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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-12-04

1T will be seen from our adver-
Using columns that Ferguson and
Schnack are now Offering for sale,
cheap, the famous English twist bar
rel breech loading shot guns, manu-
featured by those celebrated makers,
VIM. Moore Co., of London. These
guns have received the highest en-.
dorsement from the leading sporting
clubs of America. Every gun they
warrant, and solicit a trial before
purchasing.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-12-04
THE PROSECUTIONS.

Itseems to be we'll understood, in
this portion Of Louisiana, that nu-
merous warrants against citize Is, for
alleged ofenses against tho laws Of
the United States, have been sworn
ont and are in tie hands Of jack
Wharton's Deputies, and At any mo-.
ment the old-time arrests will be !.
made, and our citizens annoyed with /
a trip to New Orleans, to appear hes.
fore United States Commissioner
We are quite sure that these pre-.
tnettitated ar ests constitute a port
aud Parcel of a general system OF le u
gu aud judicial intimidation, which.
we mag expect at tue hands Of Mr.
Hayes sew departure, and. IL for.
nothing else, to punish us for voting
the Democra ic ticket.
The New Orleans Picaynae, Of the
goth nlt., has an able article ON this
subject, and closes it with the follow
ing, which we concur in, and ask our
prosecuted people to follow, and in /
the end, like in the recent past, VIC
will be the victors on the whole line.
In 4 few days we presume tile Mar
shall will praceed to execute the writs
which have been placed in his hands. :
1t is of the highest Importance to tho
persons named in the writs, and To tho
best interests of Louisiana, ofthe Sontl.
and Of the Democratic party, that no
resistance should he offered to them,
and that no attempt should be made to.
evade them. In the first place, resist
ance to the power Of the United States
wonld he futile. Itswonld be followed
by Consequences disastrous to persnns
engaged in it, and well calculated t,
confirm the calnmDies which have been
circulated respecting the alleged law
less character of our population. It
would strengthen the position Of the (
enemies If the S0ntI, and cut away !
the ground from beneath the feet Of
our friends. To attempt evasion would
be useless, and it would, moreover,
only help to turn the current of opin-
ion against the accused .persons. The
only rational course 10 to meet the ac-
cusations and the accnsers promptly, +
and to confound the prosecution With
an array of exculpatory testimony
which will establish the innocence Of
the defendants, and cast upon the OPP
pOsite party the odium of having pei
verified the law to partisan purposes.
We are satisfied that this can be done
We are convinced that no reputable
citizen Of Louisiana has been guilty Of
the acts for which many ofthefn, per-
haps, will be held to answer. It is far
better that this should be made to an
pear after the threatened judicial In
quiry shall have come to an end than
that color Of apology should be given
to the prosecution by futile aud disas-
troas resistance to the law, ar equalfy (
fatile attemptsto evade it's processes.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-12-04

The model and eeliabie business
house of Mrs. E. S. Hetherwick, over
which the oldest merchant in Alex
andria, B. G. Duke, presides, and so
ably manages, has just received and
opened a fine and select stock of Dry
Goods, Flannels, Lindseys, Boots,
Shoes, Hats, and every Notion in
their line.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-12-04

AND still good reports come to
US of the yield of the cane-a light
freeze last week, but no damage done.
On Enfield plantation, last week, 26
acres Of cane were ground, and the
yield exceeded go hogsheads of good
sugar.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-12-04

The Northern Radicals think
cit is 9 significant fact that there is
not single negro elected to Con.
gress, although there are uadeniable
Republican majorities in several of
the Southern States" Surely there.
are Republican majorities in Maine,
Vermont, Rhode Island and lows,
and why did they not elect some me-,
groes from these four States?l
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-12-04

WE demand special attention to
the notice Of the Catholics Of Bayou
Boueff, to be read in the proper col
umn Of to-day's DEMocRAT.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-12-04

--EvERYBoDY in Louisiana knows
Mr.. Hayes Southern policy to be a
humbug. All he has to do is to exc
cute the laws of the Federal Govern
ment equally and impartially, and
stop trying to play wet-nurse for the
stalwarts of the bloody shirt.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-12-04

The Southern outrage which
excite the most wrathful indignation
Of the Northern Radicals, 10 the ne.
gro voting the Democratic ticket.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-12-04
RADICAL CAMPAIGN MONEY.

RADICAL CHAMPAIGN MIMI
! Our late Radical friends in the
State, are very much troubled about
the money and how twas used and
spent in the recent campaign. They
are searching for information, and
We halfway think they can get some
in Rapides, if they will send up a
special committee to look into their
finances. A late New Orleans Times,
welI-posted in these matters, has the
following to >ay about this. matter:
The publication in the Times yes
terday of the denial Of the leading
Republican, officials that any money
had been sent, as far as they knew,
by the National Congressional Com
mittee to this State during the late
campaign to ASST the Republican
congressional candidates, as stated
by Mr.. Eugene Hale, has had the ef-
feet Of causing considerable gossip in
Customhouse circles.
Mr.. Marie, the Chairman Of the
Republican finance committee, states
positively thatsno funds were sent to
him by the National Congressional
Committee, and that, in fact, he did
not receive dollar for election pur-
poses from any source outside of the
State of Louisiana.
There is no doubt but that this
statement of Mr.. Marie is correct.
What the Republican leaders want to
know, however, is, was there any
money sent by the Congressional
Committee to any party for election
purposes, and if there we're, who re
ceived it, and how and where was it
used2
AS far as can be gathered, there
seems to be but little doubt that
money was sent to Gen. Anderson.
A prominent Customhouse official
seems to indicate as much, and he is
in a position to be we'll informed
about such matters.
1t is said, on good authority, also,
that when the Congressional Com
mlttee was applied to for assistance,
the secretary of the committee, Mr..
Gorham, stated that nothing could
be done until after the October cleo
lions, and that if money were sent at
all, it would be sent to Gen. Andcr.
son.
This communication from Mr..
Gorham was sent to Mr.. Dumont,
chairman of the State Central Com
mittee. Tie evidence therefore
seems pretty strong that Mr.. Hale is
right in his statement that assist.
ance was furnished and that the
money was sent to Gen. Anderson.
II this conclusion be correct it will
be in order for Gen. Anderson to rise
and explain how the money was used
and for whose benefit.
The Republican. chiefs in and
about the Custom. house say that All
explanation would give them great
qualification. In fact it would give
them great pleasure to find that Gen.
Anderson has still some Of the funds
on hand since the State Central Com
mittee is in debt about $500, which
must be paid 80 mellow or other. Any
assistance just now would be very
welcome.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-12-04

The late combination fraud here
are secretly on the rampage, aad are
rustling the ragged ruf1es Of a resur-
rected bloody shirt.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-12-04

ED. WILLIAMS. q deck hand on
the Jewel, fell overheard and was
drowned at Grand Bend, on Sunday
morning.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-12-04

The year is drawing to close,
and the time for paying your sub
scription to the LOUISIANA DEMOCRAT
is at hand.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-12-04

4 NICE CHRISTMAS PRESENT.
n ONE OF THE NEW WHEELER
g. WILSON SEWING MACHINES -
T. NJ. BIOSSAT, SOLE AGENT FOR
RAPIDES.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-12-04

Thar fine plantation, on Bayou
Rapides, the "McNutt Place" is offered
for rent, through these columns.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-12-04

The latest kilograms have it that
Mr.. Hayes is at present under the
charm of ga stern purpose" This is
why he is advancing backward.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-12-04

MIR. LEoNARD, United States Dietrict
Attorney of Louisiana, served in the so.
called Confederate army, and after the
war became editor of little rebel sheet,
the Shreveport Times.-[ Cincinnati Ga
zette.
We protest against the over-work-
ing Of that excellent compound word
"so-called." Its energies will be taxed
to the utmost until March a, 1881, in
properly describing the status Of the
President ESQ. called). It is utterly in
applicable to the Confederate army,
which, while it may have been fighting
in a bad cause, certainly had nothing
fraudulent about its status. Any
Northern soldier who faced the Con-
federate army in the field will bear
witness that there war as little of the
fraudulent character appertaining to
it as to any institution that ever exist
3D. Washington Post.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-12-04

DREECH LOADING sHOT-GUNs,
ID FROM S35 to S55, AT FERGU-
SON g. SCHNACK'S, WATCHMAK.
Frs AND JEWELLERS.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-12-04

Reap the notice of j. w. Prescott,
President Of the Rapides Agricultural
Fair Association,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-12-04

-Assoc1aTE Justice W. B. Egan, Of
the Suprsme Court of our State, died
at Shreveport, on last Friday.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-12-04

no YOU WANT A GOOD SEW
- ING MACHINE BUY TIL
NEW WHEELER g. WILSON FROM
T. NJ. BIOSSAT, SOLE AGENT FOR
RAPIDES.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-12-04

--ExcELsIoR, Dan. Rice's blind
Aof e, is dead.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-12-04

DREECH- LOADING SHoTsGUNS,
- FROM s35 ta -$s5, AT FERGU-
son & SCHNACK'S, WATCH MAX
Frs AND JEWELERS.. ala
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-12-04
POSTAL FIGURES.

I oSe ""SeSi 0OuCia al my uhS GOm
pleted bis report for the fiscal yea,
ended june 80, 1878, and from q
published synopsis in the New Or
leans P;cayase, we Gull for the infer
nation of our readers some OF the
most interesting parts of this
document.
| TIE contractors for transportation
of the mails numbered 5,997. Mum.
Der of routes 9,9l7, measuring Sol,
$50 miles, costing $1,000, 900. The
length Of railroad routes was 77,l2O
miles; of steamboat routes 1908
miles; increase in length of routes
9.l46 miles. The cost of railway
transportation was $9,568,595. The
estimated cost for 1879 is $4,000, 900,
and for 1880 $40, 100000.
The Post Office Department has
359 employees. The postmasters,
other officers and agents number
81, S47.
There were 1865 postmasters,
clerks, carriers, etc., arrested for
crime during the year.
On the Both of June, 1878, there
were 39,25S post offices in operation.
There were 9,l71 postmasters ap.
pointed during the year.
There were employed 2,275 letter
carriers, at an average cost of $799.
Total cost of free delivery $l,s24,I6s.
Postage on local matter $3,452,25l.
Each letter delivered cost the depart
ment two and a half mills.
The postal money orders were is
sued from 4,l46 offices to the nun
Der of 5,6ls,117, amounting to $751;
442,364, an increase over the PIE
vious year of $s,621,S5 or nearly
II per cent.
This increase is believed to be
mainly attributable to an improve.
ment in the commercial condition of
the country. The uew..ofices placed
upon the list, being Of the lowest
grade, have added very little to the
aggregate business of the system,
while in the great commercial centres
the increase has been quite distin-
guishable. For instance, in New
York the increase in the aggregate
amount of the domestic money or
ders issued and paid during the last
over the preceding year was 8 per
cent; in Chicago, Illinois, 10 per
cent; in Boston, Massachusetts, 4
per cent; in St. Louis, Missouri, Is
per cent; and in Cincinnati, Ohio, II
per cent. The proportionate in
crease in the number of such orders
was much greater, but their average
amount, as heretofore shown, was
less than during the preceding year.
The net revenue from the money
order business was $2O2,952, an in
brease of 80 per cent. over the pre-
ceding year.
The number of postal money Or
'lers enormously paid was only Is, or
at the rate Of one error in 199,262
payments.
The ocean mail service cost $197,
296, of which $l52,661 was for the
trans. Atlantic service and $9,3S9 for
the trans Pacific service.
->S~---~>~>> sA.--S.,~-,--.~
DOSES NAME WRITING FANCY
IL STITCHING AND DARNING AT
PLACEMENTS FOR ALI. MACHINES
! FOR SALE BY FERGUSON AND
SCHNACK, SOLE AGENTS FOR THE
! ~
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-12-04

DOSES NAME WRITING FANCY
IL STITCHING AND DARNING AT
TACHMENTS FOR ALI. MACHINES
FOR SALE BY FERGUSON AND
SCHNACK, SOLE AGENTS FOR THE
GENUINE SINGER MACHINE.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-12-04

DREECH-LOADING SHOT GUNS
- from S35 to $s5, at FERG USON
e. SCHNACK'S, WATCH-MAKERS
and JEWELERS.,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-12-04

of the Parish Judges will be dis.
pensed with; the salaries of the Dis
trict Judges can be reduced from
$4,000 to $4,000, without increasing
their number; the salaries Of the Sn-
preme Judges from $1,000 to $4,000.
The salaries and numbers Of book
keepers and clerks Of the Auditor.
have each been given, and there can
be no difficulty in reducing their
lumber and salaries to what they
we're in 1858. We imagine if the
salaries Of the each OF these officers
were fixed with reference to their en-
ploying their book keepers and clerks
they would be able to discharge all
the duties of their Office with less
than two. thirds their present mum.
Der. The Lieut.. Governor is evi.
IDENTIFY fifth wheel to the wagon to
be used in case Of emergency, (Which
has never happened in Louisiana, J
and could be readily dispensed With.
We had no such appendage under the
Constitution of 1872.
As susceptible ofreductions as the
expenses Of the Executive and JUDI
ciary Departments are, it by no.
means equals the proportionate re-
duction which may be made in the
expense Of the General Assembly
But, the consideration Of how much
their expenses may be reduced, in
wolves the questions Of their per
diem, the number Of their members,
their sessions, whether they should
be annual, biennial, triennial or quad
rennial, as we'll as the evils Of inces-
SAINT legislation. Our, limits compel
us to defer this discussion until next
week. B.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1878-03-13

NEW YORK. March H. 1879
lbs SHlss, 81 bales. Golsolldaied net rscsipts,
Sss to the G Ghssa ar S to tie
Flour a shade s!ronger with rather more export In
and 81 s SSa% 70 ssSS es.!S
SSS nsy do % sS IS common m 10 sood extra extra
one = 76 common to choice extra 81. Louis
doaSis extra S1fs SSSs E. RG%S
@ saoa D nG sho ssa@dy o to Air extra
At ssSm VS spS5d9s State
SSt 50; Brandywns, ssSs TO- @ MI" f'"'''s''""'"
e %gssI b Viz lie Gfer w ~ @ export demand
Y$rf spr,sx y Sf ISr 30 ses'e4 E
o. ;IsSS for amber winter Western, d 1901 . for
Mo spT1E g for SSnsrsded Winter red in store
Barley dull and declining unsrnded Cfnada soc;
strictly prime No. Canada 9Oc Barley malt nomi.
Corn ia sc better, with a mir export and home.
mixed for New Yofk M HFsfa M sge for
steamer mixed SOC fgr steamer white Sisida for
,o 9r No sh %Si, sr?@Fes 4, Sc or
White ssS oT mixed wsster no slsss l or Vile Vii
d. S,c for mixed State GGsO4c for white do, and
HIly unchanged ut o,c for shipping.
and %ese ra 10 for for KEW SySs ssG Gg Eastern
toiiee-Ro firm and more active at IIACal7I.c gold
f0r cnrgoes and t3tgl5Fc, gold, for IOb-lots.
filming and TIC for prime. Refined firm and In hllr
demand at sc for standard 03ac for graduated 8,Gg
B,c for powdered, and 0Jtc for crushed '''O
Molnsses quiet and unchanged.
Rice quiet and unchanged
TAc; refined, re. >
TRlOw steady ut TIC.
NOsin quiet at ~ 65ifl 62ls for strained
Turpentine easier at 3OI5c for spirits.
Ego heavy at 49, ga lIC for state and
and l3Gl 1874 c for choice Western -' ~
Proyisions-Pork quiet and steady; mess sIO6L a5
Beef dull. Beef hams quiet. Terce beef dull Gut
mmeais-Western nominal; middies quiet at 6llc for
Western long clear and 5'.c city do Lard steady and
more ncivc prime stcamF l76t7 o. closing al 81 10
Butter heavy AT 76y22c for Western and I2d 33c for
State. Cheesedu at 7GlSc for common TO prime.
IinSeed unchanged.
Whisky firm and quiet at 81 o..
Frelghis to Liverpool about steady. Cotton DER sail
kail, q llb.d.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1878-03-13

The chief quality Of womanly woman Is her
motherhood-th is, her mower of seif.sacri.
fec and carc.taking of those who need her
care. From earliest childhood the difference
between those who demand sacrifice and those
who can make 1t is plainly marked. And in
the nursery, as in the school room and home,
there Is always one who is ready to give up,
and always one who Is to be given up to. Tho
former develops into the mothcr-the womanly
woman par 'Tccilencc. The latter l. never
more than toy-a thing to he caressed and
waited on-decked with Jewels and clothed
with purple and fine linen, but never asked to
work, to think, to suffer or to sacrifice. These
are the things which she requires from others,
not gives of her own grace, in which she is tho
exact opposite of her sister. the womanly wo-
man. who finds her greatest happiness in max.
ing the happiness Of others, and her highest
joy in sacrifice and duty.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1878-03-13

