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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-12-30
HOME DASHES.

Fresh and blooming as that big
sunaower, this jotter comes to time
again and reports all quiet and Sc.
rene on the Christmas line--of course
we had rain, and plenty of it, on
Christmas day, and the day before
and the day after tin fact the
meanest weather of the season-the
little man in "Old Prob's" little
house is standing out of the door,
and the little woman is inside hidden
from view, all of which means more
rain, if not more rest with it-riyer
still rising, but none TOO much for
navigation's uses-Town warehouses
and yards full Of cotton, sugar and
molasses - the Durfee Sunday re-
lieved Williams Co. of the weight
OF one thousand bales of cotton-this
means business, looks like it in ear
nest and we hope may long continue
on the same line-but some how or
another the boats of the lower trade
have been coqueting with the Alex
sndria shippers, and gil up above
with marked preference-there must
be some reason for this, and not lik-
ing to be too Paul Pryish we dodge
The issue just now, but may yet un- t
BOSOM ourself on the absorbing ton
c. Business has slackened up some L
ince Christmas, but still we note
md report much activity in trade.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-12-30

CHANeED.-Early in the count Of
the Counting Board, C. C. Dunn, the
Democratic member elected from
Grant Parish, was counted in and the
result officially promulgated in the
Republican. But since then a
change, in secret session, has come
over the spirit of the quartette, and
they found it imperative to reconsider
their first act and change to a coun-
ter-count for Ward, the negro radical
OF New Orleans. So both Dunn and
Ward have been promulgated in, and
now we wonder which will be official
with the Legislature. 1t is q cheat.
ng trick in keeping with the avowed
purposes of the Board, and of course
Viii be bayoneted in by the powers
hat be.
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garded that the shackles be 49,,
from Louisiana, and the power !. y
United army be no longer, o.s, y
keep a horde Of adventures i, = .
B. R. FoRnAN, Chairn,an
VIC. RAYMoND,)
Arch. MITcHEL1,f Conn,A.
F. G. zAcHARrE,
ROOMS COMMITTEE OF SEyrx,.,
New Orleans, Dec. o. 1871
At a meeting held this event
Dec. %, 1874, the foregoing ada.
was read an unanimously afflrmod
~ - R. II. MARI,
Jos. W. COLLINS, Chairm,,
Secretary.
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" Seelve. tile infamnn.

90 Seelye, tue Infamous and
suppliant tool Of Kellogg and hi.
crew, has been deprived of his com.
mission by Boss Packard, and b.,
gone where the wood bine was neve,
known to Irvine. AS long as he "a.
he was we'll used by the infa.
my, and even right here in our Town
did some dirty work, which We in.
tend, when the proper time comes. to
ventilate freely with our hands nm
gloved. The ruling spirit ofradic,l.
ism, who has profitted more BY thu
spoils than most of others in our Pa.
fish, did the back work for Seelve
md fastened a branch of the infamv
IN US. Before we carve our NEXT
christmas turkey we will make the
CALLED jade vince" worse than such
Features were ever known to be held
p to public cxecration.
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WAR PA1NT.-Just now as We have
gone through a peaceful and easy
CHRISTMAS, we arc reminded that
there is now some good chance for
our ardent patriots, whose war paint
has been brushed in thick and heavy
TO exercise some sort of quality
suitable to the times and the occa.
sion. We have heard heap of big
indian doings, which would come off
sure and certain, if we were again
cheated and all that sort of thing.
and as we are sure before hand we
are cheated, we take the patience all
oy ourselves topause for a reply.
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20 The Democrat-family, never
in the least neglecting their work or
cutting matter short for Christmas,
found ample time to have three full
days rest and pleasure for the JOYOUS
occasion, and this morning, bright
and early as usual, make their last
1874 bow, with good, readable and
interesting paper, for all of which the
Editor can't help paying them his
full and we'll deserved compliments.
We can't but help thinking that we
have right to have our crow record
ed for them, and render unto typo the
true need of praise which typo rich.
~ merits. We cannot say less for
them, and might say much more.
With such a Grew, backed by the re.
pewed energy of the old one hand
ling the ribbons, the Democrat can
but flourish like the green bay-leaf.
En- Avant.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-12-30

