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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-02-08
To nay Friends and the Public:

To nay Friends and the Public:
HAVE purchased $5O. 600 worth OF GRO
CERES. PROVISIONS and dBREADsTUFFs,
for cash. and will sell the same at prices be.
low any other house IN the oily. 1;.. ,.::.o.
ing are few of the leading articles and
prices:
200 barrels Early Rose Potatoes, $4.75.
200 barrels Goodrich Potatoes, 81 rs.
400 barrels Pink Eye Potatoes. s4.75.
500 barrels Flour. consisting OF Rowan
Brothers, Khoelsr Brothers, Stoyail l. Hulls.
and Campsen & Co.'s celebrated brands. at
sll per barrel.
@ Sugar, 19a cents per pound by barrel;
II cents retail.
Extra Sugar, II cents per pound by bar
rel; liz cents retail.
A Sugar, III cents per pound by barrel:
l2a cents retail.
Crushed, Powdered and Granulsted Sugars.
liz cents per pound by barrel; 12A cents per
pound retail.
English Breakfast Tea, finest, $40 per
pound.
Oolong Tea, finest, 81 per pound.
SN"Po"oOi L co.. pA W p1 Ou per
Young Hyson Tea, 81 to 81 .25 per pound.
Rio Coffee, 33t cents per pound.
F. A. Ferris g. Co. & Sugar Cured Hams, 1S
cents Ter pound.
Bacon, 0. 1o3 and III cents per pound.
Cheese, 18 TO 25 cents per pound.
Molassca. 40, so, GO and 10 cents per gallon.
| Golden Syrup, so cents per gallon.
Finest New Orleans, new crop, Syrup, 30
cents per gallon.
New Halibut Fins.
New Tongues and Sounds.
Now Scotch Oat Meal.
New Smoked Tongues.
| Now Fulton Market Beef.
Now Smoked geef.
With full line Of all Standard Goods. at
equally chcap prices.
Country orders filed and shipped prompt
iy, free OF charge for package and cartage,
and entire satisfaction guaranteed.
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1t is curious fact that some of the
children of AIontezuma we're taken to
Spain, and wero remarried into some Of
it's most aristocratic fumilies. The blood
ct the Aztec Emperor, therefore, courses
through tho veins of the best HidaiRo
families. History will also record that
the late President Juaroz, one of the
wisest md most learned statesmen of
his age, was full blooticd Indian. The
sons of the proud Castilian yielded
gracefully to the rule Of the native Mex.
ican-another Illustration that time is
sure to work out its own compensation.
OHIo's WHIsKEY WARRIoRs. Tho
ladies of Ohio are on the wnr-path. and
already many rum-scllers' scaips have
been taken by the amazons. So far
great success has attended the new cru
SADIE In favor OF temperance, and in
many districts drinking saloons are n
thing OF the past. The fair champions
Of temperance hare adopted new tactics.
and move about i'll battalions, taking
possession Of the snlcous aud turning
them into meeting houses
ALAs!-Tho World gives list Of $50
families in Now York, who arc fsue to
faco with starvation. Among these
poor creatures there are women to whom
i've dollars per week wonld bo wealth
aud independence. These arc some of
the "results of tho war;" and of "re.
construction"
The post Office at Young's Storo, Ian
rens County, has been discontinued. for
want of Postmaster.
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POSTAL SUGGESTIONS. ''Fat Con-
tribntor" is dissatisfied with some Of
the decisions of the Post Office De-
partment. und submits 10 few improved
rulings of his own concoctiop:''
Monthly magazines, published week
ly, must be charged letter postage when
delivered daily. Powder magazines, e1-
| cept to regular subscribers, are not per-
mitted to frank their reports.
If no stamp is affixed to letter, re-
tain it. If, however, the postage is
overpaid. letter rip!
If you feel any doubt about n paper
going with o one cent stamp, have two
sent.
Seeds can go through the mail as mer-
cbandise. The postmasters are eau
toned against any old seeds to 90
through their mails, however.
Signs cannot be sent without paving
letter postage, three cents on every let
ter.
: Calico prints, any foreign prince, re-
prints and footprints, ull go as printed
matter, and pay tax accordingly. Vac.
cine matter must be properly (pook)
marked.
Poetry in it's various stages, including
the Edgar a. Poe stage, must be sent
post paid. whether it ever puid to reua
it or not.
A postmaster is not permitted to make
any material change in the site of his
post Office, without af1i1ing two cent
stamp for every two ounces. He oan
change double postage for sight of the
postmaster.
Shirts may be mailed mt the rate ol
two cents for every two ounces of shirt.
1.-THE owners name is on the shirt, let
ter postage must be charged. This rule
10 :adcl;kle.
A subscriber residing in tno Count,
in which a paper is printed can take the
paper, provided he pays in advance and
urges his neighbors to subscribe. If he
does not live in tho County in which he
resides, and tho paper is not printed in
the same County where it has it's pres:
work work done. then the County must
double postage on the man-we mean 9
two cent County must be affixed to every
postage.
Editors of newspapers and their fami
lies shall be allowed to pass free in the
mails.
Postmastcrs shall be responsible 70,
the payment of all subscriptions OIL
newspapers sent to persons residing
within threo miles from any post Office
IT any person refuses D take the puper
the postmaster shall be sompelled to
read it. Postage on newspapers shal
be paid or not, at the option of the pub
fishers and subscribers. II prepaid, til.
payment may be made at any time N os
convenient to either, and may be eithe
III cash or country or city produce. Th.
rate per ounce shall be determined b,
the editor. and the weight shall be cal
oulated at not less than forty-four ounces
to the ponnd.
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Auct1on 5aisI.sT a. Z !.


