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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-07-28
THE CoNFED.ER { 80

THE CONFEDER H lK 1T.
-
A few weeksssi1eA cod rsr !
was opsaed With Aespro IN
ties at Washfngtohby Il
of our citizena thtsugll I H.
Fish, asking thststhe hmai,
some two hundred COME 81.
diers be permitted to be removed
from their present scatterc and ;sn
lated graves, and inferred { tho No
tional Cemetery, near Pinrith IN,
this Parish. A reply has Aeen re.
ceiyed, and we hasten to sread Il
before our readers .ASa
OFFICE OF NATIONAL CEMRThrrs
WASHINGTON, B. "a "s@
Dr.. James s. Fish, : Aiesdkd, T.
s1R-M reply to your comdlnie. !:
tion of the 9Th u1tfmo, you ~ res
pectfoll|y, ", informed f''; that the Hps .tha
Secretary Of War has grantedsosur
request for permission TO rehctttae
remains Of some two hundredEon..
Tolerate soldiefs to the NationalAfil.
itary Cemetery near. PinevilleyILs.,
The officer in charge oftbat Sisl
etery, Lieut.. +. 4. Belger, Is. Asu.
NJ, Post Candy, Pineville, IA. tas As
been advised of this action, audalise
Irectcd to designate The portion 81 ne
grounds to be used for the sreinSf.s
ment of the remains ofithese Cont NJ
crate soldiers, as also to sect hat hs {,
work is properly done. and Yithost
expense to the United States.
Please confer with Lieut.. Relgcrh
regard to the matter.
Very respectfully, IL
A. r, RocKwE1r.,
Capt. and A. @. NJ. u. S. Army, ii
charge National Cemeteries. II
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Obj Red right here is coming
down to its summer low water stand
fast, and without a doubt. The Bal
ley Dam is now visible, and rapid
ripple over the Falls gives US sure
signs of all this low water business.
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The RAILROAD. - Since our list
Railroad matters here have not abat-
ed in the least, and large majority
of our people are yet bending all their
energies in the right direction, and
aiding ineyery way the undertaking.
The President of the Road, E. B.
Wheelock, is now in Northern Lou
isiana and Texas, on special business
forshis Road and must be back here
in about a week. About that time
Major Green, the Engineer Of the
Road, will be ready with his Report,
to which all here look for with in
tense interest and must settle the
Road as certainty and FIXTURE
In the meantime any person or per-
sons needing further information in
the matter, need only apply in this
Town, by letter. or otherwise, to the
Committee, of which DR.. Fl. St. John
is Chairman, and they will be readily
and cheerfully responded to.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-07-28

You can get all the fruits Of the
season at Leyin's, with iced water
melons thrown in.
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AN ingenious scamp in Philadel-
phia got possession Of a suit CLOTHES
the other day by calling alta dwell
Iing-house and informing the lady
that her husband, who was whole
sale grocer, had fallen into a hogs.
head ofmolasses aud needed a change
Of raiment. His story was false, and
the explanation that followed on the
husbands return in the evening
caused amusement and anger, min.
gled in about equal proportions.
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Thar well known and remark
able woman, Lady Jane G. Franklin,
widow Of Sir John Franklin, died in
London on the 10th inst.
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"A stray on dit floating around
here has it that a commission for
Sheriff Of the Parish of Grant is
' awaiting the pleasure Of sMcc Coy, the
deposed Sheriff, now in our Jail for
killing Radetzkic. Verify, indeed,
Mr.: Mr.. Kellogg, il this be true, must be
crazed on the subject Of Grant Off.
Gals and seems obstinately deter
mined to harrass that prosecuted PEG.
pie to the death.
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The Louisiana brother-in. law,
Casey, thinks Boss Packard has the
best chance to be the next Governor
of our State. That entirely depends
whether the election is decided BY
the people of the State or by the Ad-
ministration at Washington.
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The Niagara Register sAys thats
dogs have been sent over TIE Fails
without sustaining serious injury.
Now suppose you experiment with
.hackmen. s*s'ss 49, 49, 81,
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The Shreveport Times, abiding
to our recent article on "Whitc Plow.
men," calls it first rate idea, and
that "the man who wins that prize
will have better reason to be proud
than if he should win thousand
dollars at poker, and it will be far
more creditable to him than the rep
utation Of being able to stand up with
forty drinks under his shirt" White
Plowmen Of Rapides do you hear that?
Somebody else's head is level on this
point besides ours, and we sincerely
trust that some attention in the COM
ing future will be an amende hon0ra-
Ole for past neglect Of duty.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-07-28

