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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1883-04-18

To our present Sheriff and ex-
of1icio Tax Collector, D. G. Paul, we
accord the highest praise for the
prompt, energetic and mastery
manner in which be has brought to
the front the delinquent tax payers,
thereby replenishing our depleted
treasury and placing the financial
affairs Of the parish upon a cash
basis.
The humiliating spectacle we have
witnessed for years past OF our
parish warrants being hawked upon
the streets, finding Indifferent pur-
chasers at so, rs and 10 per cent
discount, is no longer observed.
The creditor of the parish can now
have his warrants cashed at it's face
value. 1t is our proud satisfaction
to make this announcement and
RELOCATING the previous deplorable
condition of the financial affairs OF
our parish, with the Irregularities in
the administration of some Of our
late officials to the shades of the
past, we trust that with an honest
and economical administration OF
the affairs of the parish in the future
to see taxation reduced to the mini
mum rate.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1883-04-18

The Grand Jury visited and in
spected the Parish Jail. Eighteen
prisoners are now confined therein,
all of whom expressed themselves as
being satisfied with their treatment
and the fare provided them. The
jail is kept in as good condition as
the building, which is very deficient
in ventilation, will admit. The
premises are well kept and attrac-
tive, and the large vegetable garden
adjoining the jail yard gives prom
Use OF an abundant supply of yege-
tables.
We hand herewith a tabulated
statement of the cases acted upon
by the Grand Jury, showing the
number of true bills found to be
OF; not true bills 81 cases moi
acted upon for want of evidence 10
Of the true bills two are for man.
slaughter and IL for carrying con
cealed weapons.
To the Hon. Judge of the Court
District Attorney, Clerk and Sheriff
we return our thanks for instruction
and uniform courtesies, and nov
respectfully beg TO be discharged.
L. B. PENDLETON,
Foreman.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1883-04-18
nm-TUEsDAY,
NM> TU ESDAY,
Eas- April oath
GA: D. 1883!

The procession will form in front of
the CITY HALL. at precisely 10
O'Clock, in the following order:
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1883-04-18

THE New York World has been
shown private letters from London
which state that Mr.. Gladstone is
visibly failing. He no longer shows
the indefatigable interest in matters
going on in the house around him
which has for so many years been
the amazement alike of his friends
and his foes, and on more than one
occasion of late he has shown symp.
tomsof being positively bored--a
thing without precedent in his career.
Those who are best informed as to
his condition aud his views seem to
be pretty unanimously of the opinion
that he. will band over the reins at
an early date to Lord Harrington and
seek repose. in the upper house.
80 Exchange.
The National tribune., 1883-05-10
Defense of the New York Militia.

10 the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
have read Comrade Fits letter in your paper
of April 26th in which he states that the militia of
the State of New York never left the State during
the war"
Now,I would respectfully call Comrade Fits,
Eighth, Thirteenth Fourteenth Twentieth Sixty
NINTH Ssventy-tirst, and Seventy-ninth regiments,
New York State militia, went out under the first
call for 1000 three months men. The term of
service of all the three months regiments expired
before the first Bull Run battle but they all voun-
teered to remain in the service until after the bat
tie, and the Second, Eighth, Fourteenth Sixty
ninth, Seventy-first, and Seyenty-ninth regiments
took part in that battle. i certain there were
call to mind now.
After their discharge from the three months
service, the Fourteenth New York State militia
brooklyn Chasseurs) and the Twentieth New
York State militia ulster Guard immediately re-
enlisted for the war, and did their share of the
fighting. The Fourteenth regiment served through
the whole war, and have an honorable record The
Twentieth regiment, New York militia was mus
tered out of the United States service january %
1866, after over four and half years service hav-
ing taken part in the battles of Beverly Ford War
renton, Gainesville Groveton, second Bull Run,
Chantilly, South Mountain, Antietam Fredericks-
burgh, Gettysburg and siege of Petersburg The
regiment lost 323 men ut the second Bull Run and
at the battle of Gettysburg eighteen officers out of
twentysix were killed and wounded and I25 men
out of 266. think (but am not certain) that the
Second New York State militia also enlisted for
the war.
Do you not think that some of our militia should
be eligible to membership in the Grand ARMY of
the Republic? S. +. ALLIGER
Formerly Co. 3, 10th Reg. n. Y. s. NJ.
KYSERIKE, n. Y.
The National tribune., 1883-05-10
Indiana Soldiers in the Mexican War.

