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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-05-11
New Names for old Crimes.

There is strong tendency to gloza over
crimes and villainies, by speaking of them
in terms which disguise them hidiousness
and impart II sense of federation and lrnity
toward the offence which does not shock
the mind nor cause it to recoil with indig
nation and horror. II cannot he denied
tina, the extraordinary vrrdicts pronounced
in some of the courts have contributed
largely to the spreai of crime. and that
this wonderfully rapid increase has fan'il-
iarized the public with its commission,
bunting the 6ner feelings. and creating II
species of indifference in its regard. unless,
its effects fall upon ourselves, and then We
wonder at ire want of sympathy exhibited
by others. The theory that a man is sane
the Instant before committing murder. sane
the instant he has consumnatrd the homi
eide. hut insane while perpe'rating he acl
is not calculated to insure the safety If
life. The practice of charac' erizing the
most outrageous crimes by so!tpn"d and
cunniuely devised terms may be seen in
The fact that when one man murders
another it is said of him that he made ih-
victim pass in his cheeks" Adultery is
now known as affinity" and men run of
affinity Perjury is d4nominatpd an
error of judgment robbery is defined
AS du t" having too much "acqui-itive-
ness" downright stealing is excused under
the name of "kleptomania :" elfmurd"r
finds ready pea in temporary insanity
cheating in business receives hearty APP
rlanse as '.smartness - official p'undering
is called ''defau,ing," and ifthe .defaulter'
gets off with his boo,y-which h. does
ninety cases out Of hundred-he imme
diately becomes clever fellow" vii.
lannon's bankrupt is seen in his carriage
with liveried servants in less than n week
after emhezzling the Nancy Of osh.r PEG
pie, and the coward C owd lift their hats as
he passes. In this manner not only is the
social and moral atmosphere poisoned and
viti,ted, hut the streams of business are
corrupted, de6led and impeded These
terrible evils have been festered bycoinin1
new names for old crimes, and refraining
from wing them the abhorrent titles by
which the were known to our more print
tive and honorable fathers. The press
should set the example, and brand every
| vice Ivy its most Expressive title, with thu
view of ousting the literary filth which has
obtained of late years. San francisco
! Herald
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A Lawyeress.
MISS L. BARKALo BECOMES A MEMBER
OF THE ST. LOUIS BAR.

