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FaB following certificates of thu
debt mature shortly


country's debt mature shortly:
n) Six per cent. loan of 1861,
redeemable June 80, 1881 1882 ,G05, ,o5C
(2) Six per cent. loan of 1868,
redeemable June 80, 1881. II, ,767 ,e0C
(3) Five per cent. funded loan,
redeemable May l, 1881 49,. 6O6, ,44O .35C
The annual interest charge on this
outstanding debt is now $40,685, ,620
Had Mr.. Hayes not vetoed the Dem
ocratic funding bill, the annual
charge upon the same debt would
have been reduced to So, 49,, ,986-a
clear saving of almost eighteen mil.
lion dollars yearly. Even with q
81 per cent. funding bill, the annual
saving would exceed fourteen and q
halfmillions. And yet with these fig.
ures and no present boasted de-
crease of the public debt, the
great financier, Window, declares
against and extra session OF
Congress, and assumes that he
can do like his successor and man.
age the debt without legislation. He
is credited, as the record shows, with
much versatility of genius, and he
may be equal 10 the emergency. If
he do not prove himself SO, he may
explain it away as he did his vote in
Congress on the Union Pacific grab
because he would not offend his
section; on the Pacific mail swim
die, because he could not help be.
ing persuaded and on the initiation
bill, because he was laboring under
a.temporary contraction of judg'
Tment. Should he fail. tc meet the
demands above enumerated, he may
honestly confess, that he was influ-
enced in behalf of bankers cor.
ner, because of the recent visit OF
certain New York bankers, who
would have forfeiture on these
claims, that they may make millions
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Miscellaneous.

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49,. - - -, s,or,-.,, ,-o,,,,os
hAiAria' ASuo' hNet anu o'onaeu uouOies
Price 500 .
H.lman's sn..ial Pad, Adanted 10 old Chronic
:. -
cases. rrce sS-o.
Holmans Spleen Belt. For Stubborn cases OF
..,,.-...1 S,.,o.,, "a ,...,iat., 70. 81
ehai Beu oPieeh' anu uh5ielunhs LNer anu
Stomach troubles. Price $500.
Holman. Infants Pad. For ailments of Infants
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LOST.

Land certlaeste No :, issued By J. ]. Groos
Com missioner 0ensrnl Land Once, to Pinto
lrrirsfion, Manufacturing and AEricuitnrai
Conpsny, on the 10Th day of Nay, 1871. II
not ksard of Il rlnefy days, application win
bo mazda - eoEmissioner q Land once for q
1rpIIEsro. = - JOHNS . SPENCE,
kN Wa for W. J. RlsaEetEs
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The world readily pardons the
means by which money is obtained,
but seldom fsrgives the want Of it
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Portugal consumed nearly as
much American wheat IN 1880 as
Germany.
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: = IOLIOI7f y ~ = = = 11ErKl
The State and county taxes due on the roll Of
1es0 and unpaid on the 10th Of April next, 1
will proceed TO collect by levy and sale. Itis
not our desire TO add costs to anyone's taxes,
but We must do our duty under the law Those
please call at the ONCE and settle prior TO the
above date. A. r. NORRIS Collector.
mrlodStwRt-
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INSURANCE NOTICE.

INSURANCE NOTICE.
DEPARTMENT or
INSURANCE. STATIsTIcs AND HnroRY, :
Austin, Texas, February 28, 1881.
70 Az WAOmH Adv Concern:
This Is TO certify that the STAR FIRE IN
SURANCE COMPANY, of New York, has in
all respects ~ ny complied with the laws OF
Texas as conditions precedent 70 its doing busi
ness In this state, and that the said Company
holds Certificate OF Authority from this ofies
emitting II to do business IN this State FOR one
year from the ist day Of January, 1881, to the
3lst day OF December, 1881.
H. o. Given under my hand and Seal, at
office, In Austin, the day aud date first above
written. A. w. SPAIGHT,
Commission
Represented by K. t. EGGLEsToN, Agent,
Austin, Teas. rlr9w3t
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INSURANCE NOTICE.

DEPARTMENT OF
INSURANCE STATISTICS AND HISTORY, :
Austin, Texas, February %, 1881.
To AL Whom u Nay Concern:
This Is to certify that the SWISS LLOYD
Transport INSURANCE COMPANY of Win
terthur, Switzerland, has in all respects fully
complied with the laws of Texas "a condition
precedent to It's doing business in this State,
and that the said Company holds q certificate OF
Authority from this Office emitting II to do
business in this State for one year from the lst
day Of january, 1881, to the sist day OF Dscem-
bery1sSl.
II. .. Given under my hand and Seal, al
Office In Austin, the day and date first above
written. A. w. SPAIGHT
.. s ."...... Commissioner.
Represented by AUGUST BUTLAR, Agent,
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Louisiana capitolian., 1881-09-24

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Louisiana capitolian., 1881-09-24
HOW THE MID.LOUISIANA A RAIL
ROAD MOVEMENT Is RECEIvED.

