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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1873-10-15
OUR FINANCIAL TROUBLES.

"A uuduCfal CfieiS, euCu 40 thC oho
under which the country is now sui
fering, has always appeared TO us as
the most absur. and unnecessary Of
evils. 1t is not pretended that the
country is any poorer than it Was
last year, or than 1t was IN any other
year when snch Il crisis did not &C.
cur. There is a plenty of cotton and
,obacco in the South which is worth
SO much in the market. There is a
snperabnndance Of bread and meat
and forage in the West-not Gully
enough 70 feed ali tue people i'll
America, but enough to spare for
our less prosperous friends on 'be
other side of The ocean. And yet,
people are everywhere suffering for
the uecessaries of life, and many are
on the brluk of starvation. When
you investigate the matter you find
that they are not Suffering for the
want OF bread, or for the want of
something that would bang bread,
bnt for he want of a little SLIP of
green paper, which is itself worth
less aud which, as Colonel Benton
used to say, you can neither eat nor
feed to your stock a. has t"n
pounds of cotton, which he cannot
eat, AMI B., fifty yards oil, has two
pounds of rice more than lie wants
and which A. wants TO eat. The tw"
lots are supposed 10 be equal III val
ue. And yet A. LAS to 80 without
tue rice because he has not a little
piece OF green paper niurked '25
cents" to serve as a go.be,ween III
making trade that it is TO tie in
serest # both parties to make. Why
does it never occur 10 A. 10 lake his
cotton TO B. aud exchange it against
Ills rice? And this Indeed i, The
very substance Of the idea Of money.
The man who drove his OK to mar
ket aud bal,e Ell him for oiher goods,
discovered name for such trans
action, and tha, name was No.,ey,
! pecunin, from pccns, drove Of
oAen.) or course barter may be in
convenient i'll many instances, but 1t
is certainly less SO than the suffer-
ing, which the want of money is nov
entai'iug.
There must always be a medium of
the exchange ut values in every we'll
regulated community. But there is
something radically defective 10 s,tcn
IL meunm AS periodically leads 10 The
scenes we are now Witnessing
When this medium is as tilctuating
as the issue Of 1914 national banks
| is bound to make il, there will inevi
tably occur such fnc,naiivDs il the
volume OF The currency as will neces-
sary generate financial crisis. The
only safe medium il the old Demo.
cratic one Of bard money. To this
the country will have to return at nc
distant day.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1873-10-15

% Two hossheads Of new sugar
arrived in New Orleans on the 8ih}
int. 1t was from the Parish of 81.
Mary, was classed good fair and sold
for eleven cents.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1873-10-15

s@ Impossible for any country on
earth to be more healthy than Alex
andria and Pineville; the rear guard
ofthe Densue still lingering il our
midst. No deaths to report since
our last.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1873-10-15

s@- The river has, from SEINE mys-
terious cause, taken to a sudden and
feeble rise. It has gone up some
pine inches and is still on the swell.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1873-10-15

1aA The Ball, ut the Exchange Ho-
rel, will wind up the spots If the Fair
Association. We hope t." See The bean
ty and CHI valry Of old Rapitles fully
represented on the joyons occasion.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1873-10-15
What Noble Sentiments!

