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Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-07-28

~equalized according to every rule Of
equity. This will save many persons
from Il pecuniary loss that they are i'll
able to bear, and when divided among
all who benefit by the Ievce, will cause
the tax to he SO intinestirnal that none
will feel it.
We would merely call the attention
Of the jury to Art. 18th as Of question
able ConstitutionaIity.
Art. 10th IS so manitrstly unjust that
it is a matter of time and D to com
ment On it. "UAcn q cyerusss shoH hure
t0hen place." &c. When such a calamity
happens, the proprietor where the Gre
vase occurs is ruined, yet you require
him to feed and pay those who come to
stop the rcvasse The sad visitation
Of Almighty God is not enough the
police jury compel him to feed and pay
those who are working for their own
protection. Could oppression go further
than this!
Art. goth. This is open to the same
criticism as Art. 18th. By it, the lcvee
Inspector is authorized to spend as much
labor and money to prevent a threatened
crevasse as he p!eases, and the police
jury reserve the right to make the pro-
prietor pay all expenses; in other words,
your article says that the parish must
be saved from i%nundation at any cost,
and the unfortunate proprietor can be
taxed 50 per day and roast beef to pre-
VEN the general ruin.
We feel assured that no police jury
will ever sanction such recommended
ton.
One more word and we are done. No
where in the long report of twenty-one
articles IA you find any authority for
a levee commissioner to call on the in
terror planters to bring their hands out
in case Of emergency.
We write this communication in 10
bad spirit, but simply to call the atten-
ton of the public to the residence of the
members Of the committee, who have
reported the levee regulations; to show
that those who are called upon in this
report to build the l~evccs, have had no
voice in making the report. We write
to call the attention Of the public and of
the police jury to the great injustice
which this report does to the front pro-
prietors, and we write in the full belief
that on "sober second thoughts" every
member Of our police jury will concur
in most, if not all, the objections hereby
made to the report in question.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-07-28
Constitutional Democratic Platform.

RESOLVED, That the platform adopted at Gin
cinnati be affirmed, with the following resolu
tons:
J.. That the Democracy Of the United States
hold these cardinal principles on the subject Of
slavery in the Territories: First, That Congress
has no power to abolish slavery in the Terrific
ries; Second, That the Territorial Legislature
has no power to abolish slavery in the Terrific.
~, nor prohibit the Introduction of slaves there
in, nor any power to exclude slavery therefrom,
nor any right to destroy or impair the right OF
property in slaves by any legislation whatever.
2. That the enactments of State Legislatures
to defeat the faithful execution of the Fugitive
Slave Law, are hostile in character, subver-
sive Of the Constitution, and revolutionary in
their effect.
3. That it is the duty of the Federal Govern
ment to protect, when necessary, the rights of
persons and property on the high seas, in the
Territories, or wherever else it's constitutional
authority extends.
nize ii as the imperative duty of this Govern
ment to protect the naturalized citizen in all his
rights. whether at home or in foreign lands, to
the same extent as its native born citizens.
S. That the National Democracy earnestly
recommend the acquisition of the Island of Cuba
at the earliest practicable period.
WHEREAS, One of the greatest necessities OF
the. age, in a political, commercial. postal and
military point of view, is a speedy communion
ton between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans:
Therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the National Democratic party
do hereby pledge themselves to use every means
in their power to secure the passage Of some
bill for the construction of a Pacific Railroad
from the western line of the Mississippi river to
the Pacific ocean,, at the earliest practicable
moment.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-07-28
State of Louisiana.

Ninth District Court-Parish of Pointc CouDee
Emile Foster VS.. Benjamin l.. Joor-No, 25f,
BY virtue OF, and to satisfy a writ off IA i.
sued IN the above entitled suit and to me- dirpo,.
ed by the Honorable the 9th District Court in md
for the parish and State aforesaid, to satisfy MAIN.
III S deman and costs of slit. | have seized. and
offer at public sale at the Court House on
Saturday, the 4M day Of Ays, 1860.
at III O'Clock, A. NJ. all the right. title and inter.
est that the defendant has in and to the foDosIpg
described PROPERTY. TO wit
n tract of LAND, situated ina place eor.
monty called New Texas, in the parish of Pcints
Coupee, and described on the maps of the |. s.
survey as being the northeast quarter of section
No. So in township ;, range 8 east, containing
100 and 32-lVO acres. together with the stock
and all the improvements thereon.
Terms Of Sas.--CaM muh dpprniam,ut.
SEVERN PORCHi. Sheriff.
pointc Coupce, June %. 1859.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-07-28
%We notice that in some of II

