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Terreboune has made a good political
landing. 1t endorses compromise, cOn-
demns contention and p%rOnOunces most
| empllatically against the blind prejudice
of party. This is exactly in our line.
At a large meetingfeld at Houma on the
Goth ult., the following resolution was
adopted: geo.
Resolved, That we, the people Of the
parish of Terrebonne, in mass meeting
assembled, and with a firm and earnest
desire to do right, and to place in office
men in whom we have confidence, men
representing all classes of citizens, men
every man his due, and work for the
common veal of the people and the
prosperity of this country, approve and
indorse the compromise; and that it shall
be by US cordially and honestly support
ed, and our maxim and motto shall be
United we stand, divided we fall,
Compromise means union, compromise
means prosperity, compromise means
success"
The compromise ticket of Terrebonne
is one on which representative men of
both races have been placed by a COM
| mon agreement, and the voters of both
races are pledged to give that. ticket
their undivided support.-tN. 0. Times.
THE ELEcTIoNs.-The returns are
yet incomplete, but it is plain that the
Democrats have carried Ohio by a con-
siderable majority, and probably India
ma. They have also made gains in Con-
gressmen, but to what extent is not yet
apparent, as many of the districts ale
very close. The Republicans have car
ried Iowa and Nebraska, eleeting all
the Congressman as usual. The most
serinus loss of the Democrats is in Ne
hraska, where q straight Radical will be
elected to succeed Senator Upton, who,
though elected as O Republican, has of
late acted with the Democrats. This
loss may possibly be offset in Indiana
by the election OF q conservative to sue
coed Senator Pratt, Republican. 1t
seems more probable, however. that the
Independents or Changers, holding the
balance of power, will name a compro-
mise candidate. From West Virginia
we have 40 news whatever. 1t will be
a week before returns come in from the
mountainous districts of that State. In
Nebraska, Iowa, and Arkansas, the eleC-
ton is for full State ticket, Legislature
and members of Congress in Indiana,
Ohio and West Virginia it is for minor
State officers, Legislature, and members
of Congress- In Arkansas the Demo-
Gratis have carried everything, the Re
pnblieans. to q great extent, refusing tD
vote. The returns thus far received
indicate substantial gains for the Demo-
Gratis, although other political elements
figured in the resnlt.-TN. @. Times.
A boy who had been taught that time
is money appeared 1.-THE bank the other
day, and remarked that he had an hour
given him, and he would like to spend a
quarter of an hour, and would take the
change for the other three quarters,
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CITIZENS
[Chapter 7, page 1900, United States Code.