To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
Some time in the year past / noticed commu-
nication written by Hoosier soldier in which he
promised, at time not far distant to lay before
your readers very interesting paper treating of
the Indiana regiments at the battle of Buena Vista
nave before me sketch of that memorable strug-
gle which says: The tight squeeze at Buena Vista
had come Hardin had been killed and young
Harry Clay died at the head of Old KentueiS Yell
was wiped out and about 40 coo yalIer skins surged
III front OF and around Americas Honly chance -
the volcanic battery of Captain Braxton Bragg
Things were badly mixed APP. Yankees and greas-
ers-dItto the Posey county braves-had been
bowled out early in the and were in the chap
arral hunting fieas." Now, if this bit of history
isn't so, we hope it will aggravate our unknown
brother into producing his paper tho subject
not as q vindication of Indiana pluck THAT never
was doubted but as a contribution throwing more
light on one of the dark spots in that war; whose
memories begin to take on the glamor of romance.
The TRIBUNE is the soldiers oipn paper. In its
broad columns will be preserved, for the Macaulay
of another generation the vivid stories of the rank
and te-the minutife of war-which shall shine in
the historians fabric like the stars of a summer
evening in heavens otherwise unbroken blue.
Who will write for history of the famous Sec
ond Colorado; portray its terrible fights with
mercess guerrillas; its indomtabe, bull dog cour-
age, which drew, even from a brilliant Confederate
writer, the admiring sentence they fought
brayely; they fought long and WELL"
A. w. SAWYER, NJ d.
Late of company Is, 18th Iowa Inf.
ABEIo Mo
The National tribune., 1883-05-10

force Ia strong earthwOrESs. II is certainly true
that the enemy was ia heavy force, but II there
v ere any e.srlhworks IN front of the Fourteenth
corps we JAILED TO find them. AT sunrise ON the
morning OF September Ist the First and second i
visions OF the Fourteenth Corps were some an,
miles to the south and west Of JOnesboro a:ae there
Second division just che edge Of the woods and
IN our immediate front was Wheeier'5 rebel cav
airy. which made saber charge on us lust a we
were getting into line TO march on Jonesboro'
Those cavalTymen mace as fine a charge as ever
was made BY any body of troops up TO within
about seventy-five yards of the woods when our
batteries opened on them with canister filling he
air with smoke and covering the ground with dead
and dying. Horses without riders were seen rum
ming Promiseuously over the little common in 'front.'
OF the batteries. As soon the first voev Of arfiI
lery discharged at the Tebs the infantry jumped
up and gave cheer after cheer. which made 10 seem
as If all the devils in hell had been turned loose
The 1Dfstntry did not fire shot, but were ordered
out and into line of march. The hugies blew the
double-qulek, and after that the run. and we Went
on until we struck the line of rebel infantry
toned above, hating only long enough to unsng
knapsacks- We found herebels lust forming their
battie-llne IN front of JOnesboro; some of them
were still on the cars, having arrived from Atlanta
that morning. General James ID MORGAN Of
Quincy, III. commanded the troops that did the
heu OF the lighting In our vicinity SquiDt-eved
Jimmy we used 10 call him. The seventeenth
New York zouaves bore the brunt of the battle and
lost very heavily. Among the dead their traI-
liant colonel They were in the First brissl,. First
division, of the Fourteenth COrps The second
Brigade Second division, numbered some 100 mem
officers and all, and when the fight was over at 10
o clock at night, had captured rebel prison
ers and had lost between five and six hundred Of
the Second brigade in killed and wounded These
prisoners we marched back to Atlanta where thew
were disposed Of. Wishing THE TRIBUNE a long and
useful life. and believing II to be of the best
papers in existence, remain, true blue"
c. \ b Fox
Late of Co. III. s6th H. Vol Inf
The National tribune., 1883-05-10
R. reveals itselfin the foIlowingletter out


