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The Democrat. E. R. BIOSST, ..............EDITOR OFFICE-CORNIR OF SECOND AND ELIOT STS. Our Agents. Thomas Mlcntyre........ New Orleans J. Curtis Waldo,......... " " S. M. Pettengill & Co.,.....New York Gea. P. Rowell & Co.,..... ALEXAND RIA. LA.* Wednesday.... .Sotember 2. 1874. PARISH EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. R. P. HIUTER, J. L. WALKER, J. W. PR ESCOTT, J. LEVIs, F. SEIP, R. L. LUCKETT, D. C. PAUL, J. A. WILLIAMS, W. C. 1McGIXMPSEY. " Nominees of the People's 0 Party." For State Treasurer Hos. J. C. 3IONCURE, of Caddo. t FOR CONGRESS, First District GES. R. L. GIBSON, of Orleans. C Second District, HoN. E. JOHN ELLIS, of Orleans. I Third District, L JOSEPH A. BREAUX, of Iberia. f Fourth District, r WI. M. LEVY, of Natchitoches. l Fifth District, t W. B. SPENCER, of Concordia. Sixth District, JOSEPHI M. MOORE, of St. Landry. .4IX.iNVO U VCEMENTS. t For Sheriff, MW" We are authorized to announce the name of ii C. E. HOSEA as a candidate for SHERIFF of Rap- ij ides, sulject to the nomination of the Conventiou of the White Man's Party. 0 Parish Judge. t MIR. EDITOR--Please announce the a name of JUDGE H: L. DAIGRE as a candidate for PARISH JUDGE of ' Rapides. s'.bject to the nomination of b the Convention of the White Man's Party, to be held September 5th, 1874. " MANY VOTERS. 8 TEM1RATURE AS REPORTED BY FERGUSON & SCHNACK Date.' Morn. Noon. Night. ( 25. 800 920 84° Cl'dy 26. 800 930 860 Clear 27. 760 930 88° Clear r 28. 760 930 80° Clear b 29. 740 960 91' Clear I 30. 800 970 940 Clear 31. 730 950 940 Clear Special. LECOMTE, LA., t Aug. 30, 1874.1 EDITOR DEMOCRAT- Please do me the favor to state that I am not a candidate for any of fice, and I will not allow my name to t' go before the Convention. K. M. CLARK. r, g We are authorized to with- c draw the name of SAM. FELLOWS from the list of candidates for Sheriff of the Parish. p Things at Homne. a And yet another week of dull, hot, a dry Summer weather-thermometer t( still high in. the nineties-cisterns si nearly dry once more, but large sup- s ply of ice in Town-river mighty near to a stand, can't fall much more, found bottom most everywhere-two feet scant on the long reach bar, near Town, and no end to the trouble oc- w casioned to the boats-two boats up S, last week, with fair freights at two card rates. Crops same as reported to for weeks past; some thirty bales of ` new cottoi) in last week-some ship- p; ped to New Orleans and some sold fr here-merchants nearly all receiving T Fall stock, and primping up accord ingly. Mail coaches, with the mails, S regular, and our only dependence for ce news, such as it is. No fights, no ye drunks; all cool, calm, dignified and D on good behavior! IMPORTANT.-We have just time N and space to allude to the election of pc a Clerk of our District Court, to suc- th eced O. K. Hawley, deceased. We are reliably informed that there is a an law bearing on the question, which ev makes it the duty of the Governor to ba order an election for Clerk to come W off at the ensuing election, There fo:re we urge our Executive Commit tee to at once inform themselves on fr the matter, that the Parish Conven- tel tion may know how to act in the pre- Sb mises. This is important, and must cl not be overlooked. we RAIL Roan .-Our enterprising and bu go-ahead fellow-townsman, Joseph sh: Boulliotte, undaunted and not crushed by the incendiary's torch, which de stroyed his Rail Road, around the ar two Falls, has with commendable en- any ergy rebuilt it and has it now in full ter operation. We trust our steamboat wo friends, who always appreciate well as directed progress, will remember the Falls Rail Road and extend full sup- st port and help to it. he -c--..cc.~C-MM . No g " Grant has appointed W. II. de H. Clayton, United States Attorney wl: for the Western District of Arkan sas. He is a brother of the notori- fai ous Powell Clayton, U. S. Senator, Sb and a leader of the negro party, that mi has just been put down in Aikansas by the white people, with"Grant's hands off. Now. what does this ap-. St pointment m~n ; H' " "FRANCE HASN'T ANiOTHER BLUN TI DER TO MAKE." 