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Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-02-10

.
The Springfield Massachusetts, re
publican has formed "a very eurrect
opinion upon the Louisiana tiiiicuity,
as viii De seeil 10y the following ex-
tract from its issue OF the twenty
third instant: e
Mr.. Carter finally thought better, OF
his threat to take possession of the
hall of the Louisiana House OF Rep
resentatives yesterday, and the threat
ene,i collision between the opposing
clans at New Orleans rs therefore,
| postponed, ii not wholly averted. 70
morrow the congressional committee
of Investigation start Tor the scene of
strife to commence their labors.
! Whether they will be able to accom-
plish much toward settlement OF
| the Quarrel may fairly be doubted,
but AS General Garfield forciDiy put
it in the discussion upon the subject
in the House, yesterday, there IS one
element at New Orleans tlrat can not
be allowed to go longer uninvestigated
/ the conduct of the federal officers IN
that city, 1t would be hard 10 pat
the case in this respect more fofclbiy
than the chairman of the coIuhiItte.
on appropriations did when he said
Is III the officers down there have doiis
a titheos what is alleged against them
it is high tIuIe that tlseir conduct b
investigated; and, ii they have no
, done it, lit is high time bilat the govern
, nent be lreed bvm the odiani which
would so justly fall on it ifthose thing
have been DONE - :
The same paper Of thetsents -follrtl
has the following:
Mr.. Carteris Hcave' on MoDtiay
from bis bonlbastic programme Oh fii
previous day, was as complete as any
thing that has happened FOR Ion
time, and dispatches received
/, Washington from General Emory SCI
!. terday, represent everything quiet q
: New Orleans. Ef9
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-02-10

The most remarkable centenarian
alive is probably Thos. Fitzgerald, of
Rhinebeck \. u, who is los years old.
He lives with one sou, while his write,
100 years old, lives with another at
Rondout and keelshouse for him. MIR.
Fitzgerald uses tobacco, but has al
wa,s been strictly enperate. He Is
vers deaf, but his. -eye-sight is good,
and Iie can thread a needle at arms
length. He also strops his razor,
shaves himself, dresses and unslresses
and within the year has chopped and
put up six cords oil wood. Ills Occu
patton has been that OF a fisherman
and laborer. He Is native of Ire
land, aud was "a years of aye at tht
time Of the Irish rebellion in 1s3o.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-02-10
EXCHANGE H0TEL.-A.--
Nsa q TyFJHH a
P.HOOE, Proprietor. -

sKA2t<Z q 4vSA. "a -,
1.-THE undersigned have leased the
IL ICEHOUSE HOTEL and have
opened it for the reception OF guests.
The House and Su1nitufe will immedis Y
ately undergo thorough renovation,
aud no pains will bcrrared to make
the premises as comfortable aud at
tractive as possible: , g~&es ssosA s~A
B The table will be houptifully sup.
piled, and a fhll' corps Of servants en-
gagged to be in constant sttepdance ON
orr boarders. The doors will be open
at all hours, of both the day and night
Both. travellers, aud regular bo;lrderss
|will lind it to their interest to give Us 3.
,can. a.; .s-t.s,, :, r.,.l Z
The subscriber has had considera;
ble experience in the business and
confidently appeal to the public to aid
| him inhis efforts to maintain a, first
class Hotel intliis community. y 3<f
J.G. r, HOOE.
January 11th, 1872. .'l..'7A =
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-02-10


stephen Pearl Andrews and Wife. }
No. Ls3.-Ninth District Court, Parish OF
Rapiaee-State OF Louisiana. - 2
DY yIKTUE of and to satisfy a writ of
ID Seizure and sale issued out OF the above
named Court in tire above entitled and nun.
bered suit. and to me directed, have seized
and will offer for sale at public auction on
SATURDAY, the End day of MARCH, 1s72,
bet ween the hours of II o'clock A. NJ and p.
NJ. at the Court House door, in the town OF
Alexandria the following described property,
seized by special order of said writ to wit:
80 acres of land, being the undivided nan
of a tract Of TO acres purchased jointly by TIE
said Andrews and by- Rnfus4 and Stllimail
F. Dolbear, Calvin Taylor. and Perkins "A
| Hodges. from the United States and which u
described IN certificate, No. $3.50, of the Lind
| Office. at Monroe Louisiana, as being OF !.
| p of sec. No. ~ w 4 offs w of sec. NO. - \
/ " ! of sec. - w I of sec. No, 40. and the w
| of \ Z 4 of See No 40, Tin township No. 3 range
8 Il of this Land District. One other portion
/ of land Of z3yf acres, being an undivided thild
of a tract of 10 acres purchased jointly as De
fore mentioned, and described in Certificate
! No. a5g7, ISSUED as in ease Of the one frst men
! toned. as the S L I of see. No. %, Lots Nos.
4 and of sec. "a, Lots Nos, and OF sac =
and Lots Nos. and Of sec, No. 70, al II
township 30. 3, range No. Z, East OF the Lane
District. IT,
TERMS or suE:--CAsH, ssubjsct 10 mp
praiseu,ept.n esN JOHN DELACY,
Jan. ZIP. T. e24,00. Shefltf.
|
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-02-10
! HrSr OR TwoAThe Legislature

