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We are proud to announce that tho
dam on Sibley's lake has been COM
pleted 10 the satisfaction Of those who
undertook it. To Capt. J. A. Snyder
and his soldiers, the major part OF the
honors mus. be, and are accredited.
The Captain, By the way, . whole
souled gentleman, was the first to go@
work +; his presence and exerdons did
all. Our old friend T. Lacoste was
on hand "a usual aud the work can
we'll be called ''Snyder and Lacostst
levee." They have but ono request
to make; the citizens arc earnestly
begged to keep up the work in future.
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That Printing Law.

The press throughout the country
parishes are all having say with ~.
gard to this odious law. We Gee
that numbers Of the Radical jonrnals
are in favor Of it's repeal; prominent
among this class are the Niad, Of
Homer, the st. James Sentinel, of st.
James, the Herald, of Lake Charles,
the Republican, Of Lafouche, the ST.
gar Planter, Of West Baton Rouge,
the Chief Of Donaldsonville, and
others We do not remember. These
papers declare that tho Inv i. odious
and should he repealed. NM ,..a.y,
Az it now stands, it gives support
to a number OF one.horee affairs that
are q disgrace, both, 10 appearance
and, ability, and from the first, the
law has not added to the respecta.
bility or influence Of a single radical
paper in the State; on The contrary,
tho fact, Of their. living only by this
monopoly, has driven mt all feeliag
and respect for that class Of journals
known as ''pap.fsd." : $500 $3.50 -. .
With the airport of tho radical
Senate, tie law can. and will he re-.
pealed in January next, and the onns
must remain with the radicals II Il is
not done. Such advertisements "A
Sheriff's and Succession sales and all
judicial publications, slosld he left
to the opium and will Of the party
who pays the bill. where, they will
publishthem. They arc p,ivate,mat
tors with which the State has mo
right to interfere. Tie law should
simply require their publication and
6x'a reasonable compensation there
tor. IT, yslpi, s!Ff r3;.. 9its ipq
i. We. will ace TO- a,short time if this
cry. Of tefaHsn. nseans anything or
nothing Thia measure villhs good
standard to Judge BY. Gin 4.5i ~,
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District Court Record.

First week, Monday, December 9Th,
1875. Judge C. Chaplin, presiding.
NJ. J. Cunningham. District Attorney
BAR-W. H. Jack, D. Pierson, J.
NJ. B. Tucker, J. H. Cunningham, 7.
P. Chaplin, P. A. Morse, G. F. Drso-
.+' i-." . y .-'it
guet.
GRAND JvRr-C. Z. Walmsley,
Foreman; c. E. merissou, Ainse
Holland, G. Derbanne, Peter Thonas'
David Allen, E. L. Basksdale. N.
vercher, P. s. smithers, A. Pratt
Louis Burris, Jessie Brewer, Alex
Vercher, Thos. Casson. H. Clark.
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PARTIES, upon whom the Census
taker f,ile,l to call, are requested
to send in their names to the IN
dersigned as soon as possible,
with a view Of transmitting them
to Capt James Jetiries, member
Of thu Legislature, from Rapides
parish, who has kindly consented
to attend 10 sucli legislation as
the whites Of Natchitocales parish
may 1eqnire. ee
Very Respectfully,
j. II. COSGROVE, "
Secretary, Democratic Con. Meet
ing, Natchitoches parish.
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First knock down SSt tho State.
Henry Presley went up and will 60
down to work on the railroad. He
liked turkey but took some one else's
for which he was found guilty. He
will eat no more turkey, hard tack
and bacon will 10 tho delicacies fcr
Presley hereafter.
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Parish, Claims.


columns last week, in relation to
claims against the parish, were, We
thought, quite plain, were expressed
in sncl q manner as to strike the com.
prehension Of any sane man, and we
believe they do. But there are some
who are 20 anxious to torture what
may he said by the Vindicator into
bad, that the article referred to, has
been the subject Of ,wjust criticism ;
has been garbIed ip shameless man
ner. .. F.t.-. &C. =,
The points made by us are III IN
the surface, nothing is hidden, and if
they are not understood it ia btcanse
Of shameful ignorance, or M infa-
nous intent to torture what may
come from us into some crime against
the people. g.. .. j.. ..,.E,
Heretofore this Judgment tax bnsi-
ness has been the po'rer in the hands
of the Conservative citizens, and now
the radicals attempt to use it, but will
not succeed > however, that is not
what We intended NOW to speak Of.
