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Le Louisianais. [volume] (Convent, La.) 1865-1883, 1881-02-05
We read in the st. Bernard We

We read in the st. Bernard Wee.
ky Eag'e, and approve
1.-The Police Jury of the parish of
Pointe Conpcc has distinguished
itself in tho esteem of all honest
Louisianiaas, when it ordained the
publication, by the Tax Collector,
OF a list of all licenses collected in
1880. The Poin'c Coupee Banner of
the 18th inst. published the col!ec.
tors report. giving the name, call.
ing and amount paid by each tax.
payer. also furnishing to the district
attorney with list of the delin
quents. Wcapl!aud such legislation
as the only legitimate way to pre-.
vent otliciH! fraud. We take this AS
~ tit opportunity to suggest the
passage of an act compelling all
Tax Collectors to do the anne The
law heretofore and now in vogue is
objectionable for many reasons; it
ordainS the publication of the lriin.
quen's Gully, which is the reverse
OF Il pure aud honest return of the
collections made. Will the press
assist lis il, pressing this matter he.
fore our legislators, attention I"
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when it q

right when it says:
"Whenever such Judges so far
forget themselves as to give the *.
ample Of disobeiicnce to the ST.
preme Law OF the State, then they
become chargeable with a high
crime or misdcmeanor. Under such
circumstances, the people though
their representatives in General AS.
scmbly convened, owe it to the una
jesty Of tho Sovereign will to bring
the trangressors to an account OF
their action.
II the General Assembly is to I've
called in xtra-scssion to take steps
to protect the people against the
levy OF a tax greater than the Iimi.
which they have established, that
end should lie reached, in this in
stance, by resolving that body into
II High Court Of impeachment.
The people can.only respect the
Supreme Tribunal Of the State. so
long as it is the guardian of the Sn.
prcme Law and the rights vouchsa.
fed to them under the provisions of
that instrument.
fragrant nsnrpation of power
wherever i. is found, must be arres.
ted, else constitutional liberty will
be destroyed and Democratic Go.
vernmcnt exist nc longer but in ma.
me-"
But it is said that His Excellcncy
l.. n. Witt, Governor of the State
OF Louisiana, will not cal! in extra
session the General Assembly of
the State.
The said General Assembly has
III no way deserved the praise Of
the people, and the Governor him.
self has lost the popularity of his
former days.
Where are the good'
Where are the excellent
Where are the patriotic?
Are we not in the mouth of the
partisans or in the clutches of the
politicians
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SYNDIC NOTICE.


1mpounded at the 4th ward
Pound OF this Parish
One COW, of dark red color.
One COW, spotted yellow and
white.
On, heifer, with cheeks, cars,
neck, chime and front legs red, and
the rest Of the body white, and
One red heitcr, which, if not
claimed and expenses paid, shall
be sold at Public auction, on
WEDNESDAY Y, FEBRUARY o
1881 AT II O'CLOCK 4. II.
EUGENE WEBRE.
Synd ic 4th Ward.
st. James Parish, January u, 1881
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aDuAr Mpws?

