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The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-07-24
MEDICAL.
NR. HADFHELD's EQUALIZER

MEDICAL NOTBCE.-A REGULAR
1YA Meeting of the st. Landry Medical and
Surgical Association will be held at OpclOusas
the first Monday of every month, at 10 o'clock
A. VI. VINCENT BOAGNI. NJ. D.,
President.
JAMES RAY. NJ. D., Secretary.
July %, 1S71-1y. .
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DOsEYss RRTTERs ARE STRICT
LII ly Medicinal, and not an tntOricutfJg Atc0-
hotie b~ece1uge, but curative, Alternative and tom
ne in their effects. [sept 26-tf,
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L.astie Dnpre VS.. George w. Nelsor.

~@PAS y SSV w
INSTRUCT COURT. PARISH OF ST. Ian
~ dry.-No. 12394.-By virtue of an order of
seizure and sale issued ont of the honorable the
Eighth District Court. i'll and for the Parish Of
st. Landry, in the above entitled suit, and to me
directed, I will. proceed to sell at public auction,
to the highest bidder, at the Courthouse of said
parish, in the own of Opel0usas. on SATUR-
DAY, the LIST day OF August, 1874, at eleven
O'Clock A. NJ, the following described property,
tO-wit- ..#
y l. A tract OF land, with the dwelling house,
fencing and pieux, measuring one hundred and,
eighty acres, bounded north by Jos. {. BOurque,
south by David Bloch, east by land Of HO1iorG
M6Che and lands of Richard, and west by Rail
road land, being part Of the same land acquired
by Z. c, Gardiner from the United States Gov
eminent, certificate No. 1923.
"a certain tract of woodland, situated at
POinte NOfre, in the parish of st. Landry, meas
uring tifty-tive superficial arpents. having one
and 4 half arpents front by, say, thirty-six and
tWo-tlird arpents in depth, bounded north by
public lands, south by a tract of five superficial
arpents, reserved by vendor, on" the Bayou Pla-
quemine Brulee, on one side by land of M. LIE
ger, and on the other side by land OF Z6lien
Brasseur. The above described two tracts being
the same purchased by David Bloch from JOS.
Bloch, by act passed before Yves D'Avy, Re-
corder, the esd February, 1869.
Seized in the above suit.
Ter1ns-Casho on the spot.
June 26 Z. 0. " Sheriff,
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Axema Beraud, wife, vs.. AchiIRe Dmpre.
DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF ST. Ian
DRY.-So. l2378.-By.Y virtue of writ of fferi
District Court in and for the Parish of st. Ian
dry, in the above entitled suit! and to his idi-
rected, will proceed to sell, at public auction,
said parish, in the town Of opelo6sas. on SAT-
URDAI, the LIST day of August, 1874, at eleven
o'clock A. NJ, the following described property,
tO-wit- -. .., ;. ..,H.- 81 -
The undivided fourth of lot No. s, as marked
on the plat of survey of the town or Washington,
with all the buildings and improvements there
ON, boHnded north by Bridge street. east by
west by Sittig street. Also the undivided fourth
Of fractional lot No. l, as marked upon the same
plat. together with buildings thereon, bounded
north by Bridge street, east by Bayou Courta-
bleau or Front street, south by lot claimed by
c. G. Pickett ct ais, and west by Water street.
Seized in the above suit. Hf -.t'
Terms-Cash on the spot. ..a1E.t III haf@E!j.
june &c .fe. t-ss# E. O. HAYES, Sheriff.
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CELESTE MOTION, WIFE. VS., JOSEPH D.. GUtDRY,
HUSBAND.
DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF ST. LANDRY.-No
i234S.
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Lastie Dupre VS.. Il. w. Reed.

DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF ST. Ian
dry.-NO. 12395.-By virtue of an order of
seizure and sale, issued out of the honorable the
Eighth District Court, of the State of Louisiana,
in and for the Parish of st. Landry, in the above
entitled suit, and to me directed, I will proceed
to sell, at public auction, to the highest bidder,
ut the Courthouse of said parish, in the town of
August, 1874, at eleven O'Clock a. A., the follow
ing described property, to-wit:
Certain tracts of land, described as being the
southwest quarter of section twenty-eight. The
east half of section thirty-two. The northwest
quarter OF section thirty. All of said tracts in
township nine, south of range two Of the South.
Western Land District Of / louisiana.
Seized i'll the above suit. E..
Terms-CasliO on the spot. .-.t.a-t : ..
june 26 L. O. HAYES, Sheriff.
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The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-09-05
THE TRENTON TRAGEDY.

