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Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-07-06
SIIERIFFS SALE.
Disire Hickman }
Amos b. Thompson.

Amos b. Thompson. S4
No. 3sl5.-Suprene Court Of Louisiana. No.
i7s1.--Ninth District Court, Parish of
Rnpides-State of Louisiana.
DY VIRTUE of and to satisfy writ of fieri
ID facias issued out of the above named
Courts in the above entitled AMI numbefed
suit, have seized, and will offer for sale at
public auction, On
Saturday, the Sd day Of August, 1872,
between the hours OIL A. NJ, and p. NJ, ut
the Court House door. in the town of Alexan-
dria, the following described property seized
by special order of said writ, tO-wit:
The undivided half Of that portion of the
New Hope Plantation, which was assigned to
the heirs Of Peter T. Hickman aud his surviv-
ing widow in community Disire Hickman, in
a partition between the Succession of Thos.
j. Hickman, and the Succession of.Peter L.
Hickman. and his surviving widow in COM
munity, Disire Hickman, bounded above by
lands of the Successor of Thos. j. Hickman,
below by lands of Mrs. Reynolds, in front by
Red River and in the rear By lands of c. A.
Thornton and Mrs. Mnhala Waters, contain
ing about 1000 acres, with all the buildings
and improvements thereon, and described in
act Of Partition as the lower portion of the
New Hope Plantation, formed by a line CON-
menciUg at Sycamore Tree on the North
bank of Red River marked with two crosses.
TINS "X X" and running thence nearly a
North course to the right of q leaning Cypress
Tree, on the North bank of Caney Bayou,
thence diyerging twenty-three degrees, and
n inning straight to Bayou Rigolette.
Also an undivided half of tract of Wood
land, being Y miles above the town of Alexan-
dria, bounded above by lands of the late VIM.
Waters and the Succession Of Thos. j. Hick-
man, below by lands of II. swiftly, with the
river in front and Bayou Rigolette in the rear
containing 759 acres.
TERMS or SALE CASH, subject to ap-
praisement.
JOHN DELACY,
Jnne got. p. F's $50. Sheriff.
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Wise and Otherwise.

Make few promises.
Keep your own secrets.
Always speak the truth.
Live up to your engagements.
A Jewel an uncle-A carbuncle.
Eggs oughtuot to dance with stones.
Great strokes make not sweet mu
sic.
The table of interest is the dinner
table.
Not a long day but a good heart,
hastens work.
All is we'll with him who is beloved
of neighbors.
Old "'en 60 to death death comes
to y0nng men.
Self.made men are very apt to wOr-
ship their maker.
Building and marrying of children
are great MASTERS.
Before You speak turn your tongue
over seven times.
He hath great need of tool that
plays the fool himself.
A little dog may have courage be-
fOro his masters door.
He pulls with long rope that waits
for anOtheT's death.
A handful of good life is better than
a bushel of learning.
It's only the shoe that knows whcth.
or the stocking has holes.
Eagles fly alone; sheep gcnerally
flock together--sO we have herd.
Weakness is more opposite 20 virtue
than vice -Rochesoucault.
Ii any one speaks evil Of you, let
your life be so that none will believe
them.
"Absence makes the heart grow
fonder'-but it is frequently of some
body else.
The day that the little chicken il
pleased is the very day that the hawk
takes hold of him.
am no herald to inquire of mems
pedigrees; it is enough for me to
know their virtues. ~
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-07-06
sHERIFFs SALE.


Louis A. Sauton, Tutor,
William j. Beatty.
Ninth District Court, Parish Of Rapides-
State Of Louisiana.
DY VIRTUE of and to satisfy an alias writ
ID of gere facias, issued out Of the above
named Court, in the above entitled and pum.
bered suit, and TO me directed, have seized
and win offer for sale, at public auction, on
Saturday, the 9th day of July 1872,
between the hours Of II A. NJ, and p NJ, at
the Court H"use door, in the town Of Alexan-
dria, the following described property, seized
by special order of said writ to-wit
The undivided half of certain tract or par
eel of lans, containing about 1000 acres more
or less, situated in the Parish of Rapides.
about miles from the town of Alexandria,
bounded above ON the Bayou Rapidcs by lands
of Clark & Boyce, below by lands ofDr. Thos.
III. Maddox, and known rs the Beatty Planta-
ton, together with all the buildings and i'm
TERMS OF sAIE:-CAsH, subject to ap-
praisement.
JOHN DELACY,
June I, p. F's. Sls. Sheriff
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-07-06

officers and members of the
- Red River Base Bah Club are
respectfully requested to meet at the
Town Hall on Monday evening July
8th 1872, at 8-o'clock p. NJ. A strict
attendance is requested, as a re-orgau-
ization vi the Club will take place.
By order of
NM, LECKIE, President.
JACOB WALKER, Jr., Secretary.
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Nslu 4ooertisements.
Notices!

