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Letter from Caddo.
HON. JOHN C. MONCURE,
Our fellow citizen, the


HON. JOHN C. MONCURE,
has been numerously solicited from all
portions of the State to become a eandf-
date for State Treasurer. ! caa :aut hor-
itatively state that he is candidate TOR
the position, and, that his name will be
submitted to the Baton Rouge conven-
ton for tho nomination. North Louis'-
ana will be unit for him, and | appr'~
bend that he will encounter little oppo-
siti,on in the convention. Major Moncure
is widely and favorably known thr"ug h-
out the State as a gentleman of exalted
patriotism, brilliant aud varied talents.
lofty courage, incorruptiblc Integrity
and unsullied private character. He
possesses great powers as apubllc speak
or, and his Democracy is Of that cast
that towers above suspicion. His nom
| iuation would be platform in itself aud
a herald of assured victory. 1t is due to
him that he should be placed in the po-
sitiou to which he was elected by the
people in 1874, and Of which no was
deprived by the Vaccinations Of the in .
famous Returning Board. 1t is pecu'
liarly fit that he should be selected az
our standard bearer at this juncture
and no more singing rebuke could b
administered to Radicalism in this Stat
than his triumphant election. ~,
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January 30, 1864, tells how Bart"'o-
mro Rubino, while walking i" the
suburbs of Milan on Ascension Day.
discovering tw" young girls being
dragged along by three rnffians: he
shouted for the police, but without
waiting for them began the tight Mm y.
self. The rnllians were driven OF;
and Robin" took both the frightened
GIRLS to their homes in Milan. Rub'n'
has also in his possession copy OF a
ma eazinc issued by the AsSoc'azlone
Pedagogical. an educational society
to which he belonged. Among ms
papers is a certificate from the frenc'
Minister of the Interior that kno'ne
had been granted the right to teaci
in the Paris Deaf and Dumb Asylum
He has another certificate OF goo!'
moral character given by the ant!'orl
ties of Milan and third certificate
shows that he was entitled to teac'
the duties and rights Of citizens IN tn
Funrth Elementry Class in Paris.
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NAMELESS,

Tl. summer sun is on the trees,
Aud not a path is shady;
Yon sit within the porch to rea",
A very dainty lady.
And it's poem makes you grave
Or lust an old love.story
OF maiden bright and valient kn'gh
Who rides away to glory'
7 know the kind of story we'll;
The maiden's hair is golden,
The knight wears armor as they ant
In days we now call olden.
They make their vows by moonlight
dear,
IN language rather stilted,
And then she pines alone for months
And wonders if she's Tilted.
But he comes gayly back, to fnd
She is of maids the truest,
And lovelicr far than maldens are
With even eyes the blnest-
Not lovelier sweet, than you to-day
With sunshine on your bower.
A leafy nook, in which you look
The very fairest flower.
would might read the story too,
And chat with you about it;
Perhaps it's just as we'll | can't
Indeed, l do not doubt it,
A pretty picture, dear, 70" make
And in my heart III frame 1T;
7 do not know what you are called,
And so cannot name 1t.
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A Winter Peach.

The Petersburg (Va.) Rurat Mes
seneer thus describes this fruit, which,
it says, originated with Mr.. James
Hawkins, Of Dinwiddie. Va, before
the war, and which is called the
"Hawkins Winter Peach" Thatgen-
tiemsn has had for some years trees
in full bearing ::.''"ss,-,.... -,
1.-THE fruit does not begin to ripen
until the leaves has fallen from the
tree in November is 10 no way injur.
ed by the severe frosts Of that season,
and hangs on the tree until it assumes
beautiful red cheek. When ripe
they may be picked and PVT away to
be carried to market at leisore-say
any time in November or early De-
cember. The fruit Is large THE fils
important item in = market peach)
color wbitish, rich. juicy aud pleasant
It will keep far into December With
out rotting. II can be handled a. pref
Ity much the same q apple" - 81 -
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The May.Bennett Duel.

