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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-07-05
THE RIVAL POLICE JURIES.

The case involving the right OF
the New Police Jury to hold their
Offices was heard before Judge Ors-
born on Thursday last at special
term of the District Court held for
that purpose. A very intelligent
jury was empannelled to try the is
sues presented. After an elaborate
argument of the case by the coun-
sci on both stiles, the jury with
out being out more than few mo-
ments returned q verdict i'll favor
of the old Police Jury elected by
the people, who are, therefore, re-
tanned in Office. An appeal was
taken to the Supreme Court, made
returnable on Monday next at Mon
roe. where the Court is now in SEES
sion. Mr.. Seay will so over to ar
cue the case for the old Jury and
Mr.. Ryan for the appointees of the
governor. AS 1t is case to which
the law gives preference in trials,
we may expect to hear of final
decision in a very short time. 1t
is to the interest Of the people and
the taxpayers that the question
should be settled as soon as posi-
bic.
From what we could gather from
the portions of the arguments OF
the Attorneys we were able to hear,
the points at issue seem to be the
following. 1t is contended by the
old Police Jury, who it is admitted
were regularly elected under the
old law, that the law creating the
new Jury is null and void for the
reasons, that the act was signed by
the Governor in the recess Of the
Legislature; that it contains nc
clause repeating the old law; that
it was not promulgated thirty days
as required by law /; and that its
title does not express clearly its
objects as required by the Conshtu
ton. The New Jury combat these
propositions and further contend
that Police Jurors are not officers
as contemplated by the Intrusion
act.
We believe that we have fairly
presented the case as stated by The
two contesting parties. We repeat
that the people will await the de
cision of the Supreme Court Will
no little anxiety.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-07-05
Beauties of Radicalism.

Referring to the trial of the gentle
men, who were arrested in Oktibbeha
county, and dragged to Holly Springs
for examination before United States
Commissioned, the Holly Springs Re-
porter exposes the following specimen
of Radical scoundrelism:
The negro, Columbus Curry, who
was arrested and brought up with the
Starkeville prisoners, as being implica-
ted in the conspiracy against McLach-
Ian, makes the following statement
"That the jailor worked earnestly to
get him to testify against the white
man that he Curry stated he knew
nothing against them, and that even if
he did, he would not tell it; that he
was then carried to the Office of GER
tain United States officer in Holly
Springs, who worked on him several
hours" In the Negroes own words -
"He worked for hours, and told me
that if I would say was connected
with the men, and that they were Ku-
Klux, he would not send me to the
penitentiary. When wouldn't tell
him, because l knew nothing, said he
intended to send me to the peniten-
tiary."
And this effort to bride and force a
witness to testify against innocent
southerners, was made lin Holly
Springs, in the year 1871, by high
United States official. We have given
negro's statement, and we have the
officials name, which we shall publish
if the statement be contradicted. We
can give as well as receive, and nc
imam shall SANDER our people with
out being exposed, and, the slanderei
branded with Observation-Disclosures
Herald.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-07-05

A "HEAvY" DlREcToRY.-In GER
tain Western city, man determined
to get out directory. They never
had one there before, and it was an
ticipated with great deal of pleasure.
Everybody was rejoicing about it.
But the printer who was to set the
book up found that he had run out of
all his capital SIS before he got as far
as SMI, and, as he found he was going
to lose money on the job, he deter
mined not to buy any more type. So
he told the foreman just to lead off
all the rest of the names commencing
with S. with any capital letter that
came handy. There were fifteen
hundred and sixty-seven Smiths in
that town, and when the directory
came out the whole of them rushed to
it to see their names in print. 1t was
ascertained that every one of them
was described under such names at
NTH, Pith, Lith, Jith, With, Syth,
Xixth, Fifth, Hythe, 9th, 18th, Tith
&ith, and ever so many more of the
same kind. Fifteen hundred aud six
ty-seven madden men than those fif-
teen hundred and sixty-seven Smiths
never/pranced around. over the bound
less prairies of the West. They wait
ed on the directory man in body
next morning, intending to macerate
his nose, but he took the early trair
for San Francisco, and when last heard
from had obtained permanent situa
ton in Honk Kong temple as assis
tant idol maker. That city is withou
! -. ! ] =,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-07-05
J. c. oliver.
Mr.. EDITOR.

