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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-12-19
THE DISTRICT COURT.

The Honorable, the District Court,
was in session all of last week, and
was busily occupied in trying crimi-
nails, no civil business whatever be-
ing reached.
In the case of the State vs.. Elias
Grinstead, the accused, as we men
toned last week, was found guilty of
manslaughter, and our opinion about
it's turn was fulfilled >on Monday
morning, when the motion of arrest of
Judgment was heard, and decided ia
vorably to the accused. He was dis
charged by the Court, his Honor
holding that the plea of prescription
was we'll taken and sustained it.
In the case Of the State vs.. Clifford
W. Hadnot, for murder, the accused
was found not guilty, and discharged.
In the case. of the State VS.. Alfred
Collins, colored, an old Penitentiary
bird, for burglary and larceny, the
accused was found guilty.
In the. case Of the State vs.. Frank
Isham, indicted for larceny, the ac-
cused was discharged nolle pros.
coming to his relief.
In the case of the State vs.. G.. W.
Compton, indicted for an assault, the
accused discharged the District At
torney entering a nolle pros. a a
II the case of Charles McNutt, col.
ored, an indicted murder case of
many years, the accused was found
guilty of manslaughter,, and his case
presenting the same prescriptive
features as that ofGrinstead, an ar
rest of Judgment was sued out, and
the legal day elapsing, the accused
was discharged. Il glsls3fs Hh4s
In the case of the State VS.. w.
Compton, the accused was acquitted
of the charge on which he was in
dicted.i "
In the case of the State vs.. P. M.
Richardson, indicted for murder, the
accused was placed on trial, and his
case resulted in mis-trial. He was
tried by jury, ten of whom were for
acquittal and two for bringing a ver-
dict of manslaughter. The bond was
then fixed at $4,000. This case was
tried before W. W. Wilmington, Jr.,
] udge Blackman having refused him
selfin the case. 9r1E xI4
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-12-19

In our present issue, we publish
the 1878 Prospectus of the Cincin-
natl Enquirer, and once more recon
mend that able and otruesD Democratic
Journal to the favorable considera.
ton Of our friends and readers. Mr..
Hilton is getting up d club for it,
and will take pains to forward on the
$l.l5 for all subscribers to its Week.
ly. And we further recommend all
who are able to do.so, to at once send
on for it's Daily Edition, which we
consider the best paper in America.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-12-19
LONDON QUARTERLY REVIEW

The London Quarterly Review, for
October, has been republished by the
Leonard Scott Publishing Co., al
Barclay Street, New York. The fol-
lowing are the contents:
l memoirs Of Odilon- Barrot.' -
| This paper is Of special interest at
the present time, as it affords an OPP
portunity of comparing the political
events of today in France, with
those of the thirty years following
the battle of Waterloo. ,,xaE,
| 2. History of the Mongolia An
account of the rise and fall Of the
Mongol Empire, condensed from Mr.,
Howorth's late work on the subject.
8, "C@sarism, Romanism, Social.
ism; the Three Extreme IDEALS
In the outline here given of these
ideals, the writer strives impartially
to point out the truth and error con,
tanned in each. - d
4. Carriages, Roads and Coach,
es." Treats of the carriages which
run upon ordinary roads, with some
account of the "mails' and .scoach-
es" of former times. .sa;
5. Contemporary Italian Poets.''
Reviews the works of several poets,
and describes the condition of the
literary public to which their peculi.
arities are in great measure due.
| 6. "The Lobster, Crab and Oyster
Fisheries" Discusses the causes of
the present scarcity of shell fish
and the methods for removingit.
The remaining articles are, GAL
fred Austin's Poems," "The New Re
public and Modern Philosophers y
|"Ordination and Confession" and
"The Liberal Party and Foreign
Politics." & = nj
The periodicals reprinted by the
Leonard Scott Publishing Company
No. Al Barclay street, New York, are
as follows: The London Quarterly
Edinburgh, Westminster and British
| Quarterly Reviews, and Blackwood' I
Magazine. Price, $500 a year fol
any one, or only $500 for all, ane
the postage is prepaid by the Pub
fishers. .f4ot 1868 :
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-12-19

AFTER all the Bart.s Able could
not clean out the surplus freight
here, and had to receive the valuable
assistance of Captain Boardman'a
little Alexandria, who returned from
her namesake Town, on Saturday,
after taking all the cotton ADDICTION
seed that were lying round here
loose. stl. III
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-12-19

