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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-01-30

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number is reduced to forty, and the city Of
Richmond loses one OF her senator's:
I. Scott, Lee, and Wise. Population, 43,
647. s.
III. Washington and Smyth, 3G,514.
III. Russell, Buchanan, and Tazewell,
35,769.
iv. Pulaski, Wythe, Bland, and Giles,
35,s17.
v. Montgomery, Roanoke, and Craig,
32.S62.
VI. Rockbridge, Botetourt, Allegheny,
Bath, and Highland, 4S,066.
VII, Carroll, Grayson, and Floyd, 40
0o1.
VIII. Augusta and Staunton, 1882.
TX. Rockingham, 29,445.
X. Shenandoah and Page, 81, Al.
XII Clarke, Frederick, and Warren, 81,
142.
XII. Fauquier and Loudoun, 43,099.
XIII. Alexandria city and county, Fair
fax, and Prince William, SO,
XIV. Spotsylvania, Fredericksburg, Staf-
ford, and Louisa, $3.50.
XIV. Culpeper, ppahannock, Madison,
and Orange, 41,044.
XVI. Powhatan, Goochland, and Ches-
terfeld, 34,602.
XVII. Albemarle and Greene, 3S,S26.
XVIII. Amherst and Nelson, 32,289.
XIX. Buckingham, Fluvanna, and APP
pomattoX, 1880.
Xxx. Campbell and Lynchburg, 31,1T6.
XXI. Bedford, 30,656.
XXI. Pittsvlvania and Danville, 44,052.
'XXIII. Franklin, 23,76
XIV. Halifax, 1861.
XIV. Patrick and Henry, $4,000.
XVI. Charlotte and Mecklenburg, 49,
OO5.
XVII. Lunenburg, Nottoway, and
Brunswick, 37,99S.
XVIII. Dinwiddie, Greensyille, and
Sussex, 1882.
xxx. Amelia, Cumberland, and Prince
Edward, 35,439.
xxx. Petersburg, Prince George, and
Surry, 35,730.
XXI. Southampton, Isle Of Wight, and
Nansemond, 1854.
XXXIT. Norfolk city and Princess Anne,
rs, 197:: t,r'T-r.- % - : - -
XXXIIT. Portsmouth and Norfolk coun-
ty. 3O,171.
XXXIV. Richmond city and Henrico
two senators), 79,434.
XXXV. Hanover and Caroline, 35,172.
XXXVI. King George, Richmond, West
moreland, Northumberland, and Lancaster,
3e,SO2.
xXXvII: Accomac and Northampton,
31,G9S.
XXXyI1I. Elizabeth City, Warwick,
York, James City, Charles City, New Kent,
and King William, 41,31G.
XXXLX. King and Queen, Middlesex,
Gloucester, Essex, and Matthews, 1924.
The Richmond district is the only district
having more than one senator.
Richmond city is not the only community
that will be dissatisfied by this proposed
arrangement.
In House reapportionment Buckingham
has one delegate and Buckingham and
Cumberland one.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-01-30
FAMILY FLOUR.

Also, have on hand large assortment OF every
thing usually kept In FlRsT-CEASS GkOCERf-
HOiISE 10 22-2w
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-01-30

Reserved seats may be secured at WAITS from
8 O'Clock Monday morning. Admission, rs cents.
No extra charge for reserved seats.
;,oc-M w Esctt
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-01-30
RIGHTS OF PROPERTY.

