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The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1874-03-26

go Town Lots for Sale.-John Swanson has
twenty town lots for sale, lying near the centre
of the Corporation. Call on him for particulars.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1874-03-26

j. f. Towel, Portsmouth, Ohio, offers to the
Merchants and Furnacemen of Jackson county
a superior stock of Dry Goods and Notions, on
terms the most favorable.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1874-03-26
SPECIAL NOTICES.

One beautiful building lot yet for sale, by d.
Maekley.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-06-17
Resolutions Of the Spring Greek
Barbecue.

RESOLVED, That we the people of
Spring Creek, and adjoining Ward,
believe it to be our solemn duty to
our country, to ourselves and to pos
terity, never to cease struggling for
our honest and constitutional govern
ment in Louisiana.
RESOLVED, That an organization
of the white people, taxpayers, and
all opposed to he corrupt rule Of
Radicalism in Louisiana, is essential
ly necessary, and in order to affect
this organization and to unite all the
conservative voters, in this Parish,
into one political party, that will
elect honest and competent men for
office. We earnestly request our fell
low-citizens of the Parish of Rapides
to meet in Mass Convention at Alex
andria, on some future day. Notice
Of the time of said Meeting we re-
quest be given in the parish papers.
JOHN j. SWAMI,
President.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-06-17

the motion in arrest Of judgment.
Mr.. Whitaker, of defense, made a
motion for a new trial, announcing
that he was prepared to argue this
question at any time. If the Judge
over-ruled this motion, to arrestjudg-
ment he would argue the constitu-
tionality of Ku-Klux act and the ju-
risdiction Of the United States Court.
Justice Bradley had promised to sit
in the case and certify a division Of
opinion to the Supreme Court of the
United States, SO as to give the lat
ter consideration of the question,
The rule for a new trial is set for
next Saturday Goth inst.
TIE PUNISHMENT
for the offence Of which the three
prisoners are found guilty is fine and
Imprisonment at hard labor, the fine
not to exceed 81, O00-or the impris-
onment over ten years. The defence
admitted that Hadnot and Irwin were
in the fight, but on the part Of Mr..
Cruikshank it was shown that his
had been an errand Of mercy. He
entered Colfax after the Courthouse
had been burnt, saved the life ofons
of the negroes and left Immediately
after. The attempt Of District At
torney Beckwith to hold the priso-
ners for new trial, on a fresh in.
dictment receives unmeasured cen
sure, and is justly regarded as re.
morseless persecution, prompted by
malice. The crop news from the
country is somewhat encouraging.
EUGENE GOSSIP,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-06-17
The Ball Started,

We have seer and interviewed a
gentleman of our Town, who attend
ed the Barbecue at Pauls on Satur-
day, and though not officially in
formed on the subject, we have con-
fidence in his report and adopt it as
official to the Democrat. He repre-
sents the affair as a complete success,
and left the grounds highly pleased
and gratifed at this, the first demon
stration of the people, the white peo-
pie of Rapides, toward the beginning
of an organization much needed here
at present. It is the nucleus which
others will follow and gather around,
and thus keep in motion the started
ball. There were present over three
hundred persons, who were in good
plight and in fine spirits, and eager
for the coming fight. The assem-.
blage was addressed by R. P. Hunter
and W. F. Blackman, who did full
justice to their subject and our cause,
and were often heartily cheered
Our old friend, John j. Swami, who
was on his native heath, and among
J his immediate constituency, gave the
boys sound, plain, old time talk, an6
aided them to push the ball in mo
ton. A splendid and fine barbe
cued dinner was served to the people
who enjoyed the feast of that kind
as we'll as the intellectual one tt
which they had been previously
treated, and then the whole affai
Tended in a pleasant and sociabl'
dance, thus bringing the fair daught
ers Of the Precinct front to from
and in musical accord with the hon
est yeoman-y, assembled to maxi
the first talk for their white brethren
of old Rapides.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-06-17

60 We see that our old chum,
Donald McMickle, has been raising a
little hell on his watch and tried to
bully and levy black mail on Captain
Brinker, Of the Maria Louise, but
came off second best-he wanted one
dollars for every negro Colfaxite on
board of the boat-but he gat nary
red.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-06-17
~ The trial of the Colfax r

