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The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1876-04-08
Whom the Gods would destroy they first
make Democrats.-N. o. Republican
Whom the devil would get he
first makes Republicans.

PROTECTING THE JURY-Some
negroes were listening to one OF
their color, as he read to them the
proceedings of the Legislature
trom tue Constitution yesterday.
When he got down to the bill "to
protect an'I preserve unimpaired
the right Of trial by jury" old 81
spoke up and said
WHATS dat mean Who's a
gwine to l'nrt dc jury I"
"Dat means a heap, I'm a tell
'n' ye OATS IA good thing (" re
piled Pete.
'Splane it den! Whar,s de
nessersaness fur it I" urged 81.
"\V'y dis way" said Pete. "Dars
IA gemman down dar at de depo'
wliar WATSON de jury de Older day,
an l hear hi.l ,ellin' how dat he
didn't want ter gree wild de rest
Oh 'euh, when a big Teller came up
and tole him eff he didn't gree in
bout two secon's dat he bust him
wide open ! what you ttiuk oh
dat I"
Toe bill then received unam;.
nous approval.-Atlanta Constitu
ton.
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The all absorbing topic now
Is the prospect of overflow, and
one can hear almost any report
Or opinion on the subject but
the general impression is that 80
long as the Hickey Levae stands
this immediate section is safe.
Very little apprehension is felt as
to cIevasses vn the Bayou, for il
is by no means alarmingIy high
though il still further rise is to
be expected. There is still an
average offrom two and "A half to
three teet to spare before the wa
ter reaches the top of the Ievees.
We have c0nversed with several
gentlemen who have seen.and ex-
amiaed the Hickeypevee and they
seem confident of its strength to
withstand almost any pressure.
We hope they are correct in their
opinion, for an overflow would
fall heavily on q section inst be-
ginning to recover from the ef.
fects OF 1874.
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We omitted, in our last, az
acknowledgement of the receipt Of
the YEARLY Report OF the Suga,
and Rice Crops of Louisiana, q
gotten mp aud issued by the New
Orleans PROC Cwrrent, for the years
1875 and 1876. The work ia we'll
gotten up, and in addition to full
returns Of the staples contains
much useful information and
many valuable articles relating
TO the culture of sugar and rice
fr"m peraons well qHsliaea 10 in.
stravt on these subjects. From it
we learn that tine last crop Of La.
f0arche wac 1O,658 hhds. sugar,
l6,82l bbls molasses, and s.. 6s3
.,bis. rice ; that OF Assan ption,
Io,247 hhs.s., 24.298 bbls. mulas
ses, and 1914 bb =. rice; of Terre
bonne, 1i,129 hhds., 1880 bbls,
molasses. aud 2,266 bols. rice.
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MARsHis OPPORTUNITY

MARsH's OPPoRTUNITY.-Mr.
Caleb p. Marsh is a fortunate
man. What we mean by that is
that he is a man who has kent
his fortune. MI. Belknap is said
to have squandered his ili-gotteu
gains. Marsh has husbanded his.
Belknap has hardly enough
means, so is stated, to pay bis
cousrl for defending him. Marsh
has obtained u virtual pardon in
advance, and needs no defence.
:. What of all this I Just this of
it
Marsh has it in his power to
atone, in pant, for the wrong he
has done by sending all the mo-
ney he has made by his bribe-
~, to be divided among the Door
soldiers who have been despoiled
by him, of their hard-earned nav.
Restoration is good, old Bible
doctrine. Marsh ought to he very
grateful that he is not sent to
tho State prison, and he should
manifest his gratitude by paying
back the money.
Will not Mrs. Marsh come to
our aid in enforcing this advice :
II her husband would have been.
as she expressed it, a pig not to
make any presents in return for
post tradesship, will he not be
a hog to keep the money belong
ing to the poor soldiers Nv. Y.
Sun.
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An nsestigatiom Mat i hkely 70
Owst the Secretary the Nary.

