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The weekly clarion., 1881-06-02
AUDITORLAL TTEMs

Since the last issue of TUr Cl,..
following Tax COLLECTORS h.......
settlement with Auditor Dwa .r.
Of 1880, yizt
LErLoBE CoUNrl Cen. WAR. ..
the handsome Tax CoIlec,orulIr.-
ty, who never fails to mla.H. .....
grimage to the "shrua .r Nu..
this season of the spring .m. ..m.
last week and made Gud settlement.
his dues to the State. III- mr8 r..
"ship shape and his showing. when
met with most approving ,mu rn
ditor Gwin. The amouu, charged
him on account of State tax I.....
S53Q9,58 all Of which he roruIyal.
tactorily accounted mr IiI- r..
amounted to $1,000 aud Iuuar ....
$4,000
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WM. L. HEMINGWAY,
Attest: Chairman.
ID. i. PORTER, Secretary.
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DEMOCRATIC CONSERVATIVE STATE
CONVENTION.

Rooms STATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, !
DEMoCRATIC-CONsER
PARTY OF MISSISSIPPI,
JACKSON, Miss, May 9Th, 1881.
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The Hanna Blanks.

tell you, Efo, dat Hanna Blanks,
Will fool yer. mum, wild all her pranks,
Sho skipped right roun de CORONER
Do pride, ''de queen" of Ona.chi-ter.
Dat fac IS admitted now by all,
Do young, dc old, bof great and small.
Our ribber brudder, now tries on,
A boast en- bout dat boat st. John.
He tells us sing in ''graceful NUMBER"
OF dat big pile Of steamboat lumber,
But "comin up dc Hanna Blanks
Passed. her by, an tu1md her tanks.
Now we can't sing, wild pride and pleasur
Nor can NO boast, in "gracefur' neasur,
OF no such record of dat boat,
Till II good l>aricter she can tote.
But, Efe, Wen sing of Hanna Blanks,
Wild all dem nice coGuettish pranks,
Jus turn dat wheel,--let muffin spile her,
She'll win do Hlee, or bust do bi'ler.
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ArPEA RANCE OF BATON ROUGE.

The editor of the Sugar Planter, hay.
ing visited Baton Rouge one day last
week, gives, with the emphasis of a
printers fist, the following racy account
of his very dolorous visit;
Over in Baton Rouge the other ,lnv
we came TO this conclusion: The onlv
difference between that place and Port
Allen was that in the former there were
houses lining both sides of the streets
and i'll the latter, none. About the
same number Of people were passing
along the thoroughf;,res in both places,
owing to u total depression of business
energy, or in palmer words, there was
very little mohcy to Spcnd. We Called
to see Cross, but he was out on the
streets, sliinninS AROUND after an item.
while .'astremsl>i had got one and was
hurrying home TO his office to note il
down before it got away. He appear
cd much cIated with his success and
may issue an extra in course of the
week. a few other citizens were no.
ticcd here and there, the busiest mon
we ever saw-trying to keep awake,
bui with much effort. The store,
keepers, as rule, seemed debating
whether they would shut up shop,
take in Il cargo of ice water, go fishing
or open Il base ball club. The only
thing that seemed to prevent either was
that the little boys who were keeping
them awake were in danger of going
to sleep themselves and thus leave the
valuable property they were in charge
of to become 4 prey to pirates, bucca-
neers or other mariuticrs OF the SCH and
land. Andy Lytlc was 80 fast asleep
that an ancient maiden lady had spent
more than IN hour punching him in the
epigastrium with her parasol without
arousing him. Such was the average
appearance of Baton Rouge when we
were over there this week. Our side
of the river being about as lively all
through the summer days, we shall stay
at home in future and court the MUSES.
the only thing We dare court in these
degenerate days.
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In connection with the above notice
of new enterprises, we will say that we
are daily expecting the return of our
who intends to open Il furniture store
in the building known as ID. Il. Heads
old store. He is now absent in the
markets of Cincinnati and Evansville
making necessary purchases.
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The OuACHITA TELEGEArII is op-
posed to the admission of young ladies
to the State University, and docs not
believe inthe co education of the sexes.
-Picuy,u,c.
Mrs. Nicholson will please ccmc to
order. The TELEGRApII has not, as
we can recall, stated that il does not
believe in the co-cducatiou ofthc sexes.
And it would sccm rather inconsist cnt
in the editor of the TELEGRAPH to
take such Il position, when as Il lad
some of his brightcs. classmates wer
girls, and when he is now the oyccu
tive officer of the Press Association Of
this State to which are attached scv-
cral ladies who have moro than most
masculine cditors' share of brains aud
genius. Our fair confrere appears to
be the unwilling soul and yet is not
reluctant to teach the men through the
widcly-rcad columns of her excellent
journal. Her admirable efforts are ap-
preciatcd, but what can q solitary
woman do" And why should not little
boys and girls make excursions through
the same spelling book together? Nay
we believe i'll co-education and in in
teresting, happy families.
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Messrs. Merry Mcclure and VIM.
Rabun, two of our young business men,
have formed n co-partnershir,.a and will
open up their store in about two weeks
at Mitchell's old stand, corner Claiborne
and River streets. Both being very
popular and enterprising, we feel as
sured of their success.
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New Orleans, date as above. ap-
prove this contract, in the name of his
majesty, with the intervention of Senior
Gilbert Leonard, principal contador of
the army of these provinces, for its
validity. Two certified copies are to
be directed to the secretary, Juan Ven
tura Morales. With my intervention,
Gilbert Leonard. Copy of the original,
which remains in my keeping, and
which l certify, and is taken out, to be
passed to tho secretary of this general
intendancy. New Orleans, ut supra.
GILBERT LEONARD
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THE TITLE PAPERS OF THE BARON
DE BASTROP'S GRANT OF LAND, by
TIE SPANISH GOVERNMENT.

