The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-03-20
From the COurier.J 0urn q l.

From the COurier.J Ourn q l.
Grant has turned T. P. Robb out OF
the Savannah custom house. He has
TINS put stop to Robb, but of course
the robbery still goes on.
Some of the Radical papers are
abusing James Buchanan for having
died worth 100000. For our part
we should be glad to see Grant die
worth inst as much as he plcases.-
Especially if he will be quick about IT,
The editor of the indianapolis Jour-
nal says: eve can not even read
much less publish, communications
written upon both sides of the paper"
There is nothing in the Journal to
indicate that he could read commuri-
cation, no matter how it is written.
The Chicago Post says that "if Noah
had been Democrat he would have
asked the dove to bring him anybody
to beat Grant" 1t is very likely he
would. And if he had been a Radical
Office holder, he would have plundered
the elephants trunk and robbed all
the rest of his passengers before the
voyage was half over.
The trial of Mayor Hall, of New
York, for participation in the Tamma-
ny frauds, is progressing. The testi-
mony of Andrew, j. Garvey, the mil
lionaire plasterer, who has turned
States evidence, is creating a sensa-
ton. Garvey confesses to having been
paid fraudulent bill of 1896, ego.
The amount paid for printing and
advertising for the two houses OF Con-
gress for the fiscal year ending June
80, 1862, was s34, $50 80; for the year
ending June 30, 1871, it was S296, La
~. This shows o rather heavy in
crease; but it should be remembered
that we had no reports of Kuklux in
vestigating committees to print il
1862.
A Washington paper says "nothine
of art belonging to- the country ha
been more frequently assailed by cor
respondents than the paintings in tn
capitol.n This is true, and it is also
shame. Some of those paintings, tn
property and pride of the Government
are worth dollar and half a dozen
and it hould be made treason to assai
them.
One of the brothers-in-law Den
has the exclusive privilege OF tradin
, at the best military posts in Ne'
Mexico, by which he is said to realiz
: at least 100000 a year., Grant ougfl
to swap places with him. In that cas-
the military posts would secure
7 mighty sharp trader, and we shoul
f get rid of a mighty poor President.
l Judge Davis is a man of sense
q When the Labor Reformers informe
7 him that they had nominated him fl
: President he wrote an answer not mol
: than half a dozen lines in lengtl
> There is more real hard, sound sens
: in that letter than most aspirants Fl
o the Presidency could crowd into
Q book as large as a bound volume
: the Congressional Globe.
Z The editor of an obscure Bourb,
= paper proses through a column al
u upward to prove that the Radica
- couldn't prevent fair election, or
IS fair count of the electoral vote, if tn
/ would, and wouldn't if they could.
70 That fellow might have been spendil
le his time with the seven sleepers d.
e ing the past decade for any inform
IL ton he seems to have picked up.
- A man meanor than the one "
- "stole the coppers from dead nigge
10 eyes" has at last been discovered
~ The Cincinnati Enquirer has for SO,
~ time been operating largely on
~ list Of subscribers to the Cincinn
Weekly Times, stole n from the Tin
~ by former attache, who has 81,
~ been promoted to responsible pc
~ ton in the Enquier Office. This see
:" to be one of the cases in which the
ceiver is u good deal worse than
=, thief.
- At the New York custom-house
Ina vestigation could not be avoided,
,er Administration is suhjecting citiz
whose testimony eliminates Cove
20, ment officials to vexations prose
en- tions and seizures. By this means
mt is hoped that witnesses will be init
If dated and silenced and the fra
ess covered up. Was there ever anytl
more Infamous This is surely not
way to persuade the people of
honesty and purity of President Ora
administration.