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it has been so decided in some
of the u. S. Courts; but the
trainers of our State Constitution
could have had no reference to
weapons of war for it was not
then necessary for the citizen
soldier 10 be armed.
The government is and was
fully able to supply every sol
der with ali the arms necessary.
Then, as Article 3 is the first
article we object to, We suggest
tlat it ought to be expunged or
remodeled SO IS to give the Leg
isla.ure the right to abrijge, re-
strict or abrogate the right to
manufacture, sell. keep Or carry
pocket pistols.
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SHERIFPS SALE.

STATE OF LOUISIANA-5th District
Court, parish Of Ouachita r. G
Cobb VS.. j. Frank Pargoud. No.
1891.
By virtue of writ of a ia. issued BY
the Hon. 5th District Court, in and fof
the parish of Ouachita, in the above en-.
titled suit, and to me directed as Sheriff
of Morehouse parish, l have seized as
the property of the defendant. j. Frank
Pargoud, and will proceed to sell, at the
door of the court house. in the town d
Bastrop, Morehouse parish, within the
hours prescribed by law for Judicial
sales, at public auction, to the highest
bidder on
SATURDAY, the 18th day of septem.
Der, 1881, the following described pro,
perty, to-wit: A tract or parcel Of land
situated in the parish of Morehouse and
described as the north half section, tho
southeast quarter section, and SOUTH
west quarter section, all in section 81,
and the southwest quarter OF sectiOa
80, all in township %, north of range
east. and north half of northwest quar-
ter of section S, and nerth half OF norl0'
east quarter of section 6, township. ~ \,
north Of range east, aud the east nai
of northeast quarter of section 10, to9u'
ship %, north Of range 7 east, contain.
ing in the aggregate 1880 51-lOO acres u
land, more or less, \.
Terms of sale-cash, with the benen.
of appraisement. -
VIM. p DOUGLASS, Sheriff.
Aug. 18th, 1881.
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The Baton Rouge Capitolian
suggests to the ex Confederates
OF that city the propriety OF
erecting a monument to the
peerless Allen in the following
words:
II does seem to us that the
large number OF * Confederate
soldiers 10 this city and section
ought to remember that across
the Mississippi, nearly opposite
the Capitol, resided q planter
who, when the drums beat the
assembly, in 1861, enlisted as a
private soldier in the Fourth
Louisiana Infantry, Of which
be soon rose to be the heroic and
beloved Colonel; and who, in
that capacity, fell desperately
wounded at theii head, on the
field of Baton Rouge, on the 9th
Of August 1862.
They ought to remember him
as the disabled veteran whom
the love and confidence OF the
people elevated to che highest
trust. that of Governor OF
the State of Louisiana, and
who, after setting an exam
pie Of the parest devotion to duty
and country, retired, when the
cause was lost, to die from his
wounds in a foreign land.
They ought to remember that
Baton Rouge, the Capital Of
Louisiana, his home, almost,
where be received his death
wound, is pre-eminently the spot
where an enduring monument
should be reared to perpetuate
the memory of the patriotic citi-
zen, the heroic soldier aud whole
souled Governor, Henry Wat
kins Allen.
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THE PRESIDENT.

The nation is shrouded in
gloom and sorrow. The coudi-
ton of the President is almost
beyond hope. And it may be
that ere this will reach the eyes
Of our readers be will have sur
rendered up his life into the
hands of the Great God who
gave it. Never before has there
been such a deep interest mani
tested in the life of a man. Not
only our own people, but the
nations of earth have watched
wish the deepest interest the
progress of his case. Since the
I'd of July we as people have
been alternating between hope
and dependency. But now the
wires tell US that hope Is gone.
His splendid Constitution, which
has borne him up SO long seems
to have succumbed to the treme1-
dous drainage, and we fear, in
the midst of his great usefulness
and in the prime CT life, be must
be taken from us. We bow In
humble submission to the will OF
Him who does all things after
the counsel OF His own will.
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YgInlm1ing s,
IN REMNANTS AT
10 CENTS EACH
SHERIFF'S SALE.

