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The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1879-05-03
NO. 40.


When Henry Clay was running
for President it was nOtoriOusly
the fact that in any vote taken in
steamboat or stage coach, he
was almost certain to have ma.
Jorlty. On all the great thorough
fares OF travel Clay was always
ahead. The talk in places Of pub
llc resort was largely in his fa-
vor. People who considered them
selves better than other folks
were pretty generally for him.
Persons who sought to bolster up
their doubtful responsibility by
being on the respectable side in
politics, We're tor him. 1t seemed
the height of folly 70 doubt that
Mr.. Clay would he elected.
Bnt " ben it caHe to the actual
election everything was chang
ed. The noise had been for Clay
the votes were for jackson. The
amount OF clamor raised for ID
candidate is no test of his
strength. A man cannot be elect
ed by noise /; he must command
the votes.
Insis little while we shall hear
people shouting themselves.
hoarse for Grant. BY many his
election, as well as his nomina-
ton. is already regarded as a
foregone conclusion, whereas, ev-
en- his nomination is far from be.
ing fixed fact yet.
And the election efGen. Grant
for a third term would speedily
be put among the extreme imprO-
liabilities if the Democracy would
unite on patriotic platform and
a good candidate. 1t the noise
raised for Gen. Grant shall teach
them wisdom, it will have pro.
dnced one beneficial etfeet.-N.
Y. Sun.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1879-05-03

A San Fernando strees bow
has brilliant future before him.
and he is nos one day ranked
high among the noble army of
newspaper paragraphers this de
ponent has utterly failed to- read
the signs Alright. He came bound
ing into the house the other day,
and approaching his mother ask
ed:
"Ma, will candy rot folkses'
teeth ?p
Eyes, Willy, it will, indeed,
and | do not want you to eat any
of che injurious stuff 7"
The embryo laugh builder was
silent for quite y while evidently
rehearsing in his mind contin.
nance of the conversation and get
ting his queries in a shape that
would enable him to steer clear Of
pitfalls. Finally he continued ::
"Will it rot girls teeth, too ?"
"Certalnly, my dear.'
Another silence, and more men
tai figuring, and then he asked
"Ma, Rotterdam isn't a bad
word, is itg'
"Oh, no. Willy; chat is the name
of foreign city. You will find
it III your geography"
"Well, you wouldn't lick felIer
for talking about it, would you
"Most certai inly not"
''Honest Injun, you wouldn't9"
and his face bose an expression
OF deep earneStness.
'Of course not; why dc you ask
such questions e.
"Well, Mary Dawson is coming
over here to tell on me. She had
a whole two bits worth OF candy
and wouldn't give me bit so I
told her to jlst eat it herself. an.
| hoped it would Rotterdam teeth
out" He escaped cbastisement..
but the moral lesson read to him
will serve as guide post through
all his future life.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1879-05-03

OLD LETTERS. - Never burn
kindly written letters; it is SO
pleasant to read them over when
the ink is brown, the paper yel-
low with age, and the hands that
traced the friendly words are
folded over the hearts that
prompted them, under the green
sod. Above all. never burn love
letters. To read them in after
years is like resurrection of
ones youth. The elderly spinster
finds in the imbassioned offer
she foolishly rejected twenty
Years ago, a fountain of reiuye-
nescenee. Glancing over it, she
realizes that she was once belle
and a beauty, and beholds her
former self in mirror much more
congenial to her tastes than the
one that confronts her in her
dressing loom. The widow iu-
deed derives Il sweet and solemn
consolation from the letters of
the beloved one, who has iour.
neyed before her to the far.ott
land, trom whence there comes
no message, and there she hopes
one day to join him. No photo.
graphs can SO vividly recall to
memory OF the mother the tender
ness and devotion OF the children
who have left at the call of Hcay
en-, as the epistolary outpouring
! of their lnva
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1879-05-03

Frittering Away Opportuai-
ties.-Seven times the Republ;-
cans had Il chance to elect IA :'nig
ger" CLERK, and seven times they
didn't do it. On the Other hand,
the first chance they had Of steal
ing all the ''niggers," money
they improved it by ii device
known as the Freedman's Bureau
Saving Bank. Smart fellows, these
Radicals, and ssdevlllsh sly.,.-
Washington Post.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1879-05-03
NELSON TAYLOR.
S L A r f r.