A Hint OR Two.-The Legislature
has at hast got into working order, and
has PIT tIirougli.the reform measures
withou1 tlse aid of the Ciuterites.
THIS will Ike the cnatinae.l policy Cd
the Republican members. oftbe Gener
al Assembly,. True, the presence Of
the wandering Senators is entirely I'm
essential to secure wise legislation, toi
men who think they must 20 by thu
way of Bay st. Louis 10, get from theil
homes in this city to the. State Hons'
can hardly be needed for their brains
viii somebody send them Primar.
Geography, suitable for young be
ginners, that. they may see what Stat
they are in. They viii want to flint
their way over here before the session
closes, because there are the matter
of mileqge and PEI diem, you know
Louisialla Senators can't live on air j
che State OF Mississippi.-[N. q. Repul
! iicdR., ~
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-02-10

A LILLIPUTIAN.---Out in Illinois
there is child, now three months old,
weighing but two pounds. Its length
is only seven inches, and its Face
about the size of a watch crystal. Its
tiny arms are SO slender that small
finger ring can he shipped OH either OF
them to the shoulder. This little
creature is already making quite q
noise i'm it's part of the world, and
hundreds have called to see it, IT.
parents are 'of standard SIZE 30
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-02-10

A young student wants us TO tell
him if W o-rc-e,s-t-o spells Wooster
why Roche s-t-e-r don't spell koos-
ter: We give. it up, rs we are not en-
gagged in getting up dictionaries.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-02-10
A m,,n living near Binghanpton,

"A MIN living near BingnainpIUi,
New York, went into that town the
other day and bought a rockingcha!r
and pint OF whiskey. lie started for
nome on foot after dark. After walk
ing AN hour or two he. felt fatigued,
sat down in his chair and took a
drink. threw his,head back and watch
ed the moon for an Instant. When he
WAS Suddenly aroused by a passer-by
he discovered that it was ten o'clock
the next day.. 80 ~ -
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-02-10
KrrcnEN ScAvENaeEks.-Therel is

KITCHEN ScAvENeERs.-There is
a race of insects much prosecuted, bnt
not useless; Imean cockroaehes, who
are Kitchen .seavengers. They come
ont of their holes when the cook
has gone to bed, and clear up every
little scrap Of grease anlSfat she Las
dropped upon the tloers around the
CRATE. When shut out OF the places
where food is kept they do positive
good. though it must be confessed
they are rather unprepossessing sctill
fry.maids, aud their fear OF the high
makes one naturally suspect their mo
Itives. II q . 81 - s. "a 1T -
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-02-10

Having appeased bis hunger for
buffalo. Alexis can now devote him-
self again to "killing the little dears.-
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-02-10
FOR SALE CHEAP.

A n open top buggy and harness, in good o..
IA der, will be sold very cheap Apply ~
this office
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-02-10
A New Orleans dispatch OF the tif

z A New Orleans dispatch OF ethe III
teenth tolthe New York Herald says:
The fight is over. Governor War.
moth has completely turned the tables
ON lis assailapts, and remains master
of the situation Gaining over one OF
the Democratic Senators, he establish
ed quorum, in both houses, and has
forced through the Legislature the re-
peal of the measures the repeal OF
which was demanded By the Car,
terites. To night he has signed the
bills and sent them to the official Jour
nal for promulgation,l He thus. com-
pels the opposition either to recognize
the legality of his Legislature, or to
repudiate measures they been clamor
ing for. Tie Customhonse party ac
knowledge themselves whipped, and
attribute their defeat TO the egotisn
and self-will of Carter in refusing tt
/ follow Packard's leadership and al
! vice. Ia - = 9 - = - -. = - y
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-02-10

MARRIED:-On Friday the 9th
inst, at the residence of Mr.. b. Glatt,
by the Rev. s: Burford, MISS TIEaCIE
IisENBfE.to. Mr. WI. Russell = n
No Cards. ---
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-02-10
STATE OF LOUISIANA, PARISH
OF RAPIDES--PARISH
TQERT ----------------.---
SHERlFFS SALE.

