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An Extensive Party.

The rebellion OF 1861 was wholly the
work of the Democratic party. The
secession of the Southern States was
planned in the party and executed by
Democrats. The Northern sympathiz-
ers with rebellion were all Democrats.
Only Democrats rejOiced In rebel vic
tories. or refused to hoist American
flags. But for the hope of aid promised
Inv Northern Democrats, and the conf
ldence thus inspired that they would be
sable 10 conquer the government and re-
lmodel It upon n slavery foundation, the
rebels never would have attacked Fort
tSumter and forced the nation upon the
sdefense Of its life. They probably
4 never would have attempted To seccdc
from the Union II they had not been
Encouraged by the Northern Dcmocra-
boy. The war, therefore. was wholly
land purely Of Democratic origin, in
aspiration and encouragement, rs was
its %protraction through years of blood
and waste and horror. The
featire cost Of the Democracy to the ma
ton mrfeur years, from April. 1861, tn
the close OF the war, including national
expenses, State expenses. losses by
mobs, waste Of industry, loss Of pro-
4 duction by death and disabling injuries.
saving nothing of the annual loss since
from these same causes, hut regarding
only that during the four years OF
actual a was ut least $1,000, DOC. 600
Il follows that tho National debt
having been caused by the Democratic
war, Is directly chargcable to- tina
narty. Ever dollar of taxes levied ant
collected from the people since the war
beyond the necessary ordinary expense
of the Government, is due to the sam
cause. The disturbance of industries
n imitation of currency by u necessar,
and unavoidable overissuc of pape
money. the consequent imitation an
the shrinkage Of values-in short, a
the financial evils of the country, M
directly traceable to the same sourc,
We conclude that the Democratic part
has cost the country far too much n
ready. and ought not to b" en'ruste
I with the control Of the Government fc
II the purpose of completing its work
81 destruction.
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where The Laugh Zones In

Washington special ~ June 3otb 10
the Inter Ocean. says: The interest In
the Potter investigation has quite died
out here. Potter himself seems dis.
couragcd and Disguised. Mrs. jerks
specific declaration that she alone Is re-
sponsiblc for what was supposed Ia bo
Shcrman's letter. and that the Secrc-
,ary had nothing Ia do with II. let the
bottom out of the whole matter So lar
as no Ia concerned. Pot,cr'- dignity
collapsed under mere suspicion that he
has been made the victim OF such u
trick. Butler, taking up the cue when
Potter dropped. and piqucd by his own
discontinue nj the woinan's hands thuS
far. makes no more out of the case Than
his predecessor did. The only peg on
| which the prosecution still l~ingcrlngIy
| hangs il Sherman's original indefinite
ness is denying ilntly that he ever
wrote n letter which he had NO rccollcc'
| ton of. but which contained some son
timcnts which he did not disapproVc,,
Unprejudiced folks ARE quite disposed
,o laugh the Potter COMMITTEES ont "'
court. unless unexpected and positive
testimony rciu,ing Mrs. jerks can Dc
produced.
Minister Noycs il generally admi,tc,.
To have come out with n clear record
No shadow " reflection upon hin y
dcycl ped by the testimony. This help
to discrcdit the whole proceeding ms
fearful blundcr, inspired by partisan
prejudice and hate.
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DOMESTIC RECIPES.

Nj Ctte-One cup Of sugar. hall s
Gun II water. half a cup II butter three
.,,. two ,ea.puonfuls of baking pow.
dr.. two cup. of tlour, and one cup VI
nut.ksrncls.
Cy,ru Pa For a large pie, two
e,y.. a tablespoonful ~ Hour. two ~
bI..ppouful- II sugar Tor more u hh
.wcet.r). a H,tic nutmeg and salt; hll
up with cream.
Rtgd, I.iaHd r1gcdk's. One cup "i
sugar. thrr. eggs. three tah,".p""hinis
a melted butter or lard. on" cup "i
sour mix. one i~oaspu"uiul oi ~t''r"tu''
stir IN flpur 10 make q -ilii batter. crop
an spoonful. in hot fat HuId'h frank
lin. Wcstieid. WI.
BiH,,r Pi,.-Ncry rich. Take a piece
of nice butter. no, too salt. lar1" ~ a
hons. rgp: twu-thirl- of q cup of sugar,
pur Gun of sweet cream, one tablespoon
FIJI If tiuur. stir butter, sugar ana
hour together: then stir in III" cream
add nutmeg, If liked pour into a crust
put crust in strips across the Top; pAhe
until slightly Drowned.
s.UilHt Pmiitng. Take slices oi
stale bread. butter ih"m. put u layer III
the bottom Of a =, dbl dish. n"Nt {,
layer OF pic.plan', p.en,l OF sugar aud
| a little nutmeg, do 80 until the dish Is
full. having bread ON the top; don't he
too ,psring oi the butter, put IN about
| ,vn Guns II water. more or less, accord
iug to the size Of your puddlhG-dI,h II
must not bc too dry nor too juicy
| cover with an earthcn plate, aud bak'
| ,hreo.quartcr, of IN houi III Il orl'N
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Renenl ofthe Resumption Act.

