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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-09-24

A National Convention of the Repub-
lican Clubs of the country met in In.
dianapolis on the 10Th of September
and elected National Committee, OF
which Franklin MacVeagh, of Chicago,
was made President, and T. NJ. Nichol,
of Racine, Wis, Secretary. The Con-
vention also issued the following ad-
draSS.
St. Landry democrat., 1880-08-28

The Z. S. SENAToRsHIp.-Now that
we come to think of it, us the late II. NJ
Spofford was regularly elected United
States Senator by the Nichols Legisla-
ture, although he was never permitted
to take his seat by the rascally Republi-
cans, we can't see why the Governor
should not have the power to appoint
some one to the position. In support of
this view we subjoin the following ex-
tract from the Picayune touching the
case:
"Upon the assumption that the Mich
oils Legislature was the lawful Legis-
lature of the State, and the only body
competent to elect United States SEN
atol for Louisiana, it is clear that Kel-
logg had from the first no title to the
seat which he occupies. That question
has not been in the least affected by the
death of Judge Spotford. The death of
the lawful claimant cannot establish the
fraudulent claim of the pretender.
The case is not closed. If in the event
Of Judge Spofford's having lived to con-
tinue the assertion OF his right the Sen
ate had determined to seat him upon the
ground that his title was good, it would
now for the same reason seat his success
sor whom the Governor will appoint to
fill the vacancy. 1t would do so just as
if Judge Spotford had been originally
seated and had died in the possession of
his seat. Again, if the Senate should
decide that neither Judge Spofford nor
Kellogg were duly elected, there would
be a vacancy which the Governor of
Louisiana would be competent to fill by
appointment"
St. Landry democrat., 1880-08-28
The Solid North VS.. The Solid
South.
New Orleans States

The difference between the Repuhli-
can scheme of solid North and the De-
mocratic fact of a solid South is this
The Republicans are striving to fire the
Northern heart and organize solid
North to prosecute the South, overthrow
the constitution and centralize the gov
eminent. The solid South, however, is
solid movement of the Southern peo-
pie to support the Democrats of every
section of the Union in maintaining the
constitution and extending the blessings
of free government to every State and
neighborhood Of the Union. The idea
OF a solid North against the Democratic
party means revolution and persecution.
The solid South means union with the
Northern Democracy and the univer-
salty OF the American constitution.
Never was the political picture of
a solid North and solid South more
wildly outlined than in the above para
graph. 1t so faithfully represents the
true difference between the two great
sections, that it would be impossible to
add to it one word or syllable which
would render it more perfect or more
illustrative.
St. Landry democrat., 1880-08-28
Chairman BaraavlnN's Views,
New York World, August IS.

In speaking of the campaign in In
diana, which was opened yesterday with
mass meetings i'll every county, Chair
man Barnum, of the national committee,
said to Brooklyn Eagle reporter yes
terday: am not one who believes in
running a campaign on wind merely,
and so seldom say much. But on this
subject | know what am talking about
We shall carry Indiana without any
question. | have been away from here
for some days, you know
" Yes, the people who did not know
where you were imagined you were
enjoying a vacation somewhere i'll tic
countTy.'
"Well, the fact is that the news had
from Indiana was not satisfactory, and
SO | determined to go over the ground
personally. | did SO, and the result iii
my mind is perfectly satisfactory.
Is the State well organized?"
"You would be astonished to know
how thoroughly it has been and is being
done. Mr.. English is earnestly at work.
He is Il man OF extraordinarily great ex-
ccutive ability, and he is exercising it
most effectively. He hires IL man for each
county, who goes to work us IL matter
OF business and canvasses the county,
house by house. The position of every
voter is put Oh record, and the infornll-
ton thus obtained is simply matter of
fact. In the cities like indianapolis the
canvass is made not by wards, but by
blocks. One man is assigned to each
block, and makes it his business to
know just the position of every man on
the block"
elbow about importation of negroes p
"The means | have indicated, which
we have taken, will prevent any of that.
Then, besides that, the colored vote will
be largely neutralzed by the white vote
along the river. There has been of late
Il large demand for white labor along
the river, and there has been Il large
increase in the population in the shape
OF boatmen and men in that line OF
business"
what do you think of the prospects
in Maine?"
"The news from Maine is highly en-
couraging. There seems to be no reason
why we should not carry the State. The
people there are hard at work. They
raised very large sum of money them
selves on the start and have been going
ahead all the while"
GLOW about PENNSYLVANIA ?"
-" Everything looks we'll in Pennsyl-
vania"
care you going to make big fight in
Ohio?"
Yes, it is our intention to make a
lively canvass in that Statc.7
St. Landry democrat., 1880-08-28
Terrible Accident i'll BOsSier
Parish.

