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OrrrcE SECRETARY,

OFFICE SECRETARY,
Lafayette Reading Room Association.
Subscribers to the stock Of the Association are
respectfully requested to Call OH the Secretary
and settle for the amount due on their shares.
Secrctary's Office temporarily at NJ f. Girard's
office. l.. L. KEvILION.
Sect'y. l.. r. K. A.
Vcrmilionvilc, July 2jtA 1874.
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OF HUSBANDRY.

The vsrmilionville Grange Of the Pa.
irons Of Husbandry will hold regular
meetings in the town Vermilionville. every
Saturday At o'clock P. N.
The Secretary can be fouod at the
Grange every Wednesday morning.
By order Of the NJ.
II. JAMESON, JR., Secs'y.
June Goth. 1874.
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n L0sser.--La batisse occupee Ct.
dev.ut par F. Z. Latiolais CONNIE phar'
macis. une des meilleures positions com
mercants dc IL vile, situ9e rangle dss
soes Maine ct Washington. Possession
immediate. Pour les termes ct conditions
s'adresser
II. NJ. BAILEY.
lC. mai. 1874,
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IE soussigne informe respectueusement
les habitants de IL Paroisse Lafayette,
ou'il publiera toutes habitations, fermes on
lots de terre, ainsi que toute prophecies
mobiliaires a vendre on louer, sans frais
iusqu'a CO que Ia vents ou le loyer des
dites prophecies soient dfectuees.
n annonce egalement quill prepare uue
brochure descriptive de toutes les portions
de Ia Paroisse Lafayette, detsillsut LEI
resources ct autres inbrmatioDs int6ses
santes, conce.nant ce diverses parties
Les annonces ct references seront publies
a |. suite de ces descriptions.
Pour plus ample. nfem"tions s'.dres'e' lad
l.. . WM.B. BAILEY.
| Aw Jureamie rAdvertiser.
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T,HE FUNDING BILL.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE,
New Orleans March 2l. 1874.
To al Tax Collectors

VCW OTlcoQ1 MetCu S1s Aos3.
To al Tax Collectors:
The u. 8. Circuit Court having dissolved the
restraining order heretofore ixued and refused
the injunctions prayel for in the cases Of Macau-
ley aud Others, and Stern Brothers, prohibiting
the collection Of taxes under oct No. s. known as
he Funding Bill, you are hereby directed to
proceed with the collection Of The taxes in con-
iormity with the provisions Of said sct, and the
recently published instructions Of the Auditor OF
Public Accounts WM. P::kELLOGG.
April 1. Governor.
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: ?. RRV1lLWNo
1!l1oRN.ErAT Law.

vlaxlllosvILLE, La.
III practice in the Courts Of
\ '1hystte, vsrmilion and Came.
Nov. %. '73.
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u! mBACCO NANUFACrORY.
Csewing Tobacco, Snu6, Cigars
y ed 93 Chartres Street, corner
= fcgdras Street, corner Of
New Orleans, La.
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No. Ga.
An act proposing mn amendment to the Consti
tution Of the State Of Louisiana. changing the
dav for holding the general election.
Section l. BE it enacted hy the Senate :au
House Of Representatives Of the State Of Lou's.-
ana in General Assembly convened (twoth'rds
Of the members elected to each house agreeing
therctol. That the following amendment to the
constitution Of the State of Louisiana shall oc
submitted to the qualified electors OF the State
at the next general election f''r Representatives
of the General Assembly: That the words "nrst
Monday" in article seventeen OF the const'td-
tion i've stricken out, and the words "first Tues
d.v vfter the first Monday" be substituted in
lien thereof, and If approved by a majority Of
the voters at said election the same shall become
mart of said article seventeen:
Src. ,. BE it further enacted. etc.. That this
.ct sha,I take effect from and after its passage.
| lSicnct) CHARLES W. LOWELL,
Sneaker of the House Of Representatives.
fs;uncdl C. e. ANTOINE,
Lieutenant Governor and President Of the Senate
i Approycl March Il. 1871.
| rS;rraf11 WILLIAM +. KELLOGG,
/ Governor of the State Of Louisiana.
A true copy:
p. G. DEs,oxpE. Secretary Of State.
No. 22.l
Joint resolution submitting an amendment to th'
/ constitution Of the State 10 limit the debt .
New Orleans, and the issue u warrants !,y th'
officers and prescribing certain penalties.
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fl Ve1e01'e.-S'xeuhe mu'ets Gre
oles, domptes aux harms. bon marche'.
S'Adresser an bureaule CO journal.
A Yendv.-Dix.neu terrains. situes
a.n. et an dehors des liites de Vermil.
iorv;lle. reuyent Atse a,et6 bon mar.
che en- s'adr.~sant W.. b. Bailey, Az
bureau de l4Advertiser.
A Vendre on q Los.-Une habita
J ton situee environ cil miles rouest
dc vermillonville, dai cette Paroisse.
coutenant $50 arpeuts terre, don't une
portion est bien etahlie b une residence
:. commode, cuisine ct auts batissea. Pour
p,ua amples details, sseeser WIN. b
= Bailey, au bureau de T. 'uersiser.
u A Vendre.-40O Arpts de terre, ga
: rantie Ia meilIeure de sndroit, don't Is
. arpeuts etant hois6e. siee sur Ie Bayou
- !; Queue Tortue a envirot Is miles 'ou
: est de Vermillonville. Cette terre peul
etre achetee des condons raisonnabIes
II S'adresser VIM. 3. alley, au bureau
de l'Advertiser.
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a Vee,alf,.e.-SixIeunes mulets ere.
oles, dompt&s aux harms. bon marche'
S'Adresser au bureaule ce journal.
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lc, mai, 1874.
The New York herald., 1874-12-20
BOOKS RECEIVED.

