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Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1864-1865, 1865-02-14

A Political Meeting at NaMrillr.
The colored people of Nashville
had an immense torchlight process
ion in honor Of Lincoln aud Johnson's
election. The procession was very
near half a mile long. The T1ce
President elect, Col. Mozzy. and 1t.
Smith. of New Jersey, addressed the
throng in front of the capitol. Gov
ernor johnson counseled his hearers
to industry, forbearance. moderation
and virtue. He earnestly warned
them against the vice of loafng and
immoral practices. and advised them
to spend their surplus earnings in the
education Of their children. "If YOU
are not true to yourselves he said,
you do not deserve to be free"
Two persons lost their lives dur
ing the meeting. The first was
member Of the 18th regulars. While
Governor johnson was speaking. he
very foolishly commenced hurrahing
for Mcclellan, denouncing Andrew
johnson as a traitor, and making
other violent demonstrations. A
row ensued, during which the soldier
was shot down. One of the colored
men, who was said to have nothing
to do in the matter, was Afterwards
murdered by the soldiers friends.
The citizen who threw stones at
Col. Mozzy while he was speaking,
started to run, and was instantly shot
by the guard. [Cor. N. Y. Paper.
Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1864-1865, 1865-02-14

Some attemptto Terminate the War
Asticipated.-The London Times, in
III editorial on the position of affairs
in America. thinks it probable that
President Lincoln may make some
attempt to terminate the war, by me-
gotiations, but doubts whether the
terms will be accepted. 1t says:
Each party may reconsider its po-
sition BY the ight of four years ex-
perience. Each may again learn it's
own mind, and take its decision
There is a new reign. though of the
same king. Such an occasion has
not happened before since the begin
ming of the war nor for four years
to come, is it likely to happen again.
Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1864-1865, 1865-02-14
Artemus Ward thus gives his ideas

Artemus w ara thus gives his ideas
in a recent letter of reorganization:
Inever attempted to reorganize my
wife but once. l shall never attempt
to again. I'd bin to public dinner,
and had allowed myself to be betray-
ed into drinkin' several peoples
healths and wishin' to make 'em as
robust as possible, l continued drink
ing their healths until my own became
affected. Consekens was, l present.
ed myself at Betsy's bedside late at
mite with considerable Ticker con-
cealed about my person. l had some
how got porsesshun of horsewhip
on my way home, and ,ememberin'
some cranky observashun of Mrs.
Ward in the morn snapt the whip
purity lively. andin a very loud voice
/ said /: Betsy you need reorganizin;
/ have cum, Betsy" I continued
cracking the whip over the bed, II
have come to reorganize you" 4
dreamed that mite that somebody had
laid horsewhip over ms se'ril con-
times, and whsn ! woke
up I found sHH had. ! hain't drunk
much of anything else, snd if / ever
have another reorganisin' job on hand
Z ashxil let itout.
Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1864-1865, 1865-02-14

The following which We find in
the Clarion (MississippiJ of 10th ult..
ssttlss the question Of the extension
of the time for exchanging old issue
for new. Secretary Trenholm. by
telegraph on the Sd. announces to the
dspositary At Macon the passage of
the act extending the time for the
exchange of Treasury notes of the
old issue. to the first of July next"
Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1864-1865, 1865-02-14