~ Jack Riley, Of the Jewel, re-
membered the Democrat on Christ
mas day, With spme of that sane old
sort.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-12-30

IHE FAlR.-The Fair for the ben.
eiit OF the Rapides Agricultural Fair.
Association came of on time at thu
Exchange Ball Room, and was, We
regret to state, any thing but sue.
cess, commensurate with it's merits
The drawing of the Lottery, which
mad been postponed came off and the
result has been promulgated. We.
shall take occasion, in some future
to renew the real and just
claims of the Association to the pro.
per consideration of the public Of
8ap'des, and will endeavor to prove
beyond reasonable doubt, that it is
% our interests at large to foster the
Association.
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ADDR ESs
OF THE

OF THE
COMMITTEE OF SEVENTY
TO THE
PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES.
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!" On and after the LIST of .Jan-

- On and after the 1st of JAN
uary 1875, the postage on newspa-
pens must be paid by the publishers
thereof, at their mailing office. This
is another expense detailed for the
special hardship of the Fourth Es-
tate, and one which must fall heavy
on most of them. The Democrat
must comply too, but we do not in
tend to pay the postage on the pa
pers of those of our slow friends in
the pay-line. We mean by that we
must discontinue to send the Demo
crat to all delinquents; we can't af.
ford to send the Democrat, postage
prepaid, on a credit, and certainly
shall not do it. We are tired work
ing our brain, and throwing in the
labor of our workmen. for
nothing and just for play, neither
pay, nor gain friends.
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ALEXANDRIA,, La:

Wednesday, december 30, 1874.
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lively assured of the intention Of the
returning officers to defraud the peo.
pie ofthe fruits of their political VIC
tory al, if the act had been already
consummated. We are not clamor.
ing tor party purposes that one set Of
men should be substituted for anotb
er as public officials. Our repue.
nance to Republican rule in Louisi-
ana Is not based altogether upon the
TACT OF its being usurpation. VAL
aed as great principles are, and gross.
~ as they have been violated, vet it
is not for that reason alone that the
people of Louisiana are clamoripo for
relief. The people demand tbat|
sno IS elected by them shall govern,
~ 'nas they shall be relieved from
grown intolerablc; that
which has become confisca.
''on' may be lightened; that hideous
md widespread poverty and distru,t
nay be removed, and that they NAV
DC permitted to live by honest indus.
ry; ). that honest government for pro.
ectlon may be substitntod g..
robbery. For these rea
ons' we' the down-trodden people of
luce lfee louisiana, now call upon
ne people of the free States Of
AMERICA ifyou would yourselves re.
'a'n Tree and retain the right of self.
o'crnment, to demand in tones tho,
an not be misunderstood or disrc. :
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nEE.rLTER VS.. nIsTILLER,

The correspondent Of the Chicago
Tribune writes from Springfield, Hi
nois. Jan. %, as follows:
"John T. Harper arrived here this
morning and took room No. 4. at the
Leland. His coming had been looked
for here ever since the people learned
through the columns OF the Tribune
that he had received a safe conduct
from the court to return. His room
has been thronged all day with his old
friends who called to congratulate him;
indeed, he had a perfect ovation. 1t
would be doing violence to the truth to
deny that many Of them have believed
and still do believe him to be innocent.
If he had been tried by the crowd who
met him tonight as he passed out of
the room and into supper, a verdict Of
acquittal would have been the result,
for the unanimous verdict was that he
was more sinned against than shining"
There is no doubt that Harper was
bled very freely by the Federal ring in
Illinois. He is said to have footed
Logan's bills during the Senatorial
contest in 1871, and to have subscribed
5000 to the Grant campaign fund in
1872, and these and other contributions
levied upon him caused himtOfan short
about Sl07, 900 in his accounts with the
government when a settlement was de-
manded in 1873. The Ne,O York World
makes this comment on this case:
"The Republican officials have in his
case made a remarkable divergence
from ordinary procedure. tits usually
the custom to take the evidence Of the
accessory against the principal, but
here the chief thief is ~pardoned on
condition that he Will aid in securing
the conviction of his instruments.
What would have been thought had
Tweed and Garvey been permitted
to change their positions, and
the ex-chair-maker, with a nOUe
PROSE- IN his pocket, lifted
up his testimony againstthe ex-plaster-
er? There is no doubt that the Pekin
distillers obtained stamps on credit,
defrauded the government of about
100000, gave bonds which were pur-
posely defective, and cooked their
books, as if they had been those of a
savings bank. But there is no doubt
that Harper connived at their i'll prac-
tees, and profted by them, since by
pretending that the distillers were in
debt to him he eluded discovery as a
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HON 70 RTTLD : HoESE.

\ writer in the Cyultsy Gentleman
writes: "WewiIl suppose a frame en-
closed with ~clapboards or siding ready
for the mason. Have strips of aninch,
or inch and a quarter wide, sawed from
Nv common boards and nailed in the
c .ntre. up and down, of the sUudding,
upon which nail a curse Of lathing.
Lit your mason apply what they call a
scratch coat Of strong coarse hair NOR:
tlr from ceiling To the floor, Uith0Ut a
skin. When this is done let him COM
mence the lathing upon The face Of the
studs in the usual way for the regular
side walls. 1t viii be perceived that
this plan is upon the'principle of an ice
closet, giving two air chambers, cutting
off all direct air currents, constituting
vour rooms cooler in the summer and
warmer in the winter. 1t is cheaper
than filing it with brick andvery much
better.
We regard the above suggestions as
valuable. If the studs on which the
siding is nailed are two by SIX inches
n yeT common sizel, then the inner
coat Of plaster viii be three inches be-
low the one last put on. The confined
air between these two bodies OF mortar
viii. as stated, make a room much more
comfortable in the winter by keeping
out cold, and in the summer by ezeiu-
ding heat.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-01-30

The President has removed all the
territorial officers of Colorado, Gov.
Ebert giving place to Gen. McCook,
former Governor of the territory. This
proceeding has caused considerable ex-
element in Denver, as Gov. Ebert was
far more-popular with the people than
McCook. As no charges Of corruption
or malfeasance in Office are preferred
against the officers removed, the pro-
ceeding is somewhat singular, and not
at all calculated to improve the waning
fortunes Of Grantism in Colorado.
The following special to the Chicago
Tribune shows the spirit of the people
in regard to the matter:
DENVER, Col, Jan. 27.-The an
nouncement of the reappointment OF
ex-Gov. Mcconkas the Executive of this
Territory, with John w. jenkins. of
Virginia, as Secretary, and L. b.
Seawright, Of Pennsylvania, as Sur
veyor- General, took everybody by
surprise when it reached here this
afternoon. being entirely unexpected.
The people, irrespective of party, In
dorsed the administration of Gov. Ell
bert. and viii send a remonstrance to
Washington against his removal and
the confirmation Of the newly appoint
ed officers. A meeting of citizens to
give expression on the subject was
held at Gorr's Grand Opera House to-
night. Over 1000 persons were pres
emit. The Hon. Stephen Decatur pre-
sided. Speeches were made by the
friends of both Ebert and McCook, and
the meeting was finally broken up by
the action of some roughs, who sought
to intimidate citizens. This evening a
majority of the members OF both BRAN
ches of the Legislature, Republicans
| and Democrats, called upon Gov. Ell
bert. and assured him that he had their
sympathy and support, and that JOINT
session VIII be convened tomorrow to
pass resolutions requesting the Senate
to reject the nominations. Much feel
ing exists over the subject, and great
excitement prevails both here and IN
the mountain towns over the proposed
change.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-01-30
tHPURE