Mr. EDITOR
The name above written is one OF
the murderers of Judge Lawnes and
Mayer SchorDberg, on the Sth OF No
vember last, the day after the State
election in the parish Of Ascension,
while these men were trying to stop
a mob of negroes and carpet-bag-
gers.
This murderer and his assistant in
this bloody deed, were in Jail to
await their trial. The Senator from
that Parish, General Hussacker, got
the legislature to change the penue
to the Parish of Jefferson; and when
the case came up for. trial. the Judge
of the Court said he had no right to
try the case. The Grand Jury
where the murder had been commit
ted, have not found true bill. His
court had no Jurisdiction on the case.
A nice way to get rid of case. The
murderer was discharged, and Gov
ernor Yarmouth appointed him Sher-
if of st. James Parish, an adjoining
Parish to Ascension; with Lieuten-
ant Governor Dunn, Senator Pinch
back and Post Master Lowell, Fed
eral officer, as bondsmen for this
murderer, as Sheriff.
What commentary upon civiliza-
ton! His bloody deed, no doubt.
endeared him to the Governor, he
may need his services again. And
the Senator will need him too, to
protect him from an outraged people
of his Senatorial District. Should
honest men take Warmoth by the
hand bleeding with the blood OF these
murdered officers. No! Let every
honest man turn his back on Gov.
ernor Warmoth for this outrage.
RAPIDES.
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~ The more we sink into the in
frmities OF age, the nearer we are to
immortal youth. All persons e
Young in t h e other world. That
state is an eternal spring, ever fresh
and fourishing. Now, to pass from
midnight into noon on the sudden,
to be decrepit one minute, and all
spirit and activity the next, must be
an entertaining change. To call this
dying is an abuse of language.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-07-05

WHY Do You CoUGH-when it IS IN
your power to relieve yourselfi A Jew
doses of DIR. TUFTS EAPECio-
RANT will cure you and allay the ap-
prehensions of your friends; more !.
over, it is pleasant to take, it produces
no nausea, and strengthens the Luns'
and throat to resist attacks in the ~.
ture. Mothers need not dread th0
Group when they have bottle OIL tn,'
valuable compound on their Manner
pieces.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-07-05


How AN, expert Identified A
FORCED SIGNATURE.-The Portland
(Maine) Press of the I'd says:
Not many months ago case was
tried in the Supreme Court, in a neigh
boring county, in which the genuine
ness Of the signatures to number of
promissory notes was contested. One
witness, who witnessed the signatures
to the notes, pronounced his name as
on one. of the larger notes,
a forgery. The ablest experts declared
that they could see no difference in the
autographs. The witness stoutly per-
sisted that the one he designated was
a forgery. Careful tests were applied.
The notes were shuffied and dealt to
him, and he instantly picked out the
fraudulent paper. The papers were
then overlaid in such manner as to
show only the attested names, and,
without moment of hesitation, he
threw out the same paper. Every test
which the ingenuity of the lawyers
could devise was applied with the
same result, and the case went to the
Jury. After the case was closed, one
of the counsel gave the papers care
full examination, when it was found thai
the disowned signature, had beer
punctured with pin between the let
tiers, but the mark was SO exceedingly
small that it had escaped score o
prying eyes; yet to the witness ex
periepced vision it was 'plain as ;
pikestaff."
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-07-05
BlackW0Od.

We tender our thanks to the Leo
nard Scott Publishing Company, New
York, for the June number of their
American reprint of Blackwood's Mag
azine. 1t is an exceedingly interesting
number with the following table of
contents:
1. Charles Dickens; 2. Under tn e
Red Cross A Narrative of Hospital
Life with the Prussians in France
Part II; g. Old and New Aurilists of
Oxford; 4. Fair to lSee-Part VI; 5.
A Century of Great Poets from 1850
Downwards-No. William Cowper !;
S. Burton's History of Scotland.
The first article is one of the best on
Dickens that the death of the great
novelist has brought forth. 1t should
be read by all who desire to arrive at a
correct estimate of his life and work
The fifth is the first of what we pre-
sumo is intended to be series of sket.
ches of the great English novelists from
1850 to the present. We think we de.
tect in it the racy and easy flowing
style of Mrs. Oliphant. The other ar
ticles in this number are scarcely les
interesting. The whole four Reviews
and Blackwood are furnished at tn,
extremely low price of fifteen dollar
per annum.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-07-05
Iar Politeness is summary of al

B1 Politeness is a summary of all
the moral virtues; it is an assemblage
of discretion, civility, and circum-
spection, to render to every one the
duty he has right to expect, and to
adorn all our words with grace and
affability. 1t is the offspring of a
we'll directed mind, possessing itself,
and being master of its own senti-
ments; that loves to justice to ev-
cry one, and to sacrifice it's own in
terests rather than to injure that Of
others; that disregards the clamor Of
public opinion and requires not al
explanation upon every trifing OF
equivocal expression.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-07-05