AS an evidence of the appreciation
with which the people living on the|
lime of the Mid-Louisiana Railroad
receive the news of the organizationI
of the company that contemplates|
|laboring for its construction, We pub
|lish the following interesting commu-|
|nication, which appeared in the last
humber of the Ponchatoula Gazette
WEsr ENDEG's RETREAT. Sept. l2, ASST.
Mr.. EDIroR-Though but for ten|
wears a resident OF the 'futnre great, Y
Il am not the less interested in or
identified with my loved home State,
Louisiana. In the journals, some
time since, l was pleased to sec the
necessity of a direct, short line rail !
road from Sabine River to New Orr
leans, via. Opelousas, Baton Rouge
and Ponchatoula, discussed also,
and about the same time, the proprie-
ty of establishing one or more exten-
sive manufactures at this point. The
latter enterprise seems at present to
have been lost sight of, and I fear the
love of "filthy lucre' was the cause,
as it is said that those who owned
the land, instead of donating a few
acres, by which they would have en-
hanced the value of the remainder,
they held it at such figures as to ut
terly annihilate every hope of sue
cess. The railway, however, has re-
ceived a new impetus, which is at
tracting much of the attention, not
only OF railroad men, but very many
other business men. They see that
the route is, even in the comparative
ly short distance intervening between
the extreme points, fifty miles shorter,
which is no small item; also, the
country being almost level, precludes
the possibility Of any great expendi-
ture for engineering, grading, etc. ]
do not see millions in it, y for each
stockholder at the first jnmpF llt
makes at the enterprise, yet | de
claim that the road will pay fail
dividend in very Shot time after
its completion, for the important rea-
son, as the CAPYToLIAN states, I'll
would be in effect central Texas
= short line for both Mobile and New
Orleans" The leading spirits of thit
enterprise are apparently in and
around Baton Rouge; now let those
ofother points on and near the linz
Louisiana capitolian., 1881-09-24

The Opelousas Courier wants to know:
"Can any one tell when a man who is
always complaining that he canuot af-
ford to subscribe for the local newspape,
and every week borro~s il from his
neighbor, can afford to attend every
travelling show that comes to town.
Don't get so deep in the mysteries Of
life, If You want an answer
Louisiana capitolian., 1881-09-24

A dispatch from Kansas City says: A
fire broke out in the main hall at the
Fair Grounds Saturday afternoon. The
haR was densely crowded, and a panic
ensued. All efforts to quiet the terror.
stricken people was of no avail, and in
their confusion they rushed hlther and
thither, tramping each other down
shriekt and groans filled the air. The
fire spread rapidly and the main build.
ing, with its contents, was soon reduced
TO ashes. The flames leaped across the
avenue to Newspaper Row, quickly swal-
lowing up the buildings Of the Times,
Journal and Man. The flames next az
tackled the grand stand, on which l2,oOO
peoplo were seated watching the races,
and it was entirely consumed.
Louisiana capitolian., 1881-09-24

A celebrated lawyer once said that th'
three most troublesome clients no evel
had were young lady who wanted t.
he married, q married woman who want
cd divorce, and an old maid who didn''
know what she wanted.
Louisiana capitolian., 1881-09-24

Charles S. Wolfe, the brave Pennsyi-
yania Republican who smashed the four.
million-dollar riot bill ring and sent Bill
Kemble to the Penitentiary, announces
himself as an independent candidate fol
State Treasurer, and will stump the
State against boss rule.
Louisiana capitolian., 1881-09-24

Navigation below Alexandria is al
most as bad as it Is above that point.
The Marksville Bulletin in speaking OF
u trim of the steamer Alexandria, say'
boats are literally dragged along th'
sand bars.
Louisiana capitolian., 1881-09-24

A commercial traveller from New Or
leans, says the Item, handed merchant
upon whom he had called, q portrait Of
his betrothed instead of his business card
saying that ho represented that estab
ishment, and returned it to the aston.
ished and blushing traveller, with hops
that he would soon be admitted int<
partnership.
Louisiana capitolian., 1881-09-24

The N. o. Democrat says the dispatch
announcing that the alleged bandit,
Esposito, alias Randazzo, had been held
by Commissioner Osborn to be the per
son wanted by the Italian government,
created no little excitement among the
italian residents.
Louisiana capitolian., 1881-09-24

