The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-02-02

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holds your destiny in his hands, and
this day and this hour will never be
forgotten. Amen!
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WRONG AGAIN.
We had occasion last week to haul
the authorities over our hot bed Of
Goals, and in plain words tell them Of
their injustice and neglect towards
the two United States soldiers, who
were suffered and forced to lie in Jail
seven or eight days awaiting the for
mality Of a preliminary invcstiga-
ton. Since then these soldiers have
been brought before that fungus Of
imbccility ycleped the Court" and
after a long and tedious inycstiga-
ton before that august parsonage,
SHE took the matter under advise
nlent fully fourteen hours, and then
demanded bail in the sum Of three
hundred dollars Of edch of the ac-
cused. OF course these unfortnnates
can't give bond aud to Jail they have
had to go and there remain till the
May Term of her stupi,lity's sitting.
All this might seemingly be well for
the enforcement of the laws, which
we dcvoutly desire, if the stupidity
Of the Court was not again here n,a'lo
apparent, and her prejutliced partial.
ity markedly shown to all who liearl
the testimony so-called in this ease.
We have it from competent and high
authority, that there WIS not 6 parti-
Gle of evidence Ml,lucc,l against tho
unfortunate accused and that they
should have been instantly ttischars-
ed. But the Court ruled otherwise,
and though she has been trying ctn-
ningly since to shift the responsible
ity elsewhere, we have it from rell-
able source, that she is now anxious
to turn the "the boys i'll blue scot
free, but has neither the sense nor
the nerve to act in the premises.
What can't be cured, we suppose
must be a-llttle longer endured, and
we only perform our part of the pub
lie duty, incumbent OH the decent .
Press of the State, when we for the
hundredth time record the ignorant
blunder and misdccds Of the thing
that disgraces the ermine Of Rapides.
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-THE people of East Feliciana
and East Baton Rouge have tired OF
their radical home rulers and officials,
and have held immense meetings
urging them to resign. Most of them
have done it in both Parishes, and
the people in turn are asking Mr..
Kellogg to fill these vacancies with
good and conservative citizens. We
believe this forced course of our peo-
pie in the Parishes named is very.
commendable, and we wonder why
Rapides can't take lesson from
them in a special Coa.rt-ly office here
and thin a slice from our model
School Board? Do the death sweats
Of criminal Indifference still cling
to US?
The Centennial appropriation
has passed the lower House OF con7.
! grcss by small majority; the
amount appropriated is 81, 5Oo.oeoloe'
: All the Louisiana Congressman 70.
: ted for it, and it is the general oplll-
ion that they did right.
Us So.
"A grand Masked and Fancy
!, Dress Ball is one Of the pleasant re-
unions now in contemplation here
and an advertisement to interested
ones will be found in our columns
relative thereto.
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"A CLEAR half Of the WORKING
: time, allowed by law to our Leglsla.s
. ture, has vanished into eternity, anu
= as yet we have not seen published =.
e promulgated in the Official journal
3 a single Act.
4 -Rrvrn pretty high, and march.
), ing up to the tune Of four inches Pc
twenty four hours.
t One shower of rain last week.
81 was not wanted-did no harm: