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West Feliciana sentinel. (St. Francisville, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-04-14

| pI0S dAu luO poIty "itHOuV WOioI
ideas, and the good men who had
been driven out from the party Of
great moral ideas, ceased not to cry
because of the stencil which assailed
their nostrils from every branch of
the public service. For there re-
mained unto the President but one
honest man, Sardine by name, and
he was securely salted down in
the State Department, where there
were no spoils, but from which he
could lend a certain ar Of respect
ability to the administration.
And the newspapers did join
nightly in the uproar, and ceased
not to expose the evils which al
ficted the people. and to cry, This
is Grautism; down with Grantism! !
For they visit not that Grant had
fought stubbornly for every inch Of
lost ground, and that the party of
great moral ideas alone was respon-
sible.
And Grant was filled with wrath,
and smote the chief of the thieves,
Delano, and Richardson, the tool
of the thieves, and the Chorpenning
claim; and did raise up in their
stead Bristow, the honest; Jewell,
the tenner, and Chandler, the wise
and good.
| And it came to pass that Bristow
and the tanner made war upon the
thieves until the public places be-
came vacant and the jails were
made full. And great fear came
upon the party Of great moral ideas
Then Chandler, the good and
wise, called unto him the marshal
and generals Of the party Of, &C..
and they went unto the President
and spake in this wise: "Great is
Grant of Galena But seest thou
not the great trouble which thou
bringest upon US and thee T.? Thy
servant Bristow is shifting thy ser
wants and followers even
unto the doors of the White
House. Yea, he is ambitious; he
seeks to be thy successor, and could
he but show cause, would smite even
thee, and rise in thy stead amid the
applause of the people. Moreover
there is one Tilden, mighty among
thine enemies, who is seeking thy
place; and will he not triumph over
US on election day if our friends be
all in Jail? We pray thee, there's
fore, to smite Bristow and Jewell
that evil come not to US and 10
thee"
find again the second time was
Grant filed with wrath, and being
moved thereto by envy and jealousy,
and uttering great cuss words, he
put forth his hand and smote Bris-
tow and all the faithful, and set all
the captured thieves at liberty.
And he caused a proclamation to
be sent broadcast over the land in
the words following: "Let no in
nocent man escape" And it was
so; and every man who loved not a
thief was smitten, and every thief
was exalted. For he spake thus
unto himself: II am weary unto
dea th Of this warfare against such
odds. Eenceforth 1 am the Press
dent only Of the party that elected
me. Let US have peace"
And turning himself about, he
reached forth his hand and took up
a little primer that had been the
companion Of his childhood, and
he saw written therein this truth:
A stream cannot rise higher
than its fountain nor the creature
above The creator"
And he said: [ see.
TRADDLEs.
West Feliciana sentinel. (St. Francisville, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-04-14
MARTINEZ,
HE HENRIETTA HOUSE.
BAYOU SARA, LA.

BAYOU SARA, LA.
|Dard can be procured by the day, week
bonth, and at reasonable rates. In
future as in the past, the table will
Supplied with the very best fare the
|ket affords. Elegant and well fur
led rooms. Accommodating servants
Ptantly in attendance. Patronage So
fed. and satisfaction guaranteed.
West Feliciana sentinel. (St. Francisville, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-04-14

