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The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-09-04
Murder.
From the New Orleans Times.

Is it not about time to stop our milo
depreciation of the Outrages now being
perpetrated in this State, and not only
apply'to them their proper names, but
take measures to put a stop to them
The telegraph brings the newsstand
there is little doubt of it's truth-of the
murder of four or five men on the road
between Coushatta and Shreveport, by
a band of political highWaymen. The
names of the men were Devices, Twit-
chell, EdgertOn, Howell, Holland and
willis, all, if we mistake not, white Re-
publicans of Red River parish. They
had been arrested as the "ring-leaders'
of the COushatta riots; but their ring
leadership seems to have consisted in
having refused to resign their Offices
some of them were parish officials
when called upon by a volunteer COM
mittee to do so. They were afterwards
confronted by a superior force and "ar-
rested" and were being transferred to
Shreveport. # l@|5.&5.
The sedulous care with which mObs
always seek to cover their operations
with the semblance of legal authority lie
noticeable here. We have not heard of
any crime charged against these men,
except that one of them, Devices, was
lux COLISCtOES bJ4A sOLtS OIL 1H0 OtI1cTs
held parish offices. 1t is reported that
the murderers were Texans" who de-
clared that they did not intend to have
such damned scOundrels hunting homes
in their State" Truly their State, If
they are fair samples of its inhabitants,
is not extremely desirable as a home
foranybody. We are not informed that
the sc prisoners" were going to Texas at
all it appears they were being taken to
Shreveport for safe keeping. But what
business had that body of supposititious
Texans in Louisiana in the capacity
of regulators? The civilized world will
not be inclined to attach much credit to
the Judgment OF. those highWaymen as
to the guilt of men who have not been
tried, and sofar as we have learned have
not been accused of serious crimes. In
fact, they will prefer to believe that the
real did scoundPels naret the murderers
themselves. VIZ charge distinctly that
this atrocious deed is the direct and
outgrowth of the violent Red
River White League organizations, and
for it the able and diabOlical White
League organ, the Shreveport Times, is
in a large measure responsible .zas s.a
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LIBERAL CLUBs-We are informed,
on what we consider reliable authority,
that there is to bea general organization
of Liberal clubs in this city. We under
standthis tobe forlOcal purposes. There
seems to be a general inclination on the
part of the Liberals and Independents
to support Mr.. Moncure, and we appre
bend no change in this disposition un-
less The extremists slop over with AFRO
gance aud conceit and thus drive away
this support. But in local matters there
seems to be a strong tendency on the
part of this element to assert itself.
There can be no valid objection to such
organizations. They will be composed
of persons who are entirely conservative,
whose Judgment may be trusted and,
whose purposes a not be impeached.
The element is far more numerous and
powerful than many suspect; its tniu-
ence a only be for good, and it should
not fail to make itself felt in the seiee-
ton of good men for Office. But with
out organization its full weight will not
be felt, and it is doubtless for this reason
that the movement has been inaugu-
rated.-fN. 0.Times. f='
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NOTICE ::
NOThcE $50 notice.:
STATE OF LOUISIANA, }
AUDITORS OFFICE,
New Orleans, August 10, 1874
No ;.
Instructions to Tax Collectors THROUGH
Z out she State. -

