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Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1878-09-28
REFORM UNDER. SUSPICION.

1f vo mistake not the Louisiana
Nationals disclaim all sympathy
with the Socialists, the Oohmon
lists, and the labor movement as
represented by Mr.. kearney; Inns
being the case we are at, q loSs ~
nderstand the party name, Na.
t;o,,l, How can that party CALI
;tse,f q National party which has
no affiliation with any party
outside of Louisiana. -
so far as We can make it out the
Iou;siana Nationals propose ON y
local, or STATE reforms. nelt
reach and aim, therefore are not
national, and again their name IS
a misnomcr. But setting ASIDE the
nron;.ic1y of title which is at all
evonts euphonic and dignlhed'. IT
: ra,na;us to be inquired how Tar
, this new party is likely to prove
f anv,hiue more than a DISTURBING
=; elemcut in Louisiana politics.. ono
! limo il established beyond q ouot'
;, and that is that this party, wlthout
/ Republican allionce. will rep:esene
T. nothing moro than traction OF
\ mi, ority vote. With that ali'ance
rs it. will compose the weakest wing
oe IF an anti Democratic movement.
is Whatever then, it can accomplish
in the direction OF reform mus oe
occomnlished wi I. the consent ana
be assistance Of the very organization
ly Which more than any other has IN,
'n' troduced abuses into the State aud
ge municipal government. ana maIs as
he reform necessary. Will an;bod:J
nw Ms drnv that? II not, why ,shouil'
any man bc asked to support ma
tional party which is nothing NOR
than q skiif owed at the stern
sh- q disrraced and defeated party !-
by I.c: it he admitted that the Dem
ent ,cra,s have not engaged as yet
'"' the dcsidera,ed work OF relos.
bly,; with that energy and disintcreste
ary, zeal which the state had r'sht
ore ore nx,eet. How does at lmpro'
G, an- ,ho Situation of the Republics
and n,r,v Eere? VIII it say: 1(
the viii MOI, or, at least you have n
tnro abolished all the abuses wh'cn :,
,ver- introduce, and therefore, you u u
;ti13n Democracy must give way TO u
rlEn' lS;n hat we may undo our own G
ID by wSkv Nothing could, by a,
par, possibility, be more absurd.
/, from fnr tthief-,akcr may be negligent a
ex- slothful ; but that does not arg
e e, the he, that rogue and policeman shoulo
II ~ bo bo change places.-N. y. Facdyu1~
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1878-09-28
OFFICIAL,
TO the Qualified Electors OF
the state Of Louisiana.

0rr1CE OF SECRETARY OF STATE, }
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
New Orleans, July II, 1873. }
Tn pursuance of article LAT OF the con
stitutiu of this State, publication Is
hereby given to the voters Oh thls o''''
of the proposed amendments |" the con-
s,itutio, of this State, agreed 10 ny t"o-
thirds of the members elected TO cach
housc of the General Assembly, at lts Scs-
,.;a ,f1ez3 and which are required to
he published, three months pcioie 'no
raxt GENERAL election for representatives
=, tho General Assembly, in at least one
,awsnoucr in every parish in this State
in wLicl, Il newspaper shall be publisheo
Said amendments appear more l"ilS Al
| ac,a Nos. 73 and n Of the regular session
| of ,,,, General Assembly OF 1873, ana IL
| ot M IL of the extra session OF the zen
cr:l Assembly ofl575, which are o'hcla'''
published for the information OIL 1ile w
ters and which will be submitted 10 VI
,o,n,e at the next general election, 10
Lo,i n, t1,e fifth day Of November, (neAt
1o-s in such u manner and torm that III
oo,,,o NAV vote for or against eac
, amendment, separately, anu ~ d h''J''''
5 ,ftb, votes at said election shall appio>
,u1 ratifv all or either of SAID ahcn'
, t,,o same shall become part
the constitution. ..
WILL. A. STRONG,
Secretary ofStatc.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1878-09-28
ACT NO. "a, r. S. or 1915.
NUMBER TWO.

