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The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1879-08-02

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Such appeals shall be returnable within ten days to the appellate
court, wherever it may be sitting OR wherever it may hold its next ses-
sion, and may be transferred by order of the judges of said court to
another parish within their circuit, and such appeals shall be tried by
preference over all others. In case of the refusal or neglect of the
district attorney or Attorney General to institute and prosecute any
suit provided for in this and the preceding article, the citizens and
taxpayers making the request, or any one of them, shall have the right
by mandamus to compel him to perform such duty.
REVENUE AND TAXATION.
ART. POI. The taxing power may be exercised by the General As
sembly for State purposes, and by parishes and municipal corpora
tons, under authority granted to them by the General Assembly, for
parish and municipal purposes.
ART. POP. Taxation shall be equal and uniform throughout the terri
torial limits of the authority levying the tax, and all property shall
be taxed in proportion tois value, to be ascertained as directed by
law; prOrded, the assessment shall never exceed the actual cash
value thereof; and rrovded further, that the taxpayers shall have the
of justice. In order to arrive at this equality and uniformity the
General Assembly shall, at its first session after the adoption of this
constitution, provide a system Of equality and uniformity in assess
mentss based upon the relative value of property in the different
portions of the State. The valuation put upon property for the pur-
poses of State taxation shall be taken as the proper valuation for
purposes of local taxation in every subdivision of The State.
ART. 203. The taxing power shall be exercised only to carry on and
thereof, to educate the children of the State, to pay the principal
and interest of the public debt, to suppress instruction, repel inva-
sion or defend the State in time of wal, to supply the citizens of
the State who lost a limb or limbs in the military service of the Con-
federate States with substantial artificial limbs during life, and for
levee purposes, as hereinafter provided.
ART. 204 The power to tax corporations and corporate property
shall never be suspended by act of the General Assembly.
ART. 25. The General Assembly may levy a license tax, and in such
case shall graduate the amount of such tax to be collected from the
persons pursuing the several trades, professions, vocations and call
ings. All persons, associations of persons and corporations pursuing
any trade, profession, business or calling may be rendered liable to
such tax, except clerks, laborers, clergymen, school teachers, those
engaged in mechanical, agricultural, horticultural and mining pur-
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1879-08-02

previously made.
ART 156. Private property shall not be taken nor damaged for
public purposes without just and adequate compensation being first
paid.
ART 157. No power of suspending the laws of this State shall be
exercised unless by the General Assembly Or its authority.
ART l5S. The General Assembly shall provide by law for change
of venue in civil and criminal cases.
ART 159. No person shall hold or exercise, at the same time, more
than one office of trust or profit, except that of justice of the peace
or notary public.
ART 160. The General Assembly may determine the mode of filing
vacancies in all Offices for which provision is not made in this consti
tuition.
ART. 11. All officers shall continue to discharge the duties of their
offices until their successors shall have been indicted into office, ex-
cept IN case II impeachment or suspension.
ART. 1872. The military shall be in subordination to the civil power.
and no soldier shall, in time of peace, be quartered in any house
without the consent of the owner.
ART. 13. The General Assembly shall make it obligatory upon
each parish to support all mhIm, sick and disabled paupers residing
within its limits; proraded, that in every municipal corporation in a
parish where the powers of the police jury do not extend, the said
corporation shall support its own infrm, sick and disabled paupers.
ART. l64. No soldier, sailor or marine in the military or naval
service of the United States shall hereafter acquire a domicle in this
State by reason of being stationed or doing duty in the same.
ART. l65. 1t shall be the duty of the General Assembly to pass
sucn laws as may be proper and necessary to decide differences by
ART: 166. The power of courts to punish for contempt shall be
limited by law.
ART l67. The General Assembly shall have authority to grant
lottery charters or privileges; Irorided, each charter or privilege
snail pay not less than forty thousand dollars per annum in money
INTO Il treasury OF the State; and prorided further, that all charters
shall cease and expire on the first of January. 1896, from which time
all Lotteries are prohibited in the State.
The forty thousand dollars per annum now provided by law
10 De pad by the Louisiana Lottery Company, according to
the provisions OF Its charter, granted in the year 1868, shall
belong to the Charity Hospital of New Orleans, and the charter of
salo company Is recognized as a contract binding on the State for the
period. therein specified, except its monopoly clause, which is hereby
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ART. 1873. In all elections by the people the electors shall vote by
ballot; and in all elections by persons in a representative capacity the
vote shall be vvu uoe.
ART. 1874. Every male citizen of the United States, and every male
person of foreign birth who has been naturaized, or who may have
legally declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States
before he offers to vote, who is twenty-one years old or upwards, pos
sessing the following qualifications, shall be an elector and shall be
entitled to vote at any election by the people, except as hereinafter
provided:
1. He shall be an actual resident of the State at least one year next
preceding the election at which he offers to vote.
8. He shall be an actual resident of the parish in which he offers
to vote at least six months next preceding the election.
8. He shall be an actual resident Of the ward or precinct in which
he offers to vote at least thirty days next preceding the election.
ART. 1856. The General Assembly shall provide by law for ting proper
enforcement of the provisions of the foregoing article; provided, that
in the parish of Orleans there shall be a supervisor Of registration,
who shall be appointed by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate, whose term of office snail be for a period of four years, and
whose salary, qualifications and duties shall be prescribed by law.
And the General Assembly may provide for the registration of voters
in other parishes
ART 1S6. The following persons shall not be permitted to register,
vote or hold any Office Or appointment of honor, profit or trust in
this State, towIt:
Those who shall have been convicted of treason, kmbez1ement Of
public funds malfeasance in Office, larceny, bribery, illegal voting
or other crime punishable by hard labor or imprisonment in the peni-
Tertiary, idiots and insane persons.
ART. 49,. No qualification of any kind for suffrage or office, nor
any restraint upon the same, on account of race, color or previous
condition, shall be made by law.
Arr. 1S. Electors SHALL in all cases except for treason, felony or
The Rock Island Argus., 1879-01-28
The Taller Committee.

