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Weather Indications,
WAR DRPARTMKST,

OTRIcE OF rnR CHIRP SIGNAL OPYICRR,
WASHINGTON, d. c, January ALL A. 4.
PROBABILITIES.
InTenncssce stationary or falling, fol.
lowed by rising barometer, winds mostly
from the north to the northwest, general
ly warmer threatening and rainy weather,
succeeded by falling temperature. 3'i
In the Ohio Valley and lakes rising
barometer, winds shifting to colder west
or northwest and partly cloudy weather,
with possible occasional rains in the first
district and light SHOWS in the lower
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LONDON, January 22.-The steamships
illinois, from Philadelphia, and Nova
S Gotta, from Baltimore, have arrived out.
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FOREIGN NEWS.
TURKEY.


=
NEW YoRK, January GA Vienna
correspondent Of the Herald teleEraphs
that he has learned that the Porte has in.
timated that soon alter the closing Of the
Conference II would spontaneously offer
considerable concessions 10 tho PowerS,
which II now refuses to yield. NJ
FINAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE coNPER.
rgi ERCE. Yl % ..,0U.
LONDON, January GA special from
CopStaninople says Ignatief at a meet.
Ing Of the Conference on Saturday, after
alludingt to the effort he had made 10
avert war, declared that il the Porte
should disregard the armistice or take
any action hostile to Montenegro and
Servia, or II the Christian people OF Tur.
key should be subjected to any hardShips
Europe would treat such proceedings as a
proyocation and consider what course
ought TO be adopted. He also remark ked
that the European Plenipolentiaries had
received petitions from the Christians Of
Macedon, TheSsaly, Epirus and Crete. It
had been impossible 10 consider these
papers, aS the scope Of the Conference
was limited. He was anxious TO state,
however, that they had been received.
All Of the Plenipotentiaries have Us.
sembled at the Austrian embassy and
signed the final protocol. The Ambassa.
dors OF the Powers have requested audi
enceS with the Sultan, for tie purpose Of
taking leave. The Sultan will probably
receive them to-day.
A DEFEAT OF EUROPE NOT RUSSIA.
LONDON, January GA Berlin CORES.
pondent telegraphs: Russia is beginning
to represent to the Powers that the de-
mands Of the conference having been re-
jected, it devolves upon Europe to take
more forcible proceedings. Should Eu.
rope, rs is certain, find II impossible
to agree on the joint action Russia
will be able to declare that the
failure Of the conference is the defeat
Of Europs, not Of Rusia. In the mean
while it appears that Russia wishes to
make an arrangement with Austrin, re.
specting the Joint occupation Of Bnlgaria
and Bosnia. Count Andrassy will hardly
agree TO this, whatever he may he driven
to do i the Russians act on their own re-
spOnsibility. .i..4 a"1fs ..gm
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Tho Committee overruled Mr.. Law.