From Monroe Louisianian, Nov. %, 1921
The Baron de Bastrop, DESTROYS of
the population and Guilt
walton of the Ouachita, and its neigh
of passing into the United
States to complete the plan of e.nigra-
ton which he has projected, and from
thence to return with his family,
makes known to your lordship that it
is absolutely Indispensable, on the part
of the government, that district be
designated of about twelve leagues
square, including the Bayou Siard, and
its vicinity, in which your petitioner
may, without the least obstacle or de-
lay, place the families he is about to
bring in, on the express condition that
concessions of land are to be made
gratis, and under no title or preteXt to
exceed, at most, four hundred arpans
square, with view to prevent the in
PRODUCTION of negroes, and the making
of indigo which, in that district, will
be entirely contrary & prejudicial to
the cultivation of wheat, and will
cause your petitioner irrecovcrably TO
lose the expenses of his establishment.
Your petitioner prays, also, that you
will be pleased to grant him permis-
sion to export, for the Havannah, the
-four which may be manufactured
at the mills, on the Ouachita, without
combining him to sell it absolutely in
New Orleans and other posts in this
province, unless it should be necessary
for their subsistence, in which case
they ought always have the preference.
1t is also Indispensable that the gov
eminent should charge itself with the
conducting and support of the families
which the petitioner may introduce,
from the post New Nj adrid to Qua
chita, by furnishing them with some
provisions for the subsistence of the
| first months and assisting them tC
commence the sowing of their seeds
granting to those inhabitants, who arc
not catholics, the same liberty of con
science as is enjoyed by those of Bator
| Rouge, Natchez, and other districts o.
| the province, and without fixing on the
part of the government cOnclusively
| the number of families your petitioner
is to introduce. The zeal which feel
for the prosperity and encouragement
of the province, Joined to a desire OF
securing tranquility and quietudc &c
that establishment, by removing a,
once whatever obstacles might be op-
posed to those interesting objects, have
induced me to represent to you what
have here done, hoping that you will
recognise, in these dispositions, the
best service of the king, and advance
ment of the province confided to your
authority. DE BAsTHop.
New Orleans, June 20, 1875.
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A Desperate Of1ice-Sccker.

