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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-02-05
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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-02-05
MISCELLANEOUS. 7
/, SEVENTH SESSION.
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Litchfield enquirer., 1868-07-16
WOODBURY.

A quiet Fourth was experienced by the citizens of this town, no demonstration be- ing made, except the usual morning salute of ringing bells and burning powder. The ladies of the Methodist Church held fes- tival at the Town Hall, which was we'll pat ronized, and the receipts satisfactory.
 During the shower on Friday after noon two barns were struck with light ming, but were not damaged seriously.
 The farmers for the last two weeks, have been busy gathering the hay crop, which was unusually large.
 W. Cothren, Esq, has gone west, ex- pecting to be absent several weeks, during which time he will be engaged with the duties of his profession.
 From present indications, our citi- zens, in a few weeks, will celebrate the completion of the Fathers Monument, which was commenced some years since, but after reaching the height of fourteen feet, has remained stationary for the want of funds. It is being built of native rock, and, when completed, will be fit memen- to of the early settlers of this beautiful valley, and an ornament to the old ceme- tery in which it stands.
Litchfield enquirer., 1868-07-16
CONGRESSIONAL.

An act providing that none of the States lately in rebellion, who have not complied with the Reconstruction Acts, shall be al- lowed representation in the Electoral Col lege, has passed both Houses and gone to the President.
 The bill for the reduction of the army has been discussed in the House and material reduction is favored.
 The nomination of Perry Fuller has been rejected.
 On Monday there was an important de bate in the Senate on the Sherman fund ing bill. Messrs. Henderson, Mortar and Sherman seemed to favor the theory that the bonds are payable in greenbacks, but the majority was decidedly against them The bill was passed. The Aliaska appropriation passed th House on Tuesday, IA to Az.
Litchfield enquirer., 1868-07-16
Legislative.

Votes of 1st Morris School District confirmed. Saugatuck Valley R. R. incorporated.
 On Thursday the Parallel Railroad bill passed the House. There was an excited debate and the opponents of the measure attempted to defeat it by a seces- sion, bare quorum, however, remained.
 States Atty, C.F Sedgwick allowed $75 for oppos- ing petitions for release from States Prison.
 At Republican caucus, last week Ex-Gov. Miner was nominated for Judge of the Superior Court on the third ballot The contestants were, ,Messrs Good win of Barkhamsted, Wiley of New London, and was nominated for Railroad Commissioner, and Francis B. Lee, of Colchester for State Prison Di rector.
 The Madison contested elected case was decided Tuesday and the Republican contestant gets his seat
 The Normal School bill is to come up in another shape and may yet pass.
Litchfield enquirer., 1868-07-16
Attention 2d Conn. ". H. "A. :!

The Executive Committee appointed last year to arrange for suitable exercises and entertainment at the annual meeting of the I'd 0. V. H. A., the present year. met on Thursday last, and it was decided to sound The Assembly" on the 11th ot September. the Anniversary of the origin al muster in.
 Full details will be given in time, and il is believed that all the members of the re- giment who are reached by the call, will rally round the flag once more.
 Let us have a regimental holiday, and cultivate the friendships, while we do not forget the deeds, of other days.
 G. W. MASON,
 for the Ex. Comm.
Litchfield enquirer., 1868-07-16
FALLS VILLAGE.

Mir. U. H. Miner discovered two men endeayoring to break into his residence one night last week, at about midnight. On perceiying that they were discovered they ingloriously fled. He is prepared for them in the future.
 = The Fourth was celebrated in 'fast'' style by our citizens, notwithstanding the hot weather. The thermometer stood at 9s in the shade.
 Most of the farmers have begun to se cure their hay, of which there is large crop but the quality is not as good a! usual
Litchfield enquirer., 1868-07-16
STATE ITEMS.


