspari & Dietrieh,(Laeoste Building) cll

toll

FRONT St., NATCIIITOCIIES, La. uri

of I

GRAND opening of a NEW MAMMIOTIt

FALL AND WINTER STOCK,direct from the NeWv Orleans and Easter mar.

kets, consisting in'part of am

DRY GOODS, Ky

CLOTHING,

IIHATSi o

BOOTS,sill

SHOES, mi

GROCERIES,

CROCKERY, chHARD- pIil

WARE, &c, &c. tinLADIES AND GENTS' 11

seiFURNISHING GOODS. to

In fact, Wieb

A full line ofGdODS for the country tradeAll of which they are selling at less than NEWORLEANS PRICES

FOR CASH. I TCall and examine the largest and most con

pletestdck ever brought to this ntarket and

satisfy yourselves as to their prices. li

"•. Highest price paid for Cotton and coul ntry produce, in cash or merchandise. al

March 3-l y . wi

M. H. CARVER.FRONT StifETi, lot

\atchitoches, La. fog-en

For the FALL and WIN-pl

TER Trade:.NEWV GO(O)S !

th

New Goods ! !fTHE entire stock is better and more scselect than any every introduced into m1:

this market, and having been piurciha'd Atwith CASH, can be sold lower than the Inlowest. A

The Motto of the Firm is to sell foi

CHEAPER TtIAIN TIIE CHEAPEST. raan

tt Call and examine our stock, whichconsists in part of

CASSIMERES, 1(

JEANS,TIVEEbS,

ti tKERSEYS, in

PRINTS,

BROWN & BLEACHED COTT'ONS,LOWLLS

LADLES' DRESS GOODS,TRIMMINGS,

BLANKETS, fb

Woolen Goads of all kinds. hBOOTS,

01SHOES, st

LADIES' and GENT'S. HATSl Clothing, a full and Complete Assort

ment. ti

Crockery, Hollow & Wil- S

low Ware. InA full line of FANCY and FAMIL'

GROCERIES, WINES, LIQUORS. &C. .

Books, Statitinery, &c., &c.

In fact- A FRESII and select stock df goods always

; on hand, whibh noving been purchased ona cash basis enables us to offer extra indhce.ments to cash buyers.

Highest Cash price liald for cotton and other iproduce, and liberal add-anbes made in cash

merchanlditoa on consignmentocMarch O-1yv.

MC1rs. O . PEiiR.Y,Former Proprietress of No. 7 I

- Ca r od e let StreetNEW ORLEANS, LA.

HAS removed to No. 4 Baronne Street,Corner Canal. Being very thank-

ful for pat favors bestowetl by hercountry friends, and especially those of

i the Red River parishes, she now solicitsa continuance of their patronage, andhaving better facilities and the finestlocated house in the City, she hopes byproper care and attention to sehbie the

- patronage of her friends and the public.The low rate of $1.50 per day is charg-

ed for Board and Lodging.

O . &I ENL lr'em oee

NOTARY PUBLIC,(Office under Vindicator Office,)

ST. DENIS STREET,NATCHITOCHES, LA.

AS pril29.-

O. la i rtr ath,O Boot and Shoe Maker.

IHALLENGES the world for neatnessand durability of work. Matisfacti -

and material guaranteedShoe mn St. Denis St.

JOSEPH C KEYSER,Brlckmaker and Layer.

I S PREPARED to do all work entruastedSto him qutickly and in a workmanlike

manner. Tomb, Chimneys, Cisterns andother work solicited.

Orders left at BULLARD & CAMP-BELL'S w ill be pr omptly attended to.

Jan. 27, lv.

PASTUtRE TO RENT.

A LARGE Bermuda Pasture will berented to stock drivers cheap.

Apply to H. P. ANTILLEY,At the Debleinx place, opposite town.Oct. 20•-m.