TIE advertisement Of James
Phillips, though unfortunate in its
nature to him, conveys important
business warning to the public.
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we alluded in our last to the
renaissance of the Radical organ, the
Rapides Gazette, and now learn that
it is fixed fact, that it has been
purchased by Ex-Governor j. Madi-
son Wells, and that by the LIST of Oc-
tober it will appear under his auspi-
ces and to full sheet. The Editor
who is to illuminate its thunder is
yet in embryo, and time must be
waited on to settle the point. In the
meantime, We can but admire the
political pluck Of the purchaser in
thus facing the music, nerring him
self to bolster up the decaying for
tunes ofhis party, and thus crossing
the Rubicon at his home and declar-
ing war into Africa. Such pluck
must merit some praise, even il
linked to bad cause. We shall
follow the tracks of the new con-
ductor with zeal and watchfulness,
and assume the responsibility Of
promising before hand to break every
lance at the Democrats command
with our old enemy. Give us fair
field, fair fight, and damned be he
who hollows enough!
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SoME two years ago, Judge Fish
Of Oglethorpe, Georgia, brother to
our fellow-townsman, Dr. Fish, yns
assassinated, and two well-known
citizens of the place, Holsonbake and
Lloyd, were hung for the murder. II
now comes out BY The dying eohfes.
sion Of a detective engaged on the
trial that the latter, Lloyd, was an in
nocent man, and that the murder was
sworn son to him to get the 160oQ
reward.
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g.
n = The New Orleans papers an
nounce the arrival of new Irish pota-
toes in their market from the Great
West. Mark you this near the end
of July, when it is known that we
have had them here in abundance
since the 1st of May, and you can be
assured we would not note this if we
had not moral in store for our peo-
pie. just see what Parish Rapides
is for raising potatoes and what a
market New Orleans is for them, and
then consider the protective tariff
the God of nature has given you:-
three full months in the market
ahead of the West, the East or al
most anywhere else. What more do
you want? what more do you wish
for? And yet you croak at the hard
times and talk Of the advantages of
other countries. The Democrat
knows and believes when you dust
your heels Of Rapides to 60 to other
chimes, you leave the garden of Eden
behind you and bid farewell to the
Promised Land.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-07-28

BRADLEY, our big orchard friend
dropped in on US Monday and drop
ped us a basket Of his fine, snow
peaches.
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inflicted upon the people by the two
thousand useless Banks of the coun-

inflicted upon the people by the two
Thousand useless Banks of the coun-
try and hence they wage war against
them. They have not demanded an.
imitation of the greenback currency
as charged against them. They want
as all sensible communities want, on
ly asufflcient supply of currency TO
meet the demands Of commerce and
Ito stimulate the commercial interests
the country. They want all the
| taxes and revenues of the govern
ment to be turned into the public
treasury where it properly belongs.
They want ring monopolies and pub
Tic swindles and stock jobbings and
speculations that have heretofore par
allied and impoverished resources of
the country and rendered useless a
capital Of 81 800, 000,0 invested in
bonds, to be swept away, so that the
honest, working, tax paying masses
of the country can be elevated to that
footing Of dignity and prosperity up
on which the true spirit and genius
of Republican government would
place them. When the financial and
political principles ofthe Ohio Dem
ocratic platform are put into practice
in this country, then public conf
dence will be restored, public pros
peHty will characterize every depart
rncnt Of industry where capital and
labor are used, and the much abused
greenback dollar will become as good
as gold. ZETA.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-07-28

