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- The personnel Of the woman's Rights
Convention at Albany is thus described by a
correspondent of the World Mrs. Lucy Stone
Blackwell Is the methodizer and chair woman
She is quick, afable, and makes q good presi-
centess. Its amusing 70 see her usband piay
second fiddle. He is a mild, obedient, man
and never speaks without consulting bis wife
He is called Lucy Stones husband. Miss An.
thony drives the business, and is as executive
as Gragrind or any other man. Her forte is
figuring. Mrs. Cady Stanton attracts much
attention. As speaker she swings round the
circle with ease and drectness, and is the best
posted woman here. The lady is good deal
OF Democrat and staunch free trade man
Her exposes OF the hypocrisy OF Greeley and
Wilson & Co. are scathing Rev Ulympia
Brown, Mrs. Kingsbury, and Mrs. Elizabeth
Jones are minor lights. that till in the cninks
Of men there are three-oue white. Parker
Pillsbury; one intermediate, Fred Douglass:
one simon.pure black. Charles Redmond
Pillsoury does the writing for the women,
Douglass tried 10 be the big talker, but Red
mond, the genuine darkey, takes the shine out
OF hlm-talks twice 10 his once, and makes a
good many points. There is no insincerity
about these foiks-they mean what they say.
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ADJUSTMENTS.

NATIONAL THEATRE, date Grover's,)
PennsylvaBia avenue, near Willards' Hotel.
sPhLDIs6 q Pro prietors.
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EDUCATIONAL.

sT. TIMOTHYs HALL.
he duties Of this institution will be resumed
en- sept Is, 1855 For terms, &C., see catalogue
And circular st the pal bookstores Of this
city. or address the principal
an 81 Z. PARSONS, OstonvtlIe, Md.
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STOVES, &c.

OIUV E,o, DC.
- PREPARE FOB WINTER.
AtBoYDs, 41s 9th street, ~
between and 3, ~
You can get repairs for all kinds OF Stoyes
kAnges. Heaters and Furnaces
Motifs celebrated BAE6ES for sale
Cooklng end Heating STOVES in great variety
OLy sTONES taken in part pay for new
n. b. eealer OF Weights and Measures.
R0BERf BOYD,
&C VIM AIS 9th street, bet. ID aud Il
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NATIONAL THEATER.
MR.. JEFFERSON
will appear on
MONDAY, NOVEMBER %,
FOB SIX NIGHTSs nol2llt

FOR SIX NIGHTS nol2-llt
DB0Fs. J. W. II. p. KREIS'
DANCING ACADEMY, "A
Pennsylvsnis avenue. bet. 9th and 7th sts. ~
Opposite Metropolitan Hotel. CNA
Our Academy Is now open for the reception of
fupiis. select class Is now forming on Wed
nesday afternoon from to 6 o'clock, for those
WHO Ssnnot attend our regular classes. Circulars
can De had at J Y. Ellis and w. G.. Metzerott a
20 o Music Stores.
The Hall can be rented for Soirees, &c.
Days and Hours Of TIifiou
ror Ladies' Misses and Masters, Tuesday and
Inarsoay afternoons, from to 5 O'Clock.
9entemen's Glasses. Tuosd sy and Thursday eve
nngs, from to 10 O'Clock.
ofiisIther Information, apply during the hours
o. tu1non, or address q note TO beAcademy.
quarter commencing with the first lesson. Sc 10
ARINI's FASHIONABLE DANOING
I'l ACADEMY, AT a
MARIEIS ASSEMBLY ROOMS
- r., between 9th and l6th streets, IN
=. Ihls acadeRy Is nov open fer the recep- ~
tion OF pupils
Days and hours Of tuition for young ladies.
misses and masters, Tuesdays, Thursdays aud Sat,
urdays, from 5 to SD. m ~ "
gentlemen classes from to 10. same evenings
Private instruction given TO suit the CON
ventence OF the pupil sass
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-02-28
Communication,

