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His Rights, You Know.
[Batton Rouge Advocate. ]

We are informed the mail route
agent heretofore on the Lee who has
been in the service during the past
eight years has been removed and an
ignorant negro has been put in his
place. The very first trip this agent
made he failed to put off the paper
mail "wednesday morning) at this
place. If the mail contractor or who
ever else has charge Of this matter on
this route can't do better than that it
may be necessary for the people of
this section to send q complaint to
Washington that will be heard.
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Vegetine.
NOTHING EQvALTo IT.

SOUTH SALEM, MASS.l NOV II, Ic'V'
Mr.. II. +. Stcvens:-
Dear Sir, II have been troubled Will
Scrofula, Cankcr and Liver Complaint
for three yea s; nothing eyer did lie any
good until | commenced using the \rge
tine. am NOW getting along tirSt'rate
and still using the VrSrtinr. l consider
there is nothing equal to it for such com
plants. Can heartily recommend it It
everybody Can heartily recommend i
to everybody. Yours truly,
MRS. LIZZIE NJ. PACKARD,
No. 16 Lagrange street, South Salem
Mass.
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We are slowly but surely drifting
around to the right channel, and our
next efforts will he made, head on,
against the money power. Silver
and gold, we are willing to compro'
mise on hereafter, if refused, we will
ask greenhacks in addition.
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VEGETINE
WILL CURE RHEUMATISM,

Mr. Albert Cro"krr, the well KNOWN
druggist and apothrra'y, of Spr'n=vaI',
Me-, always advises every one troubled
with Rheumatism to try EEGETINE.
Read His Statement:
SpEINGvALE, ME., oct. T., lS16.
Mr.. II. K. StevrnS:-
Dear Sir Fifteen years ago last fall
| was taken sick with rheumatism, was
unable to move until the next April.
From that time until three years ago
this fall | suffered everything with
rheumatism. Sometimes there would be
weeks at Il time that | cou|d not step one
step; these attacks were quite often. |
suffered everything that a man COULD
Over three years ago last spring COM
mrnccd taking N"Ertinc and followed it
,lp until had taken seven bottles: have
had no rheumatism since that time. |
always advise every one that is troubled
with rheumatism to try \rgrtinr, and
not suffer for years as have ,l"nr. This
statement is gratuito't> as far as Mr..
Stevens is concerned. Yours. etc.
ALBERT CROOKER,
Firm of A. Croker Il Co., Druggists
and Apotllccarics.
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To Work..
Jefferson StNtinel.]

The time for the meeting of our
State Legislature is fast approaching,
and it is to be hoped that the men,
bers will not he dilly .da\lying about
matters that don't concern them. Let
them 90 to work with q will when the
time arrive, for the benefit an interest
of their constituents.
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Red River has the honor of putlis

Red River has the honor ofpublish.
ing more than one first class country
paper. The Reporter of Mansfield
and the Bulletin of Marksville are
both coming up to the front rank
with rapid strides. 1t gives us IN:
measured pleasure to say this, be-
cause we have equal pride with Potts
and Lafargue in seeing our section
supplied with such journals.
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The Country Paper.

