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The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1874-04-25
The GAZETTE TOLD THAT LIE.

THE GAZETTE TOLD THAT ill.,
Such must have been, as the Ga
zette itself acknowledges, the JIM
preston of every one from the two
contradictory articles in the eau
casian and Gazette of this day two
weeks ago; and such will doubtless
remain the impression on reading
this, for last weeks Gazette said
there "was a lie out somewhere "
and # there acas a li9 We will prove
that we didn't tell it. oThe Editor
of the Gazette says he "only wan
ted to have a little fun" by the ar
tic1e in question.
We happen to have read in Pope
two lines that describe so we'll his
humor in publishing that article
F." for fun" that we give them:
"All fools have still an itching to deride
And fain would be upon thelaughing side
We had already explained to the
Editor of the Gazette personally,
week. in advance of the appearance
of his article that the article in the
Caucasian had been penned by an.
other of the Editors of our paper
and was set up by the printers be-
fore our return from New Orleans
and we can only attribute his arti
Gle to one Of two sources, unexpect
ed and unjustifiable malice or to
the influence Of his proprietor,
the u Hon. SENATOR. behind the
scenes.
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New n'1e.1% Law.

It is sta ted by the New Orleans
Republican, that Kellogg has signed
the new law in reference to elections.
This law makes several important
notifications on the old one, as it
leaves the election of commissioners,
the designation of precincts, ETC.,
to the Police Juries Of the various
parishes. This duty was heretofore
performed by the Supervisors of
Registration. 1t is to be hoped
that the usurping government of
this State, will be quashed before
next November, and Congress Or
der a general election under the i'm
mediate control of the Federal army
officers now in this State. But we
are encouraged to hope for better
thingsin this parish, even if we are
forced to hold a new election under
the present regime. AS the Police
Jury stands, there are three white
men against two colored, and these
colored men are disposed to do
right. The editor of the Rapides
Gazette is member of the Police
Jury, and whatever may be his po-
litical Inconsistencies and strange
affiliations in his old age, we are
unwilling to believe thas he would
assist in perpetrating frauds against
the people of this parish, with
whom he has been SO long associa-
ted, and for a better part Of his life,
proftably and pleasantly.
With a Registrar who will do his
whole duty, and the Police Jury es-
tablishing- fairly, voting precincts,
with honest commissioners, We can
have a fair election, and Of the re-
suits we have not the slightest
fears. The loss to the Republicans
of between four or five hundred ne
gro voters who have left the parish,
and a gain of almost as many white
voters who have settled here since
the registration in 1872; with a large
numbers of the negro voters who
openly declare that they are done
with politics, "niggers" and carpet
bag officers, the conservative par
ty massing under its banner all
that are opposed to the corrupt rule
of Radicalism in this State, will
lachieve q triumph.
The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1874-04-25

mate results Of what u termed, ID Loais
lana, "unswerving Republisanism." We
have paid millions 10 corrupt neuspoly
the Levee Company, for tho ptstendsd
parpose Of building levees-money snouxA
to have made our levees ~ stable - the
dikes of Holland, which they have cody
divided among themselves and lsfs the
levees a. they were loft after the wear and
tear of fifteen years. Long before the w
ter had reached anything like the water
Of 1857 and 1858, when NO ono was hurt
tho entire Mississippi coast In Louisiana ID
laid waste and We are told 1t 10 because
''the pressure Of tho water 10 too great
The poor Of New Orleans are made to pay
tribute. to another monopoly, tho 6laugh
ter House Company. Tho commerce Of
New Orleans Is made tributory to anothsl
monopo ly-Tbe Sugar Shed Company.
Even the printing press, that engine d
freedom, is made an instrument Of monop'
oily, and the New Orleans Republican, do
votes its pages to singing praises to the
honesty and economy Of tho par hich
pays it twice tho price for q TOT
which others are willing to do. It. But
tho printing press is made = still farthel
engine Of: oppression aud robbery. Aftel
paying the New Orleans Republican twice
as much as the printing and binding Ia
worth, every worthless penny Republican
paper throughout the State 10 paid $1,000
to $3.50, to reprint the laws already in
book form, and citizens reported free, are
told, oil your printing must be done In
these papers. You must contribute to the
ease, comfort, luxury and riotous living
OF the vampires who are feeding upon
your vitals. We wish We could stop the
detail Of Republican vampires here, but
there is still another, perhaps worse than
all. Gambling, that hell of vices, Is pano
piled in the armor aud authority Of the
State, and erected into . monopoly TO rob
and corrupt and demoralize the citizens ol
State, and all who may come within her
baleful atmosphere. The Louisiana Lot
terry Company-the fit child of the brib
cry which brought it into being, and Of
that legislature which refused to recog
nize bribery rs crime.
There is but little difference between
gentlemen, whether they are republicans
or democrats. Nor is there much differ
ence in the political issues which divide
them, aud in spite Of any difference Of 20
litical opinion, we can respect the thou
sands of Republicans in the North, as hon
est, upright and honorable. Feeling them
selves to be such, they cannot comprehend
the bitterness and hostility Of Louisiana
to Republication (so-called, there, but i
is because they have no conception Of thu
fathomless depravity, treachery, dishono
and villainy which constitute Republican
ism here. Mr.. Morton himself with all BIZ
ultra uasernpulousness, could not remain
Republican 10 Louisiana. The instincts O
his high intelligence would fevolt at TIL
shameless mockerY Of Republication.
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The Parish of Grant.

