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ALEXANDRIA, LA.:
WEDNESDAY, - - MARCH 27, 1878
NOTICE 3
W E AGAIN CALL THE ATTENTION
of many of our country subscribers
to the fact that they are still in arrears to
THE DEMOCRAT for subscription, and
that the amount thus due by each delin
quent will foot up a decent sum of money.
and that at the present time we need it,
would be thankful if they will remember
us and PAY US UP THEIR DUES.
-WILLIAM HQTTMYRE occupies the
post of honor in being right over the
way from the office of the LOUISIANA
DEMOCRAT, the oldest Democratic
Journal in Louisiana, and is proudly I
mindful of the important fact and
faces the hard times like a man and
a prudent merchant. His entire
stock has been fully replenished to
suit the wants of his customers, and I
his prices, CASH ON DELIVERY MIND I
YOU, ARE SCALED DOWN TO SUIT THE
TIMES.
ONE DOLLAR PER WEEK WILL
buy a SINGER NEW FAMILY SEW- I
ING MACHINE from FERGUSION and
SCHNACK, agents for the SINGER MAN
UFACTURING CO.
-Ta most exte, sive and cheap
est Clothing House, in New Orleans,
is the whbolesale and retail emporium
of Leon Godchaux, 81 and 83 banal.
Street. He not only keeps Men's I
Clothing, bit has constantly on hand
Boys' and Youths' Suits, and Hats
of the latest styles, all of which are
sold at the very cheapest rates. His
card with sample prices, will be
found in to-day's DEMOORAT.
-OLD Manuel, the King of all
Afric's dusty and sable subjects, and
the noted good cook and excellent
caterer, swears by all that's good and
relishable, that be yet feeds all com
ers with the best the market affords,
but cheap for cash. He is already
supplied with Spring chickens, and
still can give you oysters in every
style.
--W are glad'to note that the
Packet reached her Alexandria home
early Monday, had a heavy freight,
was filled with people returning from
the Legislature, and pleasure seekers
and business men. Her always
obliging clerks remembered us amply
in the paper line, and the interested
public may be assured that the
Packet will go down this day on
time.
-JOHN KRAMER, an old citizen
here, and withal a good carpenter,
appears in a new role this week, and
from this date intdnlIs to follow the
occupation of ab undertaker in all its
details, end that of clrtern building.
A glance at his card will give the
oublic an idea of this new undertak
ing.
-SAM's favored and really well
conducted Boarding House and Res
taurant, are still basking under the
genial sun of the public's apprecia
tive favors, and continues to be a
popular resort for the hungry and
the weary..
-THE whole of last week we had
strange weather for March; still,
half cloudy, half sunshine, half sul
try and wholly dry weather. The
planters and farmers are pleased
with it, and many of them will plant
cotton this week.
-TaE fancy and jewelled Empo
rium of Ferguson and Schuack, on
Froot street, keeps pace and time
with the music of the hour, and there
you can at all times be served in
business style.
-TaE price of wood has tumbled
down--and provided consumers have
the money, they can now purchase it
at two dollars and fifty cents per
cord delivered. We call that a chris
tian basis.
-As a matter of information and
journalistic courtesy to our Pineville
friends and patrons, we give publica
tion to the Act, recently passed by
the Legislature, granting a charter
to their thriving little Town.
-Tat leading Macilue of the
world, the Singer New Family Sew
ing Machine, is now sold by Fergo
son and Schnack, at one dollar per
week till paid.
-Taa river is reeding gradually,
ane is once more preparing to meet
that taditiocil Spring rle
THE RET'IlRNIG BOARD TRIALb
The recent decision of the Supreme a
Court in the Anderson case, the ma
terial part of which we publish in an
other place, has taken the people of
the State entirely by surprise, and
has been the occasion of much cha
grin that so great a fraud should go
unpunished, as well as of keen disap- C
poiinment t.iat a prosecution trooh
which they had hoped so much
.should have such an end. Indeed,
the result was so unexpected, that
when the announcement was first
made, that the decision of the Su
preme Court had not only gone to
tt e extent of granting Anderson a
new trial, which was thought to he
the limit to which they could go, but
had at once and effectually quashed
all proceedings in the case, the mur
murings were loud and deep, and ex
presslons of discontent and even of t
harsh criticism, were beard on all
sides, and our exchanges came to us
teeming with protests.