ges Mules ana Horses. ,.s.,.
D. @. .PEIXOTTO & SONS, Auotioneers.
To. MORROW tMonday) MOnNING. 9th in
slant, aS 10 o'clock, in front Of our Auction
nooms, We will soil, without ressrye,t
40 mead OF fnc young Kentucky MULES,
r. ,, nead OF substantial draft and work
ane young PONY. ',I. '1,i'' - :
rare chance is here offered to purchasers
to supply themselves with No. i stock.
Conditions at sale. 81 l,f7Ei,,lf Feb 8
saOeraOare. Watches. Jeoelry, 60. = ~
BANKRUPT STOCK OF IsAAo suLzBAcHER.
ID. G. PEIXOTTO & SONS. Auctionesrs.
On WEDNESDAY NEXT. the 1lth instant.
a. ;1 ~ O'clock at our Auction Room, win be
soio, At rublic auction, the entire bankrupt
stock OF Isaac SulzbacheI,
iUonsisting in part, viz: Solid and Plated
svrno ston noIs S9gar and Creams Butter and
water Pitchers, Table. Dessert and Tea
Spoons and Forks, Butter Knives. Barrv
Gravy and Cream Ledles, Mustard and ealt
lsP99ons. sugar Scoops. 0Ake Baakets, Fruit
Rings. Call Bells, Gobiets and Cups, Flower
Vases. Silver Tobacco aud Snuff Boxes. Gold
and Silver Watches, Gold and Silver Watch
Cases, Chains, Charms, Necklaces, Opora
Earnings, Bracelets, Lookets. PIair, and
Fancy Gold Rings, Ladies' Work Gases and
Desks, Seal Rings, Sleeve Buttons, Sets
studs, Collar Buttons, Gold Pens, Gold Pom
oil Gases, Masonic Pins and Brooches, Jet
Glasses. Opera Glasses, fine Sej French GlociSs Se
American Clocks, Table CUTLERY, Pocket
Knives, Razors, Scissors, Military Goods,
pistois. SHOULDER Straps, Belts, ssshes.
other Military Articles, Store Fixtures, Show
Uases, Counters. &C.; Copy Press. one large
sale positive. To be continued from day
TO day, ~! every article shall be sold.
FREDERIC LAMBERT, Assignee.
D. G. PE1XOTTO & SONS. Auotioneers.
Feb z --4 2
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Cannon Ball.
NNAMOUS CABBAGE SEED. Just received
A. Cannon Ball Cabbage,
Marblehead Mammoth,
Fotlcr's Early Drumhcad,
Carter's Extra Early Cabbage,
Winningstadt, Schuicnfust, French, Ok
Heart and other kinds.
ALSO,
Koy's Extra Early irol:Hc Tomato,
Extra Early Peas. Uorn, Onion Sets.
for good seed. Il. II. HEINITaHB
Jan &c + Drug Store.
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Notice.

