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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-12-25

The most suitable present you can make a friend
Is an EBONY WALKING-CASE. oOS Main street.
y FONAWn
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-12-25

The chancel-rail, font, and pulpit OF this
church are beautifully decorated with cedar
and holly. over the pulpit is a cross and
crown. The windows back of the pulpit
have each an inscription. that on the left
being: "Lo! this is The Lord. We will be
clad and rejoice in His salvation" That
on the right: "LO! this is our God. We
have waited fol Him, and He will save Us"
The music will consist OF regular Christ
mas anthems, and will be rendered by the
reo1llar choir.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-12-25

Christmas coming this year on Sunday
gives opportunity to all thoughtful and
thankful souls TO repair, before frolcking
begins, to their places Of worship, and in
fcryent prayers and joyful anthems praise
God for the GIFT OF his Son and for all the
blessings OF the year. In the Catholic and
Episcopal churches there are fixed services
for this great festival, and their churches
generally have, in accordance with imme-
mortal custom. been decorated for the oc-
casion; but in every Christian church
everywhere, no matter what its practices or
forms Of worship, the services will all more
or less refer TO the Founder Of Christianity.
and the lessons taught will be those in
spircd by His life and works. 1t is a day
for the open heart and free hand, and those
whom God has blessed with plenty should
feel it their most precious privilege to con-
tribute to the comfort and happiness Of
Others less favored. Those who are seated at
blazing fires, with all their loved ones
gathered around them, may well think OF
the poor whose fuel is gathered by scantily-
clad children from ash-piles and cutters.
Those who sit at tables groaning beneath
the weight Of deicacies may well remem-
Der that there may be near them some to
whom bread and meat would he welcome.
while those in fullest health and strength
will be the better for thinking Of others
languishing in sickness and groaning with
pains. Those minstering TO the joys OF
children will best renew their own happy
youth, while all who determine to make
This day and season memorably pleasant
for Others will have a satisfaction that
no guzzling OF wines, no stuffing with
rich food, no amount Of self-treating
could produce.
1t is fitting that as the perennial gladness
OF Christmas morn once more gilds with
sunshine the closing year the hearts and
thoughts OF men should turn with such
fullness Of recognition rs they may to the
Divine Providence whose goodness they
share. and who TO all creeds and all tongues
Is known rs the God and Father OF all
Blow, ye golden trumpcts blow.
Let the sleeping nations know
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-12-25
PICNIC CIGARS, Sc.

This is to notify houseSecpers that while tie OH
and long-establtshed urm of WALTER II. BLAIR
CO.. 100 Main street, sell largely to The whole
sale and jobbing trade, they STILL PAY PARrIcu-
LAR ATTENTION TO THE RETAIL. FANILY-GRO-
CEnr BUSINESS and ask an examination Of stocs.
The nervous, the weak, and the dyspcptic derive
great benefit from the use Of CoLDEN's LIRBIG's
LIQUID EXTRACT or BEEF AND Tonic ISyICoR-
AroR. Ask for COideas; take no other. OF
druggists generally.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-12-25

ELECTION OF OFFlCERs.-At n regular
meeting OF Fraternity Lodge, No. 26j,
knights OF Honor, the following officers
were elected James l.. Phippen, past die
tatOr: George 4. Noting, dictator; j. j.
Wmgield, yice-dictator; Henry Spear, as
sistant dictator; ;. Is. Jacobs, reporter;
Robert Harold, financial reporter; John
Laird. treasurer; John j. Gum, chaplain (;
William 4. AlOsby, guide; John f. W.
Gibson, guardian; a. T. Minor, sentinel (;
DR.. j. VI. Payne, medical examiner; Will
liam Gibson. Henry Bodcker, and John +.
Bell, trustees; John Laird, representative
to the Grand Lodge; John F. W. Gibson,
altcrnaic.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-12-25

q POUNDS FRENCH CANDIES ONLY II.
POUNDS PLAIN CANDIES ONLY 81,
At
ANTONrs, THE CONFECTIONER,
LIZ l-.u..
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-12-25

