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Registration Notice,

| hereby give notice that the registration
office OF TIE Parish of Lafourche, will be
opened at the Court House in the town of
Thibodaux, on MONDAY 9Th. day of OCTO
Der next, and there to continue until fur
ther notice: Due notice OF other appoint
ments viii be given.
Anpersons heretofore registered by mo
need not register again.
All persons who may have changed their
precinct. since being registered, will please
not fail to give notice, so the change cai
be made i'll the books in accordance; with
law.
r r. MCBRIDE,
Registr; r Of Voters. Parish L ,fourche.
Thibodaux, Sept. eth. 1879. .
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Voorhees, cEn Resumption.

But we are now saluted on all
hands by the Republican leaders
with a noisy and affected glee
over what they call q resumption
Of specie payments anal an imagi-
nary revival Of business. After
driving prosperity out of the
country, and blightlng the homes
of millions, the secretary of the
treasury announces that specie
payments OF debts are a fixed
fact, and have come to stay. Do
you think that is trueg Do you
think the debts of this country,
public and private, are being
paid in specie when demanded?
Can you pay your debts in that
way? You owe your neighbor a
hundred dollars, and on the day
it falls due you have d hundred
dollars in the notes Of a national
bank just across the street. Your
neighbor has been to hear Sher-
man or Foster, and he believes
specie payments are here, and he
demands specie. You have also
heard that everybody has resum-
ed specie payments, and you 60
at once to the bank, present its
notes, and ask for specie across
the counter. With a slight grin
Of contempt for your ignorance,
the banker will hand you 500 in
greenbacks III redemption of the
bank notes you tender him. This
is .alI you will get there. You
commence. then, seriously inqui.
ring where you can get the specie
with which to make Il specie pay
menU to your neighbor, who is
still waiting. l will tell you how
you can get it. There is a place
in the city of New York where, if
you can present the right amount
Of greonbacks, you CAN lawfully
demand coin. If you will, there.
fore, take the cars there, hire
somebody to show you the place
when you reach there, and a pos
liceman to protect you from being
robbed i'll the vicinity of Wall
street, you will be in a fair way to
enjoy the luxury OF making one
specie payment ifyou live to sc.
hoine. What IA precious boon
this is to you. How dcvoutIy
thauktnl you oIght to be that the
currency has been SO contracted
that scnr property has sllrunk
nearly oue-hdlf in value and the
very vi'als OF all the great indus
tries have been torn out in order
to reach snch a gioiious consuin-
nation. Surely this priceless
blessing vii! compensate the ccuil
try for all its losses aud suffer
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rheumatism is the most pain
fnl and most Troublesome disease
that afaicts humanity: 1t comes
when we least expect it andWhen
We have no time to be interviews
ell hy it. The only reliable rene.
dy that we ever found is john
sons ANOdync Liniment.
Nearly all diseases that aGiict
humanity originate in the stom-
ach, liver or bowels. and might
he prevented if people would use
81 little common sense but they
Viii not. They rather take pua-
sons P"ryat;rc Peits, becase one is
dose.
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st. PETERSBURG.
Regular Correspondence.
ST.. PETERSBURG,
Russia, Sept. 18th. 1879.