The most indefensible outrage that
has ever occurred in the south was the
taking from the Jail, at Trenton, Ten
nessee, and numbering Of sixteen ne
groes confined therein on charge Of
attempting to incite riot in an ad.
joining county. This bloody deed was
perpetrated by band of masked men,
who ovcrpowered the sheriff and his
guard by their display of force. The
governor of Tennessee has offered n
large reward for the apprehension Of
any of the parties engaged in the out
rage. At Memphis, on Friday even
ing last, q mass meeting was held at
the Exposition hall, at which speeches
were make by Ex-Governor Harris, ex-
President Jefferson Davis, Colonel
Duncan McRae and General Forrest,
denouncing the cowardly assassination
of the negroes, and calling for prompt
and energetic enforcement of the law
againsttbe perpetrators. General For
rest stated that he stood ready to start
tomorrow to assist the officers of the
law in bringing the assassins to pun
ishment.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-09-05
Where are We Drifting !.


To the Editor of the Dallas Herald:
| have been somewhat amused, in
deed. NAV saw confused, in reading
some of the newspapers for the last
few weeks. Two congressional COLI
yentions have met, and both passed
resolutions endorsing the administra-
tion and the acts of the fourteenth leg
lature. When this was done by the
first convention, not one-twentieth
man i'm said convention knew what the
fourteenth legislature had done, as the
first arrival of laws came about that
time. Let MS look for a moment. The
fourteenth saws. any and every man
who holds an audited claim against the
county ,epister your claim. stand
aside and wait for special taxation.
The county holds n lust claim against
Won and /. and We hold the same
against The county. The fourteenth
saws stand aside. Tom, Dick ard liar
ry' with YOUR claim, and if you dol't
settle yo,Ir taxes by next Monday,
will seize your property and sell it for
what il will bring, and, perhaps, next
wear. | NAV paw vour claim. Again,
the fourteenth saws 10 two district
Judges. we cant convict you of NAL
feasance or of incoIlpetency, but we
will take every county except Que
I'm each. out of your district
and YOU two gentlemen can hold courts
i'm your counties. and draw a salary of
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-09-05
AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITU.
TION.

There seems to be very little room
for doubt that the legislature will call
q convention to revise tho constitution
of the state soon after it meets in JAN
uary next. This it will do in obedi-
ence to the almost universally express
ed wish of the people. In view of the
meeting of this convention amend
ments are being suggested. The Nc
Kinney Enquirer is of the opinion
that "nine-tenths of the people desire
the constitution of lS45, with just such
amendments as will make it harmo-
nize with the present constitution of
the United States, and nothing more"
Among the proposed amendments
we note the following:
/. The removal of the incumbents of
all offices by the election of successors.
2. The abolition of large number
of offices. .......
3. The consolidation into single Of
fees of the duties now divided in
many cases between several offices.
4. The repeal of all fees, perqusities,
and the substitutions of fixed salaries.
The remodeling of the legislature by
the selection of senators in single dis
tricts, and the election of representa-
tives, as far as possible, in single dis
tricts Special legislation is prohibited;
the supreme court is reduced to three
Judges.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-09-05
LYNCH LAWN CAMP COUNTY.

