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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-07-04

The Rev. Frederick De Sofa
Mendes, in the Synagogue on Forty
Fourth street, New York, is making
himself ridiculous in condemning
Judge Hilton in the Seligman matter.
Nearly the entire community of New
York, its entire Press, and the whole
Press of the United States, without
distinction or religion, have shown
their readiness to stand up for the
rights of our Jewish fellow-citizens,
who have felt aggrieved over the Sc
ligman affair, and therefore we think
Mendes' language is wore than ride
ulous. Here is what be spouted out:
1--WE know what happened to b.
lax. Let modern Balaks take heed
lest they invite reprisals. (Sensa-
tion.) The Jew has a part in the
community. Judah is a lion whom
it we're wise not to rouse. He has a
retentive memory, and if aroused
will recall bitter centuries of oppres-
sion and martyred ancestors. He
does not, cannot wish for war. But
the spirit of the Maccabees is in him
yet. Let this great nation among
whom we live declare itself our friend
or our foe."
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-07-04
BLACKWOOD,

Blaekwood for June has been -.
ceived from tine Leonard Scott Pub.
fishing Co., Al Barclay Street, Ner
York. Contents as follows: |
l. A Woman Halter. Part X1rr |
2. Sunday Short Poems, by j. R 81
8. Twenty years of African Trsye,.
4. Pauline. Part V.
5. How / Caught my First SAL
mon: A Canadian Sketch.
6. Lord Derby's Despatch and Ii.
Debate.
Z. The Storm in the East.
The "Woman-H ater'' is finished IN
the present Part. It was time to
draw to q close, writes the author
for the woman hater is spoilt BY be-
ing married, and the other chsrac.
tiers are suitably provided for.
"Twenty Years Of African Travel,'
is a concise account Of all that ha.
been done by individual explorations
giving fair general idea Of what
it is capable Of being made, and Of
the people by whom it is occupied at
present. a.
GLOW I Caught my First Salmon,
will be pleasant reading for anglers,
who may be contemplating an excur.
sion to the less frequented salmon
runs Of Canada.
! Thirty-four pages are occupied
with discussion of lord Derby's
Despatch" and "The Storm in the
East The aim Of the first article
is to vindicate the policy Of the des-
patch; and in the second article an
attempt is made to place the condi.
ton Of the war before the reader.
and to point out some Of the contin.
tgepcies which may effect the result.
The writer prudently abstains from
prediction. "There are good reasons
why Russia should finally win, If she
can hold out, and if none but the
Turks resist her. But then, again,
she cannot probably hold out, ard
Turkey may End allies"
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-07-04

THE River, for the past two weeks
has been coquetting with a rise and a
fall, and has now commenced declin-
ing somewhat. As yet we coussGsr its
stage just right, having no fear, what
evsr, Of a big rise, and no near show
for low water some time to come. The
Packet is with us yet, which is indica-
tive and proof positive that she is oil
the staying sort, and don't sneak of
when dull times show scarcity OF
freights.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-07-04

GRANT is still going it with q
rush and grand eclat in England; he
dined with Queen Victoria on the
9th of last month, and went to the
Royal Theater that night in the full
dress uniform of a Major General.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-07-04

-AeAIN on Monday evening our
mail, the most important one of the
tri-weekly service, failed. The stage
waited four hours over schedule time
at the Mouth of the River. for the
Natchez' stern wheel substitute, but
at the latest moment her smoke was
no where in sight. Four more weeks
of this criminal nuisance must we
bear, and then the 'Big lnjun" will
come back to her place. ..
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-07-04

The Supreme Court are in ses-
sion at Monroe. Only one case from
Rapides has been made returnable
there, and that has been by consent
of parties. This is the case of the
State VS.. John B. Mccoy, from Grant
Parish, bat tried here on o change Of
venue. Mccoy was found guilty
without capital punishment, and ap
pealed on points Of law, and consti'
tutional exceptions. Should the
judgment Of the Court here be con-
frmed he will have to 60 to the Pen
itentiary for the course Of his natu
raj life.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-07-04

-FIGHT between Town. muck and
country gentleman one day last week;
weather pretty hot, muck sober,
country gentleman a little under the
noisy influence of mean tanglefoot,
and of course country man went un-
der, threw up the sponge, and as a
memento of the Corporations tenac-
ity for the enforcement of it's Ordi-
nance that had been violated, coun-
try gentleman was arrested and fined
five dollars and costs. He went home
with a fresh studying cap on his
Head. - ia
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-07-04

THE attention of tho public is call
ed to Section 81 of the Revise Act
passed by the last Legislature, which
reads as follows:
"That it shall be unlawful for any
Notary or Recorder OF Sheriff to pass
any act of sale or donation without
seeing that the taxes are paid, as per
receipt exhibited and stating in the
act the payment absolutely of all State
and Parish taxes twelve months past,
due upon the property described in the
act. That any violation of this pro-
vision shall make them and their sure
ties liable personally for all taxes due
upon the property"
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-07-04

The Lotus No. 3 passed up, on
her usual time Saturday morning,
and from some unaccountable mis-.
hap, we failed to receive our usual
package of papers, and felt at the
time really vexed at the failure.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-07-04

-TANGLEFoor seems to have nc
fears of the reforms Of the day, the
enforcement of the laws or the decent
morals of what should constitute a
decent community, but with the no,
weather increases in rage, and has
just practically illustrated at Loyd's
Bridge in this Parish, a new rampage
unworthy Of the times in reform Rs.
pides. On last Sabbath eight men,
none of them colored, celebrated the
day and the occasion by a big burst
and a wholesale fight, in which
knives were freely used. Three Of
the party were gashed up somewhat
one of them pretty seriously pune
tured, so that he has taken to bis
bed. Four Of the crowd were arres
ted, brought to Town, and on Mon.
day morning had preliminary tria1
before Judge Clements and we're ad'
mitted to bail in the sum Of two
hundred dollars each.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-07-04

Gov. Nichols left New Orleans
on Saturday for Baton Rouge on a
short official trip, and was solely &C
companied by his private Secretary,
and what is remarkable, he had the
good sense and appreciative taste to
take passage on the Bart. Able.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-07-04

-GILLgY HADNoT was taken up tc
Colfax to stand his trial for the kill.
ing of Dick Torey. His Attorney,
Judge Ryan, will move for change
of Uenae to this Parish, which nc
doubt will be granted, for no one has
the least idea that Hadnot can have
anything like fair jury in Grant
Parish. 'ey,. hasa dos. b.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-07-04
DOGERS' ENGLISH TABLE
lU and POCKET CUTLERY
LADIES' SCISSORS and OTHER
FINE GOODS KEPT BY
HENRY ST. JOHN.

FRED. DOUGLASS has been on q
visit to his former master in his old
Maryland home, and while there
made speech to the colored people
who assembled in large numbers to
greet him. Referring in the kindest
possible terms to his old master hs
said: II have not come hither to fan
the flames of sectional animosity, nor
to create ill-feeling, nor yet to res
count the wrongs inflicted on our
race for two hundred years, nor 10
go antiquity for matter to stir the
blood and rouse the passions, nor to
indulge in a political harange, nor to
expound the constitution of the Uni
ted States. II come first of ALL" he
said, 'to see my old master, from
whom ! have been separated for forty
one years, to shake his hand, to look
into his kind old face and see il
beaming with light from the other
world. have had great Joy in sha-
king that hand, in looking into that
face stricken with age and disease,
but aglow with the light that comes
from an honest heart, and rejecting
the glory from the spirit world, up
on whose border he is, andwhere We
shall soon again meet. Forty-one
years ago left him, mot because I
loved Cesar less, but becaue loved
Rome more.' - =
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-07-04

IF. W. HEIM1cK, so Vet 9TH
Street, Cincinnati, has sc as .
new and beautiful song anchorns
BY Charlie Baker, entitled, Touch
me Gently, Father Time This
beautiful song will be maildo any
address for 40 cents.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-07-04