16s@We notice that in some of the
parishes Of Louisiana, our friends are
beginning to break ground in favor of
Breckenridge and Lane. The unexam-
pied heat Of the weather has been the
reason why the campaign is not more
fully opened.
In this l%atitute of Louisiana, there
exists not, even among the most SAN
guine, the slightest doubt that our can-
didates will sweep all before them. We
can, therefore, await the disappearance
of the Dog-star, and afford to keep cool
for some time longer, before finally
mastering U ranks.
The editor Of the Echo has gone North
in search Of inspiration. He is, thence,
inditing to his paper, epistles which
smack stronghold the atmosphere where
they are concocted. Will it be believed
that he has had the fool-hardiness to
speak approving]y of that arbitrator
and v%illifier Of the South, Forney? Why
the editor ofthe Echo should thinkproper
to tell his readersthat he has made the
acquaintance of this Abolitionist, and
that he admires him, is beyond our hum
BILE comprehension.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-07-28
[coMMUNrcArED.
The Police Jury and Levees.

We respectfully call attention to tie
report of The committee appointed by
the police jury, on the subject Of roads
and levees.
Look at the names of the persons who
constitute the committee. we do not
charge that injustice and partially was
intended when this committee was ap
pointed, but cllaritably suppose it was
an oversight, as lot a member repre-.
senting, or rather living on. the river
was placed OH said committee. This of
itself should urge the police jury to re-
feet well, before taking action on the
report. Mr.. Halsey lives or Latenache,
Mr.. Poydras on False River, Mr.. Bouan-
chaud on the Island, and Mr.. Vignes
has sold his property. Such is the com
mittee who, made the report, and it is
not surprising that they began, in Arti-
Gle list, by requiring all levees to be
made and kept in repair by front pro-
prietors. IF the committee had been
fairly constituted, and the members who
live on the river been placed on the com
mittee, as all parliamentary usage, as
well as justice, required that that they
should have been, we doubt not d very
different report would have been handed
in. At least, they would have approx
mated more towards justice by propos-
ing that all levees under four or five
feet high should e.built by the owner
of the land, and all levees of greater
height than four feet should be made at
the joint expense of the parish and the
proprietor.
We do not question that an enlight-
ened jury would adopt this middle course.
and particularly when their attention is
called to Art. I'd, which gives gigantic
dimensions for all levees in the parish,
the. building Of which would %impoverish
many proprietors, and would fall very
heavy on all who are unfortunate enough
to- live on the river bank.
Look at Art. I'd, and the immense
levees it requires. This e~vinces the ap
prehension this committee, who repre-
sent the back lands and back settlers,
feel in relation to overaows. If yon are
so solicitous for protection, gentlemen,
come forward in a spirit of liberality and
divide the cost of this protection. Your
Art. I'd requires vast and impregnable
bulwarks to be erected to save your
families and your property, but you re-
qnire this safety at the sole cost of 9th.
ers. Your Art. I'd takes from the front
proprietor all choice or lot in the mat
ter. 1t says. in plain, unmistakable
language: W. of the interior want pro-
lection from overflow, and we command
every owner of a foot of land on the
river to make a. levee at his own cost,
according to the dimensions we lay
down. Is this justice? Is it in accord
nee with the Constitution, that requires
all taxation to be equal?
Before this, we had been taught that
the burthens, as we'll as the blessings,
OF free government were to fall, like the
dews of heaven, equally upon all. In
stead, therefore, of compelling one man,
as Art. LIST does, to protect his neigh
bors, we propose that when any large
levee is to be built, that the cost be
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-07-28
Important Facts.

