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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1859-09-28

+ The TrcxEr Coapagrs. --Chas. D. Breux and
Adolphe Olivier having declinedto be cantiidales
on the Opposition Stale ticket, their places have
been tilledby the names OF the Hon. +. " Blake.
OF the parish OF Terrebonne, aud Matthew Watson,
ESP, Of Caado. who have accepted, beth OF whom
are generally Known througheus The State MS hon.
orable aud upright men, whe, il excited will be an
hohof to the State. American.
Ii proof Were needed that the 0pposi-
ton Ticket lately tinkered mp by a dozen
Know No;hings at New Orleans is, as we
have st1ted, a farce, q bughsque and a
cheat, it would be fuand in the above par
agraph Who gave Summers authority
to substitute the naMes .of Blake and
Watson for those OF Dreax aud Olivier z
BY what authority is it assumed that
Watson accepts this stran &c call made by
one city Know Nothing2 He lives hun.
dreds Of miles from the residence Of the
magnificent dictator over the wigwams of
Louisiana and his answer cannot he an
nouneed for some time. Have we not
reason to assume that he will take tue
noble and manly course pursued by the
declining nominees rather than have his
name made ridiculous by figuring on this
/" farailq y ticket
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a DIatter that has Two sides to 1T.

It appears that solne busybodies, MS
llief-laakiilg and n,endacions, have re-
ported that we were preparing to attack
Col Wells through the Democrat On per-
soaal matters which have no necessary
connection with pulitics No such plan
has been concocted No such attack has
been dreamed Of by US. We are not &C
eustolned to travel ia any path besides
that Of an honorable journalist. We
leave mean personalities to our antago-
nists whose low instincts are adapted to
their use Nor would the Democrats Of
Rapiaes approve ofsany other course on
cur part They expect their organ to be
a paper decent enough to visit their
hoases and tosbe read bytheir families.
But # Col Wells OF his friends assume
that ore or more prominent Democrats Of
this Parish can SO far influence the Den-
ocrat as to prevent the attack which they
seem to fear, may it not on the other. hand
be assumed chat they have an equal con-
troll oyer the eolnmBsa OF their organ the
American II they have, have not Demo-
Gratis the same reason to ask them to put
a stop to the mean and scurrilous personal
attacks upon our candidates with which
that sheet overdows? What can be
meaner Or more contemplate than the,
course Of the American towards our can
didate for Governor Where ia Loais-
.,ns. or the South has . gentleman ever
been subjected in his uwn neighborhood
to such comments as have appeared in
that paper concerning Mr. Moore?
We are not easily diverted from our
purpose bat we might be provoked to re-
taliatisn. Blows Of this kind are to be
given as well as taken. II, therefore, The
friends Of Col. Wells desire to keep the
Of the remainder Of this can
vass within legitimate laaiss esy- LIT them
cat eff their deg.
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kLkxAspnlA. SEPTEMBER II 1859.

- tie Editor Of The Lonissana Dsaspcrat- -
Sin: Ny attention has been directed to a SIAN
derous article published in the Ked River American
OF hast Saturday under .hehead Of !. Tie DISTRICT
-4ftoraeysip," IN which the author, tlrpughmalce,
attempts BY ialsehood 10 DO me more than poit
real Injury Therefore, ] rake ;lsis method aud DO
hereby brand the .antlor, and sjlaaI repeater Of
said scurrous article as aaLlstcg Is MARS, and the
prime mover, as ashort-sghted, vie viper, uornted
iasetae Eden Of decelt society striking iromthe
grass At the heels OF u.suspceting passers-hy--
equally fatal to friend and foe. g. n. HINES
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Acceptance Of Dr.. Smart.
AT HONE. September On

AT HONE, September 10Th, 1868.
Msssrs. Raclat and Lsgras-
GENTLEMEN: Your official letter informing me
Of my nomination for the Legislature, to fill the
vacancy on the ticket, occasioned by the MONACO
oepsance Of Mr. John Miller, was handed me yes
terday.
Iteelnnder marry obligations to the Democracy
for this honor so far hey ond my merits, and accept
the nomination, promising my constituents, should
they elect me, toseIve them with fidelity.
Very respectfully
Your ob't- servant,
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Hon. E. w. Robertson.

