The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-04-22

Saturday by III. IL. Byrne q TO-. varying In price
| from two dollars and half to twenty dollars. are
the greatest bargains Of the season.
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THE COUNTRY PRESS.
Packard IL about to starve out. No
/ wonder, he might have known that zone
acre. could not afford pasturage for his
herd. Il Vienna Sentinel.
/ Cotton will be worth about five cents
per pound next winter; plant It extern
sively, IL you can afford to subsist your
families and stock on cotton seed, solely.
/ Union Record.
We hope In view OF the stagnation in
business, caused by the. present awful
suspense, that the Commission will close
] their lRhurs as soon as possible. And
we hope, also, that IL will make report
that will bring peace and quiet to this
suffering PEG pie. Il Franklin Sun.
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The storm OF this week was the heavi-
est that visited this section since the
month Of April, 1874, when the Hickey
| the river ia yet below the banks, for ii
| the water had been up against the new
| ly made levees, crevasses would GER
tainly have taken place. Il Iberville
| South.
On Thursday, the 9Th instant, the
eastern portion OF Wilkinson county
was visited by O most severe hail and
wind storm. The severity of the hail
surpassed anything OF the kind ever
/ known before, accommodating In drifts to
| vestige of vegetation and fruit disap-
peared before the ravages of the hail.
! The wind also did much damage by TN
roofing houses and blowing down fences
and trees.
II the Nichols government will en-
ploy it's authority to this end (suppress-
| Ing bulldozing) it will be doing some
thing to win the allegiance Of che PEG.
| pie Of our own State, irrespective Of
party lines. as well as the confidence 81
greater evil could afflict State than a
government too weak or too negligent
| TO enforce the laws and protect the citi-
zen in the rights guaranteed him by the
| constitution. It Is undeniable that the
administration headed by Gov. Mich
| oils has the power to secure q just and
rigid enforcement OF law; the will to do
SO remains to be proven. Donaldson
| vile Chief (Rep.)
The history of this business is told in
short metre: The Commission came.
they saw, they--they fzzled On enter
ing the city, the first thing that met
their wondering gaze was q monster
mass meeting OF 10000 citizens. In this
they felt the heart. beat OF the great me-
tropolis, whose every pulse was for
Nichols. They visited The Peoples
Legislature, looked In at the Judiciary
In short, they took an inventory Of the
whole governmental machinery. APP
pearances indicated rosy health; conse-
quently no doctors medicine was
wanted [St Tammany Farmer.
We have reached that point In our
State affairs where the people must act
with firmness. The supreme moment
is upon us and craven and dastardly
must be he who would hesitate to act
up to his convictions. The inactivity
of the past few months must now make
way for bold, q determined and a
united movement on the part Of our
people,. There must be no division in
our ranks, and he who would first sug-
gest halt must be left behind as un-
worthy the association Of honorable
men. The eye Of the community is
upon every man; and he who falters or
would barter the interests OF his State
i, ust suffer the penalty of treachery.
The siren song OF policy must no Logger
be permitted-there cannot, there
should be no middle ground-and he
who Is not with us must necessarily be
against u.s. Morehouse Clarion.
The Marksville (Avoyelles) Bulletin
complains that the status quo has great
ly injured business In the parish. This
fact may be justly said all over the
State. We have never seen at this sea-
son OF the year business 80 completely
dead as 1t is In Baton Rouge. Capital
lists, business men and everybody else
is waiting patiently to see what is going
to turn up. The withdrawal at once Of
the troops, 80 as to remove all
doubts in the minds Of the people,
would be worth hundreds Of thousands
of dollars to the business community
in our parish. The capitalist would
soon unloose his purse-strings, planters
and property owners generally would
commence necessary improvements
and confidence, the backbone OF all
business enterprises would be restored
among the people and once more the
life there is In the old land would assert
itself. The agonies of suspense have q
terrible effect in retarding business of
all kinds, and 1t Is earnestly desired
that the President should remove this
suspense by promptly Withdrawing the
troops. Il Baton Rouge Advocate.