Charles Mcyea, liquidator Of Clinton
s. Port Hudson Railroad Company, J
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-02-10
. A New Orleans special to the New

A New UTftaiis Special 10 the New
York Saa says:
Governor Warmoth is master of the
situation, and to day u prominent
Customhouse officer condemned Carter
in unneasured terms. The success OF
The Governor has made q great row III
! the Customhnuse camp.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-02-10

A married woman la Decatur. Ohio,
the other day, pining for ller husbands
society, went with her three little
children to the billiard room and took
seat by his side. (. It's disgraceful.'
said be looking daggers at her. 81
know it,n continued the injured wife
IS and you have borne the disgrace SC
long, my dear. that / am determined
henceforth to share it with you,' ant
she took ont, her knitting work ant
settled down for the evening. He
went home much earlier, and it wa
the last OF him seen in that billiare
room.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-02-10

A Washington special to the st.
Louis Republican says:
The dispatches from New Orleans
received here 10y private parties indI-
cate the complete triumph OF Governor
Warnoth over the Cus;onhouse, par
ty. and show that all fear of further
| trouble is dispelled.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1872-08-14

Several years ago, youth OF
sixteen years, Of good sense, and a
fair English education, not having
profitable employment at his father
home in Kentucky, sought for employ
ment among his enterprising neigh
b0rs few miles distant and although
wages were low in those days of gold
and silver currency, he saved from his
first wears wages eighty dollars
He was then seventeen years old,
healthy. Iivelv-looking, aspiring, and
ambitious to become useful, noble and
perhaps great. He had always learn
ed that money loaned at high rates of
interest was oppressive to the bor-
rover, and reacted on the loaner. in
the falling of prices of nearly all ar
tieies in the commercial world that
men sought justification for their
bankruptcy and delinquency in the
fact that they had paid large rates of
interest.
Feeling, therefore, that thberality as
well as justice was necessary
TO every mans dealing with his fellow
men, be loaned his eighty dollars to
an exemplary, enterprising, and pros
porous trading man in his neighbor-
hood, at the lowest rate Of interest
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1872-08-14
Notable Lunafies.

Much Of the tyranny and despot-
ism of the world have been the result
of cerebral disease, and if justice had
been done, not few of the rulers of
history would have been confined in
asylums for the insane. Caligula,
the beastly Roman Emperor, was
certainly a lunatic. His accession to
the throne was greeted with joy by
the Roman people and he afterward
became so popular by the generous
and eoneiliatory acts of his reign,
that when he was taken with sick
ness. sacrifices were offered in the
temple for his recovery. His brain
undoubtedly became diseased during
his sickness, for from that time he be-
came changed man The remain
ing four years of his reign were dis
graced by some of the most unnatu-
raj and capricious tyrannies recorded
in history. He put to death large
number of his Senators. Every ten
DAYS he delivered human victims to
be devoured by wild beasts, and jo-
eosely termed this horrid act ''elean-
ing his account" He caused divine
Eonors to be paid to himself, in a tenn
pie erected expressly for that pur-
pose, and under the superintendent
Of priests of his own appointment
He invited his favorite horse, Incita-
tus, to dine at the royal table, where
he was fed on gilded oats and drank
wine from jeweled goblets, and but
for his premature death this animal
would have been raised to the con-
In a more enlightened and
liberal age Caligula would have been
deposed and sent to an insane retreat.
The Romans endured his cruelty for
four years, and then put him to death
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1872-08-14