F'ROM EVERYWlIERE. an,the

General NeS. isEx-Treasurer Ca;rdoza, one of the Iadi- sall

cal pets of Soot Ii Carolina, was tried. andl efound guilty, for robbing the State Trea- surury. a l

Ion PDan. Voorhies, the tall Sycamoreof the Wabash, has been appointed Sena- 'vejori fr o nm Inliaina vice Mo r to n dlead. M r

Voorhies is a dyed in the wool democralit.

Ten Brocck will not run again in the ThEast. Mr. Harper will however match in

him against any horse living, for any lieanionnt of mloney and any distance if tlhe 1'nrace occurs art Lexiiegton or Louisville to

Ky, bonJohn Broughamn, the ,i'tor, is danger--

ounsly ill at Cleveland Ohio. pr(me(Gov. Vance, of North,Carolina, has is- of

sued a general order conpllinienting themiilitia of North Carolilna upon their good iiappearance at the State fair. alnd saying:"Sullch an exhibition the Conliliander in- ill

chief believes, cannot fail to iecei\i aproper military spirit among the young tomen of the State, and induce the early giformation and equiptme;t of a sufficient Itonumnber of the guard to make every citi- ti

.en feel that thlie exeentive \\ill lie aldeto preserve order and enforce the laws elwithout the ltecessity of calling for aid "elsewhere."

Pei'tbina. D. T., Nov. 1.-Sitting Bull's inband is still eneamiplled at W'ood Moon- cottain, where they will remain all winter. on.'lThe statemenlet that they broke campl to atattend the coinission is incorrect. Ca- eell!adlian official advi-es state that Sitting latlBull iiet the conlmissionlers merely to ol,- loplige the Canadian government, and ar- Ifrangeinents have been made betweeon hill teland Col. McLeod that the neamlnlment hewill not be removed, this winter. to

tigNext spring Sitting Bull and fol'owers i

will be assigned a reservai ton le oil d ll l i)eer river, near Sa;nd Hills, latitude 0l, of

lon gitnde 111, Greenwich. As the Black- tiofoot title thas been extinguished no tdifti- tillculty with the other Iulindis is apprehe- ti-deid. Sitting Bull himself has imade lP - nplication for the localit$y namnlel,as it is i,in the lHeart river region. otl

No less than tifty members of the SouthCarolina Legislature have testified etfore faithe Investigating Conunittee that they p,,were blribed by Patterson to vote for him offor the United States Senate. A sweet- cihscenited individual lie, to preside as chair- prman of the Committees oi Territories! ot tAu upright statesmailn hte, to serve tas a colI ienmbh of the Commnittee on Commerce! htA nice (lduck he, for the Comiittee on allEducation and Labor! Att illustrious re-formner, moreover, to assist in tltih delilbe- f;,rations of the Coinnittee on Civil Service iand Retrenclhment ! Yet these are the Uipositions which this notorionl corrup-tioiiist occupies by the grace of the Pres- triident of the Senate. on

Senator Morton's funeral was attended G(by a large concourse of lipeople. Delega- Cytions front both Itouses of Congress were grin the line of mourners.

The cigar makers strike still t-intinues atin New York. t

'the strike trials continue in Pittshnrg. klOne person has been convicted and one i,atilluitted. lii

Detroit, Mich. Nov. 2.-The heavy rain hifbr the last three days cnlminated in a "hurricane. Dispatches from Lake Erie, thMichigan and Ontario show that the da- thmages to the shil)pping have been inter- tions and severe. Thimrsday night the rasteam barge Young Hickory sprung aleak and sunk off of Bar Point, near themouth of Detroit River. The engineer, i'Wmi McAlpin, was drowned. The rest of atthe crew was saved by schooner Portert CSchooner Helen, VNew Hampshire and SStarlight were beac:,ed near Leamington nOnt. Schooner John C. Woodruff went ttashore last night on the reef near Kings- eston. The scow Flora was beacheld niear ittheGrand Haven. The schooner City f tl'ITawas was beached near St, Joseph lastMonday night, and is a total losh. Thie 11schooner Colonel Hagune of Chicago, went tlashore on the beach last night. Tihesteam barge .-wallow went ashore nearPort Stanley, and all the crew ou [boardwere lust. r

San Francisco, Cal., Nov. 3.-By the ar-rival of the schoouer Lee, from Alaska, it t

i is learned that the recently reported kil- th ling of some fifteen Indians lit Cape 9

Prince Wales was by the crew of tbhe cHonolulu whaling brig. The nativesboarded the vessel and demtanded lquor,and on a refusal attacked the crew, who c

s obtained arms from the cabin and beat7 off the assailants c

Major Marcus A. Ieno, of the SeventhCavalry Who was so severely punished byCottrt-martial last spring, is in Washing-ton, seeking to obtain mitigation, of t 'the rest of his sentence.f New Haven, Conn. Nov. 9.-Ex-Sena-

ts tor LymanI J. Trumblli, of Illinois, wasid married on Saturday afternoon, at Oldat Saybrook, to Miss Mary J. Ingraham, el-Sy dest daunghter of the late Captain ,Janies 1le Ingrahan, of Old Saybrook; The briace

c. and groom are cousins.

g- Troy, N. Y. Nov. 3.--The wife of Ste-phen May, of Mechaniesville stole out ofthe house while her husband was asleep,andti taking with her fomr of the children,aged nicne. six, fontur andi one and a halfyears, threw thlcni into the deep andswift-running creek in tihe rear of thepremises and jumped in herself. The el-dest chilhl managed to reach the shoreand gave the alarnm, and the mother andone child were rescued. The bodies ofthe two others were found an hour after-wards.

- A slighllt shock of earthquake was feltat the following places on the night ofthe 4th inst i Springtfield, Mass. Mon-treal, Canada; Glen's Falls, N. Y.; Boston,Mass; and HLrtfbrd, Ct. At Montpellier,!e Vt., people were rudely awakened by se-

. v veral siuccessive shocks, lasting some titf-teen minutes. At Noithamnpton, Mass.,glass was broken, hoise flrniture shakenup itLa the people awakened. Ii

S T he grand jury at Pottland, Oregon,have found indictments against thirty-two Nes I'erces indtana, for the nmurderof white citizens in the recent war. Asthe indicted savages are to be tried by anOregon jury, they will have small chanceed of escaping. A good many of these, per-

ke haps all, will be fonnd guilty and hang-nd ed. But did anybody ever hear of a

white person being indicted, found gnuil-P- ty and hanged for the murder of Indians f

Washington, D. C.S Washington, Nov. 4. -Mr. H. Casey

Young, of the tenth Tennesse district;will to-morrow introduce in the House abill aomprehending the reclamation of

be the waste and otsifsictd, lands of theMissiseippi valley. The bill iprovides forthe issue of bonds. guaranteed by the U.8, to the amount of $45,000,000, and ct-ates a leve district, embracing the States

ndijaeitiUt to the Mis5iM ssipld river, front piclt he Mi ssouri to the n•i uth A l v ee bIoar d isliis created of~.ive ine nmb e rs, co m polsed of ielthree arlny otlicers and two eivillians, the tl dsalaries of t he lat 'ter t o he aittlO a year willeac h . T he hoard iS retjliired to mak e I hvisurvey of t he riwve and report to Co n g 'e s'a dplan fir the reclai:ation of all overflow-ed l ands and t hose now lprotected by le-vees . and the mleanllS of such l'e'hla t ionby levees, ( let-o0t s and outlets. 'rh' i twhole co st is no t t o ex ci ed tlhe alu i t io it

of the .:llthorized hoands- 54 .17.:O,110O.- lTh e St ates in which the land s lie are to Aiml ose a direct tax n.l the laindls to lbe th1

eInefitted , t he t ax to lie col lect e'd b y t he of tInited Stat(e

= g\'overnment n;ld d'\evoted t t

t o t he pay m eln t of t he int e rest on th e it isbl lnds, and the creation of a sink ing fund onfoitr' the ir fila l pay m eln t. The hill a lso t helprovides for a tmnnage tax on tlhe coin- puomeree of t he river to assi st tile payment Ma31of t he exp ense of t he wo r k. (on