The Vicksburg Herald says bale aud
d half to the mule is reported as the ay-
crage cotton yield anticipated by hill
and upland planters of that vicinity.
The returns will barely pay for The
bread and,meat consumed by the laborer
while his mule feed and the work has ali
been lost. Yet q few staple dealers con
tinue to count on six million crop,
Louisiana capitolian., 1881-09-24

Mrs. Susan May Bonaparte, widow OF
the late Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte
died at her residence in Baltimore, Sat
wday morning, ofparalysis, with which
she was stricken about two months ago
Louisiana capitolian., 1881-09-24

Gertio Hamilton took small dose OF
morphine at Sioux City, net because
she wished to die, but in order to touch
the heart Of the men sho loved. The1
plan succeeded. On recovering, she|
learned that he had swallowed poison AM
earnest, and was dead.
Louisiana capitolian., 1881-09-24

CoSAJ RAAONs AZ vuV GsV~ss SseeES
and for months back, there has not
been enough water IN any Of them
between the Mississippi and Atchafs
|laya to more than float Q canoe !
|nine-tenths Of them being dry. The
entire area subject to an additional
grading Of from two inches to FIVE
|feet does not exceed twenty miles.
We have no desire to do injury to|
The trade of New Orleans. It seems
Ito us that that city would find it to
Its advantage to help in constructing
what would virtually be the Southern
Pacific road, passing many miles
above the Houston system Of Texas
railways. Surely With the Jackson,
the Northeastern, the N. 0.kPacific
and the Morgan Roads as conductors
to New Orleans, that city ought to-
bring to her the trade Of Central
Texas which now passes through
Houston.
If our facetious confrere will but
look at the map he will see, with us,
that the Mid-Louisiana, through Ba-
ton Rouge, is the shortest line by two
or three hundred miles to Dallas,
Central, Northern Texas, and the
Southern Pacific.
That Baton Rouge would get some
Of the drippings Of the great traffic
that would pass over this road, there
can be no doubt.
And New Orleans, with its i'm
mense and growing trade towards the
gulf, Mexico and Central America,
surely would not begrudge the share
of prosperity which our little city
would acquire through this Southern
Pacific air line.
Cincinnati and Chicago might pos
sibly seek some Of the Mississippi
coast sugars at Baton Rouge, but
could not at such long range disturb
the trade of the great city which
commands the jettied mouth Of the
Mississippi, On the other hand Mo-
bile cannot well wrestle with New Or
leans, either.
New Orleans ought to help build
this road, which, beyond doubt,
other cities are going to do, If she
would command the Southern Pacific
and International Railways of Texas
New Orleans can even do more
She can build a short line to Baton
Rouge, of not more than seventy
miles in length, and strike Opelousa'
with q total length Of road Of ID
miles instead of the 200 miles Of tht
Morgan Railway.
We ore sure that our intelligent
confrere has gone of at halfcock,
without examining the field, as tht
gentlemen who have framed the char
DR. of the Mid-Louisiana have done
Jesting comes in good play in or.
dinary discussions, ,butitavails nough
with calculating business men ant
capitalists who look calmly at al
projects.
The Mid-Louisiana will populat
the heart Of the State from the cas-
tern boundary to the western, q con
summation which New Orleans a
well as Baton Rouge, certainly pray
for,
Louisiana capitolian., 1881-09-24

An exchange says A man lives IN thl'
vicinity who states that ho frat met his
wife in storm, took her to the trst ball
in storm, popped the question in q
storm, and has lived in a storm ever
since. They are stormy potrol6'
Louisiana capitolian., 1881-09-24

Thirteen female physicians are prac-
ticing in Clayton, Iowa, and at q recent
FIRE there were not we'll men enough III
town to run tho engine out.
Louisiana capitolian., 1881-09-24

Wife of an Episcopal minister to bel
washwoman. "Well, Bridget, how did
Won like tho sermon Sunday" Bridget !;
"It was beautiful. like to SO to that
church. It's so nice to SEQ yonr hus
band courtosying around in his shroud." +"
Louisiana capitolian., 1881-09-24

A Galveston man named Josephus G.
Morgan, who is also great nuisance, is
everlast,ngly abusing tho female sex
The other day he said to John w. Smith,
s'There would be fewer evils in the world
if it were not for women" "Yes," re.
sponded Smith, lyon yourself wouldn't
hn in il.
Louisiana capitolian., 1881-09-24

Thibodaux Sentinel: In eome parts
of Africa, when the inhabitants take q
drink of Fqu,r they drop little on the
ground as u pious offering. In this STATE
piety would never be developed thus to
any great extent, under such % rule ss
that
Louisiana capitolian., 1881-09-24

Texas people do not exert themselves
on epitaphs, no matter how much dis
play they make at funerals. Down on
the Rio Grande, plain board at the
head of a mound tells the pubhc that "13
of them Mexican Greasers are planted
I,ereD
Louisiana capitolian., 1881-09-24
All EXTRA SESSION NEEDED.