The Journal Of Chemistry discusses
a very important matter in the follow
ing paragraph:
Public attention cannot be too Of
ten called to the danger of using I'M
pure water in households. The origin
of typhoid fever, which so frequently
runs through families in city and coun-
try. is oftener in wells and springs
than is supposed. In cities it Is easy
to understand, when ~acqueduct water
is not supplied, how wells may become
contaminated; but for many it Is not
so easy to see how wells In the country,
among the hills or in the green valleys,
can become SO impure as to be sources
of disease. Since the general intro
duction of acqueduct water into large
cities, typhoid fever has become more
common in the country than in the
CITY: and this disease Is certainly Zy-
motto. or one which results from a pol
son introduced into the blood. Wells
in the country are very liable
10 become contaminated with house
sewage, as they are generally placed,
for convenience, very near the dwelling,
and the waste liquids thrown out upon
the ground find easy access by percola-
ton through the soil to the water. The
instances of such contamination which
| have come to our notice, and which
| gave rise to fevers, are numerous The
| gcIatinous matter which is often found
| covering the stones In wells affected by
| sewage. IS q true fungOid growth, and
highly poisonous when introduced INTO
the system. It is undoubtedly con-
| cerned in the production Of typhoid
| fever. How II acts it IS difficult to de-
termine, but it is at least conceivable
that the spores of the fungus may get
into the blood and bring about changes
after the manner of yeast IN beer.
These spores. it is well known, develop
rapidly by a kind of bidding process,
aud but a little time passes before the
whole circulation becomes hlled with
them, giving rise 70 abnormal heat and
general arrangement, called fever.
These fungoid or conferyoid growths
are always present IN waters rendered
impure by house drainage, and great
caution should be used In maintaining
well waters free from all sources of pol
luton"
We entirely oncur in the above
views on a subject of vital interest to
the public. There never was q typhus
fever nor any other without an ade'
quate cause. Miasism or miasma, is
as much an intangible myth asany 9TH
er isn5 whatever. Il Is neither an am
nal, nor a plant, nor a mineral, norany
known gas or gases. 1t is the ghost
or witch of an excited brain. Drown,
ing innocent women as witches, and
fighting cholera, yellow fever and
typhus feyers after the popular fash.
ion, belong to the same condition of
intellect, nebulous thought and unde'
fined fear. Coward fear without
knowledge takes the lives of millions Of
our SPECIES.
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defaulter. By the agency of this de-
faulter the governments expects to re-
cover $500, 900 from the bondsmen of
the distillers, In consideration whereof
it valves all claims to the S107 900
stolen by him. If the United States
authorities were SO anxious upon the
subject of bondsmen, why were Mr..
Harper's sureties permitted to make
over their property and put themselves
beyond the reach of the lawf Is it bet
ter to lose S107, 000by a defaulting col
leetor or $780, 900 by a dishonest dis
tiller? Two-thirds of the American
people will prefer the latter, so thatju
tice be done In the other instance.
Because our revenue system with its
appanage Of spies, informers, and
black-mailers, is largely responsible for
the frauds perpetrated or attempted to
be committed upon it, We are pre-
pared TO hear that the distlller Is de-
| ceiying or corrupting the official, but
we should not be prepared to learn that
the official is In partnership with the
distiller. We object to haying-in
| classical phrase-to watch the watch
man. To mulct the merchant is, after
all, only to bring about one contin-
gency purely commercial, for which he
was undoubtedly prepared, and neither
to deter others In the promising future
nor punish him for the profitable past.
| But to recover his booty from the de-
faulter, and secure his disgrace and in
generation. is to exert a decided and
healthy influence upon others. Hence
we regret that Mr.. Harper is to appear
| against the distillers.
1.-THE fact is that the Federal ring In
Illinois dares not proceed against Har-
per. Its members are not anxious that
he should say how much of the funds
of the government was wasted IN grain
gambling, how many thousands OF dol
larsfound their way to the pockets of
politicians, how many checks went with
out the shallow p~recaution of a change
into currency from the Collectors office
to the national bank, there to be ap-
piled to private purposes. So the
comedy of a prosecution which viii be
continued to the September term and
then adjourned to the Greek Kalends
is PLAYED. Meanwhile the farmers Of
Illinois viii contribute 100000 bushels
of corn to make up MIR. Harper's short
age, and the journals of the Admins
tration will plead in mitigation that he
was "a genial and popular man" and a
companion of the martyred President.
There is a scriptural precedent for the
salvation of the Magdalen-quid mui-
tgm a%nsoUit; we can hardly stretch it to
include in forgiveness and honor a de-
faulter Just because he ''swapped"
stories with a dead President and ''set
'em up for a living one"
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-01-30

An elderly gentleman, who has a large
fund of anecdotes, stated to us an anecdote
Of Caleb Gushing which will bear printing.
Some forty years ago, Mr.. e. was paving
court to a wealthy Baltimore lady. Balti-
more beauties then showed their charms i N
the light of tal~low-dips, gas being I'M
known. There were a couple of dips on
the m~antlepiece, and, as they much need
ed snuffing, the lady rang a bell for a ser
want. Mr.. Gushing asking why she rang.
wet his thumb and finger, and snuffed the
the candles a la Yankee. The lady was
Mortified at Mr.. Cushing's u~naristocratic
style Of snufiing candles, and so dismissed
him.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-01-30
STEEL AMI STEALING.

