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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-10-17
The New York Democracy.

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The New York Democracy.
The platform commences: "The
people having, in the last presiden.
tial contest, elected by an overwhel
ming popular and a clear electoral
majority the Democratic candidates
for president and vice president, and
the will of the nation thus constitu.
tionally declared, having been wick
edl,y and boldly nullifed by means Of
the grossest usurpation and frauds OF
returning boards, protected and
adopted, if not instigated, by the
party in possession of the govern
ment, and rendered practicable by a
threatening array of military force:
Resolved, That at this, the first
convention of Democrats of tn s
State held since the consummation
of this great crime, it is not only
just and fit, but it is the plain duty
in the interest Of constitutional gov.
eminent, and in the vindication and
preservation of the sacred right OF
the majority to choose their rulers,
to denounce with the warmest indig-
nation the stupendous wrong, and we
hereby denouncc, condemn and hold
it up to universal execration.
Resolved, That this duty of set
ting mark Of infamy upon this
transaction, and preventing any
quick forgetfuIness, or easy condona-
tion of it, from raising tempting
precedent for future outrages, rests
especially and peculiarly upon the
Democratic party of this State, one
Of whose most illustrious leaders
was the president actually chosen by
the nation.
Resolutions endorse the late House.
Resolved, That t b e present ma
tional administration by its with
drawal of the troops from the South,
and its cessation from the mischiev-
Gus unconstitutional and oppressive
interference with the internal affairs
Iof States, has in that respect re
versed the vicious presidents of the
Republican party, followed h e
course marked out by the Federal
constitution, and to which the Dem
ocrats stand pledged, and it is there.
fore entitled in that particular to the
approval of all good citizens.
The financial plank reafflrms that
gold and silver are the only legal
tenders. No currency incontroverti-
BILE with coin; steady steps towards
specie payments.
Resolved, That we are opposed to
the granting of subsidies by t G
government to corporations, or to in.
dividuals for t he construction O
railroads, or other internal improve.
ment as unnecessary, beyond t h e
scope Of Federal power and ineyita-
bly, producing corruption"
The following ticket was nominal
ed: 'For Secretary of State, Allen C.
Beach; Controller, Fred P. Olcott;
Treasurer, James Wockin; Attorney
General, Augustus Schoonmaker
State Engineer and Surveyor, Hora
tic Seymour, Jr.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-10-17
DEMOCRAT.
0FFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE PARISH.
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rates.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-10-17

The Kentuckian who shot and
killed boy in his watermelon patch.
was cleared by the jury on the
ground that he had fired at a crow.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-10-17
ALEXANDRIA,. LA" WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER t. 1877

arm. and said:
81 have found YOU at last. ] have
hunted everywhere for ynn, and had
lust conciuhed that farther search
was useless"
How did you know me?" she
asked, with a laugh, as they joined
the promenaders.
"Intuition, suppose, as l had nc
clue to help me. The moment I saw
you L knew it was the little girl
love so dearly
Mollie pressed his arm gently, as
if to flank him for those words. and
then, with the perversity that seizes
all womankind at times, she said
archly:
$50 you intend to devote yourself
to poor little me; I have not dared tc
expect that"
Fortunately I have succeeded in
Kidding myself of my gushing fancee
| lost myself in crowd, and I shall
take pretty good care that 1 am not
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Mollie's heart seemed to stand
still. What was the meaning of his
words?
"Shall we dance, Jessie?" be
asked, pressing the white -gloved
hand that rested upon his arm.
Mollie could not speak; she simply
shook her head.
She understood it all now. Char
ley had supposed hel to be some one
else some Jessie with whom he had
made an appointment.
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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-10-17
>vu'l.ward The star Of Empire.