STATE OF LOUISIANA-Sixth Dist
Court-Parish of Morehouse. Sibsr
nagel & Co. VS.. James Beatty.
By virtue of writ of Fl. fa. issued by
the Hon 9Th District Court. in and for
the parish of Morehouse, said State, in
the above entitled suit, and to me. di-
rected as Sheriff of said parish and Stats
/ have seized and will proceed to sell at
the door of the court house, IN the town
of Bastrop. within the hours prescribed
by law, at public auction, to the high.
est bidder, on
SATURDAY, the Sd day of September,
1881, the following described property,
to-wit: The southeast quarter of north.
east quarter of section 26, township u,
north range east, containing 40 acres
of land, more or less, said land pointed
ont to- be seized by defendant, james
beatty.
Terms of sale-The purchaser to pay
S31 in cash to pay costs, the balance Of
the price on II mouths credit, for which
the purchaser will be required to give a
IL months bond, with approved per-
sonal security, and special mortgage
will be retained ON the land to secure
the payment of the bond.
VIM. p. DOUGLASS, Sheriff.
August IL, 'S1.
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SUDDEN DEATH.-On last Tues
day the community were shocked
by the intelligence that DR.. M
A. Guice, who, in the morning
was apparently in perfect health
had died Of heart disease. A
few minutes prior to his death,
the DR.. was sitting on the veran-
dab eating a water melon. Sud.
denly he walked to his bedroom,
fell across the bed, and before
medical assistance could be pro-
cured, the vital spark had fed
forever. The DIR. was one oil
our most useful and estimable
citizens, and his death leaves a
void which will be hard to Fill.
His Obituary will appear in our
next [Franklin Sun, Goth.
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Land for Sale or Rent

Ihave number of fine plantatlon'
situated in different portions OF the pas
ish. which will sell or rent on the ll u.s
reasonable terms. have also NY.
quantity of unimproved first class >, ,Sn asI
conveniently situated. which wiz "
at great sacrifice and on long time;
have also some improved and ahin as
proved town property for sale or is H;,v
I will give poor man an oppol'u " 4
to get a home in nearly any portion
the parish, if he will apply to me; ,,yv
~ SAMSON LEVI
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STATE ITEMS.

The cotton crop of Franklin
will be almost total failure.
Deer and bear are very pIenti
full in Terfeboane.
The children of Terrebonne
are suffering with deraugea bow
David Roach, al old and es-
teemed CT .izen of Franklin, is
dead.
The Herald says credit busl-
ness is actually becoming dull in
Columbia. Short crops.
On Aug. 9th the Minden Dem
ocrat commenced les 18th year.
The Democrat is an excellent
paper.
Lawson Adams killed his
brother-i in law, Bob Mccarthy,
at Alto Que day last week. Both
colored.
A negro woman was recently
lodged In the parish prison of
Tensas charged with the murder
Of a white man, fisherman, at
Waterproof.
The cane crop is doing we'll in
the Attakapas country. Cotton
has turned out much better than
expected Rice cutting will soon
be in order.
The Beacon says the farmers
of Richland have lost great
deal this year by failure TO cut
down their corn after they found
it had b. en- ruined by the drouth
The Beacon claims that it has
the handeomest and most moral
typo in the State. We will enter
Hyams, Of the Sugar Planter,
against your man, Brother Man
CHAM.
From a postal card from its
editor. we learn that arrange
mems have been perfected to
move the Baptist Messenger
from Fsrmerville to Arcadia
The change will take place at
once.
A special dispatch in the New
Orleans Times dated Brton
Rouge, Aug. 18, gives the follow
ing account of tragedy at New
Roads, Point Coupee parish. one
night lately. A planter named
johnson had given some negroes
permission to have a frolic in q
school honse under his charge,
provided they would not make
too much noise. as the members
of his family were sick. This
stipulation was not complied
with, and two young friends COM
ing along, they went to quiet the
assembly. Johnson exhibited a
pistol, which irristed the crowd,
and q pistol going off, accident
ally, as is supposed, some fifty or
sixty shots were fred. One of
the young men we're killed out
right, and the other severely
wounded. Great excitement pre-
walls there, and some fifteen or
twenty negroes have been ar
rested.
Albers' Worm Syrup, for sale at
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LEON SUGAR,
REAL ESTATE AGEN !,
BASTROP, LA.
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE.
INSTRUMENTATION residences, III
Guiding some of the most comfof,1su,'
houses, finest buildings and best ioes'
tons in Bastr0p. 10.
STOREHOUSES - One of the pe''
houses and business stands in town. :,
LOTS-Suitable building lots 10 a.
most every quarter of the corporasiopa' or
p Parties wanting to buy, sen v
rent will do we'll to consult me.
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THE CONSTITUTION.