~ The trial of the colfax pris-
oners is ended, and elsewhere our
readers will learn all the particulars.
The five acquitted ones returned to
their homes on the Bart. Able, on
Monday morning, whilst poor and
prosecuted Cruikshank, Irwin and
Hadnot are once more in the Parish
Prison, in New Orleans, awaiting the
motion for new trial to be argued
on the Goth inst. They have the
best and most fervent wishes of GU,
whole white population for speedy
deliverance from the hands of theil
prosecutors.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-06-17

sembling of such Body, but it is too
close upon US, and it is too much to
hope that the Yankees can be d.
verted just now from the splendid
opportunity Of gratifying their Gu
pidity, while under the guise of pa
triotism they are preparing Phila-
delphia as the theater for their char
acteristic huckstering.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-06-17
THE EDINBURGH REVIEW.

The Leonard Scott Publishing Co.,
have just published their reprint of
the Edinburgh Review for April.
The first article gives an account
of the history, resources, and geo.
graphical character of Eastern Toor.
kistan, sometimes incorrectly called
Little Bokhara. This country, lying
between India and Siberia is re-
gion Of peculiar interest to England
and Russia, both of which powers are
making efforts to improve the lines
of communication, and establish
commercial relations with central
Asia.
In "Competitive Examinations"
We have a fair exhibition of the I'D.
vantages and defects of the system
now practised in the English and 4 n
dian civil Services. - :.
"Prince Bismarck and the Church
of Rome" discusses the relations be.
tween Church and State in Prussia,
It points out the altered conditions
in which the strife between these
two powers has been renewed; brief
ly sketches the policy Of each up to
the year 1870; and then treats at
some length of the measures initia
ted by Bismarck, finishing with rc-
view Of the scope and probable con-
sequences OF the four church Laws
drawn up by Dr.. Falk, Minister Of
Public Worship the justice and poE.
cy Of which are represented as open
to grave doubts.
Other papers of interest are: "Ihs
Parisians," work which is pro-
nounced to be "a happy climax toa
series Of tictions which have confer
red upon the author lasting place
in English literature" a review Of
Max Muller's "Introduction to the
Science of Religion" The Hydraul-
les of Great Rivers" a valuable re-
port Of recent explorations in the
Parana, Uruguay, and La Plata Estu-
aries; and review Of the second and
third volumes of Froude's English
in Ireland in the Eighteenth Century,
particularly dwelling upon the move
ment for Irish independence culmi-
mating in the rebellion Of 1898.
DR.. Settlements "Trojan Antiq-
uities' comes in for an extended no.
tice. If the many valuable and in
teresting objects which he has found
are not what he claims for them, he
has at least "opened a field for re-
search in a great measure new, and
combining at once so much interest
with difficulties and anomilies of 80
startling a character, that we have
little doubt it will afford a battle.
field for psychologists and philolo.
gers for many years to come"
"The Past and the Future of the
Wing Party" endeavors to explain
the cause of the untimely end of the
Gladstone Administration.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-06-17
G~ The Democrat once nc

~ The Democrat once more,
and with pleasure, returns thanks to
G. C. Hamilton, chef Purser of the
Bart. Able, our old reliable, for usual
paper favors. We beg to remind the
public that the Able leaves here this
day at noon for New Orleans, and all
landings, this side Of that city.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-06-17

- We received three mails last
week, which is decidedly for the bet
ter and deserves a word af praise.
And we think it is time for the land
route to be in operation once more;
high water has certainly gone down
enough to resume operations.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-06-17

90 Judge Myers, Of Natchi-
toches, has just rendered an impor-
tant decision, declaring null and
void, Parish warrants, certificates of
Indebtedness and approved accounts
for the pay Of Parish officers. Our
Police Jury have been throwing out
plenty of the same sort.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-06-17
TIE CONTENTION

