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The Parish Convention.

|. On Thursday next, September l4th,
will assemble IN this city, the parish
Convention Of the Democratic Con.
sentative party.
The duties OF this Convention arc
Of great Importance to the whole peo-
pie, and we may cay that the success
of good, honest local government de-
pends upon its action.
1t is well to fully understand the
situation before we enter into the
battle-it is wise we should know the
ground before We advance, and we
propose therefore, to be plain and tm.
phatic in our views and statements,
regarding what VIC consider the duty
the delegates owe the people and
the PARTY.
Natchitoches parish, In the first
place, CAN lie carried for the Demo
cratic party!
How
The record of the Radical party,
and the effect of it's rule with US, is
against it; the leading Radicals are,
without an exception, men of worth
less characteristic whites are rene.
gade Democrats, indicted thieves and
known plunderers. The colored peo-
pie know this we'll, aud have either
Joined Onr part7, or held off to see
what We propose to do to better their
condition and ours.
That is the situation-now comes
the remedy, and the How! In your
parish platform make the Issue sharp
and distinct between ourselves and
the Radicals.
State what you propose to do in
no ambiguous terms or we'll turned
phrases-1et it he said in good old
Saxon, which all can understand.
Now this is not all.
You must nominate men for local
Office who are COMPETENT, HONEST
and AVAILABLE.
None other can hope to win, and
with one man on the ticket who does
not comprehend and embrace all
three Of those requirements, orr de.
feat is eertain-a defeat lasting and
vital.
Delegates, you have in your keep.
ing fearful responsibility. Upon
you rests the liberty, the honor and
the property Of your fellow. citizens.
We hope you realize your condi-
ton and your responsibility. "-
With wise selection of men for
official position, yon insnre good gov.
ernme"t, competent omclaIs, honest
administration Of law, and the assn
rance of peace to a'l-you bring by
your action, health and vigor to a
dropping and lettering people.
With an unwise selection, what are
tue conseqnences1
We leave that to your Imagination
to picture, for pen or tongue is
powerless to write or express the
condition to which We will be re.
duced.
Let os then act periodically this
time, when every thing We have is
at stake, and We are held to such
fearful responsibility.
Come to the Convention forgetting
every thing but the honor AID sue
cess Of yonr party and peop'e-de.
termined to do nothing that will re.
fleet upon the one or endaugcr the
other. .ss.s
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New Orleans, Aug. 81. 1876.

New Orleans, Aug. 81, 1876.
To the President:
The fact that I am a candidate
for the office of Governor In the
approaching election renders it
proper that Isurrender the office
which lam an incumbent. There.
fore tender you my resignation of
the office Of United States Mar
shall for the District Of Louisiana.
to take effect as soon as my sue.
cessor is appointed and qualified.
| avail myself of this occasion to
express my high personal regard
for you, and my gratitude for the
generous aud assuring confidence
which you have bestowed on me
during my official relation to the
Federal Government, extending
through a continuous period Of
more than seven years, much of
the time under circumstances of
extraordinary difficulty. In view
of my relation to the impending
canvass in this State, / respectful.
" suggest that the vacancy be
filled with as little delay as is con.
sistent with a proper selection.
l have the honor to be your
Obedient servant. -
[Signedl s. B. PACKARD,
U. s. Marshal.
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WAGONS at Factoty prices, to be
had from, McCOOK l. BROS.