Il the Constitution is the per
feet instrument it's trainers aud
their frieuds claim it to be, why
is there snch widespread dissat
isfaetlop? And why does it mo-
fad an advocate among all the
papers of the State?
The fact is, never was an IN
strument, of the kind so univer'
sally condemned, and never be.
fore did such document prove
sooh an utter failure in so short
a time.
The whole instrument bears
upon it's face the evidence OF a
want OF confidence in the hon
essy OF the people an ! a pander-
= ing to the favor Of the ignorant
class OF CUR population.
We notice that the Judiciary
seems to occupy, at present, the
attention Of the press ; but we
think that is by no means the
gravest OF its many faults. And
as we stated in q former issue,
the objections to the Constitu-
ton should be taken up by the
press and discussed, and amend
ments proposed, in order that
the Legislature, at its next $685.
sion, or at as curly a day as
possible, may present suitable
amendments 10 the people for
adoptionI
One great objection is that
there is. too much of it. The
Constitution OF the United States,
(which is sufficient for the gov
eminent of this. the greatest ma
ton on earth. is nothing to COM
pare, in length, with our State
Constitution. It seems more OF
q book Of statutes than an or
ganic law or a foundation for
statutes. There are too many
shalls and shall nots.
We call attention, to the Sd
Article which, to our mind, is
entirely unnecessary, az the
Constitution Of the United States
gives ample protection. At the
time the article on this subject
was adopted as q part of the
Constitution ofthe United States
the condition of the people was
such that it was necessary they
should be armed to.defend them
selves against attacks by the In
dams, as we'll as to be ready at
a moments warning to answer
the call Of the government. And
in those days the government
had no regular army and but
few manufactures for weapons
Of war: So that it then seemed
to be a necessity for the citizen
soldier to be armed at all times.
Bat that condition does not
now exist, and it seems to us
that the Article in our State
Constitution which forbids legis-
iation abridging the right to keep
and bear arms is All unnecessary
and unwise restriction Of the
powers OF the Legislature.
The bearing OF arms might be-
come o source of great evil. But
nnder the Constitution there is
no remedy. II that Article we're
stricken out, the Legislature
would have the power to dis
criminals as against such arms
as were rot necessary for the
defense Of the government. It
is certainly reasonable to con-
cIude that the trainers of the
Constitution Of the United States |
had in view the right to keep |
and bear such arms as were use-
full in war, They never intended
it to apply to pocket pistols, and !
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EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
CoTToNDALE Ala,
August 9th, 1881.

