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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-02-02
that he may succeed the Senator in the

that no may succeed the Senator in the
u. s. Senate he will hardly come to the
rescue SO promptly as he did. The de-
bates on the admission of Virgini,. were
warm and some delicate truths let out
in the heat of tho class meeting ns Sen
ator Salisbury termed it. Virginia
certainly owes debt of gratitude to
Bingham, of Ohio, for carrying his
amendment admitting the State with
ont conditions over the infamous bill |
instigated by the vilest motives. The
probability is that the House bill will
be adopted by the Senate. but during
the adjournment from Friday until to-
day there is no telling what the diabol-
icals under the lead of Sumner and
Drake may not effect. The result is
confidently claimed both ways. Should
the bill be sent back to the House and
Butler, who has been absent, be in his
seat there will be trouble for Virginia.
have more fear of Radical deviltry
than faith in their spasmodic efforts to
do right.
TRERLA.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-02-02

The recent death of Mr.. George D.
Prentice, of Kentucky, has been an
nounced by telegraph. A veteran edi
tor has passed away, and one whose
influence has been felt on the popular
mind for more than forty years.
Mr.. Prentice was native of Con-
necticut and at the time of his
death was in the sixty-eighth year Of
his age. His reputation rests on his
conduct of the Louisville Journal: of
which he was the editor through the
most exciting political campaigns the
country has hitherto passed. Few
men welded more polished and Wig
or0us pen. For years the Journal was
the leading mouthpiece of the great
party OF which Mr.. Clay was the great
leader. Mr.. Prentice passed through
the different phases of opposition to the
Democratic party-Whiggery, Know
Nothingism and Unionism las Republi-
canism was called during the war)-but
ended his career doing battle for the
Democratic party in opposition to the
present Radical Republican organiza-
ton.
! Mr.. Prentice was not only one of the
greatest partisan editors the country
has ever produced, but occupied
high position among American litera-
~ men. He possessed a delicate and
refined taste, and was thoroughly read
in all the departments of English lit.
erature. In poetry, some of his fugi-
tive pieces rank among the very best
that have been produced on this side
of the Atlantic. In fact, it is to be re-
GREETED that one SO we'll calculated to
shine in the literary world should have
lost SO much time in the unsatisfactory
wTangles of political life.
Mr.. Prentice never held Office. We
do not know whether it was because
Of an aversion to public life, or wheth-
er he shared the common lot of editors
whose business is supposed to be the
manufacture of statesman out of limi-
ted materials but who, it is we'll un-
derstood, must never seek promotion
90 their own account. OF late years
his habits have been very irregular
which, together with a consequent ill |
health, have interfered with bis labors
as an editor. It is said that on the
consolidation of the journal and the
Courier On attempt was made by the
new managers to get clear of him al
together.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-02-02

g The New York Herald: is show.
ing up the authorizations in candy man.
nfacture. 1t finds that the largest in.
gredient into the adulterons process is
terra alba, u specie of chalky earth i'm.
ported from Kentucky, thousands Of
hogsl'eads of which nre used in New
York every year. Its cost is cent
and a quarter IL pound, and it il used
IN place OF sugar ut fifteen cents =
pound. Like gypsum, it dries up very
quick. 1t has Il sweet taste, and in
this regard is very good snbstitutc
for sugar, but its effect upon the sys-
tenn is very deleterious, destroying the
digestive organs and otherwise iniurue
the health. Other substasees ara ,scd.
sncl, as starch, glue, glucpse aud feculc.
Verdigris is used for colarinr green,
and red is produced by the snbiimats
0t mercury. In place 1T licories lamp
black is employed, and the Tonks
bean--almost MS bad asbpinm sub.
stituted for vanilla. n produce ia
vors of pineapple, raspberry, banana
and other fruits, cllenf cally prepared
extracts are used, init which not b
particle of the juice of llcse fruits cn-
tiers, and which are sol many poisons
introduced into the hnnyan stomach.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-02-02
The Fifteenth Amendmen,

