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The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-12-18
DOMESTIC MARKETS.

NEW York, Dec. 17.-Sugar 81 for fair to
good refining, 81 for prime, 81 centrifugal, 81
gold Demerara. Molasses, foreignJneglecte
New Orleans quiet, choice and fancy scarce,
primo G2(0G4.
CINCINNATI, Dec 17.-Cotton dull; Middline
1879 Flour dull and unchanged. Wheat
easier; red 81 1901 a. Corn steady; de-
mand moderate 7O@72. Oats firm, 5s@62'
Pork dull held at $40. Lard firm steam
13. kettle H. Bulk meats dull and nominal.
Bacon nominally lower no sales. Whisky
firm, 81.
ST.. LOUIS, Dec. 17.-Cotton dull and un-
changed. Flour-lox grades scarce and
wanted. Wheat firm; No. red winter 81 O5a
al O8 with 81 08, bid at close. Corn firmer;
new 68Ca,60b. Oats firmer; No. 2 58(O6O, &C
cording to location. Whisky steady: 80.
Pork dull; $40 Is. Dry salt meat nominally
lower; shoulders g.; clear rib 81; clear 10.
Bacon lower; shoulders 81; clear rib II; clear
12,@12a. Green and picked nothing
doing. Lard dull 1917.
LOUISVILLE, Dec. 17.-Cetton dull and
dropping; Middling 1890; no sales. Flour.
wheat. corn and oats quiet and unchanged
81, clear rib 12.,, clear none here. Sugar
cured hams 14a@15. Bulk meats quiet
shoulders 6s, clear rib 81, clear 1O5. Lard
tierces a.. key Isl. Whisky 81.
CHICAGO, Dec. 17.-Flour dull and droop-
ing, all sales private. Wheat dull No.
spring 9O.; No. 2 87SM87.. Corn firm; for
old No. 2mixed, IL. dull and lower for
new, No. mixed at $751; Oats dull, No. 2 Sd.
Pork advanced but unsettled, closed at $40.
Lard steady, demand moderate, -. Bulk
meats demand good and unchanged. Whis-
ky steady, 81.
New YORK, Dec. II. Evening. - Cotton
closed quiet; Uplands 14ss, Orleans IA; net
and gross receipts 1925, sales 1112.
Futures closed firm; sales Is, 600 bales. as
follows Low Middling for December IL 1882
for January u 3l-32GD14, for February 14a,
for March 14l, for April 15s, for May Is ZIG
(15 1882, for June 154, for July 16 1-16,
tor August Is 3-16616i.
Southern flour quiet and unchanged. Wheat
quiet and shade EASIER very limited de-
mand, at 81 1SCg1 "a for winter red western,
81 25G11 81 for amber do, and 81 2S@1 81 for
white Western. Corn dull and declining, at
CSC for all Western mixed in store, 88G99l &c
for new Western mixed and yellow. Coffee,
sugar and rice quiet and unchanged Tallow
and rosin steady Turpentine firm at 35t@
36c. Pork dull; old mess $40. Lard active
and firm; prime steam 1890. Whisky shade
easier. Freights steady: cotton by steam. &c.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-12-18
SOUTHERN CLAIMs.-The following are the
awards of the Southern Claims Commission
at Washington for the current year:

Making total award Of. $3.50. S791, O56
The award was made for LOO different
cases.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-12-18

