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The Mexican Times

I rxr .sA9 :, - .ssSS ~.
t, we nave received from our old and higl
'iiy esteemed FRIEND, ex-Goy; Henry Wa
kins Allen, two copies Of his paper, th
mexican lines, dated the 20 and 9Th ult
|respectlVeiy, with an endorsement upo
one OF them bringing freshly back the mem
Iory OF pieasanter days, which we shall priz
/ nighly as long as we live: Il is souyeni
4 OF the pasta token Of kindly reeoIlectio,
.-as well as 9 ren1efabrancer of the present
rom one OF the nobiest, brayest and trues
hearted men, take him all in all, that eve
lived. ~
we are glad to see that Gov. Allen i
Ptosperlng, that ne is above want, and tina
MS own brains and his own industry hay,
enabled him to make an honorable livint
m the far-otf land of his exile: but we reae
WIN deep regret several limitations thai
MS Intention never to return to his native
land was unalterable. We really hope the
events OF the not far distant future may
cause him to change his determination, and
that the period is not very remote which
shail witness his return to his old home
""S ~ w 'ng soc.ecy "a HIS Ola friends.
Gov. Allen is evidently well pleased with
. Meslco' Here is one paragraph from his
papea
!, -. n, =, our winter has set IN,
a a.;u we nlgnt air Is eager and nipping,'
.,.. oul nowets are as beautiful our cocoa
a .a.'s h ala cnlrlmoyas as ncn, and our oran-
g s,so, 'aiia'las ana pine apples as sweet as
'I ul;.
ms nnls as ~, =, wonaeriul.Wonderfal country
tho what "a ~. ..;s, l1P.c fruits and plants OF
~ is "o'1ui WIN an tae seasons we'll defined,
"i ;nJ sudu healeh ana tne pnrest water-it
T 1ee Go a,,.os. an eargnly paradise;
- 49,, JJ's.naieus always was an advocate
find thot tha aau alulal Improvement. We
nau 'h ,. '"ese chafacteristicsa are operating
as tbav naad ~ Jus? ~ ~ strongly IN Mexico
to elevate tha Mav;aan a' 1,1a &c wlsnes
and what he hos ~ :, ou ~ them !;
we'll told in these wor nay "a the suo)ec1, Is
The i 900 n(1e, Of r nd,
ces in Mexico are citnsns g Sna A. lSaa "a
BY the provisional statate os e" .h n rap,m
Cney are entitled to aII thp f;phfs onds nr;u
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FINAL ACCOUNT

Succession CT Elijah r. Crosby Distr;c.
court Parish Of Rapides State Of Louisisps
No. II. ..'.3..
NOTICE IS hersby given 10 the, creditors
of this suc> 'ession and to all other parties
herein interested, to show cause within thir.
ty days from the present notification (if any
they have Or CAM why the account or tab.
Ieau presented BY the Adn'inistratrix Of tho
said Succession, shou d no. be hbmologated
and approved, the iuu.ls distributed 10 -
cordance herewith, and the; said Adminis.
tratrix and her security discharged from alt
further trust and liability in the premises.
Clerks Office Alexandra Louisiana Jao-
uary 23d 1866, So. @ s.-
W. W. WH1TrINGTON, JR.
Jan. "a 5-t. = sisilsi 4s Clerk
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A Queer oil Story,

The most ingenious oil theory Is tina,
preached by Mr.. William H. Hubble, a
Philadelphia engineer, vine co1ljectures
that petroleum is Q vegetable oil, which is
produced in the. Pacific Ocean by the de.
composition of sea plants; and, mixed
with salt water, it pervades the open Polar
Sea discovered by DR.. Kane, and prevents
| it from freezing; that, being lighter than
water, the centrifugal force Of the, earth, in
! its rotation, causes the water or the denser
fluid to accumulate about tho North Pole;
that, being light and oily, it is highly sus-
ceptlble of capillary attraction that a sand
stone Strata crops out in the Atlantic
Ocean, and absorbs this oil, inducing it by
capillary attraction to flow in its channel
or strata under this continent in souther-
lily and southwesterly direction; that it
crops out again in the Pacific Ocean, and
the oil there reccdes and mingles with the
waters Of the Pacific, giving the ocean it's
mild and placid character, and forms the
well-knoWn and oleaginous food for whales,
which is visible and exists in the water of
that ocean, and extends thousands Of miles
northward, and on which the whales live
and derive their oil, and is called their
feeding ground. In. the Pacific ocean it
flows again northward through Behring's
Straits, by the same law which made it &C.
cumulate il the open Polar sea that is,
being lighter than water, and not capable
of uniting with it, the water, which is heav-
lest, will accumulate about the equator,
while this only, lighter matter, vii! flow to
the North Pole, and there form the open,
unfrozen sea. Thus it performs its great
office in the laboratory Of nature flowing
in circle through this particular strata of
sandstone, under this continent. from the
Arctic to the Pacific ocean by capillary at
traction, and there is plainly visible in the
water, in coagulated form as the food of
whales, prepared in and by the very salt
and dense water of that temperature, and
dense water of that temperature, and fow-
ing in the process Of separatioffifor thou
sands Of miles northward, forming recessa-
rily the open or unfrozen sea, and being the
great basin Of GORDON or oil Of the earth for
The use of man. There is one Office which
the oil probably performs that seems to be
overlooked by MIR. Hubble-that is, greas-
ing the gudgeons Of the North Pole.--[ Al
oany Journal. - -s [...- 5:.
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Short Gatechis1n of the Union
- League, ,a...

