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Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-11-03
BRECKENRIDGE AND LANE
GRAND TORCH-LIGHT PROCESSION
AT BAYOU A A.

The citizens of Pointe Coupee are in
vited to join in a Grand Breckenridge
and Lane Torch-Light Procession, which
will take place at Bayou Sara on
SATURDAY NIGHT, NOV. 3, 1860.
The Ferry-boat has been chartered,
and will be ready to take owe the Pointe
Coupee delegation and bring them back
after the procession.
COLLATION. after the meeting.
1SsrAll are invited to attend.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-11-03
e s r r. A :

~" b 5 I Il a j. 1000.
TAKEN UP. by Benjamin Evens, ~ y, pp pnss,
L on the Atchafalaya river, two mare ,hoa;
both brown, about IL hands high, anu a,a other
or 6 wear old; one marked W, and w. 1sfs col
K, on the hip; right ear cropped and y"
split on both. ome forward,
proveproperty, pay charges ana .are 70 dsysb
otherwise they will be sold a1 paoeuber 1860
wit: on Saturday, the LIST day OF Deee he usdef.
! at 10 O'Clock A. M, at the ounce X
signed as the Ia" o're''s' W. H. POOLE.
Sept. s. 1860.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-11-03

ws~The following resolution was adopted by
the Police Jury of this parish at its meeting of
the 22d October, 1850:
On motion of c. Poydras, seconded by L.
Chenevert,
RESOLVED. That all the old police regulations
respecting roads, levees. bridges, and the public
works Of this parish, be repealed by the Police
Jury regulations adopted ON the 9th of August,
1850.
/, Further. That this resolution be published in
both the parish papers for thirty days.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-11-03

THE GREAT UNION DEMONSTRATION IN
New YoRK.-Tle New York journals Of
the oath contain full accounts of the
great uprising Of the opponents of Lin
coin, in that city, on the evening previ-
Gus. If the accounts given are in the
neighborhood of truth, this was the
grandest popular demonstration ever
made in New York. The Herald says
there were "seven miles of sovereigns
in the procession" and by actual count
of those who composed it, the number
was a%scertained to be over thirty-seven
thousand, and it is estimated that at
least a half million Of spectators were
in the streets. 1t was a torchlight pro-
c~ession, and the long route presented
the appearance of being in a blaze.
There were bonires, illuminations, and
all sorts of pyrotechnical displays. The
trade associations turned out in great
force, and formed a very striking addi-
ton to the effectiveness of the pageant.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-11-03
Democratic Nominees.
Presidential Electors.

FIRST ELECTORAL Disadvantages OCTAVE
ROUSSEAU, Elector; PIERRE ACOSTE, Sub
Elector.
SEcoND-BERNARD AVEGNO, Elector; T.
d. YANCY, Sub-Elector.
THIKp-TRASIMOND LANDRY, Elector; F.
S. GOODE, Sub-Elector.
FouRrH.-B. B. SHINES, E%lcctor; JULES
LEBLANC. Sub Elector.
FIFrH.-JULES G. OLIVIER, Elector; J h
ELGEE, Sub-ElectOr.
SIxrH.-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, 1860-11-03

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29.-The Secretary
of the Treasury, Mr.. Cobb, and the Sec
rotary of the Interior, Mr.. Thompson,
have Just returned from New York,
where they have been some days on
business connected with their depart
ments.
They both report very favorably Of
the Presidential canvass, and confidently
predict that the electoral vote of that
State will be cast against Lincoln, and
for the Union ticket.
1t is stated also that Mayor Wood, of
New York city, who has heretofore been
Responding, now believes the State of
New York to be safe.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-11-03