Another one of those unpardonatl le
outrages that have served to give to
Texas an undeserved reputation
abroad occurred in Camp county last
week. A man named Bairiield had
been committed to the custody of the
sheriff of the county Oh the charge OF
horse stealing. AS there is no jail in
that county the sheriff placed his pris-
oner under guard at the Pittsburg
hotel. During the night the guard
was overpowered by band of masked
men, and the prisoner taken from
them. The next morning the dead
body of Bairfield was found hanging
in secluded bottom about two miles
north Of the town. The Magnet, pub
lished at Pittsburg, deserves great
credit for the independence and bold
ness with which it denounces the
deed. 1t says:
We blush for the fair name of Camp
county, and are sorry that the reputa-
ton of Pittsburg will thus be blOtted
by this disgraceful affair occurring
within her neighborh0od, for the in
jury will fall OH her, although it is he
lieved by every one that there was not
q man connected with the affair who
can claim Pittsburg as his home. We
are glad of this. We would blush to
think that people who have SO spot
less a reputation abroad would be
guilty of aiding in an affair that could
not, in it's cruelty, be outdone by the
wild savage, or even the Ignorant,
bloOd-thirsty cannibal.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-09-05
VOL. XXI, NO. 81
Texas Suicides.

A good deal Of attention has been re-
Gently given to the prevalence of sui
eide, and ground has been taken that
1t has at times risen to the prominence
of all epidemic. There are certainly
some striking pages of statistics to be
quoted to support this idea as well Of
many cases Of hereditary transmission,
and of groupings of cases by u SEEM
iugly arbitrary law. Not least among
these latter is the well known fact that
ut least five If not more of the distin-
guished men of the first Texas epoch
fell by their own hands. Collingworth,
the cOmpeer of Austin; p. w. Gray
son, one of the ablest men of the day,
and ut the time Il competitor of Lamar
for the presidential chair; Royal u.
Wheeler, Judge of the supreme court;
EX-President Anson Jones, and finally
the Hon. r. J. Rusk, one of the pun est
and strongest men that Texas ever
produced-all of these perished by
their own act. What subtle law there
may be i'm human nature hatresponds
with such similarity to the question:
ings of fate by men so unlike in tenn
perament and ndcircumstances, Is difficult
to determine; yet upon the existence
of such law the Comptists assert
their ability to tell us how many poor
girls will throw themselN es Oft from
London bridge next November, and
how many illegitimate children will
be left at the foundling hospital during
any considerable period of time
[ [Civiian.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-09-05
MiRSHALL.
Radical Oaiciais Come 20 Grief-Mar-
shall lmprOving-Gene Walter II.
Lame for Congress.

MARSHALL, August %, 1874.
To the Editor of the Dallas Herald:
Thinking that II few lines from the
headquarters Of the Texas and Pacific
would not he uninteresting to your
readers, ! have concluded to give you
q few items OF general interest. The
usual dullness OF summer is solnew hat
relieved in this county by the Efforts
the taxpayers association of HARRISON
is making to rid the county of that nest
of vipers-the radical county officials.
BY proper notions in the district court,
made and argued 10y Mcssrs. w. S.
Coleman, +. b. Sexton, and Mabry and
Mckay, attorneys of this bar, Sheriff
Russell's bonds, rs collector of state
tax and as collector of county tax,
have been declared insufficient, and
Russell required to make new bonds in
each case for thrty-five thousand
dollars each. We feel rejoiced to be-
lieve it impossible for him to do so,
and we thus hope to rid the county of
Radical officer, elected by the ne-
grOes over the unanimous vote of the
whites. The taxpayers association,
through their attorneys named above,
will continue their efforts at law
against ali the county radical officials.
Unfortunately, every official i'm the
comfy ia a radical eXceDt the district
clerk. and fortunately every one but
the clerk and pOssibly the sheriff. is
under one to three indictments. The
citizens feel very grateful to Messrs.
Coleman. Mabry. Mckay and Sexton
for their noble and able efforts i'm be-
half of the county.
We have lately had several Highland
martial showers mitigating the intense
heat. and improyjng the cotton not
foo far gone. The farmers do not look
so blue rs they did some time since.
and if cotton brings a fair price this
fail. we will not have any greater
scarcity of money than is usual.
Marshall is steadily. not to saw ran
idIv imnrovinU #, material mos
daritv is evident to even casual oh
servsrs The mIrned district wiIl soon
have nnon Il the handsomest block of
two-stnrv bricl; buildinps ever seen i'm
Marshall The Masonic female insti-
tnta Under the nresideucv of the Rev
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--------------------
THE MONROE DOCTRINE.
The Galveston News closes an editt