A LII persons indebted to me, either by
~. note or omen sncannt, will plsase call
and settle the Same by the 18th inst II not
settled by that time. they will be placed in
the hands Of an attorney for collection
am compelled to raise money to pay my
Northern creditors, who are pressing fol
payment. Necessity, therefore,. oompels mt
TO call on all who are indebted to me to come
ana settle up. A. PALMER.
Fob 3 &
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For Rent,

TTIHE large STORE ROOM, under Irwin,s
4 Hall. occupied by Mr. Eberhardt and
Mrs. Smith. with alley in the rear.
Feb s IL
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-02-08

Breakfast Bacon,
BUFFALO OTONGUEs, MESS sMACKEREL.
ID LEAF LARD. PIGS FEE l., for sale low
- .ihpE: Il i T.r,;ti
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-09-05

pursuit with the ayowed purpose
of lynching the prisoners. Later
in the day Mr.. Carr was appraised
of this fact, and put his horses
and those of the prisoners to the
top of their speed to avoid being
overtaken. While nearing the
Hutchinson plantation on Red riy-
er some thirty miles below Shreve
port, with the view of crossing
there and destroying tile fiatboat,
3 to prevent further pursuit, he was
overtaken by the pursuing party,
his guard overpowed and the
prisoners taken away from him.
and three of them, Edgerton,
Twitchel and Devices shot On the
spot. The other three, Howell,
Holland, and Willis were carried
back a short distance to near
Wards store and there shot.
Our informant learned that the
citizens in the neighborhOod as
sembled yesterday morning and
buried the parties who had been
killed, the first three in the grave.
yard near Hatchison's plantation,
and the last three on the spot
where they had been killed near
Wards store.
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FrLLMonE, La, Aug. %, 1874.

FILLMORE, La, Aug. 20, 1874.
Belt known, that we, the under.
signed subscribers, land owners and
farmers in the vicinity of Fillmore,
have this day organized ourselves
into a CLUR, for the purpose OF pro
tecting the interest Of the. farmers
and land owners against certain
practices, to-wit IL @
lst It has become u practice, BY %
certain class of men, toinvite Illegal
traffic among the hands IN our rnidst
by buying cotton, corn and other
produce, from them III any quantity
they may bring It; 4se sss
Therefore be it resolved, That We
notify each and every man doing .
Mercantile Business, Or trading and
traficing in any way, TO desist nom
buying or bartering for such. from
the hands living on rented landss Or
the lands of other people. 20
Be itfurther resolved, That weak
and demand Of them to stop buying
cotton and corn OF our hands in such
quantities, as II win result in the en-
tire ruin Of the farming interest; and
is nothing more than an indncement
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-09-05

The young man who came into
this Office this morning, sat down
on q box, and then bounced up
with a yell and fed like one be-
witched, is requested to return
four long brass tacks that were on
the box when he took his seat.
No questions will be asked--we
understand it all; but we want
those tacks-we have use for them.
That box is specially devoted to
the parties who not only read our
exchanges but spirit them away,
and the tacks are what we depend
on for Observation-Disclosures.
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Coushatta La, August 10Th 1874.
To His excellency VIM. Pit!
Kellogg, Governor of the State oil
Louisiana-Dear Sir: I hereby
tender to you, and tie people Of
the State of Louisiana, my resig.
nation as Sheriff OF the Parish OF
Red River.
Very Respectfully,
f. S. EDGERTON.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-09-05

Hartranft, the Governor of
Pennsylvania, now was loosely
nominated for the Presidency by
the Ring Radicals of the late
Pennsylvania Convention, might
be very acceptable to tire Republi
cans of that State, but there are
millions in the United States, OF
all parties, who have u loatiling
for him as the hangman of Mrs.
Surratt, and who could never ac-
cept him as q candidate for the
Presidency.-[N. Y. News.
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Address TO the People Of Red River
And cur Adjoining Sister Parishes.

Address Ia the PernlA Of Red River
.-.Au.:-:.. c:...n...-
ana our az o e.sssi aiiS''ss'
Ft4 the Aed hiser "a.ohman.l
We, the people OF ked River Par
ish, do hereby tender to our neigh
hofR and friends OF our adjoining
parishes lur sincere and heartfelt
tllepA And everlasting gratitude
fdc spgompt and efficient aid
rendet Us ~ q time when q serl-
ous mt was eminent, which we
bedNse was Oniy prevented Dy the
nn&sfcedent prompt action and
detefesaati0n Of our friends CO.
OpataQng Witn our true sons.
4fen OF twelve hours we mad a
thOysand brave spirits ready ana
det6rnined with tReir Iives 10 as
sist ~ IN defending our homes
wives ana ehlidren-we owe TO
you KIND frlendsa deep ana last
ing debt OF gratitude;
10 the coiorea, we nave 10 say
that our action 10 the present 10
stance must mliy convince you OF
the sincerity q our repeated de
claraSlons % you tnat .ouf war
was only agalhs. sucn q you as
are SILLY ana vicious enough 10
combine Witn tne nOrde OF scala
wagsand carpet-Oaseers VINO ilKe
vultures nave oeen proving upon
our people ior elgnt long years
whose vofac'Iy seems 10 oe lnsal-
liable 10 all sucn we give ialr
warning. 40 tnose VINO want
peace. and tue Resumption OF Lon
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-09-05

