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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1865-09-27

MORE ABOUT THE NATIONAL DEBr.-
The Washington correspondent Of
the Cincinnati Gazette, writing on
the 4th., says:
In addition to the synopsis OF the
monthly statement Of the public debt
gived on Saturday night, the follow.
ing facts will still further serve to
Illustrate the exceedingly favorable
condition of the national finances.
The increse Of the net debt for the
months Of June and July, as shown
lin the last statement, was in round
numbers one hundred and twenty.
two millions, or an average Of two
millions per day, but for the month
| of August the whole increase Of our
indebtedness has been only four hun
dred and thirty-six thousand dollars
or an average Of fourteen thousand
dollars per day. In other words,a
month ago we were running 10 debt
at the rate Of two millions a day, and
now at the rate Of only one-sixth Of
"a million per day. 1t is Likewise
noteworthy that while the debt has
'Ebeen increased during the last month
! little less than half a million, the
,lintcrcst on the debt now outstanding
il has been diminished million and
/ a quarter. This result has been &C
i complished by the redemption in legal
/ tenders of over twenty-one and a half
million Of six per cent certificates OF
4 Indebtedness. est
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beyond the Arbitraiment of
War.

4 false impression prevails with some
Northerners in regard to the obligations Of
the Southern people. An enlightened com.
map nifty, having determined 4 political issue
BY supremacy Of arms, would exhibit 10
most npgenerous and impolltic spirit in DE.
handing from their PROSTATE foe the vlola.
ton Of the plainest laws that govern human
nature. Yet there are some ID the North
who demand that the people .of the Sonth
Lin token Of their submission, shall surrender
their convictions, their instincts, their right
| Of thought, their emotions and every mortal
attribute that constitutes manhood. aye
Thus the N. Y. Times is Indignant be.
lcause Bishop Elliot, Of Georgia; preached
90 sermon over the body fpf his beloved
j friend and brother, Polk Would our GO.
temporary have had. the body; Of that dr.
r|-tInguished divine and soldier cast to the does
4 Without Christian burial; without tribute
Of respect from bis friends and conradts
I and with curses fin, lieu Of benediction!
! Bishop Elliot has written Q letter in which
! he says: II think it is our duty to guard
the memory Of our deceased Bishops, Meade s!.a
Otey and especially our beloved Polk. IueJ
have lived and died for as, and however
/ wrong Others may think Of them, we revere
j their memory and weep oyer their graves.
! We appeal to the decorum Of the Worth 9, Y
: ern public to Judge il that IS not = proper
j. sentiment for soutberners to entertain e.
d ward their couptrymen who Fave ioug1s
J and persisted in the cause Of the Co1taeta:
lev. Meade, Otey and Polk may have errea
= in their views upon the political questions
Q involved in the war, but none have ne
IS fright to assert that they were not sincere
: in their opinions, nor sctuated ~ COP.
scientious belief that they were in the d Y,
: charge of d patriotic duty. TO insist thAt
ID the South shall consign such names @ Y.
d fanny is. to stand in antagonisul with ssse
Il first principles that govern human insure
lin its lcftiest and purcst essence a peolns
. Of noble and generous instincts cannot 9 3 4
expected to stigmatjze D cause ior WHICH
thew have suffered SO much, in which Y th Y!
RI. periled their lives and fortunes, and tnas
ia IN their estimation, Is. consecrated ~ w
! blood of their best and bravest, s 81.
e., The world would cry shame il, ~ ~
Inl hearts and On tie lips OF the men, the ~ "
8. men and the children Of the South, 70 y
AZ memory of Sronewall jackson lived VII
G. other sentiments than those Of revereDoI
a. gratitude and Affection We cannot bus
: The lyoice OF nature nor combat the y
ieI slinets Of humanity with the arbitrary =!
in Of political supremacy, nor y y aeese ~
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1865-09-27
ment did not deem it necessary To-
send him achievements, because he
made no such request, and felt secure,
in his position.