NEW ORLEANS ST LOUIS AND CHICAGO
RAILROAD COAfPANY-December 17-169 bales
cotton to Richardson May-96 w Black &co-96
I'll 81 NJ Allen &co-74 Meyer weis &co-65 Bus.
sey &co759 Pri.chard & Bickham-56 Jnc Hardie
| Al w Thompson &co--3s Jno Phelps &co-36 Al
Gus, Scherck Autey--34 W Harrington &co-.27
W Frierson &co-15 Lehman, Goudchaux &eo-i3
Stewart Bros Aco-9 Hanna a. Barrett--a Payne
Kennedy 4co-s Allison &ec5Clapp Bios loo
Wilson & Mills Campbell & Strong-2 Warren
Atkinson &co-l jackson e. Wamer-l26 sacks;pota
toes 135 bbls onions bnlk cabbage Miller & Meyer
Shelly &co-lOO tierces lard W G Logan-1OO bbls Of
-four Glover Odendahl--4O boxes bacon Deeves
Hubs g.. $50 cases oil W Jervey-5o bills oil to
ORDER 80 bbs apples Gordon & Goma-lot furniture
and snndries to Order-TOtal. 99s bales cotton
MORGAN'S LOUISIANA AND TEXAS RAIL-
ROAD December 1870 hhds sugar to Male Cam.
mack-6O bbls molasses Hite Carlin-2O do Rinl,ard
Mlliken-29 do + Hart &co-29 do l Dbl suSar AZ
hhds sugar bales cotton Robert Hare-5 bills oran,
yes hhds sugar A bbls mOlasses COnger e. Kelley
do Chase Schneider-67 do 20 hhds sugar Jno I
Adams &co-ls do 1a bbls molasses c CayarOc Sm
do hhds sugar Beraud Gibert-l7 bbls molasses
A A MOuton-l do I NJ SmmonI do Tertron-
IA do JnO Chaffe Bro & Sonic do w Burbri,lge g.
coo do 10 bbls molasses Bush & Levert-25 bales
sugar Jos Graner-2o bbs molasses half bales moss
10 sacks rice J II Walsh-23s do J Foerster-la do
Mariposa Mils-lo do Il Roquest-l67 mead cattle
Pascal Servat-47 do Wagoner-29 hhds sugar so bbIs
moiasses John Calder-l05 do Jno King-14 hhds
sugar Meyer Weill-l2 do P Maspere Acs-15 do
bbIs molasses Greve & Wildermann-s hhds sugar A
Hills do 30 bbls mOlasses Iaenshaw Cammacf Aco
. do Segassie-l9 bbls oranges NJ Dowling-2O do
A Cochran Cazeres-40 do hhds sugar 80 bbl4
molasses Surle &co-2O bills oranges Macheca & |
COS do Jos Aycock-15 do B Anthony-l2 do ! |
Barton-6 bags cotton 0dell &co-l hf Dbl molasses
Borge-35 hhds sugar A Blanc-2O do hf bales |
moss SEWN Gourdain- hhds sugar bbls molas- |
ses Renshaw, Cammack &co-6 do g hhds suear to
Chism & Boyd 6 do Clapp Bros Geo do Is bbls |
molasses Blanchn l. Giraud-17 do hhds sugar lie
Sassler Bnder-1 Dbl sugar 3 bbls molasses Mana
de & Lacassagns-72 do F Minor-lOO do D Civ.
en- q Son-g' do Z Kohn-and sundries to order-To ]
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-12-18
Exports,

HAvRE-Per ship Union-3O45 bales cotton 24oO
pcs slaves
HAVRE-Per bark Triade-l626 bales cotton PA
black walnut logs 5000 pcs slaves
BARCELONA-Per bark Carmen-3s, 600 pieces
slaves
LIVERPOOI-Per bark Florence Chipman-939S
bales cotton 4S1 logs walnut timber 24OO pcs slaves
LIVERPOOL-Per barkentine Fleetwing-l932
bales cotton
VERA CRUZ-Per brig EsperaHza-99b ales cot
ton $40 pkgs sundries
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1874-11-06

DR.. Briggs Remedies sold by
q. W. Norris d. Bro, Be, Dir; &. W. BrorR,
Nag'aolM ]; rambler Dc HONingsocorth FaNs.
ton j; DOrney d Barnes, ChurcAule; T.
Il. Hanacay d Co., AJerdeen 01M
mh13 COuntVStoreS generaUy.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1874-11-06
MARYLAND
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY,
No. 10 South STREET, Bal timOr.

