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COURAGE IN EVERYDAY LrfE.-Have
the courage to discharge o debt while you
have money in your pocket.
Have the courage to do without that
which you do not need, however much your
eyes may coyet it.
Have the courage to speak your mind
when it is necessary You should do SO, and
to hold your tongue when it is prudent you
should do SO.
Have the courage to speak to friend in
seedy coat" even though you are in
company with rich one, and r:chly attired
Have the courage to make will, and a
just one.
Have the courage to tell man why you
will not lend HIN your money.
Have the courage to "cut +" the most
agreeable acquaintance you have when you
are convinced that he lacks principle. "a
friend should bear with q friends in6rmi.
ties" but not with his vices.
Have the courage to show your respect
for honesty, in whatever griise 1t appears
and your contempt for dishonesty duplicity
by whomsoever exhibited.
Have the courage to wear your old clothes
until you pay for your new ones.
Have the courage to obey you Maker, a
the risk Of being ridicuied by man.
Have the courage to prefer comfort and
pr6priety to fashions III ill things.
Have the courage to acknowledge your
ignorance, rather than to seek credit for
knowledge under false pretenses.
Have the courage to provide entertain
ment for your friends within your means
not heyond.
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JACOB THOMPSON ON THE CouNTRY.--The
Oxford (MiSs Falcon publishes letter
dated in Dublin from Jacob Thompson, in
which he says: /" | assure you with all her
faults, | love my country There is no
other such country in the world. I.haye
visited every kingdom and people which
have any position among the nations Of
the earth. and with the intention-if ever
could find au acceptable place-to settle
down and gather my little family around
me, and there, in quiet, spend the remnant
of my days, but find no place in With
am willing to leave my family. Now, for
good or evil, the best country is the United
States and if their could only be security
of person, property ard reputation, it would
be the most desirable country on the earth.
at all events those dependent on ME, | want
them to remain and abide the fate and
destiny Of their country, What shall be.
come of ME is Of but little consequence
my days ofusefahess are passed. My sun
is fast Fastening to the setting. but my will
shall be when LIES fitful feveris over. my
body shall be buried beneath the soil which
has been fattened with the blood Of my
ancestors in the struggle for indepen-
dence."
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South CAROLINA PR6fECTING HER Ne
GRoEs-It appears that one Of the NEST
important laws which were passed by the
South Carolina Legislature, that has jast
adjourned, was an act declaring the rights
of the blacks, by which freedmen are
secu ed the rights Of making and enforcing
contracts; of sueing and being sued Of
giving evidence of inheriting, purchasing,
easing and selling real or personal proper
ty, of making bills, and in general terms
the right to enjoy full and equal benefit
of personal security. personal liberty and
private property the same as whites" This
law also provides that blacks and whites
shall suffer like punishments for crime,
and it appeals all laws inconsistent with
its provisions, excepting the law declaring
marriages between blacks and whites to be
null and void. South Carolina has vol
unfairly granted to her colored population
the same protection and privileges before
the law tsa. are enjoyed by her white eiti.
zsnE
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pa" Gen. Grant viii soon be as bitterly

gss" Gen. Grant will soon be as bitterly
opposed by the radicals as the President
himself. Not being able to obtain his as
sistance to carry out their reasonable de.
signs upon the country, they will now let
loose their hounds Upon his track. Thus
Jack Hamilton, in speech, recently made
at Cleveland, alternated his usual abuse of
the President with assaults on Congress,
and said If Andrew Johnson should be
disposed by writ Of impeachment, and
any military commander, even Grant him
sell, should respond to his call on the mill
tary, thar commander would be unmade
even more speedily than he had been made.
This is radical gratitude towards the leader
of the boys in blue Philadelphia Age.
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Joint Resolution proposing an amend
ment to the Constitution Of the Uni