New Orleans, August 19, 1874.
Nc. 3.
Instructions TO Tax Collectors THROUGH
Out Ghe State. -
The time Is fast approaching when further do.
lays i'll the collection of taxes are Inconsistent
with a satisfactory discharge of duties by the
revenue officers, and will render it imDOssible t~
meet the just obligations of the State or balance
sembly as required by law.
Accordingly yOu will proceed to advertise and
sell; ny the 3lst OF October prOximo, all property
current or delinquent, shall remain unnaid. Yo,,
Will be careful to observe all requirements Of thc
law III connection with seizures and sales. and
conduct them under the provisions of Act AZ of
1873 but no judicial proceedings others than nv
recofdatiOn and publication should be rcsOrted
TO, and the process must be IN in accord
ance with section ! OF said act.
You will also, in accordance with the nrnyis-
IONS OF section 8 Of said act At, invariably bid i'm
for and adjudicate to the State any and all nroIe
other party. ""'
In connection with the above, the following
important points In relation to tax sales recent.
y decided ny the Supreme Court i'll the case of
mofTlson Us. Larklll, are communicated to Won
for your guidance i'll the performances of ynIII.
duties in that respect.
Flrst-TaX Collectors can collect taxes On tho
delinquent lists as wella current unpaid taxes:
Tor TINS purpose they can sell the lands that
nave been forfeited to the State.
Second-While the tax debtor rtfrains from
exercising the right of redemption of such for.
feited lands, he cannot restrain the sale of the
lands by the Tax Collector under Act No. ~.
,, tax debtor has no intcrestin lands
forfeited to the State for nOn-paymeut of taxes
except the right of redemption.
: FOurth-After the sale Of lands by the Tax
collector as hereinbefore described, the tax
debtor can redeem only by complying with Coz
ton six (l Of said act No. Al.
F1fth-The methNd. prescribed by Act Al for
the forced re ga sale OF lands for the collection OF tax
e. q ~ nOt tehuSnaHt 70 Ine constitution Of this
STATE OF Oh Lne Inlfpn STATES
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-09-04

COOP IMPLEMFNTs.-Great loss is in
CURED on many farms by using poor i'm
plenlents and tools. The higher wages
are, the more important it is to encono-
WIfs ! labor aoas one 4 good %IiI n Plow' t as compared mp red
ltSelfin a weeks work, 80
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-09-04

WAsHNGFoN, Aug. s8.-The Attorney
General has no doubt that it the dis
tnrbanees, Of which he has many reports,
continue, the President will interfere in
the South. #@'.
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Mr.. LXwRENCE.-The letter of this
gentleman, which we publish to-day, is
thus spoken of by the New Orleans
Times: FL A. 80 go
The letter of this gentleman, publish
ed to-day, is so direct and clear in its
presentation of facts and arguments,
that comment is not necessary to a per-
feet understanding of it. M. Lawrence
has probably had as many Just grey
ances, and has suffered as much from the
misfOrtunes of bad government, and is
likely to suffer as much from future
fOllies as any citizen in the State. lie
has, therefore, an undOubted right to
speak his mind, alright which he eXeT-
cises in o manner well suited to com
mand attention from its reasonableness,
it's force and the influence of his name.
1t is an earnest and strong argument,
founded on actual knowledge, against n
madness which, even if temporarily sue
cessful, fair-minded men will hereafter
be ashamed to own, and which would
leave o. heritage of baleful ~antagonisms
to hamper andavex the progress of the
State for years to come. As an argu-
ment, it cannot be successfully combat
ted excepts by the stale iteratiOns of pre-
iudice, and BY red hot mouthings, and
with these, reasonable people, of all par
ties, are pretty thoroughly disguised.
Mr.. Lawrence does not believe in re.
dressing one wrong by doing another
one, and insists, as we have always main
tanned, "that there is a solution of the
political problem that so vexes our peo-
f1le. that wars upon neither race. stulti-
lies neither, and embraces the rights Of
hoth,T
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Troops TO the Front.
THE BLUE COATS WILL PUT IN AN AP-
PEARANcE HERE BEFORE MANY DAYS.
lFrom tne New Orleans Times. sept. al

From the New Orleans Times, Sept. 2d.1
Runor had it on Tuesday morning
tffat troops from Washington had been
called for by the Governor, and that of.
fetal advices had arrived in the city,
stating that General Emory would be
immediately instructed tofnrnisi them.
Local officials keep generally silent on
the subject, merely intimating that
troops would undoubtedly arrive ere
long, but giving no definite idea of the
number of the troops or the probable
time of theirarTival. Certainitis, how
ever, that Gov. Kellogg was in tele-
graphic communication with the Federal
authorities, and it remains to be seen
what will be the upshot of their cemmu-
nicatinns. L.-IlII -E-rE. II-E--E---- 7--
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-09-04

