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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-09-21
French Want Of Preparation.

A correspondent of the Pail Mall Ca
zette says of the French want of prep
aration:
The want of ammunition and pro-
visions in the lines is quite ineNplica-
,ble. The troops had been sent to the
frontier without being provided for,
and even without the means of trans
port having been organized: and SD
You see that two pOntoOn trains-two
purely offensive military bodies-are
left in the hands of the Prussians at
Saalbrnck, while the French troops arss
in want of the most elementary things
for defensive purposes. at the Battle
of Woerth, on almost the whole OF Me
Mahon's lines there was a want of am
munitiOn as early as two o'clock i'll the
afternoon. The mitrallleuses cOnld
not be brought into action for the same.
reason; and the cuirassiers made their
Row gloious charges with the view only
of rendering possible the retreat OF in
fantry and cavalry, deprived of ali
means of defense. And what is the
explanation of such fact? The eNpla-
nation is that Mcmahon had his stores
at Strasburg, and that his communica-
tons with that fortress were cut OFF.
1t would appear that Marshall McMa-
hon not only remained without a prop
er supply of fresh ammunition, but
that he did not use what he had. He
is, as you know, chiefly an African
General, and in Africa the troops arc
often ordered to put off their KNAPP
sacks with view to move more freely.
This was the order he gave his troops
, at Reichsofien, and the result seems to
have been that out of the ninety car
tridges which French soldier is pro-
: vided with he had only thirty, the re-
naming sixty having been left on the
e battlefield together with the KNAPP
. sacks. Add to this that the TurcOs
= and the Zouaves2 did not listen to the
k repeated signals of retreat, and that
s there was DO light cavalry in the corps
:, so that the attack upon Prussian MI
e trallcuses had to be made with CUR
!; assiers, and you will have .prett,
It clear idea of the real state of things, l
e not a picture of the fight itself.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-09-21
Oalg gpet' = Gamer Solicited
THE DESERTED HOMESTEAD.

The garden gate, with rusty hinge,
Swings creaking in the idle wind;
And weeds choke up the graveled walks
That erst with pinks and box were lined;
And thistles flourish everywhere,
And briars thrive where roses blew !. -.
And opiate peoples make the air
Seem drowsy whele the lilies grew.
The porch, where loving hands had trained
The prairie bush, whose blossoms red,
Freighted the air with pleasant scents,
Is fallen. and the bush is dead;
Wide yawn the wintows and the doors,
The chimney tottcrs on the ROOT, .8
And moss and ivy deity now nj.
Weave over all a warp aud wool. ~
Untouched. the fruitful trees decay; &t.
Uncared for dies the climbing Vine
No hand to pluck the mellow fInit.
No hand TO press the purple wine. n.-
And where the household inmates came
To quatf the water clear and cool,
Naught now remains of hubbling springs
Save Shiny stones and brackish pools.
Here, un3isturbed, the swallows come,
Aud robins. with their rudy breasts
And liere the droning wasp and bee
WITH cunning skill contrive their nests
| The spider trails its fragile web
| Athwart the heavy oaken beams;
And constantly the death-watch ticks -s.
| Within the wainscot's dusty seams.
And those whose voices echoed here,
Whose feet had pressed the garden walk
Who shall of their long absence tell! .'
Or who their wanderings can markg ,
! Their voices may be flushed Tor aye,
| Aud feet that respite never knew
From weary walks I'm life's long day,
May have the gates of Heaven passed
through. .gs .. ...- S..
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-09-21

to The number of human lives al
ready destroyed by the war in Europe
can, as yet, only be guessed at. 1t is
within the limits of probability to say
that at least 100000 men have been,
up to the present time, sacrificed in
this contest, and many thousand MAIN
ed and mutilated, and it is likely that
before the conflict shall have been
brought to termination, as many
more unfortunates will be consigned
! to graves and hospitals.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-09-21
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OF
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tables, and pays SO per cent dividend an
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drens' endowments.
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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-09-21

How TO BE NoBopY.--lt is easy to
be nobody, and we will tell how TO d"
if. Go to the drinking saloon TO pass
your leisure TIME. You need not dfihh
much now just little beer, or some
other drink. In the meantime, play
dominoes, chequers, or something eise'
to kill the time, so that you VIII ps
sure not to read useful books, II 20"
read. let it he the dime novels Oh .iie
dav. Thus go on keeping Your stomach
full and your head empty, ana your
self playing timekilling games, ana Ill
q few wears you viii be nobody, unless
las is quite likely you should turn out
a drunkard or professional gambler
either of which is worse than nobody
There are any number of young men
hanging about saloons, just ready 10
graduate and be nobodies.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-09-21

tg A New Jersey widow, finding her
charms fading, applied a magic balm
a few nights ago, and woke next morn :
ing to end her hair all fallen of, and
blotches as large as ginger cookies all
over her face. She wants to interview
the balm man.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-09-21

~ A housekeeper of East Pouiiney,
Vermont, states that one can ike com
fortably on one dollar week, and that
when she lives at the rate OF two dol
lars per week, lit is good enough for
ths table of a prince" Ii would be i'll
teresting to have the details Of her
| .tylc OF housekeeping.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-09-21

Our Boys.