The Shreveport Standard gives the
following details OF terrible accident
III BOsSler parish:
We met in the city yestel day our friend
Major {. McClenaSan, of CollDsburg
Bossier parish, who gave us the follow
ing details OF most distressing and
heart rending accident which occurred
il the vicinity of Collinsburg on last
Sunday evening, at the house of Mr..
Frank Strayham, caused by the acct
dental discharge Ola shot gun, result
ing in the mortaliy wounding and sub
seuqent death of two of Mr.. StrayIam's
little children, a boy and girl, aged
respectively two and four years.
1t seems that Il man living in the
neighborhOod, whose name Major
McClenaghan did not learn, had re-
paired with his gun to Mr.. Strayhams
shop, near his dwelling, to make some
needed repairs upon it, and for that
purpose, had fastened the gun, which
was loaded, in the vice attached to a
work bench in the shop, the muzzle
pointing in the direction of Mr.. Stray
hams's front yard, where his two chill
dren were playing, directly in range.
While the owner of the gun was at
work on it one barrel was accidentally
discharged, the contents striking down
and mortally woundiug the two inno-
cent little children. DIR. Waters, at
Colllnsburg, was at once sent for and
repaired Immediately to the scene of
the terrible accident. Upon his arrival
he found one of the poor children al
ready dead and the other past earthly
relief. 1t, too, expired at II o'clock on
Sunday night.
St. Landry democrat., 1880-08-28
Harvest GseanilSS.

The crop of corn everywhere will be
heavier than for long time.
One hill in Lincoln county. Missouri
yielded fifty-four larse-sized potatoes.
At Manassas, Va, one Dat seed pro-
duced stalks which yielded more than
/ 900 perfect grains.
A fast peach train, direct from til,
orchards of Delaware and Maryland
runs into Boston early every morning
Galesbur@, Ill.,, reports a crop of oats
the finest ever produced, and IL hay
yield three times greater than that OF
last year, and OF far better quality.
Within a radius of ten miles of Madi-
from which will be gathered and ship.
ped this season $50, 0G0 bushels of peaches
FELTON,, Mimi, reports the heaviest
grain crops since 1860, and an enormous
hay crop. The harvesting is under full
Roadway, aud harvest hands are scarce
at 50 a day.
4 stalk OF sugar cane raised Oh Gen
Edgerton's place, kassoD, Mimi, meas
ured nine feet ten inches high. and
three and three-fourth inches in diane
ter a foot above the ground.
A Royalton, n, Y. farmer had rust
loaded his wheat III the harvest field
When he Knocked the ashes from his
pipe. They saved the team, but the
wagon and wheat were burned.
The 13-year- old daughter of a Wash
ington Township, Mo, farmer ploughed
narrowed and sowed twenty four acres
of wheat, unassisted, from which 4O1
bushels of wheat were tlrashed
A little son of 6. a. Bucham of Kauf-
man, Texas, lost his foot by having it
caught III a mower, and the little
daughter Of Nh Mennehen of Erin
Wiss., had her feet sawed off by the
sickle of a reaper. She came up on the
wrong side of the driver to hand him a
drink. When he laid down tie lines
the team started.
St. Landry democrat., 1880-08-28
Worthless Negro HOuse-Ser-
wants.
New Orleans Times.