ATWOOD Ill. April q, Iss3.
MRs. SHERWOOD; am reader OF THE TRIBUNE,
and have read all your letters and everything else
about Noman's Auxiliaries. / think j. good
thing but the OF the Post at this place 10
be opposed to IT, and held what they called meet
ing 81 protest, and say they will never allow
woman TO stand beside them in the g. A. r. They
say IL is giving step nearer the polls. and
docs; for If their wives could be with them at
their Camp-fres they could get home before morn
ing and their breath would not smell so strong
say that Posts like this drawing good husbands
from their families than anything that was
started in this country. know here. in ilf
nos. if you want n fuss. you have only to mention
the Woinan's Auxiliary III connection with a Post.
Our husbands tell US II Is secret Order. and wo-
man has more business in ii than she had in the
army twenty years ago. They seem TO forget how
we went around begging and sending help to the
hospitals. They received our help then with thanks,
and now they don't want us. We are not so young
and handsome now Were then. but we are
just as loyal. Many of our husbands now were our
lovers then and we are willing to aid them when
ever they viii let us. A SOLDIERS WIFE.
1t would seem that here is case where wo-
men must organize in self-defense. As far as
the Post is concerned it is manifest that the
opposition arises from ignorance. The men,
bers probably not aware that the women
have their own separate societies and would
not encr0ach upon their privileges except in
binding up their broken heads and paying their
doctors bills, after a somewhat too enthusiastic
festival of pork and bareback and liquid pa
triotism. As the work of Auxiliaries is largely
edueatory not only in loyalty, but in friendli-
ness and goodwill, we trust that the great
State of Illinois will soon have State Society
that viii do its first good work at Atwood
KATE B. SHERWOOD,
Pres Forsyth Post Auxiliary.
TOLEDO, OHIO.
The National tribune., 1883-05-10
The Military Record Of Five Brothers.

Here Is the military record of five brothers: My
two youngest brothers-A. apd Levi XOrk-enlisted
IN the Fwenty-first Missouri infantry, and partie-
pated IN the battles of shiloh and Corinth as well
rs IN the campaign against Hood before Nashville,
and IN the taking of Mobile. At the ast-named
place Levi was wounded in the face. My two eld-
est brothers-FraneiS l.. and H. M-enlisted in the
Thirteth Iowa infantry Francis L. fell MORALLY
wounded at the storming of Vieksburg Heights,
and II W. was wounded ON the Arkansas River.
As for myself, i enlisted in the Third Iowa cavalry
company A, IA August. 1851, and was with il its
scouting expeditions through Missouri ard Ar<an-
saS. At the battle of Pea Ridge our company lost
seven Killed and scalped by Pixies Indians DIR
ing our march down the White River to Helena, we
We're engaged at Syllamore, Jacksonport. Village
Creek, Clarendon. 81. Charles. Cotton Plant, and
La Grange, and when we reached Helena at last in
the Tall OF lco2, our company only mustered eigh-
teen men ft for service / can say with Comrade
+. W. Cali that my grandfather served in the RevO-
lutiOnary war. while my father was a member Of
the home guards Comrades, rally to the support
of THE TRIBUNE II IS the banner to line on the
cleaning sword with which TO pat the enemy TO
flight. Fail in fall IN, rest on your banner. draw
sabre charge ti'-George E York, Savannah, Iowa
The National tribune., 1883-05-10
One of Andersonville,s Living skeletons.

In THE TRIBUNE of April 10Th Comrade J. j.
Lucas, of Excello, Missouri, stated that during
seven months of prison life his weight was reduced
from 40 to So pounds. Permit give my own
experience. was captured August IL, 1864 and
was confined in Andersonyille and Florence six
months and eleven days. AT the time of my incar-
ceration weighed 1929 pounds When released
weighed GO pounds, but as 1 had on blanket
blouse, shirt, pants, shoes and hat, my actual
weight was doubtless not over so pounds. / could
not take Il step without help. would like to hear
from some comrade who was with me that flat
the road from Florence to Wilmington that
night when the white frost pnched so severely
Stephen Hammond, North Carver Mass.
The National tribune., 1883-05-10
Another Comrades visit to AndersonrilIe.
To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:

have noticed great deal lately about Ander-
sonville, but will not infct upon you any of my
personal experiences in that he'll earth A little
over year ago visited the old prison. and paid a
colored man to clean out and wall up the famous
Providential spring that the boys have been writ
ing about SO much recently. The wells on the
north side are now almost as perfect and round as
when they were scooped out with pieces of old cam
teens. Some of them are very deep The forts which
stood at each corner of the stoeade still stand
ing and III almost perfect condition. The old star
fort at the southwest corner could in a few hours
be made as strong when the battery of Florida
artillery had their guns trained us in pursuance
OF General Winders order, to open fire with grape
and canister soon as word came that the enemy
had approached within seven miles of the camp L
consider that the most fiendsh order ever issued to
troops in ancient or modern wars
BEAMAN, Iowa. H s. BEAMAS
The National tribune., 1883-05-10
Late Signal Officer, Dept of Tenn
NEWTON, Iowa, April so.
The Fourteenth Corps at LOvejOy Station.

To the Editor NATIONAL. TRIBUNE:
L was very much interested in the signal
corps experiences of Comrade c. III. Fish but
would like to correct his description of the part
taken by the Fourteenth Army Corps in the fight
near Loyejoy's Station, in the rear of Atlanta. L
belonged to company +, Fifty second regiment o.
V. L., Third brigade, Second division, Fourteenth
Corps, and was skirmisher on the extreme right
OF our Fourteenth Corps line. The rebel works
formed an obtuse angle in front of and opposite
the extreme left of the line of the Fifteenth Corps.
We had orders to advance regiments very
slowly, swinging the line like gate upon its
hinges until we were parallel with the enemys
works, when were to continue the advance
until we could form the left of the Fifteenth
Corps General Kings brigade of Regulars
our lett The ground III our front open,
with the exception of few trees and brush along
small stream short distance in front of the rebel
works. In front of General Kings brigade the
ground WAS open until within ten or twelve rods of
the enemys works, where grove of timber inter-
posed We had no orders to charge the enemy
but when got within easy range they made it so
hot with both artillery and mtlsketry that we had
to go either forward or back, and forward we went
capturing the battery and taking General Govan
and his brigade prisoners. General Kings brigade
fell back and the First brigade of our division COM
manded by General j. ID. Morgan took their place
tlnstead OF General Baird'S division as the signal
corps officer has it, lie has thus described charge
made by the division of General jeff C. Davis and
given the credit to General Baird's division. He
may recollect that 1T was regiment of zouaves,
the Seventeenth New York, that led the charge.
They Were thrice repulsed and rallied but the
third time succeeded in taking the works and cap
turing number of prisoners. The Seventeenth
New York WAS commanded by their major, a
young man less than twenty-one wears of age who
received his fourteenth wound in this charge The
prisoners renainad III our care until we marched
them inside the st0cSade ut Atlanta recently used
BY them as a prison-pen for the Yankees that fell
into their hands.
A Grand Army Post has lately been established
at this place, and is very prosperous 1t is called
Mccullough Post. No. "A, after one of Missouri's
brave and noble soldiers.
SC HuTcHISsoS
The National tribune., 1883-05-10

10 the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
have been subscriber to THE TRIBUNE since
last November and would not do without it now
Tor Ilve times Its cost have noticed in its coll
uinns, OF late. n number of letters concerning the
Dattie OIL Shlloh. Some of my old comrades declare
that we were surprised and others positively as
sert tnat we We're not As / participated in both
days hight myself, am naturally very much in
terested In the discussion. If it be fact that we
were not surprised at Shiloh, l would like to have
Generai Featch or some other eomrade explain to
the readers OF THE TRIBUNE why it was that no
preparations were made to receive the enemy I
was member myself of General Hurlbut's diyis-
Ion, and history says we reached Pttsburg Land
ing March Is 1862 Why was it that during the
three weeks that followed. nothing was done to-
wards intrenching our position? There was not a
snoveliu OF dirt thrown up for breastworks, nor a
single rifle pit dug that ever heard of. remem-
Der that on the Friday evening preceding the bat
Tie, a rebei accommodating party made demonstra-
tions on our 'front.' and the troops called out
IN expectation OF an attack. 1t proved to be false
Alarm But why, even at that late day, if our Off
GERS were expecting attack, did they not set us
10 work throwing up breastworlSs for our protec-
uon! for my part shall never believe but that
we aoere surprised at Shiloh. 1t not the lives of
the thousands of brave comrades that were sacri-
nced there should be charged against the bad gem
eralshlp OF those in COMMUNICATIVE gross neglect
IN not erecting earthworks and ascertanng the
positlon oil the enemy and his strength the Sat-
uroay preceding the battle. l was member of
ueheEai Humans brigade, composed, think, of
The National tribune., 1883-05-10
A New Ohio Auxiliary.

Miss Ida May Ellis, North Lewisburgh, Ohio,
writes us that promising Woman's Auxiliary
Society was organized at that place in connec-
ton with John Briney Post, No. 293, on the Sd
of April and on the 21st ult. the society gave
a supper at the town hall, from which it real
lied SIS 1t has gone to work in earnest to
suecor our needy veterans and their impoyer-
ished families The president of the society is
Mrs. VIM Drummer, and Miss Ellis is secretary.
The National tribune., 1883-05-10
The Best and Most Widely Circulated.