The Legislature of Missis.;r,;
ing ratified the Fifteenth Ameil,lmuaast.-
there are now twenty three State.
corded in its favor, as follows. e.
nama. Arkansas. Connecticut, Flo.;sa '
Illinois, Indiana, Kansas. Ion;s;ua,
Maine, Massachusetts,, Michlran M?,
sonri, Mississippi, Nevada, New n. WIS
shire, New York, North C.-" S,p'
Vermont, Virginia, West V; ro;,a.s,
West Virginia and Wisconsin. I'm
have rejected by one or both Bo ases
and will not likely take any furthss
tiOn-Delaware, Kentucky and - se
nessee. The constitution prov isa'
that any proposed amendment mn..ses
ratified by the Legislatures of ,I ss "
fourths of the States before Il ,ee'
come q part of the constitution. IT,
are thirty-seyen States, and II. rue, r.tss
cation of twenty eight is therefo,oa ' IN
cessary to constitute the amesd~s.aas We
part Of the constitution. Five 80.
are therefore necessary to rend.. y
ratification complete. The Sen.,. ms
Ohio has already ratified the 49,. Ok
ment, and the House will probaSly ~
low. II SO, there will be twe,ty a .u.-
States ratifying. Texas must ,., vst
the amendment before its rsconss,r:'
ton can be completed, and this. sas.,
to the twenty -four which have alrssSs
ratified it, would make twents'
States, leaving three vet reox,, Ivy
render the action complete. m.
States from which these three mn =
be obtained are California. Geo,";.'
Iowa, Maryland, Minnesota, Nehrs.Is
New Jersey, Oregon and Rhode IaIsnS
ard OF these nine there are four 1o~s
Minnesota, Nebraska and Rhod. T.
land, certainly good for rati6eatian
making twenty-nine or one more tina,
is wanted, =, '''Au
1t is true that the Legislature If
New York has repealed its acf of,,,,
itication; and that Virginia, being M,
yet according to radical theorS
State, and her Legislature looked nr.s
as notin reconstructed conditiop. n.
might not, in logical consistoncy. hs.
au ,horized to count these two yotp. IN
favor of the amendment. But the do.
main of consistency, IA well N Of CON.
stltutionelity, seems long ago 10 nav.
been abandoned, and tho only loo;.
left is embraced in might, We feel wsr.
ranted in considering that there srs
new twenty-three States in favor Of ths
Fifteenth Amendment, as also in an.
ticipating that, even il Virginia anil
New York should not be counted in
Georgia, under the progressive impsl.
ses OF the last reconstruction act, will
help to amend the constitution as well
as her own ways, and TINS, though. out
OF the Union, secure. to those Statsa
which are in it the full benefits Of the
Fifteenth Amendment Baltimore
Sun.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-02-02
The Alabama Tragedy.
We copy as follows from the Nasl,

