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In this case by reason Of the law and evidence
being i'll favor of the plaintiff. it is therefore or
dercd, aQiudged and decrced that Celeste Mon
ton, wife of Joseph d. Gridry. be and is hereby
decreed to be owner of the following property:
A certain plantation or tract Of land. situated
on bayou Carancfo, in the parish of st. landry.
containing -four hundred acres, more or less,
bounded on thenorthby Joseph Augusta Guidry,
on the south by Joseph BOudreau, on the east
by bayou Caraner0 ans on the west by public
lands, with all the buildings and improvements
now bounded GS follows: north by joseph Au-
guste Guidry, south by Barring. east by BAYOU
CarancTO and west by Diogtne Savoie, ct ais.
An other tract of land, situated in the parish of
st. Landry containing about fifty superficial ar
penis, on c0nlce Il Realize. a water of the bayou
CaranclO, bounded north by the land of the heirs
Of Toe GuidrN. deceased wife of Theodore De
valcourt. south by Justin Wills, east by Dosite
Ltger and west 10y Il portion of same tract sold
to Dr.. Vincent BOagni, February 9th. 1872. 4
certain brand figuring thus: TC1, together with
all the horse creatures and horned cattle brand
ed Herewith. viz: Thirty head of gentle horned
cdtrle4 three Creole mules. three Creole horses.
all the household furniture and kitchen furni-
tuTc, as more fully dctailediu account of dation
of payment before John +. Smith. Notary Pub
lie, on MAY LIST, 1873. ..
| Mout0n, plaintiff, be and is hereby decreed to
he separated III property, and the community
heretofore existing between her and her said
husband be and it Is hereby dissolved, and that
she do recover Judgment against .JOSenlt d..
Guidry for the sum of three thousand nine hun
dred and SeVentY-onb dollars with legal interest
from August 2StlI, 1878, till paid. with recogni-
ton Of the t1ctt and legal mortgage of plaintiff
against defendant, to date is alleged in petition
and dati0n en- Placement of May LIST. 1873.
Thus done. read and signed in open court. at
OpelOusas, on this 9th day of February. A, d.,
1874.
(Signccl JNO. +. MORGAN, AZ
: & Judge 8tll Judicial District. La.
A true copy.
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BUY J. l. P. COATS BLACK
THREAD foryOm MACHINE.|
&DS DAY GUARANTEED USING
SUCCESSION SALES.
Estate Of Marie LoWise Esos,,.

RY VIRTUE OF AN ORDER OF THE HON
orable Probate Court of the Parish of St.
Landry, there will be sold at public auction, to
the highest bidder, by the Undersigned tutor,
or by a public auctiOneer, ut the last residence
OF the deceased, at prairie Faquetaique, In this
parish, on TUESDAY, June 30th, 1874, the fol,
lowing described property, belonging to the
estate OF Marie Louise Rosa, deceased tO-wit;
|. The plantation on which deceased last re-
sided, situated in prairie Faguetaique, parish of
st. Landry, containing forty arpents, together
with all the buildings and improvements there
on. bounded north and east, by Jean Bite. Du-
plGchain, south and west by Jean Bite. Manuel.
.. One mich COW and calf, one horse, agricul-
tural implements, household furniture and
kitchen utensils, branding iron, one shot gun.
Terms-The plantation to besold payable one
half one year after the day Of sale, the remain
ing half i'll two years from said date of sale; the
purchasers to furnish their notes with security
to the satisfaction of the administrator. the lnnd
remaining specially mortgaged in favor of said
estate until final payment, and in case of non
payment at maturity, eight per cent per annH1l
interest shall be added. The balance of the
property to be sold One-half cash on the day OF
sale, the other half payable in one year from the
day of sale, purchasers furnishing satisfactory
security and eight per cent interest to he added
after maturity in case of non payment.
THEODATE p. FONTENOT,
may 29-jfs 81. Tutor.
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decide to do without his

pODutaC1On ueclut lU NU "ttIUuU HIS
labor.
We have always been in favor Of al
educational qualification, and also Of
compulsory education. But while this
would stop the voting of illiterate
blacks it would do the same with that
class of whites; and some of the latter
would dislike to see a learned negro
vote when they could not. A property
qualification would have the same effect.
If Congress, in reconstruction OF the
Southern States, had enacted d law of
this kind, it would have been opposed,
not only becauserit gave the elective
franchise to negroes but also because it
took it away from some of the whites.
We have had some wealthy citizens
who could not read, and the law that
would have deprived them of the right
of voting, which they had exercised
during, a lifetime, would have been
considered a harsh one. A law compel
ling education, and allowing no n to
vote or hold Office who could not read
a|"F as" r ="
and write at. q certain period of time
after its passage, would be a good one.
Laws preventing the practice of "elec-
tioneering,n the formation of secret
political societies on any political society
that binds it's members to vote for GER
tain candidates, would not be. bad ones.
Negro rule, and white rule, would both
be better then. vsssEa. 4a@ g..
AS the white people aud black people
in this State are nearly equal in num-
bers. they can rule jointly and sa~tisfac-
torily to each other, (not to every in
dividual who wants an Office and fails
to get it, il they viii treat each other
honestly and strive to gain the conf
dence of each other. In this parish
such a thing has been about consum-
mated, and we believe will continues
notwithstanding the efforts of some to
disturb it. @@as.' - ".|.t a
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NOTICES.


Messrs. H. L, Garland, 6. W. Hudspeth. and
others:
Gentlemen-In reply to your challenge, pub
lished in the papers of the 10th inst, we have
to say that we accept it on the following eOndi-
tons: .,a $50, s..
]. That the ladies shall be invited to attend.
2. That you define the political positions You
respectively occupy towards the existing parties
OF the State, previously to the discussion,
3. That you open and we close. ...5
4. That at the close of the discussion, asEote
shall be taken among the whites as to the pro
priety" of our organization, both parties pledg-
ing themselves to abide by the result of such
vote, and public discussion OF the matter to cease
between lis thereafter.
II accepted, we viii then fix the time and
place. II not, we desire to be notified i1nnle-
diately so that the matter may be definitely ar
ranged by the next issue of this paper.
J. A. TAYLOR.
f.. T. LEWIS,
WILLIS PRESCOTT,
LAURRNT DUPRE,
LEW. ID. PRESCOTT.
NJ. d. KAVANAGH,
On behalf of the White League.
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Es,ate al Celeslc 1Iu1,c.-No. 2zA0.

GTATE OF LOUISTANA.-PARISH COURT,
- st. Landry.-Whercas, Louis N. Leger, of
the Parish of st. Landry, Administrator of the
estate of Celeste Matte, deceased, aving filed u
final tabicau Ut account and distribution of the
funds of said estate, accompanied by his petition
praying for the homologation of the same;
And whereas the PRAYER Of said petition has
been grantedshy a II order Of court, bearing date
December 18th, 1874.
Now, therefore, notice is hereby given to Ill
persons interested to make opposition to said
tableau in writing at my etfice in the town of
OpelouSaS, within the time reguired by law, why
the said tableau should not he hOmologated and
confirmed. sr w. \. ROBERTSON, Clerk,
iIno ada
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What the Gossips Said.

Says Gossip One to Gossip Two.
While shopping in the town.:
"O1d Mrs. Pry to me remarked.
Smith bought his goods of Brown"
Says Gossip Two to Gossip Three.
Who cast her cyelids down;
1--WE heard it said to-day, my friend.
Smith got his goods from Brown"
Says Gossip Three to Gossip Four.
With somewhat of frown:
eve heard strange news--what do you think
Smith took his goods from Brown"
Says Gossip Four to Gossip Five.
Who blazed it round the town:
I've heard to-day such shocking news
Smith stole his goods from Brown"
iWatChlnan and Reflector.
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There are two classes of persons or
politicians who are no prolific any com
immunity. One is your extreme colored
white man, who would persuade black
MEN that they are better than all white
men, except probably himself; he courts
them excessively and disgustingly be-
cause he wants their votes. Let him
treat them Justly and fairly. as heshould
all men, and leave them to vote for him
or not asst suits them. The other class
is your extreme white man, who cants
excessively about the white racein pub.
lie, and breaches none but the white
race should hold office and then cleo
~tiopeers with niggefs against their
voting for certain whites that lie is OPP
posed to, and trieste persuade them to
run niggers for Office, because, as he
puts it TO them, their numbers entitIe
them to elect men of their own color,
but really because he wants some white
opponent defeated Wehave seen these
two extremes so long and so often, that
We have examined the catalogue Of
.hypocrites in the Bible DO see il they
were specially mentioned therein.
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STATE OF OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES COURT,
~ st. Landry.-Whefeas, Thomas Ell. Thompsons
of the Parish of St. Landry, Testamentary Ex-
executor of the estate of Freeman Burr, deceas-
ed, having filed a tableau of classification of
the debts of said estate, accompanied by his pc
titiOn praying for the homOlOgatiOn of the same;
And whereas the prayer of said petition has
been granted by an order of court, bearing date
May 2Sth, 1874. &c., -..
Now, therefore notice is hereby given to all
persons interested to make opposition to said
tableau i'll writing at my office in the town OF
why the said tableau should not be homologated
and confirmed. ,...- ...F
". A. ROBERTSON, Clerk.
lima E-iD1ro
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To Messrs. j. A.. Taylor f. r. Lewis and others,
noting on behalf of the white League =

To Messrs. r. A. Taylor 4. r. Lewis and others,
acting on behalf of the White league -
Gentlemen-Wbep We proposed to discuss be-
fore the public the propriety of organising "a
White League" oIr object was to do SO at
rdriOWS times aud places, throughout Vie entire
parish, between this and the November election,
as was clearly indicated III our published card.
The counter proposition which YOU make, to
meet us at one time and one place, before fn au-
dience OF YOU own selection, and on conditions
dictated by you, would defeat the object we
have in view, viz: the general discussion of the
subject throughout the parish. You will not
therefore be surprised when we decline to ac-
cept your counter proposition, with its attend
ant cond4tfonssa and restrictions. . galmav= )
As we intend, however, to discuss this subject
at different times and places between this and
November, we respectfully invite you and any
others wishing to. do so. to participate with us
in these discussions, under the assurance on our
part that we will impose upon you no. unusual
conditions or restrictions, aud will extend to
You the. consideration and courtesy due on such
occasions. Respectfully. a
10 tsf, liza HENRY L. GARLAND, t~
ei .. ~ a.fs GEORGE w. HUDSPETH,t rs :
r. PERRODIN, 5tif @E2'
JOHN Il. KING. f1 5hss'
+. D.. ESTILETTE. tfu~.
II i"ts1 H B.aA. MARTEL, i've, ...,,
rs B w. A. ROBERTSON.
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Our only hope OF escape from his rule
of ruin and desolation is to organize
and unite, into a compact political or
ganization, the white masses of Louis
lana, and by superior intelligence and
activity, defeat the negro party at the
polls.ICaueasian.
They were organized at the last cleo
ton, and reinforced by some white and
eolored Republicans besides, and all the
machinery OF the State government and
election law wasson their side, and what
did the " superior intelligence and ae-
tivityn amount to? It is doubtful if
"the negro party" was defeated at the
polls; and if it was, did not Judge Du-
relI, President Grant and Congress ve-
to that mode OF defeating the negro
party Insteadof making use of supe-
rior intelligence and activity to cheat
the nigger,nit would be better to en-
ploy them It'd inducing him to vote for
good men. We generally elect white.
men here to the Legislature. and negroes
vote for them. We propose to hold on.
to what has succeeded, and try no smart
tricks. - -,
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sHERIFF,s SALES.



Vincent Esoagni W.. Clement EAOIlicr, GiIs
INSTINCT COURT, PARISH or ST. Ian
~ dPy.-No. I2I51.T-By virtue Of IA writ OF
fferi facias, issued out of the honorable the
Eighth District Court, in and for the Parish oS
st. Landry, in the above entitled suit, aud to me
directed, / viii proceed to, sell, at public aHc-
ton, to The highest bidder, at the Courthouse OF
said parish, in the town OF 0pel0usas, on SAT
URDAY, the 9Th day of June, 1871. ut eleven
o'clock A.. NJ, the following described property,
to-wit- "
The plantation on which Mrs. Antoine King.
deeease |, last resided, situated i'll the parish of
ST. Landry, on the public road from OpelOusas
to Washington, distant about three miles from
either town, and containing six hundred and
forty acres. more or Tess, of which about two
hundred and forty acres are well wooded. Said
plantation being bounded on the north by the
plantation OF Mrs. Bnllard, on the south by lands
Of Elisha Andr1Is, Clement HOIlier, fills. and Fats-
tin Hol1iCr, OIL the east by lands of TIC. Andef-
son. and on the west by lands of JeHn Bite. Roy.
together with all and singular the buildings and
improvements thereon.
Also the following described property, t0-wit;
4.E s&E s58a r
Seven American mules branded about thus: Is X
twaC Creole horses, eight gentle work oxen, two
Ox-earts, piowR, harfews, hoes and axes, abonG
sixty head of gentle horned cattle, more or less.
branded with the above brand, t0geEllea, with
the above iron brand.
Seized in the ilboyessllit. z
Terms-Eash TN the spot.
may 4 E.O.1lA Es, sshefln.
rH"=& = 80 E MI EE FL ~
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MASONIC.

GORDX ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER
~ No a. meets ut the Hall of Humble Cot,
tage Lodge. OpelOusas. every TtIesdaF7after the
full moon Of each month. *tt s O'Clock p. VI.
EUREKA COENGBL No. 1O.-MEETs
~ AT the Hall of Humble Cottage Lodge, Ope-
lousas. every Friday after the full moon OF each
month. at o'clock j.
nRPMANs, FRIEND LODGE, Nq.
" fs5. Big Cane, La, meets on the SATURDAY
preceding each full moon.
IoHN N. DuNN, SECRETARY.
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Estnre al Freherich Lnn..

RY VIRTUE OF AN ORDER or THE HON
~ orable Probate Court of the Parish of st.
Mary, there will be- sold at public auction, to
the highest bidder, by the undersigned admins
tratrix or a public auctioieer, at the Courthouse
in OpeIousas, on WEDNESDAY, the 10th day of
June, 1874, at ten o'clock 4. NJ. the following des-
cribed property belonging to the estate of FIRE.
derrick Laas, deceased, to-Wit:
The half Of a certain tract of land lying and
being in prairie Basse, in the parish of St Ian
dry, bounded on the north by lands of Dr. II.
II. Littell, on the south by lands of Henry J..
Garland, on the east by lands Of Thos. y. Ander-
son, and on the west by lands OF Alexander Ne
zat, containing ffty-two and 90tfo0 superficial
arpents.
Terms-Cash on the spot, *
DOROTHE LAAS.
may S-5t Is Administrative
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A Western enthusiast exclaims, I'd
rather be adoorkeeper IN the hall of the
grangers than to shovel sugar in the
stores of the middleMen.
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Farmers write down yoflr experience
and send it to MS for the benefit Of
others.
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The Courier of last Saturday, now the

The Courier of last Saturday, now the
White League organ for this parish, in
advocating a convention TO nominate a
Senator, after commenting upon and en-
dorsing the course of Senator Daigle in
remaining in the MeEnery Legislature
as long as there appeared a hope OF sue
cess, says Senator e. C. Anderson, on
the other hand, who ran on the Fusion
ticket and was elected by Fusion votes
pursued the opposite course. From the
beginning he went into tho Kellogg leg
islature, or menagerie, and has support
ed that Government throughout An
dersof was elected to the Senate IN No
vember, 1872, scarce eighteen months
since, and yet, notwithstanding the brief
period of time that has elapsed, the
Courier, in its anxiety to attack him,
makes an assertion which ninety-nine
out Of every hundred of itsreaders must
know ID utterly atyariance with the true
facts. Anderson did not run on the Fu-
sion ticket, on any other ticket in the
field during that campaign. He a as
an independent, on his II merit, and
his Oaga individual personal north and
popularity, The Republican nominated
Fortune Riard, d colOred man, against
him. The Democrats subsequentlynom
mated Joseph M. Moore against him.
Anderson beat both of them, receiving
in this parish, where he resides and is
best known, 17s votes more than both
his opponents. Having run as an indie
pendent, and been elected as such by
the votes Of all parties, lie was at liberty
when he reached New Orleans to go
whereh he thought he could bestrepresent
the interests Of his constituents. Tic
accordingly went intothe Kellogg legis-
lature and served his constituents faith
fully and acceptably. All ourrepresent-
atives Except b. r.. CAN'T who, like
Anderson, went at oneeintothe Kellogg
legislature) lis well as Senator Daigle'
had finally to go where Anderson went
ut first To-day the question with all
thinking mems, would it not have beer
better for Louisiana had every Senator
and Representative returned elected
like Anderson and CAN'T, gone into the
Kellogg Legislature at once? Had they
done so we wonld have had, in 1872,
majority of conservative Republicans
and Democrats on joint ballott, and
could have commenced at once.
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IUDGMENT!