by well planned and successful con
spiracy.
The career Of Nero was somewhat
like that Of CaliguIa In youth he
was notably clever, kindly and araia-
bic. and for the first five years of his
reign he ruled with clemency and
Justice. He was at this time so har-
assed by the attempts of his mother
to wrest the sceptre from his hands,
that his brain probably became dis
ordered, that he was metamorphosed
into a tyrant. He poisoned his own
brother at feast to which he had in
vited him. His mother, Agrippina,
he murdered in her own bed. He re-
lentlessly prosecuted the Christians
on the plea that they had set fire to
Rome. He caused TO be executed
Lucan, the poet, and Seneca, the phi
l0sopher, and kicked his own wife to
death. Nor was his own insanity
manifested by acts of cruelty alone.
He had silly rage for music, and in
his morbid ambition to be thought
the greatest singer of the world, he
appeared on the stage in the charac-
ter of an operate performer Do
mitian, Hcliogabalus, and possibly
also some of the tyrants of Rome,
must have been of unsound mind
Domitian, like Caligula and Nero,
began to reign with generosity, and
under the pressures and worryings of
government he developed into a mon
ster Heliogobalus made his horse
Consul, appointed Senate of wo-
men, forced the Romans to worship
a black stone, and prepared golden
swords and daggers, and cords of
silk and gold, in order to put an end
TO his own life whenever be saw fit.
All these were the freaks of mad
man. Alexander the Great behaved
like lunatie in the latter days of his
reign, and the suppositi0n is plausible,
that if he had survived few years
longer he might have become most
implacable and capricious tyrant.
From being very abstemious he gave
himself up to debauchery, His lust
for fame became a disease, and he
strove for gigantic impossibilities.
Robespierre and some of the other
leaders Of the French Revolution
were probably more or less insane by
the exciting events in which they took
part. II is certain that Robespierre
was natively kind-hearted and consid-
crate, for be began life by endeavor-
ing to procure the abolition of eapi
tai punishment.
Louis NJ. of France was insane
both in his domestic cruelty and III
his caprices. He shut up his mobiles
in cages or hung them on the trees of
the forest. He lived in constant fear
Of death, kept in seclusion in his cas-
tie, was on intimate terms with his
hangmaa. amused himself by watch
ing battles between rats and eats,
drank the blood of children, and tried /
various abominable compounds IN or
der TO lengthen his life. Jeffreys, the 1
notorious English Judge, was raw
ng maniac and that he was allowed /
10 preside at the circuits Is Il severer
comment on the scientific ignorance !
than on the political cruelty of the
lge.-DubliR University Magazine.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1872-08-14

known in business in that State, viz ;
six per cent. per annum- He worked
another wear, clothed himself IN neat
Kentucky jeans and other cheap but
neat articles Of apparel, and went 70
country school thee months in the
winter Of that year, and learned the
Frddiments Of Latin and something
of the higher branches Of mathemat-
les, working for a prosperous and
liberal farmer, evening and morning,
( 10 paw his board and az the end Of
the second year, or wOen he was
eighteen wears of age, be had ninety
bsix dollars more. His character for
integrity and industry began to be
better known in the neighbOrh0od, and
his services were sought for
He worked on farm and rode a.
collector for trading men and the
sheriff Of his county, and at the end
Of his nineteenth year be had saved
one hundred and ten dollars more
With the interest accumulated on bis
other two years wages, he mad now
three hundred dollars, was eomforta-
bly, clothed, and had a good business
education, which he improved from
one winter TO another, till he became
scholar. both literally and seientih-
caIly. His influence and usefulness
increasing, he had. at the age Of
twenty, four hundred and eighty dob
Lars. At tEeRty-one be had Eve hun
ired and ifty dollars, and was well
known for his activity Of life, as a
Young man Of intelligence, virtue, and
usefulness, as wei as Of very attrae-
tive manners and ways
He moved 10 a Western State.
where land was cheap, and entered
one hundred and sixty acres By a
land warrant. which he purchased
with one hundred and ffty dollars Of
his money. He made a good selee-
ton OF land In q good region Of
country be used portion Of the
balance Of his money in improving
his land, buying little stock, and a
few implements for farming, and the
second year be raised a small crop.
Hasi2g gone to his new neighbOrhOOd
with soE..s six hundred and fifty dol
lars in mOnes, s9d used it cautiously,
he BY degrees gained ]he name Of
responsible citizen aud gS6a paymas-
ter. and his influence rose gTasz.Iy
from his appearance among his neY
and scattered neighbOrs.
Esar after year be raised crop.
continued 70 read the best papers,
periodicals and books, which still
further improved his n.ild, I'll sheep.
cattle, and other stock grew ~ Z
f0eks around him, more land adjOih-
ing bin being purchased from tine 70
time. Until now be finds himself, when
scarcely at the middle of life, a gen
tlemaH farmer of wealth, surrounded
bv comfort and many Injuries, es-
teemed by GeighbOrs far aud near,
and would receive the suffrage Of
those who know him 20 any Office for
which he might be nominated iEres-
pective Of party politics, so arm Is
their confidence in both his ability
and integrity.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1872-08-14
WAXING.