Myers is thoroughly in accord with
Natchitoches Radicalism +; he is a thief,
and We see lis name to call for the
Radical Senatorial Convention.
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FOR THE SCHOOL ROOM.
5000 Ene,avinss /; 1910 Qsarta Pie"
A NEW FEATURE.
To the $3.50 ILLus1 ATOMS heretofore "
sters Unabridged we hsve added 'oa'
COLORED ILLUSTRATIONS
eucr ,resslv for tho work It 'arss ~
Nearl, ecery State Superintendent q ~ e
Instruction IN the Union, or corfesIonaSse
ficer, where snch an one exists, has ts ~. ~
I'd Wehster's Dictionary in the strosks~ s.sSs:1,
Among them are those Of Eastern, N~Sw1Y-
Middle. Southern aud Weston Stases~
TY.EIGuT in all.
STATE PURCHAsEs.
The State Of NEW YORK has placed w.
copies Of Webster's Unabridse in ~ many
The Tie State ;ss Of WISCONSIN, about sa''-''1
III: IL Sat- Of NEW JERSEY ''''-'''s
'' TIs State State Of, MICHIGAN made p''''''
for all her Schools. -.
The State Of MASSACHUSETTS h. VT
piled her Schools--nearfy all ...oh
The STATE Of IOWA has supplied her 800 nc.
The State Of CONNECTICUT has r,sde ~
vision for her Schools. ,.o
y Over 1850 Schools in INDIANA sst
supplied during the year 1919, aud many -
iu 1873 and 1874. -.
In other States many copies have been ~.
chased for supplying Schools Vi citifs f"'''
and towns. =. fse
What better investment csu bs p'''
Schoolsi .AA
More than ten times o. many are so 80
Wehster's Dictionaries, a. Of any Other 's''~
in this Country. n..hs
At least four-ff,hs Of al the Schnoi.p.s.$
published In this country OVID Webster a. 49,
standard, and Of the remainder. few seA''''
edge any standard. ,c,.v
rub,i.phi nv &; {. C.. MERkiHN
.;vtf ta.iy Springfield VS.
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the two moved oil. AS they Approach
ed the man he began to mount bis
horse which was standing at the edge
of tho road: Dobson went directly to
the road, Dinkgrave leading his horse
outside the road and about thirty
yards distant. Dobson states that
when he was about fifteen feet from
the man lie threw down a shot gun
| and ordered him to stop there 1.-THE
man was an entire stranger to Doh
son and to Dinkgravel, and throwing
his gun, u large donhle barrel shot gun
to the right, having halted D"hson on
the left, lie pulled trigger and Dink-
grave. who was trying to place his
horse between himself and the man
received the contents Of the gun in
the left side, just above the hips, fall
ing ut once. The man rode in slow
walk about forty steps and saw that
Dinkg,ave was morta]ly wounded and
hearing Dobson say he is shot through
and through, spurrcd his horse into a
rapid gait saying, II am gone," he
rode furiously up the road reloading
as lie ran. Dobson describes him as
man Of dark complexion, rather
spare made and very cool and reso.
lutte with deep voice and no dis
guise, except long shaggy black wills.
kers, reaching nearly to his eyes. He
knew neither the man nor the horse.
Several persons have seen the man
during the past three days and be was
furnished with water several times by
Dinkgrave's cook. Dinkgrave told
D0bson the man had been lying
around his house for two or three days
and thought he meant to kill him.
Some ak years ago Dr.. Dinkgrave
vas compelled, IN se1f.defense, to kill
a man named Wimber'y, who had
many friends, and the impression Is
that his dealt, is the result of al old
feud. Prominent Republicans say
this is their superstition.
The tragedy has created much feel.
ing, but it is clearly disconnected with
politics. The sheriff with a posse Of
armed white men have gone in pur-
suit, but with no expectations of cap.
ture as the man had two hours the
start.
The murderer was dressed in a
semi.genteel suit Of brown color, wore
q black sloucll hat and was of medium
height. He did not conceal himself
and was laying down at the time
Dipkgrave turned back. Neither Dob.
son, Dinkgrave nor Beuoit, who cor
roborates Dobson's statement, rccog.
nized the man. Dinkgrave had i'm.
mediate surgical assistance, bnt bis
wounds were mortal and he died
within an hour. These particulars
come from witnesses themselves.
Boss Packard Resigns his Mar
shalshlp.
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CAPTURED.-A negro man was capt
ured by the patrol in Jackson's Square
GU Wednesday night, last whose con.
duct was very suspicious and whose
statements are very conflicting. He
was lodged in Jail as he is supposed
to be one Of the gang Of robbers who
have been depredatlng our city for
some time past.
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Registration papers dated between
AE6 US.r 3lst 1874, and OCTOBER
IN 1874. ARE GOOD. NONE 9TH.
Ees4AIE.
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You lose money by not going at
once to McCooK & BROS, for cheap
Boots. Shoes, Hats, and Caps.
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The fourth and tenth wards of our
parish are up to date, the banner
workers. Gentlemen of the other
wards you must stir yourselves.
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AS Conservators.

To show, that without the moral
| support Of the Conservative-Demo-
cratic party ofthis State, the enforce.
ment Of law and the preservation Of
order would be, and is impossible j;
we have but to refer to the campaign
Of 1874. when all law was suspended
for several months.
Dnring that period we, as n people,
took charge Of public affairs; made
and published ourselves responsible
for the protection Of life and proper
ty; how well ne kept that pledge
can be judged from the fact, that not
a single lawless act occurred during
that memorable winter.
The canses that then required US
to stake CHARGE of the government
of our local affairs; to preserve law
and order, exist now to a ten fold
greater degree.
Our success depends land success
with us is rehabilitation, defeat death)
upon the impossibjlity Of the Radical
emissaries in our mi.lst being fur.
nished q pretext to manufacture out
rage from-to construct the "b|oody
Shirt" to f;unt in the face of the
American people, and to "dre the
Northern heart"
We should then he prepared to pre-.
serve the peace, to lie cool and deter
mined, to accept every species Of
outrage without resortiDg to violence,
consistent with personal safety and the
protection Of our homes and families.
We must all be willing and anxious
to defend those colorcd people from
violence, Who 60 with us in this work
Of relemption-all We hold dear is at
stake ia this contest-life, liberty,
and property let rs, in Gods name,
not submit their loss to the folly Of
ian outrage"
"There is a time coming" when
popular vengeance will overtake those
who now but buster and bully in the
attempt to force you to suicidal &C
ton.
We are, in common with our fellow
citizens, engaged in an arduous strug-
gle for liberty. Our efforts in their
behalf have been strong, aud we are
proud to shy, dnly appreciated by all.
Let them, therefore, tako good heed
Of what we now say-BEAR AND BE
STRONG! When the hour for an ex.
preston Of popular and public iudig-
nation arrives, we will be with you
heart and soul. rE
Our words aud advice, depend upon
it, will he no brutum fulmen, nor will
We, as has been done, fire "with gun.
powder" Orr cannon shall be in.
scribed like those of the old volun.
neutrality-suspicious. or nothing.
BE watchful-be quiet.
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Don't be too late in getting to Nc
COOK & BROS, to buy those low
priced WAGONS, DRUGS; aud all
lines Of Goods generally.
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WANTED - Purchasers for Gro.
ceries ct the lowest prices, by Nc
COOK T. BROS.
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Rally at once, and bny the lowest
priced Dry Goods, at McCOOK +
BROS.
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Those that have not papers dated
between August 3lst aud October 23d,
NEST BE REGISTERED AGAIN:
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AN persons who have arrived at
the age Of 81, since last election,
MUsT DE REGISTERED!
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Let tl'e Committees on Regist'a-
ton Of each ward be on haud ut the
registration precincts and see that
their voters are properly registered.
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126,0OO 90

Total. ,462. 293 O6
-Four million four hundred and sirtv
t'co thousand t,co hundred and ainetv
three dollars and sic cents is what rad.
icalism has cost Natchitocl,es Parish
alone since 1867.
There IS in this parish a total pop.
ulation Of about $4,000. This wonld
he at a cost Of t'co hundred and FORTH
seren dollars and ninety cents each, that
radicalism has been sustained here in
the way we name. There are about
$500 coloted and white voters in the
Parish-they have each paid one thou
sand t'ro hundred and thirty nine dol.
lars and fifty cents to sustain this
monster radicalism: or one hundred
and thirty seven dollars and seventy
two cents per year each. Think of
these figures ye overburlened, and
ask tue radicals TO dare deny them. +.
This does not include your State
tax payments nor your loss in business
&C.. &C., but what is brought direct.
~ home in direct loss.
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What Radicalism has Cost Nat
chitOcheS.