We copy as follows from the Nash
vile Union and American of the 10Th:
We yesterday gave an account of the
shocking assassination of Messrs. Gran
vile and William Pillow near Leigh
ton, in North Alabama. We have since
received more full details from reliable
parties residing in the Immediate vi
cinity, who are fully cognizant of tile
facts, and whose statements substan-
tally cOrrOborate our version of the
affair. The details are enough to sick
en- the heart and cnrdle the blood of
humanity. On last Sunday night Capt.
Granville A. Pillow was sitting in his
room, about 10 o'clock, reading, when
SOME one Knocked at his door. He
asked who it was, and the names of
two of the neighboring boys were Civ
en-. He arose and opened the door,
when shotgun was fred, the load
taking effect in his month and chin,
knocking out several of his teeth, and
one shot passing ont behind the ear
They we're buck-sllOt. He staggered
back and fell. He then arose and ran
ont through a window some feet high,
and ran to q neighbours house and told
what had happened. Some of the
neighbOrs were sent for. While ex-
hausted, aud in dying condition, he
lay down and soon became unable to
speak, from the wound in his mouth
In about two hours, after some Of the
neighbOrs had gathered in, the assas-
sins returned in mask and stood around
in the room for some time. And sup
posing he was not dying rapidly en-
Ougb, they ordered all persons to leave
the room, and then went to the bed
and shot him in the stomach, with the
same gun, after deliberately turning
down the cover. They then went out
and told the men they could now 20
back. When shot the last time, he
simply groaned and turned over on his
face, and the struggle of life was over.
His brother, a young man that was
staying with him, was missing, and
conld not he found until Tuesday
morning, when he was found in sink
hole, about two miles from LAGRANGE.
He had been hung, and then shot six
shines with repeater, two of the balls
taking effect in t''e head, and four in
the 5ody. Either one of the four
wounds would have been fatal. He
was then cut down, leaving the leather
strap still around his neck, and dragg-
ed to the sink hole and thrown in
They were npphews of Gen. Pillow, and
were in the Confederate army. They
were polite and affable gentlemen. Of
course there are !nanv cOnjectures as
to the murderers and the cause Of the
foul deed but nothing definite is known.
The community, we learn, seems de-
termined to nnravel the mystery.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-02-02
Irritable InvaIidS.

Indigestion not only effects the physical
health, but the dispositions and tempers of
its victims. The dyspeptic becomes, too
in measure delnoralized by his suffer
ings. He is subject to fits of irritation,
sullenness, or despair, as the case may be-
A preternatural sensitiveness which he
cannot control, leads him to misconstrue
the words and acts of those around him,
aud his intercourse even with those near
est and dearest to him is not unfrequently
marked by exhibitions of testiness foreign
to his real nature. These are the mental
phenomena Of the disease, for which the
invalid canaot be justly held responsible,
but they occasion mnct, household dis
comfort. It is to the interest of the home
circle, it is essential to family harmony as
well as to the rescue of the principal suf-
ferer from state not far removed from in
cipiept insanity. that these symptoms of
mental disturbance be promptly removed
This can only be done by removing their
physical cause, o arrangement of the
functions of the stomach and its allied
viscera, the liver and the bowels. Upon
these three Important organs Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters act simultaneously, pro.
ducing thorough and salutary change
in their condition. The vegetable ingre.
dients of which the preparation is COM
posed are of renovating, regulating and
Alternative character and the stlmulent
which lends activity to their, remedial
virtues is the purest and best that can be
extracted from the most wholesome of all
cereals, viz: sonnd rye. No dyspeptic elm
take this genial restorative for a single
week without experiencing notable i'm
prOvement in his general health. Not on
ly will his bodily sufferings abate from
day to day, but his mind will recover ra-
pidly from its restlessness and irritability,
and this happy change will manifest itself
in his demeanor to all around him.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-02-02
tV The following story is typical
of the happy Hibernian art of shoot
ing round corner:


B The following story is typical
of the happy Hibernian art of shoot
ing ronnd a corner:
Lord k-made it a point of strictly
cross-qnestioning his dnmestlcs as to
their religious and political faith. be-
fore he engaged them. While residing
on his Irish estates, a groom presented
himself to be hired, but resolved be-
fOreland not tu compromise himself
by any inconsiderate replies.
"What are your opinions 7" was the
peers first demand.
''Indeed, then, yonr lordship's honor,
have none, at all, at ALL"
"Not any! Nonsense You must
have some, and I insist on knowing
them.' ~ ~
"Why, then, your honor's glory,
they are for all the world just the same
as your lordship's."
"Then you can have no objection to
state them, and confess frankly what
is Your way of thinking"
"Och !! and is it my way of thinking
you name by my opinions Why,
then, l am exactly of the same way Of
thinking as Pat Sullivan, your honor's
gamekeeper; for, says he to me, as ]
was coming down stairs "Murphy,
says he, Pm thinking you'll never be
paying me that two-and-twenty shil-
lings lent you last Christmas was a
twelvemonth.' Faith says I, pat
Sullivan, Pm quite of your way Of
thinking" ID
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-02-02
nEA. When q young lion reaches