take issue with them there. w"
agree we will u on Jan. !, lN'
Your prccnbacks to-day are worth IA
much "a silver; they are only ] per cent
below gold. Silver ~ II legal tender
and can redeem paper Practically we
arc resumed to-day. why r"pcal th'
lnwp Your g%recnhack does not promise
To pay a dollar ut any time. lhc statute
il the only thing Of record upon That
poiu,, and it, effect il Ia make every
r%recnback promise To pay n dollar on
iha, date. Why should any sane men
wan, that act repealed, to let your
g%rcenback dcprccia,c again. ~ one
Time | advocated an increase 81 the
orcenback circulation. ank ! did it IN
good faith; but never wanted the pa
Der dollar robbed of all promise To pay
n dollar. The independents, or Green
| hackers, or Communists, want II; W.
do not. They say the stamp oi the gov,
| crumcnt il what makes 1t II dollar,
| sny Il docs not. The Southern Con
| fcdoracy issued notes just like ours
| but they made SONS gold money ut The
same time. have seen II or 1--WE
| Confederate $50 gold pieces. What 1
| that paper money worth nowp Also
lutcly nothing. But the gold is WORT
as much rs ever II was. lhcy say I'M
government stamp makes the paper
dollar. Could the government take
COW and stamp IT,. 'Tois is II horse AN
thus make n horse Of itP'-F From dc"
Logan's speech IN Illinois state Conpt'
liOu,
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A Popularity Of the Human Mind.

There appears Ia be a peculiar ten
dcncy in the human mind to cling to
customs and practices having an an
cicul origin. Notwithstanding the fact
that the teachings of science and the
march of events would cause oncto be-
licvc that things having an ancient ORR
,rin should be regarded withthe utmost
suspicion, and never accepted unless
they will bear the most scrutiniAing eN-
animation. Why, the monarchical form
of government was of ancient origin,
and even to day IA large portion of the
inhabitants Of the eastern continent be-
licvc in the divine right of a king To rule
ovcr the people and take from them
whatsoever he will to maintain himself
in luxury. Education, science, and the
march of events has taught Us To be-
lieye differently; aye, to know different
~.
Anciently human slavery had its ORR
Gin. A%nciently women We're kept in q
condition of complete scryitude, and
were regarded rs little better than
hrutcs. except rs objects for the gratiti-
cation of the lustful passions of avari-
ciouS and unfeeling men. How utterly
do we desplse these ancient customs
when we have once broken away from
them. How we loathc them. We al
most hate the people who believed in
them.
Now this question of a metallic hasis
for money up by force of circum-
stances for the especial consideration of
the American people. Like the slavery
question it is forced upon us. The de-
Tenders of it., rs did the defenders of
human slavery plead its ancient origin
rs II of its chief claims for a continue
ance in use, and strange To say, we find
men, influenced by this peculiar tenden-
, cy of the human mind referred to, who
are willing 10 acceptthis claim without
investigation. This should not be done,
The mind should he Invested of all pre-,
judice which may attach to this ques
. ton, and then the investigation should
be made. This will result almost inva'
: riably in enabling the intelligent mine
y to see clearly that the metallic basi!
keory has been a rank enemy TO pro
. SIS and civilization, has caused NOR
I \fring and crime in this world thar
|. list anything else We cslf think of
an but to be ranked along with DIES
pa and human slavery as telics O
oa ism.-indidnap0hs Snnl
The Red Cloud chief., 1878-07-25
Ant Wars In south Africa.