iCnapIef i, page 14UJ, GultCu StAltb SouCsI
SEC. 5573. Every person who by any
unlawfulm eanshinders, delays, prevent:
or Obstructs, or combines and cOnfeder'
ates with Others to hinder, delay, pre-
vent or obstruct any citizen from doing
any act required to be done to qualify
him to vote, or from voting at any cleo
ton, shall be fined not less than five
hundred dollars, or be imprisoned not
less than one month nor more than one
year, or be punished by such fine and
Imprisonment.
SEC. 55T4. Every person who prevents
hinders, controls OF intimidates another
from exercising or in exercising the
right of suffrage to whom that right il
guaranteed by the fifteenth amendment
to the constitution of the United States
by means of bribery or threatsOf depriv-
ing such person of employment or 0ccu-
patton, or of ejecting such person from
n rented house, lands or other property,
or by threats of refusing to renew leases
or contracts for labor, or by threats OF
violence to himself or family, shall be
punished as provided in section 5573. :
SEC. 5575. Ii two or persons con-
spire to %injure, Cypress, threaten or in
tfmidate any citizen in free exercise OF
enjoyment Of any right or privilege Sc
Gll0u- ~ lRh ~ IN Va AS'N
of the United States, havingso exercised
the same, y Y \ they shall be fined
not more than five thousand dollars and
imprisoned not more than ten years ; and
shall be thereafter ineligibletOany office,
or place of honor, profit or trust created
by the constitution orlawso Of the United
States.
SEC. 557s. If at any election for repre-
sentative or delegates in Congress any
person knowingly p~ersonates and votes,
or attempts to vote, in the name OF any
other person, whether living, dead or
fictitious; or votes more than once at
the same election for any candidate fOT
the same Office !; or y0tesa q place where
he may not be lawfully entitled to vote
or votes without hayinga lawful right
to vote or does any unlawful act to Sc
cure an opportunity to vote for himself,
or any other person or by force, threat.
intimidation, bribery. reward, or offer
thereof, unlawfnlly prevents any quail
fed voter OF any State, Oh any Territory
freely exercising the right of suffrage,
or by any such ean compels any OIL
Ger of an election to receive q vote from
q person not entitled to vote, or inter-
feres i'm any manner with any officer of
such election IN the discharge of his
duties. Y or knowingly receives
the vote of any person not entitled to
vote, or refuses to receive the vote OF
any person entitled to vote, etc., or shall
omit to do any duty the omission Of
which is hereby made q crime, b at
tempt to do so, he shall be punished by
q fine Of not more than $500 or by inn
prisonment not more than three years,
or by both, and shall pay the costs OF
the prosecution.
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The following is the Introductory par
agraph to an editorial In one of our Lou
isiana exchanges.
The utter blackness Of che storm of
federal wrath which overwhelmed ua
like 4 deluge, after the lurid glare of the
lightningss flash which rent the mid
night of our misery, even now grows
dappIe In the happy twilight of q peace
full dawn. The smoke of the conflict
has hardly drifted history-ward, and
already the tumbled edges of the lifted
battle cloud are gilded by the coming
smalight OF prosperity, which shall surely
gladden. the near future and dry the
tears Of poor stricken Louisiana.
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STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Parish of st. Landry.
Be it remembered that on this third day Of
September, A. D., eighteen hundred and seven
ty.four, we, Adolphe Garrigues, Parish Judge,
in md for the parish Of st. Landry, State of
Louisiana. |. L. Hayes. Deputy Sheriff, in and
for said parrish, designated by order Of his Hon
or. john j. Morgan, District Judge in and for
said parish. i'll the absence of E. o. Hayes, Sher-
III, and William A. Robertson. Clerk of the Dis
trIct Court, III and for the same parish, together
with Joel H Sandoz and Albert Lastrapes, duly
qualified electors of said parish, proceeded, AZ
the Court House Of said parish, in the town of
Opelousas, after having selected from the list of
registered voters the names of every qualified
electOr on the same without distinction of race
or color who possess the legal qualifications ant
are not exempt by law from jury duty, to draw
from the box Of the ballots and names of those
thus chosen, under the laws of September 1861
and 30th April. 1873. siXty-tlve names, by order
OF the District Judge of the Sth Judicial District
Court Of Louisiana, in and for the parish of st.
Landry, to serve rs grand and petit Jurors at
the regular term of said Court, TO he holden IN
and for the said parish of st. Landry, at the
Court House, in the town of Opelousas, com
mencing on the fourth Monday Of October next.
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The ComnaRdias Operation of q