A Washington correspondent of the
New York Sun in speaking of certain
patronage promised to Il Kansas man
who has been waiting and watching
to be put in GarfielG's political pool of
Sloan, tells us how the remarkable,
effectiveness of that PERSONS memory
has impressed this anxious soul, to be
made whole, rs follows: ssIIc simply
regards Garfield as Il chronic liar now ::
Il phenomenon in tho higher range of
falsehood; a character confounding ex-
perience and philosophy; profitable
though painful study"
The upshot Of tho matter is this:
the Kansas of1ice-seeker is beginning to
diflercntiatc between that faith, which
is supported by even a mustard seed
of moral and spiritual essence, and that
financial stress, which makes Il dollar
assume the dimensions of a cart-whecl.
We presume that this hanger on re-
garded the acute stage Of Garfield's
mendacity, with kind of hopeful
serenity, as the physician does the
acute stage Of disease, but now since it
has assumed the chronic form he no
longer is blinded to the gravity of the
case, and does not hesitate to pro-
nouncc an emphatic and definite prog
nosis. We can hardly catch however
the import of his saying, that he Gar
iicld) is q phenomenon in tho higher
range of faIsehood, unless reference
be made to the position he occupies.
In physical aspect this "higher
range" expression, docs not comport
with its correlativc term "chronic,"
for this superior altitude of f;,lschood
begets tho idea of previous acute
stage of lying, in which the disease
was both serious and shocking. But
our man says he is Il <'chronic liar"
and consequently represents u low, de-
generate form of the disease, hedgcd
about by many doubts as to cure. The
of this condition can be
found in the expression, 'sa passive
liar" as opposed to the active, Or ono
who has gravitatcd, we take it, into II
degree of rnendacity in which the dis
ease becomes an habitual force.
IL our desperate Office seeker from
Kansas characterizcs Garficld's lying
to be of the "higher range and draws
4 moral that it is :sa profitable though
painful study it may be that he has
learned something of moral ethics that
may prove. valuable to him. Seeing
the full reach of mind in the realms
of falSchood, he can equally learn to
fathom the depths OF that "painful'
turpitu0fc to which it can descend, in
depriving him of promised office
Perhaps Garfield agrees with the opin.
ions of Prof. Palcy i'm regard to certain
when "lies" are cycusa
bic, although he makes opportunities
of character never thought Of by
that philosopher. This idea we sim
ply offer as !, comforter to the disap-
pointed sufferers Of CART cid trcachery,
for it has the backing of an eminent
sage. Whether he occupies the hig her
or lower range; the acute or chronic
the active or passive form,
our Kansas man can truly say, like |
Lord Angus. thou hast lied"
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tseEsEset.y.

DR. S. l.. BisACEY, Dentist, respectfully
~ ottorshis professional services to the
citizens of Monroe and surrounding coun-
try. Having an experience of fourteen
years in the practice, he feels confident of
giving satisfaction in all branches of his
profession. Is willing to warrant all work.
DlHce at residence on Jackson street, noar
lie Hnlhale Academy. Monroe, La.
N7-1u:.rlG:1Y
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Col. Thomas A. Scott, the tist;n-
guished railroad financier and builder.
died of paralysis at Clifton, Pa, on the
21st. Col. Scott was, until recently,
president of the Texas and Pacific
railroad, and during tho war was
Assistant Secretary of War under Mr..
Stanton.
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,sOssFs .HacsIEaGE.Y.

ATTORNEY AT LAW Il LAND AGENT,
No, 6 CarondcIet ST., Now Orleans.
T AND BUSINESS at the Land Offices in
- New Orleans and Washington City at
tended TO. Agency for sale and purchase
Of Plantations Farms and urfnprovcd
lands solicited.
~ Major J. G. Richardson is associated
with Mr.. MclGnery in the land business.
to whci, he vii! give his entire attention.
january f, 1851.
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$rentp', 8*partnrt''t,
By "CuARLr CHRISTOPHER"

The ID. Stein is making preparation
to go on dock in New Orleans. She
needs overhauling.
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.sGs.Ta Il. aeIfsEx.paye.

A TTORNEY AT LAW, MONROE, LA.
n Office opposite Court House. Iract ices
in all the Courts of North Louisiana; also
i'll the Supreme Court OF the Stale and the
Federal Courts; All claims, including cot
ton claims, Will receive prompt attention.
Land Oii.c and Pension matters attended
to. Marcel, IS, 1879.
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L. STTEiiS. TALBOT STrLLNAN.
SesEsssss ~ sssasslsasasa,

4 TTORNEYS At Law. Monroe, La,
"A will practice in the Parishes OF
o"@chit~, lio'cIowsc, !jc&Iesast{ "sttl Franklin
and in the Federal Courts. viii take
claims for collection in all other parishes in
Louisiana, with privilege of managing
enle III connection with attorneys residing;
there. March :. 1879. ~
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RICHARDSON. SD. N'ENEE%
Essc.sarsEsOll 81 NAcEIMC"Y.

4 TTORNEYS AT LAW, Monroe, La,
IN will practice in all tho parishes OF
North Louisiana, tho Supreme Court OF the
state, the Federal Courts, and in the Land
Office Department of tho General Govern
mont. january IL, 1879.
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OPELOUSAS, 2,l January.