The capital of the Gar in not
like Madrid and like Pera, IA city
almost inl,abitable for Europeans.
The ne~cessaries Of life are abuu-
dant and cheap enough it's luxu>
ries, albeit exceedingly costly, are
equally plentiful. With supplies
Of money III your pocket every
thing that the most polished
Sybarite could desire may be pro-
cured in Petropoliss. House,
rent of a superior kind is enor-
moIsly dear; but you get proper
tionately splendid Accommodation
for your roubles. Succulent din.
ners dressed by French cooks,
ball-dresses aud bonnets construc
ted by Freneh milliners and dress
makers, an !nexhSustible supply
Of JouSIn gloves. eau de Cologne,
artificial flowers and articles de
Paris; one OF the grandest opera
houses i'll Europe, with Patti aud
Alhali fer "prime donne;' French
plays and opera bonffffes with all
the brightest stars OF the Gate,
the Vaudeville, and the Analogue;
IA dazzling succession during the
winter season of couutSalls, ban
lnets and receptions. splendid re
views. tirSt-rate holse-hesh, and
any amount OF skating. s!edgi1g
ami Montague istsseH ,lcscend>
ing in wi lter iimt-all these are
constituents OF upler-ciasS exis.
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C medicine that can be employed: clean.
lg the stomach and bowels. and even tn
lood. In small doses of one pill a da,
ley stimulate the digestive organs an
remote vigorous health.
Ayes PILLS have been known 70
lore than a quarter of a century, and hay
blamed a worldwide reputation for thei
irtues. They correct diseased action i
ie several assimilative organs of tn
ody, and are so composed that obstruc
ons within their range can rarely with
and or evade them. Not only do the
ire the everyday complaints of every
ody, but also formidable and dangerou
lseases that have bafled the best O
uman skill: While they produce power
Il effects, they are, at the same time. tn
fest and best physic for children. B
'eir aPerient action they grippe much les
ian the common purgatives, and neve
We pain when the bowels are not infamec
hey reach the vital fountains of the blood
I'd strengthen the system by freeing i
ON the elements of weakness.
Adapted to all ages and conditions i,
/ climates, containing neither calome
1r any deleterious drug, these Pills ma.
? taken with safety by anybody. Thei
'~gar-coaung preserves them ever fresh
nd makes them pleasant to take; Will
eng purely vegetable, no harm can aris
op their use in any quantity.
PREPARED BY
~. AVER & CO., Lowell, Mass,
Practical and ANALYTICAL Chcn,:s,S
1D Ex ALL DRUGGISTS EVEkYWHrRb
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Important Notice.

