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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-10-24


GENERAL Legs HousEnoLD ErFEcrs AT
ARLINGTON. Under an order from the
President, the. household effects left at the
Arlington mansion by Gen. Lee, or rather
the fragments that were remaining of them,
were yesterday delivered to the party sau-
'horized by Gen. lee to receive them. 1T
appears that nearly everything of any value
had been stolen. Many valuable heirlooms,
including some Of the family portraits. had
been purloined. The portraits were taken
from the frames, packed in boxes, and
stored in the upper loft ofthe mansion for
safety i'll 1861. These boxes had been
broken open and everything Of real value
taken away, and the letters and private pa
pers of General Lee scattered over the
loft. A lady friend of the family, with
Mrs. Gray, thetold and faithful household
servant, were yesterday looking over the
effects, and gathering up the fragments
worth preserving.
The furniture, including several bed
steads, q considerable number of common
chairs, two or three sofas, several tables
and book cases, a sideboard. bureaus, and
some halt dozen large ancient gilt picture
frames; and variety of other articles Oh
the kind, were tumbled together, broken,
bruised aud in a most yanda!ized condition,
in the suite Of rooms once used as parlors,
on the lower floor, preparatory to being
shipped away. The only articles remain
ing there from Mount Vernon were three
book cases and a carved hall chair. The
sofas which. a year ago, were in the parlof,
and in a tolerable condition, had been
broken and torn in ruinous manner BY
curiosity hunters, the red velvet covering
ofone sofa having been in this way more
than half taken off.
Itwould seem to have been only the
performance Of clear duty on the part 81
the authorities when they took possession
Of this property, q portion Of which was
historical and of. some consequence to the
nation at large, to have provided for its
careful preservation. National intelligent
Ger, I'd.
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F,s SALE.

bH i RIF Els SA lie.
District Court Parish of Rapides.
State Of Louisiana.
No. 42l-Abraham Conn VS.. Ann Hud-
nall ct al.
DYfVIRTLE of a writ Of feri facias
ID issued from the Ninth Judicial
District Court in and for the Parish of
Rapides and State of Louisiana and di-
rected to me-; Sheriff Of said Parish. I
shall offer for sale before the Court
House door in Alexandria, on SATUR-
DAY the LIST day of DECEMBER, 1866.
between the hours prescribed By law,
the following described tract Of land,
tO-Wits
The South half of Southeast quarter
of section number twenty four lots two
and threesof section twenty-five and
lot one Of section number twenty-six Of
township five North range two East
containing the quantity Of three hum
bred and six and $1,000 acres.
Seized in the above entitled suit to
satisfy said writ.
TERMs OF SALE: Cash ID United
States Treasury notes with benefit Of
appraisement.
JAMES R, ANDREWS,
Sheriff. ]
oct u tbs. Printers fees 81 90
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-10-24

sg~ Hon. Hannibal Hamlin very pithily
said at Philadelphia the othe night: :. We
honor labor. because labor is the base Of our
system ofgoyernment. We honor the man
that shoyels dirt, but despise the man that
eats it.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-10-24

n:gA 4 poor man, who had been i'll, on
being asked by a gentleman whether he had
taken any remedy, replied, mo. / Amt
taken any remedy, but ! have taken lots of
physic.'
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BUFFooNERY PLAYED OUT-The LON
don correspondent of q Chicago paper

.BUFFOONERY PLAYED OUT.-The Lon
don correspondent of a Chicago paper
says:
alsAftemus Ward" is still writing in
Punch, hit his papers are sad stldf.9 1t is
not contributions of this kind that thetrue
lovers ofiAmerican literatiire desire to, see
placed before the British people. The
coarseness ofthese productions, no less than
the way in which they pander to existing
prejudices; only serves to identify the
American citizen with that absurd caricu-
ture5 the suppositious Yankee, who has SO
long time stood as a representative of
American refinement and knowledge Punch
has sunk to be a mere organ of snobs,
toadies, and Dundrearies, and it is not
pleasant to some. of us to see" Artemus
Ward playing the bnffoon for their con-
,temptuous amusement. .
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-10-24

