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The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-09-11
Troops.
From the New Orleans Times.

EIblh tAt AfSN Nllthlb' IllNH
The consequences which the Times
fOreShadOwed as the inevitable result
Of the insane policy inaugurated by shall
low fanatics and supinely acquiesced in
10y the better men of the State, who pre-
fCTrGd to yield their convictions rather
than face the ~insOlent denunciation of
demagOgues, are realized sooner than
most people expected. BY reference to
our telegTaphic columns it will be seen
that United States troops have been
ordered to Louisiana, and that the ell
fOrcement act and the various recon
structiOn laws are to be restOrted to. 1t
is idle to pretend that the situation does
not justify this action S far as the Ma
tiOnal authorities are concerned. The
Times charged that many of the White
Lcaguers intended violence from the
start, and that such was the logical and
accessory result of the whole crazy
business. There allegations were feebly
smeered at by hypocrites who knew,
while they sneered, that they were true.
For weeks the worst passions have been
sedulously stirred up, and violence and
murder have reared their ugly heads i'll
every direction. There was not one
intelligent man in fifty who did not see
that we were drifting toward anarchy
And bloOdshed. And yet the large-and
il it had chosen to be so, the dominant
conservative majority, with fOIdedhands
and mild depreciation, permitted them
selves to be led by wei nigh brainless
and wholly intolerant fanatics, from the
coarse their Judgment approved; and
here is the result of the foresight, the
statesmanship, the sagacity of this kind
of leadership.
Is it not time for the men who are
most deeply and vitality interested to
come out of their retirement, throw off
the domination of the pestiferous dem
ag0gue element, and take the reins in
tlIeir own hands? The troops will not
interfere with the election. On the
contrary their presence will be a guar
anty that the whole business will be
under the eye of the General Govern
mcnt, and that there will be neither
swindling Oh one side nor intimidation
on the other. A bold and resolute move
ment on the part of the really influential
and conservative elements will sweep
the field in favor of good government.
Suchamovement would gather strength
from all parties, and if directed solely
with the view of putting better men in
office, would be triumphant. At any
rate, the incompetent small fry politi-
clans have had their day and may as
well go to the rear. ..- ....l.... t|...srI
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A SAD FATE.-Edward Bond, a far
mer residing near Woodlawn, in Jetfer-
urdaygby shooting himself through the
head. Several years ago the gentleman
was bitten by a mad dog, and has since
that occurrence manifested symptoms of
a most distressing character. So hOrri-
bic to him was the approach Of these
symptoms that he was heard recently to
remark that he could stand them no
longer, and that self-destruction was
the only certain relief that presented it.
self. Accordingly, ON Saturday, as is
supposed, feeling one of the periodical
spasms coming, he deliberately drew
his pistol and shot himself, as stated.
The deceased was of q most respectable
family connection, and leaves a wife and
several children,
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-09-11

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES hundred and
c~ighty-Onc voters were registered at
Opelousas, last week. The first three
days of this week, about eight hundred
were registered at Washington. 1t
would seem that the registration of this
parish will be pretty full.
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The Cant of HmapOstOrs.-It is so obvious
that physical and constitutional vigor is the
best defense against disease, that even the vend-
0rs OF drastic purgatives advertise them as ton
les, stomachics and invigOrants, in the hope of
e%nlist1ng the confidence of the public in the de-
vitalizing and pernicious potions. Iti amusing
to note how these impostOrs initiate and, copy
the language in which the medicinal properties
of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters are described.
Although the effect of their rasping evaeuants
is to destroy the tone of the digestive organs
and the bowels, and to rob the system of its vi
tai strength, they are unscrupulously recon-
mended to the weak and PROSTATE victims of
disease as stimulants! 1t is time this humbug
mot a very successful one it is true, thanks to
the mature common sense of the American peo-
pley was stigmatized as it deserves. Such mis-
chievous falsehoOds should be exposed pro bono
p1nbtic0. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, be it dis
tinetly understood, is a stimulant. 1t has spir-
ituous basis, and that basis is the vehicle which
difFuses its Notwithstanding principles through
every part of the system. The tonic. Alternative
and regulating ingredients of the Bitters would
be comparatively Inert if they were not, so to
speak, carried to the localities where they are
required by the stimulating agent. The cant
which protests against the use Of a pure alco-
holic fluid, when employed as a means of Civ
ing full effect to medicinal extracts of the high
est utility, is the cant of charlatanism. Every
intelligent physician SO eharacterizes it, and the
sick who are griped, eonyulsed and debilitated
by the nauseous and disgusting nostrulns of the
parties who put it forth, soon find to their sor-
row that it is a delusion and a snare. Hostel
ter's Bitters, the great sanitary stimulant of the
age, is, in the truest sense of the words, a whole
some, vitalizing, renovating preparation,
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A weekly Retrospect of Events.
from Aapletnns' Journal

