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The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-06-02
ORGANIZATION OF THE PAR.
ISH SCHOOL BOARD.

The lately appointed Board met
pursuant to notice at the office of W.
II. Jack; Esq, on Monday last, May
2Sth.
Present--R. f. Hammctt, John J.
Martin, X. L. Faulkner Richard
Brown, Henry Levy and W. H. Jack,
Absent-W. A. Ponder, II. II.
IIathorn, N. P. Metoyer.
After temporary organization a
permanent organization was perfect
ed by the election of W. A. Ponder as
President, w. II Jack as Secretary.
A. Committee, consisting OF II. NJ.
Levy, John J. Martin and Richard
Brown. was appointed to wait upon
Henry Raby former PRESIDENT Lo"'s
Dupleix former Secretary, and II. {.
MYERS former Treasurer of the School,
Board of the Parish of Natchitochcs
and demand the delivery of all papers,
books and funds belonging to said
body.
A permanent committee to examine
school teaches was regularly elected
by the Board consisting of W. II. Jack,
G. F. Dranyuet and J. II. Cosgrove.
The Board adjourned to meet IN
special session on June 10Th at II m.
Tho organization of the Board will
Give we feel assured, full satisfaction
to our people, and they can rest as
sured, as they do, that in future the
Public Schools of the parish will DC
conducted for the benefit of the chill
dren and not ia the interest as here
tofors of political bummcrs and I'M
pecunious radical saints.
A full and strict examination will
be had, 90 we learn from the Board
into the affairs of the past Schoo
Boards in this parish and the whole
history of the Blunt.Myers schoo
management will he laid bare to TIT
public.
Applicants for positions as public
school teachers are requested to hant
in their written petitions to Col. w
II. Jack, chairman ofthe examination
com mittee or in his absence to eithe
of the other two examiners. Exam
nations of teachers will be had o.
l the Mondays of each week, beginning
with next Monday at ~ NJ. Three
I qualifications are mperetively es
: scntial: lst. A recommendation fron
' the people of tile neighborhood il
. which the teacher desires school
21. The literary qualifications re-
CURED by law. 3D.. A good mora
character. Applicants not possess
ing MI of these qualifications WI
he rejected.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-06-02
Come to Grief.

ventured the assertion that the roster
of radical politicians of this parish at
least, would yet be found upon the
criminal court docket. In proof of
the correctness of our prophesy we
append tho names, standing and
crimes charged against some of the
hitherto leading radicals with MS. In
.lictments have been found against
these parties b. the Grand Jury, and
they will be tried at the coming term
of the District court:
J. Ernest Breda, parish Judge, en-
bezzlement; Valsin Mouette, high
flier, obtaining goods under false pre-
fences 5. Van De"zen, magistrate,
stealing COW; Ananias Neal, magis-
trate, perjury Carroll Jones, police
juror, bribery ; H. G, Myers, district
judge, cmbezzlement w. II. Red
monl, city tax collector, embezzle.
ment.
Here is the judiciary badly mixed.
The district and parish judges indict-
Cd for embezzlement, while a couple
of magistrates are down for perjury
and theft.
OF such is the conservative cle-
ment" Of Natchitoches parish to whom
it is complained. Governor Nichols
gave the "cold shoulder"
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-06-02
LOCAL AGENTS.

The following named gentlemen have
kindly consented, and arc hereby &C,
credited as Agents for the PEOlLEs
INDICATOR.
Col. J. +. Person, Coushatta, Red River
BENZ. Wolfson, :,
Hon. D. W. Self, Many, Sabine parish
J. ii. Caldwell Esq,
Cavil Bray Esq.,, Black Land, Vernon.
Tl1os. Richardson,
Hon. NJ. F. Machen, Winfield VIM.
DR.. N. A. Dunn, Montgomery, Grant.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-06-02

