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The removal of Mr.. Lefevre's club
house has been effected and the pat
rons of the institution will find it
now at the corner of Railroad Avenue
and Iberville streets. En- pdssdnt.
we learn that the old horse that toiled
so faithfully at the capstan used in
moving the house took a notion to
die the other day, whether from over
exertion or for the purpose of shirk-
ing further labor we are not prepared
to determine.
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Seventh Senatorial District.

comprising the parishes OF Ascension anu
st. james,
State Senator. George Z. Bovee.
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GHERIFF'S SALE.
state ofLouisiana.

GHERIFF'S SALE.
state ofE4OIIisizsRa,
Parish Of Ascension-Parisl Court.
MARX VEIL,
u.s. No. AL,
J1COB Hi UFlI4N.
By virtue of and in obedience to a writ of
f. fa issued by the honorable Parish Court,
in and for the5parish of Ascension, dated
the 18th of July. 1874, and tn me directed i'll
the aboye entitled and numbered cause, |
have seized and will sell at public auction,
to the highest and last bidder, ON the prem
Uses Of the defendant, in the town of Port
BarrOw, opposite the old ferry landing III
said town, Oh
Saturday the First day of August,
1874,
mt II o'clock A. NJ, the following described
movable property, merchandise, etc:
A lot of dry goods, boots, shoes, croekery,
tin and glass ware, etc.
TERMS aud Conditions:
Cash, i'll United States Treasury n otes.
AARON HILL, Sheriff
Sheriif7s office, Parish Of Ascension, July
18th, 1874.
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A daily stage now leaves Napoleon
vile at 6 A. NJ. for Donaldsonville,
connecting with the railroad here,
leaving for the return trip upon the
arrival of the train. This stage also
connects at Napoleonyille tri-weekly
with the U. S. mail carrier for Thib-
odeaux, thus Attending excellent ia
cilities for persons SO desiring to
reach any point ON Bayou Lafourche
between here and that town. We
wish this new enterprise the success
it Justly merits.
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Ex-senator o. F. Hunsa6el has re
turned to his old stamping ground in
st. james, daubed on his war paint
and entered the political arena in ia
vor of himself for member of the State
House of Representatives and of Mr..
Dibble for member of the National
House, if we are correctly informed.
Mr.. Hunsaker has many friends i'll St.
James and the faculty of making many
more, and we shall not be greatly
surprised if he proves successful in
carrying out hissprogramme this fall.
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INFORMATION WANTED.-A gentle
man named NJ. Church writes from
Savoy, Texas, seeking information
of his son, John s. Church, aged 26
years, six feet in height, dark hair
and eyes and weighs about $50
pounds. When last heard from, in
1870, he was in the southern part of
Louisiana, near some stream of water,
making and shipping shingles.
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The Town Constable gave c. kline's
greyhound dose of g pisen" the
other day and the dog came within
an ace of departing this life. Mr.. X.
declares he would have entered a
damage suit against the town if his
pet had died, SO an interesting piece
of litigation has been avoided through
the obstinacy of that greyhound in
refusing to peg out like any common
cur would have done under the cir
cunstanccs.
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Attorney General A. P. Field, ac-
companied by his trusty valet /" Col "
Bush and 100 pounds of ice, passed
through here Tuesday morning on
his way to Napoleonville 20 represent
the State in the prosecution against
the Eastwood murderers at Napoleon
vile. The General seems to have lost
none of his ancient vitality, and the
State has no more vigorous and faith
full officer When he takes Il ease i'll
hand the criminals invariably get their
just deserts.
At a meeting of Republicans held
in st. james on the 4th inst, the fol-
lowing resolutions were adopted unan-
imously:
BE it resolred, That We the people
of the parish of st. James do heartily
endorse and accord with the action OF
the District Convention which met in
DonalasonyiKe June Goth, 1874, and
that we with one accord do endorse
Hon. P. Landry rs our choice for Sen
ator from the 9TH Senatorial District
of Louisiana.
BE it further resolred, That copy
of these resolutions be forwarded to
the Hon. 2. Landry, and that they be
also published IN the official organs
of the party in the parishes OF st.
James and Ascension.
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section 3. by adding the following proviso /:
PROVIDED. That when any person has been
granted a landwarrant under any act of Congress
for and ON account of service IN the war of Ists,
such allowance shall be PRIMA F.CIR evidence OF
his service and discharge, so ~ to enlitie him If
alive. or his widow il he be dead, to a peasion I;
but such evidence shall not be conclusive, and
may be rebattsd by evidence that such land W ar
rant was Improperly granted.
