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Her Treasures.
BY MARY AINGR DE WE'RE.

II kept them in the old, old box
= That Willie gave ME years ago.
The time We parted on the rocks
His ship lay swinging TO and fro,
At waiting in the lower bay,
l thought my heart would break that da y
The picture with the pensive eyes
Is Willie's No, dear, that's young
Blake.
Who took the West Point highest prize;
He went half crazy for my sake.
Fere are a lot Of rhymes he wrote,
And here's q button off his coat.
Is this his ring 7 My dearest May,
never took a ring from him
This was a gift from Howard Clay.
Just see. the pearls are getting dim.
They say that pearls are tears-what
stuff!
The setting looks a little rough
He was as handsome as a prince
And Jealous /! But he went to Rome
Last fall. He's never written since.
used to visit at his home
A lovely place beyond Fort Lee!
His mother thought the world OF me
Oh. no! l sent his letters back.
These came to me from Washington.
But look, what a Tremendous pack
He always wrote me three for one.
Iknow | used to treat him i'll
Poor Jack He fell at charlottesville.
The NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. lot-are scalps
[ took in London, Naples. Nice,
At Paris, and among the Alps:
Those foreign lovers act like geese.
But. dear, they arc such handsome men,
We go to France. next year again!
This is the doctors signet ring
These faded flowers! Oh, let me see
Why, what a very curious thing!
Who could lave sent these flowers to
Iue2
All now | have it-Count de Twirl
He married that far Crosbie girl.
His hair was red. You need not look
SO sadly 1t that raven tress.
You know the head that lock forsoOk
You knOw-but you could never guess
Nor would l tell you for the world
About whose brow that rinSlet curied
WHY won't I tell ? Well partly, child.
Because you like the man yourself;
But most, becanse-don't get so wild
have not laid him on the shelf
He is not a bygone. In a year,
I'll tell you all about him, dear.
(Scribner for December.
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DEATH OF MARTHA J. FORD.
The death OF this lady which
occurred last Tuesday night, was
peculiarly sad. Having just passed
her 18th year, the realities of this
world were just unfolding their
beauties and charms to her vision.
70 her brothers, orphans, who
had only her to love and cherish
her death leaves a void in their
affection which will never be fill
ed.
And to her husband, who can
offer consolation :? Twice married
and twice widowed within a few
months, his misfortune is ore
that arouses the warmeSt Sympa
thies of his friends and associates
The will of God is supreme,
and man can only bow in ODE
dience and submit to his infall+
BILE DEGREES.
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Democrats of Indiana will
meet at the Capitol of each Coun
ty on to>day to appoint delegates
to a State Convention to be held
on January 8, 1877, who will fear
lesly and prudently make such
declaration as will give shat
State her proper position and in
fuence in maintaining constitution
al government and the rights and
liberties of the people"
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BAYOU LAFOURCHE-IhecO cons
piracy to close the mouth ofbayou
Lafourche is not d new thing.
Ever since Morgan's Rail Road
has been built this scheme has
glimmered before the visions of
every one concerned in that road.
The idea OF having to deliver
freight, at reasonable rates, to res
iGents on the banksOf that stream
has ever been an unpleasant
theme tor the owners and direc
tors to contemplate.
Steamboat navigation does not
suit such monopoIies, especially
when their tariff of freights come
ln;o competition with that which
1t pleaseS them to establish.
No one objects to Rail Roads,
every man is gratitied to see them
extending branches into every
nook and corner of this State and
Country, but that furnishes nc
reason to justify the closing OF
this stream whose existence pre-
notes The prosperity and enhan
ces the value OF property Oh either
bank TO 80 great au extent.
The : OF this stream is an In
dlSpcnsable necessity.
There are annually brought
down this stream from Is to 10
fiat boat loads OF stone coal. a.
mounting to 100000 to 100000
bushels. This coal is an absolute
sac 4ua non upon many planta
lions to enable them 70 manutac
ture their crops.
This consumption of coal is al
nually increasing and in but a
few years more one million bush
els of that fuel will be required tt
manufacture the sugar crops.
In addition to this the hoo,
poles TO make 10000 to 100000
hogsheads and 10000 barrels
are deposited at the planters Ian
dlngs by means of Bayou Latoul
che.
And were it not for the water
supplied by this Bayou to make
the steam which furnishes the nc
tive power of the sugar houses
one third CT the sugar cane would
have been lost this tall, and the
same thing will occur in any sea
son IN which a droutA similar ia
the present one may happen. Not
only has the water OF this bayor
heea an absolute necessity to,
saving the crops, but it has been
the only water for the use of an;
mails for several miles on either
size, as we'll as for a large proper
tlon oil the people whose eisterns
nave been empty torthree months
The scheme is suicidal and will
prove more rninous to the publ,
prosperity of the Lafourclie Dis
trlct than the ravages of the late
War have been.
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Eaest M. A. L.

