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TOO MUCH CREDIT.

The credit business was always a bad
one, as many of our broken merchants
and planters have discovered to their
cost. 1t breaks both parties, the one
who gives and the one who receives
credit. We have ON expenses that
have to be paid in cash rs we go, and
principal among them are the expenses
of publishing this paper. The employees
must be paid, and material requires cash.
Working on credit will not do this.
Sometimes whenan estatei is opened, the
administrator appointed declines to pay
the cost of publishing the notice because
he deposited or paid the clerk a small
sum at the time proceedings we're insti-
tuted, which he thinks should pay all.
Sometimes the heirs buy the property,
sold for cash probably to prevent out
Siders buying any of it, and they never
have any money. Sometimes it is sold
on one, twOand three years. credit. At
the end of that time the printers claim
prescribes if he does not bring suit. If
suit is brought, there is no money, for the
debtors of the estate have not paid up
and they have to be sued to get money
to pay legal charges. They often are
worth nothing, under the exemption law
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. law, and the print
ef's bill is not worth the paper it is writ
ten on. Sometimes the administrator of
a small estate of only movable property,
advertises and sells it, and puts themon-
ey in his pocket without dividing with
the printer. Recovery by suit would not
only be uncertain, but the cost to be paid
by the plaintiff would more than amount
to his claim. But the richest" cases
are publishing wife'B judgments against
their husbands, generally obtained at his
instance to defeat the claims of his cred
itOrs. If it he done on credit, as our
books will abMRdaMtly show, the claim is
treated like other claims against the
liusband-not paid. When three years,
which bring prescription, are about to
expire, and suit is brought against the
wife, the husband being financially
HaE
worthless, to prevent prescription, the
husband gets as "madn as if the suit
were brought against him. 1t is disa-
greeable to have tosue a gentleman, and
extremely SO to have to sue a lady, but
what else can be done, when the hus-
hand has shnfied off all his property on
her shoulders9 There is only one rem
edy, and that must come before the fact:
refuse the wife credit and then she will
not have to be sued. Otherwise, it is
best to do the work gratis, and have it
50 understood in the beginning, and take
credit accordingly. If d law were passed
abolishing all legal remedies for recov-
ering personal debts, or making all the
husband and wife's property responsible
therefor, the country would be better
off. We have too many laws that are
'alf an 'alf, neither one thing moi the
other. They are loaded down with
enough provisions and exceptions to puz-
zle all the lawyers in Philadelphia.
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DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF ST. Lam
~ dry.-No. 1U3s5.-ByVirtue OF a writ of pluries
feri facias, issued ont of the honorable the
Eighth District Court, in and for the Parish of
st. Landry, i'll the above entitled suit, and to mo
directed, ] will proceed t0~sell, at public auc-
ton, to the highest bidder, ut the Courthouse OF
said parish, in the town Of Opelousas, on SAT
O'Clock A. M, the following described property,
tO-wit-
l.. A certain plantation, knownhy the name
of EEsperanee, situated on the head waters of
bayou Plaquemine, in the parish OF ST. Landry
aforesaid, containing sixteen hundred acres.
more or less, being the same plantation the said
Mckinney acquired from FRANCOIS Jean and
Others by three acts Of sale, one passed January
23d, 1860, before ]. IT. SandOz, Notary of said
parish, and two passed June 4th, 1863, before tho
Recorder, Yves D'Avy, from James W. MeKin-
ney and Theodore r. Robert. having purchased
jointly with said Mckinney and Robert from
FRANCOIS Jean, the 23d January, 1860 which said
land is moro particularly described as follows.
to-wit: in township SIX, south Of range three
cast OF Southwestern Land District OF La, Ist
south half of section eleven, and north half of
northwest quarter OF section fourteen, contain
ing four hundred and two and o half acres. I'd.