'OR We have just read in the South- pl western Telegram, of a joint meeting Cc of the Board of Trade of Shreveport pa and the Tax Payers Association, at pa which a resolution was passed re- K questing the Police Jury to rescind bl as their order of election on the ques- tl >rk tion of donating aid to the Louisiana p Central Railway Company. If the m people of Shreveport and Caddo ac- lil quiesce in this resolution, we take it pl for granted that it is an entire aban sa - donment of all effort and all hope on m their part to secure a Railroad from at Shreveport to New Orleans. We also ca suppose that this abandonment is ca ,TT, made in consequence of their present or heavy taxation, and the supposed in be crease which the aid to the Railroad ijc would make. But whatever their wi taxation may be, if this abandonment to Sof an immediate effort to secure a Railroad connection between Shreve- w, port and New Orleans is persisted in, N Shreveport has not another blunder R, do. to make. If persevered in, it is vir- of tually a sentence of banishment to D. her industrial classes to the Railroads se .ns. of Texas, and a writing of "to let" on he her vacant stores and empty dwel as. lings. It is an abandonment of the tic unequal contest which she has had na ria. for the last two years with the Rail- kc roads of Texas for the preservation of tes. her commerce; and there is some- of thing as touching as the wail of des- on pair in the request of Mr. Johusonto an ascertain from Tom Scott what pros. r pect there is of building the Railroad on S, to Monroe. It is the wail of that se want of faith which cries, "Save, or we perish." Dce As deep as our interest is involved ad in the building of a Railroad from New Orleans through Western Lou- en RP- isiana to Shreveport, or Marshall, or C( the Camden, we have almost forgotten pa our own griefs in our sympathy for pa Shreveport. Ki It is impossible that the resolu- so tions referred to could have been PE the adopted except under the overwhelm ing conviction that their burdens of would be greater than they could is, Iof bear. But it is at such times that ha nations and cities are destined to fr greatness by that self-reliance which in can say to the desponding women St in the face of the tempest, Vehis Cae- th sarem, or can thank the unfortunate an General who has led her only army j, do to destruction and brought its victo ear rious conqueror to her gates, because th ear he has desponded of the Republic.- by "a' In the face of the competition of the tic ear Railroads of Texas, and an unnavi gable river for more than half the business season, is no time for mi Shreveport to hesitate and quail be- pl fore taxation. de That the want of a Railroad for wi the next five years, connecting her ate Swith New Orleans must be fatal, is th to too apparent to be concealed. That a I Railroad connecting her with Mon- vi roe and Vicksburg, even if Mr. Scott is idiot enough to build such a road, Cc th- could not compete with the Texas lai roads, or with one from Marshall to an New Orleans, is equally certain. riff That the proposed road from Shreve- i port to Logansport, will merely build col a village at that point, out of the va- thi cant houses of Shreveport, is what vii ot, all experience proves, and we leave it del er to the Board of Trade, to say whether ele ns such a road will bring cotton to Shreveport to be shipped, during the thi re, suspension of navigation on Red 4 wo River.me ar What amount of taxation saved, to >c- will pay Shreveport or Caddo or De SSoto, the cost of the present low wa- int ed ter until December or January? to of What amount of taxation saved, willvi p- pay Shreveport for the loss of her fec 1d frade from Northern and Eastern en STexas? What amount of taxation are s, saved, will pay the fall of one or two obi or cents per pound, which occurs nine of 1 io years out of ten, on cotton held until aw id December or January, instead of be- ist ing sold in September, October and tri re November? and all cotton at Shreve of port must be held until shipped on u Sthe Railroads of Texas. What a amount of taxation saved, will pay tra Seven the interest on 25,000 or 30,000 it to bales of cotton held for four months? Fe e What amount of taxation saved, ' would pay Shreveport, if the Railroad tioi from New Orleans should make its is I terminus at Marshall instead of per -Shreveport, and no company that in it clearly comprehends the two routes nat would