A new and strange cry has come up
from the depths of Alarksville, Abbeville
and OuacIlta. The cry is for servants.
The Meridional says that "such is the
system of domestic labor in the Attaka-
pas country that employers are almost
reduced to slavery, and that the sloven-
ly, insolent, wasteful, lazy and thievisE
beyond comparison niger wenches who
preside over the cook-pots and wash
tubs in tue sunny Attakapas rule their
dominion with an iron hand, and lord it
over de misrbul white foxes in a man
ner that makes one tremble to cODtem-
plate From this sad state of affairs
there are but two means of escape: one
is to import good white servants, Irish
or German the other, to discharge every
niger and do your own work"
Yes, by all means, let us try to do away
with niggcrs in our families and secure,
if possible, good white servants. The
former have become not only an abso-
Lutte nuisance but complete failure and
unbearable charge in very many instan-
ces. We speak from personal expe-
rence. They are insutferably impudent,
tantalizing, lazy, dishonest, ruinously
wasteful, and utterly worthless. AS a
general rule seven, out Of every ten of
them, are scarcely worth the salt they
consume in their food. Good, reliable,
industrious and well-behaved colored
servants are so scarce nowadays, that
it is almost a matter of impossibility to
find them. We had rather face the devil
any time than brazen, impudent, worth
less niger house servant-and this
country is full of them. True, there are
some very desirable negro servants in
and about Opelousas, but they are Ia
mentally few in numbers.
St. Landry democrat., 1880-08-28
Hancock ina Vermont.
IN. Y. World.

BURLINGTON, VT, Aug. S.-As an evil
dence of the effect OF Hancock's nomi-
nation herea bouts it is only necessary
to point to that redhot Republican (of
days gone by) Capt. Romeo II. Start.
Vermont never gave birth to a more
thoroughbred Republican, but to-day
the Democracy hail him as an enthusi-
astic supporter of Hancock and English.
The best of it is he carries a host with
him, and the other evening when adj
dressing Hancock and English ratiti-
cation meeting here he showed plainly
the immense influence he has welded
throughout the State has not i'll the
least been weakened. At the conclu-
sion of his powerful address many who
began listening to him as Republicans
seized him by the hand and declared
themselves with him heart and soul.
Capt. Start is one of the most promi-
nent lawyers of the State and has been
frequently honored by his fellow-citi-
zens, being for some time States Attor-
ney for Chittenden county.
St. Landry democrat., 1880-08-28
A M0mstfoHs Crime,

READING, Pa, August ga great
sensation has been caused Throughout
Berks county by the discovery of Ben
jamin Zuchler, a lunatic, who had been
confined in a house in Albany
Zuchler, for twenty ears.
When found he was chained to the
floor in a small house built specially for
him, and in room about eight feet
square, with only one window for ven
tilation.
This chamber was in a shocking state,
the filth being foot thick on the floor.
The man was perfectly nude, and in the
entire twenty-seven years he had never
been washed, combed or shaved. The
mailman made desperate resistance
when the officers attempted to remove
him, but he was subsequently taken to
the INSANE asylum.
The case is to be Investigated by the
authorities.
St. Landry democrat., 1880-08-28

Gen. Sherman could no longer resist
tile pressure brought to bear upon him,
and has authorized the publication Of
his letters to Gen. Hancock. There may
Ie.notling at all objectionable in Gen.
Sherman's letters, but then the people
are clamorous about seeing them in
print. His stubborness in yielding to
She general request of the public to per-
init bis letters to be published has given
rise 10 very many damaging conjectures
as to their contents. The public mind
will soon No grati6ed, and we are right
slad II II
St. Landry democrat., 1880-08-28