The strong minded women who have
been necessarily laboring for years TO
secure a recognition of their rights, are.
in a measure, reaping their reward.
The State Senate gave them au En-
crossing Clerk, and the Board sf Wa
ter Commissioners recently added Miss
Clapp to its staff, as clerk in tile wa
ter rates Office. Long before this, the
Government acknoN lodged their claims
by appointing two fadies-one of them
Miss Redelia Bates Mrs. DR.. Fischer)
IA Notary Public. Yesterday Judge
Knight Travelled a long distance in the
path of progress, by issuing a license,
as practicing lawyer of the st. Louis
fhe St. Louis Law School. This, we
are reliably informed, is the first in
stance OF this kind that has occurred in
this country. which is undoubtedly the
most progressive of all civilized nations
in its treatment Of the woman ques-
ton. The Missouri female suffragists
should certainly take encouragement in
the success of their cplabOrer.
Miss Barkalo is native of Brooklyn,
| New York-as was Miss Bates-and il
woman of more than ordinary ability.
Two years ago, after having read
| Blackstone and other elementary law
books, she made application for admis.
sion as q student at Columbia College
New York, where she was promptly
and peremptorily refused. Nothing
daunted, however, she came out West
and settled in St. Louis, where she was
admitted without difficulty to the St
Louis Law School. For eighteen
months she has been assiduonsly devo
ting her energies to the study of thu
science, and her fellow students al
agree in declaring her. by far tn.
brightest member of the class. Tha
there is no question of her ability wa
clearly shown yesterday at the exami
ination, where she promptly and cor
rectly answered every question pro
pounded to her. Judge Knight, al
though overlooking with gallantry
gave the lady no quarter. The mos
abstruce and erudite questions wer,
propounded to the applicant, but no
once did the wise Judge catch the fai
student tripping.
| Miss Barkalo is about % years o
age, of bnxom figure, amiable an,
really intelligent face. and large an,
intelligent eye. (rhis is a figure o
speecl-she has two.) She is now
member of the St Lonis bar, and con
siderable interest is. manifested to wit
ness her maiden effOrt.-]St. Loui
Times.
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TO the grass plots in the square. Car
riages and other vihicles were brought
into rcquisition, and number of the
wounded were conveyed at once to
their homes, or to the hospital at the
Medical College.
In the Dispatch of the same date We
find the following:
THE THEORY OF THE ACCIDENT.
From conversation with several who
we're in the court room ut the time of
the fall we learn the following as the
true theory of the accident: The large
girder which was under the partition
between the clerk s Office and the court
room snapped in twain, and immedi-
ately afterwards. the floor commenced
to cave. The support of the crowded
gallery parted from he wall and fell
over into the centre of the court room,
crushing the floor and precipitating the
mass of human beings and rubbish be
low. We examined the girder and
found that it had broken off just in
the centre. 1t was lewn timber, and
just where it broke was a cut, as if the
workmen in hewing had made a miss
lick and driven his adze into the wood
about Il quarter of an inch.
HORRIBLE DEATH.
The most terrible feature about this
whole affair is the heart -rending man
ner ofdeath in the majority Of instan-
ces. Many of the dead; when brought
out. were found to be without serious
bodily Injury, but had evidently died
from suifocation. The mere contemp-
laton of such a thing is sickening.
Hard. indeed, was the fate Of those
who had escaped death from the fall
ling timber in the end to die, from un-
told agonies Of solicitation.
AN OLD RELIC GONE.
If we may be pardoned for any con-
slider .tion of loss mther that Of human
life, we will mention the smasl.-up OF
an old and much honsred relic Of by
gone days, the Speakers chair of the
House of Delegates, which was former
ly used in the House of Burgesses, de-
corated with the royal arms of Great
Britain. 1t WIS snbsequentiy.moved
here from Williamsburg, and has been
used in the House of Delegates ever
since. 1t was buried and, broken il
the ruins yesterday.
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A DARING OrTRAGE.--On Monday
night last, the 25th ult., party OF
white men, known to consist of as
many as three, visited the residence OF
Major j. C. Woo,ters, one mile from
Crockett, and kidnapped colore.,
youth abont II years old, and Carried
him off to parts unknown. The visit
ing party was armed with six-sheoters,
and threatened iEsraDt death to the in.
mates OF the cabin it they resisted or
gave any note of alarm. Thsy tied the
bSy and lead him away. The names Of
the parties are we'll known, and they
will be dealt with according to law, ut
the proper time, it is to be hoped. We
advise them to release their captive,
and repair the wrong they have done
to him ere it is too late.-(Crockei
Journal.
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How They MAKE LAWS IN FLoRIDA.-The
negro aud carpel-bae rulers of the south
ern States evidently have nothing to learn.
in the science of lobbying, as has been
proven in numerous instances still fresh in
the popu ar mind but all things consider,
ed we think Florida is entitled to wear the
horns in this branch oil legislative rascal
ty. Florida has, we believe carpet-bae
governor; she has, we know, negro sec
rotary of state, and IA fair proportion of the
sable element in the various Offices of
honor and trust. There is now on file with
the aforesaid secretary ofstate forged act
of the Florida Legislature, entitled IAN act
to authorize the governor to ak for and
receive the agricultural land scrip from the
United States This precious document
was duly fled in the office of the secretary
hy the governor hims l /, US law. 1t is
regularly signed hy the governor, lirut"n-
ant governor, secretary OF the senate,
speaker and clerk Of the house, and yet the
journals of both houses prove that it was
never read, never voted for, never even in
rroduced in either, as the members are
prepared to swear if necessary. II is
simply an impudent, bara-faced forgery, cut
out OF whole cloth by ring into whose
hands the scrip would have gone had the
scheme succeeded. 1t is in the hand wri
ting Of IA Mr. Campbell, whom the governor
appointed not long since harbor master Of
Pensacola, aud that individual declares he
prepared the forged act at the request o.
another party who is tate Senator aDd
also United States marshall for Florida
These facts we derive from the Taiia
hassee Flortiian, are submitted without
comment to the Inspection OF an admirlns
public.-[St. Louis Republican,.
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General Thomas.
AN INTERESTING LETTER FROM GENERAL
FITZHUGH LEE.