What is meant by this "Andit Com.
,nittee" is simply this, grouped under
heads that express everything, aud
mean all that is implied,
]st. We oppose the reputation Of
the JUST Indebtedness of the parish.
End. Many Of the claims against the
parish are unjust and fraudulent, and
should be cancelled. 3rl., Taxes for
the years 1870, VI, ~ aud '73. have
been levied to pay these claims that
are just, ,rithin the requirements Of the
lac; that is, 100 per cent Of the State
tax. 4th. These taxes are nearly all
still due and payable, and are IN the
aggregate, orer 50 per cent ADORE what
the parish owes. 5th. The payment
Of these past just claims is sohject
to- I've made from back tuxes still due,
only, and are not subject to future
levies, aud no levy is to lie made, or
isl asked, for these payments. 9th.
The enforcement Of the payment If
these back taxes is a matter Of jns.
tice to all those rho hare paid their
tares regularly, and they will not he
required to pay one cent Of tie past
due claims. 7th. It throws ont all
unjust, illegal and fraudulent claims
and reduces the Indebtedness Of the
parish over so per cent, which with a
Vi gorOus enforcement Of the collec.
ton Of back taxes will lessen the bur-
dens Of the tax, say over 30 per cent
in future paJ n'ents. For the reason
that over so per cent more is due the
parish, than the parish owes; on back
taxes and back Indebtedness. 9Th.
With this plan the parish is ont Of
debt in one year; removes the claims
from the hands Of future schemers !;
reduces, its future burdens, BY money
in the Treasury; by pay in currency
for its obligations, and it places as on
the high road to future success.
These are the points We made and
they are now given IN ertsnso; those
that can torture political capital from
them, are welcome to do 60.
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We hope that ow citizens will
attend the exhibition Of the Home
], Mi int for the i! benefit ofthe High
School, on Monday, December 81.
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Don't fail to attend Cooks great
English and American Circus.
Notes Through the City and
Parish.

--
Mud reigns supreme !; the rain
caused it.
Cane river has put on q red
dress. Below here the river is
navigable, the Col. A. P: Kouns
having reached Carroll Jones'
plantation last week. She took
out as bales Of cotton at CATS.
Business sti:l continues depress-
ed. Merchants complain loudly of
dull trade. Owing to the bad con-
dition of the roads to the interior.
the receipts Of cotton have fallen
of largely
The staple rules high, nearly at
New Orleans figures. It is sur-
prising how people can pay such
prices for cotton and live.
Belle Rowland reached Grand
Ecore Sunday. Good trip. Freight
cotton, per bale 81 up freights /
card rates. a''
Garzia, the Second street gro.
rer, is up with lots Of nice things
Go early. 1..e
Town crowded during the week
with our country friends attend.
ing court. .'.i@' "
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81 .Thepladies' Beuevolent Assooia-
ton are wofkina with 8 view to
get everything ready for the Fair
on the 28th and 39th Of this
month. 90 800. s., II,
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Those Old whtpe

Those Old Wings.
There was a party Of which D..
history Of this country tells ia. ~,
they were called wings, this lra s
polite had a set Of principles .oun.
and constitutional, they numb.,,s
largely, and among them were NM.
Of the first men in the Onion, sum. =.
tho bsigh'rst pstsn,s Of the Seo,a
The principles FIR which they ,s,.
tended passed away in 1856, Or ~,
now engnfted 10 the Demoen,,.
platform. Hence mes Of brains rh.,
belonged to that organization h.,.
either died or followed the poIi,n,
creed or what remained Il it, "a Il.
Democracy, and they have ia thu
party become leaders, many Of then.
We can refer 10 our own State onlt.
Look at Mari, 1t 0gdon, at DeCloue,.
and q host Of others, wlIo led in Lon.
isiaDa affairs, they were oil whigi
Docs it not seem the height Of follr
tor the radical party to call 900.
these men to como and join them.
still it is done, aud We understand
that Louisiana lras been flooded with
precious documents from Packard.
Ray, Ludeling and Kellogg, calling
nI'on patriots. like these, to betray
and accept reward from them. Gen.
DeC|o"et, than whom no pnrer patriot
lives, has put flea in the ear IF these
fellows, they will let him rest in fu-
tnre. And to what feast do they in.
vite these eentlemenf To the orgies
Of the villains who have piuDlered,
despoiled, usnrped and degraded
Louisiana. 1t is to this party that
the glorious, virtuous wings are ask
ed-and for what purposes Il it to
build up the State; to bring prosper
ity to our blighted homes; to save the
little remnant We have left-No! 1t
is to still further plunge rs in ruin;
to still further ruin IA, and to take
that little remnant which 10 left.
They AJAX; they beg tho wings to
condone their past lawless acta n
acquiese in the Kellogg usurpation Ia.
say that troops can be nscd to des.
troy a State, that citizens can be Or.
rested without warrant or law, tina is
what thu republican party asks tho
wings to do. And villa. reward d.
they offer-a place on the plunlena.
hoard, q black crown Of infamy /; thev
invite them to abandon virtue, and
become depraved. to desert the sane.
toary ~ the patriot aud become tho
companion Of the freebooter aud thu
outlaw. .s., !,..as
The wings Of Louisiana spurn with
indignation such Infamous offers, they
shndder the thought of touching
the hand IF Such vile men rather
would they perish with pnre, untaint.
ed esentrheon, carrying to the grave,
the tatterel banner Of the old whis
party, than live ages Of such degrada.
ton. ...-.-..
Out upon them; our fathers, wing
fathers, wonld rise from the grave to
npbraid US for sncl' treachery. There
is nothing in comm"" with the whis
and republican, a gulf deep and wide
"a ocean divides their. One stands
upon parity, principle aud virtue, The
other wallows in filth, robbery aud
vice.
Let us here no more Of this. Let
tue radical plunderers HE Themselves
to their Last hope. We offer no terma
but demand an unconditional surren.
der of Lomisianx's citidel to tue hands
Of it's vrtuous children-Whig and
Democrat.
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We were pleased to meet our OLD
friend, Dr.. ]. A. Derbapne. 10
is in transit to Orelousas, where
he intends lccatirg permanently.
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Uuapproacl'able and incompatible.
This has been said of Cooks English
aud American Circus. No Outside
display no outside grandeur used to
deceive, but a first claas legitimate
circus, complete in all its appoint
,nents. The artists are first class and
world known. No broken down an-
finals Or men to extort money with.
ont value. No stone has been left
unturned to make this the reliable
show Of the ago. Do not fail to at.
tend o,'d .sr'ember the day, Thurs.
day, December l6th, 1875. ..
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Court is in full blast, and Judge
Chaplin is wiping out the docket
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We are panied to announce tho
death of j. P. Hyams, son Of Col
Sam. NJ. Hyams.
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Attention il called to the carl
of land to rent Of Carver & Tay'
lOr. ga 1"Ii --
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Don't;fail to look at G. G. Son.
payrac's advertisement in to'dsys
issue. - - - 49,
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Home Ninstrels at Lacoste's
saloon, Monday. December 9th,
1875.
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~ Get. your printing done at
the VNDlcATOR Job Office.
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Save your diuss for Cooks Eealisl
and American CIRCUS. a4i :"
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Cooks Circus viii bo here next
Thursday, 10th inst. -. :.
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We learn that the troops have
been removed from C0ushatta,
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An exchange says: Trying to do
business without advertising is like
winking through a pairof green gos.
eles-yoa may know that you are
doing it, but nobody else dpes."
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Now that Vice. President Wilson is
dead, his memory can he preserved
like Washington's on = postage stamp.
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The Home Niastrels will give an
entertainment fof the benefit Of
the High School Oh, Ire 9th inst.
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Don't fail to come up to Ia
c0ste's to see the Home Ministries.
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Cooks Great Circus il adver.
tiled for next Thursday, 10th inst,
We hope that all our people will
be here and attend. .ai.f
$500 - .- -ll----- .. !'ti 's'5z
A REMARKABLE FACT. - We
were shown an apple, from Mr.
Jos Welsh's orchard, in this par.
ish, grown a. large as hens egg
from the second crop Of 1875, this
year. This u indeed remarkable,
that fruit trees should bloom twice
and bear fruit in one year. It
shows how mid the winter has
been up to this time Bishop Mar.
tins garden has yielded fine or.
anges and We have been enjoying
q tropical season during 1875.