We desire to enter few figures in
this contest and we hope our people
will look closely and see what rad.
ica'ism has cost them directly in hard
dollars III nine years: ...
Total amount Of parish taxes
paid since 1867. 1898, 293 oe
Decline in the assessed val
nation Of property since 81 4,ol3, 1000 90
Amount of indebtedness due
the Parish as per report Of
Committee in 1874 $780,. 1926, 900 90
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House,

~ l.. II. BURDICK, Proprietor.
sH:mN Corner FRONT and TOCLINE St,l
NATcHlrocHEs, La.
THIS Honse having been refatted and
L newly furnished, is the only first
class House in the city; in fact the only
House where transient travellers can he
we'll accommodated.
TERMS. Only One Dollar and half
per day.
A commodi0us stable in connection
With the A0ilss. Sept ?.
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IMPORTANT NEWS. - Cheap
goods ut. McCOOK. t. BROS.
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CALL at once upon McCOOK e.
BROS, and select Your cheap sup
plies.
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The Presidents IF ward Cluhs arc
requested to appoint Committees on
Registration at once.
G. F. DRANGUET,
Chairman Parish Central Committee.
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LOOK TO THE NUMBER AND
NAME on your Registration papers
see that they are correct!
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DOWN WITH PRICES is the crv
at Mct;OOK e. BROS.
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Register Or ycu cannat totS!
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DRUGS AND MED1CINEs-Chean
and pure at McCOOK e. BROS.
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Come and see what bargains ut
McCOOK e. BROS.
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Monroe, iu9ust 3l.-Several citi-
Gems, ABBOTT lventy, went to the scene
Of trouble Jet night and returned
early this ulrniag, reporting all qni'
ct. They sk only one squad Of arm.
ed negroes, numbering fifteen, who
hastily fed It their approach. The
negroes gentally were not to be seen.
Apprehensio of serious trouble gem
orally p,evIAs. Measures parBly
pacific havebeen put in operation to
prevent furl'er outrages upon the
peace Of theparish. I
DETAILS 81 THE KILL EG OF DIR.
ID1sKGRAvEI
To-day Sout 4 p. ). DR.. B. H.
Dinkgrave, former shf Tiff and late
tax collecto,of the path, was killed
while goiueIo dinner the residence
Of Chief Juice L"dl fling, where he
was living. Dinkg7Ve had passed
H. G.. Dotson. and Il. Beooit, who
were near thu roa9 loading a wagon
With a flag pole I be raised to'mor.
row, and retarnin in q few minutes
Diokgravs called oeson aside and
told him there a man who bad
been lying arcan(his premises three
OF four days and 10 feared the man
was aiming to | him, and Dink-
grave asked Dol n to 60 with him
about two huudrl yards up the road.
Dpbscn sale ''a!4 gst, ! viii 50, and
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-12-27

Make your select on from this list:
1000 pairs trurdI1ted kid gloves at 90.
200 fancy silk ties in cardinal navy-seal
hr'w' and myrtle green.
.aoo dozen linen ha2dkerchiefs in the
newest ideas and in great variety.
I'd pieces new "D1massee' and "hasket
HGure' dress goods.
ourentireliue of these goods are offered
asa drive"
ID pieces black alpaca in all grades be
ginning ut y cents
10 pieces black gros grain silk at from
81 90 10 s. 90
Handsomest goods for the money ever
offered iu Jackson.
80 pieces flannel in all grades offered as
ei- thing in ten yard pieces.
100 lozen linen napkins ut all prices, in
ending the late monogram napkin" also
% large and complete stock.
House furnishing goods, gents furnish
m-goods, clothing, hats. boots and shoes,
o.tnkets, carpets, etc.
Give US call
ROBINSON & STEVENS.
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earrrnt OpInion.

Every business interest in the country
demands the peaceful inauguration q
Iilden and Hendricks-Indi auapoli.
Sentinel.
The New York Tribune asserts that
the Northern Democrats are only windy,
and that under any circumstance they
won't fight.
Grant as a punSter: 81 am bound TO
have peace If | have to fight for it. f"
Where's the Danbury News man?-Troy
Press.
The Democrats have shown no willing
less to accept anything from Republic
cans but urrender-and that they can
not haye.-Boston Advertiser.
Let Grant usurp the Presidential
office after the 4th of March, by the
power Of bayonets. rather than permit a
better man To usurp the place by Il fraud
ulent count.-ot. Joseph Gazette.
View it on whatever side you WILL
resort to force would be stupendous fol-
~. We denounce every man who TO-
ments strife in this juncture as seditious
miscreant.-New York Herald.
The San Francisco Chronicle has a
soldering editorial 10 praise of Presi-
dent Grant, and jeers those weak kneed
Republicans" who do not think he is
capable and honest official.
The people are far in advance of Con-
gress in their determination 20 speak out
IN thunder tones against the plot to steal
the presidency and back upthe theft with
lyonets.-Pittsburgh Post.
We will give no assurance that the
people will submit to four years more of
cheating and stealing. When this villainy
has reached a certain point it is just like
the American people to cry stop with
big S.-Troy Press.
Gen. Grant need not order any more
troops TO Washington. A corporal of
the guard and ten men can disperse Con- /
5ress and overturn the Government to-
morrow, and ne man will say them nay. /
Augusta GA Chronicle.
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Suppose Grant should die before the
4th of next March, and the Senate
should recognize Hayes, and the House
should stand by Tilden, and the Indians
should scalp Sheridan, and the House
should impeach Sherman, and the bull
dozers should capture Don Cameron, and
the European war should homolagate
9ecor Robson, and the Supreme Court
should 90 crazy over the complications,
then who would be President ?-AAexan-
dria (La. } Democrat.
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NERVOUS DEBILITY.