ever agree even for 50,000 to ty d build to Shreveport instead of Mar- ly t h shall? peo d None of the items mentioned but tior are greater, and some of them three ch Sand four times, and all combined are 8 1 ten times greater than the Railroad in 4 t would be. There are none so blind low 11 as not to know that the speedy con- coa Sstruction of a Railroad connecting thei her via. the valley of Red River, with New Orleans, is an issue of life orme I. death to Shreveport, and the hour in the Swhich she abandons it, she may write are Sfailure, as the Epitaph of her destiny. niti r, She will not have another blunder to lent t make the 8 g The Tennessee Democratic ma State Convention has nominated the mat Hon. Jamen D. Porter for Governorn. na N- TIE BATON ROUCE CONVENTION. st This Convention of the white peo- a th- ple of Louisiana, composed "of the st ng Conservative party, the White Man's L )rt party, the Liberal party, the Reform tU at party, and all others opposed to the he re-i Kellogg usurpation," have assem- m nd bled, have adjourned, and have done Si es- their work. And, we think, from *na personal knowledge of many of the he members of that Body, from their de ac- liberations, their platform of princi it ples and their nominee, that we can in safely assert that no better or abler on men ever assembled in Louisiana, im and most certainly none were ever tl Iso called together in a purer or holier i s ! cause. The die is cast, Louisiana is nt once more on the war path and we at in believe her people are, at last, in ear ad inest, and without further comment, d( eir will let the Convention do its own ,nt talking: R a The names proposed for Treasurer re- were quite numerous-Gen. Frank D in, Nichols, J. C. Moncure, of Caddo, E ler Robert Hare, of Orleans, Judge Mayo, B ir- ofConcordia, Winm. S. Pike, of Orleans, to D. M. Voorhies, of St. Martin. Sub- L .ds sequently Messrs. Nichols and Pike on had their names withdrawn. el- On the assembling of the Conven he tion in afternoon session, the nomi ad nation for the Treasurership was ta- D ail- ken up, and of JOHN C. 3IONCUHRE, le- of Caddo, being proposed, was at es- once nominated by acclamation to amidst great enthusiasm. s- The committee appointed to act ad on platform and resolutions then pre G at sented its report. or THE PEOPLE'S PARTY. The following is the preamble U ed adopted unanimously: )m We, the white people of Louisiana, H )u- embracing the Democratic party, the or Conservative party, the White Man's en party, the Liberal party, the Reform D 1or party, and all others opposed to the R, Kellogg usurpation, do solemnly re- Jc Iu- solve and declare we name it the JC en People's Party. O, M_ THE PEOPLE'S PLATFORM. ns 1. That the Government now ex ld c isting in Louisiana originated in and rat has been maintained by force and to fraud in opposition to the will of a ch large majo-ity of the voters of the en State, in opposion to the principles of - the constitution of the United States, Ur Lte and in violation of every principle of mi ny justice and liberty. frn o- 2. That the dominant faction of th se the Radical party in this State has, mi - by false and fraudulent representa- TI he tion, inflamed the passions and pre- lif i- judices of the negroes 'as a race TI he against the whites, and has thereby be or made it necessary for the white peo- big e- ple to unite and act together in self- an defense and for the preservation of an or white civilization. en er 3. T at the rights of all men under tic is the constitution and laws of the land mi a must be respected and preserved in- be a- violate, irrespective of race, color or CC tt previous condition, but we deny that fo, d, Congress can constitutionally enact th: as laws to force the two races into s6cial Le to union or equality. ho n. 4. That the white people of Louis- fot e- lana have no desire to deprive the an Id colored people of any rights to which isl a- they are entitled, but we are con- lat at vinced that the reforms imperatively ha it demanded can be effected only by ho er electing to office white men of known bel to capacity and integrity, and we believe del I that large numbers of colored citizens art wd ill vote with us to secure a govern of ment which must be beneficial alike wi] d, to both races. me )e 5. That we disclaim