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OASSS~A ssssSS ~AvAsOso k'Ss sAssA0ss6S ~
cluded. In fact they can hardly
touch upon any point that does not
need cutting and pruning.
Private monopolies Of oil shapes and
torms aloud be sbolished. and At the
bead Of THE stands the odious print.
ing laSkhich has been prosounced
upon by nearly ell parties. II 10 use.
less to shy how bad this law is as the
facts are 90 we'll known that it has
not one defender Of all the press that
enjoys the benefit Of it.
The people will look for q clear
sweep and the occasion is certainly
good for the radicals are all crying re.
form and an opportunity now pre-
sents itself fot them to 50 upon rec
ord the people will then know
whether this is all cant or real.
This makes the duty Of our legis.
lators d"nbly greater from the fact
that these men may overreach them F.;
may under promise get the appropri-
alton bill through, when-good bye
reform. Statemanship will he 10.
quired and We trust that We will not
be presented with q stone when We
ask for bread, % 10 were ''duriug the
ten days" We await the result with
painful anxiety and counsel prudence
and 6rmness to our legislator and
patience to our people:
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enemy, Out war! war al the tlme
against them, and the victory when
won, which is sure is doubly bene-
fetal, it is done with virtue, and We
capture without conditions, tue op.
posing forces. ,g.D, agei
I r In the present crisis in our State,
policy Il eternal ruin, principle Is the
God If victory-let us not worship
the idol, but appeal to the living per.
soniiication-the maker. Away with
this policy man
'f1e secretly a..
Puts pirates cOlors ont at both OI,r sterns,
That We might fight each other III mis-
take, ! -'ss15l% 't'.' at',' jt>
That he should share tho ruin ofus both p
Letu cling to principle, our watch
word make it. Build upon il oar
hopes aud with a determined will
fight to the last np"n that score. We
aru either right u wrong !; there can
he no middle ground. -,
Twixt trnth, and error, there is this dit.
ference known, -
Error il fruitful, truth ID one. -. -
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per, tho breakers must be passed,
the surf must be broken through be.
fore tho rock bound shores Of the
gold circulation il reached. We are
at that period now and the virtue of
patience must be exercised. AHA ri
The Democracy, true to ito duty,
will ever remain firm and unyie,d.
ding upon that line which leads to
specie pa. mcnts. The industries Of
the country arc Frustrated at present,
the legaltender notes are deprecated ;
and whyi Because of protective
vicious and iguorant legislation. This
legislation is to be undono. The
legal tenders must be swallowed up,
displaced by redemption, not in bonds,
but by receipts for dues. The cur.
reoey of the country must lie the con.
stitntioaal gold and silver. To &C.
conplish this end q little time aud
much craftsmanship is required
There must beAa tariff FIR revenue
abney economy II all parts Of Tie yov
eFx1est, complete aud instant dil
votce of the Suites aud the banks.
Let the States do their own banking
aud enjoy their. ewn local currency
s9i' i crush dps ", cone lp II win .ot
distsrb tie estirs cossty. ! Expendi-
lures must h. ducsd BY cutting of
uselsl. and cambersoue olacials eat
!lips dawn the E army. putting ! stop
~ tls leaky navy, stop. all pablic i,a-
prsremeats where a'oaey issequired,
Il y,s.., -. ,t.sf .lss il
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-01-29
Those Model Bo0kmak akers-SheldOn Company

The Evening Post, of New York, gives
a lengthy sketch of the origin, progress
and present status of the house oil Smell
don Il Co., those publishers whose names
have become household words with IT.
erary people. We extract from the Post
the following interesting facts:
Although the firm of Sheldon Com
pany, as at present organized, is COM
paratiyely recent, it traces the begin
ming of its business back to the early
wears of the present century; and al
thouph the growth of its business has
not been SO rapid as that of many others,
il has been very substantial. The ten
dcncy to change, so common among pub
| fishers of late years, has not reached
| this house. There are few firms which
have not changed their name OF their
mariners ottener than the Messrs. Shell
| don. -
Smith Sheldon was born in 1911 at
Charleston, Montgomery county, N. I.