Mr.. EDITOR: AS you may not have ex
amined ".The National Tax Law" as it ex
lists now, / will point out a few of its inc
qualities and unjustness that you may SEE
how the South is made to bleed at every
pore. She is powerless and taxed without
representation. In this law of taxation
whenever the East or West could be bene
fitted it is done without regard to the
South's interest. @ ri r @
Sugar made from cane juice pays a tax
Of three cents per pound and molasses pays
tax of six cents per gallon. These are
manufactured South. But sugar, syrupto1
molasses made from Sorghum or Imphee
are free from taxation, they are manufac
tured in the West and East. .aea;l
There are about twelve kinds of oils, al
are taxed except whale and fish oil, they
are manufactured in Maine and Massachu
sets. Shares are manufactured there fret
of excise to please Massachusetts.
Cotton wool is taxed, but sheep wool is
free. The FIRST grows in the South, the
other in the Middle and Eastern States.
Flourls free Of excise, the West would
not have voted to tax it, and the Eastern
manufacturer needed it for their operations
and for the, people generally. They neei
cheap bread for their paupers also.
A few more turns Of the grinder and We
will be dust indeed. A. PLANTER,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-02-28

A PALPABLE HIr.-The Charlottesville
WAY Chronicle thus good humoredly
speaks of the straits to which the Southern
States are driven by the radical dis
unionists
It seems to us to be as hard to get in the
Union as it is to get out. The South re-
spectfully asks to move one way or the
other. We are like the fellow that was
forced to go to the show, and then not al
lowed to 60 any further than where he had
paid for his ticket. Wehave been dragged
into the doorway Of the Federal tent, and
are not allowed to see any of the perform
anee except to settle with the tax coIIec.
tors. We can hear the animals growing
inside, and the cracking of the ring master's
whip, but we can't see the show unless we
pay for two, and take in . colored lady
And the worst of it is, they keep great
eagle perched over the entrance, which, i
you attempt to go back, swoops down upor
you and picks hole in your head. W.
Justly think this is unreasonable; the,
ought either to let US pass in or refund GU
money and tie up the eagle.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-02-28
To Our Readers.

We take pleasure in announcing to the
readers Of the DEMOCRAT that we have just
received new press Of superior quality and
o full set of new type. In short time We
shall enlarge the paper so as to contain al
least fourth more Of reading matter than
at present. We shall, however, delay oul
enlargement and new dress unth the com
pletion of our new Office, an event which We
hope will take place within month or SIX
weeks. . In the mean time we tender oul
thanks to the subscribers and friends Of the
DEMOCRAT for the liberal patronage which
has enabled as to offer them better paper
than we have hitherto been able to issue
from this Office.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-02-28
The Presidents Veto.

The odious bill which'recently passed the
Congress of the United States for the en-
largement of the powers of that social and
political enormity, the Freedmen's Bureau,
has been vetoed by the President, and has
failed to pass the Senate, in which it orig
mated, Notwithstanding objections Of
the President
AS regards the mere provisions of the
bill itself, of which we are quite ignorant
and intend to remain SO, it matters little
whether the President has signed it or not.
But taken as great State paper, full Of
sound, constitutional doctrine, evincine
independence and decision Of character on
the part Of the Executive, and demonstra
ting that the Radicals have not sufficient
strength in one House Of Congress to pass
their incendiary measures, the Message il
pregnant with meaning, and is full Of hope
for the Southern people. 1t is the onl,
thing that has occurred since the surrende
which gives any indication that the Soutl
| will ever be able to live happily under. tn
domination Of the Northern people. Tn
State Rights doctrines enunciated in tn
message remind us of the Democratic mes
sages of Franklin Pierce, and carry III
back to the days Of John Tyler. And no
content with laying down correct constitu
tional principles with reference to tn
measure under consideration, the Presidcn
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xag a[corY.] ~
COLLECTORS OFFICE,
UNITED STATES INTERNAL REVENUE,
trt By Croryy, nrrrrv,vrv, r..