We are pleased to be able to announce
that the Hon. E w. Robertson Democratic
for Auditor aud the present in.
eamheDt Of thai Office, will participate il,
eur barbecue on the 9Th proxiuo.
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70 Which Party do you Belong?

10 winch afJy GO You Belong
Last week we put above plain CUES
ton to Mr., Gray, candidate for Sheriff aid
to Mr. Shelton, candidate for the Legisla
ture. Neither has, to- orr knowledge
answered publicly o. privately, TIE OPP
position organ treatssof our queries TO vi,
extent Of Whole column, but instead q
answering or attempting to answer then
it discusses the status Of the editor Of thu
Democrat and the lrpgth Of his resilenee
IN Rapides-an answer about as much t.
sthn point as lecture on Phrrnvlogy o.
an essay on the Aurora Borcalis.
Those curious to know how we cans
to questions these candidates may be tole
that we did it in The name and by .tlit
authority Of the Democrats Of R#pidcs
whom we profess to serve in our humble
capacity az editor Of their organ. d It is
our duty as their sentinel to challenge al
who approach their camp lnder suspicious
circumstances especially when wearing
the disguise Of . party name TO- which
they are not entitled.
Our opponents III Rapidcs have a full
State ticket. They havstwo KnpwsNp tl,.
ing candidates for the Legislature, Msssrs.
Bryce and Helm. They have no third
candidate but they are now advocating
the election Of MIR. W. B: Shelton and: IN
tend to give him q united party vote.
They have Know Nothing candidates for
all Parish Offices except Sheriff, fop which
they support Mr. VIM e. Gray. These
gentlemen then are running, virtually if
not formally, ou the Opposition. or Il. N.
ticket. But both profess tosbe Democrats
and both solicit, as We are led trbelieye,
votes on that ground. They
ptrsRe a coarse caicu!atedato damage tlse
Deinocratic party, 10 uproot its organize.
ton, tassutsveit its supremacy, to tra,Rple
on lis principles AID to defeat all It's reg
ularty pot,inated candidates. With this
pretence 70, Democracy on their Lips they
are taking !, course adverse to'everyfiGng
that is DsTlocratia IN form sosssulstanee. !.
They are working, wl.elher Internationally
or not, tosdefeas the State aud h,eal Dem
usratic tickets.
If these candidates wifi precIaim iLeu-
selves as belonging to the Opposition, If
they will have theif names put u, the. IS
n ticket in a fprlna! manner, if they will
haul dswntlieir false ct,lpls and asfnnaer
the 4. n flag, the Democrats Of Rapides
will have 2n., more questions t, ask Ii
they will declare that tits their design u
vote for all the regslar Democratic aanai-
aases except Sheriff and Representatives,
we must still be content with thcis ANS
w Y Bat vl'ssher they have wholly gone
l,vcr ~ our foes, OF whether they eth de-
sire the saccrss Of our ticket and the
maintenance Of Democracy, their former
political associates awl all ineu,btrs Of
the Democratio party in our Parish desire
to know the fact. i
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ry- The Kentucky Turf Register say !,
that Mr. Ten Brock has pusshaseo I"
Mp, Richards his 6ne fly Pfetty-bE. A'gn'
2 years old. by Lecomte, dam ~ mp J.
GLENCOE, ll,.lf sister to. Umpire. b0''1 !,
is understood, go to England immediately
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a9r Will nobody assist the proprietor
Of the American newspaper in Msshiag for
ti4o sins and follies This party? 1t is q
lis job fos any single man. Lie does his
best but he don't do justice to the cause,
although he can liasll more vigorously
than any man in Rapides
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The FAMILY TICK Sir. r. q, Cuny, Of
Catahoula, last candidate On the ".Oppo-
ssition State ticket is d near relative Of
sG,a. T. j, Wells, candidate ON the same
ticket Tor Governor .thother of tl.efatnIly
was Vice president of tie City Hall ""Coo-
vention !" which poiliiuated his brother
And now still another OF the family, Mr..
Helm, is brought out as candidate for
representative from Rapides. While they
are about it, our opponents had better
make it an entire family affair by nea,fn-
ating kinsfolk Of Col. Wells to all the
local Offices. We Learn that move
melh IS OH foot TO divest one III the eaudi-
dates of his nomination, hut whether same
one of THE Wells talniIy is to be substi.
tnted we are not Informed. Should the
Opposition ticket succeed (!l!) there viii
be nice little family ten party at Baton
Rouge aud another of the same stripe in
Rapides. 1t looks as if Summers, the
Welises and Boyce had fopu,yd themselves
into close corporations and resolved to
take bodily possession Of the whole oppo-
sition party as sort Of family legacy.
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ANswERRD--We invite the attention of
our readers to the letter Of the Hon Jons
r. saARr, as Published ON our first page
Pseudo-Demoerats. will find III it much to
ponder on.
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LUDWIG MEyER---Notice isscalled to the
advertisement Of Mr.. lESAmF, Who seeks
some information relative to Ludwig or
Lewis Meyer.
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Rarbecues at Huddleston's and
Kinks Mills,