MEMBERS of the Rapides
- School Beard are requested to
meet in the town of Alexandria. on
the 10th day Of July. A strict attend
ance is expected az business of impor-
lance is 20 be transacted.
BY order of
GEO. Y. KELSO,
President.
JNo. DELACY, Secretary.
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ss SHERIFF'S SALE.
Eaton 4 e. b'r'''v. NJ. ,7nas
Benjamin Weiss. s

f1ooOu "a DoAopoWs
VS.. Nc. 1!12.8
Benjamin Weiss. s
Ninth District Court, Parish of Rspides--State
of Louisiana.
10y VIRTUE of and to satisfy as writ Of
- feri facas issued ont of the above
named Court, in the above entitled and num-
bered suit, and to me directed, have seized,
and will offer for sale, at public auction, on
Saturday, the 9th day of July, 1872,
between the hours of II A. NJ, and p. NJ, at
the Court House door, in the town of Alexan-
dris. the following described property, to- wit:
All the right title aud interest of the dcfen-
dant. BENZ Weiss, in and the proceeds of sale
and Twelve Months Bon.is, in the hands of
the sheriff Of Rapides, in the suit of Joseph
Hoy e. Co. vs.. b. Weiss, and No. 1913 of the
Docket Of the District Court of said Parish
and State
TERMS or SALE:-CASH, subject to ap-
praisement.
JOHN DELACY,
June 22-3t. p. F's 50. Sheriff.
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SHERIFFcS- SALE.
f.. ID. r. Morgan


+. ID. X. Morgan
VS..
T. Mcntfort Wells g. Mary A. Wells.
No. 2742.--Sixth District Conrt, Parish Of
Orleans-State of Louisiana.
I1Y VIRTUE Of and to satisfy writ of feri
ID facias issued out Of the above named
Court, in the above entitled and numbered
suit, and to me directed, have seized, and
will offer for sale, at public auction, on
Saturday, the 9th day of July 1872,
between the hours of IL A. NJ, and p. NJ, at
the Court House door, in the town of Alexan-
dria, the following described property, seized
by special order Of said writ, viz.
A certain parcel Of ground with the build
ings aud improvements situated thereon, sit
uated in Square No. IL, of the upper suberbs
Of the town Of Alexandria, near the moath of
Bayou RaIides, bounded ON two sides by the
Lcvee, and ON two sides by Streets, the Levee
running across the Square, part Of which has
gone in the river.
TERMS OF sAhE:-cAsH, subject to ap-
praisement.
JOHN DrLAcY,
Juno !, p. Fs 516. Sheriff.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-07-06

ed with vigor, and before nine o'clock
yesterday forenoon, the time when 1t
was supposed that the injunction was
to have been issued, the last spike had
been driven. The distance Of the
track laid was al,out two miles, and
crossed three streets-GalvestOn road,
Franklin and Townsend. At the two
latter, double tracks were laid. The
hands belonging on the lower section
of the road embarked on the trains for
their quarters, and they moved of
amid a chorus of yells and screaming
ofengine whistles. 1t Observation-Disclosures
~ stated that the road will be running
to Washington in a week or ten days.
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SHERIFFS SALE.

Scott & jackson, Liqr.
Marshall B. Smith, Transferee and
Owner No. 1873.
vs..
Moses Mayer.
Ninth District Court. Parish of Rapides-State
of Louisiana.
DY VIRTUE of and to satisfy writ of fieri
ID facias issued ont of the above named
Court. in the above entitled and numbered
suit, and to me directed, have seized and
will offer for sale, at public auction, on
Saturday, the 9th day of July, 1872,
between the hours of II A. NJ, and p. NJ, at
the Court House door, in the town of Alexan-
dria, the following prope. ~, seized as the pro-
perry of the defendant, to-wif:
All the right, title and interest ofthe dcfen-
dant, Moses Mayer, as heir of his deceased
Brother, Marks Mayer, of whose Succession he
is the Administrator, ~ set forth in the Record
No. 157, of the Parish Court, Parish Of Rapides
entitled Succession of Marks Mayer.
TERMS OF SALE cash, subject to ap-
praisement. sa
JOHN DELACY,
June 15-9t p. Fs$9. Sheriff.
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STATE OF LOUISIANA, NINTH
DISTRICT COURT-PARISH
OF RAPIDES.
No. 1947.-May Term, 1872.
Anna G. Seip,
snry A. Bosce, her husband.