THE FoRrIErH CoNeREss. fol.
lowing are the specnlations of tbaf
Washington Correspondent Of the New
Yore World. -"
Thirty-six States must be renresant
ed in the next CONGRESS-: yonr readers raad
nav set that down as a faet - ,uuao as
that the earth viii perform its da;lv re a.
volution tomorrow. The rumn Con.
oress is not . constitutional rop Grass
and the President will NOT recounize +
as such It's acts ara illeoal and ,ncon =
stitntional The Congress which IT,
constitution calls for is > Sanata af two
members from aacb of tbo th;rt 81 s;v
States. and . Honse Of Renresenta}ive vas
cornnosed of members from each ono ~ IF
the thirtv-s;y States snch : ron cross -
viii the fortieth Concrsss he : It's s lSvs
ers will cnmmanc no M tho IN ~ Maroh
neyt. tismora tban l;Ielv that ~ = Will
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-10-24

EFFFcT OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND-
MENT We take the following extract from
a late speech made by Gen. Nc Clernand, in
Illinois, as reported in the Chicago Times
Again, we hear that guarantees of good
conduct must be required of the Southern
people. What guarantees have been al
ready been required. and what have been
given? First, these people were required
forever to abolish slavery, and they have
done so by constitutional act. Next, they
were required to repeal their ordinances of
secession, and they have done it. Next,
they were required to repeal the rebel debt,
and they have done this. They have done
all these things they fulfilled every con-
dition originally imposed, and yet they are
denied admission to Federal relations.
Nay, more; with every successive COM
pliance, new conditions are added. They
are now required. expressly or virtually, to
disfranchise themselves, qshite men. and to
enfranchise the blacks. This is the effect
Of the proposed constitutional amendment.
They refuse, and all just and generous men
applaud the refusal. The radicals disclaim.
denounces and swear perpetualy abasement
as the penalty of refasal2 is this right !?
Is it manly? Istit honest? tito be ex-
pected that any people will knowingly,
deliberately, vote their own disfranchise-
ment and degradation2 That men ofkind-
red blood with ourselves will basely manacle'
and enslave themselves? They who would
do so are not itto be freemen, and are only
fit to be slaves. Would we Of the North
do it? Neyerl Neverl Perish-perisll,
inch by inch, day by day, rather! / say
this from mY heart of hearts, from my soul
Of souls. ,1.,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-10-24

M Gen. Sherman has written a letter
to the President, strongly indorsins and
commencing his reconstruction policy
The letter will soon be made public.
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Es sS m II A W.

| 8
|TsAKEN UP By D. II. Willis, Jr., a
i yoke of oxen Of the following des-
cription: One deep red OK about eight
years old, o large scar on the left side,
marked with q swallow fork in the left
andJa crop and under slope in the right
ear and branded PTC. Also one pale
red OK about ten years old, marked
with two splits in the right and one
split in the left ear and branded rY .
They we're found with yoke on, with
three bow holes at each end and both
have their left horns bored.
They were appraised by Thomas O..
Randolph and d. Ell. Willis, Sr. to be
worth forty-Rve dollars.
The owner is notified to come for
ward, prove property and pay charges,
or the said oxen will be sold in thirty
days, as the law directs.
WM.aRANDOLPH, j. p.
& Spring Hill Ward, Oct. 10, 1866.
oct "a At Printers fees 81 Is
,-o~~oS>,.,~~..e~,~--e~
Bricks For Sale II
T WILL sell at public auction, on
i SATURDAY THE 10rH, OF NOVEMBER,
1886, all the bricks belonging to the
Court House as they now lie on the
Public square.
They will be sold on q credit Of six
months and personal security will be
required.
The purchaser will be required to
remove them from the square within
thirty days.
The sale will commence at II o'clock
a. NJ.
By order Of the Police Jury.
D. D. ARDEN, President.
Alexandria, Oct. "a, '66, st
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For RENT OR SHE

1FHE line, large, brick building, on
: Front street, known as svfhe Jew
g, !" now occupied BY A. Heyman.
Possession given the LIST January.
1867. For terms apply at this Office
or to JOHN BOG AN s
tJan !.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-10-24


THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
District Court Parish Of Rapides.
NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
No. 228 Succession Of Henry Robert
oa--Tableau Of Debts.
TNTHEREAS Stokes a., Smith, Exec
utor, has filed in this Office. =
Tableau Of the Debts Of the Succession
OF Henry Robertson, deceased Notice,
is hereby given to all whom it doth or
may concern, to show cause, within
thirty days from the date hereof, why
the same should not be granted.
Clerks Office, Alexandria, Louisi-
ana, October Goth, 1866.
J. w. HICKMAN,
oct "a 5t Clerk.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-10-24
An Incident Of History.

A responsible and wealthy planter of
this State called upon President johnson
three OF four days prior to July ,30--the
day fixed for the bogus Convention to.as-
semble-and o conversation ensued upon
the condition Of political affairs in Louisi-
ana The Louisianian denounced the ami
mostly of Governor Wells to the policy of
the Administration, in such, strong terms
as to cause the President to start from his
chair with the exclamation:
Can it be true that he is really antago-
nistic to me9 Why, there is letter from
him which fatty contradicts your words
That may be, sir" responded the Presi-
dents visitor, 'bnt the Radicals also have
letters tiedging his faith equally as strong
to them"
The fact was proven to Mr.. Johnson's
satisfaction, that Governor Wells was Thus
playing a double game, and most impor-
tant consequences resulted from this con-
yiction. A dispatch which had already
been written, and which would have
placed the military forces in New Orleans
at the disposal of Governor Wells, was not
SENT
Is it not possible that the expected re-
ceipt OF this dispatch may account for the
singular conduct Of General Baird on the
day OF the riot; likewise the tenor of his
letter to Mayor Monroe d few days pre-
vious? May the Conventionitessl and their
sympathizers, not have hoped, until the
lost moment, for this important message to
come along 2-[New Orleans Times.
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MOE, C.E

Ns(JTICE. q
] HEREBY constitute and appo,iin.
q s. Lesee my Agent and Attorney
in fact, 70 transact any business ii
the Parish Of Rapides in which / iAsS
be interested. M. WEIGH y
Sen. Is, If. s :,
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AN ADMINS TAATOa's SALE

AN ADMINISTRATORS SALE
OF .ss w.
TNHE property of the succession of
i Joseph Heymans, deceased, com,
sisting ofa tract ofsland, on Vincent's
creek, in the Parish Of Rapides, b0nnd-.
ed above by public land, below by lands
Of James Bunch, West by lands of D.
Sloan, east by lands of E. Hayman and
containing 200 acres, also
5 head Of stock cattle,
! pony,
lLotlplhntation tools, etc,
VIII be made BY the undersigned, on
Saturday November 24th, 1856,
at the residence II Joseph Heymans' on
Vincent's creek, IL this Parish.
TERMS: Twelve months egedit-notes.
secured ~ mort and personal ss-
4 ELIAS HAYMANs.t. 5i, {
oct q 1866 ids administrators. q,
Printers fees $l3 So
JUDO NJ - MT.
Leyina Thornton No. 576-Ninth
VS.. District Court Par
Eugene Chevallier ish Of Rapides,
Her Husband. State Of Louisiana.
0oroBEa TEkM, 1866.
THE law and the evidence being in
i favor Of the Plaintiff, Levina Che
WALLER, it is ordered and adiudged that
she recover Of her husband, Eugene
Cheyallier, the sum of one thousand
dollars $4,000 with FIVE per cent per
annum interest from tue 18th .day Of
October, 1866, and her tacit MORTGAGE
recognised to take effect from the 18th
day Of October, A. D. 1866, and the
Plaintiff have sole control Of parapher-
nal property, and Of suit, and that for
the balance OF her claim there be q
Judgment Of non suit.
Thus done and signed in open Court,
on this the 18th October, 1866.
go w. H. COOLEY,
Judge 18th judicial District, Inter-
changing with Judge OH Judicial Dis
trict.
$50 DISTRICT CouRT,
.sf,ls Parish Of Rapides. a. =
Filed October 18th, 1866. aea
JOHN NV. HICKMAN.
Clerk.
~ CLERK's OFFICE,
District Court, Parish Of Rapides.S
l!certify the above to be q true copy,
Of the original on file in this Office yr,
- Given under my hand and
4 e. the seal Of said Court, ''' At
4 26SH Alexandria, this 10Th day Of
- October, AID 1896.
W. w. WH1TTNGTON, il,
oct "a BIT Deputy Clerk.
I Printers fees $l8 90 - y
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The STATE OF LOUISIANA.
District Court Parish of RapideS,
NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
No. 146- Succession Of William Leon
ard Tableap Of Debts. Vf
WHEREAS Geryais Baillio, Admin
w istrator, has filed in this Office q
Tableau Of the Debts, Of the Succession
OF William Leonard, deceased; Notice,
is hereby given to all whom it doth or
may concern, to show cause, within
thirty days from the date hereof, why
the Same should not be lfomologated.
Clerks Office, Alexandria, Louisi-t
ana, October Goth, 1856.
J. w. HICKMAN,
oct24 5t Clerk.
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-
For his master bought the victuals, in the
good old days of yore;
Now he'll feed you "nevermo,e."
Niger" said |, ching of evil, quit my
room, go to the devil
VI, If yop say you'll work, I'll bring your
supper tosthe door:
Tell me truly, conjure you, for the last
time iniplore;
IN your honor, as niger, win you labor
as before 2"
Quoth the niger "Nevermore.'
be that word our sign of parting, niger
man" / cried, upstarting-
Get thee back to where thou cam'st from
let me see your face no more;
JON the army--go to Texas--neyer come
!. back here to vex US
Neer return again TO vex us--never let us
see you more
lake your gaze from off my meat, and take
Your carcass from my door,
Quoth the niger: "Nevermore"
anu the niger still is standing in my en-
try, on the landing,
PRETTY burly picture, with his back
against my door,
Aua nis eyes are ever spying at my ham,
% it is frying,
and my poker still is lying near my hand
upon the floor,
Out my sictuals to the "fly.trapr Of that
bigger by my door,
Shall be lifted" neyermore.r
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1866-05-18
Vermont in Congress.