Judge Egan, Associate Justice, Su-
preme Court of Louisiana, delivered
an opinion Of that Court relative to
the power of parties to waiver their
benefits under the Homestead laws {:
He holds that even an express waiv-
er of the benefit Of exemption, con-
tanned IN an act of mortgage, is in .
operative and void, and that the
mortgage debtor, whose circumstan.
ces and property come within the
scope of those laws, can efectually
resist the seizure and sale of the
mortgaged property, Notwithstanding
such express waiver in the act BY
which the debt is secured.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-06-02

We have been without rain in this
neishborhood to do the crops any
coed siuce the 5th and 9Th of May,
nearly one month, and young corn
is beginning to suffer. The grasses
in the commons and pastures near
town are drying up and unless We
have o good "seasouer' shortly, SO.
l ious damage will be done.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-06-02

We must give Morton, tie bloody
shirt apostle, credit for no small amount
of brains. He shows this to a great adj
vantage when he gives the reason why
Hayes conld not support Packard in his
usurpation of the Covcrnorship of LOU
;s;ana. He ,ays in his lately published
letter to the New lVlh A'",".
The Republican governments of LOU
isiana and South Carolina have yielded
to force they have gone down before an
armed minority whose threats of future
violence were guaranteed by long
train of bloody deeds done III the past.
I regret that the character OF the trans
action should be obscurcd in the least 10y
pretended investigations or negotiations,
stripped of all disgnises and pretenses:
The simple fact IS that Packard and
Chamberlain were not able to maintain
themselves in authority and the govern
ment of the United States, i'll the cxrr-
else of it's discretion, refused them sup
port. Then, the legislatures finding
themselves defehccless, fell to pieces and
from their ruins, IL part, new legisll-
lures have been constituted, whose le-
gality consists only in tho fact that
there are none to oppose them. The law
and tho rights Of the majority have
yielded to an armed and aggressive mi
nority."
The people of this State at least, and
they are the majority not the minority,
as Mr.. Morton would have it, were de-
termined that Nichols should be Gov
ernor, and they would resist with force
of arms any attempt to foist upon them
an alien and a defeated candidate, as
had been done with Kellogg, and to this
determination, added as Norton says, to
the guarantees" given by the ]4th Sep
TENDER, Coushatta and Colfax that they
would resist, and resist terribly, Mr..
Hayes and his hackers yielded.
We do not, nor never have We, propo-
sed to sing pcans to Hayes for the virtu-
GUS necessity by VIII ich he was forced to
recognize our clearly established rights,
and we venture to say that no one re-
GREETED so much as Mr.. Hayes himself,
the impossibi>ity of sustaining Packard
and Chamberlain.
We do not discuss the open points
made by MIR Morton of "majority be.
ing overcome by minority' but make
these pertinent suggestions to show that
Mr.. Hayes yielded to us in our demands
for justice from q fear of consequences
and that he did not recognize our rights
from any spirit of fairness or love Of
Constitution.
Mr.. Hayes is partizan, and as such
We do him the credit to say that he
proposes to stick to Repub1icahism, be-
cause after that, the deluge for him
What virtue he may exhibit, will be sim
ply effect caused by solid South, 6
Democratic House and close Senate.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-06-02
AGENTS..

All orders for Advertising must be
contracted with orr Ageats.
No attention paid to propositions ex-
cept from them.
g. Rowell & Co., New York.
8. NJ. Pettcngill 4 Co.,
Aver & Son, Philadelphia, Penn
Edwin Alden, CINCINNATI, Ohio.
F.. Freshman & Bro,
Chandler, Lord & Co., Chicago, ILL.,
ROwell & Chesman, st. Louis, Mo.
W, W. Sharp g. Co., Is Park Row, n. T.
Thos- .NcIntyey. New Orleans, La.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-06-02

The COWS of our city held meet
ing in the bel.fry of one Of our church
es during the week, and passed a
string of ringing resolutions against
tho late ordinance. They refuse to
be MIXED in any such manner and
if they refuse to come down it will
be a clapper to the milk business.
The points in the above are rather
obscure, and should be bcll-ed in or
der that they could be found, but its
against the law.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-06-02
Stay Away.