FUSING AND BOLTING.-Last Wednes-
day there was a Joint meeting of the
Democratic and white league commit
tees here, in regard to a union of the two
parties or committees. The Democratic
committee consists of nine members.
Five OF them were present, a bare ma
.jOrity. One of them bOlted, leaving on
ly four, a minority. Another one was
found, and an agreement entered into
for holdingap arislrnominating conven-
ton and a convention at Lafayette to
nominate a State Senator. This will be
u political milleunium-all parties unite,
nominate n ticket and vote for one
ticket. Why should not the people re-
NIT tt.lte whole question tOthe committees,
or a majority thereof, and letthem meet
and select The officers without the peO-
pie having the trouble of holding ward
conventions, parish conventions, regis
tering~ and voting. This would take a
great deal of trouble off the peoples
hands, and they would be annoyed less
by candidates and politicians. All the
olectioneering would'be done with the
committees.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-09-04
LOCAL ITEMS.

DEMONSTRATION n. Ogden, Esq,
will address the Opelousas Temperance
Society, this evening. ut the Courthouse.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-09-04

"LE R%EGULATEUR DU FOIE DU DIR. SIMMOyS,n
LIE REMEDE FAyORI
ID E S F A NJ l. l. f s
Cette Medicine sans rivale est guarantee ne
conten1r aueupe p~articule de Mercure, nj aIlclne
substance minerale iDjurieuse, mails est
PUREMENT VEGETALE.
cOntenant ces racines ct herbes du SIND nu,,pa
Providence tOute sage a places dams les pays
on les Maladies de FOie Sc font lie plus sentfr.
Eile guerra toutes les maladies causees par lie
arrangement du foie ct DIES intestins. g1
LIE REGULATEUR DU FoIE
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-09-04

NEGRO k1LLED.-Last Monday night
Il negro MAI was killed on the planta-
ton of Mr.. Ozone FOntenotin Old Grand
Prairie. 1t seems that the deceased and
another were paying their attentions to
a lady of easy virtue on the place. The
other told him if he visited her any more
he intended to kill him. About nine or
ten o'clock the night mentioned the de-
ceased stepped on the gallery of the
lady's dwelling, when seven buckshot,
discharged from within the house, en-.
tered his breast above the heart. He
lived ii few minutes, but having failed
to see his enemy, couldn not say who shot
him. His rival has been arrested.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-09-04

THE EXAMPLE OF ST. MARTIN.-It has
been talked of-whether in earnest or
as idle gossip, we cannot say-fOllOwing
the example Of the parish of St. Martin
as to Il officers. Let uscOmpare them.
Begin with our District Judge and 90
down. Can any parish possibly have
better officers, taking them altogether.
Our District Judge, District Attorney,
Clerk, Sheriff, Recorder, Tax Collector
and Police Jury, are all old citizens of
the parish and give satisfaction to all
reasonable men. They utterly abolished
the offices of Parish Attorney and In
spectoro of Roads, in st. Martin but how
could our parish getalong without these
two important Offices? We want roads
here, and the Police Jury want legal
counsel, and the taxpayers are willing
to pay for, the same. We hope our par
ish will always remain law-abiding, and
not follow the example of our sister par
ish in all things.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-09-04

REG4sTRATIoN.-The Registrars office
was opened here last Monday. Up to
Thursday night 739 had been registered.
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LIST OF GIFTS.

Persons wishing to invest should order prompt.
~, either Of the home office or our local Agents.
Liberal commissions will be allowed to salts
factory agents.
Circulars containing full particulars furnished
on application.
THO. E. BRAMLETTE,
Agent and Manager.
Public Library Building, Louisville, Ky.
1lp ~
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-09-04

