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TUESDAY, March 9th, 1877.

UIVD ' UVH 81
The Police Jury met pursuantto adjournment.
e UrP-H. Littell, President; A. Guidry,
On metior-of Mr.. Gaidry, Resolved, that there
he a special Tax assessed S@a69bvied on the tax
roll Of the present year, to be designated as a
the parish of st. Landry in the suits of BOSNIAN
IL McDavitt vs. parish OF ST. Landry and VIM.
NJ. Thompson vs.. parish of st. Landry, amount
ing to the sum of fifteen hundred and thirty
dollars.
The Police Jury in committee of the whole
proceeded to examine claims unpaid and on
file against the Parish, whereupon motion of
Mr.. Savoy the following claims were allowed
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VI. VILAsEcA's
G

AWC GVeeGgfseSG S1e OpGEOs&SNS.
CORNER OF MARKET AND BELLEVUE STREETS.
A Choice Assortment OF
Staple and Fancy Groceries,
PROVISIONS, WINES, LIQUORS.;
All the Favorite Brands of
WHISKEY, BRANDY, GIN,
JAMAICA and LOUISIANA RUMS;n
Flour. Tobacco, Cigars, Coffee
Sugar and M0Insses.
CRoGKERYWARE, TTNWAGE, WOODEN
WARE, AND OTHER STAPLE AND
FANCY GOODS,
Which will be found ut all times COMPLETE, and
ALWAYS
Cheaper tEsMss tie Cheapest,
Bat for CASH ONLY.
100 Sacks of Salt at % per Sack
Good Brown Sugar at 30 Goats per pound.
Cheaper IN Larger Quantities.
sarfiines, % Geaaas per Box.
Oysters, 12a Gcnfs per Can.
And EVERYTHING else in Proportion.
Call paad Judge for Yourselves.
CHEAP 0HEAPl! GHRAPl!!
an Tit
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VIgLE PLATE, March Sd, 1877.
To the Honorable President and members of
the PoliC4, Jury:
Gentlemen-T would ask yotr honorable body
to grant me the privilege of changing the road
Leading from Vile Plate to Bayou Bmuf, for
said road runs right a cross my land, causing a
rO3d deal of expense tOenClOSe it. Ito make the
said change. Respectfully submitted.
JAMES STEVENS.
On motion of Mr.. Hawkins, Resolved, that the
above petitions he published, and action on the
same lie deferred until the next meeting OF the
jury.
On motion of Mr. Guitlry, Resolved, that 1000
feet of lumber he and is hereby appropriated to
repair the bridges on the public road from the
west end of Tayl0rs lane to BOudreaus gully,
under the supervision Of Homer Bourgeois,
Road Ovefseer.
On motion of Mr.. Hawkins, Resolved, that
20O0 feet of lumber he and is hereby appropria-
ted to repair the bridges on the public road
from TayIors ferry to Boards upper line. under
the supervision of Robert Dunbar, Road Over
seer.
On motion of Mr.. GuilIory, Resolved, that
1000 feet of lumber, i'll addition to the amount
appropriated to Aurellien David and III. Nc
CalIldy for the public road from L. Debaillons
to Point All Pin, be and is hereby appropriated
for said road, under the supervision of HOnOr6
Fuseller, Road Oyerseer.
On motion of Mr.. Hawkins, Resolved. that
the committees appointed by the Police jury
and Town Council to a the fence built around
the Court House square, be and are hereby re-
quested to make an estimate of the probable
cost 9I having the Stblu IeDC6 painted, anu re-
port at the next meeting of the Jury.
The Police Jury made the following changes
and appointments of Road Overseers:
Theo. Rosat vice Parfait Lafeur.
N5tds SibiIle, from Coulons bridge to the cor
ner OF Littelf's pasture.
VIM. Mcbride, from Mrs. Giles Higginbotham
to Church Point.
]. Vanoy, from Catholic Church on Bayou
Eipuf to Big Cane.
W c. Butler, from Buffers to parish line, via
Dry Bayou.
E. Mixer, from Foglemans to Casons lower
line.
DR.. Lester, from Casons lower line to Niger
Foot.
J. L. Ramare, from Henrys store to Faulk-
ners ferry,
W. C. Gordon, from parish line on Atchafa-
laya to Churchvill6r and thence to Faulkners
ferry.
On motion the Police Jury adjourned until
u r,,-.-nrnhu ut IL n,ninnk 4 ~
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Bagsc1. or LasassBer for cutie.