Vital Weakness or depression !;
a weak exhausted feeling, no energy or
courage; the result of mental over
work indescreIiOns or eXcesseS, or
some drain upon the system. is always
cured by Humphreys HEOHmcO patlsic
Specific No. rs. It tones up and in
vigorates the system, dispels the gloom
and dependency, imparts strength and
encrgy,-stops the drain and rejuve-
mates the entire man Been used twenty
years with perfect success by thousands.
sold by dealers. Price $l00 per single vial,
or s. 90 per package of five vials and $500
vial OF powder. Sent by mail on receipt of
price Address EKGsHEBEsESE "a KED-
aE3OE0ATEEEC MEDICINE COM
AoANX.
562 BROADWAY, NEW YORK.
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Tie First Week. - sriVe'' in Ihe
New Near.

VIII i'm addition to our large stock of
Clothing include Il splendid line of Gents
Nruo Shirts and Drawers, Cotton Flannel
luder-sUttS, Medicated Flannel SnitS, Brit
ISL Hosiery in Cotton and Merino; and the
best and cheapest line of Linen Bosom
Shirts we have ever offered includ-
in the "Keeps" Jnlaundried Shirts COM
pIoteIy made at SIX FOR 80 90, worth this
puee ia New York City.
Give us a "look'
ROBINSON & SrEvENs.
dec 9f-3r
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Georgia is to have geological sur
vey.
Typhus fever is very prevalent in
Paris.
Gen. Won Moltko has written work
on Turkey.
Crawford county, Pa, has 68 cheese
factories.
Colorado hotels are filling up with
Eastern invalids.
Singing schools now form a part of the
rural pastimes.
There are 10, 900 books in the New
York Mercantile Library.
Over 7 900 houses in New York are
provided with fire escapes.
Olympia claims to ship more fruit than
any port on Puget Sound.
They have just discovered new fish
ing ground on the Labrador coast.
If you are tired of your sweetheart
this is the time of year to let her slide.
Dlaz, the celebrated French painter,
died recently while on his wedding tour.
A proposition has been made to annex
Grant county, Arizona, to New Mexico.
a monkeys skull was found in a sack
of coffee in one of the Raleigh grocery
houses.
The Rev. Phillips Brooks new church
in Boston is rapidly approaching compile
ton.
a physician gave patient box of
pills, with directions to take one five
times day"
In fire at Wyandotte, Mich, the
other night, a lady over hundred years
old lost her life.
Dull times in Virginia City, Nevada,
and hundreds of workmen are unemploy-
ed.
The establishment of line of steam
ships between Savannah and Liverpool is
contemplated.
Washington Territory, through her
newspapers, is clamoring for admission
into the Union.
The IGaho papers are pressing the Leg
islature of that Territory to pass wo-
man suffrage bill.
Enormous quantities of prehistorical
iron and stone tools have lately been un
earthed in Germany.
The public schools of Doylestown have
been closed on account of the prevalence
cf small -nON there
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ROBINSON & STEVENS.

WE were delighted by visit last Fri
d.y from Hon. I. $. Gathright, the di>tin-
r.,hpd President of the Agricultural ana
Mechanical College of Texas. e9 route to his
oil h0mr IN NoNubce. He will remove his
family to Texas, and expresses himself dc
H.h.eI with his situation la that STATE and
the prospects OF the institution of which
De Is the head. Success attend him every
where and always.