The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-31
LOUISIANA.


The Alexandria Gazette, recently revived,
has changed it's name to the We the People.
A grand mass meeting to organize the Ma
tional party, was held in the st. Bernard Court
House last Sunday.
Cotton worms have been found in the lower
end Of the parish. The cotton crops in the
lower end Of our parish are excellent Car
roll Conservative.
The PelicCtr, takes hopeful view of political
affairs in POinte COupee. 1t believes that q
| majority of the colored people will vct%s with
the Democrats.
Crops are very spotted. In some places
they are good, but in many neighborhoods
the continued heavy rains has damaged them
greatly Morehouse Clarion.
An earnest attempt was made last week to
restore harmony In the divided ranks of the
Democracy of Livingston parish, but failed,
| owing to the Obstinacy OF one OF the factions.
A Republican meeting was held in Tensas
| Saturday, July 20, when the Republican party
of the parish was re-organized. Pinchback
Burch and Hough addressed the meeting
! Burch spoke on the capital question.
The Morehouse Clarion says that there are
already independent candidates in the field
for the offices of parish Judge and sheriff, and
| that there will be an independent candidate
| for the Legislature out in very short time
It is said that the eight delegates who are
to represent us at the Baton Rouge conven.
|
against. 1t is hoped that all of them will be
| for new convention before they reach the
old capital alexandria People.
Mr.. S. P. Greves has laid on our table a very
large sized sugar cane of the Otahita variety
1t is about one and a half inches in diameter
| and has six we'll developed joints. In the two
| lower joints there was considerable sacCharine
NATTER Baton Rouge Advocate.
We learn that one of the white laborers or
| the Brown plantation, named Dan, commit
ted suicide by shooting bullet through his
| right temple. From information received, we
are led to infer that his rash act was the result
of intemperance.-[S St Bernard Eagle.
| Several horses have died in this parish dur.
| ing the past two weeks from sunstroke. Two
| belonging to A. E. BOugere, ESQ; the fine
bay horse of J. A. Burbank, and the excellent
white horse of G. Espinola.-[St. Charles
| Herald.
| A coIored girl fell into the river in front ot
Mr.. SyIvere Landry's place, while engaged
in catching snrimps, last week, and drowned
| in few moments. We learn that the gir
was about sixteen years OF age; her name We
did not hear tDonaldsonville Chief.
We learn from Mr.. j. L. Williams, the as.
SCISSOR, that the census of this parish, taken
under a recent act of the Legislature, was
completed ON Tuesday last, and the tOtal
population of the parish is Il, ,466. This gives
us two Representatives in the Legislature
and is an increase of about 1000 since 1875
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| Democrat
All accounts we hear from the crops are en-
couraging in the extreme. The largest yield
of corn of any year since the war is conf
IDENTIFY predicted cane is all laid by and
thriving; cotton in the seventh and eighth
wards presents remarkably promising ap.
pearance and farmers are hopeful of realiz-
ing the heaviest crop they have gathered since
1851 DonaldsonviIle Chief.
| We experienced rain and thunder storm,
accompanied by some strong wind and hail
on Sunday last Much water fell and the
| flashes of electricity were vivid and frequent
| followed by sharp and deafening reports. The
only damage done worthy of mention, so fa1
reported, was the killing of a mule, and the
scOrching and stunning of a colored woman
| in the outskirts OF our town. The woman was
| in her house, and neither received any serious
| harm. Evidences of the terrible playfulness
of the lightning in the house. showed how
providential was the escape Lafayette Ad,
vertiser.
| Some two weeks ago a recently discharged
negro convict attacked another negro, an old
man named Cesar Dudley, and beat him
cruelty with an ak. The would-be assassin
rras arrested and taken before G. Percy. ESQ,
justice Of the peace for the fifth ward, who
released him on 500 bond for his appearance
| before the Fifth District Court in December
next. The old man died last Sunday from
the effect OF the wounds he had received. Nc
coroner's inquest was held upon the body, and
| we learn that the murderer is still at large
He should be arrested without delay, and W.
| call the attention of our parish officials to
| those factS-fSugar Planter.