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The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-03-07

Among the Incidents Of the Belknal
earthquakes, says o Washington dis
patch, is that itl has brought old Tom
Worthington out Of his den to make
one more thrust at Grant and Sherman
before he dies. Old Tom says Belknal
was promoted during the war and ap
pointed to Office since as q bribe te
silence him in regard to facts concern.
ing Shiloh, which Grant and Sherman
falsified in their reports, and which they
do not wish to have set right. He says
that Sherman. In order to save himself
from court martial for neglect Of duty,
charged cowardice against two Iowa
regiments, one Of which Belknap com
manded, and that both Grant and Sher-
man saved themselves by making scape-
goat Of these two regiments. Belknap
acquiesced in this charge disgracing his
own men In consideration OF promises
of personal promotion. tlY
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-03-07

Washington specials to the Cincinnati
Enquirer of the 4th inst. say: The name
Of Orvil Grant figures in ugly conncc.
tions on the Upper Missouri, and that
OF Senator Boutwell, is handled in con
nection with the evasion of Custom du-
ties in New York, and altogether the
situation to-day is like the opening
chapters Of a long sealed book of in
fanny, whose recitals have often been
guessed at but never proclaimed from
the house tops until to-day.
The Republicans are even worse de-
momlized to-day than yesterday. Gar
field, Frye and one or two other Repre-
sentatives, with Boutwell, and possibly
Conklin from the Senate, will 60 to New
Hampshire next week to try to stem the
tide. The Democrats are sending more
eloquent plesders in the shape of $4,000
copies Of the report OF Clymer's Com
mittee, with the accompanying testi-
mony, for distribution by the State Cen
tral Committee.
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-03-07

us with Joy We see in them the hand.
writing on the wall, the beginning Of
the end, retrituttoa at last coming home
to the oppressors of our beloved South,
to the systematic maligners, calumnia-
tors and plunderers Of our people. We
maintain that American honor is
not affected zby such turpitudes. They
are of all times and of all nations as
history shows. Throughout The world,
after oil great commotions, the
scum OF society comes to tho surface.
and, reigning supreme for time, hold
forth It's disgusting saturnalia until
the day OF retribution comes. During
our great commissions that SCUM seized
power and has held II in high revel ever
since. To-day the day Of reckoning has
come The people of the North are
awakening from their long 1ethargy.
Misery and bankruptcy spreading from
tho plundered and conquered South to
the rich and victorious North has
wrought the change, and scoundrels,
whether they be high or low, must now
be brodght to Justice. To the Demo
cratic House we say, Well done, good and
faithful servant; but stop not on the
way; prosecute guilt wherever found,
and the American people will ap-
plaud you.
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-03-07
"The Old ygan saved. .

The peculiar tone Of glorification used
by the Republican editors throughout
the country over Babcock's S acquital,
makes it apparent that they do not care
about Babcock at all, but look upon the
verdict as having as its most saving yir-
tue the conservation of Grant. He be-
ing saved to them, the minor personages
can gang their ways" to any political
purgatory df there is any) adjusted to
meet the cases OF those who die of the
Taxation produced by gases from the
"moral ideas of the Republican party.
This being the situation of that party
with respect to their "entdnt terrible"-
the "babby" who made such a mess for
them-we think the illustrative anec-
dote used by one of the prosecuting
counsel on the trial will bear repeating
for its keen application. The counsel
told the story OF the country doctor who,
on his first case OF midwifery, was
asked on his return from it how his
patients were doing. WELL" said he,
''the baby is dead, and the mother OF it
is dying; but by the blessing of God I'll
save the old man." The point OF this
story can be felt by those who read
John n. Porter's speech, ostensibly de-
Tending Babcock, but oyerfowing with
eulogy of the President and the Repub
licans OF his court: Taking their cue
from the result. the truly loyal who
write and speak for the Administration
show their loyalty by thanking God
that "the old man" is saved! When will
the politically dead "baby" be buried !?
--Alcany Argus.
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-03-07
NOT NECESSARY.