tore the CtgreSSlOnal InNestlga
ting CONT tie now in New Orr
leans, the flowing is clipped:
H.. BoUDREAUX
sworn-Lns in Assumption par
ish ; was supervisor of. registra
ton for Il parish. He was hand
ed a docnent by jerks, and
asked If hever received a paper
of that duription and answered
that he ceived one similar to
that, anGhat he told Republi>
cans andDemocrats that he re-
ceived thletter and felt inclined
to resigmis position, as he did
not inten to count 900 Ropubli>
can majoty if the party was not
entitled I the same. He spoke to
Mr.. Kadtfle and others, who adj
vlsed BIZ not to resign, as he
would lrepiaced by some one
else, peraps one who would not
prove satisfactory
Mr.. ,Hlks handed hlm an II
velope, nd inquired if he had
not recNed that envelope. lie
replied hat be had, and replied
that rs n as he could recollect
it contaied four sheets. He was
then ashd to read the letter, aud
he did S. Letter vas dated Me
chanicsfnstitute, New Orleans,
La, Roms Republican Canvass
sing an Registration Committee,
and addressed to Hy. l.. Bou>
dream. /. stated that the Repnbli-
can vol in the parish of Assump
ton is 200, and majority 800.
1t imressed upon the recipient
of the ;tter to do his "fuli dnty'
and Sc that the parish gave a
Republican majority, that the
Republicans would aid him, and
that itle gave the parish to the
Republicans his reward would be
liberal Signed d, j. N. A. Je-
welt.
Jenb-Did you have any
convention with the supervisor
Of Lafnrche parish
Boureaux--I did, with Marce-
lin Lect.
Jens-What did that gentle
man sy about the probable re
suit othe election?
BOureau-He said that 1t
made 10 difference if Mr.. Nichols
was eected, that he Marcelin,
was dtel mined to return Pack
ard Is elected.
Jen.s-Dii you see this super
, visor tfter the election?
Bondrea uX-l did.
, Jeuls-What did he say?
Bouireanx-He asked me t,
assisthim in making out his T,
turns and | told him that !
Eiuuagied he had already done SO
as heso Informed me. He said h,
had made out a cOnsoliGatet
statement, but not tue retnrns
: ! La seefal instances he said h
l wonlt return Packard, even i
; Nichols was elected.
{. b. MORGAN, SWORN.
! JelkS-Do you know the supe
t viSorof LatOurche
MGgan-I do. His name
Marclin Ledet.
n Hetold me before the electio
that he parish would go Dem
cratic but that he would fix tina
and r,turn a Republican majosit
anyhow.
Jesks-Did he say he woul
throw out any poll ?
MTgan-He did.
S Jeiks-Were the polls he sal,
: he wtuld throw ont Democratic
r Mngan-One poll he sal
e woult give about 81 Democrat
majority, and he intended
throw it ont. @
Merrisson-What are your p'
. tiles:
u Morgan-I am a Republican.
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And now on Sunday nirh1

And now on Sunday night
whist good children sleep sound
ly. Santa Claus. with his chariot
drawn by milk white elks, will
cone down the chiminles and fill
UP the little stockings that NAV
Oe found hanging around with
oonbons, toys and every imagi.
nable species of petty things
that will make the eyes OF little
folks to open,their hands to clap.
and their feet to dance.
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Large and Complete
Blacksmith, Wheelacrtoe'
and Carriage Shop.


