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Year: 1874

| JUBILATION.-AD Democratic mass


meeting and torchlight procession


in celebration of the result of the re-


cent elections, is announced to take


place in Donaldsonville tomorrow
evening, and a jolly good time is an
ticipated by every Democrat and
every small boy in the village. The
spectacle of a torchlight procession is
quite rare here, and will doubtless
excite universal interest among the
inhabitants. Of course there will be
brass band to lead the marshaled
clans, and mayhap booming anvils,
sky rockets, Roman candles and sim
liar jigamariees will lie brought into
requisition to lend eclat to the oeca-
sion-to gladden. the hearts of the
nrchins and augment the enthusiasm
OF the adults. Gentlemen oflocal re-
pute as orators will be called upon to
address the masses, and of course the
welhin will ring with acclamations as
they depict in ornamental and high
falutin language the overthrow of
Radical corruption, tyranny, usurpa-
ton, etc., ETC., and the prospective
domination of the great and glorious
Democracy, the party of ancient ira
ditions and honesty, that will restore
the good old days we hear SO much
about, when every body was rich and
contented, with no work to do and
no taxes to pay. The Democratic
party will be made the symbol of all
that is truly good, and pure, and de-
s}rable, while Republicanism will be
declared synonymous with vlllainy,
corruption and numerous other ad


Jectlves suggestive of general de-
pravity and uncleanliness. In the
natural course Of things, all this is to
be expected. Political speakers the
world over save the country with
their own party and ruin it with the
opposition, so why should Ascension
present an exception to the rule Let
the Democratic rooster crow! 1t has
been so long time since he has had
any thing to crow for, that we do not
begrudge him single cock doodle
doc, but, on the contrary, are per-,
fectly willing that he should crack
his windpipe if it pleases him to do
so. The Republican chicken has re-
tired from the pit to rearrange his
feathers and recuperate for the Cen
tennial contest. He will come for
ward then, chock full of the spirit of
76, and snatch the other shanghai
baldheaded. Meanwhile, Democra tic
mass-meetings, torchlight professions
and spiritual Publications are strictly
in order, and Donaldsonville has a
perfect right to take stock in them.


SPECIAL NoTIcE !-Selling out at
Great Sacrifice Mr.. Henry Loeb
has the largest and most varied stock
of dry goods, groceries and hardware
in town, all of which he is selling off
at great sacrifice as he is erecting
magnificent store and wishes to dis
pose of his present stock in order to
Year: 1874

AS far as our information goes, the
frost Of last week did very little dam
age to the cane, and the fears of plan
ters were greatly exaggerated in re-
gard thereto. The weather since the
frost has been favorable for winrow-
ing and due advantage has been ta-
ken Of the situation by all who have
cane crops to care for. The prospect
for large yield of sugar which ex-
listed earlier in the season has beer
by no means materially impaired.
Year: 1874

A missapprehension prevails to some
extent in relation to Judge o Osdorn, which
ought to be corrected.


Many people seem to think that because
that the Supreme court decided that the
ninth section of the Baxter bill was un-
constitutional that the judges SO deciding
intended to hold that the legislature had
no constitutional authority to enact such a
provision. That section was not decar-
ed unconstitutional for the want of power
in the Ie5 legislature to enact it, but on ac-
count of a defect in the title of the act.
1t was held that the subject matter of the
section was not included in the title, and
Oh that sole ground the section was de-
clared to he in vio ation of section 10 ar
ticle of the constitution of the State.


The opinion was written by Judge
Worden and concurred in by majority
of the judges, including Judge Osborn.


For this, Judge Osborn has been de-
nounced as an anti-tcmperance man, and
even accused of social habits not entirely
temperate. Now. the truth is, that he is
singularly free from all such habits. He
does not drink any intoxicating liquor
under any cilc instances, either in public
or private. His life is u constant sermon
in favor of temperance.


As ajudge he will decide what, after
investigation and consideration he be-
lieves to be valid or invalid. without re-
gard to individual desires or wishes on
the subject If he should do otherwise,
he would be unfit for a judge.