 Gov. BUCKINGHAM has entirely recovered. REAL estate is rising in East Bridgeport. LIE GRAND LOCKWOOD is building house in Norwalk to cost $750, ,OO0.
 A PRIZE FIGHT took place in East Haven on Sunday.
 REV. GEO. B. BEEcHER of the Howe St. Church, New Haven, resigned Sunday. FIVE oxen were killed by lightning in Essex.
 NEW LONDON sends boat to compete at the College Club Race at Worcester. A BARN was burned in New Britain on the 7th. IT 001t
 THE American Hotel safe was robbed of $1 800 last week. r.4. .u
 MAD dogs continue to infest New Ha- ven. A A300LB. shark has been caught in New Haven harbor.
 ToMLINsoN & BARLow's lumber yard at Bridgeport burned down Monday morn- ing. Loss $2O,OOO.
 The Rev. A. G. Loomis, of Bethlehem, has been called to the North church, Greenfield, Mass. The Housatonic railroad company are making great improvements and alterations at their workshops in Bridgeport.
 ONE hundred and fifteen cans, or 4,OOO qu~rts, of milk, now taken down the Naugatuck daily. ENGINEERS are surveying new route for the Boston and Erie through New Fair field.
 THE Naugatuck Railroad Go. has declared dividend of five per cent, payable on the 18th of August
 A MAN named Devereux, pardoned on the 2d inst, died in prison before the par don reached him.
 SOME ill-bred Border State Guests dis turbed the Trinity College Alumni dinner by hissing the name of Lincoln.
 THE Wallingford community en- tertained nearly six hundred visitors on the Fourth with strawberries, ice cream, etc.
 THE Naugatuck Railroad Go. has con- tracted for 400 tons of steel rails, and is building several stone arched bridges at different points, in place of the wooden ones now in use.
 A BRIDGEPORT gentleman accidentally opening letter of his wife, was astound- ed to find she had made arrangements to spend tue summer with young man out of the State.
 The furnace of Barnum, Richardson & Co.,, at Lime Rock, is in full blast, turning out fifty car wheels a day which are being shipped to California for use on the Cen tral Pacific railroad.
Litchfield enquirer., 1868-07-16
Horatio Seymour as Statesman.

Tn Horatio Seymour, Democracy has nom- mated its shrewdest politician, its most plausible advocate, and one of the most polished and pleasing orators in the coun- try. That he is the first statesman in the Democratic party as the World ass erts, or a statesman in any true sense, is more than we can concede. A man who has neither originated any great political measure, nor showed any uncommon ability in carrying out great political measures originated by others, has no right to such title. Mir. Seymour has neither the brain of AIexan- der H. Stephens, the great executive ability that so long supported the Rebellion against tremendous odds, nor the wonder full mastery over the popular mind that characterized Stephen A Douglas. He be- longs rather to that species of adroit poli- ticians and rhetoricians in which the State of New York has been singularly fertile and at the head of whom stands, or rather stood, Wm. H. Seward: men great in op- position, shrewd to turn popular prejudi- ces to political use; great objectors, rather than great thinkers or great doers. Such men are never thoroughly popular. Their irrepressible adroitness begets reputation for trickiness incompatible with the highest degree of popularity. Men instinctively feel that they are natures attornies, not her soldiers nor her statesmen. Neither Martin Van Buren nor William H. Seward could inspire that confidence people had in An drew Jackson and Abraham Lincoln.
 To such men the responsibility of impor- tant executive position has always proved fatal. If Horatio Seymour has never broken down as conspicuously as Van Buren or Seward, it is because he has never held first-class executive position. As Gov ernor of New York through 1863 and 1S64 he failed as completely as circumstances would admit. At critical periods he talked almost as disloyally as Valandigham; but his talk never bore fruit in action. He was neither the man to lead the Democrat.
 ic draft riots of '68 nor the man to put them down. In short he was neither z serviceable Unionist nor serviceable Cop perhead.
Litchfield enquirer., 1868-07-16