Henry A. Booze, her husband.
T HEREBY certify, that on the Thirteenth
l. day of May 1872, Judgment was rendered
in this Court, in the following entitled suit,
and said judgment signed May 22nd 1672, in
the words and figures following, to-wit:
Anna 9. Seip vs. Henry A. Boyce, her hus-
In this cause by reason of the Law ard the
Evidence being in favor Of the Plaintiff. Mrs.
Anna q. Boyee, nee Seip, it is ordered, adjudg-
ID and decreed. that the community of aequets
and gains heretofore existing between said
Plaintiff and the Defendant. Henry a. Boyce,
her husband, is now dissolved, and that Plain
tin shall hereafter have the separate admins
tration Of her own affairs, and Exclusive con-
troll Of her paraphernal property, and future
acquisitions, and Exclusive enjoyment of the
same free from the control of her said husband,
and further that the recover of the Defendant
the cost of this suit.
Done, read and signed in open Court, this
22nd day Of May 1572.
j. ORsBORN,
District Judge.
Filed May 22nd 1872.
CHARLES OWEN, Deputy Clerk.
In estinony whereof 1 have hereunto SGT
my hand, and affixed the Seal of said Court, ut
Alexandria La this 23rd day Of May A. ID.
l672. CHARLES OWEN,
JuneL ct p. Fs ~. Deputy Clerk.
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sHERIFFs SALE.


G 4 S. s''ss@' ma. rs.
John Ruth Williams.
Ninth Distriet Court, Parish of Rapidce-state
1s of Louisiana
3Y VIRTUE of and to satisfy a writ Of
- iieri facias issued ont of the above
named Court, in the above entitled and num-
bered snit, and to me directed, have seized
and will offer for sale at public auction, on
Saturday, the 9th day Of July, 1872,
between the hours of IL A. NJ, and 4 p. Ma at
the Court House door, in the town of Alexan-
dria, the following Described property, to-wit
All the right share and interest Of the de-
fendant, John r. Williams in and to the Suc-
cession of his deceased daughter, Mary Celeste
Williams, said interest being one-fourth Of
said Succession.
TERMS OF SALr:-CASH, subject to ap.
praisement.
gku.g JOHN DEI.ACY, /,
juno 23-3t. p. rs %. Sheriff.
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SHERIFFS SALE.
Heinrich Mas

Howard Mcknight.
District Court, for. tho Parish of Orleans
Parish II Grant; State of Louisiana
QY VIRTUE of and to satisfy writ Of icri
ID facias iss,ied out Of the above named
Court, in the above entitled and numbered
suit, and TO me directed, Ihave seized, and
will offer for sale at public auction, to the
last and highest bidder, on
Saturday, the 9th day Of July 1872,
between the hours of IL O'Clock A. NJ, and
r. NJ, ct the Court House door. in the town Of
Collar. the following described property,
seized to satisfy said writ, to-wit:
A Plantation situated on Big Creek, with
all the improvements thereon, which is In the
possession of the said Mcknight, - well a. o
water Saw Min and Corn Mill.
TERMS OF SALE :-lCASH, with beuefit Of APP
praisement.
Colfax, Grant Parish, La, May oeth 1872.
A. SHELBY,
june 9Th, 3t-P. F,s 50. Sheriff.
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Notice.

A LII persons indebted to the Sue
"A. cession Of Charles w. Boyce,
are requested to settle with the under
signed Administrative, and all persons
holding claims against said Succession
will please present the same.
BITHIAH BOYCE,
June 2Q3t Administrative.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1872-02-20
Col. J.W F0rney Resigns,