. The following extract from long ar
ticle in the New York Times gives per.
hans the true version Of the celebrated
duel between Mr.. Bennett and Mr. May,
the brother of his affanced:
1.-THE party took their places, and the
word was given to fire. The direction
was to fire At the word "6re," and not
after the word three. Almost instantly
upou the word Mr.. May fred. ''0ne,
two. three " followed, and Mr.. Bennett,
who pulled at bis trigger, and evidently
with the best will in the world, did not
succeed in getting his weapon OF. he
was baffled by the hardness, or rather
the stiffness, Of the lock.
It was an exciting moment. No one
who looked at his eye as it bore straight
across the angry wound which his oppo-
uent had inflicted upon bis facesa few
days before (while his arms were eutan'
eled in his coat), could doubt for a mo-
ment what he then meant to do; but the
ineffective pistol exhausted the lone,
two, three" by its reluctance, aud drop
ped harmlessly by bis side.
His second at once interposed and
claimed that as Mr.. Bennett had suffered
his risk and disadvantage through nc
fault of his own, he was entitled to re-
turn shot at Mr.. May.
The claim being according to rule was
of course, allowed, aud MIR. May took nix
place, empty-handed, before Mr.. Ben
nett's pistol. The fatal disk Of the aven
cling weapon covered him as tho merc'
less word was given, but the face Of Mr.
Bennett changed AS he saw his opponen
at his mercy, and before the signal word
were counted out he had forgiven hin
and fred in the air.
This terminated the proceedings; an
as the party left the ground MI
Bennett, who during the whole atfal'
had acted on his judgement, said to tn
surgeon, "Well, Doctor; do you thin
l did right"
81 should have been very sorry
have killed any man who was at m
mercy, was the answer Of the Docto
'but," glauciug at the shining fresh SC:
across Mr.. Benefits noss-a scar
wears to this day, and will carry to h
, grave-added, "but with such pisto
hand as yours, should have been te
ribly tempted to wing him." :,
+ AT any rate" says Mr.. Wilkes, IN
y conduct was generous, and his opponeu
< should have been glad to take any re
: possibility of precaution lit that is WI
' governed tbem) to save him from Del e.,
0 detained and branded as coward. L
z gift Of a life was worth certainly
- much as that.
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CONCILIATION IN BAYOU SARA.
4 Nation Of Negroes or Nothing.
Attempt to Murder the Whit'>'
4 Terrible RetribMtiOn.
Attempt to N:
IN, O, Democrat.

New Orleans, June 7.--lhe Demo
rats special from Bayou Sara says: On
Sunday night last DR.. Archer was re-
turning to his home from Maj Burton's.
About 10 p. IN. he was fired on by SIX
negro men who were lying in ambush
waiting for him. Five Of the negroes
had double barrelcd guns and one mus:
ket. DR.. Archer was Oh horseback and
riding on top Of a levee. The assasslns
were concealed behind two very large
cotton wood trees standing within few
feet of the levee and all Of the negroes
fired as the doctor was passing those
trees, his clothing being riddled with
bullet holes and he was thrown FROM his
horse, but fortunately not much injured
The assassins took to their heels run
ming in different directions, but it was
asccrtaine,l who the parties were who
had ATTEMPTED the foul act. On Tuesday
morning large number Of citizens COL
lected together at Raccourci, where the
act was committed. A jury Of twelve o.
our best citizens, most OF them o'd gray
headed men, was chosen who, after s
lengthy and thorough examination fount
the prisoners, five in number one hav
ing made his escape-gnilty Of shooting
at DR.. VIM. b. Archer with intent II
kill. Many witnesses were examined
all colored, and two Of the prisoner
were allowed to make their statement
having requested permission to do I, 50
They stated that they intended to kill ID
Archer on Sunday night and after ma
king away with him they were to XII
Mr.. c. E. DeJunc, Er. VIM. Piquet an
Mr.. Frank Burton. They stated ais
} that they belonk ed to an organized clut
the object of which was to kill the lead
; ing white men in the country and estat
lish nation of their own. They gay
the names of many of their member
also the name Of their president, VII
l president and a general expose of the
, plaus. After examination closed Il
! prisoners we're conducted to shat
{ grove by all of the citizens present al
after mature deliberation it was resolv'
i. to turn them over to the law. II
i prisoners were placed in charge OF
d party and started in the direction Of t
= courthouse, but had not proceeded
!, before they were interrupted, taken
Il force and hung, all FIVE Of them. IA
o courci isliu Pointe Coupee parish !
this hour, II p. m., Gov. Nichols h
q herd nothing Of this trouble.
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Convention or no Convention.
I (Carrol Conservative.]