The Committee on Expenditures
in the Navy Department are
working some rich leads in Robe
sons accumulated store of fraud.
Their attention has been devoted
for several days past to certain
old claims that Robson has al
lowed. One known as the Hunger
ford claim pans out rich. A New
York lawyer Lamed Sherman had
it in charge and had been trying
for sou,e time to get it through,
but had met with no success. The
claim was considered a bad one,
and the claimants we're afraid
they would get nothing. One day
when Sherman wasin Washington
he was approached by Simeon
johnson, who was very intimate
WIKI RObeson, and told that for
$4O. 900 he could have his claim
allowed. Sherman wanted to know
how it could be done, but johnson
was myterious and would give
him no satisfaction. Sherman
would not dicker, and said ii the
claim could be put through at all,
he could get it allowed as well as
anybody else. In other words, he
refused to be blackmailed. John
son, however, got to the claimants
themselves, and offered them &c..
600 for the claim, and they accept
ed the offer. The claim was paid,
and johnson received q check for
$4,000, thus clearing $35, 900 for
himself and his associate, whoever
he was.-N. Y. San.
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The nervous, weakly invalid does not en-
joy. life, but merely ''drags out existence"
as the phrase is. Omitted for the active pur
suits of life, and incapable Of partaking Of
it's pleasures, to which health alone can
give q zest disinclined to social intercourse,
and a prey to melancholy, the v%aletudinari.
an is indeed an object of pity. Yet there is
nothing in all this that cannot be remedied
by that genial Alternative tonic aud nervine,
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, which supplies
deficient stamina, braces the nervous system,
and overcomes those bodily irregularities
to which nervous weakness is most frequent
" attributable. Diseases of the kidney and
bladder, imperfect digestion and uterine
troubles are fertile sources of debility. Their
eradication however, becomes q matter of
certainty when Hostetter's Stomach Bitters
Are systematically used for that purpose.
The Bitters likewise annihilats and prevent
fever and ague and other facilitating febrile
complaints of u natural nature.
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Public Roads

We publish below the road or.
dinance adopted by our Police
Jury at it's last session. The late
law contained no penal clause and
the difficulty OF enforcing the pay
ment of the fine, made the law
imperative and unsatisfactory.
The roads were consequently ne
elected and generally in bad condi
ton. A similar law to the one just
adopted here, is III operation in
the parishes of Lafayette aud st.
Landry. and seems to work admi
rably. A test case was lately deci
ded by Judge Morgan, affirming
the vality of the law and enforcing
the imprisonment clause
ORDINANCE NO. 81.
Be it ordained BY the Police Jury of he
Parish Of Lafourche, That it shall be the
duty of each Overseer to summon all male
persons from Is to 45 years, except such
persons as may be exempt from public ser
vice by the Legislature Of this State, or by
the Police jury, to meet ut such places and
times as to them, the said overseers, shall
seem convenient, with the necessary tools,
tor the repairing or making Of the public
road or roads under their charge !; and who
soever, without legal excuse, or physical
disability certified to by some licensed physi
clan practicing in this parish, upon such
summons. refuse or neglect to attend. with
the tools designated, and do their duty or
by sending in their place, and to he accepted
by the Ovetsecr OF the roads, inefficient hand
not subject to BIZ called to work on the pub.
lie roads, shall forfeit aud pay the sum of
i've dollars per day for each person 90 ne
glecting, to be recovered with costs before
any Justice Of the Peace in the Parish of
Lafo urche, n paid by said Justice to the
0verseer; and in default Of payment of said
nne, the person 30 failing to pay shall be i'm
prisoned in the parish prison thirty days, said
imprisonment to be enforced by Information
or Indictment before the District Court /:
and it shall be the duty of the different road
overseers of the parish to furnish the Dis
trict Attorney with = list Of all such persons
who fail to pay said zines without delay.
provided that any such person shall be ex-
cused from road duty, upon payment to the
road 0vOrseer by whom he may he summon
ca, VI the sum OF one dollar and fifty cents
1or each day he may be SO summoned, said
sum to be PAYABLE within the twenty-four
hours next after the may be served
upon him, otherwise the penalty provided
herein shall be enforced against him said
sum, when SO paid over to the overseer, to
be expended by him in hiring labOrers to
work Oh said road, and provided that no
person shall he compelled to give more
than ~ days work on such road during any
one year
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Mr.. Alvan f. Read, District
Attorney in Baton Rouge has
written a manly and explicit let.
ter to Kellogg, in which all the
assertions in the N. o. Republican
are expressly contradicted aud
rented. He certiies that the
'neetings which that journal was
50 shocked at were peaceable as
setnblies lawfully held BY the peo
pie to express their dissatisfaction
WITH corrupt aud Incompetent OH
cials AID proves that nothing
occurred to warrant official inter
ference.
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When it is cold where eau a
warm drink "as is u drink" he
got /; when heated where can a
cooling one he found I Parties
seeking the solution Of these mo-
mentous questions, should so to
the "Littte Biiou" saloon of Capt.
Michelet and have their doubts
for ever SGT at rest. This saloon
sprang into the popular tavor at
once, to which its neatuess, qua i
ty ofliqaors and courtesy of atten-
ton estitled it.
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The proceedings against Gov
Ames of Mississippi have been
brought to a close by the abrupt
resignation OF that official. Some
dissatisfaction is expressed that
after conclusive evidence of, his
gailt was found he was allowed
to escape the stigma OF conviction
by a resignation, but the mass of
the people, judging by the tone of
the papers, seem pleased to get
rid OF him on any terms. Ofcourse
he bases his withdrawal o II the
certainty Of disagreement with
the Legislature, and no doubt he
Was right IN assuming that no con
genla'Ity could exist between a
carpet: bag plunderer, and a repre-
sentative body like that Legisla-
ture recently elected in Missis
sippi. Que significant fact may be
mentioned in ,hese proceedings
he Was charged with pardouing a
convict in consideration of u bride
given to subordinate officials of
his administration. This strikes at
the root Off great evil i; officials
should be held asrlgidIy to account
for exercising the functions of
their Offices under the influence
OF those whom they know to be
actuated by improper motives in
requesting tavors as if they them
selves profited directly by the
TRANSACTIONS. We congratulate our
sister State on the signal victory
gained over the repl esentatives of
hate and plunder, and take heart
from her example to hope for the
speedy advent OF our redemption.
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And now comes the report
that the want of ventilation and
che impure air of the nails Of con
gress is the result of design on
the part OF the Capitol Engineer
to substitute ventllators of his
own invention tor those now in
use, which he will not run to their
full capacity, in order to prove
their inef1cacy. 1t this sort OF
thing goes OH people will begin
to suspect a job in the announce
ments of Old Probabilities, and
demand bis removal to a healtbi
er moral atmosphere.
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Under the mild and roo.