Entered at the Posi-ofncc at Richmond. Va, as
sccond-class maiicr.t
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-12-25

CHICK CIGARS, 5c.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-12-25

ALL REMAINING STOCK OF NNAs CARDS re-
duced % pr cent al l.. LEwIs's, 9l2 Main
street
The Morehouse clarion., 1881-09-30
From the hour bis death was

From the hour bis death was
announced until the President
was buried, New Orleans was q
great house Of mourning. In
thus honoring the memory of a
Republican President The Cres-
cent City has fully yindica'ed her
claim to unaduIterated loyalty
New OfI ans is all right.
Recently Il merchant at Canpt,
while trying to light a match, a
portion OF the ignited sulphur
flew in y can of powder near by.
The can exploded, uuroo6ng the
house, badly iDjariug she mar
chant and his goods. Burnin E
matches and dry powder dou't
"harmonize" worth a l-m.
The Delta Journal says the
V. s. & P. Railroad is doing a
lively business. IT the Journal
could see some of the freight
charges of that delectable road
and were bound to pay them, it
would shut its eyes and curse
like sailor: The V. S. & P. r.
r. is as void of mercy as it is of
comfort.
The Morehouse clarion., 1881-09-30
Guiteau's Prayer.

The guard and army officers
at the Jail all believe that Goi-
teau thinks the President is dead
and thats6a himself is soon to
be assassinated. He would fre-
quently cry out last night for the
Lord to have mercy upon him;
at one time he was heard to be
praying, calling upon God to
save him. AS one of the guards
was passing his cell door about
daylight this morning, he heard
him say:
ooh, God, Why did I shoot the
poor President? Be merciful
unto me, poor, miserable assas-
SIN, the assassin of the President
of q great country. I could not
help it. The devil seized me and
I was compelled to fire the fassl
shot. Oh, Lord, if I WAS only
out of my misery. Take ne now,
oh, Lord, take me row."
During the delivery of this
prayer Gaiteau wept bitterly.
The Morehouse clarion., 1881-09-30

ism, but all Of the combined
powers Of Grants dictatoriai i'm
pudence and Conkling's sublime
haughtiness and menaces failed
to deter him from doirg what he
honestly believed to be right.
He stood like an immovable wall
in the discharge of the duties OF
the Office to which his country
men had called him. Doubtless
no one but himself ever knew
what anguish of mind be suffered
| while he was stormed with such
furious political cannonading as
Arthur, Conkling and Grant,
"the Great American Triumvi-
rate brought to bear against
him before Conkling Jumped
the Senate
For we do not believe he was
the man to trouble his noble
wife or his warmest friends with
relation Of the cares that be-
set him. He bore his anxietles
with cheerful spirit, and was
just in the act Of tearing himself
loose from the turmoils Of his
office when the cruel bullet did
it's work. Again, he deserves
sympathy and admiration for the
heroism exhibited by him during
his prolonged sufferings. He
was anxious to live. He had
more than an ordinary incentive
to cIiug to life. A commendable
ambition had been gra:ifed +; he
was then DESTROYS to show his
people his appreciation OF the
trust reposed in him. He fought
the "grim monster" as very few
mon could fight. He submitted
to the painful operations Of his
surgeons without a murmur, and,
so lar as the public knows, with
out uttering a syllable against
the man who killed him. He
suffered 10 silence, upbraiding
no one. In death he called upon
his friends to alleviate this ter
rible pain" which his exalted
position had caused him to
suffer. The civilized world is
conversant with these facts, and
the civilized world weeps with
unfeigned sorrow.
James A. Garfield, our mar
tyred President, will stand out
10 bright colors upon tue bright
est pages of American history.
The a0orM is proud Of such men!
The Morehouse clarion., 1881-09-30