From The Wayne County (0.) Democrat.
It is supposed that no one can enter thu
inner door of the League room without be
Ing able to answer the following questions
in the language given below. 1t is dark
chamber; dark business; all about the
darkie. All is silent as the grave. The
q. D. U. S. G. M. P. breaks the spell By
addressing the Doviciate thus. Y.
|. For what purpose are you here?
al Answer. To worship the niger.
Al. Who are the niggers2
The superior race of mankind. Themost
exalted, wise and beautiful people Of the
earth.
III. For what was the world made?
For .niggers. s
". Can you give me the origin Of the
beautiful race?
They had no beginning-e from
eternity. They were present when the
: world was created, aud first suggested the
creation of the white trash.
V. What is the chief end of white
nen?
TO glorify. worship and honor the Mig
gers.
vi. For what was the revolution fought?
For the niger.
VII. What is the chief object Of the
Federal Constitution?
For the black race.
VIII: What is the most. important coun-
tsy of the world? =
Africa.
IX. What race Of mankind is the most
enlightened? = y
The African They built the pyramids,
wrote the scriptures, built the. tower of
Babel, founded Troy, invented letters, dis
covered America, invented the telegraph,
drafted the declaration Of independence,
AID broke up the Federal Union.
Response-All hail, Afrika.
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Nor A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES.
-One day during the present term Of our
circuit court, friend G. was drawn as ajury,
man in a capital case Judge Bagbee put
the usual questions to. him. When he ask
ed him if he was a citizen of the United
States, he replied mo- and added, now
Judge, You know that Alabama is not in
the Union. and none Of us are citizens of
THE United States" This created quite q
laugh in court. Our friend was not joking
he was in sober earnest, and still contends
that he is not quite citizen Of the United
States, but Of a conquered province
Montgomery ledger. ar
!. sss.sS. ~~->r~~-sO>--~~-r~~~~
R1 Adah Isaacs Menken is on her way
back to this country with q lot of trained
Hecds. q 8o;-8i'st asf1 asst 10
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~~~>~--~~ <s-4WO-\~ ~
Remarkable Scene in huron.
From tie Oberlin tOhio) News.

4 trom the UDerlln (Unl0) NeWs.,
! To those who attend the First Church
the last Sabbath will be the most memora-
BILE of the year. President Finney-strong
and vigorous 10 spite Of the burden Of years
that lays most men aside from active labor
preached in4the morning from the text,
Come, for all things are now ready. And
they all, with one consent, began to make
excuse" The sermon was continued into
the afternoon, as his custom is, and charac-
terizsd by his usual searching presentation
of the truth. Drawing tito q close and
taking his key from the peculiar and inn
pressive relations of the day, the last of the
old year, be made powerful appeal to the
audience then and there. The heart of the
great congregation seemed obedient to his
Iwill-7or, as the good man himself would
| say, to the power Of God, so unmistably
present. Waves Of feeling seemed to roll
over the whole audience. By the speak
er's request, the pews nearest the pulpit, in
the body OF the house, were vacated, and
an invitation was extended to all who were
not Christians and would consecrate them
selves with the closing year to the Chris
tian life, TO come forward. Slip after slip.
was filed. From the gallery, from the orr
chestra and from every portion Of the house
came all classes gray haired men in tears,
women, young men = who had faced for,
years the storm Of battle without ainching,
cow stood trembling like towards moth
ers leading up their children--no one could
have looked upon the scene and mocked
1t was too real. Again other seats were
vacated. and the ;yitation was given to all
backslidden Christians who would return
from their wandering, to come forward,
Another exodus from the galleries, and
tears flowed all over the house as Christian
hearts welcomed back the returning prodi-
gals. "A third invitation called do all
Christians who would reconsecrate them
selves to their Master. By this time
the lower floor was filled, and the gal
lery-so few remained, bore the ap.
pearance as if the benediction had been pro-
For many years no such auiaience
has been dismissed in Oberlin as then So
berry, slowly and tearfully went homeward !
1t must have seemed to the speaker as i'll
the old times Of thirty years ago, when such
power waited on his effects, had come back
again, And doubly grateful must il have
been as seal to the patient, faithful labor
md preaching of the fab and winter in
which he has sougth for revival. 4
The Enquiry meeting in the evening was
70 fully attended that for once special, in
liyidual instruction had to yield TO general
speaking TO all. y 2 rs 80
! And so ii Oberliu with wonderful day.
closed the anpas nirGbiii wondsrfnl year
--of 1865. @"
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NOTICE.