Is prepared to do all work in his line,
''ler IN putting on new roofs or repairing
eske &C. Worked for 25 years with the
sn JOHN LYALL. Any orders addressed
y MN at Raceland Louisiana, or to 5. T..
stisamore Thibodaux Louisiana will meet
"A prompt attention a-a-ly.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-04-08
Gen. Sherman and Miles
Anticipate No Indian
War this Season.
A Fire in Philadelphia Destroys
Property at an Estimated
Value of $750,00O.
WASHINGTON.


Gen. Miles and the Indian Situation.
Washington, April Cen. Nelson
A. Miles, in response to a question
concerning the chances of an Indian
war this summer, says that in case the
hostile element (meaning Sitting Bulls
tribe) are able to draw out from the
agencies sufficient number of young
warriors to participate in their ''sun
dance,' which takes place each June,
there will be great trouble, and much
damage done to settlements; but if they
are unable to incite hostile feeling
among the agency Indians, everything
will go along smoothly. The meeting,
he says, will probably be held on Milk
river, and no outbreak is likely to occur
until after the Indians have had this
dance.
Gen. Sherman says he does not antic-
ipate any trouble this summer, but if it
comes, the army will be able to take
care of Sitting Bull and his tribe.
Gen. Miles and his wife leave WASH
ington for New York tomorrow. They
will not be able to reach his station at
Fort Keogh, Montana, until navigation
opens, about the middle of May.
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red handkerchief bound around his
head. 1t looked as though corpse
was being carried in state. 1t was
found impossible to move him from the
litter, which was placed in an open car
riage and driven, accompanied by a
mournfully silent crowd, to the house
of his son, Menotti Garibaldi. 1t was
impossible to move the general at Civil
ia Vecchia, and the side of the railway
saloon was cut to admit the litter. The
general slept well, however, Saturday
night, and his doctor thinks he will
leave bed within week. His friends
assert that politics are wholly uncon-
nected with his coming here. He
found that his health was not improy-
ing at Caprera, and thought the min
eral springs near Civita Vecchia might
benefit his gout. Garibaldi said to the
syndicate who visited him on his ar
rival, that he did not himself know the
reason of his visit. Some say Garibaldi
came to Rome to die.
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question being on the amendment of
Hoar, declaring Charles III. Bell en-
titled to his seat.
Booth introduced bill to repeal the
Atlantic and Pacific railroad grant.
The preamble asserts that the company
has failed to construct the main line of
its road prior to July 27, '66; that it has
in fact at this time only completed its
road to Venetia, Indian territory, a
distance of 125 miles from the eastern,
terminus, and that no portion or section
of the road has been completed since
1871. The bill provides for the imme-
diate repeal of the grant, except so far
as the road shall be completed on the
4th Of July next, and for restoration to
the market of all lands along the line
of uncompleted road, to be disposed of
in same manner as any other public
lands.
ingalls, introduced bill for the re-
lief of the central branch of the Union
Pacific railroad company. 1t proposes
to release the company from obligations
to the government Of the United States
under the acts of '62 and Ga, upon con-
dition that it shall within six months
from the enactment of this bill execute
and file with the secretary of the inte-
rior full release and discharge of the
government from all further claims
under said acts. The bill provides,
however, that nothing therein contain
ed shall be construed as depriving the
company of any rights it may possess of
running in connection with other roads,
as the said rights are set forth In the
9Th section of the act of July I'd, '64,
and the act amending thereof, approved
on June Goth, IA. The bill was laid
on the table for the present.
Withers, Wallace and Blaine, the
subcommittee considering the army
appropriation bill, are expected to re-
port it back to the senate tomorrow.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-04-08
INDIAN AFFAIRS.