Members of the Senate C ounllittee on(iPrivileges aid Elections express the opini on that the I 'sult o f the ir co.n sul t ationsu li 1

in regard to the Louisioau, matter will heIttoo decide by a party vote that, if the Le- trasgisl:atr e it h ich elh ited ex Gov. Kel l ogg '1'had a quorum of Rcturninug lrd me.n 1:1Ihers at the t im e h e was c'hosen, he is n- trurtitled to his seat, no matter what the cir- Irinclnistalices of the Subsequent dishonbing cr

of t hat Legislature were . The conclu ish

Sion t h at Io vac anc'y ex isted for IJudge ties

Spol 't'rd to il l fu llowns frml thils position. li tlin regard to Judget Spiiflrd's case,, the theconnitteer will prolably hiold that lhe dconly staln ing he can obtain in the An queate is hby Iprodmning lroul that in issuingcer t ilicates to the embersllll'S f th ' Le gis

iat re whiculh electe d ex Governor Kel-logg, the State i ollicers acted coriuptly .If hi' clhooses t o ai• :er t th is, andl t o at-te!nllt to pro ve it, the indicntions are tha t ,he wi l l ihe all owe d to cal l w itn esse s andl di llto have that branch of the sul je''t iuv es-tigated It isl probable that the colmitter iwill decide t hat it is not ca l led on to ex- enranl ine into th e m a ttera f tihe organiizat ion 9of t he Niholls ? Le g islature • as the i ' us- in Itioll of g iv i ng .iu ldge Spotford th e seat, in aWltile opi:lion of thie conml l ittee, turns upon 'jthe question explained alIov e, alnd wh ich dtantcedntes the Ni(cholls Legislature. This li,i lquir y wil l be l ikely to h e made by tn -othe r c oull itt eC. hl ii

Thf le House Conmm i ttee on Fore ign Af - 'fairs Itlade two otticia l visit s one to tthe r aPresident and th e o the r t o t he Se cr eta ryof Sta t e. (overn or Swann after introdu-c ing the memnbers of the commiit t ee toPresident Hlay, s, allu ded to th e t roubles eeion the M exicai i bo r der , a nd said thlat the heco lmmittee is Com posed not o f figh t ing feebut of letermtned men, anld believes that eda ll the outrages all eged to have bee n c om - Thinit ted by th e Mexicans are specific in wofoirmn . and that war can ea sily b e a voided detwithout compromnising tile digniiy of t hlliUnited States. The President aivoidedlsaying anything which might be cons- eattru ed as an open avoa::l f sentillmet s delone way or a not hler, but he agreed withGoverno r Sw ann that a pa cifi cat or y poli- a I'cy should be p ursu ed ra t her t han an ag qugr e~ssive one. De

I n t he' fight that i s t o b mae na l e by Sen-at or Con kl ing and his f riends upon cer-tain o bljectionable appointmne nts of the colPresident it is a mat ter of inte'est toknow what will he tile posit ion assun ie dby the D emocratic Senato rs. A lead ing i n

Slnemocratic Senator said to-da y th at, i n t111his olp inion , the action of his col lea gue s phw ou ld l e l argely determined by that of fi lthe Republic a ns in the conside r ut ion ofthe cases of Eustis and Spuffo rd. Shiolldthe l epublicanis desire t o throw u nw ar-rantabl e ob-tacles in t he way of th e d is-posal of t hese cases, then t ile Democratic telB ienators propose to colnfiir m tIl ose oe jiec- trC:tiloable appointments. feieling that thereare enough S enators aln img th e Republi- Ticans who wou ld u nite with thenm t o beatSenator Conk l ing . T he Pe m ocrats donot fe .l specially interested in the fight tamong the Repui bli cans upou the subject o0of these aplo il. ment s, except in so far as Ai t can be used as a mleans t o strengt henI bithelnsels cv es. th

The bill remon iti zinug silver passed theHlouse by a large majority. It is thought ert he Senate will also pa ss i t. U

T he army bill is undl er di scussion, al tsot he bill t o repeal the date fixed fo r ep ecieresum pti on.