duction Of these dangerous pests id
this vicinity during the coming
summer, and amateur naturalists
that are anxious to inspect them at
close quarters will do we'll to us
great precaotion lest they be bitten
and poisoned.
A more dangerous visitor than
the Colorado beetle has however,
located himself in our midst. Dur
ing the recent spell of warm spring
weather a we'll known entomologist
Mr.. c. J. Bethune; NJ. A.-dis-
covered in Central Park, near the
7th Regiment memorial monument,
a rair Of remarkable looking
spiders. He watched them for some
time, and found that they Inhabited
an underground mansion; that. id
fact. they we're burrowers. Pro-
| vided. as enthusiastic entomolo-
gists invariably are, with tin case
for the reception of specimens. the
two active spiders were transferred
with some little difficulty to con-
fnement together with a portion of
the soil in which they had evidently
passed the winter. Mr.. Bethune
has since been studying his pri-
soners, and he has now no doubt
whatever about their identity.
When in New Zealand be had seen
a spider seemingly identical with
his specimens; but the insect in
question, so far as he knew, was
peculiar to New Zealand, and had
seldom or never been seen even in
Australia. "As watched the pair
of little wretches," said Mr.. Beth
une to the writer, Il knew could
soon test the question of their gus
pected identity with the New
Zealanders. I had but to present
my finger, but was unwilling to
include the probable consequences
| of the experiment.. I had spitz
dog. I took the large spider in a
delicate wire tweezer and applied
it to the inside of the dogs ear.
The insect was nowise loath: The
dog howled in agony, its head
began to swell, its mouth to froth,
until death relieved it in Eve hours:
| had resolved to destroy the dog
anyhow. The spider thus became
the executioner of the canine and
identified itself. Unquestionably
the spider is the New Zealand ter.
ror. The latrodectus katipo; or
night-stinging spider, is the most
dang erous creature in that distant
island. and the dread of European
immigrants and Maoris alike" Till
within late years comparatively lit
tie was known of the katipo, except
or the hearsay evidence of the
aborgines, whose hair raising sto.
ries of the deadly effects of its bite
excited great and natural alarm:
+ he name, katipo, signifies might
stinger''-being derived from two
names, kakati, to sting, and po, the
night. The range of this spider
has always been regarded as some-
what local, and in the island has
been thought to be confined to the
seashore. DR.. Butler, of Wilmington,
in a recent article on the subject,
states that there is small extent
of sandhills near Woiksnae, on the
West coast, noted among the na>
tives for the abundance Of katipo.
"A settler residing there, named
jenkins, assured me that he could,
without difficulty, fill quart meas
ure in few hours. In 1867 | COL
lected in the same locality a con-
siderable number, and kept them
alive for several weeks in order to
study their habits. And here I
may mention circumstance illus
West Feliciana sentinel. (St. Francisville, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-04-14
MEMORIAL FLOWERS.

MEMORIAL FLOWERS.
The following beautiful poem, from
The Land We Lore, is from the graceful
pen of Nrs. Fannie Downing:
The Lord Of Light, who rules the hours,
Has scattered through our sunny land
Mementoes of His love in flowers
With lavish hand.
This month they bloom in beauty rare,
And more than wonted sweets display,
As conscious of the part they bear
The tenth of May;*
On which the South, in plaintive tone
Ofpride and sorrow mixed with bliss
Speaks: GAS Il Nation, 1 can own
No day but this %
1 give on it my glorious dead
The tribute they have earned so well,
And with each bud and blossom shed
A mystic spell.
1 lay the Laurel wreath above
The cedar with it's sacred ties,
And place them, with mothers love,
Where Jackson lies.
The Lily in it's loveliness,
Pure as the stream where it awoke,
And spotless as his bishops dress,
l give to Polk.
To Hilbert Sidney johnson, Moss,
And Rosemary, and Balm-to these,
Entwined in a simple cross,
add Heartsease.
The Fleur-de-lis, in song and lay
The emblem of true knighthood's pride,
1 place, commingled with Jessamine spray
By Ashbys side.
Fresh Morning glory buds twine,
With scarlet woodbine beneath,
And mingle with them Eglantine,
For Pelham's wreath.
The Honeysuckle's rosy drift,
Whence fragrance dripping dews distill,
l offer as the proper gift
For 4mbrOse Hill.
Der Pender's pure and sacred dust
Let Bleeding Hearts and Bays be swept;
He well deserv ed his country's trust,
So nobly kept.
Let Ramseu,'s native pines drop down
Their native leaves and OdOrOuS gums,
displayed
To form with Iry,towers q crown
Where he lies laid;
While Orange blossoms fall like snow,
To fill the air with fragrance ripe,
And form for Margey Gregg, below,
The truest type.
Where Doles and Barton rest in death
Strew Hyacinths and Mignonette,
And scatter with balmy breath
The Tiolet.
The fairest of the radiant dyes,
Which paint in living gems her sward,
The land of flowers we'll supplies,
To honor War0.
The grand Magnolia's blossoms fall,
Mingling with Fern their snowy loads,
And form q freshly fragrant pail
To cover Rodes.
Let Stars Of Bethlehem cleaning lie,
AS pure as Bark:sda1es soul, which scars
While he exclaims: ~ gladly die
In sach a cause"
G,anbury rests in dreamless sleep,
And heaped upon his graves green sod
I let the Crimson Cactus creep
Round Golden Rod.
OF Zollicofer, who went first
To plead my cause at heavens bar,
The 4naranth's buds, to glory burst,
Fit emblems are.
For Morgan let the wildwood Grape
Afford q dewy diadem,
And with it's dropping tendrils drape
The Buckeyes stem.
Missouri, from the fertile fields
Washed by her giant rivers wave,
The gorgeous Rhododendr0n yields
MCullOchfs grave.
West Feliciana sentinel. (St. Francisville, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-04-14
COMMERCIAL ADVERTISEMENTS.

