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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-06-17
BRING FLOWERS.
BY WILL CARLTON.

"COver them over with beautiful flowers,
Deck them with garlands those brothers of ours
Lying 80 silent by night and 10y day,
Sleeping the years Of their manhood away,
Years they had marked for the joys of the brave,
Years they must waste in the mouldering grave
All the bright aurels they waited to bloom
Fell from their hopes, when they fell to the tomb
Give them the need they have i'm the past,
Give them the hOnors the future forecast,
Give them the chaplets they in the strife,
Give them the Iaurels they lost sith their life,
Cover them over, yes, cover them over
Parent and husband, son, brother and lover
Crown in your hearts those dead heroes Of ours,
And cover them over with beautiful flowers.
Cover the hands that lying untried,
Crossed on the bosom and low by the side.
Bravely the musket and sabre they bore,
Words of devotion they wrote in their gore.
Grandly they grasped for garland of light,
Catching the mantle of death -darkened night.
Cover the feet that all weary and torn
Hither by comrades tenderly borne
Feet that have trosiden in fiowery ways
Close by your own in the old happy days:
Feet that ss.,-ssssl LIES opening Al.-sn
Roses of pleasure and deaths poisoned thorn.
Swiftly ;hey rushed to the help of the right,
Firmly they stood in the shock of the fight;
Ne'er shall the enemy's hurrying tramp
summon them forth from their death-guarded camp.
Cover the thousands who sleep far away,
Sleep where their friends cannot find them to-day;
They who in mountain and hillside and dell,
Rest where they wesried and lie where they fell
Softly the grass blade creels round their repOse,
Sweetly above them the wild howret blows;
Zephyrs of freedom fly gently o'erhead,
Whispering prayers for the patriot dead.
- in minds well name them more
SO in our hearts we'li cover them Ger;
Roses and lilies and violets blue
Bloom in our hearts for the brave and the true.
Cover them over yes, cover them overl
Parent, and husband, son, lover and brother;
Think of tn far away heroes of ours,
And cover them over with beautiful flowers"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-06-17

The San Francisco Call, under the
head of Personal" /" has the following
touching notice: 'NOtice.-I will not
be responsible for any debts con-
tracted by my wife, Maria A. Charney,
she having put me out of the house.
Antoine Charney."
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-06-17

The first and only legal wife of Brig
ham Young, is kept in an old house at
the back portion of his seraglio, where,
wrinkled, poor and half-starved, she is
waiting release from life and state
wherein is no strong arm, no kind
smile, no soothing voice, no arm, for
such an old worn-out thing as she.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-06-17

Gen. Webster having declined the
position of Collector at Chicago, the
question now is who will succeed him.
Hon. A. H. Burley is mentioned and
also j. Russell Jones, minister to Bel
gium.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-06-17

Milwaukee NesUs: These are the days
when the thrifty housewife goes into
the garret, the woodshed, the cOal-bin
and the closets, and takes therefrom al
the old bustles, hoopskirts and boots
that she can find, and quietly throws
them over the fence into the neighbor's
yard.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-06-17

Three things to wish for; health,
friends, and contented spirit.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-06-17
PERSHINc'S
MagnetfSed Sovereign Balm |!

Cures as By magic, often in few moments, and
is unequaled for Cholera, Cholera Morbus, Colc,
Nervousness, Neuralgia. Sick Headache, Group,
Sore Throat, Colds. Coughs, Tootheehe, Earache
Bruises, Burns Nauses, Rheumatism, Pains i'm the
Back, Head, Sides, stomach, Bowels, or pain of
any kind. Used internally, and used externally over
the pain, or where the soreness is ysp get m1edi-
ate relief.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-06-17

Sorrow shows us truths as the night
brings out stars.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-06-17
Pershing & Co., Manufacturers,
IuplauaPoIIs AND PLYMOUTH IND.

To when orders should be addressed at Plymouth.
Sold by dealers everywhere. Agents wanted. 1yn1
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-06-17
lIEBIC'S
Mandrake and DandeIi0n
Compound Cathartic
LIVER PILLS AND BLOOD PURIFIER.