DIsTRIcr CoURr.-The next session Of
the Ninth District Court (Jury Term
for this parish, will be held on Monday,
the 18th November. Hon. John McVea,
of the Sixth Judicial District, will pre-
side.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-11-03
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
N O T | G E

rs HEREBY GIVEN that Marcel Lejeune has
/ applied to the 9th District Court in and for
the parish of Pointe Coupee, to be appointed Ad
ministrator of the Succession of
FRANCHISE Sicard, Widow Vital L%ejeune,
deceased, and that if no opposition is made
to his demand in ten days after this date,
he will be appointed accordingly.
By order of the Ninth District Court.
November 3, 1861. A. BONDY, Clerk.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-11-03
p

TAKEN UP, by Pierre SATAN :, three re ch Snl
below Waterloo, on the Bay o. sorrel MULE.
of False River. an American aaIs yearly nftesn
hands high, no visible marks. Appears -"
jus; Th FROM onn "a si is Requested to come t for; Be- q. ,S!' !,
property and pay the costs, or sae ,mnderigned,' -
seventy days. at the Office of the un'e''
the law directs. n. NEFF,
Jlr,, sth Ward
August %, 1850.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-11-03
Reduced Prices!

IN and after the LIST of September. 1851, wv
" undersigned will store in bis wareuO anS
and ship to New Orleane, Cotton, sugar '''
Molasses at the following rates:
Sugar, at the rate of 5 cents per nostnsa''
Molasses, " " 5 " on,I''
Cation. " Daie.
o''' Z. DEMORUElLE'
Waterloo, Sept. !, 1860.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-11-03
State of Louisiana.

state Oh AOtlS1dMds
Sixth District Court-Parish of West Baton
Rouge.
Ursin Sicard VS.. Lemuel P. Day.-No. 1857.
BY virtue of and to satisfy a writ of feri facias
issued in the above entitled suit and to me direct
ed by the Hon. the Sixth 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 Sd day Of Nov., 1850,
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 tract of land, situated on the Island of False
River. in the parish of Pointe Coupee, contain
ing one hundred and seventy arpents, bounded
on one side by the land Of Pierre Sicard, and on
the other by land of Leliot Lebeau, and lying
in the interior of lands of Napoleon Lejeune
and Desolive Lejeune, without improvements
thereon.
Terms of sa1e--Cash, NTH ARpraasement.
SEVERN PoRCHE, Sheriff:
Pointe Coupee, Oct. 27, 1860.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-11-03

TAKEN UP by r. I. Cstlett; on as W
W Atchafalaya river, on mare MILF oSou,
Akn6.bay, about 10 or IL years old, anu a''''
IL IL hands high. No visible mark.
The owner is requested to come iowa .sas.
prove property, and pay costs, OF sala 9Th . IL
will be sold in seventy days, at The once :"
undersigned, as the law directs.
w. II. POOL.
Justice of the Peace, 4n "au
Sept. 10th, 1850. -
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-11-03

sas-The following names should have
been added to the list of Commissioners
Of Election on our first page:
Second Precinct, First Ward, Center.
port-John Nugent, JAS. c. Cain, and
- Kennebai.
Third Precinct, First Ward-Joseph
Miller, John 7. Brooks, and William
Lindsey.
Second Precinct, Fifth W%ard-Jnles
Porche, Samuel Doherty, and Narcisse
Beauvais.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-11-03

g The Constitution and the Equality of the States
the Symbols of the Union," by Acciamation
and Cheers Acknowledged and Proclaimed the
"Rallying Cries of the People"
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-11-03

ns-We are authorized to announce the name
efJOSEPH LANGLOIS, ST., as a candidate for
Assessor at the mex election, subject to the
choice of the Democratic party. =
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-11-03

my-We are authorized to announce the name
of Mr.. DIVIDE DABADIE as a candidate TO-
Assessor ct the next election, subject to tn
choice of the Democratic party.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-11-03
Notice to Sugar Planters!