Senate engagedi in confirmin g Presiden- ClStial appointnients. John Welsh, Minister

t o E nlglau l and ot helrs confir mned on theO9th. No acti on as yet in the Lo nisian:a Pcases.

W ash in gton , Nov. 9.- Mr. E llis succeed- hed to- da y inll having Secretar y M cCr e eryorder .laj or Benyaourd, of thile engineer t i

corps, to rJnmove t he raft in Red riverabove S hreveport, and to keep t he riverSopen. 0

Secretary T ho mpson wi ll t o-day order, fiI at the solicit ation of COlgressInan Ellis, Ra governmnlnt vessel to lie p laced at the Idisposal of t he cit y or N ew Orlean s f or- t h e imp r oveme n t o f the har bor there.

Elections c- New York ha s gone deln ocratic by a

Smajority o f over 150001 . T he State Sen-o at e repu blican nmalj orit y 2; H ouse dcln-it

eratic mla j olrit y 8,- Pennsylvania the democratic majority

) f i s sweeping they carry t he State by 20 top, 25 t honsand m ajority. A gain of over 40

, t hou san d vo tes,.

d M assachuset ts is rep u bli can by a plu-i rality of ablo ut 12 t honsand

M- innessot a i s re publi c an an d also Kan-

re sasi

of Maryland, V irgiiui a and M ississippi de-

r- mocrati c by l arge majorities.

T hle independents in Mi ssissippi weirei t w orse beaten than the repub licans wereof last year.

n, New J ersey is democratic by 15000 ma-r , j ority; McClell ah elected Governor ande-bot h H ouse s s trongly deiaobr at ic.

Wisconsin is cl aimed by b oth parties.D emocratic li kel:.

Result .

n, The democrat s carry tcew York, Newy- J ers ey , Pe nnsylv ani ', Maryland, Vir gi n iaer and Mississippli ; the rep ub licans Minne-

As sota. Kansas an d M assachusetts, wi than W isconsin in doub t.

. r Sum med up it is a heavy atnd t ell ingg.victory for the ,emocratic part y, and , isa the death kne ll t o t he republica us.

i l- New Orleatns.

New Orl eans, Nov . 9.- C rop repi rt i otOct ober : W e have 64 r eplies from 31 pa

ey risheg. Average da t es 31st Octo ber;

ct; character of weat her uni versally bad , ina fact the most nnf avorable season fbr ga-

of thering crops ev er known. Some report;he ligh t frosts w it h no dam age, w hil e t hef or maj ority state that great damt age has

U. been done by incessant rains and Wvinds,i '- Causing cotton to rot in the fields. Aver.tes I age of cr p pIi' kYd about11 GO per cent and

p ickinig wi t h a ftiw except i ons will be fin -islhed hIlum t h It 15th l)eceni lher. The t

ield conlp•:ir ed with Il ast year is estima- fi-ted to he 27 lper ceni t decr ease', iut iuclh eewill dcpecld on th e chairan.ter of the w:n- . h at ell r.

C ig,: l r iikel•s oi l :1t strik e, nluI Ibe ri ng dIoaho)( t 14111, held . m ecting last night, p.ls- isstd resohI tio• s dle lln: ldillg 1n ill '•lei;IS of the$2 toll per 11,( (, and appointed a com.Ilit t( e o f ",) tI olrga: liz; Ia l i nld uce work-m nl l t ojoi l i ni the str i ke.

sillA ientle ien t l r esidnii in Ite Sixth h is t he

litrit lle id ut po ln the I3 lly r to com plain t rof th e ipp iaril(e f:it n ii crei.e.1d lnuII eii io

it is ti ared, may imnuail dlpred atioun up- theoni prPel"ly t lt 'i ng ( ti l a ls e nc e from ltheir homles of the male portion of thei lo otIpo" i

l atio,

u otf tohe dist r icts inellst:dt . T'lIe W'l lal ', alr tl l n t t time that I le wa s lo mn.plld to a c tl k nowhl the ine llici en- til)lcy of the vagrant laws, pr o mised that the toII lhe I',uhl l , speci' lll instructed to. luse :it the vigilalne th( u rey Care lalle ofto prevlnt evil doing on the part of thet r alo ups. to

