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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1873-10-08
Yellow Fever.

AT SHREvEPoET.-A dispatch of yes
terday's date contains one sentence
which is more eloquently descriptive of
the utterly deplorable condition of the
people OF Shreveport than could he a
colnmn written by Macaulay. That
sentence is: eve no longer have fu-
nerals.h Continues the ghastly narra
tive: "The hearses, followed by one or
two carriages, dash through the streets
like a section of artillery in battle
seeking position. A few more are
drnmmed up. the collins showed in the
hcrases and driven rapidly to the Gem
etery. This is the case with the most
prominent citizens"
Tue interments yesterday were nine,
and the deaths proper seven.
The Howard Association publish the
following address to the public:
The yellow fever epidemic that has
already swept away more than four
hundred of this community, is still "a
Sing with undated fury in our midst.
We have now at least seven hundred
sick. OF all ages, sexes, colors and ma
llonalities, all of whom, from the pecn-
liar character Of the disease, require
constant and skillful nursing. In adj
di,lon TO this there are hundreds of
people left without cent and without
employment. Among these are MANY
women and little children. All of them
must for The present be provided for
and fed by the Howard Association,
for there is no work to do, and no mon
cy TO be had. The destiiution in our
midst is as heart-rending as the dis
ease, and deaths are fearful. The drain
upon The funds of the association has
thus far been enormous, and the Iibe-
Ial aid sent us by our sister cities is
nearly exhausted.
under these painful circumstances,
we are forced to make this generel APP
peal 60 Tie country for additional aid.
We have people among us suffering in
want, and dying, from all sections of
the Union, and from all nations, and
we feel that The great public heart Will
respond TO this appeal. extortcd by the
most dire necessity. Our own resour-
ces are nearly exhausted, the we'll are
broken down, the poor ale threatened
with actual starvation, The sick and
dying are about to be deprived of the
eommonest comforts humanity can Of
fer them. We appeal, not to our fell
low -countrymen, but to our fellow men
for aid. J.. Il. SIMMONS.
President Howard Association.
ID. i. MARTIN.
Vice President Howard Association.
ID. p. FTNNFE, VI D.,
THos. J. ALLEN. NJ. D.,
j. $. CUrLlFr, NJ. D.,
MICnIsoN DALzELL, D. D.
GEOLGE A. PIKE.
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IN MEN0RIAM.