MIR. HOLMAN. suggest to the gentle
man from Vermont that inasmuch AS the
language used all through This bill Is '.hon-
o able discharge" he should use the same
words 10 hi. amendment
Ma. POLAND. The object OF my amend
mcnt l. u provide that where these old
soldiers have applied under any law OF
Congress Cor a laud-warraut aud IL has
been allowed to them, that allowance
shall be prim1 iIcie evidence of their right
TO pension.
Mr.. HOLMAN. Certainly the PROPOSE
ton is manitestly right. Our experience
in reference To legislation of this class
shows the propriety Of the amendment.
But the language used In the bill refers to
soldiers honorably discharged" sug-
gcst To the gentleman to adopt the same
Ian ua.e In his amendment.
CONDITION OF SENATOR SUMNER.
TIE SPEAKER. A. - much anxiety IL
fclt with regard to the condition OF the
eminent Senator from Massachusetts,. Mr.
SUMMER, The Chair will direct the reading
81 Whatever bulletins Ia may receive on
'hht subject. 4 message just received
will now ~ read by the Clerk.
The Clerk read ~ follows
+ ~ 81 .. m Nh SUMNER appear. q be >inkiu,
Slowly bat there = NO decided caauge.
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS oF THE WAR OF
lSl1
MIR. POLAND. | accept the suggestion
OF The gentleman from Indiana. MIR. IiOL-
MAN and modify my amendment by in
Seriing the word honorable" before dis
charge"
The amendment of Mr.. POLAND. as
modified. was adopted
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Ben. Butler seems 10 have his hands
full just now. The Press all over the
country are hitting him right and lett, and
last week, his fellow members in Congress
got him in chaRcerg and showed him No
mercy.
This seems to indicate that he has had
his day ard makes true the adage. that
when manis going down. everybody will
give him a kick
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The Boston Transcript says: After a
Winter of unusual dizziness In all CONNER.
cial quarters, the revival of business is
looked for with great Impotence. We
have never in any previous Winter seen
so many idle men around the wharves and
docks. All the mechanics, iaborers. and
persons connected with the shipping in
terests have had hard work to sustain
themselves the past four or five months.
But soon we look for better state of
things, as quiet fleet of vessels is now
bound hither. In a few weeks the East
ern rivers will be opened. the provincial
trade will revive, the cOastwise trade will
be active. and the large receipts of coal
begin. We shall this year require for the
supply of Boston 100000 tons or 1000
cargoes, or nearly twenty cargoes on an
average every day for eight months. This
alone will our laborers, wharfngers. tugs.
and others large business. Then the
lumber, wood. fish and coal trade from the
provinces and Maine will! make onr har-
Dor lively. As we want 40 900 hogsheads
sugar, and 80. 000 hogsheads molasses for
our years supply, this will require 700
banks, briggs, and schooners to come into
this port this season loaded with these
two articles. Hardly any of the above
named receipts have as yet begun. A
moderately-actiye commercial business
will soon commence around the wharves."
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The sad intelligence contained in our
telegraph dispatches of last week that Mr..
Lynde, of Bangor, was dying. was con-
firmed few hours after by a second dis
patch, stating that he was dead. lie died
at Savannah, Ga. on his way to Florida.
where he hoped to regain his health. which
for months had been failing. His loss to
the community where he was respected
and beloved, and particularly to the edi-
toral fraternity who had known him long
and intimately, is deeply felt. BY his
energy and perseverance he had perma-
nently established the Wing q Courier. and
made it one OF the most influential journals
in the State. All who knew him will bear
witness to his uniform courtesy. kindness
OF heart, and uprishtness.
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Republicanism not Butlerism.

The swift, fierce blows dealt Butler by
SO many Republicans on the floor of Con-
gress in the debate on the Sanborn con
tracts demonstrate that Republicauism and
Butlerism are different issues entirely.
Buffers attempted defence Of the JAYNE
Sanborn system, was beat down into the
dust, and the real leaders of the party.
those whom the people really trust, were
foremost in the assault
While recognizing the value and necessi-
ty of party discipline. Republicans have al
ways been the first to repudiate unworthy
leaders when found 10 be unworthy, and
to denounce officials who have been cleo
ted by Republican votes, and have proved
recreant TO Republican principles. The
freedom of criticism and diSapproval of
officials and official action, displayed by
Republican journals. i. a constant wonder
TO the opposition. They can hardly COM
prehend such independence. They only
see in it. evidence of the decentralization of
the Republican party.
Never we're they more wrong. The OBJ
ject Of criticism is to ascertain what is
best, and the object of censure is 10 cause
the worse to give way 10 the better 1t is
this very criticism aud censure that have
preserved the party from Generalization
that have caused it to reject many tempt
ing e0unsels and to correct many political
errors. The Democratic party would not
be the wreck il is to-day. If Democratic pa-
pers, and Democratic citizens had CRITICS.
ed and censured Democratic leaders in
stead of blindly defending all their acts.