A suggestion is m ade by the
Shreveport Times that the political
Convention of this Summer be held
here in August. We have concluded
that the idea is the best one for all
parties interested, and as the Oldest
inhabitant Of the political wigwam
here is the Democrat, we think it
would not be presumptuons to extend
the invitation noao and to designate
the time.
Let the Convention meet in this
Town on Monday the Sd day Of Au-
gust.
Our weekly packet leaves New Or
leans every Saturday and reaches
here early on Monday. The city
delegates and ali from the lower part
of the State could reach here by that
conveyance and return by same boat
on Wednesday. The delegates from
other parts of the State can come
here with less inconvenience than to
any other interior Town. The &C
commodations are ample. We have
the largest Hotel in the State outside
of New Orleans, and the largest and
finest Court House either in or out
Of tina It City. Besides the large
Court room, we have the Town Hall
and the Theatre under the same roof
as the Exchange Hotel, in either of
which the Body could hold its
sessions.
The Times also suggests that the
Committee Of Seventy, in conjunc-
ton with sundry other Committees,
call the Convention. Some attempt
appears already to have been made
to obtain concert of action between
some of these committees, and with
out success. It may be as well for
the country press to speak out at
once and say, we do not propose to
hold as many Conventions as were
held in 1872, nor to spend as many
weeks in trying to get something less
than half dozen executive commit
tees to compose their differences.
We propose to make fight this
Fall against the Kellogg usurpation
and niger tyranny, and take one
step towards the redemption of our
State from the control Of the scoun-
drels who have so long consumed her
vitals. That redemption cannot be
completed until the Gubernatorial
campaign of 1876, but this now before
US is the battle of organization.
Let our friends in New Orleans un-
derstand that we have no logic to
chop, and no words to mince, no
quarrels to engage in about the per-
sons to be nominated, nor the name
that is to be given them. Right now,
while the infamous verdict of guilty
against three Of our neighbors has
| just been brought to our ears, we say
that we want to fight things and not
scold over names, to attack substance
and not waste energy over FORM
The man who swears he will help US
to drive out the thieves and perjurers
from public offices and relegate the
negro where he can be least harmful
and best protected, is our brother and
our helpmate in this contest.
To our friends in the country Pa
rishes we say, if no committee will
call the Convention, come without
the call. Let the country Press cir
culate it that the Convention will
meet, and while the various executive
committees are beating the air with
their windmills, the people may send
forth voice from the Council of Sd
Of August that will cause itself to be
repeated.
| ->~~~s-As.~
| Thn Dali
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-06-17
ELECTIONS IN 1874.-Tnere will

ELECTIONS IN 1874.-Tnere will be
a thorough overhauling of Congress
by the elections which will take place
in 1874, from this date out. Fifteen
States elect Governors, thirty-fve
elect Representatives to Congress,
and thirty-two Legislatures elect Sem
ators. OF the States to elect Sena-
tors the following, now represented
by Radicals and Republicans, will
probably choose Democrats or Re-
formers to succeed the Senators
whose terms expire next March:
Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, Nebras-
ka. New York, Pennsylvania, Ten
nessee, West Virginia, Indiana, Flor
ida and Wisconsin. The first cleo
ton in the series will take place in
Kentucky, Montana and Utah, Au-
gust Sd; North Carolina, 9th; Yer
mont, September lst; Wyoming and
California, September Goth; Maine,
September oath; Indiana, Iowa, Ne
braska and Ohio, October 18th; Geor-
gio, October 14th; West Virginia,
October 22nd; Louisiana, November
Cd; and the other States November
Sd. ALI of these elect Congressman,
and all the States, except Arkansas,
Indiana, Florida, Illinois, Louisiana,
Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi,
Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Wis
consin, North Carolina, Ohio, Iowa
and Indiana elect Governors.
A RELIABLE TEA DEALER.-The
attention of our readers is requested
to the advertisement of Mr.. j. j.
Martin, proprietor Of the Great China
and Japan Tea Warehouse, No. ITO
Canal Street, New Orleans. Mr..
Martin has had many years expert
ence in his business, both here and
in England, and those who send their
orders to him, may rely upon receiv-
ing the full value of their money.
Remittances may be made by Post
Office money order, or by draft, and
when this is not, convenient, the
goods will be shipped by express OF
Steamboat, the bill to be paid on de.
livery of the goods. He has teas Of
all brands and grades, and our read
ers may rest assured that he will FL
orders, as carefully as if they were
present themselves to select.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-06-17

I'VE have received a New
York Pictorial marked, with compli-
ments of Judge Woods and McMickle.
Bully! Thank you, old fellows, the
Democrat will not forget you soon for
this remembrance.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-06-17
GE George L. Smith. the

60 George L. Smith, the usurp-
ing member Of Congress from this
district, has had j. D. Kennedy NOM
mated cadet to West Point, and j.
NJ. Vance a cadet to the Naval Acad.
envy at Annapolis. It is needless to
add that both lucky boys are negroes.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-06-17

Co. The letter of our New Or
leans correspondent gives in full the
end of the Colfax trial, which with
our Extra republished, will fully posi-
our readers.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-06-17
Church Reform.

