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The latest move nude by Mr.
Conkling and Mr. Blaine in the in
terest of the now avoved and in
evitable candidacy of Grant is, to
get up az uproar over definition
Of the new government hich was
created when the thirteen States
adopted the Federal constitution
in 1887. Que would suppose that
the name of the new government
as solemuly agreed npon and set
forth In the first sentence Of the
constitution which call that gov
ernment into being might be a
sufficient definition Tor popular pur-
poses "The United States OF
America" is title which certainly
conveys reasonably correct idea
of the nature of the fourteenth
government which the founders
added to the existing separate gov
ernruents of the thirteen States.
The tenth article Of the >tate-rights
amendments proclaimed: %
: 'sThe powers not delegated to the
United States by the constitution
nor prohibited by it to the States
are reserved to the States respective
~ or to the people" -
That amendment ought to have
cleared away all doubt that ours
rs u government of States, united
and bound together by perma-
.nent bond, aud that 1T is not ma
tom rnliug. like ancsent Rome,
over subject PROVINCES, as Mr..
Conkling contends.
But if the hackers of Grant are
bent on getting from Democrats a
new sigi, and new definition. let
At be this; s3a5a s. asse
IAN INDIssoLuBLE UNION OF INDIE
srRgcrIBLE SrAFEri /"
And let the Democrats in G on
gress calmly aud resolutely press
forward under that banner to make
this definition a reality!
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mo. 81.
How 10 keep Peer.

Probably there 10 not q person
in the whole world who willingly
remains poor. yet there are thous-
aud who. by their daily acta, pro-
claim their determination to avoid
everything like prosperity. We
say they show this by their actions
only, for in truth they are continue
ally grumbling at their dad luck"
and are always devis;ng ways and
means to economic in order to
insure moderate degree Of PROS
perity. at least.
The trouble with these unfortu-
mates is that they begin their econ-
omy in the wrong place. Rather
shoald we say they have mistaken
notions of what economy really is.
and SO. year after year, We see
them plodding along in the same
old beaten track, always complain
ing, always unfortunate and always
poor. We know more. than one
such farmer-we are sorry to gay
that we know q great many such
and the misfortune is that their
numbers do not decrease to any
considerable extent. They may be
known at sight. because
lst. They buy the poorest land
they can find because it il cheap.
I'd. They crop this land year a.
ter year, using NO fertili2ers, be-
cause they are too poor to buy and
too lazy to make them
Sd. They use the poorest tools
because they cost less than good
ones.
lth. They don't believe in work.
ing their crops. Il poisons the
land.
9th. They cannot work more.
than two or three hours daily, be-
cause they must hunt Of ash to
help along some.
9Th. They are firm believers in
the credit system, and therefore
they get into debt, whenever they
can End anybody foolish enough to
trust them.
7th. They keep the meanest
stock in the country, and they sell
the best OF this every year when
they find themselves IN 1 tight.
9Th. Their fences are 20 poor
that their own and neighbor's stock
are constantly breaking into their
fields and injuring their apology
for crops.
eth. They do not complete their
harvest because their crops are
"too doggoned poor for anything.
They amt worth shucks."
10th. They never read q book or
paper and it would be rank trea-
son to suggest that they should
subscribe for some Agricultural
publication. -Ex.
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Who lsugbs last gets left.
Still waters don't run at all.
By right all listers are gray.
Discretion is nine points Of the
law. s1tl,1fA
Man proposes bat her father dis
poses.
It's a long lane that has no style
about it.
All that glitters is not worth its
face value.
Don't paint the devil whittier
than he deserves
Where there's q viii there's
pleat Of insanity.
Marry in haste, and the old man
will relent at leisure.
A bird In the, hand is worth two
in some other follows Puck.
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A good story is told Of Judge
Kent. A man was indicted fol
burglary, and the evidence on the
trial showed that this burglary
consisted in cutting hole through
rubber tent, and then projecting
bis head and arm through the hole
and abstracting various articles.
1t was claimed by his counsel that,
inasmnch as be nevery actually en-
tered into the tent with his whole
body, be had not committed the
ofense charged, aud must, there.
fore, be discharged. Judge Kent,
in reply to. this plea. told the jury
that, if they were not satisfied that
the whole man was involved in the
crime, they might bring ia a YER
dict of guilty against SO much Of
him as was thus involved. The
jury, after few moments of con.
sultation, found the right arm. the
right shoulder and the head Of the
prisoner guilty Of the of enss Of
burglary. The Judge sentenced
the right arm, the right shoulder
and head to imprisonment ut hard
labor in the State Prison for two
years, remarking that, as to the
rest Of his body. he might do with
it what be pleased.
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A LIMITED NUMBER of ACTIVE,
energetic CaIvassers, to engage in a
pleasant and profitable business. Good
men will find this rare chance to make
money, aSuch will please answer this
advertisement by letter, enclosing stamp
for reply, stating what business they
have been engaged in. None bat those
who mean business need apply. ~.
Address FINLEY. HARVEY a. Co.,
d14-ly Atlanta, Ga
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The best class Of people every
where must be glad to see such
universal condemnation by the
press and the people Of the ac-
cursed practice Of carrying con-
cealed deadly weapons. The law
hasIoDg prohibited II 10 this State,
yet il has been virtually a dead
letter Oh our statae books, for al
most every other nun we meet is a
walking arsenal. ready to shoot
down his fellow man on the slight
est provocation. and it is frequent
ly the case where murder is COM
mitted, tbat the larger offense is
allowed to cover the smaller, and
there is no prosecution for carry
ing concealed weapons. We wish
to denounce in the very strongest
terms the bad practice go common
ia our midst, aud warn our yeung
men that if they would AVOID crime
and ruin, to leave off their pistols,
and thus avoid numerous difficult
ties. and settle their troubles like
brave men. Judge Cobb, in his
charge to our last grand ury. said
very truly shat only towards car
rled pistols, and that brave men
could always settle their difficulties
without resort to deadly weapons"
The pistol is q curse to the country
and the laws should be more strict
in prohibiting their use; yet there
is anuther evil, which, if possible,
is doing more real injury to the
young men of the country than the
carrying of concealed weapons, and
that is the use of strong drink.
Young men, You are fools to craze
your brain with the filthy stuff, and
you should avoid it as you would
n rattle-snake, for it is deadly
and your worst enemy. Whisky
and deadly weapons go hand in
hand and usually carry destruction
and misery along their pathway.
II is to be hoped that the judges of
the country will do all in their
power to check the growing evil,
and with public opinion in their.
favor; they will not hesitate to take
any means, no matter how harsh,
to enforce the laws. 1t is to be
hoped that the next legislature of
Alabama will pass very stringent
laws to prevent the carrying Of
concealed weapons and to decrease
to use of whisky in the State.
They ought t. follow the example
Of Tennessee and make it felony
to sell, give away, or to bring a
pistol into the State. The people
are thoroughly aroused on these
questions and the evil will be de-
creased and finally checked en-
tirely Tuskegee News.
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CoLFAX. GRANT PARISH, LA. SATURDAY. JUNE Z, 1879.
fsugar Planter.l