The Committee oyefruled Mr.. Law
rences objection.
Mr.. Field asked the witness TO please 10
state whether the records he refuses 10
produce show the whole number Of votes
cast In Louisiana, and the witness replied
that he could not state aS he had not
charged his memory. tI.a..-..I-..I
Q. Did the Substfaction the Board
made, change the result Of the vote in the
State? II.N HHT
A. Il would be hard for me 10 say.
know Il reduced the vote. 70 uaui4J
Q. That is not the question. Do you
or not, know that the EubStraotion you
made changed the result? u.iIa..
A. 1t reduced theivote, and presume
il changed the result. Il do not know
how much-wheiher one thousand or, ten
thousand. .' ''' '.'i" ''1''N '
Q. Did you abstract a hundred or a
thousand votes2 - ''.''s'' .'
A. ! don't know. y %, l''' .'.
@. You spoke Of naturalization and muir
der. Did any statements TO this effect
accompany the returns OF the Supcryi-
sors Of Election? 7
A. No. l.l ,n..
Q. Don't you know that afidayits
about intimidation and murder were pre-
pared at the New Orleans custom house !?
A. / do mol know il. . l',
Witness said he had not yet sent for
the records Of the Returning Board Of
Louisiana. He would have 10 get the
permission OF the Governor. ..
Mr.. Field remarked that witness was
refusing to answer categorical questions,
and he would move TO make the fact
known to the House. ...
ANDERsoN's TESTIMONY.
Gen. Anderson, a member Of the Lou
isiana Board, testified that there Was no
objection to DIR. Kennedy becoming a
member because he was not a gentleman,
but because the members did not approve
Of his appointment. Witness favored
supplying the vacancy, and spoke TO sew
eral persons about taking the place. Two
thirds Of the votes thrown out were for
the Tilden electors. A great many afli-
dayits charging intimidation and fraud
were sworn TO in New Orleans, but The
majority were sworn to outside Of that
city. f..f.f.... ......-.... ...s I
Witness was asked: Do you mean to
say that in every instance where a vote
was rejected the return, when you OBJ
tnined possession Of il, contained either
u statement Of the supervisor OF election
that there had been intimidation or an
affidavit 10 that effect?
A. Yes: where there had been intim-
idation, or fraud, or some illegal prac-
ticc. These statements and afIidavits, he
believed, were in the office Of the Secrc-
taty OF State Of Louisiana. lie thought
the Kellogg electors received $4,000 and
the McEnery electors II 900 votes. The
Returning Board filed the result OF the
canvass on the 9th OF December, but kept
the papers until the 9th Of January, the
Board having in the meantime 10 canvass
the vote for State officers and members Of
Congress. p 'ah'
The committee adjourned,
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NoRF9LR, VA, January 2l.-Luthcr
Lee, Collector OF Customs at this post,
died to-day.
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The writer was the chief deputy Of Mar
shal Pitkin. He says, "lf you could send
trusty person here with funds or au-
thOrity-somc one here 10 draw for such
sums IA may be needed TO have the prop.
er testimony taken throughout the bull
doing parishcs-suCh testimony could
be piled up Of frauds and outrages 30
dRmnable as TO preclude the possibility Of
any President taking his seat who was
elected by such means"
West Feliciana sentinel. (St. Francisville, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-06-02

SUCCESSION SALE-The State of
Louisiana Parish Of West Fell. iana--
Parish Court No. Us, In the matter of
the Succession for DR.. w. Wilcox dcceas-
ed.
BY virtue of a commission to me dir
ected by the Honorable the Parish Court,
in the above styled succession, will offer
for sale at public auction TO the highest
bidder on the premises on Saturday, 18th
day of July, a. ID, 1877, at the hour of IL
| o'clock a. M, of said day, the following
named and described property to wit:
A certain tract of land or plantation,
containing enc Thousand acres, more or
less, together with all the buildings and
improvements thereon, and situated
about eight miles from the Court House,
and being the late residence of the
deceased. Bounded on the North by
John ). Smith and Louis Stirling, East
by Louis Stirling and II. II. Barrow,
South by rs. :. J. Fort and West by
Big Bayou Sara Creek. Also the fol-
lowing named personal property: One
lot of household furniture, one lot farm-
ing utensils, three mules, and five head
OF cattle.
Terms of t5ale.-Cash on the spot.
w. WILCOX.
Administrator.
June 2 IT,
West Feliciana sentinel. (St. Francisville, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-06-02

ALMOST A FIHE.-On the night of the
Gath ult., a fire occurred at the residence
of Henry Ogden, colored, iii Bayou Sara,
which, however, was exiting nished with
out material damage to the premises. IL
appears from information we were en-
lbied to gather that Il colorod boy went
to sleep III the attic and left a burning
coal oil lamp sitting near the bed. 1t is
supposed that in turning over in his
sleep the bed clothes were thrown in con-
tact with the lamp and became ignited.
When the citizens arrived at the scene it
was necessary to burst open the door in
order to gain access to the room. Upon
entering it was found that the bed
clothes were on fire al around the sleep
ing occupant, whose slumbers were not
disturbed until several buckets Of water
soused in his face brought him to Il re-
alization of his periious situation. The
fire was eXtinguished before communi-
eating to the building, and without any
further loss than the damage to few
bed quilts or blankets. A few moments
later and the building ould have been
wrapped in flames and perhaps q life
lost.
West Feliciana sentinel. (St. Francisville, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-06-02
ma,y12-1S77