The Galveston News closes an edito-
rial OH the above subject thusly:
Experience has developed at least
one UNIV holesome characteristic in the
practical workings of the doctrine.
While it has no footing in the abstract
principles of international law, 1t is u
mere negation, regarded as Il special
and settled foreign policy. 1t does not
propose to save Cuba from utter ruin,
or to reclaim San Domingo to civiliza-
tion, or to open Mexico to industry,
commerce, enterprise and general inn
provement and progress. 1t simply
bios European powers to keep their
hands of, and let existing conditions,
however unhappy, however revolving,
however detrimental to every interest
of humanity, remain indefinitely as
they are. Such policy is opposed to
reason, justice and philanthropy.
The dog-in-the-manger spirit is a
mean spirit. If the American govern
ment can find no use for the West In
dian provender, it should have the
grace to stand out of the way of Ger
many or any other great power that
wants to get at the provender and
manifestly has plenty Of stomach and
digestion for it.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-09-05

THE DALLAS HERALD announces
that Colonel Martin has just returned
from trip through Rockwall and Hunt
counties, and reports that by the build
ing of the bridge across the Fest fork
Of Trinity would bring two thousand
bales of cotton to that city that with
out the bridge would find a market
elsewhere. That's worth striving for,
friend HERALD, when We put the figures
to il. You estimate the bridge will
cost your people 81, 500. Put that cot
ton ut AN average of four hundred
pounds 10 the bale, and let il he sold at
fifteen cents per pound, and it sums up
Sl20,000 local business for YOU this sea-
son alone that you would not have
were the bridge not built; then yOu
have the bridge for future business say
for five or ten years without further
expense, but with large increase OF
business each year. We have been
laboring in the same cause for some
time past, to get our citizens interested
and at work on bridge across the Sa-
biue river, which we believed could be
done at cost not exceeding 81 900,
with the same happy results to the
present and future trade of Mineola.-
MineOla Advertiser.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-09-05
The Old Game.

On the eve of elections the scoundrels
who have oppressed the southern
states get up cry about the outrages
committed by those whom they are
wronging. They endeavor to excuse
their own villainy by maligning the
character of their victims. Their
northern allies take up and reecho the
ISLANDERS. Inplain English these north
ern Adventures who have obtained
control of the south have the audacity
to assume that some of the people Of
the old thirteen colonies that won our
independence are not fit for self govern
ment; and there are hypOcrites through
out the mora fortunate parts of the
union willing to aid in maintaining
the tyranny which they have estab-
lished with the inevitable plea of the
tyrant, the pretense of preserving
order. The last excuse invented for
depriving the white people of the states
lately in rebellion of their rights seems
to be what is called the White League,
and the customary details of the atroc-
tiles of the order are daily served up
for political effect. Negroes may rob
South Carolina, nr overthrow the law
ful government of Louisiana, and it Is
all right, but the moment white man
stirs to defend himself he is considered
dangerous to all the sacred interests of
society. Il Albany IN. W Argus.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-09-05
ITY.

The Gainesville Gazette copies the
paragraph in THE HERALD last week
on the above subject, and says:
Gainesville is situated about midway
between the Elm fork of Trinity end
Pecan creek-Pecan passing through
the corporate limits. The nearest
point from Elm to Red river is proba-
bly, not more than seven miles on an
air line. Pecan heads within less than
two miles of Red river, passing south
empties into Elm, some four or five
miles south of Gainesville.
A canal less than two miles in
length would reach Pecan from Red
river, and the deepening of the chan
mel of the creek for a short distance
would turn the waters of Red river into
the Trinity. TO say the least, the sub
ject is worthy the consideration of
practical men, and we hope some COM
petent engineer will take The matter
under consideration.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-09-05
Appointment Ofa New yailor.

Kit Carson, who has, for some time
past, held the position of county jailnr
in this city, has resigned, and is Sue
ceeded by Captain Tom Floyd. So far
as @e know, Mr.. Carson made an ex-
cellent officer, but We believe desired
to engaged in some other bus hess.
The succession Of Captain Floyd i. !,
selection most admirable, aud under
his supervision We may look for the
same efficiency and intelligent direc-
tion of its functions as has heretofore
distinguished his conduct as deputy
sheriff.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-09-05
INDIAN FIGHT.

