The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-03-24
BLACKWOO

sent US the reprint of Blackwood for
February. The contents are as fol-
lows:
I. "Giannetto."
II. "The Payment Of the Five Mil
liards."
III. "The Story Of Valentine; and
his Brother"
w. ssThe Abode of Snow
V. "Alice Lorraine" Part XII.
vi. "Politics at Home and
Abroad"
Two of the continued stories are
concluded in this number-"Gian-
netto," which was commenced last
and which ends rather sadly
and with less mystery than the first
part led us to expect; and "Valen-
tine; and his Brother" which has
seemed like series Of water-color
pictures, fresh and pretty, but lack
ing the decided character Of some of
Mrs. ELEPHANTS former works.
The paper on the "Abode Of Snow
gives a description of the ''Shigri;
or Glacier Valley" a fearful place to
travel over. A very interesting com
parison is drawn between this region
and the Swiss Alps, and the wonder.
full performances of the Split ponies
are described. The TRAVELLERS seems
to have a mania for collecting dogs,
and it is to be feared that he will be
upon as a nuisance when he arrives
among his friends if he INDUCES it
much more.
We wish to call particular atten-
ton to the article on "The Payment
of the Five Milliards." 1t is a con-
densed account of the report Of NJ.
Leon Say, with explanations that ron
der it perfectly ineligible to English
readers; and those who do not under
stand how France managed the pay
ment of f200,000,000 in two years
and three months, will find the whole
matter placed clearly before them.
"Politics at Home and ABROAD" y
"Politics at Home' are so quiet that
there is very little said about them,
bull abroad it is quite different
And England looking out on the cares
and troubles of her neighbors, con.
graduates herself on the calm and
prosperous condition of her own af.
fairs.
"Alice Lorraine" is not very happy
just now. We hope the new conner
will help to straighten out her affairs.
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ANDY JOHNSON was to have spo
ken on the Pichback admission, but
somehow or other failed to connect
The special Washington correspond
ent of the Cincinnati Enquirer says
that he intended presenting some
striking facts not hitherto ELECTED
in the discussion. One was the fact
that while he was President, Govern,
or Brownlow applied for the expul
sion by the army Of certain unpar
doned rebels, who were then sitting
as members of the Tennessee Legis
lature, and that Secretary Stanton
concurred with him in the decision
that there was no power in the Fed
eral Government to interfere witt
the Legislature Of a State. Another
point which he holds is that Pinch
back is disqualified as a Senator by
the provision in the Constitution
which declares that a Senator shall
have been nine years a citizen Of tn,
United States. According to the de
cision of the United States Supreme
Court in the bred Scott case, negroes
were not citizens Of the United States
and it was not till 1868, when tn,
Fourteenth Amendment was finally
declared to have been duly ratified
that they became such citizens. Ac
cording to this view, which the ex
President is the first to PROFOUND, i
will be two years before Pinchbacl
will be illegible as a Senator.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS communica
ton is rejected without hesitation
and heaved into the Democrats char
mel basket. In many respects Signs
is right and his head level, but h
ought to have known that we do no
permit our columns to be lowered tx
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