-SoNE fellow in Oregon has sent
1876 kinds of insects to Washington,
by order Of the Bureau Of Bugology.
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greenback dollar will become as good
as gold. ZETA.
BLAcKBrKRIEs.-The old North
State is looming up in her products,
which in our youthful geography
days were "tar, pitch and turpen-
tine" and now stands the champion
State in the Blackberry line. Last
year there We're only 10000 barrels
raised, of which she furnished Ii, 900,
her crop bringing in 100000! Here
again Rapidians, the Democrat has a
sermon for you. Five and a half
cents pound for dried blackbexries
is certainly almost equal to raising
cotton at fifteen cents a pound, and
we think can be made more profta-
ble-and don't you think Rapides
alone can beat North Carolina all hol-
low in the blackberry line? We hon
estly believe that this past season
fully $4,000 barrels could have been
gathered within ten square miles OF
Alexandria, and that 100000 for
them would develop our resources
somewhat, and wake us up to the
grand merits of the land we live in
and in which we were born. These
little side crops, outside of cotton and
cane, must soon command attention
here, under our new coming birth.
|
TUE Ouachita Telegraph says:
"Mr. j. ". Scarborough, planter Of
this parish, has handed us a stalk oil
cotton bearing evidence of a new ell
envy to the cotton plant. The cotton
caterpillar eats, as is generally known
only the foliage. This stalk has
limbs barked, as the squirrels bark a
tree, and at all the intersections OF
limbs and branches a deep incision is
made into the wood, while most oil
the leaves are undisturbed. The
stalk, we are assured, is a fair speci.
men taken from thirty acres, where
the worms might be counted by the
million. Mr.. Scarborough says that
the worms placed together greedily
devour each other. They are Of q
variety of colors and stripes-some
black striped, some green, and others
entirely white. The thirty acres re.
ferred to, Mr.. Scarborough tells us
looks as if the cotton stalks had been
limbed with a frail."
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The CRoPs.-Elsewhere we give
extracts from several country Jour
mails, concerning the condition and
promise of the crops in the Parishes
where these papers are published.
AS regards the crops of our Parish,
we have to, reiterate for the sixth
time, that they are all that could be
wished, and may now be considered
made and finished. The corn is laid
by and fodder pulling commenced
some new fodder in town on Saturday
tho cotton is considered also fin
ished as a good job--baskets now
making for cotton picking, which
can't be over three weeks of-and
that first bale may be in Town before
that time-cane only maturing at it's
own safe and good ticks, with every
promise of q fair yield--saw some
boys Tchawing' new cane the other
day, and the juice running down
their mouths seemed to taste sweetly
to them-all these good omens, with
the other side and vegetable crops of
Rapides, can but bring Joy and peck
ct relief to all consummation we
devoutly pray for as we close our
weekly record of these crop doings.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-07-28

"A NEW kind Of worm is destroy
ing the pear tree in Vermont.
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Illustration at Washington.

Echo and Kanonnie Landings,
below this Town on the River, are
now in working order, and each re-
ceived a batch of freight on the last
trip of the Texas.
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1T is estimated that among those
who went into the newspaper bust
ness last year and lost heavily. were
275 merchants and sdyenturers, Bis
school teat hers, 81 lawyers, 4 black
smiths, SO plasterers, 10 farmers, 200
fanatic of various classes afflicted
with literary leanings, 100 ambitious,
but visionary young men, who drew
upon their fathers. .Is
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THE RAPIDES FAIR ASSOCIATION