The west half of northeast and south-east
quarter and half of southwest quarter and south
half Of northwest quarter of section four
teen, containing three hundred and twenty-One
and 4sI1o0 acres. sd. The west half Of south
west quarter of section fourteen, containing
eighty and 37I100 acres. 18th. The northeast
quarter Of southeast quarter OF section folrtee0
SOutNe3AAth kuAAJ 7dAt GuIAVO nSA@o. cEAs Al
southeast quarter OF southeast quarter of SEE
ton fifteen. containing forty and 22l1OO acres,
9th, The east half of east half of section four
teen, containing one hundred and sixty and
TATTOO acres. 7th. Tho northeast quarter #of
southwest quarter of section No. 80, in township
Ne. s, south of range No. 2 east, containing thir~
ty-nine and 12I1O0 acres. Sth, The east half Of
northeast quarter OF section No. j, towRship6,
south of range No. 2 east, containing seventy
and 3610O acres, with tho buildings and
improvements thereon.
Seized in the above suit.
T~erms-Cash ON the spot.
feb IN e. O. HAYES, Sheriff.
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Peter Marcy vs.. X. w. Mckinney.

~ 8bNGN kN1&&A&S - - " "H
rOUR DE DISTRICT, PARoIssE ST. Ian
feri facias lance par Honorable la Huitienle
COur de District, dans etpOur la Paroise st. Ian.
dry, dams lie process ei-deSsus fntttule, OF MOI
adresse, je vendrai en- vents, punllqne' gu Pi1s
Ia dite paroisse, dams Ia vile des OpefotiRas,
10 SAMEDI, 4 Avrfl 1874, IL oIze heures dn matin,
la propri6te eiapres deerltc, sayOir-
line ~certaine habitatiOn, colfLue par le nom
de Temperance, situe sur lb ttte du bayou a-ia-
auemine, dams In paroisse st. Landry eontenaIGt
seize cent acres, plus on m0ins, etant la 4lelia@
habitation que lc dit Mckinney q aeauis do
Francois Jean ct autres, par trais aefes de Yents.
me Dasse lc 23 Janvier, 1850, patdeyait u. n.
Sandoz, Notaire de la ditto paroisse, ct deux pAsso
lie 1 Juln. 1850, nardeVaIt 10 hce0raeui, yves
Robert, ayant acliete cani0intnignt ayce fettft
Mckinney ct Robert de FRANCOIS Jean, le rs JAN
yicr, 1860, IN dite terre est plus acknowledgements
d6crfte CONNIE suit, sayoir; Dams le township
gix, sud de la rangee frois est. della District aes
terres Sud-Onest de la Louisiana. /. La nozzle
sud de Ia section onze, etl nloitle nora da quart
nord-oueat de Ia section quatOfze, centenary
uuatRe cent .IeuX ct delIl acres. 2. La moluo
Quest tu nord.est ct quart Sr1d-est ef ia monte
est dl quart sud-ouest, ct la motto dl quart
nord-ouesf de Ia section quatOrZe, centenary
trois cent vingt-une ct 48I100 acres. 3. La mpafle
Quest IN quart sud-ouest dc In section qaatorze,
contenant quatre-vingt ct 31Il00 acres. 4. La
quart nord-est du quart sud-eaI ue IA sectioA
duinze, eontenant .qnaranfe et 2SLioO acres: -
LIE quart snd-est dill quart stltt-cst de la' sect1oH
aninZe, cOntenant qllafantc ct 23lloo acres b.
Ia Motto egt dc Ia Motto est tie In section qua
torze, CONTESTANT cent s~uiSante ct Til00 aeres.
I. Le quart nord-est an quart snd-ouest de v
section No. 96. dans le township Ma. 8, sud dc Ii
Tanole No . eat, coutenant trente-nenf ct 12tl0G
acres, 4. La moitie est du quart nord.cst dc IL
section No. /, dams le township G, sud de Ia ran
gee No. 2 est, cOntenant solxante-dix-nenf ct
sGI1O0 acres, avec les batlsses ct authorizations
qui sly troureHt.
saisie dams lie process ci-dessus.
Conditiens-C0mptant.
27ffv 4, O. HAYES, sherE.
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SHEREFFsS SAFES
CitizenH Bank Of Louisiana W.. AamlDha
D6Iean.

DISTRICT COURT. PARISH OF ST. Ian.
dry.-No. t2269.-By virtue of an order ne
seizure and sale, issued out of the honorable the
Eighth District Court, OF the State OF Louisiana,
en, I4a Tor ri me Parish Of st. Landry, in the above
/. I'll al publie auction, to the highest bidder.
al the courthouse of said parish, in the town NJ
Vpeiousas: on SATURDAY, the Attn day of
ing described property, to-wit:
cerlalh tract OF land or plantation, situated
III The parish OF 81. Landry in this Stare, ana
y lmg on BayOu Bnuf, containing eight hundred
supernclal arpents, and composed OF four lots OF
ground designated by the numbers seVenty-four
seVehIE-nVe, seventy-six and seyenty-seven. in
toWhsnip NO. three, south of range No. three
cast, being q portion of the land confirmed to
GafrigueS F~laujeac, by the act of Congress-. en-.
tltIed an act for the reliefo of Ga~rrigues Fiauieac.
oi Ia, approved on the goth day of May, 1895
anu an act supplementary to an act, entitled an
act for the relief of Garrigues Fl0uieac. of la
approved LIST Of May, 1894, together wi h nh fhc
buildings and improvements thereon, thc ma
chlnery and implements of hushandrv, and ali
appurtenanccs thereto belonging or in any Hav
appertaining. ""'
Two hundred and twcnty-eight shares of mort
gage stock thereto attached, mules. DC.
Seized i'll the above suit.
1erlns and CouditlonS-Said sale to be made
on the Following terms and conditions. to-w1t.
l. me purchaser to furnish astOck note for the
SUM OF thousand nine hundred and twenty
eight dollars, falling due on the first of April.
1875, ana renewable, according to the charter OF
the Citizens Bank of Louisiana.
>. The purchaser to furnish q note for eight
thousand seven hundred and eighteen 66fiO0
aoliarS, payable on the second day of NAV. 1s74.
with Interest at the rate of eight per cent Dpr
amnnm from date tn paid. with the privilege Of
renewing the same from each maturity by nav
ing the interest accrued, s., l79 671OO on account
OF the capital, said note to be identified in thc
SAINT manner with the stock note.
The purchaser TO xassnne all the obligation.
ana reSponsibilities OF stakeholder of the Cit
liens Sank Of Louisiana, and the said stock note
and mortgage note, sofurnished, to be identified
with the acts mentioned in the original petition,
viz: mortgage by g. Flauieac in fav0r of Cit.
7ens, Bank OF Louisiana, by act before George
hing, Parish Judge and e~x-otflcio Notary, dated
30th September, 1897 mortgage by same parties
before same officer, dated l4th July, 1888, sher.
I'LL and a sale by Sheriff Of st. Landry parish
to Citizens Bank Of Louisiana, dated 6fh ,June.
1869 sale OF landed property and bank stock
with pledge thereof by Citizens Bank of Louis
lana, to Adolphc Deiean. by act before Edgar
Grlnla, Notary Public in New Orleans, dated 10th
April, 1871, and with tho SherifFs deed of sale in
this case.
3. And the balance of the price of adjudica.
ton cash.
1eb% L. Q. HAYES, Sheriff.
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JUDGMENT. h.

JUDGMENT.
Susan a. Mixer, wife, Va. Caudius MAYO, hus-
band.-sth District Court, st. Landry.-No.
1881.
This case llavingcome up for trial, and t1lelaw
and the evidence being in favor of the claims
set fOrthiH theplaintif petition it ia, by reason
thereof, ordered. adjudged and decreed that the
said plaintiff, Susan A. Mixer, have judgement
against and recover of the defendant, Claudius
Mayo, her husband, the sum of thirty-four hun
dred and fOrty-two 05I100 dollars, with eight ner
cent. per annum interest thereon from judicial
demand until paid.