The boys of this day are more espec-
tally the Representatives of the features
of the age than anything else. We
sometimes say it is railroad age, to
express its fastness and its iierceness;
but the locomotive does not begin to
compare with an average boy, as a re-
fex of the features of the age. At iif-
teen years he is independent and self
supporting as q young man OF twenty
one was in our fathers day. He mag
ines himself equal to any enterprise,
from running Il steamboat to command
ing regiment. He possesses all the
vices of the times, and reflects all its
characteristics. Such thing as rev.
erence he is IL stranger to, and cannot
be made TO understand it. He cannot
comprehend that old men are entitled
to his humble respect, or even that his
parents have any rightful authority
over him. Their duties are limited to
furnishing him the means of going to
college, or maintaining himself as a
well bred young gentlemen at home
He affects cigars and pipes, and what
he don't know about meerschaums and
Turkish tobacco is not worth knowing.
He may be pale, fragile, nervous. thin
chested and dyspeptic,. but his eye is as
fierce and cold as brigand, and he is as
reckless in the use of his tobacco as an
old tar. He may, in spite of his vices
and evil habits, have substratum Of
genuine principle in him; if so, the
hard knocks, trials and suffefings O
life will develope it, and make goo(
citizen of him, through much tfibula
ton. But if his principles are frail, III
y will most likely become helpless ant
irreparab1e wreck before he is thirty
and live out his days in despondenc.
and uselessness.
And yet, the fault is not that of TIL
. boys themselves !; it is their fathers
| Men have so much to do, that the
/ imagine they have no time to loo
D after their sons. They buy thesr book
4 and clothes, and send them to college
and that is all. They do not inquil
0 into their boys habits and associates
/ they give themselves no concern abo,
how they are spending their leisrl
), hours.
z" Indeed, they know little about the
t boys after they have passed into the
teens. They do not seek to gain the
II confidence, but allow a feeling of e
G arrangement to grow up between the
and their sons ut that critical period
the lives of the latter, when they, mo-
need direction and advice. If DO,
q are independent, it is because they a
j. left to themselves, and forced to b
|. come so. They choose their own a
o sociates, pleasures and occupation
IS and if the choice is frequently bad,
Il is because they have no paternal cOu
d sci to guide them. If men would d
t, vote to the care and discipline of the
le children portion of the time WIFI
they give exclusively to business, tn
might not accumulate as much none
~ but they would have better sons al
g daughters. -p"ollt," ~ ''i!'' ''l'
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-09-21
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Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-07-27
WHO IS GUILTY

The organ has been in the habit of farm
ing out is editorial columns to most any
one having leisure or inclination to venti-
late his hobbies Last fall, at the time of
the exciting race for the Constitutional
Convention in this county, while the
junior cyclops was trying to make the in
fuence of his organ of some substantial
advantage, a prominent loyal gentleman
of this city was usingits editorial columns,
through a series of articles, in favor of so
amending the Constitution of Tennessee
as to take from, the people the right to
choose their o,On JudgeS. For some time
preceding the grand farce" of the 4th of
July last, it was well understood in this
city that some of the heavy editorials of
the organ were written by gentleman
whose style is well known to shrewd read
ers. We repeatedly charged so, and it has
never been denied. Now, the junior cy-
clops having for so long a time failed to
reply to our editorial articles, seeks to
break their force and effect by charging
that they are written by gentleman who
has had no connection in any manner
whatever with our editorial department..
He supposes that because his editorial
columns are open to any one choosing to
ventilate his pet theories, we hold ours
open for the same purpose. On the con-
trary, it has been our fixed rule to write
our own editorials, and hold ourselves re-
sponsible for them. We have had appli-
cations of the kind our contemporary ia
vored, but respectfully declined them.
We have some respect for the character Of
the CHRONICLE, and are not publishing
paper merely for money as is our contem.
porary. The organ, unwilling or unable
to cope with us on fair terms, seeks this
mean way of assaulting us. If the editors
of this paper lack anything in "polish }"
or " common sense" this community have
never learned of it through the unfavora-
BILE or disparaging result of any controver-
sy with the Press and Herald, for it has
studiously avoided everything of the kind.
The assertion of IA change in the editorial
department of the CHRONICLE, though
made under cover of a facetious effort was
malicious, and intended to injuriously af-
feet us. 1t was false, as the author well
knew, and was as mean a. it was cow
ardly.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-07-27
WHO SHALL ADMINISTER THE DANGEROUS
LAW!