Mr.F. +. Colcnso writes To Nature.
from Maritzburg: II noticed one morn
ING that along the bottom of the front
wall of my house, on the vcranda, there
lavauuantity of rcddish-brown powder;
there was enough to fill II collcc-cup.
ON looking closer | saw that il Wa made
up of small and larger fragments which
yiistcncd, and on inspecting some in
my hand they turned out to he the
heads, legs, trunks. etc, of countless
ants. a number of these animals wers
still on the wall above, and my at,en-
ton being arrested, watched them.
and saw that they were contributing to
the carnage beneath. This species of
ant is II small, comparatively harmless
one, the chief sin Of which is that il
makes its way To every species of food
and swarms on il. As is usual with
ants, the general body Of insects is ac-
companicd by larger individuals, which
are provided with heads and jaws quite
| disproportionatc Ia their bodies, and
| with these jaws they do all the cutting
| up. Among the ants on the wall there
was n large sprinkling of these sol
| der ants and the whole community
seemed to be bent ON destroying them.
| The proportion Of hcayy-jawcd to ordi-
nary ants was about n tn ten. SAW
"A group of little ones fastening on Ia Il
| biz ant, which made desperate efforts to
release itself. At first the big one bit
several little ones in two, and the parts
droppcd down from the wall; but after
n while the little ones severed all the
lcrs Of the biz one, and finally got on
his back and cut him in two. The
group then dropped down 10 swell the
mass below. Similar scenes were IN
acted elsewhere on the wall. The COM
mencemcnt of one combat was rs fol-
lows: A biz ant walked along till it
met another one. and the two shook
antcuun. just then n little II seized
hold IF the hind leg of one of these biz
ones. Neither took any notice, but CON
tinued a rapid conversation. SUDDEN!
other small ones came up. when the biG
one, whose lcg ~ grabbed. turned IN
riouSly on the little one and seized ma
by the middle. This could not be done
until the biz one had doubled himScl
|, up; rs soon aS he had hold of his small
antagonist he lifted him in the air AM
, snapped him in two. Meanwhile al
, the bio ones legs had been seized b.
: the little ones, and the party seemed I
, turn over and over, little bits tumhlin.
down. now II leg. now half IN ant. ii
: the biz one was vanquished. The an
: is most assuredly subject To passions
I. The way in which the big ant turned o
! the little one was Singularly indica,iy
of rage. The determined manner i
. which he land hold of the little II W.
quite human. If | had had Il maSnit,
ing glass, the scene would have bee
really exciting"
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The Department of Agriculture an.
ouucc that the climate and soil Of
Florida, Lower California, and portions
of Texas are well adapted to the growth
of the coffee plant. Great warmth OF
climate is not essential to its develop
ment. 1t thrives best in regions where
extremes of heat and cold are not eN,
~perienccd. In Lower California and
Florida, wild coffee, with many charac-
teristics of the cultivated plant, is very
abundant. The importations of coffee
into the United States during 1876 were
nearly $40, 900, 900 pounds, at a cost OF
| nearly S57 900, 900.
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A Fable.

One cold winter evening Il number of
animals were seated with their backs to
the fire, discussing the late election re-
turns, when the fox cried out that some
ones tail was burning. Each n in
turn denied the accusation, although
several of them declared that they
smelled something quite plainly. But
the fox, who had been snubbed in the
appointments, and failed to secrre for
Sign mission, had long wanted an OPP
portunity to make himself conspicuous,
and declared that the thing should be
Investigated If he had to do it himself
So he turned about for that purpose
when it was discovered that his owr
elegant brush had been Sjnged bare a
a rats tail.
Moral Investigations are sometimes
retroactive. - Indianapolis Sun.
The Red Cloud chief., 1878-07-25
TOYS ut the Worlds Fair.

John Thomas. the Paris correspond
ent of the New York Grdphtc, describes
the toy department of the Worlds
Fair: "But when to-day ] saw the mil
lions and millions and lots and cords of
toy fish here, rs big aS California sal
mon. which would swim in IA tub Of wa
ter rs well rs any live fish when wound
up 10y IA key which went into their backs;
when | saw the real toy locomotives
and steamboats, which had real machln-
cry and went with real steam; when !
saw the toy balloons, some of them
made in the shape of n man, and rs big
rs a real man, which YOU could hold
while he went up in the air and iloatrd
and bloa,cd in the clouds on his back;
| when | saw II toy girl in n bathing dress,
about half rs long rs your arm, in n
tub of water swimming around just ~
well and Il great deal better than many
live girls. for she struck ont with her
arms and kicked with her legs just rs
natural rs life and wound up like the
some hidden machinery in the small OF
her back, which went until she RAJ
down. and then she iloated arounc
loose: she could swim on her back, too
when YOU turned her over lsay. whci
| saw all these things and n great man!
more that never were heard of %
made ut all when | was n ~boy-whcl
we had little tops. old clay marbles
corn-cobs, clam-sholls. and sand hill
to play With felt sorry that | hadn'
put of being born until a little later il
} life, that | might have had some ofthes
, toys to play with"
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Good corr can only be produced by
plenty of good timely work. Work it
thoroughly and often, early and late
till ready to lay by. Don't letthe weeds
get any foothold. The greater the
drouth the more c%ultivators should run
through II.
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1t is said that there are 100000 pu.
pills enrolled in the public schools OF
the United States. The average daily
attendance is 4,500, 900. The estimated
population between six and sixteen
wears of age Is ~, 500. 900.
The Red Cloud chief., 1878-07-25

