The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-08-15

from the district embracing the pa
rishes Of Lincoln, Jackson and Union
Messrs. Fergus 9afdere, X. ?. Patter' 4
son. Daniel Morgah and Robert y
Young are the Bat9p Rouge Aouoca.e !,
candidates for the 1oliee jury Of that
Hon. David Crestell, Of Shreveport,
ia snoken Of as the Republican candi-
date for District Ldge for the Caddo
Judicial District and John b.
Slxttery for Districi Attorney.
At the District Convention held at
Columbia, Caldwell parish, embracing
the parishes OF Callwell, Catahoula and
Winn, Judge r. I. Smith was nomi-
mated for District Judge, and L. M.
| Brian for District .ttorney.
Weber and Campbell still confer In
Rayou Sara as to mat shall be done to
save the Radical hrty OF West Felici-
ana No medicindan possibly save it I;
It is high time thathe corpse be buried /;
| it is beginning to boone odorous.
The following isthe vote OF the peo-
ple OF Claiborne athe late Democratic
primaries in that larish: Legislature,
], J. Duke 1882, jan Young 1917, elect
ed; W. G. MartiI752, J.. 7. Webb 47O
Sheriff, II. w. Fitzpatrick 9l6, ". r.
| Aycock 7s1, II. Tailor 45o. Recorder. ).
r. r tmsey 1882. Il76 votes were cast !;
zoo of these vote were colored men.
All tile voters piece themselves to vote
| the Democratic cket in November
next. which will lssure a Democratic
| majority Of some 700 votes or more.
The District Conention ipahoa,
at Helena, Livirbton, st. Tammany,
and WashingtonFas to have met at
| Amita Cjty. SatHlay, August 10, to
nominate candidas for District Judge,
District AttorneJand Senator. No
news OF nominaths has, as yet, been
received.
The compromisby which the split in
the Caddo Reputcan party, between
the old and new Arish Committees, Is
| TO be uuieted dow is the organization
| of an entirely ne committee and the
1 abolition OF the 70 committees now
contrasting the cfrol of the party in
the parish. Siam is the peace-maker.
Major A. II. Stenson, of De Soto,
will be q candidb for Senator in the
district nominati convention. He
was "a member dthe Legislature in
1879. but never q his seat. The dis
trict embraces ISoto, Sabine, Red
River and Natchithes.
4 Reverend Geo. I. Bryant, colored
political preacher citizen of Alabama,
but who figured ther notoriously in
the Howling ST. larles Theatre Con-
yention as delate from Orleans,
Madison, Baton uge and st. Martin,
is now figuring inhinte Coupee, where
he gets the thankS a Republican mass
meeting for his piers and other poll
tical work. He b not yet announced
what he Is runninbr.
At the Neutrality-suspicious. held at
Minden. Webste1arish, August 7,
Capt. Hines G. Bhell, OF Claiborne
parish, was nomfted for State Sen
; ator; Col. J. A. Ser, of Bossier, for
District Judge, Hon. Charles f.
, Mcdonald, Of Beer, for District At
! torney, by the Decratic party They
) are all good and II men, who will poll
} the full strength the party and get
: the support OF my voters who have
. heretofore acted tn the opposition.
The district embrs Bossier, Webster
and Claiborne pahes.
: A grand mass etinc was called at
e Tallaluh, Madiss parish, and Bill
= Murrell, late meer Of the Legisla-
: ture, was summoIby the white Radi
c Gals who now rule Radical party in
e the parish, to app before it and an
= swer certain chartmade against him. |
e The Delta Sentii says his defence
was satisfactory tie negroes present |
w. H. DinkgraB the leader Of one |
faction of the ReIican party Of Mad |
ison parish, and n favor OF, and in |
d tends to support Packard nominees. |
!; Hon. William Nell leads another |
u faction, also OF tame party, and is |
: opposed to, and yoppOse, the Pack |
ard nominees. " for Bill Murrell ! |
!. The Caminadaepublican Reform
Club. Of Jeffersonrish, wants Judge |
!. Josiah Fisk to pit his name as a
/ candidate for Ju of the Second Ju-
{. dicial District O.. The Judge has
J, the double advate. of being both |
i lawyer and preas. The Caminada
8 men do not like present incumbent
"a candidate for Iection-on account
T Of his oyster deci about the Cadian-
: Austrian oyster wre; they will fight
= him to the bitter
In Webster pa they are having
+ two primary ebns" to see who
9 shall be the Deratic nominee for
o each and every Of within the gift Of
y the people," Tfrst primary" re-
9 duces the aspire for each position
u down to two, and next decides by a
!. majority who shan. This is to pre-
e vent the nominabf a candidate at a
e primary election mere plurality.
3 The East Bat&ouge Democratic
q Parish Nominatconvention met on
Saturday, August The candidates
:. had already bee elwell as nominated
at the primarieAere, while voting
;. for the delegateshe convention, the
h citizens in votin4essed at the same
a time their indiil preferences for
y members Of thRislature, Sheriff,
y etc. such expret OF their desire to
:, be considered a4ructing the dele
/ gates from that ITO vote in the con-
vention for the c3ates thus indorsed
h by the citizens OF first ballot. After
ia this ballot the ddes were to vote as
le they saw fit.
le MARGARET's STEA AKERY.-No establish
a. mept in the South ittar known than the