Il is of Tie highest importance that the
judiciary should act independently and
tree from all outside influences. Judges
do not make laws, and hence are not pre-
sumed to be controlled bv, or to reflect
popular feelings by their decision. No
man fit for Judge will allow lis judicial
action to be controlled by any such influ-
ence. All of his decisions and opinions
must be the result Of and follow the con.
clusion Of his own best judgement.*x
Year: 1874

One Freeman Kelley, persistent and
rampant Democrat of DeKa]b county,
was nominated at Kendallville, on the 9th
inst. TO make the hopeless race against
John H. Baker for Congress. The very
nomination of this man-who is a mere
man of straw, without brains enough to
understand the situation, and that his
party is just making fool of him-is
conclusive evidence OF the hopeless con.
dition Of the Democracy in this district,
and that they have no expectation of suc-
cess. Was there any chance whatever
for the election of Democrat in this
district, this Kelley is the last man who
would have been nominated; but the
Democrats thought he would do to lead
the forlorn hope and furnish money for
the campaign. The chances Of the cleo.
ton Of Mr.. Baker, which were good from
the first, have been greatly increased by
the nomination of Kelley.-Goshen 1inaes.
Year: 1874

A touching and curious incident is the
purchase by Mr.. Anderson, OF Toronto,
of the yacht Foam," in which two OF
his sons were lately drowned near Mag
ara, ard it's destruction by fire. The pa
ternal heart could not bear that the craft
which had borne his sons to death should
longer exist Hc purchased 1t and burned
it to the waters edge. There is some
thing almost classic in this display OF a
fathers love.


There was more sentiment than sound
sense displayed in the act. Neither the
yacht nor the water were responsible fol
the accident 1t was the result of natural
causes which could only have been avoid
ed by intelligent beings.
Year: 1874

Coroner Croker was yesterday summoned to
hold an inquest on the body OF Lawrence vinard,
brakeman on the Hudson River Railroad


who was accidentally killed yesterday morning
Deceased was on the roof of car while the train
was passing under the rauroad bridge at Seven
tetn street and Twelfth avenue, and forgetting to
lower himself, he was Knocked Oh the car, and ia-
ing nnder the wheels his head was severed from MS
body and his right arm cut away rom the shoulder.
Deceased was taken to the station house and sab
eeQuenuI to thA AOrRnAs
Year: 1874

The mother flSh when watching her spawn
viii not bite at all, though yOu tempt her
with every kind of bait. Her life is of too
much value. Hence the only fish yOu will
catch with q hook during the fishing season
Will be the male fish, and principally large
ones. who prey upon the small fish, and
thus the small ones are protected.


FISHERMEN.


The lecturer has no feIlowShipwitht those
who catch fish with a seine. The angler Is
a different man altogether. The man who
Will catch fish with 4 seine IS liable TO be
ruled on. Of Il fishing club. y gentleman
belonging 10 a club OF which the speaker
was a member, had been arrested in catch
ing a trout in a small seine that he was
fishing for minnOws with. 1t was Z serious
affair and the club took the matter uI, lie
was tried for catching that trout with a
seine, even though il was by accident. He
was punished By being presented with
very fine reel, Is an intimatiOn that lie
should not do his fishing with a seine.


Bishop SOUle was great fisherman. At
one time Bishop Andrews was talking with
him on the SubieSt, and wanted to know
why he WAS so fond of fishing, TO which
Bishop SouIe responded twas because Of
the excitement. But said Bishop An
drews, sometimes YOU are not successful,
DO YOU find il exciting them" "Of course,
do replied Bishop SOule. even when
YOU don't get a bite9'' ''Certainly.7 "Why,
what can there be so exciting about it
then?' asked Bishop Andrews. Why
responded Bishop SOule, .'it's exciting be-
cause I'm expecting a bite every minute
Laughter


SUPPLIES NECESSARY.


4 fiSheman's outfit costs from seventy
five cents up to seventy-five dollars. The
best rod is an ordinary cane growing around
the bottoms. It should be well seasoned
light, and well tapered. Joint rods are
not to be compared with whole rods. The
best line you can get is what is called
''cable laid" French line made of silk.
| would advise YOU TO get snOOd, they cost
about a cent 4 piece and are generally about
a foot in length. The best Sinker you can
have is an ordinary buck shot peerced with
a knife little beyond the center, the line
hooked in and the creyice closed together,
never buy a float, get an ordinary cork and
trim it into suitable shape. If you use
reel (and | should advise YOU TO use One) get
the meek reel which costs from S12 to so.
One viii last you for years, never go fish
ing with an unsharped pole. a pole with a
heavy end IS tireSOme TO hold and 1 think
you can fish better with the pole stuck in
the bank. / have sometimes thought that
there is a meSmeric extending from the
hand to the end of the line which prevent
fish from biting.