A GOOD CHANCE offered ersons who wish To In Ur,
their lives in this Company As the superin tendent
eight counties in this State, have not the time OF
health To CANVASS thoroughly Justice to myself
or the Company requires As citizen and pa, err
am convinced that it is rtHn0uS financial in.
tereSt> as IL is hHmihting to our mdnh0od to send nit
lions Of dollars annually Oat Of This STATE for Life Insur.
ance, that could he placed in the Maryland Company
with '9udt il not grcdr advantage, and sasi.c-
ti0n. Our property ~ Deprecated Money j. scarce
aud interest high-mnsng from to ~ and IL per
cent. III Maryland, while the aptrs tell you daily YOU
can borrow money in New Yn At and uer cent This
tells Il sad tdc for ". Other States aud cite. have
bullt themselves up at our eXr"nSr long enough
Mr. WALES STATE Commissioner OF Life INSURANCE.
i'll his report SAYS The Maryland Life Insurance Com
rany has far larger surplus than either the Mutual or
Equitable Lite Insurance CumIu"i"- of New York.
I"n will find til" Commissioners Report in the
hands of A. II. GREENFIELD aud Dr. WI. s. RICn.
ARDSON, VIII" will show it tn y"m aud I'LL ynurnppcl-
TORS. Call IN gcmtt men Satisfy Yourselves and
SAVE COMMISSIONS!
hN "plHSng I" them, when am absent,
DIV iDENl> after the first year.
All Policies NON ur"rt ing
y. j. MYERS, Superintendent.
bH. WIN :. RICHARDSON, Examiner, Bel Air.
m!.2ly
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1874-11-06
FEVER AND AGILE.

FEVER AND AGUE cured for fifty cents There Is
not remedial agent in this world that will cure Fever
and Agne. and all other Malarious Bilious, Scarlet,
Typhoid Yellow, and other Fevers [aided by RAD
WAYS PILLS. so quick as RAILWAYS READY RE.
LIEF Fifty cents per bottle.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1874-11-06

DR.. J. Walkers California Vim.
egar BitterS are purely Vegetable
preparation, made chiefly from the ma
tive herbs found on the lower ranges of
tie Sierra Nevada mountains of CaIifOr-
mia, the medicinal properties of which
are extracted thcrctrom without the use
of Alcohol. Tho question is almost
daily asked. "What is the cause Of the
unparalleled success of VINEGAR BIT
TEEs?" Our answer is, that they remove
the cause of disease, and the patient re-
covers his health. They are the great
blood purifier and Il life giving principle.
perfect Renovation and lnvigorator
of the system. Never before in the
history of the world has IL medicine bccn
compounded possessing the remarkable
qualities Of VINEGAR BITTERS in heating the
sick Of every disease man is heir 10. They
are q gentle Purgativc AZ well a. 4 Tonic.
relieving Congestion or Inflammation ii
the Liver and Visceral Organs i'll Bilious
Diseases
The properties Of DIR. WALKER"
VINEGAR BITTERs are Apcrcnt, Diaphorc;!c,
Carminativc. Nutritious. LaXative. DiUnr;ic,
Scdatvc Counter IryitNnt Sudogi!!c Altera-
tive, and Anti Bilious.
II. II. MCDONALD Is CO..
Druggists and Gen. a CTS. San Francisco California
and cor. of Washington and Charlton SITS. y. y.
Sold by all Druggists md Dealers.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1874-11-06
ISTEE CDGAN:,