HANCOCK AND THE WORKING CLASSES
OF New YoRK.-Mr. 3. Mayer, who has
a large factory in the city of New York,
writes card to the Sun Of that city, in
which he makes this statement:
Il have $50 men employed in my shop,
and at the last Presidential election 1875
of them voted for Hayes and were Re-
publicans. Saturday they took a vote
which showed 1870 Hancock men among
them.n
It is but reasonable to presume that,
throughout that immense city the same,
or nearly the same, changes have taken
place.
St. Landry democrat., 1880-08-28

The big railroad war that has been
going on for the past two months has at
last been ended. As soon as peace was
declared, joint kilograms were sent to
the agents ofthe various contesting lines
to cease their cutting rates and resume
at once the relations that existed prior
to the opening OF the contest. This
means a decrease in the amount of trav-
eli and consequently decrease in the
anouptuf receipts.
St. Landry democrat., 1880-08-28
Notice of Registration,

will be at the places designated below to
correct and revise registration books for cac
place, also to register all voters who have not
heretofore registered, from O'Clock \. NJ. to
O'Clock p. NJ. each day.
Opelousas-At Courthouse, on Friday, Sept Sd
to Thursday, Sept Sth, 1880
Pta!Sancc-At Joseph Vidrinc's Store, on
Friday, Sept 10TH
Bellcvuc-At the School House, on Saturday,
Sept 11th
Barry's Landing-At D. P. Sazan's store, on
Monday, Sept 18TH
Leonville-At tile School House, on Tuesday,
| Sept 18th.
Grand Coteau-At H. NJ. Dunbar's, on We'd
Couiee Croche-At d. P. Richards, on Thurs
day, Sept 10th.
Church Pont-At II. D. McBride's Store, on
| Friday Sept nth
| Piaqucmine Brlll5 eat Foreman and Duson's
store. on Saturday, Sept 18th.
Queue Tortue-At Arenas Store, on Monday
Sept Goth.
Mermcnteau-AtR r. Maigneaud's on Tuesday,
Sept Dist.
Point-anx-Loups-Ats S. Carts, OH Wednesday,
Sept 22d
Mamouth-At Zenon Vidrinc's, on Thursday,
Sept 23d.
Faqnetque-At Louis Courviles, on Friday,
Sept oath.
Prud'hommc City-At T. C. Chacheres store,
on Saturday, Sept, 25ti.
Point Noir-At Joseph f. Daigles, on Monday,
Sept 9th.
Plaquemine Rdsc-At Lucen Joubert's store,
on Tuesday, Sept 2sth.
Malet-At Edward Moreau's, on Wednesday,
Sept Goth.
Cbataignier-At D. p. Lahcur's, on Thursday,
Sept 30th.
Mamoutl-AtJ Jean Bite saucicrs, on Friday,
October 1st
Malnouth-At Jean Etc Iandrencaux's, on
Saturday, Oct Cd.
Bayou Chicot-At Sam Haas store, on Mon
day, Oct 4th.
Vile Platc--At Mrs. III. Tate's, on Tuesday
Oct 5th.
Old Grand Prairie--At Paul Stages store, on
Wednesday, Oct 9Th
Washington-At the Town Hall, on Thursday,
Oct 18th.
Lower Bayou Bauf-At the School House, on
Friday, Oct Sth.
Upper Bayou Bruf-At Louis Stages store,
on Saturday, Oct 9TH
Big Cane--At /. Godchcauxs, on Monday,
Oct 11th
Petit Prairie-At jules Godeaus store, on
Tuesday Oct 18th
Chnrchyille-At J. L. Morris store, on Thurs
Oct 14th.
Waxia--At the School House, on Saturday,
Oct 10th.
OCTAVE FONTENOT,
aug IA Registrar.
St. Landry democrat., 1880-08-28
Interesting Texas Items.