neA- When young lion reaches the age
of TWO years he is able to pull down
horse or an OK: and so he continues to
grow and Increase in strength till he
reaches his eight year, when his talons.
teeth and none are perfect, and he e ows
no more. For twenty years after he
arrives at maturity, his talons and faues
show no signs of decay. but after that he
grows feeble, his teeth fails him, and he
grows cubbish. He is no longer match
for the tremendous buffalo; he prowls
around the cattle, crawls add snatches a
lamb or kid, just as he did when he set
out with bis parents. nearly thirty years be-
fore. "A woman or child at night shares
the same fate. His strength and sight
now decline more and more, till the mighty
lion grows lean and NANCY, and crawIs
about from pluce to place, eating any offaI
he can pick up, and despising not even so
small an animal as the field mouse. and he
starves and dies. or is fallen on by few
cowardly hyenas, or is discovered unable to
move beneath tr, e, and Rnocsed on the
head BY some wandering Knfir.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-02-02

II It is generally supposed that the
robins emigrate to the South during the
winter months. From the following
account it would appear that such is
not always the case: Two gentlemen,
crossing the Sandwich mountains in
New Hampshire, discovered deep
valley, and approaching it, found it
clothed with hemlock, spruce, fir and
tamarack, growing 80 near together
that it was with difficulty that they
made Roadway between them. Before
they came to this growth the snow was
over foot depth after entering, it
was only six inches, the residue lying
on the tops of the trees, making quite
q roof, and excluding much of the light
Of day. After making their way few
rods, they were surprised to find the
place an extensive robin "roost," occu-
pied by thousands, and so thickly were
they congregated that they might have
killed numbers with their walking
sticks in crossing the premises from
south to north--about thirty rods.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-02-02
New Orleans Market.

CoTroN-The market opened with
a very good inquiry, but the move
ment has been restricted by light off
erings and the sales are confined to
about 500 bales, at abont previous
rates. Liverpool low middling sold at
244c. and very strict at 244c.
Yesterday the sales embraced 7,60O
bales at irregular and fuller prices,
showing an average advance of ac.@
&c. Low ordinary closing at 2lc.( 92lf,
ordinary at 22sc, 923, good ordinary
at 23sc.M24, low midd'ing at 24fc.0
24s, midd!ing at 24ac.aa25, strict mid
ding at--(d2 5tc., and good middling
at 25icta-
SUGAR.-The receipts this morning
embrace 1886 hhds. The market is
very dull with good supplies offering,
but in the absence of sales worthy OF
note we are compelled to omit quota
tons. Operators are wide apart as ia
prices, which are undoubtedly irregu-
lar and unsettled.
MoLAssEs-There were receipts this
morning of 1916 bbls. The demand
continues active, and prices are tirmer
with the supplies all sold at $4,000
for common, 6l@65c. for fair, 50065c
for fermenting, 9s@69c; for prime, zoe
for strictly, prime and 71@z2c. for
choice. b., ..s.. ....y ..z.s i.t.
ARRIVALS FROM THE WEsT.-Ths
Mollie Able and Jasper, from st. Louis
Strader, from Louisville, and Indiana.
from Evansville, have arrived since
our review of Yesterday.
FLoUR-We note q firm market
with fair supply and demand. Fine
is quoted at s5 l2a@5 90; superfine
SIS 35@5 40; single extra SIS so;
double extra s575@5 871; treble ex-
ira S6@6 SO; choice extra Sc 50(07
family extra 81 SOFAS so y Dbl. Sales
to-day 600 bbls., of which $50 super.
fine at SIS 40, and $50 treble extra at
SO 81.
CoRN-Good corn is in good demand
but poor is very dull. Sales to-day,
5000 sacks, of which 1000 and 5000
white at 81 OH ~ bushel.
OATs.-Are in fair supply and de.
mard and firm 600 sacks sold at Zoe
| y bushel.
SRAN-Is scarce and firm at 81 asa
40 y 100 pounds.
HAY-Is in fair supply, and Prime
Western is selling in lots to suit a,
s3l ~ ton. ... 's3
PoRK.-Is quiet but firm As bills
prime mess sold on private terms, and
80 bbls. mess at $50 ~ Dbl. It is re.
failing at $50 so ~ Dbl.
DRY SALT MEAT-s casks shoulders
sold at 124c. y ID.
BACoN--Is scarce. Clear rib sides
command III, shoulders 14i, sugar
cured hams l9919ac. y ID. There are
no clear sides in market.
LAhD--50 tierces kettle rendered
sold at l6ac., and 500 kegs pressed, il
lots, at lsc, ~ 10. I1 s..e. e,r
BREAKFAST BACoN-Is selling Al
l740l64c. Y ID, as in quantity and
quality.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-02-02

