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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-11-02
- CLOTHING -
FOR THE MILLION

Toh i IL MILLION m
yHTEare now receiving large stock Of Clothing
w which has been bought lsw and viii be sold
low for cash Tho prices ARE suited for hard times
and the goods are for all kinds OF castomsfq. The
stock comprises every style aud quality Of Cioth-
ing, Gsntiencn' 3 Furnishing Goods, Trunks, Va.
Uses, Carpet Bags, and ossrything COMMONLY kept
in our line.
Customers win find 1t for their interest to call as
we are determined to sell cheap the cheapest,
and We desire TO see everybody comfortably saoEhed
We don't charge anything for owing goods,
and are always pleased to zee customers even If
they don't buy. esF afs
Remember the place. On Third-st., between
Main aud johnson. aa
Septl7d 3. POLLOCK 4 co.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-11-02

ALSo, re LARou0f STOCK OF
50 a ~ n PA .
From their ceisbIat4d Factory, ever offered in the
W4ltsyn 0sAp1eJs 81.
Prices 70 suit the timcs, and 70 - tAs
best Planes casfsd b the public. Phase ssaa -
exAmiAs, 70 satisfy yourselves. ssss Ad#9TrY
hsafp RIANOS 1UNHD AND RIPAIRED.
-fEast n q. Il. WATKINS - CO. .,
No. LEA LAkssst. ,........ ieAgo, HI.
July13-d3m saN xse N sag4
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-11-02

w Sone 81 ~ ncst vretched cases Of Rhsnms-
afsm ,EasAlysis, Piles, Be-, thatwere ever known.
Try &, TOO, On ths gums Of teethinE children On
la1yI pthsrsa breast and sse how qo,ssng IL
psCvee. Ii the best doctors use IL NO nave De-
Eist sells IL.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-11-02
Legal Notice.
Davis and Nancy A. Davis his wife,

Oct. 20, Is59-d4w
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1859-09-21
prattsgiouul CarDs.
N Q II / q ID,

I EEaCkR Garfield, ATTORNEY AND COUNSEL
III 9EAr Law, AND NOTARY PUBLIC, win practice
III bis profession in this and the adjoining Pa.
FISHES r Office on second street opposite Court
1afd Square, ore door below McGloskey's store.
ot'ee al alexandria, La. apl3
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1859-09-21
ALEXANDRIA, La WEDNESDAY, SET TENDER A, 1859
J THE ENCHANTED ISLAND.

sfss5 sffs4As3S
a wonderful streaulis the River limo
ait runs through the realm Of years,
With . faultless hyme, and musical chine,
And a border sweep and asurge sublime, e
And blends with the ocean tears.
There is a musical isle of the River Time,
Where the sof,est airs are playing;
There Is a cloudless sky and tropical cline,
And a song az sweet as = vesper chime,
And the tones with the rose are straying.
And toe name OF the isle is the Long Ago."
And we bury our treasures there
There are brows of beauty and bosoms Of snow,
They are heaps Of dust-but We loved them So
There are trinkets and tresses of hair.
There are fragments of songs that nobody sings,
Anda part, an infants prayer;
There salute unswept, and heart without strings
There are broken vows and pieces Of rings,
AND the garments she used to wear.
There are hands that waved when the tairy shore
BY the mirage is lifted in air
And weSsemesimes hear through the turbulens roar
Sweet voices we heard in days gone before,
When the wind down the riveris fair.
Oh! remembered for aye be the blessed isle, 4
All the day OF Efe-till night
When the evening comes With ito beautiful smile,
And our eyes are closing in slumber awhile,
Nay that Island of Souls be in sight!
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1859-09-21
Copper steassa Sugar Train,
F0a SALE At A EIEGiIs!

HAVE in my Work Shop three new Copper
! Evspersting Pans With Copper Norm. in each,
Copper Curb.ng and Troaghs with Brass syrup
supply Cock, u Brass Steam Cock in each, and
8 inch Discharge Cocks in each With 5 inch Brass
Wash Valves snd Copper Syrup and Iron Con-
dense Pipe aid Condenscrs, Al complete for the
sum OF kigttses Rust!red Doiters CISCO 0O.)
They are the ssiac in every particular as those
nes IN useon Plantations OF ). o. Nelson, Esq, Of
81. ksrys Gen 4. c. Camp, Of iberviile, and
otiesa; tue. VIII ssks from Is to 20 Hossheads
OF Sugar every "a hours; are made OF best mate
rial and manner OF orkllanship and win be fully
guaranteed.
gE Please address
DANIEL EDWARDS,
$3.50, 81 New I.evee, New Orleans J
Ang. II, ls5S-Sm !.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1859-09-21
THE SABBATH.

Sidney Smith pronounced the following sonnet
one Of the most beautiful in the English language
With silent awe hail thesacfed morn, 49,
Which slowly wakes while allthe fefdsare still
\. soothing calm on every breeze is borne,
A grayer murmur gnrgles from. the rill
And echo answers softer from the bill,
And softer sings the linnet from the tbcru-
The skylark MARBLES in a tone less shrill,
Hail light serene: HAIL sacred Sabbath morn.
The rocks float silent by in airy droyes;
The sun a placid yellow luster shows; - y
Thesgales that lately sighed along the groves
Have hished their dowuy wings insweet repose,
The lowering rack of clouds forgets 10 move
So smiled the day when the FIST morn arose.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1859-09-21
WIS HING
BIZ sA1s.

s.
Ofall amusements for the mind
Flom logic down to fishing,
There isn't one that you can find
q So very cheap AS "wishing!"
Avery choice diversion, too,
live but rightly use it,
And not, as we are aptto do,
Peryert it and abuse it.
| wish-a common wish, indeed
Nv purse was something fatter,
That | might cheer the child Of need.
And not my pride to aatter;
That | might make oppression reel,
As ouly gold can make it,
And break the tyrant's rod Of steel,
As only gold can break it.
sh-that sympathy and love,
And every human passion
That has its origin above,
Would come, and keep in fashion,;
That scorn, and Jealousy, and Hate.
And every base emotion,
Were buried fifty fathoms deep
Beneath the waves Of Oceanl
wish-that friends we're always true,
And motives always pure;
4 wish the good we're not SO few,
wish the had we're fewer5
wish that parsons ne'er forgot
To heed their pious teaching;
! Wish that prscticing was not
So different from preaching
risb-that modest worth might be =
Appraised with truth and candor; !.
I wish that Innocence we're free
From treachery aud SANDER;
| wish that men their VOWS would mind,
That women ne'er were rovers;
Iwish that wives we're always kind,
And-husbands always lovers!
] wish-in fne--tliat Joy and mirth ~
And every good ideal,
May come, erewhile, throughout the earth
TO be the glorious Real; !
Till God shall every creature bless
With bis suprenlest blessing,
Aad hope be lost in happiness,
And wishing IN possessing!
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1859-09-21

POPULATION. There are on earth l0C0,-
100000 Of Inhabitants. OF these So, $685.
S33 die every year n, 7S0 every hour, and
TO every ninutc-or enc in every second.
But there are always more births than
deaths, and 50 population increases.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1859-09-21

MA Mississippi County Court Clerk
having issued a, marriage license for q
young man, he shortly afterwards re-
ceiyed the following note from him:
Steate Of Miss July 1859.
ii. Moody pies let This matter stand
over until further orders the girl has Flu
the track By her own Request and Releese
my nane Oft this Bond if you plesp
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1859-09-21

LYNCH LAws IN < ENrueKy.-Jesse Will
Hams, an old aud wealthy citizen Of Cald-
well country, who has been under guard
at Princeton, charged with murder, steal
ing and cruelty to his slaves, was taken
from jail on Thursday night, and, after
being carried off a distance Of seven miles,
was lung by a party ofcitizens. About
the same time DR.. Singleton and Messrs
Maasi0, Morse, and straamal, supposed
to be connected with Williams in his vii
lanies, were severely punished, and
ordered to leave the country.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1859-09-21
!, INSTR YF7CYY0N I'M FREYCH

NSTRTC1TON IN FRENCH.
II BERTE ST ANGE who has been engaged as
II teacher of French in the families of General
IL Thomas and Dr. Casson of this Parish, and
who ian furnish all desirable testimonials of his ex-
perience and ability, desires an engagement in
Rapides or an adjoining parish. He viii teach
Latin, French, Spanish, the redfments Of English
and Arithmetic. His method Of teaching is thor
ough and exact. June 90, Is5a.-tf I
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1859-09-21
LAW PARTNER SHIP.