If public notorietv or noise
made around some Individuals cons
titntes popularity or fame. it may
be said that the members Of tn,
Supreme Bench in Louisiana arc
now enjoying a great populali;y
amongst their fellow citizens.
For there is not y single paper IL
the State which has not given it.
fire" opinion on the said Supreme
Bench, and one single thinking
man who did not express his very
feelings on those who are til. high
distributors of high Justic,
amongst MS.
Omnes iOcui sunt.
"But the Supreme Court. as the
Cspitoliam says. has placed Itself i"
an attitude which is as unbeatable
rs it is novel.
''Tl,e Justices, whose mission it
is to guard the rights of the people
against the encrolchmcnts of the
Legislative power upon the Funda.
mental Law which express their
soverelng villa barrier which
no power al overstcp-have dared
to decree the violation of one of the
most sacred clauses"
In other words, the Supreme
Court Of Louisiana has violated the
Constitution of Louisiana.
1t has abrogated it.
1t has %trespassed the constitu.
tional clause which limits the taxa
ton to ten mills for all municipal
corporations in the State.
The Supreme Judges arc su.
preme t~rangressors.
But not all. it seems.
For Chief Justice Bermudcz and
associate Poche, by dissenting
and known opinion, have proved
that they intend to respect the sd.
cred aud fundamental law of the
State.
So, the said two Judges are gen.
orally praised by the people of
Louisiana and highly appreciated
by an honest community of faithful
law.worshippers. Before the people,
in a time Of election, they would
conquer any high situation in the
country.
But the three others are so extre.
mely unpopular, sc abominatel by
many, that, now, in a cast of cleo.
ton, the dissatisfied citizens would
not trust them with the last JUS.
tice Of the Peace in the last town
or village of Louisiana.
Very few are those who dare, in
behalf of them, and according to
higher law ofjusticc and honesty,
to say that they have acted by the
dictates Of their conscience, indie.
pendence aud knowledge.
No one supposes that the Consti.
tuition of Louisiana may contain
errors, a%bsurditics, impdssihilitics,
Representatives, and some clauses
contrary to some sacred and pre-.
vious obligations already agreed
upon by the people themselves.
Yes, those three Judges, as trans.
gressors of the Fundamental Law
of 1870, are perfectly abominated
and generally cursed.
If they are Catholics, they will
go to He'll in a direct way.
The fact is that they have Abro.
gated the Constitu' ion, land that an
abrogated Constitution is no more a
Constitution.
Then, what to dot
The Capitolian Is undoubtedly
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st. James February l 1881.

oV' VVHIeS TcVTVEt!N I ICOI.
Written proposals vii! bc re.
celved for ten days from date for the
public printing Of this Parish, to DO
done under contract aud adjudlca.
ton to the lowest and best bidder.
Said proposals to be opened and
the contract awarded in open SEES
sion, by the Police Jury, the right
being hereby reserved to reject any
and all bids.
j. Il. GAUDET,
Prest. Police Jury.
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The Mississippi is rising very
fast, and it is crehitablc that We
will have very high waters this year.
And yet the levres are not in the
best conditions of resistance.
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A. w. WEBRE.
p. SCnEPP,
j. L. GArDET

VII mOtloh uuIy seconded. 1t was
resolved that the nomination of sc
cretary of the Police Jury he post.
poned till next meeting.
MIR. J. A. Braul in the Chair.
On motion of j.. l.. Gnulet duly
seconded, it Was resolved that
the President be aud he is
hereby authorized to advertise du.
ring ten days in the st. James
Lon1sid"ois for proposals for the
public printing Of this Parish;
which is hereby required to he done
under contract and adjudication
TO the lowest and best bidder, said
proposals to be opened. and the
contract awarded by the Police Jul
ly in open session ; and
Resolved, that the Police Jury
shall cserve to them the right of
rejecting any and all bids.
On motion j. l.. Gaudct, duly sc.
conrlcd, it was Resolved that the
fees and compensation Of the She.
rift relative to the Keeping aud
maintainancn OF the prisoners ia
Jail be and the same is hereby fixed
at the sum OF 30 cents per diem for
each prisoner, and
That amy and all resolutions in
conflict herewith be and the same
is hereby repealed.
On motion of j. l.. Gaudet, duly
seconded, 1t was Resolved, that the
lessee of the Co|omb Ferry in the
Sd ward Of this Parish, be aud the
same is hereby required to remove
said Ferry to its former location
within ten days from the notitica.
ton oftl:o present resolution, aud
that in default thereof his lease with
the Parish be cancelled and annul.
led, and the president DC authorized
to sell the privilege of keeping said
Ferry for the remainder of the
term.
Mr.. j. l.. Gaudct moved to re
ducc the fees Of the Sheriff in cri.
minal matters to $500. Il year.
MIR. 2. Sch.pp moved to lay said
resolution OH the table tin next SEES.
sion.
The yeas and nays were called,
on motion to lay on the table with
the following result Yeas r.
Schrpp, j. \. Braud, L. Nico!Ie, f.
Waguespack, Il. Falgoust and P.
Gnidry Jr.--G yeas.
Nays Mcs>rS j. l.. Gaulet, and
A. w. Wcbre, . nays.
And the motion to lay the Reso-
luton of MI. Gaudet on the table
was carried.
The report of Mr.. D. Webve, LIE,
wee inspector Of this Parish, show.
ing the condition of the levees Of
this Parish as well as all cuts, was
read and adopted.
On motion of =. Schcpp, the Pc.
lice Jury adjourned till .next regu.
lar meeting.
j. L. GAUDET
President.
CHARLES LACHAPELLE.
Secretary Pro Temp.
a true Copy.
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SELLING OUT on ACCOUNT
OF REMOVAL.