A New Movement on Foot to Put the
Reds Under Military Rule.
Washington, April 7.-Senator Slater
to-day introduced bill for the transfer
of the control of Indian affairs to the
war department, which, in some re-
spects, seems to be an improvement on
all measures hitherto introduced for
that purpose. This bill provides that
from and after July LIST, 1880, the Sec
retary of war shall have the same gen.
eral power and Jurisdiction over In
dian affairs as are now possessed by the
secretary of the interior; that he shall
detail some army officer, of rank not
less than colonel, to act as commits
sioner of Indian affairs, and to make
such details of officers, not below first
lieuten ants, either from the ective list
or retired list of the army, as may be
necessary from time to time, to admin
lister the affairs of the Indian service.
Commanding officers of military de-
partments are to be ex-officio in charge
of Indian matters therein, and the in
spector general of the army is to be
inspector of the Indian service, and to
make an annual report to congress of
the number and condition of the Indian
tribes.
The bill requires all contracts for
supplies or transportation connected
with the Indian service to be made in
the same manner and as far as practi-
cable at the same time, as army con-
tracts. The offices of special commits
sioners and inspectors of Indian affairs
are to be abolished from and after July
lst, 1880, and among other things it is
provided by this bill that all religious
denominations shall enjoy free and
equal rights to erect and maintain
church and school buildings, on any
and all Indian reservations, and shall
not be molested in their religious or
philanthropic efforts to advance the
Indians in moral, religious and literary
culture,
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PENNSYLVANIA.
Terrible Fire.


Philadelphia, April 6.--About / o'clock
this morning fire broke out in the
basement of the five story building at
the corner of Crown and Race streets,
occupied by the Philadelphia burning
machine works of James Smith &c Co.,
j. X. Proctor and S. G. Gaylor & Co.,
manufacturers of hat forms. The first,
fourth and fifth floors were also used by
the burning machine works, the second
floor by Chesterman & McHenry, man
ufacturers of passenger fare enumer-
ators, and S. R. and F. Hansel, makers
of fringes and tassels, and the third
floor by J. F. Wagner & Co., shoe man
-ufacturers. The building cost 1920, 900,
aud was owned by James Smith s. Co.
The loss of the burriHg machine COM
pany is between $40 600 and $50, 900.
Adjoining this strueture.is five story
building on the northwest corner of
Fourth and Race streets, which was
totally destroyed with contents. The
flames communicated to the structures
on the south side of Race street. The
four story building at the southwest
corner of Fourth and Race, occupied
by A. w. Stewart & Sons, book sellers
and stationers, was badly burned, and
the following buildings and their con-
tents destroyed: Nos. 4o2, 404 and 4O6.
Albert Fruh was killed and Frederick
Fruh, Samuel Dunlap and James Bax-
ter severely injured by falling walls.
The total loss is estimated at $3.50, 600.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-04-08

gagged from the Dallas s. Wichita
railroad, Texas corporation, sixty-five
alternate sections of land, to be paid
for at the rate of Sl.50 an acre. The
association issued 200 shares of stock,
each share at 800 dollars. These are
sold to colored people, and are accepted
as cash in their purchase of lands.
The organization referred to is one of
several in the north, their formation
being preceded by the circulation Of
political documents among the negroes
during the past two years. Probably
the most influential of these documents
have eminated from this city, known
as the first principal papers. The
latest issued was in August last, enti-
tied, "a Plan to Transfer the Freed
men of the South to Government Lands
of the West.'
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-04-08
FOREIGN FLASHES.

The colonel of the Seventeenth Aus
trian regiment has been murdered by
brigands in Bosnia.
Bucharest, April 6.-The Roumanian
chambers, by large majority, have af-
firmed the necessity of revising the
constitution, in order to remove the
disabilities of the Jews.
Cardinal Nina, the papal secretary
of state, has received an important
dispatch from Bismarck, and it is sta
ted that the difficulties in preventing
an understanding with Germany are
probably ended.
Several ecclesiastics who separated
from the Church of Rome because of
the proclamation of infallibility, have
secretly submitted to the Pope, and
more are expected to follow their ex-
ample.
The Russian police have arrested a
Pole, named Barkewitch, who is sus-
pected of having shot at the chief of
polSC OlCHtOlih. L uO idttCl udo Icu-
dered his resignation which has been,
declined by the Gar.
A dispatch from Cape Town, says the
insurrection has broken out in Trans
vaal.
The French elections on Sunday for
members Of the chambers of deputies,
resulted in the success of the Bonapart-
lists and moderate republicans.
The Steamer Kangaroo, with part of
the cable to be laid between Natal and
Alden left to-day for Natal via the Suez
Canal. The Natal and Zanzibar Sec
tion will be open for business in July.
This will place South Africa within one
weeks communication of London. The
remainder of the line will be completed
before the end Of the present year.
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AFRICA.
The Situation in South Africa.