RS The Herald's Washington
special says: Hcrschel v. johnson,
Of Georgia, returned to Washington
to-day from a visit to Alex. q. Steph.
ems in Fort Warren. he spent last
Friday with Mr.. Stephens and reports
him in ordinary health and as COM
fortably situated as any one can be
in confinement. He has the freedom
Of the fort. and is allowed to receive
the visits Of his friends. Quite as
many are admitted as he desires To
receive.
! His brother Linton Stephens who
accompanied Mr.. johnson to Fort
Warren, remains there stiA, and is
permitted to sleep in his brother's
apartment, and join him in his walks
for exercise. Mr.. Stephens will
probably not be pardoned until the
question Of reconstruction is practi-
. cally settled by the admission Of rep.
|resentatives from the Southern States,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1865-09-27

A D1FFEREScE. In Natchitoches
The Grand Jury presented the u Freed
mems Bureau as a nuisance; in Bos-
sier the Freedmen's Bureau arrested
the Court and its appurtenances and
shut up the "civilp shop.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1865-09-27

sa- We publish the card of the Southern
Sentinel announcing its removal from
Shreveport to opelousas, the seat of justice
of the large and aourishing Parish OF 81
Landry. -,
Good luck and success attend you, Ill
wherever you 60. p
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General Lee.

In another column will be found an inter-
esting letter Of Judge Brockenbrough an
noancing the acceptance, on the part Of
General Lee, Of the Presidency Of Washing
ton College, Virginia This venerable IN
stitution was first started as an Academy
under the name Of sLiberty Hall" but
was afterwards incorporated into a Col
|lege, having been endowed with a donation
Of one hundred shares Of the james River
Navigation Company by the Father OF his
| Country and by the funds OF the Cincinnati
Society. AS General Lee is so nearly allied
| to the family of Washington, on whose
model be has formed his owl character, and
| as his distinguished father, "Light Horse
Harry I.ee," was a prominent member Of
the Cincinnati Society, it is exceedingly ap.
propriate that he should have been selected
to preside over this particular Institution
4 General Lee is no novice in the line OF life
he has adopted for the future. be served
] for sometime with great ability as Superln
, ItendeIt Of the Military Academy at Wes
Point, and has shown that he can manage
BOYS as well as he can manage men. H'
graduated at West Point In 1929, with tn
second honor in his class, and has deyote'
much of his time to scientific pursuits
. Washington College has been the Alm
: Mater of many eminent men among then
f we might mention DR.. Alexander, the dlS
S tipguished Presbyterian divine, M. Crl'
! tenaen, Governor Foote. Governor Letche7
!. and others in Church and State. In tn
town in which the College is situated ls III
Virginia Military Institute, in which Gener'
, Lees Oldest son, General G. W. Gusts Le'
$ has been recently elected Professor,
3 Mace of the lamented Jackson, OF immort'
2. and ililstrious memory. General Lee .gfa'
o. uated at West Point in 1854 with The hlg
O esr honors of his class, and will prove
!. worthy successor Of the great hero.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1865-09-27

r The Democrat has been re-
membered, this week, by the obligln8
officers Of the Steamers Amafanth
D. C. Horton, Judge Fletcher anc
Majestic. These attentions are the
more appreciated by US in these non
mail days.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1865-09-27

Ia Governor Wells has appointed
John strother and Polk Willis, JUS
tice of the Peace and Constable, Tor
the Calcasieu Ward in this Parish. 4
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1865-09-27

IA 10 A. Heyman has received full,
complete and really well selected
stock of Fall and Winter goods; and
only asks e call to satisfy all OF the
truth Of this assertion.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1865-09-27

II New and fresh additions, to
his already fine stock of goods, are
9 continually being received by Edward
We'll, under Mrs. Smiths Hotel.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1865-09-27

sA. We call particular attention to the
commercial card, elsewhere, of s. Whited
& Co., No. n Canal Street, New Orleans
Our old fellow-townsman, Lee Cranda!, who
took apot luck" with us in the late CoDfed
eracy, is member Of the firm, and on this
account, we besreak for the firm a share o.
Rapides patronage. sos
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1865-09-27

fg A very pious old gentleman
told his sons not to go, under any cir.
cumstances, a fishing on the Sabbath;
but if they did by all means to bring
home the fish.
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,sa Cant. M q GRAY. late Quarter

ga- Capt. NJ Gray, late Quarter
master Of the 18th New York eavai
~, arrested at Bridgeport, Conn, 2
few days ago, for stealing and sci
ling Government property, while l hls
REGIMENT was stationed near Aleyalnl
dria Va, has, been committed to Mt
Old Napitol Prison. II 2fk q
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1865-09-27

D1sTRIcr CoURT.--Tbe District Court Of
the Parish Of Rapides viii hold special
term on Monday next in this town. The
Court room is in the Town Hail.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1865-09-27