That party never would have been COM
mitted TO the support of slavery never to
opposition to the war-never 10 opposition
to human rights-never to Tammany and
Tweedism, if there had been more sturdy
boldness on the part of its members
The Republican party can never be CON-
United to Butlerism, no matter what Off
cials strive to effect it, so long as the Re-
publican press, and Republican speakers
are outspoken and free. Butlerism un-
doubtedly has its disciples, and it NAV be
that persons in high places favorably re-
gard it. 1t may be rampant and persistent
at times. but in no time. and in no sense 10 |
the Republican party committed to it. or
affected by it. The ringing words of Re
publican Congressman, and the outspoken
opinions of the Republican press. show
plainly that the Butler system is out OF
place in the Republican camp. 1t would
feel more at home in the Demo-
cratic camp, where it could fellowship with
rammany. and be welcomed by the old
eaders. Put the Democratic party in
power, and Butlerism finds q congenial
,oil. and Immediately blossoms out in FULL
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Ben. IL. tiills late ''hi~toricar address
Is severely criticised In some OF its features
by somc of the Southern papers. The Sa-
yannAh Republican of the SUI inst. objects
particularly 10 his assertion that There
wa, not day OF the struggle when the
Southern people would not have surrcn-
dered slavery 10 secure independence
and says: There never was a time from
the first gun At sumter To The last on. at
Appomatox, when the Southern people
we're willing 20 give up slavery. It was a
Singular. dceply-mortifyng fact but
nevertheless tact-a stubborn one. and
well known Ia all men OF observation
that the Southern planter would give son
after son 10 the public cause that he would
Chcerfully devote his brothers and all of
his male relatives to the service; that h.
would submit 10 have his corn-crib, and
smoke-houses despoiled By Unsuitable
quarternasters; that he would give up his
bank account without a murmur, and see
Ms wlic's carriage horses hitched to a
cai>Son without tear; that any and all
sacrifices he would make for his country
save 10 give up his slaves. We do not
mean that there were not honorable excep-
lion, 10 this rule; that was rule among
the great mass. No statesman dared 10
ask the people TO barter slavery for indie
pendence. Ii Dir. Hill knows as much as
he should aud as he would make US be-
leve that he does, he should know that
many OF the leading minds OF the Confed-
eracy considered our cause hopeless for
s"mc time before the catastrophe, if we
did not submit TO the abolition OF slavery.
lie should know that these same
minds we're assured that diplomacy en-
bodyimS this project was almost certain to
secure recognition, II not active Interior
cncc, from a world that stood arrayed
against us. IL WAS no secret to those in
authority. that the matter was bruited
among some OF the Generals Of the West
ern army, and that it came near disinte-
grating that body. II was open TO every
body that one of the latest and ablest de-
bates held in the Confederate Senate, at a
time when the thunder of Grants guns
shook the capital, debate participated in
by Hunter and Wigfall. exhibited but too
clearly the tenacify with which the South
grasped the negro even in its death throes.
The great contest between the North and
South had its origin far back over differ
ence or opinion As 10 Government and its
powers under the Constitution. Ii culmin- |
ated in struggle over the negro. The |
Southern people fought for slavery To the |
last, and there is no evidence in the rec.
ords OF the late Confederate Government.
none, We think, that can be sxtricated |
irom the memories of its officials. to sus- |
tam the broad assertion of Mr.. HILL
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The Coarier-Journai contains feeling
notice OF the death Of Charles Sumner
Among other things it says: Fifteen
years ago the news that Charles Sumner
was dead would have been received with
something like rejoicing by the people of
the South. Ten years ago they would
have hailed it as message from heaven
telling them an enemy had been removed
from the face of the earth. but to-day they
will read it regretfully, and their COM
ments will be. he was great man. he was
an honest man, and as he has forgiven us,
so have we long ago forgiven him."
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e G 3 q r y Ia.
SCROFULOUS HUMORS


II NEGETI>E Will remove pain, cleanse uuri,,.
anu cure such diseases, restoring the atient 10
Petlect heahh after trying different physicians
oiusne PROOF, II you are sufferer, you can be
cured! why Is this medicine performing such
great cures 1t works in the blood in the circn
iatihs huid IL can truly be called the Great Blood
ruriner. The great source of disease Originates in
sa o paoou, ana no medicine that does not act d.
iectiy upon IL, TO purify and renoyats has an
lust Claim upon public attention When he
eLoou becomes lieless and -tagnant either from
onahge oil weather or climate, want OF exercise
lrIesular Diet or from any other cause the VrGp.
hnh VIII renew the blood carry OF the putrid
~ ., cIeahse the stomach, regulate the bowels
snd impart a tone of vigor TO the whole body The
CONVECTION IS, in the public mind as well as in The
leucaI profession, that the remedies supp lied by
ne Vegetable Kingdom more safe more sue.
tsslui' m the cure OF disease, than mineral med.