The undersigned will trade any kind of split
lumber forcattle. Split lumber always on hand
for sale. Address me at 0pel0nsas or Washing
ton. G.S CHEVTS.
jan 20-4t
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The Rod N33G Gum,
Late AMERICAN SPORTSMAN.

Terms, Four Dollars NJ cRr im Advance. 4.
The Rod AND u is The COHfiuu0tiOH Of the .
AMERICAN SPORTSMAN. II is the yYCOg- =.
ni@cd TVd Of The Sh0OtiHg anil FiShiHg
E0tIWity, 0td has dOUbic he ciyCu-
luton u dIty other paper among
gHHR, rs UHd FISHERS.
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TuEsnAY, April sd, 1877.
The Police Jury met pursuant to adjournment.
Present L H litteil. President 4 Gunlry,
CT Hawkins, H II, Giuliofp and II. Savoy.
The Treasurer submitted the following state
ispAt with the vouchers
STATEMENT a.
SHOWING THE RECEIPTS IN THE PARIsi TREAS.
r. DURING q YEAR 1876.
For amount paid by Jonathan /. Morris
tHN collector as per statements rem
deicd police jury Ss7. 546.51
Amount nd by David Roy saleof stock 2o.5o
Batieas Landing ....- 10000
Amossit ID by THOMPSON Bihm sale Of
steek $500
stock 1925
bond 10000
Amount nd by Desmatals Tent ufIot 1900
Total amount received III the parish
treasury during the year lsSs 81 800 10
STATEMENT II.
TIE xFESniIsfR FOR THE rf.Ati876,
For afsitattt paid parish otfieecs mum
tainaitGe Of parish jail, internal int
pln9nlaeitR, existing debt, Jurors
aud witnesses DC as per vouchers Ss3 .47s.07
Fer aIn0ftaft R2 collectors commission !, T54s65
treasnrcrs salary to April LII 62b.0a
N tue treasurer last settlement st.G6
Total mount discussed s~3f.ase.ss
nieni 4 s37 90 Is
For bdIsnte due treasurer 1922
81, as9.3s
We Thes. {. Anderson, Parish Treasurer Of
St Landry, ard Louis Desinafais, Assistant
Treasurer, do s~olenlniy swear that we have
paid tHe fall amount. of each voucher above
presented In money OF91ave received the sittae
IN payment of parish dues and that wa have
MOT spFeslisted therein DHlSalEesa or been directly
nr*inlfIaraV Interested in any speculation that
ma b4ge been made In fhlil acquisition
YHOs.H G ANDERSON.
LOUIS nESMARAIS,
sN,4tsi to- ana sithscriIed before me this 3l
tlay#pt April. 1877 ii. T.. EFAZIE.
JEstis4s Peace.
OH motion Of Nj Hawkins. Resulted. that
whereas ths Treasurer of lbs PARISH Nf m Ian
dry las this day presented his anliilli stale
rnegif If lnaniea received and disbafsea ig him
sisffi ing fhR YeaF AEeT6, and whereas SAID sYates
metl9 taftef q thorough and careful examination |
s,f thssvtnlchars has been found correct ineYefF |
s1nFtftaial. therefore he it resolved that tIle
isalI statement be received alld that the RaeOT
der III The parish of St.L Fdry " and ii hereby |
rnetef 10 cancel the bod of Thos. Z. AndeT
AZ Parish TreGalTerf 64 The year 1876. and
n~assgAs.s a. Anderson and In securities are
s0aA 1gBtf from I'LL liability thereon fer
deal of time aasTT. Is
very agreeable 800 ites'seh'
as land Is admissible liz
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The necessity for establishing in this city a
COW s felt and admitted by all, in, order to ar
rest the ravages made by the smallpox on our
population. This is the motive which has di-
rected me in creating It, confident of its good
result. and from its haying been sanctioned by
experience. have the honor to offer to an en-
r5ndelet street, corner Canal, where the virus
taken directly from the COW on the spot will be
applied to those who honor me with their con-
fidence. 49,
Vaccination and revaccination applied In this
form Is the only one presenting no danger. ana
the only preservatiys OF conceded utility when ,
insures preservation. and exemption from
smallpox. 1t is, at the same time. the most
salutary method adopted by enlightened people
to effect a speedy termination OF the epidemics
affecting them.
Persons not vaecinated can become SO at any
been so for seven years or more should be re-
vaccinated, the more so as 1t has been Demon
strated that vaccination taken from the arm 1s
not permanent. Children Il ON their earliest
infancy and even in the period OF teething are
exposed to no peril In being vaccinated. and
during an epidemic should be SO live days after
their birth.
Ladies will find in my establishment an apart
ment reserved exclusively for their accommo-
dation, where they can be vaccinated in most
On MONDAY. August 10. at 10 O'Clock. the
office will be opened TO the pub ic.
Vaccinating Days.
MONDAY and WEDNESDAY for Ladies.
TUESDAY and THURSDAY for Gent emen.
Between II and o'clock. Price, 81 each.
The asylums and charitable institutions
gratis.
auto 2dp1m* DIR. J. DE ZAYAS.
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around the inspired speaker, when It
seemed like Socrates talking to his
young disciples at his elbow In the
streets Of Athens. Corporations are
spectators, competition Is liberty, mo-
nopolv is DEATH" to be perforated by,
'Shall the State rule the corporations or
the corporations the State" Choose We
this day whom We shall serve,' would be
caught up by the listening throng until
the Opera House, from pillar to dome,
would re-echo with the words and
tremble meath the applause enkindled.
His efforts were mighty. his victory but
partial. and 1t seemed to his friends
his former might, and was shaking the
great commercial pillars Of the State as
be once demolished the political temple
OF the country. It will long be remem-
hered
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BREEZE ON THE RIO GRANDE.

