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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1865-08-23
A FREE PRESS.

A free press is thu bulwark Of liberty. A
free press is the grand conservation OF The |
rights OF the people. A free press may bel
rhersites or Q uses it may carp and
silarl. or advise and direct. Within three
months the night Of loyal arms has emancl-
Ipated the PRESS Of the South. 1t is free.
We recognize the fact. In all DISTRICTS De-
yond military laao. it can be as violent, vlr-
uIent poisonous, malicious, incendlury, ignor-H
emit, bigoted and internal as the chaied and
untaniea spirits Of its oeraled directions
NAV dictate. [Daly Times.
viii the editor OF the Times please in !:
form an anxious public what districts Of the
South are ''btyond military lawW What
insuferab.e iinpudence aud whit eSper.
fence in deliberate lying il must take for a
man TO write that within three months the
might oil the. loyal arms has emAnclpated
| the press Of the South!' Nj a single neios-
paper ieas Suppressed By jefferson Dauas, nor
.id,nied the use of themails during the entire
flour years Of his administration as Conle,i-
crate President. While Mr. L,nco!n VAS
Iwipi,g out newspapers by wholesale, or Try.
ling to, because they opposed his policy,
4 Jetfersoa Davis never so much as inteftefed
with a siugle Que Where, then was the
freedom Of The press, even during the war;
Iupon the North or South side of the Foto
mac? Bit how has it been since the wal
| ceased? All the Richmond papers have
) been Suppressed Even those that were al
3 first allowed to 60 on, have leen supr essex
a since. The Richmond Whag Nas sezet
E by the military for denounr'.,g the policy 0
confscatinn. The Petersburg News wa
e lstopptd for a severe Blu, perfectly Just art
Gle upon that ege regions and pretrntion
humbng, The braiuless '.Juagep Underwood
!, lard US I'VE might go on reciting instance
to how that the freed1mof the press Of th
y South to-day is crushed out and tlalnpl
y under foot by o lawless military despptisn
I And yet the Times would ry to ilnIres
!, upon the Northern peape the idea that To
q south never had free press until her sui
liusstien by the northern armiesl 'Fhsr
:. lreally seems to be no limit to Abolitio
I laudacity-- no measure of The subli,aity {
their impuieuce. The inter contempt the
j, show far the intelligence Of the people !
!. one Of not tie least remarkable feature
{, I. they exhibit 1t would seem that the Time
i would realize that the fact ofte suppe
8 sion of Southern papers was knswn even
= its own readers, and yet it body baz'
= away that tie press Of the souta "is free
= !; We cain account for this only as follow
= : The editor of the Tints surposes that b
= readers may doubt the correctness Of u
: : news he publishes, while they implicit
}. e swallow as gospel truth all they see in b
:. :. editorials! ii this be the case, then '
= = most conscientiously assert that never b
- fore we're there a SET of reWsl aper rrade
= SO fully entill 10 sympathy aid comm
:, Grafton as those deludvd and benighted ]
o. dividuals. IN Y Day Book.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1865-08-23

The consent Of those most vitality interested
10 it. We arc 10 no sense responsible for
The consequences resulting from the; violent
disruption Of the relation existing between
the white and black man. Time alone will
prove whether the common welfare has been
promoted by establishing the new order 81
things. iThe historian ofanother generation
will relate the impartial story.
S The future is ours, and it mist be IN
proved. The President has offered amnesty
to our people under certain conditions, end
we honestly counsel all to avail themselves ,ot
it and to act up to it in good faith. Accept
and supper, the Union and look % the mag.
nanid,ity Of those who rule lis counsel 70 re-
store to you the rights and privileges once
Iel ioyed under It's flag. Rely upon the
promises Of the National Executive tore.
lurn tue State governments to the people o.
the States. Above all, to the able and dis
|tinguished Governor who has been appoint.
ed to lead Louisiana buck 70 her position il
the Union 1t US all accord 9 generous sup
pert"
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1865-08-23
Louisiana Constitutional Mud
die.