NUMBER TWO.
r,,,+,t;ves shall be chosen or INC
c l.rnas,lav after the first MoluaS ~
| ileU .,,'nm eyery two years, anu the CIV IN
| ~, "i,nn ,e completed in one day. .. tnt
HnonaI I!o,' sm assembly shall meet on tne iis'
Genera ;m January, 1879, and bienn;.llS
M.,i3:tar Monu"3 on the first Manday III oaiiu" a.,
,,,'lass = different day be appoli,.JII! ~
luw. and their Sessions oN''i
the scat of g0vernlnehu.
VIZ fSt,;lSc out article scvetech.)
Affair the wear 1873 the General As'on %,
~, .I,,,i not have power to levy III .i,n i'a
Wy ,,n.r for all state purposes i'lI'o ,, ' -"
WV o,. cnntu,n t;lNatlon, nor oi'''i o.,
oi'u l't;nn of more than one per ccii' ~
oo.l. ,tinn he made in amy one year. o'i VA
at,',i cash value of all real anu poiSoA
l. H,,,nrtv liable to taNatiol'' oACL Los,
!, ,oa n,ua nf y foreign invasion or uonu nI' y
G;,'''s,,rrrction, G''S and in that cFenI unS a> !,
,;nm,l taxation shall only pc ,;or ~, ,H
II rcd;nto purpose of repelihS, S,I inN"s'Un nitv
ann,rcssing insurrectl0n. i.io oIinct
%IpI Orleans shall not levy oi Io,o , ~.
N n,| one year mole than one oI a''t, o cn
Gov. ocntum taxation on INC i 'o. on,
r.il rr.lne Of all the real and perSoiia, Pm; IN;
, w I;,hlc TO taxation "l'nl'l l't,n 40,
y, ish or municipal CO. 'I,oiI' Ia
M rnnt tho city Of New Ollcams, "'nro thnn
r.Il.ct in any one Seai ii'A .ct,
=, nnr ccutum taNatloi upo" verso
>N ri.nsh value of all tue rc;li ANY, HIM
,'rmncrty liable to taNa.io"i shall
Ia Tl;n,its. The Generai AaSein"'9 or nl,,
have power to Issue '"s ''''
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1878-09-28
CONSTITUTIONAL 4MENDNEN Is'
ACR NO. 73, r. $. OF 1878.
NUMBER ONE.

rh,t the seat of government shall no
iItS ,,.I ot the city OF Baton Rouge OF
@ ahe city Of New Orleans as the maIor- ,a}er
lu wy Df tha voters of the State may deter
lty OF the ,,voXt ,ovo ensuing ele. tion those
mlne a' ~ rlH ,nrate @ the state capital at BaI-
oo'i oo Ronye Shall endorse on Their 5,IIe.s ,hoss
on ror STate Capital, Baton h0uge IL Kew vnGSt 0r
voting to locate the on eapeit 4hper ticHet as %
State Capital, New i' Orie",''i l,'a Lundred an,
(Strike out hrt'clc ono
| thirtv-OEc.) .
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1878-09-28
r. GASTRElL,


BAYOU Sara, Louisiana,
oy cyyS AGRICULTURAL lMl,LH
,ants pnoTGi,a Hrialrs. Harr~ss, Harlwarc. Guns,
Pshei' Pistols, Pumps Pipes Mashins F3tnSy d51aw
Cocks. ,n: valves, Castings, Ropes nollrW 1,.d,,|
Ware, Wagon and Carrias' TO- :;ood"'hN'
R,ncksmith's Materials, Etc, ,,EnI E,tTi MAN
TN "COPPER" AND Sli EEL Al.oN 4A->'
UFACTORl.
Also Aren't for the celebrated
AIS" nCHiARTER OAK" sToYEs, @ 1,s
II. . Hail and other rlowNS A1iTns 1"rse H"rse
Hoes, ooas n M"Ti%E "y MGich M1fH.is wii gnara":
a ilaS :, is s"II lnwcr than can be purchased
elsewhere. ,, will find it tc
the,r advantage to call and cNaH,,e ',Slr ,ls: Hs
stock st. and prices before purchasing 'ASe
where.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1878-09-28
the constitution of 1868 shall be abrosa-
r1rNHER EIGHTEEN.

