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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1859-11-16
For the Democrat
THE SEA IN AIR.

In the air are beating, breaking,
Waves of darkness aud of light,
Sometimes sleeping, sometimes waking,
Both by day or sombre night.
Roll on roll--forcyer flowing,
a yoiceless, moving sea they are,
Tide on tide, forever pouring,
Der the beacliless sea in air.
onits surface ships are sailing
Laden with our hopes oflife,
Never once their sails a-brailing,a
Near our earthly scenes Of strife.
Yet this seals one ofpassion,
iieaying up its hidden caves,
Following Ocean in his fashion
Building lonely, unknown graves.
Up and down upon its bosom,
Washing with its ceaseless tide,
Joys and hopes but yetln blossom
To and iio, unceasing ride.
But ont upon Its darkn'd waters
Whispers reach US day and night,
. From our dear ones-early starters
For tie glst'ning gates Of light.
81 : (. ~ i e. IS = 3 Il
Away Ger its misty heav.ngs,
Acity golden, flashing Stands,
Where no fear, nor lowly grievings,
Echo Ger its silver sands.
Soon shall we our leave be taking
For this peaceful distant shore,
Z And DER this airy sea awaken
With thoseswe love-the gone before.
Alexandria, Nov. 9, 1859.
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Maxi1ns and Moral Sentences

/. ny sTASIsLAus KING OF POLAND.


II is onelof'thc great effects OF Providence, that
every nation, however miserable it may be, faleies
that happiness cannot be found elsewhere
The best way for some to console themselves for
their ignorance is to believe useless III thar they
do not know.
Can princes born in palaces b sensible of tho
misery of those who dwell in cottagca2
Patriotism Is nothing more than the sentimant Of
our welfare and the dread Of seeing it disturbed
E. Everything, even picty, is dangerous in man
without Judgment. iseT
Reason has an occasion for experience; but cxpe.
riencc is useless without reason. ead 10
Conscience admoEishes as d friend beforc pun.
ishing US as Judge. 81 FL. YEA sss.ss..i8
10 believe with certainty We must begin NTH
doubling. 4st-aa-~s-s IS
cannutcomprehcnd how deceit is SO cried down,
and at the same !in,e, so common. There ID no
man bnt is afraid Of being deceived, mid yet, on
4 the least opportunity, endeavors TO deceive
Others. $
3 - s \ Z - 3
| would be glad that there was less distance
between the people and the great. The. people
then, not believing the great to be greater than
they are, would fear them less and the great, mo.
imagining tue people more insignificant and nils.
Herablc tl'an they are, would fear them not s
/ Ifaeaaty knew all lle advantages Of the modesty
that he;ghtens its charms ii would not constantly
expose y to 50 many dangers.
Why dy from the unbsppyf Theirstate max es.
us moro sensible Of the value Of the happiness We
possess
& To suppose courage Il, coward, istoinspire him
with courage in effect. go.
TO make the principle of our conduct consist In
the necessity of duty. is to make il very hard and
painful anu toIespose ourselves constantly toaha
desire Of breaking through It. s, bgs.sFt
How many people make everything their bust
uess, because they know not how to occupy tliem.
J. selyrsin any thing. y. s2tss
!, Experience, acquired b. faults, is very costly
/. master.
Wearc faad Of conYersing with those We lore,
why therefore cannot man, who loves himself SO
y well, remain moment with himself. ,6.ssss -
Its not astonishing that the lore Of Tsposs
keeps US in continual agitation? azsslf
In all sorts Of governments man Is made to believe
fhimself free, and to be iaohains. 5oa -
. The less we require from Others the more~Ue OBJ
tain. To exercise authority too much is tie way
/ to lose it.
r He who possesses great deal is not the most
happy it is he who desires little, and knows hos
to eninyit.
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Decay Of Irish Nobility.

