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have offered to assign 5000 lire a year to
the world known astronomer, the Jesuit
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mair ID take charge, as for
merl,, observatory of the Roman
College. ch the Government has
taken into possession. But Father
Secchi has refused 1t is now sought to
obtain his services for the Catholic Uni
versity in Dublin. Father Secchi is
already an honorary member Of the
Royal Irish Academy. he speaks Eng
lish; and II he accepts the overtures
now made to him, he win be a welcome
addition to Catholic and scientific society
in Dublin.
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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-08-05

50 often maintained and proclaimed
why for goodness sake go on in your
good way, butdo tot t Hlsr aside with
your hard, but pointless wipes, to-
strike your adversaries, who ga are hon
est and firm in their convictions OF
right, and who intend to fight i out
on that right line-to the bitter end'
And let us Dash you another remind
err: we are dealing and dealing alone
with the Proposition OF +. W. kei-
loeg, as submitted to the Police jury
as published in your columns ana
know nothingfabout ties ana all 'na'
sort Of stuff not being paid for, nor IS
/ in the Programme OF our presen'
Propositions, and certainly none o.
orr business. We stand and hShC VI
the true and living merits OF thE
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-08-05
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
The Mass Meeting

The Democrat is full twenty-nlne
years old to-day, and its last words
as If passes into another year OF use
fulness, must be those OF COCOA cheet
and fatherly talk to its people, It's OPP
pressed, prosecuted, but still hopeful
people. You meet on Saturday, IN
furtherance of a Call, which sprang
ND as an emblem Of your will and
wishes. and not at the dictation or
beck of any political organization and
purely in self-defense, the God-llke
and inherent right of American cltl-
zens. 1t is but too palpably PLAN
that YOU meet in the dearest and
most sacred of causes, and that you
have been driven to the wall ano
must meet the issue, face the music
like men, and like men prepare 1ol
the worse. Kellogg, the infamous
usurper, has capped the climax OF IN
famies since our last issue, ane
forced you to accept the dreaded bat
tle,, and you cannot avoid At. 81
come, on Saturday, in your strength
in the plenitude Of your might II
the majesty of your power; come a
brothers and sufferers in the sam
cause, come with pure, patriotic IN
tents, leave your axes behind be the
ever so dull, never think once ofpal
ty or office, but Of Rapides, poor Lac
Grated Rapides all the time Forge
{ all past issues, all former party tie
come as Rapidians, come as the pei
pie, firm, united, hopeful, and til
| word fail scratched from the lexlco
! of your intentions and purpose:
! Thus in family conclave, thus llnke'
$ we are bound to be of you, with 20
! for YOU, and our word for it, you CO
and must win!
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-08-05
Things at Home.

The heated term is still on ana
with us, our Thermometer cilnglng
close unto "a in the shade, which
must excuse this localist for many
strange or startling items. River
going down yet, sandbars looming IN
view in many places; more boats up
the past week than usual-frelght
improving little, at living rates fol
the boats and not oppressive for mer'
chants-crops bully still, cataplilars
few and far between-cotton opening
lively that bale Of new cotton moi
here yet--merchants brushing NJ
and smiling at the good time coming
boys back from the big sport-ggon'
from home over o week-all I'M
proved in looks and flesh--everybod.,
and his wife coming to the Mas
Meeting on Saturday and-whew
we must adjourn and go to Levin
and be cooled off in and out; orgea
in ours, here's luck and few chlldfe
to you all!
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-08-05