Dispatches from San Antonio state
that General Davidson was attacked on
last Sunday by the Kiowas aud Noco-
nees, who were endeavoring to obtain
possession of the agency buildings at
the Wichita agency. They were de-
feated on Sunday, but renewed the at
tack on Monday morning, when they
were again repulsed. If there were
any casualties among the troops they
are not given in the dispatch.
McKenzie's expedition into the In
dian country took up its line of march
from Fort Concho OH the 23d instant.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-09-05

In some localities the unusual drouth
has reduced the corn crop probably
about fifty per cent below the average
production, and in a few neighborhoods
fair crops have been made. Through
out the country generally the crop has
been materially injured by the unfavor-
able season, but plenty has been
raised. Merchants and livery stable
keepers in the city are now paying
fifty cents bushel for corii, seventy
five cents being the average price.
Accounts respecting cotton are con-
flictiBg. Some farmers say their crop
is not worth picking; some that they
will make from one-sixth to one-tenth
Of a bale per acre, and some that culti-
waited valley lands think they will
make half a crop, hut the general
conclusion is that the present dry sea-
son lias been more disastrous on this
production than any season for years,
and cotton will be almost a failure.
During bad year this crop generally
exceeds expectations.-lFo Fort Worth
Standard.
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THE WHARF MONOPOLY.

This subject, which has been exciting
so much attention in Galveston, has,
within the last few days, assumed a
new phase. A correspondent of the
News, who is vouched for by that pa
per as being prominent lawyer, ex-
presses the opinion, after a careful
study of the different acts of the legis-
lature OH which the chartered rights Of
the company rest, that it has no right
to make any charge at all, and that all
the charges heretofore made were ille-
gal exactions. If this view of the law
is sustained by the courts, Galveston
will have mighty incubus lifted from
her trade and commerce.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-09-05
TOM SCOTT HAS NOT REsIGNE ED.

The statement going the rounds OF
the state press, and which appeared i'm
the HERAID of yesterday morning, to
the effect that Colonel IT. A. Scott had
resigned the presidency of the Texas
and Pacific railway, is without any
foundation in fact as will appear from
the following dispatch
MARSHALL, August 20, 1871.
To r. v. Tompkins, Esq, Dallas:
Colonel Scott has not resigned the
presidency of the Texas and Pacific
road, but has resigned the presidency OF
Atlantic and Pacific road. Mr.. Pearce
has been elected president of the At
lantic and Pacific road, vice Thomas
A. Scott, resigned.
GEORGE NOBLE.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-09-05
Cotton. .

The New York Herald, in an able
review of the agricultural situation in
the United States, makes the following
remarks in regard to the principal pro-
duct:
Our cotton crop, which averages two
hundred millions year in our cash ac-
count against Europe, though consid-
erably damaged in many districts and
in some localities almost destroyed by
floods, drOuth or insects, will, it is be-
leved, exceed the general crop of last
year i'm quantity and quality and in
cash returns, with favorable weather
for the ripening and picking hencefor-
ward to the close of the season. The
southern rice crop has turned out hand
some but it appears that in the article
of tobacco there will he II considerable
deficiency in this years crop, and with
no promise of any material increase i'm
The prices Of superior, good middling
or Inferior brands. IT further appears
that the general enlargement for some
years past Of the area devoted to to-
bacco has for high profits, passed be-
yond the demands of the trade. Doubt
less, too, the CONSUMPTION of chewing
tobacco within the United States has
been very materially reduced since the
war a very suggestive fact in n moral
and commercial view of the subject.
TO sum up our agricultural products
for the year, they will in the aggregate,
lexcepting tobacco) exceed the average
of the last ten years, which have been
ten years OF bountiful crops, in fruits
and roots, in cereals, and in cotton,
rice, sugar and tobacco. ii follows
that, protting from the pressure of last
years financial panic, we shall have
abundant resources upon which to
meet all the demands upon us for the
internal to our next harvests and an
income to the national treasury from
our internal and tariff taXations which
will amply supply its wants and justify
at an early day very considerable
tightening of these burdens upon the
people, and without prejudice to the
sound policy of a gradual return to
specie payments.