NI1MBER EIGHTEEN.r .sr
,r,,s Sunerintendent of Public Educa-
mali receive Il salary OF thlrty-hEo
nnnGred dollars, payable quarterly o"
his own "arrant.
NUMBER NINETEEN.
,;o.,s, tax shall be imposed by the
c..'t ~ w. .,nv narish or municipal author
~. ~, ,nv mechanical trade, mahu1act";
,,s ~: ,r factory. except snch as may feH"t',
nn,;ce regulations, in towns ana ci'Aes'
NUMBER Twenty. ..
The Legislature is authorized 10 On
empt from State, munlclpal y. t:',
Tuition household goods, such as 1urhl-
..' ,,,a,,;,,U npparel, tools OF trade or
~rofession and family portraits, not eA.
rraedinu in aggregate value the sum %
five hundred dollars. I'D
,cr NO. IL. EXTRA SESSION OF 1878.
NUMBER TWENTY ONE.
Strike ont the first part of article i42
e 4I,a constitution of 1868, which reads !:
ga University shall be established ah''
,,,a;"t.ined in the city of New Orleans:
- sE,ii he composed of i law, meuica' :
nnI - colleriate department, each Will
annropriate faculties. The General AS
semb}v shall provide by law tor It's S.4 oiSa4
iz,tion and maintenance; anu lhseiI
..'rIn university shall be maintained. !,
sh,iI he composed of Il law, medical ana
,m a.ndeuical department., and such ON
ar departments as may be estaoflshgu W
law each appropriate lacu''iSe
,."r';ded that the law and medicii oe
p,,rtments already organized snail COZ
t tt;",a in the CITY of New Orleans, anu the
,c,. demical and other departihehts n"'
+ be located elsewhete III the o'''e'
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1878-09-28

It was midnight the dark shadS
o,v, nestled DER the sleeping town
Of Kalamazoo, with not a ras5ol
Gyht to break the sonbrcNeSs OF
49,, scorc All nature seemed TO
h, at rest, and-wcll how sha'l we
onl thjs /? Oh. yes Price one
I,l!ar per bottle. For sale at all
I,ur stores.'-Rnil Bill.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1878-09-28

The Superintendent OF fuei!G ;,;ntu'G",;; ruIi;
s,,aii receive Il salary of thlrty-h''i
hnr5red i' @ dollars, payable quarterly Oh
his own ,arrant.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1878-09-28

the faith of the State for any purpose, nor
shu,l it authorize any parish or mun'clral
cnrnoration to issue any bond or create
any debt; prorided, that this shali NOV
prohibit the Issue of new bonus IN. an "a a.
change for old bonds, where where 1'' o0'' VI
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1878-09-28

rszs- He came Longing IN, a"a
brran complaining OF 1h'nG5 s'"-
q n,;y. L spider WEB ia i"c par
Tor last night said he. Sa'a she'
You ayv And he flew - Boston
| transcript.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1878-09-28

C,,;,, ',ronic the Great West
Indies Fever and Ague Remedy, Is the
n.st medicine ever presented to the Peo-
n,e for the speedy cure Of malaria-1t
1 aurss the Chill roots out the Fever rnr-
res out the malarial poison from the sys-
@.r, carries off the black hile-1t saves
sickness. and gives health to tue poo.
sufferer, get a bottle rom "u'l'~A' 0'n'''A -
II is cheap, mad Safe. fs.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-10-30
Little hY Little.