General Grant is represented in the
conference at New York as delivering
himself Of the following just and vigo-
,,us sentiments:
Abiding to the character of the New
York panic, the President denounced
unspsringly the propositions OF the
stock gamblers, and added that the re-
suit of the purchase Of bonds exposed
the utter rottpnness of the basis on
which they carry OH business. Had
they been legitimate business men. OPP
Grating on substantial business re-
sources, he argued, they would have
b en- able to obtain currency tor their
relief by availing themselves of he
Government purchase of bonds. But
they failed to do so. THUS the result,
the President argued. showing that the
stock gamblers had no bonds and could
get none; whereas, merchants ami solid
business institutions, instead OF dis
counting their paper at rulnouS rates,
had obtained funds by selling to the
Government its own securities.
All true us Gosrel; just what we
said in this paper when the first news
reached In Of tie rr"Ios;ll of the Sec
rotary OF the Treasury I" hu. b"n|s.-
But how can the President reconcile
these sentiments with his practices I
These very stack j"bl,ers, the chief
agents ut all this financial trouble and
tumnit, were the very men whom he
presented to the world as his ir,l ty
agents, and whose fidelity, honesty and
capacity he endorsed. They were Jay
Cooke g. Co., VIII" for years have been
employed Ivy the Government in all it's
financial transactions. and the mem.
beers of which firm enjoyed the special
favor and confidence, political and
personal, of the President.
Henry CIe~s, the chosen banker of
the Government, the representative Of
credit to the bankers and capitalists "f
the Old World, the successor to the
Barings who, almost from the f"nnda-
ti"n of the government have, b, their
high credit and past resources. main
tanned the financial honor Of this ia.
ton abroad i!
Henry Clews, recent citizen, an up
start speculator and manipulation Of
t lie most corrupt schemes Of stock
jobbe,y which have been ret on foot in
the Southern States, is thus placed, hy
the free choice and t!esi gDati"n Of the
Executive, in the position to do all
this mischief. He never could have
brought npon our finances and orr
commerce all the trouble he has, hut
for this favor and endorsement Of the
government
Assuming, therefore. these utteran-
c-s Of General Grant, in the late inter
view in New York, t" cnlp"dy a con-
'-ssion Of his past errors. we accept
them as pledges Of an entire change in
his future policy. We protest, h"w-
ever, that his champions should mode.
rate the tone Of their demands upon
The wo,llt Cor the most untn,un.Ird con
fidence in tie wisdom, the firmness,
til" snsarity md purity If an Extrn-
tive vii" l'as l'atcl,ed out suct. a brood
OF destructive vermin IT'S the Ju! Co"kr
and Henry Clews, and the other swinl.
ling stock j"t't'e,s who have hitherto
enjoyed so large share Of the pat
r""agr Of the government New Or
leans Herald.
"a We call attention 10 the call
for a meeting Of the stockholders Of
The New Orleans and Grand Ecore
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1873-10-15

W The Pastors uf our four Churh.
es have raised contributions, during
last week, for the benefit uf orr suffer-
ing aud plague stricken City of Shreve-
pnrt.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1873-10-15

~ When Father Gergaud. the
good Catholic pirst, WAS placed
under the green turfin the cr",e.
terry in Shreveport, there was not
a human being il ali that afflicted
city but felt the bereavement
Grief knows no distinctions OF race,
color or d. mountainous, and Father
Grrgand had be. II triend, counsel
lDr and brother in men aud wOmpi,
of all cree s. HiSs!mp,thirs were
IA VAIN rs his charity was ".e;I ,
and his Whole lite was one long 1t.
'Oit TO amtlinr.tr and elevate the
con.l,ti III of those among whonl
Cod h d east his lot. lie Went t.,
Mou'op trnuu Frauct about twruty
years anO and WAS at that time M
acquainted with the En:!iSI, Ian.
.nayr. He applied himself, and
mt only mastered the difficulties
ct the language, hnr learned to
read and write it. with absolute
perfection. He lonnd II, M.l"nlS,
hut abundant materials to ntauu.
iaciur. them ont of a,,.l set him
self aS>itlu0uSIy TO work TO organ
ize them and Snnn succeeded in in
iuSlng >thnriltlng ct his own ri e.
ious zeal into his tinrk. He toun.
tie the convent ct st HNarln;h,
and also Il suriety ,or INDECENT
children, and bent the whole rrer,
gy OF his brilliant mind to the fur
tle,an.e OF education i aud relig-
lous objects. His hands We're ever
busy in we'll dong, and the Ii tie
children in Shreveport all regarded
him az Il kind friend, ever ready 70
comfort them in their troubles, to
advise, and t" help them. Perhaps,
no more truthful or beautiful in
scriplion could he placed upon his
tombstone than this, HE was be-
l,vrl Ivy little chlldreu.''-[N o..
Herald.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1873-10-15
kellogg in New York.

Kellogg has adopted the change of
venue system which has become so
common among desperate criminals.
He flies away to New York, fifteen
hundred miles from the scene of his
mis.ieetls and of the proofs of his
crimes and nsnrpatinn. and then makes
an issue with the New York World,
which lie has never dared to make.
here in this city, whele hc could he con-
trnntpd with those who have at hand
the proofs to- rtiute lns falsel,oatls aud
prove his conspiracy against this State
and people.
A "ug letter from him ia published
in the world, which al,"unls in So
many ralpahle aud grass misstate-
mcnts that we have not now time or
space to expose them all. The burden
Of his song is tlatf,e has succeeded it,
Extracting hom the people more money
in he shape Of taxes than his rrede-
ces>ot. and his party has stolen less.
Until we can have IL better showing
than we have yet had of what has been
done with the money. we Shall not lie
nlle to give IN opinion upon this conf
rarative state OF the rlun'irring of the
two administrations of his party. See
ing that his prrscn, supporters are the
very fel"ws who did the chief part of
the stealing of the previous admins
tratiun, the comparison ia not very
iup"r'ant or Interesting one.
But the pinnacle IF andacity and
hyp0cric, is alta ned III the concluding.
part ct Ills l.,ter, where. in answer to
the imputation of II gross and lawless
usu'pations he arrays the disposition
of those perjured wtetrhes whom his
own followers and friends have de-
nounced so tierceiy, and in the subor-
nation and purchase of whom he has
made the worst investment of his
many similar ventures.
It is very ohvi"us that Kellogg has
not been informed Of the utter tutility
and great damage to his case and pros
I,ects from the employment Of this last
and m">t infamous Of all the tricks yet
,es"rteG to 10y him, to defra"d this
people If their votes and the State Of
Louisiana Of Il lawful and cnnstitn-
tionnl government. He does not know
thai ample preparation has been made
t" talsif, every VOID Of the deposition
he is trtldl'ng through the North, and
tia, IL bundled thousand Witnesses can
hr produced who will testify that his
witnesses are to, to he believed OF,
their nntl,: Int are excluded from even
a hearing by their confessed perjury.
There will he iu,ther se>timnny, too,
IT, show the exact prcnniary c"m,en-
sa,ion which procured this valuable
testin,ony.-tN. O. Herald.
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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1873-10-15

EY Important state elections occurred
yesterday in Pennsylvania, Ohio aud
Iowa, and Oh Monday in Oregon.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1873-10-15

~ Business being non est for Coro-
ner Stadium, he has tanned his atien-
ton to the gasiromnnic department Of
the Fair. He is sole lessee aud bnss in
that line, and has made full arrange
menis to provide for all hungry visitors.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1873-10-15

r. Carroll Jones, the oldest sports
man af Rapitles, but now of Natcltito-
cI,es, has a full stable Of horses for our
races at the Fair.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-06-05

L,NcEr's Prescription. DIR. Lancet
vasa blunt old fellow and excellent ply
scian, and he never drove around an
obstacle when there was need of going
through it.
Matilda jane had just come hom from
boarding school, and was not feeling
we'll. She was troubled with a rushing
Of blood to the head, with dizziness. and
loss Of appetite. In this condition she
called in DR.. Lancet, and asked him if
he could help her,
II have been trying to doctor myself"
she said lanquidly, as the old physician
felt her pulse.
what have you been doing?"
"Well, have taken Limpshin's S Sar-
saparilla, and knave's Anodyne, and
Hummer's Pills, and Dumbheads Bal
sam, and Fooler's Tonic, and the None.
such Expectorating Cordial, and DR..
Flatbead's Universal Vivifying Recu-
peratOr, and"
Goodness Mercy gasped the Doc
tor, "and haven't any of these things
qiyen You relief?"
NO, replied the pining fair one.
"thev have not helped me at all. Oh.
dear doctor, what can take that will be
sure to do me good?"
What can you take?" repeated the
old man, moving back and eyeinp her
from bead to foot. "Taker' he exclaim-
ed, with flash from beneath his shaggy
brows; my dear girl, take off your cor.
setsr'- N. Y. Ledger.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-06-05

IT is said that Tom Corwin, as he was
iamiliar.y called, was once trying case
in which he was opposed to the late Mr..
Writ, when the latter tried somewhat
novel mode of discrediting the evidence
Of Mr.. Corwin's chief witness, on whose
accuracy and discrimination everything
turned, by showing that he was person
Of astonishing credulity.
Wirt-Have you read Robinson CRU
soe?'
Witness-Yes.
Wirt-Do you believe it all?
Witness Well, yes, square, 1 don't
know but what do.
The same answer was returned as to
"Gulliysr's Travels, and several other
works of fiction, Corwin all the while
idgeting and getting hot. Presently,
Mr.. Writ, considering the man entirely
hattened out, resigned him with O bland
smile. Mr.. Corwin said he had only
one question to ask, and put it:
Corwin-Have you read ''Wirt's Life
Of Patrick Henry"
Witness-Yes.
Ccrwin-Do you believe it all?"
Witness-Why, no, square, can't
quite 90 that.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-06-05
Cheap for Cash.
standard MIL and Mining Conn

pany--Location Of Principal Place Of Business.
San Francisco: Location Of Works, Ely Mining
District, Lincoln County, Nevada.-Notice is
hereby given, that at meeting Of the Board OF
Directors, held on the 10th day Of May, 1873,
an assessment mo. u of TWO az DOLLARS
per share was levied upon the capital stock
Of the corporation, payable, in United
States gold and silver coin, TO the secretary,
at the once Of the company. No. BIS California
street. San Francisco, California.
| Any stock upon which this assessment shall
remain unpaid on the 2lst day q June,
1873, will be delinquent, and advertised for sale
tefore' will be sold on the Seventh day Of July
1878. to pay the delinquent assessment. to-
pether with costs Of advertising and expenses
| Of the ssle By order Of the Directors.
j. NJ. LENZARDER, Secretary.
onBce-No. 6l6 California street. San Fran
cisco, California. myel.lawAw
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-06-05

The PHILOSOPHY OF DEArH.-Accor-
ding to the Spirtualist, spirits and me-
diums, clairvoyants and seers, all agree
very closely in the descriptions they
give to the natural process called death.
The vital forces first quit the feet and
lower extremities Of the body, and those
who have the power Of spirit vision see
alumlnous haze slowly forming above
the head, and connecting with it by
shining cord. Gradually, as the vitality
Of the body diminishes, the cloud above
form oi the SsI@e: aspasas saaRe a sna the spirit
lying in state of insensibility above the
prostrate body. Atlast the spirit awakes
70 consciousness, the silver cord still
connecting it with the body is severed,
and the newborn spirit quits the house
in company with spirit friends and rel
atives who awaited his arrival. The
spirit friends are often seen before life
has entirely quilted the body, which is
the reason why the dying so often talk
Of seeing departed friends around the
bed ..
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-06-05

Ma.eppa silver NIining Company.
Location of Works. Ely Mining District.
hereby given, that at meeting of the Trustees
held on the Doth day Of May, 1873 an assess
ment mo. u Of Fifty Cents per share was
levied upon the capital stock Of the corporation,
payable immediately, in United States gold coin
No. $40 Sansome street, San Francisco, Cal. :.
ANY stock upon which this assessment shall
remain unpaid on the 24th day Of June,
1873, will be delinquent, and advertised for sale
At public auction. and unless payment is made
before. will be sold on Tuesday. the 18th day OF
July, 1878, to pay the delinquent assessment.
together with costs of advertising and expenses
| of ssle M. +. GAME, Secretary.
Ofice-No. 800 Ssnsone street, San Francisco
c.Iifornia. my25td
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-06-05

The "Gilded Age" is the titled of the
novel in which Mark Twain and Dudley
Warner amalgamate. Mark wrote to the
Graphic about it: He has worked up
the fiction, and have hurled in the
facts. Iconsider it one of the most as
tonishing novels that ever was written.
Night after night sit up reading it over
and over again and crying. 1t will be
published early in the fall, with plenty
Of pictmes."
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-06-05

MOLLY STRONG, of Newton, Michigan,
dug a well forty feet deep, last summer,
and received $3.50 from her father there
for. Then a lot of fellows went after
Molly, and wanted to marry her but she
penslvely kicked them out of doors,
with the remark, that she wasn't going
10 take fellers who wanted her just be-
cause they had found out she could work
like horse.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-06-05

AN inventor has attached to pair of
oaroer's shears an elastic, hollow ball,
which is compressed by the operation of
cutting, and current of air forced out
from the ball is directed along the edges
oi the blades, and blows away the frag-
ments of hair as fast as they are out.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-06-05

OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES declines the
tempting pecuniary offers to lecture
next season. He begins to count the
years, and thinks that his constitution,
bylaws and rules of order admonish him
not to breast the storms Of another
iycenm campaign
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-06-05
ckEcK LOST.

Fargo Co., Pioche, on Wells, 2 srgo h Co..
san Francisco, in favor Of SUNG 81 lG for $50.
An persona are cautioned against Aegotiatf
the same, Is payment has been stopped.
ap2S-1m -
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-06-05

lNK FROM FLooRs. spots on floors
can be extracted by securing with sand
wet in oil Of vitrol and water. When
The Ink is removed rinse with strong
pearlash water. VII
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-06-05
A G A r D.
OR SALE.

TABLE FOR TEN HORSES. CABIN AND
~, ~ LOT, situated on Phoebe street. For full
PARTICULARS apply to
.,.. e. J.B. Z. CAVALIER.
"r''.u ftt Main street.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-06-26
EDUcATIOMAL.
rHE PUsEac ScHOOL ExAHuHAuONl,