OrELoUsAs, 2d January, 1921.
l certify that the forcgoin. is a cor
rect translation of an original docu-
nent in the Office of tho Register of
the Land Office, at Opciousas.
Given under my hand,
A. M'MILLAN
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The Baron de Bastrop contracts with
his majesty to furnish, for the term
ofsix months, rations to the families
which he has latterly introduced ut the
post of the Ouachiti,, which are to be
composed of twenty-four ounces of
fresh bread, or an equivalent in flour,
twelve ounces Of fresh beef, or six of
bacon, two ounces of fine mcnestra. or
three of ordinary, and one. thousandth
part of celemin, (about II peck,) of
salt, for which there is to be paid to
him, by the royal chests, at the rate
of Il real and half for each ration; for
which purpose, there shall be made
out, monthly, 2 particular account, the
truth and regularity of which shall be
attested at foot, by the comn,andant of
that post. Under which conditions, I
obiigc myself with my person and es-
tate, to the fulfilmcnt of the present
contract, subjecting myself, in all
things, to tho jurisdiction of this gene
raj intcndancy.
In testimony of which sign it ut
New Orleans, the 10th of June, 1897,
BARON DE BAsTROp.
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W.. T.. Nzi1ls:aEsS.

A TTOENIiY AT LAW, MONROE, LA.
IA Will practice i'll the courts OF the Fifth
Judicial District, ana i'll the Supreme Court
at Monroe. viii :ako claims for collection
in all tho parishes OF North Louisiana, with
privilege OF managing; same through resi-
dent attorneys.
November 4, 1850.
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II. Ii. EGSSELE,
ea;sSYSss d bsesSScas,

ATTORNEYS q COUES itILORsS At LAW
MONROE, Ia.
llItACrICE REGULARITY in the Par
l. ishcs of oHaci!ita, iichlaiid, Lincol:
and Caldwell, and in tho Supreme Court.
Collection of claims prosecuted with dill
9cncc and money promptly remittcd. Man
t4conlcnt. SalC and lease of real oS at under
taken, and satisfaction guaranteed. Fees
moderate. Office on wood street, oppoSjtc
tCcOrNor = 0illcE. jan v 9, ISL.
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c. ]. HoATNER. NJ. j. LIDpEI.I
ESossdrcr q: E.islslcHs

4 TTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT
IN Law, Monroe, La, will practice in all
supreme Court at Monroe, the Federal
Courts, and in the / and Oilicc Department
of the General Government.
Office fronting northeast cornor OF public
square. january 3, 1879.
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In the margin is the following:
New ORLEAN Ms, 10th June, 1907.
AS requested, let it be dispatched in
the Office Of the Secretary, in the form
solicited. Signed,
Ell. BARON DE CAKoNDELET.
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The Baron dc Caronlelct, chcvalicr of
the religion of ST. John, marshal de
camp of the royal armies, governor
general, vice patron of the provinces
of Louisiana, West Florida aud in
spector of the troops, Sc.
Whereas, Baron Bastrop, in pursu-
ancc ofhis petition, dated the 2Olh OF
June, of the year last past, and the de-
cree Of tho 2lst of tho same month, has
commenced the establishment of the
Ouachita; that for the fIifilment of the
stipulation on the part of the govern
ment for avoiding, progressively, all
obstacles, difficulties, and delays; and
that the said Baron might proceed
with every facility, in fixing the fami-
lies, which, to the number of 500, he
was permitted to place, or cause so to
be placed there, We have proceeded to
designate the twelve leagues intended
for the said establishment, in the terms,
with the limits, metes, and bounds,
and in tho place marked, fixed, and de-
fined, by the figured plan, and descrip-
ton, affixed, to the head of this iustru-
ment, verified by the surveyor general
Don Charles Laveau Trudeau, 1t hav-
tfg now appeared TO us to be also most
eNpedIent for avoiding all contest and
dispute, and approving them, rs we do
approve them, by virtue of thcauthor-
'ty which the king has granted to us,
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T a. " E'SEi;E,,
noalor in all kinds OF
lfCG 5 l. II O Id RN!TUH;