Will undoubtly be the main issue at
the next election. A very large major
ity fthe people Of our State are dee'.
dedly in favor Of new constitution.
Therefore let the work be done and the
old "rattle trap" manufactured under a
different order Of things to what now
exist, be cast aside, anda Constitution
for the whole people take its place.
Patch workou such an important puplic
document as the State Constitution will
not be productive Of auy good, aud to
our Judgment IL al unwise measure.
! We are opposed to amendments as IL
substitute for q. new Convention.
,
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Understand Them.
Marksviue Bulletin.

The arrangement BY which the Rad-
ical chiefs propose to barter away the
OFFICES in this parish is not at all &C.
cantable to the colored voters. AS
thev have very properly, the
i;on's share Of the Offices. They think
that if Democrats want office they
should seek it in their own Parry
And they begin to sec through those
man who on tho eve of elections Do
c com sweet conservatives. We wag'
81 that the co,ored men Of this par
;sh understand the situation properly
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POTTER Al WOEk.
The Forged Returns Is | >rd ny
the Commission.

WASHINGTON, june 1.-The A>Sn,
ciated Press report Of the proceedings ct
Yesterday before the Inv' >,iSatl"n Com
mittee gave at great length the t'stn"-
ny Of Levisee upon stale and unmp"r-
tant matter, while the real developments
of transcendeut Importance, about which,
everybody in Washington is n"w talk
ing, were dismissed III a brief and Wln-
structiye paragraph. These events are
simply the presentation by tn" L"n'>,
iaua Republican leader of tw" electoral
certificates with Mr.. I.cviSrc'S name
forged thereon, and the counting 10y ''''
commission Of the eight electoral votes
of Louisiana for Hayes upon "rti'l'a'"
No. |, which was outside the Federal
constitution. Article II of the Unite"
States constitution requires that the el'r~
tors shall vote by ballot for Prr>ldent'
and in distinct ballots for Vice President;
that they shall make distinct lists Of all
persons voted for as President, and OF
all persons voted for as Vice President.
( of the number Of votes for each, which
list they shall sign and certify and trans
| init sealed. Now the certificate first
sent from tho State Of Louisiana con-
tanned the list of persons voted for as
President and Vice President in one
paper, and not separately as the c'n>''-
tuition requires, and wholly failed t"
comply with the constitution in that re-
lizard. 1t was, besides, defective in fail
ing to contain upon the envelope that it
was the electoral vote Of tho State, sign
! ed by the electors as required by the
statute. Upon arriving in Washington
these radical defects being ascertaiucd,
other certificates were sent for. These
fresh certificates are in regular form.
, They state the vote for President and
Vice President, separately, as required
by the constitution, aud the envelope
> containing them is Endorsed as required
p by the statutes, but these lists thus cor
rected, am informed, never Were exc
e cuted by Levisee at least, and therefore
r no vote as required by the constitution
e was ever cast by him, as there stated
v The certificate Of the Secretary OF the
4 State of louisiana that Levisec sisnct
4 the same, is therefore false. 1t is ;
"a curious fact that these matters have
a come to light through Republican ascn
"A cy. 1t is said that other and worse dc
r. velopments are TO- follow.
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pQrtru
,uothpr Confidential Letter.

