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ATTEMPTS TO ASSASSINATE LOU.
Is NAPOLEON.

It was in 1852 that thissovereign's life
was tried for the first time, aud another
attempt was made upon it by q Radical
shoemaker in 1853. This year-l653-
was prolific in regicidal outrages, for q
traitor called Libeuy, tried in February
to murder tho Emperor Francis Jo-
seph at Vienna, while in March a
soldier sought to dispose of the reignipg
Duke of Parma, Charles III. Three years
passed now without any more crimes of
this sort; but in 1856 Napoleon III, was
twice put in peril of his life, both bis
aggressors (Pianori and Bellamare) be-
ing Italians It is said that after the
attempt of Bellamare the Emperor took
to wearing skirt Of mail under his lin
en-. 1t was not, however, until after the
fearful enterprise of Orsini, on January
IA, 1858, that he got to be SO seriously
unnerved us to live in constant dread of
assassination. Count Felice Orsinl was
not mere vulgar fanatic, but gentle
man by birth, education and fortune.
An ardent patriot, and partisan of the
nnitication of Italy, bis grudge against
Napoleon III, was that the latter, when
a political refugee in Italy, had joined
a Free Masonic lodge, and sworn oaths
which, by and by, as Emperor, he had
neglected to fulfill. Principally as re-
CARDS Rome, Orsini was furious at seeing
the temporal power Of the Pope main
tanned by French garrison of $4,000
men, and two years before attempting
Napoleon's life he wrote anonymously to
warn him that the Carbonatro lodges
had decreed his death and that the SEN
tence would iofallibly be carried out if
the imperial policy toward Italy were
not altered. Had Count Orsini's accom-
plices-Pierri, Rudio, aad Gomez-been
men of bis mettle and determination,
the attempt against Napoleon on the
night of Jan. IA, 1853, must have been
crowned with success; but they were
poor ignorant cravens, who did their
work for pay, not from conviction, and
their hearts failed them at the critical
moment. Each of them had been provi-
ded with two explosive shells which
were to be thrown under the Emperor's
carriage as it drove up to the opera.
Orsini threw bis two shells and Pierri
one, but the other two men ran off in q
fright when they heard the first explo.
sion. The damage done by tho shells
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1880-10-07

N. 0. States: How desperate is the
Republican party 1t claims to Ike adebt
paying party, and allies itself in Virginia
with the repudiators of an honest States
debt. 1t claims to be the party Of
resumption and hard money, and in AL
ALBANIA Unsupported the desperate course
of the crazy Greenbackers. 1t processes
to he "Nation," and yet it relies for such
solely upon inaaming the most fierce and
bitter spirit ofsectionalism. The people
have lost faith in this party of fraud,
hypocrisy and corruption, and will put
an ends to its proAgate reign in No
vember.
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outright aud nine wounded all the SOL
diers of tho mounted escort were bruised
or scratched; tho Emperors coachman
fell of his box etunned on to tho oaroass
Of one Of his horses who lay dead, and
one Of the footmen was blown twenty
yards of; with bis skull battered in.
Meanwhile, hundreds Of panes Of glass
10 the street had been smashed, oil
the gas-lamps were extinguished and in
the darkness there resounded On appall-
ing tumalt Of plunging horses and
sbriekiDg women. Lanterns and torches
had to be brought out of the opera, and
then it was seen that the Imperial coaeh
was complete wreck. How the Empe-
ror and Empress managed to escape,
with not 50 mnch - , singed hair Of .
cut finger, 10 nothing short 9f marvellous.
Apparently not daunted in the least BY
what had happened, the Empress ssid
to the Emperor, 1--WE must 90 into tho
house to show them We are not afraid"
and few minutes later the entry of the
Imperial couple into their box became
the signal for q magnificent ovation, all
the spectators rising On masse and cheer
ing to the echo. Nevertheless, from this
time Napoleon Ill. was an altered
man. In The following year he nnder-
took the wsr against Austria for tho lib.
GRAFTON Of Italy, and ever afterward be
went in fear Of his life. Not q EDWARDS
fear, for he was thoroughly brave man,
but fear which the French call Granite
raissonmee. He expected to be murdered,
and took the minutest precautions to in
sure that the Government should be
carried on by strong regency in case Of
his demise. He never went out without
leaving directions rs to where the latest
copy Of his viii was to be found; aud ct
times, when he was in low spirits, hs
used to say that he had dreamed he
should be assassinated within such and
such time. During the remainder of
bis reign all Italians visiting France
were required to exhibit passports, and
ifnot persons Of undoubted respectable
ty, were closely watched till IN excuse
was found for expelling them from the
country. In despiteof these precautions
Napoleon's life was again attempted, BY
an italian, in 1863, while in 1866 three
other intriguers Of OrsiDis interesting
country-Greco, Trabuco and Impera-
tore-entered into murderous plot
against bis life, which was happily nip
ped in the bud by the police: There is
said to have been another and more
mysterious attempt against the Emperor,
of which the public heard nothing, OK
cept by rumor. A gsmekeeper, of tho
forest Of Comgiegue, shot At His Majesty
while tho latter was engaged in pleas
ant batt"e; but one Of the squerries in
attendance on Napoleon discharged both
the barrels of bis breech- loader into the
head of the murderer aud killed him on
the spot. So the story runs; but whether
it be true one or not will probably
never be known till some of the secret
memoirs Of the imperial era come TO
light.-Cornhill Magazine.
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ATTORNEYS.


