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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-06-05
Surprise Parties.

A lady correspondent WHO Asos l"
a manufacturing town in Rhode Is
land was recently the victim OF
surprise party, and relates her e1pe-
rience as follows: II have never i'm.
posed upon any of my friends or
neighbors by attending surprise par
ty, and as long as I remain sane l
never will. But l have been the I'M
willing recipients of one Of those So
cial nuisances dubbed silver we'd
ding. Isaac and I knew as well rs
anybody that we had been married
twenty-five years, but we didn't wish
to celebrate the event for numerous
reasons. We didn't wish to beg for
presents. Our house is not large
enough to accommodate all we would
wish to invite on such an occasion,
and we could not bring ourselves to
slight any; and, not being partial to
large parties, judge of our consterna-
ton when we were overwhelmed by
a mob consisting of some of our
friends, and many who were not our
friends or even experimentation,
Dick, and the Dragon, any one who
could be induced to sign their names
to paper and pay their money to
help buy tea-set, under the promise
of coming to our house and having a
gay time, just as they would have
paid for going to any place Of public
amusement. The presents were in
deed very nice, but I shall never use
them, and for them we are put under
obligations to class of people whose
acquaintance we did not desire
They rummaged and ransaked the
house from garnet to cellar, looked
into my closets and bureau drawers
and even counted the blankets on my
own and my servants beds, smashed
my pet cats, wore holes in my sitting
room carpet by dancing on it, and
have made capital for gossip out o
: my household arrangements general
ly. There were even people presen
to whom I was not introduced. W.
, have always been independent; re
tanned our old friends and made few
, new ones. Now I am expected t.
call on Mrs this, that and the othe,
/. and to speak to their husbands ant
? brothers when I meet them in tn
, street, for their names are on tina
paper, which accompanied our silver
: among the list of doners. put NJ
. veil down, hoping one OF these ne'
friends, who is somewhat intoxicated
will not recognize me, and I get poi
hear him say: "Proud old vixen
= wish had the dollar I tkro,Ued ava
a on her silver tea-seN" I have LOT
r my independence and self-respec
g and am quite miserable under all tn
n obligation, which I can never hope
n repay. And I look upon the who
IT affair as an unwarrantable piece
= interference, for which I shall new
pardon the idle busybodies who, Il
N want of something better for excit
N ment, set it on foot.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-06-05

pThe father of the late James Fisk,
of New York, may be met frequently on
Broadway. He is a plain, quiet old
man, who has seen a world of trouble
in his hayward son, besides those
other misfortunes which brought him
to a lunatic asylum.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-06-05

eB An old bachelor, who had become
melancholy and poetical, wrote some
verses for the village paper, in which
he expressed the hope that the time
would come when he should
rest calmly with shroud,
With a weeping willow by my side,
but to his inexpressible horror it ap-
peared in print:
when shall rest calmly with shawl,
With whopping widow by my side.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-06-05

Horace Greeley says: "ln pian'
ing corn, it is best to put charge %
powder in each hill, and if your eo'.
does not come mp promptly, you e's
blow it up. Any quantity of corn e., e.r
be raised in this way, no matter Nv
poor the land is"
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-06-05
AWOlverine Romance