DIED in Shreveport, since the begin
Mug of the epidemic, the following
Catholic Priests, all natives of France.
and attached TO the Diocese of Naichi-
| toctes:
| l. September 18th, Rev. Is1DorE QUE
MAEAls, Assistant Priest at Shreveport:
bora in the Department of isie-et-Vi-
laine, Diocese Of Remes, aged 26 years.
2. September 10Th, Rev. JEAN PIERRE.
| Rector of Holy Trinity Church, Shreve-
port; born in the Department of the
Coies du Nord, Diocese. of st. Brieue,
aged ~ years.
8. September Goth, Rev. N. BILER,
Chaplain of the Daughters Of the Cross,
at Fairfield, near Shreveport; born in
The Department of the Cofes du Nord,
Diocese of st. Brieue, aged about 81
years.
4. September 3Oih, Rev. LOUIS GER
GAUD, Parish Priest of the Church Of
81. Matthew, Monroe. La, born in the
Department of the Loire-Inlereure,
d GEESE Of Nantes, aged AZ years.
Besides The above cler@ymen, a young
Priest, who went from New Orleans,
aud whose name is hot known to US,
died on his arrival at the focus of pes
tiience.
Among the said Catholic Priests that
have sHccumbed to the plague two had
formerly lived in Alexandria, viz
Father Quemarais and Father Gergant.
Rev. lSadore Quemarais was in the
prime of life. He had been at first AS
siStant Priest of the Church ofSt. Fran
els Xavier, in our Town, and thence had
been sent to Shreveport to help Father
Pierre, whose health was much i'm
paired. The Rev. Father commended
himself by his great piety aud bis gen.
,lenc>s of manners, and was we'll quail
fled 70 win many souls TO God, had the
Almighty spared his life and impaired
sufficient physical strength to his frail
constitution.
Father Gergaud had labored 10 years
in he Diocese of Natchitoches. In the
early days Of his ministry he was sent
10 our Town TO assist the Rev. Father
Figaro, Parish Priest Of the Church of
-. Erancis Xavier. The Rev. Father
acquired, in a short time, the knowl-
edge OF the English language, and then
was sent by his Grace, the Bishop of
-'dtCiilocut>, 10 tHc tnufcn OF DIT. Mat
thew, in Monroe. First Rector of the
Cnnrch entrusted to his care, and a
stranger to the population, he succeed
ed at an early day in winning the es-
TEEN aud the respect of all, and, under
bis wise adminiSiratio much was done
10 promote the material, intellectual
and spiritual good Of his Congregation.
On hearing the sad news that Fathers
Pierre and Quemarais had just died in
Shreveport, Father Gergaud at once
took the stage, and on the 30th ult. fell
a victim of his zeal.
May the voluntary immolation of
these generous Priests cry to God for
Mercy, turn away His anger from our
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it the better.
Let the people of this State take an
active part in their own cause, which
IS the cause of every State in the Union.
and you may then rest assured that all
will yet be well.
BY order of the Committee of Seven
". r. H. MARR,
Chairman Committee of Seventy.
JOSEPH COLLINS,
Secretary.
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Resolved, That mass convention of
the people of the State of Louisiana be
and is hereby called to assemble at the
City of New Orleans, at IL NJ, on the
oath day of November next, being the
fourth Monday of said month, and the
peopie of all the Parishes, irrespective
of party, who are opposed to the Kel-
logg usurpation, are earnestly invited
and requested to join and participate in
the election of delegates in said con-
yention.
Resolved, That the purposes and OBJ
iects of said convention are to take in
TO consideration the political situation
in Louisiana, TO institute the necessary
measures looking to an amelioration of
the condition of the people, to set forth
our grievances to the Congress of the
United States and to the people of the
Union, and to petition and memorial
he Congress for relief from the Kellogg
usurpation established over us alone
By Federal power, without reference
TO and in defiance of the will of the
people as expressed through their
ballots.
Resolved, That the Sd day of No
yember first Monday be and is here
by appointed as the time for the cleo
ton of delegates throughout the State
to said convention.
Resolved, That each ward of the city
ofNew Orleans and Parish of the State
shall be entitled to double the number
ofvotes in said convention which it has
in the House of Representatives, but
the country Parishes may elect as
many delegates to cast said votes as
they shall see fit.
Resolved, That all papers in t II e
State opposed to the Kellogg usurpa-
ton he and are hereby requested to
publish these resolutions and accompa-
true copy.
JOSEPH COLLINS,
Secretary.
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AGRICULTURAL FAIR!
TO BE HELD
October 10, Is and II, 1878
TINE RAPIDES AGRICULTURAL
l. Fair Association will give their

TINE RAPIDES AGRICULTURAL
l. Fair Association will give their
ir5t Grand Fair
as above. They have well and newly
fitted up the RAPIDES RACE
COURSE and grounds, which they
rave recently purchased, and will
spare neither pains, trouble nor ex-
pense to give to the public of Rapides
and the State, a first class and WELL
conducted Agricultural entertainments,
Intended Tor the benefit and recreation
Of the people at large. Their arrange
ments being in all particulars ample
and perfect, the public can rely on the
fnlfllment of all their pledges and
promises.
The performances, entertainments
and doings of the Fair will be many
and varied, lasting three days, thus
giving the people full and ample time
to enjoy the Feast.
For full and further particulars, the
Association take pleasure in referring
the public to their Programme of Pre-
mums, Prizes and Diplomas, and the
Purses for the Sports. They have pre-
pared q large number of these Pro-
grammes, which can be procured on
application to the President, Secretary
and at the Office of the Louisiana
Democrat
A strict and well selected and eff
Gent Police will be in constant atten-
dance to enforce order and peace
Professor Chantz's Brass Band, COM
posed Of twenty instruments, have
been engaged for the occasion, and
will lend charms. to and enhance the
pleasures Of the Festivity.
ADMlSSlON,...-..........50CE CENTS
Children, under IA years, .25
W. T. BLACKMAN,
j. Z. FRENCH, President.
Secretary.
Aug. 27-tdf.
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NEW THIS DAY.
TEMPERATURE

AS REPORTED BY FERGUSON & scuNAcK
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JOSEPH COLLINS,
Secretary.
NEW OLLEANs, !
Sept. II, 1873. !