The Ugly Girl Papers; or Hints for the Toilet.
Reprinted from Haypers Bazaar. New York:
harper & Brothers.
The Independent Youths Speller. BY ]. Madison
Watson. New York: A. ). Barnes l. Co.
The Man In the Moon and Other People. By r.
W. Raymond. New York: J. B. Ford h Co.
the Bewidered Querists and Other Nonsense.
BY Francis Blake Croiton. New YORK: G. P. Put
nam's Sons.
The Starring. BY Norman Macleod. d. D. New
York: Dodd h Mead.
The Queen OF the Kitchen: Collection OF old
Maryland Family Recipes for Cooking. BY Miss
Tyson. Philadelphia: +. B. Peterson 4 Brothers.
The Communlstic societies OF the United states,
from Personal Visits and Observation. BY Charles
Nordhon. With ILLUSTRATIONS. New York: Harper
d Brothers.
Remains OF Lost Empires, sketches OF the Ruins
OF Palmyra, N:neveh Babylon and Persepolis,
with some notes on India and the Cashmerian
Himalayas BY p v. n. Myers, A. N. Illustra.
tions. New YORK: Harper Brothers.
The Vatican DEGREES IN their Bearing on Civil
Allegiance. Political Expostuiation. BY the
Right Honorable william 4. Gladstone, M. p. To
which are added the History OF the Vatican Coun.
ctl,. together with the Latin and English text OF
the Papal Syllabus and the Vatican DEGREES. BY
the Rev. Philip schan, D. D. New York: Harper
4 Brothers.
The International Review, Ior January, 1875.
New York: A. $. Barnes 4 Co.
History OF the Conflict between Religion and
Science. BY John william Draper, M. d., LII. d.,
Professor In the University OF New YORK. New
YORK: d. Appleton 4 Co.
One womans TWO Lovers; or, Jacquene
Haynes Choice. BY virginia f. Townsend. Pnila-
delphia: ]. B. Lippincott Go.
Ismailia; Narrative OF the Expedition to Gen.
tra Africa for the suppression OF the Slave
Trade Organized BY Isrnail, Khedlve OF Egypt.
by Sir Samuel W. Baker, Pacha, n. A., r, II s., +.
The New York herald., 1874-12-20