statesmanship remarkable neither for pa triotism nor foresight. At time whel the Democratic party has been singular. wanting in both these qualities, Horatio Seymour has never risen above the dead level of Democratic partisanship. While his old associates, Dix and Dickinson, were supporting the administration Abra- ham Lincoln, he was support, ing the organization that nominated Thomas H. Seymour in Connecticut, and O. 0. Vallandigham in Ohio. In 1861, he favored compromise that meant disun- ion; in 1863, he opposed emancipation when emancipation had become necessity in 1864, he demanded an armistice for the rebellion that was just dying from ex- haustion. We do not wish to speak un- charitably of such conduct, but it certainly does not indicate the high order of patri- otism and the large degree of foresight that must unite in statesmanship.
 But if Horatio Seymour is not 8 great statesman he certainly is great Democrat. He regards his political sect as greater men have regarded the nation. s'The Dem ocratic party, may it be right; but, the Democratic party, right or wrong," has al- ways been his motto. Nor has there been shrewder Democrat. His influence and his advice have nearly always been in the right direction. He saw after the war commenced that opposition to it would be fatal to his party; he now sees that further opposition to negro-suffrage is useless. Yet he never wavers in his party allegiance In lo63 and 1864 when the voice of Copper headlsm prevailed, he talked Copperhead- ism. He regards his own nomination, when such tool as Chase offered itself, as great political blunder; yet he asquiesces
 Most remarkable of all, he fully appreciates the folly of trying to repudiate. yet he stands pledged to repudi- atlon. If he is elected he will be as cautious and prudent as his party will permit him to be- He will be no such willing instrument of the wolfsh and revolutionary combination of Copper heads and Rebels which controls that par ty' as 1t finds in Gen. Frank Blair; never theless, he will do their bidding. To him the resolution of Democratic Convention IS what the decision of the highest court of resort IS to the lawyer, what the mandate ol ms superior is to the Jesuit what the VIII or the people was to Abraham T;nco,,,
 We can easily understand the enthTs;
 asm the nomination of MT. sennas..
 ousea sso m Convention of Democrats, and the hostility it arouses among the neon,a at large. He is rewarded according to h;s works. He deserves to be strenuons1r .,... nlS ported by his party. He deserves to ho rejected by the nation. oe
Litchfield enquirer., 1868-07-16
GOSHEN.

Mr. William Smith who was the delegate from this town to the National Convention of the Young Mems Christian Association recently favored the Association in this town with an interesting account of the meeting of the Convention his journey &c. Mir Smith is young man of much promise and we predict for him high position on the ladder of intellectual fame.
 Mir. Scoville has commenced taking down his blacksrniths shop-preparatory to building a new one. MT. Henry Lucas is building new barn, and other improve ments are in progress.
 Some $75 have been raised to furnish new books for the Sunday School Libra ry.
 - On Thursday eve the 9th MT. Henry L. Coe of Litchfeld was married at the house of MT. George Crandall to Miss Ju- ia Page. Mir. Doubleday being absent, the Rev. MT. Harrison, of Milton, oficia- ted
 Many of the readers of the ENQUIRER will be interested in hearing of the pros perity of our late townsman, who recently removed to Somerville, N. J., and turned his attention to growing fruit We copy the following editorial notice from the Somerset Unionist :-
 "Mr. Frederick Lyman of this village, presented us last week with quantity o1 strawberries such as are not seen every day. Some of them were large enough to eat ID slices. We tender our thanks to MT. H., hoping he may be as successful ln growing other fruits, as in raising strawbeE ries."
Litchfield enquirer., 1868-07-16
News of the Week
FOREIGN.

