The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-03-10
Plymouth Kisses.


Ign trial reveals singular pronenes
to giving and receiving personal en-
dearments among certain prominen
actors in the scandal. Mr.. Tilto1
swears that Mr.. Beecher kissed him
and that he endured it, even after h,
knew that Mr.. Beecher had commit
ted adultery with his wife. Mrs
Moulton says that she kissed Mr.
Beecher directly upon his confession
of guilt and threat of self-murder.-
Mr.. Beecher is represented on severa
occasions as laying his hand caress
ingly upon Mr. Moulton's shoulder
and from a question put to Mrs
Moulton by Mr.. Beechers counsel
1T would seem that an attempt will
be made to show that not only Mrs
Moulton, but also Mr.. Moulton and
MIR. Elton, were in the habit of kiss
ing Victoria Woodruff. On reading
Of these things the profane reader is
reminded of the popular quatrian:
JILL II saw Esau kissing Kate,
In fact, we all three saw;
tit'' saw Esau, he saw Kate,
- And she saw I'saw Esal.n !
This sort Of universal OSCILLATION
and foodling would seem to be us
ual and customary observance in the
ritual Of Plymouth congregation,
though it does not yet appear that
anybody has kissed Henry C. Bowen
or Brother Sherman. Apart from
the alleged kissing of Mrs. Tilton by
Mr.. Beecher, which is in dispute in
the case, it appears by an abundance
of an unquestioned testimony that
the great pastor is wont frequently
to relieve his gushing feelings by
these expressive demonstrations; and
his example, at least in this respect
would naturally be initiated by the
generality of his devoted flock.
Perhaps here is the secret of the
astonishing popularity of, Plymouth
church. The kissing all around in
culcated by the pastor in practice as
well as in precept, must be highly
gratifying to many of the members,
especially the old maids; while the
younger people may learn to give up
the sinful diversion of the round
dances for the superior bliss of pious
kissing. The pews in the church
have always sold at high prices, but
likely the universal publicity which
these peculiar facts have now attained
may render the competition at the
next annual yendue more productive
than ever.- N. Y. Sun.
}a We did not think that the St.
Louis Democrat was independent Re-
publican enough to express its no
tons of the Butler-P inchback bust
ness so plainly as the following Ian
guage implies:
What a ridiculous falsehood it is
for Butler or Pinchback to pretend
that the exclusion of this colored in
dividual from the Senate is because
of his color! In that same body al
ready sits one colored member from
Mississippi; another, Revels, was adj
mitted years ago; and still another,
Bruce, will take his seat on the 4th
of March without objection. The
sole ground on which Pinchback was
rejected is that the Legislature and
State government from which he de-
riyes his claim to "a seat were never
legally elected, and the Senate knows
it. Let Mr.. Butler stop his canting
demagogism about the colored vote;
the Republican party has been fooled
too much by him, and other such.
men, into efforts to catch this, or
that, or the other class of voters. It
is high time for the party to begin
looking after, not the German vote,
nor the Irish vote, nor the colored
vote, but the peoples vote.
FIVE WIyEs.- X His name
is Bonesteel and he is about forty
years of age. He is professedly a
minister Of the Gospel. He came
here last spring and made big stir
by his loud talk and representations
of former greatness, and succeeded
in getting into the confidence Of not
few. To cap the climax he took to
himself o wife from an excellent fam
ily-Hardie by name-and common
ced housekeeping. A warrant
was gotten out for his arrest, but so
far he has eluded the sheriff. Sub
sequent developments have been Civ
en- by parties who have known of his