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Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-06-30
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- NEW ORLEANS, June 8, 1850.
SIR-With the authorization OF the Donaldson
vile Democratic Convention, the members there
of from the 4th Electoral District appointed US
a committee of three to PROFOUND to you certain
questions and now, in the discharge OF the
duty imposed, we ask your attention to the fol-
lowing: ,
LIST. Will you endorse the Democrstic National
platform in case the Baltimore Convention will
leave it as it is now?
I'D. Will you support the nominee of that
Baltimore Convention, be he nho he may?
Sd. Do you recognize the members of the
Democratic Convention, assembled at Donald
sonyille on the 9th, as true Democrats?
An early answer to these questions is respect
fully solicited, to be directed to us at Baton
Rouge. Yours, &C.,
MAURICE CANNON,
OF Livingston,
A. L. GUSMAN,
OF East Baton Rouge,
WILLIAM B. BARROW,
OF West Feliciana.
To Gen. B. B. SHINES, appointed Elector 4th
Pointe Coupee, La.
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State of Louisiana

Parish of Pointe Coupce-Ninth District Court
Taylor, Knapp 4 Co. VS.. Joseph \. Miller.
No. 1882.
~ virtue of and to satisfy a writ of seizure 4 sa,s
Issued in the above entitled suit and to me direct.
ed by tile Hon. the Ninth District Court in md
tor the parish and State aforesaid, to satisfy
plaintiff demand and costs of suit. | have seized
and VIII offer at public sale on the premises, on
Saturday. the It'll day Of July 1860,
at ten O'Clock A. NJ, all the right, title and in
terest that the defendant has in and to the fol.
lowing described property, to wit:
A ccr,ain tract of land, fronting on the Atcba.
falaya two and a half arpents. running back Ia
embrace fifty acres, bounded on the south by
lands OF John I. Brooks. on the north BY land
OF the said Joseph A. Miller. and also on the
east by land of the said j. A. Miller, in the Par.
ish of Pointe Coupee.
Terms Of Soe--Cah wiM appyaisemsak.
SEVERN PORCHE, Sheriff.
Pointe Coupee, May 26, 1860.
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mrIn our life, we have never been

prIn our life, we have never beer
more gratifed than when, in the early
part of this week, we received the intel
ligence that Breckenridge and Lane hae
received the nomination for the Presi
dency and Vice-Presidency. We were
pleased, in the first place, with the Sc
lection of our representative men, than
which nothing could be more admira'
bic; and secondly with the unanimity
with which the thing, vas done, thus
proving by the almost spontaneous Sc
lection of two Union men, the fidelity OF
the South to the Union, and it's determi'
nation to abide by the Union as long as
possible consistently with honor.
In another issue of our paper, we will
publish sketches of the lives and servi-
ces of our candidates. Both are we'll
known to fame; both have t%riumphed in
many a we'll stricken field, and never
yet known defeat in any. In a cause
just as ours is, and with such leaders, it
is impossible that victory should not
again perch upon u banners.
Of course, we regard that portion of
the people, North and South, who, I'M
convinced by the sopIistry of Mr.. Doug
las, and unterriied by the threats of
disunion, have preserved Immaculate
the principles of National Democracy
and States Rights as the only true De-
mocracy. The sense of the South has
been spoken in unmistakable language
by the Convention that nominated Brock
inridge and Lane; the course Of the Old
of Louisiana in spurning at
Douglas, vindicated and sanctioned; and
the Opposition of Louisiana left without
the shadow of an argument in defense
of its late stupid and unpatriotic pro-
ceedings.
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Inspectors Of Roads and Levees.