August 15.-Ct4lision Oh the Trenton
Railroad, in New Jersey, between acoala
train and the train carrying an ,excur-
sion party of the society of American
Mechanics foHIs men killed and nine
teen wounded. 1
The Cheney-W MISUNDERSTANDING
jurisdiction case i'm Chicago decided id
favor of the LoR-Church party.
August 16.-Adyiees that Holland,
Italy, and Belgium, have recognized the
Spanish Repnoi5o.
August17.-TIepee OfGeorgetOwB
S. c., request Fsderal aid in the troubles
between the negroes and whites of the
region about them /; their request refused
by General Mcdowell.
The Supremes Court decides that the
city of New YoSk is liable for its share
($25O,000) of the railway improvements
on the upper nart of Fourth Avenue,
and directs the snlayoP to sign the war
rant for that sum. AES*
August 18.-Rlection in Ohio on the
adoption Of tfe new constitution for
the State constitution defeated.
August 19.-1SdVices of the determine
ton of China ito declare war against
Japan if the latter does not remove her
troops from FOIsaosa within ninety DAYS.
August 20.--Ffe Duke Descazes an
unc that FSance will delay it's rec
ognition of theiSpanish Republic until
the form of recSgnitiOn to be used by
other states shslI be settled, ssEy@<
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A man who had a scolding wife, being
willing to excuse her failing, when called
upon to give some account of her habits
and character said she was pretty well
in general only subject at times to q
breaking out Of the mouth.
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A .iuryman was asked whether he had
been charged by che Judge. well"
said he, the little fellow that sits up
in the pulpit and stares at the crowd
gave us a lecture, but I don't know
whether he charges ANYTHING or mott
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CrvIL RIGHss IN GRENADA, Miss
This scene, acss, Jrding to the Memphis
Avalanche, of Che s5d, occurred in Gre
NADIA, Miss:
Yesterday msrning two I. internal
Revenue oficegs, accompanied by a me-
gro in broadcl9th and stovepipe, entered
the public dilingroom of the Chamber
lain House, in Grenada, Miss, and de-
manded breakfast The proprietor, Mr..
Sturdevant, called the attention of the
white men to the fact that he could not
permita negroin the room Us a guest.
The revenue klen demonstrated, when
Mr.. Sturleyans called servants and had q
screen placed aroundthe civil rights par
ty, separatingtslem from the other guests.
The negro expressed himself as disgust
ed.
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The polling places for the next cleo
ton, fixed by the Police Jury, this week,
will be found in the proceedings of that
body.
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The telegraph reports the massacre of
a party of six surveyors by the indians,
rear Fort Dodge. 1t is probably a mis-
take to say the mardererS were redskins
they We're undoubtedly "Texans."-
IN. @. Times.
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PHILLIPS AGAIN.-Every now and
then, this energetic and cnterprising
merchant, makes his bow before the
public, Through the newspapers, of
coursc,) with something new. He is
now tired Of his stock of goods on
hand, and wants to almost give them
away. He has the fever for anew stock,
and must get clear of the old-positively
must. He is bound to sell out between
next Monday and the end Of the month.
Examine his advertisement, in another
column, where the price of each article
will be found, and Judge for yourselves.
Phillips beats the grangcrs; he sells
very cheap for cash, and advances to
farmers "at reduced CHANGERS rates"
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-09-11
LOCAL ITEMS.

