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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-01-19
The Broadway Beggar,
A PEN AND INK SKETCH OF THE ixDE.
FATfGIsLE.
From the n. Y. Times

/
To The well-trained, professional
beggar, Broadway is a bank at,wllich
he possesses unlimited credit, whose
only drawback consists in tile fact that
his demands on it are paid in nickel
and copnen;hstead of silver aud gold.
To him the doorstep of "a fashionable
church on Sunday is perfect Eldorado.
To him the shivering blasts of the cold
snap are as welcome as they are un-
pleasant to the rest of the world. for
they are worth at least ten cents a
piece; and ifsome friendly hack driver
will but knock him down, without run
ming over him, be will secretly pour
forth blessings, instead Of ma'edictions.
on his head, as the bright five cent
pieces from the compassionate passers-
by soothe him for the fallwlich he had
deliberately conrted, and which Ile
took good care should not hurt him.
Moreover he is great physiognomist.
He knows well when to adopt the man
ly tone of supplication, when to use
the imploring whine, and wllen'it is
more advisable to do the silent sufferer
with a medieval expression of sanity
resignation He is, too, a great artist
in his way. His toilette IL perfect
He gets himselfiup for his post with
all the care and attention to detail OF
an actor preparing for the stage Oh his
benefit night, and after hearty ana
invisorating breakfast, washed down
with n couple of drinks of whisky, he
puts three or four cd crusts OF bread
in his pocket, for appearance sake. ana
starts for his cruising ground on Broad
way. He hnrrics nimbly through the
by streets, till within a short distance
Of the scene of his operations. when no
carefully assumes the blindness, the
limping gait, Or any, other. affection
which may Constitute his particular
stock in trade. Several hours passed
on the flag sones, with bare feet and
shirtless bosom, is not an agreeable
way of speeding "a winters day; bnt
think of tie delicate oyster stew, the
steak smoking from the
yridiron, and steaming whisky punch
which await tho victim of mud, rags,
and rud Boreas, when he feels that
his "tale" of the day will permit of his
seeking the comforts and seclnsion OF
his fworite haunt. and 1T is evident
that 'egging has its enjoymerts as well
rs it, hardships.
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will not enter the caucus. The repre.
sentatives of the Richmond ,spress wef.
received by the members of the local
press of this City. They visited seve-
raj places curing the day and evening
and had good time generally. Tie
feature of the programme was the ban
quet at the Arlington House, given IN
their honor, at which Col. Thomas r.
Florence, presided. The table WAS one
OF the most magnificent ever Set in
Washington, and wonld have evoked
praise from Epienrus himself, tie most
delicate and fastidions taste would fail
to differ from the toast given the
Messfs. RoessIe "that they know hos
TO keep Hotel" which wasresponded
to by Caadis B. Luck, Esq, of the
Spottswood Hotel, Richmonds A
pleasant event, and one that will be
long remembered By those who parti-
cipated.
General George B. Mcclellan and
family have taken rooms at the Airing
ton for the Winter-they received
thei: friends in their parlors on New
Years day. From the President down
to the messengers in the Departments
all who had Il house kept it open to re-
celve their friends, but the President
and Cabinet banished the "henzine'
from the side board. / think the 60
ing ont of social drinking dates from
the first day of 1870, hencefnrth we
must adopt the style of Ulysses and
tipple i'll private. X OF the Baltimore
Gazette who had been around says that
Ulysses had new coat which fit him
too much, and lavender kids-and that
CoifaS wore his usual smile, but asked
no one else to smile. The gay season
is now fairly inaugurated, but the adj
iournment of Congress puts newspaper
men at their wits ends for news, a few
days will remedy that, however, and
then for facts and gossip.
TREBLA.
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psa. The fight between the Gov

gga. The fight between the Gov
ernor AMI Auditor still continued
at the last accounts. Both parties
have friends, even outside of their
own political rings, and having
robbed the Treasury so long, they
both have unlimited means in the
way Of the sinews of war. In fact
all wholesome legislation has been
brought to stand still, the legis-
IatoTs being engrossed with the
absorbing question of the difficulty
between the Governor and Auditor.
In the mean time it does not seem
to occur to the members of the
Legislature that the people have
any interests worthy of their atten-
ton. The credit of the State is
UNNECESSARILY by this
thing, and the State is occupying
a most disgraceful position before
the world. The Radical party,
which placed both these immacu-
late officials in office will be held
to strict accountability for their
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humorous Paraphfase on Treasu.
Try Regulations.