| have two little angels waiting For me
On the beautiful banks sf the crystal sea-
Not impatiently wait my darlings there,
For smiles light up their br0ws So fair;
And their little harps ring ont 50 clear.
80 soothlngIy sweet to Faiths listening ear
And they live in the smile Of the Saviar's love,
Who 50 early called my darings above.
! have two little angels waiting for me
On the beautiful banks Of the crystal sea;
Forever free from SOrrUw ami pain.
Spotless and pure from ali earthly stain;
Never IN erring paths 10 ruve-
safe in the bosom Of infinite love
Evermore. ever1n0re walking in light
Those beautiful angels robed in white.
have two little angels waiting for me
On the beautiful banks Of the crystal sea:
When my weary heart is throbbing with pain,
And I tain would clasp my darlings again,
III look away from this earthly strand
To the beautiful fields Of the Better Lani,
I win think Of the angels waiting there,
snd offer 10 God a thankful prayer.
l have two little angels to welcome me
When too shall stand by the crystal sea;
When the Great Refiner His image may trace
In the heart He has won by His saving grace.
And in robes Of Christ's own righteousness dres
Ny soul shall seek the home OF the blest-
On the beautiful banks Of the crystal sea
Ny darlings. still waiting shall welcome me.
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riageand denounced adultery II he
had intended man and woman To be
equal, and woman TO ride like Mrs
"Squatting Bear" he would no. have
given Eve as helpmate to Adam
would have made Adam bear children
as well as Eve, and would not have
allowed side saddles TO be made
But great as these defects and
vices are, Horace Greeley is stained
by another, which is far more detes-
table to me, which makes it as i'm
possible for me to vote for him as to
denounce my wife and daughter Ii
there ever lived on earth, in Sparta
or in Paradise, race of pure, spot
less, heroic women, the women of the
South are such. They gave their
husbands and sons, their homes and
affairs, and almost every hope OF
earthly happiness, to their country
and her cause, and because they did
so this demon Of the Tribune uttered
and published in his paper, as / am
eredibly informed, and the proof of it
will be exhibited, the following false
and infamous libel upon them:
The women of the South, nursed
by blacks, filed with animal passion,
imbibe it from their nurses, and, on
arriving at the age ofpuberty, immedi-
ately manifest desire to crafty sem
suality."
Was ever before, by any mortal or
immortal demon, such hateful
thought expressed such concentrated
venom psured outy In the reeollec-
ton of the great deeds of our noble
dead, in the presence of their surviv-
ing mothers, can they, by their votes,
say to this monstrous slanderer, well
done, thou good and faithful citizen,
receive the reward prepared for YOU
by your suppliant victims since the
overthrow of the hated COnfederacv ?
Spirits of Lee and jackson. it was n
merciful God who would not let YOUR
last hours to be agOnized, and your
final repose disturbed bv behOlding
such an Offering. When it is made
but one thing will remain 10 be done
TO complete the shame and disgrace of
the South, and that will be TO burst
the cerements OF the graves in
southern cemeteries and carry the
sacred ashes 10 the Chappaqua farm,
to manure its barren hill sides. W0-
men of the South forbid it, Women
of the North forbid il, Sisters in
sorrow, sisters in fame, the virtue of
woman is your common property J
Unite to defend it against its vile
traducerl Men Of the North, have
YOU no humanity, no brotherly love,
that you would thus degrade Us by
eur greatest reviler to rule
over us2 If you have any, do YOU
think such course viii strengthen it
with us
But must stop. Ny feelings run
away with my pen. The sight of our
poor, bleeding, suffering South, God
bless her, lying at the feet of her
worst fee, begging for favors. is un-
endurable to me.
Most respectfully, your ob't serv't,
JAMES LYONS,
+. SIN proof of what | have
said of European opinion, subjOin
several extracts from English news
papers which I have cut from the New
York WOrid. Just received.