We have good tidings, with good
coming results, to comfhun icase TO
our readers in regard to the pros
poets Of the "Third Annual Grand
Fair Of the Rapides Agricultural
EAR Association, of our Parish. =
The Fair Grounds, being the finest
in the State, easy of access and in
the most complete good and new fix,
and under the superintendent and
guidance Of our own people, offer ey-
cry inducement to the planter, the
farmer, the mechanic and the work
ing man to aid and assist in every
laudable way this pure home institu.
ton. Preparations are in full pro
cess of operation by the Directors to
exceed this year any display Of for
mer ones, and to prove by these eff
forts the feasibility of their plans Of
operations for the self-sustaining
blows they are making for the re
demption Of Rapides.
By glance at their advertisement
in our columns, the public can form
from this compendium the real treat
in store for them. Their Program
mes, in the printers hanus and nov
half finished, will be a pamphlet book
Of near IS pages, containing minute
ly every Premium, Diploma and Blue
Ribbon offered by them in Depart
ments and Glasses Of Departments
and will be complete history O
their coming Fair. Besides all thi:
| it will be an advertising medium fol
merchants and others rarely Offered
for so triiing a monied considera
ton. Most of our Alexandria mer
chants have handed in their cards
and we are are glad to know tina
over twenty New Orleans firms hay'
also sent in their favors; even a larg,
Boot and Shoe firm of Boston hav,
answered to the coming music
Surely our people here, or at leas
the few who have thus far been lag
CARDS in this good work, must at ono
bestir themselves and lend the Asso
citation a moral and a monied help
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PILLARS that should be shaken
doWu-catapillars.
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The champion caterpillar man
has made no report yet, hence we are
without a crop sensation or a bad
item in that line.
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DONE 1T AGAIN.

Mr.. Kellogg can't, won't learn any
thing from dear bought experience,
and unlike the cunning old rat, will
be caughtitime and again IN the same
trap. The New Orleans papers an
nouncing the death of Radetzkie
cody add, that Mr. Kellogg has ap-
pointed C. II. Munford, Tax-Collec-
tor of Grant to fill the death-yacancy
son Che recommendation of the U. 5.
Officer in command at Colfax"-
Whilst we admit this announcement
is refreshing and cheeky and in per-
feet keeping with the ways of Louis
lana Radicalism, still pray what has
the Military to do with it, and what
business has Mr.. Kellogg to heed
them before the body ofhis late Col
lector is laid in its grave, or he has
received official notice from the peo-
pie interested in the important mat
ter? Surely Mr.. Kellogg in this in
decent haste only shows his cloven
foot again, and seems determined,
since the Adjustment to act worse
than ever. He had the opportunity,
and like bad man has let it slip, to
redeem himself somewhat in this
Colfax muddle, and by all means
should have appointed some one of
the true people of that ill-used and
badly ruled Parish to the Office of
Collector. There never has been one
there, from his many selections, who
ever paid cent over to the State
and his appointments, or cheated-in
officials, have been the worst in the
whole State of Louisiana and yet he
clings to his first love and makes con-
fusion worse COMPOUNDED. He scores
back to the old fungus, carpet bag
gism, and entirely ignores the people
and hurls gross defiance in their face
and appoints an ex-sutler of the 10Th
Regiment of the U. S. Infantry to the
position, on the say-so Of the Militia
ny, without waiting a single day to
hear from the people or even his own
civilian friends.
This is a bad outlook for Adjust
ment and Mr.. Kellogg, and we very
much fear he does not care a CONT
mental persimmon for the prosecuted
people Of Grant, but is determined to
use his usurped powers to further
crush them and pile on the agony
He partially redeemed himself few
weeks since in the appointment of a
gentleman as Public Administrator,
and instead of following up this good
deed he now throws all his fat in the
fire, and thus forces the Democrat to
record another bad act to his debit
account. We find little pleasure in
such homilies against Mr.. Kellogg
and hope from this out he will stop
such foolishness, to use q mild term,
and act for and with the people he
has to govern for nearly two years
yet.
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The New Orleans papers an
nounce the arrival of new Irish pota-
toes in their market from the Great
West. Mark you this near the end
of July, when it is known that we
have had them here in abundance
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PUBLIC OPINION.