-JuDaE Blackman is holding the
regular term of the District Court at
Colfax; most ofthe Alexandria mem
bers ofthe Alexandria Bar, went up
on the Bart. Able, and are in attend
auce. So "
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-07-04

i-CAPT. John W. Cannon, the owner
of the great R. E. Lee, has contracted
with the Towards Of Jacksonville for
new boat for the Bayou Sara trade.
She is to be q fine one like Capt. Can.
non always builds.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-07-04

ONE hundred and seventy.Ave
hands are at work in the interest Of
the New Orleans Pacific Railway,
just below Lecomte, and have their
quarters on Wollswood plantation.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-07-04

DEATH, Taxes and the Bart.
Able are still the three certainties of
the hour with US, consisting of two
woes and one blessing. No such trio
ever kept better time, and the blessed
one has our pious regards for pack
age Of papers The blessing goes
down this day, "the glorious fourth
at sharp noon.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-07-04

The Board Of Delegates of the
Fire Department of our Town, on
last Saturday evening convened, and
elected the following officers:
William Leckie, President.
L. V. Marye, Vice President.
Julius Caspar, Secretary.
Fred. Scheu, Treasurer. ss.g..
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-07-04
A FRIGHT.

Mr.. Hayes has issued an order,
prohibiting Federal officers from
holding membership Of national,
State or local committees Of politi-
cal nature, or becoming delegates to
political conventions, or from pay.
ing assessments for political purpo.
ses, and this order is directed to the
head of each department Of the Gov
eminent, so that it may reach every
branch of the civil service. Now
that 1t has been made and the ma
tional and State and many Of the To-
cal Republican committees will be
reorganized and abandoned, there is
already a feeling akin to- consterna
ton among Republican politicians
all over the country, and notably at
Washington, as to it's effect on the
Fall elections. From what we read
these all agree that it will be quite
disastrous. Old Zach Chandler al.
ready cries out aloud: "The Presi.
dents attempt to strike down the
machinery Of q political organization
like ours is absurd, and it will only
result,n an overwhelming defeat to
1.-THE Republican party. Why, sir
Mr.. Hayes carried his own State o.
Ohio entirely by political assess
ments and the work of men in office
He cannot deny that, as he know.
that it was only by the greatest eff
fort that it was saved from the Dem
ocrats. To turn Mr.. Wyckoff, the
Chairman of the Republican Com
mittee Of that State out of Office, i
he does not resign from his Commit
tee, is base personal as we'll as polit
ical ingratitude."
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-07-04

ANOTHER big alligator made his
appearance above water yesterday
morning, was fred at several times,
but got off "scot free' and swan off
down the river.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-07-04

DIN. Henry St. John, at his Drug
Store, will very shortly be in receipt
of pure, fresh Turnip Seed from Lam
dreth's of this years crop, and will be
ready to fill all orders in that line with
dispatch and punctuality.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-07-04

-FRoM the fifth of January to the
21st ofJune, there were hung in the
United States, forty-eight persons.
OF this number 80 were white aud is
colored.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-07-04

-THE schools In Town, both pub
lie and private, closed for the season
on Friday last. The girls and boys
will have vacations till the LIST of
September.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-07-04

The crops of the Parish are In a
fine condition, and with no unexpect-
ed mishap will turn out better than
last season, more particularly the
corn crop. $500 aa
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-07-04

Army officers can dispose Of
their pay rolls, in Washington City,
at III of; Navy officers have to sub.
nit to 20 per cent. discount.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-07-04

the original standard of three hun
dred contained therein. 1t shall be
the duty Of the Clerk of the District
Court at each meeting of the Com
mission to make a process verbal of
it's acts and record the same in
book to be provided for the purpose,
which shall at all times be open to
the inspection of the publicl
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, ETC.,
That no less than fifty days prior to
the meeting of every jury term of
the District Court, the members of
the Jury Commission shall meet at
the Clerks Office, and one of them in
the presence Of the others shall draw
from the general venire box, one at
time, the number of per Ions requir.
ed for service at the ensuing term of
Court; and the first fifty names 50
drawn shall compose the grand and
petit Jurors for the first week of the
Court; and if in the judgment of the
Commission jury may be required,
they shall draw in the same manner
thirty additional names, to serve as
petit jurors for each additional week
that in their judgment a jury will be
required. The Clerk and the Com
mission shall place the ballots for
each separate week in envelopes, and
seal and endorse the same with the
week for which they are respectively
drawn, and the whole shall by them
be placed in a jury box to be provi-
ded for the purpose, which, after the
names are so deposited, shall be seal
ed and locked and placed in the GUS
tody of the Clerk of the Court for
use at the next term Of Court. The
said Clerk shall keep a record Of the
drawing with list Of all the names
in the order they are drawn, and
showing the weeks for which they
are to serve; and when the drawing
and process verbal is complete, shall
deliver copy Of the same to the
Sheriff Of the Parish, who shall with
out delay proceed to summon all the
persons on said list to attend upon
the session of the Court, and serve
for the week for which they are
drawn; and the Clerk shall cause a
copy of said lists to be published in
the Official Journal of the Parish, if
there be one, or in some other news
paper published in the Parish. II
there be no Official Journal, or if
there be neither, shall post copy of
such list on the door Of the Court
House. "t Tt
To close we condense all who are
excused from Jury duty: the mem.
bers, officers and clerks Of the Gene.
raj Assembly during sessions Of the
Legislature, and in going to or re-
turning from the same; Attorneys
Ministers Of the Gospel, and Physi'
clans actually engaged in the prac'
tice of their profession; professors
and school teachers while employed
in teaching; Apothecaries and Nota
ries, and volunteer firemen who have
been three years or more in active
service; all Persons over go years o
age and the members Of the Jury
Commission provided for in the new
Jury. But ali these exemptions ar,
personal to the parties, and wher
they do not themselves claim the ex
emption, it shall not be suficien
cause for challenging any person ex
empt under the provisions of thi
Act.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-07-04

nOING BUSINESS WITHOUT AID.
II VERTlSING is LIKE WINKING
AT A PRETTY GIRL IN THE DARK
YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING,
BUT NO ONE ELSE DOES.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-07-04

JACK Wharton and Jim Lewis,
have received their commissions, and
the world Of Hayes. radicalism still
wags high.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-07-04

The Russians have crossed the
blue Danube in force and met with
no resistance from the Turks. Now
for Constantinople!
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-07-04

Tue Police Jury are,in regular
session, since Monday morning; will
adjourn to-day being aon-dies, but
meet again tomorrow. .g.s
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-07-04

THE U. S. Treasury have already
paid out s3,8sl,s40 in gold, on ac-
count Of the July interest.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-07-04
OFFICIAL JOURNAL FOR RAPIDEs.

The LOUISIANA DEMOCRAT has been
awarded the Parish printing for
1877, and in announcing the fact, as
a matter of course, it is our first duty
to acknowledge gracefully the accor-
ded favor and cordially thank the
Police Jury for the appointment.
We are the more thankful for this
compliment, for we view it in this
light, from the stubborn and migrate
full fact, that it is the first instance
or attempt to acknowledge the DEM
ocRAT's humble worth and sincere
and energetic efforts in the cause Of
our people, who are just now begin
ming to realize the fruits that are RI
pening for them, and the awful pit
fall they have escaped. 1t is indeed
the first feeble effort to acknowledge
our Journal as q defender, both
steady and consistent, of shts dear
to US all, and whilst the powers that
be have marched to power, under the
defence and protection of the bate.
ries Of the Conservative Press Of the
State, and those here in Rapides, who
are basking under the smiles and
sunshine of the perfumed chambers
of powers, and who more than once
crouched for safety under our demo
crat-mitrallieuse have been entirely
oblivious Of the engine that steamed
to the places they coveted. They
are safe for a term of years, and
though they imagine their victory
laurels are safely wreathed by their
own merits, for the nonce we mus,
permit them to rest safely under this
illusion and make hay and weave
same with these deluded and puffed
up notions, and entirely obliteratt
from their treacherous memories
any signs Of having good and true
ones, who helped work the machine
nv that hoisted them where they nov
linger with self complaceucy. A day
of reckoning may come, times dia
marks surely and quickly, and VI
feel that we will yet be in for I
rough fight with all, who are not th'
friends of the people and their tru'
rights; and that we will not BY
any means forget the appointment
conferred on our Journal by the Pc
lice Jury, and that our renewed eff
forts to perform our duty faithful!
will be a continued sign that We ar
grateful for the compliment.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-07-04

JUDGE H. NJ. Spofford, our Uni.
ted States Senator elect, after an alb
sence of thirty years, paid visit to
his Massachusetts home, and at re-
union of the alumni, among other
eloquent words, spoke as follows:-
"The ultimate verdict will be that all
these terrible atrocities might have
been saved if there had been among
the leaders of America the thought
Of a higher degree Of craftsmanship
If there had been more Of modera.
ton, more Of foresight, more of tenn
perance, more of that spirit which
enables great questions to be settled
without passion in the last 80 years.
The first thing to be sought after by
a wise statesman is to keep the pub
lie mind in calm temper, and that
is the very thing we have tried sc
much during these last thirty years
While we waste our energies in Grim
nation and recrimination, the coun
try can make no progress, and wha,
we want is to moderate on all sid,
this passion, this spirit of hatred
this disposition toward vituperation
which has become characteristic O.
the country, and whose mutteringl
we hear on every side"
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-07-04
OUR RAILROAD.

The managers Of the New Orleans
Pacific Railway are yet in dead ear
nest and mean business. Ever since
the unfortunate defeat of the tax in
New Orleans, instead of being de-
pressed or conquered, the manage
ment are harder at work than ever,
and display more vim and sound
Judgment than ever before. New
Orleans specially is more aroused
than ever, and now, with eyes open
to their real interests, have taken the
matter in hand and are pushing
ahead with an alacrity they should
have espoused long ago. The CAPT
talists, property holders and Presi-
dents Of Banks and Insurance Com
panies are on the alert and have
come to the instant and financial con-
clusion, in an admirable address IT,
the interested ones, that "a subscrip-
ton to the second mortgage bonds of
the Road to the extent of $675,000 is
asked and needed, and will enable
the directory to make fret mort
gage debt not to exceed $4,000 per
mile, sufficient to put down steel
rails, build station houses, turn.outs,
aud place locomotives and cars for
two passenger trains each way, dai.
", and at least 800 freight cars and
locomotives to drive them-thereby
putting the entire road in complete
condition for freight and passenge,
traffic at a cost of less than $4,000
per mile, the smallest cost of any
railroad, per mile, in this or any 9th.
er country"
| And in this address these gentle
men 90 on to state that in their opin.
ion "these bonds will have a stand.
ing in our stock market, and will be
received by our several institutions
as security for loans with as much
readiness as any other seven per cent
securities of our State. We unhesi
tatingly commend these bonds for in.
vestment, for the reason that when
the road is completed the revenues
are morally certain to not only pay
the interest On the bonds, but give
handsome dividends to the stockhol
ders. If this loan is not taken, the
work on the road must be abandoned
and all subscriptions to stock now
made be greatly jeopardized. 1t will
be a stigma and disgrace on our PEG
pie to fail in completing this connec
ton with our prosperous sister State
and we earnestly urge the attention
Of our capitalists, our moneyed men
our corporations, and all classes o.
our citizens to come forward and sub
scribe to the loan"
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-07-04


EXCEPTION, from what we hear,
has been taken on personal grounds,
against our article of last week on
our public schools, by the late
Treasurer of the Board, which he
says he must answer. This is sure
ly no time to start controversies on a
system which we all hold dear and
which we all alike wish to foster,
and more particularly when our arti-
Gle was never intended to reflect in
the least against the financial man
sgement of the late Board by the late
Treasurer, but merely against the
one sided leanings and management
of the political bias of the Board,
who surely were not perfection in
their duties. The finances were
kcown to be sound and we'll guarded,
never were attacked by US, for surely
we had no such intention of doing
injustice, and in this short article
our sole object is to fix ourselves
right, and do justice to all in the
premises. However, if the late
Treasurer has been wronged, and the
Board needs defending, that wrong
has been committed in these columns
and in these columns the wrong
should be adjusted, and these COL
umns are now freely opened for the
defence. Let the intended answer be
sent to US and it shall he published
as an act Of simple justice, free of
charge. s-.. 49,