~ Baton Rouge, February Goth, 1866.
To Deputy Collectors and Asst. Assessors;
The bearer hereof, Capt. Sinnott, of the
Steamer National, is hereby granted author
ity to take Cotton aboard his steamer upon
which the duty has not been paid, upon
condition that he reports with the same
together with all papers relating thereto, eli.
ther at this Office, or that of my Deputies,
and pays the amount Of Revenue due
thereon.
f. - HENRY BAUSHER, JR.,
Collector I'd Dist. La
t''+'Afs %
THE NEWSPAPER ORDER.-The following
lis Gen. Grants order in regard to nepws.
papers:
Washington, Feb. 1.-THE following
circular letter to the commander of militia,
~ departments, was issued to-day by Gen
Grant: if ass lttai att5 G zg
HEADQR's ARMIES OF THE U. S., Z
e A9a Washington, Feb. II 1866. {
f You will please send to these headquar'
tiers, as soon as practicable, and from time
to time hereafter, such copies Of newspa,
pers printed in your departments as con
tain sentiments of disloyalty and hostility
to the government in any Of its branches
and state whether such paper is habitual
in it's utterances of such sentiments. The
persistent publication is calculated to keep
up hostilities of feeling between the differ
ent sections of the country, and cannot be
tolerated. The information is called for
with a view Of their suppression, which will
be done from these headquarters only. 3
By command of Lieut.. Gen. Grant
(signed) I, s., BOWERS, A. A.G.
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goes out of his way to lecture his Congress
for their unwarrantable conduct in keeping
the representatives of the Southern States
out Of Congress, while making them con
tribute to the payment of taxes for the sup
port of the government. His views on
the subject are admirable, and will have a
telling effect on the country.
Already has the message produced a
sensation throughout the country. Not
only have Southern men taken heart, but
The friends Of the South and of Constitu-
tional liberty at the North, are rejoicing at
the stunning blow Radicalism has received
at the hands of the Executive. Public
meetings have been held and guns fred in
many parts of the Northern States, where
Radicalism recently had everything its own
way. Sumner and Stevens have had the
wind taken out of their sails, and the pros
|pect Of a complete triumph of Democracy
at the approaching Fall elections for Con-
gressmen in the Northern States, is bright
Indeed. |
It is we'll known that President johnson
lis no favorite Of ours. But, although the
South and the Democracy had nothing to
do with his election, yet, as Mr.. Vallandig-
ham well says, it is our duty to sustain
him whenever he shows disposition to.do
right. He seems to have set himself up as
barrier to the progress of Radicalism,
and the recent vote in the Senate shows
that, while he may be unable now to pro-
cure any wholesome Legislation for The
country, he has power enough to prevent
the Radicals from carrying their revolutions
ary principles into execution. The Freed
mems Bureau Bill is, therefore, forgotten
| in the magnitude of the principles which
the message has announced, and the en-
couraging hopes which it holds forth tothe
lovers Of constitutional freedom, North and
South. aI 81 Ia alae aa
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-02-28

TuAp STEVENS. The Albany journal 9
Republican paper, pronoances the adoess
Of Thad Stevens infsmops, and declares aus
aasguined leadership Of the House ls g g.
m;t;cated misfortune; It further says tnas;;
If It had been determined 70 produce e, :
division between the two branches .. ny
administration, this Pennsylyanla xansc :.
would be precisely the man to inaugulate T.
H G tbeater d anarchy; his weapon, DENIM
cation; his work, disorder. Without pat
allel in ferocity and coarseness, ne ns;s,
the!ess possesses 9 measure OF poll1'c e.
ability ability which magnifes his capacity 70,
evil, and prompts him to most snane'a'
acts" 81 III .'t1
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D6 We lay before our readers, this issue,
z two admirable and interesting letters from
our News Orleans correspondent. One d
them was intended for our last, but owing
TO some body's fault, we did not get it un-
til two thirds of our edition was worked off
,aBoth are worthy an attentive perusal.
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aA- The N. Y. Express says that But
Ter, the Beast so called" has been made
to fork over one hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars to Smith Brothers, of New
Orleans, in payment of fifty thousand dol
lars in, gold that the Beast distracted from
their vault when he first landed in the
city.
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s@. A Washington telegram of the 21st

s@. A Washington telegram of the 21st
says:
Assistant Secretary Chambers report on
official corruptions in the South will startle
the country. The frauds involve military
as well as civil officers.
Within the last year the government has
been swindled out Of more than 100000
600.
A special committee will be constituted
who will unrayel q complicated system Of
rascality.
This news does not astonish any one in
these parts.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-02-28

: 8g Many thanks to the officers Of the
following Steamers for papers: Enterprise,
Live Oak, Maggie Hays, Sunny South, Ma
tional, Saratoga, Starlight, Cotile, FroGc
and Richmond. grir;ga
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sA- An interested parties will please
notice important document from the Col
hector Of the Second District, Louisiana, to
Captain Sinnott of the National ~
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nea- The District Court of the Parish
Of Rapides will meet at the Town Hall IN
4 Alexandria on monday next, the 9TH inst.
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The Weather.

It has been the general belief of our.
selves and "the rest of mankind " that the
gender Of that important functionary, the
clerk of the weather, was masculine, but
from the capriciousness manifested by the
present incumbent of the office, we are in
duced to believe that we and the rest Of
mankind have been and are now at fault
for who but a woman could display, in so
short space Of time, such variety Of
phases as has characterized the weather
during the past week. Now we have sun
shine, balmy and beautiful as ever glad.
dened o morning in Spring, and cheering
'aud lovely as fair womans brightest smile !;
then dreary, DRILLING, sleeting rain-sug-
gestive of thoughts about cross woman 3
tears, the aims house and that g country
from whose bourne" &c.-again the storm,
terrible but grand, the clash of arms and
the battle-cry Of elemental warriors, not
unlike the "blowing up" Jones gets when
he persists in getting in bed with his boots
on; the then cloudy day, neither rain nor
sunshine, smile nor tears, indicative Of q
pouting mood, cured only by the purchase
OF that Glove of a bonnet" We are sure
that the clerk of the weather is q woman.
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New ORLEANS, FEBRUARY oath, 1866.
Editor Democrat: / hear from good au-
ithority that the Governor will advertise his
proclamation for new election on Monday
at furthest. That this is against lis grain
we have every proof his Excellency is bit,
tesIy opposed to anything like change in
the municipal government Of the city; his
5sdus Ac1ates, the present Mayor, would be
functus od'cio, and by a new election the
real Governor, Hugh Kennedy, would be
dispossessed not only Of the immense pat
ronage which is the secret Of his influence
but he would no longer have the opportu-
nifty Of writing those magnificent letters to
Generals Candy and Sheridan which have
become almost as famous $50 called) as the
letters Of Junius. The peculiar style Of
HUI, full Of inanity and involution, is evi-
dent whenever he attempts an article or a
despatch-he generally writes himself an
ass; and the veto Of the Governor bears the
unmistakeable evidence that it was con
cocted by Hugh.
The Senate was resolute in the expecta
ton of sitting in judgment upon the course
Of Mr.. Wells in vetoing the city and Parish
/ F. -. d. = .a
election bills. The House was not q
unanimous, but still there was certaint.
! in it, that If the Governor did not pen hi
proclamation ordering an election, he woult
be impeached. Upon this hint he acted
He will order the election, as ] said before
and even if The does not, the Legislature vii
be sustained both by the President and b
General Candy.
] II is well known in the city that neithe
the municipal nor the State Government
popular with.the Military authorities, an
candidates are electioneerins with men VIII
are likely to be delegates to the CONVEX
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-02-28

asr Our price for announcing candidates
for Office is twenty dollars, cash money
down. CIE
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Hea, Edouard We'll, determined to be
up to the times, has received a large ship
ment Of his Spring stock. Pay him a
visit. y. e.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-02-28

Ma. The peerless National, Dick Sin,
mott, commander, leaves for New. Orleans
this day at noon.
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@ The attention Of planters is special
ly called to three advertisements offering
Cotton Seed FOR sale. .,..,i. 81 =
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-02-28

nag Moses Rosenthal advertises, this
week, that he is receiving ssasonable and
suitable goods for Spring.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-02-28

1ea. We return best thanks to the Red
River Express Company for paper favors.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-02-28

VIM. A. Seay, Esq. has removed
his Law Office to Bogan's Brick Building
on Front Street. Entrance by the Stair
way in the rear.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-02-28