We desire to know whether or not
the people of Louisiana are under
the surveillance of Mr.. Hayes and a
lot of howling irrec"nciables North
1t seems as if we were, if we are to
believe that the New Orleans Times
really wants Governor Nichols to
don a policeman's uniform and skip
ont to arrest every man who kills
another in Louisiana.
If these killings Of notorious ne
gro scoundrcls is to be stopped there
is a way to do it. This class have
vilifed and outraged the whites of
the country parishes for years, and
to suppose that some persons whom
they have ruined or bounded for the
past eight years will not take pri-
vate revenge is to argue against ma
turc. Let these negro political ruff
fans keep out of the country parishes.
If they persist in coming back to con-
tinue their orsie tley can expect
nothing else than to be killed.
Assassination is terrible thing,
but the New Orleans Times must al
nit that there arc hundreds Of white
and black men in this State who have
suffered grevious wrong and outrage
at the hands of these same base,
low, negro radical leaders, and
those outraged white and black men
have no idea save vengeance. How
is the law to stop it when the per-
petrators cannot be found ?
The killing of Laws in Feliciana is
simply effect-Laws had no business
to return to that section, and tho
Times can prepare itself to hear OF
plenty more of just such "assassin
atoms" as that of Laws and Wcbbe
and Franks.
We have done our duty in warnin!
some who have returned to this sec
ton, after doing all they could to des
troy the happiness and wealth of t|''
parish, and if they arc killed, as th
chances are ninety nino in hundred
; they will be, it will be no fault o
onrs.
The best citizens desire these ne
gro rutfian politicians should sta,
away. They demoralize labor, ar
} q constant menace to the peace an
Quiet of the country and they hav
{ done private wrongs to a class
men that will certainly take ven
geance in their own hands. Society
which they have long and persistent
~ outraged, cannot be made to fec
or believe that the taking off of
political robber or murderer is en-
, titled to any great amount Of weep
ing and wailing. Let the negro bum
mers stay in New Orleans; tho cit
, zens there seem want them, to be;
railroad improvements with. The
arc good certainly to outrage some
thing with, public improvements ia
J instance.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-06-02

Correspondence containing ners Of a
general nature Is solicited from this
and meighboriny parishes. The real
name of the writer must accompany all
letters, but the name 'rill not be pub.
lished unless so desired. Letters TO Be
uyittea on ono side Of the sheet Of pa
per, and to contain news Of general in
tcrcst III BRIEF crops and 'ceo'her re-
ports, gossip, local happenings, dc.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-06-02
The Bart Able did not visit our

The Bart Able did not visit Our
city on her last trip, much to the
sorrow of all her friends. How
ever. she was at our port, Grand
Ecore, on time, aud with a fine
trip too. Long life to Capt. Dick
Sinnott and his queen of Packets,
the Bart Able.
We arc as anxious as Our new
Sabine Correspondent to have
more of "Ior R"puli's" interesting
letters; in fact we have become
impatient at his long silence, and
hone the blast from --' trnm-
net will awaken "Fox" to renewed
action.
While upon the subject Of Sab.
inc, we would beg of our friends in
that parish, and We have many
we are proud to say, to extend the
circulation of the EISDlCATOR as
much as possible. We feel fiat
tered by the expressions Of praise
in our new Correspondents letter,
and it will be our pride to make
the EINDICATOR more and more
representative as it grows older
and more useful.
Good friends, exert yourselves
to extend the circulation and in.
f1ucncc of the best country paper
in Louisiana.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-06-02

Tho many friends Of our esteemed
former fellow citizen NJ. J. Cunning
ham, Esq, will be pleased to learn Of
his intended visit to this section. Mr..
cunningham will be with US to-day
and will remain during court term.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-06-02
All advertisements must be hand

All advertisements must be h0nd
ed IN to this office By Thursday
creaing Of each eceek, to insure a.
serti0n that issue.
All Judicial advertisements must
be paid for IN Advance, or they arW
be discontinued after tic first inser
ton.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-06-02

Advertisements inserted at the rate OF
$3.50 per square for the first insertion.
and IS cents for each subsequent one
Ten lines or less, solid BREWER consti'
tute square, Or one hundred words :,
judicial Advertisements One Dollar
ner hundred words, (sqnare) first lnser-
ton, SO cents for each subsequent 'nser-
ton. Payable in advance.
All Transient Advertisements paEa'
lie in advance, and all Advertisements
for less time than 6 months, are Tran
lent
Regular Advertisements payable quar-
Advertisers in the Northern Cities
MUST apply to our Agents for terms ana
contracts. for no attention will be pad
to applications to us in person from that
section
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-06-02
Vindicate Law. No Apologies.

It seems that Louisiana and
Mississippi arc supposed to be in
leading strings to the Hayes adj
ministration. In fact, the Hcav-
ems portcnd n renewal of the
''bloody shirt era" in all its hide
BUSINESS.
There are causes certainly for a
good many of these flying stories,
and a prominent one to us is, the
foolish attempt to walk in the
South so as to satisfy such cattle
as Blaine, Morton, and Butler.
God forbid that we should sane
ton or advise murder or assassin.
alton, but we insist there shall be
a proper spirit manifested in the
suppression of crime.
As it now stands it seems mat
we are actuatcd by a desire to
propitiate the bowling fanatics OF
the New England school in our
endcavors to suppress crime,
while we should do so simply to
vindicatc the majesty of the law.
We suppose no man OF intelligence
in the State will admit the posi-
bility of ever satisfying the NOR
bid hate of Blaine's "Stalwart Re.
publicans," save that we should
crawl in the dust at their feet, and
that we will never do.
The Chisholm riot in MissiSslp
pi, and the Laws killing i'll this
State, have exercised to a great
extent two classes Of people. The
Blaine crowd are overjoycd at al
opportunity to continue the war
while the pulling pukes in the
South are tearing their hair in
the vain endeavor to apologize fol
the work of assasSins or murder
crs, over whom they had no con
troll.
We do not propose to apologies
to any body for these crimes; tha'
is no way to show our sorrow fo'
the acts; besides we are quite Ger
tain it is no business Of MIR. Hayc'
or Mr.. Blaine to demand an OK
PLANTATION, or insist upon the pun
ishment of the criminals. Thrust
ing their opinions or wishes upo1
us is rather cheeky, to say thu
least of it.
Let Louisiana's Governor sustain
the dignity of his people and vim
dictate the law, for the laws sake
Should Mr.. EyartS communicat
on the subject as it is threatened
let such communications be treat
ed with contcmptuous silence
Let us be manly and just, and il
all our acts let us never attemp
to boot-lick such blatant demo
= The Laws killing will not be It
peatcd if Laws sort stay ava
from those parishes where the
) have made themselves public ent
mics; where they have dcstroye
labor, demoralized the negro an
outraged every principle of la
and decency, BY their rut1ianl
conduct in the past.
Remove the cause, and effc(
. need not be apprehended. Let til
Laws class emmigrato to othe
climes, and transformations" wi
cease; let them return to tn
hauntS of their former orgies, an
I Mr., Blaine will have "food fo
bloody reflection" for some tim
to come.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-06-02

Our esteemed friend and fellow
townsman COL, VIM. NJ. Levy, has
placed us under renewed obliga.
tions for a large number of Public
Documents, containing valuable
and useful information, which
have been stored on the shelves OF
the VINDgCAToH Library and
they add greatly to its worth.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-06-02

Let the people of the South 50 act
during this peace administration that
it will be impossible ever again to
raise the bloody shirt except to be
ridiculed and Kissed. Let the hatch
ct remain buried till its rust fructi~
fies the ground.-Chattanooga Times,
Dem.
There is another ass. Does not the
astute scribbler 9th Times know that
a cross road fisticuff is "act enough"
for the loyal Northerner to get up a
big bloody shirt canvass upon. We
are sick and tired reading the bosh of
a lot Of sentimental fools, who are
endeavoring to induce the Southern
people to mollify Blaine, Morton and
their lpwling followers.
Let tho South be just and manly ;
and let them above all things, not at
tempt to boot-lick such public opip.
ion as Blaine and Butler represent.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-06-02