Is i tsge IF
uiP fauds attempted, and in
m,nY Gales accomplished, by par.
US to dePive the government Of
thG taxes en tobacco have given
rise to the most stringent regula.
tons frem tue officers Of the Treas
nry Department.. There IS a-pre.
yalent opinion, however, that soma
OF these regulationsa are unnecessa.
rils severe in descending TO small
details, not Of any special impolt
ance but it is possible that I'll.
class Of complainants referred te
are partial to the weed, and look
upon any tax upon the article q
an infringement upon individual
rights. The author, of the subioin
ed must have taken the1aatter to
heart with more than usual correct
ness:
NOTICE TO TOBACCO CONSUMES
1t is said that it is intended "a
petition Congress to pass the fol.
lowing law affecting tobacco consu
mers this winter:
Tobacco chewers are reuuestad
to- get their tobacco from first
hands, which is the first man Won
meet who Will give you a chew.
Where parties are in the habit
OF borrowing chews, the govern.
ment will furnish each man with
notebook, which the time ofdar
the size OF the quid, whether plnr,
or iinc-cut, the quality and the tina
when the amount is to be refunded
must be strictly recorded.
Those parties who have been in.
nocent:y using unstamped tobacco
will call Oh the nearest reyenua
officer and give in, as near as nos.
sible, the amount which they be.
lieve has been consumed. The
officer will then furnish the neces.
sary stamps, and if they are chewed
up i'll his presence the governments
is then satisfied that no criminal
wrong was meant. afs
Those persons who mal;ciousely carry
two boxes. ore filled with bad smoL.
ing tobacco, to give to borrowers. tina
other containing superb fne-cut for
home consumption, are to be treated
rs deserving of death, ard hung on tina
spot.
No tobacco box mnst have more than
two spigot holes in it, and the stamps
must be pasted directly over these.
When a quid has been exhausted.
the government strictly forbids it
being thrown away until two red chalk
marks have been made across it. and
a label attached bearing these words:
'Ihe fellow who cliewed this has com
piled with all the requirements of tie
law, and persons are hereby warned
not to chew this qnid again.
Tobacco consumers must constantlv
bear in mind that the more stamps
here arc on II package of tnbacco the
cheaper does the weed becomc-in
Horn. fhc
The government strictly forbils the
use of those tobacco bnxes having :
concealed needle inside a mob on tba
over, by which one torgets his desire
for a Chew after having the instrument
run into his thumb about foot.
The government has witnessed, with
supreme snrrow, many roIng Eien.
ana old men also, when they have OBJ
served an acquaintance smoking ci-
gar, GENIE out boldly and ask, 1flayo
yon got the mate to that r. Hereafter
III MI such cases. the person asked
will exhibit the following label, which
The government will furnish, on de.
nand ASK me for ten cents.r
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DREssINe FOR BURNs.--A gentleman
named Fox relates that through the
explosion of a spirit lamp, the great
er portion of his face had been COW
cred with rather deep burns. These
healed in week by the Immediate
and oft-repeated application of glyce-
ride, without the production Of bis
ters or fostering, CT leaving any scar.
Dr.. Lange, of Pittsburg, describes a
case Of burning of both legs, caused
by case Of hot sand suddenly fall
ing on these parts, which he dressed
with flannel cloths soaked in eight
parts of lnseed oil and one OF the
commercial carbolic acid. cat first
the pain was slightly augmented, but
in few moments relief was expert
enced; continued this dressing for
foar days, but a slight trace of sup
puration appearing along the edges.
At the end of this time removed the
acid dressing; substituting simple
cerade, new skin having been form
ed. The case did well; the burn
healed rapidly"
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-01-19