y
voting and energetic man came to this
State from the East, and, settling
down near Marshall, Calhoun county,
applied himself to farming. II was his
habit to visit Mr.. Binsley, who fe-
sided in the city of Marshall, and who
was one of it's wealthiest residents, and
to deposit with him his surplus money
In this manner, after couple of years,
young Holland had accumulated some
three thousand dollars, which amount
remained in the hands Of Mr.. Bingley'
During the visits Holland paid to
the house of Mr.. Bingley, he met the
daughter of the latter, young and
very beautiful girl, who was most fav-
orably impressed with him, and after
about three months acquaintance, an
engagement was agreed on. But his
hopes were doomed to terrible dis
appointment. The young couple re-
turned from ramble ono day, and as
they entered the house of Miss Bingley
they were met by the father, who was
in q high state of excitement. He
ordered yonng Holland from the house,
placing in his hands the amount OF
money left with him, and sternly for
babe further intercourse with the family.
On the following day Holland was
arrested on the charge Of horse-steal-
ing, and the trial elected sufficient
proof to sentence him to State prison.
It appeared that a valuable span of
horses had been stolen from the barn
of Mr.. Bipgley, and had been sold in
the city of Grand Rapids by a man
who answered exactly to the ap-
pearance of young Holland, who had
been absent from homo at the time OF
the sale-on business of his own, as he
stated it, but which, Of course, was
not credited by the court. In consid-
Grafton of his excellent character be-
fore the crime, the court was lenient
and returned sentence of three years
imprisonment.
/ Holland was fastened away te
prison amid his protestations OF inno'
ceuce, and without an opportunity o.
speaking a word to his betrothed.-
YEARLY dragged on the months tt
the convict; but at last his term o
sentence expired, and he issued forti
from the prison doors, a bowed-dowl
and heart-broken man, his hal
, whitened before it's time by the grea
\ mental anguish he had endured. HI
3 went to Cleveland, Ohio, and Their
t met Alice Bingley. She had becom
an orphan during the imprisonment Q
y her lover, and tired of the scene
y amid which she had suffered 80 much
removed to Cleveland, and was Twin
: with her mothers sister. She had ad
hered with all q woman's devotednea
to the memory Of her convict Lover
+, and never deemed him guilty of th
~ crime charged to him. The long
= separated couple were married, an
Is Immediately started for Kansas, in
o tending to commence life together
le that far Western State.-tJ ckso
IF {Mich.) Patriot.
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u The cotton and corn crops are
fine very fine, and both indicate a big
yield. The plant cane is pretty fair
and improving fast, but the stubble is,
as we have before written, almost a
total failure.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-06-05

geg~The Pinchback convention, Of
ter recommending Warmoth for gov
ernor and Pinchback for Lieutenant
Governor, adjourned to meet at Ba-
ton Rouge on the 10Th of June, the
day of the assembling of the Grant
convention.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-06-05

HITEwASH. -Whitewasfcd w.
will not rub off if the lime is thaS
pared: Mix pailful of lime anu We"
take half pint of flour, make '1 :,
of it and pour it hot into the Wli'F
stir it we'll.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-06-05

~" We hope it will not be forgotten
that Mrs. Garfield delivers the first of
her lectures on the 'Heroes of TIL e
Southern Confederacy" at her school
room on Friday evening next at S
o'clock. Her subject for next Friday is
SroNEwALL JACKSON. The subject is
one which never fails to interest a
Southern audience, and it will he inter-
esting to see how it will appear under
the treatment of lady lecturer.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-06-05

u \ tight Democrat was dining in
Town, one day last week; "beef, pork
mutton or CHICKEN" said the polite
waiter; 81 don't care d." was the
reply; "anything to beat Grant"
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-06-05
DR.. TUFTS Sarsaparilla and Queens
Delight.

No remedy possesses SO many valua-
bic Medicinal properties as this combi-
nation of Roots, Herbs and Barks.-
The QUEENS DELIGHT is acknowl-
edged by Physicians to be the most
powerful remedy known for Impure
Blood, Liver Complaint, Nervousness !;
Female Complaints; Constipation
Rheumatism Diseases Of the Kidneys;
syphititio affections; Skin Diseases
Chronic Complaints, etc. But in this
preparation it is combined with other
vegetable products, which renders its
virtues doubly valuable. Most dis
eases have their origin in the blood
and as q Blood Purifier the SARsAPA.
RILLA AND QUEENS DELIGHT has M
equal. 1 requires but trial to con
vince the most sceptical.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-06-05
The Bullying Temper ofthe Greeley
Parlisans Towards Independent
Democrats.
YORK Pa, May 20, 1872.