OF trouble" SAID the Doctor. "The only trouble
with Ridd was that he had too soft heart"
III Lorna had died ON the altar steps when Oar
yer shot her, said Felicia. IL should have thrown
the book into the hre. No doubt it would have
been more natural II she had. but 1t would have
spoiled the story for me-"
"what q jolly good fellow Tom Faggus was;"
continued the Doctor, "such a highwayman as he
was an honor to his profession. have thoroughly
enjoyed this book; 1t seems SO unpretentious and
yet Is SO clever ana true to the life."
vRRs DB sOcIETB.
"Fred, hope you win forgive me, but opened
this package that came to you from Henry Holt
Co.'s. and have been lowering over this volume Of
vers de Societe all the afternoon" satd Felicia.
FRED-Well that II q great note; was going to
hang that to your Christmas stocking; now you
have spoiled the surprise, out you get the present
nevertheless.
FgLICIA-0h, FRED, how Kind OF you and how
sorry am; but what beautiful present never
saw much handsomer book The binding and
paper are exquisite and such dainty little pic
tures-tney suit the verses exactly. The selec-
lions are very carefully made. Thackeray, Hood,
Locker. Landor. Moore, Holmes, owen Meredith,
Stedman and host Of Others contribute their wit
ticisms. | do love to read such verses as these.
You knew my weakness, Fred. when you got me
this book. Listen 20 this description oil the Belle
OF the Ballroom
She sketchd the vale. the wood, the beach
Grew ioyeler from her pencils shading.
Sne botanixed / envied each
Young blossom in her boudoir fading
She warbled Handel II was grand
She made the Cataani jealous
She touched the organ. could stand
For hours and hours to blow the bellows
When you are not quite equal TO Milton there's
nothing like q volume of "vers de Socleten l can
always pick It up ana nnd hours OF enjoyment
with It. You could not have pleased me better.
FRED-The book certainly is beautiful. Authors.
printers artist and publisher have all done their
best Tor this volume.
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r. q. s., &C.. with maps ana iiiustrattnn& new
York Harper Bros.
Broken ohains Translated by Frances A. shsv.
from the German OF e. Werner. Boston +: James r.
Osgood 4 Co.
For Better, for Worse. Love Story. From
Temple Barr Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson
Brothers.
don: Sampson Low 90.
The Circassan Boy. Translated through the
German, from the Russian OF Michail Lermonton.
BY s. s. Conant Boston: James II. Osgood 90.
Selected Readings, Serious and Humorous In
Prose and Poetry, with an Appendix on Elocu-
tion, &c BY Professor J. E. Froblsner. New
YORK: J. W. Schsrmerhorn Co.
The Stately Homes or England. BY Llewellyn
levitt, r, 8. A.. &C.. ana 8. Q. Hall, r. s. A. Illus
trated with 2l0 engravings Philadelphia: Porter
4 Coates
Health Fragments; or. Steps Toward True
Life, embracing Health, Digestion. Disease ana
the Science OF the Reproductive Organs. Illus
trated Part First by George II. Everett, M. D.;
Part Second by Susan Everett N. D. Published
BY the author.
The Evangel. In verse. BY Abraham Coles n
D.. LII D., author OF "Dies Ira in Thirteen YER
sions,n 1.-The Microcosm,n &c. New York: d.
Appleton 4 Co.
The New Hyperion. From Paris TO Marty hy
way OF the Rhine. By Edward Strahan. With
over 800 illustrations. Philadelphia: J. B. Lppin.
colt Il co.
Malcolm. A Romance. BY George Macdonald.
Philadelphia: J. Is. Lppincott 4 Co.
Lotos Leaves Original Stories. Essays and
Poems. BY whitelaw Reid, Wllkie Collins Marx
Twain John Hay, John Brougham. Noah Brooks.
7. Y. Nasby. J. II. Bromley John Elderkin. Thomas
W. Knox. w. J. Florence, Chandos Fulton, J. H.
Hager. q. Bissell J. B. Bouton, W. 8. Andrews,
Gilbert Burling, c. J. Pardee, u. D.; @. NICK.
Loeser r. b. Roosevelt, william F. Gill. C. Forio,
G. 4. L. Holiness Charles Gral Gayler, James
Peck, H. S. Olcotr. Ed. Grey, James B. Matthews
and Alfred Tennyson. Illustrated. Boston:
William F. Gill 4 Co.
The Myths OF the Rhine. Translated from tho
French Of X. B. Saintine. BY Professor NJ. Schele
DE We're. LII. d. Illustrated by Gustave Dore.
New York: Scribner, Armstrong Il Go.
Recltations and Readings. Edited by Alvah 9.
Beecher. New York: DICK d Fitzgerald.
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again." said Fred. "Alter his cruel and insulting
treatment OF her every spark OF love for him
should have left her. That strikes me as being
weak ending to the book. 1t would have been
much more natural II she had married Hugo who
was really splendid fellow. Bow did Ella know
but that Renhold would cast her OF again If It
suited his pleasure He did So once, and he soon
tired OF Beatrice. What assurance had the wife
that another answering soul would not lead him
away againn
"With all her spirit Ella lacked true womanli-
ness" said Miss Rachel. "Aiter all she had been
subjected to- think OF her saying to her brute OF
husband, could you love the woman who at tnat
time, did not understand you-who understood
not even hersells We had to be separated in or
der to be fully, truly tried.' She certainly was
tried. ! DOUBT. however, II she would have gone
back to Relnhold If 1t had not been for his rescue
OF The child under such awful circumstances"
81 think the book has lost In the translation"
said Fred; .for German stories, as rule, run
more smoothly than does this. The translator
seems at times to be quite at q loss for word"
LORNA Do0SB
ssGirs, II you want to read novel worth read
ing, you should read lorna Doone.'' said the
Doctor; it Is one vi the most delightful stories
have read in many long day."
~ have read it, said Miss Rachel, .and per-
fectly agree with you; II Is q charming story. SO
simple, aud vet written with SO much force. The
characters are all good and the plot Is just what
one would expect from such book"
.John Ridd was too big COW for my fancy,n
said Felicia. 'He is just the sort OF man who
would step on your dress and tear 1t all out, bang
his head against the door sill, tread on your toes
or do any thing tnat was AWKWARD
''Felicia, you ought to be ashamed said Miss
Rachel John Ridd Is one man in thousand.
OF course he makes himself out worse than ne
was, but that 10 only his extreme modessy.n
81 am sure ne would put his knife in his mouth
when eating and tilt back in his chair when he
was through" resumed Felicia.
Miss Rachel, angrily, "He would do nothing OF
the kind. John sldd was q gentleman. What
could have been more beautiful than his treatment
OF Lornaf You forget tnat the story Is supposed
TO be written In the seventeenth century,
III cannot forgive Rdd for not pulling the trigger
when he had his gun against that outlaw Carver
Doone's breast. 1t would have saved him world
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-12-08