HARDwARE.-In another column
will be found the advertisement OF
one of the Oldest, reputable and ex-
tensive Hardware Importing Houses
in the States, that Of Slocomb, Bald
win & Co., New Orleans. We COM
mend them as enterprising mer-
chants, deserving OF the confidence
of our business community. For
nearly half a century they have oc-
cupied aleading position in the hard
ware business, in every department
of which their stock is full and COM
plete.
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DAN RICE COMING AGAIN..

Keep cool old folks, fair maid
ems, little ones, darkies. one and
all, keep cool and don't SPOIL
Dan Rice, with his fine and pol
ished horse opera, will be here to-
morrow morning, and perform at 9
and Z P. M.
AS this is the last chance to see
a Circus this season, let everybody
turn out and give Dan a rousing
audience.
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Romance, in Kansas City.
HUSBAND AND WIFE MEET UNDER PECULIAR
CIRCUMSTANCES.
From the Kansas City Tines |

In the year Of 1862. there lived. at Akron
OHIO, a young brckIayer who had wife
ih"y lived together quite happily for n
while, but of sudden the husband disap
pParrd and came ut to the West. lie
went to California, to Colorado, to British
Columbia to any place, in fact, where he
could hear OF Il gold or silver lead. II is
not recorded that he made any moneS.
lndeed, rolling, stone gathers bu. little
moss, and the bricklayer was no exception.
lie ana not write to his wife from the
year 1862 to the year 1869 A long time
tiuy, II on one side there was love and on
the other conStancy. She might have he.
leved him dead and felt relieved she
might have deemed him faithless and felt
sorrowlul she might have still been tue
to lhe memory of her earlier vows and
ielt tender emotion. By SEQUEL. how
ever, shall one best judge of her heart.
81, ne husband drilted hitier and ibither
y, w ofRisng little here. he went yonaer
having good job today. tomorrow saw
nm out OF money and out of elbows
hr'frkIayers are probably philosophical
mechanics Tor this one took his good or
eSii fortune as . sailor take weather
aboard sllip-ihat is to say, as it comes.
cheerliy and kind. At last the tide
whether at its ebb or food we know not
wnich had been bearing him as waif sine
/ 862, brci,ght him safely to Kansas civ.
lie sought for work and obtained il. In
LOOKING about for board. the man VIII, EN-.
ployed him said.
;. Tome to my house IF you live MS
I'VE, you are weleome.v
The hrcklayer went. Washed his hands
on the back porch, entered the diuino
room and sat himself down by the stove
a lew moments to warm. A woman on
tered, gazing as one facnated upon tbe
pfick aver, approached him nervousiy and
cried ont anu
My husband!9
.ra NY !:, wife : vas the philosophical ans
wer' but what DO you do here p
] was indeed their first meetino sinca
le62 Explanations followed. The Inns.
naad was 10y no means hard to annease
ne wii"' it appears, had followed his EN-.
p,oyer from her home in Ohio, was LYING
with him as his wife, and for consider.
non the iriehtfnl husband, concluded mot
70 disturb the existing relations. He stiu
noards 10 the house-which is situated III
lhe levee, near the Pacific railroad denotL
ana works for the man who still re,a1s
possession of his forme. wife. ToLt,e
eseiything INTO consideration, the wole
aiia'r has about it an air Of coolnessInot
usual IN such ATTITUDES.
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1913, and was repeatedly the subject
of conversation among those who
were interested in the Byron family
troubles.
Up to the present moment, then,
the charge rests on the testimony of
Lady. Byron alone, which is not sufii-
Gent to support it. She was too
much interested and her feelings too
highly wrought upon for her to be
an impartial witness. Moreover she
must have been insane at times in
her life. No woman in her senses
would have acted towards Mrs. Leigh,
and as it now turns out, towards the
supposed incestuous offspring, as she
Railways acted towards the former, and
often acted towards the latter. We
presume that all the direct testimony
that viii ever be brought forward to
throw light on the subject is already
known, and, according to the evi-
dence before the world, the reputa-
ton of the great poet must be clear-
ed of this foul stain. Mrs. Stow. G can
do no more in her forthcoming vol
ume than reiterate, aDi perhaps en-
large upon, Lady E5yron's evidence,
but such evidence will have no weight
in support of the charge, with those
who a.e accustomed to investigate
such questions. If any crime has
been committed, those who could
give any account of it have long
since died, and the grave will keep
the secret securely until the time
when the secrets of all shall be
made known.
The grave indeed would have
securely covered even this filthy re-
port of a crime, but for the hyena-
like disposition of this child of the
Pilgrim fanatics. Having none of
her own cOuntrymen to SANDER now
that slavery is dead, she exhumes
the reputation ola great poet, and
revels in ghoul like exultation over
his alleged crimes, forty five years
after the noble tongue, which could
so eloquently repel her calumnies,
had been consigned to the eternal
silence of the tomb. Whether By
ron were guilty or not, there can
be only one opinion as to the con-
duet of Mrs. Stowe in publishing
her charge at this time. In every
publication on the subject we have
seen, whether the author believed |
in the charge or not, she is con-
1emned for making it known. The
Saturday Revieac, which believes
5he story, is no less severe upon
Ter than the quarterly Revicac,
which believes it not.
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Special.