The Situation in South Africa.
London, April 7th.-The following
is the latest news from Cape Town:
Oham, Citewayo's brother, with his
eldest son and three hundred warriors,
surrendered unconditionally on the
End of March, and are now in Col.
Woods camp. Oham is supposed to
be an aspirant for Cetewayo's throne.
There has been no important move
ment against the Zulus. Ekowe is
still surrounded, the road leading
there being defended by large force
of Zulus. The relieving force, under
Col. Law, is still on lower Tuzela
river. 1t consists of three companies
each of the Third and Eighty-eighth
regiments, and a portion of the naval
brigade of the iron-clad Shah. The
Fifity-seventh regiment has landed at
Durham from Ceylon, and is now
marching on to join Col. Law.
Cetewayo is reported to be organiz-
ing large army at the royal kraal.
The Ninety-frst Highlanders ar
rived at Durham on the 18th of March,
battalion of the Sixteenth rifles at
Cape, Town on the 18th March, and a
battery of artillery at Simon's Bay on
the 18th of March.
Sir Bartle Frere has gone to Pre-
toria.
IT. a
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-04-08
NEW YORK.

An improvement in Air Navigation.
New York, April THE Herald
to-day had communication from Pro-
fessor King, the balloonist, in which he
claims to have overcome the hitherto
imsuperable difficulty of sustaining at a
great altitude against the loss of lifting
power, by leakage on account of in
crease of weight, by the absorption of
atmospheric moisture, by the contrac-
tion of low temperature, a gradual
loss of ballast, etc. He proposes to at
tempt in due season to cross the Allan
tic in the air. He says his invention
and plans have the approval of a num-
ber of genslemen of ample means, and
he has funds at his command to pro-
ceed. He intends establishing his
works at Manhattan beach, where al
ready he has secured site; he will
build shops and gas works, and will
construct two balloons of sixty-five
feet diameter each, with which to
make a captive ascension, with cable
of thousand feet.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-04-08
Boston Wool Market.

Boston, April THE wool market
is unchanged. 1t is believed the prices
will touch lower figures as soon as the
new clip begins to come forward. No.
fleeces scarce, and consequently COM
mand full rates for the small lots Of
desirable wool on the market; but X and
Xxx Heeces dull. The demand for comb
ings and delaine fieeces continues steady,
but is mostly confined to small manu-
facturers; lots are taken as fast as
received and graded, and fine and me-
dium grades are sold up close. Low
and coarse combings are not much
enquired for. Oregon, eastern and
valley, 21926c; Nevada, 1Sc; Colorado,
14(6 20c; tub washed, 33(935c; secured
50960c; superfine and X pulled 25(9
$780,, sales of California, 315, ,050 lbs.
at 16922c, and Ga, 900 fbs fall at 12t@
1Sc. The sales of domestic for the
week aggregated s,569,5O0 pounds.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-04-08
WHAT ,he senate WIN DO.

Washington, April 7.-Prominent
democratic members of the senate have
expressed an opinion that the debate on
the army appropriation bill, which is
about to commence in that body, will
not last more than week or ten days
at the utmost. 1t seems to be the in
tention OF the majority to allow the re-
publicans to do most of the talking on
this bill, and to pass 1t as quickly as
possible, the calculation being that the
president will sign it, and that the re-
publican arguments against the alleged
coercive programme in general will
thus be notably weakened before the
more important struggle over the pro-
posed repeal of the federal election law
shall have practically commenced.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-04-08
MASSACHUSETTS.