Be 1t resolved By the Senate and House
of Representatives Of the United States
of Americd, III Congress assembled, two
thirds of both Houses concurring,) That
the following article be proposed to The
Legislatures of the several States as an
amendment to the Constitution of the
United States, which, when ratified by
three -fonrths of said Legislatures, shall
be valid as part Of the Constitution,
namely:
ARTICLE l4-section /. All persons
born or naturalized in the United
States. and subject I'd the jurisdiction
thereof, are citizens OF the United States
and of the State wherein they reside
No State shall make or enforce any
law which shall abridge the privileges
or immunities of citizens of the United
States; nor shall any State deprive any
person Of life, liberty OF property, with
out due process of law, nor deny to any
person within its-jurisdiction the equal
protection of the laws.
Sec. 2. Representatives shall be ap-
portioned among the several States ac-
cording to their respective numbers,
counting the whole number of persons
in each State. excluding Indians not
taxed. But when the right to vote at
any election for the choice Of electors
for President and Vice President of the
United States, representatives in Con-
gress, the executive a judicial officers
of a State, or the members Of the Leg
islature thereof is denied to any Of the
male inhabitants of such State, being
81 years of age and citizens Of the Uni
ted States, or in any way abridge the
right of suffrage except for participa-
ton in rebellion or other crime, the ba-
sis of representation therein shall be
reduced in the proportion which the
number Of such male citizens shall bear
to the whole number of male citizens
81 years of age in such State.
Sec. 3. No person shall be Senator
or Representative in Congress or cleo
tor Of President and Vice President, OF
hold any Office, civil or military, under
the United States, or under any State
who, having previously taken an oath,
as member of Congress, or DIS an off
Ger of the United States, OR as mem
Der Of any State Legislature, or as an
executive Or judicial officer of any
State, to support the Constitution Of
the United States, shall have engaged
in insurreetion OF rebellion against the
same, or given aid or comfort to the
enemies thereof. But Congress may
by vote of two-thirds of each House
remove such disability.
Sec. 4. The validity Of tile public
debt of the United States, authorized
by law, including debts incurred fol
payment Of pensions and bounties fo1
services in suppressing insurrection
and rebellion shall not be questioned
But neither the United States nor any
State shall assume Or pay any debt OF
obligation incurred in aid Of insured
ton or rebellion against the United
States, or any claim for the loss OF
emancipation of any slave; but all such
debts, obligations or claims shall be
held illegal and void.
Sec. 5. The Congress shall have pow
er to enforce, by appropriate legisla-
ton, the provisions Of this article.
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TEE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
District Court Parish Of Rabies.

NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
No. 55S-seecession Of Jacob 'Bgistsr ior
Administration aid Inventory.
WHEREAS Mrs. Rose Aun Brister
w has made application to this Court
to be appointed Admini tratrix Of tho
Succession of Jacob Brister; No.ice is
hereby given to all whom it doth Of way
concern, to show cause, within ten days
from the date hereof, why the same Should
not be granted.
Clerks Office, Alexandra, Louisiana.
October 9Th, 1866.
j. W. HICKMAN,
ltiUrle
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8 Z I 4 = ~ /.
GEN. PEMBERToN.- editor of the
jackson MISS Clarion who knows what
he is talking about, corrects an error in
Pollard's History, which says certain adj
dress to the troops at Vicksburg. after had
retired finally behind the Notifications, was
delivered by Gen. Pemberton. The Clarion
says:
The truth is. Gen. Pemberton never
made speech to his army never address
ed them a wordcf encouragement, written
ororal, during the whole siege and but the
fewest number Of his command had ever
even seen him. He was nevertheless, in
many respects an efficient officer. He dis
patched his Office business with great energy
and system but naturally reserved and
morose, there were few that could approach
him without going away oppressed with
the idea that he was not a Man to inspire
armies. Indeed he proved sing,,larly unfit
ted and incompetent for Tile position as
signed him. OF bis fidelity to the Confed-
crate cause we have never had the slightest
doubt. although it would have been difficult,
on the 4th day Of July, 1868, to convince
his army to the contrary
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DEATH OF A VERY OLD AND WEALTHY
French LADY.-The Paris correspondent
Of the London Daily News, in his letter Of
August "a, writes:
A very old lady, who passed Tor being
the largest landed proprietor in France, the
Marquise de Pommereau. died on Tuesday
last, at her Handsome mansion in the Eau
bourg st. German. which she had inhahi-
ted for more than half century,. She vas
the daughter Of the Marquis dAiigre, a
peer OF France. and the descendant Of two
chancellors of that name. In the time Of
the first Umpire she married the Marquis d.,
Pommereau, a member of the Council Gen
eral Of the Seine Inferieure, and the repre-
sentative ofone ofthe oldest and wealthiest
families in Normandy. She leaves three
sons to inherit an immense fortune both in
real and personal property.
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Bp The fancies Of the insane are some
times very ridiculous. That ola deranged
soldier out West is in point. He imagines
that he has been paying bis addresses to a
young lady who reciprocates his passion.
and that, lately the young lady offering to
kiss HIM, he refused the salute because pre-
yious kissing on his part and her part had
raised !nmps on the end Of his nose. -
Don't tell the girls that kissing is token
Of INSANITY
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Ex-U. S. SENATOR JAMES S. GREEN
The following, from d st. Louis gentleman
now temporarily here, md known to al
who navigate tho great river, or travel OF
| it, as man of unimpeachable worth and
character, puts the brand of fslsehond on ;
statement as to Senator Green, which CAV.
lis great pain, knowing theintellectuala ant
moral worth Of that very able man:
To the Editors of the Picayune:
/ have this moment noticed thementfon
| in YOU, paper, of vile SANDER, by a cor
respondent ola St. Louis paper, in regard
to the aforementioned gentleman. The
Radical correspondent says he met Mr.
Green coming down Chestnut street, stag
gering drunk, with his head bent towards
the earth, and that he makes living by
being calaboose shyster
| l saw Mr. Green initiated in the Switze.
Ter Lodge;of Good Templars, last Spring
and, as far rs we of the Lodge know, he
has kept his pledge; and his stalwart form,
SIX feet in height, can be seen, with head
erect, every day, in the streets of st. Louis,
while he practices in the Supreme Court OF
the United States, and the highest Courts
in the State.
Mr.. James s. Green was in the Senate OF
the United States during it's stormiest SEES
sion, during the agitation of the Kansas
question. He took the extreme Southern
side Of that question, and was the only de.
batter who was able to combat the great
Stephen A. Douglas.
Again, / notice that The Crescent, in de-
nying the false statement of the st. Lous
correspondent, is in error in stating that
Mr.. Green went into the Confederate army
and died nohly fighting her battles Sena.
tor Green never went into either army; he
retired into private life early at the begin
ming of the war
His brother, Gen. Mart. Green, q Douglas
Democrat, at the breaking out of the war,
raised regiment for the South, and when
he was pressed by the forces of General
Mcneil, combined with the forces of Fisk,
he reached the Missouri at the city of Glas-
gov, pressed the steamer Sunshine "a boat
| was interested in) into service and cross.
ed to the south side of the river Soon af-
forwards he joined Prices command and
afterwards Gen. Bowen's, and was killed
while fighting under him at Champion,
Hills, where General Bowen and many
other brave Missourians fought their last
battle H.G.C.
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A New RoGUEs' GALLERY.-We do
not suppose, says the N. Y. Day Book,
it is possible to disgrace the capitol Of
the United States, now that it is the
rendezvous Of Black and white, negroes,
and properly surmounted by a female
miscegen, but if it We're possible to do
it, The placing Of the portrait Of Joshua
r. Giddings in the Rotunda would
achieve that difficult job. 1t is an
nounced that this old traitors phiz is
actually to beput up there by order of
Congress. There is but one more step
fol- the Mongreis now to take to com
plete their consistency. Tie portrait
Of old John Brown should be added at
once, and then with those Of Garrison,
Wendell Phillips, Ben. Butler, Parson
Brownlow and Jack Hamilton, we
should have very respectable "Rogues'
Gallery
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Gen. Butler wants to keep the South out
Of The Union until the heavens melt with
fervent heat. His idea is, probably, that
such cheat" would melt spoons into ingots,
and @thA South be unable to identify its
property. 1t will be hotter than be want,
i. ors day or another, We ore afraid.--
INev Ha7sn Register.
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map Tie rascal who counterfeited the
Caited States los was q modest man.
PeteFson's petector says "she toes Of the
female Oh the right end can scarcely be
seeu." Il is difficult 70 paups be. toes On
.ais cola.es-.tet,
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Letter from General Grant.
NO ONE AUTHORIZED TO STEAK FOR HIM
IN POLITICAL MATTERS.
From the New Albany (Ind.) Com.

