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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-04-17

LIVING WITHOUT EATIN 49, The
Springfield tMass.) Republican pub
fishes the following:
The subject is Katie Donovan, girl
of 81 years of age, residing in Spring
field. She was employed in the first
part of 1869 in the rag and cotton waste
concern of VIM. S. Arms, and just three
years ago last Wednesday met with an
accident there which has Influenced her
whole life since. Another girl gave
her push, in sport, and she fell upon
barrel, striking upon her right side,
aud the other girl falling upon her.
She did not think at the time that she
was hurt much, but felt some inward
pain, and since that time she has been
bed ridden, and the trouble which
manifested itself at the outset has been
constantly increasing.
At first she was fed with about her
usual food, but this proved SO repul-
sive to her stomach that it was gradu.
ally reduced both in quantity and
quality, until she subsisted wholly o:
jel!ies.
Since last July she has subsisted-
such is the extraordinary claim-upor
water alone, andivery little of that.
She is black eyed and black haired
girl, with comely features and fair com
plexion. She is not emaciated, al
would be supposed after such extraor
binary abstinence from food, but hel
conptenance has a peculiarly transpar
ent, almost corpse-like appearance
She is able to turn a little in bed
but her strength is very gradual,
wauins.
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The National Democratic EXeCu.
tire Committee.

The Courier journal contains let
ter f.om Colonel Blanton Duncan,
Who. it seems, has been in correspon-
A nee y, it'll the members. of the Ma
tioual Democratic Committee. We
clip from this letter the following para
craph. sh owing how fourteen ont of
the thirty seven members of the COM
mittee stand on "passivism y
About the middle of this month
vrote'to the National Democratic Com
mittee members to ascertain whether
tbey intended to discharge the duties
i,trnsted to them, and desired to meet
and call convention through which
the masses could express their opinions
and decide their own policy. I have
heard from fourteen members at
nresent-ten for action and a straight
ont nomination, two for passivism
and two non -cOmmittal. If you desire
TO aid in publication of the true feeling
of the representative men of the party
I will take great pleasure in furnish
ing you with the.responses of five mem
bers received to-day, and to show you
privately, for your own information
their names, and I will give you like
wise the views of tue passive men,
bers.
The Couri G r-Journal editorially
states the following to be its informa'
ton:
The New Albany Ledger, Mr.. Mat.
thews' Indiana mouthpiece, gets its in.
formation direct FIR o m Washington
through the Hon. NJ. C. Kerr, who il
at least as well informed as Colone
Duncan, Moreover, we know and stat,
from direct and personal knowledge
that the views expressed by TIN
Courier-J Journal respond to the opin
ions and sentiments of the entir,
Democratic delegation in. Congress
Colonel Duncan's correspondents t.
the contrary Notwithstanding. Their
is but one sentiment among intelligen
Democrats, and that is, wait for tn
wagon.
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" This is the speech that killed the
burnt records bill in the Illinois Legis-
lature: "Mr. Speaker am opposed
to this bill, and am coming down on
it like June bug on a potato vine. !
have come to pronounce its eulogy as
Mark Anthony did over Cleopatra. !
am q Iaboripg man myself, and l know
what laborers want, and know that
they don't want any such as this. I've
been in chancery, and know how it is
myself. After hanging in chancery
till the lawyers got my bottom dollar,
1 got my case before twelve honest
farmers, and I knocked the socks of
my antagonist just like falling off a
log. Now, here's King coming in here
with this bill to help out the legal fra
ternity and put every man in Cook
county into chancery. amt nothing
against my friend King, but I want tc
tell him right here thpt my names
Jack, and King cannat, never did
and never will, take a jack. Look al
this section here, providh for masters
in chancery-masters " chancery-
yes, we'll have them in 3 ..cago thicker
than feas on a dog, tt eat our sub
stance ard get fat on our misfortunes
I call upon the hard-fisted yeomanry
on the Democratic side of this HOUSE
to nip this thing in tho bud-we don
want it, and we won't have it. W.
have got along SO far without it, ant
we can borrow all the money we wan
and sell all the property we've 60
without going intp chancery to do it
Now, Mr.. Speaker, though Nero fid
died when Rome was burning, and Ly
curgus played seven up on his wife
coffin, that is no reason our peOpl
should be gobbled up in CHANGER.
hopper otter they have been burne
out, and ground out of what little the
, have left"
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BEAR AND FOR3EiR.