New Homes for Southern Negroes.
Boston, April THE work of north
ern associations among southern ne
groes, inducing them to emigrate from
the south, has resulted in the present
exodus. The movement began soon
after the presidential struggle. The
popularity of the Liberian movement
among the South Carolina blacks led
the ''exodus magnate'' to open corres-
pondence with western land and rail-
way agencies, and just as they were
about ready to talk up the advantages
of the chosen western paradise, the
railway land negotiators themselves
rushed in with a glowing prospectus
and precipitated stampede. This land
comes to the railway company as SUBJ
sidy from Texas. The sections between
these railway lands belong to the state,
and these are to be pre-empted at 81. so
an acre. 1t is understood that about
$500 families are ready to start, and it
Is supposed that these people will start
about April 10th, Emancipation Day.
Letters have been received in Boston
within a week from leading southern
colored men, stating that the tide will
swell until there will be a sufficient de-
crease in the population of southern
states to reduce the representation in
congress in the next apportionment, by
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-04-08
CANADA.
The French-canadians on the New Tariff
Question.

The French-Canadians on the New Tariff
Question.
Quebec, April THE conservative
press of this province do not withdraw
to-day single step from the position
assumed yesterday, with reference to
Lord Lorne's action on the Letellier
difficulty. Your correspondent to-day
interviewed a number of prominent
conservative politicians, five out of six
of whom averred that they prefer an
nexation to the United States to the
regime of an English whip and denounc-
ing street interference with responsible
government in Canada. They say the
same spirit is alive in French Canadian
bosoms, as prevailed forty years ago
when Lord Elgin was pelted with rotten
eggs in the streets of Montreal, after
giving his assent to the rebellion bill.
A Minerve newspaper concludes the
article as follows: 1--WE are right; we
are the majority, and we will have the
force.n
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NEW YORK.
Laying of Pneumatic Tubes,

Laying OF Pneumatic Tubes,
New York, April Gall day and
night crowds of people assembled in
Broadway and Park Row watching a
large gang of workmen laying pneu-
matte tubes connecting the Western
Union telegraph and Associated press
with six leading newspapers, whose
Offices are adjacent. 1t is expected that
the work will be completed in another
week, when, of course, communication
between the journals and their tele-
graphic news will be all but instanta-
neous. The newspapers are as follows:
Times, Tribune, World, Herald, Sun
and Stats Zeit,mg. 1t is understood
that each journal pays 81. 900 toward
the expense of the tubes, the telegraph
company doing the rest. The value of
the improvement will be obvious when
it is known that the telegraph company
has sent $50 messengers with dispatches
to single newspaper in a single night.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-04-08

in the United States circuit court to-
day. The case involves some "a 600, 900
and the validity and ownership Of the
charter and franchise on which the
Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul rail-
road company is founded, and makes it
subject to third mortgage. The suit
is brought by William Barnes, of Al
bany, New York, trustee of the third
mortgage in foreclosure. Litigation in
the case began many years ago, and
probably final decision may be
reached, as the court has ample juris-
diction, and all the facts are presented
in the pleadings.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-04-08
LOUISIANA,
Confederate Monument.

New Orleans, April T. The decora-
tion of the confederate monument in
Greenwood cemetery took place this
afternoon. Local military organiza-
tions and associations participated. The
prominent feature of the ceremonies
was the reception of delegations of the
Grand Army of the Republic and the
Union sailors and soldiers, who pre-
sented floral offerings.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-04-08

Montreal, April IA great change
has come over the face of affairs here
since the arrival of the Marquis of
Lorne. You may depend upon it there
is trouble ahead if the Marquis per-
sists in his course. He has already
proved himself utterly misplaced Of
fetal. He has shown his incapacity to
fill any post of trust or responsibility.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-04-08

Marshalltown, April IA terrible
double tragedy occurred at Clifford, a
small station on the Iowa central rail-
road. John Bell, station agent, nine
teen years old, deliberately shot Miss
Robbins, his lady friend, through the
heart twice, and then telegraphed for
the railroad officials to send another
operator up as he was going to kill HIM
self. Shortly after he fred two shots
into his abdomen and is now in dying
condition. The girl was most estima-
BILE daughter of a prominent merchant.
No cause assigned.