Our Parish Court is now in session.
opened last Monday.
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The WEATHER ETC.-The weather
for a week has been damp and cloudy,
with some light showers-very favorable
for fall gardening. Harvesting corn
and picking cotton keep farmers busy.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-09-11

In the interests of llarmany and union
we have taken grounds against extrem-
lists on both sides, and endeaVored to so
consolidate the army of redemption as
to give it a fair assurance of success.
But the malignant prejudices of a small
but pestiferous crew of marplots, sue
ceeded, through the foolishness and
bloodlguiltiness to which they gave
rise, in clOuding the fair prospects enter
tanned two months ago by the reason
able conservatives of Louisiana. When
allies were mostneeded they drove them
off; when union was mOstnecessary they
threw i'll their apples of discOrd; when
preiudices should have been restrained
they were Incorporated into the new
paTty's policy and platform.
We are now falsely accused of attribu-
ting the diminished hopes of the Peo-
pies Party to the coming Of the United
States troops among lis. So far from
this being the case, we have attributed
these waning hopes, not to the coming
of the troops, but to the foolish and most
miscIlieyous cause which rendered their
coming inevitable. Such murders as
those committed in Tennessee and Ken
lucky against negroes, and in this State
against white Republican officials, were
certain to turn the sympathies OF the
North from the White Mans Party here,
and to warrant the Federal officials in
sending on their troops. For this who
are responsible? Not the Committee
Of Seventy, which eounselel harmony;
not the Chamber of Commerce. which
prepared and recommended the Fund
ing Bill not the Liberals, old line Dem
Ocrats and Ref0rmers, who offered to
work fairly and hopefully ~t0getheI-bnt
the ultra Leaguers, with their shib-
tofnfI ~ II nay-4 r4tnFhSF pscyttt n nd FT1nIIt
intense desire of foisting themselves
into positions of official trust and
CmOIument.
For our. part, we can stand the pres
cnce of Federal troops here as well as
any OF our neiglibOrs, eve while we
regret the errors and crimes which made
their coming necessary. Indeed we
would willingly fOrego the confused
chances of self-goyernmentf for a decade,
1T an honest and economical military
administration could give nm assurance
of leading us ont of our difficulties
within that period. Weare in the Wild
ierness, and the Moses to lead us out
must be no crazy egotist or disorganiZ-
ing marplot. We want harmony as
we'll al strength patience as we'll as
power.|N. @. Times.
The Meridian, Miss, Mercury of last
week says: On Monday night, in the
northeastern portion ofLowndes county,
in this State, near Caledonia, Thomas FL.
BaTTentine and Wallace Dowsing, white
men, shot and killed Mrs. Ann Thomas,
Il widow, in the presence OF her four
little children. The marderers fled and
have not been captured. Mrs. Thomas's
oldest son had been for some time in the
employment 0f Barrentine, and six
weeks since the boy disappeared and
has notsince been heard from. He gave
no intimatiOn to any of his intention
to leave, and foul play was suspected by
his mother. But the alleged cause of
the killing of Mrs. +. was that Barren
tine charged her with %slandering his
daughters.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-09-11

Wanted to know, how large a proper
ton OF the population of the Red River
parishes is composed of Texans
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. NOTICE!
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
AUDITORS OFFICE,
New Orleans, August 10, 1874.
lu No. 3.
instructions 10 Tax Collectors Throngh-
out fhe State.