Uses, but he promises enough. Ii
be complies with what be intl-
mates shall be his course we
think the country will feel salts
fed. Let us quote from his ad-
dress.
''All the noble aspirations OF
my lamented predecessor which
found expression in his life; the
measures devised and suggested
during his brief administration
to correct abuses and enforce
economy, to advance prosperity
and promote the general welfare,
to insure dom este security and
maintain friendly and honorable
relations with the nations OF the
earth, will be garnered in the
hearts of the people and it will
be my earnest purpose to profit
~ his example and experience. -
We should infer from this that
Arthur purposes shaping his ad-
ministration in accordance with
that marked out by Mr.. Garfield.
That babe fair to be very popu-
lar, and was giving unexampled
satisfaction to the South. We
hope Mr.. Arthur's will meet with
the same favor.
Again the President says !:
"Prosperity blesses our coun-
try; our fiscal policy is fixed by
law, is well-grounded and gener-
ally approved (; no threatening
issue mars our foreign inter-
course, and the wisdom, integ-
rity and thrift Of our people may
be trusted to continue undis-
turbed the present assured ca
reer of peace, tranquility and
welfare. No demand
for speedy legislation has been
heard /; no adequate occasion is
apparent for an unusual session
of Congress"
In all Of which we think the
country will concur. The inaug-
ural is short, but to the point.
He has not cramped himself
with promises, nor has he de-
fined the course he intends to
pursue. Let us hope that the
end of his, term will find him
more popular than he is now.
The Morehouse clarion., 1881-09-30
President Arthur and His Inaugural

Few people in this govern
ment thought seriously, when
they voted for Garfield and Ar
thur last November that within
less than q year, or at any time,
the latter would be the Presi-
dent Of this Republic. Arthur
is truly an accidental President.
Two years ago we do not believe
that he himself ever dreamed
that such high honors were in
store for him. When Hayes
ousted him from the New York
Custom House, alleging that
Arthur was corrupt, incompe-
tent and dishonest. the people
wonld have resented it as an in
suit had they been told that in
1881 he would be their Presi-
dent. But the strangest feature
in the character of Mr.. Arthur
as Chief Magistrate of one of
the wealthiest and most power
full nations in the world, is his
lack of notoriety. Very few peo-
pie ever heard Of him until
Conkling tied him to the Chicago
ticket last year. He had cut a
considerable figure in New York
politics, but the nation knew and
cared nothing about his achieve
ments OF character. The locality
Of his birth place has even been
a matter Of dispute, and it was
charged that he was born in
Che British Dominions. His
father was q native of Ireland,
and was a Baptist minister
by profession. The President
started out in life as a country
pedagogue. He studied law,
went West, returned to New
York and stuck out his shingle
as a lawyer. Now by the in.
scrutable ways of devious cir
ccmstances he is the rightful and
lawful and unexpected President
Of the United States. What his
policy will be, or how he will ex-
ercise his authority is ''some-
thing that no fellow can tell"
His inaugural address is not
pregnant with rhetorical prom
The Morehouse clarion., 1881-09-30
Land for Sale or Rent

Ihave number of fine plantations
situated in different portions of the pars
ish, which I will sell OF rent on the most
reasonable terms. l have also large
quantity of unimproved first class lands
conveniently situated, which viii! sell
at a great sacrifice and or long time. /
have also some improved and unim.
proved town property for sale or LEASE,
l will give poor man an opportunity
to get home in nearly any portion Of
the parish, if he will apply to me.
SAMSON LEVY.
The Morehouse clarion., 1881-09-30

Mr.. Dave Thompson, of the sth
ward, says his corn is divided into
such small ears that he can never
tell by counting when he has given
his horse enough for feed. About
forty nubbins, he thinks, would be
required to make ten good ears.
This is the case with corn from
every section that we have any
knowledge of in the parish. We
have noticed a great deal Of shclled
corn that is light and chaffy. In
feeding such corn to stock it will
not do to consider itas nourishing
as corn usually is. Stock will starve
if you do.
The Morehouse clarion., 1881-09-30
Hamburg High School.