HHE PUBLIC SCHOOL ExAAuNATIoNB.
Yesterday schools Nos. 8, 8 And paussd exam-
Inat1oa. For No. s, NssHn JOhn PalmaE and
1 J. Jenkins acre The eEanising COMMITTEES, ana
the several elassss eg this school were ntrietly
questioned 10 spslling and othsr gradas q stady.
Ihs aheianey snd promptns@ - The puplIs more
than NET thS expectations of th0 oOmmittss. and
Tie taaeheu wsss iastly accorded mach erodik foE
tho alseplno aaA tEaaRiAg e the scholars. fst
A. seAool No. 8 MsaaEs. ThomAs Johnaan
aad ". n. OdMn were tie eommitt0e on sx.
animation, Who wego well plaas0d with the rs.
saliS q this eohool Atno formsr OKamInation
have the scholars sEiaosd such an interest," a sksiF
Staoiea, o. Suoossasa e veil ThO little nnAS
WsrO prompt Hn1 rsA1y With their anSwsrS e th.
many qusJltons asked tAsm, showing ~ a.
quicknens and intelligence that they haa beea
tanght by ahlsaa1 islslliEant inslruston. - -
NJ. y. H oeyls allaasd b ths axamlsafEaa a
1ehool Ne. :, and EspeEsB he results enIlv - to
tho aEpoglasio1 q Al interested. Tho taashaaa
ere eaPablg and aaEaesG m thsir work, woghiag a
a-bagmouioas gpiFat with tie many arhefara
th01oy enocoa4lng ia making thiS enhaal -
plaeo e ahould bs-a piaos q isIlseiaal fr1ining
n ths fUll ssnss e - woFd.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-06-26
a4 The crops.

THEm GENERAL APPEARANCE DowN THE STATE.
The rain Of Tuesday, which had suSh an inviS-
Grating effect upon vegetation in the immediate
vicinity Of this city. 9as not very general or ex-
tended in its character. In the country, below
New CAsile, IL rainsd very slightly, while below
Clayton, Il did not rain af ali, worth speaking Of
As consequence, the need Of rain, in the State,
is Just ~ bad as before.
The general appearance Of the crops, as far down
as Dover, as seen along the Zine Of the Delaware
Railroad, is nStlyery encouraging, TO aay the least
Wheat, which 4 almcst ready for harvesting, has
colOrod finely, bus is generally very shoFt and
looks exceedingly tkimp and spare. Oats are
somewhat better. IS far 90 looks are concerned,
but lack the full and healthy appearance Of q
prosperous and finely growing crop. The corn,
without exception, looks miserable. II does not
seem burned, but 4 d short and stunted, ana thu
blades are limp and dropping. None can be seen
equal In appearance to that being raised in gar
dens in thiS CITY, thoagh the latter - generally
poor enough. Fa a-a
Potatoes, however seem 10 have escaped the
general blight Of baekwardness and infsEiOEity,
which has fallen upon the other crops, and look
very well. a-..
The condition Of the peach trees is really aston
ishing. In ali the numerous orchards along the
line Of the Railroad, they present a most hardy,
vigorous and houriHhing appearance. The leaves
are fresh, gresn and rientiful. but not q solitary
peach can be AisceFned. From the appearance ol
the trees, il might be Inferred that the crop was
immense. bat, IL is safe 10 say, that not \ dozen
baskets Of peaches viii BE- picked along the Rail.
road, from New Castle to Clayton. Kent county
does soneWhat better than New Castle, but eseu
around Dover. ths crops ale very slight.
The crop prospect, d therefore, at present, mol
very encouraging. Favorable weather may i'm.
prove the present condition Of affairs somswhat
but the best weather imaginable, can not produce
now more than IN average, ordinary crop.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-06-26
L0oAL ImFRLlIoRmoe.

4 Les pahlic schools cluW fo-morrOws
Ihe City couhell meets thIs sveAlnr.
FeSss. NJ .esk trOn so-morrOw j. tss ~UlOriyus
church last evening.
examinations are hsinR hsld, this afSsEnOOu, in
FeoAe bcAodls Nos. 4. IS and Is.
Woeklngmeng Lean Association viii hold &.
regular monthly meeting to-nieht
Those who have the two rsouisitea-timo and
sAmp mps-ars hielng away b summer losorta
Habcock & Bro. eos aud 2O8 Market street
have large stock Of bOOts, shoes and gaitera.
=. Row adveTtises a new supply Of sDmms
clothing, and nns cloths 10 make up to order
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-06-26

FOURTHoF JULY.-Those who have been
puZZling their minds 10 discover . suitable
place, at which TO spend their spare cash and
the glorious Fourth, p and to discharge their
fire crackers and surplus patriotism, need
worry their brains on this subject. no longer
Cuba Hin is the place, and everybody 4 going
TO Cuba Hill. The Temperance Societies Of
this city, are arranging for grand celebration
at this delightful place, which offers unequal
led inducements 20 the pleasure seekers
Speeches win be made, and refreshments, 10
Abundance, provided on the ground. A mum
Wilmington and Western Railroad, and the
time table, for that day, together with full
particulars Of the whole afiair, win be found
elsewhere, In our advertising columns.