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The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1863-10-30
Dyspepsia, Heart Disease, Fits, Epilep-
~. NIe La Il elm NeMraIylA

Many remarkable cures Of tl,ens affections have been
made by the Alternative power Of this medicine. ii stimn-
lttrs the vital functions mo vigorous action, AMI thus
oyercumes disorders which would be supposed beyond ito
reach. Such u remedy has long been required by tho ne-
rcssitirs OF the people. and we are confident that this will
do for tlpM all that meuicine can do. . .
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1863-10-30
Leucorrhes o. whites. OVARIAN Tuvu or,
Uterlnu UIeeration, Fen,nLe Diseases.
Syphilis aud MercnrI.I Disease.

NRW OfIftN3. GhIh AngNst, INbV.
pa. E. Avss Sir, ] cheer fully comply with the re-
quest ~ yn,i sIe"t. aml rer"ri Ia YEA some Of The effects
] have realized with yuur Str aIaiiua.
] have rn''i with II. in INV practice, most " tbs rom.
rlainis fr ~liiri, 1t il recommended, aud lsv" funI lis
Effects truly wonderful IN tile cure IL I,beIyrI ami N.r.
cEr'oi Dsr"'s. Unr q my patients hnd %SyJhiliilc ulcers
Va lis throat, which were consuming lila pniafe sudl the
top Of His mouth. Your Sarsaparilla, stsaIily taken,
cured him Ia I've weeks. Another wa attacked ly s-c-
Oniary symptoms IN his auss. and the ultriniiuni bud
eaten away u considerable part IL II, ~, that I believe tho
disOrdor ",u,lJ sas,n reach his haiB aud Xiii him. Lut It
yielded to my administration 81 your sarsaInrila; the
ulcers healed, a'Hd lac i. well again, not Of course without
some disIiIuruiiun to his scs. A woman " Tho had been
treat-l for tie same disorder hy mercury pas suffering
from this poison III her hmus-. They hal 'ler"nie ~ sem
sitirU 10 the weather that un "a damp day she suffered tx
crnria,ing pain in her jints aud Lunrn. She, l. o, was
cured en'ii'ly iy your SHrhui ariiia IN y few weeks. I
know ii"n lis ttimuls, which your agsni gave me-, that
THIS Preparation huin Snur laboratory must is n great
remedy consequently. il'roe tiuly remarkable results
will II have tot s,h piisrd Is.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1863-10-30

lspErrSrENCt, Preston Co.,, W.. tui July, lS59.
Dn. J. c. AYR: Sir, I have Lsts anlictsl with a pniA-
ful chronic HhfniH"t'sm Tor = Iona time, which lmhi.a the
skill II ri, ySicinns. aud stuck to me- Ia spite Of all The
rsu sles could mud, until ! tried ynir SsrfAIaiilla one
bottle caial me in tws vsrks ard Restored my general
hsslti, ~ much that sEi far better than before was
sttHt ksd. think II y npndvri ul medicine. J. BNEAA.
Juls Y. d-tcl-il. Of ~. Louis, writes: 81 have ieen
afflicted Tor sraI. with All og,ciion If Ne Lrsr, which
drsirUye MY health. ! iIied every thing, snd every Thing
failed ~ rel,e'- ne; and have been u broken dU~u man
for s4ns years nom Io other cause than d~erdnoem,nt ~
ts lirNr. My beloved pastor, ths lirv. Mr.. fspy, advised
me to try y"ur snIsuI srilia, lrtause lie s@iJ le Knew You,
And any hing you made waa worth trying. ny the hlers-
ing Of iol Il lna Clrei me, and has 50 purified my blood
~ 10 make u new man Of me. ] feel young again. The
I..t that cun he sAid Of yon is not half good enough"
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1863-10-30
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Fever and FgNe,
Liver Complaint,
QYspeps1o,
Indigestion,
Jaund5oe,
Kidney Complaints,
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The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1863-10-30
MEDICAL.
AYERS
SarSaparilla