The Police Jury, at its session of the
first Monday of March of every year
shall appoint FIVE Inspectors of roads
~levees, bridges, &c, who shall have the
supervision of the public works of this
parish, as will be hereafter specified
and for that purpose the parish shall be
divided in five districts of ~levees, roads,
bridges, &c, as follows:
The LIST District to be composed of the
LIST, Cd, and Sd Police Jury wards: the
I'd District of the 4tl, 9Th, 9Th, and 7th,
including the Grand Bay levee and
dykes; the Sd District of the 9Th, 9th,
and 10th; the 4th District of the llth,
18th, and 18th; the 9th District of the
l4th.
The following public works shall be
considered as belonging to the respec.
tive districts in which they may be stu
ated, to wit:
The McPhaul road and levee in the
LIST District ; the Raccourci road and
levee, the Grand Lcvee road and levee,
the Fordoche road, and the dyke and
road leading to Waterloo, in the I'd Dis.
trict; the New Road and the Poulailler
road andsbridge, in the Sd District; the
two roads on the Island, the road on the
Batture, and the bridge over the Dis.
charge, in the 4th District; the Bayou
Crosse Tete road and bridges, in the
5th District.
The salary of the Inspectors of the 1st
and I'd Districts shall be $1,000; that of
the Sd and 18th Districts, 800; and that
of the 5th District, $780,
The Inspectors of said Districts shall
reside in the Districts in which they
shall be appointed.
1t shall be the duty of all Inspectors
to superintend the necessary repairing
of all l%evees, roads, bitches and bridges,
either private or public, and to see that
the same are kept in good order.
The Inspectors will report to the
President Of the Police Jury of all re-
pairs to be made to the public works of
the parish, as specified in. the Police
Jury Regulations, which, after the legal
delays, shall be sold at auction to the
lowest bidder, by the Parish Attorney,
who will draw a process verbal of the
said sale, and take bond for the fulfil
ment of the contract; and said works
shall be made under the direction Of the
Inspector, as provided for in ordinances
concerning roads, l~evees, bitches, and
bridges.
Whenever a new levee shall be deemed
necessary, the Inspector of the District
shall trace said levce and make out a
plan of II, specifying the length of the
levee, its height, and the number of feet
OF base, and then transmit to the Police
Jury a copy of said plan; the Inspector
shall be personally responsible for the
acts done by him in his capacity, and
shall furnish a bond, with good security,
to be approved by the Police Jury, 10
the sum Gifts for the punctual and
faithful performanceso Of his duties.
Each Of the Inspectors shall keep a
book, in which he shall record all the
orders given by him in his capacity to
the inhabitants of his District for re-
pairs to their roads, ~lcvees, bitches or
bridges, and refer to the Parish Attor-
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ney all the delinquents by whom fine
may have been incurred; and it shall be
his duty to lay said book before the
Police Jury at each regular meeting.
In case of emergency or absence, the
Inspectors may appoint n or mor
deputies, but they shall be under the di-
rcction and control of the Inspectors,
and their appointment shall be made
only for one month at a time, and no
longer.
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PoINTE CoUPEE. June %, 1860.

PoINTE CoUPEE, June %, 1860.
GENTLEMENTl now proceed, according to 6
promise contained in a previous letter, to answer
the heterogeneous contained in your communi
cation of the Sth instant.
lst. / will not and do not endorse the Demo
cratic National platform, such as it was on the
Sth inst, and such as it is now, if you mean the
minority platform " adopted at Charleston
which ignored the duty of the General Govern.
ment to protect property in slaves in the Ter.
%ritories. l do not consider the platform to
which you allude either . National' or Demo
cratic 1t is douglas platform, a Squatter
Sovereignty platform, and hostile to the Con.
stitutional rights of Southern States"
I'd. will not support the nominee of the Bal
timore Convention, if you mean the "Rump
Convention which nominated Douglas; but, il
you mean the true Democratic Convention
which nominated Breckenridge and Lane, l am
astonished that you could entertain a doubt On
the subject. / have never wavered in the sup
port of the nominees of my party. I presume,
however, that the habit of disregarding party
nominations, to which some of you are addicted,
has suggested the question.
I'd. The third question, which is as follows,
do you recognize the members of the Demo-
cratic Convention assembled at Donaldsonville
on the 9th, as true Democrats? ~ implies that
you yourselves entertain a doubt as to your political
status. | have no doubts on the subject, and
therefore, it is due to candor, that 1 should not
withhold my opinion, however much / might
have desired to refrain from expressing it. I
the Donalsonville assemblage 1.-THE
paucity of it's numbers, and its non-representa-
tive character, forbid my using the digni6ed
term "Convention") an unauthorized convoca-
ton of dissatisfied and rebellious politicians,
who, under the guise of Democracy, attempted
to barter away the rights Of the South for the
spoils of office. The members of such an assem-
blage deserve not the appellation of Democrats,
and, therefore, | repudiate all political afilia-
ton with them. Having deserted the true faith,
and gone after strange Gods, I cannot, in con
recognize them as members of the
g Great Democratic Church,
Respectfully, yours, &C.,
B. B. SHINES.
To Mcssrs. Maurice Cannon, A. L. Gusman,
and VIM. B. Barrow, Baton Rouge.
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DAGUSRR8OTYP3S
J. J. B arret