The •eerl ry ot'Statt, makes t;com pl ,int othait in vendt in l tt the exe tive t otflice alotranscripts upon which requisitiolns for I t ilcrimina ls are to be issued, as i well as oth-

1r( dtol11net, aoime of ther chlit s of pa r - preish or district coi'ts permit their ,!eln - 1-ties to sign stlh Icleln lents, which oc ra- r isigois del a in e ail. every ins tan ce. ias

rthi( is lo record in any of flhe State o rti-cis to show who the dcluties are, l onse- ll asqUently the dociients

:Ire sent back. ot

STATE NEWS. sl

C'ream of the ('ountry Press.

At about 11 o'clock Tuesday i ight alillin y tooik plale atil llothe Mil nl aslintationl between Toti Jige ri theii oelngineer, o d a nlego lnamed Ilarrls-son lllllmiltll , which l ina lly Iresult edllili the negr o sei z in g a Iill et of w ood, lioand crushing the engineer' skull. a(The iegro, after commlnlit tin g the

deed, fled to the swamtlpsi thus ma ltking hisescap. . The wolutn d ed manlingered unt il yesterday lmorning,\when lie expired. coi

Tile facts as otailned by a Demlo-crat 'reporter, are as follows: rail

T he deceased ordered the accused ageto do certain work, which lie declin- an(edl dtloiing. This iused words to pass inbletween the two, and the engineer, fofeeling insulted at some remalk pass-ed by the negi, made a pluss at him. tio

The negro then seized a stick of cord ti iwood that was near at hand, anddealt his antagonist two blows over Atithe head. which brought him to theearth, and which finally produced hisdeath. el

Thle corlier of J efferson plarish held sla post mlorteml and continued the in- anquest until a future day.-[N. O. fl iDemocrat. is

pceCadda Parish has levIcied a lieens t

tax on all pei-sons wvho ileal in seedcotton. 500) per annuml is the charge. tFrom thliree to tlive per cent al month no

income for money on goold papetr e , irethe ruling rates here. There is no aTplace in the oiiion that offers such a gfine ticld for the profitable use f mo-ney he Sh revellort. The article is al- knmost going begging in New York. coWh at has brc oitd of that yankee en- telterprise and shrewdness we used to ,iread about in the school books ?

River rising rapidly.- [Shreveport prTimes. TI

t A very s sad occurrence happened in gthis town on last Sunday. Two of t h

t our yo ung friends, Louis Barbin andebat, both armed with pistols, and in nthe encoint e r the lattep r I st his life.

SYoun g Mesrie k fired Iis pistol sert eral tile witioute ffcct. Mr. Bar-

butls pistol snapped several times plbut at the first explosion of tile wea.tapon young Messick was shot hull in n

ethe face and expired in a few nlo- Bments. We deeply negret the sad oc- etCUr'renCe. t

Plaunters all over the parishl com- ptplain that the very bad weather 8whi chl we hIave I nad for the past two i

w eek s i s d namagi ng whi at cotton they I1- have remaiu iing i n the tie lds, and the 10

Spotato crop is on the eve of being to tStally lost;- [Marksv ille B ulletin. o

r Weather anl d tr aps.-1Rai n ! rain !IiOur tields are flooded, the canes tre a

r , f ull of sa pi and iii nlany pinces ar e

q Rproutig. The r oll ingis put back atte l east t wo we eks, manty l iti e i•rs w ho

or inte nde d t o com iil e ti Ce g rindi ng this b

week are conm pelled to wait until a 1change fro m wllrlt to cool ai nd fromn p

w et to dr y takes place. C ot t on is dalso injured toa grea t ex tent, umanlybolls fal ling and of those open, the 1staple is eitlhe r thrown down or spoil . v

ed for market.--[Courier of the T eche (

to From thle statement we publi shli i t40 w ill be seen that the assessment of

this parish for thlis year is $900,290In Thi s is an incre ase over last y ear 's as Ises sment of over one hunndlred thou-sand dolla rs. Even thi s increased as-