r,, ,,u< s,,rHM>N TO .,S. f.. ANbER>">'
I'r,,n IN, New York Sun Grand raprf'
Jim Anderson, my j", ')'n'
When first we We're acu''aln''
You hadn't kalsominea yourself
With puyilistic paint:
Bnt now your jaw is oiled, J'"'
You're telling what you know,
And | am shaking in my shoes
jim Anderson, my 10.
Jim Anderson, my jo, jim.
We planned the fraud theSlthei,
And promised that we never w""'"
Go back on ane anither
We iuggled the returns, but; James
JmsTames, how could you blow
Aoh peach on me and Ruther''"--
jim Anderson, my jo'
jim Anderson, my jo, JIM
I promised we would pay,
Put Won lpspised clerksh'p 10
Three doll ars every day
Old Evarts should have sent y"'' Oh
Consnl to Callao-
Hut hindsiyht isn't foresight m"'''
Jim Anderson. my %:
Jim Anderson, my jo, jim,
Twas not a fair divide
You stole the mule for us anu then
We wouldn't let you ride.
And Stanley NJ, is sick, jim.
And Hayes is lying low,
And I'm the deadest sort OF duck,
Jim Anderson, my jo:
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THE PRESS on STUBS.
Ia ia Old Fellow.
(Ninden Democrat.

Senator Stubbs, it will DO renem-
bered. was mixed up in the North
La. Railroad steal, is a man of little
consequence, less morals, and can y,
Law no claim to any honest sentiment"
But the people iu Ward 2 10 his own
parish knew him, and had no respect
whatever for his opinions, az is shown
by their unanimously voting to call
A convention. 1t seems there was
not mau at the meeting so
mean a. to vote with him against a
convention. They were unanimous
against Stubs policy and he depart
ed from Log Town a sad aud wiser
man. The names of Garrett and
Cbambliss are we'll known in the
State, and to US they are known as
patriots, battling in defense OF the
people against system of govern
ment that Daniel Webster warned US
against forty years ago as endangerlng
tie rights and liberty Of our people: A
system that fills every branch Of the
government with useless offices and
1ripcely sa|aried officials, paid out Of
the hard earnings Of the poverty
strikeu tax payers. Will these peo
D]e believe the solemn warning o
Daniel Webster, who lived and dice
defending their rights ; will they oe'
lieve the country press which re'te
rates the warning Of Webster, or vii
thew follow Stubs, aud his like, tt
perdition and ruin?
We call especial attention to tn
denuuciation of the country press b!
Senator Stubbs. The utterances o
chat gentleman, if reported correctly
J are neither dignifed nor true: In
Democratic country press persistent
" opuosed the old Radical printing
I'M. and they never expected, or ask
ed. or desired any such bill to he ad
opted by the Democratic Leg'slaStore
The Democrat, which had the Stat
nrintinq since the establishment
of the Democratic State government
az earnestly favored a constitutions
, convention, and we vigorously dc
nouuced tho shortcomings of a Leg
, islature T which failed in many OF 1t
, most solemn obligations to the PEG
{ ple], as did any of the country pa
pe1s. .o.
The truth is, the Democratic pre-
i, of the State truly represented I'll u!
Democracy of the State and the anti
D convention and monopoly member
Of the Legislature did not correctI
2 represent them. This ia the trn
story 10 a nut shell. II Senate
}, Stubs lets go lis grip on his tempe
at the revolt of one ward OF one pa
r ish against his policy he will be feal
. fully hot before this campaign is owe
g and it transpires that three'fourt!
9 of the Democrats Of Louisiana are
Q favor of a Constitutional Convention
: We trust that 80 far as the violer
D. language attributed to him is COZ
8 cerned, Senator Stubs has been nj
quoted.-(N. O.. Democrat
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BLIND SCHOOLMASIER.
Father Of 8 Children,
Victim of the Siege of Paris
A. econ. 90 1S7IlTl
during the war of ls7o~-n