It is said the Ashtabula horror re-
suited from weakness of its bridge );
the bridge of health can be sustained
and maintained in running order for
years by daily using HONE STOMACH
BITTERS.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-06-02

Our friend Emile St. Ann Pru-
dhomme Esq, sends to this office
a sample Of wool which surpasses
any thing in texture and length Of
staple We have ever seen. The
staple is fourteen inches in length,
while the texture is as fine as
silk, almost. Mr.. Prudhomme in.
forms us that he is endeavOring
to introduce the bearer of this
wool into our parish, and we sin.
cerely hope he will succeed.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-06-02

The river above IL falling at the
rate Of ten inches in 81 hours, and If
it continues to decline as rapidly for
ten days, we will not have much river.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-06-02

Morton's fettcr is a piece of malig-
naht tomfoolery, and is pointed full
of hate and abuse to the South.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-06-02

w. J.. Self has been appointed As.
SCISSOR Of Vernon parish, by the Gov
ernos.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-06-02

Billiard e. Campbell have had a
new flooring put down On their store
gallery.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-06-02

The Jumel-Johnson case has been
decided in favor of Jumel, and john
son is ordered to turn over the Books
in his possession to Mr.. Jumel.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-06-02

1t is whispered about that William
Boullt was elected Parish Treasurer
in the interest of those parties who
hold a large amount of fraudulent
parish paper. 1t was hoped by these
men to have William exchange the
paper the tax collector would turn in
for their worthless stuff, and William
would give the Police Jury the mel
encholy pleasure of "destroying in
the presence of witnesses" 4 large
amount of buncome parish warrants
not worth the paper they are writtcp
upon, either in law or equity.
William is hurting his brother
David very badly, and we for one
are sorry to see it, not because VIC
have any particular sympathy for
David, bnt because we admire his
pluck IN trying /" ~. a~el. th. 700
pect and confidence of the good pco-
pie Of this parish.
1t the "new party men" dcnt't hur-
~ up and get some shape to their
material, the leaders of the "nuw
men and new measures will all be
in the penitentiary. Myers and Bre-
da as we'll as Carroll Jones, Neal and
Van Deusen are on the ragged edge.
Where, in Gods name, is the Soon
servativo element" thai they allow
such an outrage perpetrated as send
ing these birds to the peuitentiary BY
the "bourbons" would he. Rise up at
once or the ballot boxes of 1873 will
never be stuffel-Myers won't be
there and Governor Nichols will die
a premature death for want of a
knowledge of your "streugth and
power" Come out and save your
leaders.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-06-02

Let no good man be deceived by
the spccious argument of the trick.
ster and the lemosogne that, in or
der to carry out Nichols policy,
bonds must be furnished to all the
characterless and incompetent rascalS
elected to Office by the Radicals in
the last contest. Such an argument
is lie and a SANDER on the face of
it. No man has a rjght-pnre and
simple to an Office ; that is, the office
does not belong to him; an office is a
gift of the people to be bestowed up
on worthy and competent men. The
selection of certain men during the
past elections have been, and are mis-
fortunes and crimes. To attempt to
argue that any policy demanded, that
those who were, in many instances
fortunately for virtue and decency,
elected in 1876 should be installed in
Office by the action and support of
those who opposed their call in the
first instance, is as insulting to the
dignity of Governor Nichols as it is
shameful, disgusting and nntruthful.
There are men who have used this
slande1ous argument, and that
too for purpose, which is the
building up Of new party at the
expence of Governor Nichols and
his party in certain neighboripg sec.
tons. We beg all good men to be-
ware of the snares laid BY these wi
ley tricksters, who would thus de
fame . cause to which they loudly
proclaim loyalty.