+. w. POPE, ATTORNEY At Law aud
". Notary Public, Port Allen, West Baton
Rouge, La. Special attention given to the col.
lection Of accounts taking testimony under com.
mission, and to all other matters requiring the
attention of al Attorney or Notary in the parish
Of West Baton Rouge. aprA v2nl3
III SLANG, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR
IL. At Law, DonaldsOnville, La. Will prac-
tice in all the courts of the State Of Louisiana.
v,IIOS. B. DUPREE, ATTORNEY
and Counselor at Law. Otfice-No. 6, Pixies
Row, Baton Rouge, La. Will practice in the
State and Federal Courts.
IT ER RON IL B H A l. Il,
IL ATTORNEYS and COUNsELORs AT LAW. Office
on North Boulevard street, near tho post Office
Baton Rouge, La. Will attend to all law bust.
ness entrusted to them in this and adjoining
parishes.
A. s. HerrOn..... ....! .........L u. Boafe.
EAVROT & LAMON, ArroR.
T. NEYs AT LAW. Office on North Boulevard
street, Baton Rouge, La. Will attend to all
law business entrusted TO them in this and al
joining parishes.
H. NJ. Favrot. ... j. II. Lamon.
n w.&S.M. ROBERTSON,
IL. Attorneys and COunselOrs at Law. Office
on North Boulevard street, Baton Rouge, La.
Willpractice in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth
Judicial Districts.
e. W. Robertson. IS. NJ. Robertson.
GEO. w. BUCKNER, Attorney
" at Law and Notary Public, Baton Rouge,
La. Business promptly attended to.
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LOCAL DIRECTORY.

WIN. GARIG, Forwa riding and Commission
w Merchant, dealer in plantation supplies
and general steamboat purchasing and cOllec.
ton agent, Front street.
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IMPORTANT DECISION

BY THE JUDGE OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL
DISTRICT COURT-THE TAX-COLLEC.
TOR MANDAMusEDA AND REQUIRED
TO RECEIVE THE WARRANTS
OF CONSTITUTIONAL or.
FrCERS FOR STATE
y LICENSES.
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just look, how nicely this fills this
column!
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a. New Style Letter Heads,
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4 NDREW JACKSON, Cotton Buyer, and
IA dealer in groceries and plantation supplies,
northeast corner of Main and Third streets.
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1880-10-07

rEO. w. BUCKNER, Attorney
" at Law and Notary Public, Baton Rouge,
La. Business promptly attended to.
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1880-10-07

NICHOLAS WAX, wholesale and retail gro.
IN cor, dealer in plantation supplies, fancy and
staple groceries, wines, liquors, crockery, cut
lerv Cigars and tobacco ST. LOuS street.
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TEIOS. B. DUPREE, ATTORNEY
/ and Counselor at Law. Offce-NO. 6, Pike
Row, Baton Rouge, La. Will practice in the
State and Federal Courts.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-07-09

During the pending of a bin in the
House of Representatives in 1866, one
section Of which provided that no rebels
should have q vote for Representatives
in Congress or Presidential electors, until
July 4th, 1870, General Garfield said:
Now, Mr. Speaker, if the gentlemen who re-
ported this bill will put In section, that all who
participated in the rebellion shall forever be ex-
cluded from the right Of elective franchise in all
cases relating to national Offices, then will say
the proposition will be just and one we could
stand upon as a matter of principle. Anything
is just which excludes from privileges and power
all those infamous men who participated in the
rebellion. The proposition, without any modf-
cation, without any limitation would meet with
my approval, as one eminently wise and just, if
II could be practically carried ont.
This generous gentlemen is the nomi-
nee of the Republican party for the Pres
idency. The people may know what to
expect if he of the Credit Mobilier and
De Golyer pavement contract should by
chance get into the White House. He
has not changed his opinions to any ex-
tent
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-07-09