rhc nowcr and usefulness of the
country press Of this State. and OF
the whole Union for that matter, has
increased rapidly within the last dc'
cadc. Hitherto city journals contro'I-
ed public opinion, because trw men
in tie country parishes took ana r'a"
them, and these few men controlled
their respective sections. Country
papers at that time dared not r'enmc
10 indite editorials; t. peak ttI'ir
minds, but followed mrrliy, with
scissors and pastcpot, the line mark
e1 out by their metropolitan Gods.
Combining ITSELF to purely local items,
putting farmer Jones' pig and mother
Jones buttcrmilk; prai,ing the virtue
of some local IIamplen or Webster,
some statesman who, yet innocent
Of his cnuntry'S honors and his conn-
trymen's "Hrsh potts." aspIrcd to tue
most of leader in his parish, it drift
ed along, without influence or circn-
latiou, from hard beginning, through
varied life, to miserable end.
Now this is all changed The coun-
try Journal tlarcs speak, and speak
with ardor and intclIiytl c. its mind
on the topics of the day. The people
have begun to realize that city pa
pers represent in most instances
some body of men who, cloaked be,
meath the party toSa, seek to enter
the citadel but to pilaSe, and rccog-
nizing this they have t|ocked to the
support and pcrusal of their home pa
pers, published by men they know and
appreciate, and the few "o]dest and
best" who hitherto represented "pnb-
Tic sentiment are left alone III their
glory, alas departed while the city
paper if read at all is read simply to
find ont how much cotton is worth OF
how they stand the last kick the
hitherto weak but now powerful
country weekly, planted IN the I:ts OF
the now fallen giant.
These are all facts as every think
Ing man will realize. and as such how
much more responsible our position
has become! WELDING so vast al
influence for good or evil it bchoovc
the ,onntfy press to leave off, il
everything; in tone, ability and typo
graphical appearance, the past Hire
Quilted, Unlocking garb, aud assume
something of the style of its forme
city contemporary. We must make
our country papers useful i'll rejecting
local opinion and, to render then
worthy of support, we must MAKE
them indispensable to every man an'
woman residing in the section wher'
they may be published. Our exchange
list shows the following journals vel
up in line and an honor, not only t
the parishes which support them, bu
to journalism 5H tie state: Clarion
Morehouse parish Observer and Tel
eqrnph, Ouachiia; Guardian, C|al
borne; Reporter and Democrat, Dc
Soto; Bulletin, Avoyelles; Beacon
Richland Chief Assumption; Courier
St. Landry and Democrat, Rapids
There are others which we do NJ
now remember, and ,hen, alas ! the'
are many of the "old sor',' whose fa'
ings we will cover with the chailt
of silence.
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Judgment
C. A. Mathis, wife ofW. w. Jones, vs.. her
Husband


C. A. Mathis, wife ofW. w. Jones, vs.h
Husband
Parish Court, Parish of Natchtoches>-
No. 1851.
TN this case by reason of the law and
| the evidence being in favorof the
Plaintiff Catharine A. Mathis, wife Of
w. w. Jones. it is therefore ordered, I'D.
Judged and decrccd ttat the community
Of acqucts and gains heretofore existing
between her and her said husband 10
dissolved,:.an that she resume the ad.
ministration Of her separate property as
described in the petition with full auth.
ority to manage and control her separate
property without the assistance Of her
said husband, and that Defendant pay
the costs of the suit. Done and signcdin
open Court on this Goth day of Nov. 1877.
(Signcd) P. A. SIMMONS
Parish Judge, .
CLERKS OFFICE, |
Parish Of NatchitocbeS
hereby certify that the above isa
true and correct copy of the original
Judgment on file in my office.
Witness my hand and official seal this
| 10Th day ofDcccml"r, A. D.. 1877.
W. H. TCNNARD.
Dec. 13-3t. C\vyS
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Bennett, the Louisiana cart"onist,
has been employed by the Sunday
Delta On. o. and is giving us some
of bis spicey hits in the way of poll
teal cartoons in that we'll regulated,
neWsey paper.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-12-29

W. II, Tnnnard Esq, Clerk of the Dis
trict Court, kindly furnishes the NlNDI'
GATOR with the following, which speaks
for itself :
NatcI,itovhcs delegation TO the State
Prnitcntiary. Horse, hog and catt!"
thieves. Exeunt Omncs.
Sentence of Criminals at the December
Term (1e77) 18th District Court
Henry Pagan, Larceny, IS months at
hard labor in the Pcni;rntiary.
Charles Monroe, Larceny, 2 years at
hard labor in the Penitentiary.
Lawson IIankins. Assault with intent
to rape, 2 years at hard labor in the
Penitcntiary.
Phillip johnson, Larceny, l year at
hard labor in the Pentcntary.
Dave Harvey, Larceny, year at hard
labor in the Penitentiary.
Henry Taylor Larceny, l year at hard
labor in the Pcnitentary.
Richard Valsin, Larceny, years at
hard labor in the Prnitentiary.
VIM. Williams, Larceny, years at
hard labor in the Pcntentiary.
Dempsey Applry, Larceny, 2 years at
hard labor in the Penitrntiary.
VIM. Williams, shooting at person with
dangerous weapon, years at hard labor
in the Penitentiary.
Aaron Collins, Larceny, 3 months in
Parish Jail,
Jordan Mrntloe, Larceny, 1 year at
hard labor in the Penitcntiary.
Cato Johnson, Severing crop from soil
of another, 2 years at hard labor in the
pcnitentiary.
Antoine Fortuna, Horse stealing, :
years at hard labor in the Penitcntiary
Thomas Jefferson, Horse stealing
years at hard labor in the Penitentiary
Thomas Jefferson, Horse stealing,
years more at hard labor in the Pcniten
tiary.
Clark Mccoy, Larceny, II years Al
hard labor in the Penitentiary.
Nick Simmons, Larceny, year at hare
labor in the Penitentiary.
Anderson Hicks, Larceny, 2years a
hard labor in the penitentiary.
Morgan jackson, Larceny, l year a
hard labor in the Penitentiary.
MINOR OFFENCES.
Henry Roam, Malicionsly killing Mule
S25 fine and 10 days in Parish Jail
VIM. Mclaughlin, Assault, 81 fin
and pay costs of suit.
Larkin Hester, Assault with dangcrou
weapon, months in Parish Jail, and pa
costs.
W. J. Collier, Carrying conccale
weapon, S25 fine and costs, or IS day
in Jail.
Ben. Adams, Carrying concealed wea}
on, 10 days in Jail and costs, and in de
fault, 40 days in Jail.
W. J. Collier, Carrying conceale
weapon, $50 fine and costs, or 1c days i
; Jail.
Virgil Brown, Assault and Battery,
day in Jail, or IS days, in default of pa.
! ing costs.
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The Marksville Bullein has en-
larged and has improved vastly with
in the past month. tbs now a coun-
try paper after our own heart and we
wish it SUCCESS.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-12-29