PITTSBURGH, December AT the
annual meeting in this city, to-day, the
stockholders Of the Pittsburgh and Con-
nellsvile Railroad elected the following
Board of Directors for the following
year: Mendez Cohen, Baltimore; Vim.
5. Bissell, Pittsburgh; q. l.. b. Fetter-
man, Pittsburgh; VIM. Baldwin, Pitts
burgh; VIM. keyser. Baltimore John F.
Donncl, Baltimore; William II. Per-
kins, Baltimore; II. G. Nickery, Balti-
more; :. SissOn, Baltimore; Charles
Webb. Baltimore; Israel Cohen, Balti-
more, and Geo K. Dennis, Frederick,
MARYLAND. President Cohen was unable
to submit reports of the road, owing to
the shortncss of the time between the
close OF the fiscal year and the present
meeting. and at his suggestion the date
for the closing of the fiscal year was
changed from October 3lst TO September
Both. The next meeting will be held on
the first Wednesday in February, next.
Rcecher-Pacifc Mail.
NEW YORK, December 1t is stated
that iE consequence Of the decision Of the
Court of Appeals, the Beecher case must
be postponed.
Francis Alexandra was to-day unGi-
mously elected President, and VIM. II.
Fogg. director of the Pacific Mail Steam
ship Company.
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manufactures, not produced here, may
b declared duty free, but he recommends
system of taxation, SO that the revenues
shall be increased, while the expenditures
OF the government shall be diminished
he, in sllusion to Southern affairs, SAYS
that he honestly believes the KEEL
LOGO government in Louisians to
have been legally chosen, and as he had
recognized it once, he would continue to
DO SO, unless stopped by Congressional
action. Still, he sympathizes with his
Southern citizens, and acknowledges
that they have been great sufferers by
the evil governments to which they have
been subjected. He evidently hopes that
Congress will relieve him from this
scrape. His excellency is quite sensitive
regarding the administration OF affairs
in the District of Columbia, and dwells
considerably upon them. He claims that
many unjust charges have been brought
against the rulers there, and that the in
debtedness entailed upon the citizens is,
by no means, as great as represented.
He desires to see the capital Of the
cauntry a magnificent city.
These are about tina pridcipal points
made. Regarding the vital questions
at issue in this country, the
President is direct and positive in
his sentiments. But he manifests
most decidedly, the partisan in all his
and his remarks, particularly
on the South, read like leader from
some administration journal.
Touching thus briefly and hurriedly up
on his message, We submit it to our read
ers to pass their own comments.
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The Road TO Health.

Cleanse the stomach, bowels and blood
from all the acrid, corrupt and offensive
accumulations which produce functional
arrangement, and you remove the cause
Of most diseases which afict the human
family, and thus save large doctors bills.
The most efectual and reliable remedy
for this purpose Is found in DR.. Pierce's
Pleasant Purga,ive Pellets. No cheap
wood or paper boxes, bu; kept fresh and
reliable in vials.
High livers, those indulging in ease
and pleasure, and those Of sedentary
habits, can prevent Boils, Carbun:les,
Gout, Red Skin, EruptiOns, Pimples,
Constipation, Piles, Drowsiness, Bilious
ness, and other conditions induced by
such habits, by taking from four 10 six Of
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Purgstive Pellets
once q week, or, better still, one or two
each night. They are sold by dealers in
medicine-.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-12-08

THE reports from Mississippi this
morning show trouble there.
1t sounds strangely at first, that, after
ouiet elections, difficulties should SO sud-
denly break out, but the problem is easily
,,Ived as the dispatches are read to their
close. Evidence has just be received
,bs, Governor AMEs and his Attorney
General. GEORGE L. HARRIS, melted
and advised the invasion of the city
.vicksburg) to-day
Yesterday, the day of these troubles,
Congress- assembled. AMEs is BurLEB's
,oa-in.law, and BUTLER has been recent
,y defeated. Comment is unnecessary.
We are glad that steps have been taken
10 arrest the ringleaders in these riots.
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HOUSE.