Reports from Middle Florida state tha
the Democrats are disheartened and blue. They
tried to get up big meeting at Tallahassee last
Saturday, and only had about sixty voters pres
ent.-Sun and Press, July tn.
The Sun and Press is badly fooled
All the disheartedness there is in Middle
Florida is confined to the Republicans.
They are as hopelessly blue" in all
this region as they are right under the
nose of our Jacksonville contemporary
and he knows that in his own bailiwick
they are "deeply, darby, beautifully blue. "
The Democrats on the other hand are
cheerful, united and enthusiastic. When
ever and wherever they meet, whether in
crowds of sixty or FIVE hundred, they are
all animated by the vivifying prospect Of
glorious triumph in November. Besides,
there were three Democratic meetings in
Leon county on Saturday, oil largely at
tended. a89 aitiH gsf,srfsff-. /.
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In to-day's Hsruid NAY BE- found . .u
Of The report Of General 0iimore'a surv.- - ~
promised Toute for sAlp canal aero. ~ = - -
mus q Florida. Tne ptuposed line Of No..
ton from the Atlantic a. the Gulf inciudi.ss.
miles 10 the 81 Mays river. will be lee ~.
canal. By this route thai distance be,wss. y
York and New Orleans would be Ave h.-1Se.
mikes less than around Cape 6ahle. ana -. ~
ference In insurance won d pay the ionr.ss - ~
through the canal. Il uoald cost 6Ilv rss,s oah
70 complete the canal. How Il would 49,. -, y.
nmfganspofSssion b 0lly considered n n.
Feport<Eee Fork Hsrsai Sia " As
Even the summary Df General Gilno,.,.
report is very lengthy. We ascey,,;.
fFpp it:that the aggregate tonnage vh;.a
passed through Che Florida Straits for q.
last fiscal year amounted to about eoo
900 tons, and to earn the curren, -
penses for administi alton and m.;,..
nance of canal, tonnage dues of tvsD,s
eight cents per ton would have to he l..
led on l,75s,OOO tens-or a little mo,.
than two-thirds of the average tonr...
which passed round the capes of FIor;S.
last year. This year the amount ia vr..,
~ exceeded. If canal were construes.s
shipping would be largely increased 4,
the way of cheap and. rapid transport,
ton of grain would be opened. The wa.
commerce in grain turns upon the matt,
OF but few cents per bushel, and if thu
crops of the West can find exit vi, n.
Mississippi river and New Orleans ,h.v
Will go that way rathfr than by rail 70
Atlantic ports. The grain trade alons
furnishes work for great feet of shin.
ping. The product of cotton and o,ha.
crops is increasing immensely and oon
ssantly demands more ships. Such freiphts
will find their way by me cbeapest ron,.
and this would be via the Florida o.n.I
for the toll of twenty-eight cents per ton
is but nominal charge compared with
the saving of FIVE hundred miles of VOYAGE
and in insurance rates.
As to the question ofsthe canal stock
say $4,000, OOO-being a paying invest.
ment, General Gilmore. quotes the follow.
ing from the Chief Engineer of Public
Works of the Dominion of Canada, rela.
tive to the Welland Canal:
1t is well known that none of The (Canaeiap,
canals have paid the interest Of the money ex.
pended In their construction; or indeed very liz.
tie more than the working expenses connected
with them. Still. few who. compare the past
with the present condition Oh Canada will doub,
but that they have been of f,r greater benefit TO
Inc country than the aggregate amount of their
cost.
We think, however, that vastly better
pecuniary returns may be hoped from the
work that opens a gateway for the ship
ping of the world into the great Southern
Sea which washes SO many thousands of
miles of coast, and to which the rivers
drain such mighty wealth of produce
Pensacola Aduance.
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SEMI-WEEKLY FLORIDIAN.
ONE DOLLAR TO JAN. 1881.

We commenced, on July I'd, the issue of THE
SEMI WEEKLY FLoRIDIAN. The paper will be
published twice week until November, and
perhaps longer, if circumstances will justify it.
In the meantime will not the friends of good
government make little effort to extend its
circulation: The price-oNE DOLLAR for the
balance of the year-puts it within the reach of
thousands who seldom read a first-class news
paper. Every issue of the FLoRIDIAN will con-
tain the kind Of mental food the people need.
II viii inform and instruct the masses and fur
nish material for use on the stump" and no
person who desires TO be posted can afford to be
without il. For the present, the paper is being
published al an absolute loss to the proprietor,
but he viii be satisfied to endure this if the
cause so dear TO us all triumphs in the end. To
those sending US clubs of flee subscribers, accom-
panied with the money, an extra copy will be
sent
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-07-09
Gen. GARFIELD's CREDIT MO.
BlLIER RECORD.