The Edge Tool Manufacturers held a
meeting in Boston a few days since, at
which the subject of American and
English steel and iron protection and
the tariff, as they affect their skilledin-
dustry, was publicly discussed, andthe
discussion reported for the press. One
gentleman writes to the convention:
81 use both English and American
iron. If 1 can get American equally
as good and just as cheap as the Eng
lish, l shall certainly not buy the for
eign article. But why must /, If l
happen to want English iron, have It's
cost enhanced by a duty of 80 per cent:
If l choose to buy American iron, l de-
cidedly object to be compelled to pay a
price utterly beyond its proper value
Just because the domestic manufac-
turer happens to have it in his power
to extort an outrageous profit by means
Of the terribly efficient engine the
tariff"
"True the purchaser of our goods has
to pay the extra cost In the end, but 1t
greatly enhances the cost of our bust
ness. The importer has to lay out over
500 cash on every ton of steel. He
cannot afford to let this money lie idle,
so when he sells his steel the price in
cludes an item of interest on his duty,
which l must pay, Every cent of duty
is 50 much added tothe capital required
to carry on my business and increases
the cost Of my goods. 1t Is well known
that the cheaper the article the larger
the demand, SO that my profits arecur-
tailed in two ways"
The amount Of money paid to gov
eminent in duties on imported
iron and steel is small as COM
pared with the sum given
in extra price to manufacturers.
All who use edge tools of any kind on
the farm, in the work shop or elsewhere,
should understand this power to ex-
tort an outrageous profit by means of
a terribly efficient engine the tariff"
If this is not using the forms of law to
steal money from the industrious mil
lions who unayoidably consume both
iron and steel In large quantities, 1t is
the next thing to it. The manufacture
ers of steel and iron fix their own ex-
tortionate prices, protected in the
wrong by Radical legislation. Stealing
becomes not only an art, but a science
taught by acts of Congress as a valua-
bic profession. Its every day practice
consists in robbing the many to enrich
the few. This fact is not, and cannot
be denied by any truthful person.
To compel forty million people in the
United States to trade with a few men
to avoid an enormous tax on all foreign
exchanges if they trade with others, is
to double the cost of all the tools of
industry at the public expense. How
long will intelligent voters submit
tamely to this outrage? Protection
enables the makers of steel to slight
their work, and force the sale of a poor
quality of steel on the manufacturers
of edge tools-an injury that falls
heavily on all consumers, or parties
that use home made tools. Foreign
competition would compel home in
dustry Of this kind to do better work,
or fail to sell defective goods. Monop-
olies are alike odious and soulless.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-01-30

IN his inaugural address on Jan q,
Gov. Carpenter, Of Iowa. attributed
the burdens Of the people to the mo-
nopolies imposed on them, among
which hc places the protective tariff.
Democratic doctrines are making them
selves felt IN the West.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-01-30

THE fruits Of Grantrule are develop
ing themselves rapidly, and scarcely a
day passes that we do not have some
new fact in confirmation Of the mistake
made IN re-electing him. Minister
Bancroft reports that the credit Of the
United States is falling in Germany.
He attributes the decline to the delay
IN bringing currency to par, the
numerous failure Of railroad companies
t. pay their interest, and the increase
OF the public debt.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-01-30

WHEN Mr.. Greeley denounced the
carpet-baggers he received but little
encouragement from the Republican
party. President Grant is reported to
have said a few days ago touching these
parasites on the Southern State govern
ments, that it is time for the Rcpubli-
can party to unload, and the refrain is
caught up by quite a number Of Re
publican journals already. The follow
ing from the Philadelphia Telegraph is
a specimen
".Carpet-haggers have 'o~verweighted'
the Republican party, the President
says, and he, like a wise rider, is going
to get rid Of them. The soon
er the country and the Republican
party are relieved of their bad inHu-
cnCc the better it viii be for everybody.
They have every reason to keep open
the bloody chasm between North and
South, and, regarded IN any way, they
are simply ~nuisanccs that should be
abated al the earliest moment posi-
HE