Self control is the best evidences
OF a cultivated intellect and =
clear conscience. 1t is a great
pleasure to meet those who wisely
listen and observe who review
what is said without prejudice,
and with or without advice, com.
NIT no errors. Nothing is so diff
cult . do--nothing 50 rarely done.
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Burning dimly every night, s.''s1
Ina chamber window hiGh, a,g
I'm window next tire sky, stasT
Fllckers aye feeling light, sii ,rrssT
CLEANS and shimsrs when the toaf
And the wlirl of traffic's DER. nd
When the cold deserted street
Lny echoes to the tramp 'ss,..,. NV, n
OF the wa.cLman ON his beat.
IA ta.f
When the hight Is dark and chilli
And the sianting scourging rain
Beats and batters on the pane,
There tile Light is burning still,
When the moon 10 shining bright.
Every hou. OF every night, ~
Much more constant than the moons
Or the multitude OF stars,
Burns the lamp there late and soon.
Do you wonder what's the light g
In that chamber window high
Shining up against the sky ,=sses
Burning dimsy every night 2asa1a
''Tis u woman watching only ei8
BY sick-bed sad and lonely
Watching patiently and we'll
OH, how gentle and how sweetlylr
Oh, How fondly hone can tell.asq.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-09-05

A New York auctioneer says
that twenty five years. experience
has taught him that people are
willing to pay as much for old
things ut auction as new things
would cost at the store.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-09-05

Nobody can deny that the Penn
sylvania Republicans in conven.
ton assembled have shown. the
courage of their opinions, and
that they realize what other Radi.
calls refuse to admit-thatto purge
the Republican party Of its cor
ruptions is to purge it to DEATH
New York World DENY
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A we'll konwn brother Of Il

A we'll konwn brother of the
press remarks in q recent issue:
sit is not our fault that we are
red-headed and small, aud thenext
time one OF those OvergrOwn rural
ROSTERS in a ball room reaches
down for our head, and suggests
that some one has lost a rose bud
out of his button hole, there will be
trouble
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-09-05

Boys will be boys. At Alton,
Illinois, preacher asked all Sun.
day-sch0ol scholars to stand up
who intended to visit the wicked,
souldtlestroying circus. All but
a lame girl stood up.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-09-05

Mr.. Storey, of the Chicago
Times, III q letter to some gentle
men in Jacksonville, Illinois, says
II would not revive the Demo.
cratic party if / could.n As the
party never needed any revival
that we ever heard OF, and az it
existed before he was born and
will flourish after Mr.. Storey's
death, our editorial friend need
not give himself the slightest
uneasiness as to the future of the
Democratic party. Of course it
has to amputate from it, now and
then, rotten fungus like the Chica
go Times.-[Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-09-05

If the North Carolina election OF
this year is an indication OF the
popular temper, as it was two
years ago, and if the Republican
defeat in that state shall be fol-
lowed by a sufficient, number of
similar defeats elsewhere to pro-
duce an Opposition majority in
the next house of representatives,
there will have to be a change in
national policy and that change
will need to begin at once at
Washington. President GraN
will preceiye the necessity OF
abandoning a line Bipartisan con-
duct that has set race against
race, section against, section and
class against class, and co-opera-
ting with tue new majority in a
restoration OF equity and harmo.
ny. The country has not been in
repose since 1861. 1t sorely needs
exemption from the harassing
problems which the Republican
policy is continually presenting
to it, and it is to be hoped that
the Congressional elections of this
fall will furnish a clue to the way
of Observation-Disclosures En-
guirer.
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Consulate La., August Goth 1874.
10 His excellency VIM. Pitt
Kellogg, Governor Of the State Of
Lodisiana I hereby tender to
yoa my resignation as Tax Collec-
tor of the Parish of DeSoto, to
take effect from and after thisdate.
Very Respectfully, :
R. A. DEVICES.
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He is no SLOUGH, the Governor.
General OF Canada. When be
writes his name in full he inscribes,
This Excellency, the Right Hon
orable Sir Frederick Temple, Ear
OF Dufferin, Knight of the Most
Holy Order OF st. Patrick, and
Knight Commander of the Most
Honorable Order Of the Bathp
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Somebody adrertises Q prepare
ton for keeping lady's hands
free from chaps. A report that
she has no money would do the
same thing.
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Congress voted the oyer1owet