The Mexican General in command on
the right bank of the Rio Gtande, Bena-
vides, has communicated to Gen. Ord
that the commander Of the troops of the
State Of Texas has notified the Mexican
Colonel at Comargo that If he does not
arrest and deliver the fugitive murder.
ers who made the recent raid in Rio
Grande City that the Texas troops will
pass over and pursue and capture them.
The Mexican General intimates in his
communication TO Gen. Ord that Esco-
bedo and his followers have something
to do with this threat. Gen. Ord COM
municates the facts as conveyed to him
by the Mexican General to the War
Department in Washington, adding
thereto that such talk was calculated to
impede the Mexicans in the pursuit of
the raiders of Rio Grande City. Gen.
Sheridan, in his endorsement Of Ord's
communication, says it is matter Of no
moment whatever. Perhaps SO. We
have our doubts about it, however,
whether the Texans are in humor to
be content with mere talk and threats
in the defense Of their territory, and in
their general disgust and hostility to-
ward these border ruffians of Mexico.
Benavides' suggestion Of the influence
and Vaccinations Of Escobedo in this
menace and movement is impertinent,
and, no doubt, has ELECTED from
Gen. Ord an appropriate reply. Esco-
bedo is in Texas under bond to the Uni
ted States, and our authorities are
bound to guard and protect him whilst
in that condition. But the Texans do
not look to him, or any other Mexican
chief, for instigation and influence to
impel them to very prompt and effective
action in defense of the sovereignty OF
their State and the rights Of their people.
They do not need to be led by foreign
ers, especially Mexicans, in resenting
and Furnishing any wrongs or insults
offered to their State. The threat which
has so alarmed Bsnayides doubtless has
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this extent. no more to notify the Mexi-
can authorities that II they do not pre-
vent and punish the raids from their
side OF the Rio Grande, Texas will her
self relieve them OF that duty, and sup
plement the feeble force of the National
Government on the Rio Grande by as
Stunning police jurisdiction on the left
as we'll as the right bank OF the river,
and that a force embracing twenty. five
thousand volunteers, the best soldiers
In the world, could be quickly coneen-
trated for that purpose.
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RARATARuA SHIP CANAL.

On the list Of september we Will have
for sale over our counter copies of the
Democrat i'm wrappers ready for mall
fng. This edition viii he the most mt
tracttvc and most complete ever pub
lishcd ny amy newspaper In the south.
we would respectfully urge cur friends
and patrons 20 send In their orders
early, that VIC may handle with order
and dispatch the very large edition Of
the Democrat which will he printed on
that day.
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TOOMBs ON CORPORATIONS.