To the Editor Of the York Gazette:
You may have seen in the Capital,
published last Saturday at Washing
ton, what purports to be a CONVERSE
ton between the editor of that paper
and me. l have no right to suppose
that my utterances would influence
the opinions of or even excite the
curiosity of the general public. But
wish it to be understood here at home
that l lay no claim to the eloQuence Of
the remarks which Colonel Piatt has
attributed to me. That gentleman did
certainly not intend to misstate me;
but his poetic Imagination and elegant
taste has given a color to my common
place remarks which less gifted per-
son would not put on them. Besides,
he is an ardent friend Of the Cincinnati
nominee and a most "Liberal Repub-
licann-so extremely liberal, indeed,
that he thinks it mean in the Demo-
cratic party not to surrender their Or
papization into the hands of its enc
mics, and this generous sentiment OF
his own has made him misconceive my
notion about the duty of the Democ-
racy to stand firmly together for the
whole country. While I am about it
may as well say another word. The
aggressive and violent temper of the
Cincinnati movement is breaking the
Democracy to'pieces' There are many
thousands of men in the party wht
will refuse to be dragooned or bullief
into the support of that ticket. Th'
Greeley men had better suspend thei1
plan of operation Immediately. Thu
longer they continue it the less likel!
they are to succeed either in Jnly o
November. "We tn Q people," tn
rank and file, the yeomanry of tn
country, cannot be driven to the poll
as negroes are driven in the South b.
the carpet-baggers and scalawags.
JERE S. BLACK.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-06-05

u We still note the dullest and
deadest times known to the Oldest
inhabitaut. Such was never dreamed
Of before.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-06-05

There is Dutch vessel now in
Boston which is said to be ninety years
old. She is built of teak, and is good
for another half century.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-06-05

IL New Orleans papers have been
furnished to the Democrat Office by the
clerks of the Rapides and B. l.. Hodge
No. 3.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-06-05
The Amnesty Act.-Who are Ex-
copied.

has at length passed an amnesty act
and it has been signed by the Presi-
dent. The only two votes in the
Senate against it were those of Sum-
ner and Nye.
It will be remembered that the
14tb Amendment to the Constitution
excludes from both State and FEEDER
al offices all those who before the
war held civil Office under a gener-
al law and afterwards gave aid and
comfort to the rebellion. The same
article provides that persons may be
relieved from this disability by two
thirds vote of Congress. 1t was to
afford this relief that the late act was
passed.
But instead of being general am
nesty the act excerpts members of the
Both and 37th Congresses, officers in
the judicial, military and naval SER
vice of the United States, Heads of
departments and foreign ministers OF
the United States. It is said that
only about two hundred men in the
United States are within the excep-
tons. It excerpts such Congressman
as Hunter, Breckenridge and Toombs;
such judges as John A. Campbell'
such officers of the old army as JET
ferson Davis; such members OF the
Cabinet as Jacob Thompson; and
such foreign ministers as Henry A,
Wise. But, on the other hand there
are a great many old statesmen, who
have been Congressman, Governors
and Judges of State Courts that are
not excepted.
| In Louisiana there are very few,
whose names we can recall, that still
labor under the disabilities imposed
by the 14th Amendment. At pres
ent we can only recollect of Con
pressmen Messrs. L. st. Martin
Miles Taylor, 7. G. Davidson, and j
Perkins; of Judges Messrs. John A
Campbell and Henry Boyce; of arm.
officers General Braxton Bragg ane
Governor P. O. Hebert; of heads o.
Department Mr.. Charles NJ. Conrat
and of foreign ministers Mr.. Alexan
der Dimitry. Mr.. Conrad was i,
> General Taylor's cabinet and MI
l Dimitry held a mission to Contra
America under Buchanan. Genera
Bragg was Captain in the army an
;, was a member of the Board of Pub
Il lie works. Mr.. Hebert was a Ii
> Colonel in the army and was Gov
) ernor of the State. Such old arm
/ officers as General Beauregard, VIII
never held a civil Office, Of cours
u have no disabilities to be removed
. With these ten exceptions we do nc
u know of any one in Louisiana who
l. disqualified from holding offic'
70 Under the late amendment to OF
Il State Constitution even these are NJ
u excluded from the right of suffrag
The amnesty act might a s we
', have been general one. But tt
!" Grant administration still entertai,
too much hate against the leadir
,e men of the South to pass such an a
al at present. It was driven to pa
W the present one only by the evidel
a increase in the popularity of Il
m Cincinnati platform, Of which anne
=" ty is the most prominent featul
e Only few weeks ago, before SUI
popularity became so apparent, tt
o. measure was defeated. But it com
IL too late to redeem the Grant admi
nd istration from the charge of mea
,al ness and illiberality.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-06-05