This institution for both sexes, already
famous for its discipline and thorough.
ness of instruction, will begin its fiFfh
SCHOLASTIC YEAR. On
MONDAY, September 18th, 1881.
Two hundred dollars will cover all
school expense, except Music, Drawing
and Painting and books for ten months.
A first class High School is better tot
boys than any college.
From the known healthfulness o.
Hamburg, the reputation OF the HIGH
SCHOOL, and the proximity of Louis
lana, the latter can well afford to pas.
ronize this school
Terms-Cash or an accepted draft, tor
the five months, IN adudnce.
SEND AND SEE. We give more than
we receive. Circulars, with other par
ticulars, sent on application to
D. G. B. CONNERLY,
Principal,
Hamburg, Arkansas.
The Morehouse clarion., 1881-09-30
NOTICE.

STATE OF LOUISIANA-6th District
Court, parish of Morehouse. Success
sion of E. J Hope, deceased.
Whereas, Mrs. Annie R. Hope, Tutrix,
administering the estate of DIR. E. j.
Hope, deceased, has filed in the Office Of
the Clerk of said Court her final account
of her administration of said estate.
Now, therefore, unless opposition is
made and fled in my Office within ten
days from this date, said account will be
approved and homologated in all its
parts.
Witness, the Honorable j. Harvey
Brigham, Judge of said Court, and the
seal thereof, this 25th day of September,
A. D., 1881. E w. ROSS,
aug 30, '51 Clerk D q.
The Morehouse clarion., 1881-09-30
LEON SUGAR,
ZEAL EST ATE EMIT,
BASTEOP, LA.
FOR SALE.

REsIDENCES-Fou residences, in
Guiding some of the most comfortable
houses, finest buildings aud best loca.
tons in Bastrop.
SrOREHOUSES - One of the best
houses and business stands in town.
LOTS-Snitabie building lots in al
most every quarter of the corporate
70 Parties wanting to buy, sell or
rent will do we'll to consult me-
The Morehouse clarion., 1881-09-30
W. W. FARMER,
COUNSELOR IN LAW AND EQUTT

COUNSELOh LIN Law AMI 1aS
Attorney at Law and Solicitor in Chan y.
Gerry, Monroe. Ouachita parish, LOUIS ~
ana. Has resumed his profession ~
Counselor, to which he will devote ca ~
full attention; and will invariably REQUIRE
payment for his adufce. Has also 70
sumed his profession as Attorney anu sad
Solicitor; and will practice IN the on lan,a
States District, Circuit and s9P 9ren;t
Courts, and in the State District, Circuit los "
and Supreme Courts; in all classes y, sn q
cases, law, equity, probate, criminal an, sha
bankruptcy, "a new bankrupt In' ,a lao I the
be adopted in 1882 WIN man. a1s.ant
maintenance of ualid and the annnlIMUI;1ii
Of illegal tax titles a specially, . mm
devote his personal attention to bus eas S;s
and all bis time to his profession, a y. n III
sole business, to the exclusion b ~ an n
other occupations; and CANNOT 10 sn - :
gagged or retained in any case Wltno"'
fee, contingent, secured or cash.
August Is, 1881. -
The Morehouse clarion., 1881-09-30

The expenses OF the late Pres
ident's illness will foot up in
round figures $25O,000. DR..
Bliss has a modest bill of $4,000
for medical attendance. OF
course the Nation will foot the
bills.
The Morehouse clarion., 1881-09-30

Liberal donations are being
made by Southern towns and
cities to the Michigan sufferers,
They are now repaying North
ern generosity which relieved so
many Southern people during
the 1873 epidemic.
The Morehouse clarion., 1881-09-30
New Advertisements
WARNING.