The Buzzard Of Coushatta. Sunda,
morning, suggested TINT 1t might gratis,
the Democrats and Conservatives t.
have n law enacted imposing penalties
upon Radicals and excluding them from
all civil rights in the courts OF the State
The Buzzard was also accommodating
enough to furnish us with the proper
text Of such a bill. The proposition Is d
very foolish one and shows very great
ignorance, on the part OF the Buzzard
of our laws. OF the real spirit OF the
Democratic party and Of the reasons
why the Radicals continually escape
Justice. Our statute books provide
ample penalties for the evil deeds OF
rogucs. perjurers and forgers. and there
is no necessity for general and sweep
ing statute against them all under
the name Of Radicals" There are
two objections to this. in the first
place. crimes of different degrees re-
quire punishments differing In severity ;
and. in the second place, there are q
few rascals outside Of the Radical party
who might be exempted were tho gen
eral statute made only to cover Radi-
calls. The statutes against thieves arc
very well as they stand. All that Is
needed TO give them force and effect,
and bring all the rogues to justice, from
Packard & Co. down to Souer. is the es-
tablishmcnt of an honest judiciary and
u better and more reliable jury system.
The Buzzard is somewhat impracticable
in It's proposed revision OF the criminal
laws Of the State.
It has never been proposed by the
Democrats and Conservatives to ex-
cl,ide the Radicals from the courts. A
murderer, or perjurer, on a burglar. or
any other criminal, may have just
claim against the most honest man In
tho world, and 1t would be undemo-
cratic and contrary to the constitution
to deprive him, however heinous his
crimes. Of the right 81 prosecuting his
righteous claim.
The policy OF debarrlng criminals
from all rights Of this nature has never
been proposed by our purity. But the
Buzzard's partisans did, in 1873, enact
u statute outlawing their political op-
ponents. Every Louisianian remem-
bers that the Kellogg Legislature
Of that year did pass n law
declaring that no citizen unless he had
paid his taxes should have any civil
rights in the courts of the State. Tits
well known that that unconsti- |
tutional and infamous enactment was
aimed Mt the taxpayers Of the State. be-
cause almost rs a unit, they were op-
posed to the Kellogg ,isurpation. The
party is alone entitled to the
shame Of attempting to outlaw and drive
from the courts its opponents.
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-03-07
olrR CONVENIENT.
Brlbetak ers, Thieves, Robbers, Pick.
pockets, Mere Ordinary scOumdrels.

This man, detected and crushed, Is
driven out, resigns, Is irnpeached, and
either escapes or endureS the punish
ment Of his crimes. The people are
shocked by the rcvelation-by the
positive proof OF what has so long been
suspected and believed. It is indeed a
shocking, a revolving exhibition. In the
Centennial year of the Republic. our
great enterprise of free popular govern
ment results In the sale Of Offices by
one Of our very highest functionaries,
and in the payment Of bribes to the wife
Of this rotten official. II such Is our con
dition at the end Of the first century,
what will it be at the end Of the second ?
We may well hang our heads with
shame before other nations when the
very highest executive officers, those
intrusted with the chief power and the
largest honOrs, turn out to be bribe-
takers, thieves, robbers, pickpockets,
mere ordinary scOundrels.
But these natural sentiments and re-
Elections must promptly be set aside for
the sterner purpose OF thoroughly un-
derstanding the disease which threatens
to destroy us, and applying a remedy
that shall be thorough, effective and
adequate. The first necessity is to know
the whole truth and for the possibility
ocratic majority in the House OF Repre-
serltatives.. But for the preponderance
there Of that party, such discoveries
would be impossible. The country re-
members that when, four years ago, we
took the responsibility Of charging upon
George NJ. Robeson, Secretary OF the
Maya man far more venal, gross, and
thieyish than Belknap-the fact that he
had Illegally and in direct contravention
Of law, taken from the Treasury the
sum OF 500, 900 and paid it over to one
Secor, the Republican House of Repre-
sentatives appointed a committee, not
to discover, but TO suppress and white
wash Robeson's official acts; and al
though we proved the fact OF this public
robbery, before this packed committee,
Senators like Frelinghuysen and Conk-
ling joined in glorifying the public
plunderer, and all the Republican party
newspapers in the country, the soft and
sentimental as well as the bold and
truculent, set up one chorus of denun-
ciation because the Sun had presumed
so far.
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-03-07
The speed Of Fox Hounds.

Ilul rIttudIu THTH.J -sf ehS 70
A friend in Virginia wrote us some
well authenticated records of the time
made by hounds over a given distance
of ground. We remember seeing In an
old volume Of the English Sportiag Mag
dzi,,e an account Of several races against
time by English hounds, but did not
know exactly in what volume to look
for 1t, when luckily we applied to Mr..
Titus .Eyers, who, like Mr.. Frederick
Ryer, is versed in the whole range OF
sporting literature. He ut once referred
us to an exceedingly. interesting article
over the signature Of Cecil" In Belts
Lge, January !. 1860, from which we
nell matched two fox hounds, .Rich-
mond and bitch whose name Is not
given, against Mr.. Barry's two hounds,
Blue Cap and Wanton, to run over the
Beacon Course, at New Market, for 500
guineas. Mr.. Barry's hounds were
trained on Tiptree Heath, Essex. The
trainer was the famous huntsrnan,. viii
Train. His method with the hohnds
was to run a fox drag OF eight or ten
miles three times week, upon the turf,
during two months, feeding them upon
oatmeal and milk and sleeps trotters.
The a,s,hg dogs naGit;o before starting were in ad
hounds were fed while in training en-
tirely upon legs OF mutton, and were
also in high condition, and the odds
were seven to four upon them at start
ing, chiefly from the proprietor's high
sporting character The match was
run on thirtieth Of September by laying
the accustomed drag from the rubbing
house at Newmarket town end TO the
house at the starting post OF
the Beacon course, the four hounds
being Immediately laid on the scent.
Mr.. Barry's Blue Cap came in first, and
his Wanton very near second, the four
miles being run by these hounds in
few seconds above eight minutes, much
about the time iri which an ordinary
country plate horse would run the same
distance, carrying 112 or 119 pounds.
Mr.. Meynel's hound was beaten by
about 100 yards, and the bitch not
placed, as she did not run her course
Three-score horsemen started
with the hounds, and only twelve lived
through the run, Will Crane, mounted on
5he winner OF a 12-stone or King 's-plate |
horse called Rib, being twelfth in the |
"ace. D.
From Daniels Rural Sports, Blaine
gives the following extract: A fox hound |
Ditch, bred by Col. Thornton, proved |
1erself superior to either Blue Cap or
Merkin was challenged to run
my hound Of her year, five miles, over
giving 220 yards, for 1O, 900
,uineas; or to give Madcap 100 yards,
ind run the same distance, for 5000
,uineas. Merkin had run a trial OF four
niles, and performed it in seven minutes
md half second! zf.rE- .-aI
Cecil makes a remark in the com
nunication, from which we have
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-03-07
DElkNAP.
The Presidents Interesting Political
Family.
fErom Tho N Y. Hnraldl

from the N. Y. Heraldl
| III the case OF Secretary Belknap were
q solitary instance of criminal lnalver
sation a generous and rnagnanimous
country would hold the President guilt
less, and regard him as merely uhfortu
nate in the choice of one OF his confiden-
tial advisers But 80 indulgent and for.
bearing 2 judgment is impossible wher
Gen. Belknap is merely q sample oil
the men by whom President Grant
has been surrounded, The country has
not forgotten that other members Of the
Cabinet have been forced into retire
ment by charges against their honesty,
although the evidence against them has
not yet been SO conclusive as to extort
confessions of guilt like that which
has been made by General Belknap.
Attorney General Williams was com
PEELED to resign by unrefuted charges
Of spending. the public money for
laundelets for the private use of
his wife, and misapplying the funds
OF his department for electioneering
uses in the Southern States. Secretary
DelanO was driven out Of the Cabinet
by unrefuted charges of corruption in
connection with the Indian supplies
Secretary Richardson was kept In the
Treasury Department until public indig-
nation forced him out, and the country
was then scandalized by his appoint
ment as one Of the Judges of the Court
Of Claims, in spite Of grave and un-
refuted charges against his integrity.
Postmaster General Cresswell re-
signed with q reputation which was
far from clear, and Secretary Robson
remains, although the dishonesty Of his
administration has been assailed on
grounds which had as great a color of
nj n ln itxy 1x1,
heretofore alleged against the Secre-
tary of War. Even Mr.. Fish, whose in
tegrity no candid man doubts, has
stood by General Schenck, who has
been the occasion Of the most unfortu-
nate diplomatic scandal which has ever
tainted the reputation Of the country.
We need not refer to the minor cases Of
Babcock, of Leet and Stocking, Of the
Presidents brother Orville, his broth
Casey and Dent, and the
other brother-in-law, Corbin, who was
mixed up with the Black Friday specu-
lations, and other minor cases which
have brought doubt and discredit on the
purity OF the Administration. Some Of
these attacks have been attributed to
reckless partisan violence, and their
force has been blunted by the supposed
malignity OF their origin ; but in the case
Of Belknap the evidence is SO decisive |
and unanswerable that the culprit could
make no denial, and his confession Of
guilt strengthens the presumption that
other offenders were not unjustly ac-
cused
In the cases OF Delano and Williams |
the facts have never been successfully |
Impugned, and the presumption OF guilt |
Is very strong In several OF the others. |
The fact that Belknap eluded the vigi-
lance OF the President proves that his
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-03-07


given the above facts. which =
mend to- the considerottinn,nc tn,ch we CON.
sn,,th s,asterS OF hounds we wot m Of ii,eftallp
own the fastest hound, evsr vmsrnpiuons to
RRT,'se OF other qualities. II t. Is sne es.
uhioh n ~ pMks there are certain + bo,ph phs;
",n,, "n,ot ev,nee more speed 6vnr vnnpuads
ibstanna iGpSn .na1 tnslr companions, and II We
ito that Il haae .nei speed Is SO conspisr.anlls
thas ILL., - hRse2llles Necessary to dpauo'ls
Win; wi.h ne laIe John s. Skinner rnught aug
WIN three magnificent English parted
.1uported py the late Commodoro" "ouullls u.ls
roaka o o , l,'e kennel OF Sir Harry Gl,ocs' Gocss
Ieeke, only FOR the reason that tbo,o oood.
20 last ior the Baltimore pack Ky ,s,r We're
WIZ WIS one OF the best of its Iay ~ ,mnlch
wnole south. These hounds w Won "a The
senteq to James Caldwell. at tho ~ n pre-.
PREF PREF Whlte Sulphur, who used tbo'ne b"aesn'
uhri.ing .h ueer, and they were too msa IA, iior
ond', oM % wmlcn IS best done by the sowinott I's lot
olnce writing the above, We a,a
Lunn ond Wqter mention made ~ Nv IN
between mounds which occurred sde lace
where in Cumberland, England some :
months = since. Col. =. d. Bruce. Kew lev
90 i",o Juuge OF pace in race hnro,.s -
put who has never hunted in Fn,.lses, u9lses,
Is inclined to be skeptical, but snand, wy ,a1
have hunted in England ncce,~ @ we VINO
very near the truth. The stateIpn.,n,. :, %
that the competing hounds phs eo,npIo. y
seven miles across u rough countrpp p'eNa e'
drag IN seventeen minutes. ons
While on the subject of bouna,
hunting we will state that we had : ,;l,l ana
early In the week from Mr. M M.nVlsl aVlslt
Westmoreland. one Of the best Ib"yv, b,;yn, OF
counties in Virginia, where tho nmaaa.l,ng maaalg
for the chase and The hounds 10 paaslon
have survived the calamitiss a ths hs vel
The hunting there this season n bas ",e t, war,
exceptionally fine, but the bnntaee1 ,1 pee1
have kept it all to themselves dd'gLnen AMI Ian
not taken the trouble to rennrt .hs.e naye
runs for the benefit Of the outsjds VIII .nslr
and so it is with the great bodv ";vtio, y;
hunters throughout the South: ind.oaS ~, 10Y
II It were not for such friends as '""EEgsu "ETsNu
Alice" 'Pious Jeetns." 'oT q r A,'e1 !,
Roanoke, and Captain A. ;" of Fa,,c,,,,oo,i d
one might suppose that all thaa tha'sl, ~,
hunters and all the hounds of tho Son.S lux
had taken their departure for tho hannaa hu'a
bunting ground. 'O ""ppy
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-03-07

The Bee says that, unlike tho flock o
sheep which escapes contagion by th'
removal from It's midst of diseased
lamb. the Republican party cannot hope
to be saved by holding up Belknap al
the butt OF popular indignation, there
by seeking to cover up the illegal aht
fraudulent practices which were carried
on with impunity during the whole pc
riod of their party's ascendancy. The
steps taken by the President as soon as
the majority in Congress became Demo
cratic, to sacrifice few in order to save
the many will. it thinks. prove fruitless
as tho different Congressional commit.
tees have obtained sufficient evidence &c
place 1t beyond Grants power to shield
any of his friends, or to avoid draining
to its last dregs the bitter chalice which
has been presented to his lips.
Tho Republican argues that the two
parties in the United States agree on
principles Of administration, on the
effects Of the amendments to the Oonsti-
tuition and on the establishment Of fpopu-
lar sovereignty, and that nothing sepa-
aates them but the possession or expec-
taton OF of1ice-the 'outs" wishing to
become the 'ins.' 1t, therefore. thinks
that the party which has established the
present principles Of constitutional con-
struction should be continued i'm the
administration of the government. But
it comedies that this year q nomination
will not, be equivalent to an election,
and says that the Republicans can sus-
tain themselves only by putting up as
candidates none but honest and compe-
tent men. t.t .5.attt .1 .g..-
It interprets the admonitory hand
writing Of the nation as meaning that
the infamous practice Of using party
patronage for the promotion of personal
cupidity and ambition has been univer-
sally condemned, and that the party
which fails to put forward q ticket per-
sonally unexceptionable, will be ignom-
inously driven from the canvass and de-
feated. .....i. t.,..5..-... ,...-
The PicayAne urges the claims Of the
sea coast between New Orleans and
Mobile to the favorable consideration OF
those who are obliged to flee from the
rigors of Northern winters, and hopes
that when it Is generally known what
cheap, accessible and comfortable win
ter resorts may be there found, to see
thousands availing themselves Of the
opportunity. .5,..g
The Bulletin thinks that if the Presi-
dent knew of the villainies practiced by
his agents, such as those developed in
the Belknap case, he is o participant In
their criminality and deserves impeach-
ment If, rs is claimed, he has only late
ly discovered them, he has proved him
self m inefficient magistrate, and in
either event his prospects for a newlease
Of abused power are at an end. 'F
The Times compares the statesman
ship exhibited by the French, who, in
five years, have recovered from the
effects OF q most disastrous war, with
that which has controlled our national
affairs, in manner very unfavorable to
the Americans. It claims that we need |
reform and economy
in government and common respect |
for public opinion on the part of all
oHNiesaS. J5t ~ ftfjf ..t -f
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-03-07