1t ia further ordered that tue plaintiffs mort
gage TO secure SAID sum be recognized and en-
forced as follows, to-wit +: To take effect from the
18th April, 1853, to secure the sum Of five hun
dred dollars. TO take effect from the 10Th April.
1867, TO secure the sum of nine hundred and siy-
ty-seven 22I100 dollars. To take effect from the
9Th October, 1870, to secure the sum of thirtee1l
hundred and siNty-One 17[1M dollars. To take
effect from the 22d October, 1870. to secure the
sum of three hundred and 1lfty-eight 76I10O dol
lars. To take effect from the year 1862, to spcure
the sum of two hundred and fifty-dollars.
It is further ordered that the claim of the
plaintiff for the sum of one hundred dollars. fine
price of q horse alleged 10 have been received
by defendant on account Of his marriage with
plaintiff, be dismissed as i'll cnse of non suit.
1t IL further ordered that the community of
aequets and gains, heretofore existing between
the plaintiff and defendant, be dissolved: that
there be Il separation of property between the
spOuscs. ana that the plaintiff have the exclusive
control and management OF her naraDllcrnol
and separate estate.
1t is further ordered that the defendant my
the costs OF this suit.
Done, read and signed i'll open Court, this 9th
day of February, A. D., 1874.
Signcd) JNO. J. MORGAN,
Judge 8th Judicial District, Lin.
A true copy.
ONE7INE A Gr-tnRy nop T,Iarl-
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. The Great Antagonist Of Disease
What IL the natural antagonist OF disease? It
is the vital principle. From the moment that
Diseases developed in the system, this cham
plon fights the intruder until To either eOnquers
aris~ conquered. Which side should medicinal
science esporlsel In this life and death struggled
Should IL depress and cripple the physical ener-
or should III reinforce the.yitalfty or the patient
and thereby assist In quelhng the ailment3 OF
course the proper answer to this question must
be obvious TO every one above the grade OF an
idiot or a lunatic, and hence II follows that the
weak and broken down invalid who chooses to
dose himself with depicting slops, instead Of
toning, inVlgOrating and vitaliZing his enerVated
frame with Hostetter,s stomach Bitters, must
be either feeble minded or deranged. Surely
nothing short OF iInbecility or insanity could in
duce d person faboring under bodily weakness
and nervous prostratiOn, to take day after day
powerful doses OF some drastic pltrgatiVc in the
hope of gaining strength thereby. Although
chartatans may advertise preparations If this
character as tonnes, people in the fnll possession
Of their reason can not, one would think accept
them az such. If they do the penalty of their
The rheumatic, the dyspeptic, the bilious, the
debilitated and nervous, and all who are subject
to intermittents. or other diseases brought on
by the Indictment weather which prevails at this
season, will do we'll to strengthen their nerves,
tone their stomachs and regulate their bowels
with tho BitterS. The twO-fold operation Of the
restorative as an invfgOrant and an aperient, III
diSordered liver. renders it u most efficient rem
edy for complaints Of the digestive, sccretiVe
and cXcretive organs. at present in use. This
fact ia conceded by eminent members of the fac
ulty whose testimony to that effect Is published
in HOStcttcr'S Almanac for 1874.
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4 young lady who prides herself on
her propriety lately wrote home to. her
parents, regarding her boarding-school
associates. She said: 1.-THE girls are
awful siangy. One of them told me, tbs
first day / came here, that / had better
walk off on my ear. The little chitl I
felt just like putting a tin root. on her.
Aud they Vse such disgusting phrases aq
'you bet and bully and fnobhy, girl
pitched into them several times for their
slang, but they tell me to cheese it,
and if they go on this way, Ishall git mp
and git, you bet.T ~
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OUR BASTARD LAW.