Public notice IS hereby given THAI ,
intend to prosecute, to the full extsn.
of the law, all parties caught haulinn
wood or Pine off my land.
T. I. PARKER
The Morehouse clarion., 1881-09-30

The United States Senate has
been CALEB upon to meet in ex-
ira session on the 10th instant.
The Morehouse clarion., 1881-09-30

President Garfield was bur;sa
in Lakeview Cemetery at Cleva.
land, Ohio, last Monday at o
O'Clock.
The Morehouse clarion., 1881-09-30

Buckingham's Dye for the
whiskers is an elegant, safe and
reliable article, cheap, aud con-
venient for use; will not rub off.
Try il!
The Morehouse clarion., 1881-09-30

The worms have injured the
cotton crop considerably in the
upper portion of Madison parish.
The Morehouse clarion., 1881-09-30
RELIGIOUS NOTICES.
THE DEAD PRESIDENT.

lEUlA bbltH SO uaiSOAo sony hooiA
ed as Gen. Garfield. Express
sions of sorrow come from every
civilized nation on the globe, for
the sad death of the American
President. All Europe pays
tribute to his memory. The
earth, by his death, has been
turned into one great family OF
sorrowing, sympathetic mourn
ers. The public and national
buildings of Great Britain and
other powers were draped in
mourning in honor and merited
respect to our fallen chieftain.
And why? Do this great army
of sympathizers weep because
of any irreparable loss which
our nation has sustained? Do
they believe that any vital prin-
ciple of our form Of government
has been paralyzed by the as
sassin's murderous blow? Do
they fear or suspect that the
manner Of Garfeld's death gives
the lie to the stability OF Repub-
lican government? Not at all.
The man deserves sympathy.
His heroic widow demands sor-
row from every human heart for
the cruel wrong that she has had
inflicted upon her. The Ameri-
can people are entitled to the
coincidence of other nations be-
cause of the impious and brutal
insult that Guiteau flung into
their faces. Foreign powers
mourn because humanity calls
for mourning; our own people
weep because they have been
injured-iniured as a great and
noble people.
Had Mr.. Garfield sickened
and died people would have
sorely deplored his death; but
to be taken off by the cruel hand
OF a contemplate vagaboad
wrings their heart with mex
pressible anguish. He was in
the very prime Of physical and
intellectual manhood; he is now
in the silent "city. OF the dead. "
He was the pride of fifty million
freemen ; he is now their below
ed and illustrious martyr. He
had reached the highest round
in the scale of American ambi-
tion ; that splendid form is now
food fol worms. The eloquent
lips that imprinted such gallant
and affectionate kisses upon a
true wife and a fond mother on
the fourth OF last March, have
been forever closed by the red
hand of a loathsome adventurer,
Garfield was q man possessed
of a splendid mind. In his long
public career, he was beloved by
his friends and respected and
admired BY his enemies. Dur-
ing the heated campaign through
which he VIGOROUSLY passed last
November, his most obdurate
political enemies were compelled
to confess that Garfield was an
intellectual giant. During his
career in the lower House OF
Congress few men courted a TO-
rensic contest with the great
Ohioan. His interiors feared
him; none despised him: Then,
the firm and manly step he took
in opposition to the stalwait ell.
ement Of his own party after his
Inauguration calls forth the adj
miration OF all good men and the
profoundest obligation from the
people of the South. He had il
in his power to relegate this Sec
ton to the dark period Of Grant
The Morehouse clarion., 1881-09-30

It is thought that Senator
Hills diseased tongue will cause
his death.
The Morehouse clarion., 1881-09-30
NOTICE..

Having appointed Mr.. J. T. Dalton
my agent at Bastrop, he is fully author.
lied to represent the MOREHOUSE
NURSERY, and all orders taken by
him will receive prompt attention.
JOHN MULHOLLAND,
Proprietor Morehouse Nursery.
The Morehouse clarion., 1881-09-30
STATE ITEMS.