The p0nanlaQdInN WperafIom Of DIR.
Walkers Vinegar Bitters in Chronic Dyspepsia.
Fevers. Nervous Disorders, Constipation, def.
cheney of vital power, and all malad es affecting
the stomach, the liver, the bowels, the pulmonary
organs, or the muscnlarsyatern, il exciting such
q sensation arnong the sick as was never before
witnessed in any age. The sales Of this great
vegetable remedy have been q~sadrqpled within
a single year,
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Or motion, the Police Jury adjourned unit
Monday, November 9th, 1874.
Attest: c. MAYO, Clerk. ''
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The hardest thing to deal with-An
old pack of cards,
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A MOTHER CEEANCE:
FIFTH AND LAST GIFT CONCERT
IN AID Oh THE
PUBLIC LIB 2AkY Of KENTUCKY.
p STPONED TO
N O v X vi HI Il R SO, 1874.
drawing Certain at that Date.
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Thc Source of Many Hlls.-If all the all
ments, bodily and mental, which torment the
human family could be traced to their primary
| sources, it would probably be found that three
fuurtls of them originated in the failure of the
stomach and the other organs by which the food
is converted into nutriment and applied to the
| purposes Of life, to perform tho tasks allotted to
them ny nature, vigorously and regularly. This
being the case the vast Importance of Il medi-
cine which C0mpels these organs to do their
whole duty, thoroughly and efficiently, becomes
at once apparent. Hostettcr's Stomach Bitters
may be truly characterized as a preparation of
this kind, indeed as the only one which can be
implicitly relied on as combining the properties
of O stomachic, and Alternative and an apericnt
in such proportions as to produce simultaneous
| ly the desired effect upon the disOrdered stom-
ach, liver and intestines. This conclusion is
warranted by the celebrity and certainty with
| which the Bitters afford relief in chronic cases
Of dyspepsia, torpidity of the liver and constipa-
ton. The false idea that these complaints and
others that grow out of them, could be cured by
fierce cathartics, has at last, It is hoped, been
thoroughly exploded, The sick, during the last
hundred years have swallowed thousands of
tons of mercury, scammony, gamboge, eroton
OIl7 Je1LdBi - G1uNA bCDS IA tIAObGullAD Va bA9SIc
ever since the principle of renovation, as en-
bodied in Hpstetter'g Stomach Bitters, was ar
rayed against the principle of prostration, as
represented by mineral s~alivants and furious
purgatiyes, the latter has steadily and surely
fallen into deserved contempt. The cutlery
against stimulation by which concoctors OF de-
plotting drenches hoped to give ectat to their dis
gushing and dangerous compounds has only
served to increase the demand for the whole
some stiflnlant, tonic and Alternative which for
twenty-five years triumphed over all opposition
and IL now the most popular medicine In the
Western hemisphere,
The Prince Of Wales LRst.-His Royal
Highness has been detected in many an act
which has startled the Queen. The last of which
is said to be the ordering of $4,000 worth of
tickets forth Public Library of Kentucky. Her
Majesty, 1t Is stated, did not object to his buying
literally, but in the present condition Of the
Princes finances, she thought $4,000 worth was
too much for him to invest. 1t is asserted that
he insisted on sending his order to Governor
Bramiette, assuring his royal mother that he
knew what he was about, for that as $2,500,000
was to be distributed to the ticket holders on
November 80, and In suoh gifts s 100000, &c, he
would hare i splendid chance, at one OF these
splendid prizes, and thus, easily pay his debts.
The Commanding Operation of DIR.
Walkers Vinegar Bitters in Chronic Dyspepsia.
FeversrNeryous Disorders, Constipation, def.
cheney of vital power, and all malad es affecting
the stomach, the liver, the bowels, the pulmonary
organs, or the muscniarsystem, il exciting such
q sensation arnong the sick as was never before
- wt r.
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List Of letters

October lat. 1874, and If not taken out before
the 1st of November, 1874, will be sent to the
Dead Lettor Office at Washington. D. G.
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DRENEZ
''LE REGULATEUR DU FOIE DU DIR. SIMMONS. ,,
LIE REMEDE FAvORI

PRENEz
''LE RE~GULATEUR DU FOIE DU DIR. sIMMONs,'
LIE REMEDE FAvORI
D E S T. A l. L s.
CCtte Medicine sans rlyale est guarantee re
%coiltenir aucune p%articule de Mercure, nj aIcunc
substance mltl6ralc 1njurieuse, mais est
PUREMENT VEGETALE.
contenantc es racines ct herhes du Sud ou'une
Providence tOute sage a places dams les Days
on les Maladles de FOie sc font lie plus qsentfr,
Ellie GUERRA toutes les maladies caus4es par 10
arrangement du fole ct dies i~ntestins.
LIE REGULATEUR DU FOIE
MEDICINE DR SIMMONS
est eminemmcnt I'm Rernede de Famille; ct Oh
lie tenant pref pour tOus les cas- imprevuS, on
prGviendra de tongues heures de sOufFrances ct
p~l1tsieurs piastres pour soins ct prescriptions do
mGdecin.
Apres sen Gtre servi pendant plus de d1aranfe
ans, les personnes les plus marquantes ct les
plus dignes de cOntance d0nnent le temOignagee
les plus ~fiatteurs de son efficacite.
Deminent mGdecins lie recommandent CONNIE
lie Specifiquc lie plus etfectif contre Ia Dyspepsie
OH indigestion.
Arme de Get antidote, on pcut affronter saus
crainte tous les clllnatS ct tous les engagements
d'eau ct de nourriture. CONNIE remede dams
LES FIEvREs PE~RNICIEUsEs,
LES MALADIES DTNTEsTINs,
DINsOMNIE,
LA JAUNTCE.
LA NAusEE,
I L Ma PAS DE L
C'est la Medicine Ia moins Coateuse, In Mus
Pure ct Ia Meilleure du Monde.
PREPARE SETTLEMENT PAR.
J. II. ZEILIS IL Gle,
Macon, George ct Philadelphia,
Prix, S1.OO In ROnteiIIc.
En- vente chez tous les Drogulstea.
! laoat
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List Of Letters