The speaker gave a vivid description of
the sensations experienced by anenthusias-
tic angler in landing large Jack or Trout,
which was loudly, applaUded, the entire
(Which was two hours in length) lecture
being listened to with deep interest.
Year: 1874

We read that the curse pronounced upon
the serpent was, Upon thy belly thou shalt
CO." and the inference seems to be that,
previous to that time, its mode Of progress
SiCn was not upon its belly. This would
imply . great anatomical change in the
structure Of the creature az the time in
question, a change which, so far as we are
aware, is not proved by archaeological re-
search, and the expression is probably fig
urative one, as observed BY DIR. Buckland.
Serpents progress by the .'fOldings and
Windings they make on the grOund,' and
the stiff, movable scales which cross the
under portion Of the body; but the windings
are sideways, not vertical. The structure
of the vertebre is such, that upward and
downward undulatiOnS are greatly re-
stricted, and many illustrations, showing
sharp vertical curves Of the body, are exag-
geratiOns. Most persons have seen snakes
glide slowly and silently, without any con-
tOrtiOn. They seem to progress by some in
visible power; but, if permitted to move over
the bare hand, an experiment easily tried,
a motion Of the scales will be perceived.
These are elevated and depressed, and act
as levers by which the animal is carried
forward. Nor can a serpent progress with
facility on the ground without the reSis-
tence afforded by the scales. IL IS stated
that it cannot pass over a plate of glass, or
other entirely smooth surface. We saw the
experiment tried, by placing a small pane
of glass in a bOX,.in which was a common
black snake. He was made to pass over it
repeatedly but evidently found that he
had no fOcthold on il; and the third time
as he approached it, elevated the fore part
ofhis body slightly, and brought his head
down beyond the glass, and, on passing, his
body seemed scarcely to touch it. This
gave an opportunity TO witness the wave
like movement of the scales, that is, Of
their elevation, which runs from the head
to the tail, enabling the animal TO move
continuously, instead of by a series Of min
ute pushes, as would occur if all the scales
be lifted and depressed at Once.-POpU!d'
Science Monthly.
Year: 1874

CHIcAGQ, Jan. "a fire at an early
hour this morning hurnsd . wooden build
ing Gil Clark street, An adjoining house
was so filed with smoke that Of the family
living on the upper floor the mother was
taken out senSeleSs and her babe so nearly
sutfocated that it died shortly afterwards.
Year: 1874

A CORRESPONDENT of the Boston Her
all says he is surprised to read Of Charles
Sumner calling the Puritans "the founders
of liberty on this continent He says
that, landing upon Plymouth Rock, they
lost no time in planting the tree Of Puritan
aScendeEcy and religious prescription; that
their early history is a record of persecution
Of other sects; and finally, that the name Of
Puritan should be construed to mean all
that is mOcking and hypocritical. Having
written this and signed his name to it, he
had better move out Of Boston.
Year: 1874




From the st. Louis Republican, Jan. s.


The Globe of yesterday contains the
following suggestive extract:


Last winter, when Fred Grant was
sent out to Chicago to displace the gal
lant Gen. Forsythe on Sheridan's staff,
the Lieutenant General felt constIain-
ed to explain IN a general order that
young Grant title of Lieutenant-C Col
onel was only 4 local rank, to be dropp-
ed whenever he retired from the staff.
Gen. Sheridan. at the time he issued
the order containing the above infor-
nation, probably believed what he
wrote, and expected that the promise
would be fulfilled; but a recent event
goes to show that, while he
may propose, the President disposes.
This Is not an unusual way FOR the
Chief Magistrate to treat his sUbOrdi-
mates in matters cOnceTningthe welfare
of 4 member of his own family. In the
face OF Sheridan 5 orderhe has ordered
Fred to Washington, and has appoint
ed him mastering and disbursing Off
Ger with the rank and pay he enjoyed
while member Of the Lieutenant Cen
erals military family. The only duty
expected of the young man Is to draw
his salary; the details of his Office being
performed by competent officer hold
ING a lower rank and drawing small
paw. This action of the President is Of
a piece with the withholding of Gen.
Porter's resignation. Not satisfied
with having his own salary doubled, he
has taken advantage Of his high Office
to Jump his son from Brevet Second
Lieutenant to Lieutenant Colonel, with
corresponding increase Of pay.


How an Administration organ par
excellence could let its journalistic foot
slip SO far as to permit such sharp
stab at the executive as the above to
find place IN its columns, We of course
cannot explain; but the public viii
doubtless appreciate the information
more highly becauseof the Globular in
dorsement.


When young Grant was elevated from
the disagreeable inferiority of brevet
second lieutenancy to the elegant and
refined sinecure Of a staff appointment
with the rank and pay Of lieutenant
colonel OF cavalry, we predicted that
such a remarkable exhibition of Presi-
Dental and paternal partiality was
destined to be permanent-not tempo
rary, as certain party mouth
pieces then claimed. Our prediction was
based upon the simple argument that,
If the President of the United States
could 50 far forget duty and decency
as to promote his son over the heads of
officers grown gray in the service of
the country, the same forgetfulness
would induce him to keep that son In
his ilI-gotten position. If justice,
common-sense, welI-recognized and
Iong-establshed precedent amount to
anything. Breyet Second-Lieut. Fred
erick Grant has no more right to be
Eeutenaut-colOnel of cavalry than he
has 70 be commander -in-chief of the
army. His original appointment was
an insult to the moral sense of the ma
ton. and his transfer to Washington
in the same capacity, only mtenslies
TIE significance Of the act which has
never had counterpart in the military
history Of the land, and which furnish
es a delightful commentary upon the
happy times IN which We live.
Year: 1874

The Common Council adopted a resOlu-
tiOn that the United States is bound in
honor to extend the POStoffice building to
Congress street, in accordance with which
arrangement the city expended half mil
lion dollars on the street in that vicinity.
4 Committee of Aldermen and Mayor will
go to Washington to attend to the interests
of the city in the rn1ttar
Year: 1874

The Secretary Of War was again before
the House Military Committee this morn
ing in further explanation of his
views on the proposed reduction of the
rank and file of the army. He agrees with
Gen. Sherman, and other high military
authorities, in deeming any such reduction
unwise and contrary TO the interest of true
economy.
Year: 1874

The Commissioner of Internal Revenue
is much encouraged by the receipts OF his
bureau so far for this month. They are
S3,0O0,00O, and the prospect is that they
will soon be restored TO what they were
before the late panic.
Year: 1874

A strange coincidence happened at
New Haven, the other day, which now
appears for the first time in print.
When the swing stage in York street,
holding three painters, broke, precip-
itating two of them to the ground, one
saving himself by jumping through an
open window, anotherswing stage, from
which three painters were working on a
house in East Chapel street, also fell,
one end becoming unloosed from the
tackling. One of the three men saved
himself, rs Whaples did, by jumping
through IN open window, and the other
two were thrown to the ground. One
had an arm broken, but the other es-
capped without severe injury. The two
cases were 80 parallel that many of the
gossips took them to be one and the
same thing, overlooking the slight diff
ference between the location of York
and Chapel streets.-P0lladiuna.
Year: 1874

his breast.


All that night she chung to him with
a clasp which we could not loose with
out using force, which wo could not en-
durc to do. We sent for the doctor
he made his toilsome way through the
snow only to tell us what we knew too
we'll already.


Will was dead, and all night long his
wife lay motionless upon his breast !;
great fires burned, tables stood covered
for the master, who was never to feel
cold or hunger more. When the chill,
late winter morning broke, Mabel too
had entered into the great eternal sun
shine of God"


The next day Aunt Lora took mo to
the grave where wife and husband slept
together. The moss, Goods blessing
on the grave" had crept softly, grecnly
above them the scarlet letters at the
base of the white cross, which told the
story Of William Forsythe Long and
Mabel his wife, cleaned redly through
the holly wreath which hung there, a
message of love and remembrance from
the living to the dead.


No trace of the murderer was ever
discovered it was supposed to be one
of those all but motiveless crimes which
have desolated so many Irish homes
during tho last forty years. Mr.. Long
was IN Englishman he had begun his
reign well-was full of schemes to ben
eft his peasantry. His crime was hav-
ing taken the place of an Irish family
who had emigrated when long career
of extravaganza had made it impossible
for them to live at home any longer.
Year: 1874

A correspondent of the Baptist Union
says:


In the autumn after moving into the
country, I bought ten light Brahma
hens and ono cock. also bought for
settlers two large common hens. They
began to lay early, and we kept an
accurate account of eggs from the
Brahmas till they had laid one hundred
dozen. We raised one hundred and
sixty-seven chickens-very fine and
large. Some of these I sold for S. a
trio. We killed and dressed for home
use large number. Indeed to raise to
sell was no part of our plan. It was
merely a domestic arrangement. I
never saw chickens grow SO finely from
the time they were llatched. Their feed
was corn meal mixed with n small por-
tion of wheat bran, and sprinkled with
cayenne pepper in moderate quantity.
they had also access to trough filed
with milk, and sometimes they had
scraps from the soap-boilers. l have
raised chickens of various breeds. and
I have come to the conclusion that.
take them all in all, the Brahmas are
superior to any other race of hens,
They are good especially to cross with
our common hens, giving weight of car
cass and strength of constitution good
for layers and unsurpassed for the
table.
Year: 1874

AS soon as the ceremony of inaugu-
rating King Kalakua was concluded, we
are told that "the audience gave three
cheers for their Sovereign, which the
crowd in the street took up and repeat
ed, while the guns at Punchbowl Bat
terry doomed forth the first royal salute
to King Kalakua and his royal stand
ard.
Year: 1874

An ITEM FOR THE TiMEs.-A woman writes
this We take it from an Eastern paper 1t
contains matters very applicable to the times:


Girls, in treating dissipated yonng men rs
enunls. do a wrong that they can scarcely real
;zs Such men should be made to feel that mn
I'll they redeem themselves. until they walk
nth correctness and honor in the path OF right
GOOD people will stand aloof from them Girls
who respect themselves will not be seen with
such Young men. and will decline to receive
than nm the familiar footing of friendship. 1t
;s \ mistaken kindness to poultice where caus-
tic Il needed, and am inclined to think that
little sharp decision on the part of the girls OF
today would 90 far to correct the general
looseness OF the morality among the young
men.
Year: 1874

COOP LANGuAGE.-Young people should
acquire the habit Of correct speaking and wrl-
tinr. and abandon as early as possible any use
Of Slang words or phrases. The longer yoa
nut this off the more difficult the acqulrement
of correct language will be; and If the golden
npe Of youth, the proper season for the acqn'
s;tion Of language, be passed in this abuse, the
unfortunate victim will most probably De DOOM
ed to talk slang for life. You have merely 70
use the language which you read. instead OF
the slang which you hear. to form state IN
agreement with the best speakers and poets N
the country.
Year: 1874

The we'll known destructive character
istics of Monarchical society are rapidly
appearing in America. The centres of
commercial activity and banking capitol
are having now but two classes.


The naughty, avaricious rich on one
side, and the miserably poor on the
other These are two conditions into
which our society are fast drifting


That great middle class Of plain people
who receive compensating wages and
live free Of debt are disappearing. The
malstrom Of an engulphing money power
is evidently drawing all oth@r Interests
into the eddying circle Of its <Jo~n un-
satisfying sel6shness The laboring
man is hourly concerned lest TO- morrow
he may not be able to furnish meat and
bread to wife and children. He has a
strong and willing arm for labor, but
monopoly has placed it's veto upon the
further working of the factory, it sus-
pends and of course thrown out OF en-
ployment, he seeks in vain for job, he
suffers, waits and pines for return of
the good old days. But, Mr.. Capitol
Monopoly sees fit to make financial
corner and hence the tight times. All,
who can faithfully portray the myriad
scenes Of suffering and heart anguish
that follow in the wake of corner, as
wickedly made by stock and gold gam
blers.


The money question that now en-
crosses the attention Of the people is the
absorbing vital issue of the day.


The present political parties are
powerless to give relief: They have
served their day. The whole nation
calls loudly for an amicable settlement
Of the pending dispute between labor
and subsidized money power.-Bufa.
10 Anti ti-Momopolist.