The first steps taken by nations, US they
emerge from barbarism, is to define and es-
tablish the rights Of property. When they
are violated and contracts are impaired
there are no motives for industry beyond
securing bare subsistence. There is no
difference in morals, or in the results upon
labor and wealth, Of interference with the
rights Of property by individual wrong and
the strong and oppressive hand OF govern
ment. Not to pay our debts Will stop I'M
migration Of valuable citizens, arrest the
flow of capital, depreciate the price OF
lands, and lessen our ability to produce
and to pay, II the State educate the
people to avoid honest indebtedness she
may expect in return to be cheated, and
the decentralization will be seen in the fail
ure to pay private debts, in evaaed taxes,
diminished assessments, and less confidence
between man and man. The speaker was
em nhatic in the declaration that while cap
itai was timid and sensitive, it could gene
rally take care Of itself. Laborer5 were
more interested than capitalists in the right
solution Of this paramount question, and IN
the preservation of the bonds OF integrity
and good faith.
Loss OF property sustained as a conse-
quence OF the war, the abolition OF slayery
and the partition Of Virginia, were shown
to be no good pleas in morals or in law for
refusing to do all that could be done for
meeting an obligation contracted yolnnta-
rily and before the happening OF these con-
| ltingencies, which were the results of Vir-.
| einia's taking sides with the Confederacy.
| Such pleas would not be admitted in any
| court for private ante-bellana contracts. An
earnest appeal was made that our State, so
rich with martyrs, blood and so redolent
with glorious memories, should not tarnish
| by any imprudence her irDperishable re-
cord.
The speaker regarded it as out OF his pro-
vince to consider the ability Of the State to
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-01-30
LOCAL .A I'D ERs.

The SENATORIAL REAPPoRTIoNM The
joint special Committee on Reapportion-
ment. TThe basis for senator was 5000
of estimated population.] BY this plan the
number is reduced to forty, and the city Of
Richmond loses one OF her senator's:
I. Scott, Lee, and Wise. Population, 49,
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-04-11

The people of Calcasieu will be
gratiied to know that their inter
ests in the matter of the log selz-
ures are being efficiently protected
at Washington by Senator Eustis
and the Louisiana members OF the
House of Representatives, and most
especially and actively by Hon. j.
I'll. Acklen, the representative from
our district. Mr.. Acklen is in dead
earnest in his determination to OBJ
tain justice for his Calcasieu con,
stituents, and has already done
them valuable service i'll this direc
ton.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-04-11

30 inaiscreetly and uniustly sought TO
fasten upon them. It is precisely be-
csuse. in this important State trial, the
Judges of the Supreme Court OF Louis
lama have shown the State and the coun
trv that in no case, and under no cir
cumstances whatever, can their decls-
ions be influenced by any political on
personal consideration, that their de
cisious in the Anderson case will stand
perpetual monument in honor OF eneli
ability and integrity,
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-04-11

AT the late election for mayor
and aldermen of Opelousas the Old
hoard was reelected by a large ma
,iority. Tits composed offour white
and three colored residents OF Ope-
lousas. As significant of g the con
glomeration of all political parties i"
there. the candidate who received
the highest vote was a colored man.
DIR. James Ray Mayor OF Opelou-
sas) received the.highest vote polled
for any white candidate, and the
,colored man referred to received
thirty-six more votes than DIR. Kay
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-04-11

General Leonard Sewell, who at
the instance of our Congressional
delegation, and owing especially to
the efforts of our efficient Congress
man Hon. j. LII. Acklen, has been
sent to lCalcasieu, with authority
to aet in conjunction with Mr.. Ad-
ans, the special commissioner ap
pointed by the Department of the
Interior, to take testimony relative
to the charges of corruption and
oppression preferred by General
Sewell against special agent M. A.
Carter and others, in connection
with the log war by the government
upon the log men Of Calcasieu, ar
rived here last Sunday. On tht
arrival of commissioner Adams
who, we are glad to learn, is very
highly esteemed, these two gentle
men will commence thorough in
vestigation of our grievances in thu
matter of the log seizures, and Car
ter and his associates will have II
take a turn at the laboring c0ai
Justice has slumbered, not slept
and is now fully awake. Look on
for startling developments.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-04-11
We like to see a man r.,fuse

We like to see u NAH refuse to
take his local paper. and all the
time sponge on his neighbor for
the lending of it. We like to hear
man complain when we ask him
to subscribe for bis home paper,
that he takes more papers than he
reads now, and then go around
and borrow his neighbours or loaf
about him until BIZ gets tbe news
from it. We like to see a man run
down his home paper as not worth
taking, and every now and then
beg the editor Tor a favor IN ths
editorial l.ue. We like to see q
merchant refuse to advertise in 4
home paper, and then try and gel
a share OF trade the paper briu,s
% town. But, above all thing,
we like to see rich, tn,serly man
who ear not pay for bis local pa
per, always marriage to be aforpd
lie time to head the paper at fhs
expense OF friend not worth Che
tenth part of what he himself ii;
it looks SO econonieal, thrifty and
progressive, you know.-Exebangs
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-04-11