THE Packet Bart. Able reached
her Alexandria mornings Monday
evening at 7 o'clock, fully II hours
behind time, having been detained
16 hours in the heavy fogs. Heels
and good management have won, and
she will be up to time tonight, go
down with a full load, and be back
here early Monday morning, with all
the Christmas doings ordered by our
people.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-12-19

THB 81 Lonis Republicon very
Justly remarks that:
'"We fear. there is not that concur
renee of ideas between Senator Mat
thews of Ohio and Mr.. Hayes that
was supposed'tosexist. The Senator
is,a Hayes man." no doubt, but he
JIG certainly not an exponent Of the
White House. No sooner has Mr..
Hayes made an elaborate argument
in favor Of paying the public debt in
gold, than Senator Matthews makes
"a still more elaborate and convincing
argumentin favor Of paying 1t in sill
yer. On the main question before
the country, therefore, there ID .
striking disagreement between the
two distinguished citizens Of Ohio.
whose views were thought to be 10
accord. Under these circumstances
we cannot tell whom to look to for
Mr.. Hayes views, except himself.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-12-19

The naughty Conkling, and the
"game cock of Georgia" Gordon,
have had personal alteration, in
executive session of the Senate, and
1t is considered very ugly. There is
no doubt that Conkling meant to
make afght with some Southern
Senator, and that he is about to be
accommodated by the Senator from
Georgia. ~ 7at 80.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-12-19
Our Agents.
The Budget of Crime.

The Grand Jury of the Parish ad-
journed on Friday last, having been
in close and constant attendance and
work nine days. Below will be found
the official budget of true bills found
at this session:
Murder,s ........--..'.. &
Intent to kill and murder. ....... 2
Assault with dangerous weapon
with intent to kill, ........---- B
Assault with intent to kill, ......ll
Assault and Battery,............2
Burglary. l
Obtaining money under false pre-
fences, .......-......... 1
Malicious Mischief, l
Liquor to Minors. lib
larceny. s...'.......19
Concealed Weapons. .
Total, .............. 10Y
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-12-19

WITHOUT usual notice, without
usual complimentary tickets to the
Fourth Estate, Dan Rice's Show and
Circus, visited Alexandria and gave
one performance, Monday night, to q
tolerable fair crowd. Old Dan turn
ed up missing and was not on hand,
but the performance was pretty good
and answered well enough for a
Christmas treat for the curious and
the children. eve. A
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-12-19

Ar last Louisiana has one Sena.
tor in the United States Senate, be-
sesides the fraud Kellogg, whom no.
body recognizes and acknowledges.
James B. Eustis was admitted and
sworn in, on Monday of last week,
BY a vote of 40 yeas to 8 nays,
sneak-thief Kellogg not voting.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-12-19

The Bart. Able had another
bully cargo, on her last down trip.
1t footed up thus: 1904 bales cotton,
907 sacks cotton seed, 200 barrels
molasses and Is hogshsads of sugar.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-12-19
ALL WRONG.

Our Parish financially is in poor
fix, and we are constrained to Say,
that it is passing strange, with the
close of the fiscal year, and with
more than $4,000 due the Parish by
her taxpayers, that at the present
writing, there is not a dollar in the
Treasury, and that Jury and Witness
warrants, still by law permitted to
be issued, are peddling around Town
at fifty cents on the dollar, and then
find no takers. This is a sad fact to
announce, and surely there ought to
be some remedy in reach to check
this evil depression of our Parish
finances. To make the matter worse
and still more complicated to us,
witness warrants have been issued,
the past week, and were duly regis
tered by the Parish Treasurer of Ra-
pides, and thrown on the market, to
witnesses from the Parish Of Grant
in case of that Parish, which was
tried here on change of venue. It
can't be the law, that where a change
of veuue is had here, that Rapides
has to foot the bills of Grant Parish
for her prisoners, or more properly
our officials issue our Parish checks,
duly registered for another Parish,
that we are simply accommodating
in law, and place them in the same
budget with our already deprecated
warrants, and that the tax payers of
Rapides, are to be taxed to pay this
new-fangled debt imposed on them
by the Parish of Grant.
We understand this was done in
the Mccoy case, also a change of
renue case from Grant, and that our
Parish is thus far handicapped with
several hundreds of dollars of these
warrants, which we believe to have
been illegally issued. And it is fur.
ther a mystery to US, that while all
this Parochial accommodation is 60
ing as to these Grant witnesses, the
Sheriff of our Parish, thus far, has
been ignored for feeding two Of these
Grant Prisoners for many months,
and has, we learn, been told he must
look to Grant for his pay. We sup
pose this may be right legally, but
we suggest that Rapides should Ger.
tainly pay her own Sheriff for feed
ing Grants prisoners, if she is &C
commodating and charitable enough
to pay the per diem and mileage Of
Grants witnesses. We turn this
matter over to the Police Jury, and
trust they will give it close attention
and protect our finances. "
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-12-19

DANIEL AVERY was tried on
Monday for the "Murder" of John
son, for which he was indicted, and
the Jury returned the usual and cpl
demical verdict of "Nor GUILTY!m
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-12-19

The next two issues of the
DEMOCRAT will appear on Christmas
and New Years days, just "a hours
ahead of usual time.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-12-19

PATTERSON, Democrat, has been
admitted as a member Of the House
from Colorado, on a vote Of 116 yeas
to ITO nays.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-12-19

THE three stores, under the
Town Hall belonging to the Corpora
ton, were rented out on Saturday,
respectively to Leopold Gehr, at
$1,000 per month, to ?. j. Byrne at
$40 per month, and to Leopold Gehr
at $40 per month";. rr-., ,s
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-12-19

THAMES to the Packets oblig-
ing clerks for the latest New Orleans
aud Western papers, 70 hours ahead
OF NJ, Keys befogged mails,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-12-19

a PLANTER, the fine blood Stallion,
of Col. McGinbis, of the Excelsior
Stable, died last week of blind stag
gers. 7au,eg .a3oG 81 as!f n
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-12-19

Our mail failed again last Thurs
day, the stage reaching here as early
as 3 o'clock, P. NJ.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-12-19

The clerk of the Alexandra
furnished our Office with a few New
Orleans papers.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-12-19

-PARsoN Errs, of Evening Star
Church, Bayou Rapides, will hold a
Grand Fair for the benefit of his
Church, on the 21st. and 22d2 Of this
month. a6 giNe &c i .
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-12-19

--"No mail" and mot guilty" are
now the rallyins cries Of the hour.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-12-19

NEBRASKA has q lawyer who Re
joices In the name Of Ghost.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-12-19

THANKS to the Pool Liner, Ii
Belle, for late papers.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-12-19

CAPTAIN B. 7. WAlsHr, No. ID
Canal Street, New Orleans, is the &C
knowledged leader in Shirts. and
Mems Furnishing Goods, and awe
know he sells the best Of goods a,
lowest prices. "a : .'',''. ..
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-12-19

You've ladies, tress your hair
and treasure heir looms.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-12-19

PATTERSON is going to lecture
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-12-19

The Governor of Illinois, has
been on a short visit TO Louisiana.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-12-19

-.
-PINcHBAcK processes to be as.
founded that Republican Senators
who voted against his admission
should have voted to seat Kellogg
but he is hardly sincere, for he must
have known all along that he would
have had no difficulty in getting into
the Senate, if he had not been little
bit oft-color. The question of right
was not considered in his case at all
and the Republican majority in the
Senate refused him admission solely
because he was a negro. Neither
Reyels nor Bruce would ever have
got into the Senate if these fastidi
GUS Republican Senators could have
found an excuse for opposing them
without putting themselves in an
tagonism to the whole policy of re
construction.-[St. Louis Republi
can.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-12-19

ae-FoGGY weather for the past five
or six days. The fast steamer Kate
Kinney left New Orleans on Friday
and only reached here Monday even.
ing, being caught three nights in the
fog. Her clerks furnished us with
q complete file Of New Orleans pa
pers. 3ag' -f35ic
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-12-19


WE acknowledge the receipt of q
complimentary ticket, sent US by the
Manager of the Home Amateurs, to
attend their first performance at the
Exchange Hall, on Monday night,
December Oath, for the benefit of the
en-. E. Cemetery Of Pineville."--
These "Home Amateurs are com
posed of some of our best and most
respectable of our colored young
men and women, and certainly ought
to be encouraged in this, their new
and laudable adventure, and we feel
sure, their "Rrst appearance On any
stage" will be vel! received, and that
their eharity-call will he well and de.
servedly answered. aj
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-12-19
COMMUNICATION.

Mr.. EDIToR:>- - z
have read with great pleasure
one or two communications to your
paper, on what / consider the great
question Of our Parish, and indeed Of
the fowlands in general in our State.
It ia an undeniable fact tn At the most
expensive item on a plantation, un-
der existing laws, is fencing, whilst
under more enlightened system it
ought to be the least. In the pres
ent Impoverished condition of oar
planters, it is next to an impossible.
ty for them to build and keep up
such fences as would be adequate to
protect the crops from stock that are
now permitted to roam at large.
Almost every planter in our Par
ish has lands uncultivated, sufficient
to afford ample pastnrage for all his
stock, whsn he could keep them safe
" and always under his eye, not liza
BILE to be stolen or Iriven of.
Thus far had I written, and / had
Intended going much more fully into
this subject, when ! saw the very
able and exhaustive communication
in your last paper, which really
leaves me nothing more to say.
1t only remains for me to urge our
Police Jury to give this subject their
most serious and earnest considera-
ton. This certainly is an aericultu-
raj country, and the interests Of ag-
riculture should be fostered and pro-
tected by wise legislation, and i'm
less something be done to mitigate
the evils Of the present system and
do away with the necessity Of claw
full fences" that are now an ilnpossi,
bility, successful planting will soou
come to an end.
I
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-12-19

- THE epidemic is upon us once
more Our Mondays mail failed,
making two out ofthree mail failures
this week. Awful fogs on the Miss
issippi is the cause-but the stage
reached here Monday at half-past
three o'clock flying light, and this
trip rests here % hours. Now, we
suggest most respectfully, that six
hours of this rest at the Mouth wait
ing for the mail would have given it
to us by 10 o'clock Monday night,
and then the Stage would have had
II hours to rest here, and above all
we could be accommodated, no one
injured thereby, and we would not
have to receive the missing mail Y
hours after due.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-12-19
I. C. MILLER b co.,

on Front street, opposite the Town
wharf, where you can procure, at
moderate rates, these indispensables
to well.regulated cuisine. Aud to
the old bachelor, to the homeless for
that day, to the stranger, let rs with
The Princeton union., 1877-09-07

Let some poor devil meet with mis-
fortune by being guilty Of some slight
'indiscretion, and low and behold in less
time than it takes to write these lines.
it is known from Dau to Bersheba.
Every sap head and addle- Drained fool
will keep on repeating, adding to and
magnifying the story, until what in the
first place was mole hill becomes q
mountain Of gigantic proportions. 4
these gossiping scanda dalmongers were to
attend Il, their own business they
would have enough to keepthem busy,
and respectable, common sense people
would thi nlka great deal more Of them
It is said hat s.God hates a coward -
how He | must despise 9 gossiping fool
It il alwa rs safe to set down tattline
scandal.re taller as q foolish ignoramu'
or miscl lief making knave.
The Princeton union., 1877-09-07
Thanks.
PR1NcEroN, SEPT. lst,

<;t 5sfag,r PRINCETON, SEPT. ISL, lorl.
Mr.. r. G.. DUNN: a!.sa
4 The Princeton Temperance League,
wishing to sanction y our acdon, in re-
gard to opening the columns Of your
paper. for the admission Of temper
ance matter, have directed me to sub.
scribe for the Union for one year,
which you will please send to the
Temperance League. Enclosed find
ST SO to pay for the same. We here
by commend your paper NOT only to
the temperance people but ID al who
have an interest in Mile Lacs county.
We believe that every man should sup.
port his local paper, even if the editor
won't let him run it.
| remain yours, etc,
=. D. K1NGsLAND, Sec'y.
The Princeton union., 1877-09-07

The Independents helda convention
at Pence's, Opera House, Minneapolis
on Wednesday; representa- tives from
nearly every county in the State were
present. The following ticket was
no minated: For governor. William u.
Ba nning, of St, Paul; lieutenant, Will
: liza m Meighen, of Fillmore county;
Sc ecretary Of state, A. E, Rice, Of Kan
di. yohi county; treasurer, Isaac Staples,
Of: Saltwater; attorneY;;general, S L,
P ierce, Of st, Paul; railroad commits
s. ioner, Ebenezer Ayres, Of Washington
c ounty, If all Of the above gentlemen
s.ccept the tl..l7pol nomination, the tYo old
parties will have to look to- their
= laurels. H ..'>s1::ss iz3#ast
The Princeton union., 1877-09-07

h THr st. Louis Globe. Democrat tells
Of an enormous monster reptile seen in
the Mississippi at st. Louis; and still
later it has been seen and shot at by sew
eral Changers, while it was basking on
a sand bank, near st Genevie, Mo.
The hideous brute is said have a. head
like a dog, with pelican 5ill, a body
as thick as a -four barrel. and from 70
to 100 feet in length. >$:Hao&5
The Princeton union., 1877-09-07

a CALL has been issued for a Re-
publican State Convention to co nvene
at Music; Hall, St, Paul. on the 9th
Of September; the Democratic State
Convention will be held at the Same
place on the 2ndsof October. Mile
Lacs and Sherburne are to one dele:
gate each and Isanti two. in the Re-.
publican, and one each in the Demo.
cratic Convention. z g1r L s.t t&>.<
The Princeton union., 1877-09-07

The school meeting last Saturday
evening was the largest and most ex-
citing one every held in this district.
The only officer to be elected was
a treasurer; H. 5. Cowles and S. l..
Staples were the aspirants, both of
these gentlemen and their respective
friends worked with vim for several
days prior to the election; but at the
eleventh hour another Richmond en-
tered the feld-the ladies candidate,
Mrs. A. P. Barker A little after 8
O'Clock the large room on the ground
floor of the school house was densely
crowded, nearly half Of those present
being ladies. Jud ge Keith was elect.
ed chairman; Clerk Whitney read the
Streasurer's report and it was adopted.
Nominations for treasurer were then in
order: A. P. Barker nominated H. B.
.Cowles; Mrs. Benjamin Soule nomin-
ated Mrs. A. P. Barker, and Joseph
Whitcomb, jun., nominated S. L.
Staples. Ihe first ballot was declared
off and was not, counted owing to sew
eral persons having voted more than
| once; on the second ballot check list
was kept, consequently the vote was
fair one, the result was l22 votes
thrown, no choice, Staples leading; H.
B. Cowles' name was then withdrawn
in favor Of Mrs, Barker, and the third
ballot resulted, Staples So, Mrs Bark.
er 81, Cowles 2. Staples wa, then de-
clared duly elected treasurer. Had it
not been for several of the ladies leav-
ing after the second ballot-thinking
the voting was all over with-Staples
would have been left. Mrs. Barker
was not present at the meeting, and
took no part in presenting her name,
she knew nothing of it until after the
ballots had been printed.
! A. P. Barker moved that a school
tax Of two mills on the dollar be levied
for the ensuing year, s. L. Staples Of.
fered an amendment making it one
mill; ]. L. Cater moved to adjourn:
Caters motion was declared carried,
and the meeting adjourned without
voting any tax. There are. consider
able school monies on hand and that
was the reason we heard assigned for
moi voting the tax.
The Princeton union., 1877-09-07

1 HE last number ofsthe, Little, Falls
Transcript completed its first vo, ,lume;
judging from its advertising colulnns it
IS prosperlng; it deserves to pr rosper,
for it is live, readable paper. t z
The Princeton union., 1877-09-07

The friends Of France will learn
with sincere regret Of the de ath of
Ex.President Ihiers, which occurred
rather suddenly on the srd inst.
France has lest her aablest stat esman
at a time when she can i'll afford to
spare him. ..3 @ ...5..*S ,..5 j. %:.2 3. ..
The Princeton union., 1877-09-07

HE Bostons are again in the lead
fof Il the cham I pio'n nship. with Lou isville,
J: Hartford; St. Louis and Chicago fol-
lowing after in the order mentioned.
The Princeton union., 1877-09-07

4 Our namesake. the Union, of .Anoka
has attained its thirteenth volume. II
is a good paper, and the people, Of An.
Okla seem to appreciates that fact. Eitts
The Princeton union., 1877-09-07

Rev. Mr.. Kingsland went down to
Spencer Brook last Saturday, and
preached there on Sunday. Mr..
Kinssland has very good opinion of
Spencer Brook folks, and is sorry that
arrangements have had not been made
heretofore whereby he could have had
preached there occasionally during the
past summer.
The Princeton union., 1877-09-07

The temperance meeting, Monday
evening at the Methodist Church, was
largely attended, and the speaking
was good; but our temperance editor
will tell the rest. Il.
The Princeton union., 1877-09-07

Mr.. Tom Gillespie's other little
twin baby died on Friday and was
buried Saturday. The little one has
been sickly since its birth, but death
has ended its misery. Mr.. Gillespie
had horse die on Friday also.