l hereby notify, my friends and
customers that | will sell ont the
contents of my College Point Store
in the next 80 days, below cost, Oh
acco:nt Of removal.
This is no humbug.
Call and see for yourself.
a large stock of new goods just
received
Very respectfully.
HENRY FElTEL.
st. james, Dec. 22nh 1880.
10 Rent.-A plantation of about
:wo hundred arpents of arabic
land, perfectly adapted to the Gu!
tivatlon Of rice-With Il residence
q corr house,a stable and Il pasture.
Very liberal conditions.
Apply to
NJ. NJ. TIRCUIT,
Welcome z. O.
st. James.
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RROCEEDIN9S
OF The
JURY
OF t1sE-
Parish of St. James

The Police Jury met this Goth
day of January, A. D. 1881 at the
Court House OF the Parish of st.
James.
The secretary called the Roll,
aud all the members answered.
The committee appointed at q
previous meeting, for the purpose
of examining the books of Mr.. Il.
g. Mire Ex-Tax Collector, made the
following report which was read
and adopted viz:
st. james, January 20. 1881.
To the Police Jury of St. James,
Your committee charged with
the Investigation of the books of
y. G. Mire Ex-Tax Collector, beg
to submit the following report
After a careful examination into
tho books and papers belonging to
the office of the Tax Collector from
tho year 1877. when Mr.. Mire took
possession of said Office, Your com.
mittee have fonmt that he had over
paid to the,.Parish Treasury, the sum
Of Que hundred and iftytonr 4GlOO
Dollars, that he is entitled to \ full
release and auictus from the Parish;
and We recommend the adoption Of
the following resolutions
Resolved, that +. q. Mire ex.
tax Collector he aud he is hereby
granted Il full release and ruietus
from the Parish OF st. James, for
all monies entrusted to HIM during
his term of Office as tax Collector.
Resolved, that tho amount due
him by the Parish be and tho same
is hereby required to he paid as
soon as the delinquent rolls shall
have been Advertised as the law di.
reefs.
Respectfully submitted.
(Slgned)
A. w. WEBRE,
II C(SfiY,rf,
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Nlllk0PF BII7DRS.
LIE PREMIER DU MONDE
AlPH. WALL
, 0PItTAIRE ct FABRIcANr

CoNII IB
Nonvelle-O Orleans.
&c bitters a remporte lc prix A In
dein'ere Exposition dc Paris. Cost
TN cordial agreeable ct s%avoureux
1il stimnle,t sain compose d,ingr6.
d'ents aromatiques ct aners. IN
brilliant ct nn TONGUE dune efncA.
lte reconnue par IL Faculte M6di.
ale dc Ia: 11ouisiane. Ce bittcrs q I
pecaa'ement prople d usage dc
amlles.
Le Louisianais. [volume] (Convent, La.) 1865-1883, 1881-02-05