We have seen it. We mean that
new silver dollar, coined under the
new silver bill. 1t was sent here
by our Congressman, Hon. j. FL.
Acklen, to one of his friends, as a
curiosity, until with railroads, good
crops and better times, Louisiana
will have money of all kinds III
abundance. 1t is a very pretty
coin, except the eagle, which one
newspaper sayslookslike a buzzard,
and another, like a hen flying off
her nest. We think it looks just
like a water turkey, standing on the
limb of a dead tree, and holding out
his wings to dry.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-04-11

Gen. Leonard Sewell has Just
returned from Washington, where,
after a short, sharp aud decisive
campaign, aidsd by our whole
Congressional delegation, be sue
ceeded in forcing the Secretary OF
the Interior to hear his side of the
Caicasiau log war. Mr.. Sewell,
reinforced yCongressman AekIen.
has prevailed upon Carl Sehurz to
institute an investigation into the
action of Garter, the special agent
of the Interior Department, 10 the
log seizures last year. MIR. Sewell
will Jeave for Galeaaieu in o day
or two, clothed with power from
Washington to Investigate the
whole matter. IN. @. Democrat
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-04-11
Scaaarz Cornered-LOoking Az.
ter Jack WhartOm,s Bend-

Npoclal 10 tue Ne ". DemOcrdt
Washington, March 29.-Tha
hog war, at this end OF the line. i
assuming formidable proportions
SeweIl discovered to-day that The
department had detailed special
agent named Adams to go to Cal.
casieu to investigate the charges
made against Carter This was "a
Violently a whitewashing scheme
that The whole delegation took q
hand and d+puted Acklen to d.
mand that the department instruct
Adams to act with a commissions
to be appointed by the House Of
Representatives.
The department tried to evade
the poiut. but Acklen declared that
unless If were acceded to the House
wouId proceed to investigate in its
own way, regardless of any special
agent the department might send.
ScLurz and Devens have discoy.
cred that the case is a very bad
one, and they are trying to let
Carter down as easy as possible.
and to save scandal.
Sewell will probably be appoint.
ed commissioner of the House Of
Representatives to take testimony
in the log cases.
AckIeu is doing yeoman's SER
vice in behalf Of bis Calcasieu con.
stifuents.
Formal complaint was to-day
flied at the Department of Justice
against the insuhicieucy of Jack
Wharton's bond, and Devens has
ordered an examination In the con-
d;ton o. jacks securities.
BUELL.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-04-11

Ihe DQDeilep hoch, puott0nV''
weekly at Dunellen, New Jersey,
is wide awake, lively newspaper.
like the State il halls from. Lit Is
on our exchange list, and always
welcome. Terms, two dollars per
annum. Address The Book.
Dunellen, New Jersey.
The Lafayette Advertiser SAYS
there are several cases OF small
pox In that parish.
The MarksvilIe Bulletin an
nounees that the democratic party
in that parish is ready for the fall
campaign.
We wish as much could he said
for the party all~over the State. 1t
is weighted down with Office seek
ers, who dread nothing so much Ar
its thorough organization, because
they want votes from all parties,
and therefore sigh for congIom
GRAFTON of all, so thut ''the best
men"-who are always themselves
may be elected.
The Pioneer of Assumption says
three citizens of that parish killed
nine Thousand alIigators last year,
selling their hides at an average of
seventy-iVe cents each. 1t is d
strong allegation, but it comes
from highlyresp-ctable alligator.
The franklin Enterprise nc.
counts for the passage of the Moi
felt register bill on the supposltion
that Charles T.. Howard, the lot
terry man, was not opposed to it
4 The st. Charles Mirror comes
to us invariably marked <. We
have exchanged With it regularly
for many weeks, and continue to
do so.
| Tbe st. Charles Herald pub
fishes, aud keeps as standing mat
ter, a full description OF st. Charles
parish. including It's location, soil,
" products, population, industries,
| financial condition, public school
| system, etc, together with a map
OF St. Charles and adjoining par
1 ishes, showing railroad and water
way lines of travel and transporta-
ton. 1t is al excellent idea, and
4 if adopted by every country news
paper in the State would do more
in one year t, secure Immigration
to Louisiana, aud the development
Of It's valuable resources, than Can
be done In ten years by dozen
Immigration bureaus.
The Democrat-Star, eombina
ton of two papers in one, publish.
ed at Pascagoula, Mississippi. b,
! p TX Mayors and M b. Richmond
!. is welcome addition to our ex
change list. The publishers are
experienced journalists, aud by th.
consolidation have presented {
large, interesting and Handsomely
/, printed sheet. The new paper j,
!, democratic, as indicated by it,
name, aud will do signal service il
| the ranks ofdemoeratic journalism
,Subscription--4two dollars and !,
half per annum.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-04-11