TAKES this method of informing the citizens
l. of False River and vicinity that he has
opened rooms at
MRS. BOUDREAUiS BALL ROOM.
where he will beprepared to take LIKENESSES
in the Latest and most approved styles, such as
Ferreotypes, Ambrotypes, Melainotypes, &c.
ms~Old Daguerreotypes made new by copy
ing.
Ma-Pictures taken in lockets and breast-pins.
Ns~As GOOD PICTURES will speak for
themselves, call and examine specimens at an
early date. je23
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1GrWe hopesthe De~nocracyof Pointe
Coupee. under the influence ofthe spirit.
stirring news from Baltimore, will one
and all HE % tlis polls on Monday next,
and cast an overwhelming vote for its
chosen candidate, Alexander Barrow.
MIR. Barrow, at the present juncture Of
affairs, deserves this from the Democra-
cy. He has always opposed Mr.. Doug
las, approved Of the secession Of our
delegates to Charleston, which has SO
happily eyentuated, and has been heart
and soul with rs for years. His antago-
mist is far from having taken such q de-
cidcd stand; and if at the eleventh hour
he has given in his adhesion to the
rights Of the South, as personated by
Breckenridge and Lane, it is simply be-
u be has perspicacity enough to
perceive that the Opposition is nowhere
in the Mr.. Barrow is ardent. able,
and energetic, fully identified with us in
locality and interest, and would make a
most efficient Senator.
E
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NEW
State Of Louisiana.

Parish of Pointe ~Coupee-Ninth District Court
r. W. McIsae VS.. his crcditors-No. 2Ol7.
NOTICE is hereby given to whomsoever it
~ may concern, that Augustc Provosty, syn
die of the insolvency of r. W. McRae, haafled
his final tableau of distribution OF the funds of
said insolvency in the Ninth District Court, in
and for the parish of Pointe Coupee; and that if
no opposition is made to said tableau within le-
gal delays, the same will be approved and ho-
%mologated by said Court.
June 80, 1860. A. BONDY, Clerk.
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The State of Lonision.

Parish of Pointc Coupce-Ninth Districtc,m
NOTICE is hereby given to all person.
" cerncd, that W. II. Cooley svp1;a con
insolvency of James b. johnson. has sI ,ne
first provisional tablcau of di.trihut;nn my us
funds of said insolvency in the Ninth n " Tue
Court, in and for the parish of Pointe c n,sIlc'
and that if no opposition is made to saia t,ouppes;
within legal delays. the same will hr ha,n rsa"
gated and approved by said Court. '"o'o'
A. BONDl, Clerk.
Polnte COupee. June 16. 1850. Ia As
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notice.!

TUE Assistant Marshal in and for the nar;s,,o.
l. of Pointe Coupee and West Baton Ronna
will pass through in a few days. It is to b he Sa
sired that every planter or manager Of estate.
be ready to furnish him a complete and exact
list OF all slaves on the plantation, berinn;nc
with the Oldest one and stating the age, sex. and
color. '"o
Gs~sugar Planter please copy two times,
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State ofLoulsiana,