W. u. LEWIS. JNo C. LEWIS. EDwARDT. LEWIS.
J1uE PARTNERSHIP heretofore existing be-
l. tween aessrs. W. b. & J. @. Lewis, is this day
dissolved, aala new one substituted therefor be.
tween Messrs. W. H., }. 6. & Il. T. Lewis, who
viii practice tiie;r profession in the parishes OF Ra
piaes, Ayoyelies, Satehitoches and Catahoula
One of them will always DE found at their Office in
A!exaudria. Feb 20 '59-ly
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1859-09-21
Ssss We saw Col. Sandidge in the Bof

~ We saw Col. Sandidge in the Boss
sier Parish Convention at Bellevue on last
Monday. He seemed to be welding an
active and happy influence in behalf Of
the harmony of Democracy there Few,
men could act in that capacity more eff
GENTLY, and none more cheerfully and dis
interestedIy. He declared in public
talk that hezneyer expected to hold an
other political Office, but looked to the
welfare and prosperity Of his country
through the harmony and unsnimity Of
the National Democracy, and was willing
70 work diligently to that end in private
ranks Ills country will remember him.
II Homer Had.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1859-09-21
Caster IRri1la S,
lHONkILES WEI If Gt1LUMhIA y 80

SJSSsS Ga" - 81 TlLAS5s
(20sILEs WEsr Of cpLUhBIA.l
G44IAHOIILA P.aRbSH, LOUISIANA.
/ \ 4 RS. ANDERSON T. son respectfully 49,.
III. announce to their numerous friends ,ssssA
II ard all ether seekers OF ssss,
Health, Pleasure and Recreation - ~ So lss.
tia, they have newly fitted up their establishment
at the Castor siSrlass and are prepared 10
offer better accommodation than ever to those who
feel disposed to pay them visit. The water pos
sesses the very finest medical properties, as many
heretofore afflicted with Dyspepsia, Rheumatism,
Jaundce, and other functional and organic dis.
eases can testify.
The SPRINGS are s,tn.sedl pleasant, health.
full, Pine alley sgien, ritsis III abundance Of
[ n En -, aid every facility viii he afforded
to CHASE and Kill the silver footed deer. -
The roads are good from almost any point
North, 'outh, East or West. @
There are lsath-Houses provided for those who
desire TO test the efficacy of the waterby bathing,
and those who desire sBaaeHents will be furnished
wiiifE4LL ROCsfs, BAH sdLETYS, &c.
TIE prOprietors are distinguished for their nn-
wearied attention 10 the happiness aud comfort of
their guests, and their charges are more moderate
than most places of similar resort
June sth, ls59.-sm ~
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1859-09-21
ale qtmotrat.
Lifted Ordnance.

/ The Washington correspondent of the
Delta writes, Sep. 5th:
I The board Of army officers now in SEES
sion at Fort Monroe for the purpose Of
testingsand reporting on the relative mer-
its of the several newly patented riAe-can-
mons, have made a partial report, from
which gather the following interesting
statistical Three guns have been tried as
to range, as follows: DR. Reeds eight-inch
gun, carrying a ball weighing one hun,
dred pounds with ten pounds Of powder,
and at an elevation of thirteen and a half
degrees, threw a shell three thousand
elght hundred and fifty yards. At an
elevation Of twenty degrees it acquired
range Of five thousand six hundred and
seyenty-fiyv yards. This gentleman's 10
FOUNDER field gun, at an elevation Of nine
degrees, threw a shot one thousand six
hundred yards.
Mr.. Sisourney's, at an elevation Of 10
with Il pounds powder threw ball,
weighing 50 pounds,) on an average,
1900 yards, and atsan elevation Of IS deg.
reached 1000 yards. The celebrated Saw.
yer gun, with 5 pounds powder aud ADD,
pound shell, at an elevation Of 10 degrees
ranged, S450, and at l3s degrees made an.
average OF 1859 yards. The rife csunons
used by the French at the battle Of Solfe-
fino. it is believed, were Sawyer guns, as
all Of Mr.. Sawyer's patterns and drawings
had beer submitted to the French Gov.
eminent some months prior to the com
mencement Of the war.
A small 3pounder invented by Captain
Dyer, Of the Ordnance Department, was
also tested, and proved 70 be a gun Of
great merit. With two pounds Of pow
der and ffteen-pound projectile, this lit
tie piece reached a distance Of $3.50 at an
elevation Of l3s degrees.
Three other guns remain to be tested
Dimmick's, James'sa and Wheats. The
first Of these has already been tested as
to accuracy, and is unoffcially pronounced
by several Of the Board as the best gun
offered fer experiment. AT a distance of
two thousand yards, six Of the 6rst twelve
SHELLS passed through the target. These
balls were irregular in weight, ranging
rom fifty to ffty-eight pounds, and were
thrown with six pounds Of powder each.
Mr.. Diinrnick is St. Louis mechanic, and
At present in fair way to give immortal
iy to his5name and lustre to his State.
s.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1859-09-21

UThe London Court Journal is re-
.sponsible for the following: {" Lord Broug-
ham, on being askedewhat he thought Of
thepeaee of VillasFranca, replied, { It is
like the peaee-of God, past all understand
ing.'p
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1859-09-21

EpIGRAIM.--nY o. ". HoLAEs.
Quoth Ton, 6 Though fair her features be,
1t is her figure rlesses me. =
What may her figure bcs" / cried;
One3handred thousand! he replied.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1859-05-18
MISCELLANEOUS.
Footprints in the Rocks.


Unbelevers in geology often ask, How
was it possible for animals or reptiles to
make the impressions which are now said
to be their footsteps preserved in the solid
rock ?" Hugh Miller had a rare faculty
of finding apt illustrations from daily life
of the abstrusest theories OF science, and
in his " Popular Geology" just published
work Of singular fascination and elo-
quence, he tells the following incident,
which answers this perplexing question
The strange reptiles Of this ancient
time, in passing over the tide uncovered
beaches of the district, left their footsteps
imprinted in the yielding sand and in
this sand, no longer yielding, but hardened
long ages ago into solid rock, the footsteps
still remain. And with truly wonderful
velations-revelations Of things the most
evanescent in themselves, and Of incidents
regarding which it might seem extrava-
giant to expect that any record should re-
main, do we find these strange markings
charged. They even tell us how the rains
Of that remote age descended and how its
winds blew.
Let US see whether We cannot indicate
a few of at least the simpler principles OF
this department of science. The artificial
sheet of water situated among the Pent-
lands, and known as the Compensation
Pond, was laid dry, during the warm sum-
mer of lS42, to the depth of ten fathoms
and as lake, bottom ten fathoms from
the surface, is not often seen, visited it,
in the hope OF acquiring few facts that
might be of use to me among the rocks.
What first struck me, in surveying the
brown sun-baked bottom from the shore,
was the manner in which it had cracked
in the drying, into irregular polygonal
partings, and that the Tipplemarkings with
which it was fretted extended along only
narrow border, where the water had been
shallow enough to permit the winos or
superficial currents to act on the soft clay
beneath As | descended. | found the
surface between the partings indented
with numerous weIl-marked tracks of the
feet of men and animals made while the
clay was yet soft, and now fixed in it by
the drying process, like the mark of the
stamp in an ancient brick And some of
these tracks were charged with little
snatches of incident, which they told in a
style remarkably ineligible and clear.
At one place, for instance, found the
footprints Of some four or FIVE sheep They
struck out towards the middle of the hol-
low, but turned upwards at a certain point
in an abrupt angle towards the bank they
had quilted, and the marks Of increased
speed became palpable. The prints, in
stead OF being Ieisurely SET down, so as tc
make impressions as sharp-edged as il
they had been carved or modelled in the
clay were elongated by being thrown out
backwards, aud the strides were consid
erably longer than those in the downverC
line And bearing direct on the recreat
ing footprints from The opposite bank, ano
also exhibiting signs of haste detected
the track Of dog.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1859-05-18

GENUIzE ELooUENcE.-There is no peo.
pie in the world with whom eloquence is
so universal gift as the Irish. When
Leigh Ritchie was a travelling in Ireland,
he passed a man who was a painful spec
tacle of pallor, squalor and raggedness.
His heart smote him, and he turned back.
If you are IN want" said Richie, with
some degree of peevishness, why don't
you begr-Sure, it's begging l am, yer
honor,'-You didn't say a word.'-' Ov
coorse not, yer honor; but see how the
skin is speakin' through the holes of me
trousers and the bones cryin' out through
me skin Look at me sunken cheeks. and
the famine that's starin' in me eyes Man
alive isn't it begin am with hun
dred tongues p
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1859-05-18
POETRY.


Mama, I've had sweet, sweet dream.
thought the spring was come.
Aud standing by a cool, bright stream
heard the brown bees hum.
The countless sand benearh my feet
Seemed drops of yellow gold,
aud the wind that tossed my hair was swee
With oders manifold.
Aud oh, nama you cannot think
How gay the blossoms grew
host upon the rivers brink
We're clad in white and blue
While Others stretched across the wood
And up the hin side wound.
As if bunch of rain-bows had
Been flung upon the ground.
And us I watched, in ecstacv.
Their bright heads toss end hale
stream of sweetest melody
Came surging through the air.
And eh. mama, it scared and rang
And seemed the sky to fill.
An Eden seiaph surely sang
Above that fiow'rg hill
And while knelt with strange sweet awe.
I'd never felt before
These words came mingling with the song
And echoed down the shore -
Sweet child No doubt or fear VI care
Hath aueht to do with thee,
Thou urt too pure to see or share
The false worlds falsity
And, bright eyed darling, ere the sun
Another round shall take,
fhoult stand where sorrows never come
Where pure hearts never break "
And then the music soft and low
DIED out along the stream,
The landscape faint ana fainter grew,
woke, and twas dream
But deep within my heart l know
Ghe angels words were true,
And, mother, would Joy to 60
II you were going too.
And you piH come ere many years,
This world is fleeing fast
Oh, mot er why those bitter tears
Wen meet above at last '"
When twiiight's clouds of purple hue
Sailed DER the far off sky,
That child. with dreamy eyes OF bl,,e,
Lay calmly down to die.
And ere with morn's first gush OF song
The eastern hills were rife,
He stood ami that shining throng
Beside the Stream of Life
Orwell Vt. 5. Z. II
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1859-05-18

A RAT IrEM.-The reporter Of the
Philadelphia North american recently
stumbled upon professional rat catcher
and speculator, from whom he gathered
some curious facts relative to the art Of
rat catching, and the use to which the
animals are put, which is to furnish
amusement for the inhabitants of the city
of brotherly love. The rat catcher says
he is the proprietor of pit, in which
regular exhibitions Of rat fighting are
given three times a week. The average
consumption of rats in this pit is about q
hundred and fifty per week. The rat
catcher knows all the spots in the city
where rats are most abundant, and there
are his traps regularly set on every night
in the year. His best results are obtain
ed at the breweries, the livery stables.
and around the old and dilapidated quar-
tiers of the city. He boards every for
oign ship Immediately upon her arrival,
and during the first night generally cap.
lures every rat that finds harbor among
its .imbers. Sometimes as many as q
hundred are caught on single night from
one vessel
The trap which he uses-a patented
ARTICLES an oblong box, open at both
ends, and baited with roasted cheese,
sprinkled with oil of carroway. Walk
ing in to seize the tempting morsel Mr.
Rat steps upon sliding trap which lets
him down into Il grated apartment, and
then resumes its former position to accom-
modate the next customer. After one rat
enters, the box fills rapidly. Sometimes
the rat merchants supply increases much
faster than the demand, and he accumu-
lates a stock OF thousand rats, which
he feeds with dead pigs and other ofial
Sometimes he sells to the New York pits,
and week or two ago received $50 for
as many "good, lively rats" The Phila-
delphia operator has made decidedly
''good thing" pecuniarily, out of his nov
el trade, and besides two good brick
houses, owns . building which rents tor
$3.50, and has $4,000 invested in stocks.
all the proceeds of rat catching He has
followed the business from childhood, hav-
ing been taught its mysteries by his faith
er, who was Scotch rat catcher.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1859-05-18

tendants. One huge criminal, with .
speckled forehead and proposcis, is guilty
Of the murder Of no less than three unfor-
tunate natives.
The magnificent mild monster which
belonged to Sir Hugh Wheeler was car
ried off by the Mana, and was delivered
up to US by the Rajah Of Furruckabad,
died few days ago, Immediately after
carrying some officers to church. He was
a fine courageous creature, and his trunk
and forehead bore marks of the claws of
more than one tiger which had charged
him, and then been trampled to pulp BY
his ponderous feet His weakness"
was fine French rolls, which he swallowed
as an Alderman would take Cookies pills
and the twinkle of his eye, as he gulped
the loaf down, and gave a gentle sigh out
of his PROPOSES, proclaimed the Syperits.
used to take great delectation in obser.
wing the creatures at the bath in the riv-
er which flows by our camp. They came
down in files, trumpeting gaily in anticipa-
tion Of the treat, and houndered into the
waters Of the Goomtee like so many port.
ly Bruxellers, enjoying the peasoup sea
of Ostend
Each takes long, deep drink, putting
his probocis into the water, and then dis
charging the contents of it when filled by
suction, into his cavernous nav. Having
thus filled up wrinkle or two in his side,
he deposites himself bodily in the stream,
so that one side lies out of water, and the
tip of his proboscis is kept above the sur
face for air. On this exposed island the
mahouts labor diligently, washing the
baest and rubbing him with hard brushes
cleaning his ears, kneading and shampoo
ing him, while the pachyderm emits little
squeaks of satisfaction. When one side
is done, the elephant turns on the other,
and he is very angry indeed. if he does
not get his full share of Manipulation
Correspondence of Tie London Times.