The Democracy have forced upon the
people Of Knox county Criminal Court,
which will cost the county over 81 800 per
year. They have invested the Judge to be
elected for that court with unusual and
dangerous powers, namely-the power to
select the jurors who are to sit in Judgment
under his control and direction, over the
lives and liberties of the people. This court
was established at the dictation and for the
benefit of the KnOrUiHc Ring. The candi-
dates of the Democracy, who are now ask
ing the Office of Judge and Clerk of this
up in the interest of this ring. The peo-
pie of this county ought to rebuke the men
who are thus trfing with their rights and
interests. This law has been dcnominated
"iniquitous" by Il thorough Democratic
paper" \ one mans court" The law is
"A dangerous one, and the best way the peo-
pie have to show they disapprove it, is to
rehuke the candidates the authors of the
law put forward.
NJ l.. Hall and II. c. Tarwater are the
candidates of the opponents of this "ini-
quitous law, and should be elected. They
are both competent men for the positions
they seek, and well known to the people of
the county. Mr.. Hail will make AN able,
upright and faithful Judge, and Mr. Tar
water will prove an efficient and attentive
Clerk. They will see that this 'One Mans
Court Is not made oppressive, but that its
dangerous powers are honestly adminis-
tered.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-07-27
THE ISSUE ACCEPTED.

The Press and Her0id is running Mr..
Lewis IA, a candidate for Criminal Court
Judge. not upon his merits or capacity for
the place, but upon his superior claims to
the position, because NJ. l.. Hall already
holds the office of Clerk Of the United
States Court and therefore, does not need
the Judges office. II Mr.. Lewis prefers
making the race upon this issue, we Will
examine it and see what are its merits.
The position of clerk which Mr.. Hall holds
is very laborious and tedious one, and at
the same time is of little value. He is will
his age and talents. He j. an old man.
worn out by AN honest faithful discharge
of his duties, afflicted with rheumatic
troubles, aud upon the very issue Mr.
Lewis's friends make, has peculiar claims
for the position his friends now seek for
him. On the contrary, Mr.. Lewis is a
young, active man in good health with "A
growing practice and fully able TO provide
for himself and family. Mr.. Halls friends
did not intend to work upon the sympa-
thies of the people as "A means Of securing
this office, but, on the contrary, preferred
urging claims worthy of more cOnsidera-
ton in contest for such place, relying
upon his merits and fitnes. To discharge
the dangerous powers invested by this
Zone mans court" act, but if the other is
sue il relied upon by Mr.. Lewis, we are
willing to tight ii out on that line"
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-07-27
THE CHEAPEST AND BEST PAPER.

BY an agreement between the publishers
of the IVhig. Press and Messenger and
CHRoNIC1E, the rates Of subscription to
the Weekly are uniform !. C., Two Dol
iars each to single subscribers clubs of ten,
$3.50: clubs of twenty, $1,000. Each pa
uer now stands upon it, merits. The
WEEKLY CHRONICLE, at the same price of
the JVhig or Press and Messenger, Is the
cheapest paper in East Tennessee. ltcon-
tains almost hcice a. much fcodig matter
"a the Press and Messenger, and more than
the Win. 1t contains the esttelegraph-
ic news and the Market Reports, and Is
the most desirable and cheapest Weekly in
Fast Tennessee
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-07-27
PARTISAN TRICKS.

While Chancellor Temple is faithfully
presiding over a special term OF his court
in Knoxville-a court he i not required
10y law To hold, but one he holds solely for
the accommodation of the honest people
honestly and fearlessly discharging his
important duties, Geo. Brown, the Demo-
cratic candidate for Chancellor, l. causing
to be printed and circulated, secretly,
through the mountain counties, circulars
attacking Judge Temple for his testimony
before the Reconstruction Committee. We
have before exposed the meanness of this
attack, and we now ask the respectable
people of this Chancery Division, if they
approve such contemplate trickery" Is
this the heightened, non-partisan race the
organ has said so much about?
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-07-27
BEWARE OF TRICKS.