Remaining in the Post Office at Washington,
La, October LIST, 1874, and III not taken out he
fore November 1gt, 1874, will be sent to the
Dead Letter Office at Washington. u. G.
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A Kentucky church has sent two lady
missionaries to the Fejec Islands. This
is very considerate. No doubt the can
nibals will prefer this sort to the tough
old gentlemen who are usually thrust
upOn that market,
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A boy who had been taught that time
is o appeared q the bank the other
day, and remarked that he had an hour
given him, and he would like to spend q
quarter of an hour. and would take the
change for the. other three quarters.
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ryt UleLuD5r ON, IdI4 ..-.-.. $4,469 81
l, Louis Besmarais, Assistant Parish Trcasu-
rer for the parish of st, Landry, do hereby GER
tlfy that the above statement Is true and cor
rect. LOUIS DESMARATS.
Assistant Treasurer.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 9Th Of
October, 1874. s. r. WALKER, J. p.
The Police Jury, IL committee OF the whole,
proceeded to examine claims unpaid and on file
against the parish, whereupon motion of Mr..
Theodule Fontenot, the following claims were
allowed and annrOYed:
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P. ]. L~EFEBVRE, p. NJ.
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MISCELLANEOUS
Z HAT OF IERORa.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,


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w. A. ROBERTSON, Clerk.
sept 18-6t
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-01-28
we'd March 3, 1873.
GENERAL NATURE-No. III


An act to provide for the establishment of
military prison. ana for its govern
ment.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representative of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That there
shall be established at Rock Island, in the
State of Illinois, a prison for the confine-
the rules, regulations and laws for the gov.
eminent of the army of the United States,
in which shall be securely confined, and
employed at labor, and governed in the
manner hereinafter directed, all offenders
convicted before any court martial or mill
tary commission in the United States, and
sentenced according to law to imprisonment
therein.
SEC. 2. That the Secretary of War shall
organize board Of five members, to con-
sist of three officers of the army and two
persons from civil life, who shall adopt a
plan for the building of such prison, and
whe shall frame regulations for the gov
eminent OF the prisoners, in accordance
with the provisions Of this act. The said
commissioners from civil life shall hold
their offices for the term of three years, and
shall be paid five dollars day while on duty.
and necessary travelling expenses; and the
said officers OF the army shall, at all times,
be subject to removal by the Secretary of
War.
Sec. 3. That the Secretary of War shall,
with said commissioners, semi-annually,
and as much oftener as may be deemed
expediept, visit said prison for the purposes
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-01-28
GENERAL NATURE-NO. 6l.f

Ar act to extend for four years the act es.
tablishing the Board of Commissioners of
Claims, and the acts relating thereto.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That the
second. third, fourth, fifth and sixth Sec
tons of the act entitled Gan act making
appropriations for the support of the army
for the year ending June thlrtieth
eighteen hundred and seventy two,
and for other purposes" approved
March third, eighteen hundred and
seventy-one, and the act entitled
"An act to authorize the commissioners of
claims to appoint special commissioners to
take testimony, and for other purposes, -
approved May eleventh. eighteen hundred
and seventy-two, be, and the same are
hereby, extended and continued in force
for four years from the tenth day of March.
ammo Domini eighteen hundred and seventy
three.
SEC. 2. That the commissioners of claims
shall not receive any petition for the allow
ance of any claim or claims unless such pc
tition shall be presented to and filed with
them on or before the third day of March,
eighteen hundred and seventy-three; and
all claims not so presented shall be deemed
to be barred forever thereafter.
Approved March 3, 1873.
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GENERAL NATURE-No. SO.f