France. Sardinia and Turkey. TO
meet their formidable Antagonist
England added 100000. 900 to her
already overgrown national debt. and
France s25O.oOO.OOO. and jointly
they lost near 100. 900 men. Besides
this sacrifice of men and money. the
commercial marine of both countries
WAS almost exclusively engaged for
a period Of near Is months in trans
porting supplies for their armies.
What motive prompted to this grea:
sncrihc. Of men. money and time }
Was it humanity Was it a shiv-
alric advocacy Of tn. rights Of the
weak agains, the strong1 Was it to
uphold the cause Of truth, justice.
liberty
All arr familiar with the govern
,nent of the Ottoman Porte, with the
religion and social institutions of the
country. There is not on the globe
amore complete and grinding system
of domestic slavery than exists in
Turkey. Then the religion of Ma
honm.d. which is the religion Of the
Empire. is abhorrent to tn. whole
christian world. To uphold this gov
eminent. with all it's i" denominations -
the great christian powers Of Western
Europe went to war with Russia at
the expense of enormous sacrifices OF
men. money and time.
/ But England and France did not
90 to war TO protect the weak against
she strong. nor especially to uphold
the Turkish dcspo,i>n. bat TO protect
their own interest. They saw at n
very earl y future. if Russia was not
checked. that she would al s,rb. no,
only Moldavia, Wallachia and Servia
but the entire Turkish Empire. The
French possessions i'll Africa. and
the English possessions in the East
Indies, would in that case. be At one,
very serious y endangered and what
is more, the possession of Turkey
would have .j-opardised the in,eres,
OF every other nation in Europe. the
great principle Of national conscrvn.
tism and order N Europe would hav.
been completely overturned. and all
nations would hive been ut the Irsrc v
of the Russian Gar
! have before me the treaty Of
Paria agreed t".nnd signed by thel-nd.
ing powers of Europe in 1856. after
the clos" of tn. war in the Crim"a
Artic!" reads thus /: The contract
ing powers agr"" to admit til. Sub
lin" Fort" L" parlici pate in the ad-
rantas"s Of Tia" public law and svs.
TEN of Europe. engage to respect th-
Independence aud territorial in,-.ri
~ OF the Ottoman Empire suaran.
tee tn. strict Observance. OF that
engagement. and will in cous-.
qurncr, consider any act tend.
ing to its violation as n question OF
general INTEREST,"
Again in referring ta the Firinan
issued by III" sublime. Porte. design.
ri I" am-liora'- the condition of hi.
christian sub jrc.> Art. q conciud. 4
by saving that, il is not understood
that this can give the contracting
powers any prri-1t whatever. for in.
,ert.rinS in III" relation between til.
Sultan and his suhj-cts.'
The reader MUS: bear in mind tn,
character of the Turkish government,
aud form his own jud -mrnt IA Z
til. con,ci.nc"s Of European s,a;.,
men " r.
Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1864-1865, 1865-02-14
A Richmond correspondent writes

"A NlCuInOno correspondent writes:
Quite stir was created in some
Of the Government bureaus day or
two ago by strict order, which
came from high military authority.
ordering that the ages of all clerks
in those bureaus be Immediately
taken down and registered. The
majority of the clerks affected by til.
order being ladies. the amount OF
confusion and dismay that -nsucd
battles description. Secrets tina, had
been sedulously kept for years be-
came common events under the mex.
orable figures of the registration, and
ladies who had preserved an easy
dignity whenever qu"s ioncd upon
the subject Of their ages, in familiar
discourses. became pale nj tn. mex
orable military necessity" that re-
quired tina: their years should be-
known of men. OF course the order
was never intended to inciud. ladies'.
being directed at able bodied males
only; but the opportunity was too
excellent to te lost, and the officer
in charge could not resist tn. tsmpta-
ton to explore the hidden mysteries
of female vanity. and the result is
that in the files OF the - Office
are securely laid away among the
estate papers," the ages of the lady
clerks of the bureau aforesaid-terms
of years varying. l understand. be-
tween two decades and ,hreescore
and ten.
Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1864-1865, 1865-02-14
NATcHIToCHE> Ia. Feb. !. 1863

