The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1875-02-06
TaUs Summary.

MONDAY morning, Will booa IIelPh'
md more than a tu!l share Of pas
sen gers. Az We intend TO give The
news of tie week in this article We
had ~ well commence with what VT
heard Of this most excellent. steamer
She has been long known to kive,
men "a the finest mo,lel for that rive,
Of special models, Bed River, that
hns ever plo~ea its waters; con,bln-
ing n large Tonnage With high speed.
50 highly was 'h's fact appreciated
that the old hui! has been rebuilt
anew; al, TINT remains Of the Old is
that inimitnble model
Tho surpe,b Marie Louise passed
M about n,no o'clock md the neat
and tidy Seminole came rs The lana-
ins,with good trip short time af
ter. The kind officers Of each Of
these accommodating steamers fur
nisled Us with late city papers for
which we ore much obliged.
| ] he farmers have been ut dead
lock sinco Christmas; hardly II fur
row p'onrI,ed, but the freedmen me-
MI IN fine spirits, ready 10 commence
wi1on they can wait no .o'gr'.--
Plenty Of timc yet to throw fonr fur
rows together aud put ii, The seed
and il it don't grow il is nohody's
fault, unless it be the fault Of Provi
.enrc This season, however, has
been one in which nothing in The
shape Of blowing con!d be done
since Christmas. Tho rains hnye
been almost incceeant. and Tin &
GROUND has remained too wet. AS
n season, however, it ought TO haze
~ lesson; md convince orr planters
the great importance Of p'o"ins in
the fnlI.
Tie ein.e still runs cn,rving The
mail mn! passengers, aad from that
fact We presume The rond to Cheney
vi|c ard beyond is htill passablr.--
We snw m OK team in from up the
Bayou with mad p,Nste,cd above the
knees md We presume That is liz
greatest depth in that direction md
Tia. The roads arc s'i'l passablc--
sorle ono raid the heavy min We Ind
shout ten days "so had greatly i'm
proved thcm and as We hnd q pretty
hard one last TacsSlay, We presume
they are still improving.
Many of onr cltizeos are Sill in the
city atten"in" 'he jnry Of inquest Oh
The body Of I,on's.na. From, Ill We
can gather tie committee @eetn 10 ho
pretty thoroughly con:inced that
she came 10 her dcnth hy violence,
ana thcre ~ a'ao mach evidence
which creates n strong presumption
that el,o bud been previously kid
mapped and starved aud p)nuIcrcd,
unit, She was in the last asa.tns imam
alton, The St Lonis Ecp"j!iea4
ssys Gen. i'ie'ls has icfeGraphcd 70
Washington to cal, of the holl-
hounds, hg which cl'nhtc and chris
tinn language he intended T. ~.
scribe TIC e an ! 4 m q, sent ~
grcHH to Aot on the jury 81
xnnucat. We cont exactly know
what kind Of u breed Yf doga, heb
hounds are, bu, from Grn Frids dis
patch, VIC presume that his radical
friends lave u breed 81 that sort al
Washington. We also infer from
Gen. Fields dispatch tl,at there has
been a mistake and The best dog, has
been LETT behind. Indeed, it has be-
couc apparent that tho gentlemen
scut a,c rot Dogs at n'l, m" have not
stou,ncDs for lie moral Gl.h and gar
bagn Of IN. Reconstruction.
THO Legislature Of WISCONSIN has
como to Il dead lock on The election
Of u. :. Senator, and Mat Carpenters
chances are very blnc. lie has 81
votes bu. that il not enough to elect,
and his opponents arc incompetent
sing in them opposition 70 him.
The Kellogg Legislature ne abott
to dec:atc The seats Of tho Conserva-
tive members returned! hy the board,
vacant, and 10 scat Their opponents.
Why not ? IT II iuclnber dies or TO
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