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Shocking Death Of q Tight Rope
Performer.

| III the. Wilmington IN. e. Dispatch Q
), the 18th ut, we find the following:
i Yesterday afternoon, about halfpast tw'
O'clock, the Wilmington Theater was tn
scene Of one of the most heart-rendin.
catastroEhies we have ever been called OF
to chronicle. "A matinee was advertised t,
be held at the Theater at two clock, P. NJ.
the performance to consist Of Ethiopian
Minstrelsy, by Charly Whites Iron-Clat
Opera Troupe, and feats Of the tight-ppe
|by Mr.. Delaine, whose real name was Thos
N. Huntly. The rope extended from thu
stage to the centre gallery, forming steer
ascent that it appeared almost impossible
to walk. Il
At the appointed time, however, Mr.
Huntley made his appearance, with the
heavy balance pole used on such occasions
land commenced his feat. He walked with
Igreat ease and success in the ascent, reach.
ing the gallery amid the rapturous applause
of the audience. In few moments he
turned to descend to the stage, but after
taking a few steps he lost his foothold and
fell, but succeeded in gaining the gallery
Apparently, becoming mortified at his par.
| tial failure, he remounted the rope, and at.
tempted to descend to the stage backwards;
but after proceeding a.few feet from the
gallery he again lost his balance, and then
commenced painful and thrilling struggle
for life.
Finding that he would probably fall from,
the rope, he threw his balance pole into the
dress circle, and, it is supposed, made an ef-
fort to spring into it himself. He merely,
however, touched it with his feet, and was
|precipitated, head downwards, in the par
quette below, the left side of the head strik-
ing the corner of one Of the seats, frightfully
crushing the skull, and producing almost in
slant death.
We examined the body after the occur
renee, and it appeared that all the internal
portion of the head had been forced into the
right temple. The lower part of the face
presented natural appearance, but the head
was horribly disfgured.
The deceased was a native of Nashville,
Tenn, where he leaves widowed mother,
but has latterlya been resident of Rich
mond, Va. He was aged between nineteen
land twenty years. He was a man of splen-
did physique, and, but for his untimely
death, would, doubtless, have attained a
high position in his profession. He had
performed but once before in public, and it
lis thought that the comparative novelty OIL
the performance deprived him Of that de-
|gree Ofcoolness and composre so necessary
in the execution Of so dangerous feat.
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A Radical Abolitionist,

Not long since George w. Julian, lead
ing Radical of Indiana, made most afro.
cious and bloody-thirsty speech, in which
he demanded of the execution Of Mr.. Da-
Wis, Gen. Lee, and other men of the South.
The Cincinnati Enquirer says the speech,
"in the monstrous falsehood Gifts state
ments and the demoniacal malignancy of
Tits language, is unsurpassed by anything
that has fallen under our observation We
|give an extract or two that the reader may
see what a perfect hell-hound the Radical
Abolitiopist sometimes becomes. After
reading ap indictment against Mr.. Davis,
in which he is charged with having ssdone
everything that devil incarnate could do
to let loose the whole contagion Of hell and
convert the earth into grand carnival Of
demons" Julian says:
"But, gentleman, we have caught him.
By The providence Of God, and through the
vigilance Of you soldiers, he is In your
power to-day. Now / would indict him,
and pay him the compliment ola decent
trial by the forms Of law. would convict
him, and then build gallows. and hang
him in the name of God. Applause Talk
about mercy to JEFF Davis? Why it is not
in the dictionary. Laughter It is like
the Constitution in relation TO the rebels
who have sinned away their rights under it
by treason. It has ceased to exist as to
them. When you ask me to exercise mer-
ey at the expense Of justice, ! decline.
know reach it by trampling justice under
foot. / don't ask vengeance. Davis has
committed treason, and the Constitution
says the punishment shall be DEATH In
the name Of half q million soldiers Who
have gone to the throne Of God as witness
ses against the deep damnation of their
taking off, in the name of your living sol
diers, in the name Of the republic, whose
life has been put in deadly peril; in the
nane of the great future, whose fate to-day
swings in the balance, depen ling on the
example you make OF treason, Idemand
/ the execution Of jeff Davis. And mas
much as the gallows is the symbol Of infa-
my throughout the civilized world, l would
lgive him the gallows, which is for too good
for bis neck.
"And / would not stop with Davis. Why
should /? There is old Gen. Lee, as hun
| cry for the gallows as Davis, Applause. |
He is running at large up and down the
hills and valleys Of Old Virginia, as if moth
ling ct all had happened; and lately / have
heard that he has been offered the Presi
ldency Of Ia college going to turn mission
larry and schoolmaster, I suppose, to teacl
the young idiots how to shoot. AT tht
time, he is to write history Of the rebel
Ilion. Gentlemen, I would not have hin
write that history. / would have it writ
item by a loyal man, and would have hin
lput in . chapter giving an account Of III
hanging Of Lee, as q traitor. [Chsefs.
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What right has Lee to be running at large,
while the Government thus confesses that
treason is no crime? What right has he
TO be in any place, except in the ninth or
lowest hell, where, Dante says all traitors
are found?
What right have you 10 cheat the Con
stltutlon out Of his neck !? I notice that
Witz, some days before be was hanged, sent
for a copy Of Bartcr's Cal to the Uncoa.
oeraed. ! would give. Lac copy of the
same book, but would let him be hanged
and leave God " determiAe what should be
done with his soul" [Applause.l
This speech, which could have been ut
tered only By coward and blackguard.
the Cincinnati Gazette published without
word of condemnation,
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Senators Elect.