lACONFlANCE
DE PARIS, FRANCE.
Compagnie d'Assurance contre
Ilncrndie.
ORGANISER EN- 1874.
Bureau Brancae anx Etats-UniA,
rue Favart Dfparteinent Gu Sud. :
NoS. l2o rue Com rnne.
Nouve.le-Orleans.
President du touset dAdmiuistyo.
NJ. Duclere, Senateur, ancieu Ministrc des
Finances.
T. rkhar President,
'has' Malry.-..-......... Vice-Prssid ent
Dnecteurs d Nen. York.
III. Geo. G. Magoun, de Ia maison Reader
Peabody & Co
..Richd nnt'cr, >. Howard, Sanger s.Co.
..Lugene Kelly, =. Eugene;llellya Co.
Louis de Bdbian, General Transatlantic
> :. 20.
Total de lactif de Ia Compagnie au 81 de.
cembre 1879.
Fcs 3o,473,311 10 s., s 5,662 y
Breaches du.r Etats. Tnis-
Situation all 81 decembro 1879.
-AUlIF-
Oppose ell bons dcs Etats-Unis"A
4p. SS522, $40 CO
Dtpose enshanque 3O,5G7 "a
Primes en- vote de collection. % 1855 IS
Total de lactif. .SS5s6,634 u
-PASSIF-
Reserves pour risques Ell cours Sill, 5se23
rettes non payecs....- p, go %
Commission die aux agcnts.... 1,7G7 IS
Total du passif...........s134 COG
observation-disclosures. 462, O2s:02
REFERENCES.
N. lie Vicomte, P. d'.Absac, Consul de
France.
A. Carrierc & Sons Smith
4. Rocherean 4 Co. }. l.. Ph,pps & Co.
T. Marquee & Co.. p. ponr,iu
4 Ziegler Dclvaille g. Lapevre.
). IL. Kennedy, President de Ia banque de
lEtat.
F. Limet, Editcnr dc I.Abcille.
DEPARTMENT. DU SUD.
COL0NB, &AINO\DY & CO.
u Z. CoLoMB, LoDoLplE RAlMosDr, E
Agents GfnGraux.
100, rho Commune
tat'sse de la Banque Nationle Dc la
Louisia
20 jnin-s0.
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY ), 1881.
Official
Fourth Jhdicial District.

comprising the Parishes of Ascension,
St. James, st. John the Baptist and st.
Charles.
District Judgc............J. a. Chcevcrs.
District Attorney ........F B.. Earhart,
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A OF LOUISIANA,

STATE OF LOUISIANA,
TWENTY SECOND JUDI. DIST. COURT.
PARISH OF ST. JAMES.
JOSEPH GAMER,
VS. Nc 7a7
LUCIEN COMO.
by virtue of and in obedience to
a writ OF seizure and sale, issued by
the above Hon. Court in the above
entitled and numbered canse and to
me directed, | have seized and TAX.
Ell into my possession and will otter
for sale, at public auction, at the
door of the Court house in this Pa.
rish,
ON SATURDAY, III 5th. DAY
OF FEBRUARY A. d. 1881,
AT II O'CLOCK A. M.
the following described property to
wit
GONE TWENTY HORSE
POWER STEAM ENGINE.
together with flying wheels
and pipes exclusively attached
to the same. also one fue boil.
er, all OH the property of Hen.
ry Riley in this PARISH"
Terms and Conditions Cash in.
.. S.legal Currency.
A. LlVAlN BOURGEOIS,
Sheriff
SheriH's Office, January 10Th
1881.
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Seventh Senatorial District.
fComprising the Parishes OF Ascension
and St. James.
State Senator Simms.
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Parish of st. James.