Re careful, We whose wedded-hearts
Are lovingly united;
Re heedful lest an enemy
Steal on you unlimited!
A little willy serpent form,
With graceful, lnrins poses:
Or coming in a different guise,
\ thorn among the roses
b. careful, We whose marriage bellies
Now merrily are ringing;
r., heelfnl of the bitter word,
The answer keen and singing,
r. ,,rgyi, retort, the angry eye
It's vivid lightning flashing;
T,h rock on which SO many hopes
Az daily, hourly dashing!
AZ ,4r and c,rbear;" the only way
TO tread life's paths together,
Then come. aud welcome, shining sun
Or oc'rn dark. cloudy weather.
Two loving hearts dissolved in one;
T'a+ ra"r"t live asrnder,
Have pat Loves golden armor on
Oh, world. look on and wonder!
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DIED

On the 10Th inst, DOMINIQUE, only
son of John and Catherine Milhas, aged
10 years and ii months.
At meeting of St James Grammar
School held this day, the following pre-
amble and resolutions were unanimous
ly adopted.
Whereas, 1t has pleased our Heav-
emily father, to remove by death from
our midst our beloved school fellow,
Dominique Milhas-therefore be 1t
Resolved That in his untimely death,
we feel ourselves deeply bereaved, that
we will miss from our forms, and our
playground his bright and joyous face;
and only hope to meet him again in
the reunion of our school in ''that
house above not made with hands
eternal in tie Heavens"
| Resolved, That we thereby tender to
his bereaved and heart broken parents
made childless by this sudden blow
our most earnest and heartfelt sympa-
tiles, and pray that God, who "tem-
pers the wind to the Shorn Lamb,
may send them that consolation and
comfort which He alone can give.
Resolved, That in respect to his
memory we wear the usual badge Of
mourning for thirty days, and that the
Secretary of this meeting send copy
of these resolutions to the parents Of
the deceased, and that they be pub
lished in the Louisiana Democrat.
M. HETHERWICK,
H. L. B1ossAT, Chairman
/ Sacroforu
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Didn't Want to be the Happiest OF
Men.

Real difidence and innate modesty
are so rarely seen in American society
of the present days, says the Calvert
(Md.) Journal, that cases of the "simon
pure' article deserve especial mention
by the newspaper. press. Such modes
ty was displayed at wedding recent
~ celebrated in this country. Ayoung
man had "wooed and won" the affec-
tious of young lady, and the time was
fixed upon when she was to make him
the "bappiest of men," When that
day arrived the store cakes and whisky
were provided, the clergyman was in
attendance, and friends and neighbors
were assembled to join their voices in
the joyous eptlialmiums, when 10 the
bridegroom came not. After anxiously
awaiting until all hope of his coming
was past, party was formed to go in
search of the missing groom. and the
bride select swooned away. The BRIDE
groom, who had all this time been
vainly endeavoring to screw his cour-
age up to the sticking point, had hid
den himself in order to SEQ what turn
events might take.
When he behe!d the party Of discov-
cry coming toward him. thinking that
discretion was the better part of valor,
he took to his heels and fled inconti-
ncntly. A halt was, however, soon eff
fected by means of a shotgun, and the
young mans excessive ditfideuce so
far overcome that he allowed himself
to be led back to the object of his af-
fections. Here another difficulty arose;
the bride whose amour propre had been
greatly shocked by the outrageous
treatment she received from the groom,
came to the conclusion, somewhat late,
matrimonp was but a delusion and a
snare, and that nothing could induce
her to marry. Rather
IAN outcast pilgrim will she rove,
Than wed the man"
who went back on her. No persua-
sions, 10 entreaties he1 friends could
prevail on her, till at last the reverend
clergyman, who, by the way, is some.
thing of wag, told the bride he would
submit to no such conduct; that lie had
been sent for to marry the couple, ant
unless she consented to have the cere
mony performed at once that lie would
call on Sheriff Smith and have her ar
rested for breach of promise. The fai
one could not resist such an argument
and the groom beng ready this time
they were forthwith inundated on tn
altar of hymen.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-04-17