Robert Toomhs La a most remarkable
man, with great flaws and even vices.
but of prodigious intellectual power and
vast capacity. No man in this country
has said or done more violent and ex-
treme things, but few have said them
with more terseness and vigor OF ex-
preston. Extreme as he is, Toombs is
at times very practical. Passion too
often dictates the words, but prudence
and sagacity guide the actions Of this
powerful tribune. AS proof OF this,
Toombs has taken better care Of him
self than all the great secession chief
tains in escaping all the penalties and
losses which have crushed nearly all
the others who participated in the "re-
bellion."
Toombs has preserved his wealth, and
as lawyer commands the most lucra-
tive practice In the State. Without APP
pearing to pander to any Of the popular
fancies of the hour. seemingly court
ing denunciation and disfavor with
large masses, exulting always in mi
nority, and battling fiercely with all
who seek to lead the people and cham
pion popular ideas; he Is at the same
time a most consummate and skillful
demagogue, as Mirabeau was, as But
Ter Is. He relies on those great attrac-
tions Of popular admiration and sup
port, an apparent overzeal and ultraism
In his views, and a wonderful felicity
and readiness in the utterance Of catch
phrases and epigrams.
Toombs is making a splendid display
of his great natural gifts in the discus
sions in the Georgia convention, very,
in fact, too intellectual and eloquent a
body for practical use, wherein he APP
pears to be regarded as sort Of demi-
god or demi-devil.
Some idea Of the extent Of his power
may be gathered from the following
sketch which we extract from letter
In the Augusta Chronicle, describing
the great debate on the question of de-
stroying and prohibiting corporation in
Georgia. Remarking upon the varions
eminent men who had figured in this
discussion, the writer fixes his gaze
from the gallery
Upon Toembs himself, "the observed
of all observers" among two hundred
men, the very mightiest there. Rearing
his large form from amid his stocks of
authorities and groups Of papers he
seemed to clear away opposition like
<sfrostwork in the morning ray" Spec
tators in the gallery craned their necks
over the railing to listen TO this soul
among his fellows" Delegates could be
seen at the very commencement Of his
utterances creeping along the aisle to
his desk, and crouching before him to
better hear his words, until ere long
q circle would be formed, congre-
eating nearly the entire assembly
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ALL ONE NOW.


On the 23d the Mississippi Central
was sold at Jackson under decree Id
chancery OF the United States Court.
The sale attracted good many visitors
to the town, who came Oh lookers-on
and to know what would become OF the
only great railroad In Mississippi. Ger
tainly none OF them came prepared to
buy, for when the property was cried by
the marshal, after reading all the orders
of court, the deeds Of trust, mortgages,
etc., but one person bid, and that was
Mr.. Osborne, the president OF the Gen.
trail Illinois, whose bid was $450,000.
This to the outside world appeared to
be small amount, but to the insiders,
who knew that Mr.. Osborne had In his
pocket about five millions Of the first
mortgage bonds Of the road, which will
have to be assumed by the purchasers,
this will appear to be very fair price.
And thus the Central Illinois gets full
title and complete possession OF this
long line Of railroad connection be-
tween this city and Chicago, and trav-
ersing the States Of Louisiana, Missis-
sippi and Illinois, three Of the most
productive agricultural States OF the
Union. It will thus become one Of the
longest and most valuable railroads in
the United States. Our people have
reason to congratulate themselves and
our fellow citizens Of the Southwest on
the transfer OF this road to company
OF such abundant resources, and man
aged by persons Of such great expert
ence as the Central Illinois.
Nor are there any such rivalries and
conflicts between New Orleans and
Chicago that either should not feel a
deep interest In drawing nearer to the
other. in increasing their exchanges,
ckeapening transportation and inter-
changing the sympathies, courtesies
and condolences Of communities be-
tween whom circumstances have estab-
lished 50 great harmony OF interests.
This road will make them contiguous.
Chicago will be the Northern suburb OF
New Orleans and New Orleans the
Southern suburb OF Chicago. Her peo-
pie will seek our warmer atmosphere
In winter, ours will cool themselves in
summer with the bracing air Of her great
LAKE. We will supply them with early
fruit and vegetables, with our fragrant
and juicy oranges, with our oysters and
fish from the Gulf; they will send to us
their solid meats, their flour, their
poultry, game and all the various and
invaluable forms into which Chicago
daily converts her seventeen thou
sand OF slaughtered hogs per day.
Then, too, the most valuable Of all
these interchanges will be the frequent
visits to our city Of large representa-
lions OF her remarkable people, 30 full
Of energy. enterprise and daring. whose
presence, bearing and very tones and
words produce the most animating
and inspiring influence upon our
languid and too In ert and unhopeful
people. And these happy effects are
not oniy promoted but secured to us by
the consolidation OF the several lines OF
railroads which has been completed by
the sale Of the 23d, an event that may
we'll give satisfaction and inspire hope
in the bosoms OF our whole community.
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TWO sIDEs TO A QUESTION.