A Nebraska farmer claims to have
made 600 pounds of bright sugar and
1873 gallons of amber syrup from two
acres of cane The seed planted was
of the early amber variety. The sugar
was obtained by hanging the thick
syrup in coffee sacks after 1t began to
granulate.
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Don't let the grass get too ripe before
beginning to cut for hay. Don't let 1t
he exposed to the sun too long. Put IT
in cocks to cure. Put it in good stacks.
or under shelter, rs soon rs cured.
Don't let the storms bleach all the sub
stance out of II.
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No animals, unless well fed at all
times, can give a constant return for
the food consumed, and no. pasture is
safe from injury by o~vertfecding II
overrun in dry weather by "a herd OF
poor, hungry animals.
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New Orleans is built upon a forest OF
cypress trees. For GOO feet down TINS
is the foundation. Rows upon rows OF
the stumps to the cypress are found ~
ing over each other. super-imposed,
each of which layers it is calculated has
required "A thousand years To form.
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The British Empire has $780, 600
inhabitants; the Russian Empire &c.
900, 900; the French 1850, 600; the OF
tomam Al, zoe, O0O.
The Red Cloud chief., 1878-07-25

The total humber of lowering plants
and ferns in the tropical regions is very
large, perhaps rs high rs 1920 to 5O,-
900.
The Red Cloud chief., 1878-07-25

As a corr growing state, TenneNc
ranks sixth. The average annual pvp
ducton of this great cereal is from ~
coo, 900 to 55, 900, 900 bushels.
The Red Cloud chief., 1878-07-25

The California peach crop will be
small, and the fruit inferior this year.
says the San Francisco Bullefs".
The Red Cloud chief., 1878-07-25

Over 1000 farmers in Maine have
taken hold Of the beet sugar enterprise
and are raising this root forthc factory
i'm that State.
The Red Cloud chief., 1878-07-25

The largest strawberry farm in the
\ ~ ut two miles from Nor.
'tivates $50 acres, and
N was over 100000
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DEATH OF LIEUTENANT BENNER.

A Sharp Criticism of the Relief Beat Man
RSement,
IDr. Frank W. Reilly, in the Chicago Times,
A management which sent forty-one
souls, only two Of whom were acclimated,
into g fever-infected district, where the
merest casual reading Of a daily paper
showed that the chances we're lust thirty
three in hundred against one of the thirty
nine unacclimated ever returning alive;
A management which put these forty
one people on an old hulk unfit for q
cattle boat, of structure SO frail and worn
that there was little choice between being
under her cabin roof or ont upon her
fragile guards. The bunk in which
Lieutenant Benner was treated and died
was a shelf, access to which could be had
only from one side, while it was so short
that his head OF his feet, in his agonized
tossing, we're constantly in contact with
one wall or the other. The mercury
stood in his room, at $3.50 A. NJ, Of the
morning before be died, at forty-eight
degrees; ct three O'Clock in the afternoon
/ personally saw II ct ninety degrees. and
I was told that it reached ninety-six de-
grees, Good conditions these, under
which to treat q disease, the very first
HcCOAA Va, Wn4cn btthklubHL - an SQuADt0
temperature. And such conditions would
undoubtedly have been much improved,
in the estimate Of those who teleeraphed
"peremptory orders" TO Lieutenant Hall
"to move the Chambers up TO ST. Louis
quarantine. Her racking and groanine,
the rattle and crash Of her old engines,
the escape pipe and steam whistle, the
noisy tramp of the roustabout and the
cabin boy, would have been 80 soothing
and refreshing to the sick one '.- ~
am sorry to have been compelled to
enter upon this feature of the expedition,
would have preferred to leave it, with
much else concerning the inner history Of
the trip, TO fade ont and be- forgotten.
But justice TO the memory Of the dead
and the reputation Of the living alike de-
mand realization of these missta tements.
Poor Benner died on Thursday morn
ing at three o'clock, conscious until within
about fifteen minutes before ne breathed
his last. The details Of his funeral have
already been published; but the adoption
Of his widow and orphans BY the city Of
Vicksbnrg has not YET been ehronieied.
On the day following his daath / had The
mechanically satisfaction 4ct pennine ~
address, ct the request Of some Of tie
leading citizens ID which this purpose
vas announced SubscdptiqA Lists we're
opened, mite boxes pgt 40 ia, pabiic
places and before ! LEFT last Sandy 4 big
stride had been made toward the ten
thousand dollars may proposed, p start
5
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REGISTRATION OFF