Rubino is fifty. seven years Of age.
He has thin, grave, intelligent tace'
Alexander, the little boy, is ton years
of aye. A member Of the New York
Bar Is anxious to adopt him. Min
ME, the little girl eight years OF age,
is a beautiful child, but has inherited
light brown hair from her mother,
Who is French. The fact that Rubino
was able to pay q fine Of $50 for men,
delaney and to employ skillfnl c"un'
sci shows that the ''make'up' OF the
party was effective.
Rnbino and bis wife were arrested
for begging on November l4th, but
Justice Otterbourg dismissed them
with a reprimand. They were arrest
cd again on the Goth Of April by Ed
ward Chiardi, special officer of Socie-
lty for the Prevention Of Cruelty to
| Children. Justice Bixby sent them
to the Special Sessions for trial. Ru'
biuo paid his fine, and then his law:
yer. G. r. Simonson, obtained a writ
Of iabeas corpus to secure the re'east
Of the children, who had been con
signed by the Court to the custody o
the Society,": aa@.,. ~,
| When Kubino arrived 10 New York
a year ago, he went to Innocent Al
| droyandi's house.. at No. 90 Thomp
son street, where he has Remained
ever since, proving himself a soo'
tenant, The house is innocent q
paint, the weather-boards are vast .''
| inc with dry rot, and many OF IL
shingles are tipped with MOSS II,
front room 10 the ground story is Al
droyandrs restaurant. On the sout
side Of the room is bis bar Ia iron
| Of the bar are half dozen bar,
| ound.topped tables. On the val
| are four placards bearing annoonc,
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New York SUM-

New York Sun.
Bartolomeo Rubino, now blind
beegar in New York, was, he says,
for many years school-teacher 10
his native city, Milan, and at one
time q Commissioner of Education
for the suburb Of Corpi Santi' When
arrested recently he was playing a
concertina in the street. HIS two llt-
tie children chung to his coat on eth
er side and led him along. His long
irou-gray hair is combed smoothly
back from his forehead, aud he has a
long-po,nted iron gray beard. A
black sluuched hat, red flannel
shirt, a black, fine cloth frock coat
brushed clean and patched in a dozen
places, corduroy trousers and worn
shoes formed his costume. On his
breast was a little tin disc, pa'ntec
green, bearing the inscription II
white letters:
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I'LL UsSSS ~
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RUBINO, THE BLIND BEGGAR.

What a Strange History This Man
Says He Has Had-A Teacher
in Milan and Paris Until lie
Lost His Eyesight in the Siege
His Courage-A Tramp's
Queer Home in Thompson
Street.
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The New York Herald says that MAT
+h.rs and Sherman are bound to 60 nn'
an. a.: '.,n; l.f..~~ a. - ''
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ATTORNEY At LAV.
Has Resumed the Practice of his Pr"'e''''n''
,,rILL practice IL the Parish and inMrlc'
w Courts of Natchitoches and hea RIVER
supreme Court of Louisiana Unite" n.a,eS :, D':'
rict and Circuit C"mr' Oh Lo".S''"" al"
'ourt OF Claims at Washington.
~ Office in the Lacoste Building (ll
Stairs.) q
NATCHITOClIES, La.
Nav 26, IS
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r M. B. TUCKER,

T N. B. TUCKER,
Attorney and Counsellor at h""'
OFFICE
&, Ds,;s Str,,t Natchitoches. La.
MILL practice in the District and par
w isb Courts of NatchitOches, Sah'le
D,soto and Red River, and the supreme
Court Of the State. :,
All business entrusted to his care VII
receive prompt attention. apr ''-',
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PURGATlVE PILLS
Are the result of long continred Scien-
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r II. CUNNINGHAM.
Attoruev& Counsellor ut 4aw
ST.. Denis Street,

OJ: DCTI10 W. S
NatchitOcheS. La.
WILL give prompt and personal at
w tention t" all business entrnSte" To
his care
Practices in the District and Parish
rourts in the Parishes of Natrhlt"'hrS
Rad River, DcSoto and Sabine, an" "tt"r'
the Supreme Court at Monroe and ne"
Orleans. jan
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~nl. III. jack,
(succeS-or t"JA'k p'FHSoN
,.+o,upu u.d Counselor ut Ld"
NATCIIITOCHES, LA.
-,u1 nractce in the Courts of Nate hlt"ches'
w aa..h;pe DpSoto Red River, VIM, fapiors'
HS Ssu and in the Supreme Court OF the
ana o'I Claims promptly attendrdt"'
April d 1877.
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Professional Cards.


ATTORNEY IT Law.
Q. D.u;, Street, NatchitorhrS, La.
o,;c. in the Court OF Na,rhtorhrs
N ~ r., n.Sot, and Red River aud IN the
o,r,eme Court tn" state.