THE undersigned offers for sale, at redaeeo
l. prices, at his cooper shop in Waterloo
Horsheads and .N0lssses B0svfs.
o,o A. CLINE.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-11-03

Deer Eiue Hundred Persons on a .Nagnif-
around 1t.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-11-03

w-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, 1860-11-03
State ofLnuisiana

ota1e OF Louisiana.
f"r'S' Oh rol0te coume-Sinth District c,n.,
III the matter of the succession Of W;,;. c
Dnpree, deceascd.-No, 24ys
)uhoCANI to an order of the Ninth n;o,.
l. Court to me directed, l, the Sheriff ',M,'c'
signed. will offer for sale, at tho n,an under.
Mrs: Henrietta Duprcc, on Bavou Grou' ""9n of
i'll this parish, on '''SSe le'e,
THURSDAY. NOVEMBER s, 1sco
at IL o'clock A. W.. the FOLLOWING
pending upon said succession. viz: f'pef'!' de-
SLAV ES.
Delphlne, a negro woman, aged ab,n. s.-
years. ''S''hs
Sam, a negro man, aged absut ,h;,,.
years. "''!1our
Little Daniel. negro boy, aged about ,n,,.
years. WE'VE
Daniel. a negro man. aged about ,h;,...
years. ''"ihs
Little Sam, a negro boy, aged about ,h;u.
years. "'"eh
Philis, a negro woman. aged ahout ,,;,,-.
years. and her seven Children n: !AS
Crias. aged : years.
Candisa, aged 3 years,
Pristine, aged 8 years.
James Coleman, aged I years.
Elizabeth. aged 3 years,
Sam Johnson, aged II months and
George H. Jones, an infant.
One MULE. -;
FERNS AND CONDITIONS OF SAY
CASH.
The above sale is made to effect q ,,r.;:
among the heirs. ""'
Sept. 6. 1860. S. PoRCllE, Sheriff.
A UCT1ON SALE!
0N SATURDAY, NOVEMBER I'D ,seo
~ will offer at auction, at the Court Hmss !,
this parish, the following named and dpscrhaa
slaves. belonging to Widow Evariste Chu,,
they are all good. young, '
CREOLE NEGROES.
ADELE. a mulatto woman, aged twentvim
years.
DESIRE, a negro woman, aged twenty.tbre
years.
MARIE, "a negro girl, aged about fourteen
Years.
PHILoMENE, a negro girl. aged about trn
years.
PIERRE, a negro man aged about twentvons
years.
Terms and Conditions.
Twenty per cent of the price of adjudication,
cash; the balance payable in three equal install
ments, on the first of January of the years 1861,
'62 and 'G3, respectively.
Purchasers to furnish their notes with good
anc solvent securities in solido, bearing interest
at the rate OF 8 per cent per annmm from date till
paid. and Especial mortgage to be retained on
the property sold until the full and entire pay.
ment of the purchase money and the nteresttlm
may accrue thereon.
Acts of sales to be executed at the residence Of
the vendor, before z. A. Roy, Notary Pablic, at
the expense of the purchaser.
ORPI1IS SlCARD,
$50. .Auctiuneer.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-11-03

Fresh Oysters:
THE undersigned respectfully announces 70
his friends and the public generally. that he ID
receiving every Monday from New Orleans
Fresh Oysters In the Shell.
Can and try them. '. MA'oh'
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-11-03

CHIEF JUSTICE TANEy.-It has been
trumpeted far and near, that Chief Jus.
tice fancy vas in favor Of Douglas fol
the Presidency. W. could not conceive
how the statement could be true, but al
length concluded that it must be so, OF
it would have been contradieted- But
now i'm the denial:
The Philadelphia Pennsylvanian says
IT is asthorizedsto state, upon undoubted
authority, that "the venerable and dis
tinguished Chief Justice of the Supreme
Bench Of the United States, who pro-
nounced the opinion in the bred Scott
case, denounces Mi. Douglass squatter
sovereignty as the worst heresy. The
Chief Justice will support Breckenridge
and Lane.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-11-03

THE MOST ENTHUSIASTIC DEMONSTRATION
OF THE DEMOCRACY EVER KNOWN IN NEW
ORLEANS.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-11-03