N'S W 80 ''''"ihk NlNfi
sc%rofuia and ScrofuI o ne Anecttons,suc h
as TuhhOrs, Ulcers, sores, Eruptions,
PIN pies, Postu1es, Blotchss, Boils,
bl1ins, ana all skin Diseases.
0AgL,sD, Ind, 9th June, 1862.
}. c. Arsn a Co. Gents: I Eel 1t my duty to &C.
knowledge what yonr sarsaIariIls has done ir MT.
Having inhe,itel a Scrufuious Infection, have suffered
nom II Ia various ways for years. Sometimes Il burst
cut IN Ulcers On my hands aud arms; sometimes 4
tuinvi inn ard and distressed ME ut The stomach. Two
year. ago " bfoke ont un my head and covered my scalp
aud vars with "nc sVIs. whicl, was painful aud ~loathsous
beyond descriptions. ] tried many niedicil,es aud several
phS slcians, but without mach reliaf frnm any thing. In
iatt, the disorder grew worse. At length | wns irjniceJ
10 read In Tie Gospel Messenger that you had prepared
AZ Alternative lSairaparillaL { = ] knew nom your rrIuta-
ti"i that any thing you made must lie good. ] sent &c
Cincinnati aud got 1t, and uspl II ill II cured Inc. I took
II, US You advise, IN small dU-es Of = t.zspOOIfnl over
month, ani used almost three bottles. New atpl l,eslihy
skin soun Lrsan to iUrH untLor the scrb, which after
while fell OIL Ay skin II now cirar, aud J know by my
feelings that the disease has gune from NY " stem. You
eau well lrlievs that ft-l what an ~, Ing When ! iel
you, tl,at ! huid you To he cue Of lie apostle. Of The age
and remain over gratefully. Yours,
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1863-04-01

MORE REVOLUTIONS From the following, we
may expect to find the continent Of Europe this
summer in blaze Of revolution. 1t is most
time for France to change her dynasty
The operations of the Russian military con
scription or draft in Poland eyentuated in gen
eral and wide spread uprising against the author
ity of the Gar in the ancient kingdom. The
movement may be called national military
revolution A general massacre of all the
Russian troops in the country was planned for the
night Of the 22d Of January, and in order to eff
feet it attacks were every where made upon the
detachments Of soldiers separately cautioned
The Poles killed all the soldiers they found in
the houses where they were billeted. The tele-
graph wires in the neighborhOod Of Warsaw
were destroyed. Tive thousand conScripts late
" enrolled deserted and assembled at different
points. Three centres Of instruction were in
this way formed by bands each about one thou
sand strong, onein the direction of Minsk, eight
versts from Warsaw; The second at Bionie, and
the the third 1T PuItusk. One OF those bands
was dispersed, the others having crossed the Wis
lula, effected junction With troops Of insur-
gents that had assembled in tile forests Of Mas
letchs Con4fHrts had Ftatcn place, in which a
Russian colonel was wounded and general kill
ed, and The whole kingdom Of Poland was de
clared in state Of siege. The garrison af War
saw, was increased to forty thousand men, and
tie latest desnatcb fr1.n St Pnter~burg says.
"NarsaW IS quiet 1t was by no means certain,
notwithstanding, that any decided impression
has been made on the insurrection.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1863-04-01

Governor Vance, Of North Carolina, has com
,menced investigating the conduct Of the shoe
manufacturers of that State, and in every case
where the provision Of the exemption law have
been disregarded, the offenders having failed 10
confne their profits to seventy-fve per cent,
has caused the employers and all their work,
men to be conscripted. Three Of the largest
establishments in tile State have been closed in
consequence Of their proceedings, and ali the
hands sent to camps Of instructions. The re-
suit is great decline in the price Of leather,
when manufactured throughout the State. We
wish that we could say the same was the case in
Shreveport, and that shoes were selling at any
thing like reasonable rates, say, at three times
former prices.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1863-04-01
Seige of Vicksburg,
The New York World sums up the condition
of affairs at Eicksburg as follows:

The New York World sums up the condition
of affairs at Vicksburg as follows:
Already we have established chain of bate
ries from opposite the lower edge of Vicksburg
! to opposite Warrsnton, which, though they may
be useless in reducing the heavier batteries of the
rebels on the bluffs, may he of service in cover
! ing landing Of troops in conjunction with the
gunboatS and absolutely close the rli er commu-
nication. Not even the unfinished Vicksburg can
hope to escape from her present Judgment, but
must either be destroyed by the hands of her
owners or fall into our hands as prize. So far
this is great gain.
The latest indications are, however, that a
more sweeping and less hazardous process is to
be attempted than landing of troops in front OF
the city-some hing in the nature of the coup &c
guerre at Island No. 10. Gen. McArthur's divis-
ion is reported to have moved from sic mouth of
the Yazoo to Lake Providence, La, hundred
miles further up. Here it appears that the Mis-
sissppi is not far removed from two streams, the
bayou's Macon and Tensas, which, at high water
are nearly joined to the present stream at their
sources. Thence they continue down i'll tor
tuous path until they reach Red River near its
mouth, some twenty-five miles above Bayou Sara
and fifty above Port Hudson
1t is deemed possible at the high stage of the
Mississippi, by little excavation and clearing to-
turn SO much OF the river into this new channel
as to make a navigable stream OF the Tensas Or
Macon, leaving VckSburg some hundred miles to
the left. Should this scheme succeed we might
expect to see half Of our army advancing in
feet Of TRANSPORTS 30 assist Gen. Banks at Port
Hudson, preparatory to the grand attack on Vicks-
burg by the combined armies.
1t will thus be seen that there is very narrow
chance between the rebels and their utter defeat.
They will not think of transferring the bulk of
their army to Port Hudson, for it could neither
be COTTON there nor fed if there without the
river. The alternative would be thar Port Hud
son must be evacuated, the garrison withdrawn
for the support Of Eicksburg, where the contest
could be resumed with the united forces Of both |
armies
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1863-04-01
For the South N-nster1,

History, poetry, the drama, the fables, all have
their peculiar points OF interest and as fields iol
the employment Of genius have ever 0rencd the
I brightest promise ID the mind While neithe!
scd1ptured marble nor lofty columns can revca
to after ages the liaeaments Of single mind
yet, the natur8Iists beneath the oak adnIres Him
that raised it, The stranger beneath the sha.
dows OF the rising pillars Of antiquity, looks with
pride to the generation that planned them as the
traveller stands beneath the dome OF St Paul. or
moves, with religious awe down the silent aisles
of Westminster Abbey, the features of the noble
dead rise again and he breathes the senti
ments Of a former age. So walking the WAYS
Of the past We arc Instructed ana grow wise. by
prying and specializing at the future, we are be-
wiIdered and become crazy.
With what strength and yigor will the mind
ever cling to the fourth day Of March, 1860, and
the events Of its productions which have led out
the world a thousand leagues from where it has
stood lormore than half century.
Young America, fuiI Of blessings not appreci-
ated, rose up with more aspirations than brains
and upon the thonghtless war steed dashed away
in pursuit Of agerand:zement Bat alas! before
him lay, though wrapped in the future, the bloody
fields OF civil contention from whose wreaking
plains electric cords have stretched touching so
many hearth stones with sorrow that time can
never heal-who8e eyes have not s.reamed in
bitter tears? whose heart has not trcnbled be-
meath the suspense Of the moment of conflict
And YET is all ills not enough. If the broad mas
ses were permitted to speak would it not be
enough. Palsied be that arm and accused be
that head that would not strike and plead for
peace. You gentlemen, held a stand point from
which YOU may WELD powerful sccpteI-- trike
for my country sake-fOr Lumanity's sake
When your dust is buried Beneath the soil of
twenty centuries, may it be read upon your mar
bic, blessed are the peace makers. Certainly
the once proud American people are now in the
straits Of Messina, while the fearful Charybdis
wirls upon the one side, the lofty cliffs of Scylla
rise upon the other. Truth and the freedom of
the press can alone save US, and for these mighty
arms let every freeman speak. Texas.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1863-04-01

TRIAb FOR SEIzING.-On Yesterday trial for
s9izing beeyes, in which Maj. R. A. Crawford
was the defendant, came off before the city
magistrates.
The facts, as we are informed, are about these:
Maj. Crawford has the contract to furnish the
hospitals here with beef. A lot of beeves were
driven to this market some weeks ago, and the
major was endeavoring to purchase them of the
owners, when the prosecutors in the case bought
the beeyes and was carrying them away from the
city; ehereupon Maj. Cummings, who has o.
proper authority from the war department.
piled to Col Lee for detachment Of men,
under the direction of Maj. Crawford took pos
session of the cattle for government use, first
offering them the market price, which was re-
fused.
Maj. Crawford, upon establishing these facts,
was honoraby acquitted, and the prosecutors
mulcted in the costs. Atlanta Conederaey.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1863-04-01
Our special dispatch from Pamela brings US the

Our special dispatch from Pamela brings US the
gratifying intelligence that the federals at Her
raando have been met and routed by the indom-
ea Col. Blythe, who has been of such signal
- to the State, ever since the occupation Of
Memphis By the enemy. He has on many occa-
sions shown what may and can be done by very
small band Of brave, resolute and determined
spirits.
Now that Gen. Chalmers has been assigned to
duty in the northern portion of the State, we
are induced to hope that our military forces in
that section may be rendered more for service
able in holding the enemy in check. Chalmers
is ever vigilant, always daring and will give the
enemy no peace should he endeavor to possess
and retain a foothod on Mississippi soil. Both
he and Blythe are in their native woods, and we
predict that marauding bands will Inject with rough
usage when they come out from Memphis to
pillage. Memphis Appeal.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1863-04-01
SHREVEPORT:

Subscription for year, S., in advance; for 6
months, $3.-None taken for shorter period.
Persons ordering the paper should be particular
70 write their names plain, making each letter
distinct. The name of the post office should also
De written plain. Most Of our correspondents
use too much paste for sealing lin most of cases
In opening the letters they are mutated A let
ter put up and fastened with the usual size wafer
ia safer than one glued or pasted all round.
No ''shin plasters" taken-Confederate notes
aud Shreveport currency is the only money we
receive
Advertisements 81 per square first insertion
and 81 per square for each continuance. Mar
riages obituaries, calls for public meetings, and
editorial notices, all charged as other advertise
ments. All advertisements must be handed in
on or before Tuesday 10 o'clock, A. NJ, to insure
insertion in Wednesdays issue.
THE WEATHER.-Last Saturday night we had
considerable storm Of wind and rain here. In
Harrison county, Texas, bordering on the Lou
tsiana line, they had very severe hail storm,
which did much damage Here, on Tuesday
morning, we had killing frost, and it is feared
has damaged the fruit and vegetation much.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1863-04-01
Severe Rnt lust

| Referring to the remarks of some of the mem
bers of the Confederate congress, who have de
clared that newspapers are doing more harm
than good" the Mobile Tribune says:
That man is a fool, or has some especial per
sonal grievance against the craft, who cannot see
that they are honestly performing the duties Of
their VOCATION and we are glad to say that we
know offew exemptions to this high virtue within
the Confederate States.
We venture also to assert that even the least OF
them may be considered Of as much value to tho
general cause as any one Of half the members of
the Confederate congress. Their enemies are
those who lack the ability to achieve the impor-
lance which their ambition Graves; those who are
envious of the merit which has its due applause
through their columns; those whose mercenary
purposes are exposed and thus checked The
officer who has crawled to place by servility or
fraud, and whose value is tested in battle, detests
a newspaper, and would also, if his power were
equal to his desires ''back' or hang all those who
have mastered the reconcile arts Of reading and
writing. The hangers on of these officers-the
pickers up Of the crumbs which fell from official
tables, and there are many Of them everywhere
they are indignant when their masters are men
toned in print, unless it be in disgusting hyper
bole.
Politicians who have girded on their sword and
arc using it as an instrument to exhume and re-
create their dead regulations, these and scores of
others believe that free press is great evil, and
ought to be subjected to military surveillance
The patriot, on the contrary sees in the newspaper
an instrument which unites the different parts Of
the country in brotherhood of sympathy; sees
in it a means Of appealing to, and arousing and
encouraging the general patriotism; sees how it
keeps the charitable feeling of our people alive;
sees how it gives heart to desert; sees how it
pricks reputation which without it, might be
blown up to SO great proportions as to bring ruin
on the country; sees how it is constantly on hand
to intercede for the wronged and to sustain the
right sees how welcome it is to the thousands of
households that would be in the suspense Of ig- |
norahcN without it. In short, its good uses are
and could only be properly appreciated
if it were stricken out Of existence. But these
are obvious and used no display |
7hey who deny them may very justly be suspec-
ted Of holding positions which they are conscious
they ascot fitted for. The sooner such men find
theirA-Nl--are reduced to the ranks Of military
Or civil fethe better it will be for all Of us who
are working il dead earnest to achieve the eman-
cpation Of the country from the sordid tolls of
yankee despotism.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1863-04-01

A universast writes to the Christian Free
man that IF my orthodox brethren will send
me $40, 900, to pay the expenses Of . trip to
japan, will engage to introduce ristianity
into the empire, or return with tfemoney at
the end Of three years, with compound inter
sat" We would like to take trip to that dis
SAINT country, and would go for IS, 900, and print
: lot of tracts in the bargain.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1863-04-01
\ CITIZEN OF WARD No. :
Spring Ridge, La, March 20, 1868.

The FooD QUEsTIoN.-We took a new fit of the
blues yesterday conyer3ing with an intelligent
planter from neighboring county, about the
prospect for food He says the legislation of the
last general assembly limiting the cotton crop to
three acres TO the hand, will operate practically
to produce more cotton than If there had been
no legislation at all, and the business been left
to the operation of public opinion. Every man
will plant to the maximum and most of them
practically beyond il, bysWeng their computa-
ton Of hands 10 the EXTREMIST limit Moreover
they will select the best land, and staIve the
corn crop to manure the cotton. Besides this,
last years corn crop had the benefit of cotton
seed manure, which is equal to ten bushels of
corn to every bale Of ginned cotton; but this year
there is no seed for manure. Last year also.
there were thousands Of small farmers to cult
vate provision crops and feed the families, who
this year are in the army, leaving behind their
families to be fed. Thus, if provisions are so
scarce and high with the abundant crops of last
year. what may be reasonably expected in view
Of so great diminution Of the bread products
as seems inevitable under these circumstances?
Our friend was alarmed at the prospect, and so
1--WE won't effect to disguise it, is the humble
scribber of the Telegraph. Planters, farmers,
Gcorgians all, the very best we can do, if every
nerve is strained for bread and no cotton planted
will be short enough Of the public necessities.
The question Of southern independence turns on
food. Shall il be starved out? Macon Tel.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1863-04-01

The amount ofmoney to be paid into the Uni
ted States treasury for exemption from military
duty BY the Quakers Of Indiana, it is said, will
amount to two hundred and ffty-three thousand
dollars.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1863-04-01

One or two more gunboats have passed by
Vicksburg.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1863-04-01
Z. E. w yche.
lst LIEUT.. J. Caldwell.
2nd Lieut.. Thomas Player.
3rd Lieut.. Fitzpatrick.

Book KEEPING.-We are much pleased to find
taat the erudite and ripe scholar, W. c. Crane
4one Of the editors Of the Louisiana Baptist, has
'oome out hrfnvor Of ladies being instructed in
bookkeeping. We regret he did not urge that
every school-boy should be instructed in the
same branch We are decidedly a commercial
" well as an agricultural people, therefore every
c. l., go book
ss@sepng. This very necessary and essential
qualification has heretofore been very much ne
elected in the south. Not one planter in a
hundred: knows any thing about it; even our
merchants, or many Of them, are but imper-
fectly informed Large houses keep a book
&ccp-keeper with his assistants, petty cashiers,
e,c. The owner or owners, for months knox,
nothing Of their real condition, and often the
afm goes down and the book keeper goes up.
We recollect once in New Orleans a hardware
merchant who was thought to be rich and sus-
tanned unlimited confidence, had changed his
hookerS, was called upon to meet drafts Of some
twenty thousand dollars--he had not that sum
on hand-timcs we're tight-no bank accommo-
ddtjon-he concluded that he must be protested
and disgraced. He went to an attorney and in
stituted suit against his creditors They held
q meeting, and commissioners were appointed
10 examine his affairs. After careful exami-
aation OF the affairs Of the merchant, he was
pronounced to have on his books SIS, 900 over
and above ali his liabilities and a stock Of hard
ware worth $4,000. Consequently he was
not permitted to 60 into liquidation.
Book-keepers throughout the southern States
receive very high salaries, some getting in New
Orleans as much as s., 900 perannum.
The Louisiana Baptist says, MAYHEM in his
manual of bookkeeping gives some excellent
roaso%z-&Ly young ladies should study book
keeping. Prof. I6graLan, the author of the
novel "Laftten and afterwards as an episcopal
minister, writer Of the "House Of David" and
she 'Pillar Of fire, once taught young ladies
At Nashville, Tennessee. He informed the
writer that he took great pains in teaching the
young ladies bookkeeping. Why not? In
Europe and at the north, they are employed to
keep books in mercantile houses. In the south
they, often as widows or as heiresses, have large
property at command and from want Of knowl-
edge Of accounts are swindled by gambling
lawyers, reckless overseers and unprincipled
commission merchants. If they understood the
principles Of bookkeeping and the general theo
~ Of trade and accounts they might savA shem
selves large sums Of money. Besides, book
keeping, is the only practical test thro' which a
young lady passes, exhibiting her knowledge Of
arithmetic.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1863-04-01

HoTEL CHAEGEs.-The fourleading Richmond
hotels, the Spotswood, Ballard, American and
Powhatan hotels, are now charging transient
guests the following rates per day: Ballard
house, eight dollars; Spotswood, eight dollars;
American hotel, six dollars; Powhatan, five dol
lars. The other and smaller hotels are charging
in proportion.