Taste ditirr much, rircumsttnCc are So varied
places io and the surroundings of Instruments su dis.
similar, that 1t is impossible to give any general rnr
for buying an Organ. Bat these II MIS- which
VIII he iuund useful 10 ali intending to purchase Ia
the first place, the purchaser hc u.surc that he
is getting good article. thoroughly made that will
stand the test of climate years, AMI will easily
get ont OF order.
IN itct, the public now demand that the shall lee a
good reputation back of their purrlIsc--th mere get
ting OF an instrument through the terms Of warranty
Will not dc.
The Case must he VOL made, OF good proportions uul
with degree of elegance commensurate with the price.
The Fellows being Of vital Importance, he suf
hcelt capacity to sustain strong AMI steady tone
The Reeds nnst t Of an excellence that will produce
round full mud ppe.like tones entirely musical of
which he ear docs not tire. They must not lie twangy
nor reedy but pure aud sweet and # sufficient power
To meet their requirements.
All of these Qualities obtained in the Esiey Organs
MeSSrS. Sanders & Stayman,
20 West Fayctte Street, baltimore, and O35 Penns
MIA Avenue, Washington. d G.,
ARE THE GENERAL AGENTS FOR
THESE CELEBRATED ORGANS,
Also for the
World renowned SrElNWAY Pianos al.u the BRAD
SeplS BURY, and IIAINES rnnos.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1874-11-06
For SHERIFF..

Mr. EnIToR You will please announce
+. CARROLL, of the First District, as candi-
date for the next Sheritfal;y, subject to Demo-
cratic nomination. ~
myS OLD GUARD.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1874-11-06
WHAT TO RTTv

looking the list o. gas now before the pul.
L lie, purchasers are sometimes Lewih,rrcd To know
whose make to select aud siil more, the particular
style OF instrument II is best to procure For this e-
son We have attempted to set krh III full and clear
manner nS possible the lccuarities and stinr tive
uuulit.rs of the
Los Angeles daily herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1873-1876, 1874-01-01
For Sale!

nESI1 kABLE BIZ 'SINESS, Sc
sr eur " established, rs auiring moderate
you'd es change FOR real ga tate In the east.
gesasoas Satisfactory Addn ,ss "HERALD'
uH5ee. dec
Los Angeles daily herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1873-1876, 1874-01-01
FOR SALE-To LET.
EOr Sale!

400 ACRES IMPROVED AND
uninapf oved lands of tho finest
gpaTty, allies rom the courthouse Cheap
lef cash al u no comn ,issions to pay. Apply
10 J: O. A. STANLEY, q Temple Block, up
stair. oclMf
Los Angeles daily herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1873-1876, 1874-01-01

Stands without a rival, and should fnd Its
way into every family. 1t has reached the
highest state OF perfection OF the Sewing Ma
chine yet produced, and its sales are constant
Embarrassing throughout the world.
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1874-08-22
'BIALIARDs BILLIARDS !
"a IT,
JOHN DILLON's
ON PUBLIC SQUARE AND LAKE,
Lake Charles. Louisiana.

1 would respectfully inform those 81
my friends, both hero and 1t 8 distance,
VINO nave any expectation OF getting
th4sgYl th0t nave Just received 6 most
complete assortment Ell Pure Liquors
ever imported to Lake Charles, which
I am qesirous 81 selling 90 wholesale
ala retail at prices 10 justify both seller
ana puyet. MY wines and hrsudies are
unsurpassed, md my WHISTLES One
simon pure. Before leaving town be
sure and cali around md tak8 parting
iareWell Aoger heer Scotch ana and
porter eonatantly ga band apin4y
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1874-08-22

Representing his perish 10 the
isee slasiiee votes llis aaea el
money to pay The Metropolitan
Police fol hunting aoWD Write
Democrats of Northern Louisiana,
and dragging them To New Orleans
for trial, because they dared to
oppose and put down d mot 81
lawless negroes Ht Coliax and yet
lie asks us not ID hold bin respon-
sihie iot This The Doctor talks
about political capital, Tor which
Sigma is starving; but this IS poli-
teal capital enough for every
white man and Demoerat In this
district. Doubtless Iris item, too,
in ANOTHER shape might be regard
ed Cas- q conciliatory measure be-
tween the whites and blacks, OF,
perhaps, better still Ia reward for
merit wherever found What the
Doctor wants to be held RESPONSE
Sic for, and what 0ie people intend |
% hold him responsible for, are
5wo different things SIGMA.
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1874-08-22
gANnLDATI.s. goLIIMN-
Tor sMnrfm.