EUDGMENT:. JUDGMENT:
CELESTE MouroN. WEE, VS.. JOSEPH GuIDRY.
HUSBAND.
DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF ST, LANDRY.-No
#Fi l2348.
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ONEzINE \. GUIDkY. Den. C1crk.
OPELOUSAS, LA, June 1St, !

OPELOUSAs, LA, June LIST. 1873.
I hereby certify that the within was this day
recorded in Mortgage Book No. Is. page G51. In
testimony whereof I hereto sign my name and
attix the seal of my office. ..
JOHN n. OGDEN,
june sat Dep. Recorder.
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WpOsEY,s BETTERs ARE sTRHGT-
" HediciHdi. and not an fntoTicatiag AGO
hottie be6eTdgc, but curative. alternative ana toh'
ug in their effects, sept W.T.
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It is not proposed by those who be-
lieve it to be a necessity to unite the
white people of this country into a
| political organization in opposition to
negro incompetency, and their effort
to Affrlcanize the State, to deprive the
negro of any rights that have been con
ferred upon him by the constitution
and the laws.1Caucasian. .fnft
Then what do you propose TO do
The white people have heretofore been
voting together, and some negroes with
them ; and still they did not out vote
the Republicans. The white league is
splitting the white vote, for o genuine
Democrat is bound by his party plat
form which is different from that of the
white league. When the combined
white vote oil the State could not carry
an election, how can q little fraction of
it do it We think some Of our own
planters have done more to Africanize
the State than the negroes themselves.
1t the white party should elect q
majority OF the members of the Legis-
1ature at the next election, which is
probahle.ICaucasian..
We always elect a majority of white
members here, no probable about 1T;
and they were not.white leaguers either.
We will do the same at the next cleo
ton. The whites and the blacks are
united I'D this parish. There is d little
squad styling themselves hiteleaguers,
but, we do not know what they depend
upon-certainly not superior intelli-
genee and activity nor numbers.
Duel At ABBEvILLE-Mrs. M az.
Hayes of tins place, has received letter
dated I'd inst, from her brother, Or. w.
ID. White, OF Abbeville ia the parish Of
Fermfli0n. From it we make the fol-
lowing extract
Wefhad q duel near orr town last
SUNDAY night ut one o'clOck-the only
one on record by moonlight. Our SIler-
nf, Mr.. s.. R. ShaW and OHr RepreBen-
tatiye, Nh. e. EQntelien, fought with
pistols attWenty PAGES, e. Il was NOR
tally wounded at the second Shot, it
taking effect I'M the forehead, coming
cut al. the top of his head. The pistol
ef +, failed 10 fire at the second at
ttsss;ssssastt.
~
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A bill passed by Tile last legislature,
~ allow each parish Surveyor 10 em-
ploy d deputy Surveyor las become j
Jaw.
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The political issue af white and black
is net + new one ID tliis Sta lCauca-
SIAN.
~ Nn0t d neN Olaes for III has beeis
Tied, and failad. Down here we have.
not been is tie habit Of failing and We
IA ieotat0 n something That has
failure WFittHn On tt
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,Terms-tash On the spot.
may L. o. HAYES, sheriff.
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February ;, 1874. IRosE BRO.
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