BALTIMORE, March II, 1873.
Cotton dull and steady. Middiing. lOt,c.
Flour dull for family, active for superfne and prices
unchanged for extras, Howari-stfect aal Western
ss.pertne q soti Is; do extra, 10 Is Mo fmiy
iy,EG. '''''''
Wheat-southern In good demand and firm; West.
cru dull and lower Southern red, 81 25sbi "a do am.
bcr 80; Pennsylvania red, 81 2oeGI ~; No winter
red Western spot and March. 81 27@i ~; April.
Corn-Southern quiet and steady; Western easier,
closing irm southern white. 52g63c; do yellow 5a6p
NC: western mixed, spot and March ,C APRIL
biGg5ii4c; May, Sc asked.
Oats quiet and unchanged. Southern 336ny7c, West
ern white, saGI3ic; do mixed, a1li3sc.
Rye firm but quiet, at 4JCI63c.
Hay dull and heavy. Prime Pennsylvania and
Maryland sladI6. ''''
Provisions quiet and unchanged Butter Choice
pack Cd, =itI 2Sc. ~
Petroleum cnll and nominal at Ike for refined.
Hl@EAc
Sugar In good demand and Arm ut oGiVIc
Whisky u shale trmer at o. O6x
-Receints-f!our, 100 bbs; wheat, 10000 bu; corn
shIpmsn!sIWhest, 2 900 bu; corn, as 800 bu.
coitOh, VS-d: Hour, Is grain, 9ad.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1878-03-13

That the religious ohscrvanccs incidental to
the Lentcn season are being duly attended to
Is proven by the decided change from gay to
grave from levity to severe" that has sud
denly fallen upon our good society since Lent
began. So complete a revolution has taken
place in social circles that society" seems in
deed but myth and nowhere to he found.
Receptions, balls, germans, and private tbeat-
ricals are not even to be alluded to, and those
who erst were among the Caycst Of the gay
now trip dcmurcly to church, clad in sober
colors rrayer-book in hand, with downcast
eyes and smileless lips. Fasting and prayer
and daily attendance on divine service arc
now in the programme.
Among other good things which this change
from the ballroom TO the cloistcr effects is a
recuperation of the well.nigh brokcn-dOwn
system Of the belle Of the period, and gives
her u sorely-needed resting spell through forty
days anu nights besides chance to "scrape
acQuan ance with her own soul, to bestow
Ga
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1878-03-13

AUCTIoNEERS
Duncanson Bros, Ninth and d SITS.
Wash. ID. Williams d, cor Tenth street.
BOOKSELLERS AND sTATIoNERs
solomons & Chapman, OIL Pennsylvania avenue
Shington, Pa avenue and -Four. and.a-half street
Mn B.llsh,yne, tls seventh street
l. NJ. Whitaker. Vernon Row. Pa ava and Tenth St
BAKERA
Felix Discusses. 9ol2 II street
CLOTHING
Y. s. Justh. SO street.
DENTISTS.
Dr. c. DeMontreyilie No. 100 Pennsylvania avenue
pRUGGISTS.
Goughlin. Temple Drug Store, F and Ninth streets.
hhtWisle, PennsylVania avenue and Tweinh street.
EDUCATIONAL
Edward G Townsend Ili3 Ninth street northwest
Mrs =: T. Fuller. Art School, lSis street Il. W.
Georgetown College, Georgetown, d. @.
F%E semnsry sS5 Fin hi street Sor Invest
s ERA M hps Music cose and stree"
School Of Music, fOI Eighth stree.
&Usics t S" B"liard az a NS stree.
FINE ARTS
Markriter e76 L street northwest
HoTELa
g James Hotel corner sixth and Pennsylvania ave.
Sbp fsnRn ayf and and fstG street
Wornieys, ii and md fifteenth f tbs strs e''A
Morton House, W. and %, street
fremont House.
HATTERs.
b. H. stnemetz, Iss7 Pennsylvania avenue
INSURANCE.
Potomac Fire Insurance Company, IS High street.
Georgetown.
MERCHANT TAILORS.
Eiseman Brothers. corner Seventh and K streets.
A. Saks d Co., seventh street.
Is. Robinson Co., s00 Pennsylvania avenue.
PIANOS
Sanders d stayman Penna. ave. and Twelfth street.
PHOTO.LlTHOGRAPHER
Norris Peters, Photo.li photographer No SIS Penn
syvania avenue.
REAL ESTATE
Il. II. Warner, 0l6 Y street northwest
John sherman, ST. Cloud Building.
Fitch q Fox, FrecdmRnIs bank building 1909 Pa ave
SEWING MACHINES
McKenuey 4 Co, az Ninth street