THE Foley Holders of the Lor,s,.v.
L EQUITABLE LIFE INSURANCE Co "a
New Orleans will please take notice th.o!s
LA. COLOMB Of D~onaldsoDville is ,"a.
acting as Solicitor and will make col1oSw
tons for this company in the LafourcSs
district. N0nd
We call the attention of those des;r;n.
LIFE INSURANCE and the SECURITY oferaS
under The STATE REGISTRATION LAW ~
n 1om r. fEA RI r RnSnWAnLE Plan, giving
full protection. For particulars annIv u
AND. PATTON ~
Or to Sacra
l.. A. COLOMB, Agent, DonaldsonyiiIa +.
New Orleans, July 5, 1879. -
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escape, but that fact Is SUFFICIENT
without the slanderous charges
of want Of cleanliness that are
hurled against us continually be-
ing etcrEally beloved forth by
men who are ignorant of what
they speak, or whose Happiness
consists in abusing those who
may be unfortunate.
With all the fuss made about
yellow fever in New Orleans this
summer. we hear not a word of
ten times as many cases Of ty.
phoii fever reported officially in
Baltimore, where whole families
are down with it, q disease at
least 25 per cent more fatal than
is yellow fever when properly at
tended to and nursed.
In conversations held with per
sons from every state and the
Canadas, | infer that there are
almost universally good crops
this year. Fruit is abundant.
but [ saw no better display of
fruit anywhere than was exhibit
ed on Canal street ia New Or
leans.
The crops Of tobacco and cotton
were looking we'll and viii doubt
less, yield handsomely.
From conversations with mer
chants the inference was drawn
that business WAS reviving in al
most all the branches of trade.
Iron especially is advancing rap
idly iu price, thereby causing all
iron works to find employment
which gives labor to thousands Of
men.
Strikes were going on IN Balti
more and other places, resulting
generally in an advance of wages
from 10 to Is per cent.
Whilst iii Baltimore | attend
| ed the annual session of the Sow
ereign Grand Lodge Of tho l. O.
o. L. Representatives from every
State in the Union Canada and
the Lower Provinces were pres
ent.
The Grand Secretary reported
that during the year ending De
cember 81, 1878, there was a de
crease in membership of 527S
members; that the amount paid
for relief was S1,7lo,405,GS; that
the total revenue was $780, $780,
81; and that the present member
ship of the Older is 450,2246
That Sovereign body will meet
in 1880 in Toronto, Canada.
UNCLE SILAS.
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UCIiCc Ill ltC IiStAoPSiiS w -"
The lower classes are i%lliterate,
superstitious, and filthy, but you
do not come in contact with them.
You rarely ever hear their Ian.
guage. Well educated Russians
speak nothing but French in so.
cietv even among themselves and
when no foreigners are present.
AS it has long been the practice
among the courts OF Europe to
send the very cleverest Ambassa-
doris, Ministers, and Secretaries
of legation obtainabie to a court
where intrigue is chronic and
double-dealing q custom OF the
country, the diplomatic saloons
of st. Petersburg are freqnented
by exceptionally polished cultur-
ell, and astute guests, while gener
al society is redundant with ac-
| complished enchantresses, who
combine the grace and refinement
of the Fambourg, st. Germain
with the mirthtul morals Of Monte
| Carlo. What more could be de-
sired There is an Academy OF
Sciences; there are splendid
museums OF pictures and sculp-
ture and antiquities and artists
and savants who so into society.
The only drawback to all this
luxury and culture is that st.
Petersburg is virtually a prison,
and that the highest degree Of
freedom which can be enjoyed by
any person, however highly he
may he placed, who is doomed to
Einhabit the Musconite zcapltal,
does not extend much beyond an
uneasy impression that he is only
out on bail aud that some day or
another lie will be called upon to
surrender to his recognisances.
With this uncomfortable sensa>
ton the asperity of the climate
has little to do. A winter III Mon
treal or Quebec will vie in the
way Of intense cold with a win
ter in St. Petersburg. The St.
| Lawrence freezes as hard and as
long at the Neva; and making
up your mind for the worst, with
wei!-heated rooms, and plen;y OF
furs, mocassins, and buffalo robes
to keep you wa'm, the frost aud
snow are SOON forgotten, even if
indeed, they are not found rather
enjoyable than otherwise. 1t is
the moral not the physical man
who teels that he is in goal. Not
tie limbs but the mind requires
freedom Of action ; it may be that
Government itself is powerless TO
relax the tension which is the Off
spring Of a merciless system of
repression. 1t has been said Of
The Sphynx that she is so old as
to have forgotten the solutions OF
her own riddles and of the Russ
sian Government it may be said
almost without the risk ofparadox
that it has lost the key Of the
prison in which not only it's sub
jects and the strangers within it's
gates, but its own self, are confin,
cd and that it has grown SO ac-
customed to a rGseme OF espo,n.
age and delation as to begin con
fusedly to, contemplate the expe-
diency Of de%nounciug and taking
itself into custody.
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ingsi. Shfman and Foster and
their kind of people say it will.
lido You agree with
Them Dies not the whole thing
look more ike "barren ideality,"
as the oldcllief who has gone to
his rest oppressed it, than the
reality of pecie payments And
yet, on this state of facts, a tri-
umphant siout is raised that spe-
Gle payments have been resumed,
and a secretary Of the treasury
is runningfor the presidency Oh
that assertion. A more brtzen
ana perfectly transparent false
hood has lot, in my judgement,
been p%roc47med in the nineteenth
century. Fhere is simply no re-
sumption ut all and no such
thing as slecie payments in exis-
tence in tbs country. There is
a bold and audacious attempt to
deceive thk people ON this point,
but it willfail.
[ will tell you what has been
accomplished. Fol many years
the green back was quoted below
coin ii, value, solely from the fact
that the government refused to
receive it Tor customa, and author
ICED the bondholder to refuse it
i'll payment OF intetest,.a and after
the act of March, 1869, in pay>
ment also of the principal OF the
bonds. 1t was thus a currency
and its total destruction was de
manded and constantly threaten
ed by a very powerful class. hl
this way it was kept below par,
Judging by the coin standard;
but within the last two years an
aroused aud Indignant public
opinion has secured for it a differ.
ent treatment at the hands of its
enemies. Congress has, by law
put a stop to it's further destrut
ton. and thus declared that il
shall remain the money Of the
country. THIS gave it il place il
the estimation of the world it had
not before possessed, aud the
gold gamblers and jobbers il
New York begin to abate then
sneers, and to wonder if wha,
they had so long and so felicitous
ly styled ''rag baby" had not
really become a giant in strength
and made himself permanently al
home in the United States. The
polite mention of ~"diShonest
money" and "grcenback lunatics'
became less frequent iii certain
quarters when the representatives
Of the people declared that the
greenback dollar, should not be
driven out, but should remain
with the people. And when, in
addition to this. the agitation OF
the subject in Congress drovethe
secretary ct the treasury to an.
hoahce that at Il given time he
would receive the greenback fol
cnstom duties, it's value rose tc
the e1nal Of any other money III
the world. 1t did SO because the
government which created it gave
it full credit. An equalization oil
our different kinds of currency
has been effected, and this fact.
brought about mainly 10y "a demo
cratic Congress, and in spite OF
IA republican opposition, is now
seized upon and declared to be
specie resumption accomplished
by John Shel man!
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n stranger passing :hrough
this parish would never believe
that the good stands of sugarcane
now seen everywhere Were, but a
lew days ago, PROSTATE upon the
ground. Wfl;tyo often seen the
game blown down by heavy Winds
II past .vrars,' but never have seen
tAe cane reSliine its natura posi-
tioa 81 quickly AID so perfectly
as 1t has done within the last
tinee weeks. i. is growing rapid
~ aud has replaced tin. leaves
shatte:ed.Ay the la:e s,orln Ni'ha
Few collage, :" te speak. IL est
5atoM Rosge SaJdr Planter.
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This editor having announced
himself us n candidate for Clerk
OF the Court at the election, mod.
est.y prevents him from setting
forth his clans and merits for the
position. Hyams Of the Sugar
Plaater.
II your friends are possessed
OF the Same modesty on the day
OF the election, poor fellow!
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And now right in the midst
III an exciting Io!.t.cal contest
the Mer@sciNe BalIitia. gets into L
serflbie stew and wants another
pronoun introduced into the Eng.
lis'i language. If the Editor OF
that paper should attempt any
Sach an net we tIust that he may
be Turned over to The school bows
VINO will very very soon fix his
new pronOun for him.
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For District Attorney.