Having been solicited by nanv Dem.
aerats of this parish to become ass
didate for The Office of SHERIFF.
now announce myself for the same, a
tine ensuing November election.
DAVID II. LYONS
We me authorized to onuoupc.
ALIEN faII.LEY as 4 candidsta fer
the Office of Sheriff. sc the comine
election, ID November next.
We are authorized 10 annaunoaI a
DIES Is the PEOPLES Candidate for tbs
office ot Sheriff. ab the coming eleeSioB
IN November next
We IRE authorized f.9 announsa
REID rs eandidafe for re-sleefioB Il
the Office Of Sheriff 81 this parish n
the coming election IN November
next.
F0P representative.
We are authorized to announee n
Nv. ri III A RDSS)N lis candidate u
renresent the parish of Caleasioti in f5s
next General Assembly nj the eleot;o,.
~ November nfsyt. aiIiiieet to tgie Dam.
oeratic nominatlon 81 this parish.
AT ihe solicitation Of many Damo
crnts | here by annonncp myself Al
candidate to represent THE narisb ~
taleaaieIl in The next General Assem-.
bly,, at the election IN November navt
W. r. GILL.
For Senator,
we are authorised M announca rr
WILfiIA Al Il. KIRKlMA1, as a eand;.
date for the State Senatorfor the Tepe,
Senatorial District comprisinq nv
Of Caleasieu Cameron. Tafav.
taand Sf Landry, at the next election
IN November. 1874.
I respectfHllv announce nyqeR I
Candidate for the Office of State Senator
Of the Tenth Senatorial District. com.
prisiilg tie parishes of Cameron, I,afay.
cite CalcasieI md st Lanflrv.
GEORGE IA WELLS.
hereby announce myself as 4 Can.
1idate for the State Senate at the en-.
suing election.
WM. A ROBERTSON.
For Parish Judge.
We are authorized to announee iii
q JONES as candidafe for tia
2fice Of Parish Judge Of Caleasieu
Parish, at the coming November cleo.
ion.
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1874-08-22


OUR MILLS ARE SUBSTANTIAL
~ TX built expressly for The purpose
Of Rice Milling, with III the new inn
proyements and appliances with sufii-
cient warehouse capacity to meet any
demand for receiving aud forwarding
RICE, centraly located Is railroads.
shipping ferry and steamboat landings.
We Will guarantee our milling and
yield, both as tp quality and quantity
q be unsurpassed BY any rice mill i'll
this State.
Cur turn out" has always been from
iu4 e III lbs. cleaned Rice "a the bar
rel Of rough, which ii about twenty
Per cent over any mill II shis eity
and country.
We VIII pay particular attention to
she separation 90 Rll lots 81 roaoh Riee
received By us.
our charges tor MILLING age fellows.
lc per pound cleaned, l0r Nos. / and 3
ssc FOR polishing horse min
No deviation Cu ths ahoyo prices un-
DER any circumstance
aacsa fnrnls BED lgo az ehhFae.
AlEWEHD q AEp
Address. Aoek Box 1885,
AN8 heW 9glsans. fa.
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1874-08-22
The sTass Meeting.