John Hickman, of Pennsylvania, anti : Le-
compton Democrat from the Chester District,
Pa, who voted favorably for Pennington as
Speaker. has finally joined the Black Republi-
cans, and takes the stump for Lincoln and Ham
lin.
The Eastern State Journal, of Win
chester county, N. Y, has an article
from which it would seem that Mr.. John
3. Haskin is contemplating the aban-
donment of his position as an tally" of
the Black Republicans, in order to be-
come M of them without reserve. The
Journal says:
1t is given out to the uninitiated that John B.
Haskin is not a candidate for reelection to Con-
gress. Yet the wires are being laid to secure
for him another nomination from the "Republi-
cans;o and quiet political dinner parties are
given, at which to discuss the subject and per-
feet the programme. One of these was to have
taken place, and doubtless did, in the early part
of the present week, at the residence of a
wealthy gentleman in an adjoining town, at
which were expected to be present John W. For
ney, John B. Haskin, a certain city official from
New York, and a few other choice spirits of the
same character
These items deserve something more
tHan a moments consideration. They
recall the final tendency Of Douglasism.
Nine-tenths of the men who deserted
under the lead of Douglas, the Demo
cratic party during the closing convul-
sions of the Kansas question are now
open supporters of Black Repnblicanism.
Douglas, 80 abandoned and reckless in
his political morals, may prove false to
the companions of his treachery. to the
South and Democratic party, and still
profess allegiance to the name Of De-
mocracy, but the afiliation he avows is
nothing but ascloak, under which he ex-
poets to consummate a deeper injury
against the rights of this section of the
country, and that Constitutional party
which has SO stunningly rebuked his re-
bellion. Squatter Sovereignty is to
Black Republicanism what the flower is
to the fruit. The one changes into the
other with inconceivable ease and nature
like manner of development. Squatter
Sovereignty is the Halfway House be.
tween the principles of Democracy and
the Doctrines Of Abolitionism, and Doug.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-07-28
FOR IICE-PRESIDENT,
Gen. JOSEPH LANE.
Of Oreqon.
Presidential Electors.

FIRST ELECTORAL DIsTRICr-Judge OCTAVE
ROUSSEAU, Elector; PIERRE LACOSTE, Sub
Elector.
SEcoSD.-BERNARD AVEGNO, Elector; C
D. YANCY, Sub-Elector.
TH1RD.-TRASIMOND LANDRY, Elector; F
S. GOODE, Sub-Elector.
FouRrH.-B. B. SHINES, Elector; JULES
LEBLANC, Sub-Elector.
FrFTH-JULES G. OLIVIER, Eleetor; J.
ELGEE, Sub-Elector.
S1xrH.-W. NJ. LEVY, Elector; w. R. PECK
Sub-Elector.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-07-28

DarWe learn from the Bayou Sara
Ledger, that there will be q meeting Of
the Democracy of West Feliciana at the
Court House in St. Francisville. on Mon
day next. for the purpose Of ratifying the
nominations Of Breckinridge aud Lane.
Col. T. G. Davidson and Gen. B. B.
SHINES will be present and address the
meeting.
The same paper also says:
The planters in Tunica, this parish,
commenced picking cotton on Monday
last. The crop, generally, Is good.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-07-28
- -
NEW ADVERTISEMENT
T.!

WAS LOST at Morganza. on the 18th inst.
w a Note drawn by VIM. A. Harbour in ia
vor of Alphonse Robin, payable in all February
next, for the sum of one hundred and sixty dol
lars. dated Morganza, 18th July, 1860.
Said note is null and void, as payment has
been stopped.
jy2S JOHN II. GRAHAM.
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The State Of Louisiana.

The State OF Louisiana.
Parish of Pointe Coupee-Ninth District Court
Hyppolite Gueho VS.. Francois Gueho. Tu-
tor, ct als.-No. 2450.
BY virtue of and to satisfy a writ of alias f. 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
tiff7s demand and costs Of suit. l have seized, and
will offer at public sale, at the Court House on
Saturday, the LIST day Of Sept, 1860,
at eleven o'clock, AN. all the right, title and in
terest that the defendant has in and to the follow
ing described property, to wit:
GEORGE, negro man, aged about thirty
years.
Terms Of Sae-CaM miM Appraisment.
SEVERN PORCHE,
July %, go. Sheriff.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-07-28

B~REcKISRlDaRI IL NJ ssouRl.-Ata Brock.
inridge ratification meeting at Bolivar,
on the 18th inst, Hon. G. w. Price was
nominated for Congress, in opposition
to Hon. John s. Phelps. He has &C
copied, and will return to Missouri to
canvass the District. He will get a large
vote.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-07-28
State of Louisiana.