w pt' - iCsc. }
FELLOW CITIZENS OF LOUISIANA
A Committee of Seventy has called a
mass convention to assemble in this
city on the fourth Monday of Novem-
Der next.
The time is fast approaching when
the cause of the people of this State will
again be presented to Congress for final
adjustment and settlement, and your
committee, moved by profound convic-
tons looking to the wellbeing of the
entire people of this commonwealth,
have concluded that Il convention of
the people of the State would be the
most acceptable medium for an appro-
pirate presentation TO the Congress OF
the nation of the alarming and unpre-
Celented Outrages committed against
the rights aud liberties of the people of
this State, by which government new
er elected by their suffrage has been
set up and established by fraud and
force over them.
Elect to this convention your tried,
truest and ablest men, and let us make
one united and combined effort to res
cue our State from the grasp of the
sDOlinto aud usurpnrs
Let us make at least one grand effort
to arouse the Congress of the Union,
and the people thereof, to a full appre-
citation of the means and methods en-
ployed under Federal auspices, than
tlrottled the State Government of
Louisiana.
We owe this much to ourselves, and
to those to come after us.
We desire to present the question,
fairly and squarely to the Congress,
and to all the people of this American
Union, whether or not it is permissible,
"""e' our iofhh OF government, Tor an
inferior United States Judge, supper
ted by United States soldiers and the
Chief Executive of the nation, without
reference to, and in defiance of, the will
OF the people as expressed by the bal
lot, to pull down one State government
and set up another in its stead.
Should Congress repudiate such rep
'ehenslble practices, we merely will OBJ
'aln onr rights; on the other hand,
sAonld Congress permit such practices
10 60 unrebuked, we will then know
OaF status; know that despotism has
@nrped the place of constitutional
government, and the quicker we know
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81 500 900.
THANCE TO DRAW ANY OF THE
" above Prizes for 25 cents. Tickets
describing prizes are sealed in envclopes
and well mixed. On receipt of IS cents u
sealed ticket is drawn without choice and
sent BY mail to any address. The prize
named upon it to be delivered to the ticket
holder on payment Of one dollar Prizes
are Immediately sent to any address by
express or return mail
You will know what your prize is before
you pay for it. Any prize exchanged for
another OF the same yalne. No banks.-
Our patrons can depend on fair dealing,
OPINIONS OF THE PREss-Fair dealing
can be relied on.--N. Y. Herald. A uen,i-
Inc distrbution.-World. Not one of the
hnmbugs of the day.--Weekly Tribune.
They give general satisfaction. Stats
Zeitnng
REFEEENcEs--By kind permission we
refer to the following: Franklin S. Lane,
Louisville, drew $4,000. Miss Hattie
Banker, Charleston, $4,000. Mrs. Louisa
L. Blake st. Paul, 500. Samuel V. Raw.
mond, Boston, $500 Eugene d. Brack
sctt. Hittshurg, Watch, $500. Miss Annie
Osgooa, New Orleans, $1,000. Emory l..
Pratt Columbus, Ohio, $1,000.
One cash gift in every package of 14O
tickets guaranteed. 5 tickets for 81; IL
for y; % for So; so for S.; $50 for SIS.
Agents wanted, to whom we offer liber-
al inducements and guarantee satisfac-
ton. Address,
WILLIAM B. TURNER g. CO..
7a6 BrOddWay, Neac York.
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A Terrible Revelation.

Secretary.
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Resolutions by the Committee of 20,

.c,LLING A MASS CONVENTION AT THE
CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, AND ANAD.
DRESS B Y THE COMMITTEE TO THE
PEOPLE OF THE STATE, ADOPTED
SEPTEMBER "a, '73.
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sister Town and from our State and
draw, in its stead, His divine blessings
over us! <. y
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UNIVERSITY OF VLRG MA!

SCHOOLS OF SCIENCE AND pRAC-
~ teal Laboratories. Afford special
advantages for general scientific edu.
cation and for thorough, prac teal
training in the professions of Teacher,
of Science, Civil Engineer, Mining En-
slneer, Architect, Chemist, Metallnr-
s'st, Farmer, Druggist, etc, and for
employment in public service Coast
sarvey, etc.} Session opens Octoher /.
For Catalogues, send to WIN. WEIR
IIENBAkER, Secretary, P. Q. Univer-
sity of Virginia, Va.
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-05-08
LUMBER.

desire to call attention to the fact that Ihave on hand full stock of all varieties of LUMBER called for in this market and am prepared to sell the same at the lowest market price for Cash. Mv
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-05-08
TaLcoTT & POST.
SPRING oPNINGs-GRAND DISPLAY OF SEA
 sONABLE GOODS.