~ S'o 49," 1A'"tfhy iiuu.j SOHi.
MIR. Kerr, in his speech at Hariens-
burg, startled his hearers by the asser-
ton that General Grant was firm
supporter Of President johnson and
"his policy" The sensation created
by this extraordinary statement was
considerably marred upon the proof
being called, for and produced ia the
form Of o letter to Mr.. Kerr from Brevt.
Brigadier- General w. S. Hillyer, of
New York city. General Gresham, not
feeling completely satisfied with the
proof adduced, wrote to General Grant
concerning it.
The correspondence referred to we
give below.
HEDQRs. ARMIES oFTHE UNITED STATES, }
WASHINGTON, d. c., Sept. Is, 1866, {
Gen. w. q. Gresham,
Geaeral-General Grant directs me
to acknowledge the receipt of your let
ter OF September 10, and to forward
you the accompanying copy of a letter
sent by him this day to General Hillyer.
You are ut liberty to make what use
you please of the enclosed.
am, Sir. very respectfully, your
obedient servant,
ADAM BADEAu..
Colonel and A. d. G..
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ADAM BADEAu..
Colonel and A. d. G..

HEDQR's. ARMIEsor THE UNITED STATES, !
Washington, D. c., Sept. 10, 1866.
To Brevet Brig. Gen. w. s. Hillyer, New
York City.
II see from the papers that You have
been making a speech, in which YOU
pledge me to political party. l am
further in receipt Of a letter from Gen.
Gresham, Of Indiana, in which he says
that his opponent in Congress had pub
lished an extract from letter received
from you, in which you pledge me to
the support Of President Johnson, and
as opposed to the election Of any can
didate who does not support his policy
You, nor no man living. is authorized
to speak for me in political matters
and ask you to desist in future.
want every man to vote according to his
own Judgment, without influence from
me. Yours, etc.,
A true copy. q. S. GRANT.
ADAM BADEAU, A. D. G..
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A GOOD CHAN NOEL!

A u ~ v u y Il A N q El
THE undersigned is desirions of re-
l firing from the publishing business.
He Therefore offers for sale OF reasona-
bic terms, the Shreveport News Print
ing Establishment. The paper has an
excellent advertising patronage; the
job Office connected has all the re-
quisites of. "a first class printing estab-
lishment. As a paying institution, the
establishment has proven itself unsur-
passed by any other office in the State,
or country. To any person wishing I'd
engage in the business, this is one of
the best opportunities offered.
Address, with stamp enclosed for an
swer, JOHN DICKINSON,
Sole Editor and Proprietor, "a Texas
street, Shreveport, La.
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a. NEW PERFUME! Called
"a SWEET OpoPoNAx FROM MEX
Ico, manufactured by Z. T. SAITH
& Co., New York, is making a SEN
sation wherever it is known. Is
very delicate, and its fragrance re.
mains on the handkerchief for
days Evening Bulletin, PAila,
de,phia.
SEPT y 3l
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THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
District Court Parish of Raniaes.

NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
No. 559-Succcssion e. n. Graham, ad.
ministntioa and Inventory.
WHEREAS James Hicks has mad,
w application TO this Court to be ap.
pointed administrators Of the Estate Of
Edward n. Graham; Notice is hereby
given to all whom it doth or may concern.
to show cause, within ten days .iram the
date hereof, why tile same should not bo
granted.
Clerks Office, Alexandra, Louisiana.
October 9Th, 1866.
W. B. PHILLIPS,
Deputy Clerk
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N OTTO