Ben Hill says that the next Presi
dent of the United states will not
only he the candidate Of the Demo
cratic party, but that the South will
elect him with the assistance Of only
forty seven Northern electoral votes.
| the South furnishing the balance OF
the hundred and eighty five required
to elect. Ben Hill is content that,
Notwithstanding the overwhelming
preponderance of his part of the
Union in naming the successor OF
President Hayes, the South should
be awarded only the second place on
the presidential ticket.
There is. way, and one that is
practicable, by which the South may
elect the next President with still
less assistance from the North; and
if resort be had to this plan, it is not
unlikely that the time is approach
ing when presidents will he again
chosen from the South in the begin
ming OF the second century of the
republic as frequently as they were
in the early part of the first.
Texas is eight hundred and TWEEN
ty-fves miles long, and seven hun
dred and forty miles wide. It's area
is 274,356 square miles, nearly six
times that of the State of New York,
tour times that Of Maine, Vermont,
Massachusetts, Rhode Island and
Connecticut combined; greater than
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Wisconsin
and Michigan combined. h
The day cannot be distant when
the State will have to be divided.
Its population in 1850 was a little
over 100000. In 1860 it had in
creased to 604,215, a gain of nearly
lS5 per cent. 1t contains now full
million of people, and the tide of i'm
migration IS steady, notwithstand-
ing the troubles on the Rio Grande.
When these shall have been perma-
nent'r settled, it will he practically
impossible to maintain one State
government over the aggregate to
which the population is certain to
rise, and the people will not he con
tent to have only the same weight in
the United States Senate as Rhode
Island.
The division of.the State into four
States was the original intention,
and provision to that effect was made
| III VIC aI1 vi dltDlSSlOu. DUG IL is
more likely that it will ultimately be
divided into six States.
The radicals in THAR haste to OBJ
tain preponderance in the Senate,
made new States in the West, as ra-
pidly as they could find any excuse,
and did not even wait for the mini
mum of population required for one
representative. That Ben Hills
party will have majority of Con-
gress which succeeds the coming
on :, is at least probable; and more
wonderful things have happened than
that, one Of the first things that
Congress will do will be TO make
tour States. if not six, out of Texas.
Thus, it will be seen, Ben Hill
could elect the next president, per-
haps, with still less aid from the
North than he calculates now will
be necessary [Chicago Times.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-10-17

The salary of Marshall Mcmahon
as President of the French Republic is
100000 francs. He receives, in adli-
ton, his pay and perquisites as Mar
shall of France.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-10-17

HARDTNER STILL HOLDS OUT
IL and MANUFACTURES TO ORDER
THE BEST BOOTS AND SHOES, IN
ALEXANDkIA-CHEAP, THE BEST OF
LEATHER, and a COMPLETE AND
EASY FIT. ,.fsf-a
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-10-17

Ut ARDTNER, AT HIS BOOT AND
n SHOE SHOP PURCHASES NONE
BUT SUPERIOR LEATHER, and TURNS
OUT NONE BUT GOOD WORK, CHEAP
FOR CASH,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-10-17

A GOOD SHOE MAKER. at CHEAP
"A PRICES, and GOOD FILTER, is a
BLESSING TO ANY COMMUNITY
THAT BLESSING YOU CAN GET BY
ORDERING YOUR SHOES at HARDr-
NER'S.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-02-09
Purity of Character.

Over the beauty of the plum and the
apricot there grows bloom and beauty
more exquisite than the fruit itself-a soft,
delicate iush overspeads its blushing cheek,
Now, if Won strike your hand over that, it
is gone. The flower that hangs in the
morning impearled with dew, arrayed as no
uueenly woman ever was arrayed with jew
eIs-opce shake it so that the beads roll off,
and you may sprinkle water over it as you
please, vet it can never be again what it was
when the dew fell silently on it from heav
en-. On frosty morning you may see panes
| of glass covered with landscapes noun
| tains. lakes, trees blended in a beautiful
picture. Now lay your hand upon the glass
and by the scratch of your finger, or by the
warmth of your palm, that delicate tracery
will be obIiteratep. So there is in youth a
beauty and purity Of ofcharacter, which, when
once touched and defiled, can never be re-
stored; fringe more delicate than frost
work, and which, when torn and broken
will never be re-em broidere. He who
hath spotted and spoiled his garments in
youth, though he may seek to make them
white again, can never wholly do it, ever
were he to wash them with his tears. Wher
a Young man leaves his fathers house with
the blessing ofa mothers tears still wet up
on his brow, if Re once lose the early puri
ty of character, it is a loss that he neve
can make whole again. Such is the conse
uuence ofcrime. Its effects cannot be eradi
Gated; it can only be forgotten.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-02-09
ON THE WAR PATH.
Colonel Miles Meets the Cheyennes
and Sioux on Tongue Riyer-Six
Hundred Lodges Badly Whip
ped and Dispersed.

CHICAGO, February GA St. Paul dis
patch, received to day, official, at the mill
tary headquarters here, says the following
is Just received, via Boseman and Helena:
HEADQUARTERS COAMAND ON YE- ows-rNz, !
January 90 !
81 have the honor to report this com
mand fought the hostile tribes of the
Cheyenne and Ogallalla Sioux under Crazy
Horse, in skirmishes on the 1st Sd and 7th
of January, and in five hours engage
lnent on the Sth instant. Their camp, some
six hundred lodges, extended three miles
along the valley of the Tongue River, be-
low Hanging Woman's Creek. They were
driven through the canons of Wolf or
Panther Mountains, in the direction of the
Big Horn Mountains. Their fighting
strength outnumbered mine, two or three
ground We had them at a disadvantage, and
their loss is known to be very severe. Our
loss, three killed and eight wounded. They
fought entirely dismounted, and charged on
foot to witLiG fifty yards of Captain Casey 5
line, but were taken in front and flank by
Captain Buffers and Lieutenant McDon-
AIDS companies. They were whipped at
every point and pursued as far as my limit
ed supplies and worn-down animals would
carry my command.
"Tte Indians appear to have plenty of
arms and ammunition, but otherwise are
in destitute condition. Some of the pris-
oners now in our hands were captured with
frozen limbs, and were living on horse
meat. The weather has been very severe,
and the snow from one TO three feet deep.
The command is in good condition.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-02-09
Six Hundred COnyerted-The Remark
able Result of the Widow Van Colts
Vivid POrtrayalS.

The Widow Van Cott closed her remark
BILE series of revival meetings in the West
Thirtieth street Methodist meeting house
last evening. Fifteen hundred persons
found sitting and standing room in the
church, and at least two thousand were un-
able to gain admission. A squad of police
officers kept the throng of people in order.
In opening the services the Rev. DR.. Corey,
the pastor of the church, said that theatre
managers had offered the Widow Van Colt
$500 a week TO go on the stage, but that
she had Indignantly declined all such pro-
posals.
The widow told the story about the rich
man and Lazarus. Gathering her skirts in
her hand she showed how disdainfully the
rich man passed by Lazarus, the poor beg
gar, who was at the gate waiting for the
crumbs from the table. Then she illustrat-
ed the rich man enjoying his sumptuous
dinner, and pulled out her cheeks to show
the effect that good living had upon him
She said: "But the time came for the rich
man to die, and he went to the place of tor
ment" Mrs. Van Cott illustrated the
death struggles of Lazarus, and then she
showed how the angels took Lazarus in
their arms and carried him to heaven. She
stopped and made gesture as of raising
Lazarus from the ground, and bearing HIM
| away. In vivid language she described the
beggar looking down from heaven into hell
and seeing the rich man begging for water
to cool his parched tongue.
At the close of her sermon-an old-fash
ioned hymn was sung, and an invitation n
was given for the anxious ones to go to the
altar. So many went forward that there
was not room for them around the altal
railing. The number of converts made by
Mrs. Van Colts preaching was increased
last evening to nearly six hundred. Many
of the converts were taken into the church
on probation yesterday. In addition to the
meeting held in the church proper, an ov
erhow meeting was held in the vestry, and
Mrs. Van Cott divided her attention be-
tween the two meetings. After a collection
$500 was presented to Mrs. Van Cott as q
reward for her "labors in the Lord 3 vine
yard" On Thursday evening next she will
commence series of revival meetings ir
the East Sixty irst street Methodist church
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-02-09
FOrbear to Judge.

How often do we read or hear of ones
personal character being attacked, and We
find ourselves believing the slander with
out ever stopping to think of the social pos
ition and standard of the slanderer. No
matter how insignificant the man is who
ridicules his neighbor, it will always be
stain on the party attacked. The slandered
party may be man Of virtue and good
standing in the community, and his accuser
low and unprincipled man; but public
opinion VIII decide that the charge is
bold one and is evidently true. How mean
and low it is to speak i'll of another. Often
a mans reputation is attacked because he
has attained high position in society, and
become influential and wealthy among his
| fellow beings. Oh reputation you are diff
| cult to gain, but how easily lost. And when
good name is lost we are thrown out of
society into the depths of degradation, new
er, perhaps, to raise our heads to the level
of our lost position.
How various are the characters of the
people in this world. Some are ever ready
to lend helping ha d, while others will
| dig into the history of their fellow beings,
vainly endeavoring to find their vices, so
that they can go forth and proclaim them
to the world, hoping to gain favor by it
Investigations of such nature should COM
mence at home, then this world would be
pure and good.
A man with ever so little judgment and
common sense will ever be prepared to con-
ceal his friends vices, and instead of ex-
posing him, will endeavor to raise him
higher in others estimation by speaking Of
his virtues. IF you cannot speak well Of
your fellow-beings never speak i'll of them
because there is no character so mean, low
and unprincipled as the character ofa Sian.
derer. Therefore, "Forbear to judge, fo,
we are sinners all" -"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-02-09
A Heavy Robbery Near ThOrnville,
From the Lancastea Gazette |

From the Lancastea Gazette.
A peddler stopped at the house Of Mr.. S.
S. Chalfant, near Thornvllle, on Wednes-
day of last week, and endeavored to sell
some table cloths. In this endeavor he was
unsuccessful he did dispose ola quantity Of
cheap goods to Albert Chalfant, who in
making payment for the same, rather in
discreetly and conspicuously displayed a
considerable sum of money, which the ped
dler noted as a matter of course. Closing
the bargain the purveyor of cheap goods
took his departure. and an hour or so after
the entire household went off to church. On
their return they found all the doors of the
house open, and evidence of thorough
ransacking of all the bureau drawers closets
and so forth This was attributed to the
peddler whom it was supposed had return
ed and gone through things" in the hope
of finding some of young Chalfant's super
fuous cash, but being unsuccessful had a
second time levanted. After discussing the
matter for an hour or so the family retired
for the night, and did not awake until a
very late hour the next morning, a very un =
usual thing with them as they were all ear
ly risers. Their suspicious were according
ly aroused, and the indefinite odor pervad-
ing their respective apartments heightened
these and hinted at some thing else, and in
vestigation into their individual exchequers
showed that they had been robbed. The
conclusion at once arrived at. was that the
persistently thievish peddler had third
time returned, and after scientifically chlor-
oforming the family proceeded to gather up
the "swag," which amounted in all to about
So 400. Mr.. J. H. Guild, young minister
of the gospel, who was visiting the house
at the time, was the heaviest loser. He
discovered himself minus $50 in money and
thirty-one hundred dollars in notes and
drafts, while Albert Chalfant lost draft
for $75 on the First National Bank, Ipsil-
anti, Mich, besides small sum in curren-
cy. Immediate steps were taken towards
the apprehension of the robber and a re-
covery of the money, one party going to
Newark, another to New Lexington and a
third coming to this city, where the man
has been traced. Marshal Lamott has the
case in hand and will probably work it to a
successful issue
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-02-09
To the Public.

With this issue We take charge of the
SOMERSET Press, and propose to give to
the people Of Perry county, an indepen-
dent paper. devoted to the interests Of the
county. Our main object will be to give
to the readers Of the PREss, all the general
and local news, also a carefully revised
market report. We propose to make the
PRESS first class family news paper. de-
serving Of the patronage Of the public. It's
columns will not be used in the interests
OF any political party. Our honest convic-
tion IL that he who constantly follows OF
persistently adheres to the dogmas of any
political party will be led into the quagmires
in which he will be finally swamped. We
know no party, and on occasion when il
seems necessary we will appreciate and de-
fend those sentiments which we believe &c
be right, while we condemn those we con.
ceive TO be wrong. We shall earnestly and
uncompromisingly denounce corruption
and extravagance in the management Of
our county, townships and corporations
In short we propose to look after the inter
ests Of the tax payers and the public in
general, and not the Office holders and Of
flee seekers
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-02-09
A Wife's Power.

A good wife is to man wisdom, strength
and courage; bad one is confusion, weak
ness and despair. No condition is hopeless
to a man where the wife possesses frmness,
decision and economy. There is no out
ward propriety which can counteract in
dolence, extravagance and fully at home
No spirit can long endure bad influence
Man is strong, but his heart is not adamant
He needs a tranquil mind. and especially
if he is an intelligent man, with whole
head, he needs its moral force in the con.
flict of life. To recover his composure
home must be place ofpeace and comfort
There his soul renews its strength and goe:
forth with renewed viRor to encounter the
labor and troubles Of life. But if at home
he finds no rest, and there is met with bad
temper, jealousy and gloom. or assailed
with complaints and censure, hope vanishes
and be sinks into despair.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-02-09

es in height, but we'll muscled and active;
black hair, black whiskera, and eyes also
black, but light complexion. Ingraham is
tall and bony-we should judge him to be
six feet high--of considerable muscular
power, but more awkward in his move
ments than his successful opponent. His
hair and eyes are dark, and his face some
what swarthy. Their appearance and
movements at the score are noticeably diff
ferent. Hope stands with his left foot well
in advance Of its fellow, his body consid-
erably inclined forward, his gun held 70
low there is no possible chance OF chal-
lenge, the butt well to the right side, the
muzzle about the height of the eye. When
he calls "pull," and the bird is fairly Oh
the wing, using the left hand as pivot,
/ with the right he swings the breech of the
| gun up, and draws it to the shoulder, as il
| it was done by machinery-a purely me
chanical movement, with which the minc
had nothing TO do.
Ingraham stands nearly straight; his fee
not far apart, his gun close to his side, ths
muzzle lower than the breech, which is st
close to his elbow that unless he is very
careful he stands a good chance Of losing
his bird, even when he kills it, by no
obeying the clause in the Ohio rules gov
ernIng trap-shooting, which requires th'
butt Of the gun to be kept below the elbow
until the bird is on the wing. When b.
calls quill" and the bird starts, he raise
his gun by a quick movement, not alto
gether graceful, not altogether awkward
to his shoulder.
OF the two men, Hope is decidedly tn
coolest and most self-reiiant. The remark
of the crowd do not appear to affect him
for the time being, he ignores everythin
but the work in hand.
Ingraham, on the contrary, ls more mel
vous and irritable; easily upset by littl
bad luck; good shot, but uncertain; shoe
ing we'll to-day and going all to sticks tc
morrow; in short, man whose shootin
cannot be depended upon, by himself o
friends.
The crowd was orderly, and everythin
passed off pleasantly. At 3:20 the trai
passed on its way south, boarding whic
in a short time we arrived at Somerset.
RETRIEVER
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-02-09
New u. =. Senator's.

U. s. Senators have been chosen in sew
eral of the States since the first of January
The following is believed to be nearly q
complete list:
Arkansas-Ex Gov. A. H. Garland, Dem
ocrat.
Georgia-B. H. Hill, Democrat.
Illinois-David Davis, Democrat.
Louisiana-Wm. P. Kellogg, Republi-
can.
Maine-James G. Blaine, Republican.
Massachusetts-Ge F. Hoar, Republi.
can.
Minnesota--W William Window, Republi
can.
Michigan-T. W. Ferry, Republican.
New Jersey. r. NJ 'Pherson, Demo
crat.
Nebraska-Ex-Gov. Alvin Saunders
Republican.
Tennessee--Isham G. Harris and James
f. Bailey, Democrats.
West Virginia-H. G. Davis and F
Hereford, Democrats.
OF the foregoing, all are new members
except Messrs. Window and Ferry! Messrs
Garland and Mcpherson are Democratic
gains in the Senate.