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Newspaper
The Weekly Echo
Location
Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1868
Page
2
The column reports local notices in Lafayette Parish about registry openings and a candidate for the office of Deeper justice district. It also covers national events with the Senate impeachment trial, President’s defense and the managers plan. Progress on Oil Springs works is noted with optimism and material shipments en route.
The notice urges readers to support Janes M Porter Esq for District Fudge, praising his long practice and courteous manner. It also announces Jno E King Esq of Opelossa as a Conservative candidate for Congress, noting his alleged financial practices and urging timely civic action.
Court is sitting in Lafayette Judge Bailey has expressed his term holding here or the second Monday of April The jury is drawn and is white Some confusion over a St Charles Echo reference Our Lake Charles fishing season is underway with excellent fresh water fishing in Lake Charles
The Opélousas Journal praises immigration to St Landry Parish to supply energy and capital from the elder states and distant sources. It argues white labor can endure Southern sun, recalling Confederate shells to refute the belief. It notes ample room in Calcasien as shown by the census map.
A striking mismatch of weather as heavy snow blankets parts of the North while trees remain lush with green leaves, signaling spring has firmly taken hold in the region.
The Raleigh State Convention adjourned after the constitution was signed with conservatives leaving. The capitol bell rang, the hall emptied, and the remaining delegates formed a circle, sang, and danced in a break-down, praising John Brown and ridiculing Jefferson Davis as the session closed.
The record notes a sum of 37,500,000 dollars tied to a 14th anniversary or phase. Details are fragmentary but indicate a large financial receipt or settlement connected to a defined place referred to as the pa ace.
Communicated reminiscence recalls a party at Captain Daniel Goss's saw mill. After a dinner the guests toasted the host and the event. A slave named Henderson offered a humorous and philosophical toast about good things in life and future happiness, ending with hopeful wishes for many returns of the birthday anniversary.
March 10, 1868 Special Orders No 54 list appointed registrars for Calcasieu and other Louisiana parishes under Union authority. Oaths required, duties include setting up election precincts, appointing election commissioners, and handling payments. Registrars and commissioners sworn, records sent to headquarters, Major General Hancock commands.
The text discusses Louisiana voters facing an election despite past protests about consent and cost. It notes a 698 amendment to reconstruction acts altering perceived nullities and arguments about the election's constitutionality and authority.
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