INFORMS his friends, and the pshAAn
L general, that he is prepared to mr.
take all kinds of work in his line, ct ~
tageous conditions and moderate pFsee.
He has secured the services of first e..
workmen of recognized ability. He hssn
in a full and varied supply Of spok1sfA
fclloes of first choice, for carriages, ETC.,
Also an assortment of patent ca1sNp
wheels, steel hubs-a new article. ls
Grand opening of large and small g
new style Collins with glass;, imitatiQq
wood. black walnut and ash. e.
A choice and select stock of ready'mA.s
shrouds, for men, women and childrsea
article of luxury, icy style. at very r. I.
ate prices.
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Mrs Asselinean, Mrs. Hesse,
Mrs. Bennings and Mrs. Weissen
thanner Mrs. Trone, Mrs. Laakin,
have every thing that the fancy
ofchildren can imagine for Christ
mas gifts.
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The Policy Of Peace.
Gen. Nichols ADDRESS to the Peo-
pie Of Louisiana.

General Nichols has issued the
following address. directed to
the people of Lonisian:
Your conduct has commanded,
as it deserved, the COMMUNICATION
OF all good and true men through
out the land.
In the midst of events vitality
aud injuriously affecting your
highest and most sacred rights
you have been calm, prudent and
law abiding.
These events, whose develop
ment you have been watching
with painful anxiety, have at last
eliminated in an audaciOus ats
tempt by desperate conspirators,
through four INSCRIPTIONS men,
acting without the shadow of le-
gat right Ill violation of their offs
ciai oaths, to substitute their will
in place Of the popular will, free
ly, fairly, peaceably aud legally
expressed at the ballot box.
The outrage which they seek to
consumate is not directed alone
against the liberties OF the people
OF Louisiana, but likewise against
the liberties of the whole Union.
Their scheme viii surely fail un
less they shall succeed, as they
hope to do, in arousing you by
their enormities to such Il pitch
OF indignation as shall drive yon
TO seek redress outside Of the reg
ulal channels OF the law, and
thus divert from themselves to
YOU the attention Of the country.
Your good sense: your judg
ment tells you that the salvation
of our State and the iual triumph
OF right and justice, rest and de
pend upon allowing results to be
worked out by quiet legal meth>
DDS. The sole moving cOnsidera
ton with every citizen should be
the good OF the State and the
perpe.uation Of republican insti.
tutions. All action based upon
{ any other idea is unworthy of the
occasion. Need [ remind you that
there are moments in the history
of every people where the high
t est courage and the most exalted
, devotion are best exemplified by
a noble seif~contrOl
/: IS now my duty to speak,and
| appea! as the daily elected Gov
ernor OF Louisiana, with all the
moral influence at my command
! to all those who thus view the du
ty OF the honr. not simply TO keeI
peace themselves but to hold IL
check others, if any there be, wht
mlghtbe tempted to seek by Vic
lence the Way of defverance.
People of Louisiana you are
passing through a trying ordeal
For the sake OF the State 70!
love SO well, and the laws ana il
situations under which we live.
charge you to hold every feeling
| Of passion and resentment subo
$ dinate to the great work of re-
t demption. The redemption, | tee
j. thoroughly assured, is near a
hand, for the heart Of the Ameri
can people is now moving i'll you
4 behalf and in that Of free goyeri
ment and constitutional right.
FRANCIS L. NICHOLS.
New Orleans, Dee. e, 1876.
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When you eat your rich, fine
and elegant christmas dinners,
remember that some of yourneigh
bors may be too poor to buy d
good dinner, and will be thank
tul for the remnants after You
nave finished.
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And now comes the average
boy with his pockets full Of fire
crackers and they so bang, bang,
bang.
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-General Wade Hampton was
inaugurated Governor of South
Carolina on the 18th instant. Af>
ter his address he was eDvelOped
in a United States flag and trans
ported to his hotel upon the shout
derS of his friends.
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VALUABLE SEEDS FREE-Prof
STEELE, agricultural editor of the
Noble Register, and editor of the
journal Of Progress, is now send
ing ont in dollar parsels hundreds
of packages Of rare garden and
tree seeds, chufas, etc, free.Send
your name on a postal card ad
dressed Journal Of Progress, Nc
bile Ala, and he will send you a
copy OF his valuable Monthly cor
tanning his list of free seeds.
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John j. Long, elected Repre-
sentative to the Legislature by
the Returning Board, says he was
defeated by the people i'll an elec-
ton where "no intimidation or
fraud" was practlsed, and that be
is unwilling to accept the posi-
ton. .r+tse ST.
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r WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUgs7
i at the C"urt-House, in the TovsSl
odaux. La, on Saturday, DecefnS1,
1876, at II o'clock NJ, to the highesssk.a
the lease of the Ferry at Lockport.
term of one year beginning Jaas;.1
1877. Said Ferry to be kept ssccv1
existing ordinances, purchasers gls%S
for faithful performance aceordanS
Terms of sale cash in United Otae
rency.
At the same time and place -
the Ferry at Raceland, for the ssNy !
and according to existing l vs.
FERNS of sale Cash II UnMr
Currency. .s6<
tnov. Is '7G) President Pone&s
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Notice!

