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tion, TO compel reluctant Lincoln to obey
its will and to drive Johnson to the verge
Of impeachment, to hold the true culprits
responsible. These men have been the
leaders of the party for years.
There is not q republican Senator
who can escape this condemnation. If they
had been true to the party and the best
interests of the country if they had held
their high place free from the contamination
of patronage; if they had felt that some
thing was due TO the spirit of our institutions
and the welfare of the party as well as to the
stubborn ambition of q military chief there
would have been an end of this long, long
ago. As it is if the country, as now seems
probable, will turn upon the republican
party and repudiate it, the blame will rest
upon Grant and his subservient Senators.
The power that was given them has been
used for their own aggrandizement. Belknap
in the dock or at the bar of the Senate is
only typical of the position which the
republican party in the persons of its
trusted leaders now holds before the coun-
try. al are guilty alike-guilty of subser-
viency to the will of military dictator,
guilty of selling their Senatorial influence
for patronage, guilty of betraying their great
party into the hands of gang of military
adventurers who only came into the party
when it gave them Office, and who have no
sympathy with it outside of the gains it
has bestowed upon them. Because of the
slavish submission of the Conklings, the
Shermans, the Blainos, the Mortons to the
will of the President this shame has come
upon the nation. Men not only say that
the institutions of a republic are INSULT
cient for the purposes of an economical
and free government They ask whether,
after all, we should not, in this CEN
tennial year, take the whole fabric to
pieces and see if we cannot have an al
ministration machine which will give us
something other than ''cronies" in the
Cabinet, slaves in the Senate and thieves
in the public offices.
The New York herald., 1876-03-05
NJ. Duma, Ne,r Play.

Our Paris letter gives an account of this
the last great theatrical event in France-an
event that has a certain interest for readers
even at this distance, but in which our
countrymen and countrywomen resident at
the French capital have much more lively
concern. 1t has been understood that the
character in this play from which it derives
women as they are seen in the glare of Paris
gaslight. Indeed, this fact has been so gen.
orally given ont that, as we have already had
occasion to inform our readers, nj. Dumas
underwent the labor, the torture, we might
say, Of reading thirty books about America
in order to prepare himself for the tre-
mendous feat of presenting to the Partisan
audiences n man and n woman of this profit
gate race But for the fact thus made
known of his intention to have the heroine
of his play understood to be an American
we cannot sec that any one would have
guessed her nationality, and his American
woman might very well be classed with
those supposititious Arabs in the zouave
regiments who were all born in the Fau-
bourg st. Antoine. She is an American who
has never breathed any other air than that
of Paris. Her first appearance is as an in
trigrdnte. She is matrimonial mannu-
vress and if this is one of our national in
dustries we were not aware of it. Her next
appearance is that of woman in love and
jealous. Neither is this Characteristic of us
as nation to our knowledge. Nor can it be
said that under impulses thus arising this
woman acts otherwise than women do in
most countries, but more particularly in the
country with which NJ Dumas is best nc
quainted. 1t is singular that NJ. Dumas
should attribute some extravagant passions
in this woman to the fact that there is negro
blood in her veins; and it is singular that he
should himself be personally qualified to de-
pict passions that may have such an origin.
This is strange psychological fact. There.
is only one trait even in the husband that
appears to be American this is that when
he has duel he kills his man. That, at all
events, is not French,
The New York herald., 1876-03-05
Our Paris Cable Letter.

The lull before the coming battle in the
new French Chambers leaves Paris founder
ing in state of uncertainty which the bad,
dull weather does not help to make bearable.
Paris loves motion, and hence at pres
ent, with Lent thinning the theatres,
politics quiet and the ball season over, our
correspondent celebrates stagnation. Itseems
however, that the Bonapartist organs have
seized on the Belknap ignominy to preach
therefrom a sermon on the danger of repub-
lican institutions. This audacity must be
very amusing to French republicans. We
need not palliate or condone any offence
among the officials of our Republic to re-
mind the shadows, lackeys and ghouls
of the lower Empire that in their case
infamy was protected, corruption connived
at, inquiry stifed, enormous fortunes made
out of State secrets, and the nation at last
left cheated and empty to her fate, at the
hands of relentless foreign enemy How
the ghosts of Louis Napoleon and De Morny
must chuckle over the sheets that talk in the
name of Bonaparte against the dis
honesties Of republics The corruption
of the grave laughs to the corruption that
sat on its tinsel throne in the Tuileries. To
steal is crime here, and it was to protect
theft laws were made and decreos issued
there. Let rebuke come from any source
but that and we may accept it with sadness
and silence. The theatrical news from Paris
mostly foreshadows the future. 1t gives us
n promise of Italian opera here during the
Centennial
The New York herald., 1876-03-05
MIR. Bo,,en-s Statement.

Bowen-one of the best abused men of the
time-a man who had veritably become q
sort of Brooklyn sphinx-has at last written
and published a statement, with proper
reservations, of his knowledge of the career
of Henry Ward Beecher. 1t is a terrible
story, and the least important indication it
gives is that on the famous trial for adultery
the Plymouth pastor was saved by the legal
strategy that shut out the testimony of nearly
every important witness 1t is nearly
two years since the Beecher scandal came out
in such q shape as to force Plymouth church
to take public notice of it, Before that even
much had been whispered of what Mr. Bowen
knew, and not week has passed since with
out mutterings from some quarter of the M
turo of the revelations he could make. In
such circumstances much promised or much
threatened disclosure is discounted in the
imaginations of the public. Men and women
speculate as to what it may involve, and they
carry their speculations very far, and
generally they go in this way SO much
beyond what can be truthfully disclosed by
anybody on any subject that the very dis
closure when it comes is thought tame and
falls fiat. 1t is just measure of the gravity
and severity of Mr.. Bowen's recital to say
that it does not fall flat in the circum-
stances, and that it is beyond what
was pictured as possible by any
person having no other acquaintance with
the facts than what was accessible to the gen.
eral public. Bowen does not pander to any
prurient curiosity He does not give the
names of the women to whom he refers as
the victims of Mr.. Beecher previous to his
Hdison with Mrs. Tilton, but he states the
cases sufficiently, and has declared already
in what circumstances he will give the
names. 1t is not enough to answer this with
q defiance to come out with the whole story.
That sort of evidence of clear conscience
may be given the more easily and cheaply
because it is known that Bowen is man
who can hold his tongue, and will do so if
he deems it proper. Meantime, Bowen's
declaration is a challenge, specification to
Plymouth church on what terms exactly it
can have all the facts it pretends to want
and it takes very great pains not to meet the
challenger on the ground he has chosen. But
there is one way, clearly, in which the
church can have the facts, and that not
Bowens way. Mr.. Beecher can now sue him
for libel. Mr.. Bowen has written this state
ment, and he, we suppose has made it pub
lie. Here, therefore, is chance for the
whole story to come out, and on trial for
libel all the parties would be competent wit
nesses, even to Mrs. Tilton herself
The New York herald., 1876-03-05
Pulpit Topics To-Day.

Under various pretexts of one sort and
another there has grown up in the commu-
nifty prejudice against uniting with tho
Church, and under the specious pleading
that If one is a Christian he or she can be as
good out of the Church as in it. Mr.. Hep
worth will dispel that illusion to-day, and to
emphasize his arguments will receive thirty
three persons into his church membership,
over whom the eye of God as well rs tho
eyes of the Church will rest. When the Mt
traction of the Cross is felt and its infu-
ence and power presented as Mr..
Lloyd will present them; when tho
meaning of salvation is understood
and made plain rs Mr. Soitz will make it,
and when tho spiritual transformation has
taken place which MIR. Herr will describe,
The New York herald., 1876-03-05

TIE INVESTIGATION of the muddled ac-
counts of the Third Avenue Savings Bank
has developed that the officers kept set of
ledgcrs in which the entries do not corrc-
spond, and consequently no one can tell
which of them is correct. In order to
establish beyond doubt the beauty Of the
style of bookkeeping in favor of the broken
bank Colonel Sellers has been employed to
find out if there's millions in it" The dis
appearance of the savings of the dupcd de-
positors sets OF rest oil doubts on that score.
The New York herald., 1876-03-05

Coop TDrE.-The schooner yacht vesta,
New York Yacht Club, Mr.. S. NJ Mills
owner, left New London harbor on the 18th
ult and arrived at Queenstown on the Goth
ult, making the very creditable winter pas
sage of seventeen days across the Atlantic.
Good as this time is it will be remembered
that the Vesta beat it in 1866 from this port
nearly three days in her race with the Hen
detta and Fleetwing.
The New York herald., 1876-03-05

CARDINAL LEDoCHowsKI Eminence of
Posen and Gniesen has commenced to enjoy
some of the earthly rewards of his sufferings.
He has been embraced and specially blessed
by the Pope. He will no doubt also receive
his scarlet hat from the hands of the
Pontif If charity did not prevail he
would no doubt be glad to hear that his
countrymen, the Poles, are likely to give q
considerable amount of political and terri
torial trouble to the imperialist spectators of
Austria, Russia and Prussia.
The New York herald., 1876-03-05
The Beiknap Disease.

The revelations in reference to the War
Department cannot be dismissed rs an incl
dent of the hour, as the crime and the folly
of one man, to be punished by his impeach-
ment and Indictment; nor are we disposed to
admit what the Paris newspapers say as to
this being an evidence of the decadence of
American institutions. The French news
papers forget what was proved by no less an
authority than the Due d'Audiffret-Pasquier
as TO the jobbery under the Empire. II is
idle rhetoric TO attempt to show that the
crime of a man like Bclknap is an evidence
of the corruption of whole party or whole
people. There has never been o society or
The New York herald., 1876-03-05

LET SPEAKER KERR TAKE THE STASD.-It
now seems that tho chairman of the Commit
tee on War Expenditures is Mr. Clymer, who
was classmate of Mr.. Belknap at college,
through his wife was on terms Of close inti-
macy with the Belknap family Speaker
Kerr might tell us who suggested these
names. The coincidence is suggestive-too
much so to be comfortable We know that
Mr. Kerr is an invalid and that the commit
tees were the work Of council of political
doctors who took him in charge But We
should like to have these two appointments
explained. Wero tho friends Of Belknap
booking out for storms2 :
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ADJUSTMENTS TOMORROW.

BROOKLYN THEATRE
UNCLE TOMS CABIN. atsP. NJ. Mrs. G. c. Howard
,. TONY PAsToR's NEW THEATRE.
VARIETY, at sP. n.
UNION SQUARE THEATRE
ROSE MICHEL, at SP. NJ.
ACADEMY OF MUSIC.
EHE STAR OF THE NORTH, at P.M Clara Louise
Kellogg.
PARK THEATRE
BRASS, at T. NJ. George Fawcett Rowe
FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE
PlQUE, Mt p. VI. Fanny Davenport.
THIRTYFoURTn STREET OPERA HOUSE.
VARIETY atSP.M.
BOWERY THEATRE
ARRAH-NAPoGuE, atsP. NJ. James NJ. Ward.
PARTISAN VARIETIES.
VARIETY. at p NJ
BAN FRANCISCO MINsTRELs, at sPM.
GLOBE THEATRE
VARIETY at Bpm
BOOTHS THEATRE.
JULIUS CESAR, at az. NJ Mr.. Lawrence Barrett
TIvoLI THEATRE.
GRAND OPERA HOUSE.
BEN ISRAEL, at 8 p NJ
TwENTY-THIRD sTRkET THEATRE
CALIFORNIA MlNSTRBLs, Mt 81 M
WOODS MUSEUM
hAzEPPA, nt p. NJ. Matinee at +. N.
wALLACK's THEATRE
SHE SToOPS TO CONQUER, at 8 T. NJ. Lester WaIlack.
OLYMPIC THEATRE
VARIETY, at sP NJ
LYCEUM THEATRE.
BENEFIT OF MIR. FRELIGH at L. NJ Matinee at
CHICKERING HALL.
ILLUSTRATED LECTURE at 8 +. NJ. Professor Crom-
we'll
CHATEAU MABILLE VARIETIES
VARIETY. at M.
The New York herald., 1876-03-05

A DESERVED MEASURE. Strahnn has
introduced into the House at Albany bill
in reference TO arrears of taxes in New York.
This bill provides that any person may pay
TO the Comptroller the amount of any tax or
assessment upon property, real or personal,
within year with interest at seven per cent
from the time of its assessment. The effect
of this measure will be to aid the Comptrol-
Ter in recovering unpaid taxes and assess
ments, and to aid the owners of property in
paying such taxes or assessments. As o
measure of relief and of revenue it deserves
the attention of tho Legislature.
The New York herald., 1876-03-05

PACIFIC MAIL is disturbed by crooked
ness" in the accounts between its San Fran
cisco agent and the company The amount
in question is only three-quarters of
million of dollars, and the lawyers are try
ing to find out who has got it, Tho fact that
tho amount was originally earned in the
China trade suggests that perhaps, after all,
il was some "heathen Chinee" who cheated
the innocent "Melican man" out Of his
money. Tho court is now engaged in
determining what should constitute just
grounds for suspicion in the premises. We
respectfully suggest the fact that--the money
is gone.
The New York herald., 1876-03-05

WALL STREET YESTERDAY. stock mar
ket was irregular and the tendency of prices
downward. Gold was quoted at ia 5-S
ia 81 Money was supplied at a IL per
cent. Foreign exchange was quiet.
The New York herald., 1876-03-05

PHILADELPHIA had great fire yesterday.
The entire loss is estimated at nearly half
million dollars, and was principally in dry
goods. 1t is very seldom that the Quaker
City distinguishes itself in this direction !;
but this is its centennial year and the era Of
great events.
The New York herald., 1876-03-05

The CosT or THE GERMAN ARMY SYSTEM
is commencing to tell adversely against the
interests of art and industry in the Empire.
Both will be worthily represented at Phila-
-delphia notwithstanding.
The New York herald., 1876-03-05

The HERALD BY FAST MAIL TRAINS Ne,cs-
dealers and the public throughout The country
,ciH be supplied 'oih he DAILY, WEEKLY and
SUNDAY HERALD. free Of postage, by sending
their orders direct TO this office
The New York herald., 1876-03-05

From oetr reports this morning the probabilities
are thai the ,oedther to-day ,oiH be ,odrmer and
partly cloudy and threatening during the after
noon.
The New York herald., 1876-03-05

A Princess born in Athens. A trouble
some moment for persons of that class
The New York herald., 1876-03-05
QU ADRUPLE SH e EFT.

NEW YORK, SUNDAY. MARCH 5. 1876.
The New York herald., 1876-03-05

BROOKLYN THEATRE.
UNCLE TOMS CABIN. ats 7. NJ. Mrs. G. C. Howard
TONY PAsToR's NEW THEATRE.
VARIETY, ut SP 81
The New York herald., 1876-03-05
NEW YORK HERALD
BROADWAY AND ANN STREET.

JAMES GORDON BENNETT,
PROPRIETOR
The New York herald., 1876-03-05

VOLUME .....................NO 65
The New York herald., 1876-03-05

CHATEAU MABILLE VARIETIES
VARIETY. at 8 =. NJ.
The New York herald., 1876-03-05

CHICKERING HALL.
ILLUSTRATED LECTURE, at & r. NJ Professor Crom-
The New York herald., 1876-03-05

All business, news letters or telegraphic
dispatches must be addressed New YORK
The New York herald., 1876-03-05

LYCEUM THEATRE.
BENEFIT OF MR. FRELIGH, at 3 7. NJ Matinee at 2
The New York herald., 1876-03-05

ACADEMY OF MUSIC.
TIE STAR OF THE NORTH, ut =. N. Clara Louise
The New York herald., 1876-03-05

UNION SQUARE THEATRE.
ROSE MICHEL M SP NJ
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-09-06
ST. VINCENT'S
BOARDING SCHOOL
FOR YOUNG LADIES.
BY THE SISTERS OF
CHARITY at DONALD
SONVILLE, LA.

T1H1S INSTITUTION rs LOCATED
i in the above named healthful lit
tie village, situated at the junction of
the Mississippi River and the Bayou
Lafourche.. 1t is accessible at all
seasons of the year, both by railway
and water.
Parents will find for their daughters,
in this Institution, all the facilities for
a christian and refined education; the
course of instruction being the same as
that pursued at St. Joseph's Academy,
Emmittsburg, Maryland, Of which it
branch.
The buildings and grounds are spa
cious and commodious, In considera-
ton of the changed condition of the
South, the terms have been reduced to
nearly half price.
=, The Academic year is divided into
two Sessions of five months each-the
lst commencing the LIST of September,
the 2nd on the lst of February.
TERMS: Payable in advance.
Board & Tuition including Washing,
MendiDg, Bed and Bedding, per
Session. Observation-Disclosures rs GO
Or Per -Annum. -...-....-.... $50 60
French Language, per annum. 10 90
Tapestry, Painting &C., Extra charges.
Music at Professors prices.
Books and Stationery furnished at
Current prices.
D For further particulars, reference
can be made in person to the different
Institutions of New Orleans, or by let
ter to the Sisters at Donaldsonville.
July 12-3m.
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Died :;


IN this Gown, Oh the 30th of August,
1876, al the residence OF her daughter,
Mrs. &. G. Wood, in the 18th year of
her age, Mrs. LAVINIA LOTT, relict
Of the late Robert B. Lott.
Thus has passed away the very
oldest inhabitant Of Alexandria; a
purely good woman, of the very best
family of the olden time, and one
endowed with many high and rare
gifts, We have known her as far as
memory runneth, and can truthfully
attest that none in this life's humble
sphere ever performed more faith
fully the duties of wife, mother,
grandmother and trusted friend!
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-09-06

The DIFFERENCE.--In 1858, under
Democratic rule in our State, the
appropriation for per diem and mile
age, including $4,000 for contin.
gent fund, was $4,000. In 1868,
under Republican rule, as per acts
Nos u, a and IS, it was $4,000!
Only the little difference exclusive of
contingent fund Of S23o,O00. In
1859, under the "d--n Democrats y
as per acts % and 261, it was
100000, and in 1869, under the
Republicans, the appropriation for
per diem and mileage alone, acts Is
and So, it was $325,O00l Only
again slight difference of $225,OOo!
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-09-06
THE Ranides side-show In II

The Rapides side-show to the
State Radical Menagerie, always one
of the amusing features of the con-
Germ, is advertised in the Organ to
come on the 10th. No place is des-
igaatad in the call except that it will
open in Alexandria. The call does
not even state who will stand at the
door and grind the organ and send
round tie monkey with The hat!
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Gao A DAY AT HOME. AGENTS
VIZ wanted. Outfit and terms
free. TRUE g. CO., Augusta, Maine.
R E MI O " A L!

TINE FIRM OF j. A. WILLIAMS
l. e. Co., have removed from their
Old stand, corner Second and De Soto
streets, to the Brick Stores formerly
occupied by A. Heyman Il Co., corner
of Front and Johnston streets, where
they will be pleased to see their old
friends and customers. Thankful for
the patronage heretofore extended to
them they will strive to merit a oon-
tinuauce of the same by strict attention
to business. J. A. WILLIAMS IL co.
,Inly I1-onn
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OFFICE SUPERVISOR REGISTRATION, J
PARISH OF RApIDEs, :
Alexandria, La, Aug. Both, 1876.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN
~ that the Books of Registration for
the Parish of Rapides will be opened
as follows:
Alexandria, Courthouse-from Au-
gust 30th to September 10Th.
Rapides, Lamothe's Bridge - Sep
TENDER 1lth.
Cotile. James, Store - September
18th and 18th.
Nichols, Union Church-September
18th.
Acknowledgements 18th and 10th.
PauPs Store-September 18th g. 10Th.
Calhoun's Store-September Doth.
Cheneyville-22d and 23rd.
Spring Hill, Lecomte--Sept. 25th.
Lamouri, Robinson's Store - Sep
TENDER Goth.
Berlin's, john Berlin's-Sept. 2sth.
Big Island, NJ. Deville-Sept. 29th.
Holloway's Prairie, Charles Burma
man's-September 30th.
Pineville-October Bird and 18th.
For the purpose of adding to the
registration the names of the qualified
electors not registered in 1874; and for
the erasurc from the registry the names
ofall persons who have, for any reasons
become disqualified as electors of this
Parish since October 26tl, 1874.
Registration will close at the Court
House finally on October 2Sth, 1876,
where the office will be established
from and after the 5th day of October
1876. B. w. WOODRUFF.
Supervisor Of Election, Parish of
Rapides.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-09-06

CHARLIE DROWN, of the Dawn,
is seusibly mindful of an Editor s
wants, He practiced it we'll in put
ting in the DEMOCRATS package a
late New York Herald and Cincinnati
Commercial, which relieved us con-
siderably from the dullness of the
New Orleans papers,.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-09-06

The State election in Vermont
took place ON yesterday, and that OF
Maine will occur on Monday next
Both have hitherto been regarded as
Radical States beyond peradventure.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-09-06

A Coon OPINION. The Honorable
Gideon Welles, Secretary ofthe Navy
under Mr.. Lincoln, writes as follows
TO Montgomery Blair:
| have read Tilden's letter with great
satisfaction. 1t is The product of an
able mlnd-a statesman and a politi-
clan, who will give as an energetic and
capable administration. The paper
carlies rs back to better days and
Zines, when we had statesmen for
Chief Magistrates who were capable of
defining policy and Shaping course
Of wise administration. regret that
Tilden's and Hayes letters could not
have appeared simultaneously. so that
the public could have read aud studied
.hem together. The tame platitudes
of one, and The profound and intelli-
gent thought and utterances Of the
other. are il strong contrast.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-09-06

The following is the Democratic
ticket nominated in Bienvilie parish
For Representative, Hon. W. S.
Cockerham; Parish Judge, D. F.
Head; Sheriff, 7. j. Hightower;
Clerk, A. M. Oden; Recorder, John
NJ. Head.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-09-06

KEFoRM-Assistant Attorney Gen
eral Dibbie has discontinued the suit
In the Superior District Court, insti-
tuted by the late Attorney General,
q. I: Field, against ex Auditor Clin-
ton Tor S2z9,OOO of money received
ana not accounted for, and $l3S, 900
illegally disturbed.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-09-06

As usual we have weekly thanks
TO return to the clerks Of the K. It.
bryarIy for 6 complete Ale of New
Orleans dailies.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-09-06

--THANKs to the clerks of the
Packet for a package of late New
Orleans papers.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-09-06

AS We expected and predicted
the Colfax-Wells Congressional Con
vention turned out to be grand fiz-
zle on wheels!
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-09-06

SITE. they come to The old gum
tfee--Sayid 7, Lewis, the last Re-
publican Governor Of Alabama, is out
IN 8 letter declaring for rilden and
Reform.