The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-11-03
General Summary.

Girardin CONTEMPORARY reminds tho
Emperor Napoleon in his Liberte, that
he predicted the downfall Of two dynas-
ties, and that he now believes the next
great political event in Europe. will be
the downfall of the Second Empire.
Anthony Trollope, made three tIou.
sand pounds by his novel HE Knew
He Was Right" and his English pub
fishers lost two thousand. He may
have been right, but there was some
thing wrong somewhere.
The CrOton AqueAuct failing 10 sup
ply New York city with water, it is
proposed TO use the sea water to flush
the streets and ex.inguish fires. The
cost of the works will be 81 ,O00, 600. :
The commercial treaty between
Fiance and England expires with tho
present year, and both governments
are about to consider the expdiency Of
free trade between the two countries
The London Times money article Of
the 18th states that the confidence iu
the ability of Spain to soon repress tho
Republican Insurrection, is increasing
in commercial circles.
Edgar Stockwell, of Fitcl,burg. Mas
sacl,nsetts, while cutting a small stick
with penknife, on Wednesday last,
accidently severed the femoral artery.
and died in q few moments. He was
! twenty years old. 6 s ~
It is said there is to be grand hune
through Africa for the missing DR. Liv-
ingston by a corps of English cxplor-
ers. If, when they shall have found
him, he should go and lose himself
again, as he has been doing annually
for the last ten years, they ought tn
let him stay lost. Me- rs
The London Times says, in references
to Mr. Summers late speech before tho
Massachusetts Republican Convention,
in which he seemed to fall back from
extreme views Of his former speech fell
alive to the English recognition Of
Southern belligerency, that Mr.. Sum-
ner has always been his own solitary
disciple and now seems disposed ~
turn renegade. u
On Saturday last the body Of . man
named Cornelius Barrett was discover
ed floating in the Ohio River, at the
mouth of Otto Creek, short distance
above Rock Haven, Meade county, KY.
The forehead over the left eye was
broken in, and there was a large hole
in his side, apparently cut with
knife. The right ear was off.
/ The country has indeed come to .
pretty pass when the permission Of IN
obscure military man is invoked to en-
able whites and blacks to inter marry.
Such permission has been requested Of
the uniformed autocrat of Virginia. He
magnanimOusly refers his serfs to the
courts for the required permission.
1 What a spectacle this is for free
country to contemplate as part of its
social, legal and political progress. -
Z. If seems that VIM B. Aston, who is
worth some 500, OOO, 900, cackles inn,
mensely over q gift of @50, 600 to tho
town Of Waldorf, in Germany, where
his father was b0rn.- This donation Is
much less, relatively, than a copper
coin would 1e to negro washerwoDan.
And yet, Mr. Aston, from all. accounts,
imagines that it will reckon mp vast
deal more hereafter than peck OF
| widows mites.His +
A Washington dispatch says: Mr. Z.
=. Washburn, Minister to Franco. es-
Inmates that $4,000 in gold viii be
required to meet his contingent *
7, r,enses in Paris during the next fiscal
year. His salary amounts to gil, SD,
There are not wanting those who. IN
4 view of this handsome estimate, rather
! sarcastically recall the vehement:
! speeches on economy delivered by hiMl
in the House of Representatives. -.
Touching the matter of sIr Fillmorct
speech before the iCOmmcrcials Co.'S
tvcntion, in Louisville, the st Louis
Times puts it thus: .Some of tho Rad
ical newspapers are abusing Mr. Fill
more for speaking kindly of Kentncky
and the South in his late speech be-
fore the Louisville Convention. 1t u
not in the power Of Mr. Fillmore or any
other respectable gentleman 70 mako
ass enough Of himself 70 suit such cat :
tie"