The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-03-29

The Foreign Reviews

We are indebted to the Leonard Scott n
Publishing Company, New YORK. 1"f a
the January number Of the Edinburgh d
Review and the North British Review.
The Edinburgh contains interesting
articles on the following subjects: !.
France; 2. Lives of Rossini and Ber- :
lioz: 3. Business of the House ofCom- :
4. Kage's History of the Sep"y
War;. 5. Facts and Fables at the Adj
miralty: 6. Laugel's Problems OF Ma
ture and Life Z. The Foreign hela-
t;ons of China; 8. The Military Forces
Of the Crown; 9. Moore's Earthly Par
adise 10. The Treaties of 1856 and
1857.
The North British has the following;
]. Provence Versitication; =. The
Borcias and their latest Historian 8.
The Id, alism of Berkeley and Collier;
a. Tennyson's Poetry; 5. The sects OF
The Russian Church 6. Commercial
Crises; 7. History of Irish Education;
8. Contemporary Literature.
TT The North British Review for
January, repubiished by the Leonard
Scott Publishing Company, New York,
is, we are very sorry to say, dlseohtln-
ned bv its Publishers in Edinburgh,
stopping with the present number
The republishers in New York have,
however, with commendable prompt
ness, made arrangements to supply Its
nlace with another, and we think il
very valuable addition to their already
valuable reprints-namely, The Brit
ish Quarterly, the whote four numbers
of which for the yeor 1871 will be fur
nished to subscribers, thus giving the
January number gratis.
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~ We have really the worst and
most backward planting season on re-
cord. TIE weather has been all the
time interfering with breaking up and
sowing. and hard indeed has been the
lot, and sad the fix of our planters and
farmers. A few have waded through
these drawbacks and are almost up to
the season, whilst large majority are
badly behind. The late heavy rains
again redouble these troubles and only
make the situation perplexing.
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~ We are authorized to state that
match game of Base Ball will be
played on Sunday, April I'd. conmen-
cling at 2 P. NJ. The contestants are
the sPelicans" and the "Wild Ducks,
whose skill, for new clubs, has already
reached high degree of perfection
The public are invited to be present
and as this is the first match game eve
played in Alexandria, the attendance
will doubtless be large.
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"a If sixteen years. hard labor ha
brought New Hampshire to the Demo
cratic fold, we may even have hope G
Vermont and Massachusetts. Let tn
faint-hearted take courage. 1t wa
pluck, persistency and lighteoH
cause which finally gave victory to til
-. New Hampshire Democracy, and wlic
next year may be made to work tt
same results nationally.
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II bennett, of the Planters Bal
ner, in his last Issue, bids goodbye
st. Mary. He changes base, and Ne
Iberia will be the Headquarters of II
paper. We heartily wish him succe
and prosperity in the selection of h
new home. He richly deserves it,
publishing and editing good and alb
Journal merits it.
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IL GLOW much is milliard r. is
question which has been often ask
since the announcement of Prussia
terms to France. A milliard is o
thousand millions. So that if Prr
STA requires five milliard francs an
indemnity it is equal to five thousa
million francs, or about one thousa
million dollars.
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EB The ..Five Commissioners Bill
abolishing Police, Juries in our ST
was passed at the late session OF
Legislature and is now the law of
land. So an Honorable Senator
forms us.
U The Land Office, at Natch
ches, will be, opened for the trans
tod of business, on the 18th OF u
month. See notice of the Receiver ;
Register.
sg We must not omit to make m
ton of the remembrances of our ste;
boat friends. Here they are Sor
Western, Lotus No. 3, B. L. Hodge
2 land G. H. Durfee.
u The Silver Bow, St. Louis Pc
ct, favored us with package of
Louis and Memphis papers.
sY Bear in mind that Rapides' P;
of r T. Hodoe No 2 GoeS down