The London papers comment unfavora-
 Bierstadt, the artist, lately gave din- ner to Longfellow, at which Gladstone and Farragut were present.
 John Bright has been enthusiastically received in Ireland.
 France.-In the Corps LegiSlatif, last week, the Minister of Justice declared the separation of Church and State simply a question of time.
 Marshal Neil defends the government from the charge of extravaganza in military eAIHassSa-e lIsast5ia&Prlme Minister Van Buest re- bukes the Pope sharply for meddling with the internal affairs of the Empire.
 Germany. prosecutions against nat uralized Americans have been dropped.
 In an international contest at Berlin, the English reapers were victorious.
 Spdin.-Important arrests have been made, and the prisoners sent to the Cana ries.
 Martial law has been declared in Catalo- mia. Cuba.-Cholera is raging at Havana. The submarine cable has failed and will have to be relaid.
 China.-A defeat of the rebels is report ed.
 Egypt-Ishmael Pacha, Viceroy, has married a daughter of the Sultan.
 Baden.-Mr. Bancroft is negotiating a naturalization treaty.
 DOMESTIC.
 The new Legislature of South Carolina has assembled. Gov. Orr, in retiring, is- sues patriotic address, advising the peo- pie to adapt themselves to the new reginae. Gov Scott has been inaugurated.
 Civil rule is restored in North Carolina.
 W. P. Kellogg and John s: Harris have been elected U. s. Senators from Louisi- ana; J. c. Abbott and John Pool from North Carolina.
 The question of dividing Texas has been indefinitely postponed in their Conven
 John A. Griswold of Troy, is nominated by the Republicans of New York, for Gov ernor.
 Gov. Chamberlain of Me. is renominated. Ku Klux Klan outrages continue in Tenn. Several persons have been murder ed.
 Wm. P. White takes Reverdy Johnson's place in the Senate.
 There is to be new registration in Vir- ginia.
 Alabama has adopted the Amendment.
 There have been 935 murders in Texas since the close of the war, mostly of Union men and negroes. They now average 60 per month.
 The nominal Democratic majority in Mississippi was 1000. The election re- turns are said to show frauds to the extent of 15, 900 votes which may turn the scale. The heat of Saturday, Sunday, and Mon day was terrific, ranging from 95o to 1O0o at the hottest.
 On Friday night Seymour and Blair made speeches at Tammany Hall accepting their nominations.
 Gov Smith has been inaugurated in AL abama. He opposes any disfranchisement except for crime.
 On Tuesday there were 80 cases of sum- stroke in New York, 40 fatal. Thermome- ter 100 Q at Toronto, 96o at Chicago, 100 Q at St. Louis.
Litchfield enquirer., 1868-07-16
COUNTY ITEMS.

From the Se7tinez:
 SALISBURY. case of Asiastic cholera reported.
 - An attempt is to be made to smelt ore with mineral coal.
 - Norman Spur has patented hay loader.
 The one hundred thousand dollars neces- sary to organize the Connecticut Western Railroad has been subscribed
Litchfield enquirer., 1868-07-16
POLITICAL.


 Pendleton expresses full confidence in Seymour.
 Seward goes around between meals la menting, "Poor Chase! Poor Chase!"
 Young Greenbacks and Old Greenbacks have both been laid on the shelf.
 The Cincinnati Enquirer Dem.) asserts that Pendleton was defeated by bribery.
 Peter Cagger, noted New York Demo cratic politician was killed accidentally last week.
 The name of Horatio Seymour appears on the roll or Jne UJ1ca Academy as Horace Seymour trouble for the World.
 The Democratic papers speak of Blair as graduate of Yale College. He staid in that institution less than year
 The New York Citizen Democratic) ad- mits that ''already have Grants prospects improved hundred fold. Seymour's nomination seems to please Democracy, South, Cobb Tombs and Wise, esp ecially.
 bureau has cost but $2,0O0,OO0, and not
 
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 Says the Louisville Journal: :"Whether or not we shall have MT. Pendleton himse If, we at any rate got his platform, which is the best part of him. At Democratic ratification meeting in Richmond, Cows Vance and Wise, spoke. The former maintained 'tbdt ochdt he con- ,lederacy foatght for aUouId De aoon 6y Me elecs tion of Seymour 0,ad Blaiy. Wise said that 'ssecession was more alive than ever."
 Some one has recalled the pat verse in the "New Gospel of Peace" ;-"And now of the Pahdees he was called Seymour be- cause he could Saymore and mane less than any other man ivin'."
 When Seymour, whispering he would ne'er consent, consented" he fell back, and let Price take the chair. So true it is, that "every man has his Price,"
 They are proposing, South, to use the word "farm" instead of plantation. If they will give up the dbing plantation and take to the farm, it will be better yet.
 The prayer with which Dr. Morgan opened the late Convention, so pleased the Democracy that they shouted Bully for you!" The World puts it thus: "The immense mass of outside spectators, the dignifed occupants of the spacious stage. rose as one man, and began to thank God with terrific hurrahs."
 The World is equally rotten with the Herald. It claims to be Democratic, but would sell even the sacred crown of Christ for price, would willingly sacrifice the entire interests of the party it sucks, and the country at large, for the benefit of a few New York city politicians, whose organ the World has at last become.-LaCrosse DemocrM.
 Some of the Pendleton men-we believe it is the '.Pendleton escort"-are going round with counter felt greenback pinned on their breasts, as 8 symbol of their fac- tion. They had better take them of, for they are rather too suggestive of the worth less currency we should have here in case of the election of the counterfeit "Young Eagle of the West"
Litchfield enquirer., 1868-07-16