The best and by far the largest circulated paper
devoted to the interests of the soldiers is The Ma
TIoNAL TRIBUNE, published at Washington, ID. c.,
at the low price of 81 per annum 1t is 56-column
quarto sheet, and brim full every week of we'll
written articles by soldier pens descriptive of the
thrilling events of the war of the rebellion. The
number for April IL contains articles upon Burd-
sides expedition to Roanoke Island, the thanking
of Atlanta letters from old soldiers upon the battle
OF Shiloh and many other interesting papers. THE
TRIBUNE IS devoted to the interests of all who
served IN the Union armies during the rebellion
Its circulation Is $4,000 of which Illinois has
the largest number of any State, 5,2lA.
The National tribune., 1883-05-10
MULLEN, Mo.
The Fight of September 1st.

To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
have been very much interested of late in Lieu
tenant Fish's account of the battles that were
pitched to gain Atlanta. The lieutenant's articles
are we'll written and in the main correct, but /
don't think he gives the Fourteenth Corps due
credit, though they justly entitled to o large
share OF tbs laurels, and especially those of Sep
tember LIST. In The tribune of April 10 the lieu
tenant says the Fourteenth Corps was on the other
side Of the railroad and that he rebs had heavy
The National tribune., 1883-05-10

been based upon the actual facts III the case and
known to the officer who signed the certificate.
The fact that you not examined until six
months after enlistment has nothing to do with
the case, as that proves nothing for against 2.
The present rule l. to reject all claims having an
adverse record as above mentioned without call
ing for testimony. tie official record is eonsid-
cred conclusive as to the actual facts.
j. d., San FroneiSeo, Cal.-Tle bin extending the
privileges of the arrears act failed to pass Congress,
therefore no invalid claim fled since June so 1880,
draw arrears.
The National tribune., 1883-05-10

the First and Second Kentucky and the Thirty
first and Forty-fourth Indiana, and ! should be
glad to hear from any OF my old comrades either
through THE TRIBUNE by letter.
J. f. FERGUSON,
Co. C, Thirty first Indiana volunteers.
RILEY IND
The National tribune., 1883-05-10
Another Boy sala;er.

Enclosed please And 50 fer sAFss Ass sasseaio-
ers to THE TRIBUNE When enlisted was thir-
teen years and i've months old, and think mUsA
be the youngest private soldier now living. ~ %.
English, West Hartford, Conn.
The National tribune., 1883-05-10

A nsT sl-ase % ,ro.as-'s r"fs in tic c. A.
The semi-weekly miner., 1883-08-04
The Daacon's De cisive Petition

At a village few miles from Ev-
ansville lived a farmer, we'll to do, q
widower with two daughters. The
two young ladies will be heiresess,
and this tact, added to their natural
attractions, draws all the young men
from far and wide to the farm, but
Mr.. Wilson's troubles have been aug
mented Of late. A revivalist has
been down in the neighborhood and
they've ended by making q deacon of
him. 1t was bad enough to keep the
village beaus from his daug hters, but
of late some of the city young men
have taken to drive over there to
church. Last Sunday old Wilson
was especially annoyed by young gmen
who during the whole time of service
was flirting with his youngest daugh-
ter. Their misbehavior was carried
to q climax when the regenerated ia
ther was praying. Suddenly he felt
that he could stand it no longer, and
raising his voice to its highest pitch,
he prayed: An now, o Lord, hev
mercy on the dunn idiot with the
store clothes on as is winkin' at our
Alice, an keep him a hangin' round
the church door when sarvice is over
till [ can get to him an put . head
on him! Amen"
The young man picked up his hat
and went out.-Euansville Argus.
The semi-weekly miner., 1883-08-04
Personal.

A. Redewill of Deer Lodge is in
the city.
John McIlvaine is registe red from
st. Louis.
F. w. Mellis of Ogden is taking in
the mountain metropolis.
Amos Calvin returned to Bison sta
ton yesterday.
A. H. Mallory returned from Deer
Lodge and Dillon yesterday, where
he has been talking over old times
with all the ''self-risers" he could
find.
M. s. Caplice and wife and J Johnny
Caplice came in from Phillipsburg
yesterday.
There will be two vacancies among
the public school teachers for the fall
term. They will probably be filled
at the meeting of the school trustees
to be held next Monday.
Mrs. Annie C. Henchild, who re-
sides on Montana street, was yester
day adjudged insane in the Probate
Court and will DO sent to Warm
SpriHgs.