0t0tO IA AlVNxoA0AA0s
Parish of Pointe Coupee-Ninth District Court.
A. Verneuil 4 Co. VS.. Gustave Major
No. 2219.
BY virtue of and to satisfy a writ of alias i. ia. is
sued in the above entitled suit and to me direct
ed by the Hon. the 9th District Court, in and for
the parish and State aforesaid, to satisfy plain
tiff's demand and costs of suit, / have seized, and
will offer at public sale, at the Court House on
Saturday, the All dag Of Aug, 1850,
at eleven o'clock, NJ, all the right, title and in
terest that the defendant has in and to the follow
ing described property, to wit:
Washington, a negro man, agee about Al
years.
One sorrel horse.
Also, a certain tract of LAND, situatnd on
the Island of False River in this parish, having
a front of one and a half arpents on False River,
by forty arpents in depth, bounded on one side
by land of Bell Thomas, and on the other side
by that of Robert Arlau. together with all the
buildings and impro vements thereon.
Terms of Sak-CaM aoiM Appraisment.
SEVERN PORCHE,
June %, go, Sheriff.
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IN OF GE

ON the I'd day of the month of july 1sco
an election for members of the Police Jr ruov'
represent in said body the LIST. 4tb. 9Th 9Th v 10
18th. l3th Police Jury Wards. and also ~ e ,l
Zd Ward to fill the vacancy occasioned bv .c
resignation of T. 2. Harmanson. Said el.o.; III
will take place in said Wards. at the us,,l .".a
ton precincts and under the commissionnrs a j..
pointed by the Police Jury for the general s,spp
tons. '" e'ec'
JAS. VIGNES. Prcs't Police ,Jurx
A. BoEANCHAUD. Clerk. "T
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ELECTION NOTICE
State Of Louisiana--.Parish of Pie. Coupee

5g0sV Va AVUAoAdAds' d A6U VI To- VVuHCC
TN CONFORMITY with u proclamation of his
L Excellency THOS. o. MOORE, Governor Of
the State Of Louisiana, public notice is hereby
given by the undersigned, Sheriff of the afore-
said parish, that an election will he held at the
several election precincts for said parish, on
MONDAY, the I'd day of JULY, 1860, from
the hour of 9 o'clock, A. NJ, to the hour of 4
o'clock, P. NJ, to elect a Senator to fill the
vacancy in the Senate of the State of Louisiana
for the Senatorial District composed of the
parishes of West Fellciana, Pointe Coupee,
and West Baton Rouge. The commission
ers of election are hereby ordered to hold
nation, and in conformity to law, at the follow
ing election precincts, and make their returns to
the undersigned
First District. list. At Miller & H~erring'sstore;
I'd, at the sehool-house Sd, at the house of Chas.
P. Long.
Second District.-At Chalfant's sclool-house.
Third District. - AT Williamsport and Red
River Landing.
Fourth District.-1st. At the school-house, New
Texas. near Chas. Boyd's plantation I'd, at Els
worth's store.
: Fifth District.-1st. At Morganza /; I'd, at Mon
teilh's Store, Fordoehe.
Sixth District.-At Curet's Store.
Seventh District.-At JulesS ST. Germain's.
Eighth District.-At the Court House.
Ninth Dlstrict.-At Simon & Co.'s store.
Tenth District.-At Lazarus 4 Loeb's store.
Eleventh District.-At the school-house.
Twelfth District.-At J.. L. Demoruelle Il Co.'s
store.
Thirteenth District.-At Louis Saizan and
Marcelin Aguillard's house.
Fourteenth District.-At Livonia.
SEVERN PORCHE, Sh'f.
Polnte Coupee, June 8, 1850.
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OF LOUISIANA.

Parish of Pointe Coupee--Ninth District Court
A. Norton & McCaulay VS.. Steamer Indianola.
James Ransom, captain, and owners; and
others, owners.
NOTICE is hereby given to all persons inter
~ ested, that by virtue of an order of the 9th
District Court, in and for the parish of Pointc
Coupee, rendered in above said suit, | have pro-
visionally seized the steamer Indianola, and all
its appurtenances; and all interested persons
are hereby notified to appear within fifteen days
before the said Court, and answer the petition
in above entitled suit.
June %, 1860. S. PORCHE, Sheriff.
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@-The attentive and obliging officers Of the
New Orleans and Natchez mail packet La
fourche, will accept our thanks for late New
Orleans papers.
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TAKEN UP, byJ. A. Lebeau. about 4 miles
l. above Waterloo, two Mules, one a black
Mexican mule, about IL years old, marked R on
the left shoulder; the other a brown mule, about
II years old, no visible marks.
The owner is requested to come forward,
prove property, and pay costs, or said estrays
will be sold in seventy days, at the Office of the
undersigned, as thelaw directs.
J. ST. GERMAN
June %, so. J.P. 7th Ward,
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TAKEN UP,