Furniture repaired. or ma,lu to order, and
satisfaction guaranteed. All orders for
tufnituro promptly attended to. Collins
supplied 1T short notice, with services %;
undertaken, il desired
have also on hand II rln stock OF
Childrcu's Carriages, which | offer for
sale ut low prices.
store and shop on Grand street orpoSjtr
Mctee'S drug store. An inspect ton of oar
January i, 1850. ~
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we do destine and appropriate, in his
royal name, the aforesaid twelve
leagues, in order that the said Baron
Bastrop may establish them. in the
manner, and under the conditions, ex-
pressed in the said petition and decree.
We give the present, signed with our
hand, sealed with the seal of our arms,
and countersigned by the underwritten
honorary commissary of war and secre-
tary of his majesty for this comman-
dancy general.
THE BARON De CARoNDELEr, IL. s.)
ANDRES LOPEZ ARMEsTo.
New Orleans, June Goth, 1876.
To his Excellancy the Baron dc
Carondelet, Governor General of the
Province of Louisiana.
Don Phillip dc Bastrop, has the
honor to observe to your lordship, that
the twelve leagues square, which your
fordship has granted to him for his
contract is partly inundated, and occu.
pied by ancient inhabitants in conse-
quence of which, he duplicates your
lordship, to grant him this same guam.
tity of land to be taken on tho river
Ouachita and Bayous de Siard and
| Bartholomew, where it will be most
convenient to him, without any preju.
dice to the land which your lordshiI
has granted to Mr.. de Maison Rouge,
in the Prairie Chatellercau, favor
which he expects to receive from the
Justice rendered by your lortlsi,ip.
Signed, Il. DE BAsrRoP.
New Orleans, 10th .fune, 1897.
In the margin is the following:
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New ORLEANS, June 81, 100;

| N EW ORLEAN Ms, June II, 1893.
Seeing the advantages which will re-
salt from the establishment projected
by Baron Bastrop, the commandment OF
Ouachita, Don John Fiihiof will des-
ignate twelve leagues square, half on
tho side of the Bayou Siard and half on
the side opposite the Ouachita, for the
purpose of placing there the families
! which tho said Baron may direct, it
being understood that no greater con-
cessiOn of land is to be given to any
one than four hundred square urpans,
at most, gratis and free from all dues.
With regard to tho object of this estab-
liShment, it is to be for the cultivation
of wheat alone. The expectation of
the products of this province being
free, the petitioner need not doubt that
it will be allowed to him, for the flour
which he may manufacture ut the
mills of the Ouachita, to tho Havannah
and other places open to tho free COM
merce of this province. The govern
ment will charge itself with the con-
Quoting of the families from New
Madrid to Ouachita, and will give
them such provisions as may appear
sufficient for their support during six
months, and proportionably for their
seeds. They shall not be molcstcd in
matters of religion, but the apostolical
Roman Catholic worship shall alone
be pubiickly permitted. The petition
er shall be allowed to bring in us tnany
as five hundred families provided,
that after the lapse of three years, i'll
the major part of the establishment
shall not have been made good, the
twelve leagues square destined for
those whom the petitioner may place
there, shall be occupied by the families
that purpose.
ANDRES LOrEZ AEMESrO.
Registered.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-06-03

since, the bees have hardly left their
hives. Not only this, but the flowers
themselves are not nearly az pro.
fuse as In other seasons, and many
varieties, rich In honey, have de.
veloped and gone, yielding no
honey whatever. On Sunday
morning there was q heavy fog in
the valley and some dew In the
Sweetwater, and for the first time
during the season bees were out on
Sunday 10 full force. Still an ex.
animation Of the sage blossoms
showed them to contain but very
little honey, hardly enough to pay
for the "wear and tear" OF the bees
in their labors to get at even that
little. II the balance of the season
continues as up to the present time,
the honey crop OF this portion Of
the County at least, will be o total
failure as In 1879, though there is
yet time, with the present state NJ
vegetation and with sufficient foRs
and dews, to secure perhaps O third
or half q crop; otherwise not Q
pound Of honey will be produced
for export this year. In the noun.
tains further inland, bees are re.
ported as doing little better, vet
In no instance do we hear that the
sanguine expectations of a fair crop
held month ago will be realized.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-06-03
tSAn Diego Union.

As against the general prosperity
of this section Of the county i0ci-
dental to abundant fruit crops and
fair grain yield, We are sorry to hear
that the honey crop promises to be.
come almost o total failure-in
some instances amounting to q pos
tive disaster. The season opened
quite promisingly. The bees were
Invariably strong aud In good con-
dition, and the late and abundant
rains gave rise to a promise of q
good honey crop, which alone
would be lacking to make the
season of 1881, as q whole,
the most prosperous ever known
in San Diego county. Unfortunate.
ly, these hopes, In the vicinity of
the Cajon and Sweetwater beyond,
40 to honey, will not be realized,
and the bees will no more than
store enough for their own use.
The condition Of the honey interest
has been the result of the excessive
dry weather Of the past three
weeks. There have been no fogs or
dews In the early morning hours to
develop honey in the flowers. The
honey season or season for s'stor-
ing" usually opens about the 18th
Of May, and continues In full blasl
4or two months;yet On that date an