WASHINGTON, Feb 1.-THE resigna-
ton of Colonel Forney as Collector OF
Philadelphia, has created positive SEN
sation,in political quarters here, where
the motive is attributed very generally
to a growing hostility to Grant. While
Forney is very careful to state that he
will not oppose the re election of Grant
if he is renominate6, it nevertheless ap-
pears that he has decided to cut loose
from the Republican Ring of Office hold
ers who are something on the Tammany
order, and who are all supporting the
Administration, and proposes to join the
Republican Reformers. In driving these
holders out of power, the former ele.
ment attempted to dictate to Col. For.
ney what course he should pursue in the
recent important Senatorial election in
Philadelphia, whereupon he sent word
to the President that bis resignation was
at his disposal. The President sent
word in return that he did not want it
but Forney made up his mind that he
preferred to remain untrammeled, and
therefore sent his resignation in wri
ting. Tissue
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New YORK, February II "A special
dispatch says: 'sMinister Schenck has
communicated a note to the English
Government on the recent language OF
Mr.. Gladstone, which was deemed an
imputation on the good faith of the
United States The note is regarded as
proper assertion Of the dignity of his
government, and will, it is likely, be
answered in most friendly spirit, de-
precating any diplomatic application oi
words used in debate" "#."a--E s
The English government is anxious
to avoid a misunderstanding with the
authorities ut Washington, and com
promise is hoped for at an early day
LONDON, February 12-The confic
of opinion in England on the Alabam:
claims increases. A meeting Of work
ing men will soon be held to oppose tht
course Of the British government, ant
demand an immediate settlement of tn
claims, the sum paid to the Unitet
States to be subsequently recovered o
the builders of the vessels which caus
ed the damages. .,... .,t
A party in Parliament is preparing tt
move for the resignation of the presen
ministry on the ground of its blunder
ing and incapacity, and for the forms
ton of cabinet which shall propose
! settlement of the American claims on
new basis. .,..-.... .......
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CoAgHgGs CORRESPONDENCE.
COLUMBUS, 0 Feb Ia 1879

EDS. SPIRIT: The bill known as Bsr-
ry's Jury Bill has become a law. It
substantially re enacts the Jury law Of
1860 which was lef: out of the criminal
code Of 1863. The provisions Of this
set are that when q juror is called and
states that he has formed or expressed
an opinion, the Judge shall proceed to
examine the juror as to the ground of
that opinion and if it shall sppear to
have been founded upon reading news,
paper statements, communications, corn
ments or reports, or hearsay and not
upon conversations with witnesses of
the transaction, or reading report, of
their testimony, or hearing them testify,
and the juror shall say that he feels able,
Notwithstanding such an opinion to ZEN
der an impartial verdict upon the law
and evidence, the Court may in its dis
cretion admit such juror as competent
to serve in such case. This bill elected
quite discussion in both Houses.
A bill is pending for the relief of the
poor. 1t proposes to repeal all the
present laws relative TO infrmaries and
enact another making several important
changes in the present law. 1t provides
among other things, that the director.
shall give bond, that they shall settle
semi annually with the County Com
missioners, making out itemizea &C
counts to be approved by the Commis
sionerS.
The count Of the vote on Constitu
tional Convention, shows that it has
carried by more than 10000 votes. The
Republicans have caucussed on the
question and have determined to defer
the election of delegates until the Oc
tober or November elections, perhaps
the latter. The argument made by them
is that if delegates are elected in The
spring, the majority of delegates will bt
Democrats. The Democrats having
carried the state on the election of del
egates it will have moral power they
can not overcome in the Presidential
canvas. This Convention when It doe
} meet, will meet in this city, meeting il
the winter when the Legislature is il
session there is no room in the Capito
that can be used in this event Th
only room that can then be had tha
will accommodate the Convention is tn
new City Hall, and is not adapted t.
p such use. Besides it is unfinished, an,
, unfurnished. The result will be tha
+ the State will have to furnish said Hal
for the use of the Convention. Their
were two bills introduced to elect dele
1 gates and call this Convention in til
:. Spring. One in the Senate and one i
+ the House The action of the Reput
!. lican caucus has no doubt fixed th
# status of these bills The one in til
q House has been referred to select con
a mittee of one, and it now sleeps in til
e silent. recesses of the pocket of D
r. Scott. .E- .- .t.. -,....
. The bill requiring Judges to give g
l. their charges to the jury in writing pas
O ed the Senate yesterdy by majority ,
ole. 1t will probably pass the Hous
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The Cuban Reb elton.

The SUMS Havana correspondence Of
February Sd says: "The Cubans have
everywhere whipped the Spanish col
umns in detail, and the losses of the
latter are fearful. Official documents in
the archives Of the Captain-Gener
prove that from October, 1868, to De-
cember 81, 1871, the Spanish losses exr
ceeded 10000 men, and that in the
twelve months of 1871 they summed up
over $4,000. Within the last fifteen
days 900 sick and wounded soldiers
have arrived in this city alone from the
eutposts 1t must be borne in mind
that no Invaders are brought here when
they can possibly be quartered elsewhere.
These srrivals of the victims of the oc-
casional Cuban bullets demoralize not
only the fresh recruits arriving from
Spain, many of whom firmly believed
when they left their country that the
Revolution was really suppressed, but
tend materially to shake the faith Of the
loyal voluntsers-the defenders, as they
themselves, of Spain--in the ultimate
possibility of exterminating the Gu
bans"
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Found the Trail too Hot.