Heyman & Levy, Cheneyville La,
have bought out the large and varied
stock of goods of Alex. NJ. Haas, 'of the
same place, and are offering the great
est inducements in the way of cheap
bargains. They are determined to
close out this stock at the very cheap
est rates, in order to make room for
a new and large Spring stock.
Be suresand give them a call.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-01-19

- In another column will be
found the card of Spyker & San
didge, Cotton Factors and Com
mission Merchants, No. 80 Perdido
street, New Orleans. The Junior
of the firm, Colonel John M. San
didge. is well and favorably known
In Rapides. He was our Member
of Congress in the better days of
the Republic, when it was an hon
or to be in Congress. He ably re-
presented Louisiana at the Nation
al Capitol, when honesty, brains
and intellect ruled our once great
and happy country. We are sure
no greater recommendation can be
given to any man in these days of
degeneracy and venality.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-01-19

a| Col. Houston King, who
commanded the forts at this place
during the last days of the Conted.
eracy, has recently startled the ii
nancial circles of New York by re.
vealing the secrets OF an organiza-
ton formed, as he said, for the pnr-
pose OF breaking down the Federal
currency by flooding the country
with an immense amount of cOun-
terfeit greenbacks. He wound up
with making an affidavit against
himself as an accomplice and ask
ing his own incarceration, in which
desire he was gratified by the eX-
aiming officer. The next day he
was examined by physician, pro-
nounced insane from the effects of
q wound in the head received du-
ring the war, and removed from the
Tombs to a Lunatic Asylum.
Among those implicated by Col.
King were Gov. Hoffman, General
Frank Blair and Mr.. Harlow j
Phelps, of New Orleans. Mr..
Phelps has denied the charge and
says that so far from his financial
dealings with Col. King amounting
to millions, his operations do not
extend beyond the modest sum of
two hundred and fifty dollars, Dor
rowed in 1865 to take the Colonel
to Georgia to get married. He
says he has heard nothing from him
since except to learn that he had
wife living at that time.
While here Col. King bore the
of being a clever gentle
man and brave officer. He was re-
Gently Clerk of the Circuit Court
IF Elliott county, Kentucky. He
S relative Of Gen. Sam. Houston
md was named for him.
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70 All sorts of mean, horrid
weather has been our portion the
whole of the past week. Worse
weather could not be endured by
mortals here below. Any change
can be for the better.
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@- Isaac Eaton, aged 95 years,
died on Christmas, at his residence,
.Aear South Bend, Ind. He was a
soldier of the war of 1912, and was
at Washington when that city was
captured by the British.
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NO. We owe thanks for New Or
leans papers. to the clerks of the
Lizzie Hopkins, Golden Era, Bra
ish johnson, Kate Kinney and
nd Era.
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~ Can't. John HEM has cbo

70 Capt. John HEM has char
tered the fine and commodious
packet, Kate Kinney, and has plac-
ed her in the Grand Ecore trade.
By a glance at her card the public
will learn her schedule time. She
goes down this day at II NJ.
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u We have extra thanks to re-
turn to the clerk of the Jefferson
for paper fayors. He understands
an Editors wants and knows that
there are other papers published
besides in New Orleans. Well re-
him in our prayers.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-01-19

81 like to read epigrams against us
women" said Mrs. Clever. "When a
culprit clanks his chains you know that
they are on him"
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John Fraser has moved his
y Grocery Store to Second
&c, North West corner Ice
6use building.
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r. james Kerr, Jr., Clerk of the
Grand Era, AMI Editor of her "Torch-
lisht.' has favored us with complete
aSfileof Northegnand Western papers.
s<zsr--->~>~o~,~~~
r. The Grand Era goes down on
tar,lay as u p. n.
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s@- The river is now higher than
it has been this season and rising
slowly.
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15The New York Legislature,
now in session, have repealed the
resolution adopting the Fifteenth
Amendment. ghe vote stood in
the Senate: Ayesa 16; Nays, 10
In the House; Ayes, 60; Nays. Sc.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-01-19

~ sale by n CIR JiIN
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nption is directed to the
of Il. ". Bringhurst.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-08-20
Tine crime or neing Young.

-;.o
"A loune De"hocra' Wives ." o.
ticle Of some length ana considerable
force. we may say, in to-days Sun, oil
wh;ob wo find snace for the following
49, - ~7g ~ f'lff .
eAtrac'9' j. l38.,,iG sos ~
EDITORS SuN-.Ihe Appear Oh yester'
day refers to the fact that al the gentle
men most prominently spoken OF ior the
State Legislature are young men, ana
after extending TO them the open nan9 Oh
the warmest and most admiring a1ee,
tion, i deliberately sets TO work 10 XII
them all on by suggesting tne names OF
fourteen gentlemen 70 MI Mree, or az
most, tour, seats IN the Legislature, vi
these, FIVE are lawyers, nye merchants
and three farmers! Now, why TINS over
slaughing OF the young men re-
ferred tor why tnis attempt 10
array the old men against the young
menY What have any OF the Appeal
men done that they should have prece,,
dence over the young men alluded to
Is it pretended, for instance that Ihos.
A. Nelson or Ihos. ii. Allen, VINO are
named by the Appeal most prominently,
are better qualified for the state Senate
than Colonel >. D. Dnbosef IL So IN
what consists the superiority is It IN
the fact that they are old and Dnbose
"youngY Does the tact that these men
are a few years the senior OF Dubose give
them greater powers OF reason, OBJ
ser'ation or STUDY nave either OF
them. had legislative experience, and
are they not too old TO learn new
trlcksT The pretence that either
of these old men, are better ftted for
legislative duties than young man
who was educated lawyer'who has been zen
successful as a merchant and who has
demonstrated his capacity IN the role OF
a successful journalist, IS so extraordin-
airy, that | cannot believe 1t IN the abb
sence OF all proof as well as OF all rea-
sonable prescriptions, to sustain 1t; l
would not dlsparage the men referred to;
have great respect Tor them. but
deny that there is anything IN their ms
tory, as known to the public, which
affords reasonable presumption that
they are more capable otleglslatiye duties
than Col. DuBose. It is noteworthy too
that the Appeal enumerates among Its
old men Col, Crews ana Col; owlngleys
neltner OI WnOm nave inc tuNdhVage vi