| lSugar Planter.l
| Another outrage has been perpe
trated upon the country press BY
the gre It State of Louisiana. II
1878 Every, country paper publish
ed tue Governors proclamation or
derIng the general election Of tina,
year. An appropriation was made
TO defray the expenses of publish
Tag the proclamation. but moi
enough bJ'two-thirds Of the amount
necessary. Nevertheless, the pool
country publishers thought they
would get something for their
labor. no matter how little. Well
the bills were sent in, all made out
IN proper form according TO law,
and armed with proper proof oil
publication. After waiting until
patience ceased TO be virtue, the
elaine are returning with the grim
information that the deficiency bill
Of 1879 did not read country pa
pers. Aud the hopes Of getting
even a single dollar for the work
done and delivered to the voters Of
the respective parishes, vanishes
INTO thin arr! There has not been
single dollars worth Of work done
10y the country press for the State
within the past three years that
it has not been chonsed cut Of q
portion of it in some way or other.
Ii is now seen that tue amount APP
propriatud in. the deficiency bill Of
1879 was ,intended only for the
pets of the city press and none
others 1t is not the first time in
our life that we have lost the re-
ward Of oar labor nor do we think
it will be the last. A country edi-
tors heart is large--it can be ex-
tended aud inflated like A.hollow
ball Of gumlastic. as can be pr wen
in thousands Of instances but his
purse ia made of the same flexible
material; and yet he complains not
neither does be repine at untoward
fate /!
To show a specimen of the work
the country editor is required to
do for nothing. there is an appeal
IN an other column of this very
number to the taxpayers Of this
State to come forward and pay
their poll tax in order to relieve
the pressing necessities of the
Charity Hospital of New Orleans.
This is done gratis; not cent is
asked for, common charity prompts
it and the country editors respond
without. a sigh of regret. In do
ing this he helps the State, may
possibly relieve the wants If the
sufferers in the many wards of the
Hospital, may prevent loans to
that institute at exorbitant rates of
interest and what not, and his only
reward is the knowledge Of con-
scientious discharges of his duty,
and yet the same State swiudles
us--deprives us of proper pay for
labor faithfully performed. We
can survive the pressure it the
State can, and while the convention
is in session we respectfully sug-
gest that that, body incorporate in
the constitution they are making,
an article making it penal offense
to publish anything in the country
papers by any order of the State.
Then things would look little
ship shape.
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And a variety of others.
LIST OF rRIMNuSGs.

And a variety of others.
LIST OF rRIMuSGs.
4 "fnll trimmed stove has the fol-
lowing one oval boiler, copper bot
tom; one saucepan, copper bottom; one
tin steamer, two iron pots, one tea ket-
tie, one sad iron heater. two ski!iets. two
cake griddles. one gridiron, one gridiron
cover, four sheet iron pans, one pudding
pan, one scraper. one cover litter, three
pieces of pipe Is feetL one elbow, two
pot covers-26 pieces in all.
gr Call at No. "a Magazine street
and examine goods and prices before
purchasing elsewhere. ja25-1y
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YARD OFFICERS.

b1kD OFFICERS
xam l.-Police Juror, Thomas John
Justice Of the Peace, Lorenzo
easAx-s. B. shackeliord. Mayor:
r !. arrow, Magistrate; 5. NJ. Lacroix,
S.,S M
~ - a once Juror, ). Is. Lewis,
ss,.v IN tns feace, John p. Hadnot;
r John Anthony.
s;e n ~ p. Juror; Joshua Kemp;
ssable, Thomas Wagner.
EPolice Juror N. Nuyent II
saos Of the Peace. 81 Y I.acrr;x. 1on'
J. H. Thompson.
sad 5-Police Juror. ! NJ. Rrian
= q the Peace c. K. Nucent: Con-
W H. Norris.
Mk-Police Juror. r. Cbelette.
@ Of the Peace, F. l. Craig: Con,
EM Sharp.
sn7-Police Juror. s. G. currv.
"a, 'se Of the Peace, s. G. Carrv. Con,
=. W. Ethridee 3 - 'r's' JUL
Mconzxr-H. Y. Mccain. Mavor:
y Handy, Magistrate: H Z. Rogers
s0e.
ScH0OL BOARD.
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The aggregate number Of rail-
road disasters IN this country is
steadily Decreasing.
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Stoves! Stoves!
C. w. W. GOODWIN,
"a. .UasGzisse Street IA
MANUFACTURES OF
PLAIN iTIAwAas AND JAPAN WARE,
ALSO DEALER IN
Heating and
Cooking Stoves

OF ALL SIZES,
And at Lotcer Prices than can be
found al any other establishment
IN Ne,o Orleans.
Below will be found the names Of q
few Of the leading Cooking Stoves. with
sizes and prices, viz:
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PARISH SCRIP FOR SALE!

Parties desiring to purchase Parish
Scrip to pay their taxes are requested
to call on II. G. GOODWIN.
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i Colfm GbrOnifle.
= q GOODWIN,
rnIToR and PUBLISHER.

ADVERTISING RATES:
s.,'srs. n inch spacel first insertion,
~. sseh subsequent insertion so cts.
s;ops Of Q square charged as a
.s.srs. unless otherwise agreed
cards of . Personal nature, when
..;Sle, charged at double rates.
!, .t,..;oual aud Business Cards,
'.s squire, $40 per year; two
[srss, $500.
1.n,n,rrs' ANNOUNCEMENTS SIS.
,ssh must in every instance ac-
|svsuy the order.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-08-14
A LEAKY FRIEND.

SPRINGERs fame has been sung as the
Sweet-scented Sucker of Sangamon, and very
likely without any violation of propriety.
He is statesman who has wrestled man
fully with the disadvantages of his political
relations until he has attained some celeb
rity. But after all, SPRINGER is q leaky
vessel which needs caulking up. He obtains
allows to percolate through the interstices
of his vanity at the expense of fidelity. He
visited TLDEN and wormed himself into
the confidence of the oveT-credulous Cipher
Ogre. 1t is strange how, when man has u
Presidential maggot in his head, that greedy
worm devours all discretion and breaks
down all the safeguards of confidence and
all the secretions that usually attend
human cunning.
To depart from SPRINGER and TILDEN q
moment, we desire to say that we have in
our minds eye another victim to the Presi-
dental mania, who has been at some period
of his life thrown entirely from his usual
rigid line of propriety by the promphngs OF
ambition. His ears have been opened TO the
syren song ofevery aatterer, and who, though
usually regarded as of a frigid nature, molts
like ice in the hot rays Of the sun when a
song of his merits and the glowing chances
of success is chanted to his willing ear
The bolts and bars of n carefully-guarded
hospitality are all drawn, and those who
two months before, would scarcely have
met look of recognition, are, under the
promptings of the hour made welcome tC
the candidates couch and fare, and the
savior of Rome is at once elevated We
refer to this simply as an episode of one
who, like THDEN, fancies that the sooth-
sayers have his name as President written
in their mystic books. Most delightful de-
lusion, and one which it is no part of our
purpose to break.
But to return to TILDEN and SPRINGER
When we switched off we were about tC
show how SPRINGER had wOrmed himself
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-08-14

into the inmost recesses of TILDEN's secret
chamber had sat at the feet of his con6ding
Gamaliel and learned wisdom from his own
lips, and then had gone forth into wicked
world, and had given away the trustful
Cipher Ogre and the champion Internal
Revenue repudiator toan uncharitable pub
lie. It appears that the vain aud conceited
SPRINGER fellan easy prey toa Washington
reporter, who is up to "ways that are dark
"and tricks that are vain" in capturing
noodles and turning them inside out to find
what and how much they contain that is
vitality important. SpRINGERs vanity
and selEconceit rendered him rs leaky as o
fractured pot. The siphon was inserted,
and such wisdom as came rushing through
its aperturel 1t fairly gushed out that Mr..
TILDEN, who Isl yet red-hot for the Presidency,
told the sccretive SPRINGER that il was
of vital Importance that the Democracy
should win at the next Presidential cleo
tion, for the reason that the country is now
approaching to what promises to be long
era of prosperity, and if the Democracy can
ride into power on this wave, to which it
will have contributed so largely, II will re-
main in possession of the Government for
an indefinite period.
How true TILDEN is to his instincts and
habits in this communication TO his leaky
friend SPINGER He discovers that through
the wise administration of public affairs
under Republican rule, the waves Of pros
perity are beginning to roll in upon the Ma
tion, and he is ready to step in and steal
or perhaps we should say appropriate-the
fruits that are to be garnered in the future
from the wise sowing and cultivation of
nineteen years of Republican management
Of public affairs. Nothing could be more
consistent than this suggestion to SPRINGER
when viewed in the light of long life OF
selnshness and careful appropriation of the
fruits of other mems efforts. "The Gov
ernment, for an indefinite period" is
coveted and very properly, by one of Mr..
TILDEN's unbounded ambition. But, poor
man, he will die victim of disappointed
hope and blasted prospects. Neither he nor
any of his kind can steal a ride on the crest
of the impending wave of prosperity, as it
rolls in upon country that has once been
saved from the treachery of his party, and
which will, it is to be hoped, continue in the
hands of its conservers.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-08-14
POLITICAL NOTES.

THE "ohio idea" has dropped out Of sght 1t is
the "Yazoo plan" now.
GENERAL BANNING thinks that Foster will be
elected by 10000 majority
THE Northern Democratic papers are still pro-
foundly silent about the Yazoo outrage.
THE expenses of the Congressional Investigating
Committee recently in session In Cincinnati were
over $1,000.
THE truck and dicker party" Is the appropriate
name the eGreenbaek-Denocratic coalition goes by
up in Maine.
THERE are already over three hundred Republi.
can clubs in Maine, and they will knock the stuff.
fling out of the Demnitionals.
THE Democratic Louisville Courier. Journal com.
mens on the recent election In that State and says
we have done nothing TO be proud Of"
HONS Rule" is cutting mp high jinks in Georgia.
AL the state officers, except the Governor and Sec
retary OF State, are suspected OF dishonesty.
BAY VIEW, on Cape Ann, is where Ben Butler
plots treason, strategems and spOils, except when
off on a yacht cruise to the northern latitudes.
COLONEL ARMSTRONG, OF the Cleveland Plain.
dealer discovers little hope for Tom Ewing In the
ia ct that the blackberry crop was partial failure
THE Cleyeland Herald says that nobody can see
Thomas Ewing struggling against this revival oil
business boom without emotions of gen uine sym
pathy."
SENATOR WITHERs of Virginia, Is to take ths
stump soon in that State in support of the settle
ment Of the State debt under the provisions of the
McCulloch bill.
SENATOR BECK of Kentucky, made one of his re
markablo speeches at the close of the canvass iT
that State, in which he declared 1t the purpose o
the Democrats TO refuse to make appropriations X
enforce laws which they cannot repeal.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-08-14
A WORD WITH MALCoNrENrs.

There are class of Republicans who
affect an objection to General GRANT, for
the reason that when he closed his second
term and retired from office there was a
political majority against him in tho lower
House of Congress If these disafIected Re-
publicans will only review history they
will find that such condition of things has
attended the first term of every President,
from the administration of JACKSON down
to that of LINCOLN. JACKSON at one time
had both the Senate and House against
him so strongly that they passed a resolu-
tion against him and the United States
Bank bill which he vetoed-(see BENToN's
Thirty Years.. In the fall of 1862 there
was political revolution in the Northern
States, under which many of them went
Democratic, and there would have
been a Democratic majority in the
lower House if the South had been
represented. JACKSON, VAN BUREN, TY-
LEB, POLK, FILLMORE, PIERCE and
BUCHANAN all had opposition to them in
one House or the other. The difference is,
that what happened to them in their first
four years happened to President GRANT
in the last year of his second term; and
every intelligent man knows that it was
the panic and financial depression that
wrought the change at that time. A little
investigation and candid reflection will
show any Republican that it is nothing
new for Presidents to have Congress against
them and, further, that it was no fault in
the Administration of President GRANT
that it occurred during the last year of his
second term. Partizan and personal preju-
dice may conjure up objections TO the Ad-
ministrations of President GRANT, but his.
tory will do him justice and hold him and
his conduct of public affairs up to public
view as among the most wise, just and
benehcent Administrations that have
marked our National history since the
foundation of the Government This aver
ment is fully justified by stubborn facts
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PERSONAL.

GENERAL n. L. JEFFnrEs, Of Ridley PARK, Pa, Il
booked at Willards.
II. G. FAHNEsrocK OF New York and r. NJ. w
Brown, of New York. arrived at the Arlington yes.
terday.
CAPTAIN JOHN r. MCCONNELL and family, Of
South Washington, will spend the next month n
Cape May.
CAPTAIN GEORGE DEWEY. U. s. N, and Mrs. Cen
eral Alexander Mcdowell McCook, are guests at
the Riggs House.
W. G. BULLOCK, Cheyenne, and Rev. John Miller
and family, of Doylestown, Pa, registered at ths
Metropolitan last night.
A. 7. HEREFORD Leadville General J. Stewart,
Philadelphia, Pa; s. Pettibone Now York, and
Dr. X. II Stuart, Virginia, were among the arrivals
at the National yesterday.
AMONG the guests who arrived at WIZARDS yes
terday were j. J. Alexander, of Baltimore; Mrs. g.
II. Valentine of New York L. w. Taulo and wife.
OF New York; w. Johnson of New York, and John
Cooke and daughter, of Pennsylvania.
w. d. VANCE, wife and daughter Peoria, III.
Walter Lamkin Sacramento, CAL; H. Anderson
and wife and Miss Grace Boston. Mass. L. Baum
Philadelphia Pal; John Smith aud WIFE South
Bend, Ind. and g. l. Merz, New York, regis
terod at the st. James,
WILLIAM FRANK HALL, of New York George w.
Breckenridge of Texas; J. r. Caldwell, of Penn
sylvunia q. s. Piper J. N. Clark and Willard John
son, of New York; II. A. Whitney u s. A.; Mrs
Smith, daughter and son, of 81. Louis, and Mrs
Peters and son, of Cincinnati are guests at the
Ebbitt House.