bas- Lime and Cement can be purchased
Of Isaac Levy in any quantity.
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| giant CONFUSION; the United States may
look on with tacit satisfaction, until the
great nations Of Europe will have to take
part. War, war, war, resounds throughout
the civilized world. The puny subterfuges
of Seward and Lord Russell, their bellicose
attitudes which they withdraw as soon as
the opposite party stands on the defensive
resembling Touchstones lie seven times
removed, in his instance of which neither
the courtier nor himself burst continue to
the lie direct, must give place to emphatic
action between men like Louis Napoleon
land Grant-men who have no words
whose voice is in their sword.
The action of this Congress is to change
the powers and form Of the Federal Gov
eminent, and give all authority, all judicial
discretion, all right in life and property
into the hands Of the Freedmens Bureau.
The President by solemn proclamation
|gaveto Virginia the right to elect her own
Legislature, and to that Legislature the
right to enact proper and salutary laws
The Legislature adopted verbatim the stat
ute of Pennsylvania relative to vasrants /:
it was put into effect upon the bodies of
white Migrants without opposition or re-
sistance-the whites have no bureau; but
the moment the sacred person ofanegro
is touched, the Military Governor of Viz.
ginia annuls the whole statute. And still
this Military Commandant, General Terry,
|goes unwhipped Of justice plays his fan
tastic tricks in defiance Of the Presidents
Proclamation; and the negro Of Virginia
is consequently encouraged to become a
pest upon society. Which is the higher
Ipower-the President who issues the Proc.
|lamation, or the Bureau which sets 10th at
defiance with impuqity2 81 ta a .os.I
Mardigras in this city aH5rdedia scene
which might well excite the amusement Of
2 sober sol sided citizen from fhe country
Huge bears on two legs rushing upon un-
guarded passengers and thrusting their
nozzles under the wells of timid and shrek
ing females; women Of the town dressed n
q style more rude than nakedness itself,
biped donkies disguised as Indian warriors
or Crusade Knights, and bestraddling ami.
mails nobler than themselves, women
dressed as fast young men, with cigars in
mouth and oath Oh tongue, escorting worn
out debauchees attired in women's clothing
and treating them in every coffee house ;
magnificent carriages filed with women
beautiful and luscious to look upon, but
Invested Of their chief charm, modesty !;
huge cotton wagons and furniture cars
oon.h hs;aas a,;4h ;.,..sa-., ~ -, ~
even 10 no w.. .-, $500 1870 - CO..
!, .,;no. n.::a.a 4, IA j nj ,ae
!. - -. = ~ :, -. - ~ : 49,. ~.
o.so +h.n a. = paea -, - 49, CT.
ond tho;, nomoa
The ]. M;;st;;oL Grow !. Gonna, y hororor
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rea- The river is at its old tricks-aggair
falling fast )as, .a
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= 4
General Sheridan is back from visit to
the Texas frontier. What is the result OF
the cause Of his trip Is not known. The
tenor Of dispatches from Washington and
New York is peaceful and indicative Of
friendly relations; but the newspapers both
from Matamoros and Brownsville, no mat
ter how sedulously they may strive te
throw a gloss over matters and things
shew the hollowness of the truce between
the troops on either side Of the Rio Grande
There are other indications which sugges
the CONFUSION Of the whole of South Amer
lea in great buccanneering wars. TIL
ofshoots Of Spain-her colonies in Soutl
America-are determined upon struggl
with the mother country. Chill has throw
the mask of, and Y enezuela, Paraguay an
all the innumerable little States of tina
immense region, extending so far North a
to embrace Central America, the Caribea
isles and Mexico, will be drawn into tn
vortex. The myriads of lawless men whe
der.the protecting flag of mighty an
civilized nation, devastated and plundere
the Southern States, and thousands I
Southern men, whose homes and Iamilie
have been RACED to the ground or bee
! scattered to the four points Of the compass
! will join and take no mean part in th
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one here appeared to be able to suggest
or move in plan to protect the place
from rapine and murder, ! informed the
Admiral and commander Of the place
that / would communicate the fact and
the time of the withdrawal Of the troops
to Governor Perguira, chief of the Lib
eral forces of the State, in order that he
might be ready to take possession imme-
diately, and thereby guarantee order
and security. With the approval of
these officers, / have dispatched a mes
senger toGov. Perguira with the informa-
sion, and with an appeal to his generos.
ity in behalf of those who are threatened
with ruin and who are now preparing to
flee the country. ! trust his answer will
be conciliatory and humane.
The knowledge of the fact of my hav-
ing communicated with Pesquira has re-
stored quiet to the place, and many hope
yet to be able to remain in their homes.
The steamer for San Francisco will leave
on the 18th, when may be able to re-
port the city quiet, and again in the pos
session of the officers of the Constitu-
tional Government
| have the honor to be, very respect
fully, your obedient servant, 4
EDWARD 0'CoEgoR,
United States Consul.
Hon. W. III. SEWARD, Sec'y of State.