The report was industriously circulated
on Market Square yesterday morning,
where the country people would hear it.,
that NJ. l.. Hall was no longer "A candidate
for Judge of the Criminal Court. We eau
ton the people to beware of such stories.
Mr.. Hall j. still IA candidate, and will so
remain until the first Thursday in August,
when he will he triumphantly elected.
Such tricks are the legitimate offspring OF
a clique, who will issue and send to the
country circulars which they do not intend
shall be seen here, where they would be
exposed. Mr.. Hall la, no idea of with
drawing from the canvass, and all stories
to that effect are only intended TO keep his
friends from the ballot-boX. When under
stood, they will serve to arouse the people
and incite them to action.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-07-27
THE BATTLE-GROUND

Our dispatches indicate that Napoleon is
concentrating very heavy force at Metz,
an important railroad center and strategic
point, very near the line of Belgium,
Prussia and France, from which he has
choice of two very favorable routes to the
Rhine. He first TANKS Luxembourg, and
leads up the right bank of the Moselle to
Coblent2. BY this road, the French would
probably force an engagement about
Treves, where strong body of Prussians
is already concentrated. The second route
from Metz is towards Mayence, which lies
near the forks of the Rhine and Main.
There are numerous crossroads connect
ing these two routes diverging from Metz,
and ii seems to us very probable that one
of the first battles will be fought on Ger
man soil, and somewhere in the angle
made by these two important roads, orper-
haps on one or the other of the roads. This
is upon the supposition that Prussia is not
well enough prepared to take the offensive,
and carry the war into French territory.
We have read good deal, in some of our
exchanges, of Napoleon's movements be-
territory of Baden and Bavaria. There
will be no such difficulties to restrain him.
BY treaty both Baden and Bavaria hold
their troops subject to the requisition of
King William and they cannot Therefore,
become neutral territory. Their levies arc
probably already in the field, and as en-
Enthusiastically marching under the black
eagle as any of the most Jealous adherents
of Frederick's House. This is war of
aggression on the part of Napoleon, and
he will find the sympathies of every South
German with Fatherland. The German
heart has long yearned Cor unity, and
though not entirely willing to see Prussia
absorb all the territory and glory of their
name, they will yet joyfully sing the songs
of Fatherland, and march willingly to the
! frontier line to meet the hated French
| man.
The concentration of troops at Metz fur
nishes some intimations of an aggressive
compaign, and of the confidence of Napo
leon in his present advantage. With the
aid of his gun-boats-a new feature in wal
on that historic stream-the scene of tn,
greatest military contests of Western Eu
rope-he hopes to affect n speedy crossing
at any point, and then rapid and yictori
Gus march to Berlin. We do not under
rate the valor or efficiency of the Frencl
army, but we know too well the unyield
ing spirit and proud consciousness of fina
triumph that fills every German breast, t.
believe that the black eagle will ever final
ly trail in the dust, before even the mos
powerful and best equipped army France
ever sent to the field. As against France
there can never again be a division il
Fatherland so long as the recollections o
Leipsic inspire the German heart.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-07-27
MAJOR WILL. R. McBATH.

We invite attention to the card of the
drawal fronl the contest for the position of
Clerk of the Criminal Court for this coun-
ty. We think the Major deserves great
credit for his unselfshness in this matter.
1t will make him friends in the county, as
he will find if he ever has occasion to APP
peal to them in the future. Mr.. II. G. Tar
water is now the only Republican seeking
the place, and we trust the people will give
him an easy election.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-07-27
A nv ISSUE IN THE CANVASS.

Geo Brown, the Democratic candidate
for Chancellor, made speech week ago
yesterday at sevieryille in which he thor
oughly discussed the whisky laws and
urged their repeal He spoke eloquenty
of the harsh manner in which the law was
being executed, and of the necessity Of
having an honest Chancellor on the Bench.
II was generally understood in Sevierville,
after Brown was through, that if elected
Chancellor he would have the revenue
laws repealed. He has abandoned the
"copimon people" issue and with his COM
peer, Ben. G. owen, the conservative"
candidate for Judge in the 2nd Circuit, is
making the canvass on the revenue laws"
and "lOw taxes" Brown is confident OF
an election on this popular issue.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-07-27
AFFAIRS IN NORTH CAROLINA.

Elsewhere we give dispatches depicting
a terrible state of affairs in North Carolina.
If one-half which is stated be true, such
conduct calls loudly for the strongest de-
nunciation from men of all parties. Such
outrages as are complained of in these dis
patches are disgrace to any State But
we receive them with many grains of al
lowance, knowing that the Agents of the
Associated Press are prone to cXaggerate
everything, when by so doing they can in
jure the Republican party. Without UNI
dertaking to say whether these dispatches
are or are not true, we enter our unquali
fled disapproval of such conduct, no matter
to what party the perpetrators may belong.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-07-27

The people will see that the proceedings
of the caucus that elected the Criminal
Court Judge and Clerk, on Wednesday,
are reviewed. The Judge who is to be en-
trusted with the dangerous and arbitrary
powers invested by the Criminal Court
Act, should not be trammeled with any
caucus or partisan ties. The Junior cyclops
and his committee may do very well to run
farces - on the 4th July, or such organs
as the Press and Herald, but they cannot
yet be permitted to force upon the county
"a Judge to preside over the lives and liber-
ties of its citizens.