Under the mild and genial
influence of this weeks weather
crops are rapidly recovering from
the ELECTS of the late frost, and
soon no trace Of it will be visible,
IL was feared that tue excessive
rain OF last week would iujare and
prevent the termination of corn.
but We have heard of none 30
damaged ; gu the contrary, every
thing is doing finely, and, were it
not for the haunting fear of over
flow, even the pr%OverbialIy harass.
ell planter would he happy.
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The Donaldsoapille Chief "sup
poses" that q law like that III Cuba
which prescribes death as the
penalty tor Offering or accepting
hribes in the collecting OF rev.
enue, prevailed in this country A:
this imposes on the imagination
the further task Of surprising all
cemeteries vastly enlarged and
some hapgar-0n of the party of
moral ideas caught iu another
head stone job.
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The OLD CRY.-As regularly
az the recurrence of the seasons
or the exposure of radical steals,
on the prosect of any political
movement whatever in this State
the song Of "shot gun policy"
"White League outrages" ETC.,
perpetually chanted in a minor
key Ivy the organs nourished on
the pap Of official printing swells
into Il yelping chorus. The N. O.
Republican pitches the tune and
leads OFT and with perfectly dncili
t.y and breathlese eargerness to
show themselves worthy of their
hire the lesser members Of tie
choir follow. 1t is a matter of sur
prise, considering the vast
amounts extOrted from the hOn-
est prOple of this State that some
write of sufficient originality to
at least invent some fresh SIAN
der has not been imported ; this
stale old charge Of violence has
long a go become threalbare.
We wonder it it ever occurs to
these bards Of the bloody lay
that the simple fact that they are
undisturl,ed in their chosen vOca
ton OF villifying a patient people
is d conclusive refatation OF all
their tales Of violence. Let them
reflect while inventing the rext
Islander that it the lawlessness
they asset really existed their
fertile Mncies wOnld be exercised
devising means Of escape rather
than imaginary outrages.
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In our last we published an
address to the residents Of those
portions of Louisiana subject tn
overflow, urging them to send
delegates to represent them to the
Convention to he held in New Or
leans OH the 10th of this month.
The committee appointed by Con
gress TO investigate the condition
of the levees viii he there at that
time, and 1t is Of the utmost I'm.
portance that a delegation repre-
sentlng the interests involved
should lay before them the facts
and offer III person practical sus
gestlons which would carry their
due weight coming directly from
those whose experience aud inter
est combined would prompt the
best counsel and make the clear
est exposition of the requirements
of the situation. The utter inefi
cheney OF the Levee Company has
been demonstrated and the en-
barrasscd condition of property
holders precIudes the possibility
of effecting b. individual effort
the great works needed. Our onlv
hope OF speedy aud certain relief
is III the General Governments and
We repeat that it is Of the last
importance that the imminent
peril and hopeless future of the
threatened sections devoted to a
great industry shOuid be Impress
I'd on the congressional c0mnli tee
by the people Interested. Each Parish
il entitled to two delegates for
each member OF the Legislature,
ami we trust that our citizens
will not neglect to look out for
their interests by failure to send
their delegates.
"The Gods help those who help
th-msrl Ses," aud if we supinrly
wait for our affairs to be attended
to by others, we have n % right to
complain if they are neglected.
Again we say, send a full aud
abe delegation to the convention
Of the 10Th in New Orleans.
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Merrill, the infamous, whose
outragesin the Red River Parishes
in the campaign of 1874 ara still
fresh in the minds Of the injured
people has coolly confessed his
viliainy befOse the Military Com
mitsse hy acknowledging that he
rscsivsd 12ldpo for the arrest
aud s0nSns1iOa Of Kn Klnx il,
Ss1tA Qasolina. Ger Custar hs.
rsesDtly eAarged him With rsceiy
I'M q htibe while acting - Judge
Aavseaee in Texas, ard il would
b poetic justice With = vengeance
IT the career of this satrap wonnd
up with a change from the army
uniform to the prison stripes.
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Here ia a hint tor murderers ;
one in Missouri has just been
granted a new trial. not because
anything in his case deserved it,
but because he was manacled in
court for assaulting a witness.
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RQNuhlicau ,,r1.sS I