~ The whole of the past week was
very clear and awfully hot-tine
weather, however for, the crops.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-06-05

u The negro Baptists had another
big shout and dipping, on last Sab
bath.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-06-05

PRUssIAN DISCIPLINE. A Berlin let
ter to the Boston Globe contains the
following:
There is nothing of much importance
passing here, save military movements,
which bring one back to the days of the
Great Frederick and Sans-Souei. These
frequent reviews will completely satiate
curiosity. A few days ago, however, 1
happened to walk a mile out Of town,
and seeing some soldiers under arms in
a field, at a small distance from the
road, went toward them. An officer
on horseback, in the undress uniform Of
a Major of the line, was uncommonly
active, and often rode among the ranks
to reprimand and instruct the men. He
had his sword drawn, and continued to
exercise the corps for an hour after
He made them wheel, march, form
square, and fire by divisions and in pla-
ICONS, observing all their movements
with infinite attention. An officer
made some blunder, and was immedi-
ately placed under arrest. The review
over, he called all the officers around
him, spoke to them for ten minutes, dis
missed them and rode off. A young en-
sign being near, l questioned him -
"Who is that officer?" s'That is Gene
raj Won Moltke." No wonder the Prus-
sions can fight"
| -~~~~~~~~-~0~~-->~~~~~
The GERMANS AND GEN. GRANT,
A Republican correspondent of the
Chicago Tribune, writing from German.
town, Pa, says:
"The question with the Germans il
simply this: Did 10000 Germans, al
the breaking ont of the rebellion
shoulder their muskets in defense o.
their adopted conntryf "Yesr the!
all say. A few years after did Grant
administration not only sell the sam
guns that were used by those German
to stop the rebellion, bat manufacture
missils of war and sell them to til
French, to butcher their brothers an,
relations at homei They all say tyel
q to that. Ingratitude, more stron,
than traitors arms, quite vanquishe
s him. This rankles in their hearts, an
y as far as am able to judge-and I hav
r talked with hundreds of them-th
+ German vote in this State will be soil
g against Grant. You may think I q,
u too sanguine, but am not-I kno'
- what I am talking about.'
=. The same writer declares that
: Curtin can be prevailed on to take Il
e stump against Grant and in tue intere
m Of the Cincinnati movement, the Sta
N can be carried for the latter by q, OK
,e majority.
~ -~As~As-e~>>
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App0rtiOnment

OF REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS, AS
ESTABLISHED BY THE BILL WHICH
HAS PASSED BOTH HOUSES OF CON-
GRESS.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-06-05

n@. The river, after rising o'e' a
feet, from recent rains, has eo'ii'As
to fall.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-06-05

For Female Complaints, whether in
young or old, married or single; at the
dawn Of womanhood or the turn of
life, DR.. TUFTS Liver Pills are an ac-
knowledged remedy.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-06-05