l
are located the works of the Tus
caloosa Manufacturing Company
The name Of the place is the one
| written at the head of this letter
| The first name given to this place
| was Kennedale, and the Factory
here was owned by BAugh, Ken
nedy & Co. They founded the
place in 1866, and collapsed jus,
ten years afterward. Their fail
ure gave rise to much suspicion
of fraud, in so much that the
whole party were indicted for
obtaining money under false
pretense. Such animosity ex-
listed in this county against those
men that they refused to be tried
here, and the trial was had in an
adjoining county, whore, after a
long and tedious Investigation,
they were acquitted. Kenne-
dale was then sold under the
hammer" and purchased by a
lot Of gentlemen who live in the
city of Tuscaloosa. and who
changed the name to Cottondale.
In company with some Indies
and gentlemen, I have just made
. tour through the entire factory.
In fact, my business at this place
to- day was to see Cottondale
cotton mills. And well have /
been rewarded fol my trouble.
Three hundred and fifty men
women and children are employ
ed in these works. -Four bales
Of cotton are daily cow erted into
cloth here. One thousand dol
lars per week are paid to these
operatives. The place is full of
life and hustle. A section of
country which twenty years ago,
was vast bowling wilderness,
now resounds with the hum of
industry and enterprise. And
the Company, with its present
manufacturing capacity, ars an
able to supply the increasing de-
mand for their goods; they ale
therefore making preparations
to double their looms and en-
ploy SO many more laborers.
Goods made here are handled In
every Southern city: This morn.
ing an order come from a promi-
inent New Orleans firm for a
couple Of hundred bales of
"checks" made here. These
goods have a celebrity in the
South almost equal to that Of the
famous Lowell Mills. All the
machinery is of the very latest
improvement, and the operatives
are second to none.
The county surrounding Cot
tondale is q novel one. Rugged
bluffs and dragged hills, covered
with an iuterminable forest Of
gigantic pine trees, tho ad-
jscent territory. These romantic
hills are rich with the very
choicest stone coal. Thousands
Of people are employed in dig
giug it. The whole earth, after
you descend some fifteen feet in
the ground, seems to be a solid
mass Of inexhaustable mineral.
Until the railroad came through
here these lands were worthless,
and with the exception of a list
less ''squatter" here and there,
we're unoccupied and unclaimed.
Now they are held at enormous
prices. A man who owns a hum
lred acres of this apparently
land, has a fortune.
Capitalists are after it and they
ire bound to have it. You
vould be amazed at the abund-.
Ince Of good, cold water that is |
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Albers' Worm Syrup, for sale at
Taylor's Drug Store, is fast gaining
popularity.
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NOTICE.
SHINGLES AND BOARDS.

Delivered in town or at the stump.
Orders left with j. r. Cole will receive
prompt attention.
july29.
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Fresh tornip seed at
j. A. MooRE's.

Ayers Pills are a general ia
vorite, because of their powerful
yet gentle operation. Medical
men prefer them for nervous
or delicate constitutions.
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Next week We expect to say
something about the H. Hannah
Blanks, and her popular COM
mander, Capt. r, D. Marble. Wait
and see.
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Cotton in New Orleaps.-
Good ordinary has advanced to
l04; low middling, III. Corn is
worth from 1882; pork, scarce
at 500.
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New Advertisement.
Hamburg High School

This institution for both sexes a,n
famous for it's discipline and tha S.'eaav
ness OF instruction, will begin its IEsJ fuSSa..
SCHOLASTIC YEAR On III
MONDAY, September 18th. 1ss,
Two hundred dollars will covo. ,
school expense, except Music, Draw l
and Painting and books for ten mo mas
A first class High School is bert s'a'
boys than any college, %
From the known healthfu}nao.
Hamburg, the reputation of the Hro@H
SCHOOL, and the proximity Of I Lang
lana, the latter Can well afford to NJ.
ronize this school pA'
Terms-Cash or an accepted draft :,
the five mouths, IN adrance WI
SEND AND SEE. We give more th,.
we receive, Circulars, with other ps '4
ticulars, sent Oh application to
ID. &. 3. CONNERLY.
Principal,
Hamburg, Arkansas
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RELIGIOUS NOTICES.

There viii be preaching at the Bap-
list Church during the year 1881 on the
second and third Sundays and Saturday
nights before in each month.
METHODIST CHURCH. Services every
first and th;ed Saboaths, in each month,
morning and night.
Sunday school every Sunday morning
J. M. MCKEE, Pastor.
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A reward of $3.50 has been Of
fered for the apprehension OF
Joseph Thomas. the murderer
Of Chss. Murphy, Mayor Of Roll
ing Fork, Miss. Thomas is about
Is years old, dark complexion, 5
feet s inches high. brown NOUS
tache, dark gray ayes, round face,
heavy beard shaved, and low
head, weighing about lao pounds.
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A FIRE in New Orleans on the
22d destroyed the establishment
Of Patterson & Bovard, whole
sale liquor dealers, and Samuel
Levy, cigar dealer, and damaged
four other houses. Estimated
loss, $4,000, mostly covered by
insurance.
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Regular Bayou BarthOl-
Omew Packet.
STEAMER
H. Hannah Blanks.
r. D. MARBLE..---. Master.
Clark