The Republican press trie.
hard to give the semblancp of a
triumph to the victory of tina,
party in New Hampshire, but the
foundation is too slight for even
these ingenious scribes to erect u
plausible superstrnctnre. The re.
suit Of that campaign indicates
merely that the Republicans spent
more money than their opponents
aud naturally carried a State
which has SO taken to heart the
lesson Taught by the example OF
the Republican chiefs that its elcc
tons are neither more nor less
than auctions in which, given the
respective length of purse OF the
contending factions, the result
may b- confidently predicted.
1t is not likely that any devel-
opments or revelations short of a
personal initiation into the mys.
teries of the penitentiary would
have much effect OF, patriots who
regard suftrag % al a thing Of bar
ter and sale, aud whose Only an
xlety in an election is to secure
the highest market price for their
votes. In fact il the reports of
the independent press are to BE-
relied on the only thing that the
recent election proves is the expe
diency OF wallinq in aud roofing
over the whole State aud thus in
augurating a centennial peniten
tlary.
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"A. great deal of sickness pre-.
walls in town Just now, and sever
al deaths have occurred this week,
among them those Of the well
known citizens: Francois Maronge
and G. o. Dantin. Both were good
and highly re- 'pected men, aud
are deeply regretted by the com
manity IN which they have lived
SO long.
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Washington

The Washington Chronicle
states that in Pekin is Published
the oldest newspaPerin the world
1t is over 1000 years old. It is a
ten page paper, with y yellow GOV
er ; has no stories, no 'tadds." no
marriage or death notices, no edi
torialx, no subscribers. 1t simply
contains the official notices of the
g0verament.
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"A repo't prevailed after the
last gale that the jetties at the
mouth OF the Mississippi had been
damaged, but a letter FROM Capt.
Eads who is there asserts that no
injury was sustained, and says
that the least depth at South Pass
now ID ID feet, AS compared to 6
feet before the work was com
menced.
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Mr., T. s. Holden of this
place left for Fulton, Tex, this
week, where he intends to locate
permanently. The best wishes Of
hosts Of friends follow him to his
new abode.
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The District Court, Hon. Tay
lor Beatie presiding, is in session
at HOuma this week and there IS
consequently an exodus of mem
bers OF our bar, tending to that
place.
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We call particular attention
to the card Of E. Mayer with
Hoffman, Marks Il Co., in an
other column. All that MI. Mayer
asks il that our merchants give
hun a trial, IN then he is sure OF
them ever after, If fair dealing,
liberal terms aud business abilit,
eau retain them.
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The negro confined in the
Houma jail accused of the murder
of Henry Lohnsor, ennuyed in
that breezy abode, escaped this
week. Possibly With u view to fu
ture contingencies the parish off.
GERS of TerrebOnue whose duty it
il neglect to repair and keep in
good condition the Jail.
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-Iu the prevailing apprehen
sion of overflow, the advertisement
Of Mr.. Wormald Offering a pump
for sale should be noted by those
interested,
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MIR. I. j. Daunis Of Bayou
Black in determined not to be
caught nappiSg II high water
comes. We noticed . number Of
white lah0rers from New Orleans
b0and for his Belle Grove place
last Saturday to work on his
levees.
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We notice that orr young
and enterprising friend, N. T.
H;gginbotham, has just received
and offers for sale IL large aud
splendid assortment Of groceries,
etc. Patronize him, We say.
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Tho gias~ dome Ct the Centen.
maj art gallery will BE- lighted By
a,O0e gas jets. The dome is 266
feet above the level of the Schuyl.
kill, aud will he visible at night
all over Philadelphia.
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Prize conundrum by the Phila
de:phia Bulletin Why il a store
that aOn't advertise like Enoch
Arden J Because it "sees no sale
from aay 10 tl,>...
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oFFICE:-coR. MARKET AND PATRIOT ST
rHIBODAUX,.LA
SATURDAY, APRIL, 9Th 1875.
Editorial Notes.

Groceries cheap for cash, at
NJ. I. Higgihbotham's-next door
to Capt. Michelet's "Little Rijou."
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The sugar house of Mr.. A.
Shaffer in Terrebonne was recent
ly struck by lightning, but the
damage was slight.