Mr.. Speakah will in few days
break in upon our ears deadlier than
the breath of the Upas, because it is
dragging over $500 per day ont of
the pockets of an impoverished peo-
pie.
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NOTICE..
SALE OF FERRIES,

rI>IIE public are hereby notified that !
/ will offer for sale at Public Auction
at the Court House door iii tho town 0!
Natchitochcs, between IL o'clock H., ana
PIP. H., on
Saturday, 10Th of December, lo7,
all the right, title, aud jurisdiction o.
said Parish over the following ferries
to-wit:
At the Mouth of Bayou Derbanne'
The Strong Ferry, on the Saline .
The Ferry across the Bondleu, @'b'
Mouth of Cane River.
The Ferries will be sold for CASH, ID
Parish Paper, for term offs years 1on
first of January, 1873. Purchasers =. 70
give bond and security for tho fa'thlul
performance of their duties.
WIN. PAYNE,
President Police jury
Dec. e-tds.
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S23 90 REV ARD.

r WILL PAY THE ABOVE REWARD
l for the apprehension and rnnV'rt'"l'
of the person who shot and killed my
horSr or will pay the Samr reward tor
information that will head to his disc"v--
cry and conviction.
dec 29-lm l.. CASlAKl.
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ej(uv AdyUtj5rmrut5 :(Gw Advertisements,
\C'l'I ICE.

4 Ii Delinquent taxpayers are notified,
H. that in ease Of the absence OF III"
y Collector, an authorized Deputy
be- in his Office during "lir" I"nl> I"
cipt for taxes and licenses due the
City.
LEON GRENEAIX.
Dee. ~, 1917. City Collector.
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SUCCESSION SALE.

Succession of Nicholas Keefer, decd
DY virtue of an order Of the Honorable
ID Parish Court. and in order to ei'
feet partition among the heirs at Law
of Nicholas krrfer, | will sell on
Wednesday, 9th day Of January, 1873,
at the place of last residence of the de-
ceased, in the parish, all of the movable
and immovahle property belonging to
said Succession, as described on the
Inventory.
Terms of Sale.
CASl1-suhjcct to appraisement:
SAMUEL RAINS,
Representing the Heirs of the Succession
Dec. e.-tds.
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Are NE to have Constitutional
Convention or not9 This question
is on the lips Of every one.
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NOTICE.

Succession ofGeoyye Quincy, Deceased,
by VIRTUE of an order of the HIM
ID Judge Of the Probate Court of tho
parish Of Natchitochrs. state of Louisiana
and to me directed. will offer for sale At
the Courthouse door, at the hour ofl2 N
on
Tuesday, the 18th tag ofJonuary 1877,
the following described property belong.
ing to said SuccrS>iop. to wit
The one undivided half of the plapta.
ton known as the "Gurncy Place." and
situated on the right bank of Red river
descending, and containing seven hun.
drrd and one (1OD acres, subject to tbe
usafruct of the surviving widow Of said
Quincy.
Terms of Sale:
CASII-with benefit of appraisement.
HN. TESSlER,
Dative Test. Exr'r of George Gurney.
Dec 5ltdS.
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The Methodist Conference.