- .....-.--...---.C Clerk.
The above named steamer will make
regular through trips from Ner Orleans
to Lind Grove, commencing with the
first navigable waters, and remaining
until the expiration of the season.
Through bills Lading will he given
from st. Louis to Lind Grove.
NOTICE.
Having appointed Mr.. J. r. 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 Owosso times., 1881-11-04
FOR THE CHILDREN.

In a primary school, the teacher
wanted to instruct her pupils in the
use of the hyphen. She wrote on the
blackboard, "Bird's-nest," and pointing
to the hyphen asked:
"What is that fOr?"
After a pause a little fellow ex-
claimed:
"Please, ma'am, for the bird to roOst
inp
There was once man named Hap.
When he was boy, he misbehaved
himself very often, and his mother
used to beat him with bamboo rod. One
day he cried after the beating, and his
mother was greatly surprised, and said,
81 have beaten you many time, and
you have never cried before; why do
you cry to day?" "Oh, MOTHER" he re-
piled, "you used to hurt me when you
fiogged me, but now L weep because
you are not strong enough to hurt me-"
ut makes one weep" says the Chinese
mOralist, seven to read this story"
There were four good habits wise
and good man earnestly recommended
in his cOunsels and also by his own ex-
ample, and which he considered essen
TALLY necessary for the management of
temporal concerns. These were pune
tuality, accuracy, steadiness and dis
patch. Without the first OF these, time
is wasted; without the second, mistakes
the most hurtful to our own credit and
interest and that of others may be
committed; without the third, nothing
can be well done; and without the
fourth, opportunities of advantage are
lost which is impossible to recall.
The Owosso times., 1881-11-04

The London Times discussing Secre-
tary Blaine's letter to Minister Lowell,
with reference to the Panama canal
and the Monroe doctrine, says: The
weighty nature of the interests of
America is the use of any inter-oceanic
canal through the isthmus Of Panama
will be readily admitted, but Mr.. Blaine
pushes the point too far when he would
have the world take 1t for granted that
no government except his own and that
of Columbia has any claim to be con-
suited in regard to the neutrality of
the work. The proposition is far from
self evident and is, unfortunately, net
supported in the letter by arguments
which will make it acceptable to Euro
pean powers, and least of all to En-
gland.
A river Is always down in its mouth
Il Burlington HGsokeye. And ii
shouldn't be, considering that 1t gen.
orally controls all the banks along Its
course.--Neso York Commercial Adoer-
tiser.
What does husbands promise
about giving up tobacco generally end
inp-Why, In smoke.
After man came woman, and she has
been after him ever since.
The Owosso times., 1881-11-04

To Sir Isaac Newton the world owes
the great discovery Of the law of Uni
versal Gravitation. Galileo had inves-
tigated the subject of terrestrial gravity
"a. d. 1590), but he did not imagine
that any similar force existed beyond
the neighborhood of the earth. Keep
ler advanced step nearer the truth,
and spoke of gravitation as acting
from planet to planet; still he did not
conceive of its having any effect on the
planetary motions. This discovery,
one of the most important that modern
science has achieved, was reserved Tor
the mighty genius of Newton. Sitting
in his orchard one day "a. d. 1861, he
observed an apple fall from a b0ugh.
This simple circumstance awakened a
train of thought. Gravity, he knew,
was not confined to the immediate sur
face of the earth. 1t extended to the
greatest heights with which man was
acquainted; why might it not reach out
into space? Why not actually cause
her to revolve around the earthp To
test these speculations. Newton at
once undertook series OF laborious
calculations, which proved that the at
traction of gravitation is universal;
that it determines the orbits and velOc-
tiles of the planets, causes the inequal-
tiles observed in their motions, pr01u-
ces tides, and has given its present
shape to the earth.