.yTransient advertisements, first in
eertion, 81 20 per square of ten lines,
sach subsequent insertion, so cents Obit-
uaries charged for as advertisements.
West Feliciana sentinel. (St. Francisville, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-04-14

The day set apart by North Carolin
for decorating her soldiers graves.
West Feliciana sentinel. (St. Francisville, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-04-14
L1US FREYHAN g. CO.,

illus FREYHAN g. CO.,
IS OF the Road, st. Francisville, La.
Steam Cotton Gin
AND
Vhotesale and Retail Dealers in
dies dress goods, general dry goods,
= furnishing goods, clothing, boots,
i, mats, groceries, provisions, hay,
4 oats, agricultural implements, bag
and ties, and general assortment
sdWare, china and glass ware.
highest market price paid for cot
West Feliciana sentinel. (St. Francisville, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-04-14

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West Feliciana sentinel. (St. Francisville, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-04-14
AUGUST FISCHER

FISCHER. AUGUST FISCHER
& A. FISCHER,
SCorner of Sun and Front Streets,
Bayou Sara, La,
tiOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
Y GOODS,
NOTIONS,
CLOTHING,
DTS, SHOES, GROCERIES
WESTERN PRODUCE.
p aI Highest cash price paid for cotton.
32e, '76.-1y.
Pioneer of Assumption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 185?-1895, 1877-09-08

Office. Hence IT has been uniformly
held that the official return Of an
election is only p,.insa .tiacie eyid-
enee OF its legality and correctness,
and that a court can go behind it to
ascertain the true state of the vote.
If this were not so, why should
the intricate forms for registration
be prescribed, or why the necessity
of the voter personally offering his
vote if a power vested anywhere to
disregard everything that had been
done at the ballot box and elect at
the Returning Board
The act of casting a vote is not to
the citizen an empty form. It is the
lever by which the majority raises
itself to the summit of the govern
nenl. and there controls, orders,
executes.
Pioneer of Assumption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 185?-1895, 1877-09-08
Che gioneer
Subscription Price. SO a Year,
Official Directory.
Fifteenth judicial District.


tComprising theparishes of Assumption,
Lafourche, and Terrebonne.l
District Judge Taylor Beattie
District Attorney Seymour r. Snaer
Regular terms of District Court in AS
sumption Parish open on first Monday in
May and first Monday in November.
Eighth Senatorial District.
State Senator's ..... Hon. F. s. Goode
-......-.. Thos. A. Cage
Parish Onicers.
Representatives. ......-.....Ge George Drury
.---.....-.. Jonas Hughes
Parish Judge Alfred Tete
Clerk of the Court. Thos. Divine
Recorder. George Washington
Treasurer August Bulow
Tax Collector C. Thiac
Sheriff ....A. J. Echeverria
Coroner ......-.John Hickms n
Parish Physician DR. r.. r. Beasley
Public Administrator =. Hiram Fl. Carver
Pioneer of Assumption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 185?-1895, 1877-09-08

There is an essential difference
between the act of voting and the
police provisions TO secure the evi-.
dence of the act. The principle chat
If the votes be deposited che object
of the election is attained and its
validity cannot be affected by the
non observance of the directory
provisions of the law has often been
disregafded in Louisiana of late
years, as it was in this instance.
not chat the principles are not sell
settled in her Jurisprudence and in
that of our sister States, for they
have been recognized andann0nced
by the courts not only rs CONSTITUTE
ed before the war, but by our i.a-
mediate predecessors In the case Of
Burton VS.. Hicks. Ii
lis to be constantly borne in mind
that The point of enquiry is the will
of The electors as manifested by
their ballots. ssThe various provi q
|sions of the Statute under which
the election OF November last WAS
held, however often they have been
misinterpreied or disregarded, were
by their terms aud declared intent
simply designed to protect ana
keep free the ballot and secure its
legitimate results.
On the subject of the conduct of
elections Judge Cooley says: Elec-
ton statutes are to be tested like
other statutes, but with learning
to liberality in view of the great
public purposes which they. accom-
Iplish; and except where they spe-
Icially provide that a thing shall be
done IN the manner Indicated, and
not otherwise, their provisions de-
lsigned merely for the information
and guidance of the officers must be
regarded as directory only and
the election will not besdefeated by
| a failure TO comply with them, pro-
lvided the irsegularity has not hind
/ cred any who were entitled from
exercising the right of su frage or
rendered doubtful the evidences
from which the result was to be
declared.n Again The author says,
referring to the leading case Of
People VS.. Barb: Il, was said In
the same case that any irregulaTity
lin conducting All election which
does not deprive legal voter ot
| his vote, or admit q disqualified
voter TO vote, OF cast uncertainty
ON the result and has not been oc-
lcasioned by the agency of a party
Iseeking to derive benefit from it,
should be overlooked in 4 proceed.
ing to try the right to an Office de-
pending on SUCH questions.
Pioneer of Assumption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 185?-1895, 1877-09-08
APPLICATION FOR REHEAR-
ING.