HAVING assumed the tutorship Of my
children. and the settlement 81 myhnsbapdis
estate, Earnestly request oil those who may
be indebted to said estate to come forward
and pay to me their Indebtedness without
delay. | trust none will fail tocor,ply With
this request, and thus cause the orphsu
children Of a gallant soldier who gave Biz
life to bis country, to suffer for their hthss's
selfscri6cing courage aud pa.tiotirus:
AUGUSTA CANFIELn.f rtr;1s.
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Things Dron and Dull

Why is a sad man like cup. running
ovar2 Because he is mournfal (moF'n full.
We climb to our highest conceptions b.
ladders. e
: Why is q rich young lady like q skunk il
RTief? Because she is q sweet csnted ant
doNGrous creature.
Faith offers the oaly solution for the
ny;teries of life. &c.. ....s.....s
Woman should not be ambitious to GRASP
the practical realities and hoHors OF the
world; but to realize an ideal of domestic
bliss.
Why was one Of the American discoveries
jolly fellow? Because he was A merry
euss Americus.) az.
Thin % uqfe' is the acay for to cut
bacon. t#E
A ecrtain amount Of owlism with Ger
tain amoant Of brains is equivalent to twice
che amount Of brains without the oWlism.
TUE GREAT TEsr OF True AFFECTION
Adversely. af
Why is matrimony in Texas like human
~eakncss? tits frail tie (frailty)
A man whose palate was SO long that he
eoughed whenever he tried to speak, found
on having it cut off that his feet hung out
beyond the curtailed pallet.
Why has the government of the South
been grinding for the last five months? Be
canse it has been military.
One thrust may inaict wound on .
Dational heart which leaves a scar for all
time and which an ocean Of blood or an age
OF good government cannot wash out.
Natsimony is . nuisance (asooseance.)
"DiScerd am horrible" as the negro said
when be vas about to be hung
Laziness is the operation Of doing moth !
Jug laboriously and persistently with great
energy aud industry.
It is but natural that bakers should be
great 0qJe's.
Fishing is one Of the few employments in :
"hich the gross aud the net proceeds are |
che same. If
ri ~ L
What is the difference between ten years t
and bad wife? One is enough to make '
boy groun and the other is enough to make !
b man grodn. . s -sf '"s It
Eating too much beef is calculated to a
solr a mans spirits. I ~ Z
Some prefer long mere hymns and some a
short metre hymns; but, rs for me, / prefer y
The meet her by moon light alone with the o
Rims at distance. Ii
TO be where you are enyied is not always +;
Ia l..
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STRAYED

7ROM my plantation, near Alexandri..
= on Sunday the 2lst inst, four mules
branded 8 on the right hip /; small, but
heavy built, with main and tail closely
roachei. Have just been brought from
Kentucky. A Liberal reward will be pad
for their delivery to me.
jany. "a, '66 It re. HYNSON..
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PUBLIC AUCTION.

TOOA1C hUCIlON. gss.s&F
Twill sell, on Saturday the 18th Of Janu.
ary, tor Cash, 70 the highest bidders, iaffobS
of Clark's Stable
30 Good Plantation Mules,
! Large Wagon, .
! Ambulance,
10 Sett Of Harness. s ss
=. A lot Of Camp eqoiPage consisting II
lent cooking Vessels, table ware aud
Sale to commence at IL o'clock n.
Jan. a 1866. JAMES, H.. ADAMS.
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THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.