The following letter from General Fitz-
hngi Lee is valuable contribution to the
history of the recent war:
I knew General Thomas well. Was a
lieutenant in cavalry regiment Of which
he was the major before the war, and sta
toned Mt the same port in Texas with
him. He was an excellent artillery officer
(served in that arm in Mexico,) an indif-
fereit cavalry ope-too elvy, too slow
He had not that coup d'ail plus rapide aue
lie coMrsier emporte au galop, rdddresse dun
othlete ct T0giite dun centdare," that Gene
rel Foy talks about in the "Peninsnlar
War;" but which did not prevent him
from being general officer ofindisputable
courage and nnquestlonable merit.
Yoa say The is charged with having, at
the beginning Of the war, hesitated as to
which side be sbonld enlist" etc. The
New York Tribune, however. and all other
Northern enconiums that have read
about his name end fame, lay great stress
| about his "being a Virginian who never
faltered in his allegiance to the UniOn."-
Bat they would better have left that part
Of his lecord me.
It fact that when war threatened
between the two sections of 1.-THE best gov
ernDent the world ever saw" General
Thomas feelings were Southern to almost
the bellicose degree.
1t is a fact that he told me in New York
city, in 1861, as l was on my way from
West Point to Washington to resign my
commission as an officer of the United
States arYy, that he, too, intended to re-
sign, and wonld soon follow me.
1t is a fact that about that time he wrote
letter to John Letcher, then Governor OF
Virginia, and rendered his service to the
State, (Which letter the Governor may
have now.
The State of his birth can hardly be ex
pected, under the circumstances, to erect o
monument to him, but it should not dc
fan him.
He was an upright, kind hearted man
and fought well, though against, Let
him rest in peace; and let Virginia keeE
her walls of wrath to be forever poured
out upon the heads of some few of her cit
liens who would not fight upon either
side, but who stayed at home and mad.
money by being paid by the North a.
spies, guides, and iuformers. or who, afte
having fught, have acted as if they wer,
ashamed of their past record.
/ Very respectfully,
Your Obedient servant,
FITZHUGH LEE.
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Major General Hugh J. Campbell.


