The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1869-02-13

a tbat bs
squad 81 thl le3l1g
passed 6 our 'aeieII-
i borhood IS a Capt. Crocker q
citizen who has been residing there
lover q year. With this 4aRn, 1T
| seems, from good authority, he
1 was negotiating 45I 0ea AeighbdF
hood Eo pay him + five th6usa4d
dollars, to be exempt from the
depreciation winch would otil5r-
wise be IItiicted upon us, On
Wednesday, Il was at a neighb0T 81
who informed me at their plan,
stating that they had get Aye hun
dred dollars out Of hIn1 prey iouaLY,
and that he bad to pay them four
hundred more, to Save his, proper
tn. He said chat this Capt. Rosa
who was then provost marshal smas
a M issourian that after them 8r he
had Moved To Bat vile hit he
had lost c8nsiid cradle by the IWaf,
and that he GEsasa Intended tb use
the ;authoDity1he tllenIihad tome
store his losses, and that wthad
to make IL dp TO Him. Z Hs paid
hipa what money he has, and gave
bun his5Eote for30ne hundred dOl7
lars, which note Rosa tried t03aaH
I'd several iciti48ng Of Augustbm
N The ne2t day A 9asssa through
Augusta on my way to pirGhtse
over stWentE t6Bpsad pounds of
pork for any d1esE6esgj dust asdhe
boat was leaving Mr.. John Pom
introduced me TO Capt. Rosa, sta
ting my 5dsineas, and that 4 woild
like tDo have some assurance t1at
the pork would not he interrupted
passing through Augusta!3 To tits
he made no reply bu5iturn9c to
me and said.:s Have you jsseh
Capt. Cropker / replied id the
negative. " Were you0aat hopa8
yesterday answered 18
affirmative. foJust at7 that Time The
observation-disclosures adndd lBft
pather labtqptlyi sTh6 6nly}8lBkia
timateEinference1 eouldbdrawifp5n
hisihteETo repositories was,gifa You mfll
pay 1.-The athohsand dollars (Which
have nbeen assessed itoryod! then
your pork wall, not lbeeinteFrdiptsdl.
This same OroCh6F tdldauiei6hbor
taat Ia9oud have stfOuble getting
through Augusta with my 3hoas,
md that they were gong ito t5a1g
meaup. Itnu lq9H cd of gaidAw
-spa EtS tn 8itay. bem ~
On my fetttrn / found Gen.
4phan gone, and Capt. Rosa III.
supreme. command. Z also found
hat Gov Clayton had sent q Gsbt,
Adams. q hi8 toned, honorable
Gentleman, there. to settle dphg
jItsiness. aior M yftle1 introduced
ne to him, and Iit0ld him FRANKLY
# Rosa's course, E48 coiHen1rsH
! Ia the strongest terms, ma lssid
e would inform Gov GIhvtdni1f
tlnme diately. liieL lf3's993
from the best intff0fInd ton Hi
aye, our neighbofho6d has Dsi6
.etWeen three and four tllthlsariH
CHARS Gyn the eyehing pretiotis
J the arrival III the lG6VyrH6i3s
foclam8 tibn restoEtLihg civil iilsw
forts were MAIDS lto axtor,tt ifl,if,fF,T
ON Capt. Pollard s & friends. tIae
9 might return to his IL iiena M
Tile BEsT JpKRloFT TUE SFAsoN
e were somewhat tliverted atln
atement our old friend. F,sonira
ahobs, maHeist8 uBaa dayl UrlfWo
nee, inrefeEanoEltot hiring fhaTdF
awoRkaonthef 9tmu An ScUuaifL
nee Tofohis getting rather dDsl
'fata1and damoTaliEed ahoutrIpt4
ring hands, .cannldGled Btordgl8
g thet0ilOwing uffeEta n Tocrit8
s7fnaedmEn every thing hee5aid
axe, and farnish land, mulas.
DIVISIONS, two snitg Of ,elothss
q $l00.n rhe.laborer stidie6
then Thinning % Gle 6si-
IliisIi sst Tiii ~
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