The mass meeting Of the Dem.
oeracY af Caleasieu met pursuant
tn cali this 18th day of August,
1874 The meeting was called To
order by Captain jos. w. Bryan.
and en- his motion the Hon. M. n.
Gil was elected Chairman, and Il.
j. Chreiien Esq, Secretary.
The Chairman, on taking The
chair, thanked The meeting for the
honor of bis election as chairman.
ard directed the Secretary to read
aloud The published call for the
mass meeting, showing that it was
called Tot The purpose of electing
delegates to represent Caleasien
parish ii the State Democratic
Convention, AZ Baton Rouge. On
sueli reading Of the call for the
mass meeting, 90 motion the
Chairman, was directed to appoint
y committee Of five to draft rcso-
buttons expressive of the sense of
the meeting, and tile Chairman
thereupon appointed the following
named gentlemen
Geo. II Wells, 4. D. Chretien,
JAS. Nv. Bryan, j. @. MundaY,
Louis Leyeque.
The mass meeting then took q
recess uuiil $50 O'Clock =. II. to
tnable the said committee to draft
said resolutions.
AT l:30 r. N. the mass meeting
was again called To order, when
the aforesaid committee presented
the following resolutions, which, 1
on motion, we're unanimously
adopted
Resolved, That ibis mass meet
inc Of tile Democracy Of Calcasieu |
parish heartily approves Of the
action of the State Democratic |
Central Committee, III changing |
the place oi holding the Demo. |
cratic State Convention. from New .
Orleans to Baton Rouge.
Resolved, That the Committee |
II Seventy deserve the sincere (
gratitude Of the Democracy 81
Louisiana, and Of tile Union. for
their uniiring and efficient services
~ behalf Of Louisiana, and Of the
constitutional rights IL tile State.
Resolved, That the action Of
the acting Governor 81 Louisiana,
u approving and signing tie last
registration Jaw h law ON its face
pnacted III the interest 81 ihe Re.
publican party, aud nf the Kellogg
lsurpaii0n deserves the unquali
lied condemnation Of the Demo-
cratic party.
Resolved, That the Democracy
II Calcasieu parish recognize aud
lrge the Importance Of a sincere
md cordial union III tie coming
.ampaign, Of al men, and 81 ali
anlitieal organizations, opposed to |
HE Republican party.
Geo II. Wells, Chairman.
4 y. Chretien. jas. w. Bryan. /
81 Munday, Louis LeYeoue.
GU motion, Tie following namod i
gentlemen were elected % repre-
tfnt Galpasieu parish III the State
invention at Baton Rouge, Oh
he 2Ail instant, With poWcr 70
llpoint & proxy on proxies
Nm. III Perkins, j. N. Moss,
tus. ~ Bryan, j G. Munday,
Jacob Ryan, Henry Welsh,
j nj Fountain.
on motion. TIE chair was direct !
q "a appoint i committee 81 five {
q wait un gbc Democratic Parrish /
eniinl Committee, 81 This parish, i
.nd ascertain whether Il approved \
lle setion Of This mass meeting,
I'D she ehaig lhefenpon appointed i
8psafs H
teo 81 Wells. julian Richard. s
j w smar ~ e. Daes
=, II Lyons, (
q aqah committee. who. after y Il
hort conference wbfh the mem s I,
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1874-08-22
7. q. GRAr Secretary.
I.eIIer IL Cnnaeron parlnl

A-Ae &Ae4aAAUW NMHhBAs
LEEsHuRa, Aug. 18, 1874.
Editor Weekly Echo
4 vas . qualification to Sigma
70 find III your last issue j reply
from pr Kirkman, 10 the three
heterogeneous propoanded on I
former occasion. Sigmas object
hah been accomplished, for the
Doctor virtually admits that ~
voted ior clio whole 81 ma neral
Appropriation Bill. Sigma seiges
Ibis opportunity Of thankinQ the
Doctor most heartily for shat
sheer good nature. that snpeF.
aflunaenaa ~ tst&4
kindness which prompted him n
liis oen peculiar benevolent Way
g satisfy 'ao qneint ana orainal
9 being na tho mar 81 sna moon
but Sc goaE. What & hune aniefla
s3ow fomet.lise ~ i e certsin.
81 can not beleU on Csc Doctor
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1874-08-22
A CAEI9