SHERIFF'S SALE-The State of Lou
isiana-Parish of West Feliciana-J. l..
Harris & Co. VS.. John p. Cnnnell. No
500. j. +. Irvine VS.. John p. Connell.
No, 1904.
BY virtue of and in obedience to Il writ
of fl ia, issued in the above styled suit,
from said Honorable Court and to me
directed l have seized and will offer for
sale at the door of the Court House, in
the town Of st. Francisviie, on SATUR-
DAY, the 9TH day of July, A. d. 1877, at
the hour of II o'clock, A. NJ, of said day
this being the first Saturday of said
month, the following named and dis
cribed property, to wit:
A certain tract of land situated in the
Parish Of " est Feiiciana, and containing
one hundred 1877 and thirtyseven acres,
and being part Of the tract OF land Oh
which the defendant resided and now
occupied by Eli. s. Norwood. Bounded
North by lands of Richardson, East by
Thompsons's creek, South by Decker,
and West by public road.
Terms Of Sale Cash with the benefit
cfappraisement. JNO. }. BARROW,
June I'd 1877. Sheriff.
West Feliciana sentinel. (St. Francisville, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-06-02

remaining twentv-one. we find
that eleven were CoLoRED peo~
pie whowere killed by CoLoRED
PEOPLE two were WHITES
killed by CoLoRED PEOPLE ;
five colored kill d by unknown
parties two whites killed by
unknown parties /; one white
killed by white, while in the
entire list, the e is not ONE
case in which a CoLoRED person
met h s or her death at the
hands Of a WHITE MAN. We
leave this OFFICIAL RECORD to
the contemplation Of our ca
lumniators without further
comment.
West Feliciana sentinel. (St. Francisville, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-06-02
EC0mmMaicateG.7
MEssRs. EDITORS

MEssRs. EDITORS,
Will you allow me, through your paper,
to express the deep obligation which the
people of the town of st. Fraucisville
and Bayou Sara owe to the Hon. r. NJ.
Lusher, State Superintendent of Public
Education, for the member of the School
Board, James Stephens, colored, he has
given them!
When it is understood that the white
children in this school district outnum-
Der the colored children five to one, and
that thin this district there are many
men Of family and education who would
have accepted this appointment; when
we reflect upon the delicate and impor-
tant duties incumbent upon this officer
it is then the grossness and impudence of
this insult is seen in it's proper proper
tions. For this act II. NJ. Lusher will, in
the future, be fully appreciated by the
old and young of this School District.
ONE OF THE PEOPLE.
West Feliciana sentinel. (St. Francisville, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-06-02
EXTRACT FROM THE POLICE CODE
RELATIVE TO CATTLE AND OTHER STOCK
AND TRESPASSES COMMITTED
BY THEM.

