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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-08-06
THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION

The State Executive Coiu Va
the Democratic Conservative party
of which Col. James c. Wise is the
member from Rapides, will shortly
he convened, and will call at some
early day a State Convention OF tho
party. From our present standpoint
it is plain that this Convention, from
prudential motives, cannot be held
either in New Orleans or Baton
Rouge, but will be convened Sin
some healthy Town in the North
Western part of the State" With
out further useless talk in the mat
ter, we most urgently suggest to the
Committee, that Alexandria, for
many reasons, and under all circum
stances, should be selected for that
important and honorable position.
Alexandria is the center of the State
and is approachable at all seasons oil
the year by steamboats,, and for the
adjacent Parishes, by the best oil
land routes and excellent roads. we
have the largest and finest Court
House in the State, and most sulta-
BILE buildings for the purpose outside
of New Orleans alone, with five or
six large and commodious rooms for
the various committees, and the lar
. gest and roomiest Hotel in any coun'
try Town, and a market not sur
, passed in good and wholesome eata'
: bles, with abundance of pure water
r and ice in abundance. Besides this
: we have here several first-cla ;.
j. Boarding Houses and Restaurants
r and two very large and we'll stocket
Livery Stables, and above all on
J. Town is healthy one, pleasant.
situated, opposite her pretty high
y land neighbor, that can also accom-
4. modate we'll, many Of the member
d of the Convention, and such visitor
1t as may do US the honor to call. An
sr what is of more Importance, in thes
8, hard times, the price of fare here
re moderate and cheap, and VIC guarar
d. tee that our landlords won't rails
or prices for the occasion, but, on IL
be contrary, will spread themselves
st give the best they can afford for I'll
nd least money.
'u- We ask the Committee to gi'
of these plain suggestions prop
hearing, and we feel secure that we
have the Convention in Alexandra
Let it be called to assemble on
Tuesday, as all the Delegates bell
this place can reach here by stea
ro- boats leaving New Orleans on Sat'
,he day, on Monday evening, and retu
sde on the same boats leaving here
of Wednesday. Those above this pie
Ike on the river and back Parishes, c
led come by boats leaving Shreveport
Ugh the same way as indicated abo
tu- The managers of the Pool Line
ERIK New Orleans and Shreveport
ore give the delegates all proper and II
era essary information, and we arc
Par thorized to state will put thcmscl
cor to extra trouble to accommodate
ION members of the Convention.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-08-06

The consumers, in some quar-
tiers, a re thinking Of holding a con-
vention to discuss the increasing in
science of the producers.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-08-06
The cholera has killed moro OF

TIE cholera has killed moro OF
the British troops, thar have been
killed in battle. The official returns
show that twenty officers and four
hundred men died Of that plague on.
the return march from the Afghan
camp, while only about one hundred
men were killed in action on the Brt-
tish side during the whole war. !.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-08-06
(FoR THE DEMOCRACY
an ANSWER ssTO THE GIRLS WHO
LOVE THE GREY"

T know you're sad, my darling,
S Ger the e. parting Of yesterday;
Rnt the sadness is not only
10 those who love the grey
Another is sadly recalling
DAYS now passed away,
And mentally clasping his darling,
Who love the boys in grey.
Again he is kissing her fondly,
As on that parting day,
And is vowing to love her only,
Who love the boys in grey.
Again he stands by his darling,
Out in the pale moonlight,
where the ewes of love are watching
For the glimmer Of buttons bright.
Then be not so sadly weeping,
But dash the tear away,
For we shall soon be greeting,
The girls Who love the grey.
Like thee, fair maid, I'm only
One of the many who pray
For the hour of meeting fondly
The girls who love the grey.
And MANY hearts besides my own, !
Like thine, are sad tonight,
For the magic spell surroundeth all
Who wear the buttons bright.
Yes, many hearts, like thine, were sad
| And yet are sad to-day,
For many loved and love alone,
The girls who love the grey.
We, too, are waiting and counting
The days that pass away,
And will very soon be greeting
The girls who love the grey.
Then wait, and watch, little darling
For that bright and happy day,
When the buttons bright, shall gree
the sight
OF those who love the grey.
CADET.
! aBlAck.DRAueMI," the wonderful
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-08-06