NATcHiToCHE>, la, Feb !. 1860
Ep. News For thu, pas, three
days, dark clouds overhead ha,.
been dischargins their accumulated
inolstur" upon III. earth. II, if III.
I.avt.ns.T nd Ti.'ernir,. upon Il .i-an
tic spell Of weeping. and Tx. Rachel
mourning for her children. fciusrs 10
BE-, comt"rt-d. Tn" monotouuus
splash and drip of til" water il moi,
only di-agr."ahl,.. bn, actually hate
iul Will. the v"ntur"som- pedestrian
meets moisture both above. and below
The river il rising rapidly at this
point. and II IL II" unusual spectacle
I" So. onr largest steamers in Cane
river. in front of this place.
Lat" papers from New Orleans.
contain fall particulars Of tn. capture
OF + ,rt Fisher commanding IL. en-
trance I" the harbor OF Wilmington.
Oar loss, so Yankee accounts state,
amounts to 1900 killed, wounded and
prisoners. and ~ pieces o, artillery.
We deem it unnecessary 10 furnish
the particulars, as doubtless tn. tcl,.
gram will give Your readers a full
account. ere this reaches you. There
are r thousand and one rumors ahna,
on every imaginable topic, among
which are the evacuation of Rich.
mond, Charleston and Mobile
Thomas intended march through
Mississippi and Alabama to the Guilt
coast, a In Sherman and last but
not least. til" mission of the peace
commissioners, both TO and from
Richmond
The following are said to be Lin.
coins propositions
LIST. Amnesty to nj, no matter
ter what they may hav. been since
the war began. 2d. The Constitu.
ton as il is and the Union As it was;
tue South to return to the Union with
all the rights and privileges which it
had before the States scc-d, d.
Sd. The abolition of slavery, not
immediate but gradual.
We feel assured that such PROPOSE
tons would not be entertained for n
moment, ye. doubtless they ar. made
by Lincoln to unite all classes in the
North in support of his policy. or
p rhapsto put an end to the agitation
OF the recognition question. We do
not pretend ts speculate upon the
mission OF Blair to Richmond, or
Stephens and others to Washington.
That questions of momentous impor
lance are being agitated between the
two government. is without a doubt,
an the future will bring light out of
the present darkness, and give us n
full expose # these present mystic
rious movements. In the meantime
the Federals are zealously prosecut-
ing the war with success. Disaster
one after the other are falling upon
the South, making the hearts of the
Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1864-1865, 1865-02-14

Through the politencss Of Major
Ewell. We have been placed in pos
session Of Meridian and Mobile pa
pers to the 10th ultimo.
Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1864-1865, 1865-02-14

Thanks to DR.. Estes for Mobile
paper.
Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1864-1865, 1865-02-14

ia Atomic n!-Persons arriving
With. OF receiving. late southern or
northern papers. will oblige No and
bene6t our readers, by loaning them
TO the editor. if only for an hour
Itsups Of news also solicited.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1865-11-29
7 S TE B BIN S
Watchnlaker & JjewelIer.

JAMES CUMMING, for many years
connected with Z. Stebbins, will still carry
on the business. eaf,s 3 I. &
Alex. Nov. !, l865.--tj II
Ii v e r Y STABLE.
THE undersigned has leased the
large and commodious Livery Stable
lately kept By n. &. g. Taylor, on
third street, Immediately in the rear
of the Town Hall and will give
strict and personal attention to tho
wants Of the travelling public, and
all who desire to patronize him.
sept, l3 If DANIEL TAYLOR.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1865-11-29
4 ALEXANDRIA, LOUISIANA, NOVEMBER 49, 1866.
Morality Of Confederate Soldiers,