It would be a much worse misfor
a
tune than the escape of the members
of the Returning Board from the pun
ishment they have so richly merited,
for the people of this State to lose
confidence in either the integrity or r
ability of their Court of last resort,
and we cannot allow the opportunity
to pass without saying that the mem
here of that Court, are worthy of all
our confidence, and are all gentlemen
who in the trying times throuh
which we have passed, have proved
their devotion to the cause of the
people, and who have made no little
personal sacrifices in their efforts to
promote the best interests of the
State. The fault seems to be not
theirs, but a bungling election law,
which was intended to encourage
fraud, and is full of just such loop
holes as that out of which Anderson
has just crawled.
The charge against him was at first
of forging and uttering as true, the
"original returns of the election in
Vernon Parish;" but when the State
came to introduce the forged docu
ment, it was found that it was not
the original returns made by the com
missioners of election, but a "consol
idated statement" made by the Su
pervisor from the returns of the
Commissioners of Election, and the
information was amended according
ly. This last document, the Su
preme Court decides not to be sub
lect to forgery, inasmuch as the law
requires the Returning Board to can
vass the votes, and make up the re
suit from the returns of the Com
missioners at each poll, and not from
the "consolidated statement" made
by the Supervisors. It is neverthe
less true that the Returning Board
made up the result in this as in all
other cases from the Consolidated
Statements, and never used the Com
missioner's returns except in cases
of ,ispute as to the vote at any poll.
They considered it necessary to forge
and alter the Consolidated Statement
and having forged and altered it so
as to show a change of one hundred
and seventy-onine votes, they pointed
to the forged document as evidence of
the verity of their count. It is
strange, as we have already seen
urged in ore of our exchanges, that
to forge an order for twenty-five cents
should and would send a criminal to
the Penitentiary, while there is no
law to punish a criminal for forging
thle result of an election and swin
dling the people out of their will as
expressed at the ballot-box. The
Court says it could do ho harm, and
prohally in contemplation of the law,
it cou!d not, but in fact it did do
harm, and people not versed in the
intricacies of the law, are apt to think
it quibbling to allow the perpetrators
of the crime to go scot free after
having committed it. When it is
remembered that the Electoral Comn
mission counted the vote of Louisi
ana for Hayes upon the pretext that
it could not go behind the returns,
antl that if the Returning Board offi
I cers had altered and forged the re
,turns, they must he prosecuted in the
State Courts for the crime, it makes
it all the more difficult for us to be
reconciled to their escape from pun
ishment, with the christian fortitude
with which we are taught to bear our
misfortunes.
We are consoled somewhat by the
reflection that while they have es
caped the clutches of the law, and
may not expiate their crimes in the
Penitentiary the judgment of the peo
Spie has condemned them to infamy
and disgrace, and that a repitition of
the wrong will be forever prevented
by the discovery of the legal knot
hole in time to stop it up in some
I way.
AT TOM. M. BI08AT'8S JEWELRY
and WATCH-MAKING 8HOP, in the
store of JACOB WElL, corner of SECONDI)
and DaSOTO streets, you can have your
CLOCKS. WATCHES and JEWELRY
REPAIRED WITH DISPATCH, and at.
THE VERY CHEAPEST CdASH RATES.
-WE demand tihe special attention
of all our Alexandria, Pineville and
Rapides merchants, and dealers in
whiskey and tobacco, to the official
notice of CharleeE. Lehman, Deputy
Revenue Collector.
-O-u Df1~ per week will buy a Sin
wer N, Family Sewing Macbhine from
tsrnpreu & Secieaek.
THE ANDERSON CASE.
MOTION FOR A REHEARING TO BE FILED
BY ATTORNEY GENERAL
OGDEN. k
The question as to the probability
of the Attorney General filing a mo
tion for a rehearing in the Anderson t
case before the Supreme Court may a
he considered settled, for we have in- f
formation that such is his fixed pur- a
pose. Attorney General Ogden has t
been busily engaged for a number of o
days past in preparing a careful and ,
exhaustive brief, we learn, which, t
with his motion, will be submitted a
today or tomorrow. From what
could be gathered on the outside, the
response of the Attorney General to
the first ground taken by the court
in setting aside the verdict of the t
jury, to-wit: That the pqper used was r
not a public record, will be supported e
by numerous authorities, and partic
ularly by one case decided by Chief
Justice Parker, of the Massachusetts
Supreme Court, in a case entirely d
analogous. A private paper in itself e
is not a public record, but may be
come so in many ways. An ordinary t
letter of friendship, if offered in evi
dence, becomes from that time, if ad
mitted, a public document, aud-its
alteration would make a party, the
lawyers say, amenable to the law. t
The question as to whether a docu
ment is of a public character is a
mixed question of law and fact.-
The law defines what constitutes
such a record, and it is left to the
jury, as a question of fact, to deter
mine whether the questioned docu
ment -answers the legal description
given. If the judge should err in de
fining what the law says is a public I
record, the Supreme Court have a
perfect r'P t to overrule such a
charge from the judge of the lower
court, but if the charge of the judge
he correct, the appellate court cannot
inquire into the question of fact left
to the jury, as their verdict set
lies it.
On the second point made by the
Supreme Court, that it was not
charged that the uttering was alleged
to have been committed as a public
offlicer, the argum nt against it is
still more conclusive. The statute
reads, "whoever shall .falsely and
fraudulently utter," not as a public
officer, but "whoever." If our infor
mation be correct, this point against
the decision is irrefragible. Any pa
per falsely and fraudulently ut- t
tered to the damage of another is an
utterance within the meaning of the ,
statute, and four bank presidents as
individuals could commit this act un
der the statute as complely individu
ally, and in their official capacity.
The authorities, we learn, are nu
merous on this subject. The motion
will doubtless cover these points ful
ly.-[New Orleans Democrat.
-ONE Dollar per week will buy a Sin
ger New Family Sewing Machine from
Ferguson & Schuack
THE PARISH INN.-Deputy Sherif
C. M. Calvit, has at his house of ac
commodatbons for erring men and
women, at the present day, an even
dozen of lodgers and consumers, there
registered till otherwise disposed of.
Here are their names, sexes and
complexions:
Poilie Harris, (colored) convicted
of larceny atid serving out sentence.
Sarah Dudley, (colored) exactly
for same crime and in similar fix.
Amos Avery, murder.
Jim Johnson, horse stealing.
Tom. Johnson, (colored) horse
stealing.
David Brown, (colored) burlary.
Dan. Williams, (colored) larceny.
Jack Money, (colored) larceny.
Joe Fonning, horse stealing, and
held here subject to the requisition
I of the Governor of Texas.
Peter Williams (colored) horse
stealing,
Ben. Bradley, (cozored) horse
stealing.
William Wheeler, horse stealing
arrested in Town a few days ago;
hails from Texas, where it is charged
bhe did the horse stealing, and he,
too, must wait for a Texas
requisition.
r-T H Natchitoches Vindicator
comes to us, this week, with one o
Sits columns in mourning, for the
death of General Peabody A. Morse,
I who died in Natchitoches on the
S16th, at the ripe age of 72 years and
6 months. We have known the de
Sceased since 1831, when he first set
ftled in Alexandria as an Attorney-at
law, when he was the youthful co
e temporary of our then great and il
lastrious lawyers, Thomas, Wilson,
Winn, Dunbar and Micah P. Flint;
Sand in after years when a representa
) tive man and citizen of Natchitoches,
we remained in friendly and political
t intercourse, and always found him to
be a good man, a true man and up
Sright citizen, and a Democrat of the
I old school.
-AND who among us is so poor as
not to be able to pay one dollar a
week for a Singer New Family Sew
ing Machine from Fergeuson a
Schnaek?
NEEDED REFORM. .
1MR. EDITOR:
Some time last year, through your
kind indulgence, I had occasion in
several issues of the DEMOCRAT, to
give my views concerning the then
loose management of thbeaffairs of
the Corporation by the present Board
of Councilmen, and by way .of pre
face to this communication, let me
assert cordially that the Board met
the suggestions of a large majority
of the taxpayers here in the proper
spirit, and practically- mended the
then growing evil of their loose ways, S
and have placed the affairs of the O
Corporation in a real, tangible and A
substantial fix. Permit me here to
compliment them one and all on this o
good municipal legislation, and ask ti
their present attention to a serious is
reform matter, one needed and need i
ed at once, and expected and deman. p
ded by every property holder and tax l4
payer of the Town, without regard to a
politics, "race, color or previous con ,
dition," and without further excuse e
or matter of form I now come to it. r
My reform measures, Mr. Editor, t
urged and demanded by all the tax- c
payers of the Town are few and eas- v
ily counted up in figures of real, solid t
and needed economy, and in the ,
name of this people I ask for them 1
that they be adopted at the next
meeting of the Council, and go
into operation from and after the 1st 1
day of April next. Reduce the
monthly salary of the Town Consta
ble to fifty dollars a month, which
with fees accruing from the two oth- e
er offices which he holds will make
his salary a liberal one, and one much
to be coveted these distressing, dull
and hard times. Reduce the salary s
of the Mayor to thirty-five dollars a
mouth, which is liberal enough on
the same reason advanced in the Con
stable case. Reduce the salaries of
the Secretary and the two Custodians
of the Fire engines to five dollars a
month for each, and here again fair
and equitable retrenchment is arrived
at. This just reduction of salaries
saves six hundred dollars a year to
the Corporation, or fifty dollars a (
month, and does injustice or wrong
to no one, but on the contrary helps
the heavily taxed people of the
Town.
I write by the card. Mr. Editor, a
have all the tax payers at my back '
and urging me on, and for them anti
in their name, I now close by giving
the valid reasons for this needed re
form. We are right now battling
with times, which commercially and ,
moniedlly, have never before dawned
upon and darkened and saddened the
near future prospects of any people
situated as we are, and one and all
are "hauling in their horns," cutting
down expenses, "saving pennies,"
and preparing to make every edge
cut, every cent count, and this peo.
pie demand the same saving move
from the Board of Councilmen and I
will be satisfied with nothing short
of these just and proper and rightful
demands. Over twenty store build
ings are closed, to rent, in the Cor
poration, and I know from this fact
that the license revenues of the Town
Lor the year 1878 will be fully four
hundred dollars less than those of
1877, and further that the rental
revenues of the Corporation will fall
short nearly three hundred dollars
for the current year.
THIRD WARD TAX-PAYER.
O)NE DOLLAR PER WEEK WILL
buy a SINGER NEWFAMILY SEW
ING MACHINE from FERGUSON and
SCHNACK, agents for the SINGER MAN
UFACTUR1lNG CO.
The Great Anti-Rheumatic Mixture.
NEW ORLEANS,
Sept. 19, 1877.
Messrs Ferslew & Co.:
GENTLEMEN - I was for 7 months
so completely crippled with Rheu
matism, that I could not walk nor
stand up straight, and could only get
about by crawling on my hands and
knees, and was almost constantly
suffering agonies with pain. I took
two bottles of the Jurgielewica Aniti
Rheumatic Mixture, and was cured.
I had several physicians, but they
failed to relieve me. One injected
morphine, which only relieved me
temporarily. It is now three years
since I was cured by your medicine
and I have had no Rheumatism since,
although my business is such, that I
am constantly exposed to bad wea
ther. Yours truly,
JoaHN McGENTY,
Corner of Julia and Water streets.
-ONE Dollar per week will buy a Sin
ger New Family Sewing Machine from
Fergnson & Schnack.
-Da. E. E. Smart, the Represen
tative from Vernon, passed up Satur
day morning, on the Col* A. P. Kouns.
landed at cotile Landing, and from
there proceeded to his home by land,
HIe was in good plight, and is certain
he can render a good account of his
stewartship to his constituents, who
are all, like himself, pure and uneasul
lied Democrats.
-Tuu Kate Kinney, with a fair
down trip, passed by Alexandria on
Friday, and dropped us a late Shreve
port Timet.
No. 92.1 AN "ACT
Authorizing and directing the police
jury of the several parishes to
levy, impose and collect taxes for h
expenses in criminal proceedings, t
under the limitation of existing
laws, on all property within the m
limits of their respective parishes,
including all property situat.d 6
within the limits of municipal cor
porations, and repealing all laws ti
or parts of laws by which any
municipal corporation is exempt P'
from parish taxation for criminal re
expenses, so far as said laws are in t
conflict with the provisions of
this act.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the
Senate and House of Representatives
of the State of Louisiana, in General
Assembly convened, That the police
juries of the several parishes through
out the State are, under the limita
tions of existing laws, hereby author
ized and directed whenever any tax
is to be levied for defraying the ex
penses in criminal proceedings to
levy, impose and collect said tax, on
all property situated within their re
spective parishes, whether said prop
erty is situated within any incorpo
rated town or otherwise; provided,
that this act shall not apply to in
corporated towns which, by the pro
visions of their charters, pay the en
tire expenses of all criminal proceed
ings originating within their own
limits, and their pro rats of other
parish expenses.
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, etc.,
That all laws and parts of laws, s
whether special or otherwise, by U
which any corporation, city or town
is exempt from parish taxation, for a
expenses incurred in criminal pro- d
ceedings of any kind, are hereby re
pealed, so far as said laws may con ti
flict with the provisions of the first
section of this act, and that this act
shall take effect from and after its
passage.
(Signed) LOUIS BUSH, p
Speaker of the House of Representsa
tives.
(Signed). LOUIS A. WILTZ,
Lieutenant-Governor and President
of the Senate.
Approved March 14, 1878.
(Signed) FRANCIS T. NICHOLL, C
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
WILL A. STRONG, ii
Secretary of State.
-ONEo Dollar per week will buy a Sin
ger New Family Sewing Machine from
Ferguson & Schnack. t
The Great Fortune of Plss IX,.
A correspondent writes to the New
York Sun: A report has been pretty
widely circulated to the effect that
Pius 1X left a private fortune of
some $20,000,000, and that this large d
fortune is inherited by his family.
The truth is that the good old Pope
did leave, by economizing out of the
generous offerings made to him, everI
since 1870, by his 200,000,000 of i
children, a sum large enough to ena
ble his successor, Leo XIII, to dis
pose of a revenue of 3,500,000 francs, I
or $700,000, for the expenses of his
vast administration of the universal I
church.
Plus IX, who, as all know, lived I
with the strictest economy, employed
the yearly revenue of the St. Peter's
pence, and the liberal donations of I
wealthy individuals, in supporting,I
first, the numerous congregations or
boards aiding him in governing the
church, as well as the Yepresentatives
of the Holy See near foreign govern
ments; and next, in maintaining
many institutions of education and
beneficience, whose funds were sup
pressed by the Piedmontes govern.
ment, with many thousands of desti
tute, agrd and infirm priests, monks I
and nuns, thrown on the world by
the present masters of Rome.
In the will of the Pope, which thus
leaves to Leo XIII a fund so provi
dently placed beyond the reach of
family greed or of government rapac
ity, there are two other dispositions
worthy of. notice-one bequesthing
300,000 francs, or about $60,000 to
the poor of Rome, and qoother seen
ring to his surviving servants and
employees a modest annual allowance.
With regard to his own relatives,
Plus IX has been to the last what he
I was from the beginning of his pon
Sti8fcate, absointely free from the
Sstain of nepotism.
Thus in death, as well as in life,
,the grand old Pope deserves the un
[qualified reverence of all who love
.personal purity and disinterested
ness, and unbounded devotion to the
church and to God's poor.
-IN another column will be found
1 the advertisement of a new and sim
ple Washing Machine, which we as
sure the public is all it professes to
be. The Editor of this paper has
given it a fair trial in his family, is
a good judge of such patented ma
chines, and unhesitatingly endorses
its utility and labor saving qualities,
and recommends it to all housekeep
ers and laundresses.
-E. BAIERn, Of NO. 7 Camp street,
New Orleans, has his card placed in
r the columns of the DEMocrAT, and
n we desire to call the special attenc
-tion of our planters, gardeners, and
Itousekeepers generally to it.
ON TI. RIGHT TRACK. W
In a discussion a few days since
in Congress in the House, the fol
lowing important talk occurred on a
motion concerning the mails:e w
Mr. Waite said the practice had c
been that by some defect in the law ca
parties here in Washington obtained st
the contracts and sublet thein to lh
people in his State at very low rates, es
reaping a large profit on the toil of at
those who did the work. ol
Mr. Reed said there were men in 01
Washington who bid a little under S8
the old rates and obtained the con- de
tracts. They then went to the old' b
carriers who had their stock on hand, il
which would not sell at half-price, D
and these men, to save their invest- t(
ments, were compelled to take the Si
routes at less than paying rates. at
Mr. Hale said be would offer an hi
amendment that would test the sense al
of the House on this basis. His bb
amendment provides that no bidders tr
shall sub-let a contract, and on its ty
coming to the knowledge of the Post- of
master General that a contract was ai
sub-let it shall be treated as null and M
void and re-advertise the same. P ,
After further debate Mr. McGin o0
nis' amendment extending the time bi
to eighty days was agreed to, and til
Mr. Hale's amended bill was passed. ec
lii
ONE DOLLAR PER WEEK WILL. d
I buy a SINGER NEW FAMILY 8EW.
ING MACBINE from FERGUSON and
SCITNACK, agents for the SINGER MAN- d
UFACTURING CO.
AT IT AGAIN.-The very next day, th
after the reception of the text of the fe
decision of the Supreme Court releas- Ii
ing Keno Anderson, old Mr. Howe, nc
the good and puritanical Senator
from Wisconsin, a true blue Radical, to
introduced the following resolution, M
which to us plainly proves that the as
party of hate have been reinforced, 11
and are again preparing to charge on th
our whole line: to
Resolved, That the President be pI
requested, if not incompatible with m
the public interest, to inform the is
Senate whether W. R Whitaker, who tt
recently presided in the Superior tt
Criminal Court of the Parish of Or gi
leans was fol merly employed either ei
in the Internal Revenue service or as cg
Assistant Treasurer at New Orleans. w
If so, during what period of time, and sI
whether in either of said capacities it
the said Whitaker is a defaulter to ft
the United States, and as to what ti
amount and under what circumstan- ti
Ces; whether legal proceedings have tI
been taken against said Whitaker, v
either civil or criminal, and with
what result; whether such proceed, h
ings are still pending or have been fj
discontinued, and, if di continued, by n
whose direction. E
-Ox the reception at the White al
House of the news of the escape of o
Keno-Anderson, through the judg- ,
ment of our Supreme Court, Mr.
Hayes, who is the fraud placed there
by the forgeries and perjories of the
Returning Board, had a real old time
bank shaking with his Cabinet and
chums, and with gush stated "that
the decision waa a patriotic one and
in the interest of conciliation." We
now suggest that Major James fo!- a
low suit, trump this "hig lead," turn b
loose, scott free, all his gang of a
thieves, murderers, forgers, rapers, a
in fact, the whole gang of convicts, t
and then would not Mr. Hayes, John b
Sherman and Eliza Pinkston shout,E
"patriotic and in the interest of
conciliation?"
CosUeMrTroN CURED.--An old phy- f
sician, retired from active practice, '
having had placed in his hands, by an I
East Indian missionary, the fornimulal t
of a simple vegetable remedy for the a
speedy aid permanent care of Con- s
sumption, Bronohitas, Catarrh, Astlhina
and all Throat and Lung affections;
also a positive and radical care for
General Debility and all nervous com
plaints, after having thoroughly tested
its wonderful curative powers in thon
s ands of eases, feels it his duty to make 3
it known to his suffering fellows. The
recipe will be sent free of charge, to
all who desire it, with full directions
' for preparing and succes fully nsing.
SAddress, witht stamp, naming this pa 1
e der, Dr. J. C. STONE, 44 North Ninth
Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.'
e -F0ox two to four bottles of Jen
lins' Rheumatism, Gout and and
! Neuralgia "Annihilator" will cure
- permanently any .irst aftfac of Rheun
e matism or Gout. From two to two
dozen bottles will cure permanently,
e according to duration of disease, any
case of Rheumatism, Gout or
Neuralgia. N. JENKINS a Co, Pro
Sprieters, New Orleans, La.
--UNDER the new law the warrants
o (legislative of courge) issued by the
, Auditor ate cashed by the Fiscal
, Agent, which not only makes a say
ing of time, but gives the Members
Sa grab chance ahead of other credi
tors.
-THa Gazette, for the present,
and until further orders, is a discon
tinued Journal, and as we write, is
seized for "printer's fees," and is in
u the hands of a custodian, placed over
it by Sheriff Robinson.
d -ArTsa al it was only "a clerical
error."
WAS KIN TlOR uI I
:There wer a e thous~d re·s ',
why the Republianse shoAi nbotie
carried .ew Hampshire. 'But. ey
carried it. Th e eheocrats, notwith
sLanding all the opportunities they
have had in the last few years to re
establish public confidence, to reform
abuses, and to reduce the expenses
of government, have failed, in the
opening battle of 1878, to carry s
State which has'long been eonsidbrd
doubtful. I am not gives to sermons
but a' word otf advitce i'i wme
nfay not tibot Ofptlaw e , 'thIs
DemocratiM farlte lei due;ltestof U,
to the fact.that the 8fote et 0 pl t
sentatives has not done and has, it ~e
attempted to do one halt it should
have done in the way 'of rioralag.
abuses, reducing taxation, and there.
by restoring )onfldence to the eoan.
try. Secondly; the Democratic par.
ty has become as thoroughlydlvide4
over Mr. Tilden, who has no patron
age, as the Republican party is over
Mr. Hayes who has all the Federal.
patronage. Thirdly, Democriats giil
over the country-not all Democrats,
but some aspiring men in every se '
tion, have gone father than Republi
eans-themselves 'fi asserting the-; '
lidity of Hayes' title to the Presi-,
dency.
The House of, R' epreentatives
shows a ,disposition to repair its'er
ror, and will probably do its share of
the work of preventing farther de
feats like that in New Hanmpshire.
Prominent men in theHousepromis 
now that the Badical. party shsll be
pot on the defensive. So, far ias'thi .
foolish Democratio isquabble overl
Mr. Tilden, or over any other{ man,
as a candidate for the Presideneyl ai
1880, is concerned, the mereputti ng
the fact in plain. words woupd, seem :
to be enough. If .the, Demooratic
party can find nothing but personal
matters to discuss while the country
is in distress we may be sure that;,:
the country will seek relief outside of.
the Democratic party. 'The ifolly.of.;
giving prominence, in letters, speech
es and platforms, to: expressions ,of
confidence in HBayes' title to om . i
while his own party Almost nlt er i
sally ignores the subjeet has a wde . .
itself apparent to every Debocrat,
from Maine to Louisiana. The coui
try does not honestly believe in thatr: .
title. 'Give the people a change oa
thbse three points, and, we may havrd
victories instead of defeat.
Mr. Hewitt of New York, has paid..
his respects to the Civil Service i.
forms of Mr. Hayes. There has been-'
no such forcible speaking in the
House since Blaine, with',his Prest
dential hopes. depending on his utter
ances, defended himself from charges
of dishonesty. Mr. Hewitt surprised' "
even those who -knew him to be an
able man. His dissection of the by
pocritical pretens of reore r~suH
thorougbh. 'One cannot imagine:'
Hayes reading that speech without a .
blush. Particularly fordlble:was ther
statement that Hayes thought it Its -
proper for him or' others to rewardt
ordinary political services, but ha .
showered offices upon sall who aided
him by trickery, forgery, perrl y,
and in other ways, in his Irteglar
and extraconstitutional elevation bt
the Presidency. This spieeh'rtshtil&d
have a general oirculation. Senater
Blaine on Monday made a formal at
gument against the paymenit of ttii
fishery award of $5,500,000. I sp:.
pose he has no expectattion of p '
venting the payment, but Is atteml pt-.
ing to provoke an agitatlon!f Out of
that agitation will necessarily come ra
general discussion of the question of -
annexing theProvinces t theUntited :
States. Senator Blamne would. us-:
questionably take the leadIn all dis- :':
uscosions of that subject. ,It has been
a life long study of his, ~id has ea- ;.
tered into all his plans for the Ist
year.
The Act approved on the 9th list,
concerning penelon for 1812 soldies,~,
it is nsow thought will benefit many
thousand persons. Under it anyone-:
who served 14 days, or participated ;
in one battle, in the war of 1812, 15"-i
Sentitled to a pension of $8 per mhonth
i from the date of approval of Act.
SWidows of-such soldiers as have d|id
after similar service, no miatter what
was the date of marriage to the sol
dier, are entitled to the ease Pea-'
sion. Those heretofore dropped for'
r alleged disloyalty are restored. The
former Act required 60 days service,
and that the widow to be entitled,.:
should have been martried'to the sot.':*
5 dier, prior to February 17, 1815.. "
e . NEMO. '
S .NR DOLLAR• PER WEEB Ir .Ltr .
. bay a gINGER NEW FAMILY S ', i.
r ING MACHINE from FERGUN80t' sat'-i
S UAHNACK .ent for the SINGER -." *.
UFACTURING CO.
--Tam exports ofbutter ad bles
from the Umnited States now raitn;,
lninth in the order of lartg-eports--.
l coming next to flour. The value of"
n the entire cheese produced In 187t
r was $36,000,000, and of the blio~utW
was $175,000,000. ::
1 --Oa Dollare week wll by i
s er New Fmuyt lSewing Weebrn tF+:.R'
Psarguso ad ,bnOk