AN ONLY REGRET.-Senator Howe,
says the Washington Patriot, has bnt
one regret. His official life is rapidly
drawing to an end, and he looks back
on its record with calm contedtment.
There is but one flaw, one blemish,
one spot on what he hopes may be his
ermine. 1t may kill the Senator, only
to rise again, the Judge. Unluckily
too, this solitary self-reproach has its
origin in an act of kindness to the uu-
fortunate. All his votes of acrid hos
tility to the desolated South, all his
speeches against amnesty, his prostitn-
ton for San Domingo, his association
with Murphy and Bliss, his sympathy
with Whitley, give him no concern
But he was once betrayed into an act
of generosity and charity. The good
loyal citizens of Portland, in the loya
State of Maine, we're visited by fire
aud a measure for their relief was In
trodnced into Congress. The Wlscon
sin Senator seems to think he may
have voted for it, and we find him in
revised speech, Il few days ago, rather
oddly recanting: 81 am very sorry t.
hear there is such statute as tina
giving relief to the people of Portland
| an sorry to say l did not know it
although / was in the Senate at TIN
time it passed. l did not know tha
among all the 7niquities 'chich hare bee'
pe,petsuted by the Congress Of the Unite
States since hare been member Of ii
/ it had ecer perpel,Gttu; ta!S pAe! :"
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\ I,rpY F,.NERAL.-T Ia fun
eiai OF the man who perpetrated tue
Blowing was largely attended by a
delightful puunc:
f'"e of shc last words introduced
p"Niaj atty to the public is adumbra-
lag. IL is iyfuel tt mean the 'iudi-
'"nail<n OF preliminary and precipi
'o"S pf"aiios, cation, as eliminated in
"tefrit1 ihii,ty ci never hinch!ng and
"eSer-tn-yieid- au-inch discomhobera-
'0G vi Spontaneous N b Il n:
@He'l'er ar not. aud evincing antedi-
''Slan iudivisibilities, contemporaries
'9sis elucidated by unregenerating
'a<ahsui'Iifr when syc9lephanticaiiy
"uu scintillating approximately te
"u''n. e,Auotation. i Mobile Tri.
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Skinned Alive.

4 correspondent of the Cincinnati
Commercial, writing from Kansas, tells
the following terrible story of the
white mans cruelty and the Indians
horrible revenge:
A few miles west of Omaha, n miry,
sluggish stream runs into the Platte,
and this stream is called the "Raw
HIDE 1t is said that soon after the
discovery of gold in California, a young
. man belonging to party who started
from "the States" and crossed the
plains in search of gold, made foolish
boast before starting from home to the
effect he would shoot the first Indian
he saw.
The party crossed the Missouri
River and soon found themselves in
the great Valley of the Platte. Pass
ing up this valley, they eneamped one
evening on the banks of the stream
spoken of, which at that time was
nameless. AS the train was about
ready to move ont the next morning,
small party of young Indians who
had come across the river from the
Pawnee village on the opposite side,
approached the encampment. These
were the first Indians the party had
seen, and the young man who had said
that he intended to shoot the first
Indian he saw was reminded Of his
boast. and he Immediately picked W
his rifle, took ain, at a young squaw
and shot her dead.
The news was carried to the village
at once, the party of whites were sur
rounded by exasperated Indians, anf
the young man who had done thu
shooting was seized, stripped tied to
wagon. wheel, and skinned alive, TIL
poor fellow begging of both enemie
and friends to shoot him, and thus EN-
his terrible sufferings. The remainde
fhis party were compelled to stan'
/ by and witness the torture of thel
romradn without being able to rende
A,ln an, assistance. Thea unfortunat
| han survived the operation but q fey
| h'meats, anL the emigrants wer
then allowed to move on.
Since that day the stream upo'
1 Whose Iluks this horrible affair oc
eSifcd has bveu known as "The RAY
| Hide
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out these Periodicals. Of all the month
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r. A little boy Of six summers was
sent one morning to call his GRANDPA
ther to breakfast. The old gentle
man was in the habit of snoring very
hard, and as the boy pushed open the
door, he was frightened at the unusual
noise. He rushed back to his mother,
exclaimlng, Ma, grandpa's been bark
ing at me. =
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-04-17