earnestly any a- intention of carrying or attempting vol to carry the approaching election by to ll violence, and that charges to this ef- t er fect, emanating from our Radical n enemies, are without foundation, and Hi n are falsely made for the purpose of I obtaining the aid of the military force are e of the United States, in order to over il awe the people and perpetuate the ex e- isting usurpati.m, and subvert the Id true principles of government. da e- 6. That W. P. Kellogg is a mere th nusurper, and we denounce him as tsuch; that his government is arbi- go ' trary, unjust and oppressive, and that Th 0 it can maintain itself only through an ?Federal interference. ner 7. That the election and registra dtion laws, under which this election Sis being conducted, were intended to pat Sperpetuate the usurpation by depriv- 'T t ing the people, and especially our tha s naturalized citizens, of an opportuni- has o ty to vote, but we announce distinct- ide ly that it is the determination of the To people to have a free and fair elec Stion, and to see that the result is not e changed by fraud or violence. the e 8. That we extend to all of our race, ry Sin every clime, the right hand of fel- all 1 lowship and a cordial invitation to bee come and settle among us and unite in ? their destinies with ours. "TI 2 9. That while we are in favor of De r meeting punctually the payment of 1 the legitimate debt of Louisiana, we are immovably opposed to the recog- thi nition of the dishonest and fraudu- the 0 lent obligations issued in the name of ocr: the State, and we pledge ourselves to t Smake a searching investigation in the a matter. We advise our people to vote nfninst the amendments to the coun- al N. stitution. ' 10. We advise our people to vote o- against the amendments to the con ic stitution proposed by the usurping 1 's Legislature, and pledge ourselves, on I m the restoration of the government to i ie honest hands, to provide for the pay- i n- ment of all honest indebtedness of the i aeI State. t Parish Delegates. c. IC Ward meetings, in obedience to the Call of the Parish Executive in Committee of the "White Man's Par-' ty," were held on'last Saturday in ' the fourteen Wards designated in that Call, and chose and elected del er egates to the Parish Convention to assemble in this Town, on Saturday, at 11 o'clock, in the Town Hall. As far as we can learn the names of the it delegates, we shall publish them: 1 ALEXANDRIA WARD. Robt. C. Hynson, John J. Ferguson, er W. O. Dammon, . Dr. E. B. Price, Dennis Kelly, G. W. Laney, 0, E. R. Biossat, I. L. Sackmnan, 0, B. C. Duke, Moses Rosenthal. SPINEVILLE WARD. b- L. Abadie, Wm. L. Morgan, e Win. Lacroix, W. Griffin, A. J. Willbanks, A. Gueringer. t n BAYOU RAPIDES WARD. SJ. R. Andrews, Jos. W. Texada, Dr. S. Gordon, J. H. Dawson, f C. R. Haworth, Dr. R. Cruikshank Dr. R. L. Luckett, C. Innis, at J. W. Pollitt. n b LAMOURIE WARD. D. A. Smith, Dr. R. H. Carnal, J. L. Connella, P. B. Compton, G. Baillio, Jas. 11. Ransdell. CHENEYVILLE WARD. J. P. Snelling, Geo. WT. Stafford, b U. H. Johnson, D. W. Williams. COTILE WARD. a' H. A. Boyce, Carey Blanchard, John Roberts, S. J. Dowty. PAUL'S STORE. m Dr. Hobby, Col. Hathaway, me Robt. A. Perkins, M. J. Dunham, e- John Caruth, W. Smith, r ie Joe Barnidge, E. E. Dodge, ti Oscar Barnidge, Frank Dunham, o O. Johnson, Ad. Ray, Crawford Caruth. ASA BELL'S WARD. id Asa Bell. t ýd V, a The Parish Convention, w me 3f This Parochial Body meets on Sat- a] s, urday, and is certainly one of the 1 most important assemblages, fresh p from the people and delegated with si ) their full powers, which we can re- of member in our long experience.- le The nominations to be made are our e( life, our propeaty, our honor, our all. m e The delegates have no holiday work k4 before them-the greatest responsi- n: . bility has been shouldered on them, st f- and knowing these facts, let us hope o , and trust they will be equal to the s emergency and up to the expecta- tIl ,r tions of their constituents. Three ec d members to a new Legislature are to' fo Sbe elected from Rapides, and the d: SConvention is left to make the choice lv It for the people. No one can gainsay bhi that we need and must have the next at 1 Legislature, that there rests all our of hopes, all our aspirations for true rca form and from the speedy deliver bl e ance of the ills of the past three Leg- r Sislatures. There is no use in our di- ar Slating on this admitted point, for we tr have preached ourselves weak and F: hoarse on the subject, and can but on believe our people, in selecting the tr Sdelegates who assemble on Saturday, co Sare convinced of all the importance te of the situation, and that their choice cI e will not have fallen on unworthy t men. wi g t E. J. Barrett, Registrar of le: 'voters for our Parish, gives notice in fo ' to-day's Democrat, of the twelve pla- dr 1 ces he will attend on duty, and how th long he will remain at each place. ril His selection of HRegistration stations be are well and fairly selected, and now p no one can find fault with so much of to the work accomplished. fo e gI" We have heard of four candi dates for Coroner, who will submit Stheir names to the Perish Convention. s We know of no office, which needs a good man more than that of Coroner. t The dead must be buried hereafter I and not pecrmitted to rob the Coro ner of his just dues. or1 - *^^^ Cc STRAws.-Tlie following late dis patch from Washington.is ominous: "The Attorney General has no doubt rthat if the disturbances of which he has many reports, continues, the Pres- Ti ident will interfere in the South." To the front third-termers! £U'The Democratic party, at i the recent election in Montana, is ev- i ery where successful, and in nearly all the counties the local tickets have been elected. The MIontana Herald in summing up the returns says :n "The result is glory enough for the Democracy for one year." s g "The Radical party carried fo thirty-two counties in Tennessee in m the Fall of 1872. This year the Dem ocrats have carried every county in vi the State. g Fresh and New Corn Mcnl lat i alwavs oni hand at Ileviu'a. p"i DASHES HERE AND T'IUERE. toe - a- -Just right now, with political g lbreezes high up and blowing hard, I an Dasher can't help thinking of polit- I to ical shams. He knows human nature a y- is inconsistent aid contradictory, but 'c he its most inconsistent and most con- 5 Stradictory phase is that of a disap- I pointed politician and place-hunter. ( With his heart panting for the sweets t of power-his soul longing for one a to i more taste of notoriety-his lips are c pe prolific of protestations that he pre 'r- fers the quietude of private life, and I n his tongue festers with envenomed al denunciations of office-holders and t Sofice-seekers. Almost ahlways there r to is coupled with this a vast volume of i L whining cant about the rights of the e e people, in the vain hope that the real f people will believe his lying tongue, r ' and adopt him as their champion, d and avenger. Truly, sincerely, Dash- ii in, er, can't believe such exist here- f abouts, or have a local habitation! o -"Our nominee" for State Treas- r urer, John C. MIoncure! There is a n prestige of success about the name of a MIoncure-of victory, truth, chivalry p U' and manliness-that helps Dasher a to the conclusion that he is destined ii to be the. next State Treasurer. Ac; Virginian by birth, a Louisianian by g ' choice and adoption, he will be barely forty when he enters upon the duties i kof the important office, to which the ii people of Louisiana are about to call b him. Surely we should hail such a ci standard bearer, who commingles the n virtues of both head and heart, of an v1 exalted character! re --The canvass has hardly opened before our old enemy, who has rob- of bed and fattened on that robbery, T waxes hot and plays that same old di tune, riot, bloodshed, dead niggers, t persecuted unionists and fraud! Fu- it gitive felons always cry "stop thief!" m The design of the "Organs" is to di- ec vert attention from some planned s! rascality to be perpetrated on elec- sf tion day in fraud of voters' rights or else it is an attempt to vent their E spleen for the defeat they anticipate. pi The snake dying in the fire will bite in the blazing brands and spit its last ti venom oil the glowing embers amidst it which it writhes and hisses! tl --The old Orphan still harps on tI t- and hurls his stwalwart blows at this fa e Dasher's unoffending cranium, and m h plays nearly the same tune on one tli h string, which -:n6ther organ has tired - on. Now, old one, in all kindness, or let Dasher give you his often repeat- hi I ed advice to fellow creatures in your ec 1. mood: when you dance with a bear tr k keep your eye on your partner! Shin- th i- ny on your own side, for the purpo-. l 3, ses, wishes and life-long aspirations do ,e of men should not he accused of so Z e suddenly sufering such revuldsion, d - therefore'in view of such an expect- vi e ed phenomenon, it would be prudent ( o for you to watch the evolution of the fu e dance, lest yiu should unsuspecting- hi le y find yourself entrapped in ah em-h y brace, from which Bruin would not t suffer you to escape without the loss r of both boniies and blood. C( a -Politics run high, patriotism Ri boils over, still Dasher caters for a fu - reading people, who have horse sense - and discretion, and are alive to their gi e true and material interests. The fri d Fair approaches and soon will be up- CO t on us, and he must still strike the wi c true key note to the true tune. The w r, cotton premiums, now that our plan- ar e ters are secured in good crops, and e clean ones at that, should attract tel - their earnest attention. Certainly er with the close proximity of the Fair tit Grounds to the cotton plantations, at ac f least fifty planters should coantend ly ' for the cotton premiums. One hun- ch dred dollars in greenbacks just for wl r the sight of the best bale, then so de ribboned by the Directors, ought to s be an interested inducement to all to Hi r prepare for the best bale and bring it sel f to the Fair! Look to this planters, su for it is for your interest and your fo] interest alone, that such premiums tel Sare offered. m. --Registration come again--one Nm Sweek behind law-time! Nigger again he to the front, same old scent, same to Scritur cavalry! This, all this, white i folks, has Dasher seen with his own a eyes and smelt with his true nasal va organ, early Monday morning at the be Court House. This all means, this tal indicates which way the nigger straw points, and white men heed Dasher's warning in time, and get right to the in front yourselves and register or burst. pri Time and Registration wait not on thi w te men, and if you wish to win p ana are in earnest and playing for ic, keeps, roll up your sleeves and pitch ha in! Register at once, and see to your white friends! -So far so good, as far as Dasher ti has seen the names of the Parish Delegates. Good hopes, good results Be and pointed unerringly as coming i from such men as the Wards have selected, and good nominations must follow, and then boys at them once more, and let your charge be bne(ab grand, decisive one, crowned with F victory and good results! gW"We are much obliged to the hi officers of the Fleta for a package of late Western aind New Orleane "s papecrs. we E REVIEWS. F ga The reprint of thq Westminster rd, lReview for July has just been issued b it- by the Leonard Scott Publishing Co., ii ire of New York. The following are the a ut contents: I. "Butler's Analogy-its ii in- Strength and Weakness." II. "Emi- r ip- gratio0." III. "Goethe and Mill: a ii or. Contrst." IV. "The Admiralty and f !ts the Navy." V. "Mr. Lewes and Met ne aphysics." VI. "The Emancipation C ire of Woman." VII. "Lamarck." VIII. C re- "The Nationalization of the Estab- Ir nd lished Church." u ed In the review of the "Analogy," t] nd the writer, after briefly noting the lI !re religious characteristics of the times iu of in which it was written, and the gen- c he eral design of the whole work, con- li .al fines himself, for illustrations of the L te, reasoning, to those chapters which li in, deal with the objection to Christian- T h- ity prevalent in Butler's day; and of- o] re- fers some observations on the meth- ft n! od and the argument, especially with c0 is- reference to Revelation and Atone- C a meot. Though the reviewer does not ti of accept the conclusions, he gives high Ce ry praise to this standard text-book, to er and remarks that "neither during his 11 ed life time nor since has anything that c( A can be called an answer to his Analo- tl )y gy been attempted." ly The article on "Goethe and Mill," e( es is of unusual interest. The manner ac ie in which the natural capacities of te ll both were developed, the circumstan- L a ces in which they lived, and their ti :ie modes of thought and actions as de at m veloped by those circumstances, are to represented in much detail. Ci !d Article V. is a review of "Problems te b- of Life and Mind," by G. H. Lewes. I y, The plan and object of the work are p1 id described at some length, and then be s, the reviewer enters into a long exam- of a- ination of Mr. Lewes' treatment of M !" metaphysical questions, especially fa .1- controverting his claim on behalf of U :d science to control metaphysical re- to e- search. en The writer of the article on "The of ir Emancipation of Women"' takes the U1 e. position that women, if not actually to te in a state of slavery at the present er; it time, are not very far removed from kit it it, though he admits that many of them are ignorant of the fact. Ee di, n then proceeds to state their real or mf is fancied grievances, and advocates fe- hit d male sutfrage as the first step toward m( ie their liberation. rol d Although the improvements in mi- gr a, croscopes within the last fifty years gri t- have added so greatly to our knowl- co ir edge of animals and plants as to de- th tr tract much from the value of spine of i- the writings of Lamarck, -others, es - pecially those on biology: are of un- ry is doubted interest. His "Philosophie o Zoologique," and "HIistorie Naturelle des Anuimaux sans Vertebres," are re viewed in Article VII St The notices under the head of by "Contemporary Literature" are as by efull as usual. No fewer than one su - hundred and seventy new books are fa . here chronicled for the quarter. i TIlE EDINBURGH. s The Leonard Scott Publishing isn Company's reprint of the Edinburgh sul n Review for July is now before us, a full of good reading, as usual. e The first article, "Ocean Warfare," wa r gives an explanation and description, IKe e free from technicalities, of the new gu Sconditions under which naval warfare ho e will be waged, and of the various sin e weapons with which the modern fleets lea Sare armed. 60( j Hebrew students will be much in lan t terested in the article on "The Speak- hit v er's Bible," now in course of publica lo r tion in England. The general char- Hs t acter and design of the work are brief 1 ly explained; and nmuch minute criti .cismn is devoted to the manner in wa r which the Hebrew text has been Co o dealt with, ble o Article III., "Nasmyth's Physical a a History of the Moon," gives a de t scription of the appearance of the p , surface of the moon and its probable r formation, founded on many careful _ s telescopic observations. A ball of the molten liquid is the basis of Mr. Na e Nasmyth's theory of formation; and Bo a he advances some new ideas relative · to the cooling process, to explain the r, e irregularities on its surface. The ar ticle also gives some account of the I astronomers of the Greenwich Obser- cat I vatory, and S~he instruments that have ch: e been invented from time to time for De Staking lunar observations. t Motley's "Life and Death of Barn-o ' eveldt," is welcomed with a long and me B favorable review, the writer remark a ing, "we can hardly give too much ap , preciation to that subtle alchemy of the brain which has enabled him to Ju produce out of dull, crabbed and of- St: Sten illegible papers, the vivid, graph Co r ic, and sparkling narrative which he i has given to the world." r The fifth article takes up Hall's "Modern English," criticising the style and temper of Mr. Hall's wri- Or r tings with much severity. 15 1 T h e paper entitled "Canon of er a Beauty in Greek Art" will be attract- mi ive to art-students, attempting, as it does, to detect and define the subtle us5 laws of proportion which guided the Sgreat sculptors of antiquity. Other articles are, a long and favor- as able review of Guizot's History of old France, with numerous extracts; a Set very interesting account of the life of the philologer, Richard Cleasby, and his labors in Icelandic literature; and hu a review of the "Journal of Henry da Cockburn," a continuation of the "Memorials of his Time," by the wcll-known Lord Cockburmu. Ild PINCiBACK'S INSIDE OPiUONI8. 'er The Louisianian, owned and edited ed by Pinchback, in a recent leading ed o., itorial, gets off the following talk he about his white biethren of the Rad its ical fraternity. The article will bear ni- reading and gives the reader some a insight into, the jars of the happy nd family: et- - One of the proprietors, Mr. Chas.. on Clinton, Vice-President of the Y. M. II. Christian Association and a modern Sb- reformer, made his debut by turning up a candidate for Auditor b fore r" the Republican Convention at baton he Rouge, and succeeded (rumor says) es in securing the nomination by pur ;n- chase; and is now making an unre n- lenting war upon the Hon. Antoine he Dubuclet, the nominee of the Repub ch lican party for re-election as State n- Treasurer, because he, Mr. Dubuclet, )f. opposes the Auditorial ring and re ,h- fuses to be a party to the robberies th contemplated by Messrs. Clinton and 1e_ Company. .It is a well known fact ot that this same man Clinton only es ýh caped impeachment by the Legisla k, ture last winter by suppressing by is improper means the report of the at committee appointed to investigate o. the affairs of his office. Another proplrietor and the, chief i, editor, one Stoutmeyer, an imported er adventurer-not a citizen of the Uni-' of ted States much less of the State of n- Louisiana-who occupies the lucra ir tive position, and the handsome sal e ary of $4500 per annum of solicitor re to his immaculate brother-in-law Clinton, and a stranger, with no in is terest in this State, except the paper s. which is being used to vilify our peo re ple, white and black, and which will n be sold out as soon as their term of a. office shall expire; a man who when 3f Mr. Clinton had to make good a de y falcation as sub-Treasurer of the 3 United States, offered to bribe a Uni e ted States Senator to get his influ enpe to pass a relief bill. The idea Le of such persons setting themselves ,e up as censors of their bettors, puts y to shame every exhibition of effront lt ery and brazen impudence ever n known. if We claim that the meanest, most e dishonest and disreputable colored r man in the State of Louisiana, with his colored skin, is a thousand times d more preferable than these adventu rous knaves who have come like the i- grasshoppers, have eaten up every s green thing and are as hateful to the 1- community as the lice and licust: that were sent upon Egypt. W a"Kellogg, the usurper, is car rying his game well and'to the true radical index. He claims now and4 makes one appointment for clerk of Registration in every instance in the State. Under the law, his law, passed m by his own Legislature and approved s by his own sign manual, he has no e such right or authority, and the very e fact that such a base violation of law is thus trampled upon and permitted, is a sure fact that the people of Lou Sisiana are not rebellious, but still submit to have it rubbed in. g"'"Old John Harper," as he was fatmiliarly known, the well-known , Kentucky stock raiser, and distin v guished turfman, died at his farm e house, in old Kentucky, a few days s since, at the ripe old age of 78! He s leaves by will .his homestead, with 600 acres of the finest blue grass land in Kentucky, together with all - his race horses (including Longfel low,) to his nephew "Little Frank Harper." g Our old friend Wmin. A. Seay, Swas present by invitation, at the SConvention ofBossier Parish, assem bled at Bellevue, on t h e 17th ult., Sand addressed the Convention and a large concourse of citizens who were present. e FOURTH CONGRESSIONAL. DISTRICtr. 1 -Our District is now composed of 'f the following Parishes: Rapides,, Natchitoches, Winn, Caddo, Do Soto, SBossier, Webster, Bienville, Red Riv e er, Sabine, Vernon and Grant. g gWl The Pennsylvania Republi cans, in their late State Convention, e charge the "war of races" upon the r Democracy, and call upon Congress to enforce the Constitutional amend ments. g ' At the primary Alexandria j Ward meeting, held on Saturday, SJudge Ryan was Chairman, David T. Stafford, Secretary, and Dr. T. W. Compton, John W. Prescott and A. e Hilton, Tellers. g l Of the 17 Registrars for New Orleans, just appointed by Kellogg, 15 are Federal' and State ofice-hold f ers. The Democratic Central Com mittee did not make much out of the e usurper. First blood for Kellogg! e Andy Johnson is looming up as a prominent candidate to succeed f old Parson Brownlow, in the U. S. a Senate. 1 g Several of the nation's wards, I hunting up the Registration on Meoa Y day, found the Towxi Lockup! e $ " Swimming matches between ladics are all the go in New York.