The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-08-22
STATE NEWS AND VIEWS.

Our thanks are due TO the Presi-
dent OF the Southern Exposition i'll
Louisville, KY, for invitation to
visit the exhibition which opened
the 10Th of August.
Finding the water becoming too
shallow Tor safe travel III Bayou "a
fourche, Capt. Dunestre has with
drawn his popular little steamer
E. w. Fuller from that stream and
will run her twice week between
New Orleans and Donaldsonville,
connecting with bayou flatboats at
pthis place.-lChief
1t is high time that all this foolish
l;twaddle and ridiculous nonsense,
that is being carried on hy the press
in the interests OF two alleged rival
factions of the Democratic party of
this State, should cease. Sensible
men have long since tired of it and
those who have the interests Of the
party truly at heart have been thor
Oughly disgnsted these many days
past Feliciana Sentinel.
The latest excitement in this par
ish is that the richest ore yet found
in this parish by MIR. EnderIe was
found last week in the town OF
Vienna, and was taken from the
hill on the west side of town. Mr..
Enderle was here Saturday with
quite quantity of rock which he
had collected. Many of our people
took a peep at the samples through
magnifying glass and can testify
to the exceeding richness of The ore,
t because they saw it with their own
t eyes, Ruston Caligraph.
The palpable errors existing i'll the
| license laws of this State are such
as to require the attention of our
next Legislature. The present re
< quirementS of the law do not reacn
transient liquor vendors in small
quantities, who are shrewd enough
to start into tile business at a time
} when it is not possible TO enforce thu
/ payment of licenses and which time
n happens to be, I'm this section, thu
s. busiest of the year. About the tint
when licenses are collected theS'
. transient liquor vendors, having
t. entirely disposed Of their stock
Ie close their establishments, atte
- having carried on license free, al
" almost ruinuOus competition agains
81 permanent and Legitimate estab
'e lishments.- Louisiana Farmer.
IF Hitherto we have had nothing to say
regard to the controversy over he President
II, distribution OF Federal offices in Loulsiani
His calm and steady persistence IN choosing IL
W the important places in the Custom Hous
n the Post Office aud the Mint, men Tho al
- neither the tools nor the friends OF the Kin
ne which has dominated the State for years pas
has attracted the attention of the countr
e land awakened the deepest feeling in this cit
and State 1t is customary, and the principl
o' ia easily understood, to distribute the Fedora
,r. offices among the nominees OF the leaders
II the victorious political party. 1t is incon es
st able that for years this Ring by methods
its own, has actually controlled the gover
&c ment, both OF the city and State In view
=; these facts the course of the President
al noteworthy. Acting, not from pique, nor IL
,o nersonal ends but acting i'll the int rests
nO 1Ood morals of the people, and as reprcse
ve tative of republican institutions, he has rise
above the mere ritual of party, and, IN his dl
TO trihutiOn of office, made departure which WI
:, andeor his pame to the heart of every patriC
oil The gist of this matter lies in the fact, tn
no we're those offices and the large patronai
NC which belongs to them, put in the hands of Il
ne Ring, its power confirmed and increased
the indirect support OF the Federal cover
I1 mept the State would have been given
to plunGer. and public morality. would ext
he in Louisiana only in name. We think tn
=. il the circumstances of the case be duly co
- sidereG, it will ne admitted that there
N. scarcely to be found in all our national h
tory a more brilliant display of patriotism
VI than the course of the President in ignOriI
their braggart pretensions, and tramplmg
e. their nefarious policy. We venture to spei
~ on behaR of the best citizens, so far as we ci
90 know them, or know of them. We cam
m doubt that. from one end of the State to t
other, they hail the course of the Preside
nj with ioy.-ISouth Western Presbyterian.