HIS father, Alexander Sheldon, was a
Unknown physician, VINO had removed
| to that section OF New York State IRON
Connecticut about the year li90. lie
! was q graduate OF Yale college, man Oh
| much force of character, was at one time
a county Judge, afterwards o0c of the
| Regents of the University of the State,
| and for many years took an active part
| in politics, being member OF the Legis-
latllre for twelve successive terms, DUR
inc half of which period he was Speaker
of the Assembly. Smith Sheldon, the
son, inherited u good share OF his fatherss
| n,iblie spirit and enterprise, He entered
| mercantile life at an early age, ana alter
n successful career OF seventeen years IN
the dry goods trade i'll Albany, retired
| from business with Il competency. and
with no thought or desire OF again Duf'
dening himself with those cares and re.
sponsIbilities which are SO well known to
business men.
His education and public spirit as well
as his commercial enterprise even then
had attracted attention so widely that
he was not allowed long retirement
He was O. man whom position sought
rather than who sought position. His
zeal in public works had made him prom.
inent among the members Of the Baptist
denomination, of which he was q mem.
Der, For many years the leaders in that
i church had desired more distinctive
representation among the book-makers,
but no one who combined the enterprise
and capital had been found TO satisfy
tbeml They sought Mr.. Sheldon, ano
finally prevailed upon him TO remove tC
. Newly ork city. The present house wat
: really formed in 1858. At that time Mr.
| sheldon, the senior partner, purchased
: controlling interest'in the firm OF Lam
, port, Brakeman & Law, who were en-
: gagged in publishing school books and do
f ing general jobbiRg business In thu
3 book and stationery line. The new firm
t was called Sheldon, Lamport u Co., Mr.
: Law retiring.
( In the spring of 1853, the oldest son o
the senior partner, Mr. Isaac E. sheldon
became partner. He had served som'
v time with the house as a clerk when !
twas first established in 1858, He left t.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-01-29
Al Interesting Family Of Mummies.

The mummies found in cave on
Kagamole island one Of the Aleutlan
group, near Alaska, have been
brought to San Francisco, whence they
will be distributed to some of the scien
titic institutions Of the country, after
they have been exhibited at the centen.
NAL show at Philadelphia. A tradition
which led Capt. Ernest Henning of the
Alaska commercial company to explore
the cave relates that a mighty chief nam
ed Katkhavahochak allowed his little
son to go out in canoe, one day, and the
naughty boy went too far from land and
came TO another island where lived an
Alent who had married the youngsters
sister, but allowed her very few priyi-
leges. In trying to shoot his brother-in-
law the royal urchin tumbled overheard
and was drowned. The Alent carried
the moist, unpleasant body of the little
fellow to his fathers island, and the
chief, having duly wept and howled,
put him in this big cave, but took occa-
sion to plumber all those who had come
to attend the funeral and condole with
him, of many valuables. Soon the chiefs
daughter died, then his wife, then the
chief himself, in 1920 or 1870. The cave
was closed up, and the natives have
never dared to enter it's sacred confines.
They have always had notion that bod
les placed in it were impervlous to de-
cay. 1T is full of hot springs, and the
explorer had the utmost difficulty in get
ting out the mummies. The bodies had
been made in compact bundles by draw
ing up the knees to the chest and clasp
jug the hands around them. them. They had
been wrapped in skins, and houSshoi9
and hunting utensils had been placed
with them. There was also large chair.
like contrivance which the natives SAID
was the casket in which the king had
been buried. The skeletons were pretty
well preserved, and enough remains OF
the bodies to justify the name of num-
mics, which their discoverer has given
them.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-01-29
RIVER NE WS.

|" The weather to-day is somewhat colder
than yesterday. A heavy, thick, blind
ing snow is falling, which promises 10
continue for some time.
The river fell five feet and two inches
after the breaking of the gorge yester.
day but commenced rising again, and
there is now about seventeen and halt
feet of water in the channel.
The river is rising at Pittsburg, with
six and half feet in the channel, and
snow falling. Wind in the west.
The river is now clear, above and be-
low.
The ice will probably not come out OF
the Licking River TOR two or three days
yet. as no rise is reported from the head
waters of that stream.
Navigation will be resumed at points
between here and Pittsburg at once.
This will be safe, unless the Ice comes
out of the Allegheny River, which is not
probable.