hereby %nonne myself as Il candi-
date for DISTRICT ATTORNEY of the
Twentieth JIdtcial District, composed
ofthe parishes Of Assumption aud La
fourche, subject to the action Of the De-
mocratic Party.
+. A. O'SULLIVAN,
Thibodaux. La, Sept.2nd. 1879.
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Are the most Ell
fective and congo
NAL ~purgative eve
discovered. The
are mild, but Ell
fectual in thei
operation, movin
the bowels surel
and pair
Although gentl'
in their operation
they Ire still til
most thorough an
searching catha,
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a Journey.

pened to leave New Orleans dur
ing il cessation ofquarantine laws
III Montgomery, Alabama, l had
no difficulty i'll passing through
that city. In leaving home L
armed myself with documents
from the Mayor and physicians
of ThibodauX, showing my status
in relation to yellow fever, and as
was riding through the sea
marshes between New Orleans
and the Bays to the East, watch
ing the cranes and other fish-lov>
ing birds procuring their supper,
| was addressed by nice young
man who asked me some ques-
tons, after stating that he was
an officer of the United States
Board OF Health, to whom my
answers were satisfactory, as he
gave ne a certificate authorizing
lie to pass out into the world
without molestation from any
scared man or trembling town.
It occurred to me that this young
man had nice thing, running
out every evening Oh the ears,
Obtaining a comfortable ride free,
and drawing a monthly salary Of
a hundred or two dollars, and it
seemed to my vision that it was
not an improbable thing that
come OF tlle.employees Of the Gov
ernmental Board of Health might
be able to explain how certain
kilograms were sent forth ocea-
sicnaliy announcing a rapid in
crease Of yellow fever in New Or
leans when no citizen of that city
was aware Of anything Of the
kind.
Such inspection was, no doubt,
very necessary, but how much
good such an Investigation as
the one ( had amounts to. would
he a serious problem in the single
rule OF three, in an ordinary pubs
lie school. Anyone could have
given the same replies to his
questions that I gave, and if they
were false it would have answered
every purpose. Such an invasti-
CATION had all the elements of a
first class farce, the only thing
real being the salary drawn by
SAID nice young man which the
people OF the country pays with
such smiling faces.
Having had my mind Impressed
with the idea that Northern cities
were somewhat cleaner than ordi
nary parIors were in most coun.
tries, by an extensive reading Of
the papers North and West on
the subject of yellow fever and
its causes, and also that New Or
leans was nothing more nor less
than q common cesspool OF cor
ruption and fifth, gathered togeth
or and preserved for the sole oh
iect of preserving what are called
by the expressive name of
/ made it a point dur
ing my absence to open my eyes
and see for myself and learn, if
possible, to- what extent those
maligners Of the Crescent City
could stretch the ninth command
ment.
That the city Of New Orleans
is IA cleaner city than either Bal
tlmore, Washington or New York,
is a question that admits of no
dispute. In Baltimore there is
AZ oIor all along the coast Of the
Chesapeake Bay, near the harbor
that is very nearly sufficient to
make a New Orleans man throw
up his dinner AS he passes along,
a small steam or creek
that passes through tie center of
the city is the receptacle of all
he fifth on either side where it
remains for days in passing out
INTO the Bay, Il mass OF black,
foul matter, the like OF which is
lOt nvAp witnessed rt,,, =.
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Chew JACKSON'S BEST Sweet
Navy a'OEsaccO.