FIRST WARD-No. 1872 Annunci
tween Terpsiehors and Robin street,
SECOND WARD-No. "a Carou
tween DslOrd and St. Joseph streets.
THIRD .WARD--No. 4 Perdido ST
st. Charles; No. 345 Common, betwo
son and Claiborne streets.
FOURTH wARD-Rampart, coruv
street.
FIFTH WARD-Rampart, corn,
Ann street.
SIXTH wARD-No. 1879 Hospital
gundy street.
SEVENTH wARD-Corner of L
and Claiborne streets.
EIGHTH WARD-Corner Of Grea
Poet streets.
NINTH WARD-Corner of Grea
Eimira streets.
TENTH WARD Second door froT
ner Of st. Mary and st. Charles street.
ELEVENTH. WARD-Corner of
ton and Magazine streets.
TWELFTH WARD-At the Marx
THIRTEENTH wARD-NOrthea
of Magazine and Bordeaux streets.
FOURTEENTH WARD Magazini
Peters avenue aid oGtavia streets.
FIFTEENTH wARD-At thu
courthouse.
SIXTEENTH wARD-Courthouas
SEVENTEETH WARD-Corner
and Jefferson stEeets.
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this fact as keenly as the President, and
has intimated TO his friends his readiness
to relieve the President from further en-
barrassment by his continued ,presence in
the Cabinet. In all probability, shortly
after his return from the Pacific coast, he
will place his resignation at the disposal
Of the President. The President, appre-
ciating the kindly spirit prompting this
step, will, it is understood, tender Judge
Key another position now available and
more cOngeDial to his tastes
After the November elections, it is in
timAted that there will be conference
between the President and the Repubi-
can leaders, with a view to fill this
position. E
The defeat of Hale for Congress, and
the earnest manner in which he has con-
Quoted the Republican campaign, and
the great Difference he has shown the Ad-
ministration, has induced the President
to consider him in connection with the
prospective vacancy in the postmaster
generalship. ..
The President, apart from his apprecia-
ton of Hales ability and the fact that the
position of postmaster general was once
rendered to him by President Grant,
"4tnoub auy SoucltAtlou Whatever Oh the
part of Mr.. Hale's friends, aud the fact,
again, that the appointment would be
agreeable to Mr.. Blaine. has satisfied
himself of the propriety of such a selec-
ton. This appointment, Fit is thought,
would be graceful concession to the
hitherto Indifferent element in the party.
There have been some rumors of late Of
contemplated changes in the Cabinet,
which were traceable to no authority
other than to- bolster the claims of stand
ing candidates. The retirement of Judge
Key, however, has been in contemplation
for some time, as the developments of
few weeks will Disclose
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LOUISIANA STATE UNIVE
"-I . AND
Agricultural and Mechanical
!. BATON ROUGE, La
MILITARY ORGANIzATIl

e. ~ s . d +. III
Nineteenth Session, begins 0CT0
next aud eads JULY 9Th, 1873.
Tuition Free.
Board, Lodging, Washing, Fuel,
Medical attendance, s15 . month; Of
the session Of nine months.
Text Books, Stationsry, Uniform,
and other Incidental expenses, about
session.
Total expenses Of every kind, for th'
year. not exceeding 900; payable 90 81
and go st the close Of each 81 the Aiu
IF the sasdsa, making IN All ton squd
Of ~ each throughout the session.
Cadets can enter and withdrew at
during the session.
They will be charged only from 4
entrance, and for the time Of atteudAn
az The travelling expenses to and
of the better colleges in distant States
as fnnsh % tha eRtirs expense at thA
ton for one year. - ise
Military exercises Obligatory on 81
% Cadets. Cadets cen board or lOdg
Unlvslsity Building, or with privato D
Baton Rouge, ct about the salne cost.
Stite SOr BenshciAryl CaAsts net REQ
til re LegiAasure makes an apprOpn
tlieir naintsaance and support
RsligieuS instesetIon- Catholic Z
ssspnh given IN the pnivsrsity ; and o.
csasta VIM 10 required to attend the
u BaASa Rouge designated By their
The viahea " parents in regard 70 tho
AtlsA a AsiE sOnA viii hs ealE,ed q
lsassh ssfty = at1sadaase uP'a
hna seeM e elAgsaasobaros Il in 4
foAR AiFtt iaasseGaisA aAarssa
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