TETTER-WORM.
$ RINGWORM,
ITCH,
And all eruptiOns of the Skin. This preparation
has been in use in families in this parish for the
last twenty-five years, and has never failed in ID
single instance.
For sale at the Big Mortar. by
E.. MAYO.
lWy Jul Sole Agent.
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DE SUMMONS


est 6~minemment un Remede de Families; ct en-
lie tenant pref pour tous les cas- imprevus, on
preVlendra de tongues heures de s~Duffrances at
pluS1enfs piastres pour soins ct prescriptions de
medecin. ~
Apres sen Gtre seryi pendant plus de duarante
ans, les personnel les plus marquantcs ct Lac
plus d1gnes de confianoe donnent fe temoirnages
les plus ttatteurs de son efficacite,
Delninent lnedecins lie recommandent comm
le SpecIffique, lc plus efectir c0ntre la Dyspepsie
Arme de Get antidOte, on. peut affrOnter sans
Granite t0us les climatS ct tOus les chancements
deau ct de n0uFFiture. CONNIE rem6de dams
LES FIEvREs PERNICIEUsEs,
L f MALADTEs DTNTEsTINs,
LINsOMNIE,
LA JAUNTCE,
LA NAUsEE,
L l. Ma PAS d T G A L.
C'est La Medicine la moins Conteuse. Ia pI,,s
Pure ct la Meilleure du Monde.
PREPARE SETTLEMENT PAR
]. H. ZEILLN & Gle,
Macon, Ge0rgie ct PhiIadelphie.
Prix, 81. 90 La BOuteiIIe.
En- vente chez tous les Droguistes,
q aont
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-09-04
AN EASY FORTUNE:

A pOstponement of the Fifth Concert of the
Public Library of Kentucky has been so gener
ally anticipated. and is so manifestly for the IN
terest of all concerned, that it must meet the
approval of all. The day is now absolutely fixed
ard there will he no variation from the pro
gramme now announced. A sufficient number
of tickets had been sold to have enabled us to
have had a large drawing Oh the 31st July, but
a short postpOnement was considered preferable
to a partial drawing. Let it be borne in mind
that
THE FIFTH GIFT CONCERT
Is the last achich aciN eUer be girem under this
charter and By the present management.
That it will positively and unequivocally take
place as announced ON
Monday, o November,
that the music will be the best the country at
fOrds, and that
10000 CASH GIFTS,
A~GGREGATING
i 2 ; o o o o o
will be distributed by lot among the ticket
holders.
r TGT NE GTEVTG
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MISCELLANEOUS.
DOsTPONEMENT:

DOsTPONEMENT!
FIFTH AND LAST CONCERT
IN AID OF THE
PUBLIC LIBRARY OF Ky.
n x H Id
A FULL DRAWING ASSURED
On
Monday, Both November, 1874
L A S T G. H A n G E
FOR
N II a q " II a II n IL &
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RARNEY's PRAIRIE sALyE:

4 purely vegetable preparation, and is q Ger.
tain cure for w.
PILES,
TETTER-WORM.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-06-11
POLITICAL.

A New York State Temperance Convention
has been called to meet at Auburn June 70.
Papers were served on the Attorney General
of Wisconsin and the Railroad Commissioners,
on the LIST, notifying them that an injunction
would be applied for in the United States
District Court for the Western District of
Wisconsin, to restrain them from instituting
any proceedings or taking any measures for
the purpose of executing the act of the last
Legislature regulating railroads. This action
is brought in the name of the creditors OF the
Chicago IL Northwestern Railroad Company,
who claim that their securities are weakened
or destroyed by the law.
The Oregon election was held on the LIST.
Returns received up to the morning of the Sd
indicated tho election of the Democratic State
ticket and the choice of a Republican Con
gresham. The Independents carried the
city of Portland by decided majority.
The Conference Committee on the Currency
bill met on the 4th and agreed upon 3713 per
cent as the proportion Of greenbacks to be
retired; the abolition of reserves upon circu-
ation and upon January, 1878, as the time at
which specie payments shall be resumed
Gov Weston, of New Hampshire, having
been elected by the State Legislature, was in-
augurated at Concord on the 4th.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-06-11
Indians Burying Their Dead.