Mr.. Kasson, of Iowa, and Mr.. Hoar
Of Louisiana committee notoriety. dis.
tinguished themselves by attempting to
fllibuster over the Belknap report. How
has the aristocracy Of Massachusetts
fallen when its stately representative in
Congress becomes the champion OF a
thief! When the pair were beaten in
this movement. Hoar. it is said, was
frantic with rage and made himself
ridiculous. Kasson's defence of Bel
knap was pitiful and disgusting.
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-03-07

II is well known that Levi p. Luckcy
the Private Secretary Of President Grant
spent much time i'm st.. Louis and else
where In trying to prevent tho con
viction Of BabcoclS. Luckey is q sala-
ried officer OF the United States Govern
lnent. As such officer was he paid by
the Government for the services thus
rendered TO defendant whom the
United States was prosecuting for
fraudp BY whose order, authority, Or
consent, was Luckey detailed to do this
work? ~eH ii uE5
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-03-07
HOW IT WAS DONE.

VIZ print this morning letter writer
In 1872 by prominent and influentit.
merchant In this city to Presiden
Grant. charging Kellogg and Durel
with improper and villainous conduct
This letter, enclosed in a department
envelope, was found among the docu
ments gathered up in the State Hous,
Of Louisiana on the 14th of September
1874. The envelope in which the letter
was found has the following indorse
ments: - FIl-t ..s n, iHH
ts.t a EXECUTIVE MANSION.
Van Benthuysen, w., New Orleans
December 10, 1872. H'f tt
Charges w. p. Kellogg and e. H.
Durell with improper and villainous
conduct. 5f1
Respectfully referred to the Attor-
ney General.
BY direction Of the President, Decem
ber 16, 1879. 5A
(Signed) o. +. BABcooK, Secretary.
Here, then, we have another example
OF the manner in which charges against
the partisans Of the administration have
been heretofore Investigated. Grave
charges are made against two promi-
nent individuals; one the Presidents
Satrap in Louisiana. and the other q
Federal Judge. The Chief Executive
refers the charges to the law officer of
the Government, and the law officer Of
the Government proceeds to investigate
by sending the charges directly to the
accused parties. and drops the matter.
This Is the method under Grantism for
bringing rascals to justice. Fortunately
for the country, the Democratic House
Of Representatives has introduced q diff
ferent method OF inquiry. 3|
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-03-07
This is the New York Suns sunni

During ten years OF peace with the
entire Government In their hands, and
majoritios of two-thirds in Congress, the
Republicans never took one practical or
honest step In the direction Of specie
payments. Last year they got up a
project designed to deceive the country,
and having served that turn they now
demand the repeal of their own measure.
This is about the plain truth. and It
illustrates the sublime principle which
begins and ends In oflice-gctting.
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-03-07

When Bcllknap went TO the Executive
Mansion TO offer his resignation he was
accompanied by Landaulet Williams,
and the parties present at the interview
were Williams, Boss Shepherd and
(ybnuIIDr
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-03-07

We call the attention Of our planting
friends and factors TO the card OF
Messrs. Ogden & Bell in another
column. They have been recently ap-
pointed agents for u most prolific cotton
seed, which they keep on hand in
quantities TO suit purchasers, TO whom
we commend it.
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-03-07

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