AT 1T AGAIN.-The hell-hounds OF
negro Radicalism, as taught by hel-
looe and his crew are once more at
work in and around Colfax, and have
the past few days been raising anoth-
er fresh hell. Two negroes were re-
Gently killed, near Colfax, at least
found dead on the road, and without
the least proper inquiry into the
matter. warrants were perjured out
before the infamous Register, against
several of the best and most respect
able white young men of the Parish
This was enough for the rascals tc
make o fresh start, looking to the
coming election for capital, ana wei
have they progressed. With a So ua'
of Grants bayoneted peace makers
to assist and protect them, they haV e
been securing the country, searching
private houses and ransackiDg them
and raising radical hell generally
Two of the parties falsely accused
were arrested, placed in Jail, and al
ter two days rest were brought be-
fore Register for trial, but proving
an alibi were discharged. We have
not space now to say more on this
subject, but will ventilate it more
fully in our next.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-08-05
Mass Meeting
SATURDAY, AUGUST 9Th, 1874

ysrE HAVE BEEN REQUESTED
w solicited and urged to announce
to the people, the white people Oh Ing
Parish of Rapides, who are opposed
TO the present Radical and usurPltnlgg
DYNASTY of our State, that a NJ Ass
MEETING, in the Town OF ALhA-
ANDRIA, will be held on
SATURDAY, the Sth of AUGUST
1874,
ot the TOWN HALL, at II O'CLOCK
NJ, for the purpose Of consulting TO-
gether, organizing, sending delegates
70 a State Convention, authorized &c
act for the Conservative masses op
posed to Radicalism, and for the Sc
lection of q Parish Executive Com
mittee to serve for the coming otat'
canvass. L.,
The vital issue being the redemp
ton of Louisiana from q corrupt ne
GRO State Government and local mis-
rule, all enlisting in Or sympathlzln;
with this important movement ar
cordially invited and urged to attend
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-08-05
EG We are very reluctantly cor

E& We are very reluctantly COM
PEELED to report the failure of the New
Orleans.Mail on Monday. The Coach
reached here before 10 A. NJ, but
without the mail, the most impor-
tant of all the mails to us. This is
bad, hard indeed, for our community,
but we must grin over it. We repeat
what we have preached for months,
how much better for the Coach to
reach here later in the day, with the
mail, than so early without mail.
And we cling to this theory, which
(, We know to be right, and won't give
il up till we are hearsed over to Pine.
Vile.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-08-05
GET he New Orleans Bulletin

NM The New Orleans Bulletin,
the organ of the Democratic Central
Committee, in publishing that Com
mittee's reply to the card Of Governor
McEnery and other distinguished and
respectable gentlemen of Louisiana,
calls it the 'sextraordinary and I'M
warranted conduct of a few discon-
tented and refractory individuals OF
North Louisiana We mildly sug-
gest that this is not very courteous
language to use on the part of a Jour
nal which seems to desire to see us
all united and firm in the same cause
to drive the usurpers from power
There is more Of the drive game in
this than anything else, and worse
means could not be resorted to, thai
the language we have quoted, to damn
our cause and help Radicalism. W.
could say much more onsthe subject
but we cannot afford to quarrel to-
much with frends9on wrong track
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-08-05
TT It is expected and confident

EG 1t is expected and confident
ly desired that the Meeting, On Sat-
urday, will place itself right,
and give the reasons why the people
of Rapides have not responded to the
call of the Democratic Central Com
mittee and why they refuse to be
bound by it's recent acts; and that
delegates, good and true, will be ap
pointed and accredited to the State
Convention, which will reflect theil
opinions and meet the issues IL
which Rapides is vitality interested
There must be no fuckering, bu
plain and unmistakable Language
spoken, and when uttered, actor
must follow.
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>o.o.,~.--sS,. -->~~~--

~-Lodi, as a battle, was the
star that glittered the brightest in
the diadem of the First Napoleon,
and SO are the musk melons, among
all we have seen, the best, s'utclestt
and most delicious which were sent
the Democrat from Lodi, of Bayou
Robert.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-08-05
The Fair.