A PRACTICAL VIEW OF UMBRELLAS.
Among the uses to which the umbrella
may be put is poking an utter stranger
afflicted with the lumbago in the back,
under the impression that he is Smith.
1t also serves to keep off the rain-first,
when it rains, second, when it does
not rain. Its uses in the first event
are palpable to the most naked eye.
The second case may he practically
illustrated by taking an umbrella down
town of cloudy morning. The inevita-
BILE result is that the skies clear up TO-
ward Q o'clock, and you return home
in sweltering glare of sunlight and
suffocated with dust, bearing with you
an umbrella, which conyinces all who
meet you that you are little cratic,
or very shiftless. If the table-talker
were an honest farmer suffering for a
corner in rain, he would put on pair
of patent leather boots and light spring
suit, and 60 on long walk without an
umbrella. 1t would be sure to rain
combined mowers and reapers-let
alone Observation-Disclosures night. Um-
brellas are not considered private pro-
perty, any more than the air of heaven
and the rain which falleth alike upon
the Democrat and Republican. You
may take one with impunity at any
time if you are not observed. The las
characteristic of the umbrella is it,
protean power Of changing shapes
You may leave brand-new mulberr!
silk with an ivory and rosewood handl
at any public gathering, taking there
for a check, and within three hours i
will transform itself into light blue o
faded brown cotton, somewhat less il
8 size than a circus tent, with han dl
S like telegraph pole and Eve fracture
: ribs.-[Chicago Post.
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u See notice Of C. E. Ball.
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New SEcrs.-Two new religious sects
have lately been added in England to
the countless number already existing
there, one called the Walworth Convul.
sionists, and the other calling them
selves the Peculiar People. The leader
of the first is Mrs. Girling, who calls
herselfa seven deviled woman, although
she has rid herself of the tormentors
which once possessed her. The meet
ipgs of Mrs. Girling's followers having
been interrupted by scoffers, who were
arrested by the police, an examination
in court led to an explanation of her
doctrines. She said that the nantes
tations which had attracted attention
at her meetings occur when the wor-
shippers feel the Word of God, and
when it falls on them they remain in
an unconscious state for a time, after
which they are impelled to dance. All
who dance have passed from death to
life; the death takes place during the
period of unconsciousness, and some
persons take seven hours in passing
from the old state of Adam to the new.
At least so says Mrs. Girling. The
Peculiar People believe that they are
the special objects of Divine protec-
ton, and permit their children to die
of accidents or illness without calling
in medical assistance, because they
have faith that God will heal them
systematically if it is His will that
they should recover.
| ~~~~-~~~~~-0s-~~--~~~-~-~~
R A young couple who had been
holding cosy tete.a-tete in retired
alcove at party in Nashville, were
somewhat abashed, on emerging into
the party, to find that around the
young mans neck there was the print
of two arms in chalk and diamond dust
on his shoulder quantity of golt
powder, and other equally unaccounta
BILE phenomena observable elsewhere
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-06-05

uA lady in Albany died some time
since from the effects of the habitual
use of laudanum. The husband now
seeks to recover probably n
reasonable estimate Of his loss--frOm
the druggist who supplied her with
the narcotic. The afflicted man alleges
that the drug was supplied in clande-
slime manner, and that the pharmaceu-
tist was directly instrumental in trans
forming the healthy, happy, inteiii-
gent, loving wife, doting parent, and
industrious helpmate, to habitual
opium eater, whereby she lost he1
health and spirits, and eventually her
life. The suit is novel one, and its
result will be looked for with interest
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Grant and Wilson.

A TRANSPARENT POLITICAL HUoIEUG.
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DIR. TURKS HAIR DYE HAS No BAL
ODoR.
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TEMPERATURE
AS REPORTED BY LEVIN AND FERGU;
Felix ,Grundy.

The New York World, with its
usual assumption of superior knowl-
edge, attempted to bolster up re-
cent opinion by publishing letter
from the Hon. Felix Grundy said to
have been written only few days
since. Judge Grundy may be alive
but we do not believe it. We cannot
say exactly when he died, but we
have never heard Of him as live
man since he retired from the Senate
in 1941. If he is alive we should
like to know where he lives, how old
he is, and what be has been doing for
the last thirty years. Ii dead we
should like to know when he died.
Perhaps the Pics ''Note and Query"
man can enlighten us.
Judge Grundy entered the House
of Representatives in 1911 the same
year with Calhoun and Clay and two
years before Webster. Ii he was
only twenty-five years old then he
would be eighty six now. But we do
not believe there is any man living
who became q member of Congress
so long ago. Old Andy Stewart, OF
Pennsylvania, who was beaten FOL
Congress two years ago, is generally
admitted to be the Oldest living ex
member, and he did not enter unit
1921. The next in order OF time Il
MIR. Nicholas D. Coleman, OF Thu
State, who was member of Con
gress from Kentucky in 1929.
When Mr.. Ewing, of Ohio, diet
recently it was conceded that he wa
the oldest ex-member of the United
States Senate, having entered in 1881
This would not have been the cas-
if Judge Grundy, who entered II
1929, were then alive. He servet
from that time twelve consecutiv
years with the exception Of about tw
years when he was Attorney Genera
under Mr.. Van Buren,.
Middletown transcript., 1872-09-07

ROTiCE.-Ar persons having claims against
the Estaie OF the deceased must present the same
duly ntiesicd TO the Administrator on or before
August 18th, 1873, or abide the Act OF Assembly
In such case made and provided. '-t
C0LEN FERGUSON, Admr.
Address-- -lslaekbird, Del.
Aug. i1--3m