TAKEN UP.
pY N. Bell, on Bayou Thomas. a brown mare
- Mule, about 4 years old, Is! hands high,
broke to gears; appraised by 81. Fenner and
Ezekiel Harper, sworn appraisers, at $50.
The owner is requested to come forward.
prove property and pay charges, Or said estray
will be sold in seventy day, according to law,
at the office of the undersigned.
III W. DELAHAY,
Livonia, June 20, go. J. p. l4th Ward.
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MAPS of Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge,
!VI 1berville, part of st. Martinaand Ascen-
sion.
The undersigned respectfully informs the pub
lie that he is agent for Powell & Bradford's
Maps of the above Parishes. The Maps are
made from the most authentic United States
Surveys. Price $40.
They will be delivered ON the premises by the
undersigned to thosewriting for them.
je23-lm. Il. DEMORUELLE, Waterloo.
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Mg>We are authorized to announce Col NJ,
COURTNEY, Of West Feliciana, as a candidate
for the Senate, for the District composed ofsthe
parishes of Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana, and
West Baton Rouge. Subject to the voice Of the
people.
Gg- We are authorized to announce Mr..
ADOLPHE VIGNES as a candidate for the
Office of Sheriff attheanext parish election.
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Best Liquors
E S 7 Z A Y

" i ~ ~ 4.
TAKEN Up, on False River, by T. A. Mix. a
i dun mare Mule, about fourteen or fifteen
hands high. and five or six years old, without
any apparent mark OF stamp.
The proprietor is requested to come forward,
prove property, pay charges and take it away,
otherwise it will be sold in 70 days. as the
law directs. III. DIDIER,
June %. GO. J. Z. 9Th Ward,
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State Of Louisiana.

State of Louisiana.
Ninth District Court-Parish of Puinte Coupee
A. Norton and McCaulay vs. Steamer Indianola,
@ James Ransom, owners, and others.-No.
1892.
Chas. W. Greenlee and Hugh Slicer VS.. Steamer
Indianola,, captain, and owners.-No. 1928.
VIM. Oliver VS.. Steamer Indianola and owners.
No. 26O9.
PURSUANT to an order to me addressed by
the Honorable the 9th District Court in and for
the parish and State aforesaid, l, the undersigned.
Sheriff, will offer at public sale, at Red River
Landing, in this Parish, on
Thursday, July 10, 1860,
ct II O'Clock, a. m. all the right, title and inter-
est that the defendants have in and to the follow
ing described property to-wit:
The Steamer INDIANOLA, with machinery,
apparatus, &c.
Terms and conditions of sale.-Cash on the
day Of sale.
SEVERN PORCHE Sheriff.
PIT Coupee, June %, 1860.
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Ba~Wc may o Q expect to see a
general stampede among the former adj
mirers and ardent supporters of the
Little Giant.
The nomination of Breckenridge and
Lane by the National Constitutional
Convention, and the certainty of the
defeat of their idol, has wonderfully
lessened their admiration for him; and
the prospect Of the loss Of the loayes and
fishes, which they considered already
secure within their grasp, has filed them
with the greatest disappointment and
CONSERVATION. What the result Of all
this will be, any one who is acquainted
with the high toned patriotism and dis.
interestedness of these noisy self-styled
Purifiers and Union.savers-at-any-price
and with their antecedents, can easily
foresee. Like rats deserving a sinking
ship. they will abandon Douglas, bolt
the nomination made by themselves,
and repudiate their ownprogeny.
In order to secure ashare of the spoils,
. they will endeavor to make themselves
out to be the only original Breckenridge
men in the State. They have been ac-
customed to SO many sudden TRANSITIONAL
tons and to SO much ground and lofty
tumbling. that we need not be surprised
if by q sudden somerset we shouldA6nd
them in our midst. denying their own
identity, and claiming to Be the real
Simon pure OldALine Democracy.
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IST of persons married within the year 1859,
Il and designated to participate in the distri-
button Of the Poydras Funds: