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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-03-15

| Whatever social complications liaQ be'
fallen him in this strange land. An
other prntege of Mrs. Bellznap became
the wife of Henry Clews, though in
this case there is no particular quality
of incident, for there is no nobility OF
any kind about Clews to be outrag ed
by any tergiyersations Of social for
tune.
TIE PIEADINGs OF A WOMAN.
But to return to Mrs Belknap. As
soon as she heard of the levin bolt
that hung above her head she sought
10 bring her dearly bought, "social in
tluence," us they call it here, to bear
to avert the blow. She sought ely
ner and adjured him, by his gray
hairs and by the love he bore her sex,
to spare her husband tor her sake and
for tie sake of their prattlfns cir! baby
at home. She besongllt Blackburn, by
the homage he owed to the womaniiood
of Kentucky, to spare her, q Kentucky
girl from shame and ruin. Bat ely
,ner WIS inexorabIe, and Blackburn
quietly responded that Kentucky wo-
manhood did not demand any such
sacrifice of public duty. AS soon as
Mrs. Belknap realized that she was be-
You'd the power of social influence or
official prestige to save or shield her,
she went hone and gave herself up to
paroxysms of gtief and modification.
Her always open Doors were closed,
and the shutters of her parlor windows
were let down. The Belknap mansion
ceased to he a social centre, and Mrs.
Belknap was as dead to society as
though she had been buried in, Spring
Grove.
THE TRAIL OF THE SERPENT OYER
THEM ALL.
What followed has been told. AS
said last night, this is the beginning of
the end. Not twenty four hours have
elapsed since the blow was struck, ana
sci the. committee has already been adj
visel of teDfold new corruption in the
official and domestic affairs Of the Bel
knaps. One young man offers an atii-
iavit rcciting that he had paid Mrs.
Belknap 500 tor n position in the de-
partmeut. An cy-olheial in the New
York Custom House comes forward
| with the statement that $4,000 worth
of luxuries were passed at that port
duty free Tor the adornment Of the Sec
rotary aud his wife. Stories of the
sale of post-traderships on the Upper
Missouri and of recommendations for
promotion are coming in from every
quarter, too numerous to mention in
detail by telegraph Special Cores
pondcuce Of the Cincinnati Enquirer.
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The Cabinet,
THE SELF -R:sPECT OF NO HONEST MAN
WILL PERMIT I'M 70 BE CON
ELCrED WITH II.

It is question whether tho whole
Cabinet should not iesigD. The Adj
miuiStratinn is rottrn, and millions oi
people whl dil not believe 30 yester-
day are convinced of it to-day. The
confession oS the guilty Secretary o.
IT Wax is a revelation. II conid not
have lseen guilty ri the crimes he has
confessed uut remain undiscovered III
Cabinet that WAS pare. 1t Is a day
Of judgment. The political heavens
are rolled together like 4 scroll and are
consumed with fire; vain'y the wicked
call OR the mountains to ove.whelm
them and hide them from the wrath
| 10 come.
The terrible force of Secretary Bel
krap's confession, the horrible mean
ing TINT is embodied in his guilt, is
uubroken by the fact that there are
pure men in the Presidents Cabinet
He was their associate, and they were
| Jointly with him the Presidents advi-
sels. There is not entirely divided
responsibility in the Cabinet. MI.
Fish, and Mr.. Bristow, and Mr.. Jewell
are not merely officers charged with
the conduct of affairs of State, of the
Treasury aud the Post Office. The
Cabinet is in its highest capacity a
unit. Every member of it has the
honor of the Government in his keep
ing, and that honor cannot he lost by
one without more or less responsibility
attaching to the Others. Were these
men blind, that they could not see, till
IA Democratic Congress compelled
them, that the head of tho War De-
partment was selling the sonl Of the
Government 2 They were blind-for
we do not believe them corrupt-but
their blindness has given the nation
eternal shame. Because of the indif-
ference Of the President and the Cabi-
net to the scandals which long ago
darkened the War Department. the
country is now Inundated in dust and
ashes.
The pure members of a corrupt ad :
minis,ration are like living men
chained to a corpse. We presume that
The Grst thought of Mr.. Fish when he
knew OF this fearful fall of his colleague
was whether he could in self-respect
remain member Of a disgraced Cabi
net. This is not the first disgrace, but
the culmination of II long series of in
famies that are part of the historyloi
the Administration The corruptions
of the Government are so numerous
and notorious that it is a question
whether the self respect of an honest
aud honorable man will permit him to
be connected with it. We are more
sorry to write this of the Government
of the United States than any Ame,i'
can citizen can be to read it; but w
, write simply what is the truth.
1t is Il question, we say, whether thu
whole Cabinet should not resign, anG
happily, we are lot called upon to an
swer it. Mr.. Fish and Mr.. Bristov
must Judge for themselves. Bat one
duty they have TO perform Is plain.
II they remain in this rotten, dlsgracet
Administration, they must demand o
] the President the authority to reform
it. Thrt is the only condition upoI
which self respect and cabinet oftic
can now be reconcied. If the Presi
deaf refuses to concede this right, tn
e sooner all honest men leave him tn
t better it will be for themselves and TO
. the country.-[N. Y. Herald.
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KENO Anderson of Cheating Board
notoriety has too been unveiled, and
an $4,000 steal gl:.res a robbed peo-
pie right in the face. We shall pub
ish the report of the special commit
tee who have unmasked him, in our
next. R. L. Luckett, one of our Re
representatives., was the Chairman O
the Committee.
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aDIED OF A BROKEN HEART"
THE TROUBLES OF a CHURCH oRGANIsT
ENDED WITH HIS LIFE.

"There lies a man who died Of q
broken heart" said the sexton of st.
Johns Chapel, in Yarick street, yes
terday morning, as he Strengthened
mt the limbs Of Charles Z. Horsley,
who for three years past had been
organist Of the church, On Tuesday
evening of last week Mr.. Horsley
conducted the performance Of "Hhe
Patriot Flag" one Of his own compo-
sitions. at the "Martha Washington
Reception" The next day be was
taken i'll, and bis disease eliminated
in paralysis Of the heart, of which
he died at two o'clock yesterday
morning.
Mr. Horslcy was enc of the most
distinguished church musicians in
this country. Born in Kensington,
London. in 1924, he was the pupil Of
MendelssDhn, Spohr and Hauptmann,
Che Instructor Of Won Bulow. His
father and grandfather had been EN-
inent musical composers, but the
Youngest Of the line exhibited the
most talent, taking charge of an Or
gan and choir at the age Of fourteen,
and publishing a successful oratorio
soon afterward
In September, 1872, Mr.. Horsley
came to this country, and q month
afterward was made organist of St.
Johns Chapel, in Varick street.
Unfortunately he found the position
anything but pleasant one. When,
some three years ago, it was deter
mined to procure new organ for St.
Johns Chapel, Mr.. Horsley consult
ed an uptown builder, and obtained
plans and specifications by which
such an instrument could be built for
$4,000. The Vestry met and his
opinions were disregarded. The mat
ter was put into the hands of one of
their number, who had an organ of
the kind built for $4,000. Remon-
STRANGE was found to be in vain. The
organ was built and the $4,000 paid
by the Pari b. 1t created q great
deal of scandal in this church at the
time. 1t was alleged then, and has
been openly charged since, that there
were rings in the Vestry, and that
the management of the property was
conducted in manner unworthy of
religious men. One man, it was
said, had the painting in charge, and
expected h is margin from those
whom he employed, and the same
thing was alleged in connection with
the carpenter work, mason and other
r2pairs. This style of doing bust
ness, it was alleged, even crapt int
the choirs. Tie result OF these
charges w2s that Mr.. H9rsley insist
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-WARPATH, high and pure bred
stallion, with the rich blood of In
ported Cation and Gallopade, and the
home blood of the great Reel and
Lexington mingling and comming-
ling in his veins, is again at the pub
lies service. See the card of his
owner.
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Special.

yAvING RETIRED FROM THE
i Il Warehouse business, | now re-
turn my thanks to my friends and pa
irons tor their patronage, and hope all
those who are still indebted to me will
phase call at the office of w. ". Whit
tington, Jr., in Alexandria, where my
books and accounts can be found, and
pay the same, and lie will receipt for
whatever amounts are so paid. I
trust all will come forward and settle
at once. d. L. STAFFORD.
March Is, 1S76-3t.
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Coop cypress lumber is certain
" needed here-an advertisement
elsewhere indicates the mill where
you can purchase. it.
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Reduction Of the Army.

any greater reduction of the army
than one Of 5000 men, thus leaving
the aggregate force at 10000 The
Republican members resist any re
duction at all, and obstruct retrench-
ment in this branch ofthe service, as
in all other bills thus far.
A halfway measure of this kind
will not meet the expectation of the
country, Or satisfy the demand for
economy. Everybody who has in,
vestigated the subject outside of the
preferred class knows that the army
to-day is more than twice too large,
considering the uses and necessities
to which it is applied.
Sherman, Sheridan, and the inter
est which they advocate, want a stan
ding army on the European model,
with splendid Stats, generous pay
and allowances, and all the accesso-
ries Of great rank and pomp. Such
an establishment is supposed to mag
nifty their grandeur, and indeed it
would be very fine if there were no
taxes to pay, and no suffering to en-
dnre for 50 much display.
But the republican idea of an army
contemplates the smallest possible
force consistent with protection
The warnings Of the fathers against
a large standing army have been
abundantly Justified by recent eXpe-
rience, when United States troops
were employed in Texas, Arkansas,
Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama,
South Carolina, and other States, to
overthrow popular government, and
placed at the orders of thieving and
murderous marshals for the basest
Of partizan uses.
We want no such standing menace
and no such immense power in the
hands of President who may be
corrupt and INSCRIPTIONS. One OF
the chief issues before the people,
when Il Republican majority of two
thirds in the House was crushed out
was reduction of the army down to
the lowest point. That question
was discussed in all it's phases, and
the judgment rendered at the polls
was that 10000 men would be album
dantfor every need of the country.
Since Congress met, the incIina-
ton has been to compromise on q
force of Is 600. Even at that figure
it would be practicable to save per,
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-HoN. James Jeffries and Hon.
G. w. Stafford, our Representatives
in the Lower House, returned home
on the Bart. Able.
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ENUINE MERSCHAUM PIPES
" uew supply, at
FERGUSON & SCHN ACK
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Gerald Foote GRAY Hooker Johnston Mcneil, Mendenhai
Metts Oldham Pratt Reynolds Shirley Sims Stewart ayo
Terry, Thompson-2l ,,Ca
NAYs-Messrs Everett Fewell Furong, Graham McCas-
kill Morgan, Smith, Stones.
VoTING-Messrs. Allen Barry, Catchngs'
Griffin Mcclure Thornton, futile, Whites ,
the Senate then thrown open anu the
Managers the part OF the House. and the Counse lot Tue
Respondent invited in -,
The Presiding Officer announced to the Managers on ne
mart of the House Counsel for the Respondent the
action Of the Senate in the under consideration when
the Senate retired for deliheratlOn ,
Thereupon the Presiding Officer said declare the
senate sitting as Court of Impeachment the trial of L.
Superintendent of Public Education OF the State
Mississippi, adjourned sine die
[OFFICIAL D. NJ olONf"
President pro tenn of the Senate and Presiding
Officer of the Court of impeachment
Attest: d. T. PORTER
Secretary of the Senate.
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were bound and such officer mo-,
deficit by another surety or suratyo' PpF NJ
such deficit, without impairine tbo ooOhd !
leasing the remaining surety or s oohd 0, :
such bond shall be taken, for oil u.Feues y.
purposes, as a new bond, but shall inlents =
release of the sureties on the oriei iO. Vol
and the surety or sureties signing to sus boz
deficit, shall 81 gn and seal the orioiIpPP q
each adding after his name, the word 1lral b0,
of -, (the person in whose stead AGs
and the date, day, month and wear rrL lie sg,
signs and seals; and it shall be the % d". be
Clerk of the Chancery Court or tba uE oi6
whose Office the said original bond !. ceIce !
recorded, to note on the record of tbo Iel q
change made in the original. OOQd
SEC. Z. Be 1t further enacted n
Sherifs of the several counties in I tla'
shall give new bonds as Tax Collects ID
ing to the provisions of this Act on =, Sccat
the first Monday in August, 1915 .u ~ oeIa
Sheriff shall fail to give a new bond % O
lector, according to this Act, on or Lof.1 q
first Monday in August, 1876, such SboSee d
thereby forfeit his office, and an elect @i
be held to fill the vacancy thereby ~. VI
but this section shall not be held 10 5V"e
Their time to any Sheriff who shall nv oa,V q
given bond as Tax Collector in the man. nv, a
within the time required by the law as j i, q
previous to the passage Of this Act, no, w. u
this section apply to any case where a nsrf "
shall be required by the order of any Bo,J y
Supervisors.
SEC. s. Be 1t further enacted, That tbi, F.,
shall take effect and be in force from onJ a
its passage.
By LIMITATION, March Is, 1876
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LA w S
THE
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI.
OF THE

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-03-05

The foregoing is true and correct transcript from
the books Of the New Orleans Insurance Association
NIL. MUSSON, President
6. 4ANAUX, Secretary.
STATE OF LOUISIANA, Z
Parish of Orleans. City Of New Orleans.
Sworn 70 and subscribed before me, Notary Public,
this 18th Of January 1876.
G. LEGARDEUR, JR., Not. Pub.
Mt meeting of the Board of Directors held ON the
18th of January 1s76. it resolved to pay end
after the 25th iDst the fellc wing dividends:
l. An interest dividend Of TEN PER CENT for
the year ending 3lst December, 1875, the capitS
stock of $50 per share.
E. A dividend of TEN PER CENT to stockholders
on the amount of their NET earned premiums for
the year ending 31st December, 1875, in addition
to the rebate anticipated dividend of Is per cent
already received by said stockholders on their
GROSS premiums
3. And to carry to Contingent Fund FIFTEEN
PER CENT of the remaining premium profits, for
investment in United States Government securities,
according to articles I'LL and v of the amended
charter. NIL. MUSSON, President.
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DEAN STANLEY.

Arthur Pehkhyn Stanley, Dean Of West
minister. is one OF the greatest living masters
Of the English tongue, and the possessor of
varied and extensive attsinments. He is
eminent as poet, scholar, critic, traveller, and
controversialist, but it is chiefly to his qualifi
cations as preacher that We would now direct
attention. HIS sermons have . distinctive
character. They have q large infusion OF
the leading article, and frequently address
themselves to the prevailing thought or the
great events of the day. This tendency is
dignitsry of the Church, who went one Sun
day morning to service st Westminster Abbey,
it having been announced that the Dean would
preach.
How did you like the sermon? ?" asked the
lady with whom he was staying. "Oh," was
the reply, cit was very good; there was
nothing to object to, but it was not what
went to b. ar; went to hear about the way To
Heaven, and only heard about Palestine.
He seeks 10 make his sermon vivid and inter-
esting by bringing anecdotes and letters and
history under contribution; and in the effort
his imagery is often colored by local illusions,
and even his su, ject is suggested by local cir
cumstances Thus ct Venice he preached on
the text, +" How shall We sing the Lords song
in strange land" at Rome, on the subject
of est Paul at Rome;" at the Convent of st
Catherine, from the appropriate text, "Tnis
Agar il Mount Sinai in Arabia" at Jerusalem
the subject was "Chri~t on Earth and
Christ in Heaven" HIS sermons are re-
markable for their brevity, seldom exceeding
ten or fifteen minutes ia tho delivery. He
has no action, and his voice is monotonous
and thin and weak His physique il not i'm
posing. frequently, when he has preached
in the Abbey or in St Paul's Cathedral, 30
could hardly be heard beyond the immediate
circle that surrounded him. He rarely
breaches the same sermon twice, is ever ready
to advocate from the pulpit any cause which
receives his approval, aud although he GER
t,inly lacks the highest qualities Of an orator,
the elcquence of his language is very ornate
and winning. To listen to his sermons is
highly enjoyable. They contain many q vein
of literary and historical allusion as rich IS
any in Macanlay. Occasionally he introduces
in q translation suggestive sentence from a
Greek or Latin author, or from some foreign
modern classic. Now he will give an extract
from a pl.y of Sophocles. now from dis-
logue of Plato, ana a gain from the Confessions
Of st Augustiae. His versatility, his imagi-
nation, aud his pic orial power are amazing
and fascinating. Charles D Deshter.
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SUPPLEMENT.
INV ORLEANS, MARCH s. 1916.
THE OLD SWEET SONG.

remember song whose numbers thr0ng
Al sweetiy in memory's twilight hour
a. the voice OF the blessed in he realm OF rest,
Or the sparkle of dew on dreaming flower.
Tia ! simple air, but when others depart.
Like IN angel whisper, it clings to my heart.
have wandered far under sun and STAR
Heard the ripping music in every cline,
From the carol clear OF the gondoner
To the wondrous peal Of sacred chime;
have drunk in the tones which bright ups let
70 thirsting spirits in bower and hall;
The anthems bland Of the masters grand
Have borne me .loft on their sweeping an wings;
browns not the murmur OF fairy strings,
Or the shepherds pipe. whose music thrills
with the breath OF moro Ger the sleeping hills;
But none remain like the simple strain
Which my mother sang TO my childish ears,
AZ nightly and oft DER my pillow soft
She gently hovel ed to so0the my fears:
can see her now, with her bright head bent,
In the light which the taper 90 feebly lent.
can see now, with her fair, pure brow, -
And the dark locks pushed from ner 'enPies
And tho liquid rays Of her tender gaze
Made eloquent by trembling tear,
Az she watched the sleep that is sweet Tor all,
Like rose leaves over my split lall
And the notes still throng OF that sweet OLD song,
Though silent the lips that breathed them to
Like the chimes 50 clear which mar ners hear
From the sunken cities beneath the sea;
And never. ali never can they depart
While shines my being and beats my heart.
That song, that song, that old sweet songl
gather it up like golden cham,
Link by link, when to slumber l eink,
Aud link by LUX when wake again;
shall hear It, knew. when the last deep rest
Shall fold me close to the earth's dark breast.
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A book has inst been Issued. said to have
cost 42O, 600. There are ohly $50 copies. a
50 apiece. printed; not remunerative ven.
ture TO the author. II has been done, how
ever, on philanthropic principles. and these
are seldom rerunerative. That object vas TO
spread Q knowledge of the horrors Of var,
and thus to serve the cluse Of peace. l. is
called ola Troisieme Invasion" and CON
sists of series OF sketches of battle fields.
ambulances, and all the adjuncts that 60 to
make up the majesty Of war. 1hsse sketches
were taken on the spot BY the author OF the
book. n Sancon, who was attached % an am
bulance during the campaign in the last great
VA. -Londm Correspondence Baltimor Bulls.in.
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