The service rendered the country by the
Teller Committee is beyond the ordinary
methods ot calculation, and approaches
closely that rendered by the famous
Wheeler Commission to Louisiana Album
dant proof has been produced before the
committee at Charleston, South Carolina,
that tissue ballots were used in nearly
every district, and that the November elec-
ton was characterized by general intimi-
dation and turbulence, while the polls were
presided over by the Rife Clubs of the
different sections. Voluminous testimony
has also been elected that the election
passed eff as quietly as quilting bee in
an. old Puritan community, that illegeI
voting is as rare an occurrence in the south
as the appearance of cold water at Ger.
man Lager Beer garden, and that the
colored citizens became almost turbulent in
their insane desire to cast their votes for
the Democratic candidates before the set
ting sun should announce the closing of the
polls. Take your choice, gentlemen, you
will find abundant proof on both sides.
The Rock Island Argus., 1879-01-28
a Sure Thing,

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1t cures the first stages and heals the ul-
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money refunded.
DIR. Dinsbeer makes chronic diseases q
specially. If you are afflicted, with nc
matter what, call or write. m-t-w
The Rock Island Argus., 1879-01-28

party has accepted the mission of vindica-
ting such politicians, why has it neglected
the claim of Babcock. Gen. Grants pri-
vate secretary, who was the mainstay of
the whiskey ring, or those Of Mckee and
Mcdonald, who were his abettors. Why
is not General Belknap brought to the
front again? If the back pay grab is to be
indorsed, why is not the private sale OF
post traderships indorsed too? Let
us be reasonable. If it is proper
for a senator to rob the nation
al treasury, why is 1t not proper for a col
lector of internal revenue to steal his re-
ceipts, We hear nothing about vindica-
tion of Harper, who was collector ofthis dis.
trict, and who stole upwards of 100000
of public money, Was his rascality any
worse than the rascality of Logan and Car
penter? Will anybody dare to say it was
Everything indicates that Grant, who was
at the head of every public swindle during
his two terms. is to be 'vindicated" by the
republican party 1t is notorious that du.
ing his administration, the only way to ad-
vancement in the civilservice was subsidiz-
| ing the president. Tom Murphy, of New
York, gave him college at Long Branch,
and within month was appointed to the
richest Office in his gift. The personal and
real estate of the president was augmented
in every direction puppy dogs to town
lots-by office-seekers, aud they always
found this plan the sure road to success.
In the interest Of the democracy. the
Register demands that if the big robbers
are vindicated, the little.thieves shall be al
so. Every mail robber, every counterfeit.
er, and every moonshiner, has the same
claim on the republican party 10 thit
direction that Grant and Logan and Car
penter have. Let us have peace and equa
vindication to all.
The Rock Island Argus., 1879-01-28
An Astonishing Fact

A large proportion of the American peo-
pie are to-day suffering from the effects of
Dyspepsia or disordered liver. The result
of these diseases upon the masses of in
telligeut aud valuable people is most
alarming, making life actually burden in
stead of pleasant existauce Of enjoyment
and usefulness as it ought to be. There
is no good reason for this, if you will only
throw aside prejudice and skepticism, take
the advise of Druggists and your friends,
and try one bottle of Green's August
Flower. Your speedy relief is certain.
Millions of bottles of this medicine have
been given away TO try its virtues, with
satisfactory results in every case. You
can buy a sample bottle for ten cents &C
try. Three doses will relieve the worst
case. Positively sold by all Druggists on
the Western Continent.
The Rock Island Argus., 1879-01-28
snntharn War Claims.


The speech Of General Bragg, of Wis
consiu, in the house, on the payment of
southern war claims, deserves more atten-
ton than it has received, and it was the
sensation Of the day in Washington. The
special claim which called it forth was for
the relief Of southern Unionist, who had
furnished supplies to the Union troops dur
ing the war.
The claim may be just, but it is open to
suspicion on many accounts. ltbelongs to
q class of claims which, if once acknowl-
edged as valid and paid out OF the National
Treasury, would cost the nation hundreds
of millions Of dollars, Most Of these
claims are held by lobby agents and spec
ulators, many Of whom are northern Re-
publicans. Their payment would enrich
class Of iobbers aud sharpers, without re-
lieving those for whose benefit they are
pressed. Admitting that these claims are
based on justice, every citizen is liable to
be called on for pecunisry sacrifices and
personal services to the government in time
of war, and the government cannot pay for
all damages caused at such times, even to
loyal citizens. It is time the door was
shut against al such demands, and now
that the Democratic party has control Of
both branches of congress is the best time
to do it, and give positive evidence Of their
intent to reform and retrench in the mat
ter Of drains upon the Treasury.
A strenuous effort has been made by the
Republican party to create prejudice
against the Democratic party, by showing
that it is pledged to the payment of the
Southern claims in mass amounting to
upwards Of thousand million dollars. This
statement is based upon no foundation,
and is false throughout. The Dem
ocratc party is under no such pledge, but
on the contrary, it opposes the payment Of
all such claims aud repudiates the de-
mands of the Southern wing of the party
upon the National Treasury.
If the south is solid for subsidies and
swindles it must stand alone, or go bodily
over to the party that favors subsidies
and swindles. A solid south, even though
it may be solid for the Democratic party, is
not wanted, nor will it be accepted by
Northern Democrats if their solidity il
based upon the admission of their claims
upon the Treasury Of the United States.
The principles of the Democratic party dc
not admit Of a south and q north; all sec
tionsl distinctions must be blOtted out
and on the broad national platform the
Democracy must win or lose, but its success
must be as the representative Of the rights
and interests of all sections, demanding
equal justice to all No exception can bt
taken to the remarks of Mr.. Ellis, of Lou
isiana, so far as they bore upon Sectiona
loyalty, but the loyalty demanded by th
Democratic party must 20 farther thai
that and embrace within its grasp loyalt.
TO the constitution, to the Federal Gov
ernment, and to the rights and liberties o
the people of every section, whether Nortl
or South, East or West.
The Rock Island Argus., 1879-01-28
Equal Vindication

Concerning the recent Senatorial cleo
tions in some of the states that have re-
turned Republicans to Congress, the State
RegiSter suggests that the vindication of
the Logans and the Carpenters means
equally the vindlcation of the Babcocks and
the Shepherds. The so-called triumph of
the stallwarts in the election of Carpenter.
from Wisconsin, and Logan, from Illinois,
is but legalzing and accepting as true Re
publicanisms the acts of those men during
the past decade. If Logan's salary steal
was honest, so,'argues the Register, was
Babcock's Whiskey-Ring steal, and the
many others that characterized the rule Of
the Republican majority. The structures
to whichI the Globe Democrat and the
Iater- Ocean have been subjscte is best
shown by the following from the Register,
as It.is the general sentiment ofthe press
throughout the country. or rather that
part of the press that has not fallen under
the leading strings of the ofice-holding
clique.
The senatorial elections iu two states
have resulted in the election of two re-
publicans of the most radical stripe, and
these results are claimed by the Globe
DenlOcrGt and Inter Ocean as indications.
Two OF the new senators will take the seats
now occupied By moderate republicans OF
good and respectable character. Oglesby,
of Illinois, and Howe, Of Wisconsin, have
represented those ideas of the republican
party, which are radical indeed, but which
are neither unpatriotic of necessity, nor
immoral. Logan and Carpenter represent
those republican ideas which, so far as
they have ruled the party, made it an as
soclatlon for public plunder aud the conser
Vator OF every species of political immor-
atty. Both voted for and took. and de-
cllned to restore, the $4,000 back pay plum
der. Carpenter descended to the infamy
OF assuming the public defense of the
grao' Logan was hotoriously iu eyerv
scheme tor plumber and robbery that was
invented or perfected during his service as
senator, and when he was left out by the
combined efforts of the democrats and
independents, he became the paid agent
and prompter of the worst claim ever
Drought before congress-the New Alma
den mines Claim. These men are now
publicly ylndiCated. But if the republican
The Rock Island Argus., 1879-01-28
Sufferers from Headaone.

constipated bowels, inward piles, cos
tiveness, fevers, torpid liver, yellow
ness of the skin and eyes, indigestion,
dyspepsia, and all arrangements of the
internal viscera, ARE cured by" "Swayne's
Tar and Sarsaparilla pills" Unlike
many other purgatives, they do not ir-
ritate the stomach and bowels by fire.
quent use. They keep the system in
the healthy condition by arousing the
torpid liver to healthy action and ex-
pelling by the bowels and kidneys the
matter that poisons the foundation OF
life. Be particular to obtain 'Swayne,
pills." price rs cents box, at all lea
dings druggists, and in Rock Island by
John BengstOn.
The Rock Island Argus., 1879-01-28
RooY ISLAND . NERcER col. 3. B.

ROcK ISLAND q &ERGEk VV.S D. b.
Leave Rock Island at 900 m. II 80 m, and S:10
pm. Arriving at Gable at II 10 m, 1:5u m,
and sos p m.
leave Cable at $50 a m, 10 15 m. and 3 rs p m,
Arriving Rock Island at Sis q. m, 1850 p m.
and 8 30 p m.
The Rock Island Argus., 1879-01-28

At rednced p-ices Also furnished on government
orders. Dealer in ORTHoPRDIc AND SURGICAL
INSTRUMENTS for the Treatment and Cure OF all
Deformites: Add also manufacturers to order
E.evati ms for Shortened Limbs Apparatnses for
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9les' and Gentiemen'e Shoulder Braces, Hard Rub.
per, Spring and Elastic Trusses Abdominal SUM-
porters and Belts Elastic Stockings and Sasnanspp
rlesi also Snrgicai Elastic Hosiery for the relief
ana support OF Varicosa Veins, Weak. Swollen or
liberated Limbs, Corpuleney, Abdominal Weak
ness ana Tumors. Illustrated Catalogue sent on
SHRpneation. Hp. 1T Wisconsin Street, Milwaukee.
The Rock Island Argus., 1879-01-28

ELIXIR OF HONEY. The great remedy
for coughs, colds, asthma, bronchitis,
whooping cough, Group, and all lung
diseases.
GENTS: The Elixir of Honey ordered
for my wife has proved great blessing
to her. | advise all suffering people to
use Elixir of Honey; they will find it just
as recommended.
A. MURDOCH, TompkinsVille, Ky.
For sale by druggists Address Specific
Medicine Co., St. Louis, Mo.
DR.. Bells Fit Cure cures Fits, Spasms
and Convulsious, and all Nervous Diseases.
For sale by Druggists.
The Rock Island Argus., 1879-01-28
RocK ISLAND d PEORIA hallway.

SHORTEST ROUTE TO TIE EAST AND SOUTH
LEAVE ARRIVE.
ThrO'h F'ht 90 o. m. Galva Ac. S:55 a, m.
Mail g Ex. l.55 p. m. Mail & Ex. 100 p. IN.
Galva Ac sos p. m. Thro'h F'ht 4:45 p m.
The 80 D m train makes close connection at
Galva with c B & @ for points west: arriving al
Galesburg at 500 p m at Burlington 7:16 m; al
Keokuk 9:25 p m; and at Quincy 9:40 m; also
making close connection at Peor with b q W
and P & W roads for all points east and south.
The Rock Island Argus., 1879-01-28

Owes It's great reputation to the happy proportions
Of its ingredients, which have constituted 1t an un-
approachable and indispensable remedy for
Constipation, Indigestion, Distinctions, Piles
Chronic Disorders of the Stomach, Liver and
Bowels, Gout, Plethora, Rush of Blood to
the Head, Hypocondria, Melancholy.
Lassi .ude, Impurities OF the Blood
and Skin, bruptions and
Blotches.
1t improves the appetite, keeps the head clear,
the blood cool; but never debiitates.
Its efficiency can be proven by the testimony of
hundreds OF the best physicians, including the
most eminent ones of this day.
For want OF space we here give the certificates of
Sir HENRY THOMSON and PROF. Won LIEBIG:
"As an occasional aperient and corrector of di-
gestion. know nothing equal tn FRIEDRICHsHALI.
1t leaves the patient, rule, less constipaed af-
ter disseminating tn n he Was before, and may be
taken habltualty without lowering the system"
SIR HENRY thompson.
The testimony of Baron Won Iiebig places the
Bitter Water OF Friedrichshal among the most eff
cacious in Europe, and whose great value must be
recognized by all who have experienced its saluta-
ry and beneficial effects
DOSE One or two wine glasses full before
breakfast For sale by Grocers and Druggists.
The trade supplied by the Sole Agents.
.BOUCHE Fills & CO.,
81 Beaver Street. NEW YORK.
The Rock Island Argus., 1879-01-28
: Railroad Time Table.
CHICAGO. sccx Is-.AND . PACIFIC g. 3
wrsTrRx UNION RAILROAD.

q MILWAUhbEs
LEAVE ARRIVE
Day Express and Mail. 905 An 5:45PM
Night Express. ............10:3 80 P N 5:50sAM
The night express leaving Rock Island every
Sunday night at 1005 connects with the train arri
wing in Chicago early Monday morning. No lay
over checks given on through tickets from Rock
eland to Chicago. Through tickets only good on
thietIan.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-10-17
SOUTHW EST.

Newton had large show yesterday.
The Lelands will be at Newton the
27th.
The Peabody band furnished the music
for the Harvey county fair.
Van Amburg's circus ~ is making the
rounds of the little towns like Peabody,
Winfield and Colorado.
Because we know that our people will
be glad to know ii, is why we make men
tion of the fact that Mr.. and Mrs. j. S.
Collister are again husband and wife as
much in spirit as in law. They are now
living together again, and we trust that
experience may prove valuable tutor TO
them, and also that their future may be
one of unbounded bliss and happiness.
Newton Kansan.
We are really rcioiced to hear the
above news.
The Garrisons have submitted propo
sitions in Greenwood county as follows
Eureka township, $4,000; Pleasant
Grove, $4,000; Spring Creek, $4,000;
total $67 600 The bonds to be placed
in escrow as soon as the vote IS determ-
ined, and if the road is not built within
twelve months of the date of deposit,
they are to be returned to the townships.
The election will be held on the Sd, 4th
and 9Th of November.
Wh,u Mr. Morgan offered that special
premium of II five dollar gold piece to
the oldest old maid at the Marion county
fair, he probably did not expect there
would be contestant for it, but he got
fooled. Miss Margaret Getty, of Gatlin
township competed for it, and being the
only entry, the premium was awarded to
her Miss Getty was born in 1909, and
is therefore 20 years of age, and is not
ashamed to own it either. She is re
markably lively and full of fun, and ap
peared to enjoy the matter as much as
any body.--Peabody Gazette.