Editor Democrdt-I observe in your issue of
this morning, an er po,te statement of Captain
Joe Dalferes, relating to my contract to furnish
a new shaft for the steamer Ella Hughes, in
which am charged with delay in completing
my contract. I beg you to do me the Justice to
state as my side Of the question. that the shaft
was completed and would have been delivered
at o'clock on Friday. had the bill been paid.
The bill was not paid until Sunday afternoon.
Hence the delay.
auo71t% WILLIAM GOLDING.
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NOTICE. TO VENDORS
~ OF
q G. H OIL B q O TX s.

OFFICE SEcR'Ty STATE Board OF EDUCATION.
New Orleans. August 95, 1877.
In conformity to section of the Act to regu-
late public education In Louisiana" etc, No.
%. approved March %. 1877.
SEALED PROPOSALS
are invited from all retail dealers in school
books, in this city. or In any Of the towns Of
the State. to furnish. by contract. during four
years from the date thereof Us many of each Of
the text books hereinafter named as may be
needed la this city. or In any Of the towns or
parishes Of the State to be used In tho free pub
lie schools Of Louisiana; said proposals to ex-
hibit, in tabulated form. the minimum rates at
which ca h Of the volumes will be sold to pupils,
or exchanged for old books on the same subject.
and to be addressed to the State Board of Edu-
cation and delivered, per mail. or in the Office
of the Secretary on or before WEDNESDAY.
September 8. 1877.
LIST OF TEXT HOOKS.
McGuffey's Eclectic Spoilers and Readers.
Watsons Independent spelIer and Renders.
Anderson Historical and Cathcart's Literary
Readers.
Sargent and Mays Psychological Reader.
Wilson's large Speller and Fifth Reader [family
seriesl.
Reader. and History Of the United States.
swinton's Language Lessons, Grammar, and
Composition.
Buffers Introductory and his Practical and
Critienl Grammar.
Goold Browns First Limos and Grammar with
Analysis.
Clarks Easy Lessons in Language.
Webbs Model Etymology.
Bailey's Scholars Companion.
Harris Lessons In Composition and his Compo-
sition and Rhetoric
Mitchells First Lessons. New Primary, and New
Intermediate Geography.
Cornells Series Of Biographies.
Monteith's Series Of Biographies.
Moore's Elements Of Science.
Martindales First Lessons In Natural Philoso-
ply.
Steele's Fourteen Weeks in the Sciences.
Robinson's Series of Arithmeties and Algebra.
Carter's Elements of General History.
Johnston and Brownies English Literature.
Maury's Physical Geography.
Venable's Elements of Geometry,
The State Board Of Education reserves It's
right to select any of the books above men
toned. ROBT M. LUSHER,
Secretary Of the State Board Of Education.
au26 1t
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OUR ANNUAL STATEMENT.
First or september, ls77.

On the first Of September tho DEMOCRAT will
fsue Il correct. concise and comprehensive
abatement Of the commerce OF the city Of Nav
Orlaana during the past year. made up and
complied by gentlemen whose facts and figures
cannot BIO disputed by tho commercial COM
munity.
This issue will contain several exhaustive
essays on Agriculture. Railroads and Manufac-
tories, together with an elaborate and statistical
treatise on our
RELATIONS WITH SPANISH AMERICA.
We will publish d correct and artistic map.
prepared and executed specially for the DEMO.
omar by that well known and accomplished
Civil Engineer. NM THOMAS s. HARDEE.f
THE MERCHANTS MAP
NEW ORLEANS PACIFIC RAILWAY
vtjl show It's Importance to New Orleans as the
COMMERCIAL EMPORIUM and BUSINESS CENTRE
of tho
areat Agricultural Region Of the Southwest,
It will show the position Of
EADs. JETTIEs
ut the mouth Of South Pass. md also the pro-
posed location and route of the
RARATARuA SHIP CANAL.
We earnestly solicit the patronage OF our
friends on this occasion. and those of them
who wish to send papers to their constituents
would do well to send In their orders as soon as
possible
The advantages which the DEMoCRr VT offers to
fts patrons In point Of CIRCULATION AND PoPu-
LARrrY are second to those Of no other paper In
New Orleans.
As an advertising medium Il is unsurpassed.
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IN MEMORIAM.

A Funeral Mass will be said WEDNESDAY,.
10Th inst. at o'clock a. m. at the st Louis
Cathedral in memory Of the late Charles Roman.
His friends and acauaintances and those Of the
families Roman. Lavillebeuvre and Forstall are
respectfully invited to attend.