West Feliciana sentinel. (St. Francisville, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-01-13

vThe safeguards of the Constitution
are strong enough and ample enough for
honest men,. It is impossible to build a
house perfectly burglar-proof
gThere is no longer any doubt that
Zach. Chandler is to be credited with the
authorship of the famous saying: "Give
me the returning boards of country,
and care not who casts its votes.'
~If Senator Morton's bill for count
ing the electoral vote was right when the
Senate passed it, it is right now. If the
Senate should refuse to accept it now,
the refusal would be conclusive evidence
ofan intent to cheat the people.
@It is moderate estimate that the
attempt to count in Hayes has already
cost the country, in the stoppage of bust
ness, in the enforced pauperism of labor
ing people, and the general decline in
values, at least one thousand millions of
dollars.
They say that Hayes is entitled to
the Florida stolen goods because the
thief turned them over to him. We have
heretofore been compelled to remind
those people that the receiver is as bad
rs the thief.
EGov. Nichols admirable appoint
ments to the Supreme Court are as fol-
follows: Judge Manning, of Rapides,
Chief Justice; w. B. Spencer, Alcibiade
DsBlanc, R. H. MARI, and Judge Eagan,
of Caddo, Associate Justices. =.
@The Inauguration of Gov. Nichols
was the occasion of the greatest pop
ular demonstration ever beheld in that
city so famous for greater outpourings of
the people. The enthusiasm was I'LL
bounded, and the usurping government
was swept before it as chaff before the
hurricane
~Despite the Returning Boards In
disposition to help them, the Congression-
al Committees in this State are throwing
y good deal of light upon the way that
the vote of our State was stolen by the
radical managers from the people after
they had cast it for Tilden by large ma
jority.
VThe party of reform is compelled to
fight the phalanx of fraud and force over
every inch of the field, but it is gaining
ground daily. A Governor and Con-
in Florida are within the last
lines of intrenchment that have been
carried.
UThe following is the new Metropo1-
tan Police Board, as constituted under I
commission of Gov. Nichols: Lieuten-
lnt-Gov. L. A. Witt, ex officio President; ,
AleA. Brewster, Vice President; Edward
Toby, Treasurer; Geo. W. Dupre, DIR.
;am1. Chopin and H. G. Miller, Commits q
toner's; and Thos. Boylan, Snperintend- q
mt.
V@On Saturday evening, the 9th inst,
he city of New Orleans to Baton Rouge,
Or incarceration in the State Penitentia- q
y at that place. Their terms of confne- I
1ent range from six months to ten years,
nd the batch is composed oftwenty-four
egro men, four negro women and seven
yhite men.
Eg The greater potion of the front of h
he town of Plaquimine has gone into q
he Mississippi river, by the caving of =,
he bank. So rapid was the work of de- ~
truction, that the calamity was COM
leted in one night. Many of the inhab-
tants, occupying frame buildings, saved ~
heir houses only by tearing them down. r
The loss is very heavy and falls, with =;
PARTICULAR stress, upon the poor portion of
he population. .
We called upon Postmaster Stephens, !,
Ind he stated very eyniicitIy tn 1ls and | l.