ELL, Gov. Illden Y can VISIT
Long Branch as Gen. Grant does; he Y
may spend the hot weather. there, as ]
the President does; but inone thing, h
anyway, he can't initiate Grant at
Long Branch, and that IS ip being q
grandfather. Albany journal.
WHAT the better disciplined or
gans are trying to do just now is to
hit him if his name is DeIano and
miss him if his name is Grant. The
Boston Journals anxiety is quite
touching. II Springfield Republican,
I independent.
Look to Ohio, indeed, for faults;
but look to Washington for crimes
Let Us demand honesty in5the frst
place, and then we can deliberate
questions Of ipolity with hope IT SIN
cere conclusions. He who thinks
wrongly is not so harmful rs lie who
acts wrongly Troy Press Demo
cratic. Ssaa
Tine great questions lefofe u ~ 3 ID
eountry-the one to which, notwith-
Standing attempts to keep it ont of
sight, all others will be subordinate.
lis the maintenance Of the colorcd
people in the rights granted them by
the Constitutional amendments, or
secured by law.--[ Boston Traveller
Republican.
-HIEL-TAps arein Kelley's speech
and riot in his breath. Iilustrious
advocate Of Republicanism heswho
has no better advice 10 stken
than that labor should rise in revolt
against capital, because forseotl his /
monstrous financial fallacios do not
receive Legislative sanction. We
trust that he will, at least for, q time.
be decent enough toEbe alen tRAS
chester Democrat and Chronicle Re.
publican. .sS 6
B -lr the Ohio Dapoerats elect AL
len on this platform and lie not on
" consented to it, he gave his inan- {
ence for it and overcame the oppossii.
ton Of Thurman, Ranney and Payne
they will occupy andspossess the
Democratic political organisation.
The majority Of the Democrats in
the House Of Representatives are al
ready with Them. and every day the
party will drift irrscoyerably on tho
imitation torrent.--[ Cincinnati Com
mercial independent.
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SALES FROM 81 O'CLOCK P. 81. To CLOSE or Bus
FRIDAY. March 12-P. NJ.

The intma.iOn made in this column this morning
that at tho close last evening the stock market gave
indications of better tone, has found verifcation
in the dealings of to-day. II is beyond doubt that
the very handsome profits offered by the advance Of
the past ten days has induced large sales to realize
and that some very large blocks Of stock have been
put upon the market which, baving been absorbed
by new buyers, has left the market without press
ing offerings. 1t is stated that large orders have
been received from Boston within the past
few DAYS for the purchase of Union Pacific.
Pacific Mail, and North Western shares. which may
point 10 the near oonsummation of the combination
of these three interests to which reference has here
tofore been made, and may possibly afford ex-
plauation of the absorption of the large quantities
of stock which Wall-st. spectators have unlOaded
within the past few days. While the business Of
the day has been only moderate in amount, it has
since fractional decline coon after the opening,
been at steadily improving prices; so that the re-
suit at the close is gain of from to per cent,
with the single exception among the active stocks
of Wabash The furry and decline of the past two
days have created quite bearish feeling, and have
very likely increased the short interest in such
stocks as Union Pacific and North Western. The
money market has ruled easy, the rates having
declined from per cent, the first to per cent for
the last loans which were made. Pacific Mail
opened at 80, declined to $751; and closed at 39!-a
gain of per cent from yesterday. Western Union
started of at 75i, sold at 75l and up to 76l being
better than yesterday. Union Pacific opened at
46i declined !, and then steadily advanced to 47s
the closing sale being per cent over that
of yesterday. Northwestern sold at 45a4l0
45l, against As the last price yesterday.
The Preferred stock sold at 57.a57. and
closed at IS bid. ST. Paul opened and closed at
S5. with sales early in the day at 49, Rock Island
sold at 104sG1G5 1861. a strength which may per-
haps he accounted for by the fact that lie traffic is
reported to be improving the earnings for the first
week in March being reported at $4,000 in of
those of the first week in March Of last wear.
Wabash opened at 49, and sold at l4.a 49,. Ohos
steadily advanced from 2tf to ai. Line sold at 2Gi