WAE aH& @HnEGs
The. time is fast approaching when further do,
lays in the collection of taxes are inconsistent
with q satisfactory discharge of duties by the
revenue officers, aud will reiderit impossible 10
meet the just obligations of the State or balance
accounts and make a report to the General AS
sembly as required by law.
Accordingly you will proceed to advertise and
sell, by the 31st of October proximO, all property
within your district or parish whercon any taxes,
current or delinquent, shall remain unpaid, Ymi
will be careful to observe all requirements of the
law in connection with seizures and sales. and
conduct them under the provisions of Act A. Of
1873 put no Judicial proceedings Others than by
recOrdatiOn and publication should he resOrted
to, and the process must be II in accord
aDre with section l of said act.
~ on Will also, i'll accordance with the proyis-
ions OF section Q OF said act AZ, invariably bid in
for and adjudicate to the State any and all prop
erty offered for sale and not purchased by any
other party.
III connection with the above, the following
important points in relation to tax sales recent.
ly decided by the Supreme Court in the case OF
Morrison VS.. Larkin, are communicated to you
for your guidance in the performance of your
duties in that respect.
First-TaX Collectors can collect taxes on the
delinquent lists as well as current unpaid taxes;
for this purpose they can sell the lands that
have been forfeited to the state. :
Second-While the tax debtor r~efrainS from
exercising thaFight Of redemption of such for
feitcd lands, he cannot restrain the sale of tho
lands by the Tax Collector under Act No. Al.
Third-Thet tax debtor has no INTEREST," lands
forfeited to the State for non-payment of taxes,
except the right of redemption. &c.
FOurth-After the sale of lands by the Tax
Collector as hereinhefore described, the tax
debtor can redeem only by complying with sec
ton six 49, of said act No. At.
Fifth-The method prescribed by Act At for
the forced sale Of lands for the collection of tax
es, is not repugnant to the constitution Of this
State or Of the United States.
CHARLES CLINTON,
aug %8|H Auditor.
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MISCELLANEOUS
.OsTPONEMENT!
AN EASY FORTUNE!

\ pOStponement of the Fifth Concert of the
Public Library of Kentucky has been so gener-
ally anticipated, and is so manifcstly for the in
tcrcSt of all concerned, that it must meet the
approval of all. h 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 on the 31st July, hut
a short p0stpOnement was considered preferable
to Il partial drawing. Let it he horne in mind
that
THE FIFTH GIFT CONCERT
Is ne last rhich riU erer be gjCcn under his
ChHrtcF and By The present management.
That it will positively and uncquivocally take
place as announced on
Monday, Both November,
that the music will be the best the country af-
fOrGS. and that
10000 CASH GIFTS,
AGGREGATING
= = ) . o, o o!
will he distributed by lot among the ticket
holders.
7 YSrN ON L
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L'ISSOMNIE

LA NAUSEE,
/ l. Ma p A $ ID EG A l. .
G'est1a Medicine la moins Codteuse, Ia plus
Pure ct la Meilleure du Monde.
PREPARE SETTLEMENT PAR
J.. Fl. ZETLTN e. CITE,
Macon, George ct Philadelphia.
Prix, S1.OO La B0uteiIle,
En- vente chez tous lea Drpgnistes.
81 aont
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List Of Letters

Remaining in the Post Office at OpeIousas.
September 1st,, 1874, and if not taken out be-
fore the LIST of October, 1874, will be sent to the
Dea0 Letter Office at WAShinrtnn ID G
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. List Of Letters

September LIST, 1874, and if not taken out before
the LIST of October, 1874, will he sent to the
Dead Letter Office at Washington, D. c.
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RINGWORM,
TETTER-WORM,

RINGWORM,
ITCH,
And all ernptiOns of the Skim. This preparation
has been iii Use in families in this parish for tho
last twenty-five years, and has never failed in q
single instance.
For sale at the Big Mortar, by
G. MAYO,
J1uy 8l-u Sole Agent.
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DE SIMMONS

est 6minemment I'M Remede dc Famille: ct en-
lie tenant pref pour tous les Gus impr6yus. on
previendra dc tongues heures de souffrances ct
plusieurs piastres pour SONS ct prescriptions de
m6decin.
Apres sen ttre servi pendant plus de quarante
ans, les personnes les plus marquantes ct les
plus dignes de conflance dOnnentf e t6moignages
les plus flatteurs de son eficacitG.
Deminent m6decins lc rec0mmandent CONNIE
lie SpGcitique lie plus etfectif contre Ia Dyspepsia
on indigestion.
Arme de Get antidote, on peut ~affronter sans
Granite t0us les climats ct tOus les changements
d'eau ct de nourriture. CONNIE remede dams
LES FIEvREs PERNICIEUsEs.
LES MALADIES DTNTESTINS,
LINSOMNIE.
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ENRENEX

