present writing. The prisoners were brought'
in for arriimeint by squade of, ten or more
at +ItIi, !and Judging from the way in which
the tºdonel "ogled the supposed criminals,
clainkin ever and anon "hid:gory locks at his:
quivering humnan victims, we have every reasono
to infer that somebody will have a fair chance
tio dance on nothing in Assumption in the near
future.
Quite a surprise, mingled with a profdund
sentiment of regret, was experienced by the
, ruut. bar and all the best people of the parish.
at th3announcemont that that popular, genial*
and competent gentleman, E. P. iltlluin, had
rqtiredhfrgm the p.tition of deputy Clerk of
`Court. ..r. Hellult Was not on1l fa.drnbly ee
teemed l8re in his co&noction with the office'
as depu?. Clerk, which he held under several
"adqhnittrations regardless of political affini
ties, iba for his unselfish devotion to his friends
and neighbors, and to .vir'y vitd l interest of his
native parish and State. He served creditably
as a Confederate soldier in the lath internecine
conflict, haviig left here when a mere youth
,it the first blast of the war bugle, with the fa
Itlaous Phoehix Guards, a company clmposed of
members from Assumtptiiom and Ascension and
commanded by the heroic Frank T. Nicholls
"Phis company was incorporated in the r._
k'otned Eighth Louisiana Infantry, C. 8. A.,
and attested his valor on many srnguinary and
fierce battle fields of Noiihernir Virginia. lie
was present and wounded at the bloody battle
of Uettysburg, where many of his comrades
teucuinbed to the deadly and destructive fu.