In all the cases we have known to come
before the committing magistrates of the
parish, since the surrender Of the Confed-
crate armies, we have not heard of single
soldier of those armies being arraigned for
anything that would disgrace gentleman.
Occasionally one may be brought up for
some slight indiscretion, but even that is
very rare. This fact upsets oil preconceiv-
ed ideas in regard to the effect Of camp life
upon men, or, at least, the Southern army
has proved remarkable exception to the
hypothesis that military life is injurious to
individual morals. We know several in
stances, ourselves, Of young men, who,
when they entered the army, were inclined
much to dissipation and reckless behavior,
have returned models Of sobriety, industry
and economy;ard so universal has been the
good conduct Of th, returned soldiers, that,
in his charge to the Grand Jury, Monday,
Judge Abel considered it his duty to COM
pliment that class Of the population upon
their orderly and exemplary behavior.
Macauly, in bis History of England, re-
felTing to the dissolution of the Parliamen-
tary Army, upon the accession Of Charles
III to the throne, speaks in what might be
considered boastfal terms of the sobriety,
industry and good order of those soldiers on
returning to civil life.
Aside of the fact that the people Of the
South do not affect the austerity of manners
or severity of morals those Round Heads
did, the Southern soldier and the Puritan
soldier returned to civil life under very
different circumstances. The latter, on re-
turning, found himself in the same social
position, and the same pecuniary circum-
stances from which he started, for they were
all jouneylnen labOrers or serying-men,
while the Southern soldier, who left afau-
ence and ease, or, at least, competency and
comfort, returns to bankrupted fortune
and finds himself compelled to earn his
bread as best he can, in situations he could
scarcely have ever thought of being reduced
to. In their case were all the malign infu-
ences which sink men into despondency and
misanthropy, and drive them to desperate
and crime, but we not only believe th
men are to-day the most orderly citizens
the community, but have serious doubt
they are not the most cheerful. II, th
Macaulay deems his clod-hopping Pur
worthy Of such encomiums, as present
a remarkable historical phenomenon, W
measure of praise shall be neted to
Southern soldier, so noble in morals and
heroic in fortitude? N. Q. Crescen
The Louisiana Democrat., 1865-11-29
Collegiate Institute at Baton
Rouge.
YHE exercises Of the School will be re-
i sumed on WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER lsr,

THE exercises Of The School will be re
i sumed on WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER lsr
1865.
The School session is nine months.
The PRESENT SESSION otoing 10 the unavoid
able daay Of opening wlA Be only s,gh'
months.
The best facilities are afforded for the &C
QUESTION Of q first rate education.
Particular care is bestowed on the moral
and social culture Of the pupils. Personal
neatness and gentlemanly propriety Of con.
duct in all circumstances, will be rigidly ex,
acted. 10 these matters there is no compyo
msse. The Principal, holding himself in the
place of the parent, feels the obligation to
give the Same attention to the manners OIL
bis pupils as Of bis own children. The dis.
cipline is mild, but rigid and impartial. It's
method In individual cases, is determined by
careful study Of individual character and dis
position. In this, / claim full discretion.
anu more than ever convinced, that school
without discipline is worse than no school
and this discipline must reach every interest
OF the pupil.
TERMS:
Tuition and Board (per month) $40 90
PAYMENTS $500 in advance balance
lst March.
Tuition alone (per month"; $40.
Payable $40 in advance balance LIST
March.
Modern languages will betaught when the
wants Of the school demand it, at an extra
charge, as low as it can be made.
Every student who enters the eschool is ex.
pected to continue to the close of the session
10 July and will be liable for the bills in all
cases, unless protracted illness shall compel
his removal.
Every Pupil isrequired to furnish his own
Bedding, Towels, Wash.basin, Mhsqnit6-
bar, &C.. all marked distinctly with his
name -also, Satchel, for dirty clothes.
w. u. N. MAGRUDER.
Baton Rouge. La, October, 1865.
X & Novn,rhar 9th A. t ~
The Louisiana Democrat., 1865-11-29
Homestead for Jefferson Davis