Tile money paid for Texas cattle
during the past five years amounts to
S1SO,0OO,000.
Texas has twenty eight daily, one
trl-Weekiy, four semi weekly, and one
hundred weekly newspapers.
The fruit shipments of Denison this
year will foot up in the neighborhood
OF 10000 boxes. Not good year for
fruit either.
Cotton pickers in the country about
Waco are having things all their own
Way-the cotton must be picked, and as
the laborers are few they are asking
$40 per hundred. The farmers are
completely discouraged.
St. Landry democrat., 1880-08-28

Another prominent Republican paper
comes fearlessly and CALAMITY to the
front-the Newton (Mass.) Republican
with a perfect storm of Indignation and
violent protests against the immaculate
Garfield. Here is the way that paper
winds up singing article upon the 81
tuation in its issue Of the 18th August:
IF the honest voters of the country
men who desire the prosperity and hap
piness Of the whole people, regardless
OF party-really want to make the best
of the situation, it seems to lis that there
are but two ways by which they can act
conscientiously, viz: either to cast their
votes for Hancock, or not vote at ALL"
St. Landry democrat., 1880-08-28

ENTIRELY SWEPT AWAY.-The flour
isbing town of Bagdad, at the mouth OF
tile Bio Grande, on the Mexican side,
has been entirely swept away by the late
destructive cyclone that passed over
that section of country, and which par
TALLY demolished both Brownsville and
Matamoras. Scarcely a vestige of the
former place is left. Happily, however,
no lives were lost. How the people
saved themselves remains q mystery.
St. Landry democrat., 1880-08-28

NEGRO ORATORS COMING SoUTH.-We
see statement in the papers that the
National Republican Committee at the
city OF Washington has determined upon
sending colored orators from the North
to the Southern States to entreat their
dusky brethren not to vote the Demo
cratic ticket. Let 'em come. They will
accomplish about as much good for their
party In this section as poultice would
applied to wooden leg.
St. Landry democrat., 1880-08-28

1t Garfield is defeated-and there is
no doubt he will be-in consequence of
the Wel-founded accusations against
him, and upon which various tribunals
OF his own party have rendered yerdicts
OF guilty, he will be the only candidate
for the Presidency ever rejected for pure
personal corruption and total moral un-
fitness for the office.
St. Landry democrat., 1880-08-28

No EXTRA SEssIoN.-There is talk on
islature being called this fall but when
Acting Governor McEnery was ques-
toned as to the probability of such Il
step, he stated that he would not call an
extra session of that body-that the
country was violently opposed to an ex-
ira session. If Gov. Wilt saw fit to is
sue such call, he could do it, but he
would not.-[N. O. States.
And Acting Governor McEnery is
right. We hope Gov. Wilt, when he
ret,irns home, will take precisely the
same view of the matter.
St. Landry democrat., 1880-08-28

NEW IBERIA.-A correspondent of the
New Orleans Pieaynne, who has been
visiting along the beautiful Bayou
Teche, furnishes that paper with the
following item of interest about New
Iberia:
Il found New Iberia improving rap
idly; stores and houses building daily.
Many persons thought that the railroad
would injure that place, because it pass
ed through instead of making its termi-
nus there; but this has proved mis-
take. Her population has increased
and now reaches about four thousands
St. Landry democrat., 1880-08-28
Where Hancock Made His
Record.
Madison lWissl Democrat.

Our devil came around last night with
a counterance like full moon. He
slid into the editorial sanctum and took
up a position at our elbow that indicated
plainly he had desire to be interviewed
Anything OH the political question g.
we asked.
"Do you know why the Republicans
insist that Gen. Hancock has no record ?'
he inquired.
We did not.
Because Gen. Hancock made his rec
ord where no Republicans dared go,
consequently no Republican knows any
thing about it,
We gave our devil a weeks vacation.
St. Landry democrat., 1880-08-28