While the subject of cremation is at
tracing so much attention, some of our
readers may be interested in knowing
how some of the California Indians dis
pose of their dead. 1t is somewhat singu-
lar that although in some districts in the
State some Indians burn and others bury
their dead, they all prepare them for final
disposition in the same manner. A
blanket is spread on the ground and the
corpse laid upon it; brother or some
other relative, after folding the limbs
upon the chest with the knees toward the
chin, proceeds to bend the body and
limbs together as tightly as possible. 1t
is then wrapped in the blanket and placed
upon the earth with the face upward and
exposed. The mourners continue their
wild lamentations for a given time and
then the men build a funeral pyre or pre-
pare grave.
If the corpse is TO be burned, when the
fuel is about two feet high all the sounds
of grief cease, and amid death-lke
stiffness the men place the body on the
pyre. Wood is then piled upon it until
all but the face is covered. The Oldest
and nearest relative then sets the wood
on fire. AS soon as the smoke begins to
ascend the discordant bowling of the
women becomes almost appalling, while
the men in some instances stand in sullen
silence, and in Others join their notes of
woe to those of the women. Then
all the relatives who are nearest
to the consuming dead, with long
sticks in their hands, commence a
frantic dance around the burning body,
occasionally turning it over and stirring
up the fire, that the corpse may be con-
sumed more speedily.
4 writer states that the motive which
impels them to this is that they believe
there is an evil spirit who is continually
contriving to give them trouble, and who
will keep them from the happy hunting
grounds if he can. They think the
heart is the immortal part and that he
seeks to make 1t a prisoner; SO they en-
deavor by noises and motions TO attract
the attention of this spirit while the body
is burning, as it is at that season that the
heart leaps out, and if the evil spirits at
tention is distracted by their maneuyer-
iuys the heart makes its escape and is
eternallv safe This is the reason for the
hideous noises and waving of cloths
practiced during the process Of burning.
After the body is nearly consumed
the blackened remains are taken from the
fire and rolled in cloth or blanket to
cool a little, when his wives separate
the remains and unconsumed portions of
the body, and around each wind d long
suing Of beads, Every particle is then
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-06-11
FOREIGN.

A London dispatch of the Goth says the
British Foreign Oflice, as late as the 7th of
May, had pressed its demand upon the Span
ish Government for an explanation of the
Virginius outrage and indemnity to the heirs
OF British victims.
The Catholic pilgrims from the United
States reached Paris on the 2Sth. They left
for Rome on the goth.
United States Minister Gushing was formal
~ received by the Spanish President on the
3st. The Spanish Ministry had forbidden
the press from attacking the financial schemes
OF the Government, Hermann had been in.
vested by the Carlists.
A serious riot occurred in Limerick, Ireland,
on the 3lst, mob of a thousand persons at
lacking a party of militia. The riot was
finally suppressed after considerable mum
Der had been injured.
AS Prince Sake Weimar was leaving his res
idenee in London on the evening Of the LIST he
was fired at by an unknown assassin, who es-
capped The Prince was unhurt. He had pre-
yiously received threatening letters, as had
also the Duke of Cambridge and Disraeli,
A Melbourne (Australa) dispatch of the 3lst
ult says the ship British Admiral, from Lv-
erpool to that port, had gone ashore on Kings
Island, in Bass Strait, and become total
wreck She had on board eighty-thrce per-
sons, passengers and crew, all of whom were
lost except four passengers and hee scamen,
Dispatches from San Sebastian Of the I'd re-
port that the town had been attacked by
Carists i'll force, and was thought to be in a
critical situation. A Paris dispatch of the
same date says Serrano was about to order Il
general election in Spain, with view, If the
Monarchists are successful, of proposing the
erthroncment of the Prince of Asturias, with
himself as Regent during his minority,
Special dispatches from Vienna of the I'd re-
port extensive foundations in Hungary. Many
villages have been swept away,
A congress to consider the subject OF inter
national rights in time Of war has been called
to meet at Brussels, July 81
The khedive of Egypt has entered upon the
negotiation of commercial treaties with foreign
powers Independently of the Sublime Porte.
Adyices from Spain of the ith state that
Lequeitto, maritime town in the province of
Biscay, had been bombarded by n National
schooner because of the admission into that
port of a foreign ship having a cargo contra
band of war. All Carlist forces had been
withdrawn from San Sebastian and Hermann
and concentrated for the defense Of Estella.
Mexican authorities have issued orders for
bidding the passage of cattle over the Rio
Grande either way. This order, it was sup.
posed, would prevent cattle stealing on both
sides of the river,