"A NEGRO named Herman Martin,
recently entered house in Claiborne
Parish, occupied by two white girls,
killed one of them and ravished the
other. The people pursued, captured
and lynched him.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-08-06

-Oug friend Charlie IL not alone
the recipient Of good things from
highland Milford. Our old friend
Glatt, Of that romantic and hugely
Democratic locality, brought ~ In
person yesterday, . good sized boz
Of flne peaches, which the DEHocsA1
family highly appreciate.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-08-06
."wHEN Blue-Eyed Charlie Conn

-aWHEN Blue-E Eyed Charlie Comes
Again. is the title of a new song CON-
posed by a young lady of Milford, and
dedicated to our young friend, Mr..
Charles Walking. We will try by our
next issue, to get the words of it and
publish them. Air: aVillikens and his
Dipah." We're not much on the dance,
but we'll learn that song.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-08-06

--Tar International and Great
Northern Railroad, In Texss, has
lust been sold for $1,000, 600, and
Kennedy ! sloan Of New York, are
the purchasers.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-08-06

THE great difficulty with our
party sustaining itself in Rapides, is
Shat it has no candidates for the
Offices.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-08-06

THE last twenty .four hours, ending
Friday at 6 P. N. in Memphis, four new
cases Of yellow fever were reported, and
one death. Among the new cases is Fa
Their Doyle, the Catholic Pastor Of St.
Budgets Church.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-08-06

-"TnERE's many a slip betwixt the
cup and the lip" but Charles straws
never slip-George Wilson mixes the
compounds a la Charlie, when the boss
is out bobbing for coils
Where e'er l go, whore e'er ] roam,
GoLDENBERG's my drinking home.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-08-06

TIE Goodwood cup WAS won oy
Ison omy, the Bear second, and Re,
role third. The Molecomb stakes
was won BY b. c. Brother TO Ersiiia,
Papoose second.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-08-06

SOME days since two colored
wenches had 'bout" at the warm
game of ap-jacket" with cow-hide.
Both parties were well whipped.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-08-06

Mr.. Jacob Irving carried Oft the
first prize in the rattle which came
of on Saturday.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-08-06

THE scalp is made clean and
sweet by applying Halls Vegetable
Sicilian Hair Remover.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-08-06
I1xnrp the Constitution of 1868

--UNpER the Constitution OF 1868
our State raised, by taxation, $2.9o
to every inhabitant, tue highest tax
rate in the South; under the new
Constitution this will be reduced TO
S1.2O per inhabitant.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-08-06

SLEEPY Tom, the blind PAGER OF
Ohio, recently electrified the sport
ino world with the record of 2:l24;
and more recently has covered mile
in 2;l9 8 4,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-08-06
COMMUNICATIONS.