GOOD THE Democratic National
Committee has succeeded in locating
every negro voter who has been colo
nized in Indiana. The rascals are all
spotted and their every movement close
w watched. The Democrats of Indiana
say now that they are certain to carry
the State.
St. Landry democrat., 1880-08-28

A MONSTER ALLIGAToR.-We were
last Sunday informed by our young
friend, Mr.. Rufus Colgin, of a mon
strous alligator killed at Mr.. Raphael
Segura's place, Spanish Lake, 10y him
self and brother, measuring Is feet in
length and 81 in circumference, making
% inches in diameter. He was after
wards cut open and found to contain a
whole hog and a part ofanother one
and also the half of a glass bottle, which,
no doubt, would have killed him in a
short time. We are requested to state
that this was one of before the food, and
Judging from the measurement it must
have been enOrmous.-[I Iberia Star,
St. Landry democrat., 1880-08-28

DEATH OF Hon. III. M. SPoFFoRD.-
We learn with regret of the death of
this eminent gentleman, which sad event
occurred at Red Sulphur Springs, West
Virginia, on Friday, the goth inst. Judge
Spofford had been sick for a long while,
and his disease was Of such compli-
Gated nature as to. battle all medical skill.
No purer spirit than his was ever waited
to the shores of an unknown world.
1t is the impression with some that
Kellogg, the usurper and intruder, will
be able to retain seat in the Senate of
the United States, now that the lament
ed Spofford is out of the way. We agree
with the N. O. Democrat, when it says
that no greater mockery of republican
institutions, no greater shame and in
suit, have ever been offered to this State
than this worthless carpet bagger's re-
tention of the position Of United States
Senator. It is blot and disgrace to the
fair fame of Louisiana that we fear can
never be wiped out.
St. Landry democrat., 1880-08-28

The name Of a prisoner in the police
court was misspelled in the Galveston
News report, and he called on the editor
Immediately. Il want you to say in the
paper" he said, that / am the man
that got drunk and smashed a gas lamp.
l want it to be understood by the voters
that l was the man that it took six DO
licemen three-quarters of an hour to
take to the lock up. want to be put
before the public in my true light OF I'll
bring suit for damages. That's what
got drunk for; it was to get my name
in the paper so people would know am
duly qualifed!"
St. Landry democrat., 1880-08-28
10 the Public.

about the 2Stli of July last a bay, hcayy-sct
creole morse, heavy name and tail, branded
thus: Il H on the shoulder was stolen from Rev.
MI. Pointer at Vile Platte, in this parish On
the same night one J. r. Rousseau who had
been workinsfor Father Pointer, left the neigh
horhond. He returned III few days, bringing
with INN a brown creole horse Che had neither
money nor horse when he Ieft), large size small
white mark III his face, one white hind foot
branded on the left shoulder nearly thus IT.
Rousseau, when first questioned as to where he
Sot THIS horse made MANY Observation-Disclosures,
that he got him from Mr.. Soileau; and then
that he got him from Mr.. s. Cart the Justice of
the Peace at Pointe aux-LouIs and, finally,
that he caught him in the prairie He wanted
hnn TUNED loose when he was arrested, and
started south from Vile Patte
l am satisfied Rousseau stole Rev Mr. Pom
tiers horse and traded him either Ill LAFAYETTE
or talc;tsleu parish for the one last described.
| VII II to find Rev. Mr.. P.s horse in order to
convict the thief. The party with whom Rous-
sseau traded can get ms horse by calling on me-
request ali good citizens OF this and adjoining
parishes to notify me if they recognize either of
the horses above described
Respectfully,
angel c. G. DUSON, Sheriff
St. Landry democrat., 1880-08-28
Finishing a Desperate.

CINCINNATI, August 2O.-Monroe
Robinson, q hardened criminal who
claims to have killed over dozen per-
sons, was hanged in Greenviile, Ohio,
to-day, for the murder of his brother-in-
law. He was Kansas bush-whacker,
and says he killed seven negroes in one
day.