An act to prevent cruelty to animals while
in transit by railroad or other means of
transportation within the United States.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives. of the United States of
America in Congress assembled. That no
railroad company within the United States
whose road forms any part of line of road
over which cattle, sheep, swine or other
animals shall be conveyed from one State to
another, or the owners or masters of steam,
sailing or other vessels carrying or tran
sporting cattle, sheep, swine or other ami
mails from one State to another, shall con-
fine the same in cars boats or vessels of
any description, for longer period than
twenty-eight consecutive hours, without nm.
loading the same for rest, water and feed.
ing, for period of at least five Consecutive
hours, unless prevented from 50 UNLOADING
by storm or other accidental causes. In es'
timating such confinement the time during
which the animals have been confined with,
out such rest on connecting roads from
which they are received shall be included If
being the intent of this act to prohibit their
continuous confinement beyond the period
OF twenty eight hours, except mon
contingencies hereinbefore stated. Apimals
80 unloaded shall be properly fed and
watered during such rest by the owner NJ
person having the custody thereof. or in
case OF his default in so doing then bv the
raairoaa company or owners or masters of
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be submitted to the Legislature, instruct
ing our Senators, and requesting our Rep
resentatives, to urge the passage, by Con-
gress, of an act in relation to the land scrips
to be issued in conformity TO the act of Con-
gress of twenty second of June, 1860"
The communication and resolution were
referred to the Administrator Of Public Ac-
counts.
1885, Petitions. .--
The aforementioned petitions. presented
by the Mayor, were severally referred As
stated:
Complaining of bali and bar room at
the corner of Rampant and Bienville streets
as a nuisance; for lamps on Lafayette street
and from D. Guichard relative to the Pow
der House ground. To the Administrator
Of Police, with power to act in relation to
the second mentioned petition.
From Hudson & Fearn, attorneys FOL
Archbishop Perche. relative 90 two judg
ments recorded against church property
from the Firemen's Charitable Association
for transfer to it of the properties used
az engine houses and the titles to which are
in the city; and from Finney & Boland, at
torneys Of Jules Bustillos, for cancellation
Of an erroneous tax Judgment. To the
committee of the whole.
Against a steam engine at No. III St
Ann street; from 7. A. Murphy, proposing
to lease city property, at the corner OF
Chippewa and Richard streets. and from
the Iessees of the Bazaar Market. complain
ing of violations of market ordinances. To
the Administrator of Commerce.
From property holders. to be allowed tc
dig fire well at the corner of Congress
and Craps streets. To the Administrator
Of Waterworks and Public Buildings. with
power TO act.
From Mrs. NJ. J. L. Mccarthy. from John
Knock, from J. B. Hemeuway. from A. E.
Bignon, from Placide Forstall. from G. Du'
peron. and from A. J. Lewis. attorney for
Mrs. W;lhelmina De Buyrst. relative to
their several assessments or taxes. AMI
from 4. J. Ward proposing to purchase a
lot belonging 20 the city. To the Admins
traitor of Assessments.
The Mayor aotifed the Administrator
that six o'clock this evening was the time
appointed for conference with the legis
lative committee on proposed legislation
in relation 60 the city.
The Council then adjourned.
DANIEL SCULLY. Secretary.
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GENERAL NATURE-No, 65.1

An act to amend an act entitled can act
making appropriations for the support of
the army for the year ending June thir-
teth, eighteen hundred and seventy"
approved March third, eighteen hundred
and sixty-nine.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That the
sixth section of an act entitled can act
making appropriations for the support of
the army for the year ending June thirtieth,
eighteen hundred and seventy" approved
March third, eighteen hundred and sixty.
nine, is so far modified as to authorize and
permit the President of the United States
to nominate, and by and with the advice
and consent of the Senate to appoint, one
assistant adjutant general, with the rank,
pay and emoluments of major in the said
department.
Approved March 3, 1873.