We have already expressed the opinion
that the election Of Senators from this
State was a vain and empty ceremony; that
if the constitution Of 1864 was recognized
as valid and accepted as the rightful organ.
lie law of the State the seats in the United
States Senate from this State e.already
filled. We fully shared the general morti-
fcation that they should be filled by the
}persons who hold the commissions; but
their unworthiness and unacceptabieness
could not affect the validity of their claims
their prima facie right to the seats.
This conviction is rendered the more I'm.
pleasant by the character and merits Of the
gentlemen who have been chosen by the
Legislature to supersede Hahn and Cutler.
They are gentlemen whom we should be
proud to see representing the State of Lou
'isiana in the United States Senate. They
would have been credit 10 the State in
even the palmy days Of that once respected
and venerated body.
Randall Hunt, who was elected by q
nearly unanimous vote, enjoys reputation
which is by no means limited to the bounds
Of this State. The reputation Of pro:
found jurist, publiejst and statesman, an
Gator and logician Of the first class, a
sllolar Of varied learning and great zeal
end devotion to science, literature and the
law, a gentleman of dignifed manners and
bearing, an ardent patriot, and an honest
man.
Judge Royce, Of Rapides, who is second
Senator elect, is an old resident who has
worthily filled high judicial stations in the
State, has long been largely identified with
its honor rights and interests, and posses
SOS a thorough knowledge Of our history
and laws, and q great fund Of that sort Of
information which would render him wise,
useful, prudent and efficient representative
of the State.
Both these gentlemen have alwags be-
longed to the class of conservative politi-
clans in this State. They were both zeal
ously opposed to the secession movement,
and earnest friends of the Union. The adj
mission of two such Senators would Ger
tainly be happy event for Louisiana.
N. o. Picayune.
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SPECIAL NOTICE,

I HEREBY give notice that BY virtue Of
the power vested in Henry Baushcr, Jr,
Collector and Dishursing Agent United
States internal Revenue for the ID District
Of Louisiana, ! haye been appointed ,
Deputy Collector Of the said Internal Rev,
enne for the 9Th Division Of the District
comprising the parishes Of Rapides. Natchi,
toches and Sabine. ALI persons holding
produce for the said parishes will haye tho
same asscsstd and the taxes paid before re-,
moval or shipment. and such persons failing
to comply with the above order, will be held
liable to punishment according to law. All
Business connected with the q. s. Inserpai
Revenue 10 the ID District will be attended
to eitler by the U. s. Collector, Henry
Bausber, Jr., at Baton Rouge, or myself a
my Office in this city. A. A. STONE,
Deputy Collector 9. S. Internal Revenue,
Alexandria, December 10th, 1865.
Dec. 10th, St,
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A SENSIBLE MANA case occurred in
the Supreme Court of Delaware which
strikingly illustrates the advantage Of pay
ing .fQ7' q aaeaespaper IN dclcance. The
will Of q Mr.. VIM. A. Russell was contest
ed; and one Of the facts put in evidence at
the trial to sustain it was, that only few
days before its execution he called at the
Office of the Democrat, and paid for it a
year in advance, thereby saving fifty cents.
This fact was dweit upon at length by
counsel, and commented on by the Judge
in his charge, as satisfactory evidence that
Mr.. R. was sane, and competent to make
q will. s<.ssy 49,
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ny When old Butcher was CHARTERED
in the Palace of st. Cloud, in 1915, after
doing that little job of his at Waterloo,
which gave him free pass into France,
and a view of the grand house of the grand
nation, he stole seven pictures which he
found in that pleasant abode, all Of them
being illustrations of the Bonaparte family.
Two Of these pictures he gave to royal per-
sorages, who kindly consented to make
themselves as bad as the thief, so great was
their admiration Of srt and love of "porta-
Bile property as MIR. Wemmick hath it,
These royal recipients were the King Of
Prussia and the King of Wurtemberg.
The other FIVE pictures were placed in
Bluchers House, where they remained for
many years, but there has been lawsuit
among the members of his family as to the
ownership of the stolen property, and it
has been legally decided they must be sold
for the benefit of all the disputants. Con-
sequently, they are to come under the ham
mer, as they once came under the sword.
Three of them are by Gerard, aud represent,
first, the present French Emperor, then but
half dozen years old, with his mother,
Queen Hortense, holding him by the hand;
second, the Queen of Naples, Murat's wife.
(Bonaparte's sister Caroline,) surrounded
by her children; and, third, the Queen of
Spain, Joseph Bonapartc's wife, with her
daughter, child of nine years. The fourth,
by Davis, is picture of Empress Maria
Louise, holding her son, the little King Of
Bone, by the hand; and the 9Th, by Lee
fevre, is a portrait of the Princess Bor-
CHEESE, Pauline Bonaparte, the handsomest
of all Bolaparte's handsome sisters.
1t was a curious piece of fortune that
put these pictures into the hands of the
bitterest enemy of the Bonapartes, the man
who did more than all other men to tear
the Emperor down; and now it is suggested
that the third Napoleon may buy them and
add them to the artistical treasures Of
France. AS his own portrait, and that of
his mother, are in the collection, he is bound
to ransom these pictured prisoners of the
bluff old Prussian, who would be both as
tonished and annoyed could he be informed
that the Bonaparte dynasty, which he sup
posed he had destroyed, had revived again,
and was steadily becoming more powerful
than it was in the days of the first Napo-
leon. He would think that the whirling Of
time had been more than ordinarily active,
Land that there was no accounting. for the
worlds capriees.
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An Eloquent Plea for the South

Ia an able review of the cause the South
took during the past war, and a recommen-
dation of a general amnesty upon the part
of the government, the New York News
truly says:
"When millions of enlightened beings
5oin, to q man. in vindication Of poltis ].
principle, and sacrifice their lives, their for
tunes, the comfort of their wives and chill
dren in its service, their cause cannot have
been so criminal, their creed cannot have
been so false as to justify chastisemcnt
when the cause is lost and the creed aban-
doned. No government has a right to
Judge the actors in so vast a movement by
the strict rules of code that never con
templated the possibility Of such political
= CONFUSION. No punishment can convince
the Southern people that they wese wrong
in principle; and, the result of the struggle
is sufficient evidence to them that they
erred in a practical point of view. They
will believe, and their children and children S
children viii believe, that the Southern
cause was founded upon the honest convic-
tons of its adherents; and those that
sought to maintain that cause will for ever
aud ever, in despite Of seafolds, prisons,
confiscations and whatever penalties, be
honored by the South as patriots and he
roes Severity cannot modify this senti-
ment, nor can any true American desire
that it should be changed, for it attests the
manhood and honor Of the Southern race.
But that same honor, those same attributes
of manhood will forbid the South from re-
newing struggle that has proven hopeless.
The Republic is safe hereafter from revolu-
tion founded upon any of the issues deter
mined by this war; it is more powerful in
physical strength than at any preceding pc
Rod. A harsh policy cannot, therefore, be
justified upon the plea Of security for the
future; but every hope of future concord,
fraternity and mutual respect and good will
appeals to clemepcy.
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E Ege The Charleston South Carolinian
learns from unquestionable authority that
the door-plate of Colonel Richard Yeadon,
the time honored editor of the Charleston
Courier, is now in possession Of General
Benjamin +. Butler. 4f
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bdr A gentleman from Appomatos
Court House, Virginia, states that there il
nothla6left Of the apple tree under which
GensFdl Lee surrendered but a red hole in
the ground, and il is feared that unless the
hole is fenced in that also will be removed
by curiosity seekers.
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Dec. 20. 1863,
e25 Reward--strayed or stolca,

e25 Reward--Strayed or Stolcn.
CTRAYED or stolen from me in. Pine.
~ vile on Sunday the lO.b ult, a BAY
Horse, years old, sl'od all round, sore back.
hind feet white and branded on the lett
shoulder with j B with the figures 6s i,nne,
diately under the letters; the J being en-,
closed III the form Of a diamond. l will
give the above reward for the delivery Of
said horse to me IN Pineville
B. COOPER,
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neA- John 7. Hoffman,. the Tammany
Democratic candidate for Mayor Of New
York, was elected on the 9Th by a majori.
ty Of 1884. -Four candidates were in the
field, and the total vote was 81 ,437.
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Election Notice

Election Notice. ees
AN Election will be he'd in the Town Of
A!exaudria on the first Monday list day. Of
January next for Fire Councilmen for tbs
Town.
And on the first Wednesday I'D day),d
January next. an election will be held 70,
Mayor Of the Town.
r. NJ. KIRKPATRICK,
Clerk 9th Dist. Court.
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THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
DISTRICT COURT-PARISH OF
RAPlDES, NINTH JUDICIAL.
DISTRICT.

No. 1855 Estate Whereas Mrs. Ma,
|of VIM. Il. Orsbofn ~ L. 8 Orsborn has
Administration and made application to
Inventory. this Court to be ap-
rointed Administrative of the Estate Of
VIM. H. Orsborn, deceased; Notice is here.
by given to oil whom it doth or may cons
Germ, to show cause. within ten days from
the date hereof, why the same should pot bs
granted.
Clerks Office, Alexandria, La, December
the 18th, 1865.
R.M. FITZPATRICK, Clerk,
December 2Oth, Ct, d A
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Hm- disqualification ofthe old and popu-
lar paper, the Louisville Daily Courier, was
resumed on the 4th inst, by its former pro-
pretor, w. N. Halderman.
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Dec. 20-3ts.
Two Plantations for Rent &C
Lease.

will rent or lease fora term Of years, on
1 the most favorable terms, the Hope
Plantation on Bayou Rapides, about seven,
teen miles from Alexandra. This place has
four hundred acres cleared, Gin, good houses
and half fenced in.
Also, the place known &. the Henderson
Mill Plantation" with one hundred and sc.
twenty-five acres Of land cleared, and alLne.
csesary ont buildings, fences, etc,
For terms, apply TO g
W. G. JAMES,
Dec. 20-3ts. Gotile, Ls,
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DrED:-On the 18th inst, RoDERr LEE,
infant son Of Ernest and Florantine Y allery,
aged four months and eighteen days,
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VIC'S TONS0RIAL SALOON,
SHAVING, HAIR DRESSING AND
SHAMPOONlNGl

THE public are informed that this fayos,
lite Saloon hos been removed to the
ICE HOUSE HOTEL
In the basement Story, where tile Propri.
etor will always be found on hand and ready
to attend to his friends and customers.
Give him call and you viii leave bio
Saloon a ct rival to Count D'Orsay spa
Beaux Hickman.
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Plantation for Rent or Lease.

MY Enfield" plantation, nine miles
from Alexandria sop bayou Robert. No
buildings % the place. Plenty Of rails to
repair fences. The Lessee can pay rent ip
binding cabins, gin, etc, il the work is up.
proved. The plantation IS one Of the best
in Louisiana, and Will be leased for TIRES
pears For terms apply to Judge Manning
: fHOS.. q. MOORE.
Alexandria, December 9Th, 1865, #.
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nesr The Lower House Of the Tennes-
see Legislature, refused to permit Mrs. An
drew Jackson, the adopted daughter of
Gen. jackson to occupy the Hermitage.
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COTTON SEED FOR SALE.
TlOUR or Ave huunred bushels Of Boyd,
I prolific cotton seed for sale. ,t
Dc 20, '65, II. L. +. I'EXADA..
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REMARKS OF MR.. HENRY,


In tho House. Of Commons on Saturday the 17th
December, 1854.
In relation to some resolutions introduced by
". Shepherd, protesting against the appointment
ol pSui..s liable to military duty as Magistrates,
ar he",y sa:a he had high regard at all times
bu. M sense Of duty would ouid1Ssp SSs from cumberlaeS
low that gentleman in the adoption of the resos. w
:;sls. he could not see why rule Of ag Rouid
be applied to Justices of the Peace more than to
members of the Legislature or to the Judges of our
Courts The House had Is we'll attempt to define
the age of lawyers, DOCTORS and preachers. In his
opinion the Legislature had plenary power to sp-
point to Office any white male citizen Of the State
The passage of the resolution would mako an un
just discrimination between the people of the State
Mr. Henry would say to the gentleman from
Edgecombe, Mr.. Cobb, who proposed to require
members making nominations to state to the House
the number of Magistrates in their counties and
their ages, that he did not suppose many members
possessed the necessary intelligence to satisfy the
requirement of the gentleman. He himself could
not say as to the number in his county. He would
ask the gentleman from Edgeeombs If he could an.
swer the question as to his osn county. [Mr.
Cobb. can and will do 50, if the gentleman from
Berthe desires it Mr.. Henry said be was not con.
cerned himself, but he thought the gentleman had
better enghten the House in regard to his county.
In reply 70 the information given BY Mr.. Cobb that
there were 81 magistrates 10 his county, Mr.. Hen
ry said the opinion he had long entertained as to
the gentleman from Edgecombs vas now confirmed
to wit that he has talent for small things only.
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The Governors Proclamation.

The Governors Proclamation.
Gov Vance publishes the following proclamation
in the Conservative of Wednesday last:
WHEREAS, The long expected attack upon our
only remaining seaport is now about to bs made,
and our State also likely 10 invaded 1t other points
by an enemy to whom mercy and civilization are
alike unknown and unregarded; and whereas all
the organized forces of the State already ordered to
the front may still be insufficient to roll back the
tide which threatens US from our doors fate hor.
ribe to contemplate:
Now, therefore |, Zebulon B. Vance Governor of
the State of North Carona, relying upon the 10y
atty and devotion of her citizens do issue this nv
proclamation commanding and abjuring all good
people, whether by law subject to military duty or
not, who may be able to stand behind breastworks
and fire musket Of all ages and conditions to rally
At once to the defence Of their country and hurry
to Wilmington And do appeal to every man
who has the spirit Of freeman in his bosom, who
has sspark of the fire or drop of the blood Of the
heroes Of the great army Of the great captain in hs
veins, to come and come at ence. The man who
hangs back now because the law does not compel
him to 60, and consoles himself with the much
abused and mean spirited pes that he can be more
useful at home" will find it hard to make believe
that he is not pleading the cause Of cowardice ords
LOYALTY, The country needs their help o,c and that
help must be given in this hour of Distress they
must own that their souls are only fitted to enjoy the
freedom purchased with other meas blood. For few
days all men physically able needed at the 'front.'
and especially do We need the example of all those
who aforetme painted for the fray, while it was yet
at distance, and snuffsd the battle while it was
yet afar of. Let every man physically able thea
hurry with bis blanket to Wilmington, whore arms
and rations will be furnished and let those left be.
hind mount themselves and patrol their counties,
looking after the women and children and preserv.
ing order Your Governor will meet you at the
front, and will share with you the worst
t->, Given under my hand and the great
IL. 8. seal of ths State. Done At our city Of
l~~~, Raleigh, ON the 20th day Of December,
1864 -..s-~. zEBULoN B. VANCE.
BY the Governor:
NJ. S. RosIss. Private Secretary. :.
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OBITUARY NOTICES.

Died, in the General Hospital at Stanton Va, on
the 9s.h November last, Mr.. CALVIN Pack, mem
ber Of the 1st N. G. battalion He died Of typhoid
pneumsaia. He was III about thirty days, and WAS
carefully attended 70. He bore bis afdietion With
great patience and resignation. = ctGsMx,
Died, in Wake county on the slst ecsyasr,' 1854
EpnuND Cox, aged 70 years mentk and le days
Helssves An aged widow and .hrexe6ildfen to mourn
his loss but We sorrow not with those that have no
hope for onr loss Is his sssrHa gsn He bad been
member ofthe of tho Nsthodist Church u Buckhoyn,
Chatham county, for moro than thirty years. He.
lived an honest Christian, and often' sxpsssssd 4
willingness TO die. Blessed are the dead who die
the Lord Tor they rest from their abors and their
works do follow them" (Cex