The hour preceding the opening Of the
session was spent by the members in
greetings, hand shaking and expressions
Of regret or rejoicing over the results Of
the recent elections. The galleries were
crowded, and the corridors almost irn-
passible.
AT noon the proceedings were formally
opened with prayer BY the Chaplain, Mr..
Butler, who prayed, among other thing,
for the purifcstion and increased power
Of the great engine, the press.
The Clerk thsn called the roll
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The operatives in the Dundee Juie
Mil numbering &C, 600, struck yesterday,
in consequence Of reduction Of wages.
Paris telegram says that the As
,embly will adjourn on the 10Th inst,
till January 1lth-
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PItfsburxh Market.

PITTsBURGH, December a.-Wheat-
Firm; Pennsylvania and Ohio red. 81 Is
al Is; white 81 Zat6l 3. Corn-NeS
ear tS.7sc; sbelled s0G72c. Petroleum
Crude 77.GsOc al PHkers; refined
l0ic for Philadelphia delivery.
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Tho Iron situation.

PITTSBURGH, December THE situa-
ton between the iron manufacturers and
the puddlers OF this city is that Of dead
lockout of the eight hundred furnaces
in this county. But seventy three are
running, end these only temporarily
till certain contracts are filed.
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FROM our reports this morning the
rrobabilitis. are that the weather ts-day
will b. partly cloudy, with vsrisbly
winds, and no decided change of tsm-
perature.
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THE WEATHER.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
OFFICE OF CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER
WAsH1SGToS, December 4, p NJ. }
PROBABILITIES.

PROBABILITIES
For the Middle States, New England
ana Lower Lake Region, cloudy and
colder weather, with areas of light
snow. north or west winds and rising
bsrometer.- For the Tennessee aud OHIO
Valley, clearing weather and hight va
riable winds, no decided change of tenn
nar..ure. and rising barometer east of
the Central Mississippi river. For the
Upper Lake Region, areas of light snow,
followed by partly cloudy weather, low
but rising temperature, northerly y winds
shifting TO easterly and southerly and
rising followed by falling barometer.
For the Northwest, increasing cloudiness.
rising temperature, south or west , TlhuS
"a f.lI;ng barometer. For the Canal
Region, Northeast and Northern Por-
tio5s of Pennsylvania and Ohio, temper
sture will fall below freezing Tuesday
night
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-12-08

The President sent TO the Senate yes
terday the nomination of Marshall
jewell, of Connecticut, for Postmaster
General
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BY TELEGRAPH
TO THE
WHEELING REGISTER.

Associated Press Report. by Western
Union Line, Office Northwest cor.
of Main and 18th Sts.
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VOL. IL.
At'heeliug Register.

Cold closed in New Ysrk Saturday
stlll3.
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Resolution offered.

At = public meeting this morning the
following was adopted;
Resolred, That while We are fully
satisfied that Peter Crosby has caused
armed negroes to march on the city and
should therefore be held mainly rsponsi-
bic for sll the blood that has been shed,
we recommend that all good citizens
abstain from inhicting any personal
violence upon him, and that We use still
further efforts TO have him removed from
Office in some legal manner.
LArEsT-Evidence just received rem
ders it absolutely certain that Governor
Ames and his Attorney General, Geo.
E. Harris, incited and advised
the invasion of this city By the negroes
to-day. This evidence has been laid
before the ablest lawyers ofthis city, with
view of arrestIng and bringing these
parties to this city for trial.
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DOMESTIC NEWS.
RiOtOus Negroes.

NEW ORLEANS, December THE
Vicksburg reports in circulation last
night, that large bodies of armed negroes
were on their way to the city to take
possession of the court house, were con-
tirmed this morning. At nine o'clock
the alarm bells were rung to alarm the
citizens. Business houses of all kinds
were closed, and the the whites, under
arms, are marching out on the various
roads 10 meet the enemy. The court
house is in possession of the whites, and
the negro sheriff is prisoner. Great
excitement prevails