| We spoke last week of the ability and
influence of the present Vermont delega.
ton in Congress. We are pleased to see
that they are fully appreciated by others
outside of our State, and copy the follow
ing from the Troy, N. Y. Times, though
we think the writer quite mistaken in
speaking of Vermont as formerly having
been +" most obstreperously ultra:
Vermont, which was formerly regard
ed as among the most obstreperously ul-
ira OF the States, and consequently as
having the least influence at Washington.
now Yields power there unsurpassed by
any OF the sisterhood. Mr.. Morrill, az
chairman on the committee ON Ways and
Means in the House of Representatives.
has more to do than any other man in
Congress, with shaping the financial and
revenue policy of the nation. The new
Senators, both Governors appointees.
originally, show an ability and discretion
which we might look for but do not see in
some older members of that august BODY.
The throttling of the Trumbull PROPOSE
ton respecting appointments, is due to
Vermont. Not that some legislation in
respect to the matter is not desirable, but
that such Legislation should not be made
to bear the faint of partisan purpose
Congress and the President differ upon
vital questions of national policy, and the
FIRST would most certainly diminish the
popular confidence in the views il renre-
SCENTS if it should, to appearance couple
government patronage with principles in
policy. The Vermont Senators bear the
designation of g Radical and radical they
are, but not to the point where passion is
permitted to obtain the mastery of sound
practical common sense"
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1866-05-18
Italian Bees.

Mr.. EDITOR Thinking few Ines
in regard to Italian bees may be of in.
terest to yCur readers, l will give you a
short sketch of them. They have existed
from time immemorial in the mountainou.
regions of Italy, and it is matter OF
some surprise that they have not before
been more generally known and dissent
mated. Aristotle and Virgil wrote OF
them, and even then their superior worth
was recognized. The Germans, who are
among the most scientific bee keepers in
the world, first imported them into Ger
many about thirteen years ago.
Since then they have been rapidly tax
ing the place of the black bees in that
country. Six years ago they were first
imported to tLis country, and since then
there have been several other importa-
tons of Italian bees.
They have been increased extensively
and thousands of the queens have been
sent by express to all parts of the coun-
try. They are distinguished from the ma
tive bees by a bright yellow or orange
color which extends around portion of
the abdomen, and any person can detect
this difference at glance.
They have no different qualities from
the native bees, but those qualities which
render bees valuable to man are in the
Italians developed to much greater de-
gree of excellence.
Their greater hardness and superior ac-
tivity and industry recommend them to all.
They will gather much greater quantities
of honey than the native bees, and in
poor seasons this makes a difference Of a
good profit in favor of the Italian bees
and loss on the natives. They swarm
earlier. Last year l had swarm issue
the 10th of May. AT the time am writ
ing this, May II, / have swarm which
has commenced building queen cells pre-
paratory to swarming. Their greater ac-
tivity and energy is of much value in
keeping out robber bees and the bee moth.
| now keep none but Italian bees, and
have taken pains to get the best, having
recently purchased several queens from
which | am rearing few surplus queens.
J. L. HUBBARD.
Walpole, May ~, 1866.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1866-05-18