A lady in Bedford, who lsss|
uear a church. was sitting BY ~
window listening 10 the erieks'p'
which We're loudly chirpipg, q
music from sthe choir rehears'
being f',intly audible, when o gae5
tleman dropped in fsnisiarly, NJ
had just passed the Church, a.,
had the music full in his mll'
What noise they are makle|
to1nightt" said lie. z Yes, y.
The lady, "and it is said they CO.
with their hind legsts
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-04-11

Senator Latnar sent this semi
mentto Augusta, Ga !: The types
I;isbman: His home-the word
His friends--all the people. hl
faith his own. No CLINE to bll
50 cold as will not produce . shan
rock; no soil so barren as viii 20
grow a shillalah. Foremost Of !
fight, a froie, or a funeral, y
generous nature finds . blow y
the bad, a smile for the glad, or
tear for the sad"
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-04-11
MIND YouR P's.-"Persons who

MIND YOUR P,S.--" Persons who
patrouiza papers should pay
promptly, for the peeuniary pros
poets OF the press have peeuhar
power in pushing forward pubic
prosperity. III the printer is paid
promptly and bis poeket-book KEPT
plethoric by prompt-paying pr
irons, he puts his pen TO the papel
in peace, his paragraphs are NOR
pointed, be paints his pictures q
passing events in more pleasing
eolors, and the perusal of bis papeI
is pleasure to the people. Pssa
this piece OF proyeibial philosophl!
III some place where persons eai
perceixe III.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-04-11

II never can enjoy poetry W. !,
i ain eookin'," said 40 old iag &
but when I step out TO feed y
hogs, and Ii ist myself on the isn0
and throw myself into Q few lp5
of fCap'n Jinks,' it does seem g.
this airth was made 10 live on @s
all.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-04-11

Popular errors: Thateditorshave
plenty of time totalkto everybody.
That they are delighted to get
anything 10 fill up the paper with.
That every mans own private AK
is q 'tmatter of public interest"
That it doesn't make much differ
once if cory be written on both
sides. That editorsretnrn rejected
manuscripts.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-04-11
Honor the Supreme Court.