Below we produce Chapter XIV. of thu
Police Code of West F'eliciana. TIL,
justice and wisdom OF it's provisions ar
manifest and it is of the utmost i'm
portance that they should be rigidly en-
forced. Hence we call to them the
special attention of Constables and JUS
tices of the Peace:
SECTION /. The live stock of every
description, except stone horses more
than two years old, uuay run at large
and in case of any trespass being com
mitted, by stock thus running at large
it shall be the duty of the person whose
property has been injured to notify the
owner, or other person having charge OF
the stock thus trepassinG.
SEC. 2. 1T the owner, or other person
having charge of the stock by which Il
trespass has been committed, and having
been notified of such trespass shall fail
or neglect to prevent another similar
trespass, the person thus injured may
apply to a Justice of the Peace, whose
duty it shall be to appoint two or more
free holders to assess the damages suS-
tanned by the complainant, the amount
of which estimate sh@H be paid by the
owner Of the animals committing the
trespass, to be recovered before any Court
of competent jurisdiction.
SEC. 3. In no case shall any I'M ury
endangering the life or limb of the ami
NAL trespassing be inflicted, and any per-
son who shall violate the provisions of
this Section shall forfeit and pay the
value of the animal OF animals injured,
to be recovered by the owner of the ami
mails, before any Court of competent
jurisdiction.
Sec A. Any person who shall permit
a stone horse above two years old to run
at large, shall forfeit and pay sum not
exceeding twenty-five dollars for each
and any such offence, to be sued for and
recovered before any Court of competent
Jurisdiction, and when recovered to be
paid into the Parish Treasury.
SEC. 5. 1t shall not be lawful for any
person to kill hogs or cattle of any de-
scription beyond the limits or enclosures
of his plantation, unless such killing be
done in the presence of Il respectable
freebooter residing in the neighborhood,
provided, that if the attendance of such
a person can not be procured, then and
in that case, any person who shall Kill
stock of any kind beyond the limits or
enclosures of his plantation, shall pre-
serve the marks and brands of the animal
or animals thus killed, and shall exhibit
the same to a free holder residing in the
neighborhood, within three days after
such animal or animals may have been
killed; any person who shall violate the
provisions of this section shall forfeit
and pay fine of thirty dollars, to be
sued for and recovered before any Court
of competent jurisdiction, and when re-
covered to be paid into the Parish
Treasury.
West Feliciana sentinel. (St. Francisville, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-06-02
q HERIFE"S SALE-THE STATE OF

& HERltE'S SAIE-IHE STATE OF
- Louisiana, Parish of West Felici-
ana. seventh Judicial District Court, No.
1855, Wicl<liifin &, Fisher VS.. Nalinda
Riley. Mrs. NJ. A. Riley, Tutrix, and Mrs.
Bette Riley. wife of J. A. PLANT.
BY virtue of and in obedience to Il writ
of fl ia, issued in the above styled suit,
from said Honorable Court and to me
directed, / have seized and will offer
for sale at the door of the Court House.
in the town of St. Francisville, on SAT-
URDAY, the 10th day of .jnne, A. d..
1877, at the hour of IL o'clock, AM, of
said day. the following mentioned and
described property, to wit /:
A certain lot or parcel of ground, with
all the Buildings and improvements
theron or thereto belonging, situated i'll
the town of Bayou Sara, Parish atorc-
said. being lot number ninety-nine (9Y(.
in square No. nine Coy, on the hgurative
plan of said town; being the same prop
erty acquired ut the probate sale of
Henry Tenney, deccased,hy Isaac I. Riley,
and by him donated to Bette Watts
Riley and Malinda Riley Oh the 2:'d day
of January, AID, 1857.
Terms Of Sale:-CASH, with the benefit
of appraisement.
JNO. J. BARROW,
may12-1S77 Sheriff.
West Feliciana sentinel. (St. Francisville, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-06-02

Three companies of the 18th Infantry,
under command of Major Bascom, who
won golden opinions among our citizens
by his gentlemanly bearing aud soldicrly
conduct while stationed among us last
wear, have been transferred from New
Orleans to Baton Rouge. Their depart
IRE from New Orleans was the occasion
of the exchange of cordial civilites be
tween the soldiers and the citizens. The
command was accompanied by the IA
nous 18th Infantry band.
West Feliciana sentinel. (St. Francisville, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-06-02