ISL SgdIG VI AOtl1Sldllds
Parish of Pointe Coupee-Ninth District Court.
Taylor, Knapp & Co. VS.. Joseph A. Miller.
No. 1882.
BY virtue of and to satisfy a writ of seizure & sale
issued in the above entitled suit and to me direct
ed by the Hon. the Ninth District Court in and
for the parish and State aforesaid. to satisfy
plaintiffs demand and costs Of suit, have seized
and will offer at public sale, at the Court House,
on
Saturday, the 4M dayef dug. 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:
Acer,ain tract of land, fronting on the Atclla-
falaya two and a half arpents, running back to
embrace fifty acres, bounded on the south by
lands Of John T.. 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 Sale:
Twelve months credit; the purchaser to fur
nish bond with good and approved security in
solido, and bearing 8 per cent interest from day
of sale.
SEVERN PORCHE, Sheriff.
Fointe Coupec, july "a. 1sGo,
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-07-28

WHEN HE GREAT EASTERN LEAVES
The exhibition on Board the Great
Eastern will close July %. She will
sail for England. via Halifax, August
10th. The crowd on the 18th was larger
than ever before. including the Chicago
Zouavcs.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-07-28
$50 REWARD!

D UN AWAY from my place. on the 9th inst.
n the negro wonnan FRANCOISE. She is one
of the negroes purchased from Messrs. Vignes &
Lebeau. She is about rs or so years cid; black,
stout. likely girl.
I will give the above reward for the delivery
of the said girl to me, first plantation above
Waterloo.
July rs, 1860. JAMES HUTCHES.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-07-28

DFoueHr-Another week has elapsed
without 9 single drop Of ain having
fallen in this parish, SO far as we have
been able to ascertain. The appearance
of the sky is still for a long continued
drought. Crops are suffering very much,
except in rich and new soil.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-07-28

nyrMr. Sanford Thompson requests
us to inform the planters of this vicinity,
that he will arrive next week from Ken.
lucky, and will have at his stables, near
Flecheux's Tavern, a large lot of fine
Kentucky mules, blooded stock, sheep,
hogs, &c. First call, first served.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-07-28
TAX EN- UP.

TAKEN UP.
pY n. Bell, on Bayou Thomas. a brown mare
IL Mule, about 4 years old, 10! hands high,
broke to gears; appraised by Sd. Fenner and
Ezekiel Harper, sworn appraisers, at sl5o.
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.
". DELAHAY,
Livonia. June %. go. j. ?. l4th Ward.
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q ~ 6 OMms
Thos. Chapo+a-

established on False River, boz,
IL leave to offer his service, to planters IN V T.
capacity OF BLACKSMITH ENGIyEFPPa III
Wf1EEL WRlGHT. Known for a long lima a ia
this parish. he relies upon the patronaee ra|t t ~
pubic, and hopes by his exertions and skin ' t
satisfy all who may favor him with a call - !"
Gss"Horse- shoeing done in a satisfactory m,r.
ner. na''
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-07-28

~>We are authorized to announce Mr..
ADOLPHE VIGNES as a candidate for the
Office of Sheriff at the next parish election.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-07-28
cpr D DENTIST.
H. GHhbNE DAVIS, student Of ti,D
aA' Dental College. has rooms -, We VI faltinqe
BUILDINGS. Front street Ill "liATcu's yyv
BAlOI SARA T.
10 tie Members q lie Puline .L..u

I" u" ro 1n<,"0 G,,, o. Tie Police Jury Of the po,;.s -.
which ";hhS'nkntS-hayins business in Njs.;,.
'nlS method OF informing YOU that I,on' | take
"'s l'r sne appointment Of Poud and 4 t''i.
l, o;n1. q the seeon" District Of the p 'afs1 b.
jyll-lm MY:
=" S. BURTON
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-07-28

