Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-08-03
Il Little Of Al Sorts.

IHc CuBtNtIJOlt lluncS cOupldiitS
again of the ineficiency Of the mail
service.
Galveston steamers carry water
melons to Key West, which sell from
fifty TO sky cents piece.
The health 0, President Theirs, of
France, is said To now be better than
1t has been for twenty years past.
Mary Gray, of Greenwich county, is
the oldest old lady in Kentucky. She
is ia, and her Youngest son is seven
tyseven.
An English gentleman is erecting a
paper mil in Florida. and viii MANN
f,ctur, paper tor the Bank OF England
notes from palmetto wood.
Trains are now run through from
Memphis to New York in eleven houi,
less time than heretofore. This the
Appeal terms a "new Departure
The highest office within the gift of
the government is the SuperintendeH'
cy OF the weather siglal station OH
Pixies Peak, which is Ii, 900 feet above
the SEA level,
The Aimee trOup, which was here a
few months ago, has been playing to
immense houses in San Francisco, the
receipts being from $1,000 To $500 in
gold per night.
Under the canopy of heaven there is
no more comfortable city of nights
than is New Orleans. The stars shine
hrighr.y, tie air is clear and pure, the
i'reezes gently yentiating the sleeping
apart Htnis.
There. is u woman in Illinois, who
wants IA divorce simply because her
husband beats her with an iron boot
jack. u. course she won't get it, but
the application goes to show how un
reasonable some people are.
A little boy was sent to a store for
some eggs; before reaching home he
dropped them. In answer to his
moiiI".. who asked. "Did YOU break
any - he replied. - No. didn't break
amy, but the she Is came off from some
OF tEenh" -
Blackburn's- Homer Iliad say: "a
friend writes us TO ask Governor
Warmoth I'd send him list of the
Democratic members of the late Legis.
lature who took bribes. We under
stand this Iist-ncluding Republicans
as WELLS to be published sOon.'
Major Edgar Selyc has heen aploint-
Ell special agent of the POstoiiice De
pa.fment for North Louisiana. His
district comprises. in addition to North
Louisiana, the southern part of Arkan
SaS and Northwestern Texas. His
headquarters will I've al Monroe.
FACTS For THE PEoPLE.-Sinre
march 3, 1863. to March 3, 1872. there
has been paid into the United States
Treasury Oh account oi Internal rsvr-
nue. The sum of S479, 49,. $50 81.
There is still outstanding against col.
lcct0rS whose terms of office have ex-
plre,i since june 80, 1869, the SUM Ut
$i.,2,3.,o 80, IN less than oue-tenth OF
one per cent. of the amount actually
paid into the treasury. Ofthis amount
still outstanding at least four-fifths
VIII be paid eventually, either by the
parties themselves ur by heir sur..ties,
So that the ultimate loss to tire Gov
ernmrpi during the period mentioned
will noI exceed one fItieib of che per
cent OF the amount collected. 4.
This statement is not based on spec
uiation. bat on actn facts, az shown
10y the recands vrhe Internal Revenue
Bureau, aud we can justly challenge
The best conducted firm in the conn ~
% furnish ~ rXii.:! of their business
tranSi.ctlOEs moie satisfactorily than
This.
| And yet, in ia.e of these facts.
which show tile hi hest INTEGRITY ia
the collection of tie revenue, the AID.
m'n;straton is charged with eorrup-
mn Our opponents deal III charges,
| hui are very careful toavOid the proof.
To make IN assertion is one thing, to
prove it is quite apothpg. We claim
that the Administration is honest,
AMI We accompany our claim by the
strongest proof to sustain it. We ask
our enrmi''s To specify single act of
gotiic,',ir corrnn zion against President
Grant. 'Thas taF they have been UNA
ble to establish one.