The POETRY OF TREEs.-Said Ma
thaniel Hawthorne: ssThe trees, as
living existences, form peculiar link
between the dead and us. My fancy
has always found something very in
teresting in an orchard. Apple trees,
and all fruit trees have domestic
character, which brings them into re-
lationship with man. They have lost
in a great measure the wild nature of
the forest tree, and have grown hui
manized by receiving the care Of
man, and by contributing to his
wants. They have become part of
the family; and their individual'char-
acter is as well understood and ap-
preciated, as those of the human
members. One tree is harsh and
grabbed, another mild; one is chur-
lish and illiberal, another exhausts
itself with its free-hearted bounties.
Even the shapes of apple trees have
great individuality, into such strange
postures do they put themselves, and
thrust their contorted branches gro.
tesquely in all directions. And when
they have stood around house TO,
many years, and held converse with
successive dynasties of occupants
and gladdened their hearts so otter
in the fruitful autumn, then it would
seem almost sacrilege to cut then
down."
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-07-05
u Many men pass fifty or SKI

70 Many men pass fifty or sixty
years in the world, and when they
are just going out of it they bethink
themselves, and step back, as it were,
to do something which they had all
the while forgotten-to wit, the main
business for which they came into
the world, to repent of their sins, and
reform their lives, and make their
peace with God, and in time to pre-
pare for eternity.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-07-05

II Grace Greenwood is willing that
three classes of women should be
allowed to vote: single women who
had property, married women who
had minds, and such others las might
desire. A good watch well wound
and timed, clothes wringer and sew
ing machine, should be the property
qualification, and the ability to sup
port their husbands well, and the
faculty of keeping good boarding
house should not be overlooked in the
requirements Of the examiners.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-07-05

u Oh, send your old troublesome
thoughts to the wind, not cuddle them
close to your breast AS if they were
angels Of mercy instead of ministers of
evil. Everybody has trouble of some
kind, and it is the bounden duty of
each to rise above it. The Lord sends
all kinds Of messengers to teach us
how large and merciful and patient
His love is, and it does not matter in
what shape they came, if our hearts
will only let them do their appointed
work.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-07-05
have, from all quarters, still

1--WE have, from all quarters, still
discouraging accounts of the crops of
Rapides. The corn crop will be fail
ure; cotton, with good season, from
now out, may reach a scant half crop.
Even the cane crop is far from being
any thing but good. Most of the plant
cane will do pretty well; as for the
stubble, it will not yield seed cane.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-07-05

pa Improved machinery has re.
Gently been erected in Woolrich Az
senal, of England, by which the man
ufacturer of the Mimic rifle bullet for
the Snider cartridge has been great
ly facilitated, while at the same time
the cost fproduction has been great
lv reduced. These bullets are being
made at the rate of 3, 100000 or 1000
900 weekly, and the manufacture of
cartridges proceeds at the same rate.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-07-05

HoMER's RESPECT FOR .WoMEN.-To
be sure he has sketched Gree and
a Grecian Lady Macbeth, namely
Clytemnestra, who can plead, how
ever, that her conduct was justified
by the ler talonis for the sacrifice of
her daughter at Anlis. But the gen.
eral impression of the heroic woman
derived from Homer is favorable.
Nausicaa is q sweet creature, and
Penelope is represented as true
woman and exemplary housewife.
Virgil, the Latin deciple of Homer,
had an acetic faint in his blood, and
was, moreover, shy, rustical fellow,
too timid to ingratiate himself with
the sex, and so he abused thep. But
his Dido is his best character no.
BILE, whole-souled woman, whose only
defect was her weakness for the
wooden parsonage, "pious Eneas."
She was doomed to be guilty of that
folly, however, by the higher powers,
as Tinania was made to caress and
fondle the asinine Bottom. But if
Homer is Catholic or Orthodox on the
woman question, several late and in
ferior Greek poets were not. Hesiod,
for instance, who was sort of Poor
Richards Almanac versifer, and sup
piled the Greeks with all their mean
penny-wisdom, and was known as the
Helot's poet, is naturally enough ex-
tremely ungallant toward the sex, as
such low clod-hopper of bard was
sure to be. In his Works and Days
and Theogony both, he represents
that Jupiter created woman in a fl
Of spite against Prometheus, because
he had stolen fire from Helios, ant
thereby taught men the mechanic
arts, and so rendered them capable
of civilization, Atlantic Monthly.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-07-05

W Wehav had another week Of
good weather for the crops, but awful
on human flesh. The Thermometer
goes up daily to 81 in fair regions, in
Town; but in some places it has gone
up to SO. We have been blessed, in
our sanctum with only 90.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-07-05