{ + ~ Il
consider a very harmless little squib on some
of the peculiari,ies of the New Orleans
press. The most of the city papers either
took it as a concealed compliment, or an IN
.nocent fling, Or else laughed it OF as good
Joke. The Editor Of the Times, however
takes The matter to heart, and while adhn'.
ting that it was good thing although ema
mating from ',fool.' pleads guilty to the
one charge Of .blowiag Ills own horn" and
attempts to traverse the other, that Of beng
a Yankee by affirming that he rayls 9
the waters Of Red River in 1857 without
ever hearing of the Editorof the Democrat.31
Nov, the Editor Of this paper has resided
Ion this spot for something over torty,sx@
wears, aud while he may be little more OBJ
scure than the mpertinent Editor OF the
Times, yet such needs not necessarily oe inc
case from the fact that lie has not been
heard of by everybody and everything taa'
has passed along Req River. During that
time many Yankee has passed down the
river on some errand Of mischief, many g
||iackass in going from one part Of the coun-
,ltry to another, and many . convicted ielon
on his way to the penitentiary at Baton
Rouge, without our ever forming bis &c
ouaiutance Or caring to do 50. That the
Editor Of the Times belongs to the frsl
: class, his starting al, abolition paper IN New
Orleans and filing it with such stuff E, as wa
/ never before seen this side Of Yankee land
S would seem to be convincing proof; tina
/ he also belongs to the second, his daily ea
I hibitions Of Dogberryisn, in the columns 9
the Times leave no room for doubt; an
whether Or not he belongs to the third WI
! more fully appear when the present contr'
\ versy between himself aud the Editor OF u U
yl'Frue Delta shall have been deilitlyely Sc
8 tied,
IS AS for the very considerate offer to bio
&c our horn along with his own, we beg ! le cay
! to decline any assistance that may be IN ,
! power to give. The Democrat has clrcai
ted and welded an influence fot more tht
: twen.y years among the only people who
d support we covet- the conservative mass as
ie of the old citizens of the State-a class VI
q would spurn from their fre-sides such shee
re as daily issue from the office Of the ~
y Orleans Times. i, therefore, the I'm
ST should cay anything good Of US we sho1
oS feel ike the Greclan philosopher who, Vll
i praised by great scoundrel, remarked, J.
am afraid lest / have done somethl
a wrong, e i5 II
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1865-09-27

ae- Who is the first woman men.
toned in the Bible? Jenny Sis.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1865-09-27

@ go whom is the hater Of his
species Invariably welded? 70 Miss
An Thropy. i I ..s
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1865-09-27

.ym- JAS i. Orr, Of South Carolina,
and Henry G. Wagner were pardon
ed on the 18th. On the same day
the President pardoned sixty.elghl
persons: among them were N. 4
Daniels, President Of the Kichmonf
and Danyille Railroad, and Edwarf
Lafitte Of South Carolina
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1865-09-27

sga- Dixie must have patience I'M
til next week.
The mountain Democrat., 1865-01-21

PRESIDENTIAL CONSISTENCY. Lincoln is
distinguished for his consistency. lie
ridculcd the idea of issuing an cmancipa-
ton proclamation, and then issued it
He denounced TIC Radicals and then join
ell them. lie condemned their policy and
then adopted it. The following para
graphs are both found in his late message,
a paper which his own organs pronounce
flat, stale and improbable"
"In great national crisis like ours, una
nimily of action among those seeking II com
mon end, (the maintenance Of the Union. is
very desirable. almost indispensable, and vet
no approach to such unanimity is a'tainabIe
unless some Difference shall be paid to the will
Of the majority, simply because it is the will Of
the majority"
cit the people should, by whatever mode or
means, make it an executive duty to re.enSlave
such persons. another. and not !, must be their
instrument 10 perform it,"
The New Hampshire Patriot thus for
chilly comments on the above: Here
Lincoln preScribes one mode for all 9TH
ers, and directly contrary one for him
self lie says virtually that when bare
majority of the people vote to suit hlm,it
is the imperative duty of all to bow in
submission and obedience to the decision
thus made; but if the whole people should
vote it his duty to do what he does not
want to do, he will not do it! In this
latter avowol he declares his willingness
to disregard the Constitution. violate the
law, ignore his oath, omit plain consti-
tutional duty, AMI to set his own will su-
preme and omnipotent above all other
powers Such a shameful avowal is in
perfect consistency with his whole official
career, and therefore will surprise no one"
The mountain Democrat., 1865-01-21

No RErRACTIoN Lincoln declares that
he will retract nothing of his former de-
clarations in regard to slavery. lie says
promise given must not be broken
Will he stick to the following from his
Inaugural Address, of March 4th, 1861 !?
or does he regard only his promises to
the negro as sacred His pledges con-
flict, and he cannot fulfil some without
violating others:
declare that have no purpose, directly or
indirectly, to interfere with the institution of
slavery in the States where it exists. believe
have no lawful right TO do so, and have no
inclination to do so. The right of each State
TO order and control its own domestic institu-
tons according to its own Judgment excu.
sively is essential to the balance of power on
which the perfection OF our political fabric
depends.
The mountain Democrat., 1865-01-21
AssIGNEE's SALE.
81 J st.. near I'd, Sacramento.