Congress voted the oyerf1owed
districts Of the Warrior, Bigbee
aud Alabama rivers 100000
But these districts will never get
it. They will get part ofit,s but
not all. Eight thousand, it is
|. said, will be sent to Sloss. sixteen
thousand to Pelham, aud like
sums to Radical candidates in
other districts, to be used corrupt
" in tue election. Montgomery
Advestiser.-
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The monotony Of life in the In
dian Territory is broken by duel
ing, horse racing, prize fighting,
robbery and murder, and once in
q while going down to see = man
baptized.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-09-05

A rural paper. observed with
great facility of expression !:
these moonlighc nightss All,
by how many a vine embowered
gate soft eyes look love to eyes
that speak again, and the pres
sure ola tiny hand in the huge
masculine paw wakes to ecs:acy
the living liar.n
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-09-05

1t is true there is nothing like
advertising, but public officer,
with nothing but . salary of 3d.
900 a year to live on, should be
careful not to give his wife more
than %, 600 worth OF diamonds at
q time.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-09-05

It's awful lonesome in Mexico
just now, and tears trickle down
the fathers cheeks as be takes his
son ON his knee and tells him how
the country used to be blessed
with a revolution about every two
weeks.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-09-05

"Sonny, how did you get that
hole in Your pants7n "You know,
old Snarleyr "Yes.7 "And his
dog?" ayes s1Apd his watermel-
lou patcll?" aYes.n ssWell, thereby
hangs tale, and hereby hung the
dog, aAd--that's the hole story"
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No one can to day define Re
publicanism. The party has no
code, no public policy, no fixed
axioms- nothing but the selfish
leaders, and the demagogue pur-
poses Of charlatans.-(Albany Ev-
ening Argus, (Dem.)
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The Civil Rights bill has proved
a Pandora's box Of evils to the
Republican party. If Senator
Summer bad cunningly devised it
as q means Of harming the party
he had outgrovn, it copld not
have answered it, purpose more
thoroughly Chicago Tribune.
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8 SHOoTING.-We regret to
learn that Mr.. w. T. Strother
was shot and seriously wound
ed yesterday at Benton, Bossier
parish. in . difficulty with Mr..
Charles Land -TShreveport
Tunes, 3rd.
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''On Sunday morning." says the
Detroit Free Press, s.there came
over the Great Western road, on
its way West, t. unk which made
the hair of the baggage s1nashers
stand right up. 1t was thirtytour
inches long, three feet wide, and
was made of solid boiler iron an
eighth of an inc thick. The han
dies were of iron, riveted on with
great bolts, and the lid was fas
tened down with an immense pad
lock. On one end was painted,
She can stand itw an on the other
ssMore coming!"
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'sWho was this man ~ asked
a Savannah Coroner as he enter
ed 4 crowd around a dead body.
belonged to a brass band" re-
piled boy, and the Coroner
went on: sAll right-no inquest
necessary Detroit Free Press.
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How IT HAppESED--In South

How IT HAPPESED--In South
western Missouri: fs .$ssss
He found a rope, and picked 1t up,i
And with it walked away. s,,f
1t happened that to t'other end
a horse was hitched, they say.
They found a tree and tied the rope
Unto swinging limb. VI 5off
It happened that the other end sen
Was somehow hitched to him. n !
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Hon. John G. Monc;,re.

!. The nomination OF Hon. John
G. Moncure by the Baton Rouge
Convention as Treasurer of the
State of Louisiana, upon the Peo-
pies Ticket, will give universal
satisfaction in the State. Mr..
Moncure has been in the egisla-
ture OF Louisiana for several
terms, and in that capacity made
a reputation for honesty which,
no doubt, served him gu this oc-
casion. 1t was he that Warmoth
complimented some years ago be-
fore Congressional Investiga-
ting Committee, us being one OF
the very few men in the State
observation-disclosures or repub-
lican-that he could not purchase.
Mr.. Moucure is practicing lawyer
of Shreveport, aud Il man OF dc
cided ability. Ii he accepts the
nomination. ami is elected, he will
make faithful officer IGalves-
ton News.
We heartily endorse the nomi.
nation of Hon. j. G. Moncure for
State Treasurer, and place bis
name at our mast head with great
pleasure, because Of his known
honesty, ability and unimpeacha-
BILE integrity. There is no stain
upon his political or private char.
aeter, but his record is so clear as
to entitle him the confidence and
cheerful support of the people Of
Louisiana.-[Delhi Chronicle.