| A romantic couple of Franklin,
Tenn, whose course of true love did
not run smooth, of course, planned a
runaway scheme, which they proceed
ed to carry out early on recent morn
ing. They had got as far as the depot,
when the young lover became nervous,
lest the irate father should overtake
him, thusly: 81 don't see how he can !;
l really don't. He lives three miles
from here, and ifhe comes he will have
to walk. He cau't make the distance
afoot before the arrival and departure
of the train. / foresaw the danger of
such q denouement last night, and
made my arrangements accordingly.
went to the stables, hid all the bril-
dies, locked the doors, and threw the
keys away. When l left home this
morning, father and mother were both
sleep. quietly turned the key upon
them and threw it away"
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Secretary.
Tax Sale.


Z. S. Internal Revenue-United States VS..
j. NJ. Stafford.
PY VIRTUE of the authority vested IN
ID me by section %, Act of Congress da-
ted July ID, 1866, have selzed and will
sell in front of my Office, in the Town OF
Alexandria, La, on
SATURDAY, the Oath day Of APRIL, 1872
property. to-wit:
One Al Horse Mule, (sorrell) 16 hands
high.
Seized and sold for failure to pay tax
npon income aud watch-assessed upon
the Annual list of 1868, against j. NJ
Stagord.
TERMs-Cash in United States Treasury
Notes. A. j. WHITTIER,
April 17-2t. Dep. Collector
Printers Fees Sc.
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SECOND
NOTICEI

THE PARTNERSHIP HERETOFORE
l. existing between E. C. TAFT and G
w. Laney in The Drng business having
been dissolved by limitation and consent
OF the parties. the business will be con
Quoted and carried on in future by w. c
TAFT, agent, who is alone authorized t.
collect the debts due the late firm and set
tie their indebtedness. Z. G. TAFT.
AMI lS-St
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Plantation For Sale,

THE OAK DALE PLANTATION
l. four miles below Alexandria, fronting
on tho river. Dwelling House, cabins,
fences. ETC., all in good condition. ANY
one wishing to purchase will call on the
Feb. 2s-4m' JAMES MOORE.
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A Lost Art.