T~HIBoDAUx, Dec. 8, 1876.
THERE WILL BE AN ANNUAL MEET
l. ing of the Stockholders of Thibodaux
Saw Mill Company, held at their office on
the first Monday in January, 1877, for the
Election of ~atiicers for the ensuing wear.
and any other business that may legally
come before them.
w. Fl. Raglan.
President.
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Turkeys that DO not roost
high will occupy prominent posts
tons on the family dinner tables
OH christmas.
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Notice..

OFFICE OF THE THIBODAUx BRIDGE Co. }
Thibodaux La. Dec. I6, 1876.
IN CONFORMITY WITH THE CHAR
l. ter, an election will be held ON Monday.
LIST January, 1871, at the office Of the Com
pany, between the hours Of 10 A. n, and
z +. VI. O'clock. to elect five Directors and
three Commissioners. To serve during the
ensuing year.
P. E. LORIO,
President.
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Willis Thompson, who was
hooked by a bull last week died
four days afterwards, and was
buried last Saturday.
The deceased was well and fa~
vorably known by everybody in
Thibodaux; was a good and faith
FIJI servant in the family of David
B. Pugh all his life, and did not
desert the fortunes of his forme,
master when he became free; but
remained in their employ up to
the period of his death.
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Dredging Baysu Terrebonne

On lands adjacent to Bayou
Terrebonne from Thibodaux to
Houma, there were grown III 1919
1862 bogsheads Of Sugar, LAO
bbls. MolasSes, aud 19o bbls.
Rice, for the market.
Ins1S61, there was grown on
the same lands. 1850 iiogsiieadS
ofSugar, and about 1000 Dbis. OF
Molasse>.
WHY was not the same yields
obtained in 1915 that there was
in 1861 /? The lands it may be said,
were not cultivated SO thoroughly
in the latter, as they We're in the
former years. This is true. but
there is another fact accompany
ing. whi:h is, that a great portion
of those same lands are now per
petnally covered with water, for
want Of proper drainage, and the
full Weld which ought to be o.
tanned is not acquired on account
of defective drainage OF the lands
cultivated.
This fact is so patent to every
observing mind that it does not
require any further elucidation.
Now two dollars per hossllead
of sugar and 80 cents per barrel
of MO. asses on a crop which these
lands may and can produce vii!
dredge Bayou Terrebonne so as
to make Il navigable stream to
TRANSPORT the marketable pro
ducts grown on either bank to a
point whence they can be shipped
to market and those supplies
which are requisite for the inhab
%itants, furnish an outlet for tbs
surplus water, now rendering q
large era of land unfit for cultivs
ton, and, afford Il good practlc;
Bile road to Houma and IhibO>
dauX.
Six dollars per hogshead of su
gar one dollar per barrel Of mo
laSses aud rice On the crop grow
in 1915 will effect this needed
work, without estimating any ais
from parties interested who dt
not grow either OF said plodnets
from whom perhaps one half o
the requisite sum would be secu
ed.
Can reasonable doubt be en-.
tertained that men sensible O
their own interest will hesitate t.
come forward and subscribe
sum sufficient to consummate
work that VIII so quickly enhar-
ce their material interest.
1t is hardly probable.
The Bayou can he dredged i
time to cary oft the surplus sws
ters during the approaching Sun
mer, and relieve the planters o
that stream from the annoyanc
Inconvenience, and injury eXpt
rienced annually lrom the Sui
mer rains. f.
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A dark Bay or Brown Mare. with !. "
star in the forehead, and left hind iee ~
a scar and slightly limps. A liberal ~
for returning same to the underslgn;
dec. 1876. P. A. AUEv1.
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HOW many CHILDREN. DIE fr,u
Group. Diptheria, &c. This new nr;nn;nia
Dr. j. II. McLean's Cough aud Lung Heal
lnss Giobules. will cure Group and TNroat
diseases. CONSUMPTION Coughing. Hoarse-
ness: Trial Boxes % cts, by mail. DR.. J.
ii. Mci~eap's Office. 3ii Chestnut st. St
touis.
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Died.