How does that sound in tire ears of
the people of Muscatine county9 The
Journal, few days ago, said it was
pleasing information to them. We are;
inclined to think that the people OF
this county would be more pleased to
see a few greenbacks forthcoming to
replace the large deficits in that indi-
yidual's account when he was treasurer
of this county. We are at a loss to
know how the "Journal man" can have
the face to say that it pleases them to
ace titles of honor and places of trust
and profit bestowed upon this individ-
usl, whom every intelligent man in
this community knows to be entirely
unworthy of the lowest trust, and that
If he had his deserts, he would now be
learning a trade at Fort Madison
But instead of that he is high i'll place
among the Radical rulers of the land.
Truly we ought not to be surprised in
this deluge of corruption, thieving and
defalcatiOn which is now sweeping
over the land, when such men are
placed in power, and when men who
pretend to be honest and virtuous are
'.pleased" by their promotion.
In addition to the fact that this re-
doubtable Major General of Militia OF
the State of Louisiana, appointed by
the Radical Governor Warmoth, is a
defaulter, as established by the several
judgments against him in our District
Court, everybody here knows, or ought
to know, that he has so conducted him
self that his wife, who is well known
here, was compelled to call on the aid
of the Courts to separate her from his
vile and corrupting presence-and pro-
tect her from his inliunlan and outra-
geous treatment. To call such man
Major General is disgrace to every
officer who achieved that title during
the war, and to place him in the posi-
ton which he now occupies is dis
grace to the decent portion of humaEi-
~ everywhere, and those who are
.ipleasedn at this elevation, need not
feel misused if they are placed in the
same category in the estimation of all
respectable men.
But after all we have said we are
forced to confess that he is an average
specimen of the NANCY herd of thieves
druDkards, defaulters and cut-throat.
which the Radical party has sent down
into that country to do their dirty
work. Aud when the true history OF
the whole proceedings of this crusade
ON the part of the Radical party tc
crush out all that was remaining of the
South after the war, when they had in
goad faith accepted defeat and humili.
alton, it will present one of the dark
est and most contemplate pages in the
history of political infamy and corrup
ton. = Muscatine (lowa) Courier
April 10, 1870.
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SUNSHINE AT HoME.-Many q child
goes astray, not because there is =
want of prayer or virtues at home, but
simply because home lacks sunshine.
A child needs sunshine az much as
flowers need sunbeams. Children look
little beyond the present moment. II
o thing pleases, they are apt to seekit;
if it displeases, they are prone to avoid
it. If home is the place where faces
are sour, and words harsh, and fault
finding is ever in the ascendant, they
will spend as many hours as possible
elsewhere. Let every father and moth
er, then, try to be happy. Let them
look happy. Lot them talk TO their
children, especially the little ones, in
such way as to make them happy.
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PUSH ON.-A wise man will never
rust out. AS long as he breathes the
breath of life, he will be doing some
thing for himself, his country, or pos
terity. Washington Franklin, Howard
Young, Newton, all were at work al
most to the last hours of their existance
1t is a foolish thing to believe that we
must lie down and die simply because
we are old. The man OF energy is not
old, ii is only he who suffers his ener-
gies to waste away, and permits the
springs of his life to become motionless
on whose hands the hours drag heavi-
", and to whom all things We're vest
ments of gloom. There are scores OF
grayheads living to-day that we would
prefer in any important enterprise to
those young gentlemen who fear and
tremble when shadows approach, with
discouraging frown.
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ly A young lady engaged herself to
three different lovers. The young men on
learning the situation of affairs, had a
gerce quarrel about it, which was kept up
for several months. Finally concluding
that no good could result from continuing
the warfare, all three agreed to meet the
girl and request her to take her choice
At the appointed time the meeting was
held, when the girl quietly informed them
that it was a quarrel of their own, in
which she was not particularly interested.
and they must settle it among themselves.
Whereupon they retired aud agreed to
settle the difficulty by drawing lots. which
was done, and the winnie. married the
girl last week. The parties are respecta-
bly connected, and by request of one OF
them we suppress the names. 1t was RAJ
tber novel affair. The bride declares
that she got the man of her choice from
the first Fortunate bride II Exchange
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4
A GUINEA GoBBLER AT A STATE
DINNER.-Mrs Senator Revels, the
wife of the distinguished "man and
brother" who sits in the seat of Jeffer-
son Davis in the Upper House at
Washington, arrived in that city on
Thursday, March IL, aud was enter
tanned the next day at State dinner
party by Gen. Grant. Gen. Butler,
Gen. Scllenck, Gen. Garfield, and
other military imbeciles of note, ac-
companied by their wives and dangh-
tiers, were among tho company. Mrs.
Revels passed from the drawing-room
to the dining room.on the arm OF Sena-
tor Sumner, and occupied seat at
the table between that gentleman and
the President. Her conversation
charmed the company even more than
her appearance, although the refined
and instructive taste for which Guinea
ladies. are distinguished was sweetly
apparent in the decoration of her per-
son. A turOan of mild scale, with
yellow border; q crimson moire anti
que, with blue and green honnces, and
buttons of dainty brass; red slippers
"ieIA F." uieo ioS6GteSj Will IL tudSsiNo
necklace of barbatic pearls; half a
dozen breast pins of curious workman
ship few neat rings, and Il gilt belt
united to form toilette in which puri-
ty and simplicity were exquisitely
united. Mrs. Revels partook freely of
the Executive nourishment, and
ayowed the satisfaction over the cook
ry at almost every bite, with frank
ness quite refreshing in the saloons of
s the State. ''See heah" she remarked,
as she passed her plate for another cut
OF the ham-"of all dem dishes, guv
me de hog and mominy-Golly! but
oats a sweetpiece of bacon! Yah! Yah
~ minds me of possum tat. Desc is
GOOD cookins, Hiram" This last OBJ
ssrValion was, of course, addressed to
me partner of her bosom. There was
a general feeling at the table that the
'Court Circles" had received in this
estimable matron remarkable add;-
ton. On her departure at the close nj
tne entertainment. General Grant. with
his Honted urbanity, remarked that
ne would like to see more of her ~ n
which Mrs. Revels with uncommon fac,
replied: yah! Yah Can't See mr.
more of me dis tim but rse eittir
iow-necked dresses. Dis yeah hiol
one was made down f''-[Eastor
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~ The Shelby (Ky.) Sentinel says o. e
man bought two hundred and ten hogs
and corn to feed the same, for 1868, fed
aud sold them, averaging 1923 pounds. for
the handsome siliY Of $6640, aud refused
the offer Of $95a for IL shoals that he
raised from them. Another man and his
son fed and sold 792 hogs. averaging sos
pounds, upon which they made an outlay
Of about se, coo. for the sum Of ssl coo.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-05-11

