The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-16
SIIREV EPORT.
CRNPa, POLITICS AND SOCIAL HAT
TERs ON HED MIyEw.


severe nrou,h-The R,ver Low-The
EaadO asrnnd Jury anH the AIstaR
sase-The constitutional convention,
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Especial Correspondence of the Democrat
SHREVEPORT, La, April 10, 1879.
This section OF the State is just now suffer-
ing from
unprecedented for this season Of the year.
few weeks since planters were hopeful Of g.
fine prospect for an exceedingly early standof
corn and cotton, but the dry weather has kept
down corn and cotton, and unless we have rain
soon not much OF @ corn crop can be expected.
Old Red is rs low as 1t usually gets in the fall,
and navigation is slow and tedious. Unless
we have rise from above soon, OF some good
rains, the mariner will have to remain In port.
THE RETURN OF THE CADDo PRISONERS
and refugees has given town and country its
usual appearance, and quiet reigps among
the buldozers The arrests and indictments
in no way auenched the fires OF Democracy.
The effect Of the prosecution was contrary to
the expectations Of the United States officials,
Instead of eowing our people and driving
them from the polls 1t had, quite contrary
effect 1t brought the DemocraeysQut In full
force and produceda q stronger determination
on the part Of every true man TO stand by his
party and country
The negroes had organized secretly nnd
| quietly, and the Radical leaders had MI their
| forces rallied at the polls but instead OF
| finding the grand old Democratic army asleep
! on its arms, with scattered ranks, they found
| men who never before took IN active Interest
| in the elections watching the polls closely
| from morn until night, and the result Is well
| known
| THE DISTRICT COURT
| has been In session for five weeks Mt prob
able expense OF from $500 TO $1,000. IndiCt.
tnents were plenty for small offenses, but
convictions rs scarce as hens teeth. Day
! after day men were tried and acquitted, show
| ing A radical defect somewhere. either in the
present Jury system, or the ineonpeteney. OF
The district attorney; doubtless both. The
grand jury failed TO find true bill against
| JAMES II. ALsToN
for the killing Of Charles A. Flanagan. This
excited considerable comment, the report OF
| the grand jury being even more remarkable.
They reported to the judge that six Of their
number cons stantly voted against true bill,
while nine with equal pertnacity voted for o
true bin for murder. Alston Is now in your
city, where he was subpenaed before the
Judge, after the report Of the grand jury,
ordered Alst9n TO be discharged from custody
TN SOCIAL MATTERS
Shreveport has been very gay. large num-
Der OF Texas beauties have visited our city.
| A club called the Sans Souci has been organ
lied, composed of the elite OF our young
people. Its primary object Is pleasure, but
the novel feature is the monthly supper pre-
pared by the fair hands OF the young lady
members, each young lady preparing single
dish. The first supper was q grand success.
The feast was as elegant and well cooked as
any expert caterer, with French cooks and
!, all the other aids, could spread for the delec-
tation OF the most fastidious epicures. The
J supper demonstrated that the young ladies'
Of Shreveport are as domestic rs they are
accomplished, and as useful rs they are beau~
tiful, which is certainly high compliment,
fer Shreveport bellies are far famed for theE
beauty and accomplishments.
u Tho Times and tJtnndard hive had large
number OF communications ON the eonstitu-
tional convention, showing that the fntellf-
gent portion Of the community are deeply in-
terested In the work Of TINT body. CaddO,
De Soto, Bossier and Webster have shown
their appreciation OF the great. work to be
done by the convention by their admirable
selection OF delegates, who are certainly rep
resentative men and combine great talents
with thorough knowledge OF the needs OF
the State.
The excellent
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
OF our parish were closed after n five months
session, to the great regret of our people. We
trust that the convention will sec to 1t that an
effective public school system Is engrafted In
the new constitution. This Is now the only
practical source OF education for the great
mass OF the children In the country few are
able to pay for tuition not sufficient In any
community TO establish school, and conss-
auently no private schools would be sus-
tanned. The children must be educated, or
We will be ever In the tolls OF schemlng poll
tieans RED RIVER.