It's corps Of off1ce-holders i'd faf type of
the many irresponsible men thpf Kellogg
has placed in position. We have been in
formed that only one hundred and forty
dollars has been paid into the public treas
ury, by the tax collectors. since tho organ
ization of the parish. Every one Of tho
collectors have boon defaulters, and as one
remarked, that he g. had about as much
right to the money collected rs Kellogg
and Clinton, and we understand he acted
on his belief. The present one is demand.
ing the payment Of taxes without bond
or the assessment rolls, and exacts TWEEN
ty -one mills on the dollar instead of four
teen, rs the law now requires. He is, how
ever, satisfied with almost anything that
he can get, and like tho most Of his pre-
dcccssors, will give a full receipt for any
amount they choose to pay. This system
is relief to the taxpayers, although we
blush with shame for our new born civil
cation in Louisiana. The officers Of the
law pursue similar course, as we arc in
formed by ono Of our attorneys, that a re-
cent appointee, (wedon't know which one,
as there has been so many) Sheriff,
served an execution, seized about fourteen
hundred dollars worth of movable proper
w to satisfy the writ, but he sold the prop
erty at private sale and disappeared with
the money. It is an ordinary thing to
seize negroes horses, crop or anything
else he may have. and under the order of
the Court, sell them without giving the
party a hearing. Grant should be abol-
ished, or Tor the sake ofc:vilization, decen-
cy and the protection of tho ignorant nc
grocs-KelloSg should appoint to Office
some of the honest and capable white men
residing in tho parish, who would do away
with tho anarchy aud confusion that now
exist Not an officer in Grant parish with
one or two exceptions ever resided there
twcnty-fonr hears previous toWis appoint
mcnt We believe that Grant at one time
furnished tho model carpct-basger Of the
State, who was, we believe, Clerk of the
Court, aud Justice of the Peace, and Nota.
ry Public in Gant-Recorder in one oil
the lower parishes, and in the Internal
Revenue dcpa1 tmcnt Of the Government
at tho Same time We don't know how
many wives he bad, how often he had been
convicted Of crime or from what penten
tiary he escapcd-or who was his father
nor can VIC tell where this mbiouito"s Of
fice-l,older is now, but if Kellogg can fluid
him-but who knows, he may be one of the
Governors pets that hOhas just pardoned
if SOC she is good for an Office. Warmotll
once said, after the Realization Of Arm
strong, State land Register, that he intend
cd to pardon some penitentiary convicts-
and try@nd find an honest man for Office
Kellogg who has already aped Warmoth
in the dodge Of two election laws, may
think it w;ss saying aud havea new deal
of thieves by taking from those he has
just pardoned.
The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1874-04-25

~ Hawks don't "pick out hawks
eyes," but they Ego for" BuzzARD's
EYES in lively style. Put on your
green goggles old consistency.
The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1874-04-25

- We are running "this She
bang" according to our ideas, and
we don't want any advice from the
Gazette. We have no " managing
Editor and if we had, he wouldn't
follow the advice of the Gazette.
for taking away the patent outside,
and Judging from it's contents, we
would consider it as poor authority
upon newspaper subjects as upon
+" consistency"
BE nigagrds Of advice on no protense,
For the worst avarice il that Ofsense."
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TERMS

TERMS
THE CAUCASIAN is published week
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PAYABLE IN ADVANCE! No
subscription taken for less period
than six months.
ADVERTISEMENTS inserted at the
rate of ONE DOLLAR per square fol
the first insertion and FIFTY CENTS
for each subsequent one.
EIGHT lines or less, (BREvIER) consti-
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- DANIEL GEHR cant be
heat in the Fancy Grocery line.
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+" Consistency = Jewell

i" Consistency = Jewell
= II 1T nsnbse - nauidas
Gasstte tatss up o. notfcs q to
appeintment Of Mr.. w. q 1feolm-
|sey = Parish Attorney, pro.
ceeds IN to hsst place, til j. ma.
licious end forced constrle1 o6apon
the words % q 20 rake tl,en 70
fleet upon Mr.. McGimsey for 40
cepting tho Office, and then tries to
build ups logical argument upop
its own gratuitous assumptions, 70
prove us guilty Of Inconsistency.
Now the Gazette ID very poor ~
thority upon consistency, having
itssaf besa spoa both sidesAsf eve-
~ question that has bsen discneDsA
hel since it's present Editor aslu1As
led control over ito editorial depart
ment. A blatant liberal when tho
liberal movement first staeted In
1872, and violent radical osteRs ths
campaign was half sEer-dowa on
the Colfax boys, and then warmly
in favor of them-propos to join
us in our war upon ignorance and
rascality, the moment We took up
the cudgel, it hastens to the rescue;
eide its Post Office article sug.
costing fraud in the Jury, We
suppose its issue Of to-day win be
down on rs for following the matter
stating privately to . gentle
man here, whose naule We will give
him if he wishes it, that I" Kelso
was such q liar that he couldn't be
believed, and the biggest rascal Of
all the negroes Of this parish, !" he
lauds him and holds him up to the
admiration of everybody as the
Hon. SENATOR, who had not been
hurt by our slanders of him, from
which he (the Editor) hadso valiaxt-
ly and trixmphaStlg defended his
immaculate character, it i'll becomes
The Editor of the Gazette to prate
about constituency. But to return
to our subject, the syllogism Of the
Gazette may be stated Thus:
LIST. The Caucasian intimates that
it was dishonorable in Mr.. McGim-
sey to take an Office from an
Usurper. 60.
End. One Of tho Editors hold an
office from the same source.
Sd. Therefore the Caucasian is
inconsistent and o sharer of tho
dishonor.
This would all be correct but for
one thing. Nowhere in the words
used nor in our intention in pen.
ming them, is the Gazette or any
one else warranted for an instant
in saying or supposing that we
meant to reflect upon Mr.. McGim-
sey for taking the Office, on the
CONTRARY we had told Mr.. McGim-
sey on our return from New Or
leans on the same boat with him,
that the announcement of his APP
pointment should not reflect upon
him in any way; and more than
this; on our down trip together
when Mr.. McGimsey informed US
that the purpose OF his visit to New
Orleans was to obtain the appoint
ment as our successor to the Office
it being well known that we had an
nounced our resignation some time
before. We gave him q letter sta
thug the fact, followed by the ex.
preston Of our conviction that he
would fulfill the duties of the Office
with zeal and fidelity.
Now after this we certainly would
not have tried to traduco him. We
are we'll satisfied with Mr.. McGim
sey as the appointee and are still
convinced that no will do his duty
with zeal and fidelity; our only
objection being to the law, which
"the Hon. Senator helped to pasa,
which takes the power of selection
j e..k &c klo IL * Z
The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1874-04-25

~ The Silver Ware display of
Ferguson & Schnack is truly ele-
CANT. For sale CHEAP-for cash.
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LIVING EhOugllts.

She half consents who silently denies -
Ovid.
Pleasure of every kind quickly satisfies.
Burke.
Necessity makes dastards valiant men,
Herrlck.
A loving maiden grows unconsciously
more bold.-Richter.
Idleness is many gathered miseries in
one name. Richter,
The voice of the majority is no proof of
justice. Schiller.
By sowing frugality we reap liberty, a
golden harvest. Agesilaus.
Gayety is the souls health, sadness is
its poison. --Stanislaus
1t is weakness to love; but it is another
kind of weakness to cease to love.-Du
Occur.
There is pleasure sure, in being mad,
which none but madmen know. Dryden.
Most of our misfortunes are more sup
portable than the comments of our friends
upon them.-Colton.
The future does not come from before to
meet us, but come stealing up from behind
over our heads.
The earth was made so various that the
mind of desultorv man, studious of change
and novelty, might be INDUCED, -Cowper.
One month in the school OF affliction will
teach thee more than the great precepts OF
Aristotle in seven years for thou cans't
never judge rightly of human affairs unless
thou hast first felt the blows and found out
the deceits Of fortune.-Fuller.
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From the Burlington Free Press.l

The civil damages clause in the prohibit
tory law is amended in an important partic-
ular. The law before read: "Whenever
any person in state Of intoxication shall
piAfully commit any injury upon the per-
son or property of any other individual"
etc. The difficulty of proving that any dam
age done by drunken person was willful,
has heretofore practically prevented recov-
cry under the act. As amended, it now
reads "Whenever any person bV reason Of
into xication, shall commit or cause any in
jury upon the person or property" etc. 1t
isfurther provided that no person shall be
disqualified as witness, by reason of the
marriage relation, in any proceeding under
the act.
The liquor law is further amended so
as to require officers making arrests of per-
sons intoxicated to Immediately give notice
to grand juror, city attorney or states
attorney, who must prosecute the case, If
one ismade out upon disclosure; and the Of
ticer, magistrate or prosecuting officer who
neglects or refuses to do his duty in such
case, is made liable to fine of from $50 to
800.
The little word 'not," carelessly or will.
fully omitted in the engrossing of the act
of 1872, relating to witnesses in liquor
cases, is row applied. The law now al
lows no person to be excused from testify
ing in such cases, for the reason that his
testimony may tend to criminate himself,
and provides that such testimony shall not
be used against the witness in any prosecu-
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PRICE THREE CENTS.
ton for the offence in regard to which thu
testimony was given.
Notes and Comments.

The postmastes. general "hopes" that the
new law for newspaper postage will work
satisfactorily, but we shall be surprised if
it is not generally execrated from one end
of the land to the other, before the first
week in January is ended, as a piece of
legislation crude, ill-considered and impos.
sible Of satisfactory execution Hartford
Cou~dnt
The San Francisco Bulletin thinks this
is just the time to put down new roads
in that part of the country, and says For
capital honestly and carefully laid out in
railroad construction. there is no fact no
rival IN the field at this moment. The ex.
listing railroads are so water-logged that
they can make no fight whatever. The
power would fail from their nervees slgrasp,
the moment real honest, healthy oppos-
ton should appear. There is not one Of
the old be-deviled roads that would be able
to hold it own against o competitor which
wasted no money and resorted to no gamb-
ling. blight would instantly fall upon
them.
The role of the colored parsons in politics
in South Carolina appears to be, according
to their own Interpretation of t, somewhlt
arbitrary. Rev. Mr.. jackson, an enthus.-
astc preacher and politician in Charleston,
has stricken from the list of the members
| of his church all who voted the independ-
ent republican ticket in the rC cen election
| ~. Y. TimSs.
If the republican leaders ON the senate
wish to place another very heavy straw
| upon the back OF an already rather over
loaded ANIMAL they can refuse to confirm
Mr.. Jewell.-N II Jou1Hal aH3 Courier.
War measures, or anything resembling
| war measures are all hut inpycusahln in
the year 1875. State governments ouaht
no longer to be b)stered up by federal
power. When we boast that no rebels
were hanged after the war, we mean to i'm
ply that no retributive or penal measures
were inflicted upon the southern people
Better to have made examples of the worst
offenders than to punish an entire people.
1t would have been more generous course.
N. y. Times.
Gen. Butler has confded TO few friends
the heretofore sacrc! secret Of his political
views and purposes. In brief, he thinks
the republican party is dead and that there
will be political organization before &c,
and he means for himself to stand Oh the
platform of protection and paper money.
Massachusetts republicans who have Just
arrived here give mp all hope of electing
Dawes to the United States Senate, and
say that Washburn has no chance whatever
for re. election. Their belief is that n man
from the eastern part of the state will re-
ceive the republican nomination, bnt admit
that affairs are so greatly muddled they are
not able to predict who the successful can.
didate will be. They express the fear tina
a democrat or 'liberal," as they style it
will be elelected- WASHINGTON Dispatci
TO Boston Post.
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Thomas Paddock is respectable farmer.
of excellent character. who lives about a
mile and n half from the railroad station at
North pownol. W some six mr. seven
weeks ago stones began to fall intermittent.
" mon his house. outbuildlnps and land.
annarently from the blue.arched heavens
and without anv visible mortal aid. The
snpes of North Pownal have advanced yari-
ous theories. but the true cause of the start.
ling phenomenon is AS vet undiscovered.
Wien the stones strike the ground thew do
not skin, as ,hev wonld if thrown bv the
bov of The noriod hut roll along as If nro-
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pENNlsoN's PATENT SHIPPING TAGS.