We extract the following, from Vicissi-
tndes Of Families etc. by Sir Bernard
Bprke
The gcntr5sof Ireland are now, in many
cases, dispossessed; new manners and new
men are filing the land, and the old time
honored houses are rapidly passing away.
Whoever collects instances Of fallen
families, some thirty years hence, will
have fruitful foldsto gather in. No one
will gainsay the beneficial Influence the
Encountered Estates Court has exercised
in a national pollltsof view, or fail to trace
to its Introduction into Ireland the dawn
Of the prosperity which is now shining on
that most improving Of countries. That
it has worked infinite public good is I'M
deniaa'e; but tits equally certain, that the
general benefit has been effected at the
cost Of much individual misery. The con
dition Of the countryis increased by it, as
the state Of a boats crew, tempcst-tossed,
with only a slender basket Of provisions,
lis improved by some of the unhappy SUI.
sesers being thrown overheard and
drowned. But the relatiYessof the doomed
cannot but lament, and even the uncon
nected spectators of such stern and sharp
Justice cannot remain unconeerned. Nc
cases ofvicissitudes would be so pathetic,
no episodes Of decadence so lamefltalle
as those that could be told, in connection
with tie transfer Of land III Ireland, but
tstllc wounds are too fresh, and the ruiI
Etoo recent Ter me to ei.tcf on SO painful
"a theme. Many well-born gentleman
torn frcm his patrmoay- sought ant
found on the liosnitahle shores of Austria
liaand America the shelter and happiness
| denied to him in J the land Of his birth
while some I might mention, who staid Al
home in the vain hope Of retrieving tht
past, or who were tooold to enter ON :
new career, ended their days in the poor
house. What story Of fiction is more
striking than that Of Mr. Darcy, Of Xii
tullagh and Cliflen Castle, in the county
of Galway, who. after the r,,jnous sale
of his estates, took orders and became. ;
missionary in tie very district which uset
| to be his own /? or, what moro marvellous
instance Of the depreciation sos properl.
than in the sale Of Castle Hyde, in Ii,
county Of Cork, the Inheritance Of MI
i Hyde, a scion Of the Clarendon llydes
and first cousin of the Duke OF Devon
shire, who was deprived Of his fine Oh,
place in the worst times Of the famine !?
-----------~aass b s l5
| Hawr.IE STAY HssfeIyEn kRayFNs FsoPosifIo:
~ assrqsbps hsi9nsiRg te Ar, Washington, VII
was taken.by the insurgents at thatiple bis naste
| Was when 10 REACHED the Ferry saa offered apik
which he refused, Wael oac Of The nslIrgent tols
him that he was free and should fIsght the white
The boy replied, Z don't know anything abon
being free II was free enough betufe son teaa nj
and I'm not going to fight Until see iassa Lew
fghting, and then fight him. Ills boy 81
| among the prisoners in the engine house, 4 |
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Thackeray Oh Washington.

i In q late number Of the !" svirginians' is a
spirited ssage5on the great struggle that added
the stars and stripes to the list of national
flags: 2 8
Ah! tbs easy, now " 9 are worstcd, to look oyer
the map Of the great empire wrested from US, and
show how we ought not 10 have lostAit. Long Is
land ought to have DIFFERENTIATED Washington's
army; he ought never to have come out Of Valley
Forge except as a prisoner. The South was ours
after the battle Of Camden, hut for the uconccisr
BILE meddGns Of the Command Chief al New
York, who paralyzed the exertions Of the only ca
able British General who appeared during, the war,
and sent him INTO that miserable cul-se,sac at York
town, whence he could only issue dehatcd and q,
,prisonerO fora week more q day more, an hour
more Of darkness or light. In reading over our
American campaigns from their unhappy
ment to their inglorions end, now that we are able
to see the eneiny's movements and conditions as
well as our own,I fancy NE can see how an ad.
vance, a march, might hare put enemies into our
power who had no means to withstand it, and
changed the entire issue Of the struggle. But it
was ordained BY Heaven, and for the good, as we
can have no doubt, Of both empires, that the great
Western Republic should separate from us; and
the gallant soldiers Who fought on her side, their
Iindomitabie and heroic chief above all, had the
glory Of facing and. overcoming, Lotonly veteran
soldiers amply provided and Injured to war. but
Saeteaedness, cold, hunger, dissensions, treason
within their own camp, where all must have gone
to rack but for the pure and unquencbable fame
of patriotism that was forever burning in the bosom
of the heroic leader. What constaIlcy, what a
magnanimity, what surprising persistence against
/ foitune! Washington before the enemy WIS No
better nor drawer than hundreds that fought viii
| him or against him, twho has not heard the re-
psatad speers against Fabus, in which hisfactiou'
captains were accustomed to indulge but Wesh
ing.on, the chief Of nation In arms, doing bati|S
with distracted parties; calm in the midst Of con
spiracy serene against the open foe before hin
| and the darker enemies at his back Washington
inspiring ardsr and spirt into troops hungry am
4 10 rags; stung BY ingratitude, but bstsaslng NJ
anger, and ever ready TO forgive, in defeat irwin
chile, magianimaus in cangaests and never SO sub
lime as on that day when he laid down biz victari
oas sword and sought his noble retirement; here
indeed, is character to admire and revere; a lif
1 without stain, d fame without Aaw."
A ~ 4. 3 ~. Z ~ 4
Three things that nescr agrcc--two cats owe
ono mouse : two ylycs II, one house: two lover
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Sir John Franklin and his Crew.

Toll the sanity minister bell,
For We know they're now at rest;
Where they lie, they sleep as we'll
As in Airkgard old and blest.
Let the requiem echo free
From the shores of England forth,
Over leagues of angry sea,
Toward the silence of tie North.
Half a score Of years. or more,
They were phantoms in our dreams;
Many a night, on many a shore
Lit by wan Aurora CLEANS,
We haye tracked the ghostly band
Seen distressful signals wave
Till we find dim Williams Laud
Holy with the hcros grave.
Toll the bell! that they may rest;
Haunting spectres ofour brain
They for whom her tireless CUES:
Love pursued SO long in vain:
Neyermore let fancy feisn;
That the wondered Esqninaux
HAPPY sees them toll again,
Wild and !aggard through the snow.
From the Erebas they past
To arealm Of light and BAN;
And the Terror sailed at last
Into peace and perfect calm.
Toll the bell but to let its voice
Moaning in the muster dome,
Change at times, and rejoice,
For the mariners are home!
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lgans, by the Consulting Surgeon. will be sent
/ mail Gn sealed envelope) FREE OF CHARGE
arecep oftwo stamps for postage. Other Rcpo
land Tracks on the nature and treatmcnt OF sext
diseases, diet, &C., are constantly being publish
Rior gratuitous distribution, and viii be sent to
s&ka.Leted Some ofthe new remedies and metho
Hof treatment discovered during the last year, are
Hgreat value.
Address, for report or treatment, DR.. }. SKI
sLfN H0UGHT0N, Acting Surgeon, Howard Ass
8cation, No. South Ninth street, Philadelphia, I
By order of the Directors.
EZRA D. HEARTWELL,
B Gro. FA1RcHfhp, Secretary. President.
Sep2l-ly
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FA55NE n M Ms
e o N II O o PS a Nd TIA
FOR COTTON EsAEHS.

sEss- The New York Herald, Of THO aad alts has
the following remarks on sio. organization Of the
next House Of Representatives. It says
Great calculations hare been made upon GOALS
ton on business basis for the purpose Of elect
Ing the next Speaker Of the House Of Representa-
tiyes; that to say upon the Black Republicans be-
ing able to buy up with aportion Of the spells 8
Sufficient number of iDeagias Democrats or Of the
Southern Opposition members to give them a. ma
jority But the practical development given to
sewarlss "irrepressible conflict by ossawattonlie
Brown at Harpers Ferry oyerthrows this whole
scheme. The aest Hoase will stand as follows:
Republicans ...........s.. ............ll3
Democrats OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. %
Douglas Democrats. ........... -. Ill
Southern Opposition. ............... !. q
The Republicans looked for the six votes they
lack of a majority either from the Douglas Demo-
gratis or the Southern Opposition members. These
they cannot now hope to attain, for any Southern
member ofCongress who would now affiliate with
Black Republicanism would commit political suicide
and any Douglas Democrat whould do so would
murder the prospects of his leader to enter the
White House. In the South Mr. Douglas viii be
held responsible for the conluc, Of every one Of
those members of Congress who hare followed his
lead on the apti-Lecpifptoa platform. Look ont
sharp for now Congressional ce'nabnatons about
this hi ting.
PaYoR's ssrFrTlos Pears6nrsa Or as.~-Ali
parties csneede the election OF Roger 4, Pryor in
this Congressional District by from l2oa to 1900
majority A great jubilatian occurred here last
night and Mr. Pryor adlressctf the crowd from the
Merchants Exchange
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Three things that neGcr agrcc--two cats over
one mouse two wl.cs in one house; two ioscri
after enc civ,
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Volume |, Number ~.
gabbath @eatlina.
Dying From Home.

The following is an extract from the Memoirs
of the Rev. Mr.. Thatcher, a distinguished clergy
man Of Boston, who died few years since on
the continent of Europe, whittier he had repaired
for the benefit of bis health:
It is d sad thing to think that one must die
away from home. Tell not the invalid who is
yearning after his distant country, that the at
mosphere around him is soft, and the gales are
filed with balm, and the flowers are springing
from the green earth he knows the softest air
to his heart would be the air which hangs over
his native land that more gratefully than all
the gales of the South, would breathe the low
whispers of anxious affection that the icicles
clinging to his own caves, and the snow beating
against his own windows, would be far more
pleasing to his eyes, than the bloom and Verdure
which only more forcibly remind him how far he
is from that one spot which is dearer to him
than all the world beside He may find esti-
mable friends who will do all in their power to
promote his comfort and assuage his pains; but
they cannot supply the place of the long loved;
they cannot read as in book; they have learn
ed to communicate without hesitation all his
wishes, impressions, and thoughts to them. He
feels that he is stranger; and more desolate
feeling than that could not visit his soul How
much is expressed by that form of oriental bene-
diction-nay you de among yoar kindred.
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An Irish Letter.

ITINERARY, ireland, March 81 1856,
thing of ye sens the last time / wrote ye. |
have moved from the place where / now live, or
I should have written to you before. / did not
know where a letter might find you first; but
now take my pen in hand to drop you a few
lines, to inform you of the death of our only live
uncle, Fitzpatrick. He died very suddenly, af-
ter d long illness of six months Poor man, he
suffered a great deal He lay long time in
commissions, perfectly quiet and speeches., and
all the time talking incoherently and inquiring
for water I'm very much at a loss to tell ye
what his death was 6ccasioned BY , but the doc
tor thinks it was occasioned by his last Sickness
for he was not well fen days during his confne-
ment. His age ye know just aswell as can
tell ye; he was twenty five years old last March
lacking fifteen months; and if he had lived till
this time, he would have been six months dead,
jist.
n Blake notis, Iinclose to ye a tin.pound
note, which your father sends to ye unbeknown
to me. Your mother often speaks of ye; she
would like to send ye the brindle COW, and
would inclose her till ye but for the horns.
I beg leave of ye not to brake the sale of this
letter until two or three days after ye read it. for
which time yen be prepared for the sorrowful
news.
PATRICK O'BRANIGAN.
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A Thrilling Romance.
CHAPTER I.


She stood beside the altar, with wreath OF
orange blossoms upon her head Eupon her back,
the richest kind o. duds-her lover stood beside
her. with white kids and dickey clean-the last
was twenty-one years old, the other seventeen
The parsons job was over--eyery one had
kissed the bride5t and wished the young folks hap
piness, and danced, and laughed, and cried. -
The last kiss had been given, and the last word
had been said, and the happy pair had simmered
down, and sought the bride bed.
CHAPTER IL
She stood beside the wash-tub, with her red
hands in the suds, and at her sp-shod feet there
laid pile of dirty buds her husband stood be-
hind her-the crossest man alive. The last was
twenty-nine years old, the first was twenty-five
The heavy wash was over, and the clos hung
out todry, and little Tom had stuck his finger
in the dirty baby'seye. Tom had been spanked
and supper made upon crust Of bread, and
then the bride and bridegroom went grunbling
to their bed
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Natures Song in the Night.

Night hath its songs Have you never stood
by the sea at night and heard the pebbles sing
and the waves chant Gods glories
Or have you never risen from your couch and
thrown up the window of your chamber and
listened? Listened to what? Silence, save
now and then murmuring sound, which seems
sweet music then. And have you not fancied
that yod heard the harp of God playing in
Heaven Did you not conceive thatyon stars,
that those eyes of God looking down on you,
were also mouths of song-that every star was
singing Gods glory, singing as it shone its Al
mighty Maker, and his lawful, well-deserved
praise?
Night hath its songs. We do not need much
poetry in our spirit to catch the song of night,
and hear spheres as chant praises which are loud
to the heart, though they be silent to the ear
The praise of the mighty God who bears up
the unpilared arch Of Heaven, and moves the
stars in their courses.
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Direct Answer to Prayer.

It is related of Flavel, that upon one OCCASION
he took ship from Dartmouth for London. A
storm arose. and threatened the destruction of
the ship. Night came on and the violence Of
the storm increased About two O'Clock in the
morning the sailors declared there was no hope
of their being saved, unless the wind should
change for they were fast drifting towards rocks
on which, should the yesselstrike she would be
dashed to pieces. Mr. Flavel, requested that
all who could be spared from the deck sheaid
come into the cabin, and with him pray He
prayed fervently, for deiverence
No sooner was the prayer ended, than one
came down from she deck crying Deliver
ance deliyerance God is prayer hearing
God The wind has this moment came due
west ~ And true enough the wind. speedily
waited them away from the rocks and brought
them safely to London.
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'sShun a man who does not pay his compli-
ments to the ladies He who is wanting III hon
or towards curs, viii invariable attempt to dodge
the grocer tailor butcher and boarding house
mistress Faithlessness to the dimity institution
is a sure sign Of a want of good principle, piety
and good bringing up.
Just what We always told em, yet we take it
for granted that thesabove refers to men of some
sense, at least, rather than to that class of soft
Drained tops, who have nothing else to do but
to. study and make use of the art Of 5lattery in
place Of sentiment, to gain the undeserved faVors
of those who are too often deceived by outward
appearances.
Girls, if you would know the true secret Of a
young mans characterin this respect-how thor
oughly be viii stand the test--go to has home,
and learn hou.h treats has SISTER. or mother
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PATRICK O'BRANIGAN.

EXPOSING A MIN1srER.-A minister was one
Sabbath examining Sunday school in cate
chism before the congregation. The usaalques.
ton was put to the first girl, a strapper, who
usually assisted her father, who was publican,
in waiting upon customers.
g w hat is your name !"
No reply
What is your name! repeated Che par
SON.
/" None Of your fdn Mr. Minister said the
girl; ssyou know my name well enough. Don't
you say, when you come to our house, on a
night, Z Bet bring me SO me more ale ? =
The congregation, forgetting the sacredness
of the place, were in broad grin, and the par
son looked daggers.
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I4AMI3ERTVIIIIa AUG 1859.

WE REMEMBER when we were living down
east of neighboring farmer hiring a jolly
Irshman, who was very fond Of learning tricks.
One day his employer asked him if he wouldn't
like to learn Yankee trick The Irishman OF
course was anxious to larn Yankee trick =
Bringing him to the end Of a brick barn, Jona-
than laid his open hand against the wall, remark
ing
Pat, I'll bet the liquor you can't bit my
hand"
"Its donep says Pat, making a vicious blow
at the palmof the hand, but it being quickly
withdrawn, he succeeded in peeling the skin and
flesh off his knuckles.
That's a nasty trick p roared Pat, I" but
how'd on, I'll cheat somebody else"
A few months passed, and Pats brother came
over from Ireland, as green as early peas. They
both labored together, but Pat was uneasy till
he should have learned his brother the trick.
q Jim, did you ever larn Yankee trick?"
/" Niver"
Pat finding himself in the centre of large
field, thought it would be great loss of time to
go to the barn, and reaching out his open hand,
lie cried !" Strike that if you can p
" jim made a desperate pass, but Pat having
pulled away his hand, Jim fell after the blow,
remarking that that was an old woman's
thrick"
"Thry it now !" shricked Pat, placing the
same open hand against his own mouth.
Jim prepared for a sockdologer, and bringing
his massive g bunch Of fves " in loving proximity
with Pats nose and mouth, who pulled away
his hand as before, he sent him reeling to the
earth with four broken teeth and alarge guam
tity of blood, for larnin him the Yankee thrick !"
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ADVERTISEMENTS are very much like seed sovn

ADVERTISEMENTS are very much like seed sown
which bear abundantly after many days. Ad-
vertisers generally admit that ultimately oene
fits them. The man who is seeking custom IN
any branch ftrade, must invite and attract It
by notoriety. Business will go to no house I'M
solicited and could not, if it would, find it in OBJ
scurity. It is a fact attested by universal expe-
rience that merchant or manufacturer who is the
advertised has the best run of custom.
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Religion is not a perpetual hopping over
good books. Religion is not even prayer. praise,
holy ordinances. These are necessary to religion,
no man can be religious without them But
religion is mainly and chiefly the clarifying God
among the duties and trials Of the world; the
guiding of our course amid adverse winds and
currents Of temptation, by the starlight of duty
and compass of divine. truth; the bearing rs
manfully, wisely, courageousfy, for the honor of
Christ, our great Leader in the conflict of life.