2 = ~ ~ s.
Ma CHIEF JUSTICE MANNING DE-
LIvERE0 THE OPINION AND DE
CREE or THE CoURT IN THE
woaps AND FIGURES FOLLOWING,
T0-wIT:
1t is rightly remarked by the
counsel for the defendant, in his
brief supporting the application
for a rehearing 1.-THE great uader-
lying principle in all contested cleo
lion cases is to ascertain the will
of the majority. The problem is
TO secure, first, to the voter a free
and unsrammeled vote, and second
ly, Il correct record and return of
the vote; and that in all cases it is
incumbent on the contestant to
show thar the acts OF which he
complains changed the RESULT
And we will aud, if the acts of
which u contestant complains do
not change the result, courts will
not intervene, though the conduct
of the one ol the other may be
tainted by fraud, or vitiated by
violence. For, of what concern is it
10 judicial tribunals to learn what
bad and illegal acts either eandi-
date may have been guilty of, ii
|one received so large a majority
lover the other that he is eIscUed
Notwithstanding the deduction from
his poll of all the votes that should
DOT have been received lor coun.ed.
But, when the case is otherwise
when the object aad purposes of
the officials, who hive the machine
|ery of elections IN charge. is siiowa
by testimony to have been. moi The
asce4tainment of the will of the
majority, but the perversien of the
depression of that will not a cor
trect record and return of the vote,
but such o return as accomplished
Ia predetermined result; not an un-
trammeled vote, but so traInmel
/ ir by cunning devices that the SUIT
ffagan has been deceived or misIed
then it Is. the highest Office ano
the most imperative daty Of q court
TO vindieate the purity aud invio-
liability of the ballot, and to take
care that the Republic, whose corr
ner stone is the vote of the citizen,
lshaH receive no harm.
For the fundamental principle OF
every representative government il
that it is.Anot the return, but the
election that entities party to an
Pioneer of Assumption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 185?-1895, 1877-09-08
GENTLE MOONLIGHT.
-TbeY had been married five

They had been married FIVE
months, and she was turning the
leaves of a book, when she es-
pied a pressed flower, part of
bouquet he had given her previ-
Gus to wedlock, and said:
81 pTis but little flower, but,
oh how fondly dear "
Il should say SO, he growled.
That's . representative OF .
two-dollar bouquet +; and to buy
It'll walked into town and depri-
we'd myself of luncheon for q
week"
Pioneer of Assumption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 185?-1895, 1877-09-08
POLICE JURORS.

VIM. w. Pugh, President; Thos. D. Cox,
w. B. Ratliff, Emile Tallieu, David Levy,
John Weore, Moses R. Hite, Bazile Graves,
Levy Williams.
Pioneer of Assumption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 185?-1895, 1877-09-08

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Pioneer of Assumption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 185?-1895, 1877-09-08

"A Pennsylvania Dutchman who
married his secondWife soon after
the funeral of his first was visit-
ed With 4 two hours serenade
in token Of disapproval. He ex-
postulated patbetically thus: q
say, poys, you ought to be
ashamed Of vourselfs TO ye max
ing all It's noisse ven der vas q
funeral here so shoon.
Pioneer of Assumption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 185?-1895, 1877-09-08

There are not wautine among the
utteranees OF those enlinenG judges
and authors quoted by the District
Judge others TO The eff cct Iha6 the
whole object of all laws regulating
elections is under an America Ii
system TO secure the great end of
carrying out Of the popular viii !;
and the fact that contests for office
are provided for by law presuppos
es what has always been praeticed
in such cases, IN enquiry to the in
PRODUCTION of evidence as to who
rightfully obtained, or would have
obtained, at a legal, fair and peace
ful election majority of che. votes.
How can this be done without
proving by any legal evidence ior
whom the suffragans cast their
votes. 4 fundame ataJ principle of
American and Louisiana law is that
it is the casting Of the votes, Oh
ballots, unimpeded by force or
fraud, which determines with US
the results of elections the laws
the poliee regulations which are or
should be always framed to se,-nfe
fair elections and a fair polling
count and report of the votes
are merely subsidiary to that
end, and that while they should
be observed and carried ont they
are of themselves of far less impor@
tanee than the end to be attained.
It is in the power of no officer on
set of officers to substitute their
own will for the votes and will of
the people and wherever this has
been done it is the duty OF the
Courts when properly appealed TO
not only to enter upon the enquiry
but TO award the right and if Deets
be to punish the guilty. In Aud
VS.. Walton IL A. l39 the language
|of the Court is. "The sovereign il
this land is the people and the bal
lot is the expression of the sover-
| leign will. The audacious criminal
who lays the hand of violence (and
we may add fraud) upon the ballot
box in effect nsurps the sovereignty
of the country. Whenever 5here-
fore case of such attempted usus-
patton is presented to she tribunals
charged With the jurisdiction oi
contested elections, they should
avail themselves OF every legal re-
course in their reach to ascertain
whether the popular will has been
expressed through the ballot box,
and, if so, what It has decreed.
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Assumption Lodge No. 2O3
F.. g. A.. Ms's