Bag We republish an article from the Hartford Courant of the Sth inst, on our first page, which indicates that new rail- load project of great importance to the middle and southern towns of this county, has been started by the citizens of Pough- keepsle. From an article in the Eagle of that city, we see that the corporation will probably issue $2OO,OOO in bonds. making the whole amount contributed $500. GOO. This looks like business.
 Another delegation from Poughkeepsie is expected, soon, to confer with towns on the proposed line.
Litchfield enquirer., 1868-07-16

na- The Democracy will also advocate and labor for an early return of specie payments. The pa per money with which we are now cursed is the source of nearly all our financial troubles. With it's disappearance will come national prosperity Register
 And the road to specie payment pointed out by the Democratic platform is by way of an issue of greenbacks to pay the Five Twenties! The amount of "paper money with which we are now cursed" is thus to be quadrupled- " financial troubles of course will be quadrupled with it-till our currency finally" disappears, as Con- federate scrip disappeared, leaving the North in the exact condition the war left the South! Then comes national prosper ity.
Litchfield enquirer., 1868-07-16
HUNTSVILLE.

MT. Chas. Hunt returned from a tour through the Western States, last Saturday. He says crops of all kinds are looking fine ly, ,and that the prospect is highly fattering for an immense crop in all the grain grow ing districts.
Litchfield enquirer., 1868-07-16

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 most influential and numerous of the dav Ine oI the ter. s'~hegsS-
 Numerous" perhaps, but not so (. in. fuential" as the Convention of Coafede. rete Soldiers and their friends who nomi. mated Seymour and Blair.
Litchfield enquirer., 1868-07-16

nA We expect soon to hear from the Sentinel on Finance. Heretofore it has been afraid to support Pendleton and Greenbacks, for fear of Seym our and Spe- cie Payment, and afraid to support Sey- mour and Specie Payment for fear of Pen dleton and Greenbacks. Our friend is free at last. Seymour neutralizes his Pen dleton platform, and the Pendleton plat form neutralizes Seymour, so that if the Sentinel really has anything on it's mind it is safe to express it.
Litchfield enquirer., 1868-07-16

Dsg~ In Democratic meeting at Phila- delphia one Maloney was introduced as having been an inmate of Fort Lafayette. It was just so in the Tom Seymour campaign of '63.
Litchfield enquirer., 1868-07-16

aB-By nominating him [Seymour] the Demo- cratic party has opened the way to sound cur rency, to change in the form of the na- tional debt by new loans at a greatly reduced in- terest.- World
 Why draw it mild? why not say "a change in the form of the National debt by new loans at no interest at all? Such is the Pendletonian scheme; an issue of Greenbacks to pay the bonds, and then there is no interest to be paid!
Litchfield enquirer., 1868-07-16

Of the corruptions of the party in power there IS no doubt. Articles which should pay heavy tax sell for much less than the amount of the tax alone. Revenue officers grow suddenly rich, and after few years of official pap with an honest income of from two to three thousand dol lars per year, retlre with large fortunes.
 By the ''party in power," is here plain ly meant the Administration. Sheridan Shook. Fuller, Collector Smythe and the like, collect and embezzle our revenues. That party supports Seymour and opposes Grant, and is just about as honest as the Register represents it.