From his Opn SoOrD Testimony before the Poland
Committee, Jan. IA, 1873.
IneOer Oacned, receiOcd, or agreed to receice any
sioak Of the Credit Ao6ilier or Of the Union Pacific
Railroad nor any dirsdends or profits arising from
eitAer Of them.
From Judge PoIands Report Feb. 1s, 1s73-Gar-
6elds Testimony Pejured
The facts in regard TO Mr.. Garfield, as found
by The committee, are that he agreed with Mr..
Ames 10 take ten shares OF Credit Mobilier stock,
but did not pay for the same. MIR. Ames received
the eighty per cent. dividend in bonds and sold
Them for ninetyseven per cent, and also received
The sixty per cent cash dividend, which, to-
gether with the price of the stock and interest,
len balance Of 1929. This sum was paid over
10 Mr.. Garfield by check on the Sergeant at
Arms, and Mr.. Garfield then Understood this sum
ioGs The balance Of diuidends after paying for the
sock
From The Men York Times, Feb 10, 1873
Aessrs- Kelly and Garfield present most dis
iressing figure Their participation In the Credit
Aobilier affair is complicated by the most unfor-
tunHte contradictions of testimony
From The Ner York Times, Feb 20, 1873.
The character Of the Credit Mobilier was no
secret The source of its profits was very well
known al the time congressman bought it.
Though Cakes Ames may have succeeded in con-
ealing his own motive, which was to bride Con
greasmen, their acceptance of the stock was not
On that account innocent The dishonor of the
act, a participation in an obvious fraud, still
remAinG
Some Of them have INDUCED in testimony
with reference 10 the matter which has been
contrAdicted The committee dissinctlg rejects the
testimony Of seoerul Of tie members THIS can
only BE- on he ground that IL Is untrue But un-
frHe testimony gioen under oath is morally, II not
Legally perjury.
Il ID The clear duty of Congress to visit with
punishment all who took Credit Mobilier stock
from OAkes AmA
From he Gew York Tribune, Eel. 10, 1878.
James A Garfield. Of Ohio, had ten shares /;
never paid dollar; received t320, which, after
ne Investigation began, he was anxious to have
considered a. loan from Mr. Oakes Ames to
himself
Well, the wickedness of all OF 1t is that tbese
men beirayed the trust Of the people, deceived
lbeir constituents and BY evasion and falsehoods
c0nfessed the transaction TO be disgraceful
From 1As Esw York Tribune, Fs6 %, 1873.
Mr.. Anes establishes very clearly the point
that be was not alone in this offence. Hk6 to
Be SPszed for bn57y, tie men rho sers 5ri6ed
ah0Hh % sid han.
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n. r. Sun. June NJ Z 800 - =
Figures ygersh Censlacrin@. ~
/. The 0ardeld Republicans have not the slight
est hope Of carrying single Southern State.
This assures 188 electoral votes 10 General Han
cock He will need Only Al electoral yoies in
The Northern States to complete the requisite
majority of1s5 Where can he get them,
The States Of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New
York and Connecticut cast 70 votes, namely /:
Pennsylvania, -; New Jersey, 8 (; New York,
s., and Connccticut, 6. On straight pull be-
tween the tive parties, New Jersey and New
York are decidedly Democratic, and Connecticut
usually inclines In that direction, while Pennsyl
vania has been disposed 70 go Republican. In
the spirited contest of 1875, New York gave
Tilden and Hendricks majority Of 81, 900, New
Jersey q majority Of 12,0Oo, and Connecticut q
majority Of $500; but Pennsylvania went for
Hayes by majority of 1890.
Under ordinary circumstances these four States
might be expected to vote in November next as
they did four years ago. Even such result
would more than suffice TO elect Hancock and
English, for New York, New Jersey and Con-
necticut cast ffty votes, which is three more
than the Democratic c2ndida,es will need with
the whole vote Of the South.
But with General Hancock at the head OF the
ticket, the circumstances are not of an ordinary
character as far as these four States are con-
cerned. There are now living in New York,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Connecticut at
least two hundred thousand voters who served
with General Hancock In the Army of the Pc
tomac, while tens of thousands of them, first and
last served under him. The Two hundred thou
sand have been with him in many battle for
the preservation Of the Union, and the tens of
thousands have seen him, sword in hand, fight
ing shoulder to shoulder with them in the thick
est press. With General Hancock backed by
the united Democracy Of these four States, the
probability that the extra soldier vote will prove
ample to maintain the Democratic majories of
1875 in the three States that went for Tlden, and
to capture the 5000 votes in Pennsylvania that
are needed to turn that State over to Hancock,
must be admitted to be reasonably strong.
But we have overlooked Indiana and its 10
electoral votes, which were cast for Tilden and
Hendricks four years ago. The State naturally
inclines to the Democracy. The Cincinnati Con-
vention has strengthened the ticket by placing
William H. English upon il rs the candidate for
Vice President. He is one of the ablest and most
popular men in the State, and his name will
most likely secure it TO the Democrats in the
preliminary election in October, just rs Hen
bricks secured it in 1915. This will render the
triumph of Hancock and English in November
by handsome majority both natural and easy.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-07-09