 The spring bulletin of the long -estab- ished house of Talcott & Post is always awaited with an eager interest by those who have seasonable purchases to make, either for house-furnishing or wearing ap- parel, and the announcements of the firm this year will be especially welcome, as they introduce to the public many rare novelties which are so entirely new as to make the display of goods in every de pertinent surpass all previous attractions. The great success which characterizes the the efforts of this house in the exhibition and sale of the choicest productions of foreign and domestic markets, comes from it's large resources of capital, the ex- cellent taste of it's managers. and the su-s perior facilities enjoyed both at home and abroad in making selections. Mir. Talcott's repeated visits to Europe. where he now is, have been of great advantage in bringing to this market by direct !m- portation the freshest products of foreign skill, and this spring, more conspicuous ly than ever, have these purchases from leading manufactures contributed to the splendid department displays of the house.
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-05-08
Cost Of Tobacco.

Some years since, Dr. Hawes of Hart ford, Conn.,, preached a sermon against the use of tobacco, in which he estimated the direct expense of this narcotic to con- sumers to be $40, ,OOO, 900. The citizens of New York were then spending, accord ing to his judgement, $1O, 900 Q day for cigars and $8, 800 for bread. Since these comparisons were made, the consumption of tobacco has not only greatly increased, but tobacco has become subject to duty and advanced in price.
 Said an Hish refermer: 'Give me every tenth pipe in Ireland, and I will build one hundred school-houses, and spend on each s5OO." What useful projects in America might be built up and made sufe. were the money invested in them which now goes up in smoke or goes down in filth.
 Another comparison. We pay annually to all lawyers in the United States $S5.- GOO. 900; for maintaining criminals, SIP, . O0O, 900; and to Christian ministers, q, 900. . 900; yet nearly as much is expended every year for tobacco as for these three purpo- ses combined. It is Q strange truth that in Christian nation eight tunes as much money is devoted to tobacco as is paid to the ministers of the gospel. 4 B. 7l i Aside from this vast outlay of men and money in the cultivation and manufacture of. tobacco, it is the most expensive crop that can be grown from the soil, inasmuch as the ground suffers vastly more deteri- oration by it than in producing any other crop. One thousand pounds of tobacco burned leave on an average two hundred pounds of ashes, which is made mp of the mineral constituents of the soil; hence 6 crop of tobacco, 1000 pounds to the acre, withdraws from each acre 400 pounds oi those constituents which make it produc- tive. A crop of wheat averaging thirty bushels to the acre makes the soil poorel by consuming thirty-six pounds, hence eleven crops of wheat might be grown al no more loss to the soil than one crop oi tobacco causes. Furthermore, this pro
 duct trequires the best soil for profitable cultivation, and wellnigh exhausts it ir
 two or three crops unless it is renovated
 In view of such facts as these, it has beer
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-05-08
Sawed Shingles,

which have been selling this season. buy them direct from tho manufacturer and am au- thorized to warrant them free from knots, shakes sap and tapers. RIVED PINE and CEDAR SHINGLES always on hand. have, also, large stock of EXPELLED SIDING, made from six inch dry strips. bought last July, and for quality and price will guarantee it unsur passed. I also offer 6 full line of seasoned inch and inch SPRUCE, WHITE PINE and wide; dry inch Surfaced and Rough Cutting up Lumber; II, II, and 3 inch good Lumber, well seasoned; Ceiling in' every variety, ASH, WHITEW0OD, GHERR and BLAOK VAL NUT boards and plank. have the largest and best stock of Hemlock Boards and Dressed Pine Sheathing in this section of this State.
 All lumber delivered on the cars free ofcharpe and special contracts made for delivery by rail Or teams. Orders by mail will be promptly attend ed to. f7i# .@hHL2 EI#I -E
 E. J. HILL. Norwalk, Conn.
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-05-08
TOBACCO.

A contributor sends us the following clipping from the Congregationalist. There is much that is useful and true in the article, but considerable exaggeration, we suspect. For instance: the cost of maintaining the ministers of the country is put at six millions That would be $136 apiece which is certainly an under estimate. We doubt, too. whether the 4, ,OOO lawpers of the country receive but $s5O, apiece though that is nearer the truth than the estimate on ministers. Reform CTS ''sling" figures with proverbial reck- lessness. --
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-05-08
BANGOR HATH.

Barn Boa ar dS. I have to offer one-half million feet of Ottawa Stocks, 10 and 12 inches wide, 12, 13, IA, and 16 feet in length. It is an admitted fact that the Ottawa Boards are the best known to the trade, being remarkable for their freedom from the presence of the large black knots so common in Michigan stocks. I can furnish these boards surfaced one side, edges tongued and gro0ved, dressed full width or narrow, and the quality o1 the dressing guaranteed. would cail special attention to the brand of IS inch
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-05-08

ls s4rs ssaalz
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-05-08
Dr. J. BLACKMAN'S GOLdell E.ntrNct

Is the only reliable medicine for the relief and cure of all diseases of the Kidneys and Urinary Organs. It cures gravel in almost every i'm stance, Incontinence and Retention ofthe Urine
 Inflammation of the Bladder, Pains in the Back and Loins are speedily relieved, no matter of how long standing. Price S1 per box. Prepared only by H. l.. LILLE, Norwslk, Conn. JOHN F. HENRY, College Place, N. Y., Wholesale Agent SOLD BY DRUGGISTS 7-1y
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-05-08

For few days all went smoothly, The musician had for once proved so tracta- ble that he stood on pinnacle of Court favor. There was nothing he might not say or do just then and being very much of child, and of a spoilt child too, he found it delightful to be petted by the Duke, the Duchess, and the young Prin- cesses. But when the day ofthe betrothal approached-in Germany an engagement hardly less binding than marriage itself his courage gave way. sa s-ta
 One morning, therefore, the serenity of the little city was disturbed by the almost incredible tidings that Oglostro was gone none knew whither and that the cause of his going was the marriage that the
 CONTINUED ON FOURTH PAGE.
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-05-08
Eastern Spruce Timber,

of all sizes from 2x3 to 4x12 in Joist, and up to sx10 in Frame Timber. Only 8 small portion of this Timber has ever been rafted and is conse- quently clean and free from grit and gravel. AL so G. 900 punches of first quality
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-01-11
Eureka ARRAY.

Tho Eureka Seatinei Of January Sth
gives the following: Last evening,
about dusk, while Mr.. Mike Walsh
was at his dinner at the San Francisco
Restaurant, Tom Haley and a brother
Of the late Moses Hill got into an al
tercation In Walsh's saloon, and each
drew pistols and commenced firing at
each other. One was armed with n
deringer and the other with q five
shooter. Two shots were fired from
the fiye-shooter, and the deringer was
also emptied. Neither Of the men was
hit, the balls going through the open
door into the upper air. BY this time
the crowd In the saloon had scattered
Nd and down the street, and some n
went aud called Mr. Walsh to the
scene Of battle. By the time he ar
rived In the saloon, Hill and Haley
had cliuched and were pounding each
other over the head and face with
their pistols. Blood was flowing from
the wounds of both, and some OF 1t was
spat:ered upon the wall. Mr.. Walsh
lost no time In separating the combat
ants; but in doing so, the forefinger Of
his right hand was caught by the ham
mer Of the revolver, the man holding
it having just pulled the trigger for
another shot. It IL presumable that
this timely accident saved the life of
the other party, otherwise we should
have had "a man for breakfast" Mr..
Walsh delivered both men into the
hands of Deputy Sheriff Richmond and
another officer, who placed the Offend
ers in jail. We understand that the
difficulty originated IN q long-stand-
ing dispute about the estate OF the late
Moses Hill.
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The Colorado Desert.

Colorado desert, according to q
writer In the Overland Monthly, Is in Its
central portions several hundred feet
lower than the river, and this is the
case with most of it in n less degree.
1t would not be difficult to turn the
river into 1t, and thus create a great
inland body Of fresh water. This, he
believes, would lower the Summer
temperature Of the southern part OF
the State considerably, increase the
rainfall and flow OF the springs and
streams. A climatic change Of this
kind would be an improvement, and fit
for the home OF a larger population,
like that which once occupied these re-
glons, and have left their evidences In
the ruins Of habitations, smelling
works and other remains. The exper-
iment would not b. expensive rs a
Government undertaking. If the rain
fall of the southern part Of this State
was increased in quantity, the luxuri.
ance of the growth of the natural
grasses and other vegetation on Its
plains, hills and mountains would DO
unsurpassed In any part OF tho tenn
perate zone.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-01-11

A RECENT calculation relative to the
principal European languages shows
that English is spoken by Q 1900, 900 Of
persons, inhabiting Great Britain and
Ireland. North America, the Bermu-
das, Jamaica, Cape Of Good Hope,
Australia, Van Diemen's Land, New
foundland, and the East Indies; Ger
man, by SIS, 600, 900 in their own coun-
try, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary,
Russia, North and South America, La
Plata, Australia and The East Indies
Spanish by $1,000. 900 in Spain, Cuba.
Mexico, the Republics Of South Amer.
lea. Manila, etc.; and French by
a. 900, 900 in France, Belgium. Switz.
erland, Canada, Cayenne and North
America.