1a-The ~Picayune closes its report of
the speech Of Hon. VIM. L. Yancey as
follows:
1t would have been a vain and futile
attempt on our part to do justice to the
eloquence of Mr.. Yancey. Wehave given
a mere outline of his speech from hurried
notes. The large assembly, and we
have never witnessed any larger in this
city, listened to him with deep and ST.
lent attention, and the most enthusiastic
cheers greeted him as he closed his
speech, remarkable for the manliness,
eaTnestness and frankness of its tone.
Mr.. Yancey must have been gratiied at
the reception he received from the people
Of New Orleans, whether or not Of his
party.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-11-03
EOR SALE

A EAn1E TRACT OF LAND cultivated
4 aagar Plantation, we'll improved as
cotton. ' cultivated in
Also other tracts uncultiyate,.
ws-Apply at this Office,
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-11-03
Important Accession to the Constitutional
Democracy.
RIcHI.AND PLANTATION,

Parish OF lbervllle, Oct. 70. 1860.
Dear Su-You will not perhaps be
surprised to hear that / have dropped
my once favorite candidate for the Presi-
dency, Stephen A. Douglas, and now
give my earnest support to those gal
liant defenders Of the Constitutional
rights of the South, Breckenridge and
Lane. 1t is only after mature reflection
that ! have come to this conclusion, and
my reason must be too apparent to
every Southern mind to need explana-
ton here.
In taking this step, | hope my old po-
litical friends and associates will not
impugn rny motives, $ I am actnated
by a conviction that Southern interests
and honor demand it of me. If, notwith-
standing, | should be assaulted, | shall
yer be ready to defend myself, come
the attack from whatever quarter it
may.
Having taken my stand upon the only
platform Of any political organization
which enunciates the great constitution
al doctrine of Equality and Justice to all
sections Of the country, | am prepared
to abide by it" come neal or come woe."
Yours very truly,
JOHN A. SIGUR.
T. S.-You may make such DISPOSE
ton of this letter as you may deem
proper. J.. A. S.
Hon. A. TALBOT, ~Plaquemine.
The writer of the foregoing is a brother
of that once true and devoted son of the
South, the late Laurent j. Sigur, and
one Of the largest Shareholders and plan
tiers in the State.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-11-03
lFrom Tuesdays Delta.
Grand and Unprecedented Demonstration
OF THE

NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRACY.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-11-03

TOR SALE-10O bbls. LIME. Apply
l. at this Office.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-11-03

Foar-sixths of the purchase price cash, the bal
ance on a credit of one, two and three years from
the day of sale; purchasers to furnish their notes
with approved personal security. to bear 8 per
cent. interest from date until paid; and a mort
gage importing a confession of Judgment to be
retained ON the property sold until the full and
final payment of the notes given for the same.
WILLIAM HEARSEY,
October 20, 1860. Sheriff.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-11-03

The City Population in Mass Meet
ing and Addressed by
Fl O N w. L. A @ Y.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-11-03
E S T r A Y.

Waterloo, Sept. /, 1860.
The Lambertville press., 1860-02-29
Mr.. Forney's Position.

The following paragraph from the
well known Washington correspondent
of the n. Y. Tribune, in his letter of
Feb Sd, gives the position of Mr..
Forney on the Presidential question:
"Mr. Forney rendered valuable
services to the Opposition party of
Pennsylvania in the victorious cam
paigns of 1858 and 1859 We believe
his well understood present political
position Is this: If Mr.. Douglas
should be nominated for the Presidency
on a popular sovereignty platform, and
should avowedly accept that nomina-
tion on such a platform, and shonld
declare to the country that he adhered
to the principles he proclaimed in the
Lecompton contest, then Mr.. FoIney
would support him provided he be-
heUed that the platform aoas establish
ed IN good faith, and Mr. d. aoas
sincere IN has ovoaoaJs. If either of
these contingencies fail. then through
out the coming Presidential struggle
be will be found doing battle with the
friends of the Constitution and the
Union against the enemies of both"
The Lambertville press., 1860-02-29
The Philosophy of Words.