Rev. +. DE Witt Talmage, of Brooklyn,
always true to the cause of temperance, in
recent sermon upon the influence of little
things, referred TO tobacco and intemperance.
He is reported as saying "Again it is so
in the formation of bad habits. Take the
habit of lying A man begins with what is
called a white lie, and after while there is
no limit to his falsehood. So in the habit
of using tobacco. There is no danger of my
being personal in my remarks, for you all
use it. quit that habit because it made
my hand tremble, and too easily lost my
patience, and thought had no right to do
anything that would make my hand tremble
or make me lose my patience. But we all
know how hard it was to get the habit, how
sick it made us at the start. You begin,
perhaps, with a cigar which your father or
some minister has thrown away and you
have gone on till you are slave to habit
which is ruinous to any man of nervous
temperament. How gradually you came on
toward it There are hundreds of men in
this house to-day who would confess that
the habit is injurious to them, but somehow
they cannot stop. How, my brother, did
you get this bondage on you In one day
In one hour? No. BY little and little
So with the habit OF inteinperance. The first
day man don't go and walow in the ditch.
If he is well off he begins with sparkling
champagne or lively Clicquot or three KS.
Now in the midnight, while trying to kill the
snakes on his delirious pillow, he cries out to
the doctor to give him rum. Oyoung man |
stand off from the beginningof evil. Though
you should charge me with Iliberncism,
will risk it, and say Stop before you start,
You say mingle with evil associates,
and yet | am not contaminated But if
you stand anywhere near them you will get
splashed with mire and pollution and moral
dirt This panther of evil habits has a vel
vet coat and sleek skin, and comes softly
through the night to mans temptation
and squats before the soul. But if you
have felt the clutch of his claw and sharp
cut of his teeth, God pity you. Remember
we may not go down gradually ourselves,
but take others with us little by little. A
minister of the gospel stood in reform
meeting, and he was showing how that a
man might take strong drink moderately
and yet do right, and how the head of a
family might have strong drink on his din.
ing-table and yet do right in all this matter
and after he had made a powerful and elo-
quent argument he sat down in the pulpit
Then an aged man arose in the audience
and said : have broken heart. have
buried my only son. He started life with
beautiful prospects. He is to-day in a drunk
ards grave, and when he was dying he told
me that he started that awful habit at the
table of Christian clergyman, and that
Christian clergyman is the man who just
sat down in the pulpitl Oh may GOO
keep us from ruin and keep us from taking
others to ruin"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-10-30
Yearning for Souls.

1t is divine. God has it. He is the
Father in the parable of the prodigal son.
Our Saviour has it; hence his gospel, his
life and death, and his gifts of the Spirit,
And all souls that are "partakers of the
divine nature" have this divine yearning.
In Christ this yearning pities men. 1t ex-
tends to publicans and sinners, TO the aban-
doned woman and to the thief on the cross.
"This man receiveth sinners, and eateth
with them," is one of the most precious
gospels of the gospel. True, this made the
Pharisees and Scribes murmur; but it
makes Christians rejoice, and it inspires
with hope the sick heart and the wounded
conscience. Even his pitiless murderers
Jesus pitied.
In Christ this yearning was tender and
sympathetic. "For we have not high
priest which cannot be touched with the
feeling of our infirmities." Jerusalem is
incorrgible; Jesus weeps over IL. II
thou hadst known, even thou, at least in
this thy day, the things which belong unto
thy peace but now they are hid from thine
eyes" In these words you can hear the
heart beat for the doomed city. And what
tenderness in the invitation to the weary
and heavy laden And how gentle and
loving all the words and deeds of Jesus to
the lowly and penitent ones In word
the tenderness OF the divine yearning reache:
its climax when it says, "Thy sins are for
given thee" And this yearning reaches it.
climax in deed, on Cavalry.
Christ's yearning for souls manifests it
self in the most varied forms. What h
said and did ia but its embodiment. W.
cannot define or describe it in words 1t Il
theme for silent meditation-a favorit'
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-10-30
The Love Of Jesus Above All.