.Ses' NEGEfiSE Is composed of roots barks
Ani hefDs his pleasant to take and perfectly
s sae TO give an infant. In scrofuIa the yEGETISE
mas pc ri9rmed wonderful cures, where many 9th.
81 istneuies nave failed. as will be seen BY the
ted
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A Walking Miracle.

NIX IL. x. STEVENS:
Dear Sr,-fhough Il stranger want TO in,o-,,
you what NegeIne has done for me
LAST CHRISTMAS Scroiuia made its annaar.,o =;
,s sse1'-ifse running ulcers appearinp On
me as iohoWs ')ne on each of nv arms one an
ny man when extended to the seat. one IN nv
i.a which eat mo the skull bone one on nv
leit ies when became so bad that two ,hysci.s
came . amputate he limb thonph mon cnnani
.attoh concluded NO to do so. as NV whole hoav
was SO iuil OF serofus tbey deemed if adv;s.hiy
" Gu. tne sore whichwas painful beyond descr,,.
.i anu there was quart of matter run from
III. n'i soi i Inc PHYSICIANS all gave me up TO
oS, an, said they coulddo no more tor me Roth
thnay ieks were drawn Up to my seat. and IL was
s IL did get up aglin would be a cr,nn,s
~. me. When IN this ccntition l saw Vegefipno
sauseriised, anu commenced taking IL in MAJ and
ioowed ON with II. until Lad used Is bottles and
Wis morning am going to plough corn a we'll
.an. Al my towns men say is a miracle To sea
ue round walking and workinr " 'se
w conclusion will add, whe, | was sna,r,,o
such great suffer ing, from that dreadful r.saa.ae
Scroiuia, prayed to the LORD asoye To ,ake me-
oat OF this world, but as VegetineSas restorad =,
me the blessings OF health. desiremore ,han ~ "
eT 70 ilve, that may be of some ,ervice ~ ~,
fellow men, and know OF no beter W. ~ ~ w
sure ing humanity, than to encl,sa - ~, ~
statement OF my case with an earnes bona IN,
you VIII publish 1t, and It will afford M npe .s
70 reply 10 any communication which psaeule
ceive therefrom. " may re-
am, Sir, very respectfully!
Av., WILLIAM PAYN
spnolml0
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Tributes IN MASSACHUSETTS LEGIsLA-
TURE AND CONGRkss-FUNERAL IN
WASuIScrnN rn nv

TRIBUTES IN MASSACHUSETTS LrGIsIA-
TURE AND CoNaREss-FUNERAL IN
WASHINGTON TO-DAY.
On Thursday, the death of Mr. Sumner
was announced in the Senate. by Mr. An.
ihphy OF X L., aud eulogistic remarks
were made by Schurz aud Conkling. A
committee was appointed to take charge
OF the funeral services In the Senate Cham
her on Friday, consisting of Anthony,
Sehurz, Frelinghuysen, Morrill, OF Maine,
Stevenson OF Kentucky. and Thurman Of
Ohio. The following Senators are the
committee TO accompany Mr.. Summers re-
mains to Boston: Messrs. Anthony
) 'hurz, Sargent Of California. Sherman of
Ohio. Oglesby OF Illinois. and Merriman Of
of North Carolina, of the Senate. and Hurl-
burt OF Illinois. Hale Of Maine, Foster of
Ohio, Rainey of South Carolina, CLAYTON
California, Scudder ofNew York. Ran
dali of Pennsylvania, Beck of Kentucky.
and Hancock of Texas, of the House.
In the House ex-Judge Ioar announced
the death OF Mr.. Sumner, and it was voted
To attend the funeral In body.
: Congress will assemble at the late resi-
dence of the deceased on Friday morning,
at O'Clock, to attend the remains OF the
deceased Ia the Capitol. The pall-bear-
crs will be Senators Anthony. Schurz, Sar-
.ent, McCreery. Oglesby and Stockton.
Those especially invited to attend the fun
eral are the President and members OF the
Cabinet, Justices OF the United States SUI
preme Court, diplomatic corps. General Of
the army and Admiral of the navy
The Presidential mansion was closed on
Thursday on account of the death of sum
ner. The L. ). Supreme Court adjourned
To attend the funeral.
In the Massachusetts legislature, Thurs
day message was received from Gov.
Washbnrn. announcing Mr.. Summers
death; aud on motion of Gen. Banks a
committee was appointed 10 make ncces-
sary arrangements for funeral services In
Boston. On Saturday public meeting
viii be held In Faneuil Hail.