WoRK.-There is something truly
noble in every work which honest
hearted men deliberately undertake.
Many a quiet library or laboratory
could tell of patient students who
have been willing to sacrifice comfort
and health, not as some do, in un-
equal exchange for wealth and posi-
ton in the world, but simply with
the honest purpose of becoming bene-
factors to mankind by setting forth
truth and advancing civilization
Great and useful works are often Of
slow growth, requiring the labor Of
generations. Let praise belong te
all who have contributed to bring
them to perfection, either by success
or failures; true, manly hearts are
above all jealousies. Yet it requires
certain amount of courage to face
the detraction and ill-will which seen
always to beset most of the benefac
tors of mankind in their turn. Har
vey owns that his doctrine of the cir
culation of the blood cost him hi
practice and gained him instead tn
reputation of being mailman, Will
the few who believed, denied him tn
credit of his discovery on account G
tits very simplicity. So it was wit
Jenner; so also with Columbu
among the courtiers of Ferdinan
and Isabelle; SO also with Kepler.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-07-05

py 1t is said that if all that the
dogs Of this country eat was fed to
hogs, it would make 1000, 900
worth of pork. Add to this the
value of sheep they destroy, and
something of an idea of the curse
of dogs can be obtained.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-07-05

ETo have sunshine in the house,
put the children to bed early, with a
light supper, that they may sleep
well. They win get up bright-eyed,
clear-headed, sweet-tempered and
with Sunlight on their countenances.
Try it, and take little of the pre-
scription yourselves.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-07-05

pPersons who have claims against
the United States Government, would
do we'll to call and employ Canonze &
Cazabat, Attorneys, New Orleans; or
their partner, here, w. W.Whittington
Jr. Elsewhere will be found their
card.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-07-05

a There are some stylish young
ladies whose agony would be entirely
of another kind if they were obliged
to learn their graceful bend over the
wash tub.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-07-05

FASHION GOSSIP FOR THE STREET.
Cashmere trimmed with bias folds
of the same is usually selected, and
black alpaca plainly made is an APP
propriate home dress for half mourn
ing. Wells are universally worn for
mourning. Grape is the proper ac-
compartment of the deepest habili-
ments of woe, and plain Brussels net
for second mourning. For other occa-
sions, except for protection, wells are
but little worn this season. Walking
skirts barely touch the ground. Demi-
trains are used for visiting, and full
trains for every wear. Black and
white, combined most artistically, will
be favorite suit for early Spring.
Crepe de Chine is the popular garni-
ture ofan evening toilet. We were
shown an elegant evening dress of blue
faille silk, trimmed with white crepe
de Chine and white fur. Ruff1es OF
crepe ornamented the train shaped
skirt. The same trimming was upon
the basque and round the heart-shap-
ed opening Of the bodice. The sleeves
were open, and Ornamented in the
same style. Gray dresses, trimmed
with brown, seem to be one of the
fashionable things in poplins just now,
and, if made of prettily contrasting
shades, make most distingue toilet
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-07-05

BUSINESS IN THE UNITE D
STATES AND CANADA.-A report
on the state of trade between the
United States and the British
American provinces, prepared for
the Secretary of the Treasury by J.
N. Leonard, of Buffalo, states that
the purchasing value of average
wages is twenty-eight per cent.
greater in Maine than in New
Brunswick, sixty-five per cent.
greater in New York than in Que
bee, and a little over 200 per cent.
greater in New York than in Onta-
rio. In an investigation of the
operation of the reciprocity treaty,
the fact appears that the tonnage
of American vessels employed in
the mackercl fisheries actually de-
clined during the period of the
treaty, Notwithstanding the sup
posed value of the fishing privi-
'leges that it secured. The present
state of our trade with the provin-
ces is shown to be very satisfacto-
~. balance against the United
States of nearly 800, 200, 900 appear
ing in the statistics of the last fiscal
year.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-07-05

II Rather good story is toldI 2.
the former Miss Lane while she We
the charming mistress of the Etecu,
tive Mansion. A photographers, IN Nes
York presented her with an alou~,
snperbly bound, containing 'fofty-.ss
different views of Miss Lane. Jout
remarked, on seeing it one day, 'pas 10 -
was the most Miss -LaneOus booA ~
had ever seen.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-07-05

u Eve was the only women "nv
never threatened to 60 and live WIN
mamma. And Adam was the only nun
who never tantalized his wife aoou'
"the way mother used to COOK"
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-07-05

az Our weekly thanks are due for
st. Louis papers to the R. J. Lock-
wood and for New Orleans ones to
the Texas, c. H. Durfee, Lotus No. 8,
South Western, John T. Moore, B. L.
Hodge No. 2, Tidal Wave and Carrie
Converse.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-07-05

n The members of the Rapides
Base Ball Club are requested to meet
at the Town Hall, on Thursday, July
9th, at 8 o'clock P. M.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-07-05

ne Always be amiable. no ma'lei
how much your temper may ~
tried, for good-humor is the De''
kind of beauty.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-07-05

m- The last instance OF modes'y
is that of a lady who refused TO wea,
a watch in her bosom because 1t Ma"
hands.
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ng Thomas Carlyle has been APP
pointed president of the London lib
rary, and Lord Lynton and John
Anthony Froude are among the new
members Of the committee.