The statement first published in Wash.
ington, and communicated BY Washington
correspondents to Northern jourhals, that
GOV. Wells had been appointed Provisional
Governor Of this State, has not been con-
frmed thus far, by any official notification
TO The Governor. He has received no init
nation Of his appointment except what is
stated in The papers. There is a difficn ~
lin the way Of Gov. Wells appointment
which we Imagine is the eau, e Of the delay,
and is. a source of no little embarrassment,
| His present tenure rests upon the election
| held under the constitution Of 1864 IN his
first proclamation, issued after his return
from Washington. some two months ago,
Gov. Wells recognized the constitution OF
1854 as still binding upon: the people Of the
State, aid has made his app inilaents and
shaped his administration according TO its
provisions. appointment as Provisi n.
lal Governor, Oh a footing with Cows. Shar.
/ key, Perry and Holden, would re a virtual
setting aside Of the constitution bf 1864
! Ii would be regarded by some persons rs y
great stretch OF Executive power It il
! them that the last Congress refused TO recog.
tnize The validity and regularity Of the or
i ganization Of 1864, and rejected the mein-
bers Of Congress who claimed to be elected
under it. So far as the members Of the
Lower House are concerned. VIZ presnm
this decision is conclusive and fpal, but the
1 Senators eject claim their seats aud do moi
1 regard the action If the Senate towards The
close Of the term as determining their rights.
! They indulge theshope of more favorable
consideration Of their preteusops at the
4 coming session. If however, they are dis
4 appointed. and the Senate pees,sts in The
i reputation Of the Senators elected under
Gen Banks enabling proclamation. it vii
be a strong fact against the validity Of the
constitution and government OF 1864
], What them Shall we cling to this founding
4 of q constitution. which. though it cosL thu
Estate nearly half q million Of dollars, ane
raissd the prices Of ardent and vinous spirits
nearly twenty per cent, is rejected on 81
Isides. Of shall we fall back on the old consti
tuition of 1852, which existed prior to th'
.Isecession convention, or shallwe set then
al aside and 10 to work 70 make z bral
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1865-08-23

OWE OF Tae TRu1rs oE BEEcHER1sM ~
Thanks to the way in which Mr.. HENRY
WARD BEEcHER disl,enses the gospel, three
innocent, hard.working men losi their lives We
the other day in Brooklyn. This, at least,
is the Gully inference that can be far y
drawn from the very extraordinary tesl'-
mony given before q, CORNERS jury IN The
case Of a recent disaster by the party pfln-
clpally implicated.
The facts are these: A pions person, who
was drought up to the dry,goosls business
believes il Mr.. BEEcnEa, and Of course 1
takes the Independent. was building him
self some warehouses in Furn.an street
Brooklyn. The said warehouses being
still unfinished, fell, carrying with them u
their ruin and killing three iaborers employ
ed on them at the time.
Upon the investigation, which is still pen
ding, the owner Of the buildings now comes
forward and admits that the cause OF thu
shocking catastrophe was the msplaclag Q
a GENITAL arch, aid its giving way under
weight Of Garth Improperly put upon ]
Wbtfe EllS0Hty sUoulu nay uNSH. sss
Il got this EARTH" says the author OF $
much mischief, from "BEEcnkR's schnTa1
where an excavation was being made to pu
lin yentilator; and | was very vel satlsile
Ito Laveit come from there on account 9
Its being conseeraied eartbl"
! Here lisa pleasant result Of BeecherisI
/ BY his hot and sulphorous preaching, NJ
BEEcHEa makes it necessary to excayat
/ bis church fora tiew veniiator, the earl
taken from THE excavation 50 made is
once seized upon by atanatlc whom ne hs
educated to worship the very ground
/ treads upon; it is heaped up in defiance
j all architectural law upon o bal'ding E s
the house falls, and three harmless, har
working men who knew not BEEcHER a
suddenly and cruelty killed!
81 Who could have believed in the existent
of SO much superstition and ignorance cor
t bined here in the very heart Of great al
! civilized land! And upon whom should t
t Indignation ofan outraged community We
n Itself; upon the victim Of so strange an
fatuation or upon the wilfn' and respou'
/ BILE head Of this singular ind luonstrous al
I fatal fetichisnl.? [N. X. World.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1865-08-23
AnaH IsAacs MENKEN. ETC The