. 'La# &E.Eg2GEGE @EE#EFF#M# EG#EaatEM
Some of our readers may not know, rs
some of them do not always read an ar
ticle as long as adecision of the Supreme
Court of this State that we recently pub
lished, that the subsequent marriage OF
o. white or any other man to q e0lored or
any other woman, by whom lie had chill
dren when she was his Oh any ether per-
sons slave, makes said children born
out of wedlock and in slavery, legiti-
mate. Twoof the judges dissented from
this decision; but the majority rules,
andaitis law. Laying aside legal tech
nicalities, now that negroes are free, and
Il white man, if he can and Will do MS
much labor asa black one, is 10 valuable
as the latter, though he once was not,
we see no sound reason why mulatto
children should not be made legitimate
by the subsequent marriage of the pa
rents the same rs white children, pro-
vided slavery was the only bar to their
marriage in the beginning. IL simply
puts them on equal footing In this rcs-
poet, as they are in ~otherrespeCts before
the law. Not that we approve Of any
such law, for white or black; tits N
tireIy too loose. 1t inclines manyt To dis
regard matrit0ony. II opens p way TO
refaeEe the stigma Of bastard birth. 1t
brings lawful and bastard birth too near
together, and has tendency to break
down the moral as weIlas the legal bar
riors between them. If bastardy Is det-
rimentai to the moral and political vel
fare of i nation, it should be absolutely
prohibited By law. Providing q remedy
to iegitimatize it, simply in
creases and continues the evil III a
wopd. such a provision Of law ofHers q
premium FOR bastardy, while legitimate
matrimOny il thereby discouraged and
put at Il discount. In countries where
laws legalizing hastaray prevail-gen-
orally, among christian nations, In the
south of Europe and down this way in
the United ~States-theTe is an evident
inferiority in moral health and a falling
behind in the beneficial progress of the
age. In England, whose people are on
aidered at the topmost round of ciEiiiza-
item and good government, everything
III bastard born out of lawful wedloek,
and without a remedy, Alaw prohib-
iting an evil by penalties OF disabilities,
that provides lDoEliOlesto get out of it,
practically asnounfa tD no law at all.
Such laws are . farce, and are aOTegard-
ed by those who are inclined to violate
them. When they have been pruned Of
ali but the prohibition and adequate
penalty, we may expect TO see more re-
gard paid 10 them, and, an 4 leault, q
healthier moral and political sentiment
prevail
We publish an obituary of Nathaniel
Ofutt, who died DC smallpox ut the
Medical College I'D New Orleans. He
woula have graduated this spring, and
Il saia To have stood high iii Zig class.
ii IS unusually sal that he fell 4 timI
10 his chosen profession just as he was
about to enter upon . promising career.
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CRY GRANGERs.-They are organizing
oranges in New York and Brooklyn
now, composed probably OF backyard
and iiower-pot farmers, who feel that
their interests should be protected and
the middlesmen bounced. 1t is Thought
that their chief object is war upon cats,
goats, and predatory urehins who break
down slrubbefy andsamplechoicefru fruits.
What q self-protecting people we are
getting to be!-[Wild Oats.
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II the year 1870, Louisiana spent S4s,.
OBJ, fSS0, 90, for Intoxicating liquors, which
was more than double that spent By any
other Southern State. Her liquor bill
for one year will largely more than pay
her entire debt. The times are so
hard but what everybody can find money
TO buy liquor and tobacco.
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lIEsCELLANEOUS.
INSTRUCTIONS TO # 3 a.a~
TAX
STATE OF LOUISIANA, AUDITORS, OFFICE,
New Orleans, January so, 1874. !

STATE OF Louisiana, AUDITORS OFFICE, !
Now Orleans, January 80, 1874. )
CIRCULAR NO. Q. s
With reference to my circular letter of instruc-
tons of the 2Sth instant. relative to the receipt
in payment of delinquent taxes and licences OF
warrants, your attention is called to the require
ments OF Section 1887 of the Revised Statutes.