We took occasion, recently, .tospeak|
|Of the necessity which exists for call
ling the General Assembly in Extra
Session.
Since then other very great reasons|
|necessitating such course have ap7
|peared to us.
The public Institutions for the Blind
the Deaf and Dumb, the State Uni-
versities, the Insane Asylum, all have
been subjected during 1880 and 1881,
to great losses through the deprecia-
tion of State warrants, appropriated
to assist or maintain them. 1t is only
through the closest economy in apply
hing their funds for absolute necessi-
ties that their administrators have
been able to make the ends meet.
1882 will find these institutions in
q worse condition still. Without ap-
preparations they will be left without
even the scanty resource Of the depre-
ciated warrants which have helped
them through 1880 and 1881.
Then there is the new State Capitol
in rapid process Of completion, from
the proceeds Of warrants whose actual
value is whatY Fifty cents in lieu Of
the dollar appropriated BY the Gen
eral Assembly, in obedience to the
constitutional mandate.
Besides, how will our Judicial and
State officers get along until the reg.
ular session Of May 1859 frames {
revenue bill, and the collectors hav,
turned over the funds to be raised BY
virtue of its provisions.
1t will take seven months in 1852
before a single license can be collect
ed. In the meantime, thousands o.
dollars will be lost to the Stat,
though parties who will discontinue
business during these seven months.
The people, at last, have to pay th'
dollar for the warrant that brings bu
tifty cents. Hence, not to remedy thi
state of affairs is to heap additiona
indebtedness upon them.
The municipal and par0chial gov
ernments who are limited by the Stat
revenue bill in the matter Of licenses
have been shorn of at least one half o
their license revenues owing to the in
iudicious law Of 1880. 1t would be un
wise not to provide another and
better one. ere January has bee
reached.
We believe that short extra ser
sion can easily change the situation
The few thousands spent to pay il
expenses will not be q drop in
bucket of water as compared to th
losses that have been and will be in
!. Cured through inaction, which woul
! amount almost to a suspension of tn
functions Of the government.
1t is not because we, are fond 9
seeing our legislators in council tha
| we lay before Acting Governor Nc
Emery the wants which the peopl
point out on every side. 1t is simpl
through our desire to see the Admin
! istration restore the impaired publ
credit, confidence and eontentmer
] throughout the State.
], We have every confidence in tn
1 good Judgment and patriotism of til
!, Acting Governor, who will doubles
| take the necessary steps to remed
\ evils which he surely sees as well q
] THE people do.
Louisiana capitolian., 1881-09-24
LOCUST DALE ACADEMY,
COUNTY, VA,
Near RapiAan station, Va.
DAVID L. BOYD. Pr rincipal.

DAVID L. BOYD. Principal.
A BLY, ASSISTED IN THE ACADEMIC
IA Department by Graduates Of the Universe.
|ty of Virginia, and by competent Oficer in the
Military Department
This Academy has been long established and
successfully conducted 1t is mainly Prepar
atory School for the University OF Virginia
And the instruction, therefore, in Mathematics
and in the Ancient and Modern Languages, in.
cluding the English il very thorough.
The Location is in one Of the HEALTHlEST
and most Beautiful portions Of Piedmont, Viz
gnia under the Blue Ridge and near the Rapid
an River. and In An Intelligent and Highly Re-
lined Community. with Churches Of variouA De
nominations convenient. 1
The Buildings and Grounds are extensive and
attractive, and specially adapted TO the pur
poses Of Boarding School.
The Session begins tho third Monday IN
Sep4emf,er, and closes the third Thurs'
day In Jane.
The terms are $500 for Session Of nine 10
months for every expense except Clothing
Text Books and Medical Attendance.
This il a Private School, and under the abs0
lute control Of the Principal.
For further information, address the under
signed at Baton Rouge, La. till August LIST, at
tor that time OF Locust Dale P. o., Madison
County, Virginia. D. +. BOYD, Principal.
July 9th, 1851, tw 3m.
Louisiana capitolian., 1881-09-24
BATON ROUGE, SEPT. "a, 1881,

Late dispatches indicate that the ne
gro who assassinated Gen. Tucker III
Mississippi, last week, has been lynched
Louisiana capitolian., 1881-09-24
EDUCATIONAL.
DAY SCHOOL.

\ THE UNDERSIGNED having had several
years experience in teaching, will open on the,
"a Of October, Select School for Girls and
Boys, and respectfully selicits share Of theI
public patronage. School located at Mrs. Rowe
on Convention Street. Special attention paid tcI
small children. For further particulars apply tel
MISS ZELIA HENDERSON,
septsD.d. ST. Philip Street.