We have received communications
ting that o large number Of the retul
soldiers, priyates, non-commissioned
commissioned officers of the late Confa
ate army, desire to bestow some substal
evidence Of their respect and admiration
their late chief and President, Hon. id
son Davis. 1t is proposed to present.
Davis with a magnificent homestead, OF
means of purchasing one in a foreign q
try when he is set free. The modas 4
andi proposed is this: There are prob
100000 surviving soldiers who have at
time or another, either directly or indir| !
engaged in the Confederate service.
dollar from each will raise fund Of Al
lion Of dollars. It is proposed that :
shall be exclusively a soldiers fund, nj
izen being permitted to subscribe. Sal
from each private and non-commissi
officer, commissioned officers at their |
cretion.
We regard this suggestion as emin
just and proper and we hope an orgd
tion will be Immediately formed to
out the object proposed. No false del
should prevent Mr.. Davis from rece
such q tribute Of respect and admir-
from his fellow-citizens, and it shoul
the pride Of the Southern people new
see him drag out his life in poverty, |
he has expended his health, his for]
and his liberty in defense Of their eau
1t matters not what political faults
be laid at the door Of Mr.. Davis, yet VI
bound to admit that he was called I'd
position of the President Of the Conf
ate States by the people Of the South,
if he has lost all in accepting that posi-
and is Eow bound down with age, infiI
and grief, we think it is demanded o
high dignity and magnanimity Of our !
pie to place their chosen representatil
a position not to be scofed at by md
nations. We trust that this matter vii
ceiye the immediate and active exertid
our gallant soldiers, who are ever read,
1do and dare all that becomes men
patriots. jackson News.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1865-11-29


WIRz SOLICITED TO IMpLTcATE Mr.. DAVIS.
Mr. Schade says he was called upon by
several persons last night, as was also Fa-
their Boyle, whocommunicated information
purporting to come from member Of the
Cabinet to the effect that if Wir2
would acknowledge that JEFF Davis was
connected with the atrocities at Anderson.
vile, his sentence should be commuted
Although Mr.. Schade did not place full
confidence in the reports, he considered il
to be his duty to relate it to the prisoner
at his last conference with him. Captain
Wirz, in reply, said: 9Mr Schade, you
know ] have always told you that / did not
know anything about JEFF. Davis. He had
no connection with me as to what was done
at Andersonville, and if | knew he had,
would not become traitor against him Of
any one else to save my life
The Louisiana Democrat., 1865-11-29

DIsrATcn TO Gov. PERRy.-The follow
ing is q copy Of the telegram addressed to
his Excellency, B. F. Perry, Provisional
Governor of South Carolina. +
He observes with regret that neither the
Convention nor the State Legislature has
pronounced debts and obligations contract
ed in the name of the State for unconstitu-
tional and even rebellious purposes to be
void. He equally regrets that the State
means to decline the Congressional amend
ment to the Constitution of the United
States abolishing slavery. / telegraphed
to you yesterday as follows The Presi-
dent directs me to write to you that an
early adoption of the Congressional amend
ment of the Constitution of the United
States abolishing slavery BY the South Car
olina Legislature is deemed peculiarly i'm
portant, and especially desirable with refer
ence to the general situation of the Union"
| have now only to say, the Presidents
opinion, before expressed remains unchang-
ed. w. H. SEWARD.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1865-11-29

PRoposED AMENDMENT 10 THE CoYsrITu-
TIoN--.A. Washington special to the Com
mercial says it lis suggested by leading pol
iticians that the amendment sanctioning the
Union debt, and ignoring the debts for the
overthrow Of the Union, be added to the
Constitution Of the United States, and that
the Southern States be required to adopt it
before recognition.
Horace Greeley was to have an interview
with the President this morning,
The Louisiana Democrat., 1865-11-29
SHERIFF SALE.
L. w Tilden,

u. w Illden,
na,.ou;,,a -. State Of Louisiana,
= ~ and Parishof Rapides.
81. s. Losee. 's
BY virtue of an execution issued
out the Ninth Judicial District Court,
and directed. to the Sheriff thereof, in
the above entitled suit: Will be sold
on Saturday the 9th Of January,
1866, at the Court House doer, ID the
Town Of Alexandria, the following
property, to.wit te
4 A certain tract or parcel Of land, /,
situated lying and being on the
north side Of Red river, four miles
above Alexandria, and containing
the quantity Of One hundred and
eighty acres, more or. less, and
bounded above by lands Of n. Swil.
ley, below By lands Of the Estate of
E. R. Crosby, and in the rear by
lands belonging to the Estate Of -
Hickman, seized to satisfy said writ
Terms oE SALE.CAsH, with the
benefit Of appraisement, sd !.
G. Y. LEDOUX, Il
$ Deputy Sheriff.
Alex, La, Nov. %, It.
Printers fees, $l8 90.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1865-11-29
HENRY ST. JOIN,
ID r U q q I S T
p H "A r M A CT E n
.0FFERS THE FOLLOWING PREPARATIONS
j ! OF HIS OWN.