QUERY "Why will men smoke
common tobacco, when they cal
buy M;rbarg Bros. Seal Of North
Carotina,' at the same price?'
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BLACK GisGGHT is recommended by
FORTY years of Successful trial.
! For sale by JOS. T. Thibodeaux.
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Forty years trial has proved BLACK
nREGGhT the best liver medicine in the
world
For sale by JOS. T. Tllibodeaux.
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One dollars worth of BLACK DaaUGHT
will save Fifty dollars in doctor bills.
-for sale by JOS. /. T~hibolclux.

n young lady at Norristown
put IA piece OF wcd,liug-cake under
her pillow and went to bed with
the happy belief that she would
dream OF seeing her future hus.
band. That evening, however,
she had eaten two plates OF ice
cream, abont a pint Of Gerrips,
several sweet cakes aAd two
large pickles, and now she says
she wvGla rather remain single
all her life than marry the man
she saw in her dream.
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Editorial Item ..

Cholera ard yellow fever are prevent
cd by asing BLACK DRAUGHT.
For sale by JOS. II. ThibOdeaux.
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ARTHUR F. KNORLOCH,
NAPOLEONyILLE. Aug. 26tb. 1879.

NAPoLEONVILLE. Aug. 26th, 1879.
Editor of Tie 1Hidodanr Sentinel Il
hereby announce myself u candidate for
the position of District Attorney of the
twentieth judicial District, composed
OF the Parishes Of Assumption and La
sonrche, subject to the approval of the
Democratic Consorvativc Party.
WILLIAM E! HOWELL.
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Candidates.

iiIbODADH, LA, Sept. 3D.. 1879.
ilereby announce myself asa can4i-
date fer the office Of DISTRICT JUDGE
al the Twentieth Judicial District, COM
postd OF the parishes OF Assumption and
Lltoarcllr. subject 30 the action of the
Democratic Party. My name will be
submitted to the voters of Lafoufche at
the primary election to be held On the
21tn inst.
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Nrth'ng in the world equals BLACK
nRAUaHT in female diseases.
For sale by JOS. 7, T~libodeaux.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
M0UNTAIN SPRING HIGH sCHo0]

M0UNTAlM SPRING HIGH SCHOOL
AT Trinity, Morgan Ce,, 81 d q. n. Il. Ala
On the plan of the High Schools of virgi
MIA. Instructors Alumni of the University
OF Virginia. Fits young MEN and boys for
the senior classes Of the Universities IT
Virginia and %Sewanee, as we'll as for bust
ness. For Catalogue giving full i~nioruis-
ton. address
.sOHaN A LILLE: Proprietor.
Livingston, Ala, June 30, 1871 c,nsi
der this one Of the very best training schools
IN the Southern States for boys and yOun.
men, us well as u first class boarding school.
Carlos &. SMITH.
Mobile, Ala. Jan. 26, IS76.-I take great
pleasure i'll recommending to the attention
OF my friends and the public generally the
claims of the Mountain Spring High School,
near Trinity, on the Memphis & Charleston
Il; Il. The salubrity of the climate, the Sc
eiusion of the locality, the conduct OF the
domestic department. and the qualifications
OF the teachers, place rhe school in the first
rank OF educational institutions.
X. II. WILMER, Bishop Of Ala.