There is o great deal of sick
ness in Bienville parish, but
Sparta is as healthy as Bastrop,
-Four boy babies We're born in
Delta in Que week, and the Jour
nal holds up its hands and yells
for more school houses.
Gov. Witt has returned from
Texas and is now in New Orleans
La. His health is very bad and
he is not expected to live long.
The cotton crop is nearly gath
cred in Caldwell parish. One
third of crop is what the Her
aid claims to have been made.
Hogs in Columbia haunt the
editor of the Herald-so does
the ghost Of "Blalquo," as he
calls him.
1t is said that Bienville parish
has made corn enough to supply
the wants Of the people until an
other crop is made.
The Columbia Herald has been
induced to believe that "the
prices of horses and mules will
range very high next seaso on"
Wouldn't be surprised.
Nearly every town in the State
paid tlibute to the memory Of
the late President by closing the
doors of business houses and
tolling bells. Bastrop did moth
ing of the kind. Why, is one of
the things that we do not know.
A grist mill, located eight
miles from Clinton, was destroyed
by fire recently. twenty-five
bales of cotton were consumed
with the house. Value, $4,000
and no insurance.
New Orleans has been as
healthy as any city in the Union
during The past Summer. Not a
case Of yellow fever has been re-
ported in that city this year.
Bully for New Orleans!
The printers in the New Or
leans Democrat Office unceremon-
iousIy quit work last week, be-
cause the manager of the paper
had seen fit to discharge two en-
ployees Of the Office.
Mr.. A. W. Palmer, OF Clai-
borne parish, had one leg and
both arms broken recently in a
runaway scuAle with a pair OF
mules. As usual, the mules
came out all 0. K.
The Bossier Banner says:
"The hot weather has curled the
pumpkin vines up so close that
they haYe choked all the pump.
kins to death" Hence "some
pumpkins will be scarce next
winter in Bossier.
Business here is scarce, pretty
girls is scarcer and money is
scarcest Of all.-[Columbia Her
aid.
Who the deuce would live in
such town? No wonder "Blan-
quo's'' ghost. annoys the Herald
man.
A thief entered a New Orleans
chicken yard last week and grab
bed thirteen hens at one sweep.
He was discovered and had to
fee without his booty. Thirteen
chickens is a right good "haul'
for one raid.
The District Judge was as
saulted by a drunken man in
The Morehouse clarion., 1881-09-30

Will some of our readers
kindly furnish us with a method
of Kidding place of rats? On
the premises on which the editor
resides they are so numerous as
to almost equal one of the
plaques. There are hundreds of
them on the place, ia the kitchen
and smok ehouse, burrowing un-
der all buildings. They are the
large brown Norway rat. Poison
seems to have no effect. Pulyer-
lied glass they have q special
fondness for, and scalding water
seems to meet a long felt want,
for when poured in their holes it
only causes them to seek another
hiding place. They kill half
grown chickens, and with a little
encouragement would make a
meal off the baby. We will be
eyerlastingly obliged to some
one who will let us know the
most certain way to get shut Of
the ts.-fClalborne Guardian.
We do not charge you any
thing, not at all, at all-but feel
that it is but a duty we owe hu-
manity-sufering humanity; and
We shall therefore give you the
information you so anxiously
seek. We have given the sub
ject much thought, heroically
studied it, and we find a broad
field of scientific investigation
looms up before our minds eye.
Indeed the more we ponder over
the intricate and insuperable
barriers that impede ones pro-
gress in the successful prosecu-
ton of a theory that will salts
factorily exterminate those ver-
| min that harass the Homer ed.
itor's baby and smoke-house, the
more deeply We are impressed
with the imperative Importance,
yea! necessity, Of imparting the
information which he so earnestly
desires. It's an awful subject
to contemplate, it is one of "the
questions Of the hour!" Had we
only one cent in the world, will
ingly would We invest that cent
in a postal card and start it sin
haste" to the rat-cursed editor
and ease his muchly troubled
soul; for on that postal we should
certainly advise him to catch
those devilish rats and-kill 'em!
No obligation whatever.
j. A. Moore carries the largest