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he fined notless than the amount ofmon-

than double tile amount, to be paid into the
parish school fund; and it is the duty Of district
Judges to especially state this when charging
the grand jury at each term Of the court
Whoever shall carry about his person, conceal
ed or not, any pistol, bowie knife, dirk, or 9th
er dangerous weapon, shall be liable to prose
cution BY Indictment or presentment, and Io1
the first offence be fined not less than S25o
nor more than $500, or imprisonment for one
month; and for the second offence, not les
than $500 nor more than $1,000, or lmprlson
ment in the parish jail at the discretion OF tht
court, not to exceed three months; and 1t IS the
duty of the judges of the district courts tf
charge the grand juries specially as to this law
Section 1870, declares that all idle persons who
not having any visible means to maintain them
selves, live without employment, all person:
wandering abroad, lodging in groceries, grog'
shops, markets, sheds, uninhabited buildings
or in the open air, and not giving a good &C
count of themselves, all persons wandering
abroad begging, and all habItual drunkards
who may abandon, neglect or refuse to aid IN
the support of their families, shall be deemed
vagrants; and it is made the duty OF any sher-
if, constable, policeman or other officer when
ever required by any person to carry such va
grant before a justice of the peace OF any pa
IRISH. for the purpose of examination, and !! the
Justice be satisfied by the confession OF the Of
fender, or by the testimony, that he come
within the description aforesaid, he shall make
. certificate of the same, which shall be filed
with the clerk of the district court, and issue a
writ to commit such vagrant to the parish jail
for not more than six months. All persons
harboring Migrants or suspicious persons,knoW-
ingly, shall be subject to a fine not exceeding
$500 nor less than 500.
There are many other salutary sections IN
the act, which we have not space to enumerate.
Il is now@he law Of the land.
The North Louisiana Democratic Times says
that. there are some men who, standing on a
precipice, fearIessly and unconcernedly look
down on the scene before them. There are
others who, overreaching themselves, topple
from the dizzy height and are crushed in the
fall. No man in this State stood a better chance
for future honors than governor Hebert. Time
served him. He was young and could have
walked to the goal he sought, but no, he must
Jump! and his "vaulting ambition DER leaped
Soured by the preference given Sill
dell for the United States senate, he has abjur-
ed those to whom he owes his present eleva-
ton, and leagued with the enemy. He has
the bosom that nursed him. He has turn
ed out from Office good democrats and faithful
servants, and supplied know nothings
with their places. He has placed weapons in
the hands of men to demolish the temple of de-
the temple in which he himself wor-
as high priest. If this be not treason
to those who made him what he is, it is at least
ingratS:ude. His political requiem is sung.
A few weeks gothic Times was busily engaged
in showering laudations upon governor Hebert,
and it now appears to have overlooked the pro-
phecy made by Dave Martin some months since
that the democracy of Louisiana was threaten
ed with "the curse of know n~othingism." His
prediction has been verified, and tits written in
the book of fate hat the know nothings will ex-
terminate, and Danish from American soil, the
soi-disant democratic party of the present day.
Commenting on the re lection by congress of
the amendment to the appropriation bill for the
reduction Of the tariff to a revenue standard,
the Vicksburg Sentinel-the leading democra-
tic journal in Mississippi-expresses the opin-
ion that an overlooking treasury only leads to
''corrupt legislation, as has been abundantly
demonstrated during the present session of con-
gress.' What a commentary on a congress,
two-thirds of the members of which were lead
ing democrats! How well the Sentinel knows
the peculiar failing and b~esetting sin of its OWL
party. We admire the candor with which it
makes the confession. If an overlooking trea-
sury leads the democracy to corrupt legisla-
ton" an empty treasury leads the democrats
to Reputation. Such at least is the way it
worked in Mississippi.
The hon. c.. Levi Woodbury., who probably
did as.much as any other man to secure the
nomination and election of president Pierce, re-
marked during a speech he made to the demo
cracy Of Manchester, New Hampshire, that, "it
has been said there is dissatisfaction in the de-
mocratic party, A party may be dissatisfied
with corrupt and incompetent men; but, thank
God, the constitution prescribes the time when
an administration shall come to an end" Hard
language, says the N. Y. National Democrat,
to com from a member Of the Baltimore de-
mocratic national convention.
REPUDIATED AT HoME.-Full returns from
214 towns in New Hampshire have been re-
ceived, which SHOW the following result:-for
governor: Metcalf, know nothing, 80, COS; Ba-
ker, democrat, 26,7l7; scattering 1869; only
IA towns remain to be heard from, but they
cannot alter the result. OF the 255 represen-
tatives known to be elected, only sixty-four are
democrats. The know nothings carried the