4 Democratic Barbecue viii be given at Trud-
Reston's on Tuesday, October 2ath, and another
at Kinks Mills, Anacoco, Sabine Parish, CT We'd
nesday, October Goth. Messrs. SEMMgs and Lam
psrN, and other Speakers will be present at both
meetings.
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Z. ELLISON SMART.

News Items. Tultdano who recently
shot DR.. Graham at the Ruby Coffee
House, gonmnpn street, New Orleans, is
to undergo a trial on the charge Oh man
slaughter. lie gave $1,000 bailsto appear
when called for The n @. Courier, III
an article reviewing the essay ON Squat
ter Sovereignty as published by Douglas
in Harper's Magazine, gives evidence that
talent ef q high order is employed 10 that
journal. THE Dpibear Commercial Col
Ieg.e, at its new location in the beautiful
Story Building opposite to the City Ho:el,
New Orleans, renewed operations last
week. A hgitIiant failure awaits this ex-
eellent Institutions The independent
American party" Of New Orleaus, had a
meeting, Sep. 2Sd, and made the follow
lug nominations for tie election III No
svembcr next. For Sheriff. Benz. Harris
son; Coroner, +. Al. Groz;it !. Clerks Of the
District Conts: First, A Pelierin; Second
Alfred Bourges Third, II 1. Hunley !;
Foarth, w. 9. Aud; Fifth, b. W. IIebrad;
Sixth, Emile Wiltz. For District Attor-
ney, Charles D. Dreux Assessor, Fourth
District, Peter Kaiser After the meeting
a large and enthusiastic torchligiit demons
strasnn was made. There's . good time
coming for that Thug ridden and over
taxed city The ship Helios, while
taking in a cargo OF Cotton for Liverpool
was destroyed by fire at New Orleans,
Sep 23d. Loss sl5o,ooo. The City is
still free from yellow fever, but we learn
that il had appeared OH tile Eth at Hous-
ton, Texas, though not in . dangerous
form.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1859-09-28

~ One sfdhe attractions at the Ken.
lucky State Fair recently held. at LcAing--
ton, was a two-headed girl who could :
wear two sets Ut hoops.
Tunes ARE Woskisa.- Tie Delta Of tie lfsn.
savs:
The Independent American Clubs Of tie. Second,
District met last evening and made the following
nominations For State Tax coI1ector,R A, Char
bonner; for Assessor, II. G. Blasco; fer Third
Justice OF the Peace, Paul W. Collins; for Con-
stable, Third Justices Court R. E.schlaiius; Tor
Fourth Justice Of the Peace, Frederic Baisson;
for Constable, Fourth Justices cour.} E. 4.
Boscnisr.
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s We at: obliged to Dr.. VAN EvRIE,
of New York, for pamphlet containing
the bred Scott Decision, au introduction
by himself and an essay by Dr.. S. A. CART
WRIGHT, of New Orleans,
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Ar. Stewart may be q goingv man
now after the electionhe will be goner,
sure.
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60 The heW faig.ed Opposition
Patty reminds us Of The preacher VIII, ST.
'itcted as his text The world,, the q s!,,
and the Devil BE said that, in bis dis
course, he should "p.sss hgh.ay over tie
world, and, just toaeliing apon the flesh,
hasten Gu. 10 the Devil as fast lie could. 2
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DR.. K. III. Clark.

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: 'ua y ~ WI eNsAN's rom tne orsses q
" E 's1''s'f" '''1a se''s $50 p.as 90 ~ s'e
II $500 a. a"''' 49, ''sy 49, 's'o'
e'et 'As' - o'A'N a,s = Oa' VIZ ~
,CdHuiudkGS iul tts' s1es lSthlutEt WssS 'slu
ia among them. While tls. nubIster Of
S.,
blle' ' 1iffAitan WAS al ati've anu q iioiSy
member of the Democratic 6 Gfanite,
Glab." DR.. Clark belonged tpsthe Wig
party !; but he has long beel, i consistent
and active Democrat and instead of l,eiil,s
i SamueTite and voting for Fillwese as
the American ilsiaaates be voted for
Buchanan He never bre;.tl,e,s the foul
Imiasma Of the wigwar,s, ,,os pledged isinl-
self to tell daily falseh.s,ells, ..s,r swore to-
violate tie rights d. adopted citizeus, nor.
plotted Political frauds at l,itllljglif, nos.
made war apol, Catholics, nor stsoutes. ex-
ultingly orer the nluraerous victories won
by the 4. N. bulIies vi Louisville, BaIti,
more aud New Orleans.
The statement that Dr.. Clark bet $3.50
on Fillmore is too absurd for comment
Saue people did not bet on Fillmore ID SO
- - -. .---- 49,
lak tatths contributors i. the American aus very
r - lf4rt. 81, III. !.
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rThe American says Of the self-nom-
mated candidate for District Attorney,
Mt. WIN. A. Stewart, OF Ayoyelles
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You will and the name of ono of them
or our FIRST page appended to his "ecn-
tribution.n How do You like it.?
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Another oil the Same Sort.

- 5 ta I ~ F.
In The course OF It's mean and scurlil.
ous artieleonth District A1tosneyship'
the last American perpetTatestlle follow.
illgsil reference to Tie delegates chosen
to represent the PARISH Of AMnyelles IN 4
Democratic Convention Of: thisaJ ulieial
District to nominate = candidate for Dis
'trict Attorney: Il
1t is said, howeser, in regard to. the, meeting
which was held in Asoyelles for the purpose Of
selecjng delegates, that TWAS composed Of only
TWo--Luaseg and Asissiae BarbiD, VIM Welt
tlro gh all .he notions and selected somebody 10
represent the whoie q pasish,oi A1ayelles y the
convention. s,sFs
We have before us anI authentic copy
of the proceedings Of the AvoyeHes Con-
yeption. Mr.. r. n'Ar,lys was present
aud, acted as Secretary Ms. +. P.Hiich
born was present and acted as President
Mr.. Laarclst dc Generes was present and
moved resolution infavorso MIR. Hines
Others were present, constituting q meet
is.g wspectablain character whether liz
,meronssor not But these three names q
gentlemen WHO, were. there stamp. tl.s
ACCOMPLISHMENTS as false. u
--------.s.4----
DaMH or JrDGg OeatN. --Ilon. Ryber
u = ~ =
Nast, Ogden, a native Of North Carolin:
aud q rpsidesto 81. this. State SINCE 1928
died at his residence at Bay ST. Louis
Sep, 18th. Ho was Judge Of the ole
Foarth Judicial District Court, over wliel
he presided witt, marked ability aud sue
cess. lie was All eminent lawyer and hkt
all HIS remarkable family, distinguished
for his learning and cloqnenee.
=
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The CLIQUE Ticket.


Below viii be found tie regular Know
Nothing, clique Parish Ticket These
names come full hedged from the high
authority of Sam and his temple. They
are nolsnased by the Clique youched Tor
by the CHque--and will be supported,
heart and soul, Is the CLIQUE and sheir
ft,a faithful sdhcrents:
For Representatives,
G. W. ROYCE,
\. B. HELM,
". b. SHELTON.
Isr Sheriff
w. &. GRAY.
Far Clerk,
IA. NEW ELL.
For Assessor,
D. w. SHAW.
For Coroner,
------- Nomination next week.
*This name may be dscppedshy the next Clique
meeting md Hnothen more ayAilabe one nut ul the
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OF caDDo.

COMMISSIONER BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS,
GEN. l.. G.. DER USS y
OF NArcHToCHEs.
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Nomination next wee

*This name may be dsoppedsby the next Clique
meeting and another more available enc put On the
Ticket. as
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Is Probably the public would like to know the
names OF the contributors to the Democrat,
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FOR coyGREss--FoURTH DISTRICT,
!, 10 II N NJ. L A N D r . Nj
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Mr. Stewart is going mans aud a native Of
kseSelles.
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FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION,
I'll EN- RY A Y E r Y !,
OF EAST BATON ROUGE.
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ty Our Ineighbor Of the Democrat seems to-
think thatthe contributors TO the American aGc very
numerous. Is that any OF his business
The Kanzas news., 1859-04-23
Emporia, Kansas.

We give below an extract from letter
written hy Rev.. G. C. Morse of this place,
to-the boston Coagregationatist, pleading
earnestly for assistance from the Congrega-
tional Society at the East, to build house
Of Worship in Emporia He says: -eg
y.lrWe need funds not so much in furnish
ing churches as to enclose building so that
we may have some place besides the open
air, or small room for meetings-and I'm
ish next year when we get little stronger.
.'To get the building up.'' is by far the
hardest work, and in this we need the aid
We now feel that we must build, and that
Immediately. What shall we do? Our
church is feeble, only handful, seven
members all told; and only two male mem
bers beside myself We are all Door, and
what we do must be done in work, lumber,
DC. for silver and gold we have none. By
and by we shall receive few more mem
bers, but their resources are but small The
predominating influences are Methodism
and Campbellism. Their doctrines are any,
thing but accordant with Puritan principles.
Il Emporia is now the emporium of South
.ern, or rather Central Kansas. 1t is now
the great radiating point of the interior,
both of trade and emigration. It is the
terminus of the southern branch of the Pa
cifc Railroad, which will undoubtedly be
completed in few years With the present
tide of immigration, it will in year or two
be the center of population, as it is now the
geographical center of the proposed State
of two hundred miles square.
The importance of this place to the
Church, arises not so much from the pres
ent magnitude of the town, as from It's CEN
trail position and prospective importance.
Our congregation, had we suitable house,
would in a short time be doubled and treb-
bled, but upon such congregation we can
not depend in hard struggle. The peo-
pie outside will do something. What we
propose to do is this: we shall raise all we
be in a few dsys-each one of US will COM
mence digging stone, cutting timber. &C.,
going to work just as we do in building our
own houses with our own hands, trusting
IN God to open the hearts of the friends of
the Redeemer at the East to lend US some
assistance in our struggle to build house
of prayer Build we must, aud shall we
look in vain to the sons of the Pilgrims?
Will not the churches of New England that
have offered so many prayers for Bleeding
Kansas, remember that the conflict is not
yet over, that we must have the Christian
Church before we shall enjoy any degree
of safety? Will they not remember this,
the most important place in Central Kansas.
and give us the aid that has been received
by other places of no greater Importance,
but with greater resources?''
The Kanzas news., 1859-04-23
Parting address of Mr.. Giddings,

Hon. Joshua r. Giddings has issued a
brief address to his constituents of the
Twentieth District, on returning home at
the close of his public career. He is CRATE
full for the long-continued kindness of the
people of his district, and regards their re-
cent selection of another to represent them
as not "unkind," but rather affording relief
to one who is 'fcare-Worn and weary of po-
litical service" He indicates purpose to
write out history Of his twenty years ex-
perience in Congress. In now recurring to
his public life, he thus explains his controll-
ing objects and motives:
81 feel constrained to declare the duty of
Government to separate and purify itself
from all legislative, executive and moral
enee and constitutional powers to secure all
men in the enjoyment of that liberty which
is necessary to cherish and protect life, at
tain knowledge and prepare for heaven"
Mr. Giddings regards the ends for which
be has thus labored as already virtually ac-
eomplished. and hopeful light in his mind,
rests upon the future. He says:
s'Of the intensity of those conflicts which
SO rapidly succeeded each other for seven
teen years, | have no time to speak; it is
sufficient to say, that the combination of
religious, moral, and political truths, press
ed as they were upon the public mind, could
not fail of success. Based upon COPS at
tribute of justice, they must be respected.
Indeed, the victory has been already achieved.
The lovers Of liberty at Gkis moment sOietd the
moral poa0er Of oar nation, and the Govern
ment, with its patronage, its great power
and widespread influence, must soon fall
into their hands; and the immutable law of
justice which has already given them pow
er, will continue it SO long as they act in
harmony with the doctrines to which they
are unequivocally pledged