New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-04-25

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4 sEACE NEWS.
coNcoRD1A.
i 1tom tho Eagle. April %:
I Tho river hao 6one to stand 81 thi
point. but the back swamps are being evel
flowed rapidly: Lake Coneordia, we mn
9erptaads 10 rbiAgat tho rate Of five or si,
inches day. &ep0rts from above. ye6tos
Day; Wote rather more favorable, yet fton
every appearance there can be no dou6t O
an overflow, Wh6h viii caose an immeps,
loss.
! - iRED RIVER. ~.t,
From the Coushatta Cit;cen, April 49,
The river continues TO rise at this plac>
st tho sate of four inches in twenty foul
hours. From tho officers OF the Durfee, thu
last boat from above, we learn the river il
fatlng oil the way from Fulton to Shreve
port, but the almost incessant rain fall ol
! the present week, We fear, will completely
c1eck-the decline in the upper rivef and
give us little or no benefit of the fall fol
several days to come. For time al over
How was regarded as q certainty, but the
1ear 10 growing less every day, and by oul
next We hope to be able tt report all dan.
ger OF suoha calamity as being over.
WEST FELICIANA.
From the Ledger, April %:
All the public schools of this parish Are
in fpe working operation. The schoola
gre crowded daily with pupils, and teachers
have al they can attend to. The first ward,
eolese6; has already an attendance Of si
least 100 pupils per day.
/ I 81. j. r. Harris, Of the Arm of Yoist &
Harris, attorneys at Law, has been retained
BY. Mr.. A. J. Reynolds to prosecute hia
claim to the Office Of recorder, before al the
0Oarts. The law beng clearly ih favor Of
Hr. Reynolds, We do not hesitate to say
that thepe 10 vary little danger that the
courts vi decide adversely % him.
DH William Ball, Democrat, who has
the police jury Last January, has again been
commissioned . member Of the police jury
in violation Of article sixty-one Of the con-
stitutiOn, which provides that NO person
who has been nominated for 0ffioe and re-
jected BY the Senate shall be appointed to
the sape Office durink the recess of the
Senate.
A portion of Lieutenant Merrilrs cavalry,
Which Aae been seationed at this place
since Gu nee. the latter part Of February, left last
nlbr Allen for McComb City, to Join the
balance Of the company. We upderstand
that the company has received marching
orders from McComb City to the Mexican
border; no doubt to interview the Mexican
marauders. Lieutenant Merrills "boys in
blue, those who were here, particularly,
always cempOrted themselves in Q gentle
manly way. and made many warm friends,
wh0regret their departure. 1t is rumored
In town that battery of six guns will be
stationed here in place of those who left,
The police jury hasPssseA an ordinance
directing the treasurer to reregister all
bonds. warrants, certificates. approved &C
counts issued during the fiscal year 1874.
Those holding such claims should not fail
to have them re-registered at once, that
they may be enabled to collect 0 pro rata
OF the came, which is soon to be paid in
The coming political campaign, il is said,
will be warmly contested one. If our
Republican leaders in New Orleans con-
tinue the plan of "Take and give aHAy."
that they have already inauguPated, We
shall advise our political friends in the
country to follow the example at onee We
shal! slightly change the ''giving away
part" from "carpet-baggere," who never
had an interest in our community, have
away" to our own home people. This is 9
subject which deserve6s consideration, and
We propose to refer to 1t more at length in
future issues Of our paper.
wEsT BATON ROUGE. y
From the Sugar Planter, April %:
POinte COupee has passed q rigid Sunday
law, which compels thA closing of business
establishments on that day except those of
the butcher, baker and apothecary. A
heavy fine or imprisonment is to be meted
out to all offenders. No doubt good res-
sons have induced this move, as it Is OK.
tremely rare in the Creole parishes to see
Sunday observed as holy day. And while
upon this subject, we are compelled to ad
nit that strong feeling is springing up
among our own good people il favor of .
better Observance Of Sunday as Q day of
rest, by closing all stores, coffeehouses etc.
By-and-by this feeling will assume tangi.
BILE shape, and the people may be called to
vote upon the questibD. or the police i,ry
be required to take action similar to that Of |
Pointe COupee. Man and beast require one |
days rest in seven, and in that respect one |
lay is just as good ss another. For our. |
move of the kind, leaving every one to form |
,is own opinion as to the propriety of forci- |
0ly compelling the observance of Sunday |
rs day Of rest.
ASSUMPTION.
From the Attakapas Register, April %:
It is as asserted OF Louis Francois that he
vas malefaotor Of an aggravating kind,
the qualities of athief desperate
md highway rObber. We have heard no
me speak of him in favorable terms; all
mite to give bin bad character. Among
he incidents Of his career it is mentioned |
hat he has stolen horses: armed to the
eeth he entered a church and dispersed it;
10 knocked down white man named |
Clever, ON the railroad, and robbed him of
7aluables; and lastly, which seems to have
exhausted the patience Of his victims, he 10
harged with entering and robbipg the store
# Mr. ThiDOdaux, located on Bay ou Beuf,
larish of Assumption, but q few miles from
A party of MEN, generally asserted to be
whites, last Tuesday, having ascsrtained
hat Francois abided in the woods bv dav
nd visited his friends at night. after q
earch found him, fired q volley of buck
hot in his face, and hung him to q tree in
he woods near Lake Pal0urd. We have
lot heard of the affair from any eve wit
less, but his body was discovered after
anglng several hours, and was . shocking
pectacle.
Now, Francois, although malefactor,
ed some rights which should have been
espected as jealously as the rights of his
ictims. He was entitled to trial byjury, |
hearing of the evidence for and against
i'm, and if found guilty, should have been
Imprisoned. Society requires this observ-
nee Of thecommon rights for its protec-
ion, else bad men may c0nspire to deprive
1uOcent men of their lives and malign them
tterward to cover the darkness of the deed.
1t vas pOseible to hang Francois, it was
qually 90 to have looked him up under
uard until the arrival of an officer of the
W, which single affidavit could have
brought to the spot. There
1as no necessity for q deed of blood. and ,