We cannot permit another issue of
the Democrat to pass by, without re-
minding our readers, that the Direc-
tors of the Fair Association are IN
full working harness; at the Fair
Grounds all is hustle, activity, ener-
cy. the numerous mechanics are ac-
lively at work on the new buildings
and many improvements, and that
the good work Of progress goes brave
" on. No such word as fail is in their
spelling book, but our people must
come to taw and lend the Association
the patronage it merits, and not for q
single instant despair Of great and
good results. The Tickets are ready
and should be purchased at once by
all in small and large lots, thus rem
dering instant pecuniary aid to the
Association. The special Commit
tees here, in Town, prominent among
whom are Julius Levin, S. Cullen ant
J. C. French, are at all times on thu
o,l v;iue and can be seen and consult
ed in the interest Of the Association
at any time. Their whole time, tai
ents and abilities are devoted there
to. and from now till the close Of tn
Fair nothing will be neglected to fur
Their the interests thereof.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-08-05

sA The last issue of the Cauca-
sian has good, sound article on the
White Nj ans Party which has the
true ring, ina can DaV meet the can
did approba tion of every one. The
TELEGRAPH Al tiele too is good, and is
what we want, but the Railroad must
90 along with it, and be twin-pion-
GERS of a new and progressive civil
cation.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-08-05
f~ Charles Owens has been ap-

~ Charles Owens has been ap-
pointed Clerk of our District Court,
in place of 0. K. Hawley, recently
deceased. "The Court" who mas
been usurped on the Bench to which
another and far better and ADLER man
was fairly and duly elected, and who
yet usurpingly clings to the infamy'
has been provided with the power
hence the appointment, which is q
GOOD and iudicious one, and the only
good thing she has been guilty OF in
coon's age. t@7
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-08-05
Em We must 90 from home TO

-
ET We must go from home to:
learn home news. The N. 0. Repub-
lican of the 2sth ult., contains the
very important fact that the RAIDS
here had a meeting, sent J. Connaugh-
ton, Geo. Kelso, Tom Severns and ).
Madison Wells delegates to their
State Convention; eased off, as alter
mates, Vic. Porter, Thomas B. Wes-
ter, "a new one on us) A. j. Grin.
stead and C. f. Curtes, and wound
up by endorsing E. j. Barrett as ou-
pervisor of Registration.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-08-05

Ass1GNED.-Under this caption,
the N. 0. Republican, of the 2lst ult.,s
has it that 'Cadet j. II. French, Of
Alexandria, Louisiana, who gradu.
ated last m onth at the Military
Academy at West Point, has been
appointed second lieutenant Of the
army, and assigned to the Ninth
Cavalry" Now this is the second
time we have seen in the papers, of
this French, of our Town. No one
here can tell anything about him
and no one here knows him or ever
heard of him except in the Republi-
can. Will that journal please in.
form US on the subject; we know heap
of youngsters here, but can't begin
to find any one who knows this Ca
Diet French.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-08-05
Er Capt. Dick Sinnott is not ca

CO. Capt. Dick Sinnott is not ca
silly frightened or turned aside from
the even tenor of his ways and bust
ness. He reached here Monday
evening with the G. H. .Durfee, IN
place of the Sabine for this trip only,
and goes down this day, at II M. his
accustomed hour. Commend us to
such a Captain and such a crew, who
know how to run,a Packet, and are
always on time. George G.. Hamil-
ton and his able and efficient assist
ants remembered the Democrat as
usual.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-08-05
FIG Good, old Francis, whose

Em Good, old Francis, whose
death we announce in it's proper
place, was for many long years an
honored fixture in our midst, q man
of unbiemished character, a good car
penter, esteemed and respected by
all. He was an exempt Fireman OF
g St. Louis Company, and remem-
bered fifty and gracefully by our
Fire boys. On this Sabbath evening
Eas we write this feeble and deserved
tribute, the sound afthe Firemen's
bell is chanting his funeral dirse and
he is followed to Gods Acre, in Pine
vile, by large concourse Of our cit'-
zens, with the Pacifics and the Hooks
as body guard and chief mourners'
Peace, eternal peace to thee, old man!
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-08-05
GF The Radical Convention as