REGULATOR DU FOIE DU DIR. SIMMONS"
@s LIE REMEDE FAvORT
d E S F A M I L L f. S.
Cette Medicine sans riva1c est guarantee nc
contenIr atlcune particulc de Mercure, nj aucune
substance mineralc injurieuse, mais est
PUREMENT VEGETABLE,
Contenant Ces racines ct herbes du Sud gu'unc
Providence tOute sage n places dams les pays
gu les Maladies de FOie Sc font lie plus sentir.
kllc guerra t0utes les hlaladies caus6es par lie
arrangement du foe ct DIES intcstins.
LIE REGULATEUR DU FOIE -
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DARNEY,s PRAHRHE sALvE:

A purely vegetable preparation, and is # Ger.
tain cure for
PILES,
TETTER-WORM,
RTNcMnpM
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-11-14
4 CHANGE HENDED.

It will be seen by letter from Gov.
ernor Kellogg to the Returning Board,
which We publish elsewhere. that a change
is recommended to suit the views Of the
Democrats. We have no intimation from
the board as 70 whether the suggestions
Of the Governor will be adopted or not,
but from our knowle dye Of the character
of the members for fairness. have little
doub: they will accept any reasonable
proposition that is intended to give entire
satisfaction. Both the Governor and the
board are DESTROYS that no just cause of
complaint shall be given in the count,
and there is no intention Of doing any
thing in a corner. The permission re-
Gently given TO counsel for the candidates
TO be present at the counting of the votes
is au evidence Of the intent to deal fairly,
and the further compliance in accordance
with the request Of the Governor will adj
NIT at least one friend OF the Democrats
to the mos. secret Of the deliberations.
There has been good deal Of unneces-
sary. unfriendly comment about this
board. which has not been founded upon
anything done OF threatened to be done.
We have generally setthis down to the credit
of u natural suspicion created by the man
ner in which the returns Of 1872 were BAN
died about from board to board, and finally
never brought to light at all. There isnc
doubt that the Fusion Returning Boards,
some of them, at any rate, were organized
for the express purpose Of arriving at
predetermined result. /. is likely the
knowledge Of this fact renders certain
parties, who were in the secret two years
ago. SO painfully nervous now.
We can assure them there is not the
slightest ground for alarm this time. if
fair count and declaration are the objects
in view. Those. however, who have made
up their books for certain result and
wish the board to give a verdict in their
favor whether the facts sustain them or
not stand good chance to be disappoint-
ed. At all events no member Of the board
has given any one the least cause to sup
pose he would prove false to the trust
confded to him by proclaiming as results
what have no basis in truth. We hope
our Democratic contemporaries will with
hold their denunciations until they have
been deserved. They are decidedly pre-
mature now, whether directed toward the
Governor or the board.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-11-14
CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE.

SAAWA~SAA AS0N0AN0NSAs
The following extract is taken from the
Picayne:
In Avoyelies one box, that Of Evergreen,
was stolen. Nothing is known of the cir
cumstances, cave that they betray Grim
inal negligence on the part Of the commits.
sioners OF election. who being attracted by
fight in the street, went cut to look on.
when the box was stolen. The box was
slightly Conservative.
Yes, there certainly was criminal negli-
gence on the part Of the commissioners to
leave thu: box in charge Of the mob. but
the PIC has failed to tell that the Conserya-
tives had majority OF the commissioners
Of election at E7ergreen-as well as ct
every other poll in the parish. The boz
in question was certainly slightly CoAserua-
tire. In fact, i: may be said, withou! fear
Of contradiction by any intelligent resi-.
dent of the parish who relishes the truth.
that it was ,ery slightly Conservative there
being three Republican votes to every
Conservative vote cast at Evergreen, the
poll lis: showing that 397 votes were cast.
Of this number the Conservatives claimed
only 125. This fact is admitted by the
commissioners. If this stolen box is
found it will advance the Repub lican vote
of the parish 277 votes. 1.-THE Pic admits
this we will agree that 1.-THE box was
slightly Conservative" and explain tc i.
how pleasing and refreshing it is to agree
all around, particularly with our neigh
bors.