THE STATE OF LOUISIANA,
J. DISTRICT. COURT-PARISH OF
RAPIDES, NINTH JUDICIAL
DISTRICT,
No. 174-Estate Whereas George (.
Of Levi Wilson, Ad- Wilson has made d.
and In plication to this Court
rentory. to Be appointed al.
mlnistrator Of the Estate Of Levi Wilson.
(deceased;) Notice is hereby given 10 ALI
whom it doth or may concern, to show
cause, within ten days from the date hereof,
Why the same should not be granted.
Clerksutlee. Alexaudris, Louisiana. in.
lary the 22d, 1866.
wv. WHITTINGTON, JR.
Jan. oath, ct. CIe,k
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4s7- 4 young man named vincent Helm

W A young man named Vincent Helm.
hald, while in drinking house in Philadel.
phia, wagered $40 that he could lift by his
teeth certain man, including the chair in
which he sat. Strange to say he accom-
plished the feat, and received the money
lie went out and stopped at store where
he was acquainted. He reclined upon a
table, and in few moments, when it was
time to close the store, be was found to be
dead. lie died without au audible demon.
stration, but his features were found to be
distorted and his limbs contracted.
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DIEp.-At bis residense Oh Bayou Ro.
D pert. On the 8M inst, Aaron PsEscor7, in
the seth year Of his age. = s
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nen. Commodore Winslow is the princi-
pal witness against Sernpes, whose trial
soon takes place. lis'' . ',sF te,
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hS 4 man who had been Eve hours in
his coffin In New York, awoke just in time
10 escape burial.
5, --~-----~-~.-sSpe-~.-~>-> ssEs
HRe Hope nerer leaves the human heart.
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100 ExsG eaara = HEATH, Rillex, Hood
Lonestreet, and other Southern ieadess,
have recently been in Cincinnati Engaged
sixteen hundred white laborers. and pur.
chased eight hundred cotton plows.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-01-24

Gs~ A number Of Bostonians, have pre-
scented General Grant with library valued
at a5eo0 Fa $S1t'stl at
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= GIVE 70 eVcly Child IN Mexico the Key to
A,.gowledge. Simply learn them to read
ana write, and they will do the rest them
selves. The rising generation must be ed
ucated, stas,a policy urges it, humanity de-
mantis it, CHRIS tin duty requires it, and
God himself will LESS tn. 0. True
Delta. ssz,. -; .,4,.,.s
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1866-05-18
GENERAL NEWS.


The good people of Pamela County, Miss,
are in the habit OF giving parties, and the
ladies are much troubled with the question
of what is to be done in the case of ex-federal
officers and soldiers living in that section.
The agitation has reached the papers, and
the variety of opinions is amusing. One
lady, writing TO the Star, settles the matter
with Sparton breyity-"Southern Indies, re-
ceive them not"
At social picnic near Galveston, Texas,
Gen. Longstreet was present, and in reply to
toast to Gen. II. L. Lee, said that Language
failed to express his great admiration for
Gen. Lee, but he would be pleased if the
Gen. could be so situated that he could give
the command, By nations, right WHEEL"
Upon being previously introduced he had
offered toast to the "home-spun dresses
the Southern ladies wear"
An examination into the antecedents of
the clerks of the departments, shows that
several of them have been in the Rebel army.
A Fortress Monroe dispatch states that
the health of JEFF. Davis is failing rapidly,
and that he expressed great pleasure at tile
news of his Indictment, as he is confident of
speedy action in his case.
Hon. George E. Badger died at Raleigh,
N. g., ON Friday, the 18th. Mr. Badger
was not only prominent man in his State,
but also in the Union. He was Senator
from North Carolina for some years, and
pursued highly conservative course. When
the war broke out, having been Wing for
many years, he opposed it as much us he
could in troublesome times, and took no part
in its progress, He was a man of more than
ordinary parts, and deserves and will receive
credit from the future,
The body of Hon Preston King was found
floating in the Atlantic Basin, Brooklyn, N.
Y, on Monday. Mr.. King, it will be re-
membered, committed suicide last year by
jumping from ferry boat.
The bill amending the act relative to the
habeas corpus has been approved by the
President
The Surgeon at Fortress Monroe has been
directed TO make an official report concern
ing jeff. Davis health.
The liquor license law was defeated in the
Massachusetts Legislature on the 15th-14G
TO 40.
A meeting of the Stephens o Mahony
Fenians was held at Jones' Wood, N. Y, on
the 18th. The Roberts faction held aloof,
and there is no promise of Union There is
deficit of $4,000 in the o'Mahony trea-
sury, which no one knows anything apont
A fire at Salem, Mass, on the 14th, des
troycd $4,000 worth of property, including
the old East India Hall Building, which
dates to the time when Salem was the head
of the East India business. The curiosties
were saved
Messrs. washburne, of Illinois, Broomall,
of Delaware County, Pa, and shanklin, of
Kentucky, so to Memphis on the 18th, to
investigate the recent riot there.
The reported massacre at Fort Goodwin is
diseredited by later advices.
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1866-05-18
LOCAL ArFA1Rs.