1f- sessment is enti rely too small, and

does no t ready re present tihe v alu el e- of propert y anid Investments in thi s

parish . T his, hlow eve r, is thlie faultre i ndi viduals rat he r thanl off icials. T'fa xre payers lhave a weakne ss for swearing

to a cheap va li a tion of pr ope rtywhen it is bei ng assessed.- T hlie w eat hle r has been war m a ndnrainy for sotme t i me. S o much d am p -

ness has been cause of much da mage.es. Mr. T om Tigner inf orms us th at in

an ex p er i ence o f itany y eat s lie hasneverbefot e known coitto n to sproutin the bol l. This nhas beeri notidced inmany cases. Ti te cotton crop thisSyear seems to have been persecute d

eith Continually.-- C laiborh e Guardiai .

Ou r ne ighlb or of the Viadicator sup-ug posed to be at Na tchitoclhes but byis some necounts ubiquitous pays us a

compliment by saying, Lthaat we withIhimsel f w as onbe of the Pioneers for aState Consti tutional Co nventio n,"

fIt a nd tnight hl ave added, tlhat we donepa mto re to pitt prominent mei in theSor; positi oi s whichll they otecIp y to-day,

,in abd received fewer boti plimnents andga- less solid comfort than ony patties in

it t te State.-- [ Mansfi eld Re por ter.

has Le t virtue be its own reward friendnls, P otts. Our tuin will come after a

atd time.

Wori kmen have boen iusy durinh ;the present week repair iig oun par-ish jail. The old contraption ha-,bi en co nsi d elr ed insecure for molrethan tw\o years, and has been twicerepor ted so by the (lanlld J ury, b utnow Shle itt' we'ster says t he bu i ldingis as safe as Ihe cou ld mak e i t wit hthe mean s at h is comm and.

Another wee k of valuable ti nme los tto the cot ton pla nters. ( nly one daysin ce our last hav e p ick ers be en i ithe tield, the weather being so unf a:-ero able. Th e wind and r ain 4,f Moitd(aylevening played had lhaiti wit!,thlie cotton that lhad not, et been"gone over," and th ant pa rt o f tihe croplooks but very littleflhel tce t lhnithaltwhere the pickers have been. Sure-ly our farmi ers are havi ng a har dIt ime of i t this year- everything seemsto have been against them-.-d'roith,worii s a nd rain.--[Coushatta Citizen.

We were plea sed to Imee t inn o urtown this week i)r. J. A. Derbanne,of Washington, who has been a bsentfti' mi the parish for a couple ofmonths. T he Doctor appears to becnjoyin g excellent h eal th, and i s nowprepared to attend to al l dental Itisi -Ines that mn ay e entrusted to him.-I Opelousas Counicr.

W e have been havi ng d iri ng thepast few weeks, wi th short intermi s-sions of sunslhine and cloudless skies,ju st the kind of wii eatlher to mnakofal niers feel Nhad and wish they hIa dtheir cot ton gathered be fore this spellof j uicy weather.

The j ury that conv icted P ill Tl hom -as for Stcaling Mr. James GallaghIer'idhog, has rid the parish of a notedthief an d troublesome negro.

A heavy rai co iiimenceul fal l ingM ond ay evening ab out fiv e o'clock ,and continued tintil Tue sday morn-ing.

A great deal of the tinto of our Dis-trict C ourt has been taken up in try-ing petty crit ninal eases-hog andcorn steal ing.-Mor ehouse Clarion.

Again the t hole of l ast we ek therains have continuc-d, and the danm-age done the cotton is really awful ,and we feel sure that the crop musl;i n con sequence, fal l shio rt f ull y o ne-fourthl by these rains a lone. And t hisbad nda l ong spell , with the excep-ti on of a f ew slhott hiour s, has beenunusually warm for the season , t husretarding thli e i ipening of the cane.-Alexandria D emocrat.