~ The Radical Convention as
sembles to-day in New Orleans N
obedience to the call Of Boss rack
ard, We will bet five watermelons
to as many pumpkins, that with them
all is calm, serene, harmonious ana
lovely, and above all they are not IN
search of a new name to fight under
or to cater to croakers and pap
suckers
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-08-05

from the list, he has no remedy BY
which to recover his lost citizenship
The courts of his county are closed
against him. The Judges will laugh
at his calamity. The Supervisors
will chuckle in their sleeves and fe- B
licitate. themselves on the adroitness
and ingenuity with which their hsll.
| ish labor has been executed, and Rel
logg-tfe man vino stands today
among the American people as the
browning curse Of his countrymen,
with no instinct Of soul to identify
him with men of honor, no aspiration
of mind to command for him the res,
pect of his enemies or the confidence
4 Of his friends, nosimpulse Of heartsto.
[commend his memory to the sympa,I
thy of posterity, the man whose life
should pay the price of this last In
famous outrage upon the people Of
r Louisiana-will only express limo
: cent wonder that we should be so
| impatient under the wholesome re-
, |straints of law. And well may he
! congratulate himself that he has es-
e tablished a despotism on the ruins of
: the fortunes and liberties Of our State,
if the people permit the execution Of
f this law in the spirit in which it was
0 conceived. 81
|, Our Parish Convention to assem-
,, bic on the sth of August should, by
n appropriate resolutions, express their
e indignation at the partisan malice
l. and tyranny Of this Act. They
If should see to it that such steps be
Le taken as will force the Supervisor to
j. select a sufficient. number of registra.
n ton places and at such localities as
n will give ample and convenient op-
e. portunities for our white citizens to
n rpoister. NJ.
b
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-08-05

m Tom Reeder, Of the Carrie
A. Thorn, on her maiden trspfo1 Inv
Summer campaign, remembered, .s e.
Democrat for which We are thanhiHS
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doom in the last two sectious above
referred to, of this so-called Regis
tration Law?
Every extravaganza which the
|thieviDg inclination of carpet-bag
Supervisors may prompt them to
|tcommit can be brought against the
; Parishes in the shape Of bills to-
transportation, Office rent, ct ceteras
to be paid in cash and without any
questions.
These Supervisors can locate then
Offices at places practically inaccess'
; ible to many of our white citizens
and by that means withhold from
them the opportunity Of registering
Our foreign born citizens are to d.
subjected to such arbitrary require
> ments for the Subtraction of the gu
pervisor, that nearly half their mum
can be deprived the right Of register
Ing. After the registration is close
then comes the high handed process
: of striking names from the list
! This is to be done, however, only al
9 ter due inquiry by the Supervisor
I the law not stating what is due IL
= quiry, nor what inquiry is due.
+ the citizen goes to the polls to caas
', his ballot and finds his name stricke
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1874-10-06


kind, not Of degree-chloroform being a
dangerous poison as well as an anhsthetic
and ether being perfectly safe and purely
anasthetc. Ether has been used in the
Massachusetts General Hospital about 90
600 times, and no bad result
This closed The evidence and the Jury
proceeded in a private consultation, re-
sulting m the following verdict:
THAT the said Charles Linscott came to
his death On the 10Th day of September,
1874, about 4 O'Clock in the afternoon, at
No. ) fremont row, at the Office of DR.. O..
7. Rice, Il dentist. and that his death was
caused by the inhalation of choroform adj
ministered by the said Dr. Rice for den
tai operation. The jurors are of the opin-
ion that with our present knowledge of
the dangerous properties of chloroform its
use Us an an@sthetic is wholly unjustifia-
bic, and recommend that legislative action
be taken to prevent its administration as
such.
The verdict was signed ny every mem
Der of the Jury
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1874-10-06

1t is not at all probable that the magni-
ficent display at the Sherman Fitch we'd
ding will insure the married couple hap
pier life than less ostentatious ceremony
There is evidence enough that the vrtuous
humble are happier in welded life than
the average of those who have great pomp
at their weddings. But we believe that
the marriage ceremony is too often desti-
tute in this country of the seriousness and
impressiveness which should attend it and
elevate it to its true dignity in the social
scale. With marriage considered as a
mere trivial affair. bond that may be
broken at the convenience Of either party,
there is no cause to wonder that divorce
is common or that the marriage vows sit
lightly upon many who outward!y main
tain their welded relations.