.ApAH IsAAcs MEEKEN, ETC The
Chicago Times furnishes the follow
ing sporting intelligence
The charming Adah Isaacs Menken
Heenan Orphcns G. Kerr, has now be-
come Aaah Isaacs Menken Heenan9
Orpheus G Kerr Davenport, having
lately united herself to one Of the
famous Davenport brothers. Tbe'
match is a good one. The forte of
the Dayenports has been the untyingi
of difficult knots, and in this respect.
Adah Isaacs, &c, Ne, has proved,
herself also an adept in the facility
with which she has united number
less Of that most perplexing of al
knots, the knot matrimonial Il is a
good match, a regular lucifer- espe.
ciaily the loose The Daye1ports pro.
duce wonderful manifestations, and
SO can the lady. She produced 9
good many. In the northwest that
Mere perfectfully xplicable, except
by Mspecialists' They are well ma.
| ted, for one can converse with things
spiritual, and the other is the con.
verse Of things spiritual. One can
olay. Oh q musical instrument without
touching it, and the other can toucf
lit without playing on it. Edrydice
was the name Of the wife Of the frsl
lOrpheus, and you ride, Isee, 3 wal
probably the remark Of Davenport
when he first saw the wife Of tht
Hast Orpheus. 1t is . match full q
affinity. Davenport can turn dowl
1.-THE gas and perform many astmish
ling things, and 80 can the lady. The.
are q nicc couple. They will liv'
happily for a while, and then Ada
will seek some other matrimonial por
] that il not d Davenport We wis'
them 2 happy honeymoon and az i
#let.cpteraS. b 4 So
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1865-08-23
Insanity of Ha,ty Spirit.

The bane Of Republics, history tells us,
has been the violent aud uncomfortable rage
of party spirit. That It often rerders men
either blind to, or regardless Of, the real IN.
terests Of their country, is well known. In
stances Of 1t are all around us, but probab-
Iy the most fendish exhibition Of this he'll
lsh spirit was recently given IN the Wash.
ington CORRESPONDENCE of the Springfield
lMass) Republican. The writer states that l's
while he was satisfied that Mrs. Surratt
.was not guilty Of the murder Of Mr.. lin
coin" be IS de ighttd that she was hung, oe'
cause her death has made the Democratic
leaders s'swearing mad" He says: !.
.This IS an excellen. result. don,
want an era of good feeling just now. That
is, / do not DIES re that men who hate The
back man aad The Union shall like Mr.
johnson. Praise from the lips Of bad mer
is always susncions, and for apuollc man
is dangerous"
Is ii possible for the human mind to COZ
Hcelve Of anything more horrible than tn
above? The murder Of a woman, acknowl
edged to be wholly Innocent sof the horr'
die crime imputed TO her, y here glorit {
over, because the writer regards it as likel..
Ito advance The political interests OF bis par
ty! Great God! are we living on earth y
IL hell? Where are we when uch mon
strons sentiments can iini al ntterance u
the public press? ltEisno wotlder that
blid and besotted rsrty spirit 10 rnillnl
our country andsru,hlng it madly down IL
to vortex OF misery, ,nopgrclisn and woe woe
when men have become SO lost TO deeri,c
as to rejoice over the banging Of eyeIia We
man, aud an innocent Ole al that, beeaus
! they imagine it wilIadyanee their poltlcu
prospects /! IN, \. Day Bool
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new one? These are important questions,
which deserve the profound and serious con-
sidsration Of thssablest minds Of our State.
We hope that those who attempt to eldci.
date them will he uni,fnenced by any part.
san considerations. They are. too vital and
serious to be considered and determined with
anysotker but single regard to the restora-
ton Of peace, order and. legality in our
State. go 1,3 TN. Y. ficaYn1e.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1865-08-23
DISTRICT COURT PARISH or
RAPIDEs. e a ~ ISL
DISTRICT GOURTr-P ARf6H OF
IRA|PIDES. 4
Ninth Judicial District.

Ninth Judicial District.
Estate Of Elijah B. Crosby, IA
Administration.
WHEREAS, Laura B. Cumming,
has petitioned THE Court, to De iAps
pointed administrative of the Estase
Iof Elijah q. Crosby; notice is hereby
given To- all whom Il doth .ot may
concern, To show cadse within ton
days from the date hereof why tho
same should not be granted. E
Clerks Office Alexandria, As,gust
Esd, 1865 81 y
FRANK b. 70 RBRs,
aug. q, Deputy Clerk
DISTRICT GO gJRr PARISH OF
RApIDES.
Ninth judicial District.
Estate Of Louisa "A. DawsoDs | IL "a
sIsl Administration s vi
WassrAs Marion y Myers. has
lpetitioned this Court, to BE- apposltel.ll
|administrator Of the Estate Of Louise
| a. Dawson, Notice Is hereby given
] Ito all whom il doth or may concern.
Ito show cause within ten days frAs,
the, date hereof Why the same should
mot be granted.
Clerks Office, I Alexandria, Ia,
August 23d, 1855.
St. lANK b. oRBEs
DEPUTY CLERK.
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NO a II g E .s
70 All WHOM. IT MAY CONCERN