TO the Democracy Of Caleasieu, Came
ron, Lafayette and ST Iandlv
II HEREBY PLEDGE MYSELF to
n publicly demonstrate, 90 positive
certainty. in advance Of the November
election tiiat the action 81 the Calea-
sieu Parish Democratic Convention,
held ut Lake Charles, Jtsne 25th 1874. is
not POLITICAL ynor morally binding upon
the Democracy of Calcssien parish,
much less upon the Democracy Of st.
Landry, Lafayette and Cameron.
GEO. III. WELLS.
Lake Charles, June26, 1874.
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1874-08-22

spcGial attention II called to the
card Of Geo II Wells. Esq, on
The third page If to-day paper,
headed aAn Infamous Lie.
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1874-08-22

See advertisement Of NE. M. b.
Irwin, pension and land agent. on
ihe third page " This issue
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1874-08-22


Io tAe Chairman of the Democratic
Moss Meeting af Like Charles. Iouis
inna, Assembled this August IS. 1874.
The undersigned, members ~
tie Porisb Democratic Central
Committee, hereby approve of the
action 81 your mass meeting this
day held
(Signed.)
! a III Moss, Jacob Ryan.
w. MI Perkins, Henry welsh
A motion III George 81. Wells.
Esq, That TIE mass meeting IA
lourn was. on motion Of Captain
4 w w Smart laid oh Gle table.
Captain Smart then addressed the
meeting, contending for iii expres-
sion Of opinion By Il Ga the sub.
iect Of Q future parish convention
for the purpose Of nominating
Democratic candidates for tie of-
ices OF Representative. Parish
Judge and Sheriff, and touching
the propriety Of district conven
ton at Lake Charles on the 18th
81 September, for tie nomination
ot q Democratic candidate for the
State Senate. A very lively ard
spirited debate ensued, ID Which
some twelve or more gentlemen |
participated but without taking |
any action on the subject matter
of said debate, on motion of |
VIM. al Perkins the mass meeting
was adjourned.
w. p. GTLL, Chairman.
FRANK ID. CHBETIEN, Secretary. /
Proceedings of the Democratic Mass
Meeting held at the Courthouse. ID
the town Of Lake Charles, Calcasieu
Parish, La. August 10, 1874
After the mass meeting called
for the purpose Of selecting dele
gates To represent this parish III
the Democratic State Convention
to be held in Baton Rouge on the
24th instant had adjourned, and
before the assembly had left the
courthouse, the meeting was again
called to order By inviting the
Rev VIM. M. Perkins to the chair
The chairman then appointed j
g. Gray as Secretary, when tile
following resolutions were pro- )
posed and adopted:
WHEREAS, We believe It expe-
dent and necessary that district
convention should be held for the
Of selecting Democratic
to represent the Dem
1cracy Of this the Tenth Senate
nal District, in the coming election
q November next; therefore he IL
Resolved, That we request and I.
lsk orr Democratic Executive
Committee Of this parish to con ]
suit with and urge our. sister par
shes, OF this Senatorial District. !
Q agree upon a plan Of holding a
district convention on October list. !
1874, for the nomination of 4
z
Resolved, That this mass meet i
ne proceed to select q Democratic /
central Committee, whose term Of 7
'fiiee shah commence on the first 2
Monday Of November next, and !
ontinua two years. z
On motion 81 Mr. Smart. the g
ollowing gentlemen were selected y
" reclamation as a Parish Central r r
Committee, viz: =
Louis Leyeqne, Chairman. Y
!. I. Smart, VIM. III. Perkins. :,
as. Z. Ashley, Jacob Ryan, VI
ienry Welsh, Abner Cole. Y
"A. j. Perkins, 81
$ members, and >. VI Moss rs Il H
ecretarY. Captain NJ. ~. Smart y
as then chosen IA delegate to "
ie State Central Committee. and y
eCretqry for the parish at large. y
Resolved, Tint tie WEEKLY y y
CHo bo requested 10 publish \:
Iese proceedings. IS
The meeting then adjourned y
ae die. ~