Tue sday night it came on to rainvery ihard, Cotitinued cl oudy andshowery the re mainder of the week ,and at this time ( Fri day morni ng) afine mist is fal l ing anid the atmosphe rei s chilly, quite a change in the tem-perature havin g taken place duringthe night;

On T hur sda y morning, Mr. Wi n.Stewart, lesiding about two milesnorth of Rayv i lle , whil e feeding hisgin , had occasion to raise the brea st,and havi ng only one hand to workwith (bein g a on e-ar med ma ln), heattempl) ted to hol d it up with hi skne e , t he reby br ingi ng hi s leg incontact wi th the saws) which laste ra-ted it ter ribly. Dr . D. R. Pettit, whodressed the wound, infot mes us that,though a ver y se vere wound; withproper care til e l imb ca n be saved.The leg Was cut to tile bone by t wogashes below the k nee, and also otttihe knee cap.-R ichland Beacon.

ATTEtMPTED JAIL, I) E LIVERYI.- t0liMonday hi At t ihe pi risoners, six illiuni ber , who are now co nfined in out.pari ishl j ail, attempted to break out:'T hey took a wire huck et handle and

ulnclhed out a yard or so of brick,ald wnoultl have been gon e in torminutes longer, ihad not Al bertB rown. one of the pri son ers, conclud-ed to put a stop to the busitiess. Hes tatiotied himself at the hole and- f prev ented the othiers from esc aping;

r Brown is clharged wit h murder, butShe evidently tli iy t ink s he has a goodF tase, or hlie would hait•i tiloved hiia

a lodgi ng ll hen ie halnd an opportuni ty

to do so. The jail must be a goodone (to get but of) whl ien a pri sonlerc li l punchl it down wi th a wire. I t0unly cost t ihe pa risl h e ighlt tlhousandSand five huiidre d doll arh in cash.---e D esoto Djemot rat:

o I t is reported that twd pa' t ies one

s lhy t ihe nnone of Wilson and one\a Wh ele i w ere arrested near Logans-n port. Both were charged witlh ni ur-

is d er in Tex as. T his makes four pier -

y sons extradi ted fi rom this iparishl tde Te xas by the ollileer's of tlhat s)t ate ,1 without allny leaquisition ti hm tihe

ue Go veinor inli the last half year , ;:i d

it all chlnarged with murde r or murders:y We bel iev e this is as i t shou ld be;Sbut ' tls a g rea t b iea kin g d ow n o f t he

. pr in ciples of Statts rtights a nd Stati

. sovereiguty. Courte sies should ex-i st bet ween ilndepenldent sovereign-

l ties, hnt crinlinal s ~hlnouhli not be al-lowed to escape, by tlhe dipl onmati ccircumlocut ion of rnd tape. lB iii niesllis said to be biusi ne sii , liand lparties it -x tem pt i ng to evade j ustice and t ihe

opera t ionls of t he law will fi nd thisty pla rishl i too near the Texas li ne to stoli

in. Go East, and as fat as y ou cantad get, all ye esc aping covite s. A siatidTartar is said to co n ta i nl tei ri tor te enolnigh for all of youl and congenial

Ssociety.-Manslield Reporter.Ias

ut i"We sa id at the start tlhat the R us-in sian w ar was goin g to be so f l uectua-his ting tlii t no fel l ow rditl d tell whichli

ed side to l t hiss syt ipathics twi ne.- --N.

Y . N ation.

by T en years firon no w stealing wills a hav e becomi e a tlhing o f tihe past .id Ther e wil l be nothing left to steal.-

i. a St . Louis Globe De moc rat.n ," Ine It requires sever al d ays' piractice for

the thl e sbl oolboy to bhecoine as profici entan, in the use ot t he pI aper-P aid as liewtd was at the close of la st sessi on.

nd "Tl here is one good thiing a bouti,

Sat an."' remarked a Det roi ter t.h.rt a othe r day. "li e never weighs ithe dri-

ver as he sends out Ili s ,coah"

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