Parish Of st. James.
Reprcsentative.......V. Dickcrson.
Clerk Of Court Lonis Dngas,
Treasurer ...........A. Danar*.
Sheriff .............A I.ivain Bourgeois,
Coroner .............I )r. Il. Winchester,
Assessor. b. Fcrchaud,
Supervisor Of Regis
Official journal. ......LE LoUls1ANAls,
POLICE JURY.
President. y. l.. Gan1rt.
Secretary Emile J. Lairhn:
Members, j A.. Brand =. F%alyonst. Il
Nicollc,P. Scl.cpp. +. Wagucspack, A.
Webre and z. Gnidry Jr.
{. SCHOOL BOARD.
President, j. L. PochS.
Secretary. A. P%laisanc".
Members u. N. Gourdain. r. Bear vais
Dtnt',. \. b e rtant, j. Dornier
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-02-04
miscellaneous.
dRtreet 3aiIrnaGs.
soHEDULE FOB JANUARY.

Monday morning train for Montgomery Osy
at 6:25 A. H.
Wednesdays additional train win leave CITY
1925 A. N. Returning leave Montgomery Ais
p. N. Isle Of Hope $50
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Rainfall during the year .69l6 inches.
At least one half of the days classed
as CLOUDY and partly cloudy" were
clear one-half of the day, and majority
of the days on which rain fell" were
clear three-fourths of the day. During
the gale on the Goth and Both of last
August, which was so destructive on
the Atlantic coast of the State, rain fell
here almost uninterruptedly for nearly
forty eight hours, but the wind did little
or no damage. The rainfall during the
two days was six and one half inches
the heaviest OF the season. / have re
sided here during the past fourteen
months, and up to this time January
9TH, 1881, there has been no frost, and
my tropical fruits and plants have grown
luxuriantly every month of the year. The
year just closed, in its dying throes
kicked the mercury IN the thermome-
ter down to So and a light frost
occurred on the opposite side of the
Manatee river and also in the hammock
four or five miles southeast of Braiden-
town. The water protection-being
surrounded on three sides by the aQue-
Gus fuid-has rendered Braidentown
exempt from frost. Although the rain
fall OF 1880 has been some nine inches in
excess ofthe average rainfall in this State,
| have passed one of the most agreeable
summers Of my life While the deni-
zens of the st. Johns and Atlantic coast
are shivering in the chilling blasts of
winter, we on the Gulf coast of South
Florida are basking in the sunshine with
temperature of IS degrees at six o'clock
q. m, rs degrees at twelve o'clock m,
and 20 degrees at six o'clock p. m. If
any locality north of latitude 274 degrees
can present a more favorable record.
Braidentown will yield the palm. Nous
Perr0nS. S. G. UPHAM
Sunn4sGde Cottage, Bratdentopn. Fle.
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Colonel A. K. Mcclure, of the Phila-
delphia TGHloS. whose recent tour of the
South resulted in series of letters to his
paper which have been universally COM
mented on in the highest terms, has, By
means of these letters, accomplished
more real good for the South than any
thing which has taken place since the
war. He has opened the eyes of the
people Of the North to the true condition
Of affairs, social, political and material,
in this section, and has disabused the
ninds Of many of the false and preju-
diced ideas which they had imbibed
through the teachings Of their own reck
less, INSCRIPTIONS and partisan journals.
Among other things. and what will
undoubtedly rebound more to our benefit
than anything else, Colonel Mcclure has
directed the attention of the fair-minded
OF the Northern press and people to the
vast resources of this section which are
now ready for development, and which
must, in the near future, give us the lead
in material progress and wealth. He
has shown that the South has rare facili-
ties for the economical production of
both raw material and manufactured ar
ticles OF many kinds; that it has great
stores of mineral wealth which have been
scarcely touched as yet, while mill sites
and water power, which can readily be
made available, abound, and all this in
a section where no climatic difficulties
will be met with to obstruct and hamper
manufacturing enterprises.
The Textile Record of Philadelphia,
which is the leading journal in the coun-
try, devoted to the interests Of the manu-
facturers of. textile materials. has been
much impressed with Colonel McClure'S
statements and the result of his observa
tions while on his Southern tour. /
its last issue, this paper. under the same
caption with which we head this article,
comments, at some length, upon the
future prospects Of the South. These
prospects it regards as most promising.
and it makes the prediction that our
prosperity, which is now dawning. will
soon break forth in full light After
commenting in detail upon our re-
sources, it says, and its remarks are
worth consideration:
Cup to within few years, and to
considerable extent even yet, the great
hindrance to the development of South
ern industries has been the want Of
means OF transportation. OF what avail
was it that cotton could be carried direct
from the gin to the mill, and woven into
cloth by cheap labor, assisted by still
cheaper power, without the expense OF
long freight routes and numerous hand
lings, when the product could reach
market only after days Of expen-
sive hauling by mule teams on
difficult roadsf But this is fast
being changed. The development Of
the Southern railroad system is
progressing with great rapidity, and
many parts of the South are now in
ready communication with the seaboard,
which few years ago were as completely
shut or from it as were Pittsburg and
Buffalo hundred years ago. The dawn
of Southern prosperity has begun, and
it does not require an over-sanguine faith
to believe that its agriculture, manufac-
lures and commerce will, in the near
future, nearly or quite equal those of the
North
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A New FueI.