Purely vegetable Best Family Pill Known. Never
fails do good in all diseases. where a catharfic or
alternative is required. Operates in proportion to
the amount taken.
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~ POWERS SERMON ON THE CIVIL
RIGHTS B1LL.-Brederin and Frens-
De hour for de translashun OBJ de BIZ
Bile hab cum, especially dat part Oh
de writing of Moses dat says chen as
Moses lifted up de serpent so shall
de son OBJ Ham be lifted up. Now,
brederin, you are all sons OBJ Ham,
except dat yaller woman in de cor
ner; but to de question Use gwine to
explain to you to-day.
In de fust place, de serpent or
snake was new to Moses. He look
at EN- and show him to Aaron; Aaron
can't tell what kind he was nuther.
Den Moses and Aaron dey hold a
consultation. and bof agree to raise
him on pole in de camp, to see if
de children of Israel know him.
Dey don't know, but tink him mighty
fine, and fall down on dar knees to
worship him; and, when dey trabble
in de wildness, dey took de snake
wild dem; when dey cum to de Red
sea dey took de snake ober fust, den,
come back for de children.
So you see my brederin, de niger
am like de snake; when Mars. Lin
coin came down Souf to see de coun-
try he finds de niger. He be new
to him, so he show him to Seward.
He knows him nuther. Den dey
show him to the children North.
Dey tink him mighty fine and say de
Constitution oh desc United States
say muffin bout his being free in de
lective franchise, so de Congress go
to work and say de niggers must vote
and be gubeners OBJ de State and go
along wild dem as you see am fully
explained in de civil rights bill whar
it says to some of de proud white
men, dat don't want de niggers to go
wild dem, case he's got no money.
1t says when de niger comes in de
white mans parlor his gals must
shake hands wild dem and ak them to
nab seats and courteously listen to de
,onversashun, and when de hour for
lie gemmens to 60 comes around, de
gals must git dare hats for dem and
TX EN- to call again and politely stan
n de door or at de window till dey
I'm out oh sight. De captains OBJ de
,oats must make dar salutes when de
larky comes aboard. When de boat
ands in de city de boss oh de hotel
must take his dogs and 60 out to de
,ersimmon trees dat stan in de old
elds and shake down de fatty pos :
ums for supper there the speaker {
macked his lips in delight.) !
Now, brederin, you see / hab fully t
Explained the passage of scripture !
hat says eben as Moses lifted up de
erpent so shall de son OBJ Ham be 6
fled up Elizabethtown (Ken- I
acky) News. Is
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-01-06

The PRESIDENT AND THE KINd.-Mr
Garfield, Of Ohio, a few days ago offered
or asked unanimous consent to offer a
bill appropriating 100000 to pay the ex-
pense Of entertaining King Kalakaua'
Objection was made, and Mr.. Garf1eld's
attempt to plumber the treasury for the
benefit of the dusky monarch of the
South Seas, was defeated. If the Presi-
dent and his secretaries want to prac-
tice the arts Of courts, with a, counter
felt king for dummy, there IS no good
reason why they should,not pay for the
privilege t,of their own pockets; and
if Mr.. Garfield aud his Credit Mobilier
associates wish to take part in the per-
Torrance, nobody will object if they
contribute their, back pay and Credit
Mobilier dividends as their portion. of
the expenses. .:t.anHa
But whatinterest the American peo-
pie have in this amusement, we cannot
perceive. If the President insists on
aping the ways Of royalty, by deputing
his son to receive an imitation soye-
reign, as the Queen of England deputies
the Prince of Wales to receive a visiting
monarch, he ought to pay the expenses
of the ceremony out Of the excess of SAL
airy which he has wrung from the
treasury. If he succeeds in forcing the
people to pay for it out Of the, national
treasury, there is no certainty that a
dozen or more of unemployed European
kings and queens, princes and princess
as, will not rush to Washington to offer
their services to initiate our Republican
President in the arts and mysteries of
royalty. There are good many Of
these royal personages now lettering.
about Europe in search Of employment.
Although out of business just at present,
they were born in the genuine purple.
If they could not benefit us otherwise,
they. could, at least, do better in the
way of teaching Gen. Grant the ameni-
ties OF society than the counterfeit king
to whom he is just now paying court.
Perhaps the country might consent to
pay for instruction of that kind.-[N.
0. Picayune. rs 4r,iA ::
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-01-06

ENT The frequent use of apples,
either before or after meals, has a
most healthful effect upon the diges-
'loh' Better eat less meat and more
lfult. An eminent French physician
thinks that the decrease of dyspep-
S'a and bilious affections in Paris is
owing to the increased consumption
VI apples, which fruit, he maintains,
.S an admirable prophalystic and tom
~ as well as a very nourishing and
raSliy'algested article of food. The
.Sflslaus are said to devour one hun
.u millions of apples every winter
~ shat Is, they did before the war
:. hne.ner this estimate is true or NOT
.He french are extravagantly fond of
apples and other fruits.
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oslo Semper Tyrannis."
WHAT AN ACTOR SAW OF LINCoLN's
49, - ASSASSINATION.

On the arrival of the Kurdish com
: pany in Evansville, a Journal report
er' was apprised of the fact that it,
Leading comedian, Mr.. Harry Hawk
had witnessed the assassination Of
President Lincoln in 1866, and was
in fact, the only performer upon the
stage at the time of the occurrence,
which draped a nation in mourning
and embalmed the memory of the
victim in sacred and most noble mar
tyrdom. A note of this appeared in
Saturdays Journal, and last evening
our reporter waited on Mr.. Hawk, at
the St. George Hotel, and was given
his very interesting history, and his
connection with the great tragedy.
Mr., Hawk, who, besides being a
tgifted actor and artist, is most affa-
BILE and pleasant social gentleman, is
about thirty-two years old, of ''theat
rical stock" and began his profess
sion as call-boy at McVicker's Chi
cago theater when fifteen years old.
For some time before the celebrated
Washington engagement, he had been
supporting the lamented Laura Keene
in "Our American Cousin and was
in the cast on the night of the assas-
sination. The foul deed was done
during the performance of the second
scene Of the third act, when Mr..
Hawk as Asa Trenchard, was solilo-
quizing. The soliloquy was some
what lengthy, and the back stage
door was open, letting in draft of
air. To escape this, the balance of
the company, not having any "busi-
ness took refuge in the green-room.
The stage was therefore empty, save
Of the presence of Mr.. Hawk. He
heard the pistol-shot, and an instant
after the assassin sprang from the
box, his spur catching in the flag
decoration, and he stumbled and fell
on the stage, within few feet of Mr..
Hawk. As he arose, he fourished
his knife and exclaimed the memo
rable words, "Sic semper tyrannis !"
and started in the direction of Mr..
Hawk, who, taken in such amaze and
hearing the murmur of horror, start
ed back in alright and retired from
the scene, Booth following him and
turning off to the stage door, whence
he disappeared. The whole dreadful
movement occupied but few sec
onds, and when Mr.. Hawk returned
the house was in horror, and the ma
tion had lost it's honored head.
Mr.. Hawk had supported Booth in
Boston and knew him we'll, and rec
ognized him as he arose from his fall.
The scene made a deep and lasting
impression upon Mr. Hawks mind,
and, he believes, has had an influence
upon his whole life.-[Evansville
Journal
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-01-06

go They did it at last. The
Louisiana Returning Board, after the
protracted labor of nearly six weeks,
has counted in the minority. The
length of time occupied in the work
indicates that it was no inconsider-
able job. To count down a Demo-
cratic or Conservative majority of
thirty-four in the Louisiana House of
Representatives was a task Of no lit
tie difficulty. But they've done it.
The infamous and lawless decision of
Judge Durell was Grants excuse for
recognizing the Kellogg Government
originally. A yillainous Returning
Board is just as good as corrupt
Judge. 1t has been understood in
New Orleans that the popular indig-
nation touching that Returning Board
has reached an unpleasant attitude.
Their indecent and shameless viola
tions of law and equity, their frahds
too transparent to deserve the re-
spect of the common thief, have
caused their heads to sit loosely on
their shoulders. The Returning
Board find that wherever there wero
majorities against the Republican
party there was intimidation" and,
therefore, those majorities do not
count. It is we'll known that the
Administration deposited the intel
lect Of it's Williams upon the outrage
business in Louisiana for the purpose
of making votes there and in the
North. 1t is matter of record that
the Federal bayonets were the only
intimidating force at work in Louisi-
ana in the last election. They were
carried to the front with Republican
promptness. They failed. A ere
turning Board" whose heads rest on
their shoulders only by the wise suf-
france of a sorsly vexed and abused
people, have claimed to accomplish
what the Federal bayonets could not.
Their work could have been honestly
lone in week or ten days, but their
report is dated December Oath. Let
The people of Louisiana, keeping the
peace, send to Congress and the coun-
Try truthful account of this villainy,
md the Republican party will find it
necessary to produce another bill of
;alvation.-[ Cincinnati Enquirer. i
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-01-06

The CARPET-BAGGERs IN COUNCIL.
The Republican members of the
present House from the old slave
holding States have held caucus in
Washington, and passed half dozen
resolutions setting forth their griey-
ances, and demanding certain speci-
fed legislation for their part of the
country, and vehemently insisting
that they-the members aforesaid
are entitled to more consideration at
the hands of the Republican party
than they have received. These gen.
tlemen do not exactly threaten to
break things at the South if they are
not listened to, but they say, and
they say it boldly, that if their ad
vice is not needed, Grantism in the
States below the Potomac and the
Ohio will speedily go to the dogs.
A few figures will define the au-
thority of these individuals to speak
for the States they pretend to repre-
sent in this Congress. Throwing out
Mississippi, which has not yet cho-
sen her new members, the Republi-
cans from the South in the present
House number forty-seven. At the
recent elections precisely nine of
these adventurers were reelected.
The remaining thirty eight were re-
pudiated, east aside with contempt,
and told in emphatic language to 90
where they belonged.
We advise these persons to hold no
more caucuses in Washington, but to
60 South, pack their grievances in
thelr respective carpet-bags, start for
thelr'own homes in the North with
out delay, and leave the real citizens,
white and black, of the country they
nave plundered and oppressed, to
manage their own business in their
own way N. Y. Sun.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-01-06
JANUARY l, 1875.

TWAS just as hour of midnight passed
Deep silence ruled the earth,
And trembling stars in brightness shone
That SEvENTY-FIvE had birth.
Then tens Of thousands hearts sent forth
Glad anthems far aud near-
Soul spoke to soul in accents glad,
"Thrice welcome brave New YEAR,
Auspicious planets blessed it's birth,
For ERE its sires demise,
He fought for sacred freedoms cause,
And gained the glorious prize.
The Old Year dead, we reverence all
Hark on the zephyr's breath,
Floats sounds of gladness toned with signs,
OF victories won, and Death!
Victory DER tyrants caitiff hordes,
Who held our land for years;
Who bound down chains DER festerinp
wounds.
And gloried in our tears.
Whoclaimed submission, worse than death.
From free horn Southern men
Scotfed when we murmured in our pain,
And pressed the wounds again.
Who hlled our C1ty's streets with blood,
Made each fair rural scene
Resound to tramp of armed hosts,
Know bayonet's glittering sheen.
Who ravished homes in times Of peace,
Like blOod-hounds on the track;
Called armies, navies, to their aid,
To bid stern justice back.
All how the blood in fury seethes,
How starts just anger's tears,
As DER the vision, one by one,
Passes the wrongs of years.
Rights set aside, oppression, scorn,
Hopes shattered, treachery, want,
The ldeadening sense of helplessness,
The lying tyrant's cant.
But turn we to fairer view,
When from lethargic dream
Men wOke-the lion in their hearts,
Resolve in every miep.
Shoulder to shoulder, as of yore,
They stood a phalanx strong, ~
Flung back their conqueror's iron gives,
Aud woke
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-01-06

BF Mrs. Baruum was poor girl once !;
now she wears six diamond rings on one
hand. Why will poor girls be content to
make shirts at only thirty cents apiece
We don't know.
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Married =.

BY the Rev. Father Avenard, of the Ro-
mad Catholic Church, at Tyrone Planta-
ton, on the Bayou Rapides, on ,Wednes-
day, December Both, 1874, DAVID T..
second son of the late Genl.
Leroy Stafford, of this Parish, to AMY
BLANCHARD, only daughter Of General
George Mason Graham, and his late wife
Mary Eliza Wilkinson ,fj.a,' ~
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Programme Of the Carpet-Baggers.

|
We have information which leave
no room for doubt that the or,
gramme agreed upon by the carpe
baggers and their supporters in Coz
gross is to introduce measures du1
ing the present session for anothe
general reconstruction Of the South
ern States, in order to relegate sue
OF them as have emancipated them
selves from carpet-bag rule to th
domination Of the infamous thieve
who have heretofore plundered then
without mercy, To carry out thi
design partisan committees are ex
pected to promulgate fabricated re
ports of disorders which shall suppl,
a pretext for the intervention of the
Federal Government, and an excuse
tor new reconstruction. The case
Of Arkansas will first be taken in
hand, and in this instance it is be.
lieved that the conspirators have
found willing instrument in Judge
Poland, who, it is now generally be-
lieyed by those who have the best op-
portunities for observation, as Chair
man of the Arkansas Investigating
Committee, will report that the new
Constitution is void, and that Brooks,
who was elected in 1872 and cheated
out of the election by the carpet-bag-
gers, but has since changed his coat,
is the legal Government of the State.
This, too, Notwithstanding that the
present Governor Of Arkansas was
voted for by a great majority. Of the
legal voters in the State under the
provisions of the new Constitution
:ramed and adopted by convention
called in due form and ratified at the
polls by a vote of 78,607 against
24,S67.
The question of calling the Con-
stitutional Convention had previous
ly been submitted to the people by
act of the Legislature and determined
in the affirmative by s0,257 votes
against 1907. And yet, because this
action of the people Of Arkansas has
resulted in giving them self-govern-
ment, Congress is to be asked to
override all their rights and usurp
the power to place them and their
propertysagain in the power of noto-
rious thieves and malefactors. The
way in which this is to be accom-
plished is as follows: Surprising Con-
yress to decide that brooks is the le-
gal Governor of Arkansas, there are
manifest difficulties in the way of
seating him in Office, and it is to be
'hereupon held that, the election of
Gov. Garland under the new Consti-
luton being illegal, there is now no
constitutional form Of government
in Arkansas, and it is the
luty of Congress to provide one
This accomplished, Louisiana, Ala
oama, and other Southern States
which have repudiated Grantism, or
ire in danger of doing so, will like
wise be reconstructed in such man
Ter as to give the friends Of the Ad-
permanent control of
hem by means of the ELECTORAL ma
;hinery which will be placed entirely
n their hands. This is the plan
which is proposed by the carpet bag
gers; how far toward execution it
will be carried will depend upon the
lumber of Republican Congressman
Who can be found with sufficient con-
empt for honesty and for public
opinion to enter into the villainous
onspiracy.-[N. Y. Sun.
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Died:

AT his residence in the Parish Of East Ba-
con Rouge, on December 29th, 1874, at 4
o'clock ?. NJ, DR.. j. w. P. McGIMPSEY,
in the 77th year Of his age, father of our
worthy townsman, w. G. McGimpsey.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-01-06

" A mother-in-la law in the house
'sa vell-spring of jawy.
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OUR CARRIERS SONG.

One morn in early Autumn's days,
Across the land was heard
A grand old chorus high and strong,
Sung by Southern bird.
Brave Massachusetts, caught the air,
Connecticut the rhyme,
And soon lusty band Of States
We're wheeling into line.
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Their step was bold, their looks were fierce

Their step was bold, their looks were ferC
And 'twould have done you good
To note the "loyal faithful few"
: All trembling where they stood.
They tried to rally, all in view,
The RAIDS are doomed we know
The mill where gods do justice grind
Turns surely though it's slow.
Hurrah Hurrah! the victory's ours,
From North to South has rung
The death-knell of the hated power,
And East and West have sung:
No more DER us shall Radicals
The sword of triumph wave,
The Chantieleer crows loud and long
Above that party's grave.
And reaching DER the PROSTATE foe,
The CARRIER greets you all,
He joys that with his yearly bow
He tells you of their fall
Kind patrons may you every one,
Enjoy the best of cheer,
And health and plenty be your guests,
Through all this, now, NEW YEAR!
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