indignant at mos. y. AnuoInon
escape from punishment, IN his re-
cent criminal prosecution for know
iingly uttering and publishing as
true the forged and counterfeited
Vernon parish election returns,
has overstepped the limits ut pro-
priety, by a virulent attack on the
Supreme Court of the State, on
account of its decision on An
derson's appeal, and on the appii-
cation by the Attorney General Tor
a rehearing on that appeal.
The effort of the Democrat to
f,s4en on the Supreme Court the
responsibility for Anderson es-
cape from punishment rs alike un-
ssemlv and abortive, and we regret
the attempt, first because 1t is IN
warranted, and secondly because
it is unbecoming the recognized
organ of the democratic party OF
Louisiana.
The Democrat distinctly charges
that the decision on the appeal
twas a political one that it was an
"arbitrarv and insnlent decision;
that it "seemed so much IN the
nature Of job that all men were
certain no reasoning could avail
with the court" This is serious
charge to make against the highest
legal tribunal ofthe State. Ii true,
the five Judges OF the Court (all
cuncurred in the decision) ought
to be impeached, and made no less
Infamous than the Returning
Board itself. If not true, what
shall be said of the journal that
dared to make it?
The present Supreme Court OF
Louisiana is composed of Judges
whose regulations for ability and
judicial integrity stand high
throughout the State. 1t is abeo-
Iutely essential to the maintenance
of law and order chat those repu.
tations shall not be uujustly tarn'
ished; because if the court Of last
resort is a political court; fit sane
tons Jobs; if it is insoleut and Ill.
bitrary; If in any instance it shows
fixed and settled purposeto strail
the law and the authorities for the
great overriding purpose of releas
ing an infamous and convicted
criminal, then it follows as al in
evitable result that the injured and
oppressed citizen, instead OF APP
pealing to the law for protection
will be impelled to turn away iron
the temple Of Justice, and to seek
by an appeal to brute force, tt
work out his own salvation from
The evils of oppression and crime
Inview of the notorious fact tina
the Luaeling Supreme Court aoa
a political court; that its iadge'
We're avowed Republicans, who diC
not even deign to "strain the Law
aud the authorities" when the,
stood 10 the way of their politiea
purposes, but tcontemptuousl,
tfampled them under foot; in view
of the fact that while the judges o
the present Supreme Court are de
mocrats, there has been an abid
ing conviction on the public mine
ever since their appointment tina
they would scorn to be swnved b.
political or personal prejudices
we fail to see what duty to til
democratic party of Louisiana it
accredited organ, the N. %. Demo
J Graf, performs, in furnishing til
republican party with a dead
weapon for an assault on the jud
ciary departmental Democrat
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-04-11
1,nrrcr PARRISH SCHOOL BOARD,

Teachers will apply, as usual, through
the District Directors.
wv. BRYAN, President.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-04-11

"Ah, parson, / wish Iconld carry
my gold with me-" said a dying
ssnan to his pastor. 1T NIGH
sne;t," was the lcqnsoling reply
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1878-11-28
Unimnroyed.

600 acres Of unimproved musquite and valley
land, with fine springs and stream OF eyerlast-
ing water runs acrossj q fine sieepor cattle
ranchej perfect title, west OF Gatesyille, In
CorYell county. ~
$50 acres OF fine post oak unimproved land
0 miles from Waco on the 1T. Graham and
Waco road; will be exchanged for city i'm
proved property lHa fafIlti4sfh
500 acres Of the most excellent Mountain Ce-
dar timber on the east side OF the Brazos river,
about Is miles above Waco; will be sold In
lots from 20 10 i60 acresj O bargain Is offered
prairie land unimproved, near Patients Mills,
McLenpan county; Will be sold In 100 acre
tracts or more, on tho most accommodating
terms to settle.
100 acres Of unimproyed land, miles west
OF Waco, on the Hamilton road near surratt' s
mill and gini fine land with timber and
water. H Il
As acres Of nimproyed land on rChildress,
creek, In Bosque ceuntyi will make fine
sheep ranchei plenty of good running water.
300 acres Of unimproved land, partly fenced
near South Bosqne, 10 miles west Of Waco.
40i acres Of land, on east bank Of the BraEes,
Y miles shove Waco, finest tract unimproyed
~ acres. ~ miles east Of wseoi iinest land
40 acres, northeast from Waco ~ miles,
prairie, valley and good timberj unimproycd.
80 acres, In Ellis county, miles from
Milfordj prAirie and timber ON Rlchiand
sI5S acres. 100 In high state Of cultivation ,
We'll improved, post oak ash and other tim
1880 acres, In Limestone county, prairie
and TIMBER sold In tracts TO suit purchasers.
80 acres, AZ miles west Of Waco good cedar
timber, fronting on Main Rosqne. lf IIi'l
-td Hfl p 2 ~ oct23dd&Wtf usI
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1878-11-28
Texas News Items.

John Harris who killed his brother
in Montague county, has been cap
tured, tried and sentenced to be
hung.
A number of farmers in Fannin
county have been arrested on charge
of selling leaf tobacco without IL
cense. r.r
A young man from Rockwell coun-
ty is drugged and robbed by a new
made acquaintance in Dallas.
Another man deserts his own wife
in Dallas.
a johnson county man frightfully
beaten and robbed in Dallas, Sunday
night.
The Dallas Commercial claims,
very properly, the speakership of the
next house for North Texas.
The Western Texas Stock Raising
Association will meetat Cuero De-
cember Sd.