FORD-In T~hibodanx. on December 10Th,
1876, MARTHA j. CURTIS, wife OF w. A
Ford, aged 10 years and 2 months.
70 New Orleans papers please copy.
LIPPMAN-In New Orleans, SARAH
LiPPMAN, aged7 years, and PNILlI
LIPPMAN, aged 3 years. Infants of l.
Lipplnan and Regena Lippman.
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Sold for one price only
Come and See Us

and examine the prices we give below:
ChilLren's Se,,ool Sui;;s..-. from 81 to 3 so
Cashmere SUITS. from 81 80 to 6 so
Diagonal Suits -. froin So so to s
Blue, crown and Black
Cloth Suits....-.fro 81 80 10 z so
Boys Suits...-........--from ST IS to 7 IS
Youths Snits..-. ..---.--fron IS 30 to $l4
Mems Suit from S. 81 to il 25
Mems Suits tiEer qualities at all prices.
Mems and Youths. doubled breasted Dia-
gonal Goats aud Eests--..from 81 70 to Sl3
Mems and YDlth's Coat and
from "a 25 to 6 25
A fnll line of Black Frocks and Sack
from 81 IS TO SIS
Fine Black Doeskin Pants. from $ to 6 Is
Fancy Cashmere Pants....-.fro 50 TO 81
Heavy Jean Pants, homemade,
lTtHl-. ~ 10 -
Cheap Jean Pants, home made
from c. to 80 c.
Children's Overcoats-.-.....from 50 to 80
Mems Ovcrcoats. from 3 80 to $lS
Pea from Sc t. 8
Corduroy ~iiuLting Jackets from A to S 3
Choice lot of Cashmere Vests. .....at ST. 25
White Marseilles Vests. from 81 50 to ] IS
Mems White Shirts.........fro from 75c. to So
Mems Colcred Shirts......f from so to 81 50
Boys White Sllirts--.-..f from 75c. to 81 %
Boys COl0red 73c.
Cheap Calico 30c.
Mems Undershirts.. ..... from 35c. 10 81 60
Boys Undershirts.-..-.. from 35c. to 65c.
Red Flannel Undershirts. from 81 to | IS
Red Flannel Drawers from 81 to | 80
White Canton Flannel Under
from 30c. to 75c.
White Canton Flannel Draw
efS- zoe. to Use
Wooden Overshirts.. from 75c. to 81 IS
Mems Knitted Jackets. from 81 Is to s 50
Boys Kultted Jackets.-....from 81 to | rs
Linen Collars from soc. to 81 rs per doz
A full line of India Rubber
from 81 80 to 2 50
Childrens soc
Mems Use. to SO
Mems Black Silk Hats from 50 so to 4 50
Full line Cotton Umbrellas. ...65c. to 81 50
TRUNKS, VALISES and SATCHELS
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Editorial Items.

The SENTINEL wishes a mer-
ry christmas to all its readers.