Trench well observes that, " 1t is
the first characteristic of a well dressed
man that his clothes fit him: they are
neither too small and shrunken here,
too large and loose there. Now, it is
precisely such a prime characteristic of
a good style that the words fit close to
the thought. The power of saying
exactly what we mean, and neither
more nor less than what we mean, is
not merely an elegant accomplishment;
it is this, and more than this; it is
nearly allied to morality, inasmuch as
it is nearly connected with truthfulness.
Ask words what they mean, and learn
to distinguish between them; for you
have the authority of Hooker, that the
mixture of those things by speech
which by nature are divided is the
mother of errors" The same rules
will apply equally well in writing as in
speaking Pack your thoughts close
together, and though your article may
be brief, it will have weight and be
more likely to make an impression. A
tremendous thought may be packed
into small compass-made as solid
as a cannon ball, and like that projec-
tile cut down all before it. aye who
writo for this age" says a late writer,
"speak quick use short sentences
never stop the reader with long and
ambiguous words but let the stream
of thought plow right on, and men
will drink it like water" The prac-
tice of using words for effect too much
controls the speaker or writer in his
initiatory attempts, and serves to draw
him away from the study of their
meaning Nothing detracts from the
effectiveness of an article, as a sentence
added when one has said all it is ne
cessary to say. 1t is like telling
pointlesS joke and informing the lis
tener where lie laugh comes in.-
Brevity is the soul of wit surely and if
people would only feel the truth of
this old saw, what rejoicing would
be to the receivers of unintelIigible
MSS The writers of these MSS. we
hope, will feel the trnth contained in
this couplet of Shakespeare;
Haste still pays haste, and leisure .sure:
Like doth quit like, and measure still tor measure
The Lambertville press., 1860-02-29
CONVICTION OF A BANK DEFAUrTEg

CONVICTION OF A BANK DEFAUITEa.
The New York correspondents of the
Philadelphia Press, SAYS:
A wonder has just transpired in
courts. A bank defaulter, young
Lane, who was out some $50, 600 in
his accounts with the Fulton Bank,
where he was clerk, was recently in
dlcted for that trihing irregularity, and
on Saturday last tried and convicte ed
the first instance in the annals of Grim
lnal Jurisprudence in this city, where a
bank swindler has been found guilty Of
an offence. Young Lane was a nota-
BILE specimen of what can be done Oh a
salary of ten or twelve hundred dollars
year He kept up two domestic es-
Establishments, owned two fast horses.
and was counted in, in most of those
little arrangements that combine to
make up the young Gothamite fast
man. He was discovered in his bril-
liant exploits when only $50, 900 had
disappeared from the banks Golfers, a
portion of which was recovered. He
low goes into the employment of the
State, at Sing Sing, where, among
'ther branches taught, are early rising,
Industrious habits of labor, silence, and
frugal living. Alas, for his heart
stricken relatives.
The Lambertville press., 1860-02-29

AT beautiful villa near Paris, was
lately given charming fete. Pretty
woman by scores were present, and
the loveliest among them was Mad.
T., always eminently " the fashion. T"
At the commencement of the ball. a
Young gallant. the flower of the sport
ing clubs, hastened to be the first to
ask her to dance. "With pleasure.
sir, +" replied she /" it is twenty francs -
Madame z" replied the puzzled cava-
lier. II said twenty francs |" IT
beg you pardon madame" replied he,
smiling, there is misunderstanding !:
! had the honor to ask your hand for
waltz" All you are right, y
replied the lady, quickly there was
misunderstanding I thought you
asked me for quadrille, but since it
is waltz it will be forty francs. -
More puzzled than ever. the gentleman
waited an explanation, which she gave
with gracious smile "Do Won not
understand, sir, that 7 am dancing for
the benefit Of the inundated !? It is
one lonis for a quadrille. two for waltz,
and no reduction in the price" At
this rate Mad. t. had no lack of part
ners. and bravely and charitahlv danced
till the close of the ball. Who but a
French woman would have dreamed OF
such source of revenue j?