TN the County Court Ia and for the County Of q
i Dorado, State Of California.-D. Newbauer vs.
His Creditors.
In pursuance OF an order made and entered u
the above entitled Court the 1th day OF Oc'o0eI'
1864, in the above entitled cause, will, on the LS'
day of January, the hour Of 10 O'Clock n ~:
at the Court House door Of said County, 10 the SX
of PacerVille, sell ct public suction, TO the hgnes
and best bidder for cash, the following descT'OeU
property, to wit:
The House and Lot situated on the west sac %
CoIouA street, in the City Of PAcerville, Couhy %
Fl Dorado, and State of California, and bouruSu W
follows: South by the residence and lot OF 2; "
Sanderson, north by the residence and lot OF 1"S0
?. Tracy, and east BY Coloms street. $500.
ALEX. HUNTER, ASS'yne''
PfaeSTvWHe, Nov Ism, 1sSl.--N
The mountain Democrat., 1865-01-21

"NOTniNG BETTER. The better, more
patriotic and intelligent portion of the
Abolition press do not look with favor
upon the reasonable scheme of Lincoln,
>Amncr, Garrison & Co. to destroy the
old Union and found "new nat on. y
Some Of them think it no sin to form a
union with Shareholders. The great and
good men Of our country, the patriots Of
the Revolution, the men from the North
and the men from the South founded the
old Union and lived happily under it !;
and surely we arc not better than they
surely we are not more patriotic, more
intelligent or more devoted to free inSt-
tutions. The Newburyport (Mass.) Her
aid, paper which has sustained the Adj
ministration all the while, frankly admits
that eve can have nothing better than we
had before the war; il is not in the gift
of God to humanity" The Democra-
cy desire the restoration Of the Old Union.
they are laboring for it and will not agree
to anything else; and We claim that all
who are really friends Of the old Union
ought to unite with Democrats in a Wig.
orous protest against Lincoln's policy,
which does not seek peace or Union, but
the wicked and imnracticablc and dis
graceful scheme of degrading white men
to the level Of negroes Says the Herald
"The way to reconstruction is very simple;
it is by the reorganization of the State Gov
ernments IN the choice of loyal officers, and
the sending Of loyal men to represent these
States in Congress. They should give up re-
belliOn we give up coutiscatOn and subuga-
ton. They give up war upon the Unian we
abandon and frown down war upon their
States. We can have nothing better than we
had before the war; 1t is not ln the gilt of God
to humanity ; nor is human nature capable of
approaching any better condition. Ii there
ever was u Paradise lost on this earth, it was
lost by the American people when this rebel
lion began; and Il there was any golden age,
1t was the seventy years of our uubroken ma
tlOnal constitution nal government.
The mountain Democrat., 1865-01-21

SrEALING.-lt is said that the net pio-
cecds of the great New York Sanitary
Fair were SI.lsO,o9l 27-of which on.r
$l75,l5l Us were paid over Il the olnI-
tary Commission, 1t is precions htIc "f
even this SUN that soldiers will get
Thousands of loyal men lave become
rich out Of these miScaiicd "beneyolent'
enterprises. Look at the above-ncarly
twelve hundred thousand dollars received,
clear of all expenses, and less than two
hundred thousand paid over to the Sam
tary Commission! What has become Of
the balance? Have loyal thieves put 1t
into their pockets?
The mountain Democrat., 1865-01-21
Special an0 &tntraI Nutirts.