Epifome Of Business and Personal Matters.
"A session of the U. s. District Court will
he held in this city, on the second Tuesday
OF June, and session Of the Circuit Court
will be held on the third Tuesday of the same
month
We direct especial attention to the card of
Eising & Hart, Provision Dealers. 1t will
be found in another column.
Messrs. Jones and Dure are erecting two
handsome dwellings, at the s. T. corner of
Ninth and West Streets.
Mr. Lackey Is fitting up splendid store
room, at the S. w. corner of Ninth and
Market Streets. There are also several new
buildings under way, on Washington Street
above Ninth. There are also many i'm
prOvements in progress, on Delaware Avenue
Cntharine Curren, mysteriously disap-
peared from her home in this city about
week ago. Search was made for her, and
She was found in Philadelphia, and restored
to her parents.
George Wilson Hamilton, John Myers
and Alfred McCracken, convicted of larceny
last week, were whipped at New Castle on
Saturday, in accordance with the sentence of
the Court.
Water for Fuel-Wm. II. Watkins, agent,
announces that the Excelsior Hydro Car
bon Stoves" for cooking or heating, are
on exhibition at 1jG West Baltimore Street,
Baltimore. This is said to be one Of the
greatest inventions of the age. They are
commended for their simplicity, durability,
economy, cleanliness and effective working,
as also their portability. The right for the
State of Delaware is Offered for sale
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1866-05-18
APPROPRIATIONS.

[RePor'sd 5or he Journal aud STATE mani
FRoN Nav YoRK = STEAMSHIP wiarcagTAR INGRAM.
pusey, Jones Co life boat anchor and chain !
compaAf Il Parry boxes TIM Alex saville cases wine.
Jas Downward Son 20 ba es hemp hd,; j 4 Rolinson
x Co cases Samuel W00linan 20 bLs rnniinq eanent
al rolls iet Dobs 10 furniture; Jas Hfadford
r,se varnish q boxes fla; diamond State Iron % hills
esy deDoNell Cal boxil Pekelsl pes
Horner IA bds steel; Je-sup Moore casks rhlorie
OF lime 81 bales rope cuttings Robinson 4 %
T MeClary, bdia chairs; d Ret1Ald bill nil
Puy Scott 100 bales goat skins Pickes Cotter case,
= Btnghurst Co cas- S; JAS bradford bbls turpen,
tine Harry Co case, Capt Jas Iawless largo sioya
lot of bilers aud c,snge Wm Hastings Co case. ,
MelBall case q Il Thomson Cases Pussy, Jones Co
10 brlH rases. -
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EXPOnTATInNs.

PoR ERw York FER STEAMSHIP wKsTCnKsTBR-IKaRAN
Jsssnp Moora tSi bdls paper D LAmmot Jr 10 cases
mdh Jas Dos inward Son 96 coils rope; Lobdel 81
o. hbls ilOuE Dsneud State ron Co aI3 bars IS bdis
trout JsInps allls easas mlz Gregg BOws earriipe
and pole; D Thompson casei StYille cases, Swift
Courtney ~ vases matehs; kpwlin Hyis caa4; Il il
0rlmlli SaaN ssedEl Jla y l'ee Co lOl hada i5O
obls corn meal Crland boxes; VIM Hastings ";
1iban I'LL eggs Otto soik 70 bsei keg; Nn Iri 4
Sons 22i bills fur
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1866-05-18

ANOTHER VETo-The President has We
toed the bill admitting Colorado as State
of the Union. We do not deem it important
to publish his objections, as lie nowhere in
them tells Congress that he was once anal
derman in Tennessee One Of Ills reasons
for the veto is, that, as eleven Southern
States are now out Of the Union, Colorado
may as well be out too
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1866-05-18

LIONS IN THE WAY.-Thc good people of
New York, and Elzabethport, have been
enjoying the luxury of the presence of lions
in their respective localities. In the former
place, Stephens, the Fenian; and in the
latter, Santa Anna, of Mexico; while in
Wilmington we have nothing but the pro
mise of new city map, or the alternative
of the Riaderpest