In accordance Herewith, you will be required
to indorse on the back Of each and every war
rant received by YOU under the provisions Of
Article 3, of 1874, and of my instructions above
referred to- the date, name of person from
whom received, and the amountof taxes paid
by the same. You will further be required to
file with the State Treasurer, at the time Of ev-
cry settlement, an affidavit setting forth the
facts that the warrants thus paid into the Treas
ury are the identical ones received by You and
that you have not purchased or speclilated in
warrants III any way, directly or indirectly and
thai You have received such warrants at their
face value. The strict compliance with the
above will be insisted upon, and no settlement
will be accepted unless in full accordance there
with.
You are also informed that so much of para
graph 2 of my circular of January 26th az relates
to payment Of penalties and costs, is modified az
follows: ''All penalties on delinquent taxes are
receivable in warrants, but all costs and fees
are payable in currency"
~ CHAs. CLINTON, Auditor.
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Gurran, being at a party at the seat of
an Irish nobleman, one of the company,
who was aphysician, strolied befqre dim
ner into the ~churchyard. Dinner being
served up, and the doctor not returned,
some of the company mere expressing
their surprise where he could be gonesto.
@Oh,1 says Curran, sEhe has just stepped
out to pay d visit to some of his old par
tianta.h
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feb 13-3t
JUDGMENT.

Arena BGraud, wife, vs.. Achille Dupre, hus-
band.-DistrictC Court, st. Landry.-No. 1878.
In the above entitled suit the plaintiff, Arena
Btraud, wife of Achille Dupre. having fully&es-
tablished by competent proof all the allegations
OF her petition, and the law and evidence being
in her favor.
1t is ordered, adiudged and decreed that she
be separated in property from her said husband.
that she have Judgment against her said hus-
band, and recover from him the amount claimed
in her petition, Wig: the sum of fourteen thous-
and nine hundred and fifty and 35I1OO dollars,
with five per cent yearly interest thereon from
judicial demand; that her legal mortgage on the
property of the defendant he recognized and en-
forced to take effect from the Goth day Of Feb
ruary, 1873, and that defendant pay the costs of
suit.
Done, read and signed in open court, this 9th
Of February, 1874.
$50 -ssa JOHN j. MORGAN, Judge
- 8th Judicial District, La.
o 5saazfSfS 4. eu1DRr, Dep. clerk, ~ a
IL OPEL0pSAs, February 18th, 1874.
hereby certify that the within was this day
recorded In Mortgage Book No. 10, page 51I, In
testimony whereof I hereto sign my name and
affiX the seal of my office. @ ri as Es5Y
JOHN N. OGDEN, Dep. Recorder.
+febl3-3t GaI IL "a EtEf&@
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Succession de rreville mechc.-No. e4A1

FTAT DE La LOUISIAEE.-COUR DE PA
~ roisse, st. Landry.-Attendu que Eremise
Sicily, lie 10 Paroisse st. Landry, tutrice dc la
succession de Tr6ville Meche, decide, ayant ell
registre un tableau final de distributes d sfonds
de la dite succession, accompanied dune petition
~denandant lhOmOlogation d'icelni;
Eft attendu quill a etc fait droit q In demande
de Ia dite petition par IN Ordre de la Conr en-
date du 9 Mars, 1874.
En- consequence, avis est par le present dome
aux interesses dams cette succession, d'avoir q
faire opposition, 81 aucTne lis ont, par ecrit, 4
bureau dams La vile d'Opelousas,, dams les
delais present. par la lois pourquoi lie dit tableau
ne serait pas apprOuve ct homologue,
W. A. ROBERTSON, Greficr.
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Estate of Eliza Matilda Schaunaberx.
No. 3712.
DARTSH COURT, ST. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS,
L Frederick Munzesheimer. of the Parish st.
Landry, has applied by his petition to be ap-
pointed administrator OF the estate Of Eliza Ma
tilda Schaunberg, deceased, late of the Parish OF
st. Landry;
Therefore, any person intending to make OPP
position to said appointment, will file the sam
in writing in my office, IN the town of Opelou-
sas, within ten days from the present notice.
". 4. ROBERTSON, Clerk.