The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-05-16
gssas-,, The Express Of yesterday. afternoon


DISABLED SoLpiaRs SrARvise. = large
number Of soldiers, disabled during The
I late war, it is said, are nov in a starving
condition, in BROOKLYN. g At tie last meet
ing Of the Army and Navy Association it
was reported that cases of death from star
walton had actually occurred The families
of those who have fallen upon the. battle
| field arepefmitted to drag miserable ex-
istence. osi' ny, ~ iiis!'s2l ais3i5lf 7h'a
Had such 4 statement as the above gone
forth id reSardto any community Of negroes
in the South, how promptly would the
Radicals have declared that 'sfebel barbara
| ty" was at work to starve the ''helpless
blacks" and how vigorously would the
Freedmen's Bureau have set about reliev-
ling their necessities! But as it is only
white men, women and chriltlren who are
starving, it makes no matter. The soldiers
under the Direction and guidance Of The
same Radicals, fought to free the negroes.
Their work done they are left to die by
the roadside like wounded. Lazarus, whilst
the negro is exalted to theskies. 80 much
for Radical consistency N. X. News
MORMON HAppINEss.- The women Of
Utah rejoice in consequence Of their $50
cial privileges, You see, they are all SO
happy in their marriage relations. What
bliss, what JOY, what .:exaltation" woman
must necessarily experience when the hus-
band of her choice, he who first won her
especial Affection" takes to- him another
wifel And then when that happiness is
increased by his taking third, a fourth, q
fiftl-and SO on to the end of The chapter!
Just try to compute the sum total Of the
first wife's happiness even in this world, by
a seometiical series based upon The above
idea !? The result is startling, especially to
those cases where thirty, fifty, or a hundred
women belong, to the same old mar. u TSalt
Lake Vedette. e 5al, '5'.1is.5tiG az.
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a I.oyF LETTER The following love
letter. we obtain from one Of our exchanges
and publish it for the benefit Of such ofidur.
readers as may wish to write love letters
and lack the style: 9 l's''l''lss3 9. "a
Och, Paddy, swate Paadyeif was your
daddy, I'd kill you wild kisses entireE;if I
was your mother, I'd see that You went to.
bed early. To taste of your breath, I'd
strive me to death, ia lay off my hoops al
together. To joost llxe d taste Of your
arms on me waste, I'd larf at the mainest
of wether. Dear Paddy, be nine me own
swate Valentine, veil find me both gentle.
and civil; our life we will spind to ansilli--
CANT ind, and care may go dance wild the
devil! I @i( sabIf ,efl fiAita!s4 g!9i,
I A BREATHING sPELL-The, saints up in.
Boston, Sunday week, got scared and gave
slavery, the go7by, end pitched into the
cholera, diarrhea, cramps, and ltlagnes and
pestilence generally. The Rev G. d. BRAD
Icy preached ii" The Church of the Redeem.
err from % Sam 24-15, aThe Lord sent {.
pestilenee onthe people.'' Now, that's Just
-theway they got slavery mp there, by cut
ting out such texts from Samuel and
preaching upon them until they were Graz
zy. And SO they'll have. the cholera, sure;
and vel have a breathing spell, SO long
as it lasts, IN O. Pieayune. re 80,
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BSN A poor Irishman who applied for a.
icence to sell ardent spirits, being ques
toned as to his moral fitness, for the trust
replied, "Ah. sure it is not much Of a char
acter that a man needs to sell RUM" fd,f
CLEAR AS MUD-4A lecture was delivered
at the rooms Of the New York University, /
upon, cholera, its, causes, treatment, and the 4
modes Of preventing it. In. conclusionthe
lecturer gave it ashis opirhonthat @the disc
case now dreaded was not contagious but 1
was communicated By germs yoided from
the ,excretory processes ofpersons infec-
tedi' s9ss9l1 rsft 81 fat ssd.get I
fil --~ett>-l~-----< sss--.o-4c-o-o5-. iEaYys1
ssa.I Tn Green township, near Cincinnati,
ii, q few days ago, a mad dog, on the farm
of four brothers named Davis, bit tie broth 1
nrs, three horses ana several hogs and cat
tie. The horses, cattle and hogs all died, /
and the four brothers are lying very low \
with that terrible disease, hydrophobia.g
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gegrs In Sacramento recently q woman
procured the releaseIof her husband from
all, and that night ran OF with another fell |
on. Her object in procuring her husband isiI
'eiease was to leave Somebody with the
children. gis i19saiist slsssA laa nsaaa 81
~ FIVE ssreiiasea by those around'us,
heagithe hpstilitynef AL the fest of i
he world; Just as if We were before a warm
Ire, we need not care fur all the fee Iii the