lMT. I0ttOT- 81
The Consultation Of 1868 10 90 full
Of features hostile TO the main OBJ
jects Of all good government, shat
our people viii surely not fail to
avail themselves Of the prompt re-
lief offered IN the new consultation
submitted for their consideration
Under the present organic Law, the
people are wholly at the mercy Of
the law making power in regard TO
the burdens Of taxation. There 10
no restraint placed upon the Lsgis-
lature in creating offices and dispen.
sing salaries, and no limit to their
power Of taxing US to meet whatever
extravaganza they may commit.
Under the new Constitution these
sources of oppression At least, will
be removed. More than one million
of dollars will be saved annually that
have been heretofore used to main
tain. the most expensive state gov
ernment in the Union. 55 Z
| The Legislature will be restricted
| in taxation to Eve mills on the dol
lar of the actual cash value OF prop
erty. Even in the event that the 10
nous debt ordinance, the construc-
ton Of which by the State Conyen-
ton cost that body twenty days Of
deliberation, and cost their constitu-
ents more than twenty Thousand dol
liars, is made part Of the new con-
stitution, the tax on property cannot !
exceed six mills. Hence, We see in
this feature slone, Of the constita.
ton offered 10, which IL really the
main feature, = degree Of practical
relief to which the people Of Louiat-
ana have been strangers for many
: wears. This relief, too, will be com
paratively permanent, for State Con.
3 itutions are not made every day,
and it may be safely assured that an
II other Constitutional Convention will
>, not be convoked by the people, at
u least, during our day and gess,asios.
:. Az for the debt ordinance, Mr.. Edi-
y tor, / do not believe the people will
e or ought to vote for it. TO vote fe'
n it would be equivalent to the people
n giving to the bond-holders = conces-
al sion Of judgment on q voidaele ob'i-
:. CATION, from which there can Dc 20
he appeal, and BY which THE and com
" ing generations will be bound. Sup
no posing the debt ordinance is defeat
'e- ed, will the people be worsted there
cd by2 They certainly eangos be. TIT
VI ratification Of the constitution vii
~ Ak the limit Of taxation at Eve mills
II. beyond which the; Legislature eanno
re- step. The bond holders, the tern
er creditors cannot properly BIO sae't
as cannot enforce their seven per cen
'e, interest, for the courts and leg'sla
lures operating under the new Con
stitu,ion, could not exact from IN
CIV people more than eve mills O tho &C
'n' ,ual cash value Of property. lhs
80. limit to taxation will he law, Atsk
VITO to legislatures, courts sn'l bond no
her .lers, and tho people will, no douh
fe- make it their business to sec that "
ans limit is not ovcrstepped. The y"
nts s,itntion submitted by the CoDse
~ ton, is good one for all pract'c
one purposes, and meets the urgent wan
had LOT the people. Therefore, Till
,cks every good man in the State Dug
lied to vote for its ratification.
ZETA.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-08-06

THERE was q slight, though very
slight, reduction in the heat last
week.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-08-06
Tur orava If Abraham T.incoln's

The grave Of Abraham Lincoln's
mother, at Lincoln City, Ind, is un-
marked by tombstone or tablet of
any kind and lies almost entirely
hidden beneath q wild growth Of
grass and weeds.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-08-06

IT may refresh some to know
that Christmas is only FIVE short
months of.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-08-06

ON Friday morning, at the
Mouth Of the Bayou, o colored man
aud his wife, had wool gathering
cries for help were heard.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-08-06

--LoRILLARD's stable, in England,
has scored another victory. His
Geraldine won the Levant stakes on
the 2Sth ult.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-08-06

-FREsu bread every morning al
M. O'Shee's.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-08-06

The catapillars are ON hand
however, the first crop. and 70 the
long run can't do much damage 20
the cotton crop
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-08-06

--TnE Pauline Ball, Al her Pine
vile dock, yard, isprogrcsssne naeiy
toward completion.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-08-06
Take aBLAcK.DRAUeAT" and you will

never be bilious.
For sale by E, G. TAFT.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-08-06

-TnE weather prophet Of the sea-
son is o Hottent0t,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-08-06

AND now the drummer blateth
A seal ring on my finger,
A buster on my back;
In Town no more I'll linger,
I'm off for Hackensack.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-08-06
Our Agents.

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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-08-06

"Bl Ack. DRAUenT," the wonderful
vegetable liver medicine.
For sale by E. c. TAFT.
The New York herald., 1879-03-06
Da mnging the Park.

The Park Commissioners yesterday
adopted resolution strongly condemning
the bill before tho Legislature authorizing
the use of portion of the Central Park as
a military parade ground. The Commits
sioners express the opinion that the Park
would be seriously damaged should tho bill
become o law, not 80 much by the military
themselves as by tho crowds that always
flock to sec a parade or review. 1t is
alleged that on the occasion of the attend
ance of the Seventh regiment at the dedica-
ton OF the Hallcck monument the unruly
crowd that followed the regiment not only
trod down the grass and the beds, but
broke the limbs of trees. up which they
climbed to obtain a better view Of the
show. 1t is said that fully two
thousand dollars damage was done to
the Park on that occasion, and that
should parade ground be established IL
would require the presence Of five hundred
policemen to prevent similar injury when
ever q regiment was out for drill. The
difficulty seems to be that there Is no spot
but the ';ball ground" in the Park fit for the
purpose of military parade ground, and
to establish one there would necessitato q
march through the handsomest parts OF the
Park. The protest OF the Commissioners
against the bill will be sent to Albany and
will, no doubt have its due weight with the
LEGISLATURE in its action on the measure.
The New York herald., 1879-03-06