The Thirty First Annual Confer
ence of he Methodist Episcopal
Church South, held recently at Ope-
lousas, made tho following appoint
ments for 1878:
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est from DATES. Special mor,r,ro
granted and frnd"rs privilege y,t,;' )" nc
secure the credit terms of III. nn,", ' |"
price OF said lan1S and the Sale to Ln l." ,nase
with til" clause of non aIirnatiou ~ mare a.,
prejudice of the privilege and mor W. the
retained. o"se
y. II. E"lLLT. JR.
i"' - ''>' Sheriff.
Judgment,
Annie Bu|larl, vs.. CO. Corbitt, hcr IT,,
band. "uS
Parish Court, Parish Of Natrl;to,h
No. 1911. ''nes'
IN this case, OH trial. by reason of u
L law and thr evidence being in f,. .ae
of the Plaintiff Annie Billiard '" W.,
against the Defendant, {. G. CorLit, I!
is ordered. ad.jndyrd and lrcrccd th,, ., "
community Of arqurt1 and lyains hcro VIC
fore existing bet Nrrn Plaintiff and L.'
said husband be and the same is Lara %tl
dissolved, and that she do have in ~,
future, the right to administer and c eu'
troll her separate estate and that DrfenI
ant pay all costs of suit. "u'
Done, read and signed in open Cont
on this 9th day OF Nov. M. "''
(SiGncd 7. a. SIMMONS
Parish Judge
State Of Lii. Parish of Natchitochps q"
Clerks Office.
certify the above to I've a trne ,n,,
correct copy Of the original Judgment un
file in my Office.
Witness my hand and official seal FIJI,
18th day of December, \. D. ls77.
W. II. TCNNARD.
Dec 15-3t C.,L
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J. J. McCOOK & Bror
Have the Celebrated Chufa Seed for
sale, and they pay the
HIGHEST CASH FIGURES
for Cotton and Hides, and have a full
ssortmcnt of goods at the lowest cash
prices. Nov 24-2mos
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NOTICE.,

As my son, George L. Walmsley, has
this day, Oct. Sth, 1877, resigned as my
Agent, do hereby accept his resignation,
and all are notified that l shall not here
after consider myself bound by any OF
his transactions.
E. WALMSLEY.
Winchester, Tenn, Oct. 8, 1877.
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The New Year.

For the first time since the founda-
ton of the NINnfCATOR we are en-
enabled with heartfelt pleasure to
wish our people a HAPPY NEW
YEAR.
Looking back through the vista OF
the past; the ''lone drawn isle of war,
devastation and the pcstilcncc OF
alien rnlr, have we not cause to fell
citatc each other, that, Jannary LIST,
1877, dawns upon nSas a people, at
least in q happier frame of mind,
with brighter prospects and more en-
couragirs hope for the future than at
any time for sixteen dreary, trouble
some years.
1t is true orr people arc disap-
pointed that no more has been ac-
complished for them 10y those chosen
servants, whom they elected at the
cost of so much treasure, time and
blood but still, they are gratiIied
that this administration, if not active
in their behalf, is passive in its cXcr.
tons against their interests, allowing
the people, without let, hindrance or
assistance to work ont their own sal
walton. This we recognize as IN i'm
provcmcnt upon the alien govern
mcnts hitherto holding sway in Louis
lana, and we hope, with all good riti-
zrns, that our legislators during this
year will render us that assistance
pledged us all along.
With this hope. and. looking for
ward to- even a brighter January in
1870, we wish our readers and friends,
one and all, A HAPPY NEW YEAR.
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WOOD.

OAK and ASH wood in any size dc:
livrrcd at prices to suit the times. All
orders left at NJ. H. Carvrrs or Mrs. NJ
a. Burkc's promptly attended to:
J. y. JOHNSON.
Dee. Sim.
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RESIGNATION.

WINCHESTER, Tenn, Oct 3, 1877.
I have this day resigned my position of
Agent to my mother, Mrs. +. Walmsley,
in view of other business engagements.
GIL WALMSLEY.
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FROM HER ASHES.

The Phwnix has put on new life and nov
caters for public favors.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-07-13

thall, and Gen. FeatherstOn have
done that Norris should load them
down with bis support, is more than
we can tell. As to the charges against
Gen. Lowry and the owners Of the
Clarion, we presume those gentlemen
are perfectly competent to answer them
if they think them worthy Of notice.
Gen. Lowry is charged with having
secured the passage Of a law, that let
all the criminals in the State under
bond escape this is so or 1t is not so.
Ifit is 80, it looks to US now as If 1t
was . great wrong, or at least a blum
der; Il II Is not 80, Gen. Lowry can
easily prove its falseness. In the mean
time II Ia well known that there 10 o
bitter personal feeling between Morris
and Lowry, and the public should moi
be Influenced b. what Morris has
written until Gen. Lowry and hil
friends have had an opportunity to re-
fer to charge which is simply . ques'
ton of fact.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-07-13
MAIL SERVICE.
The Amount UndeP COntraOt, and how
DIstPlhHted.