he MuLE,-A young and industrious
nunlor'st OF the West has written a treatise
s on ine mule, from which we take the fol.
or goose. 'u'Aey
Il has two legs to walk and two more
" ;s Sies with; and wears its wings on the
~ . stuobornly backward about going
s nswara, anu in driving him a man needs
pom fprslght and hinesight, se
oucs hitched one to n borse nou,.
ant ns k,ekt u all to pieces-sat UP Is bu
.h rAI., ! qts., 3 feet 9 inches of new
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LEVIN'S SALOON I!
ICE CREAM AND SODA wATER!i

TvHE UNDERSIGNED HAS FITTED
u up the market wing Of tho Town
ed fashionable
REFRESHMENT SALOON.
where will be kelt constantly on hand fof
sale, ICE, ICE CREAM and SODA WA
TER ~
He has spared no pains or expense 70
make his Saloon quiet resort for LADIES
and GENTLEMEN, and hopes to merit
and receive full share Of the public's f..
vOrs. JULIUS LEVIN.
May IL, 1s70-tf. .qlsl
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ESTRAY,

TAKEN UP BY w. FOWLER, A BAT
l. Mare, hind feet white, 1911 hands
high, branded thus 2D on her right shout
der, about ten years old. Appraised by
w. 9. Moore and Jesse Owens to be worth
SOS in currency. The owner is notified, to
come forward, prove property. pay charges
and take her away or the said mare will
be sold in sixty days according to Law.
WIN. RANDOLPH,
May a, 1670-6Od. Justice Peace.
Printers Fees $l6 90.
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PEDIGREE:

Whisenhnnt was sired by Eherrod ont
of Mary McClelland by Lecomto out
of Picayune by Medoc. First dam by
John Hunter by Sharke on. of Coquette BY
Sir Archie. Second dam by imp valen.
tine. Third dam by, Dolon By Diomeds
Fifth dam by Quicksilver BY Medley.
Sixth dam by imp. Medley. Seventh dam
by imp. Wild Air. Sharke was tho full
brother to Black Maria.
AMI 27-3t.
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STRAWBERRY PLANTS-FOR
y sale by II. ST. JOHN.
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THE SCENE OUTSIDE.

A few persons were in the square
near the Capitol. Most of the them
compreIlended at once the terrible ac-
ciient, while others, who observed the
volumes of dust pouring from the win
dows, supposed that an explosion of
the heating boiler in the building had
taken place.
Mr.. W. H. Grant fastened to the
bell house on Ninth street, and at this
instance the general alarm was sound
ed. The bell was tapped rapidly, and
all within hearing of the sound We're
startled, knowing that something un-
usual had occurred. The report spread
rapidly that the Capitol was on fire,
and citizens ran from all directions to-
ward the Square. The white dust, re-
sembling clouds of smoke, still envel-
oped the northern end of the Capitol,
and, until the awful fact was realized.
the impression prevailed outside that
the building was doomed to destruc-
ton by fire.