Many persons in this vicinity are
knoun to have taken from the State
Seminary and to have now in their
possession, furniture, books and ether
property belonging 70 the institution.
They are respectfully asked to re-
turn the same at once. and those who
have not tllc means Of transportation
will report the fact to me. Falling
to do 50 within ten days, their names
will be furnished to the military asi. !.
|thorities, who will cause them to be
arrested and tried for theft.
ID, r. BOYD
Acting Superintendent
La State Seminary, Aug 90 1860. I
Hpass. DIsrstcr WEsrEss "a
Alcxahdfia, August 29d, 1866;
Approved By order Of
BrevetM Maj. Gen. .. r. HAwKIxs.
sam. B. FERcusos. a. A. G. q
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1865-08-23
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
ExEcurlVE DEpAerMESr,
New Orleans, July 18th, l865

20 !.
Abner Nash Ogden, Esq, alexandria,
Louisiana, Sir: shortly after issuing to
you your commission DIS District Attorney
Tor the Ninth judicial District in place q
j. H. Cunningham declined, / received 9
letter from gentleman demonstrating llls
leelination and concluding to accept.
Under these circumstances | feel compel
led 10 adhere to my first choice. and you vii
therefore, please consider your commission
as revoked from this cate,
Expressing To- you my wish aud desire 4
serve you, ! remaio, Isl
Most spectfully, &
7 our 0badient setvpnt, \ s8s
j.. MADISON w ELS
Gov. Of Louisiana:
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Notice

Notice. s
ANY person Of persons folnd cut
ting or hauling wood off The Estates
of Mrs, Frances Sprigg or Of Mrs.
George @. Waits (born 0gden) will
h6 prosecuted to the full extent Of
the law.
aug. %. H S. SPRIGG.
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N|OT'Il d,
EXTRACT ERCn

|qs ~ ~ ~ rs; Alfis4A'Sl ~. &. ~ b
= act Y proylde an'ef hal s. e''ue y.
support sthe 6oserIlncnt /: 81 ipay ~
tercst On tfe public oe pl aLa 1s icf
otter purposes. /, . 81 3. 81 ss,ss
Src. 81 Ard Ec ~ s. further r enact q: Ct
ed That Ina q any person q q persona z y
business. OF, profession, 81 do any
act hereinafter mentioned, for the ex-
ercising carrying on, or doing of
which trade, business, or profession,
|aElieense al ID that behalf required.
he, she, Of they Shall, for every huch
offence besides being liable 10 tN6
payment Of the tax, be subject % In.
prisonment for j term not exceeding
two years d 4 fine not exceeding fiyo
Kindred dollars. D 5, 81 both.p
70 comply with tho above prosis-
III ea0r An & nrrI 6ffIfr AnV Y1Tfl.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1865-08-23

Tbs Steamer BART. abb, wilIrdis d
irregular weekly packet during 'hescntirs
season, leaying Nssy Orleans Moplags At 5
i. NJ and returning leyc Alexandra
Thursday 81 3 2. n. q
For ffslght Or spassess. having sztarls
acsDned atiobts arp on board.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1865-08-23
The District Attorneyship.

The following letter from Governor Wells
will explain The contradictory statements We
have recently made in reference to the ap-
pointment Of District Attorney fog this
Judicial District: SIS !
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-06-23
The Capture of JEFF. Davis.

The old adage 'sgive lie three days
start and truth will never overtake it,"
may be applied to the accounts we have
received of the capture of JEFF. DAVIS.
Nine-tenths of the people will believe to
their dying day that the rebel President
was attempting to escape in hoops and
petticOats. Major HUDSON, who was pre-
sent at his capture, was ionized at the
Chicago FAIR, and requested to relate to
the audience the particulars of that import
ant event. He acceded to the request,
and gave the following account:
JEFF. Davis was captured on the 10th of May,
while he was in bed in his tent. His little
camp was completely surrounded. Mrs. Davis
came out of the tent and asked him major
Hudson) if he would give her time to dress her
SELF and he replied he would give her any rea-
sonable time to do so. He then posted the
guard, and told them to allow no one to pass
out. After some time the LIST Wisconsin came
up, and being mistaken for the enemy, some
skirmishing took place. In q short time Mr..
Davis put on Mrs Davis travelling cloak, with
aportion OF it pulled over his head, and came
out. He had no hoops on laughter nor no
bonnet. Renewed laughter. He had q
bucket over his arm, and wanted to 90 10 the
well to get water. He was accompanied by q
negro servant girl.
A person in the crowd asked how Major
HUDSON discovered that it was DAVIS !?
Major HUDSON said the disguise was so
palpable that there was no difficulty in
making the discovery.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-06-23
The Railroad Monopoly.

The Chicago Republican publishes a
sensible article, telling Chicago and the
railroads that now the war is over, and
the Mississippi opened, it is about time to
stop the exorbitances by which they have
been getting rich at the expense of the
people of the Northwest. 1t gives a time
ly warning to railroad companies for their
injustice in taking advantage of the peo-
pie Of the Northwest during the blockade
of the Mississippi by the war. 1t says that
shippers to the seaboard have experienced
great annoyance in getting freight forward.
The restoration of commerce between the
North and South will enable the North
west, or large portion of it, to send its
products to the seaboard via the Missis-
sippi to New Orleans, and from thence to
New York and Boston at much less cost
and on shorter time than it did to ship
: through Chicago via rail last season.
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SKILLED LABOR FROM ENGLAND.-The
English papers are noting the heavy emil
grafton from the mining districts of that
country to this; and recognizing it as of
the nature of a public calamity. The
skilled and comparatively independent
miners of South Wales, where there are
famous treasures of iron, copper and coal,
are coming here in greater strength than
ever before. ''It is beginning, says the
London Times, IS to be frequent occur
renee for forty or fifty hands to leave al!
every payday, from the principal iron
and coal works of the district" This is
the most valuable class of emigrants that
reach our shores, and we may well be glad
to welcome them to free country.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-06-23
The Fort Smelling Story about JeT
Davis.

A correspondent ofthe New York World
puts an extinguisber on the silly story
printed in the Press short time ago
about JRFF. DAVIS:
To the Editor of the World:
Allow me the privilege of correcting the
statement of one j. A. Dickson, furnished to
the st. Paul Press by Captain T. M Newsor.
quartermaster at Fort Smelling, who vouches
for the reliability of the author, and which was
copied into your issue of this date. wherein
Jefferson Davis Is charged with having been
placed under arrest after the battle of Buena
Vista In Mexico, by General Wool of being
chased by the guard, whom he resisted, until
heWas knocked down, secured, &C., &c.
The simple fact Is, Jefferson Davis, who COM
manded the First Mississippi regiment, in the
Mexican war, was severely wounded at the
battle OF Buena Vista, from the effects of which
he was prostrated for many months afterward,
and was not able to walk for eighteen months
or TWO years subsequently without the aid Of o
crutch.
I commanded a company in his regiment and
was present on the field when he was wound.
ed, and had occasion to see him daily during
his confinement In private hospital, where he
was Frustrated on his back for some three
months, and so painful was his wound that
when he returned with his regiment to the
United States, he had to be conveyed In an
ambulance from Saltillo near where the battle
OF Buena Vista took place, to Point Isabel,
where he took passage TO New Orleans:
A. r O.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-06-23

THE resolutions of the New York bank Off.
GERS concerning the assassination of Presi-
dent Lincoln, and expressing the sense of
those officers of the national loss, as well as
their coincidence with the family of tine de.
ceased, have been engrossed on parchment, in
India ink, and sent to Mrs. Lincoln. The en-.
crossing was deliberately and neatly done,
partly in German text letters; and the parch-
ment was mounted on black velvet roll with
silver acorns. 1t was enclosed in an ebony
box, ornamented with silver. At the corners
were inverted torches; while on the lid there
were representations in silver of imnsortezes !;
and on plate in the centre these words:
I'm memoriam. Abraham Lincoln, April Is,
1865 Resolutions of Bank Officers of the
City of New York" The style was in every
respect elegant and appropriate.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-06-23
Tennessee.

The Senate bill regulating the suffrage
in Tennessee, to which we referred few
days ago, was, On the Sd inst amended in
the House, by substituting for the provis-
ion excluding for six years all who had
aided or abetted the rebellion, section
excluding only those who were excluded
from the rights of citizenship by the Presi-
dents amnesty proclamation. The more
important ex-rebels who are finally to be
allowed to vote are excluded for fifteen
and others for five years from exercising
the right of suffrage.
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At What Price Soldiers Can Retain
Their Arms.

Major @. P. KINGSLEY, of the Ordnance
Department, has announced, in accordance
with the decision of the War Department,
that volunteers going out of service may
retain their arms, provided the value be
charged on the muster rolls for them as
follows:
Muskets, all kinds, with or without ac-
coutrements Sc 90
Spencer Carbines, with or without accou-
trements Observation-Disclosures. 10 90
All other carbines and revolvers. ... 8 90
Sabres and Swords, with or without belts 90
We presume many of our volunteers,
who are about to be mustered out of SER
vice, will gladly avail themselves of this
opportunity Of obtaining substantial tro-
ply of their service.