IMPROVING SToCK.-The Rmul Home
says:
Those who first introduced into our
country the improved breeds of stock,
who paid from one to five thousand dol
lars for Il Merino buck or Durham bull,
or who paid the high price for a Berk-
shire, a Suffolk, or an Essex pig, We're
laughed at as examples of folly, but
where is the sensible man who does not
now see that they We're benetactors and
promoters of their country's good, who
does not now sec that the improvement
Of orr stock is orth thousand times to
our country what these innovations cost?
And who does not see that those VIII o
have given the example of thorough cul-
ture, of mixed husbandry, rotation of
crops, undertaking, of cheese manufac-
turtles and creameries, have been the pro-
moters of the farmers good These i'm
provements have all been first introduced
by the so-called scientific farmers, not of
necessity the classic student, but by
those who think and act in accordance
with scientific principles.
West Feliciana sentinel. (St. Francisville, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-06-02

On Wednesday morning last, two
horses, belonging to julius Frey han &Co.,
ran away with wagon laden with lum-
Der, on Principal street, Bayou Sara.
The wagon came in contact with fire
horse belonging to Capt. Wilson Math-
ews, which was standing hitched opposite
Henshaw's stables, inilicting serious in
juries upon the animal. The wagon es-
capped uninjured.
West Feliciana sentinel. (St. Francisville, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-06-02

DIR. 'fownsend's0
yGenated Air V
purify the blood
one-third the Il,
that any OF rknc1
remedy can. vi
because to inh
ONygenated Ali
goes direct to 4
Lungs and pas
through the tis
and comes in din
contact with Il
blood as it is an
into the Luns
the action Of
heart. All the N
i'll our veins retuj
to the heart eT3
four minutes if
blood is good, d
forced from ii
heart to the lur
and the more OF
gen you inhale j
the lungs the N.
You purify Il
blood. When o.
gen comes in d
tact, with the 4
PARTIES in the BID
it carbonizes 4
burns, causing
blood to be heat
SO that it war
every part of
body, as it goes
its re y0lutiO
through the SYST
If your blood
pure you cannot
sick. We drive y
curry and all Of
impurities out of
blood. We gua1
tee to purify /,
blood in One-t
the time of any
er known remedl
West Feliciana sentinel. (St. Francisville, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-06-02
AsWFNlA a
,Ss.Sxs.sE ..M.5Ss2s

WE GUARANTEE
to cure con Chs, Colds
Diptheria, Pneumo-
mia. Neuralgia, and
nearly all other Sc
we're attacks when
all other remedies
fail.
West Feliciana sentinel. (St. Francisville, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-06-02

Why? becauseA@
ma is a contract
o + t h e BroneI
Tubes, caused hi
Illumination andI
tation Of the md
lneinbranel inine2
bronchial Tubsl
Use Oxygenata|
as we willdireci1
we will warrap,|
Cure. We have d
ed cases Of 70 I'd
standing. |
West Feliciana sentinel. (St. Francisville, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-06-02
CATARRH !!
BRONCHITIS

ALL PEERS o N S
that read this are in
vitcd to send for our
large and beautifully
illustrated = Il p G T.,
sent free to any adj
dress.
West Feliciana sentinel. (St. Francisville, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-06-02

The communication of "Felicidna"
that was crowded out last week will be
found in this issue.
West Feliciana sentinel. (St. Francisville, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-06-02
LOOK AT THE FACTS.