infinite confusion and disaster would re-
suit from blocking the public service.
What could our merchants do without the
custom houses and port regulations?
What redress would citizens have if the
courts of justice were closed? How could
our two thousand national banks transact
their business if intercourse were cut off
between them and the Treasury Depart
ment, which holds the bonds pledged
for their circulation. pays them their
interest, redeems their notes and
supplies them the gold they may
need in their transactions? What
weuld the community do without the Post
Office? It is needless to extend the list;
these specimens will suffice to show the in
jury and confusion which would result
from an actual stoppage of the supplies
and its inevitable consequence of disband-
ing the government if continued for any
length of time. 1t may suit the purposes
of demagogues to threaten these conse-
quences in spirit Of bravado, but they
could not stand against the indignation of
the country if the threat were executed for
more than very brief period. Certain it
is that the public will never support this
violent and disorganizing method of torc-
ing the repeal or the passage of laws.
1t is vain to deny that such method is
revolutionary. mo rejecting man who un-
derstands the structure of our government
can dispute that such policy, if perse-
vered in for more than few months, would
subvert the main pillars of the constitution
BY the true theory of the constitution the
legislative power is vested in the two
houses of Congress and the President
But according to the violent assumption
which is now made the whole legislative
power is concentrated in either house
whenever one house chooses to exer-
else it It has only to tack the
law it wants passed to necessary
appropriation bill as an amendment, and
refuse to pass the appropriation without its
rider, to force compliance with its demand
or dissolve the government as the penalty
of refusal. The country will never accept
this theory of the constitution. The coun-
try will never consent that one branch Of
Congress shall usurp the whole legislative
power in defiance Of the distribution of that
power by the constitution. The country
will never consent to any such doctrine as
that the Presidents salary can be stopped
and the salaries of the judges be stopped at
the mere caprice of Congress in plain viola
tion of the oaths of its members
The New York herald., 1879-03-06
The Vanderbilt Will Case.

The sudden close of the Vanderbilt will
case was such a surprise that the inventive
ingenuity Of quidnuncs and small news
paper people was set ut work to account for
the phenomenon A. story was imagined
and set aAoat in one or two city journals
that the sudden collapse of the case was
the fruit of secret compromise or
understanding between the contesting
parties. This proves on inquiry to
be a sheer fiction. The case of the contest
ants utterly broke down on the introduce
tion of documentary evidence of whose ex-
istence they had no suspicion. The main
argument of the contestants has been that
the distribution of property by the will was
so unequal and unjust as to create strong
presumption Of mental unsoundncss or un-
due influence, and the general DRIFT Of the
evidence introduced was to show that at
tho time the will was made Commo-
dore Vanderbilt suffered under physical dis
eases and mental hallucinations which were
inconsistent with tho possibility of his SAN
ity. This evidence was ofthc flimsiest char
acter; it convinced nobody but the contest
ants and their lawyers, even if it convinced
them. 1t consisted of the idlest rubbish
and tho most disgustingly scandalous
accusations ever tolerated by judicial tri-
bunal. The reason why the case of the con-
testants so suddenly and utterly broke
down was tho introduction of several former
Wills OF the Commodore, executed when he
was in the fulness of his strength and the
best state Of his faculties, making
precisely the same Determinations and
against precisely the same heirs as his last
will and testament, which has been the sub
ject of this protracted contest. Those pre-
vious Wills, made when his mind was at its
best, prove most conclusively that the final
distribution of his property by his last will
was in pursuance Of deliberate and long
settled purpose formed many years in ad-
vance of that state of his health and of his
mind which was alleged rs the ground for
setting aside the will presented to the Sur
rogate. There was never a more disgraceful
collapse of an utterly scandalous case.
We notice that somo of onr contempora-
res commend Mr.. Lord for his public re-
traction of the atrocious calumnies he has
uttered during these proceedings against a
lady whose connection with the contest
was involuntary and accidental. 1t was no
doubt his duty to withdraw those abomina-
BILE calumnies; but his tardy confession
that they are false cannot be accepted as an
atonement for having made them. Nothing
short of the most indubitable evidence that
they we're true and an absolute necessity
of alleging them in the interest of his
clients conld have reconciled it to the
The New York herald., 1879-03-06