will tell her when she comes what has
been done in her absence. I'll say.
Mamma, your children did not do that.
1t was done by impostors and pretenders.
Again, say, there is but one Virginia.
They have taken and are welding her
powers. If am traitor, let them make
the most of it. If am a traitor why
don't they try me and hang me? have
lost my lands and property, but / would
clean boots on your streets sooner than
bow to usurpation. If had triumphed
l should have favored stripping them
naked. (Laughter) Pardon They
might have appealed for pardon, but /
would have seen them damned before /
would have granted it. For myself, the
boot being on the other leg, / take no
oaths l ask no pardons prolonged
cheers.) | give you that brigade-the
old, the lasting, the enduring Wise Brig
ade. (Cheers and Applause)."
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1866-05-18
Chester Academy.

The Spring term of this institution, now
under the successful direction of Henry
ii. Shaw, A. B., closed on Tuesday even
ing, May 9Th, with prize exhibition.
To say simply that it was a decided
success and did great credit to teachers
and scholars, would indeed be one way TO
dispose of the matter, but to dismiss the
subject thus summarily would do Injustice
TO all concerned. feel at liberty there
fore to particuarize somewhat, so that the
friends and patrons of the institution not
present, may be informed of the charac-
ter, to limited extent, as we'll as of the
result of the evenings entertainments.
The exercises of the evening-with
the exception of tableaux and few short
dlalogues-which were well received, and
as am informed, made ready for the oc-
casion without interfering with a sinoIe
reeiiation-was purely an exhibition of
the proficiency attained by the students in
reading, defamation, composition ard mn.
sic.
Five prizes had been offered, TO be dis.
tributed as follows One TO the best de-
claimant, one to the author of the best
written and best rendered Grafton, one to
the best prose reader one to the best es-
sayist, and one to the best reader of poet
ry.
There were in all fourteen contestants
for the prizes offered. and considering
their ages, | venture the assertion that the
exhibition will compare favorably with
of the kind in the State; and
that all present could not fail to appreciate
the decided advantages to be derived
from first class instruction and training.
SPECTATOR.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1866-05-18
A BrRD's NEST ON A CoRpsE.-l

A BIRDS NEST ON CoRpsE.-A
woman named Harriet Eastbury was
missed from her home at Blockley, Glou-
cesterShire, England, some weeks ago.and
no trace of her could be discovered bv
her husband or the police. On the 10th
uit. laborer was passing along the War
rem" on Lord Northwick's estate, where
there is an ornamental lake, nearly sur
rounded by shrubs, when he heard a
moorhen making a peculiar noise; he
proceeded 10 the spot. and found the nest
of the bird on the breast of a woman's
body, which was floating in the water
On the body being removed it was found
to be that of the woman Eastbury. which
must have been in the water for five
weeks. AT the inquest verdict of Found
drowned y was returned. The nest con-
tanned seven eggs, which were nearly
Matched.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1866-05-18

the South declare that they would prefer a
military administration of municipal au.
thorily 10 that which disgraces The city
aud State, and by its utter incapacity gross
mismanagement, aud prejudices OF its
agents, has brought npon Memphis lasting
evils. The true remedy for all msfor-
tunes, now contemplated, consists in the
reformation of the city charter
We might continue. both quotations and
comments to any extent, but we leave the
case TO the jury on a fraction Of the evil
dence and without any argument at ALL
Against the City of Memphis the verdic,
will be guilty of murder and arson with
out an effort by any organized authority to
prevent or to punish either crime.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1866-05-18
WISE MAKES ANOTHER SPEECH.

WISE MAKES ANOTHER SPtFcH.-
The redoubtable Wise who is now on the
stump for another rebellion, made speech
at Alexandria a few nights since, where
he loosely addressed his audience several
times as 6 my dear traitors" and "fellow
traitors, and in which he defantly
denied that those who had fought in
the Rebellion had been guilty of trea-
son, and in which he significantly warned
his audience to beware of the National
greenback currency the last holders Of
this worthless trash,' roared he, viii
surely come to grief.''