The committee which went to New
Orleans to investigate the trouble be.
tween Gov. WaRNorH and brother-in-
law Collector CASEY, suddenly cut short
the investigation and cut stick for Wash
ington.
Which reminds us of little story.
A valiant Nimrod in California deter.
mined to crown his exploits by scalping
a grizzly" He took to the Sierras,
found trail, and pursued it carefully
for ten hours, when he suddenly wheeled
about and struck ont for his shanty. On
being inquired Of Why he had abandon
ed the chase just as it promised success,
he replied frankly,
s'The trail was getting little too
darned hot to be agreeable"
The committee,if equally frank, would
doubtless confess that they ran away
from the investigation because there
was too much to investigate In other
words that it would not be to the ''inter.
est of this administration" to do great
deal of investigating about the brother
in-law's custom house.
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The People Moying,

The letters Of Judge BsIkKRRHorF and
Hon. e. NJ. Clay, published on our first
page deserve careful perusal. Rcpubli-
cans who have faint hope of GRANT
reelection should read them carefully
The detection Of men Of position and
influence from the party in power, prove
pretty conclusively that the people are
for honesty and reform in earnest a
number of the honest leaders of the Rad
ical party have left it to die in its dishon'
sssy and corruption. We will name
p seme of them:
Senators TRuNBuLI., ScHURz and TIP
TON; GaArz Bsows Judge BRrNkERHooF
Hon. CAssIUs n CLAY, Hon. J. D, Cox
: the man who was driven out of GRANT
Cabinet because of his honesty, and thou
sands Of Others WHO have tired of carpet
bagisu. bsyonetism and prescription, for
bidding opinions contrary to the GRAE.
dynasty,
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SHERIFF'S SALE.

DY virtue of an order of sale to me directed
u from the court of common pleas of Mon
roe county in the State of Ohio, in the ease
of Jacob II, Hamilton against John Hami lton
and others, will offer Tor sale at public auc-
tion at the door of the court hruse in said
county, on Saturday, the 23d day Of March,
1872, between the hours of 10 O'Clock a. m.
and 4 O'Clock p. m. on said day, the following
described real estate situate in said county,to
wit: The east half of the southeast quarter
of section one, in township seven of range
seven, containing eighty acres, more or less.
Also one-half acre of land with the impro ve-
ments, situate in section FIVE, township six
and range seven, known as lot number two in
Leeompton, bounded on the7north by thspub-
lie road called the Lewisville real, on the
south by lands of Nielsen Hogue, and on the
east and west by lands of ]. H. Hamilton,
TERMS OF SALB.-0ne-third on day. Of sale
one-third in one year; and the residue in two
years, with interest from day of sale; deferred
payments to be secured by mortgage on the
premiksk a. 40 tss fssEss
+ allst tract appraised At $2.400s ,ss
I'd =tz" 500. i 4. stTss-
sEo s ~ y S6E0R6R CALDWELL
feb20w5, Sheriff Y. G. .,
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Bach. Leading 10 the
white House.

II 10 leaking out that the White House
"useso are running nearly all the i'm
porsant custom houses in the county
GRANTS special pet, LEET, pockets the
! heaviest stealings which New York af-
fords, and divides the plumber with the
White House .'lnsss" This has been
proven BY q superabundance of evidence
IN the recent Investigation.
PoRrrR, who is GRANTS private Sec
fetary, and q messmate Of LEET, is said,
by WILLARD WARNER, good Radical au
thority, to run the custom house at Mo
bile and that at Charleston, both OF
which are well-known nests Of eorrup-
ton. 1s
II lis just simply incredible that GRANT
rsmains in ignorance of the corrupt
practices of the members Of his official
household-practices carried on month
aftsr month and year after year unds
: his very nose Yet we are asked to be-
lisvs that in the unsophistioated simple
ity OF his honest soul he has been sup.
plying these rings With letters ei
recommendation, and lending them the
power Of bis official patronage, limo,
Gently supposing them to be pure as
4 saints.
This is downright tom foolery. What
The .use of Radical editors, even il
they are post masters, making ridiculou,
hypocrites of themselves by pretend
ing not to see what is patent to all the
world, Some of the worst rings that
infsst the country have their head quar-
ters IN the White Houss-they plot and
intrigue in the Presidents offiee-he
stands BY, ready to furnish them, on de-
msnd, facilities for executing their de-
signs.
The maA who in theface Of all this,
which has been ringing through the
country for two years past.can and does
still believe GRANT to be lover OF strict
honesty, deserves to have 4 post Office
or q straitjacket. .,s<