Blessed is he that understandeth what it
is to love Jesus aud to despise himself for
Jesus sake.
Thou ougbtest to leave thy beloved for
the Beloved; for Jesus will be loved alone
above all things.
The love of things created is deceitful
aud inconsistent the love Of Jesus is faith
full and constant.
He that ceaveth unto creatures shall fall
with that which is subject to fall ; he that
embraceth Jesus shall stand firmly forever.
Love him and keep him for thy friend,
who, when all go away, will not forsake
thee, nor suffer thee to perish in the end.
Sometime or other thou must be separated
from all, whether thou wilt or not.
Keep close to Jesus both in life and
death, and commit thyself unto his faith.
fulness, who, when all fall, can alone help
thee,
Thy Beloved is of such nature that he
will admit of no rival but will have thy
heart alone, and sit on his own throne as
king.
Ii thou couldst empty thyself perfectly OF
all created things, Jesus would willingly
dwell with thee.
Whatever trust thou reposest in men, out
of Jesus, is all little better than lost.
Trust not nor lean upon reed shaken by
the wind for that all flesh is grass, and
all the glory thereof shall wither away a:
the flowers of the field.
Thou wilt soon be deceived, If thou only
look to the outward appearance of men.
For, ii thou seekest thy comfort and thy
profit in others, thou shalt often feel loss.
If thou seekest Jesus in all things, thol
shalt surely find Jesus.
But il thou seekest thyself, thou shalt ais,
find thyself, but to thine own destruction,
For If man do not seek Jesus, he il
more hurtful to himself than the who'll
world and all his enemies could be- Thomd
a Ken,ps.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-10-30
CARLYLE on the LORDS PRAYER.

Writing to Erskine of Linlathen, Carlyle
SAYS "'Our Father, which art in heaven !;
hallowed be thy name, thy will be done
What else can we say? The other night,
in my sleepless tossings about which were
growing more and more miserable, these
words, that brief and grand prayer, came
strangely into my mind, with an altogether
new emphasis, as if written and shining
for me in mild, pure splendor, on the black
bosom of the night there; when /, as it
were, read them word by word, with sud
den check to my imperfect wanderings,
with sudden softness of composure which
was unexpected. Not for perhaps thirty
or forty years had | once formally repeated
that prayer Nay, never felt before how
intensely the voice of mans soul it is; the
inmost aspiration of all that is high and
pious in poor human nature; right worthy
to be recommended with an after this
manner pray ye."
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-10-30
The True Test Of Piety.

What is the true test of piety Plain,
matter-of-fact unecstatic obedience as of a
child to a father that is the test. The
only true Joy is born of such obedience.
Ecstasies that come from any other source
do not belong to the legitimate family cir
Gle of heavenly joys. They are the result
of that which it does not take heaven to
explain. They can be produced at any
time and on any occasion by combina-
ton of earthly forces. Singing can pro-
dnce them. A sympathetic voice can charge
the mystic thrill along the nerves till they
tingle. Eloquence can produce them. How
often under the orators power men and wo-
men weep, groan, and shout in loud acclaim
The mesmeric influence which hovers over
vast audience, as electric lights hover
over marsh-lands during summer heat,
can communicate by subtle and untraceable
potency its deceptive and transitory excite.
ment so that the vast multitude shall be
charged full of the current whose expression
might deceive the very elect. Many sup
pose that this kind of feeling is legitimate
spiritual, and represents the real power OF
God. Yea, many gauge their piety by the
presence or absence of these feelings; which
are feelings that reach no farther than the
muscles, and have their home in nothing
more divine than the nervous tissues. The
piety of Jesus consisted in obedience. Hit
great aim was to do the will of God. He
loved God perfectly, and he loved man per
fectly, and so perfectly fulfilled the law
and so had perfect happiness Obedience
to God lies in natural duties as truly al
what are known as technically spiritual
The perfect life stands parent to the perfect
| ioy.-Golden Rule
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-10-30
His Word Is at Stake.