A DIVIDED HoUsE.-The Globe Demo
eat (Rep) says there are many reasons
Tor believing that John Sherman il not
sincerely DESTROYS of Gar6eld's election.
de n constantly doing all in bis power to
prevent 1t. Now this is either untrue or
very unkind on the part of our Republic
e&a eOtsmPOzry. II the former, IL is
certainly significant fact that promi-i
nsnt member Of the cabinet, himself but
recently an asPirant At Chicago for presi-
dsnt& honors, cannot consistently sup,
Pert the NOMINEES Of his own party, dsabts
les On account Of biz digrsoeful record.
Garfield may well sxclain, sEaysy me
from ny ffisndS.n t &
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-07-09

N1lak NNN1Qs 81 a. 4
Ooas ID. u. Day1es
non sksion &c Colonl y d.
y ID irss - EIru n 4
eis - : - 4 ~ Asin1n \
1T Il ii i La 81 Iossl pd s01 r1atd-
tiaI nOilina Iona No btt4er III O0uid
lave besu selected. Mr.. Davidson h .
6ne orator, and d very popular with the
people Of his district That this distin-
guilheq gentleman should be nosninAted,
seemed TO be foregone conclusion be-
FORE ths convention mst. II II OertSiniy
. mark Of strong pablo favor that Mr..
Davidson should be nominated fer third
term, ana marx Of great confidence
among the people. AS Representative
in the United States Congress from Flor
ida, Colonel Davidson commands the re-
spect Of the House, and his influence
there In behalf Of our interests 10 evil
denced by the fact that he has always
been foremost in laboring for the public
appropriations that have been made for
the benefit of our State. We hardly
think it worth while to speak Of his oppo-
nent, Witherspoon true, he is the regu-
lar nominee on the Republican ticket for
Congress in this district. Witherspoon
is a negro, and is, to all intents and
purposes, ignored by the respectable
white portion Of that party. But run he
win, and we don't blame him-let him
stick to it. The Republicans prefer to
unite on the color line; now let them
stick to WitherPOon or pay him $1,000
to back down, which is not likely; nei-
Their is it likely that he would be bribed
to sell ont the nomination made by his
brethren. Change they may, but David
son will be our next Representative, no
matter who runs against him.
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what Does Judge Poland Mean ,

Judge Poland, chairman of the Credit
Mobilier investigating committee has
written letter to the Vermont Republi-
can State Convention intended to white.
wash Garfield, in which he says that
" nothing which appeared before that
committee, or which appears in their re-
port, or any other matter or thing which
ever came to my knowledge in regard to
him, ever led me to doubt his personal
integrity" asl a4i
Garfield testified before that committee
that he "never owned, received, or agreed
to receive, any stock Of the Credit Mob
ilier or of the Union Pacific Railroad,
nor any dividends or profits arising from
either of them" foj
The report of the committee, presumed
to have been prepared, and certainly pre-
sented by Judge Poland, says: The
facts in regard to Mr.. Garfield, as found
by the committee, are that he agreed
with Mr.. Ames to take ten shares of
Credit Mobilier stock, but did not pay
for the same. Mr.. Ames received the
eighty per cent. dividend in bonds and
sold them for ninety-seven per cent, and
also received the sixty per cent. cash div
idend, which, together with the price Of
the stock and interest, left balance of
1929. This sum was paid over to Mr..
Garfield by q check on the Sergeant-at-
arms, and Mr.. Garfield then snderstood
this sum ssds the balance Of dIviGends
after paying for the stock" ss q
What does Judge Poland mean : sa