@rWe call the attention of our reaC
ers to the communication. signed P. {
Whether the criticism of the author j
correct, we cannot say, for we have no
read the proposed plan of the road an
levee laws of the police jury, nor do w,
intend to do so.
We have, long ago, come to the con
%clusion that it is very Indifferent whethe
the laws enacted by our police jury az
good, bad, Or Indifferent, for two rea
sons: First, they are generally neve'
putin force-hence they amount to
dead letter: and second, every twelve
months Or %oftcner the laws are repealed
as they are enacted, by wholesale.
Such a course has the effect of i'm
posing a double burthen on every good
citizen who faithfully executes the duties
imposed upon him by the laws: First,
to execute his share of the work re.
CURED Of him; and secondly, to,bear his
proportion of the tax paid to execute
that of the delinquents.
1t is enough to cite as an example,
that all those who have refused to CON
tribute their share of labor on parish
works, are to this day free from the
penalties Of that long vocabulary of
fines, prosecutions, &c, staring the de-
%linquents in the face.
The same may be said of those who
constructed and repaired their levees
under the existence of the Claiborne law.
Their property is now taxed to pay for
the construction of levees on the land
of those proprietors who refused per-
emptorily to construct their own ~levees,
and threw the burthen of making them
on the parish.
The season is already far advanced;
not a single public road has been worked,
and ere the police jury have enacted
codes of laws, had the same published,
new inspectors appointed, notices given
and delays allowed, the year 1860 will
be on the eve Of bidding US an eternal
farewell; when every body will certain
~ inquire, Why are not the roads re-
paired and levees made?
The fault will be laid as before, upon
our defective laws, and hence, at one
stroke, they will again be erased from
statute book of the parish.
A new police jury year is about to
nearly all the lately elected
members of the police jury are new mem
bers; let the new body be convinced of
the necessity of having but few plain
regulations, SO far as our roads and
.evecs are concerned, to present to plain
and unsophisticated planters for execu-
ion. But, above all, let them see that
hose few laws are put in force, and
executed according to the spirit thereof.
H"a r |
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e.,

e.
TNHE conditions for which l subscribed a note
l. of S243 IS, payable OH 10th July, 1860, to
the order of the heirs of Augustin Leblanc, and
payable in the parish of Pointe' Coupee, having
failed. my intention is not to pay the said note.
! hereby notify the public not to trade or ne
gotlate for the same.
July II, l86O.-5t Z. DEMORUELLE, JR.
Ls0R SALE-A tract of LAND, u arpents
i front by 40 in depth, contiguous to land of
Chas. Decoux, near Morganza.
For terms and conditions, apply to Chas. De-
coux, or to the owner,
jyl4 FELICIEN BOURGEOIS.
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RAUSCH &c CO.,

Patnters, LphOkstercrs n Sign 1e''
DEG leave to announce to the public lnas samdd
u are ready to undertake any loo ~ eal Paint.
to them, such as Common and
ing of houses and other buildings Tresco
Papcr-hanging, Imitation of Marble; Of
and Oil Painting, and in fact any desclp md re
Painting. Ms-Call at V. Majors ho'ei mrso
specimens of their work. ~
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-07-28
Nee Plus Ultra Exchange,

Y. MAJOR, Proprietor.
MIR V: MAJOR has the honor to inform, The
ll public that he has now on hand someof the
BEST Liquors
ever brought to this place. He will also re-
ceiye a constant supply Of ICE during the
summer. His
situated near the Courthouse. will be ioaha
most convenient for persons having business a,
Court, and his table will at all times be supplea
with the best the market affords.
@s-Horses and Buggies to hire. JEW
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-07-28
n O r I

NOTICE.
THE uNDERsIGNED, having purcb,,,, ,
premises ana stock of goods Of /, II l'Trs Sa9a the
situated in the town of Waterloo, eon.ir ra;drau.
STORE IND WAREHOUSE
announces to his friends and ,bo
is now ready to continue in flo l" a, y .nal be
business. He will have constaut,r same ;n i'ne of
DRY GOODS GROCERIES, WEsTEpays p store
DtCE, articles of general Use. and A''A fEo,
6 GOODS,
R1"Special attention will ho doro
receipt and shipping of freight. He Ian ~ me
the public. P"'l'hage Of
Waterloo, April II, 1860. NhNh'