over 200 millions have been used within the
past ten years. without complaint OF loss BY tag
becoming detached. All Express Companies
use them. Sold by Printers and Statioueis
EVERYWHERE
GLOBE PAPER co. RUTLAND,
Iune2sdSwtf Wholesale Agents.
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The Daily Globe.

is kept for sale at the IOllowlng1placcS
BELLOWS FALIs--O. L. Woods, dealer in drugs
and medicines, periodicals, provisions, &c.
EAST WALLINGFoRD-E. H. Allen, dealer in dry
goods, &C.
LUDLow-sherman Bros, drugs, books, sta-
tionery, periodicals, &c.
BRATTIEBoRo--E. j. Carpenter, books, station.
cry. periodicals, fancy goods.
BRANDoS-Kelley Dyer ana c. c. Slason,
books, stationery, periodicals. &c.
MIDDLEBURy-W. seymour Alden, books, sta
tionery, periodicals, &c.
PIrTsFORD--Dennison Bros, dry goods.
vERGENNEs-S.M. southland, periodicals, books
and stationery
BRIsToL--Hlram shattuck, paper and station
cry, blank books, dru gs, sc.
WHIrEHALI--Will Farrell.
FAIRHAvEN-F, Carpenter.
CAsTLEToN-Rice a Go,
WEST RUTLAND--C. D. Gilmore, general mer-
chandise.
PouLTNEy-W. w. Hubbard, books, stationery
periodicals, fancy goods, &C.
NORTH BENNINGTON--Henry Morse, newshOy.
WALLINGFoRD-H. p. Morgan, station agent
Observation-Disclosures Smith, nowsboy,
ARLINGToN--II. s. Hard
BENNINGToN-T. j. Tiffany, periodicals, paper
and stationery.
MISUNDERSTANDING a. Co., newspapers, pc
riodicals, books stationery, &C; A. II. Howard
depot restaurant; John O'Donald, newsboy,
Bates House; GLOBE counting-roOms.
RAILRoADs-On all morning trains leaving
Rutland
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER o, 1874.
THE LAKE ROLAND ACCIDENT.
A Most Singular Escape From n Ter
rible Disaster.

The railroad accident at the bridge at
Lake Roland, Md, Monday, was singular
affair, such as by the law of chances is not
likely to occur again in century. The
two trains from opposite directions hap
pened to reach the bridge at exactly the
same moment The engine of each had
safely crossed, when the bridge, which was
80 feet long, suddenly sank beneath the
combined weight of the two trains, letting
the baggage-car of each down into the river
below, which at that point is from 20 to
80 feet deep. Singularly, both engines re-
NAMED on either sids of the chasm, and so
did the passenger cars the tenders and
smoking-cars of each train hanging sus-
pended respectively on the opposite sides
of the opening, the baggage car of each
being entirely submerged in the stream.
The trains thus had somewhat the appear
ance of suspended bridge. Mr.. Upton, a
young farmer residing near Cockeyville,
who was going on a cunning expedition,
was in one of the baggage cars with his
dog. When the crash came, his gun OK
ploded, the load entering his neck, head
and shoulders and stomach, and mangling
him fearfully. He was killed instantly.
George Wesner, another passenger, had
torn open. Samuel Harris. the conductor
Of the northern train was very badly hurt,
and John Purdy the engineer of the south
ern train, was badly bruised. Several other
persons were more or less isjured. Had
| the passenger cars gone down the loss OF
life would have been frightful.
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Remarkable case OF Ca,nlcpsy

An extraordinary case of catalepsy is
puzzling the Chicago physicians. The sub
jcct is an inmate of Mercy hospital, who
has, for the last seventy days. remained in
a comatosc state, from which no known
appliance can arouse him. He is wasting
away, however, and cannot survive much
longer His eyes are closed, and it takes
some effort to open them, though he winks
sometimes voluntarily. At times he slight
ly changes his position, more often during
the night than in the daytime. Medical
works record case of catalepsy, where
the patent was cured by being frightened
out of it. Acting upon this idea. the ply
sicians have attempted to scare Finnegan
They have talked at his bed. side about cut.
ting his jugular. as his case was hopeless,
and have scratched his neck with tooth
pick, but the patient failed to scare any
He is daily fed by forcing tood into his
throat thro lgh large sized cathetcr. He
eats in this way ounces of milk and foul
eggs each day.