MARK OF A GENrLRMAS.-No man
is gentleman who, without proysea-
ton, would treat with inciyility the
hnmblest OF his species. 1t is vukeari-
ty for which no accomplishment Of
dress or address can ever atone. Show
us the man who desires to make Ill
round him happy, and give cause Of
offence to no one, and we will show You
n true gentleman, though he may new
or have worn suit of hroadeloth, nor
ever heard of n lexicon. We are proud
to say, for the honor Ut our species,
there are men in every throb of whose
heart is sOlicitude for the welfare OF
mankind, and whose evcry breath ID
perfumed with kindness.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-02-02

Ia. l.
THE ANCIENT OF DATs.-A cores
pendent of the New York World, wri-
ting about society in Washington,
says:
Socially, Washington presents the
more remarkable change. The old
Southern families shut themselves up
like the old noblssse Of France, and
mourn the dynasty departed. They
cannot change the new routine, but
they ignore it. They decline to visit
Of course. The fancs ct ono ofsthe
young Breckinridges, coming to Capt..
toll Hill for tho season, coolly declared
that there were NO Southern families
about. and she preferred solitude in
the intimacy of Others, . feeling which
it is very easy to understand" .
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-02-02

THE GRAvE.-We' sit around the
fire-side, and the angel feared by US
all comes in, and one is taken from
our Wristbands that have caressed
us, locks that have fallen over us like
bath of beauty, and are hidden be-
meath shroud folds. We see the steep
edges of the grave, and hear the heavy
rumble of the clouds; and in the burst
of passionate grief, it seems that we
can never SPILL the crying of our hearts.
But the days rise and set, dimly at
first, and seasons come and go, and by
little the weight rises from the heart,
and the shadows drift from before the
ewes, ~ @ a
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-02-02

pa We call the attention Of our
readers and more particularly those
who intend visiting New Orleans, to
the card of Mrs. s. Mcconnell, No. 234
Canal Street, New Orleans. We re-
commend this boarding house because
we know it to be, from experience,
one of the best in the city. Our
readers going to the city, and while
there, wishing to be comfortable
should not fail to pay Mrs. Mcconnell
q visit.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-02-02
THE CHATTANOOGA RAILROAD BILL
The Times of the 18th, thus com.

THE CHATTANOOGA RAILROAD BILL.
The Times of the 18th, thus COM
ments upon this bill: '''5't"
The reconsideration by the House of
Representatives of the absurd Chatta-
nooga Railroad bill is step in the
right direction. Such bill conld not
be passed by any Legislative body
without carrying with it the most dam
aging suspicious which can possibly
suggest themselves. For the credit
alike of the Legislature and of the cap
italists who have been from the first
connected witii-the Chattanooga Rail-
way enterprise, we trust that this dis
creditable bill and its special advocates
will be branded with the stamp of ut
ter repudiation. With less than half
the subsidies solicited the State could
construct and eqnip the proposed road
to Texas within u single year. Under
such circumstances it would be worse
than madness to give the bill any fur
Their encouragement. Let it pass into
the oblivion it SO well deserves.