TIE Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, at it's last quadrennial con-
ference at Louisville, laid down con-
ditions of membership, which must
either lead to falling away Of the
brethren in large numbers, or pro-
duce ssthe revival of an asceticism
that no part Of this country has
known since the rigid Puritanism of
the descendants of the voyagers Of
the May Flower died out in New
England" The strength Of TIL a t
Church in the South numbers -, PSI
churches and 2,900,249 members,
making it much the largest denomi-
nation here. The measures recently
adopted at the General Conference
will effect large per centage of the
population, and must lead to impor-
tant consequences. The first Of the
new conditions of membership is that
which forbids "the making, buying,
selling or DRINKING Of Intoxicating
liquors by member Of the Church
on pain Of accommodation" -
Heap of whiskey consumed here, and
though the good Methodist may be a
temperate man, he is not teetota-
Ter. 1t has been decided to permit
"no more hops" and that choirs,
solo singing and "operatic music are
out Of place in christian churches,
and that the singing and musical &C
compartments should be confined to
the plainest psalm tunes to be found
in the regular edition of the Church
music. Even preludes and inter-
ludes on the organ are forbidden,
and the organist is deprived of the
companionship Of the soprano and
contralto, whose propinquity during
service time so often alleviates his
WEAKNESS of soul. 1t is further de-
creed that the minister shall have
entire charge ofthe music. The love
of music is heaven-born, and if our
sscircuit riders" have cultivated their
talents as here mapped out, the kind
of melody that will sometimes float
upward from the meeting houses will
rather amaze the listening choirs on
high. Another settled question is
that there shall be no more dancing.
1t would not suffice that the Ground
dance should be condemned, but the
, staid square dance was put under
the ban also. The ground taken by
the General Conference is that no di,
version should be permitted tn a
"cannot be taken in the name of the
Lord Jesus" Even an attempt was
made to pass law that the female
members shall not wear 'Jewelry, col,
ors, frills, and furbelows," but the
married men were in majority and
voted down the proposition.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-06-17

~We are having two and three
fine showers every day; they can do
no harm for time at least.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-06-17

o. Roasting ears are in market,
following in quick succession the de-
parture Of dew-berries, but held 1T
much higher prices,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-06-17
SET FREE

on furnishing their own bonds for
$4,000 to appear for trial on this
second Indictment. The other three
prisoners were recommitted to the
PNrish Prison. to await the trial of
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-06-17
WRITTEN VERDICT.

The anxiety manifested by all pre-
sent was painful to witness. The
verdict as to Austin E. Gibbons,
Prudhomme Lemoine, Donas Lee
moline, Thomas Hickman, and Glen
emit Penn, was not guilty.
VIM. j. Cruikshank, VIM. Irwin
and John P. Hadnot were found gull
ty on the first sixteen counts, and re-
commended to the mercy Of the court;
and not guilty on the last sixteen
counts. lib
This is said to be a compromise
verdict, and was a great surprise to
the people here, who expected, that
after glazing discrepancies in the tes-
timony of the prosecution, the worst
result would be mis-trial. AS soon
as the verdict was given, the District
Attorney moved that all the priso-
ners, be remanded to prison, as there
was another indictment against them,
charging them with conspiring
against and numbering William vii.
liams. On Thursday the acquitted
Prisoners were .
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-06-17