An exhibition was given in Jersey City
on Monday, Of q new fuel, combina-
ton of petroleum and steam, and the ex-
hibition was of such a satisfactory ma
ture that results are promised of impor-
lance not easily exaggerated. Colonel
Rose, of the Pennsylvania Railroad, says
that with this newly discovered fuel q
locomotive can be made to run from New
York to Philadelphia for $4 instead of
$24 as now with coal. The Commercial
says that to produce combustion nothing
more is necessary than by means of an
atomizer to unite the dry steam and
crude petroleum, only common inch
pipe and another for the oil, with cocks
to regulate the flow. are required. The
juncture is made within six inches of a
perforated brick retOrt which the nozzle
enters, and instantly on a match being
applied, the whole interior of the fur
mace, an ordinary reverberator smelling
furnace, becomes intensely heated, so
much so that all exposed surfaces may
be easily fused. II applied to a steam
boiler on locomotive or on shipboard,
it is only necessary to place retorts made
of fire clay on crate bars, thus protecting
the boiler plate from injury.
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RIaiherrklfing.

The papers speak of Colonel Bry-
ant. of Atlanta, Georgia He has OBJ
tanned some little notoriety of late by
blatherskiting in Boston and elsewhere
of the South"
He discovers to the gaping crowds
that hang on his fervid eloquence the
three great methods of treating the
South, to-wit: Cancellation, force and
conversion" The Colonel does not hest
tate TO hold up conversion as the most
effectual treatment. To this end he pro-
poses the formation of loyal associations
throughout the South, and these con-
sentative institutions are to pitch into
the Southern press and otherwise tone
up public sentiment to the lofty height
OF Northern loyalty and patriotism.
The Boston Herald, an independent
Republican sheet, is not impressed with
the blessings of Bryant. 1t responds
with such wisdom and truth that moth
ing more need be added, and this new
Daniel come to judgment" may be
suffered to step down and out
The Herald says: Nobody at the
South asks 70 be conciliated, and there is
no longer any pretext for force. There
is no use in wasting efforts at concilia-
ton upon people who only ask to be
let alone The policy of force was such
a total failure, alike in attaching the
Southern people to the Union and in pre-
serving the political supremacy Of the
party that employed it, that not even the
most extreme stalwarts propose to try it
again"
And while the Herald thinks good
might result from a discussion OF new
and live subjects at the South, yet, on
the whole, we can be let alone to sdvan-
tage. 1t says:
''The South has not been in so hope
full condition, in all ways, since the
close of the war, as she is at the present
time. She will stand good deal of
letting alone. The best help from the
North is in the line of a generous conf
dence in her new purposes, cordial CO.
operation in plans for her industrial de-
velopment and efficient aid in educating
the mass of ignorance, freed and enfran-
chised by the political act of one sec
ton"