TIE Agent OF LIE DOyen's sarsapa.
EtAAa win SsRd to every Physician and suys.o.
in car State. the recipe for HE celebrated BlOoS
Medasins, 90 that the profession may be sati.s.d
oil lie genuinensss. We believe 1t win TAX. Dl...
as the hrst medicine for all arrangements Of N.
blood, requiring an Alternative vegetable compound
see advertisement [nOV96us
The mountain Democrat., 1865-01-21

The Physician is often blamed "a.
want Of saceess In htstssaAasat, uheA haAaahAi..
ment In the recovery OF the sick Is TO Sc tfHhed .
the isterin & gmpurA neileneA. Robert ~
apotheeary, is payiAg fartIeuiaf attention II mi
compromising physicians prescriptions and faniIv
recipes from medicines Of undonbted purity ReSeS
White, Medical Hall, is appointed agent IoS 80
Of the genuine Patent MeAifiDtS
The mountain Democrat., 1865-01-21

Rich JOKE. "A rich joke on Gen. But
Ter is current in army circles, says a
Washington letter. 1t seems that the
regular officers have little faith in the
Dutch Gap Canal, and at recent court
martial in the Army of the James, SOL
der was sentenced to two years hard Ia.
Dor on said canal. The report adds that
Butler was disguised, and dissolved the
court Immediately upon hearing Of their
finding and sentence.
The mountain Democrat., 1865-01-21

Abolition SYMPATHY FOR TIE Pooh
\ Democratic member of Congress from
Ohio cndeavore1, on the first day of the
session, to get a resolution before the
House in favor of reducing the tariff on
tea, coffee, sugar and other necessaries Of
life AMI increasing it on Injuries, but an
Abolition member from Massachusetts, as
might have been expected, moved to Ia,
Die it, and it was tabled, the AbolitionSts,
voting to tabled it, the Democrats against
it. The poor laborinS man, who finds it
next to impossible to buy tea, or coffee,
or sugar, may grumble at this, but he
must learn that Abolitionists have no
sympathy for him. 1t wouldn't do to
heavily tax the Inquiries Of the Shodly
spectators and Office .hollerS-they have
wealth and inAuence-they are privi-
gcd class but the laboring men must
suffer for the benefit of negroes, Shoddy
swindlers and tax,gathererS.
The mountain Democrat., 1865-01-21

RETUsED TO NEooTIATE.-It is persist
emily denisd by the organs Of the Admin
istration that the mission Of Vice Presi-
dent Stephens, so rudely refused by LIN
coin, was designed for nGgotiatiOn and
peace; but the fact isestaSlishsd by the
admission of jefferson Davis himself. In
a speech at Columbia, South Carolina, he
said a.. 90.
"The Vice President of the Confederate
States was refused passport TO the North,
when his object was negOtiation-that means
by which ali wars must be terminated. The
door was rudely shut in our faces"
Lincoln has not denied this statement /;
he dare not deny that the "dOor was rude
~ shut! in. the Ease &C = --fsN HyTS 70
Washington to negotiate for peace-nnd
that man distinguished for his resistance
to the secession movement, as we'll as for
his integrity and craftsmanship. From
the first he favored q restoration Of the
Union, and if Lincoln had received him
and listened to his terms. it is probable
that the war would have ended long since.
Lincoln will not deny that he has refused
and is. pledged to refuse all proposals for
peace, unless the abandonment Of slave
ry' is first agreed to. Let the suffering
people, the tax. payers, the farmers whose
lards are mortgagcd to pay the enormous
and rapidly and constantly increasing ma
tional debt, reflect upon this. Let them
remember that he has repulSed all nego
tiations-" the means by which all wars
must be terminated"-and thereby de-,
clares his purpose to continue tue war
Indefinitely.
The mountain Democrat., 1865-01-21

TIE INTEREST ON TIE DEBr.-The entire
expenses Of Mr. Buchanan'S Administra.
ton were paid by custom house duties
1t now requires all the revenue. so called,
to pay the interest on the national debt,
without paying dollar of our expendi-
lures. The debt and the interest are in
creasing with frightful rapldity. The
extravaganza and corruption Of the Ad.
ministration have cost the people at least
five hundred millions since the inaugura-
ton Of Lincoln.
The mountain Democrat., 1865-01-21

DExocRAcY will be the gamer by Lin
coins re election his eight years Of mis-
rule, by contrast with the past, will so
endear the people to its teachings that
they will again embrace them with unal.
teVable devotion.
The mountain Democrat., 1865-01-21

BALL AT STRAWBERRY VALLEr-Messrs
Crosey 4 Swift, pro7rietors of the famous and
popular Straw berry Valley House. are making
arrangement for q superb ball to be given by
them on the 22d Of February next, in honor Of
Of our country. 1t will be- we are satisfied, n
splendid aTair- one of the gayest and most
pleasing.
The mountain Democrat., 1865-01-21

LoYAL.-A United States Marshal, in
Clinton County, Pennsylvania, was killed
few weeks ago by a negro conscript,
whom the officer was trying to arrest.
Wonder if this will be classed as cop
perhead outrage? The negroes assisted
the murderer to escape.