generacy that would furnish a fitting
parallel to the decline and fall Of the
genuine article of interview, and the
substitution of twaddlesome puffery.-
The interview of five years ago was
fresh, piquant and dramatic; its imita-
ton of to-day is weary, stale, fat and
Improbable.
The cause of this deterioration is two
fold. The subjects selected are now
the smallest kind of politicians, and
the men who do the work for the news
papers are the veriest daubers in words.
The result is that the printed product
reads like proclamation to the af-
f1icted from physician whose sands of
life have nearly run ont, and have just
about as much influence upon the pub
lie minds 1t is ajournalist who was
designed by Providence for shoema-
ker, writing down the opinions of
statesman whom heaven had foreor.
dained country schoolmastcr. What
come of this coalition differs from the
original intent of a frst-class interview
in the same ratio that a wood cut diff
fers from Titan.
1t would, perhaps, be hard to deter
mine where the greater falling off has
becn-in the artists or in the subjects,
since both have declined to the lowest
possible verge, and neither is worthy
the original design. One of two things
is always certain as the result of the
botching interviewer: He will put
Hamlet's soliloqny into the mouth Of
the grave digger, or lie will put the
speech of the grave digger into the
mouth of Hamlet. In either event he
makes laundering mess of the whole
thing, and proves his value only for
the mischievous chemistry which ena-
bles him to reduce the finest diamond
to the meanest charcoal. The inter-
view, to be of any value at all, must
dramatic while it relates, aud must
invest every sentence of the converse
ton with the character of the man
whose opinions are being put FORTH
But the most discouraging phase of
this subject is the manner in which
men have sought for interviews recent
~ as a means of putting themselves
before the public. They imagine
themselves big with subject, and
send for reporter with the same for
mality and punctuality that a woman
in an interesting condition sends for ar
acc0ucheur. AS women have been
known to mistake the pangs Of collie
for the forewarnings of maternity, sc
the would-be statesman is apt to i'm.
agine himself procreant of thought
when ne is only pulled with the dropsy
of an egregious vanity. He sends fol
nurse and doctor when few drops O.
peppermint would cure him by disabu
sing him. Or when he has anything tt
say worth saying, the "malice pre-
pense" with which be seeks channe
:, of communication stamps the thin!
with the painful process of a CasariaI
operation, and the offspring is usheret
breathless into breathing world. Al
, essay prepared beforehand, and dom
into colloquial phrase with reporter
is only an intellectual. vomit caught il
a newspaper. The genuine interview
is something entirely different from al
this. 1t comes unbidden, and there
fore appears enforced and natural. 1t
dicti6n Iouches for it's truth, and it
Importance is doubled because it. j
; not selftrumpeted.-[St. Louis Dem
T. ocrat.
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WHAT Is SUCCESS In this, Gods
world, with Its wild whirling eddies
and mad foam oceans, where men and
nations perish as if without law and
judgment for an unjust thing is sternly
delayed, dost thou think that there is
therefore no justice 1t is what the
fool has said in his heart. 1t is what
the wise, in all times, were wise be-
cause they denied and knew forever
not to be. tell thee again there is
nothing else but justice. One strong
thing l find here below--the just thing,
the true thing. My friend, if thou
hadst all the artillery of Woolwicl
trnndling at thy back in support of an
unjust thing, and infinite bonfres visi-
bly, waiting ahead of thee, to blaze
centuries long for thy victory, on be.
half of it, would advise thee to call 6
halt, fling down thy baton, and say
ain Gods name, moi" Thy "success?'
Poor devil, what will thy success
amount to- If the thing is unjust
thou hast not succeeded; no., MOI
though bontires blazcd from north tt
south, and bells rang, and editors wrote
leading articles, and the just thing lay
trampled ont of sight to all mortal eyes
and abolished and annihilated thing
Success In few years thou wilt b'
dead and dark-all cold, eyeless, deaf
no blaze of boniires, ding dong of bells
or leading articles visible or andible tt
thee again at all forever. What kim
of success is that P Carlyle.
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CLUBS.

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Tins, four copies of Blackwood, or of one
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THE SAINT LOUIS HOTEL

THIS magnificent HOTEL lately renewed
Il and greatly improved, and entirely
re-fnrnished in most sumptnous and ele-
CANT style, by the ST. Louis Hotel AssOcia-
ton, of which +. F. Motion, Esq, of New
Orleans, is the President, was opened to
the travelling community Oh the FIRST
DAY of FEBRUARY, 1872, under the man.
agement of the undersigned
HIRAM CRANSTON,
Formerly Proprietor of the New York
Hotel.
February 14-1y.
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u A new corporation out West is
known as the "Ohjo Valley Coffin
Company.' 4 berry good name.
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NOTiCE!

NOIiCEI
THE PUBLIC ARE INFORMED
i that books of subscription to the
capital stock of the "Rapides Cemetery
Association" are open at the stores of
julius Levin in Alexandria, and w. w.
Breedlove in Piveville.
Shares are five dollars each. Sub
scriptions solicited. ..
JULIUS LEVIN,
Chairman pro tenn.
J. NJ. BARRETT,
Secretary pro TEN.
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OUR HOME JOURNAL

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