work. But the adoption of a New
Constitution, from which will be ex-
cluded all traces Of these SID efforts
to force negroes to an elevation their
present condition does not justify, is
a certainty of the future.
Many other features will no doubt
be altered. The electoral Colleges
have become practically the reverse
of what they were intended to be,
and another method of electing the
President, suggested in some sort by
Mr.. Morton's tinkering, will be
adopted. Above all, the powers of
the General Government will be de-
fined anew and with sharper empha-
sis than before. The progress of
Democratic victories, Of which Ore
gon furnishes US the last instance,
will by that time have made popular
the old strict construction doctrines
which were the distinguishing traits
of Democracy and the sheet anchor
of the country's safety, and the rapid
impetus with which the Government
has plunged into consolidation will
be checked, and State rights and
Home rule be again in the as
cendant.
The Centennial Of the Declaration
of Independence could not be so ap-
prcpriately celebrated as BY the as.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-09-30
~ Ar Y
New York IIarket,

NEW YoRK, Sept. 2s.-Money easy
Sterling weak, A.. Gold closed 81 .ooya
1,09b. Governments dull.and strong
States quiet and nominal.
Cotton quiet and nominal; sales of
272 bales at l6lal6s.
Southern flour quiet and heavy (;
common to fair extra, $5.25a. 10 !:
good to choice, SO, 15a000. Wheat q
shade better, with a very moderate
demand at 81, 1Sal OBJ for new winter
rod western; $l.23al rs for new amber
do; $1.2Sal,4 AZ for white western
corn shade firmer and in request
Coffee, Rio, scarce and firm, 49, a2l gold
Sugar quiet and steady. Rice quiet
and unchanged. Tallow quiet, 8{aBS
Pork firmer; new mess, 800 Lard
quiet and ilrmer; prime steam, IA,
Whisky lower, $1.O7.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-09-30
a FAMILY REUNION.
Pour Hundred People Eat at One
Fable.
ADA1n's CREEK, Sept. 26, 1874.

ADAIR's CREEK, Sept. &c, 1874.
EDITORS CHRONICLE: On the 22d
inst, the descendants of Mr.. VIM.
Hubbs held a family reunion at his
residence on Flat Creek in Union coun-
ty, at which your correspondent had
the pleasure of being present. One
hundred and one grand children, and
great grand children were there besides
children and friends of the family, who
had been invited 10y the old gentleman
to participate in The enjoyment Of the
day,
The exercises consisted OF a sermon
in the forenoon by Rev. VIM. Hickle,
from the text: So teach us to num-
Der our days that we may apply our
hearts unto wisdom-Psalms, Nc, u.
After the sermon the guests formed
line and, while singing We shall
gather at the river,n marched double
file to n sumptuously prepared dinner
awaiting them under the shade of the
trees to which all-abOut four hundred
in number-did ample justice. Dinner
being over, those who could sing, were,
called together and formed into an &C.
tenlpore singing class under the lead
ership of Mr.'Gilbert Smith, "A grand
son of the family. The occasion being
in memory of his enlistment in the
war of 1872, the host had during
the day, much 10 say of his past
history, of which we gathered the
following particulars: Said he, II
was born in South Carolina an
the Goth day OF July, 1898, and remov
ing to Tennessee when a child,
was raised on the Tazewell road, in
Knox county until / was twenty years
old. l was married in Greene county,
to Phoebe Woolsey, July Is, 1918. !
am now eighty-One years old, and
have been married siXty-One years.
Phoebe is seventy-seven years old, aHd
can do more work than any young
woman to-day. We have been mems
beers of the Baptist Church for over
forty years. Fifty-'Our Of our children,
grandchildren and great~grandchild
rem are members of the same church
and none of my family belong to any
Other denomination. | enlisted in the
war OF 1912, siXty-Oue years ago to-day.
| have nine children living ami three
dead. | have one hundred and thir-
teen grandchildren and Preat-grand~
children, who are all here to-day eX.
ceptiug twelve. | am an old man,
and have seen the country and my
adopted State pass through many shift
ing scenes, both as to politics aud
material prosperity, but I shall not see
them much longer"
An afternoon sermon was preached
by Rev. Sterling Skaggs, who was fol-
lowed with some very appropriate re
marks from Elder II. II. WyrlCh.
, While the closing hymn was being
sung, the relatives and friends came
| forward and gave to the aged father
and mother parting shake of the
hand. Old and young, one and all,
seemed to fully enjoy the occasion.
\ GTEST.