DIstPlhHted.
WAsHISGToN, July 1.-THE following
carefully prepared statement is tele-
graphed as important in political and
sectional sense. To make tho sense
complete the cents are not scratched
out. The amount OF mail service un-
der contract on the Let of July was $l5,- :
75l, $50 % per annum distributed geo.
graphically as follows:
New England, Sl,ll3,85I So; Middle
States, including Virginia and West Vir-
ginia, 50, ,SA II; Southern States, 81
732, ,l93 ~; Western states, including Mis.
souri,, $5,S86,67S 72; Pacific states and the
Territories, SA7SS.i1l W.
The classification Of the service in the
different sections is as follows:
New England - Railroads S770,95O.63;
star service, oelerity, certainty and secu.
rity, $40, 1861; steamboat S22 1888; Mail
Messenger, S19 6l0 70.
Middle States Railroads so, ,Oe7.Al star
S673, 2s.IS; steamboat $is,05l.Sj; Mail Mes
senger S2lb, ,Sis 0S.
southern Ststes-RailrOads 81, ,1sS, ,O6S "a;
star 81, ,l28, ,eA.0i; steamboat SS8B, l2b. 40;
Western states-RailrOAds 81, ,3i3, ,698. so;
star Sl,23l, 1853 40; steamboat 50, ,466; Mail
Messenger. $36S,663 90.
Pacific States and erritOries-RailrOads
$425 1916; star 81, 1872 S99,A6; steamboat
SIS, ,76O.S7; Mail Messenger. t31, 1880.
California and Texas have much the
largest amount OF star service; that In
the former State is $3S7, ,6l6 "a, and In
Tie latter, s33S, S0693. The whole
service in California costs $704 04l. .73
aud in Texas S5S7,544.0l. On the first
Of September there will 6e added to
the cost Of the service s2Sz, ,736.92, fol
the recent contracts nnder the last ad'
vertisement proposals for temporary
service, aud o further increase during
the year will be brought about by thC
competitions Of two railroads, and thC
extension Of old ones.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-07-13


st. Louis Republican.
Our little war cloud, the meTest speek
upon our peaceful skies, is visibly
daFkening, and tehre is every reason
10 view the prospect with serious ap-
prehensiOn, II not with anxiety. That
the gteat mass of the people Of
the United States do not wish
q war with Mexico, is matter
that is beyond all doubt, and ii is we'll
known that almost the whole people
would regurd anything that would in
duce hostilities between the two c0un-
tries as . grave calamity. No one can
question what the result Of conflict
between the United States and Mexico
would be, and there is, therefore, no
fear OF humiliation or defeat to disturb
US, so that the opposition to war with
Mexico comes solely from the fact that
the people OF the Uuiled States have
no desire for territorial aggrSndize-
ment, and especially none for the
annexation Of such o population as
would come with any portion Of Me1i-
co. II It were otherwise we might view
with complacency, If not with pleasure,
any event which would give the
shadow Of justice to war. As It stands,
however, there is 40 one who regards
the prosperity of this Republic who
cannot foresee that naught but evil
would come of any effort by which the
government and people Of the United
States should become involved In the
constant broiLs which make Mexico tbs
seat of perpetual war The evils which
followed the rule of the carpet-baggel
In our Southern States have been in
tensifed tenfold In the unfortunate Re
public across the Rie Grande, and nj
greater height OF folly is conceivable
than would be our voluntary renewa
Of that condition Of affairs by the an
nexation Of Mexico.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-07-13
Po7ition of Forces in Armenia.
Hampton'n Mission to New York.

WASHINGTON, July IA New
York paper says Gov. Hampton and
AttOrney-Genersl COnnor leave New
York for South Carolina to-day, the
object of their visit here being salts.
lacloriIy accomplished Their mission
wac, among other things, to arrange
for a temporary loan Of 100000, to
pay the present expenses OF the State
Government, and some floating claims
demanding immediate attention. The
two gentlemen presented the taCts 10
the case to several gentlemen, capital
iste OF the city, and met with an imme-
diate and favorable response.