ofisera for the ensuing year
Geo. G. Garner, P. NJ, W.. M; +. W.
Pike, s.. w.; Pierre Juliat. l.. w.,
Pierre j. Gilbert, p. NJ, Secy.; George
Drury, s.. d.; Thos. K.McNel, j.. D.. !;
Adolphe Badeau, Tyler
Maets every second and last Thursday
of each month.
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When, by the gentle moonlight.
Thou roY'st in mystic hours,
Then let ,ay beam, ever bright,
Hlumine thy path of flowers.
Whene'er thou, at even sigh,
Musing on the past that's dead
Let nsy sphere light up thy sky.
Giving back the hopes once fed.
When Mem'ry brings some fav'rite lay
Some form that haunts thy dream;
Then let mine orb send forth her ray
4hy path of life TO gleam.
If e'er, through life, there is an hour
That thou wouldst have made bright
Where some dark cloud is wont to lower
Seek. then, the gentle nsoosslighH
If Mee storm should overtake,
Rendering all as black as night,
May the Gentle Moonlight make
This darkness turn to light.
GENTLE MOONLIGHT.
Pioneer of Assumption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 185?-1895, 1877-09-08
LAFoURcHE STAGE

The Stage carrying the United States
Mail leaves Napoleonville daily ESundays
excepted} ct s o'clock A. NJ, arriving at
DonaIdsonville at o'clock.
Returning, leaves Donaldsonville on the
arrival of the train from New Orleans and
takes passengers to all points on Bayou
Laiourche to Napoleonville at reasonable
prices
For passage, apply at the Washington
Hotel, NapoleonYill6. and City Hotel at
D0naldsonyiIle.
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NOTICE.

NOTICE.
The Assessment Roll of the par
ish of Assumption has been this
day deposited by me with the Re-
corder of the parish of Assumption.
Any person who may feel ag-
grieved by any assessment, must
make an appeal in writing to the
undersigned, stating particularly
the correction desired within thirty
days from the date hereof.
EMILE u. HEBERT.
Assessor.
Assumption, La. August Is, 1877
Pioneer of Assumption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 185?-1895, 1877-09-08

The recent decision of the
Supreme Court in the case of
Il. A. Webre VS.. No. 769 William
Wilton, from Lafourche, deliy-
cred at its recent session IN
Monroe, and which was printed
and circulated by the Sentinel in
a supplemental sheet. contains
ideas and instructions In regard
to the rights of the people, and
the duties of supervisors and
commissioners that should be
generally circulated by the Press,
"A fundamental principal of
American and Louisiana law is
that it is the casting of the votes
or ballots unimpeded by force
or fraud which determines with
us the result of elections
SUPREME COURT OF THE
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
[ExTRAcTs.]
Pioneer of Assumption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 185?-1895, 1877-09-08

Notice Is hereby given TO the creditors
and all pers ,ns interested IN said succession
to show cause within Ten days froIn the
present notification. If any they have or
tan, whysskhe provisional account present
ed BY Louis j. Folse dative tutor Of said
Mathilde Folse, Alice and Agnes Hanson,
should not be h0nlolegated and approved
and the funds distributed IN accordance
thsrewith.
--., By order of the Court.
Ills. THOMAS DIVINE,
CO. Clerk Of Court.
Assumption. La, Augusta, 1877.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-05-29

The Government is about sending 4
letter of censure to the State authori-
ties in Mississippi, touching the recent
cowardly assassination of Judge CHS
holm and his family in that State, and
advocating a better protection of citi-
zens Of all classes in the South. Cover
nor Stone, it is thought, was too apa-
thetic in preventing or Furnishing the
outrage referred to, and the letter will
be particularly pointed in this direc-
tion,