N Q TT @ ID
4 III persons having claims against the
II Succession OF John G.. Moore, decd.
will present them to r. NJ. Kiipatrick. At
torney for the succession. Persons IN
debted to the succession will please make
payments as promptly as possible to
same or to JAS. B. MOORE,
Administrator.
Alexandria, La, Oct. 9, '66-3t
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That GAyEL.--'rh The Charleston Courier
denies that he gavel used at the Southern
Loyalists' Convention is he same used to
call together the Charleston Convention in
1860, which declared the Union dissolved
1t says:
The statement about the identity of the
gavel is sheer fabrication. Tie Pliilistines
did not possess themselves Of this souvenir
The gavel used by that convention, as well
as the Presidents chair aud table, are now
in this city. AT the adjournment of that
.assemblage those relics where presented by
the convention to the ST. Andrews Society,
who had rendered the free use Of their
building, and are now in the possession of
their Secretary. Tile gavel, which has an
ivory head and ebony handle, We saw yester-
day. 1t has the world dsecession" carved
thereon, and was in tae possession of the
Secretary during his NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
The other Articles Of furniture never came
within the scope Of those who made it a
part Of their programme while here net to
take anything beyond their reach.
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MEN ONE WouLp RATHER Nor MEET
Men who mix salad better than any 9th
er men.
Men who ask yon to listen while, they
read aloud something they have written
themselves "a
Men who tell stories that run into one
'another,s SO that You find il very difficult to
get away at the end of any of them,
/ Men who have qnarreled with all their
relations
Men who have been betrayed and aban-
doned in the most heartless manner by all
their friends
Men who have been prosecuted and
swindled by a general conspiracy OF every
body.
Men who initiate popular actors.
Men who are always asking, Don't you
think sol"
Men who are always 'tp'ittinga case"
Men who agree With yon too mnch.
Men who feel iinpelled to Join Issue
with you there"
MeH who are techically enthusiastic on
the subject of art, without having any
practical knowledge of it whatever
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ELECTION NOTICE.
4 N ELECTION for a member of tho
a Police Jury Of the Parish of Rap
ides for the CoTIEE WARD, to Fill tile
unexpired term Of A. Dafiel deceased,
will be held on
M0NDAF TIE 22dof OCTOBER, 1866.
The Commissioners of election win
hold the same according to law and
make due returns to
b. .. ARDEN,
President Police Jury.
Oct. 10 66 tide
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CYPRESS LUMBER.

THE undersigned will keep constant
l " on hand, at Alexandria, for sale
at market fates, an assorted supply OF
Cypress lumber, also a lot of first class
cistern lumber. Parties will have
their bills promptly filed by applying
to our agent, II. II. Parker, Alexand.
ria. w. g. T. BUSH.
sept IS, tt.
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Your most ob't selv't

P.lS. Wilson stole my watch my the
devil take him. I'm axed for stealages
have noincome whatever therefore, it is I'M
necessary for me to say anything more only
If there were toll bridge between hera and
Columbus would not be able to get there.
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4 BARGAIN TO Be HAD!
PLANTATION Fca SALE on REMIT!

II WILL sell or rent my plantation,
i three miles below Alexandria, on the
south side OF Red river; it contains five
hundred acres; with mules aud farm
ing implements; also a lot Of fine milch
cows.
Also 4l9 acres of land on Catalonia
Lake, Is miles from alexandria, one Of
the best Stock Farms in the Parish.
For terms apply to
w. N. CALVIT.
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i HE AADN ESS OF The IuDNGRElS.---NO
words can express the demoniac madness
of the Mongrels. Here is what John W.
Forney threatened in q recent speech de-
livered at Lackawanl,a, PA, II the southern
people would not ratify the proposed negro
equality amendments to the Constitution.
He said:
II the southern people do not ratify
this (negro-equallzation) amendment, or If
they defeat it, what then? / think see
by The glitter Of your eyes, and l know by
the throbbings Of my heart, that If they
should ever be guilty Of this new infatua-
tion,t war that would ensue would astab.
fish this fact, that which has passed was
but as child's play, or as picnic to that
which will come. The army that will go
to the southern country will go there to
stay it will not be an army of invasion,
but an army Of emigration it will not go
there to revenge, but to extirpate. Brown
lows remedy will indeed be tried; there
will be three columns, the me 10. Kill, the
second to barn; The third 10 deciae the
plantations among tie men that an do,oa
the second lime to areageMe insnAed, flag
Of oar cquatry. | see this sublime resolve
in the glitter Of your eyes, and ] feel it in
the throbbing Of my heart-I feel it every-
where-I hear it IN the trumpet voice of
destiny. That we shall not prevail against
these men is to expect that God is dead .
Were there such tleyilish sentiments ever
before expressed by human beings? Verify,
men have become devils, incarnate.
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$50, Ca, July.

Mr.. 49,, Cal received
your notice of annual tax in due time, per
nit me to say that the tax ware made upon
mel by Mr.. Assistant Assessor The
corn ware corn the government had from
me | never received one cent for. and the
little negroes for supporting them which I
was forced to do in 1864. possessed
what some people call propertyin 1866. |
am insolvent, have family Of ten children
and no corn.
Sanl Saul why persecutist thou me, il is
hard to kick against the br cks.
Y0urmost ob't selv't,