sense of decorum of any lawyer who was
also a gentleman to allow such beastly
charges to defile his lips, especially when
the reputation they assailed was that of a
respectable lady. The object of these re-
voting calumnies was to prove that this
lady had been the instrument OF undue
influence in the making of the will.
This calumnious pretence was utterly
exploded by the production in court
of former wills made in the same
sense long before she had any acquaintance
with the Commodore. Her vindication is
perfect but what shall be said of a lawyer
who could SO far prostitute his professional
privilege as to be the vehicle of such un-
founded charges? His late rctraction can
not atone for so vile, so atrocious an offence
against decency, against morals, against tho
chivalric sentiment due to the gentler sex.
Mr. Lords abominable, improved and un-
retractcd calumnies against the late Com
modore deserve the same condemnation,
though not to the same degree.
The New York herald., 1879-03-06
England's ,Asiatic Neighbors.

Official intelligence of the death Of the
Ameer of Cabul had not reached General
Kaufman at Turkestan on March 3, and
the Afghan ambassadors there were still in
conference with the Russian govern
ment as accredited. representatives of
the Afghan government yet the fact
of the Ameer's death was known,
though unofficially, and, therefore, no steps
of consequence were likely to be taken,
even if there were such steps to take. AS
shown by our despatch from Tash-
kend, printed to-day, the ambassa-
dors have declared that the Ameer
would never treat with England
unless so advised by Russia, and they
represent that Yakoob Khan was in this
respect fully in agreement with his father.
Upon the arrival Of the Russian surgeon
who saw the Ameer in his last illness he
will report that princes death, and General
Kaufman will inform the ambassadors of
their loss Of official status, which may be
renewed by the present sovereign. Perhaps
as ruler in the presence of victorious in
vaders, and with the influence Of his father
removed, Yakoob Khan may change his
views as to the propriety Of accepting
Russian advice. 1t will be q piece of
peculiar fortune if the Indian government
gets the Afghan trouble off its hands just
now, when the way seems open for the
extension Of dominion on another side.
Burmah is once more great temptation.
Since the meagre report that the King of
Burmah had murdered all the royal
princes and their families" we have had no
further news from that kingdom. 1t was
that the details were horrible, and ''that
British interference was hoped for" For
news that comes by way of India that last
clause was natural addition, and it may
represent the 'divine despair" Of an official
world that would like very well to take
Mandalay in charge but felt that it must
forego the luxury at this chance on account
of Afghanistan and Zululand and the con-
sideration that there are already rs many
irons in the fire as it is we'll to have. Uulcss
there is some event in this story quite out
of the ordinary current of Burmese history
trouble to come but the evidence
that the trouble is over the guar
antee of the tranquility of the State.
The former King of Burmah died last
autumn and left many sons. There is no
law of succession. and in the absence of
the designation of one prince by the dying
sovereign the throne becomes the stake of a
general fight that is the constitution of
the country. But tho present King was put
on the throne by the ministers, and all the
other princes were caught and kept in
irons. 1t naturally became a troublesome
problem what should be done with them,
and the King has solved that problem in
Asiatic style. His act was cruel, but not
so cruel as general civil war would have
been, and it is one that might be put in
shape to justify the annexation of the whole
Irrawaddy Valley, if Afghanistan shall sud-
denly be pacifed.