II OF HIS OWN,
~ CoMP0UNpING:
ST. Johns ARNrcA L1N1MENr, An excel.
lent preparation for Sprains, Brushes,
Swelllngs, Rheumatism, &c, &C., &C.,
St. Johns CONCENTRATED ESSENCE OF
JAMAICA GINGER. Prepared from the finest
root. a
st. Johns ExPEcToRAST SYRUP, for
coughs, colds, bronchitis, pains in the
chest, &c.
st. Johns CoMpoUND FLuID ExTRAcr oF
BUCHy. For diseases of the bladder, &c.
St.Johns VEGETABLE APaR1EKr Pills.
St. Johns COMPOUND Syrup OF THE HY.
PoPHosPHITEs. For chest complaints, weak
lungs, &C.,
st. johns ANTrsEpr1c DENTRrF1cE.
st. John's ESSENCE Lemon, VANILLA, &c.
&c. For favoring.
Shot, powder, gun caps. double water.
prool) Eley's elastic gun-wads, all sizes.
Scari6cators, gum lancets, Evans thumb
lancets, toilet soaps, tooth brushes, powders
hair oils, envelopes. writing paper, hair
brushes, combs, razors and strops, fine pock.
let knives Rogers English scissors, Warren's :
English needles, Coats sewing thread.
Carbinate Soda, Salaratus, Hops.
Smoking tobacco, chewing tobacco
cigars.
Fine Bourbon Whiskey and genuine
French Brandy.
Window glass, putty, oils, colors, var.
nishes, with general assortment Of Drugs
and medicines, coal oil and lamps, &C., &C.,
HENRY ST. JOHN,
lcE HOUSE, Alexandra, Louisiana.
Particular care given to dispensing physi.
clans prescriptions. for which purpose the
very best drugs have been selected. s
November 8, 1865, tt.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1865-11-29
W. B. LEWIS,
= z.

ATTORNEY AT = AW,
Has resumed practice in the Courts
at Alexandria and Opelousas. Com.
munications on business addressed to
me at Alexandria or Opelousas will
be promptly attended to.
oct 25.-3m,
The Louisiana Democrat., 1865-11-29
THOMAS c. MANNING,
SHERIFF. SALE.

Sarah Ann Gill,
vs.. State of Louisiana.
&C.; f., 4; A.!sass! Snjip' Parish q Rapidss, 4.
BY virtue Of an execution iss6ed 10 the
above entitled suit, and directed to the
Sheriff Of the Parish Of Rapides Win be
sold to the highest bidder at the residence Of
said Smith on Saturday the 9th day Of
January, 1866, the following described pro-
|perty to.wit:
A certain tract or parcel Of land being
the Northeast quarter OF Section twenty
four, Township two, Range nine, containing
the quantity Of one hundred and sixty acres,
also:
One wagon,
Two yokes Of oxen,
Nine head Of stock cattle, B
Thirty head Of hogs,
One SET Blacksmiths tools,
One Mule,
One mare and colt, and
Two fillies.
Seized in the above suit to satisfy said
writ. H
TERMS OF SALE.-CAsH, with the benefit
Of appraisement. G. v. LEDOUX.
Deputy Sheriff.
November 22d, 1866. It. 81
Printers fee $l8 90 m
The Louisiana Democrat., 1865-11-29

sa The Apeculir institutions Of the
South particularly observable in the burnt
districts chimney withontsa house at
tached!