Grandly didthe old Scottish believer, Of
whom DR.. Brown tells us in his " Hore
Subsecive," respond to the challenge of her
pastor regarding the ground Of her conf
dence. "Janet" said the minister, what
would you say if, after all he has done for
you, God should let you drop into hell p
"E'en's (even R) he likes" answered Janet.
eff he does, he'll lose mair than ri do"
AT first sight Janet's reply looks irreverent,
II not something worse As we contemplate
1t, however, its sublimity grows upon us.
Like the Psalmist, she could say, al on thy
word rely" psalm cxix ia, metrical
version) II his word were broken, If his
faithfulness should fail, if that foundation
could be destroyed, truly he would lose more
than his trusting child. But that could
never be. "Forever, o Lord, thy word is
settled in heaven. Thy faithfulness is unto
all generations" Well, then, might Janet
encourage herself in the Lord under God,
aud say, God hath spoken in his holiness ;
| will rejoice" All the promises of God are
absolutely sure and certain in Christ Jesus,
who is freely offered to all in the gospel.
Embracing Christ in the promises, or the
promises in Christ, we hold the Almighty by
an indissoluble bond. The two immutable
things, Gods oath confirming Gods prom.
Use, are pledged to us; and if God has thus
spoken, should not believers rejoice How
confidently men C an rely on the word OF
each other And if sinful men can be thus
trusted oh, how much more should we
firmly embrace, and hopefully expect, the
fulflment of the promises of Gods loving
kindness
lie has power, and can fulfill;
He is truth, and therefore will.
Christian Mirror
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-10-30
Scottish Piety.

One day recently, the Hutchinson's steamer
was sailing around Cape Wrath, carrying
some five hundred Lewis men from Storno-
way to the Distinguishing at Wick. In the
evening the captain was chatfed by a
tourist about the Scottish strictness of view
in relation TO the Sabbath--it was Saturday
evening-as really impracticable strict
ness. The captain said that of the five hun
dred Lewis men "aft," not one, landing at
the Thurso late on Saturday night, would
take a step towards Wick till Monday morn
ing; that if the weather proved fine, they
would spend the night in the open air; if it
proved bad, they would seek shelter in out
houses; and that on the Sabbath day they
would worship in groups, led by their head
men. About ten O'Clock at night the cap
tain's statement was strikingly illustrated
by solemn act of joint notwithstanding,
Bible-reading and prayer--on the part of
the whole five hundred; their grand shaggy
heads, surmounting broad shoulders, being
laid bare to the pelting wind aud rain. Any
one seeing those heads and shoulders of men
worshipping God would have felt that so
long as men of their class people our country
districts we are not in sight of the poets,
Woe to that land, tn hast ming ills a prey,
Where wealth accumulates and men decay.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-10-30
MONTPELIER, VT, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 80, 1878

Mr.. Whipple objected to that. The association
was not beggar to ask the secretary TO give for
nothing services he thought worth two hundred
dollars.
On being pressed for reply, Mr.. Bliss repeated
that he thought the proposition should come from
the other side, but II the association would re-
quest him to serve the coming year for nothing he
would do 30.
Mr. Tinkham thought this had gone on long
enough, and he would make proposition from
the other side. and that was: "Resoiued, That
the secretary Of this association be- and is hereby,
requested to resign his Office
Mr. McAllster said he did not quite like the
motion Of Mr.. Tinkham, and he would move that
the officers Of the association serve the ensuing
year without pay.
Mr. Bliss said he would second Mr. McAllister's
motion, and the motion first seconded was the
motion before the house, which view was taken
by the president, and as Mr.. Tinkham's motion
was not seconded, the motion as seconded by Mr..
Bliss was passed.
After re-electing the old committee from each
county the meeting adjourned.