1t has been Tor a ions. time
and still continues to be a lead
ing staple of discourse for
Northern journalists, in repre-
senting the people Of the
South generally, and of GER
tain localities in particular, in
the light of assassins. They
are daily held up by our breth-
rem of some of the Northern
press as the arch enemies of
law and order, land the irrecon>
cilable foe Of the cclored man.
Vile ISLANDERS are daily heaped
upon us. We are accused Of
assassinating colored men FIR
political opinions sake, or of
driving them off from home
and shelter, simply because
they are colored men.
There is, perhaps, no local
ity in the South that has more
frequently been subjected to
these false representations,
than has our own Parish OF
West Feliciana. Through the
medium of this constant and
organized system Of misrepre-
sentation we have been made
to sustain a character as the
most lawless set of desperados
within the confines Of North
America. Many people, those
who have been blessed with
sufficient acumen to distin>
guish between truth and the
idle vaporingS Of a partisan
and truculent press, know
what value to place upon the
aspersions upon our people
that every day greet their
eyes in the Columns of North>
ern and Western journals, but
there are thousands upon
thousands whose perceptive
powers are so blinded by pre-
JUDGE ana partisan rancor,
that they swallow the most
unfounded and ridiculous err
ror or misrepresentation with
out one grain Of allowance and
with as profound a confidence
in its verify as they place
upon words of Holy writ.
Another circumstance as
sists TO propa= ate the idea of
our utter disregard for law
and the rights of our colo ed
fellow citizens, in the min4s
Of the Northern people it is
TIL fact that every event, dis
torted according to the mind
Of the press agent, is heralded
forth by telegraph, 20 the
daily papers where it meets
the eye of thousands who
never perhaps see the refuta
ton, because in ninety-ulnc
cases out of a hundred, it is
sup pressed Or rarely finds its
way into the public prints.
However this may be it is
q fact, beyond dispute, that
our parish has /, most unenvi-
able reputation, all unde>ers~
ing though it be, and there
are a multitude Of people who
rank us in their estimations
with the barbarians that love
to feast upon human blood.
A lar e portion Of Northern
people have been schooled to
believe that the butcherv OF
colored men and women, III
West Feliciana sentinel. (St. Francisville, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-06-02
G n L Il ]. O \

There are unprinciplcd persons in
Ton and elsewhere that are putting, W
Bug Us Liquid and trying to pain
or as MY TREATMENT, or Oxygeni1
AR, and claiming it to DO like mlnTll
None genuine unless the words W
IOWNSEND'S ONYGENATEDA 1R"Y
BLOWN IN BOTTLE AND PORTRAIT
LABEL. March17.77-Nj
West Feliciana sentinel. (St. Francisville, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-06-02
Can be cured. Y

because we II
cured HUNDREDS
cases, some Of N
being given ov.r !
die by all physieil
of other school, |
practice. Consul
ton is Il disease
the Airpassagesj
over tw0-thirds|
the cases are cau]
b y Catarrh. \
guarantee a Cun|
,you will come
season
West Feliciana sentinel. (St. Francisville, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-06-02
c. U r E s

Why' for the +
reason as giyea|
bo " The Bros
al Tubes are sin
conductors to b
air to the La1
Ii Q II C Q lnhaha
must go directh|
seat of the disl
and if you will !
low our directid
we gnaran tel
CURE Bronchitis
West Feliciana sentinel. (St. Francisville, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-06-02
CONSUMPTION.

DYSPEPSIA WE
cure. Liver and Kid :
ney complaints are
cticctUal!y reached
by OXygenated Air.
West Feliciana sentinel. (St. Francisville, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-06-02
Thanks to Mr.. Chas. Goetz, o.

Thanks to Mr.. Chas. Goetz, of
Natchez, for late papers.
See in this Issue full list Of
Coroner's iaquests held in this
Parish during the past 26 months.
The report that Capt. j. W.
Cannon Of the r. E. Lee had
pur chased the Thompson Dean for
the New Orleans and V.cksbnrg
trade proves to be unfounded.
Thanks to Mr.. barrow. Clerk
Of the Court, for taciIitie, EXTEND
ed us in examination of reco! d 9.
in his office. Mr.. Rogiilio, Re-
corder will rlease accept our ac-
acknowledgements for like favnrs.
West Feliciana sentinel. (St. Francisville, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-06-02
W. NJ. PARK, II. D.,
Late Of fbn

MCCLELLAND L. s.
y. Hospital, Phila-
deiphia, Pa. who has
been so successful
througho II t n e w
England in the cure
OF Cancers and Tu-
nlorS, takes charge of
this department.
West Feliciana sentinel. (St. Francisville, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-06-02

CURED WITHOUT
cutting or drawing
blood. with very lit
tie or no pain Any
person troubled with
Cancer and Tumurs
Will please write for
testimonials Il C .,
from patients cured.
" e warrant Il pertect
cure.
West Feliciana sentinel. (St. Francisville, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-06-02

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